Exhibit 1
EXECUTION COPY
JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION
Pass Through Certificates
Series 2004-2
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
November 9, 2004
November 9, 2004
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
As representative of the several
Underwriters named in
Schedule I hereto
(the Representative)
c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Ladies and Gentlemen:
JetBlue Airways Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the Company), proposes that
Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as pass through
trustee (the Trustee) under the
Class G-1 Trust, Class G-2 Trust and the Class C Trust (each as defined below),
issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto its
pass through certificates in the aggregate face amounts and with the interest
rates and final expected distribution dates set forth on Schedule II hereto
(the Offered Certificates) on
the terms and conditions stated herein.
The Offered Certificates will be issued pursuant to three
separate pass through trust agreements, each dated as of November 15, 2004,
between the Company and the Trustee (the Original
Pass Through Trust Agreements).
The Original Pass Through Trust Agreements relate to the JetBlue Airways
Corporation Pass Through Trust, Series 2004-2G-1-O (the Class G-1 Trust), the JetBlue Airways
Corporation Pass Through Trust, Series 2004-2G-2-O (the Class G-2 Trust) and the JetBlue Airways
Corporation Pass Through Trust, Series 2004-2C-O (the Class C Trust and together with the Class
G-1 Trust and the Class G-2 Trust, the Original
Trusts).
The cash proceeds of the offering of Offered
Certificates by each Original Trust will be paid to Wilmington Trust Company,
as escrow agent (the Escrow Agent),
under separate Escrow and Paying Agent Agreements relating to each Original
Trust among the Escrow Agent, the Underwriters, the relevant Trustee and
Wilmington Trust Company, as paying agent (the Paying Agent), for the benefit of the holders of Offered
Certificates issued by such Original Trust (each, an Escrow Agreement). The Escrow Agent will deposit such cash
proceeds (each, a Deposit) with
HSH Nordbank, acting through its New York branch (the Depositary), in accordance with a Deposit
Agreement relating to the respective Original Trust (the Deposit Agreement), and will withdraw
Deposits upon request to allow the Trustee to purchase Equipment Notes (as
defined in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to herein) from time to time
pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement to be dated as of the Issuance Date (the
Note Purchase
Agreement) among the Company, the Trustee of each of the Original
Trusts and Wilmington Trust Company, as Subordination Agent (as hereinafter
defined) and as Paying Agent and the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent will issue receipts to be
attached to each related Offered Certificate (Escrow Receipts) representing each holders fractional
undivided interest in amounts deposited with the Escrow Agent and will pay to
such holders through the related Paying Agent interest accrued on the Deposits
and received by such Paying Agent pursuant to the related Deposit Agreement at
a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable to the corresponding
Offered Certificates.
On the earlier (the Trust
Transfer Date) of (i) the first Business Day after February 28,
2006, or if later, the fifth Business Day after the Delivery Period Termination
Date (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) and (ii) the fifth Business
Day after the occurrence of a Triggering Event (as defined in the Intercreditor
Agreement), each of the Original Trusts will transfer and assign all of its
assets and rights to a newly-created successor trust with substantially
identical terms except as described in the Prospectus Supplement (as
hereinafter defined) (each, a Successor
Trust) governed by three separate pass through trust agreements,
each to be dated as of the Issuance Date, between the Company and the Trustee,
with respect to each series of Offered Certificates (each, a Successor Pass Through Trust Agreement). Each Offered Certificate outstanding on the
Trust Transfer Date will represent the same interest in the relevant Successor
Trust as such Offered Certificate represented in the relevant Original Trust. Wilmington Trust Company initially will also
act as trustee of the Successor Trusts.
As used herein, the terms Trust
and Pass Through Trust Agreement
shall mean Original Trust and Original Pass Through Trust Agreement,
respectively; and on or after the Trust Transfer Date, such terms shall mean Successor
Trust and Successor Pass Through Trust Agreement, respectively.
