ESCROW AND PAYING AGENT
AGREEMENT
(Class B)
Dated as of February 14,
2011
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
MORGAN STANLEY & CO.
INCORPORATED,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES
INC.,
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
not in its individual capacity,
but solely as Pass Through Trustee
for and on behalf of
Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust 2010-2B
U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
Escrow and Paying Agent Agreement
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Section 1.01. Appointment of Escrow
Agent
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Section 1.02. Instruction; Etc.
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Section 1.03. Initial Escrow Amount;
Issuance of Escrow Receipts
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Section 1.04. Payments to
Receiptholders
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Section 1.05. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or
Stolen Escrow Receipt
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Section 1.06. Additional Escrow
Amounts
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Section 1.07. Resignation or Removal of
Escrow Agent
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Section 1.08. Persons Deemed
Owners
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Section 1.09. Further Assurances
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Section 2.01. Appointment of Paying
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Section 2.02. Establishment of Paying Agent
Account
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Section 2.03. Payments from Paying Agent
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Section 2.04. Withholding Taxes
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Section 2.05. Resignation or Removal of
Paying Agent
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Section 2.06. Notice of Final
Withdrawal
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Section 2.07. Notice of Event of Loss
Withdrawal
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Section 2.08. Further Assurances
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SECTION 5. Representations and Warranties of the
Escrow Agent
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SECTION 6. Representations and Warranties of the
Paying Agent
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SECTION 7. Indemnification
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SECTION 8. Amendment, Etc.
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Escrow and Paying Agent Agreement
(Class B)
(2010-2B EETC)
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SECTION 11. Entire Agreement
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SECTION 12. Governing Law
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SECTION 13. Submission to Jurisdiction in New
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SECTION 14. Waiver of Jury Trial
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SECTION 16. Rights of Holders
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Exhibit A Form of
Escrow Receipt
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Exhibit B Form of
Withdrawal Certificate
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Escrow and Paying Agent Agreement
(Class B)
(2010-2B EETC)
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ESCROW AND PAYING AGENT
AGREEMENT
(Class B)
This ESCROW AND
PAYING AGENT AGREEMENT (Class B), dated as of
February 14, 2011 (as amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time, this “ Agreement ”), is made by
and among U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, as Escrow Agent (in such capacity, together with its
successors in such capacity, the “ Escrow Agent
”); MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED, DEUTSCHE BANK
SECURITIES INC. and GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., as underwriters of
the Certificates referred to below (the “ Underwriters
” and together with their respective transferees and assigns
as registered owners of the Certificates, the “
Investors ”) under the Underwriting Agreement referred
to below; U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association, not in its individual capacity except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, but solely as trustee (in such capacity,
together with its successors in such capacity, the “ Pass
Through Trustee ”) under the Pass Through Trust Agreement
referred to below; and U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a
national banking association, as paying agent hereunder (in such
capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the
“ Paying Agent ”).
WHEREAS, Delta Air
Lines, Inc. (“ Delta ”) and the Pass Through
Trustee have entered into a Trust Supplement, dated as of
February 14, 2011 (the “ Trust Supplement
”), to the Pass Through Trust Agreement, dated as of
November 16, 2000 (together, as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof, the “ Pass Through Trust Agreement ”),
relating to Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust 2010-2B (the “
Pass Through Trust ”) pursuant to which the Delta Air
Lines Pass Through Trust, Series 2010-2B Certificates referred
to therein (the “ Certificates ”) are being
