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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 10-Q


þ Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2007.

¨ Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Transition Period From   to  .

Commission file number 1-8400.

AMR Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
75-1825172
(State or other jurisdiction
 of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
4333 Amon Carter Blvd.
Fort Worth, Texas
 
 
76155
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(817) 963-1234
 
     
     
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year , if changed since last report)
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   þ  Yes   ¨  No
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer.  See definition of “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.   þ Large Accelerated Filer     ¨ Accelerated Filer     ¨ Non-accelerated Filer    
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  ¨ Yes  þ No
 
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
 
Common Stock, $1 par value – 249,121,904 shares as of October 12, 2007.
 
 



INDEX

AMR CORPORATION




PART I:FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Statements

Consolidated Statements of Operations -- Three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets -- September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows -- Nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements -- September 30, 2007

Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures


PART II:OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

Item 6.  Exhibits


SIGNATURE




PART I:  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Statements

AMR CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited) (In millions, except per share amounts)
             
   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
   
2006
 
Revenues
                       
    Passenger - American Airlines
  $
4,750
    $
4,657
    $
13,749
    $
13,621
 
                      - Regional Affiliates
   
648
     
644
     
1,864
     
1,915
 
    Cargo
   
196
     
213
     
597
     
605
 
    Other revenues
   
352
     
333
     
1,042
     
1,025
 
      Total operating revenues
   
5,946
     
5,847
     
17,252
     
17,166
 
                                 
Expenses
                               
  Wages, salaries and benefits
   
1,721
     
1,694
     
5,047
     
5,103
 
  Aircraft fuel
   
1,743
     
1,771
     
4,797
     
4,952
 
  Other rentals and landing fees
   
328
     
317
     
970
     
967
 
  Depreciation and amortization
   
307
     
290
     
892
     
868
 
  Maintenance, materials and repairs
   
274
     
252
     
790
     
726
 
  Commissions, booking fees and credit
    card expense
   
270
     
284
     
787
     
839
 
  Aircraft rentals
   
148
     
154
     
451
     
449
 
  Food service
   
139
     
133
     
399
     
386
 
  Other operating expenses
   
697
     
668
     
2,085
     
2,001
 
    Total operating expenses
   
5,627
     
5,563
     
16,218
     
16,291
 
                                 
Operating Income
   
319
     
284
     
1,034
     
875
 
                                 
Other Income (Expense)
                               
  Interest income
   
90
     
80
     
257
     
201
 
  Interest expense
    (227 )     (259 )     (703 )     (780 )
  Interest capitalized
   
3
     
7
     
17
     
21
 
  Miscellaneous – net
    (10 )     (97 )     (32 )     (103 )
      (144 )     (269 )     (461 )     (661 )
                                 
Income Before Income Taxes
   
175
     
15
     
573
     
214
 
Income tax
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Net Earnings
  $
175
    $
15
    $
573
    $
214
 

                           
Earnings Per Share
                   
Basic
  $
0.70
    $
0.07
    $
2.35
    $
1.07
 
                         
Diluted
  $
0.61
    $
0.06
    $
1.98
    $
0.91
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


AMR CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited) (In millions)
             
   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2007
   
2006
 
Assets
           
Current Assets
           
  Cash
  $
161
    $
121
 
  Short-term investments
   
5,229
     
4,594
 
  Restricted cash and short-term investments
   
447
     
468
 
  Receivables, net
   
1,166
     
988
 
  Inventories, net
   
556
     
506
 
  Other current assets
   
503
     
225
 
    Total current assets
   
8,062
     
6,902
 
                 
Equipment and Property
               
  Flight equipment, net
   
14,157
     
14,507
 
  Other equipment and property, net
   
2,426
     
2,391
 
  Purchase deposits for flight equipment
   
178
     
178
 
     
16,761
     
17,076
 
                 
Equipment and Property Under Capital Leases
               
  Flight equipment, net
   
709
     
765
 
  Other equipment and property, net
   
83
     
100
 
     
792
     
865
 
                 
Route acquisition costs and airport operating and gate lease rights, net
   
1,163
     
1,167
 
Other assets
   
2,821
     
3,135
 
    $
29,599
    $
29,145
 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
           
Current Liabilities
           
  Accounts payable
  $
1,269
    $
1,073
 
  Accrued liabilities
   
2,236
     
2,301
 
  Air traffic liability
   
4,268
     
3,782
 
  Current maturities of long-term debt
   
1,325
     
1,246
 
  Current obligations under capital leases
   
138
     
103
 
    Total current liabilities
   
9,236
     
8,505
 
                 
Long-term debt, less current maturities
   
9,830
     
11,217
 
Obligations under capital leases, less current obligations
   
698
     
824
 
Pension and postretirement benefits
   
5,235
     
5,341
 
Other liabilities, deferred gains and deferred credits
   
3,772
     
3,864
 
                 
Stockholders' Equity (Deficit)
               
  Preferred stock
   
-
     
-
 
  Common stock
   
255
     
228
 
  Additional paid-in capital
   
3,470
     
2,718
 
  Treasury stock
    (367 )     (367 )
  Accumulated other comprehensive loss
    (1,210 )     (1,291 )
  Accumulated deficit
    (1,321 )     (1,894 )
     
828
      (606 )
    $
29,599
    $
29,145
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


AMR CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited) (In millions)

   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
   
2007
   
2006
 
 
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
  $
1,945
    $
1,729
 
                 
Cash Flow from Investing Activities:
               
  Capital expenditures
    (515 )     (348 )
  Net increase in short-term investments
    (635 )     (1,264 )
  Net decrease in restricted cash and short-term
investments
   
21
     
46
 
  Proceeds from sale of equipment and property
   
27
     
11
 
  Other
   
7
      (8 )
        Net cash used by investing activities
    (1,095 )     (1,563 )
                 
Cash Flow from Financing Activities:
               
  Payments on long-term debt and capital lease obligations
    (1,456 )     (831 )
  Proceeds from:
               
    Issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs
   
497
     
400
 
    Reimbursement from construction reserve account
   
61
     
107
 
    Exercise of stock options
   
88
     
134
 
        Net cash provided (used) by financing activities
    (810 )     (190 )
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash
   
40
      (24 )
Cash at beginning of period
   
121
     
138
 
                 
Cash at end of period
  $
161
    $
114
 
                 
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.



 
AMR CORPORATION
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
(Unaudited)

1.  
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, these financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated. Results of operations for the periods presented herein are not necessarily indicative of results of operations for the entire year.  The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of AMR Corporation (AMR or the Company) and its wholly owned subsidiaries, including (i) its principal subsidiary American Airlines, Inc. (American) and (ii) its regional airline subsidiary, AMR Eagle Holding Corporation and its primary subsidiaries, American Eagle Airlines, Inc. and Executive Airlines, Inc. (collectively, AMR Eagle). The condensed consolidated financial statements also include the accounts of variable interest entities for which the Company is the primary beneficiary. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the AMR Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2006 (2006 Form 10-K).

2.
During the three months ended September 30, 2007, the Company recorded a charge of $40 million to correct certain vacation accruals included in Wages, salaries and benefits expense.  Of this amount, $30 million related to the years 2003 through 2006 and $10 million related to the six months ended June 30, 2007.  The adjustment was made in the 2007 third quarter as the amount of the adjustment was not material to prior periods, expected 2007 results or the trend of earnings in any period.  This materiality evaluation included, among other things, the consideration of an individually immaterial out-of-period correction previously recorded in the second quarter of 2007 that had an offsetting impact of approximately $14 million.  The immaterial adjustment from the second quarter of 2007 related to a revenue related estimate.

3.
In March 2007, American announced its intent to pull forward the delivery of 47 Boeing 737 aircraft that American had previously committed to acquire in 2013 through 2016.  During the third quarter, American accelerated the delivery of three of these aircraft into the second half of 2009.  Any decisions to accelerate additional deliveries will depend on a number of factors, including future economic industry conditions and the financial conditions of the Company.  As of September 30, 2007, the Company had commitments to acquire twelve Boeing 737-800s in 2009 and an aggregate of 35 Boeing 737 aircraft and seven Boeing 777 aircraft in 2013 through 2016. Future payments for all aircraft, including the estimated amounts for price escalation, are currently estimated to be approximately $2.8 billion, with the majority occurring in 2011 through 2016.  However, if the Company commits to accelerating the delivery dates of a significant number of aircraft in the future, a significant portion of the $2.8 billion commitment will be accelerated into earlier periods, including 2008 and 2009.  The obligation in 2008 and 2009 for the twelve aircraft already pulled forward is approximately $370 million.  This amount is net of purchase deposits currently held by the manufacturer.  On October 1, 2007, American exercised an option to purchase an incremental Boeing 737 aircraft for delivery in early 2009.

4.  
Accumulated depreciation of owned equipment and property at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 was $11.8 billion and $11.1 billion, respectively.  Accumulated amortization of equipment and property under capital leases was $1.2 billion and $1.1 billion at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.



 
AMR CORPORATION
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(Unaudited)

5.  
In April 2007, the United States and the European Union approved an “open skies” air services agreement that provides airlines from the United States and E.U. member states open access to each other’s markets, with freedom of pricing and unlimited rights to fly beyond the United States and beyond each E.U. member state.  The provisions of the agreement will take effect on March 30, 2008.  Under the agreement, every U.S. and E.U. airline is authorized to operate between airports in the United States and London’s Heathrow Airport.  Only three airlines besides American were previously allowed to provide that Heathrow service.  The agreement will result in the Company facing increased competition in serving Heathrow as additional carriers are able to obtain necessary slots and terminal facilities.  However, the Company believes that American and the other carriers who currently have existing authorities and the related slots and facilities will continue to hold a significant advantage after the advent of open skies.  The Company has recorded route acquisition costs (including international routes and slots) of $846 million as of September 30, 2007, including a significant amount related to operations at Heathrow.  The Company considers these assets indefinite life assets under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangibles” and as a result they are not amortized but instead are tested for impairment annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired.  The Company completed an impairment analysis on the Heathrow routes (including slots) effective March 31, 2007 and concluded that no impairment exists.  The Company believes its estimates and assumptions are reasonable, however, the market for LHR slots is still developing and only a limited number of comparable transactions have occurred to date.  The Company will continue to evaluate future transactions involving purchases of slots at LHR and the potential impact of those transactions on the value of the Company’s routes and slots.




 
AMR CORPORATION
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(Unaudited)

6.
On January 1, 2007, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48 “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (FIN 48).  FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold that a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial statements and provides guidance on derecognition, measurement, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition issues.

 
The Company has an unrecognized tax benefit of approximately $40 million which did not change significantly during the nine months ended September 30, 2007.  The application of FIN 48 would have resulted in an increase in retained earnings of $39 million, except that the increase was fully offset by the application of a valuation allowance.  In addition, future changes in the unrecognized tax benefit will have no impact on the effective tax rate due to the existence of the valuation allowance.  Accrued interest on tax positions is recorded as a component of interest expense but is not significant at September 30, 2007.  The Company does not reasonably estimate that the unrecognized tax benefit will change significantly within the next twelve months.

 
The Company files its tax returns as prescribed by the tax laws of the jurisdictions in which it operates.  The Company is currently under audit by the Internal Revenue Service for its 2001 through 2003 tax years with an anticipated closing date in 2008.  The Company’s 2004 and 2005 tax years are still subject to examination.  Various state and foreign jurisdiction tax years remain open to examination as well, though the Company believes any additional assessment will be immaterial to its consolidated financial statements.

 
As discussed in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements in the 2006 Form 10-K, the Company has a valuation allowance against the full amount of its net deferred tax asset.  The Company provides a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that some portion, or all of its deferred tax assets, will not be realized.  The Company's deferred tax asset valuation allowance decreased approximately $95 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2007 to $1.2 billion, including the impact of comprehensive income for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, changes described above from applying FIN 48 and certain other adjustments.

Under special tax rules (the "Section 382 Limitation"), cumulative stock purchases by material shareholders exceeding 50% during a 3-year period can potentially limit a company’s future use of net operating losses (NOL’s).  Such limitation is increased by “built-in gains”, as provided by current IRS guidance.  The Company is not currently subject to the "Section 382 Limitation".  If triggered in a future period, under current tax rules, such limitation is not expected to significantly impact the recorded value or timing of utilization of AMR’s NOL's.

Various taxes and fees assessed on the sale of tickets to end customers are collected by the Company as an agent and remitted to taxing authorities. These taxes and fees have been presented on a net basis in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations and recorded as a liability until remitted to the appropriate taxing authority.

AMR CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(Unaudited)

7.
As of September 30, 2007, AMR had issued guarantees covering approximately $1.4 billion of American’s tax-exempt bond debt and American had issued guarantees covering approximately $1.1 billion of AMR’s unsecured debt.  In addition, as of September 30, 2007, AMR and American had issued guarantees covering approximately $347 million of AMR Eagle’s secured debt and AMR has issued guarantees covering an additional $2.3 billion of AMR Eagle’s secured debt.

On March 30, 2007, American paid in full the principal balance of its senior secured revolving credit facility.  As of September 30, 2007, the $441 million term loan facility under the same bank credit facility was still outstanding and the $265 million balance of the revolving credit facility remains available to American through maturity.  The revolving credit facility amortizes at a rate of $10 million quarterly through December 17, 2007.  American’s obligations under the credit facility are guaranteed by AMR.

8.
On January 16, 2007, the AMR Board of Directors approved the amendment and restatement of the 2005-2007 Performance Share Plan for Officers and Key Employees and the 2005 Deferred Share Award Agreement to permit settlement in a combination of cash and/or stock.  However, the amendments did not impact the fair value of the awards.  As a result, certain awards under these plans have been accounted for as equity awards since that date and the Company reclassified $122 million from Accrued liabilities to Additional paid-in-capital in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment”.

On January 26, 2007, AMR completed a public offering of 13 million shares of its common stock.  The Company realized $497 million from the sale of equity.


 
AMR CORPORATION
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
(Unaudited)

9.  
The following tables provide the components of net periodic benefit cost for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 (in millions):

   
Pension Benefits
 
   
Three Months Ended
September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
   
2006
 
                         
Components of net periodic benefit cost
                       
                         
Service cost
  $
93
    $
100
    $
278
    $
299
 
Interest cost
   
168
     
160
     
504
     
481
 
Expected return on assets
    (187 )     (167 )     (561 )     (502 )
Amortization of:
                               
Prior service cost
   
4
     
4
     
12
     
12
 
Unrecognized net loss
   
6
     
20
     
19
     
60
 
                                 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $
84
    $
117
    $
252
    $
350
 


   
Other Postretirement Benefits
 
   
Three Months Ended
September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
   
2006
 
                         
Components of net periodic benefit cost
                       
                         
Service cost
  $
18
    $
20
    $
53
    $
58
 
Interest cost
   
49
     
49
     
145
     
145
 
Expected return on assets
    (4 )     (3 )     (13 )     (11 )
Amortization of:
                               
Prior service cost
    (3 )     (2 )     (10 )     (7 )
Unrecognized net (gain) loss
    (1 )    
-
      (5 )    
1
 
                                 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $
59
    $
64
    $
170
    $
186
 

The Company completed its required 2007 calendar year funding by contributing $380 million to its defined benefit pension plans during the nine month period ended September 30, 2007.

