Document:

Exhibit 10.11

 

NORTHWEST
NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT

 

THIS NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENT, dated as of June 30, 2003 (this
“Agreement”), is by and among NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of Minnesota (“Northwest”); WORLDSPAN,
L.P., a limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of
Delaware (“Worldspan”); and Travel Transaction Processing Corporation, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (“Buyer”).

 

W
I  T  N  E  S  S  E  T  H:

 

WHEREAS,
NWA, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware
(“NWA”), Delta Air Lines, Inc.,
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, (“Delta”),  American Airlines, Inc., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (“American”), NewCRS Limited,
Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware
(“NEWCRS”), Worldspan and Buyer have entered into a Partnership Interest
Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2003 (the “Purchase Agreement”),
pursuant to which Delta, NWA and American have severally agreed to sell, or
cause their Affiliates to sell, all of the partnership interests in Worldspan
to Buyer;

 

WHEREAS
as a condition to the obligations of Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated
by the Purchase Agreement, the parties desire to enter into certain agreements
on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and

 

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other
good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto do agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1. 
Definitions.

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
specified below:

 

“Affiliate” of a specified Person means another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is
controlled by, or is under common control with, the specified Person.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term
“control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under
common control with”) shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of power
to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through
ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by
contract or otherwise).  Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, it is understood and agreed that
none of Orbitz, LLC, Orbitz, Inc., Hotwire Inc., and their respective
subsidiaries and successors shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of Northwest for
any purpose under this Agreement.

 

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“Air Carrier” means (i) each “air carrier” as that term is
defined in Section 40102(a)(2) of the United States Federal Aviation Act of
1958, as amended, and (ii) each “foreign air carrier” as that term is defined
in Section 40102(a)(21) of the United States Federal Aviation Act of
1958, as amended.

 

“Airline
Flights” means any of the following: (a) flight segments operated either
(i) under the International Air Transport Association (“IATA”) code designation
of Northwest or one of its airline Affiliates, or (ii) under an airline
marketing alliance operated under a distinct alliance name or brand (e.g.,
Global Alliance) in which Northwest or any of its Affiliates participates and
which involves an exchange of passenger or cargo traffic, whether operated by
Northwest or by any other Air Carrier in such alliance, (b) interline
itineraries or (c) codeshare travel involving Northwest or any of its
Affiliates, as marketing Air Carrier or operating Air Carrier.

 

“American Non-Competition Agreement”
means the Non-Competition Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among
American, Worldspan and Buyer.

 

“Code Share Partner” means any Air
Carrier, some or all of whose flights use Northwest’s air carrier designator
code.

 

“Core Business” means the provision to
Travel Agencies of systems and services for the computerized display or
distribution of Product availability; provided, however, that
Core Business shall not be deemed to include Internal Reservations Services.

 

“Delta Non-Competition Agreement”
means the Non-Competition Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Delta,
Worldspan and Buyer.

 

“Excluded Affiliates” means each of
MLT Inc. d/b/a MLT Vacations and its subsidiaries and successors for so long as
such Person’s provision to Travel Agencies of systems and services for the
computerized display or distribution of Product availability relates to (i)
packaged products and/or services, which packages involve the products and/or
services of at least two or more Travel Vendor categories (e.g., airline and
hotel) or (ii) Airline Flights of Northwest or flights offered by a charter
carrier irrespective of whether such flights are packaged with other products
and/or services of another Travel Vendor category.

 

“Hosting Business” means the provision
to an Air Carrier of systems and services to maintain a comprehensive
electronic database of such Air Carrier’s Airline Flights inventory and other
inventory of travel products and services to enable the operation of Internal
Reservations Services; provided, however, that neither Northwest
nor any of its Affiliates shall be deemed to be engaged in the Hosting Business
as a result of systems and services that it provides to (i) any of its
Affiliates, (ii) any of its Code Share Partners if and to the extent that such
systems and services are used to support only the portion of the operations of
the Code Share Partner that is associated with the Code Share Partner’s flights
on which Northwest’s air carrier designator code is used, or (iii) any Air
Carrier with which Northwest has or develops a regional or feeder carrier
relationship.

 

“Internal Reservations Services” means
the provision by Northwest or any of its Affiliates to any Person of systems
and services for the computerized display or distribution of Product
availability (i) which are branded under any name or mark publicly associated
with the 

 

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Products of Northwest, any of its Code Share Partners or any of their
respective Affiliates, or (ii) the display of which is biased in favor of the
Airline Flights of Northwest; provided, however, that, in either
case, the travel-related products and services of Travel Vendors, other than
Airline Flights, are displayed and distributed by such systems and services
only to the extent incidental to the Principal Activity.

