EXHIBIT 1.2
FORM
OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT FOR DEBT SECURITIES
JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION
(a Delaware corporation)
$ [________] [TITLE OF DEBT SECURITIES]
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
[DATE]
[NAMES OF REPRESENTATIVES]
for themselves and as
Representatives
for the Underwriters named
in Schedule I,
hereto (the
Representatives)
[ADDRESS OF REPRESENTATIVES]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
JetBlue Airways Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the Company), proposes to issue
and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the Underwriters), subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, an aggregate principal amount of $ [_________]
[TITLE OF DEBT SECURITIES] of the Company (the Offered Securities)
to be issued pursuant to the provisions of an indenture dated as of [DATE] (the
Indenture) between the Company
and [Wilmington Trust Company], as trustee (the Trustee). Subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Underwriters agree to purchase
from the Company, severally and not jointly, the respective principal amount of
Offered Securities set forth in Schedule I opposite their respective names at
the purchase price set forth herein. [The Offered Securities will be
convertible into shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the
Company (the Underlying Securities) in accordance with the terms of the
Securities and the Indenture.]
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the Commission) two
shelf registration statements on Form S-3: (i) Registration Statement No.
333-109546 (the First Registration Statement)
and (ii) Registration Statement No. 333-119549 (the Second Registration Statement) constituting a post-effective
amendment no. 1 to the First Registration Statement, each relating to certain
classes of securities (such registration
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statements, including the exhibits thereto and the
documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (collectively, the Exchange
Act) that are incorporated by reference therein, as amended at the
date hereof, being herein referred to as the Registration
Statements) and the offering thereof from time to time in
accordance with Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Securities Act). The term Basic Prospectus
means the prospectus relating to the issuance of debt securities included in
the Registration Statements. The term Prospectus
means the Basic Prospectus together with the Prospectus Supplement. The term preliminary prospectus means a preliminary
prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Offered Securities, together
with the Basic Prospectus. As used herein, the terms Basic Prospectus, Prospectus and preliminary prospectus shall include in each case the
documents, incorporated by reference therein. The terms supplement, amendment and amend
as used herein shall include all documents deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus that are filed subsequent to the date of the Basic
Prospectus by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act).
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to and
agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) The
Registration Statements have become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness
one or both of the Registration Statements is in effect, and no proceedings for
such purpose are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
by the Commission.
(b) (i)
Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus complied or will comply when so
filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder; (ii) each Registration Statement,
when it became effective, did not contain, and, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; (iii) the Registration Statements and the
Prospectus comply and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply
in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder; and (iv) the Prospectus does not
contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties
set forth in this paragraph do not apply (A) to statements or omissions in the
Registration Statements or the Prospectus based upon information relating to
any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through
you expressly for use therein or (B) to that part of the Registration
Statements that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee under
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the Trust
Indenture Act), on Form T-1.
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(c) The Company has been duly incorporated, is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own
its property and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is
duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing
of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure
to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse
effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(d) Each of the Companys subsidiaries has been
duly organized, is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability
company, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has the power and authority
to own its property and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus
and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing
of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure
to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse
effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all of the issued
shares of capital stock or membership interests, as the case may be, of the
Companys subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are
fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the
Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.
(e) [The Company has an authorized capitalization
as set forth in the Prospectus and all of the issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued,
are fully paid and non-assessable and conform in all material respects to the
description thereof contained in the Prospectus under the caption [Description
of Capital Stock.]]
(f) This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company.
(g) The Indenture has been duly qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as may be subject to (A) applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally and (B)
general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(h) The Offered Securities have been duly
authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be valid and binding
obligations of the Company, in each case enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms, except as may be
subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors
rights generally and (B) general principles of equity (regardless of
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whether
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and will be
entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(i) [The Underlying Securities issuable upon
conversion of the Securities have been duly authorized and reserved and, when
issued upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the
Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and
the issuance of the Underlying Securities will not be subject to any preemptive
or similar rights.]
(j) The execution and delivery by the Company
of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this
Agreement, the Indenture and the Offered Securities will not contravene any
provision of applicable law or the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of
the Company or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or
any of its subsidiaries that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body,
agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the
performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the
Indenture or the Offered Securities, except such as may be required by the
securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer
and sale of the Offered Securities.