 
The Company expects to contribute approximately $350 million to its defined benefit pension plans in 2008.  This amount is significantly higher than the Company’s minimum required contribution and could be impacted by, among other things, pending pension legislation, the financial position of the Company and other economic factors.  The Company’s estimates of its defined benefit pension plan contributions reflect the provisions of the Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004 and the Pension Protection Act of 2006.



 
AMR CORPORATION
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(Unaudited)

10.  
As a result of the revenue environment, high fuel prices and the Company’s restructuring activities, the Company has recorded a number of charges during the last few years. The following table summarizes the components and remaining accruals for these charges (in millions):
 
   
Aircraft Charges
 
Facility Exit Costs
 
 
Total
 
 
Remaining accrual at    
   December 31, 2006
 
$      128
 
 
$        19
 
 
$      147
 
 
Payments
(11)
 
(1)
 
    (12)
 
 
Remaining accrual at  
   September 30, 2007
 
$      117
 
 
$        18
 
 
$      135
 
               
   
 
Cash outlays related to the accruals for aircraft charges and facility exit costs will occur through 2017 and 2018, respectively.

11.  
The Company includes changes in the fair value of certain derivative financial instruments that qualify for hedge accounting and unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities in comprehensive income.  For the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, comprehensive income (loss) was $184 million and $(31) million, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, comprehensive income was $654 million and $200 million, respectively. The difference between net earnings and comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 is due primarily to the accounting for the Company’s derivative financial instruments.

Ineffectiveness is inherent in hedging jet fuel with derivative positions based in crude oil or other crude oil related commodities.  As required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, the Company assesses, both at the inception of each hedge and on an on-going basis, whether the derivatives that are used in its hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows of the hedged items.  In doing so, the Company uses a regression model to determine the correlation of the change in prices of the commodities used to hedge jet fuel (e.g. NYMEX Heating oil) to the change in the price of jet fuel.  The Company also monitors the actual dollar offset of the hedges’ market values as compared to hypothetical jet fuel hedges.  The fuel hedge contracts are generally deemed to be “highly effective” if the R-squared is greater than 80 percent and the dollar offset correlation is within 80 percent to 125 percent.  The Company discontinues hedge accounting prospectively if it determines that a derivative is no longer expected to be highly effective as a hedge or if it decides to discontinue the hedging relationship.

As a result of its second quarter 2006 effectiveness assessment, the Company determined that the majority of its outstanding derivatives, primarily crude oil related contracts, were no longer expected to be highly effective in offsetting changes in forecasted jet fuel purchases.  Effective July 1, 2006, all subsequent changes in the fair value of those particular hedge contracts were recognized directly in earnings rather than being deferred in Accumulated other comprehensive loss.  For the three month period ended September 30, 2006, a charge of $99 million was recognized in Other income (expense) reflecting the change in market value of the derivative contracts that no longer qualified for hedge accounting.

 
 
AMR CORPORATION
 
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
 
(Unaudited)

12.
The following table sets forth the computations of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share (in millions, except per share data):

   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
   
2006
 
Numerator:
                       
Net earnings - numerator for basic earnings per share
  $
175
    $
15
    $
573
    $
214
 
Interest on senior convertible notes
   
7
     
-
     
21
     
20
 
                                 
Net earnings adjusted for interest on senior convertible notes - numerator for diluted earnings per share
  $
182
    $
15
    $
594
    $
234
 
                                 
Denominator:
                               
Denominator for basic earnings per share – weighted-average shares
   
249
     
213
     
244
     
201
 
Effect of dilutive securities:
                               
Senior convertible notes
   
32
     
-
     
32
     
32
 
Employee options and shares
   
30
     
41
     
37
     
44
 
Assumed treasury shares purchased
    (11 )     (17 )     (13 )     (18 )
Dilutive potential common shares
   
51
     
24
     
56
     
58
 
                                 
Denominator for diluted earnings per share - adjusted weighted-average shares
   
300
     
237
     
300
     
259
 
                                 
Basic earnings per share
  $
0.70
    $
0.07
    $
2.35
    $
1.07
 
                                 
Diluted earnings per share
  $
0.61
    $
0.06
    $
1.98
    $
0.91
 

 
Approximately nine million and 13 million shares related to employee stock options were not added to the denominator for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively, because the options’ exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common shares.  Additionally, approximately 32 million shares related to convertible notes were not added to the denominator for the three months ended September 30, 2006 because inclusion of such shares would have been antidilutive.

 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, approximately five million and 12 million shares related to employee stock options were not added to the denominator because the options’ exercise prices were greater than the average market price of the common shares.

13.
On July 3, 2007, American entered into an agreement to sell all of its shares in ARINC Incorporated.  Upon closing, which is expected to occur during the fourth quarter of 2007, American expects to receive proceeds of approximately $194 million and to record a gain on the sale of approximately $140 million.  The closing of the transaction is subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions, many of which are beyond American’s control, and no assurance can be given that such closing will occur.


 Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Information

Statements in this report contain various forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which represent the Company's expectations or beliefs concerning future events.  When used in this document and in documents incorporated herein by reference, the words "expects," "plans," "anticipates," “indicates,” “believes,” “forecast,” “guidance,” “outlook,”  “may,” “will,” “should,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Similarly, statements that describe our objectives, plans or goals are forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the Company’s expectations concerning operations and financial conditions, including changes in capacity, revenues, and costs, future financing plans and needs, overall economic conditions, plans and objectives for future operations, and the impact on the Company of its results of operations in recent years and the sufficiency of its financial resources to absorb that impact. Other forward-looking statements include statements which do not relate solely to historical facts, such as, without limitation, statements which discuss the possible future effects of current known trends or uncertainties, or which indicate that the future effects of known trends or uncertainties cannot be predicted, guaranteed or assured.  All forward-looking statements in this report are based upon information available to the Company on the date of this report. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations.  The following factors, in addition to other possible factors not listed, could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements:  the materially weakened financial condition of the Company, resulting from its significant losses in recent years; the ability of the Company to generate additional revenues and reduce its costs; changes in economic and other conditions beyond the Company’s control, and the volatile results of the Company’s operations; the Company’s substantial indebtedness and other obligations; the ability of the Company to satisfy existing financial or other covenants in certain of its credit agreements; continued high and volatile fuel prices and further increases in the price of fuel, and the availability of fuel; the fiercely and increasingly competitive business environment faced by the Company; industry consolidation, competition with reorganized and reorganizing carriers; low fare levels by historical standards and the Company’s reduced pricing power; the Company’s potential need to raise additional funds and its ability to do so on acceptable terms; changes in the Company’s corporate or business strategy; government regulation of the Company’s business; conflicts overseas or terrorist attacks; uncertainties with respect to the Company’s international operations; outbreaks of a disease (such as SARS or avian flu) that affects travel behavior; labor costs that are higher than the Company’s competitors; uncertainties with respect to the Company’s relationships with unionized and other employee work groups; increased insurance costs and potential reductions of available insurance coverage; the Company’s ability to retain key management personnel; potential failures or disruptions of the Company’s computer, communications or other technology systems; changes in the price of the Company’s common stock; and the ability of the Company to reach acceptable agreements with third parties.  Additional information concerning these and other factors is contained in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to the Company’s 2006 Form 10-K (see in particular Item 1A “Risk Factors” in the 2006 Form 10-K).

Overview

The Company recorded net income of $175 million during the third quarter of 2007 compared to net income of $15 million in the same period last year.  The Company’s third quarter 2007 results were impacted by an improvement in unit revenues (passenger revenue per available seat mile), fuel prices that remain high by historical standards and a $40 million charge for the correction of certain salary and benefit accruals (see Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements).  The 2006 results were impacted by a $99 million charge to mark to market certain derivatives that no longer qualified for hedge accounting under SFAS 133 (see Note 11 to the condensed consolidated financial statements).


Mainline passenger unit revenues increased 5.0 percent for the third quarter due to a 2.2 point load factor increase and a 2.3 percent increase in passenger yield (passenger revenue per passenger mile) compared to the same period in 2006. Although load factor performance and passenger yield showed year-over-year improvement, passenger yield remains low by historical standards.  The Company believes this is the result of excess industry capacity and its reduced pricing power resulting from a number of factors, including greater cost sensitivity on the part of travelers (especially business travelers), increased competition from LCC’s and pricing transparency resulting from the use of the internet.

In June 2007, the Company announced a change to its AAdvantage frequent flyer program.  Effective December 15, 2007, mileage balances will expire from AAdvantage accounts that have not had miles either earned or redeemed within the previous 18 month period.  The Company expects to record a one-time benefit in the fourth quarter as a result of the change.  The amount of the impact on the Company’s frequent flyer liability will depend on the number of miles that expire on December 15, 2007 and the impact of the policy change on other related accounting estimates.

The Company’s ability to become consistently profitable and its ability to continue to fund its obligations on an ongoing basis will depend on a number of factors, many of which are largely beyond the Company’s control.  Certain risk factors that affect the Company’s business and financial results are referred to under “Forward-Looking Information” above and are discussed in the Risk Factors listed in Item 1A (on pages 11-17) in the 2006 Form 10-K. In addition, four of the Company’s largest domestic competitors have filed for bankruptcy in the last several years and have used this process to significantly reduce contractual labor and other costs.  In order to remain competitive and to improve its financial condition, the Company must continue to take steps to generate additional revenues and to reduce its costs. Although the Company has a number of initiatives underway to address its cost and revenue challenges, the ultimate success of these initiatives is not known at this time and cannot be assured.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Significant Indebtedness and Future Financing

The Company remains heavily indebted and has significant obligations (including substantial pension funding obligations), as described more fully under Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the 2006 Form 10-K.  As of the date of this Form 10-Q, the Company believes it should have sufficient liquidity to fund its operations for the foreseeable future, including repayment of debt and capital leases, capital expenditures and other contractual obligations. However, to maintain sufficient liquidity as the Company continues to implement its restructuring and cost reduction initiatives, and because the Company has significant debt, lease and other obligations in the next several years, as well as ongoing pension funding obligations, the Company may need access to additional funding. The Company continues to evaluate the economic benefits and other aspects of replacing some of the older aircraft in its fleet prior to 2013 and also continues to evaluate the appropriate mix of aircraft in its fleet.  The Company’s possible financing sources primarily include: (i) a limited amount of additional secured aircraft debt  or sale-leaseback transactions involving owned aircraft (a very large majority of the Company’s owned aircraft are encumbered); (ii) debt secured by new aircraft deliveries; (iii) debt secured by other assets; (iv) securitization of future operating receipts; (v) the sale or monetization of certain assets; (vi) unsecured debt; and (vii) issuance of equity and/or equity-like securities. However, the availability and level of these financing sources cannot be assured, particularly in light of the Company’s and American’s recent financial results, substantial indebtedness, current credit ratings, high fuel prices and the financial difficulties that have been experienced in the airline industry. The inability of the Company to obtain additional funding on acceptable terms would have a material adverse impact on the ability of the Company to sustain its operations over the long-term.

The Company’s substantial indebtedness and other obligations could have important consequences.  For example, they could: (i) limit the Company’s ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and general corporate purposes, or adversely affect the terms on which such financing could be obtained; (ii) require the Company to dedicate a substantial portion of its cash flow from operations to payments on its indebtedness and other obligations, thereby reducing the funds available for other purposes; (iii) make the Company more vulnerable to economic downturns; (iv) limit the Company’s ability to withstand competitive pressures and reduce its flexibility in responding to changing business and economic conditions; and (v) limit the Company’s flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in its business and the industry in which it operates.

Credit Facility Covenants

American has a secured bank credit facility which consists of a $265 million revolving credit facility, with a final maturity on June 17, 2009, and a fully drawn $441 million term loan facility, with a final maturity on December 17, 2010 (the Revolving Facility and the Term Loan Facility, respectively, and collectively, the Credit Facility). On March 30, 2007, American paid in full the principal balance of the Revolving Facility and as of September 30, 2007, it remained undrawn.  American’s obligations under the Credit Facility are guaranteed by AMR.

 The Credit Facility contains a covenant (the Liquidity Covenant) requiring American to maintain, as defined, unrestricted cash, unencumbered short term investments and amounts available for drawing under committed revolving credit facilities of not less than $1.25 billion for each quarterly period through the life of the Credit Facility. In addition, the Credit Facility contains a covenant (the EBITDAR Covenant) requiring AMR to maintain a ratio of cash flow (defined as consolidated net income, before interest expense (less capitalized interest), income taxes, depreciation and amortization and rentals, adjusted for certain gains or losses and non-cash items) to fixed charges (comprising interest expense (less capitalized interest) and rentals).  The required ratio was 1.35 to 1.00 for the four quarter period ending September 30, 2007, and will increase gradually for each four quarter period ending on each fiscal quarter thereafter until it reaches 1.50 to 1.00 for the four quarter period ending June 30, 2009. AMR and American were in compliance with the Liquidity Covenant and the EBITDAR covenant as of September 30, 2007 and expect to be able to continue to comply with these covenants.  However, given fuel prices that are high by historical standards and the volatility of fuel prices and revenues, it is difficult to assess whether AMR and American will, in fact, be able to continue to comply with these covenants, and there are no assurances that AMR and American will be able to do so.  Failure to comply with these covenants would result in a default under the Credit Facility which - - if the Company did not take steps to obtain a waiver of, or otherwise mitigate, the default - - could result in a default under a significant amount of the Company’s other debt and lease obligations and otherwise have a material adverse impact on the Company.

Pension Funding Obligation

The Company completed its required 2007 calendar year funding by contributing $380 million to its defined benefit pension plans during the nine month period ended September 30, 2007.

The Company expects to contribute approximately $350 million to its defined benefit pension plans in 2008.  This amount is significantly higher than the Company’s minimum required contribution and could be impacted by, among other things, pending pension legislation, the financial position of the Company and other economic factors.  The Company’s estimates of its defined benefit pension plan contributions reflect the provisions of the Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004 and the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

The U.S. Congress is currently considering legislation that would allow commercial airline pilots to fly until age 65.  The Federal Aviation Administration currently requires commercial pilots to retire once they reach age 60.  The U.S. Congress is also considering legislation that would amend the Pension Protection Act of 2006.  The Company has not completed its evaluation of the impact of the proposed legislation on its financial statements; however, the proposed legislation could have a material impact on the Company’s valuation of its liability for pension and postretirement benefits and its minimum required contributions to its defined benefit pension plans.

Compensation

As described in Note 8 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, during 2006 and January 2007, the AMR Board of Directors approved the amendment and restatement of all of the outstanding performance share plans, the related performance share agreements and deferred share agreements that required settlement in cash.  The plans were amended to permit settlement in cash and/or stock; however, the amendments did not impact the fair value of the awards under the plans.  These changes were made in connection with a grievance filed by the Company’s three labor unions which asserted that a cash settlement may be contrary to a component of the Company’s 2003 Annual Incentive Program agreement with the unions.

American has a profit sharing program that provides variable compensation that rewards frontline employees when American achieves certain financial targets.  Generally, the profit sharing plan provides for a profit sharing pool for eligible employees equal to 15 percent of pre-tax income of American in excess of $500 million.  Based on current conditions, the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements include an accrual for profit sharing.  There can be no assurance that the Company’s forecasts will approximate actual results.  Additionally, reductions in the Company’s forecasts of income for 2007 could result in the reversal of a portion or all of the previously recorded profit sharing expense.