 

“Person” means any individual,
corporation, partnership, firm, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization, governmental or regulatory
body or other entity.

 

“Principal Activity” means the
collection, storage, processing, display and/or distribution of Airline Flights
information and inventory and other travel-related products or services with
respect to Northwest, its Code Share Partners or any of their respective
Affiliates.

 

“Product” means fares and inventory of
Travel Vendors, excluding cargo.

 

“Restricted Activities” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.

 

“Travel Agency” means any Person  (i) who has been assigned an account
number by the Airline Reporting Corporation (“ARC”) or IATA, or both (or any
other accrediting agency that performs substantially all of the functions of
ARC or IATA, or both, and is recognized by a majority of major United States Air
Carriers) for the purpose of authorizing such Person to operate as a travel
agency, and (ii) who on a comprehensive basis, books, sells and fulfills
the products and services of Travel Vendors. 
A Person shall be deemed to book, sell, and fulfill the products and
services of Travel Vendors on a comprehensive basis if the Person books, sells,
and fulfills the products and services of other Travel Vendors in addition to
those of Northwest using information provided by a global distribution system
operated by Worldspan, Sabre, Inc., Galileo International, LLC, Amadeus Global
Travel Distribution, S.A., AXESS, Infini, ABACUS Distribution Systems Pte.
Ltd., Travelsky and their respective successors and affiliates.

 

“Travel Vendor” means a vendor of
travel-related products and services, such as an airline, hotel, rental car
company, tour package operator, cruise operator, or travel insurance company.

 

SECTION 2. 
Non-Competition.

 

Northwest agrees that, for a period of three
years, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii), and five years, in the case of
clause (ii), commencing on the date of this Agreement, neither it nor any
Affiliate of it, other than, in the case of clause (i), an Excluded Affiliate,
shall, directly or indirectly, (i) engage in the Core Business anywhere in the
world, (ii) engage in the Hosting Business anywhere in the world or (iii) own
two percent (2%) or more of the equity or voting securities issued by any
Person whose principal business, at the time of the purchase of such
securities, is the ownership and operation of a System, as defined by the
United States Department of Transportation’s Computer Reservations Systems
regulations contained in 14 CFR Part 255 (as in effect on the date of the
Purchase Agreement except that, for purposes of this Section 2, System shall
not be limited to a computer reservations system offered by an Air Carrier for
use in the United States but shall instead mean a computer reservations system
offered by any Person for use anywhere in the world) (clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)
collectively

 

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referred to herein as, the “Restricted Activities”); provided,
however, that Northwest and its Affiliates shall not be prohibited from
purchasing securities of, or acquiring or merging with or into, any Person,
or acquiring assets of any business, that directly or indirectly
engages in or has an ownership interest that constitutes a Restricted Activity
so long as Northwest or such Affiliate, as the case may be, shall dispose of
the portion of the acquired business that engages in the Restricted Activity
within one year following the date of the applicable acquisition.

 

SECTION
3.  Disputes.

 

The restrictive covenants contained in this Agreement are each
covenants independent of any other provision of this Agreement, and the
existence of any claim which any party hereto may allege against any other
party to this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or any other agreement entered
into among any of the parties pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the
Purchase Agreement, whether based on this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or
such other agreements, shall not prevent the enforcement of these
covenants.  Northwest acknowledges that
Buyer is purchasing the goodwill of Worldspan and the covenants contained in
Section 2 of this Agreement are essential to the protection of Buyer’s
investment in Worldspan and that Buyer would not purchase Worldspan but for
such covenants.  The parties agree that
a breach by Northwest of this Agreement shall cause irreparable harm to
Worldspan and Buyer and that Worldspan’s and Buyer’s remedies at law for any
breach or threat of breach of the provisions of this Agreement shall be
inadequate, and that Worldspan and Buyer shall be entitled to an injunction or
injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement, to enforce specifically the
terms and provisions hereof and to seek such relief in a court of competent
jurisdiction, in addition to any other remedy to which such non-breaching party
may be entitled at law or in equity.

 

SECTION 4. 
Blue-Penciling.

 

If any court or arbitrator, as the case may
be, determines that any restrictive covenant herein, or any part thereof, is
unenforceable because of the duration or geographic scope of such provisions or
other reason, it is the intention of the parties that such court shall have the
power to modify any such provisions to the extent necessary to render the
provisions enforceable, and such provisions as so modified shall be enforced.