(k) There has not occurred any material adverse
change, or any development reasonably likely to involve a material adverse
change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business
or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that
set forth in the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto
subsequent to the date of this Agreement).
(l) There are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the
properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that are
required to be described in the Registration Statements or the Prospectus and
are not so described or any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents
that are required to be described in the Registration Statements or the
Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statements that are
not described or filed as required.
(m) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of
the registration statements as originally filed or as part of any amendment
thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when
so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(n) The Company is not and, after giving effect
to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the
proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, will not be required to
register as an investment company as such term is defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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(o) The Company and its subsidiaries (i) are
in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local
laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the
environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants (Environmental Laws),
(ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of
them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their businesses, and
(iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit,
license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws,
failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to
comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals
would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(p) To the knowledge of the Company, there are no
costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without
limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up,
closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit,
license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any
potential liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the aggregate,
have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(q) Subsequent to the date of the Prospectus,
(i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any
material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, or entered into any
material transaction, in each case, not in the ordinary course of business or
as described in or as contemplated by the Prospectus (including, without
limitation, aircraft acquisitions or financing so described in or contemplated
by the Prospectus); (ii) the Company has not purchased any of its
outstanding capital stock, nor declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or
distribution of any kind on its capital stock (other than repurchases of
unvested shares of the Companys capital stock pursuant to its equity incentive
plans); (iii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock,
short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company except in each case as
described in or contemplated by the Prospectus (including, without limitation,
aircraft financing so described in or contemplated by the Prospectus); and
(iv) there has been no prohibition or suspension of the operation of the
Companys aircraft, including as a result of action taken by the Federal
Aviation Administration or the Department of Transportation.
(r) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has
good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and
marketable title to all personal property owned by it which is material to the
business of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances and defects except liens and encumbrances on aircraft
of the Company and such other liens, encumbrances or defects as are described
in or contemplated by the Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the
value of such property or do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be
made of such property by the Company or its subsidiaries; and any real property
and buildings held under lease by the Company or any of its subsidiaries are
held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions
as are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be
made of such property and buildings by the Company or its subsidiaries, in each
case except as described in or contemplated by the Prospectus.
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(s) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries
possesses such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations
(collectively Government Licenses) issued by
the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies,
including the Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration
or the Federal Communications Commission necessary to conduct the business now
operated by it; (ii) each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in
compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses,
except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate,
have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole; (iii) all of the Government Licenses are valid and in full force,
except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such
Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not have a material
adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and
(iv) the Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to
the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or
in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(t) Except as described in or contemplated by
the Prospectus, no material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or its
subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the
Company is not aware, but without any independent investigation or inquiry, of
any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any
of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors that could result in
any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the
earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as
a whole.
(u) The Company is insured by insurers of
recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such
amounts as are customary in the businesses in which it is engaged; the Company
has not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied other than in
connection with instances where the Company was seeking to obtain insurance
coverage at more attractive rates; and the Company has no reason to believe
that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when
such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as
may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not have a
material adverse effect on the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as described in or contemplated
by the Prospectus.
(v) The Company maintains a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that
(i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or
specific authorizations in all material respects and (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset
accountability.
(w) The Company (i) is an air carrier
within the meaning of 49 U.S.C. Section
40102(a); (ii) holds an air carrier operating certificate issued by the
Secretary of Transportation pursuant to Chapter 447 of Title 49 of the United
States Code for aircraft
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capable
of carrying 10 or more individuals or 6,000 pounds or more of cargo; and
(iii) is a citizen of the United States as defined in 49 U.S.C. Section
401102.
2. Purchase
and Sale; Closing. Upon the
basis of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in this
Agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective
principal amount of Offered Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite
its name at a purchase price of [___]% of the principal amount thereof (the Purchase Price) plus accrued interest, if
any, to the Closing Date.
Payment for the Offered Securities shall be made to
the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City
against delivery of such Offered Securities for the respective accounts of the
several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on [DATE], or at such
other time on the same or such other date, not later than [DATE], as shall be
designated in writing by you. The time
and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the Closing Date.
Certificates for the Offered Securities shall be in
definitive form and registered in such names and in such denominations as you
shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the
Closing Date. The certificates
evidencing the Offered Securities shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date
for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, with any transfer
taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Offered Securities to the
Underwriters duly paid, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor.