Cash Flow Activity

At September 30, 2007, the Company had $5.4 billion in unrestricted cash and short-term investments, an increase of $675 million from December 31, 2006.  Net cash provided by operating activities in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007 was $1.9 billion, an increase of $216 million over the same period in 2006.  The increase was primarily the result of improved economic conditions which allowed the industry to increase fare levels.  The Company contributed $380 million to its defined benefit pension plans in the first nine months of 2007 compared to $184 million during the first nine months of 2006.

Capital expenditures for the first nine months of 2007 were $515 million and primarily included aircraft modifications and the cost of improvements at New York’s John F. Kennedy airport (JFK).  A significant portion of the Company’s construction costs at JFK have been reimbursed through a fund established from a previous financing transaction.

On January 26, 2007, AMR completed a public offering of 13 million shares of its common stock.  The Company realized $497 million from the sale of equity.

In the past, the Company has from time to time refinanced, redeemed or repurchased its debt and taken other steps to reduce its debt or lease obligations or otherwise improve its balance sheet.  Going forward, depending on market conditions, its cash positions and other considerations, the Company may continue to take such actions.


RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2007 and 2006

Revenues

The Company’s revenues increased approximately $99 million, or 1.7 percent, to $5.9 billion in the third quarter of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006.  American’s passenger revenues increased by 2.0 percent, or $93 million, despite a capacity (available seat mile) (ASM) decrease of 2.8 percent.  American’s passenger load factor increased 2.2 points to 83.9 percent and passenger revenue yield per passenger mile increased by 2.3 percent to 13.09 cents.  This resulted in an increase in American’s passenger revenue per available seat mile (RASM) of 5.0 percent to 10.98 cents. Following is additional information regarding American’s domestic and international RASM and capacity based on geographic areas defined by the Department of Transportation (DOT):

   
Three Months Ended September 30, 2007
 
   
RASM
(cents)
   
Y-O-Y
Change
   
ASMs (billions)
   
Y-O-Y
Change
 
                         
DOT Domestic
   
10.7
      4.8 %    
27.4
      (2.5 )%
International
   
11.5
     
5.3
     
15.8
      (3.3 )
   DOT Latin America
   
11.6
     
3.5
     
7.3
     
0.1
 
   DOT Atlantic
   
11.7
     
2.7
     
6.8
      (0.2 )
   DOT Pacific
   
10.9
     
21.0
     
1.7
      (24.2 )

The Company’s Regional Affiliates include two wholly owned subsidiaries, American Eagle Airlines, Inc. and Executive Airlines, Inc. (collectively, AMR Eagle), and two independent carriers with which American has capacity purchase agreements, Trans States Airlines, Inc. (Trans States) and Chautauqua Airlines, Inc. (Chautauqua).

Regional Affiliates’ passenger revenues, which are based on industry standard proration agreements for flights connecting to American flights, increased $4 million, or 0.6 percent, to $648 million as a result of increased load factors and despite decreases in passenger yield and capacity.  Regional Affiliates’ traffic increased 1.3 percent to 2.6 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and capacity decreased 0.9 percent to 3.4 billion ASMs, resulting in a 1.7 point increase in the passenger load factor to 75.9 percent.

Operating Expenses

The Company’s total operating expenses increased 1.2 percent, or $64 million, to $5.6 billion in the third quarter of 2007 compared to the third quarter of 2006.  American’s mainline operating expenses per ASM in the third quarter of 2007 increased 3.9 percent compared to the prior year third quarter to 11.45 cents. These increases are due primarily to investments to improve customer experience, accelerated depreciation to reflect cabin refurbishment programs and approximately $40 million related to a correction for additional salary and benefit expense from prior periods as discussed in Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.  The Company’s operating and financial results are significantly affected by the price of jet fuel. Continuing high fuel prices, additional increases in the price of fuel, or disruptions in the supply of fuel, would further adversely affect the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.

(in millions)
 
 
Operating Expenses
 
Three Months Ended
September 30, 2007
   
Increase / (Decrease) from 2006
   
Percentage Change
 
                   
Wages, salaries and benefits
  $
1,721
    $
27
      1.6 %
Aircraft fuel
   
1,743
      (28 )     (1.6 )
Other rentals and landing fees
   
328
     
11
     
3.5
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
307
     
17
     
5.9
 
Maintenance, materials and repairs
   
274
     
22
     
8.7
 
Commissions, booking fees and credit card expense
   
270
      (14 )     (4.9 )
Aircraft rentals
   
148
      (6 )     (3.9 )
Food service
   
139
     
6
     
4.5
 
Other operating expenses
   
697
     
29
     
4.3
 
Total operating expenses
  $
5,627
    $
64
      1.2 %

 
Other Income (Expense)

Other income (expense), historically a net expense, decreased $125 million due primarily to the prior year impact of certain ineffective fuel derivatives as discussed in Note 11 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. Interest income increased $10 million in the third quarter of 2007 compared to the third quarter of 2006 due primarily to an increase in short-term investment balances.  Interest expense decreased $32 million as a result of a decrease in the Company’s long-term debt balance.

 
Income Tax

The Company did not record a net tax provision (benefit) associated with its third quarter 2007 and 2006 earnings (losses) due to the Company providing a valuation allowance, as discussed in Note 6 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Operating Statistics
The following table provides statistical information for American and Regional Affiliates for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006.
             
   
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
   
2007
   
2006
 
American Airlines, Inc. Mainline Jet Operations
           
    Revenue passenger miles (millions)
   
36,290
     
36,382
 
    Available seat miles (millions)
   
43,271
     
44,532
 
    Cargo ton miles (millions)
   
514
     
557
 
    Passenger load factor
    83.9 %     81.7 %
    Passenger revenue yield per passenger mile (cents)
   
13.09
     
12.80
 
    Passenger revenue per available seat mile (cents)
   
10.98
     
10.46
 
    Cargo revenue yield per ton mile (cents)
   
38.14
     
38.32
 
    Operating expenses per available seat mile, excluding Regional Affiliates (cents) (*)
   
11.45
     
11.02
 
    Fuel consumption (gallons, in millions)
   
725
     
741
 
    Fuel price per gallon (cents)
   
216.5
     
215.8
 
    Operating aircraft at period-end
   
684
     
699
 
                 
Regional Affiliates
               
    Revenue passenger miles (millions)
   
2,611
     
2,578
 
    Available seat miles (millions)
   
3,442
     
3,475
 
    Passenger load factor
    75.9 %     74.2 %

 
(*)Excludes $701 million and $702 million of expense incurred related to Regional Affiliates in 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Operating aircraft at September 30, 2007, included:
               
American Airlines Aircraft
     
AMR Eagle Aircraft
     
Airbus A300-600R
   
34
 
Bombardier CRJ-700
   
25
 
Boeing 737-800
   
77
 
Embraer 135
   
39
 
Boeing 757-200
   
128
 
Embraer 140
   
59
 
Boeing 767-200 Extended Range
   
15
 
Embraer 145
   
108
 
Boeing 767-300 Extended Range
   
58
 
Super ATR
   
39
 
Boeing 777-200 Extended Range
   
47
 
Saab 340
   
36
 
McDonnell Douglas MD-80
   
325
 
Total
   
306
 
Total
   
684
           
                   

The average aircraft age for American’s and AMR Eagle’s aircraft is 14.7 years and 7.4 years, respectively.

Of the operating aircraft listed above, 25 McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft - - 12 owned, eight operating leased and five capital leased - - and 10 operating leased Saab 340 aircraft were in temporary storage as of September 30, 2007.

Owned and leased aircraft not operated by the Company at September 30, 2007, included:

American Airlines Aircraft
     
AMR Eagle Aircraft
     
Boeing 757-200
   
8
 
Embraer 145
   
10
 
Boeing 767-200 Extended Range
   
1
 
Saab 340
   
26
 
Fokker 100
   
4
 
Total
   
36
 
McDonnell Douglas MD-80
   
13
           
Total
   
26
           

AMR Eagle has leased its 10 owned Embraer 145s that are not operated by AMR Eagle to Trans States Airlines, Inc.

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007 and 2006

Revenues

The Company’s revenues increased approximately $86 million, or 0.5 percent, to $17.3 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 from the same period last year.  American’s passenger revenues increased 0.9 percent, or $128 million, while capacity (ASM) decreased by 3.2 percent.  American’s passenger load factor increased 1.3 points to 81.9 percent and passenger revenue yield per passenger mile increased by 2.6 percent to 13.15 cents.  This resulted in an increase in American’s passenger RASM of 4.3 percent to 10.77 cents. Following is additional information regarding American’s domestic and international RASM and capacity based on geographic areas defined by the DOT:

   
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007
 
   
RASM
(cents)
   
Y-O-Y
Change
   
ASMs (billions)
   
Y-O-Y
Change
 
                         
DOT Domestic
   
10.6
      2.6 %    
81.4
      (3.4 )%
International
   
11.1
     
7.3
     
46.3
      (2.9 )
   DOT Latin America
   
11.3
     
5.8
     
22.3
     
0.4
 
   DOT Atlantic
   
11.1
     
4.8
     
18.9
      (1.2 )
   DOT Pacific
   
10.2
     
21.9
     
5.1
      (19.8 )

Regional Affiliates’ passenger revenues, which are based on industry standard proration agreements for flights connecting to American flights, decreased $51 million, or 2.7 percent, to $1.9 billion as a result of decreased capacity and passenger yield and a load factor that was approximately flat.  Regional Affiliates’ traffic decreased 0.7 percent to 7.5 billion revenue passenger miles (RPMs) and capacity decreased 0.7 percent to 10.1 billion ASMs, resulting in a flat passenger load factor of 74.0 percent.

Operating Expenses

The Company’s total operating expenses decreased 0.4 percent, or $73 million, to $16.2 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006.  American’s mainline operating expenses per ASM in the nine months ended September 30, 2007 increased 2.5 percent compared to the same period in 2006 to 11.17 cents. These changes are due primarily to weather related cancellations in 2007.

(in millions)
 
 
Operating Expenses
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2007
   
Increase / (Decrease) from 2006
   
Percentage Change
 
                   
Wages, salaries and benefits
  $
5,047
    $ (56 )     (1.1 )%
Aircraft fuel
   
4,797
      (155 )     (3.1 )
Other rentals and landing fees
   
970
     
3
     
0.3
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
892
     
24
     
2.8
 
Maintenance, materials and repairs
   
790
     
64
     
8.8
 
Commissions, booking fees and credit card expense
   
787
      (52 )     (6.2 )
Aircraft rentals
   
451
     
2
     
0.4
 
Food service
   
399
     
13
     
3.4
 
Other operating expenses
   
2,085
     
84
     
4.2
 
Total operating expenses
  $
16,218
    $ (73 )     (0.4 )%

 
Other Income (Expense)

Other income (expense), historically a net expense, decreased $200 million due primarily to the prior year impact of certain ineffective fuel derivatives as discussed in Note 11 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.  Interest income increased $56 million in nine months ended September 30, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006 due primarily to an increase in short-term investment balances.  Interest expense decreased $77 million as a result of a decrease in the Company’s long-term debt balance.

 
Income Tax

The Company did not record a net tax provision (benefit) associated with its earnings (losses) for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 due to the Company providing a valuation allowance, as discussed in Note 6 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Operating Statistics
The following table provides statistical information for American and Regional Affiliates for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006.
             
   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
   
2007
   
2006
 
American Airlines, Inc. Mainline Jet Operations
           
    Revenue passenger miles (millions)
   
104,534
     
106,253
 
    Available seat miles (millions)
   
127,609
     
131,883
 
    Cargo ton miles (millions)
   
1,574
     
1,640
 
    Passenger load factor
    81.9 %     80.6 %
    Passenger revenue yield per passenger mile (cents)
   
13.15
     
12.82
 
    Passenger revenue per available seat mile (cents)
   
10.77
     
10.33
 
    Cargo revenue yield per ton mile (cents)
   
37.91
     
36.88
 
    Operating expenses per available seat mile, excluding Regional Affiliates (cents) (*)
   
11.17
     
10.90
 
    Fuel consumption (gallons, in millions)
   
2,129
     
2,183
 
    Fuel price per gallon (cents)
   
203.0
     
205.0
 
                 
Regional Affiliates
               
    Revenue passenger miles (millions)
   
7,468
     
7,522
 
    Available seat miles (millions)
   
10,096
     
10,168
 
    Passenger load factor
    74.0 %     74.0 %

 
(*)
Excludes $2.1 billion and $2.0 billion of expense incurred related to Regional Affiliates in 2007 and 2006, respectively.

 
Outlook

The Company currently expects fourth quarter mainline unit costs to increase approximately 4.5 percent year over year.  Capacity for American’s mainline jet operations in the fourth quarter is expected to increase approximately 0.9 percent year over year.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

There have been no material changes in market risk from the information provided in Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk of the Company’s 2006 Form 10-K.  The change in market risk for aircraft fuel is discussed below for informational purposes due to the sensitivity of the Company’s financial results to changes in fuel prices.

The risk inherent in the Company’s fuel related market risk sensitive instruments and positions is the potential loss arising from adverse changes in the price of fuel.  The sensitivity analyses presented do not consider the effects that such adverse changes may have on overall economic activity, nor do they consider additional actions management may take to mitigate the Company’s exposure to such changes.  Therefore, actual results may differ.  The Company does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading purposes.

Aircraft Fuel   The Company’s earnings are affected by changes in the price and availability of aircraft fuel.  In order to provide a measure of control over price and supply, the Company trades and ships fuel and maintains fuel storage facilities to support its flight operations.  The Company also manages the price risk of fuel costs primarily by using jet fuel, heating oil, and crude oil hedging contracts.  Market risk is estimated as a hypothetical 10 percent increase in the September 30, 2007 cost per gallon of fuel.  Based on projected 2007 and 2008 fuel usage through September 30, 2008, such an increase would result in an increase to aircraft fuel expense of approximately $563 million in the twelve months ended September 30, 2008, inclusive of the impact of effective fuel hedge instruments outstanding at September 30, 2007.  Comparatively, based on projected 2007 fuel usage, such an increase would have resulted in an increase to aircraft fuel expense of approximately $531 million in the twelve months ended December 31, 2007, inclusive of the impact of effective fuel hedge instruments outstanding at December 31, 2006.  The change in market risk is primarily due to the increase in fuel prices.

Ineffectiveness is inherent in hedging jet fuel with derivative positions based in crude oil or other crude oil related commodities.  As required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, the Company assesses, both at the inception of each hedge and on an on-going basis, whether the derivatives that are used in its hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows of the hedged items.  In doing so, the Company uses a regression model to determine the correlation of the change in prices of the commodities used to hedge jet fuel (e.g. NYMEX Heating oil) to the change in the price of jet fuel.  The Company also monitors the actual dollar offset of the hedges’ market values as compared to hypothetical jet fuel hedges.  The fuel hedge contracts are generally deemed to be “highly effective” if the R-squared is greater than 80 percent and the dollar offset correlation is within 80 percent to 125 percent.  The Company discontinues hedge accounting prospectively if it determines that a derivative is no longer expected to be highly effective as a hedge or if it decides to discontinue the hedging relationship.