 

SECTION 5. 
Amendments.

 

This Agreement may not be amended except by
an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto; provided, however,
that this Agreement may not be amended unless Worldspan and Buyer offer to
enter into the same amendment with Delta and American with respect to each of
the Delta Non-Competition Agreement and the American Non-Competition Agreement,
respectively.

 

SECTION 6. 
Governing Law.

 

This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York
without reference to the conflicts of law or choice of law principles thereof.

 

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SECTION 7. 
Notices.

 

All notices, requests, demands, and other
communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed
given:  (a) when received if delivered
personally; (b) on the next business day if sent by overnight service prepaid
with instructions for next business day delivery; or (c) on the day of
transmission if telecopied (transmission confirmed), to the parties at the
following addresses and numbers (or to such other addresses and numbers as a
party may have specified by notice given to the others pursuant to this
provision):

 

	
  (i)

  	
   

  	
  If to
  Worldspan, to:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Worldspan,
  L.P.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  300 Galleria
  Parkway, N.W.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Suite 2122

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Atlanta,
  Georgia 30339

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Attention:  President & Chief Executive Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Telecopier
  No.:  (770) 563-7878

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  With a copy
  to:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Worldspan,
  L.P.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  300 Galleria
  Parkway, N.W.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Suite 2105

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Atlanta,
  Georgia 30339

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Attention:
  Senior Vice President - Human Resources, General Counsel and Secretary

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Telecopier
  No.:  (770) 563-7878

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  (ii)

  	
   

  	
  If to
  Northwest, to:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Northwest
  Airlines, Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Department
  A1180

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  2700 Lone
  Oak Parkway

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Eagan,
  Minnesota 55121

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Attention:  Executive Vice President, General Counsel
  & Secretary

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Telecopier
  No.:  (612) 726-7123

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  With a copy
  to:

  

 

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  Northwest
  Airlines, Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Department
  A3000

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  2700 Lone
  Oak Parkway

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Eagan,
  Minnesota 55121

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Attention:  Executive Vice President of Marketing
  & Distribution

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Telecopier
  No.:  (612) 727-4104

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  (iii)

  	
   

  	
  If to Buyer,
  to:

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Travel
  Transaction Processing Corporation

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  c/o
  Citigroup Venture Capital Equity Partners, LP

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  399 Park
  Avenue, 14th Floor

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  New York,
  New York 10022

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Attention:  Joseph Silvestri

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Telecopier
  No.:  (212) 888-2940

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Travel
  Transaction Processing Corporation

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  c/o Ontario
  Teachers’ Pension Plan Board

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  5650 Yonge
  Street

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Toronto,
  Ontario M2M 4H5

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Attention:  Shael Dolman

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Telecopier
  No.:  (416) 730-5082

  

 

SECTION 8. 
Rules of Construction.

 

The captions and other headings contained in
this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not be considered a
part of, or affect the construction and interpretation of, any provision of
this Agreement.  All terms not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meaning commonly ascribed thereto in the travel
industry.

 

SECTION 9. 
Successors and Assigns.

 

This Agreement shall be binding upon, inure
to the benefit of, and be enforceable by or against the parties hereto and
their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that
no party hereto may assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of
the other parties hereto to any Person other than a Person that
(i) acquires all or substantially all of the assets of the assigning
party, and (ii) either agrees, or by operation of law is required, to comply
with and be bound by the provisions of this Agreement to the same extent as the
assigning party.  Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Worldspan may assign any of its rights and obligations hereunder in
whole or in part to any Affiliate of Worldspan and may collaterally assign its
rights hereunder to any lender or financing source to Worldspan or Buyer, in
each case, without the consent of Northwest.

 

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SECTION 10. 
No Third-Party Beneficiaries.

 

This Agreement shall be for the benefit of
the parties hereto and none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for
the benefit of or enforceable by any third party; provided, however, that Delta
and American shall be third party beneficiaries to the proviso contained in
Section 5 and the proviso contained in the first sentence of Section 11, and
shall have the right to enforce such provisions directly.

 

SECTION 11. 
Waivers.

 

The terms of this Agreement may be waived
only by a written instrument signed by the party that would have been able to
require compliance therewith; provided, however, that neither
Worldspan nor Buyer may waive any provision of this Agreement without also
offering to waive, if applicable, the same provision under each of the Delta
Non-Competition Agreement and the American Non-Competition Agreement.  No delay on the part of any party in
exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof.  No waiver on the part of any
party of any such right, power or privilege shall preclude any further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power or privilege.