3. Terms of
Public Offering. The Company
is advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of
their respective principal amount of the Offered Securities on the terms to be
set forth in the Prospectus, as soon after the Registration Statements and this
Agreement become effective as in your judgment is advisable.
4. Conditions
to the Underwriters Obligations.
The obligations of the Company to sell the Offered Securities to the
Underwriters and the several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and
pay for the Offered Securities on the Closing Date are subject to the condition
that the Registration Statements shall have become effective not later than
[____] (New York City time) on the date hereof.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to
purchase and pay for the Offered Securities are subject to the following
further conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) there shall not have occurred any
downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential
downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the
direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded any of the Companys
securities by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as
such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act;
and
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(ii) there shall not have occurred any
change, or any development reasonably likely to involve a change, in the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations
of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in
the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent
to the date of this Agreement) that, in your judgment, is material and adverse
and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable to market the Offered
Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the
Closing Date a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed, on behalf of the
Company, by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in
Section 4(a)(i) above and to the effect that the representations and warranties
of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the
Closing Date and that the Company has complied in all material respects with
all of the agreements and satisfied in all material respects all of the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the
Closing Date. The officer signing and
delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as
to proceedings threatened.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the
Closing Date an opinion of Nixon Peabody LLP, outside counsel for the Company,
dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) the
Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the
corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct its business
as described in the Prospectus and (based solely on an examination of
certificates of government officials and agencies) is duly qualified to
transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction set forth in
Schedule I to such opinion, except where the failure to be so qualified or be
in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as whole;
(ii) each
subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated or organized, as the case
may be, is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization, has the power and authority to own its property and to conduct
its business as described in the Prospectus, and (based solely on an
examination of certificates of government officials and agencies) is duly
qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction set
forth in Schedule I to such opinion, except where the failure to be so
qualified or be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on
the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as whole;
(iii) this Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
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(iv) the Indenture has been duly qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent
conveyance, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting the
enforcement of, creditors rights and remedies, (b) the application of general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered
in a proceeding in equity or law), including, without limitation, (i) the
possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or any other
equitable remedy and (ii) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith
and fair dealing, and (c) public policy;
(v) the Offered Securities have been duly
authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for (A) by the
Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be entitled
to the benefits of the Indenture and will be valid and binding obligations of
the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms except as such
enforceability may be limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or
affecting the enforcement of, creditors rights and remedies, (b) the
application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or law), including,
without limitation, (i) the possible unavailability of specific performance,
injunctive relief or any other equitable remedy and (ii) concepts of
materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and (c) public
policy;
(vi) except
for such conflicts or violations, when considered alone or taken together with
all other conflicts or violations, would not have a material adverse effect on
the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the execution and delivery
by the Company of this Agreement does not, and the performance by the Company
of its obligations under this Agreement will not, conflict with or violate any
provision of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company, any
agreement or other instrument set forth in Schedule II to such opinion, or, to
the knowledge of such counsel, any judgment, order or decree of any
governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Company or any
of its subsidiaries and applicable to the Company, its subsidiaries or their
properties, or any law which in such counsels experience is normally
applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement; and, except for those which have
been obtained under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and such as may be required by applicable state and local
securities laws, no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
qualification with, any governmental body or agency is required for the
performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement;
(vii) the statements (A) in the Prospectus
under the captions [Description of Debt Securities] and [Underwriting] (except for matters relating to price
stabilization, short positions and passive market making
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activities,
as to which such counsel need not express any opinion) and (B) in the
Registration Statements in Item 15, in each case insofar as such statements
constitute summaries of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to
therein, fairly present, in all material respects, the information called for
with respect to such legal matters, documents and proceedings and fairly
summarize the matters referred to therein;
(viii) the
Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered
Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the
Prospectus, will not be required to register as an investment company as such
term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(ix) the
Registration Statements and Prospectus, except for financial
statements, notes thereto and schedules and other financial, numerical,
statistical and accounting information and data included or incorporated by
reference therein, and that part of the Registration Statements that
constitutes the Form T-1 heretofore referred to (collectively,
Excluded Information), as to which such counsel need not express any opinion, comply
as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act
and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; [and]
(x) each
document filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statements and the Prospectus (except for Excluded
Information, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion), on the
date such document was filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder[.]