As a result of its second quarter 2006 effectiveness assessment, the Company determined that the majority of its outstanding derivatives, primarily crude oil related contracts, were no longer expected to be highly effective in offsetting changes in forecasted jet fuel purchases.  Effective July 1, 2006, all subsequent changes in the fair value of those particular hedge contracts were recognized directly in earnings rather than being deferred in Accumulated other comprehensive loss.  For the three month period ended September 30, 2006, a charge of $99 million was recognized in Other income (expense) reflecting the change in market value of the derivative contracts that no longer qualified for hedge accounting.

As of September 30, 2007, the Company had effective hedges, primarily collars, covering approximately 40 percent of its estimated remaining 2007 fuel requirements and 14 percent of its 2008 fuel requirements.  The consumption hedged for the remainder of 2007 is capped at an average price of approximately $69 per barrel of crude oil.  A deterioration of the Company’s financial position could negatively affect the Company’s ability to hedge fuel in the future.

Item 4.Controls and Procedures

The term “disclosure controls and procedures” is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act. This term refers to the controls and procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the Securities and Exchange Commission. An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2007.  Based on that evaluation, the Company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2007. During the quarter ending on September 30, 2007, there was no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II:  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

On July 26, 1999, a class action lawsuit was filed, and in November 1999 an amended complaint was filed, against AMR, American, AMR Eagle, Airlines Reporting Corporation, and the Sabre Group Holdings, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division (Westways World Travel, Inc. v. AMR Corp., et al.).  The lawsuit alleges that requiring travel agencies to pay debit memos to American for violations of American’s fare rules (by customers of the agencies):  (1) breaches the Agent Reporting Agreement between American and AMR Eagle and the plaintiffs; (2) constitutes unjust enrichment; and (3) violates the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970 (RICO).  On July 9, 2003, the court certified a class that included all travel agencies who have been or will be required to pay money to American for debit memos for fare rules violations from July 26, 1995 to the present.  The plaintiffs sought to enjoin American from enforcing the pricing rules in question and to recover the amounts paid for debit memos, plus treble damages, attorneys’ fees, and costs. On February 24, 2005, the court decertified the class.  The claims against Airlines Reporting Corporation have been dismissed, and in September 2005, the Court granted Summary Judgment in favor of the Company and all other defendants.  Plaintiffs have filed an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  Although the Company believes that the litigation is without merit, a final adverse court decision could impose restrictions on the Company’s relationships with travel agencies, which could have a material adverse impact on the Company.

Between April 3, 2003 and June 5, 2003, three lawsuits were filed by travel agents, some of whom opted out of a prior class action (now dismissed) to pursue their claims individually against American, other airline defendants, and in one case against certain airline defendants and Orbitz LLC.  The cases, Tam Travel et. al., v. Delta Air Lines et. al., in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco (51 individual agencies), Paula Fausky d/b/a Timeless Travel v. American Airlines, et. al, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division (29 agencies) and Swope Travel et al. v. Orbitz et. al. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division (71 agencies) were consolidated for pre-trial purposes in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division.  Collectively, these lawsuits seek damages and injunctive relief alleging that the certain airline defendants and Orbitz LLC: (i) conspired to prevent travel agents from acting as effective competitors in the distribution of airline tickets to passengers in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act;  (ii) conspired to monopolize the distribution of common carrier air travel between airports in the United States in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act; and that (iii) between 1995 and the present, the airline defendants conspired to reduce commissions paid to U.S.-based travel agents in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.  On September 23, 2005, the Fausky plaintiffs dismissed their claims with prejudice.  On September 14, 2006, the court dismissed with prejudice 28 of the Swope plaintiffs.  American continues to vigorously defend these lawsuits.  A final adverse court decision awarding substantial money damages or placing material restrictions on the Company’s distribution practices would have a material adverse impact on the Company.

Miami-Dade County (the County) is currently investigating and remediating various environmental conditions at the Miami International Airport (MIA) and funding the remediation costs through landing fees and various cost recovery methods.  American and AMR Eagle have been named as potentially responsible parties (PRPs) for the contamination at MIA.  During the second quarter of 2001, the County filed a lawsuit against 17 defendants, including American, in an attempt to recover its past and future cleanup costs (Miami-Dade County, Florida v. Advance Cargo Services, Inc., et al. in the Florida Circuit Court). On August 27, 2007, American and the County entered into an agreement settling all claims in the litigation.  The settlement agreement has been approved by the court.

On July 12, 2004, a consolidated class action complaint, that was subsequently amended on November 30, 2004, was filed against American and the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), the union which represents the American’s flight attendants (Ann M. Marcoux, et al., v. American Airlines Inc., et al. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York). While a class has not yet been certified, the lawsuit seeks on behalf of all of American’s flight attendants or various subclasses to set aside, and to obtain damages allegedly resulting from, the April 2003 Collective Bargaining Agreement referred to as the Restructuring Participation Agreement (RPA). The RPA was one of three labor agreements American successfully reached with its unions in order to avoid filing for bankruptcy in 2003.  In a related case (Sherry Cooper, et al. v. TWA Airlines, LLC, et al., also in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York), the court denied a preliminary injunction against implementation of the RPA on June 30, 2003. The Marcoux suit alleges various claims against the APFA and American relating to the RPA and the ratification vote on the RPA by individual APFA members, including: violation of the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) and the APFA’s Constitution and By-laws, violation by the APFA of its duty of fair representation to its members, violation by American of provisions of the Railway Labor Act (RLA) through improper coercion of flight attendants into voting or changing their vote for ratification, and violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970 (RICO). On March 28, 2006, the district court dismissed all of various state law claims against American, all but one of the LMRDA claims against the APFA, and the claimed violations of RICO.  This left the claimed violations of the RLA and the duty of fair representation against American and the APFA (as well as one LMRDA claim and one claim against the APFA of a breach of its constitution).  By letter dated February 9, 2007, plaintiffs’ counsel informed counsel for the defendants that plaintiffs do not intend to pursue the LMRDA claim against APFA further.  Although the Company believes the case against it is without merit and both American and the APFA are vigorously defending the lawsuit, a final adverse court decision invalidating the RPA and awarding substantial money damages would have a material adverse impact on the Company.

On February 14, 2006, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) served the Company with a grand jury subpoena as part of an ongoing investigation into possible criminal violations of the antitrust laws by certain domestic and foreign air cargo carriers. At this time, the Company does not believe it is a target of the DOJ investigation.  The New Zealand Commerce Commission notified the Company on February 17, 2006 that it is also investigating whether the Company and certain other cargo carriers entered into agreements relating to fuel surcharges, security surcharges, war risk surcharges, and customs clearance surcharges.  On February 22, 2006, the Company received a letter from the Swiss Competition Commission informing the Company that it too is investigating whether the Company and certain other cargo carriers entered into agreements relating to fuel surcharges, security surcharges, war risk surcharges, and customs clearance surcharges.  On December 19, 2006 and June 12, 2007, the Company received requests for information from the European Commission, seeking information regarding the Company’s corporate structure, revenue and pricing announcements for air cargo shipments to and from the European Union.  On January 23, 2007, the Brazilian competition authorities, as part of an ongoing investigation, conducted an unannounced search of the Company’s cargo facilities in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  The Brazilian authorities are investigating whether the Company and certain other foreign and domestic air carriers violated Brazilian competition laws by illegally conspiring to set fuel surcharges on cargo shipments.  On June 27, 2007, the Company received a request for information from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission seeking information regarding fuel surcharges imposed by the Company on cargo shipments to and from Australia and regarding the structure of the Company’s cargo operations.  On September 4, 2007, the Attorney General of the State of Florida served American with a Civil Investigative Demand as part of its investigation of possible violations of federal and Florida antitrust laws regarding the pricing of air cargo services.  The Company intends to cooperate fully with these investigations and inquiries. In the event that these or other investigations uncover violations of the U.S. antitrust laws or the competition laws of some other jurisdiction, such findings and related legal proceedings could have a material adverse impact on the Company.  Approximately 44 purported class action lawsuits have been filed in the U.S. against the Company and certain foreign and domestic air carriers alleging that the defendants violated U.S. antitrust laws by illegally conspiring to set prices and surcharges on cargo shipments.  These cases, along with other purported class action lawsuits in which the Company was not named, were consolidated in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York as In re Air Cargo Shipping Services Antitrust Litigation, 06-MD-1775 on June 20, 2006.  Plaintiffs are seeking trebled money damages and injunctive relief.  The Company has not been named as a defendant in the consolidated complaint filed by the plaintiffs.  However, the plaintiffs have not released any claims that they may have against the Company, and the Company may later be added as a defendant in the litigation.  If the Company is sued on these claims, it will vigorously defend the suit, but any adverse judgment could have a material adverse impact on the Company.  Also, on January 23, 2007, the Company was served with a purported class action complaint filed against the Company, American, and certain foreign and domestic air carriers in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Canada (McKay v. Ace Aviation Holdings, et al.). The plaintiff alleges that the defendants violated Canadian competition laws by illegally conspiring to set prices and surcharges on cargo shipments.  The complaint seeks compensatory and punitive damages under Canadian law.  On June 22, 2007, the plaintiffs agreed to dismiss their claims against the Company. The dismissal is without prejudice, and the Company could be brought back into the litigation at a future date. If litigation is recommenced against the Company in the Canadian courts, the Company will vigorously defend itself; however, any adverse judgment could have a material adverse impact on the Company.

On June 20, 2006, the DOJ served the Company with a grand jury subpoena as part of an ongoing investigation into possible criminal violations of the antitrust laws by certain domestic and foreign passenger carriers. At this time, the Company does not believe it is a target of the DOJ investigation.  The Company intends to cooperate fully with this investigation.  On September 4, 2007, the Attorney General of the State of Florida served American with a Civil Investigative Demand as part of its investigation of possible violations of federal and Florida antitrust laws regarding the pricing of air passenger transportation.  In the event that this or other investigations uncover violations of the U.S. antitrust laws or the competition laws of some other jurisdiction, such findings and related legal proceedings could have a material adverse impact on the Company.  Approximately 52 purported class action lawsuits have been filed in the U.S. against the Company and certain foreign and domestic air carriers alleging that the defendants violated U.S. antitrust laws by illegally conspiring to set prices and surcharges for passenger transportation.  These cases, along with other purported class action lawsuits in which the Company was not named, were consolidated in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California as In re International Air Transportation Surcharge Antitrust Litigation, M 06-01793 on October 25, 2006.  On July 9, 2007, the Company was named as a defendant in the consolidated complaint.  Plaintiffs are seeking trebled money damages and injunctive relief. American will vigorously defend these lawsuits; however, any adverse judgment could have a material adverse impact on the Company.

American is defending a lawsuit (Love Terminal Partners, L.P. et al. v. The City of Dallas, Texas et al.) filed on July 17, 2006 in the United States District Court in Dallas.  The suit was brought by two lessees of facilities at Dallas Love Field Airport against American, the cities of Fort Worth and Dallas, Southwest Airlines, Inc., and the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board.  The suit alleges that an agreement by and between the five defendants with respect to Dallas Love Field violates Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act.  Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief and compensatory and statutory damages.  American will vigorously defend this lawsuit; however, any adverse judgment could have a material adverse impact on the Company.

On August 21, 2006, a patent infringement lawsuit was filed against American and American Beacon Advisors, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company), in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. v. American Airlines, Inc., et al.).  This case has been consolidated in the Central District of California for pre-trial purposes with numerous other cases brought by the plaintiff against other defendants.  The plaintiff alleges that American and American Beacon infringe a number of the plaintiff’s patents, each of which relates to automated telephone call processing systems.  The plaintiff is seeking past and future royalties, injunctive relief, costs and attorneys' fees.  Although the Company believes that the plaintiff’s claims are without merit and is vigorously defending the lawsuit, a final adverse court decision awarding substantial money damages or placing material restrictions on existing automated telephone call system operations would have a material adverse impact on the Company.

American is defending a lawsuit (Kelley Kivilaan v. American Airlines, Inc.), filed on September 16, 2004 in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.  The suit was brought by a flight attendant who seeks to represent a purported class of current and former flight attendants.  The suit alleges that several of the Company’s medical benefits plans discriminate against females on the basis of their gender in not providing coverage in all circumstances for prescription contraceptives.  Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief and monetary damages.  A motion for class certification has been filed, but the case has not yet been certified as a class action.  American will vigorously defend this lawsuit; however, any adverse judgment could have a material adverse impact on the Company.

 
Item 6.  Exhibits
 
 
The following exhibits are included herein:
 
10.1
Stock purchase agreement dated as of July 3, 2007 between American Airlines, Inc., Radio Acquisition Corp., ARINC Incorporated, and the other parties identified therein.  Portions of this Exhibit have been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a confidential treatment request under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
12
Computation of ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006.
 
31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).
 
31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).
 
32  
Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) and section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code).













Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



 
AMR CORPORATION



Date:  October 18, 2007
BY:
/s/ Thomas W. Horton
 
   
Thomas W. Horton
   
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)






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        CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR THE REDACTED PORTIONS. THE CONFIDENTIAL REDACTED PORTIONS HAVE BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.  ASTERISKS DENOTE SUCH REDACTIONS.      
    

STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of JULY 3, 2007
Between
RADIO ACQUISITION CORP.
ARINC INCORPORATED,
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.,
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.,
DELTA AIR LINES, INC.,
NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.,
UNITED AIR LINES, INC.
and
US AIRWAYS, INC.