Certain amounts of interest payable on the Offered
Certificates issued by each Trust will be entitled to the benefits of separate
primary liquidity facilities and separate above-cap liquidity facilities. Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (the Primary Liquidity Provider) will enter
into a separate revolving credit agreement with respect to each Trust (each, a Primary Liquidity Facility), to be dated
as of the Issuance Date for the benefit of the holders of the Offered
Certificates issued by such Trust.
Citibank N.A. (the Above-Cap
Liquidity Provider) will enter into a separate interest rate cap
agreement with respect to each Trust (each, an Above-Cap Liquidity Facility), each to be dated as of the
Issuance Date for the benefit of the holders of the Offered Certificates issued
by such Trust.
The Primary Liquidity Provider, the Above-Cap
Liquidity Provider, MBIA Insurance Corporation, as provider of the Policies
referred to below (in such capacity, the Policy
Provider), and the holders of the Offered Certificates will be
entitled to the benefits, and subject to the terms, of an Intercreditor
Agreement to be dated as of the Issuance Date (the Intercreditor Agreement) among the Trustee, Wilmington Trust
Company, as subordination agent and trustee thereunder (the Subordination Agent), the Primary
Liquidity Provider, the Above-Cap Liquidity Provider and the Policy Provider.
Payments of interest on the Offered Certificates
issued by each of the Class G-1 Trust and the Class G-2 Trust will be supported
by a financial guaranty insurance policy (each, a Policy and collectively, the Policies) issued by the Policy Provider to the extent the Primary
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Liquidity Facilities and
the Above-Cap Liquidity Facilities for such Offered Certificates and any funds
contained in the related cash collateral accounts are not available for that
purpose. Each Policy will also support
the payment of the outstanding balance of the Offered Certificates issued by
the Class G-1 Trust or the Class G-2 Trust, as applicable, on the respective
final legal distribution date for such Offered Certificate and under certain
other circumstances described in the Intercreditor Agreement and the
Policies. The Policies will be issued
pursuant to an insurance and indemnity agreement dated as of the Issuance Date
(the Policy Provider Agreement)
among the Policy Provider, the Company, the Trustees for the Class G-1 Trust
and the Class G-2 Trust and the Subordination Agent.
As used herein, unless the context otherwise requires,
the term Underwriters shall mean
the firms named as Underwriters in Schedule I, and the term you shall mean Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated (Morgan Stanley).
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this
Agreement shall have the meanings specified therefor in the Pass Through Trust
Agreements, the Note Purchase Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement, as
applicable; provided that, as used in this Agreement, the term Operative Documents shall mean the Deposit
Agreements, the Escrow Agreements, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Primary
Liquidity Facilities, the Above-Cap Liquidity Facilities, the Policies, the
Policy Provider Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement dated the date hereof
(the Indemnification Agreement)
among the Company, the Policy Provider and the Underwriters, the Pass Through
Trust Agreements, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Policy Fee
Letter, the Participation Agreements, the Indentures, the Assignment and
Assumption Agreements and the Equipment Notes.
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 post-effective
amendment no. 1 to the First Registration Statement, each relating to certain
classes of securities (such registration 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). A prospectus supplement reflecting the terms
of the Offered Certificates, the terms of the offering thereof and the other
matters set forth therein, as further specified in Section 6(b) hereof, will be
prepared and filed together with the base prospectus referred to below pursuant
to Rule 424 under the Securities Act (such prospectus supplement, in the form
first filed after the date hereof pursuant to Rule 424, being herein referred
to as the Prospectus Supplement
and any prospectus supplement relating to the Offered Certificates filed prior
to the filing of the Prospectus Supplement being herein referred to as a Preliminary Prospectus Supplement). The base prospectus, dated November 4, 2004,
included in the Second Registration Statement relating to offerings of pass
through certificates, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, and
including the documents incorporated by reference therein, is herein called the
Prospectus, except that, if such
base prospectus is
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amended or supplemented on or prior to the date on
which the Prospectus Supplement is first filed pursuant to Rule 424, the term Prospectus shall refer to such base
prospectus as so amended or supplemented and as supplemented by the Prospectus
Supplement, in either case including the documents incorporated by reference therein. Any reference herein to the terms amendment or supplement with respect to the Registration Statements, the
Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or any preliminary prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed with the Commission
under the Exchange Act after the date hereof, the date the Prospectus is filed
with the Commission, or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or
preliminary prospectus, as the case may be, and incorporated therein by reference
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities 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 of 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; (ii) each Registration Statement, when it originally
became effective, did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, on the
effective date of any post-effective amendment, if any, did not and 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 as
to form and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply as to form
in all material respects with the Securities Act; and (iv) the Prospectus, as of
the date thereof, does not contain and, on the Issuance Date, 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 to statements or omissions in the Registration
Statements or the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented (if applicable), based
upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in
writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Prospectus or
to statements or omissions in that part of the Registration Statements which
shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility of the Trustee under the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the Trust Indenture Act), on Form T-1; provided that
the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the Policy Provider
Information (as defined in the Indemnification Agreement).