[(xi) the shares of capital stock outstanding
prior to the issuance of the Offered Securities have been duly authorized and
are validly issued, and to the knowledge of such counsel, fully paid and
non-assessable; and
(xii) the Underlying Securities reserved for
issuance upon conversion of the Offered Securities have been duly authorized
and reserved and, when issued upon conversion of the Offered Securities in
accordance with the terms of the Offered Securities, will be validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable and the issuance of the Underlying
Securities will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.]
In addition, such counsel shall state that,
although such counsel has not undertaken to determine independently, and
therefore, except for the opinions set forth in Section 4(c)(vii), (ix) and
(x), does not assume any responsibility, explicitly or implicitly, for, the
accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained or incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statements and Prospectus, such counsel has
participated in the preparation of the Registration Statements and Prospectus,
including review and discussion of the contents thereof, and that, based upon
and subject to the foregoing and the other qualifications and limitations set
forth in such counsels opinion, nothing has
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come
to the attention of such counsel that causes such counsel to believe that (i)
the Registration Statements and the Prospectus included therein at the time the
Registration Statements became effective (except for Excluded Information, as
to which such counsel need not express any belief) contained any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and
(ii) the Prospectus (except for Excluded Information, as to which such counsel
need not express any belief) as of its date or as of the Closing Date contained
or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In
giving such opinion and belief, counsel for the Company may (i) as to matters
of fact, rely on certificates of the Company or officers of the Company and
other information from governmental officials, (ii) state that it is opining only as to matters of federal and New York law and, with
respect to the Company and its corporate subsidiary, the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware, and, with respect to the Companys limited
liability company subsidiary, the Limited Liability Company Law of the State of
Delaware, and (iii) state that its opinion and belief are based upon its
participation in the preparation of the Registration Statements and Prospectus
and review and discussion of the contents thereof, but are without independent
check or verification, except as specified.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on
the Closing Date an opinion of James G. Hnat, general counsel for the Company,
dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) such
counsel does not know of any legal or governmental proceedings pending or
threatened to which the Company is a party or to which any of the properties of
the Company is subject that are required to be described in the Registration
Statements or the Prospectus and are not so described or of any statutes,
regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in
the Registration Statements or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statements that are not described or filed as required;
(ii) to such
counsels knowledge, the Company possesses the Government Licenses necessary to
conduct its commercial airline operations as described in the Prospectus and
the Company is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such
Government Licenses, except where the failure to so comply would not, singly or
in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company, and all of the
Government Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except where the
invalidity of such Government Licenses or the failure of such Governmental
Licenses to be in full force and effect would not have a material adverse
effect on the Company;
(iii) the statements
in the Prospectus under the caption BusinessGovernment Regulation, insofar
as such statements constitute summaries of legal or regulatory matters,
documents or proceedings referred to therein are accurate in all material
respects and fairly summarize the matters referred to therein; and
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(iv) the Company is
an air carrier and a citizen of the United States within the meaning of
that portion of the United States Code comprising those provisions formerly
referred to as the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, and now primarily codified in
Title 49 of the United States Code, as amended, and holds an air carrier
operating certificate issued by the Secretary of Transportation within the
meaning of 11 U.S.C. § 1110. The
statements in the Prospectus as to the routes relating to its services which
the Company presently operates or is authorized to operate are correct in all
material respects and such routes presently operated are being operated
pursuant to valid certificates or authorizations issued by the Federal Aviation
Authority.
In giving such opinion,
such counsel may (i) as to matters of fact, rely on certificates of the Company
or officers of the Company and other information from governmental officials,
and (ii) state that it is opining only as to matters of federal and New York
law and, with respect to the Company and its corporate subsidiary, the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and, with respect to the Companys
limited liability company subsidiary, the Limited Liability Company Law of the
State of Delaware.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received on the
Closing Date an opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, counsel for the
Underwriters, dated the Closing Date, (or a letter in the case of the
penultimate paragraph of Section 4(c)) covering the matters referred to in
Sections 4(c)(i) (but only as to the Companys jurisdiction of incorporation)
4(c)(vii) and 4(c)(ix), (but only as to the statements in the Prospectus under
[Description of Debt Securities] [, Description of Capital Stock] and
[Underwriting]) and the penultimate paragraph of Section 4(c).