      
        
      
      
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
PURCHASE AND SALE 
1
 
Section 1.1
Agreement to Purchase and Sell 
1
 
Section 1.2
Purchase Price 
2
 
Section 1.3
Method of Payment 
3
 
ARTICLE II.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE SHAREHOLDERS3
 
Section 2.1
Organization; Standing 
3
 
Section 2.2
Authorization; Noncontravention. 
3
 
Section 2.3
Governmental Approvals 
4
 
Section 2.4
Ownership of Equity 
4
 
Section 2.5
Legal Proceedings 
4
 
ARTICLE III.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE COMPANY4
 
Section 3.1
Organization, Standing and Corporate Power 
4
 
Section 3.2
Capitalization 
5
 
Section 3.3
Authorization Noncontravention 
6
 
Section 3.4
Governmental Approvals 
7
 
Section 3.5
Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities 
7
 
Section 3.6
Absence of Certain Changes 
8
 
Section 3.7
Legal Proceedings 
10
 
Section 3.8
Compliance With Laws; Permits. 
10
 
Section 3.9
Tax Matters 
11
 
Section 3.10
Employee Benefits and Labor Matters. 
11
 
Section 3.11
Environmental Matters 
13
 
Section 3.12
Properties 
14
 
Section 3.13
Insurance 
15
 
Section 3.14
Intellectual Property 
15
 
Section 3.15
Contracts 
16
 
Section 3.16
Affiliate Matters 
18
 
Section 3.17
Brokers and Other Advisors 
18
 
Section 3.18
Relations with Governments. 
18
 
Section 3.19
Customers and Suppliers. 
20
 
Section 3.20
Government Contracts 
20
 
ARTICLE IV.REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER21
 
Section 4.1
Organization; Standing 
22
 
Section 4.2
Authority; Noncontravention 
22
 
Section 4.3
Governmental Approvals 
22
 
Section 4.4
Capital Resources 
22
 
Section 4.5
Brokers and Other Advisors 
23
 
Section 4.6
Ownership of Shares 
23
 
Section 4.7
Investigation; Acknowledgement 
23
 
ARTICLE V.ADDITIONAL COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS24
 
Section 5.1
Conduct of Business 
24
 
Section 5.2
No Solicitation 
28
 
Section 5.3
Reasonable Best Efforts. 
28
 
Section 5.4
Public Announcements 
29
 
Section 5.5
Access to Information; Confidentiality 
30
 
Section 5.6
Indemnification and Insurance 
30
 
Section 5.7
Fees and Expenses 
32
 
Section 5.8
Release 
32
 
Section 5.9
Merger 
33
 
Section 5.10
Service Level Amendments 
33
 
Section 5.11
Financing 
33
 
Section 5.12
Payoff Letters 
34
 
Section 5.13
FIRPTA 
35
 
Section 5.14
Operating Leases 
35
 
Section 5.15
Performance Bonds 
35
 
Section 5.16
Aeromobile 
35
 
Section 5.17
International Communications Licenses 
35
 
ARTICLE VI.CONDITIONS PRECEDENT36
 
Section 6.1
Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Transactions
36
 
Section 6.2
Conditions to Obligations of the Purchaser
36
 
Section 6.3
Conditions to Obligations of the Shareholders and the Company
38
 
ARTICLE VII.CLOSING38
 
Section 7.1
Closing 
38
 
Section 7.2
Closing Deliveries of the Shareholders and the Company 
39
 
Section 7.3
The Purchaser Closing Deliveries 
39
 
ARTICLE VIII.TERMINATION39
 
Section 8.1
Termination 
39
 
Section 8.2
Effect of Termination 
40
 
ARTICLE IX.INDEMNIFICATION41
 
Section 9.1
Indemnification Obligations of the Shareholders41
 
Section 9.2
Indemnification Procedure. 
41
 
Section 9.3
Survival Period 
42
 
Section 9.4
Liability Limits 
42
 
Section 9.5
Calculation of Damages 
43
 
Section 9.6
Exclusive Remedy 
43
 
Section 9.7
Adjustments to the Purchase Price 
43
 
ARTICLE X.MISCELLANEOUS43
 
Section 10.1
Survival of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements 
43
 
Section 10.2
No Other Representations or Warranties 
43
 
Section 10.3
Amendment or Supplement 
44
 
Section 10.4
Extension of Time, Waiver, Etc 
44
 
Section 10.5
Assignment 
44
 
Section 10.6
Counterparts 
44
 
Section 10.7
Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries; No Recourse 
44
 
Section 10.8
Governing Law 
45
 
Section 10.9
Dispute Resolution 
45
 
Section 10.10
Notices
45
 
Section 10.11
Severability 
48
 
Section 10.12
Definitions
49
 
Section 10.13
Rules of Interpretations
57



STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of July 3, 2007, is between Radio Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Purchaser”), ARINC Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), American Airlines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“American”), Continental Airlines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Continental”), Delta Air Lines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Delta”), Northwest Airlines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Northwest”), United Air Lines, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“United”), and US Airways, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“US Airways”).  American, Continental, Delta, Northwest, United and US Airways are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Shareholder” and collectively as the “Shareholders.”  Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in Section 10.12.
WHEREAS, the Shareholders own more than ninety percent (90%) of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Shareholders propose to sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser proposes to purchase from the Shareholders, all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company owned by the Shareholders;
WHEREAS, as soon as practicable following the Closing, the Purchaser will acquire all remaining issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company pursuant to the terms set forth in Section 5.9;
WHEREAS, simultaneously herewith, Carlyle Partners IV, L.P. (the “Guarantor”) has delivered to the Shareholders that certain Guaranty (the “Sponsor Guaranty”), pursuant to which the Guarantor has agreed to guarantee certain obligations of the Purchaser hereunder; and
WHEREAS, prior to and in connection with the execution of this Agreement, the Shareholders have caused the Company to amend its certificate of incorporation in a form acceptable to the Purchaser (the “Certificate Amendment”) and the Shareholders have delivered to the Purchaser correct and complete copies of (i) such Certificate Amendment, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (ii) the approvals of such Certificate Amendment by the Board of Directors and the stockholders of the Company, certified by the Secretary of the Company, and (iii) the approval of the Transactions by the Special Committee and the Board of Directors, certified by the Secretary of the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Purchaser and the Shareholders hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.                                

PURCHASE AND SALE
Section 1.1  Agreement to Purchase and Sell.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, the Shareholders will sell, transfer and deliver to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser will purchase and acquire from the Shareholders, all of the shares of Company Common Stock owned by the Shareholders (the “Shares”), free and clear of all Liens.
Section 1.2  Purchase Price.  
(a)  Within ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, and in no event less than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser a certificate signed by the chief financial officer of the Company (the “Adjustment Certificate”) (i) setting forth his or her best estimate of the sum (such amount, as adjusted to reflect the Final Adjustment Certificate, the “Closing Adjustment Deductions”) of (A) the aggregate amount of fees, costs and expenses, including Consent Costs, that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has paid after May 31, 2007, or that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries would (without taking into account Section 5.7) be obligated to pay on or after the date of the Adjustment Certificate, that the Shareholders are obligated to pay pursuant to Section 5.7, plus (B) the aggregate amount paid by the Company after May 31, 2007, or that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will be obligated to pay on or after the date of the Adjustment Certificate, to any Third Party in respect of Equity Interests in the Company (other than payments made in accordance with (i) the Company’s Long Term Incentive Plan to holders of stock appreciation rights issued in accordance therewith on or prior to the date of this Agreement, only to the extent such payments are based on a per-share valuation of the Company Common Stock that is no greater than the Per Share Purchase Price, or (ii) the Merger), in each case in this clause (i) together with a worksheet showing in reasonable detail the components of such estimate, and (ii) (A) affirming the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2(a) or (B) identifying in reasonable detail each respect in which the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.2(a) are inaccurate.  In the event that the Purchaser disagrees with any of the items in the Adjustment Certificate, the Purchaser shall promptly notify the Shareholders and the Company of such disagreements and the parties to this Agreement shall cooperate and use reasonable best efforts to resolve any such disagreements prior to the Closing and amend the Adjustment Certificate to reflect any agreed changes thereto (as amended, if applicable, the “Final Adjustment Certificate”); provided, however, that the failure of the parties to resolve any such disagreements shall not relieve any party of its obligations hereunder to effect the Closing.
(b)  The aggregate amount to be paid for the Shares shall be the amount (the “Purchase Price”) equal to (i) the number of issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock held beneficially and of record by the Shareholders immediately prior to the Closing multiplied by (ii) the amount (the “Per Share Purchase Price”) equal to (A) (1) ************ minus (2) the Closing Adjustment Deductions plus (3) the Aggregate SARs Exercise Price divided by (B) the sum of (1) the number of shares of Company Common Stock (including restricted stock, whether or not then vested) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing and (2) the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise, exchange, conversion or redemption of any Stock Awards issued after the date of this Agreement and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing (whether or not such Stock Awards are then vested, exercisable, exchangeable, convertible or redeemable, including assuming that stock appreciation rights are exercisable (with no cashless exercise option) for shares of Company Common Stock rather than cash).
(c)  On the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall pay to each Shareholder a portion of the Purchase Price equal to the percentage set forth opposite such Shareholder’s name on Exhibit 1.2(c), multiplied by the Purchase Price.
(d)  For the purposes of this Agreement, “Aggregate SARs Exercise Price” shall mean the sum of cash exercise prices that would be payable upon exercise in full of all Stock Awards issued after the date of this Agreement and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing.
Section 1.3  Method of Payment.  Each applicable payment under this Article I shall be made in United States dollars when due by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account that the applicable Shareholder has designated to the Purchaser.
ARTICLE II.                                

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE SHAREHOLDERS
Each of the Shareholders, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants as to itself that, except as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by the Shareholders to the Purchaser simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement (the “Shareholder Disclosure Schedule”):
Section 2.1  Organization; Standing.  Shareholder is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its state of incorporation.  Such Shareholder has all requisite corporate power and authority to own the Shares held by it.
Section 2.2  Authorization; Noncontravention.
(a)  Shareholder has the right, power, authority and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions.  The execution, delivery and performance by Shareholder of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions have been authorized by all required action on the part of Shareholder and its board of directors.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Shareholder and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Shareholder, enforceable against Shareholder in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability (i) may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws of general application affecting or relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) is subject to general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at Law or in equity (the “Bankruptcy and Equity Exception”).
(b)  Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Shareholder, nor the consummation by Shareholder of the Transactions applicable to it, nor compliance by Shareholder with any of the terms or provisions hereof, will (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Shareholder, (ii) violate any Law, judgment, writ or injunction of any Governmental Authority applicable to Shareholder, (iii) constitute a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which Shareholder is a party or to which the Shares are subject, or (iv) result in the imposition of a Lien on any of the Shares, except, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), for such violations or defaults as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to impair in any material respect the ability of Shareholder to perform its obligations hereunder or prevent or materially delay consummation of the Transactions applicable to it.
Section 2.3  Governmental Approvals.  Except for filings required under, and compliance with other applicable requirements of, the HSR Act, no consents or approvals of, or filings, declarations or registrations with, any Governmental Authority are necessary for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Shareholder or the consummation by Shareholder of the Transactions applicable to it, other than such other consents, approvals, filings, declarations or registrations that, if not obtained, made or given, would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to impair in any material respect the ability of Shareholder to perform its obligations hereunder or prevent or materially delay consummation of the Transactions applicable to it.
Section 2.4  Ownership of Equity.  Shareholder (i) has good and valid title to and beneficial ownership of the number of shares of Company Class A Common Stock and Company Class C Common Stock set forth opposite Shareholder’s name on Section 2.4 of the Shareholder Disclosure Schedule free and clear of all liens, pledges, security interests, mortgages, charges, rights of first offer or refusal, options to purchase or other rights to acquire, assignments and encumbrances (“Liens”), (ii) has not granted any option, warrant, subscription, call, commitment or other right in or to any of such Shares, and (iii) is not a party to any voting trust, voting agreement, or shareholder agreement with respect to such Shares.
Section 2.5  Legal Proceedings.  There are no suits, actions, claims, proceedings or investigations pending or, to the Knowledge of Shareholder, threatened against, relating to or involving Shareholder which would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to impair in any material respect the ability of Shareholder to perform its obligations hereunder or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Transactions applicable to Shareholder.
ARTICLE III.                                

