EX-10.05 6 a1005lesseeguaranteeagreem.htm EX-10.05
Exhibit 10.05

| CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP

| EXECUTION VERSION
DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
ALLEGIANT AIR, LLC, as Guarantor and BANK OF UTAH, as Security Trustee
| LESSEE GUARANTEE AGREEMENT |

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page

1. The Guarantee | 1
2. Representations and Warranties of the Guarantor | 3
3. Covenants of the Guarantor | 4
4. Miscellaneous | 5
5. Reorganization of Payment Obligation | 7
6. No Set-Off | 7

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LESSEE GUARANTEE AGREEMENT dated as of September 27, 2023 (this "Agreement") is between ALLEGIANT AIR, LLC, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Nevada (the "Guarantor" or "Lessee") and BANK OF UTAH, not in its individual capacity but solely as security trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the "Security Trustee"), under that certain Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as at any time modified, supplemented and amended, the "Credit Agreement") among Sunrise Asset Management, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (the "Borrower"), BNP Paribas as administrative agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent"), the Security Trustee, and each of the lenders party thereto (the "Lenders"). Unless otherwise defined herein, defined terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Security Trustee have entered or will enter into the Credit Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which each of them is or will be a party;
WHEREAS, the Borrower, as lessor, and the Lessee have entered or will enter into the Leases in respect of the Aircraft;
WHEREAS, the Lessee wishes, in furtherance of its corporate purposes and in order to induce the Lenders to enter into the transaction contemplated by the Credit Agreement, to guarantee, whether scheduled or contingent, liquidated or undetermined, now or hereafter existing (including all such amounts which would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under section 362(a) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a), and the operation of sections 502(b) and 506(b) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 502(b)): (i) prompt payment by the Borrower in full when due of all amounts payable pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Basic Documents, (ii) complete performance by the Borrower of its other obligations and agreements in the Credit Agreement and the other Basic Documents and (iii) complete performance by the Borrower Parent under the Allegiant Guarantee Agreement (all the foregoing obligations being collectively referred to herein as the "Guaranteed Obligations") and, in order to guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations, is executing and delivering this Agreement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and in order to induce the Lenders to enter into the transaction contemplated by the Credit Agreement, the Guarantor covenants and agrees with the Security Trustee, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as follows:
1.The Guarantee.
(a)The Guarantor absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, the due and punctual payment in full, observance and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations (whether on stated due dates, by acceleration or otherwise), the foregoing guarantee (in respect of payment obligations) constituting hereby a guarantee of payment and not of collection.
(b)The Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives (i) any right of subrogation, (ii) notice of acceptance hereof, and of any action taken or omitted in reliance hereon, (iii) presentment for payment, observance or performance upon the Borrower, demand of payment, observance or performance from the Borrower, protest or notice to the Borrower of failure to pay, observe or perform or notice to the Guarantor of any default in the payment, observance or performance by the Borrower of any Guaranteed Obligations, except as otherwise expressly stated herein,

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(iv) any requirement of diligence or promptness on the part of the Security Trustee or any Secured Party in making demand, commencing suit or exercising any other right or remedy under any of the Basic Documents and (v) any right to require the Security Trustee or any Secured Party to exercise any right or remedy against the Borrower or any other Person or entity prior to enforcing any right of the Security Trustee or any Secured Party against the Guarantor hereunder.
(c)The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute, unconditional and continuing under any and all circumstances and shall be performed by the Guarantor regardless of (a) whether the Borrower, the Guarantor, any Secured Party or the Security Trustee shall have taken or failed to take any steps to collect or enforce any obligation or liability from the Borrower, or shall have otherwise exercised or failed to exercise any rights, powers or remedies under any of the Basic Documents against the Borrower and shall in no way be affected or impaired by (and no notice to the Guarantor shall be required in respect of) any compromise, waiver, settlement, release, extension, change in or modification of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) the disaffirmance or rejection or purported disaffirmance or purported rejection of any of the Basic Documents in any insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Borrower or Guarantor, (c) any law, regulation or decree now or hereafter in effect which might in any manner affect any of the terms or provisions of any of the Basic Documents or any of the Security Trustee's or any Secured Party's rights, powers or remedies thereunder as against the Borrower or which might cause or permit to be invoked any alteration in the time, amount, manner of payment or performance of any of the obligations and liabilities of the Borrower, (d) any failure of the Borrower to comply with the requirements of any federal, state or local law, regulation or order of any political subdivision or agency thereof, (e) the occurrence and continuance of any Default or Event of Default or Lease Event of Default, (f) the merger or consolidation of the Borrower into or with any corporation or other entity or the sale by the Borrower of all or any part of its assets, (g) whether the Security Trustee or any Secured Party shall have taken or failed to take any steps to mitigate damages, (h) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to or a discharge of the Borrower in respect of its obligations or liabilities under any of the Basic Documents, or (i) any other act or omission to act by the Security Trustee or any other Person or entity or any other circumstances whatsoever (with or without notice to or the knowledge of the Guarantor), whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of the Guarantor, or otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or the Guarantor; it being the purpose and intent of the Guarantor and the Security Trustee that this Agreement and the obligations and liabilities of the Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute, unconditional and continuing under any and all circumstances and shall not be discharged except by payment, observance and performance in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations.
(d)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1, (i) the Guarantor may assert as a defense to any claim by the Security Trustee or any Secured Party for payment or performance of the Guaranteed Obligations any valid defense, claim, set-off or deduction which the Borrower could reasonably have asserted against such party in respect of such claim as the borrower under the Credit Agreement to the extent that such claim made by the Security Trustee or any Secured Party was not available to be made by the Security Trustee or any Secured Party under the Credit Agreement; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, the Guarantor may not assert such defense to the extent that any defense, claim, set-off or deduction available to the Borrower is only made available under any insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Borrower and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower is relieved of any of the Guaranteed Obligations under the terms of any of the Basic Documents other than in connection with an insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings, or any of the Guaranteed Obligations are compromised, settled, waived, released or extended in a writing signed by the party making such claim, or the terms of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or of the Basic Documents in respect thereof are validly amended or modified other than in connection