(c) The consolidated financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statements
present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated
results of operations and cash flows or changes in financial position of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified. Except as stated
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therein, such financial statements have been
prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on
a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The financial statement schedules, if any,
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statements present
fairly the information required to be stated therein. The summary consolidated financial data
included in the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein in all
material respects and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the
audited consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statements.
(d) The Company has been duly
incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, 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.
(e) Each of the Companys
subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or 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.
(f) This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(g) Each of the Operative Documents
to which the Company is or is to be a party has been duly authorized by the
Company and has been or (subject to the satisfaction of conditions precedent
set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement and the Participation Agreements) will
be duly executed and delivered by the Company on or prior to the Issuance Date
or the applicable Closing Date (as defined in the Participation Agreements).
(h) The Operative Documents to which
the Company is, or is to be, a party are or will be substantially in the form
heretofore supplied to you, and, when duly executed and delivered by the
Company will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as may
be subject to (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization,
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moratorium and other 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). Each Pass Through
Trust Agreement as executed is substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to
the Registration Statements and has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act. The Offered Certificates,
the Equipment Notes and the Operative Documents will conform in all material
respects to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus.
(i) When executed, authenticated,
issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the related Original Pass
Through Trust Agreement and sold and paid for as provided in this Agreement,
the Offered Certificates will be validly issued and will be entitled to the
benefits of the related Original Pass Through Trust Agreement. Based on applicable law as in effect on the
date hereof, upon the execution and delivery of the Assignment and Assumption
Agreements in accordance with the Original Pass Through Trust Agreements, the
Offered Certificates will be validly outstanding under, and entitled to the
benefits of, the related Successor Pass Through Trust Agreement. When executed, authenticated, issued and
delivered in the manner provided for in the related Escrow Agreement, the
Escrow Receipts will be validly issued and will be entitled to the benefits of
the related Escrow Agreement.
(j) The Equipment Notes to be issued
under each Indenture, when duly executed and delivered by the Company, and duly
authenticated by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the terms of such
Indenture, will be duly issued under such Indenture and will constitute the
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company
in accordance with their terms, except as may be subject to (A) bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other 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). The
holders of the Equipment Notes issued under each Indenture will be entitled to
the benefits of such Indenture.