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE COMPANY
The Company and, to the Knowledge of each such Shareholder, each of the Shareholders represents and warrants to the Purchaser that, except as set forth in the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to the Purchaser simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Schedule”):
Section 3.1  Organization, Standing and Corporate Power.  
(a)  The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority necessary to own, lease and operate all of its properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted.  The Company is duly licensed or qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the character or location of the properties and assets owned or leased by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so licensed, qualified or in good standing would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Shareholders have previously made available to the Purchaser copies of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company (the “Company Charter Documents”), which copies are correct and complete (including as to any amendments) as of the date hereof.
(b)  Section 3.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists each Subsidiary of the Company.  Each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.  Each of the Company’s Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate power and authority necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted.  Each Subsidiary of the Company is duly licensed or qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted by it or the character or location of the properties and assets owned or leased by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so licensed, qualified or in good standing (or equivalent status) would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Shareholders have previously made available to the Purchaser copies of the organizational documents of each Subsidiary, which copies are correct and complete (including as to any amendments) as of the date hereof.  All the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, each Subsidiary of the Company are owned of record and beneficially, directly or (as set forth on Section 3.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule) indirectly, by the Company free and clear of Liens.  The shares of capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, each Subsidiary of the Company are duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights.  Other than capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, a Subsidiary as set forth in, or as otherwise set forth in, Section 3.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other Equity Interest in any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or other business association or entity.  There are no outstanding options, warrants, conversion rights, rights of exchange, convertible or exchangeable securities or other rights to acquire or receive any shares of capital stock of, or Equity Interests in, any Subsidiary of the Company and there are no commitments, agreements or other obligations providing for the issuance of additional Equity Interests (or sale of treasury shares) of any Subsidiary of the Company, or for the repurchase or redemption of any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of the Company.  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to any voting trust, voting agreement, or shareholder agreement with respect to the shares of capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, the Subsidiaries of the Company.
Section 3.2  Capitalization.  
(a)  The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 12,497,500 shares of Company Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“Company Class A Stock”), 2,500 shares of Company Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“Company Class B Stock”), 12,500,000 shares of Company Class C Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (“Company Class C Stock”), and 100,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Company Preferred Stock”), of which (i) 7,878,750 shares of Company Class A Stock are issued and outstanding and 3,744,500 shares of Company Class A Stock are held by the Company in its treasury, (ii) 1 share of Company Class B Stock is issued and outstanding and 500 shares of Company Class B Stock are held by the Company in its treasury, and (iii) 850,358 shares of Company Class C Stock are issued and outstanding and 900,256 shares of Company Class C Stock were held by the Company in its treasury.  No shares of Company Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding or held by the Company in its treasury.  Except as set forth in the Company Charter Documents, there are no outstanding options, warrants, conversion rights, rights of exchange, convertible or exchangeable securities or other rights to acquire or receive any shares of capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, the Company, and there are no commitments, agreements or other obligations providing for the issuance of additional Equity Interests (or sale of treasury shares) of the Company, or for the repurchase or redemption of any Equity Interests of the Company.  All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, the Company are held of record by the Persons and in the amounts set forth in Section 3.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.  All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights.  Section 3.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the outstanding or authorized stock option, stock appreciation, restricted stock, phantom stock and stock plan awards or similar rights with respect to the Company (collectively, the “Stock Awards”), including, as applicable, the recipient of the award, exercise price, grant date, vesting schedule, and number of shares subject to such award.  The Company is not party to any voting trust, voting agreement or shareholder agreement with respect to the shares of capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, the Company.  At the Closing, the Final Adjustment Certificate shall be accurate and complete in all respects with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 3.2(a).
(b)  Section 3.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, with respect to each Stock Award, whether such Stock Award is subject to Section 409A of the Code and whether the recipient of such Stock Award made an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code with respect thereto.
Section 3.3  Authorization Noncontravention.
(a)  The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions have been authorized by all required action on the part of the Company.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.
(b)  Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company or the Shareholders nor the consummation by the Shareholders and the Company of the Transactions, nor compliance by the Shareholders and the Company with any of the terms or provisions hereof, will (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company Charter Documents or the organizational documents of any Subsidiary of the Company or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Joint Venture, (ii) violate any Law, judgment, writ or injunction of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Joint Venture (iii) violate or (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) constitute a default (or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration, or loss of any material benefit) under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Joint Venture is a party, or (iv) result in the imposition of a Lien on any assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries, except in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), for such violations, defaults, or Liens as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)  The Company has delivered to the Purchaser correct and complete copies of (i) the Certificate Amendment, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (ii) the approvals of such Certificate Amendment by the Board of Directors and the stockholders of the Company, certified by the Secretary of the Company, and (iii) the approval of the Transactions by the Special Committee and the Board of Directors, certified by the Secretary of the Company.
Section 3.4  Governmental Approvals.  Except for filings required under, and compliance with other applicable requirements of, the HSR Act and as set forth on Section 3.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no material consents or approvals of, or filings, declarations or registrations with, any Governmental Authority are necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions.
Section 3.5  Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities.  (a)  Correct and complete copies of the Financial Statements have been made available to the Purchaser.  The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to (i) normal, recurring year-end audit adjustments, and (ii) the absence of footnotes).  The Financial Statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position, results of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited interim statements, to (A) normal, recurring year-end audit adjustments, and (B) the absence of footnotes).
(b)  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities which, if known, would be required to be reflected or reserved against on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company prepared in accordance with GAAP or the footnotes thereto, except liabilities (i) reflected or reserved against on the balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of May 31, 2007 (the “Balance Sheet Date”), (ii) incurred after the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (iii) as contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise in connection with the Transactions, or (iv) as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)  As of May 31, 2007, the amount equal to (i) the aggregate consolidated Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries of a type required to be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, minus (ii) the aggregate consolidated cash and cash equivalents held by the Company and its Subsidiaries, calculated in accordance with GAAP in a manner consistent with the preparation of the most recent audited balance sheet included in the Financial Statements (to the extent not inconsistent with GAAP (“Net Indebtedness”), was equal to $150,000,000.
Section 3.6  Absence of Certain Changes.  
(a)  Since the Balance Sheet Date, (i) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has carried on and operated its businesses in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and (ii) there has not been, and no change, event, effect or occurrence has taken place that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)  Since the Balance Sheet Date, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has:
(i)  (A) redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired any of its outstanding Equity Interests, or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any Equity Interests; or (B) declared, set aside for payment or paid any dividend on, or made any other distribution in respect of, any Equity Interests;
(ii)  sold or otherwise disposed of any of its material properties or assets, except (A) (1) sales, leases, and rentals of inventory, (2) non-exclusive licenses in connection therewith and (3) sale-leaseback transactions in connection with the “Airports” business, in each case in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (B) pursuant to Contracts in force on the date of this Agreement and set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, (C) dispositions of obsolete assets or (D) transfers among the Company and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries;
(iii)  increased in any material respect the salary, benefits, bonuses or other compensation of any of its current or former directors, consultants, officers or employees, other than (A) as required pursuant to applicable Law or the terms of Contracts in effect on the date of this Agreement and set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule; or (B) increases in salaries, wages and benefits of employees made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
(iv)  (A) exercised any discretion to accelerate the vesting or payment of any compensation or benefit under any Company Plan; (B) paid any transaction-related bonuses, severance or other similar amounts to employees of the Company, its Subsidiaries, the Shareholders or any of their respective Affiliates; or (C) granted any new awards under any Company Plan;
(v)  made any material changes in financial or tax accounting methods, principles or practices (or changed an annual accounting period), including a change in the methods, principles or practices related to the revaluing of any assets or writing off receivables or reserves;
(vi)  adopted a plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation or dissolution;
(vii)  entered into any new material line of business;
(viii)  made any acquisition of or material investment in any other business or Person, by purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests, by merger, consolidation, asset purchase or other business combination, or by formation of any joint venture or other business organization or by contributions to capital;
(ix)  settled or compromised any Action that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole);
(x)  entered into any agreement in respect of Taxes, changed or made any Tax elections (unless required by applicable Law), filed any material amended Tax Return, settled or compromised any material Tax liability or consented to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes;
(xi)  made any material capital expenditures other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or in accordance with the Company’s current capital expenditure budget disclosed to the Purchaser prior to the date hereof;
(xii)  incurred, created or become liable for any Indebtedness (A) of the type described in clauses (i), (ii), (v), (with respect to interest rate swap obligations) (vii), or (with respect to any of the foregoing) (viii) of the definition thereof, other than Credit Facility Indebtedness (and interest rate swap obligations in connection therewith under Contracts in effect on the date of this Agreement and set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule); or (B) any material Indebtedness of any other type other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(xiii)  forgiven or waived any material Indebtedness outstanding against a Third Party;
(xiv)  made any material loans or advances to, or investments in, any Third Party;
(xv)  entered into any material transaction with any Third Party other than on arm’s length terms, to the extent the amount received or paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is less than or exceeds, respectively, the amount which would be received or paid if at arm’s-length, including, without limitation, the forgiveness of any material claims against Third Parties not on an arm’s-length basis;
(xvi)  made any material gift or other material gratuitous payment out of the ordinary course of business; or
(xvii)  entered into any Contract pursuant to which, in connection with a Third Party providing surety bonds, performance guarantees or any similar obligations for the benefit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such Third Party (A) is entitled to be provided with any material assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as collateral or (B) is expressly entitled to provide or withhold its consent to a change of control of the Company or its Subsidiaries (or as a result of such a change of control, the Third Party would be entitled to terminate or modify such Contract); or
(xviii)  agreed to take any of the foregoing actions.
Section 3.7  Legal Proceedings.  There is no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, legal, administrative or arbitral proceeding, claim, suit, investigation or action (“Action”) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor is there any Governmental Order, imposed upon the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Joint Venture, or any of their respective assets or directors or officers (in their capacity as such) that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.8  Compliance With Laws; Permits.
(a)  The Company and its Subsidiaries and, to the Knowledge of the Company, the Joint Ventures are and during the past eighteen (18) months have been in compliance with all laws (including common law), statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations and Governmental Orders of Governmental Authorities (collectively, “Laws”) applicable to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Joint Venture, except for such non-compliance as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.  During the past eighteen (18) months, except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Joint Venture has received or been subject to any written notice, charge, claim or assertion alleging any violations of Laws or Permits and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no charge, claim or assertion of any violation of any law or Permit by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Joint Venture is threatened against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Joint Venture.
(b)  The Company and each of its Subsidiaries hold all licenses, franchises, permits, certificates, approvals and authorizations from Governmental Authorities necessary for the lawful conduct of their respective businesses (collectively, “Permits”), except where the failure to hold the same would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Section 3.8(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the correct and complete list of (i) all material Permits issued by the Federal Communications Commission and (ii) the jurisdictions outside of the United States in which the Company or a Subsidiary holds material Permits with respect to communications matters (the “Material Non-US Communications Permits”) and the current status of such Permits.  All Permits are in full force and effect and there are no proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, that seek the revocation, cancellation, suspension or adverse modification of any such Permit, except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of all Permits, except for such non-compliance as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)  The Material Non-US Communications Permits are in full force and effect.
Section 3.9  Tax Matters.  Except for those matters that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has timely filed, or has caused to be timely filed on its behalf (taking into account any extension of time within which to file), all Tax Returns (as hereinafter defined) required to be filed by it, and all such filed Tax Returns are correct and complete in all respects; (ii) all Taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been or will be timely paid, except to the extent that such Taxes are being contested in good faith and for which the Company or the appropriate Subsidiary has set aside adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP; (iii) without taking into account the Transactions and based upon activities to date, adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established by the Company and its Subsidiaries for all Taxes not yet due and payable in respect of taxable periods ending on the date hereof; (iv) no deficiency with respect to Taxes has been proposed, asserted or assessed against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which have not been fully paid or adequately reserved in the Financial Statements; and (v) no audit or other administrative or court proceedings are pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened by any Governmental Authority with respect to Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and no written notice thereof has been received; (vi) all amounts of Tax required to be withheld by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been or will be timely withheld and paid over to the appropriate Tax authority; (vii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income tax return (other than a group the common parent of which was the Company) or has any liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) under Treasury regulation section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), as a transferee, successor, by contract or otherwise; (viii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to make any disclosure to the Internal Revenue Service with respect to a “listed transaction” pursuant to Section 1.6011-4(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code; and (ix) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has distributed the stock of another company in a transaction that was purported or intended to be governed by section 355 or section 361 of the Code.  This Section 3.9 includes the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Shareholders relating to Tax matters, including compliance with Laws relating thereto.
Section 3.10  Employee Benefits and Labor Matters.
(a)  Section 3.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists (i) all material “employee benefit plans” (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)), and (ii) all material employment, retention and severance plans and agreements and all bonus, incentive compensation, stock purchase, equity or equity based compensation, deferred compensation, change in control, vacation, salary continuation, life insurance plans and employee benefit plans, arrangements, policies and agreements (whether written or unwritten) (A) maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to, within the prior six years, by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any ERISA Affiliate, and (B) with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may have any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise (collectively, the “Company Plans”).  Section 3.10 of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies any Company Plan that is not subject to the Laws of the United States (each, a “Foreign Company Plan”), and no such Foreign Company Plan is a defined benefit pension plan.
(b)  The Company has made available to Purchaser a correct and complete set of copies of (i) all Company Plans and related trust agreements, annuity contracts or other funding instruments, (ii) the latest IRS determination or opinion letter obtained with respect to any Company Plan qualified or exempt under Section 401 or 501 of the Code, as applicable, or analogous ruling under foreign law with respect to each Foreign Company Plan, (iii) Forms 5500 and certified financial statements (and in relation to the Foreign Company Plans, financial statements as filed with the applicable Governmental Authority) for the most recently completed fiscal year for each Company Plan, together with the most recent actuarial report, if any, prepared by the Company Plan’s enrolled actuary, and (iv) the current summary plan descriptions for each Company Plan.
(c)  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) each Company Plan has been maintained in accordance with its terms and in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and all other applicable Laws; and (b) all contributions, premiums and benefit payments under or in connection with the Company Plans that are required to have been made as of the date hereof in accordance with the terms of the Company Plans have been timely made.  Each Company Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter to such effect and no events have occurred since the date of the most recent determination letter or application therefor relating to any such Company Plan that would cause the loss of such qualification which would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.  None of the Company Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or is a multiemployer plan described in Section 3(37) of ERISA, and neither the Company nor any its Subsidiaries has ever maintained, contributed to, participated or agreed to participate in any such Company Plan, or has or could have any liability under Title IV of ERISA in respect of any Company Plan.  In the past two years there has been no “reportable event” (as defined in Section 4043(b) of ERISA and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the “PBGC”) regulations under such Section) with respect to any Company Plan and no analogous event under applicable foreign Law.  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, as of the date of the most recently completed actuarial valuation of such plan, the “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) of each Company Plan that is an “employee pension benefit plan” (as described in Section 3(2) of  ERISA) (but excluding from the definition of “current value” or “assets” of such plan accrued but unpaid contributions) and did not exceed zero.  None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any fiduciary of any Company Plan, has any material liability with respect to any transaction in violation of Sections 404 or 406 of ERISA or any “prohibited transaction,” as defined in Section 4975(c)(1) of the Code, for which no exemption exists under Section 408 of ERISA or Section 4975(c)(2) or (d) of the Code.  There are no and have not been in the past two years any representation questions, strikes, work slowdowns, work stoppages, lockouts, arbitrations, grievances, unfair labor practice charges or complaints pending or, to the Knowledge of the Shareholders, threatened with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is a party to any labor or collective bargaining agreement, and, to the Knowledge of the Shareholders, there has been no attempt to organize the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the past two years.  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all Laws relating to employment, equal employment opportunity, nondiscrimination, immigration, wages, hours, benefits, collective bargaining the payment of employment Taxes, occupational safety and health and plant closings.  Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions will (whether alone or in connection with any other event) (x) result in the forgiveness of indebtedness or the acceleration or creation of any rights or payment, or increase the amount of any compensation due, to any current or former employee, director or consultant of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or (y) result in any material benefits under any Company Plan; each case excluding any rights, payments or benefits under any employee benefit plan subject to ERISA.
(d)  No Company Plan provides or reflects any liability to provide post-termination or retiree welfare benefits to any person, except as may be required by COBRA or other applicable statute, and none of the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any ERISA Affiliate has ever represented, promised or contracted (whether in oral or written form) to any current or former employee, director or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their dependents that such person would be provided with post-termination or retiree welfare benefits, except to the extent required by statute.
(e)  None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any ERISA Affiliate, has made any payment, is obligated to make any payment, or is a party to any agreement or agreements that, individually or collectively, provide for the payment by any of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate to any employee, director or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any amount that may be an “excess parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code or non-deductible under Section 280G of the Code.  This Section 3.10 includes the sole and exclusive representations and warranties relating to employee benefit and labor matters, including compliance with Laws relating thereto.
Section 3.11  Environmental Matters.  Except for those matters that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with, and holds all Permits required under, all applicable Environmental Laws, (b) there is no investigation, suit, claim, action or proceeding relating to or arising under Environmental Laws that is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any real property owned, operated or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of or entered into any order, settlement, judgment, injunction or decree involving uncompleted, outstanding or unresolved obligations, liabilities or requirements relating to or arising under Environmental Laws, (d) there have been no Releases at or from any real property owned, operated or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are reasonably likely to give rise to liabilities under Environmental Laws; and (e) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries are liable for any Releases or cleanup of Hazardous Substances at any properties formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or with respect to any offsite waste disposal location used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.  Correct and complete copies of all environmental reports, including all Phase 1 and Phase 2 reports, in the possession or control of the Shareholders, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been provided to Purchaser.  This Section 3.11 constitutes the sole and exclusive representation and warranty of the Shareholders regarding environmental and health and safety matters, including compliance with Laws relating thereto.
Section 3.12  Properties.  
(a)  Section 3.12(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list of all real property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Owned Real Property”) and, for each Owned Real Property, identifies the street address thereof.  The Shareholders have made available to the Purchaser correct and complete copies of the most recent deeds, title reports and title policies in its possession as of the date hereof with respect to the Owned Real Property
(b)  Section 3.12(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule  contains a true and complete list of all material real property leased or subleased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, including the improvements thereon, the “Leased Real Property”), and for each Leased Real Property, identifies the street address of such Leased Real Property.  Correct and complete copies of all Contracts pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries occupies or uses any material Leased Real Property (“Real Property Leases”) that have not been terminated or expired as of the date hereof have been made available to the Purchaser.
(c)  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and/or its Subsidiaries have good and marketable fee simple title to all Owned Real Property and valid leasehold estates in all Leased Real Property, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except Permitted Liens.
(d)  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, other than the Real Property Leases, none of the Owned Real Property or the Leased Real Property is subject to any lease, sublease, license or other agreement granting to any other Person any right to the use, occupancy or enjoyment of such Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property or any part thereof.
(e)  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Real Property Lease is in full force and effect and constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of the Company or its Subsidiaries, enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception), and there is no material default under any Real Property Lease either by the Company or its Subsidiaries party thereto or, to the Knowledge of the Company, by any other party thereto.
(f)  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, there does not exist any pending condemnation or eminent domain proceedings that affect any Owned Real Property or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any such proceedings that affect any Leased Real Property or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any threatened condemnation or eminent domain proceedings that affect any Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property, and neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have received any written notice of the intention of any Governmental Authority or other Person to take or use any Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property.
(g)  The Company and its Subsidiaries have (i) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in personal property) or (ii) good title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of the personal property used or held for use by them in their respective businesses, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens.  All of such tangible personal property is in good condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and is usable in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as conducted on the date hereof.
(h)  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, the personal property of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including all tangible and intangible personal property, whether owned, leased or licensed), together with the Owned Real Property and the Leased Real Property, include all of the assets, properties and rights of every type and description used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective business.
Section 3.13  Insurance.  Section 3.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all insurance policies carried by or for the benefit of the Company and its Subsidiaries specifying the insurer, the nature of coverage, and the date through which coverage is scheduled to continue pursuant to the terms thereof.  Correct and complete copies of all material insurance policies have been made available to the Purchaser.  All such insurance policies are, to the Knowledge of the Company, in full force and effect, all premiums that are due with respect thereto have been or will be timely paid, no written notice of cancellation or termination has been received by the Company with respect to any such policy or other form of insurance, such policies will not terminate or lapse by reason of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions and the Company and its Subsidiaries are in material compliance with the terms of such policies (taken as a whole).  None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in default in any material respect with respect to their obligations under any such insurance policies.  There is no material claim pending by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any such policy as to which coverage has been denied or disputed in writing by any underwriter of such policy.  
Section 3.14  Intellectual Property.  
(a)  The Company and/or each of its Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use all (i) trademarks, service marks, trade names, Internet domain names, and all goodwill associated therewith and symbolized thereby, and registrations and applications therefor, including renewals; (ii) inventions and discoveries, whether patentable or not, and all patents, registrations, and applications therefor, including divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part and reissues; (iii) published and unpublished works of authorship, whether copyrightable or not, including computer software programs, applications, source code and object code, and databases and other compilations of information, copyrights in and to the foregoing, including extensions, renewals, and restorations, and registrations and applications therefor; and (iv) confidential and/or proprietary information, trade secrets and know-how, including processes, schematics, technical data, business methods, formulae, drawings, prototypes, models, designs, customer lists and supplier lists and any other intellectual property rights ((i) through (iv) collectively being referred to as “IP Rights”) that are used or held for use in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted, except for any such failures to own or have the right to use that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Section 3.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a correct and complete list as of the date hereof of all of the following IP Rights owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are the subject of an application, filing or registration filed or recorded with a Governmental Authority: (A) United States and foreign patents and patent applications, (B)  trademarks and service marks, and applications to register trademarks and service marks, (C) domain names and (D) copyrights, and applications to register copyrights, and, in each case, the Company is the sole owner of, and possesses all right, title and interest in and to, such IP Rights, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens).
(b)  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(i)  neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice of any claims (A) that the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted infringes or otherwise violates any IP Rights of any Person; (B) against the use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any IP Right used in the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted; (C) challenging the ownership, validity or enforceability of any of the IP Rights owned by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company IP Rights”) or any IP Rights owned or held by Third Parties (collectively, the “Third-Party IP Rights”) licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (D) challenging the right to use of any Third-Party IP Rights held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(ii)  (A) to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no unauthorized use, infringement or other violation of any of the Company IP Rights or any Third-Party IP Rights by any Person; and (B) to the Knowledge of the Company, the conduct of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the IP Rights of any other Person; and
(iii)  all Company IP Rights and Third-Party IP Rights are valid and enforceable.
Section 3.15  Contracts.
(a)  Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company and solely with respect to clauses (iii) and (xvi), any Joint Venture is a party to or bound by any: (i) Contract that purports to limit in any material respect either the type of business in which the Company or its Subsidiaries may engage or the manner or locations in which, or the Persons with or in competition with which, any of them may engage in any business; (ii) Contract which creates or governs a partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or material alliance, joint development or similar material arrangement; (iii) indenture, mortgage, currency exchange, commodities or other hedging arrangement, credit agreement, loan agreement, guarantee, other contract for the borrowing of money, note or other evidence of Indebtedness or Contract relating to (including any guarantee of) Indebtedness; (iv) employment, severance or change-in-control Contract with any director, officer or key employee; (v) customer Contract (other than a Government Contract) (A) which provides for total funded value to one or more of the Company or its Subsidiaries in excess of $5,000,000 or (B) for the provision of GLOBALink services which is expected to provide for payments to one or more of the Company or its Subsidiaries in excess of $500,000 in the twelve (12)- month period ending December 31, 2007; (vi) supplier Contract which provided for payments by one or more of the Company or its Subsidiaries (A) in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate for the twelve (12) month period ended December 31, 2006 or (B) in excess of $1,400,000 in the aggregate for the five (5)-month period ended May 31, 2007; (vii) Contract for the lease of real or personal property in which the amount of payments which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required to make on an annual basis exceeds $1,000,000; (viii) material distribution, franchise, license, sales commission, consulting, agency, marketing or advertising Contract that involves aggregate payments in excess of $5,000,000; (ix) Contract with “take or pay” provisions, or “requirements” provisions committing the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to provide the quantity of goods or services required by another Person; (x) Contract with any Shareholder or any Affiliate of the Company (other than a Subsidiary of the Company) or any Shareholders; (xi) license for the use of any material IP Rights; (xii) Contract (A) providing for the purchase or sale of any business, business unit or Person for consideration in excess of $1,000,000 and (B) under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any continuing material obligation; (xiii) Contract for capital expenditures in excess of $2,000,000 in the aggregate; (xiv) collective bargaining agreement; (xv) Government Contract with a funded value in excess of $5,000,000; or (xvi) (A) guarantee by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of the obligations of any Person other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (B) Contract guaranteed by a guarantee described in clause (A); provided, that for the purposes of determining whether any Contract meets a quantitative or other materiality threshold set forth in this sentence, such Contract shall be considered collectively with any series of substantially related Contracts with the same party.  Each such Contract described in clauses (i)-(xvii), and each Contract described in Appendix E to Section 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, is referred to herein as a “Material Contract”.
(b)  All Material Contracts are legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each other party to such Contracts.  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no existing default or breach of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Material Contract to which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party (or event or condition that, with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default or breach), (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no such default or breach (or event or condition that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or breach) with respect to any third party to any such Contract, and (iii) none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice or claim of default under any Material Contract.  Except in the case of (1) any Government Contract (A) the terms of which may not be disclosed to the Purchaser due to a required security clearance or Federal Acquisition Regulations and (B) that is described on Schedule 3.15(b) as not having been provided, and (2) Doha iMuse between Overseas Bechtel, Inc., the Company and the other parties thereto (for which a correct and complete summary of the material terms has been provided to the Purchaser), correct and complete copies of all Material Contracts, including all amendments and supplements thereto (other than any task, purchase or delivery order pursuant to such Material Contract for products or services with an aggregate price per order equal to or less than $5,000,000), have been made available to Purchaser or its representatives.
(c)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no employment agreement need be set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule or disclosed to the Purchaser, in each case pursuant to this Section 3.15, if such employment agreement (i) does not relate to an employee working in the United States, (ii) does not relate to an employee who is also a director or officer, (iii) is in all material respects in a form that is identified in Section 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule and a correct and complete copy of which has been made available to the Purchaser and its representatives, and (iv) does not provide any severance or notice period in excess of 90 days (other than as required by applicable Laws).
Section 3.16  Affiliate Matters.  No Shareholder, officer or director of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries (a) is a party to any Contract with, or relating to, the Company, a Subsidiary or their respective businesses, or (b) has an interest in any material asset (whether real, personal or intangible) of the Company or a Subsidiary.
Section 3.17  Brokers and Other Advisors.  
(a)  Except for Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Evercore Group L.L.C. the fees and expenses of which paid or payable after May 31, 2007 will be paid or reimbursed by the Shareholders, no broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other Person is entitled to any broker’s, finder’s, financial advisor’s or other similar fee or commission, or the reimbursement of expenses, in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Shareholders, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.  A complete and correct copy of the agreements between Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the Company and Evercore Group L.L.C. and the Special Committee relating to the Transactions have been made available to the Purchaser.
(b)  The Special Committee has received the opinion of Evercore Group L.L.C. to the effect that, as of the date of this Agreement, the aggregate consideration to be received in connection with the Transactions is fair to the Company’s stockholders from a financial point of view.  The Board of Directors has received the opinion of Goldman, Sachs & Co. to the effect that, as of the date of this Agreement, the consideration to be received pursuant to Section 1.2 and Section 5.9 of this Agreement is fair in the aggregate to the Company’s stockholders from a financial point of view.
Section 3.18  Relations with Governments.
(a)  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Joint Venture nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives acting on their behalf, has (i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to political activity, (ii) made any unlawful payment or unlawfully offered anything of value to foreign or domestic government officials or employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns, or (iii) violated any applicable export control, money laundering or anti-terrorism law or regulation, nor have any of them otherwise taken any action which would cause the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to be in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the “FCPA”), OFAC Laws and Regulations, the Arms Export Control Act, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations or any applicable Law of similar effect.
(b)  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Joint Venture nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives acting on their behalf, has made, directly or indirectly, any offer, payment or promise to pay any money, or to give any gift or anything else of value to any officer or employee of any Governmental Authority or any department, agency or instrumentality (including any state-owned enterprise, operating in a commercial capacity or otherwise) thereof, or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity or on behalf of any such Governmental Authority, department, agency or instrumentality (including any state-owned enterprise, operating in a commercial capacity or otherwise) or for, or on the behalf of any such public international organization or any political party or official thereof or any candidate for political office, for the purpose of influencing an official act or decision of that person, inducing that person to omit to do any act in violation of his or her lawful duty, securing any improper advantage, or inducing that person to use his influence with such a Governmental Authority or instrumentality to affect or influence any government act or decision, in order to assist the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Joint Venture in obtaining or retaining business.
(c)  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Joint Venture nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives acting on their behalf, is or is acting for or on behalf of a Prohibited Person, and no Prohibited Person is entitled to or will receive any portion of the proceeds from this Transaction.
(d)  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company, each of its Subsidiaries and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each Joint Venture has accurately prepared and maintained all records as required by applicable laws with respect to its business relating to the importation of articles.
(e)  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Joint Venture nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives acting on their behalf, has received written notice of any audits, inquiries, investigations, claims, notices or demands for duties, fines, penalties, seizures, forfeitures, product redelivery, or liquidated damages by any Governmental Authority arising out of any importation by or for the Company, any such Subsidiary or Joint Venture or any such representative.
Section 3.19  Customers and Suppliers.
(a)  Section 3.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule is a complete and correct list of the twenty (20) largest suppliers to the Company, and its Subsidiaries by aggregate dollar value of purchases during each of the most recently completed fiscal year and the five-month period ended May 31, 2007.  Since January 1, 2007, except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, no such supplier has canceled or otherwise terminated or materially and adversely modified, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened to cancel or otherwise terminate or materially and adversely modify, its relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.  To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice that any such supplier intends to cancel or otherwise terminate or materially and adversely modify its relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on account of the Transactions or otherwise, except for such modifications or terminations as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)  Section 3.19(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule is a complete and correct list of the twenty (20) largest customers of the Company and its Subsidiaries by aggregate dollar value of sales during each of the most recently completed fiscal year and the five-month period ended May 31, 2007.  Since January 1, 2007, except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, no such customer has canceled or otherwise terminated or materially and adversely modified, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing to cancel or otherwise terminate or materially and adversely modify, its relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.  To the Knowledge of the Company neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice that any such customer intends to cancel or otherwise terminate or materially and adversely modify its relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on account of the Transactions or otherwise, except for such modifications or terminations as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.20  Government Contracts.  Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a)  during the past three (3) years no material quantities of products delivered or services performed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Government Contract have been rejected by any Governmental Authority, or prime contractor or subcontractor (at any tier) as not complying with contract specifications or requirements, and no termination for convenience, termination for default, cure notice or show cause notice has been issued and remains unresolved;
(b)  no material amount due to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been withheld or set off by or on behalf of a Governmental Authority, or prime contractor or subcontractor (at any tier) with respect to any Government Contract;
(c)  the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all obligations specified in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual, DOD 5220.22-M (January 1995);
(d)  to the Knowledge of the Company, no employee of the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries is (or during the last eighteen (18) months has been) under any administrative, civil or criminal investigation or indictment by any Governmental Authority with respect to the conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(e)  to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no pending material investigation by a Governmental Authority of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its respective officers, employees or representatives, nor within the last three (3) years has there been any material investigation by a Governmental Authority of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of its respective officers, employees or representatives resulting in any finding with respect to any alleged irregularity, misstatement or omission arising under or relating to any Government Contract or bid (other than routine audits);
(f)  during the last three (3) years, except as set forth on Section 3.20 of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any voluntary disclosure in writing to any Governmental Authority with respect to any material alleged irregularity, misstatement or omission arising under or relating to any Government Contract or bid;
(g)  since January 1, 2001 neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has been suspended or debarred from bidding on contracts or subcontracts for or with any Governmental Authority; and
(h)  no suspension or debarment actions with respect any Government Contract have been commenced or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their respective officers, directors or employees.
ARTICLE IV.                                