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with an insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings, the Guarantor shall be similarly relieved of its corresponding liabilities and obligations with respect to such Guaranteed Obligations and/or shall be entitled to the benefit of any such compromise, settlement, waiver, release, extension, amendment or modification.
(e)The Guarantor agrees to pay all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the enforcement of the obligations of the Borrower after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to the extent that such costs and expenses are not paid by the Borrower or otherwise and in connection with the enforcement of the obligations of the Guarantor under this Agreement after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.
(f)If any payment of any Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Security Trustee or any Secured Party as a result of any law or an order issued in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding relating to the Borrower or otherwise, the amount so repaid shall not be deemed to have been paid and shall be deemed to be outstanding and the guaranty of the Guarantor hereunder in respect of such payment shall be reinstated and shall remain in full force and effect.
2.Representations and Warranties of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to the Security Trustee that:
(a)The Guarantor is a corporation duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where the failure to be so qualified could have a materially adverse effect on the Guarantor's business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) or on its ability to perform its obligations hereunder, and has the corporate power and authority, and all licenses, rights, permits, certificates, franchises and other privileges, necessary to carry on its business as presently conducted and to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(b)The execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Guarantor, does not require any approval of the shareholders of the Guarantor, and neither the execution and delivery hereof nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby nor compliance by the Guarantor with any, nor the Guarantor's performance of all, of the terms and provisions hereof will contravene or has contravened any judgment or order applicable to or binding on it or any applicable law or conflict with, result in any breach of, or constitute any default under, its organizational documents or conflict with, result in the creation of a lien under, or require the consent of any trustee or creditor pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, chattel mortgage, deed of trust, conditional sales contract, lease, bank loan or credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Guarantor is a party or by which it or any of its assets may be bound.
(c)This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor, and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with the terms hereof, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(d)There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of the Guarantor's knowledge after due inquiry, threatened in any court or before any regulatory commission, board or administrative or other Governmental Authority against or affecting the Guarantor which could have a materially adverse effect on its ability to enter into or perform its

