THIRD LIEN BORROWER PARTY
GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
THIRD LIEN
BORROWER PARTY GUARANTEE AGREEMENT dated as of October 13,
2009 (this “ Guarantee ”) by International Lease
Finance Corporation, a California corporation (“ ILFC
”), States Aircraft, Inc., a California corporation (“
States ”), Shrewsbury Aircraft Leasing Limited, a
private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of
Ireland (“ Shrewsbury ”, and together with ILFC
and States, the “ Borrowers ”), Top Aircraft,
Inc., a California corporation (“ Top Aircraft
”), ILFC Ireland Limited, a private limited liability company
incorporated under the laws of Ireland (“ ILFC Ireland
”), ILFC France S.a.r.l., a société à
responsabilité limitée organized under the laws
of France (“ ILFC France ”), and ILFC Labuan
Ltd., a Labuan private limited liability company incorporated under
the Offshore Companies Act 1990 of Malaysia (“ ILFC
Labuan ”, and together with ILFC Ireland and ILFC France,
the “ Intermediate Lessees ”) and the Additional
Guarantors (as defined in Section 11) (the Borrowers, Top
Aircraft, the Intermediate Lessees and the Additional Guarantors,
collectively, the “ Guarantors ” and each a
“ Guarantor ”) for the benefit of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York (with its successors and assigns, the
“ Beneficiary ”).
WHEREAS, each
Guarantor is a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of
American International Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(together with its successors, the “ Obligor
”);
WHEREAS, the
Obligor has entered into the Credit Agreement dated as of
September 22, 2008 among the Obligor, as borrower, and the
Beneficiary, as lender (as amended, restated, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Parent Facility ”);
WHEREAS, the
Borrowers desire to borrow term loans in an aggregate principal
amount of $2,000,000,000 under the Credit Agreement dated as of the
date hereof among the Borrowers, Top Aircraft, the Intermediate
Lessees, AIG Funding, Inc., as lender (the “ Borrower
Facility Lender ”), and Wells Fargo Bank Northwest,
National Association, as security trustee (as amended, restated,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “ Borrower Facility ”);
WHEREAS, in order
for the Borrower Facility Lender to make the Term Loans to the
Borrowers under the Borrower Facility, the Obligor must first make
a Borrowing (the “ New FRBNY Borrowing ”) under
the Parent Facility in an amount equal to the Term Loans, with the
funds so borrowed being advanced immediately to the Borrowers in
the form of the Term Loans;
WHEREAS, the
Parent Facility prohibits the making of the Term Loans by the
Borrower Facility Lender to the Borrowers as currently contemplated
by
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the Borrower
Facility because the Borrowers are not Loan Parties under the
Parent Facility (the “ Existing Restriction
”);
WHEREAS, ILFC
entered into (i) the Demand Note Agreement dated as of
March 9, 2009 (the “ Existing Loan I
Documentation ”) with the Borrower Facility Lender,
pursuant to which the Borrower Facility Lender extended credit to
ILFC in the principal amount of $800,000,000 (the “
Existing Loan I ”) and (ii) the Demand Note
Agreement dated as of March 26, 2009 (the “ Existing
Loan II Documentation ”; and together with the Existing
Loan I Documentation, the “ Existing Loan
Documentation ”) with the Borrower Facility Lender,
pursuant to which the Borrower Facility Lender extended credit to
ILFC in the principal amount of $900,000,000 (the “
Existing Loan II ”; and together with the Existing
Loan I, the “ Existing Loans ”);
WHEREAS, the
Guarantors and the Borrower Facility Lender have agreed to amend
and restate the Existing Loan Documentation as provide in the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof
among the Borrowers, Top Aircraft, the Intermediate Lessees, the
Borrower Facility Lender and Wells Fargo Bank Northwest, National
Association, as security trustee (the “ Security
Trustee ”) (as amended, restated, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ”; and the loans
outstanding thereunder, the “ Term Loans ”), to,
among other things, (i) extend the maturity date of the
Existing Loans and (ii) permit the addition of the Non-Parent
Borrowers as borrowers thereunder to facilitate a restructuring of
the Loans after the Amendment Effective Date (as defined
therein);
WHEREAS, the
Beneficiary is willing to (a) make the necessary waiver of the
Existing Restriction and the other applicable provisions of the
Parent Facility, pursuant to the Letter Agreement dated as of
October 13, 2009 among the Obligor and the Beneficiary, to
enable and permit the making of the term loans under the Borrower
Facility and (b) enter into the Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, but only if each Guarantor (i) guarantees the