 

SECTION 12. 
Entire Agreement.

 

This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersedes any prior agreements and understandings, both
written and oral, between the parties hereto or their Affiliates or any of them
with respect to the subject matter hereof, including, without limitation, the
Non-Competition Agreement, dated July 25, 2001, among Delta, Northwest,
American and Worldspan.

 

SECTION 13. 
Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall
be considered one and the same instrument.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of this 30th day
of June, 2003.

 

 

	
  NORTHWEST
  AIRLINES, INC.

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Richard
  H. Anderson

  	
   

  
	
  Its: 

  	
  Chief
  Executive Officer

  	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  WORLDSPAN,
  L.P.

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Paul J.
  Blackney

  	
   

  
	
  Its: 

  	
  President
  and Chief Executive Officer

  	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  TRAVEL
  TRANSACTION PROCESSING CORPORATION

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Rakesh
  Gangwal

  	
   

  
	
  Its: 

  	
  President

  	
   

  
				

 

 

[Northwest Non-Competition Agreement]Exhibit
10.12

 

CONSULTING
AGREEMENT

 

THIS CONSULTING AGREEMENT
(the “Agreement”) is entered into as of this 30th day of June, 2003, by and
between Worldspan, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Worldspan”), and Paul
J. Blackney, an individual (the “Consultant”).

 

BACKGROUND

 

A.                                   Pursuant
to a Partnership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2003 (the
“Purchase Agreement”), by and among Travel Transaction Processing Corporation
(“TTPC”), Delta Air Lines, Inc., NWA Inc., American Airlines, Inc., NewCRS
Limited, Inc. and Worldspan, Worldspan has become an indirect wholly-owned
subsidiary of TTPC.

 

B.                                     Prior
to the date hereof, Consultant was the Chief Executive Officer of Worldspan
pursuant to an Employment Letter Agreement, dated March 8, 2001, between
Consultant and Worldspan, as amended by the letter to Consultant from
Worldspan, dated February 14, 2003 and the letter to Worldspan from Consultant,
dated February 26, 2003 (the “Employment Agreement”).

 

C.                                     Worldspan
and Consultant have entered into a Letter Agreement and Waiver Agreement, dated
June 30, 2003 (the “Severance and Waiver Agreement”), establishing Worldspan’s
obligations in connection with the termination of Consultant’s employment under
the Employment Agreement.

 

D.                                    Worldspan
desires to retain Consultant as an independent contractor to provide and render
certain services on the terms and conditions specified below.

 

E.                                      The
parties hereto now desire to enter into this Agreement, which contains the
terms and conditions pursuant to which Worldspan will engage Consultant as an
independent contractor.

 

TERMS

 

1.                                       Scope
of Services.  Subject to the terms
and conditions hereinafter provided, Worldspan engages Consultant to provide
services Worldspan shall reasonably request, such services to include, without
limitation:

 

a.                                       consulting
with and advising the Chief Executive Officer of Worldspan;

 

b.                                      speaking
at travel industry forums as agreed upon between Consultant and Worldspan; and

 

c.                                       participating
in sales calls as requested by Worldspan.

 

 

2.                                       Extent
of Services.  During the Term (as
defined below), Consultant shall be available two (2) days per week (including
travel time) to perform his duties pursuant to this Agreement; provided,
that the Consultant shall be available at any additional time mutually agreed
upon by Worldspan and Consultant; provided, further, that
Consultant shall not be required to be available during any week that he has
provided Worldspan with prior written notice that he will be on vacation or at
any time during which he is ill. 
Consultant shall perform his services at a location or locations
mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto.

 

3.                                       Compensation.  As compensation for the services
contemplated hereby, Consultant shall receive during the Term an annual
retainer equal to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000)  and
annual living expenses equal to sixty thousand dollars ($60,000), to be paid in
arrears in equal monthly installments in accordance with Worldspan’s standard
accounts payable procedures (“Monthly Compensation”); provided, that the
Monthly Compensation shall be pro-rated for any partial month that occurs
during the Term.

 

4.                                       Expense
Reimbursement.  During the Term,
Worldspan shall reimburse Consultant for all reasonable and itemized
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Consultant in rendering services hereunder
in accordance with Worldspan’s standard policies and procedures.