issued (the date of such issuance, the “ Issuance Date
”);
WHEREAS, Delta has
entered into an Underwriting Agreement, dated February 7, 2011
(as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Underwriting
Agreement ”), with Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated,
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as
representatives of the Underwriters, pursuant to which the Pass
Through Trustee will issue and sell the Certificates to the
Underwriters;
WHEREAS, Delta,
the Pass Through Trustee and certain other persons concurrently
herewith are entering into the Amended and Restated Note Purchase
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Note
Purchase Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Pass Through
Trustee has agreed to acquire from time to time on or prior to the
Delivery Period Termination Date (as defined in the Note Purchase
Agreement)
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equipment notes
(the “ Equipment Notes ”) issued in respect of
aircraft owned by Delta utilizing a portion of the proceeds from
the sale of the Certificates (the “ Net Proceeds
”);
WHEREAS, the
Underwriters and the Pass Through Trustee intend that the Net
Proceeds be held in escrow by the Escrow Agent on behalf of the
Investors, subject to withdrawal upon request by the Pass Through
Trustee and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Note
Purchase Agreement for the purpose of purchasing Equipment Notes,
and that pending such withdrawal the Net Proceeds be deposited on
behalf of the Escrow Agent with The Bank of New York Mellon, as
Depositary (the “ Depositary ”, which shall also
be deemed to refer to any Replacement Depositary (as defined in the
Note Purchase Agreement) from and after the date on which the
Deposits are transferred to such Replacement Depositary) under the
Deposit Agreement (Class B), dated as of the date hereof,
between the Depositary and the Escrow Agent relating to the Pass
Through Trust (as amended, modified, supplemented or replaced from
time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “
Deposit Agreement ”, which shall also be deemed to
refer to any Replacement Deposit Agreement (as defined in the Note
Purchase Agreement) to which the Escrow Agent becomes a party
pursuant to Section 1.02(a) hereof from and after the
transfer of the Deposits from the Depositary to the Replacement
Depositary) pursuant to which, among other things, the Depositary
will pay interest for distribution to the Investors and establish
accounts from which the Escrow Agent shall make withdrawals upon
request of and proper certification by the Pass Through
Trustee;
WHEREAS, the
Escrow Agent wishes to appoint the Paying Agent to pay amounts
required to be distributed to the Investors in accordance with this
Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pass Through Trust
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the obligations contained herein, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
SECTION 1.
Escrow Agent .
Section 1.01.
Appointment of Escrow Agent . Each of the Underwriters, for
and on behalf of each of the Investors, hereby irrevocably
appoints, authorizes and directs the Escrow Agent to act as escrow
agent hereunder and under the Deposit Agreement for such specific
purposes and with such powers as are specifically delegated to the
Escrow Agent by the terms of this Agreement, together with such
other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Any and all
money received and held by the Escrow Agent under this Agreement or
the Deposit Agreement shall be held in escrow by the Escrow Agent
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. This Agreement is
irrevocable and the Investors’ rights with respect to any
monies received and held in escrow by the Escrow
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Agent under
this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement shall only be as provided
under the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement. The Escrow Agent (which term as used in this sentence
shall include reference to its affiliates and its own and its
affiliates’ officers, directors, employees and agents): (
a ) shall have no duties or responsibilities except those
expressly set forth in this Agreement; ( b ) shall not be
responsible for any recitals, statements, representations or
warranties of any person other than itself contained in this
Agreement or the Deposit Agreement or for the failure by the Pass
Through Trustee, the Investors or any other person or entity (other
than the Escrow Agent) to perform any of its obligations hereunder
(whether or not the Escrow Agent shall have any knowledge thereof);
( c ) may consult with legal counsel in connection with its
duties hereunder and under the Deposit Agreement and shall be fully
protected if any action taken, suffered or permitted by it in good
faith in accordance with the advice of counsel selected by it with
due care; ( d ) shall not be responsible for any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or provided for herein
or in connection herewith, except for its own willful misconduct or
gross negligence (or simple negligence in connection with the
handling of funds); and ( e ) shall in no event be liable
for punitive, incidental or consequential damages.
Section 1.02.