(k) The execution and delivery by
the Company of this Agreement and of the Operative Documents to which the
Company is, or is to be, a party, the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, by such Operative Documents, and
compliance by the Company with the terms of this Agreement and such Operative
Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the
part of the Company and do not and will not result in any violation of the
certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company and do not and will not
conflict with, or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien
(other than as specified in, or permitted by, the applicable Operative
Document) upon any property or assets of the Company under, (A) any contract,
indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other material agreement or
other instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it may be bound or
to which any of its properties may be subject or (B) any existing applicable
law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any government,
governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction
over the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any of its properties (other than
the securities or Blue Sky laws of
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the various states, as to which the Company
makes no representation or warranty), except, in the case of either clause (A)
or (B) above, for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Liens that would not,
singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. No
consent, approval, authorization, order or license of, or filing with or notice
to, any government, governmental instrumentality, regulatory body or authority
or court, domestic or foreign, is required for the valid authorization,
issuance and delivery of the Offered Certificates and the Equipment Notes, the
valid authorization, execution, delivery and performance by the Company of its
obligations under this Agreement, the Equipment Notes and the Operative
Documents to which the Company is, or is to be, a party, or the consummation by
the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Equipment
Notes and such Operative Documents, except (i) such as are required under the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the securities or
Blue Sky laws of the various states, (ii) filings or recordings with the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
Delaware, which filings or recordings shall have been made or duly presented
for filing with respect to each Aircraft and the related Equipment Notes on or
prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the applicable Participation
Agreement) for such Aircraft, (iii) filings, recordings, notices or other
ministerial actions pursuant to any routine recordings, contractual or
regulatory requirements applicable to the Company, (iv) filings, recordings,
notices or other actions contemplated by the Operative Agreements in connection
with the leasing or reregistration of the Aircraft and (v) filings, recordings,
notices or other actions with respect to each Aircraft, all of which have either
been, or will be, completed on or prior to the Closing Date (as defined in the
applicable Participation Agreement) relating to such Aircraft and will be in
full force and effect on such Closing Date.
(l) 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).
(m) 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.
(n) 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.
(o) Neither the Company nor any
Original Trust is, nor (based on applicable law as in affect on the date
hereof) will any Successor Trust be as of the execution and
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delivery of the related Assignment and
Assumption Agreement in accordance with the related Original Pass Through Trust
Agreement, an investment company, within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the Investment Company Act); and after giving effect to
the offering and sale of the Offered Certificates and the application of the
proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus, none of the Original Trusts
will be, nor (based on applicable law as in effect on the date hereof) will any
Successor Trust be as of the execution and delivery of the related Assignment
and Assumption Agreement in accordance with the related Original Pass Through
Trust Agreement, nor will the escrow arrangements relating to the Trusts
contemplated by the respective Escrow Agreements result in the creation of, an investment
company, as defined in the Investment Company Act.
(p) 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 any 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.
(q) 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.
(r) Subsequent to the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statements and 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 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 FAA or the Department of
Transportation.
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(s) 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 and defects except Liens on aircraft and engines of the
Company (provided that in the case of the Aircraft delivered on or prior to the
Issuance Date, only such liens as are permitted by the Operative Documents) and
such 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.
(t) (i) 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 FAA 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, singly or in the aggregate, 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.
(u) 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.
(v) 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;
provided, that the Company currently maintains war risk insurance on its
aircraft under the FAAs insurance program authorized under 49 U.S.C. § 44301 et seq. (War Risk Insurance); the Company has not been
refused any insurance coverage sought or applied other than in connection with
instances where the Company
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was seeking to obtain insurance coverage at
more attractive rates; and, other than with respect to War Risk Insurance
coverage, 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.
(w) 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.
(x) 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
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.
(y) Ernst & Young LLP, who
reported on the annual consolidated financial statements of the Company
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statements and the Prospectus,
are independent accountants as required by the Securities Act.
2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein and in Schedule III, and in reliance upon the representations and
warranties herein contained, the Company agrees to cause the Trustee to sell to
each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Trustee, at a purchase price of 100% of the face amount
thereof, the aggregate face amount of Offered Certificates set forth opposite
the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I.
Concurrently with the issuance of the Offered Certificates, the Escrow
Agent shall issue and deliver to the relevant Trustee the Escrow Receipts in
accordance with the terms of the relevant Escrow Agreements, which Escrow
Receipts shall be attached to the related Offered Certificates.
The Company will pay to Morgan Stanley at the Issuance
Date (i) for the accounts of the Underwriters any fee, commission or other
compensation that is specified in Schedule III hereto, and (ii) the structuring
fee that is specified in Schedule III.
Such payment will be made by federal funds wire transfer or other
immediately available funds.
3. Terms
of Public Offering. The Company is
advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their
respective face amount of the Offered Certificates on the terms to be set forth
in the Prospectus, as soon after the Second Registration Statement and this
Agreement become effective as in your judgment is advisable.