 

5.                                       Acknowledgements.  Worldspan and Consultant acknowledge that:

 

a.                                       Consultant’s
responsibilities as chair of the Atlanta Region Arts Council should not
interfere with the performance of his duties hereunder;

 

b.                                      on
the date hereof, Consultant shall be elected as a member of the Board of
Directors of Worldspan (the “Worldspan Board”) to serve at the pleasure of the
partners of Worldspan, provided, that, if and to the extent permitted by
applicable law, Consultant’s participation in certain discussions and decisions
of the Board of Directors may be limited at the discretion of the Board of
Directors; and

 

c.                                       Worldspan
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Consultant against all loss,
liability, damage or expense as set forth in Article 10 of Worldspan’s Seventh
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated as of June 30,
2003.

 

d.                                      The
Consultant, while a member of the Worldspan Board, shall at all times be
entitled to the same level of coverage of directors’ and officers’ liability
insurance as is being provided to each other Worldspan director.

 

6.                                       Term.  The term of this Agreement will begin on the
date hereof and, unless sooner terminated pursuant to Section 7 of this
Agreement, shall continue until June 30, 2004 (the “Initial Term”); provided,
that the Term shall be renewable upon the written agreement of both parties
(the “Renewal Term” and, collectively with the “Initial Term,” the “Term”).

 

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7.                                       Termination.

 

a.                                       The
Term may be terminated by either Worldspan or the Consultant at any time or for
any reason, as provided in this Section 7(a).  The Term shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of the
following:

 

(1)                                  the
close of business on the last day of the Term;

 

(2)                                  the
Consultant’s death;

 

(3)                                  delivery
by Worldspan to Consultant of a written notice of Worldspan’s election to
terminate Consultant’s services hereunder because of Consultant’s Disability
(as defined below);

 

(4)                                  during
the Initial Term, the close of business on the day on which Worldspan shall
have delivered written notice to Consultant of Worldspan’s election to
terminate Consultant’s services hereunder, which termination may be made with
or without Cause (as defined below); provided, that if Worldspan
terminates Consultant pursuant to this Section 7(a)(4) without Cause, Worldspan
shall pay Consultant the compensation required to be paid pursuant to Section 3
hereof until the end of the Initial Term;

 

(5)                                  during
any Renewal Term, the close of business on the day which is thirty (30) days
after the date on which Worldspan shall have delivered to Consultant written
notice of Worldspan’s election to terminate Consultant’s services hereunder,
which termination may be made with or without Cause; provided, that if
Worldspan terminates Consultant pursuant to this Section 7(a)(5) with Cause,
such termination may (at the option of Worldspan) be effective on an earlier
date; and

 

(6)                                  the
close of business on the day which is thirty (30) days after the date (or
earlier at the option of Worldspan) on which the Consultant shall have
delivered to Worldspan written notice of Consultant’s election to terminate his
services hereunder.

 

b.                                      For
purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” shall mean a mental or physical
incapacity that prevents or Worldspan reasonably expects will prevent
Consultant from performing his normal required services for a period of six (6)
months during any consecutive twelve (12) month period, unless within ten (10)
days after notice of termination is given following such absence the Consultant
shall have returned to the satisfactory full-time performance of his duties.

 

c.                                       For
purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean termination by Worldspan if
Consultant:  (i) is convicted of, pleads
guilty to, or confesses to any felony or any act of fraud, misappropriation,
embezzlement, or similar criminal act; (ii) has engaged in (x) dishonest,
unethical or unlawful conduct or activities to the damage or prejudice of
Worldspan or its reputation or (y) conduct or activities involving moral
turpitude damaging to the property,

 

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business or reputation of
Worldspan; or (iii) materially violates any material provision of this
Agreement, and such violation continues for ten (10) days after written notice
from Worldspan.

 

d.                                      Following
any termination of Consultant’s services hereunder, all obligations of
Worldspan under this Agreement (other than any obligations with respect to (i)
the payment of accrued and unpaid consulting fees, and expense reimbursement
under Sections 3 and 4 hereof through the date of Consultant’s termination
of services hereunder and (ii) indemnification under Section 5(c)) shall
terminate.

 

e.                                       Any
termination payments granted in this Section 7 shall be the sole and
exclusive compensation or benefit due to Consultant upon termination of
Consultant’s services.

 

8.                                       Termination
of Employment Agreement.  The terms
of the Employment Agreement shall be terminated and be of no further force or
effect.

 

9.                                       Expense
Reimbursement.  Consultant shall be
promptly reimbursed for the reasonable legal expenses incurred in connection
with the negotiation and execution of this Agreement in an amount not to exceed
ten thousand dollars ($10,000).