(f) The Underwriters shall have received, on
each of the date hereof and the Closing Date, a letter dated the date hereof or
the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Underwriters, from Ernst & Young LLP, independent
public accountants, containing statements and information of the type
ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with
respect to the financial statements for the years ended [December 31, 2003, 2002
and 2001] and the [___-month periods ended ____, 2004 and 2003] and certain
financial information contained in the Registration Statements and the
Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a
cut-off date not earlier than the date hereof.
(g) The Underwriters shall have received on the
Closing Date such documents as you may reasonably request with respect to the
good standing of the Company, the due authorization and issuance of the Offered
Securities and other matters related to the issuance of the Offered Securities.
5. Covenants
of the Company. In further
consideration of the agreements of the Underwriters herein contained, the
Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) To furnish to you, without charge, [___]
signed copies of the Registration Statements (including exhibits thereto) and
for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration
Statements (without exhibits thereto) and to furnish
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you in New York City, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on
the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the
period mentioned in Section 5(c) below, as many copies of the Prospectus and
any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statements as you
may reasonably request.
(b) Before amending or supplementing the
Registration Statements or the Prospectus with respect to the Offered
Securities, to furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or
supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which
you reasonably object, and to file with the Commission within the applicable
period specified in Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act any prospectus
required to be filed pursuant to such Rule.
(c) If, during such period after the first date
of the public offering of the Offered Securities as in the reasonable opinion
of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus is required by law to be
delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall
occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or
supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not
misleading, or if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Underwriters,
it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable
law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own
expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you
will furnish to the Company) to which Offered Securities may have been sold by
you on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either
amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the
Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the
circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or
so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law.
(d) To endeavor to qualify the Offered Securities
for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions
as you shall reasonably request; provided, however, the Company shall not be
obligated to qualify as a foreign corporation or file any general consent to
service of process under the laws of any such jurisdiction or subject itself to
taxation as doing business in any such jurisdiction.
(e) To make generally available to the Companys
security holders and to you as soon as practicable an earning statement
covering a twelve month period beginning on the first day of the first full
fiscal quarter after the date of this Agreement that shall satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder. If such fiscal quarter is the last fiscal quarter
of the Companys fiscal year, such earning statement shall be made available
not later than 90 days after the close of the period covered thereby and in all
other cases shall be made available not later than 45 days after the close of
the period covered thereby.
(f) During the period beginning on the date of
this Agreement and continuing to and including the Closing Date, other than in
connection with the resale of its 3½% Convertible Notes due 2033 or the sale of
its equipment notes to each of the original trusts pursuant to the Note
Purchase Agreements with the Trustees thereof as
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by the Underwriting Agreement dated March 18, 2004 among the Company and the
underwriters party thereto relating to the Companys Pass Through Certificates,
Series 2004-1, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any
debt securities of the Company or warrants to purchase debt securities of the
Company substantially similar to the Offered Securities (other than (i) the
Offered Securities and (ii) commercial paper issued in the ordinary course of
business), without your the prior written consent.
(g) Whether or not the transactions contemplated
in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or
cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations
under this Agreement, including: [(i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of
the Companys counsel and the Companys accountants in connection with the
registration and delivery of the Offered Securities under the Securities Act
and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of
the Registration Statements, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and
amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing
costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to
the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities herein above specified, (ii)
all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Offered
Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable
thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or legal
investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered
Securities under state law and all expenses in connection with the
qualification of the Offered Securities for offer and sale under state law as
provided in Section 5(d) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such
qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal investment
memorandum, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (v)
all filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Underwriters incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the
offering of the Offered Securities by the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., (vi) any fees charged by the rating agencies for the rating of
the Offered Securities, (vii) all fees and expenses in connection with the
preparation and filing of the registration statement on Form 8-A relating to
the Offered Securities and all costs and expenses incident to listing the
Offered Securities on [any national securities exchanges and foreign stock
exchanges], (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor
presentations on any road show undertaken in connection with the marketing of
the offering of the Offered Securities, including, without limitation, expenses
associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and
expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations
with the prior approval of the Company, travel and lodging expenses of the
representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and such
proportion of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road
show as shall be agreed upon separately by the Company and the Representatives
(it being understood that the Underwriters shall be responsible for paying
travel and lodging expenses of the Representatives and such proportion of the
cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show and any ground
transportation used by the Representatives in connection with the road show as
shall be so separately agreed upon), (ix) all other costs and expenses incident
to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which
provision is not
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made in this Section and (x) all document production charges and expenses of
counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the preparation of the
Indenture. It is understood, however,
that except as provided in this Section, Section 6 entitled Indemnity and
Contribution, and the last paragraph of Section 8 below, the Underwriters will
pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their
counsel, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.]