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Shareholders that:
Section 4.1  Organization; Standing.  The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware.
Section 4.2  Authority; Noncontravention.  
(a)  The Purchaser has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement, and the consummation by the Purchaser of the Transactions, have been duly authorized and approved by its Board of Directors, and no other corporate action on the part of the Purchaser is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the consummation by it of the Transactions.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.
(b)  Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Purchaser, nor the consummation by the Purchaser of the Transactions, nor compliance by the Purchaser with any of the terms or provisions hereof, will (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Purchaser, (ii) violate any Law, judgment, writ or injunction of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) constitute a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which the Purchaser, or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for such violations or defaults as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to impair in any material respect the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations hereunder or prevent or materially delay consummation of the Transactions.
Section 4.3  Governmental Approvals.  Except for filings required under, and compliance with other applicable requirements of, the HSR Act and the competition or antitrust Laws of Governmental Authorities outside the United States listed on Schedule 4.3, and except for requirements of the Purchaser and its Affiliates in connection with consents, approvals, filings, declarations or registrations set forth in Section 3.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no consents or approvals of, or filings, declarations or registrations with, any Governmental Authority are necessary for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Purchaser or the consummation by the Purchaser of the Transactions, other than such other consents, approvals, filings, declarations or registrations that, if not obtained, made or given, would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to impair in any material respect the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations hereunder or prevent or materially delay consummation of the Transactions.
Section 4.4  Capital Resources.
(a)  The Purchaser has received and accepted an executed commitment letter dated as of the date of this Agreement (the “Debt Commitment Letter”) from the lenders party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”) relating to the commitment of the Lenders to provide debt financing (the “Debt Financing”) on the terms contemplated thereby.
(b)  The Purchaser has received and accepted executed commitment letters dated as of the date of this Agreement (the “Equity Commitment Letters” and, together with the Debt Commitment Letter, the “Commitment Letters”) from Carlyle Partners IV, L.P. (the “Equity Investor”) relating to the commitment of the Equity Investor to provide the full amount of the cash equity described therein (the “Cash Equity”, and together with the Debt Financing, the “Financing”), on the terms contemplated thereby.  Complete and correct copies of the executed Commitment Letters have been provided to the Shareholders.
(c)  Except as expressly set forth in the Commitment Letters, there are no conditions precedent to the obligations of the Lenders and the Equity Investor to provide the Financing or any contingencies that would permit the Lenders or the Equity Investor to reduce the total amount of the Financing.
(d)  Subject to its terms and conditions, the Financing will provide the Purchaser with acquisition financing on the Closing Date sufficient to consummate the Transactions on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and to pay related fees and expenses.
(e)  As of the date of this Agreement, the Commitment Letters are valid, binding and in full force and effect and no event has occurred that, with or without notice, lapse of time, or both, would reasonably be expected to constitute a default or breach or a failure to satisfy a condition precedent on the part of the Purchaser under the terms and conditions of the Commitment Letters, other than any such default, breach or failure that has been waived by the Lenders or the applicable Equity Investor, as the case may be, or otherwise cured in a timely manner by the Purchaser to the satisfaction of the Lenders or such Equity Investor, as the case may be.  The Purchaser has paid in full any and all commitment fees or other fees required to be paid pursuant to the terms of the Commitment Letters on or before the date of this Agreement.
Section 4.5  Brokers and Other Advisors.  No broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other Person is entitled to any broker’s, finder’s, financial advisor’s or other similar fee or commission in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 4.6  Ownership of Shares.  Neither the Purchaser, nor any of its Affiliates owns (directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record) any shares of Company Common Stock and neither the Purchaser nor any of its Affiliates holds any rights to acquire shares of Company Common Stock except pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 4.7  Investigation; Acknowledgement.  The Purchaser has conducted a thorough review and analysis of the business, operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations, financial condition, technology and prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries and acknowledges that it has been provided adequate access to the personnel, properties, premises and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such purpose.  The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that (a) neither the Shareholders nor any Person on behalf of the Shareholders is making any representations or warranties whatsoever, express or implied, beyond those expressly given by the Shareholders in Articles II and III hereof, and (b) the Purchaser has not been induced by, or relied upon, any representations, warranties or statements (written or oral), whether express or implied, made by any Person, that are not expressly set forth in Articles II or III of this Agreement.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Purchaser acknowledges that no representations or warranties are made with respect to any projections, forecasts, estimates, budgets or prospect information that may have been made available to the Purchaser or any of its representatives.  Neither the Shareholders nor any other Person will have or be subject to any liability or indemnification obligation to the Purchaser or any other Person resulting from the distribution to the Purchaser, or the Purchaser’s use of, any such information, including the Confidential Memorandum, dated February 2007, related to the Company and its Subsidiaries and any information, documents or material made available to the Purchaser or its representatives in certain “data rooms,” management presentations, functional “break-out” discussions, responses to questions submitted on behalf of the Purchaser, whether orally or in writing, or in any other form in expectation or furtherance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor has the Purchaser relied on any such information; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the rights of the Purchaser with respect to claims for fraud relating to the provisions of this Agreement or any document required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement or claims for indemnification pursuant to Article IX.
ARTICLE V.                                