Instruction; Etc . The Underwriters, for and on behalf of
each of the Investors, hereby irrevocably instruct the Escrow
Agent, and the Escrow Agent agrees:
(a) to
enter into the Deposit Agreement, and, if applicable, in accordance
with Section 5 of the Note Purchase Agreement, to enter
into a Replacement Deposit Agreement with the Replacement
Depositary;
(b) to
appoint the Paying Agent as provided in this Agreement;
(c) upon
receipt at any time and from time to time prior to the Termination
Date (as defined below) of a certificate substantially in the form
of Exhibit B hereto (a “ Withdrawal
Certificate ”) executed by the Pass Through Trustee,
together with an attached Notice of Purchase Withdrawal in
substantially the form of Exhibit A to the Deposit Agreement
duly completed by the Pass Through Trustee (the “
Applicable Notice of Purchase Withdrawal ” and the
withdrawal to which it relates, a “ Purchase
Withdrawal ”), immediately to execute the Applicable
Notice of Purchase Withdrawal as Escrow Agent and transmit it to
the Depositary by facsimile transmission in accordance with the
Deposit Agreement; provided that, upon the request of the
Pass Through Trustee after such transmission, the Escrow Agent
shall cancel such Applicable Notice of Purchase
Withdrawal;
(d) upon
receipt of a Withdrawal Certificate executed by the Pass Through
Trustee, together with an attached Notice of Replacement Withdrawal
(as such
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term is defined
in the Deposit Agreement) in substantially the form of
Exhibit C to the Deposit Agreement duly completed by the Pass
Through Trustee, to:
(X)
immediately execute such Notice of Replacement Withdrawal as Escrow
Agent and transmit it to the Depositary by facsimile transmission
in accordance with the Deposit Agreement requesting a withdrawal,
on the date specified in such notice, which shall not be less than
five Business Days after such notice is given (the “
Replacement Withdrawal Date ”), of ( x ) with
respect to all Deposits then held by the Depositary, ( 1 )
the entire amount of such Deposits together with ( 2 ) all
accrued and unpaid interest on such Deposits to but excluding the
Replacement Withdrawal Date and ( y ) with respect to all
Deposits, if any, previously withdrawn pursuant to the Applicable
Notices of Purchase Withdrawal, all accrued and unpaid interest on
such Deposits to but excluding the date of the applicable Purchase
Withdrawal (such withdrawal of the amounts in the immediately
preceding clauses (x) and (y), a “ Replacement
Withdrawal ”); and
(Y)
direct the Depositary to transfer ( i ) the amounts
requested to be withdrawn pursuant to clause (x) of the
immediately preceding paragraph, to the Replacement Depositary in
accordance with the Replacement Deposit Agreement and ( ii )
the amounts requested to be withdrawn pursuant to clause
(y) of the immediately preceding paragraph, to the Paying
Agent Account (as defined below);
(e) upon
receipt of a Withdrawal Certificate executed by the Pass Through
Trustee, together with an attached Notice of Event of Loss
Withdrawal (as such term is defined in the Deposit Agreement) in
substantially the form of Exhibit D to the Deposit Agreement
duly completed by the Pass Through Trustee, to:
(X)
immediately execute such Notice of Event of Loss Withdrawal as
Escrow Agent and transmit it to the Depositary by facsimile
transmission in accordance with the Deposit Agreement requesting a
withdrawal, on the date specified in such notice, which shall not
be less than 15 days after such notice is given (the “
Event of Loss Withdrawal Date ”), of the Deposit
specified in such Notice of Event of Loss Withdrawal together with
all accrued and unpaid interest on such Deposit to but excluding
the Event of Loss Withdrawal Date (an “ Event of Loss
Withdrawal ”); and
(Y)
direct the Depositary to transfer the amounts requested to be
withdrawn pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, to the
Paying Agent Account (as defined below);
(f) if
there are any undrawn Deposits (as defined in the Deposit
Agreement) on the “ Termination Date ”, which
shall mean the earlier of ( i ) the Outside Termination Date
(as defined below) and ( ii ) the day on which the Escrow
Agent receives
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notice from the
Pass Through Trustee that the Pass Through Trustee’s
obligation to purchase Equipment Notes under the Note Purchase
Agreement has terminated and the Cut-Off Date has occurred, to
immediately give notice to the Depositary (with a copy to the
Paying Agent) substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the
Deposit Agreement requesting a withdrawal of all of the remaining
Deposits, together with accrued and unpaid interest on such
Deposits to the date of withdrawal, on the 15
th day after the date that such notice of
withdrawal is given to the Depositary (or, if not a Business Day,
on the next succeeding Business Day) (the “ Final
Withdrawal ”); provided that, if the day scheduled
for the Final Withdrawal in accordance with the foregoing is within
10 days before or after a Regular Distribution Date, then the
Escrow Agent shall request that such requested Final Withdrawal be
made on such Regular Distribution Date (the date of such requested
withdrawal, the “ Final Withdrawal Date ”). If
for any reason the Escrow Agent shall have failed to give the Final
Withdrawal Notice to the Depositary on or before the Outside
Termination Date and there are unwithdrawn Deposits on such date,
the Final Withdrawal Date shall be deemed to be the Outside
Termination Date. The term “ Outside Termination Date
” shall mean October 31, 2011.