 

10.                                 Notices.  All notices required or permitted hereunder
shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, certified or registered first-class
mail, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery to the other party at the
following addresses:

 

 

If to Consultant:

 

Paul J. Blackney

3131
Slaton Drive N.W.

No.
35

Atlanta,
Georgia 30305

 

If to Worldpan:

 

Worldspan, L.P.

300 Galleria Parkway,
N.W.

Atlanta, Georgia 30339

Attention:  General Counsel

Fax:  770-563-7878

 

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with a copy to:

 

Dechert LLP

4000 Bell Atlantic Tower

1717 Arch Street

Philadelphia, PA  19103-2793

Attention:  Geraldine A. Sinatra, Esq.

Fax:  215-994-2222

 

or to such other person
or address as either party shall furnish to the other party in writing.

 

11.                                 Independent
Contractor.

 

a.                                       The
Consultant shall be an independent contractor and not an employee of
Worldspan.  Nothing contained herein
shall serve to constitute a relationship of partnership or joint venture
between the parties.  The Consultant
shall not be an agent of Worldspan and shall have no power to bind or to
otherwise obligate Worldspan in any manner whatsoever nor shall the Consultant
be authorized to enter into agreements or any other contractual relationships
on behalf of Worldspan, without the express prior written consent of Worldspan.

 

b.                                      Consultant
acknowledges, and agrees, that he will not be entitled to participate in, or
accrue any benefit under, any employee benefit plan, as defined by Section 3(3)
of ERISA, on account of the services rendered pursuant to this Agreement,
notwithstanding (i) any determination by any court or governmental agency that
Consultant is, or should be considered an employee of Worldspan or (ii) any
provision of any such employee benefit plan.

 

c.                                       In
addition, Consultant acknowledges and agrees that he is solely and exclusively
responsible for the payment of all federal, state and local taxes, whether
income, sales, excise or otherwise, imposed on the fees, living expenses or
other amounts paid hereunder, that Worldspan is not required to and will not
withhold or pay over any such taxes on his behalf, and that he will indemnify
and hold harmless Worldspan, its officers, directors, employees and affiliates
from and against any liability that any of them may incur by reason of
Consultant’s failure to properly and timely report all such payments and pay
all taxes due with respect to such payments.

 

12.                                 Severability.  If any term or provision of this Agreement
or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall, to any extent,
be held invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the
remainder of this Agreement or the application of any such term or provision to
persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid or
unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each term and provision of
this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted
by law.  If any of the provisions
contained in this Agreement shall for any reason be held to be excessively
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activity or subject, it
shall be construed by limiting and reducing it, so as to be valid and
enforceable to the extent compatible with the applicable law or the
determination by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

13.                                 Governing
Law.  The implementation and
interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the
conflicts of law provisions thereof.

 

14.                                 Binding
Effect and Assignability.  The
rights and obligations of both parties under this Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and shall be binding upon their heirs, successors and assigns.  Consultant’s rights and obligations under
this Agreement shall not, in any voluntary or involuntary manner, be assignable
and Consultant’s rights under this Agreement may not be pledged or hypothecated,
in each case without the prior written consent of Worldspan.

 

15.                                 Counterparts;
Section Headings.  This Agreement
may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to
be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.  The section headings of
this Agreement are for convenience of reference only.

 

16.                                 Survival.   Notwithstanding the termination of this
Agreement or Consultant’s consultancy hereunder for any reason, Sections 5, 8,
13, 14, and 16 hereof shall survive any such termination.

 

17.                                 Entire
Agreement.  This instrument, along
with the Severance and Waiver Agreement, constitutes the entire agreement with
respect to the subject matter hereof between the parties hereto and replaces
and supersedes as of the date hereof any and all prior oral or written
agreements and understandings between the parties hereto, including the
Employment Agreement and the Letter, dated March 26, 2003, from TTPC and
acknowledged and agreed by Consultant. 
This Agreement may only be modified by an agreement in writing executed
by both Consultant and Worldspan.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this
Consulting Agreement as of the day and year first written above.

 

	
   

  	
  WORLDSPAN, L.P.

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  Travel Transaction
  Processing Corporation, its general partner

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Rakesh Gangwal

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Name: Rakesh Gangwal

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Title: President and
  Chief Executive Officer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  /s/ Paul J. Blackney

  
	
   

  	
  Paul J. Blackney

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