4. Payment and Delivery. Delivery of and payment for
the Offered Certificates (with attached Escrow Receipts) shall be made at the
offices of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C., 805 Third Avenue, New
York, New York 10022 at 9:00 A.M. on November
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15, 2004 or on such other date, time and place as may
be agreed upon by the Company and you (such date and time of delivery and
payment for the Offered Certificates being herein called the Issuance Date). Delivery of the Offered Certificates (with
attached Escrow Receipts) issued by each Trust shall be made to your account at
The Depository Trust Company for the respective accounts of the several
Underwriters against payment by the Underwriters by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the Depositary and the Company. Upon delivery, the Offered Certificates shall
be registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other names and in such
denominations as you may request in writing.
The Company agrees to have one or more global
certificates representing the Offered Certificates of each Trust available for
inspection and checking by you in New York, New York not later than one full
business day prior to the Issuance Date.
5. Conditions to Obligations. The obligations of the Company to cause
the Trustee to sell the Offered Certificates to the Underwriters and the
several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Offered
Certificates on the Issuance Date are subject to the following conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Issuance 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
or MBIA Insurance Corporations
securities, including the Offered Certificates, by any nationally recognized
statistical rating organization, as such term is defined for purposes of Rule
436(g)(2) under the Securities Act;
(ii) each
of the Operative Documents (other than the Indentures, Participation Agreements
and Equipment Notes relating to any Aircraft to be delivered after the Issuance
Date and expected to be financed with the proceeds of the issuance and sale of
the Offered Certificates) shall have been duly executed and delivered by each
of the parties thereto; and
(iii) 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, or MBIA Insurance
Corporation 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 Certificates on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have
received on the Issuance Date a certificate, dated the Issuance Date and signed
by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Subsections
5(a)(i) above and to the effect that: (i) the representations and
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warranties of the Company contained in this
Agreement are true and correct as of the Issuance Date (except to the extent
that they relate solely to an earlier or later date, in which case they shall
be true and correct as of such earlier or later date), (ii) 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 Issuance Date, and (iii) the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in each of the
Operative Documents to which it is a party and executed by the Company on or
before the Issuance Date shall be true and correct as of the Issuance Date
(except to the extent that they relate solely to an earlier or later date, in
which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier or later
date). The officer signing and
delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as
to proceedings threatened.
(c) On the Issuance Date, you shall
have received an opinion of each of Nixon Peabody LLP, outside counsel for the
Company, and Vedder Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C., special counsel for
the Company, each dated the Issuance Date and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to you and counsel for the Underwriters, substantially to the
effect set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2 hereto, respectively.
(d) On the Issuance Date, you shall
have received an opinion of James G. Hnat, Vice President & General Counsel
of the Company, dated the Issuance Date, and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to you and counsel for the Underwriters substantially to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto.
(e) On the Issuance Date, you shall
have received an opinion of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams LLP, counsel
for Wilmington Trust Company, individually and as Trustee, Subordination Agent,
Paying Agent, and Escrow Agent, dated the Issuance Date and in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to you and counsel for the Underwriters,
substantially to the effect as set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(f) On the Issuance Date, you shall
have received an opinion of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, special
counsel for the Primary Liquidity Provider, and an opinion of in-house counsel
for the Primary Liquidity Provider, each dated the Issuance Date and in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to you and counsel for the Underwriters,
substantially to the effect as set forth in Exhibits D-1 and D-2 hereto,
respectively.
(g) On the Issuance Date, you shall
have received an opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP, special counsel for the
Above-Cap Liquidity Provider, and opinions of in-house counsel for the
Above-Cap Liquidity Provider, respectively, each dated the Issuance Date, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you and counsel to the
Underwriters, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibits E-1 and
E-2 hereto, respectively.
(h) On the Issuance Date, you shall
have received an opinion of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, special counsel
for the Depositary, and an opinion of German
in-house counsel for the Depositary and Jon D. Karnofsky, General
Counsel of the New
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York Branch of the Depositary, each dated the
Issuance Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you and
counsel for the Underwriters, substantially to the effect set forth in
Exhibits F-1, F-2 and F-3 hereto, respectively.