Section 1.03.
Initial Escrow Amount; Issuance of Escrow Receipts . The
Escrow Agent hereby directs the Underwriters to, and the
Underwriters hereby acknowledge that on the date hereof they shall,
irrevocably deliver to the Depositary on behalf of the Escrow
Agent, an amount in U.S. dollars (“ Dollars ”)
and immediately available funds equal to $58,797,000 for deposit on
behalf of the Escrow Agent with the Depositary in accordance with
Section 2.1 of the Deposit Agreement. The Underwriters
hereby instruct the Escrow Agent, upon receipt by the Depositary of
such sum from the Underwriters, to confirm such receipt by
executing and delivering to the Pass Through Trustee an Escrow
Receipt in the form of Exhibit A hereto (each, an
“ Escrow Receipt ” and, collectively, the
“ Escrow Receipts ”) ( a ) to be affixed
by the Pass Through Trustee to each Certificate and ( b ) to
evidence the same percentage interest (the “ Escrow
Interest ”) in the Account Amounts (as defined below) as
the Fractional Undivided Interest in the Pass Through Trust
evidenced by the Certificate to which such Escrow Receipt is to be
affixed. The Escrow Agent shall provide to the Pass Through Trustee
for attachment to each Certificate newly issued under and in
accordance with the Pass Through Trust Agreement an executed Escrow
Receipt as the Pass Through Trustee may from time to time request
of the Escrow Agent. Each Escrow Receipt shall be registered by the
Escrow Agent in a register (the “ Register ”)
maintained by the Escrow Agent in the name of the same holder that
is the holder of the Certificate to which such Escrow Receipt is
attached and may not thereafter be detached from such Certificate
to which it is to be affixed. No Escrow Receipt may be assigned or
transferred except in connection with the assignment or transfer of
the Certificate to which such Escrow Receipt is affixed. After the
termination of the Deposit Agreement (or, if applicable, any
Replacement Deposit Agreement), no additional Escrow Receipts shall
be issued and the Pass Through Trustee shall request the return to
the Escrow Agent for cancellation of all outstanding Escrow
Receipts.
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Section 1.04.
Payments to Receiptholders . All payments and distributions
made to a holder (each, a “ Receiptholder ” and,
collectively, the “ Receiptholders ”) of an
Escrow Receipt in respect of such Escrow Receipt shall be made only
from amounts deposited in the Paying Agent Account (as defined
below) (the “ Account Amounts ”). Each
Receiptholder, by its acceptance of an Escrow Receipt, agrees that
( a ) it will look solely to the Account Amounts for any
payment or distribution due to such Receiptholder pursuant to the
terms of such Escrow Receipt and this Agreement (subject to
Section 16 hereof) and ( b ) it will have no
recourse to Delta, the Pass Through Trustee, the Paying Agent or
the Escrow Agent, except as expressly provided herein or in the
Pass Through Trust Agreement. No Receiptholder shall have any right
to vote or in any manner otherwise control the operation and
management of the Paying Agent Account (as defined below) or the
obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything set forth
herein, or contained in the terms of any Escrow Receipt, be
construed so as to constitute the Receiptholders from time to time
as partners or members of an association.
Section 1.05.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Escrow Receipt . If (
a ) any mutilated Escrow Receipt is surrendered to the
Escrow Agent or the Escrow Agent receives evidence to its
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Escrow
Receipt and ( b ) there is delivered to the Escrow Agent and
the Pass Through Trustee such security, indemnity or bond, as may
be required by them to hold each of them harmless, then, absent
notice to the Escrow Agent or the Pass Through Trustee that such
destroyed, lost or stolen Escrow Receipt has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, and provided that the requirements of
Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in any
applicable jurisdiction are met, the Escrow Agent shall execute and
deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Escrow Receipt, a new Escrow Receipt or
Escrow Receipts of like Escrow Interest in the Account Amounts and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In connection with
the issuance of any new Escrow Receipt under this
Section 1.05 , the Escrow Agent may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses
(including the fees and expenses of the Pass Through Trustee and
the Escrow Agent) connected therewith.