Guaranteed Obligations (as defined below) as more fully set forth
herein and (ii) secures such guarantee by granting a
third-priority security interest in, and lien on, certain of its
assets in favor of the Security Trustee, for the benefit of the
Beneficiary, as more fully set forth in the Aircraft Mortgage and
Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “
Mortgage ”) among the Guarantors, the Security Trustee
and the other Security Trustees (as defined therein);
and
WHEREAS, in
consideration of the financial accommodation and other support that
the Obligor has provided, directly or indirectly, pursuant to the
Borrower Facility, the Existing Loans and the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement and such financial and other support as the
Obligor may in the future provide to the Guarantors, and in order
to induce the Beneficiary to consent to the making of the Term
Loans and to enter into the Amended and Restated Credit
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Agreement the
Guarantors are willing to enter into this Guarantee and to secure
their obligations hereunder pursuant to the terms set forth in the
Mortgage.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, each Guarantor, jointly and severally with each other
Guarantor, hereby agrees as follows:
1. Terms
Defined in the Parent Facility; Loan Document . For all
purposes of this Guarantee, all capitalized terms used but not
defined in this Guarantee (including in the recitals above) shall
have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Parent
Facility. This Guarantee shall be considered a “Loan
Document” under the Parent Facility.
2. The
Guarantee . Each Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally,
absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as a
guarantee of payment and not merely as a guarantee of collection,
the full and punctual payment when due (whether at stated maturity,
upon acceleration or otherwise) of each Guaranteed Obligation, as
hereinafter defined; provided that the recourse of the
Beneficiary against the Guarantors under this Guarantee at any time
will be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (a)
$1,700,000,000 plus all unpaid interest accrued thereon under the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement through and including such
time and (b) the amount of Obligations (as defined in the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) outstanding under the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement at such time. Upon failure by
the Obligor to pay punctually any Guaranteed Obligation, the
Guarantors shall pay the amount of Guaranteed Obligations not so
paid at the FRBNY Account (as defined in the Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement). The Beneficiary shall notify the Guarantors when
payment of any Guaranteed Obligation is due hereunder (and the
amount so due), unless prevented from doing so by applicable law,
including any Bankruptcy Law; provided that any failure of
the Beneficiary to so notify the Guarantors shall not affect the
obligations of the Guarantors hereunder. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the liability of each Guarantor shall
extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed
Obligations and would be owed by any Loan Party to the Beneficiary
but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due
to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar
proceeding involving such Loan Party. In furtherance of the
foregoing, the Guarantors hereby agree to make payments of
principal and interest in respect of the Term Loans to the FRBNY
Account set forth in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and
each payment of principal of the Term Loans shall be credited
against and reduce on a dollar-for-dollar basis the maximum amount
of the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder. For the avoidance
of doubt, any and all payments by any Guarantor under this
Guarantee shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for
any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as though such payment were
made pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Parent Facility and such
Guarantor were a Borrower thereunder.
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“
Guaranteed Obligations ” means (i) all principal
of all Loans outstanding from time to time under the Parent
Facility, all interest (including Post-Petition Interest) on such
Loans and all other amounts now or hereafter payable by the Obligor
under the Loan Documents and (ii) any renewals, refinancings
or extensions of any of the foregoing (including Post-Petition
Interest).
3.
Guarantee Unconditional . The obligations of each Guarantor
under this Guarantee are those of primary obligor, and not merely
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