(i) On the Issuance Date, you shall
have received an opinion of Latham & Watkins, special counsel for the
Policy Provider, and an opinion of the General Counsel of the Policy Provider,
each dated the Issuance Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to you and counsel for the Underwriters, substantially to the effect set forth
in Exhibits G-1 and G-2, respectively.
(j) On the Issuance Date, you shall
have received an opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP, special counsel for
the Underwriters, dated the Issuance Date, with respect to the issuance and
sale of the Offered Certificates, the Registration Statements, the Prospectus
and other related matters as the Underwriters may reasonably require.
(k) The Underwriters shall have
received, on each of the date hereof and the Issuance Date, a letter dated the
date hereof or the Issuance 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 certain financial information contained in or incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statements and the Prospectus; provided that
the letter delivered on the Issuance Date shall use a cut-off date not earlier
than the date hereof.
(l) The Company shall have furnished
to you and to counsel for the Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory
to you and to them, such other documents, certificates and opinions as such
counsel may reasonably request in order to pass upon the matters referred to in
Section 5(j) and in order to evidence the accuracy and completeness of any of
the representations, warranties or statements, the performance of any covenant
by the Company theretofore to be performed, or the compliance with any of the
conditions herein contained.
(m) Each of the Appraisers shall
have furnished to the Underwriters a letter from such Appraiser, addressed to
the Company and dated the Issuance Date, confirming that such Appraiser and
each of its directors and officers (i) is not an affiliate of the Company
or any of its affiliates, (ii) does not have any substantial interest,
direct or indirect, in the Company or any of its affiliates and (iii) is
not connected with the Company or any of its affiliates as an officer,
employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or person
performing similar functions.
(n) On the Issuance Date, the
Offered Certificates shall: (i) in the case of the Offered Certificates of the
Class G-1 Trust and Class G-2 Trust, be rated AAA and, in the case of
the Offered Certificates of the Class C Trust, be rated BB+ by Standard & Poors Ratings
Service; and (ii) in the case of the Offered Certificates of the Class G-1
Trust and Class G-2 Trust, be rated
Aaa and, in the case of the Offered Certificates of the Class C Trust,
be rated Ba1 by Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
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The Company agrees to furnish, promptly after each
Closing Date (as defined in each Participation Agreement), to the Underwriters
a copy of each opinion required to be delivered under the applicable
Participation Agreement addressed to the Underwriters and of such other
documents furnished in connection with the fulfillment of the conditions precedent
therein as the Underwriters or counsel for the Underwriters may reasonably
request.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 5
shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be
fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by you on notice to the Company at
any time prior to the Issuance Date and such termination shall be without
liability of any party to any other party, except as provided in Section
6. Notwithstanding any such termination,
the provisions of Section 7 shall remain in effect.
6. 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, five signed copies of the Registration Statements (including exhibits
thereto) and for delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the
Registration Statements (each without exhibits thereto) and to furnish to you
in New York City, without charge, prior to 4:00 p.m. New York City time on the
business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the period
mentioned in Section 6(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) Immediately following the
execution of this Agreement, the Company will prepare a Prospectus Supplement
that complies with the Securities Act and which sets forth the face amount of
the Offered Certificates and their terms not otherwise specified in the base
prospectus relating to all offerings of pass through certificates under the
Registration Statements, the name of each Underwriter participating in the
offering and the face amount of the Offered Certificates that each such Underwriter
severally has agreed to purchase, the name of each Underwriter, if any, acting
as representative of the Underwriters in connection with the offering, the
price at which the Offered Certificates are to be purchased by the Underwriters
from the Trustee, any initial public offering price, any selling concession and
reallowance, and such other information as you and the Company deem appropriate
in connection with the offering of the Offered Certificates. The Company will promptly transmit copies of
the Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus to the Commission for filing
pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.