Any duplicate
Escrow Receipt issued pursuant to this Section 1.05
shall constitute conclusive evidence of the appropriate Escrow
Interest in the Account Amounts, as if originally issued, whether
or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Escrow Receipt shall be found
at any time.
The provisions of
this Section 1.05 are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Escrow Receipts.
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Section 1.06.
Additional Escrow Amounts . On the date of any Purchase
Withdrawal, the Pass Through Trustee may re-deposit with the
Depositary some or all of the amounts so withdrawn in accordance
with Section 2.4 of the Deposit Agreement.
Section 1.07.
Resignation or Removal of Escrow Agent . Subject to the
appointment and acceptance of a successor Escrow Agent as provided
below, the Escrow Agent may resign at any time by giving
30 days’ prior written notice thereof to the Investors,
but may not otherwise be removed except for cause by the written
consent of the Investors with respect to Investors representing
Escrow Interests aggregating not less than a majority in interest
in the Account Amounts (an “ Action of Investors
”). Upon any such resignation or removal, the Investors, by
an Action of Investors, shall have the right to appoint a successor
Escrow Agent. If no successor Escrow Agent shall have been so
appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within
30 days after the retiring Escrow Agent’s giving of
notice of resignation or the removal of the retiring Escrow Agent,
then the retiring Escrow Agent may appoint a successor Escrow
Agent. Any successor Escrow Agent shall be a bank which has an
office in the United States with a combined capital and surplus of
at least $100,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as
Escrow Agent hereunder by a successor Escrow Agent, such successor
Escrow Agent shall enter into such documents as the Pass Through
Trustee shall require and shall thereupon succeed to and become
vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
retiring Escrow Agent, and the retiring Escrow Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. No
resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent shall be effective
unless a written confirmation shall have been obtained from each of
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard &
Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, and Moody’s
Investors Service, Inc. that the replacement of the Escrow Agent
with the successor Escrow Agent will not result in ( a ) a
reduction of the rating for the Certificates below the then current
rating for the Certificates or ( b ) a withdrawal or
suspension of the rating of the Certificates.
Section 1.08.
Persons Deemed Owners . Prior to due presentment of a
Certificate for registration of transfer, the Escrow Agent and the
Paying Agent may treat the Person in whose name any Escrow Receipt
is registered (as of the day of determination) as the owner of such
Escrow Receipt for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant
to this Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and
neither the Escrow Agent nor the Paying Agent shall be affected by
any notice to the contrary.
Section 1.09.
Further Assurances . Without limiting Sections 4
and 8 of this Agreement, the Escrow Agent agrees to take
such actions, and execute such other documents, as may be
reasonably requested by the Pass Through Trustee in order to
effectuate the purposes of this Agreement, the Note Purchase
Agreement or the Deposit Agreement and the performance by the
Escrow Agent of its obligations hereunder or thereunder.
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SECTION 2.
Paying Agent .
Section 2.01.
Appointment of Paying Agent . The Escrow Agent hereby
irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Paying Agent to act as its
paying agent hereunder, for the benefit of the Investors, for such
specific purposes and with such powers as are specifically
delegated to the Paying Agent by the terms of this Agreement,
together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. Any and all money received and held by the Paying Agent
under this Agreement or the Deposit Agreement shall be held in the
Paying Agent Account for the benefit of the Investors. The Paying
Agent (which term as used in this sentence shall include reference
to its affiliates and its own and its affiliates’ officers,
directors, employees and agents): ( a ) shall have no duties
or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this
Agreement, and shall not by reason of this Agreement be a trustee
for the Escrow Agent; ( b ) shall not be responsible for any
recitals, statements, representations or warranties of any person
other than itself contained in this Agreement or for the failure by
the Escrow Agent or any other person or entity (other than the
Paying Agent) to perform any of its obligations hereunder (whether
or not the Paying Agent shall have any knowledge thereof); (
c ) may consult with legal counsel in connection with its
duties hereunder and under the
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