Exhibit 10.26
Lafayette Parish Recording Page
Louis J. Perret
Clerk of Court
P.O. Box 2009
Lafayette, LA 70502-2009
(337) 291-6400
First VENDOR
LAFAYETTE AIRPORT COMMISSION
First VENDEE
LAFAYETTE AIRPORT COMMISSION
| Index Type : CONVEYANCES | File Number: 2023-00019280 | |
| Type of Document: AMENDMENT | ||
Recording Pages : 8
Recorded Information
I hereby certify that the attached document was filed for registry and recorded in the Clerk of Courts office for Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
| /s/ Louis J. Perret |
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CLERK OF COURT | ||||||
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| On (Recorded Date): 06/20/2023 |
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Parish of Lafayette I certify that this is a true copy of the attached document that was filed for registry and | ||||
| At (Recorded Time): 1:16:50PM |
Recorded 06/20/2023 at 1:16:50 | |||||
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File Number 2023-00019280 | |||||
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/s/ Brettany Rasinsew | ||||||
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Doc ID-044470660008
Do not Detach this Recording Page from Original Document
SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO
APPENDIX D LEASE
INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLEX
S.E. EVANGELINE THRUWAY 1998
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL AIRPORT
LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF LAFAYETTE
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that before the undersigned Notaries and Witnesses, and on the dates hereinafter described, personally came and appeared:
The LAFAYETTE AIRPORT COMMISSION, a body politic, domiciled in the Parish of Lafayette, Louisiana, herein represented by John E. Hebert, its Chairman, authorized by resolution of said Commission, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof (hereinafter referred to as LAC); and
PHI AVIATION, LLC (formerly, PHI, Inc.), a Louisiana limited liability company duly authorized and conducting business in the State of Louisiana, herein represented by Jason Whitley, its Chief Fiancial Officer, duly authorized by resolution of its Board of Directors, a copy of which is attached hereto and made a part hereof (hereinafter LESSEE).
who, upon the following terms and conditions, do hereby agree to amend that certain Lease entered into by and between LAC and LESSEE and recorded on April 16, 1999 as original entry no. 99-015231 in and for the records of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana (hereinafter Lease), as amended by an Amendment to Lease entered into by and between LAC and LESSEE and recorded on August 13, 2008 as original entry no. 2008-00034285 in and for the records of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, as further amended by a Second Amendment to Lease entered into by and between LAC and LESSEE and recorded on May 15, 2013 as original entry no. 2013-00019822 in and for the records of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, as further amended by a Third Amendment to Lease entered into by and between LAC and LESSEE on August 28, 2020 and August 4, 2020, respectively, and recorded on September 15, 2020 as original entry no. 2020-00033167 in and for the records of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, as further amended by a Fourth Amendment to Lease entered into by and between LAC and LESSEE on February 9, 2022 and February 3, 2022, respectively, and recorded on February 18, 2022 as original entry no. 2022-00007001 in and for the records of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, as further amended by a Fifth Amendment to Lease entered into by and between LAC and LESSEE on May 5, 2022 and April 22, 2022, respectively, and recorded on May 19, 2022 as original entry no. 2022-00020382 in and for the records of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, and as further amended by a Sixth Amendment to Lease entered into by and between LAC and LESSEE on October 21, 2022 and October 26, 2022, respectively, and recorded November 10, 2022 as original entry no. 2022-00043778 in and for the records of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
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ARTICLE II, TERMS, is hereby deleted and substituted with the following:
This Lease Agreement shall have a primary term of twenty-two (22) years and 30 days, commencing on August 1, 2001, and ending on August 29, 2023.
Except as specifically modified herein, all other terms, covenants and conditions of the Lease will continue in full force and effect.
[Signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned party hereto has executed this Seventh Amendment to Lease on the 14th day of June, 2023, in multiple originals, in the presence of the undersigned competent witnesses and Notary, after due reading of the whole.
| WITNESSES: | LAFAYETTE AIRPORT COMMISSION | |||||
| /s/ Steven L. Picou |
By: | /s/ John E. Hebert | ||||
| Signature Print Name: STEVEN L. PICOU |
John E. Hebert, Chairman | |||||
| /s/ Rene Cotton |
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| Signature | ||||||
| Print Name: Rene Cotton | ||||||
| /s/ Todd Swartzendruber NOTARY PUBLIC | ||
| Print Name: | Todd Swartzendruber | |
| Notary/Bar Roll No.: | 29003 | |
| My Commission Expires: | with life | |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned party hereto has executed this Seventh Amendment to Lease on the 14th day of June, 2023, in multiple originals, in the presence of the undersigned competent witnesses and Notary, after due reading of the whole.
| WITNESSES: | PHI AVIATION, LLC | |||||
| /s/ Pat Attaway |
By: | /s/ Jason Whitley | ||||
| Signature | Jason Whitley | |||||
| Print Name: Pat Attaway | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
| /s/ JAMES MAWER |
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| Signature | ||||||
| Print Name: JAMES MAWER | ||||||
| /s/ Laurie E. Hargroder NOTARY PUBLIC | ||
| Print Name: | Laurie E. Hargroder | |
| Notary/Bar Roll No.: | 66656 | |
| My Commission Expires: | at death | |
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LAURIE ELIZABETH HARGRODER Notary Public Notary ID 66656 Lafayette Parish, Louisiana My Commission Expires at Death |
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AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF LAFAYETTE
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, came and appeared John E. Hebert, who first being by me duly sworn, did depose and state that he is the Chairman of the Lafayette Airport Commission, that said instrument was signed on behalf of said Lafayette Airport Commission by authority of its Commissioners and that he acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said Lafayette Airport Commission.
| /s/ John E. Hebert |
| John E. Hebert |
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me, Notary, on this 14th day of June, 2023.
| /s/ Todd Swartzendruber NOTARY PUBLIC | ||
| Print Name: | Todd Swartzendruber | |
| Notary/Bar Roll No.: | 29003 | |
| My Commission Expires: | with life | |
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AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF LAFAYETTE
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, came and appeared Jason Whitley, who first being by me duly sworn, did depose and state that he is the Chief Administrative Officer of PHI Aviation, LLC, that said instrument was signed on behalf of said PHI Aviation, LLC, by authority of its Board of Managers and that he acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said PHI Aviation, LLC.
| /s/ Jason Whitley |
| Jason Whitley |
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me, Notary, on this 14th day of June, 2023.
| /s/ Laurie E. Hargroder NOTARY PUBLIC | ||
| Print Name: | Laurie E. Hargroder | |
| Notary/Bar Roll No.: | 66656 | |
| My Commission Expires: | at death | |
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LAURIE ELIZABETH HARGRODER Notary Public Notary ID 66656 Lafayette Parish, Louisiana My Commission Expires at Death |
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PHI AVIATION, LLC
Secretary Certificate
I, Richard Rome, the undersigned Secretary of PHI Aviation, LLC (the Company), do hereby certify that the below resolution is a true resolution adopted at the June, 2023 Board of Managers meeting.
After further discussion, on motion duly made and seconded, the Board adopted the following resolution:
RESOLVED, that Jason Whitley, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company (the Authorized Officer), is hereby authorized, empowered and directed in the name and on behalf of the Company to negotiate, execute and deliver all agreements, documents, certificates and instruments necessary or appropriate to effectuate the amendment to that certain lease by and between the Lafayette Airport Commission and the Company, dated April 1, 1999 and recorded on April 16, 1999, as the same has been amended from time-to-time (the Infrastructure Lease) in order to extend the primary term for an additional six (6) months such that the primary term will now expire on August 29, 2023, all in such form as the Authorized Officer may deem necessary or advisable, in his sole discretion, such necessity or advisability to be evidenced by his execution and delivery thereof.
Lafayette, Louisiana, this 14th day of June, 2023.
| /s/ Richard Rome |
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