(c) During the period when a
prospectus relating to the Offered Certificates is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act, the Company will promptly advise you of (i) the
effectiveness of any amendment to the Registration Statements, (ii) the
transmittal to the Commission for filing of any supplement to the Prospectus or
any document that would as a result thereof be incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus, (iii) any request by the Commission for any amendment of the
Registration Statements or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for
any additional information relating thereto or to any document incorporated by
reference therein, (iv) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statements or the institution
or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, and (v) the
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receipt by the Company of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Certificates
for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any
proceeding for such purpose. The Company
will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or
suspension and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal
thereof.
(d) If, at any time when a
prospectus relating to the Offered Certificates is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus
as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the
Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Company promptly will prepare
and file with the Commission, subject to paragraph (e) of this Section 6, an
amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an
amendment or supplement which will effect such compliance. Neither your consent to, nor the Underwriters
delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any
of the conditions set forth in Section 5.
(e) At any time when a prospectus
relating to the Offered Certificates is required to be delivered under the
Securities Act, the Company will give you notice of its intention to file any
amendment to the Registration Statements or any amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus, whether pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Securities Act or
otherwise, will furnish you with copies of any such amendment or supplement
proposed to be filed within a reasonable time in advance of filing, and will
not file any such amendment or supplement in a form to which you shall
reasonably object.
(f) The Company has furnished or
will furnish to you and your counsel, without charge, conformed copies of the
Registration Statements as originally filed and of all amendments thereto,
whether filed before or after such Registration Statements originally became
effective (including exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated therein by
reference) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an underwriter or dealer
may be required by the Securities Act, as many copies of each preliminary
prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto
as you may reasonably request.
(g) The Company will take such actions
as you may request to qualify the Offered Certificates for sale under the laws
of such jurisdictions as you may reasonably request and will maintain such
qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of such
Offered Certificates. The Company,
however, 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.
(h) During the period when a
prospectus relating to the Offered Certificates is required to be delivered
under the Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations, the Company will
file promptly all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant
to Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act.
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(i) The Company will make generally
available to its security holders, in each case as soon as practicable, but not
later than 45 days after the close of the period covered thereby (90 days in
case the period covered corresponds to a fiscal year of the Company), earnings
statements of the Company, which will comply as to form with the provisions of
Rule 158 under the Securities Act.
(j) Between the date of this Agreement
and the Issuance Date, the Company will not, without your prior consent, offer,
sell or enter into any agreement to sell any public debt securities registered
under the Securities Act (other than the Offered Certificates) or any debt
securities which may be sold in a transaction exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in reliance on Rule 144A under the
Securities Act and which are marketed through the use of a disclosure document
containing substantially the same information as a prospectus for similar debt
securities registered under the Securities Act.
(k) Whether
or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this
Agreement is terminated, the Company will 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 Certificates 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 Certificates to the Underwriters, including
any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the printing or processing
and distribution of this Agreement, the Offered Certificates, the Operative
Documents, the Underwriters Questionnaire, any Blue Sky or legal investment
memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Certificates
under state law and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the
Offered Certificates for offer and sale under state law as provided in Section
6(g), 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
expenses of the Trustee, the Loan Trustees, the Subordination Agent, the
Primary Liquidity Provider, the Above-Cap Liquidity Provider, the Depositary,
the Escrow Agent, the Paying Agent, and the Policy Provider, including the
reasonable fees and disbursements of their respective counsel, in connection
with the Offered Certificates and the Operative Documents, (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 Certificates by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.,
(vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Offered Certificates
(including annual surveillance fees related to the Offered Certificates as long
as they are outstanding), (vii) all fees and expenses relating to appraisals
of the Aircraft, (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 Certificates, including, without
limitation, expenses associated with the production of
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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 Representative (it being understood that the
Underwriters shall be responsible for paying travel and lodging expenses of the
Representative and such proportion of the cost of any aircraft chartered in
connection with the road show and any ground transportation used by the
Representative in connection with the road show as shall be so separately
agreed upon), and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance
of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not
otherwise made in this Section. The
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters will be paid
as shall be agreed upon separately by the Company and the Representative. It is understood, however, that except as
provided in this Section, Section 7 and the last paragraph of Section 9 below,
the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses and any advertising
expenses connected with any offers they may make.