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obligations under this Agreement or on the condition (financial or otherwise), operations, business or prospects of the Guarantor.
(e)The Guarantor is in material compliance with all applicable laws in all applicable jurisdictions, the violation of which could have a material adverse effect on the properties, business, prospects, profits or condition of the Guarantor.
(f)The Guarantor is solvent and will not be rendered insolvent by the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents, including, without limitation, this Agreement; after such consummation, the capital of the Guarantor will not be unreasonably small for the conduct of the business in which the Guarantor is engaged or is about to engage; the Guarantor has no intention or belief that it is about to incur debts beyond its ability to pay as they mature; and the Guarantor's participation in such transactions is made without any intent to hinder, delay or defraud either present or future creditors of the Guarantor, and none of the transactions contemplated by the Basic Documents to which the Guarantor is a party is void or voidable at the behest of any creditor of the Guarantor.
(g)Since December 31, 2022, there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition or prospects of the Guarantor.
(h)It is in the best interests of the Guarantor to execute this Guaranty, inasmuch as the Guarantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the Loans made by the Lenders and the Guarantor agrees that the Lenders are relying on this representation in agreeing to make such Loans.
(i)Both the Borrower and the Lessee are wholly owned consolidated Subsidiaries of the Borrower Parent.
3.Covenants of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby covenants in favor of the Security Trustee as follows:
(a)The Guarantor agrees not to create any Lien on the Aircraft or the other Collateral (other than Permitted Liens as defined in the Leases) and shall take all necessary action to remove and release any such Lien if created by Guarantor and shall reimburse and indemnify the Security Trustee, and each other party to any of the Basic Documents, for any loss incurred as a result of any such Lien created by Guarantor.
(b)The Guarantor shall not take any action to cause the Borrower not to comply, or to prohibit the Borrower from complying, with its covenants, agreements and undertakings set forth in any Lease or the Basic Documents to which the Borrower is or will become a party.
(c)From time to time the Guarantor agrees that it will do all such acts, execute, acknowledge and deliver all such instruments and make all filings and recordings in all jurisdictions as it shall be reasonably requested by the Security Trustee to do or execute for the purpose of fully carrying out and effectuating this Agreement and the intent hereof.
(d)The Guarantor shall not liquidate, dissolve or consolidate with or merge into or with any other Person without the prior written consent of the Security Trustee (acting on behalf of the Secured Parties).
(e)The Guarantor shall not at any time institute against the Borrower or cause the Borrower to make a voluntary filing or consent to an involuntary filing with respect to itself in any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding, or any other Insolvency Proceeding.

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(f)Upon the written request of the Security Trustee, the Administrative Agent or any Lender, the Guarantor shall provide unaudited financial statements promptly following each fiscal year.
4.Miscellaneous.
(a)Except as expressly otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, demands or other communications to or upon the Security Trustee, or the Guarantor shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when given pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement or any Lease, as applicable.
(b)Neither any Secured Party nor the Security Trustee shall by any act, delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default or in any breach by the Guarantor of any of the terms and conditions hereof. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Security Trustee or any Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Security Trustee or any Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Security Trustee or any Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. No waiver of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and no notice to or demand on the Guarantor or the Borrower in any case shall entitle the Guarantor or the Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute the waiver of the rights of the Security Trustee or any Secured Party to any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand.
(c)This Agreement shall in all respects be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
(d)The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York and any New York state court sitting in this Borough of Manhattan, New York City, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Guarantor agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement against another party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(e)The Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (d) of this Section 4. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(f)THE GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

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(g)If any provision hereof should be held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (i) all other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in favor of the Security Trustee in order to carry out the intentions of the parties hereto as nearly as may be possible and (ii) such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Guarantor hereby waives any provision of law which would render any provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.
(h)No amendment, modification, waiver, termination or discharge of any provision of this Agreement, nor consent to any departure by the Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing specifically identifying this Agreement and the provision intended to be amended, modified, waived, terminated or discharged and is signed by each of the Security Trustee and the Guarantor, and each such amendment, modification, waiver, termination or discharge shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No provision of this Agreement shall be varied, contradicted or explained by any oral agreement, course of dealing or performance or any other matter not set forth in an agreement in writing and signed by the Security Trustee and the Guarantor.
(i)This Agreement shall be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and permitted assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Security Trustee, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and be enforceable by the Security Trustee and its successors and assigns; provided that, the Guarantor shall not assign any of its obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Security Trustee. This Agreement shall not be deemed to create any right in any Person or entity nor be construed in any respect to be a contract in whole or in part for the benefit of any Person or entity except as provided herein.
5.Reorganization of Payment Obligation. If, as a result of any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or similar proceeding with respect to, or affecting the status, existence, assets or obligations of the Borrower, the amount or timing of any payment, observance or performance of any Guaranteed Obligations shall be discharged, adjusted, rescheduled, rearranged or otherwise becomes payable in an amount or at a time, other than as specifically provided for in the Basic Documents, the Guarantor specifically agrees, as a primary obligation, to pay, observe and perform such Guaranteed Obligations at the time and in the amount such payment, observance or performance would have become due in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents if such insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or similar proceeding had not occurred.
6.No Set-Off. The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall not be released, discharged or otherwise affected by the existence of any claim, set-off, defense, or other right that the Guarantor may have at any time and from time to time against the Security Trustee, any Secured Party or any other Person or entity, whether in connection herewith or with any related or unrelated transaction.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Guarantor and the Security Trustee has caused this Lessee Guarantee Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its proper and duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.
ALLEGIANT AIR, LLC, as Guarantor
By: /s/: Robert Neal
Name: Robert Neal
Title: CFO
[Signature Page to Lessee Guarantee Agreement]

BANK OF UTAH, as Security Trustee
By: /s/: Michael Arsenault
Name: Michael Arsenault
Title: Senior Vice President
[Signature Page to Lessee Guarantee Agreement]