6. Indemnity
and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of
Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any
such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statements or any
amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements
thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement
or omission based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the
Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the foregoing indemnity agreement with respect
to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter
from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
purchased Offered Securities, or any person controlling such Underwriter, if a
copy of the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented if the Company shall
have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) was not sent or given by
or on behalf of such Underwriter to such person, if required by law so to have
been delivered, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of the Offered
Securities to such person, and if the Prospectus (as so amended or
supplemented) would have cured the defect giving rise to such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, unless such failure is the result of noncompliance by
the Company with Section 5(a) hereof.
(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not
jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its
officers who sign the Registration Statements and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing
indemnity from the Company to such Underwriter, but only with reference to
information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by
such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statements,
any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any
governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect
of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either Section 6(a) or 6(b), such
person (the indemnified party) shall promptly notify the person against
whom such indemnity may be sought (the indemnifying party) in writing
and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
indemnified party and any others the
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indemnifying party may
designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such
counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified
party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses
of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i)
the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to
the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding
(including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would
be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them.
It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal
expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related
proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified
parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are
incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by you, in the case of
parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above, and by the Company, in the
case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above. The indemnifying
party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without
its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final
judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the
indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time
an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse
the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the
second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees
that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without
its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days
after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such
indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in
accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect
of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity
could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such
settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all
liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided
for in Section 6(a) or 6(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or
insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred
to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount
paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters
on the other hand from the offering of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the
allocation provided by clause 6(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law,
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause 6(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company
on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with
the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters
on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities
shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds
from the offering of such Offered Securities (before deducting expenses)
received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and
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commissions received by the
Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the
Prospectus Supplement, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Offered
Securities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or
the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters respective obligations to
contribute pursuant to this Section 6 are several in proportion to the respective
principal amounts of Offered Securities they have purchased hereunder, and not
joint.
(e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that
it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6
were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in Section 6(d). The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and
liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed
to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 6, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute
any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the
Offered Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were
offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter
has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 6 are
not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be
available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions
contained in this Section 6 and the representations, warranties and other
statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative
and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this
Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any
person controlling any Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter or by or
on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling
the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Offered
Securities.
7. Termination. The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice given by
you to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or
materially limited on, or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock
Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq National Market, (ii)
trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any
exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in
securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall
have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have
been declared by Federal or New York State authorities or (v) there shall have
occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial
markets or any calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and
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adverse and which singly or
together with any other such event specified in this clause (v), makes it, in
your judgment, impracticable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the
Offered Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
8. Effectiveness;
Defaulting Underwriters.
This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery
hereof by the parties hereto.
If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the
Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase the principal amount of Offered
Securities that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date,
and the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities which such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not
more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of all the Offered
Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be
obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Offered
Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I hereto bears
to the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities set forth opposite the
names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as
you may specify, to purchase the principal amount of Offered Securities which
such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to
purchase on such date; provided
that in no event shall the principal amount of Offered Securities that any
Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased
pursuant to this Section 8 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such
principal amount of Offered Securities without the written consent of such
Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall
fail or refuse to purchase the principal amount of Offered Securities that it
has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate
principal amount of Offered Securities with respect to which such default
occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of all the
Offered Securities to be purchased, and arrangements satisfactory to you and
the Company for the purchase of such principal amount of Offered Securities are
not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall
terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or
the Company. In any such case either you or the Company shall have the right to
postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order
that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statements and in the
Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any
action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter
from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this
Agreement.
If this Agreement shall be terminated by the
Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of
the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of
this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters
or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to
themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including
the reasonable fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by
such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering
contemplated hereunder.
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9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if
the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
10. Applicable
Law. This Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of
New York.
11. Headings. The headings of the sections of this
Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be
deemed a part of this Agreement.
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