7. 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 (x) based upon information relating to any
Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you
expressly for use therein, (y) in the Policy Provider Information or (z) in
that part of the Registration Statements which shall constitute the Statement
of Eligibility of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act on Form T-1; 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 Certificates, 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 Certificates 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 6(a) hereof.
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(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 Section 7(a) or
7(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 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 Morgan Stanley in the case of parties
indemnified pursuant to Section 7(a), and by the Company, in the case of
parties indemnified pursuant to Section 7(b).
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
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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 7(a) or 7(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
Certificates or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 7(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 7(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 Certificates shall be deemed to
be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of
the Offered Certificates (before deducting expenses) received by the Company
and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the
Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the
Prospectus, bear to the aggregate face amount of the Offered Certificates. 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 7 are several in proportion to the respective face amount of Offered
Certificates 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 7 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 7(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 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess
of the amount by which the total price at which the Offered Certificates
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
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entitled to contribution from any person who
was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 7
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 7 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 Certificates.
8. 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 Issuance 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 either 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 the judgment of Morgan Stanley, on behalf of the Underwriters, is material
and adverse and which singly or together with any other such event specified in
this clause (v), makes it, in the judgment of Morgan Stanley, on behalf of the
Underwriters, impracticable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the
Offered Certificates on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
9. Effectiveness;
Defaulting Underwriters. This
Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the
parties hereto.
If, on the Issuance Date any one or more of the
Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Offered Certificates that it has
or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate face
amount of Offered Certificates which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than
one-tenth of the aggregate face amount of the Offered Certificates to be
purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in
the proportions that the face amount of Offered Certificates set forth opposite
their respective names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate face amount of
Offered Certificates set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting
Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase the
Offered Certificates which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed
but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall
the aggregate face amount of Offered Certificates that any Underwriter has
agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this
Section 9 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such aggregate face amount of
Offered Certificates without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Issuance Date, any Underwriter or
Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Offered Certificates and the
aggregate face amount of Offered Certificates with respect to which such
default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate
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face amount of Offered Certificates to be purchased,
and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such
Offered Certificates 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 Issuance
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.
10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or
more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as
if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
11. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
12. 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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Very truly yours,
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JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ JOHN HARVEY
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Name: John Harvey
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Title:
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VP Corporate Finance and
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Treasurer
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Accepted as of the date hereof
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MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
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Acting on its
own behalf
and on behalf of the
several Underwriters named
in Schedule I hereto.
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By: MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
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By:
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/s/ MICHAEL
FUSCO
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Name:
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Michael Fusco
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Title:
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Executive Director
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SCHEDULE I
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Underwriter
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Face amount
Of Class G-1
Certificates
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Face amount
Of Class G-2
Certificates
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Face amount
Of Class C
Certificates
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Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
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$
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44,189,000
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$
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46,356,000
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$
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34,018,000
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
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44,188,000
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46,354,000
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34,016,000
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HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
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44,188,000
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46,354,000
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34,016,000
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J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
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44,188,000
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46,354,000
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34,016,000
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Total
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$
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176,753,000
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$
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185,418,000
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$
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136,066,000
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SCHEDULE
II
Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-2
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Pass Through
Certificate
Designation
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Face
Amount
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Interest
Rate
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Final Expected
Distribution
Date
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2004-2G-1
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$
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176,753,000
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USD Three-Month
LIBOR plus 0.375%
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August 15, 2016
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2004-2G-2
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$
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185,418,000
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USD Three-Month
LIBOR plus 0.450%
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November 15, 2016
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2004-2C
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$
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136,066,000
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USD Three-Month
LIBOR plus 3.100%
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November 15, 2008
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SCHEDULE III
Underwriting fees,
discounts, commissions or other compensation to Morgan Stanley:
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(i) for the account of the Underwriters
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$
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3,736,777.50
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(ii) for the structuring fee
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$
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622,796.25
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