ADDITIONAL COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
Section 5.1  Conduct of Business.
(a)  Except as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as required by applicable Law, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Closing, unless the Purchaser otherwise consents (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, use reasonable best efforts to (i) conduct its business in all material respects in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and policies, (ii) keep available the services of the officers and key employees of the Company and the officers and key employees of its Subsidiaries that are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and (iii) maintain in all material respects good relations with the material customers, lenders, suppliers and other Persons having material business relationships with the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(b)  Except as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as required by applicable Law, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Closing, unless the Purchaser otherwise consents (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries not to:
(i)  (A) issue, sell or grant any Equity Interests, or any securities or rights convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for, or evidencing the right to subscribe for any Equity Interests, or any rights, warrants or options to purchase any Equity Interests; (B) redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any of its outstanding Equity Interests, or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any Equity Interests; (C) declare, set aside for payment or pay any dividend on, or make any other distribution in respect of, any Equity Interests; or (D) split, combine, subdivide or reclassify any Equity Interests;
(ii)  sell, create a Lien upon or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets, except (A) (1) sales, leases, and rentals of inventory, (2) non-exclusive licenses in connection therewith and (3) sale-leaseback transactions in connection with the “Airport” business, in each case in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (B) pursuant to Contracts in force on the date of this Agreement and set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, (C) dispositions of obsolete assets or (D) transfers among the Company and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries;
(iii)  increase in any material respect the salary, benefits, bonuses or other compensation of any of its current or former directors, consultants, officers or employees, other than (A) as required pursuant to applicable Law or the terms of Contracts in effect on the date of this Agreement and set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, or (B) increases in salaries, wages and benefits of employees made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
(iv)  (A) enter into or modify any employment, retention, change of control or severance agreement with, or (except as may be required by applicable Law) establish, adopt, enter into or modify any Company Plan, bonus, profit sharing, thrift, stock option, restricted stock, pension, retirement, welfare, deferred compensation, employment, retention, change of control, termination, severance or other benefit plan, agreement, policy or arrangement for the benefit of, any current or former director, officer or employee; (B) exercise any discretion to accelerate the vesting or payment of any compensation or benefit under any Company Plan; (C) grant any new awards under any Company Plan; (D) take any action to fund the payment of compensation or benefits under any Company Plan; (E) adopt or amend in any respect any Company Plan, except as required by applicable Law; or (F) pay any transaction-related bonuses, severance or other similar amounts to employees of the Company, its Subsidiaries, the Shareholders or any of their respective Affiliates; except, in the case of clauses (A), (C), (D) and (E), in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or as may be required by the terms of any such plan, agreement, policy or arrangement in effect on the date hereof;
(v)  make any material changes in financial or tax accounting methods, principles or practices (or change an annual accounting period), including revaluing any assets or writing off receivables or reserves, except insofar as may be required by a change in GAAP or applicable Law;
(vi)  except as otherwise contemplated herein, amend its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or analogous charter documents;
(vii)  adopt a plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation or dissolution or cause or permit Aeromobile Ltd. to adopt a plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation or dissolution;
(viii)  take or agree to commit to take, any action that could reasonably be expected to (A) impose any material delay in the obtaining of, or significantly increase the risk of not obtaining, any authorizations, consents, orders, declarations or approvals of any Governmental Authority necessary to consummate the Transactions or the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period, (B) significantly increase the risk of any Governmental Authority entering an order or Restraint prohibiting or impeding the consummation of the Transactions or (C) otherwise materially delay the consummation of the Transactions (each, a “Delay”);
(ix)  enter into any new material line of business;
(x)  make any acquisition of or material investment in any other business or Person, by purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests, by merger, consolidation, asset purchase or other business combination, or by formation of any joint venture or other business organization or by contributions to capital;
(xi)  settle or compromise any Action (A) relating to this Agreement or the Transactions or (B) that is otherwise material to the Company or its Subsidiaries;
(xii)  enter into any agreement in respect of Taxes, change or make any Tax elections (unless required by applicable Law), file any material amended Tax Return, settle or compromise any material Tax liability or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes;
(xiii)  amend in any material respect or terminate any Material Contract, other than the entry into task, purchase or delivery orders under Government Contracts in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
(xiv)  enter into any (A) Material Contract (or any other Contract that reasonably likely would have been a Material Contract if entered into on January 1, 2006), other than supplier or customer Contracts (excluding fixed price customer Contracts with an aggregate contract value equal to or greater than $10,000,000) entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices or (B) other material Contract, other than Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;
(xv)  make any material capital expenditures other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or in accordance with the Company’s current capital expenditure budget disclosed to the Purchaser prior to the date hereof;
(xvi)  incur, create or become liable for any Indebtedness (A) of the type described in clauses (i), (ii), (v), (with respect to interest rate swap obligations) (vii), or (with respect to any of the foregoing) (viii) of the definition thereof, other than Credit Facility Indebtedness (and interest rate swap obligations in connection therewith under Contracts in effect on the date of this Agreement and set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule); provided that Net Indebtedness as of the Closing Date shall not exceed $172,000,000; or (B) of any other type of material Indebtedness other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(xvii)  forgive or waive any material Indebtedness outstanding against a Third Party;
(xviii)  make any material loans or advances to, or investments in, any Third Party;
(xix)  pay any fees or expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Shareholders or the Company in connection with the Transactions;
(xx)  enter into any material transaction with any Third Party other than on arm’s length terms, to the extent the amount received or paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is less than or exceeds, respectively, the amount which would be received or paid if at arm’s-length, including, without limitation, the forgiveness of any material claims against Third Parties not on an arm’s-length basis;
(xxi)  make any material gift or other material gratuitous payment out of the ordinary course of business;
(xxii)  enter into any indemnity relating to the obligation of a Third Party, other than in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice;
(xxiii)  enter into any Contract pursuant to which, in connection with a Third Party providing surety bonds, performance guarantees or any similar obligations for the benefit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such Third Party (A) is expressly entitled to be provided with any material assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as collateral or (B) is entitled to provide or withhold its consent to a change of control of the Company or its Subsidiaries (or as a result of such a change of control, the Third Party would be entitled to termination or modify such Contract); or
(xxiv)  agree to take any of the foregoing actions.
(c)  The Purchaser agrees that, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, take, or agree or commit to take, any action that could reasonably be expected to result in a Delay.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Purchaser agrees that, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Closing, the Purchaser shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial portion of the assets of or equity in, or by any other manner, any Person or portion thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets or rights, if the entering into of a definitive agreement relating to or the consummation of such acquisition, merger or consolidation would reasonably be expected to result in a Delay.
Section 5.2  No Solicitation.  Until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII, no Shareholder shall, directly or indirectly, through any officer, director, or agent of any of such Shareholder, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise, initiate, solicit or encourage (including by way of furnishing non-public information or assistance), or enter into negotiations of any type, directly or indirectly, or enter into a confidentiality agreement, letter of intent or other Contract with any Person other than the Purchaser with respect to a sale of all or any substantial portion of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or a merger, consolidation, business combination, sale of all or any substantial portion of the capital stock or Equity Interests of the Company, or the liquidation or similar extraordinary transaction with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (an “Acquisition Transaction”).  
Section 5.3  Reasonable Best Efforts.
(a)  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall cooperate with the other parties and use their respective reasonable best efforts to promptly (i) take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do, or cause to be done, all things, necessary, proper or advisable to cause the conditions to Closing to be satisfied as promptly as practicable and to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Transactions, including preparing and filing promptly and fully all documentation to effect all necessary filings, notices, petitions, statements, registrations, submissions of information, applications and other documents (including any required or recommended filings under applicable Antitrust Laws), and (ii) obtain all approvals, consents, registrations, permits, authorizations and other confirmations from any Governmental Authority or Third Party necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Transactions.  For purposes hereof, “Antitrust Laws” means the Sherman Act, as amended, the Clayton Act, as amended, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and all other applicable Laws issued by a United States or federal Governmental Authority that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening of competition through merger or acquisition.  Except as provided in Section 5.14 (and subject to Section 5.7), the parties acknowledge and agree that (i) neither the Company nor the Shareholders shall be required to expend any funds (other than the fees, costs and expenses of its advisors, accountants or counsel related thereto which shall be paid in all events by such party) in order to obtain any consents required by or requested from Third Parties in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, and (ii) the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, expend or commit to expend any funds, or enter into or amend any Contract in order to obtain any such Third Party consent.
(b)  In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Purchaser and the Company shall prepare and file, any required notifications pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the Transactions as promptly as practicable after the date hereof and supply as promptly as practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to the HSR Act and use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all other actions consistent with this Section 5.3 necessary to cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act (including any extensions thereof) as soon as practicable.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Purchaser and the Company shall prepare and file any required notifications pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the Transactions within ten (10) Business Days following the date hereof.
(c)  Each of the parties hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cooperate in all respects with each other in connection with any filing or submission with a Governmental Authority in connection with the Transactions and in connection with any investigation or other inquiry by or before a Governmental Authority relating to the Transactions, including any proceeding initiated by a private party, and (ii) keep the other party informed in all material respects and on a reasonably timely basis of any material communication received by such party or the Company from, or given by such party or the Company to, the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice or any other Governmental Authority and of any material communication received or given in connection with any proceeding by a private party, in each case regarding any of the Transactions.  Subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information and except with respect to competitively sensitive information, each of the parties hereto shall have the right to review in advance, and to the extent practicable each will consult the other on, all the information relating to the other parties and their respective Subsidiaries, as the case may be, that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any Third Party and/or any Governmental Authority by the other party or the Company in connection with the Transactions.  Each party shall have the right to attend conferences and meetings between the other party or the Company and regulators concerning the Transactions, except to the extent any applicable regulator expressly requests otherwise.
(d)  In furtherance and not in limitation of the covenants of the parties contained in this Section 5.3, each of the parties hereto shall use its reasonable best efforts to resolve such objections, if any, as may be asserted by a Governmental Authority or other Person with respect to the Transactions.  Without limiting any other provision hereof, each party shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) avoid the entry of, or to have vacated or terminated, any decree, order or judgment that would restrain, prevent or delay the consummation of the Transactions, on or before the Walk-Away Date, including by defending through litigation on the merits any claim asserted in any court by any Person, and (ii) avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under any Antitrust Law that may be asserted by any Governmental Authority with respect to the Transactions so as to enable the consummation of the Transactions to occur as soon as reasonably possible (and in any event no later than the Walk-Away Date).
Section 5.4  Public Announcements.  The initial press release with respect to the execution of this Agreement shall be a joint press release to be reasonably agreed upon by the Purchaser and the Shareholders.  Thereafter, neither the Shareholders nor the Purchaser nor the Company shall issue or cause the publication of any press release or other public announcement (to the extent not previously issued or made in accordance with this Agreement) with respect to this Agreement or the Transactions without the prior consent of the other party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except as may be required by Law or by any applicable listing agreement with a national securities exchange or national market system as determined in the good faith judgment of the party proposing to make such release (in which case neither such party nor, as the case may be, the Company shall issue or cause the publication of such press release or other public announcement without prior consultation with the other party).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, after consultation with and review by the Shareholders, the Purchaser and its Affiliates shall have the right to disclose summary information about this Agreement and the Transactions as part of normal fundraising, marketing, informational and reporting activities and in connection with the financing of the Transactions; provided that each Shareholder shall respond promptly and in any event in within two Business Days to any request for such consultation and review and in the event any such Shareholder fails to so respond, such Shareholder shall have no right to assert a breach by the Purchaser of this last sentence of this Section 5.4.
Section 5.5  Access to Information; Confidentiality.  Subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, afford to the Purchaser and the Purchaser’s representatives reasonable access during normal business hours to the properties, books, Contracts and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries and furnish promptly to the Purchaser such information concerning their respective businesses and properties as the Purchaser may reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to provide such access or information if the Company determines, in its reasonable judgment, that doing so would violate applicable Law or a Contract or obligation of confidentiality owing to a third-party or jeopardize the protection of an attorney-client privilege that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries would be entitled to assert, if the Company reasonably believes that undermining such privilege would adversely affect in any material respect the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s position in any pending, or what the Company believes in good faith is likely to be future, litigation; provided, however, that in each case (i) the parties hereto shall cooperate to find a way to allow disclosure of such information to the extent doing so would not (in the good faith view of the Company) reasonably be likely to (A) result in a violation of the applicable Law, Contract or obligation of confidentiality or (B) undermine the applicable privilege and (ii) if any information is not disclosed due to the preceding proviso, the Company shall notify the Purchaser in writing (to the extent not prohibited by the applicable Law, Contract or obligation, and except as would undermine the applicable privilege) of the subject matter of any such information and the facts giving rise to such failure to disclose such information.  Except with respect to the Required Financial Information and other information that may be necessary to disclose in connection with the Financing, until the Closing, the information provided will be subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement.
Section 5.6  Indemnification and Insurance.
(a)  The Purchaser shall cause the Company and its Subsidiaries (and their successors) to establish and maintain for a period of not less than six years from and after the Closing Date provisions in their certificates of incorporation, bylaws and other organizational documents concerning the indemnification and exoneration (including provisions relating to expense advancement) of the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ former and current officers, directors, employees, and agents that are no less favorable to those persons than the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws and other organizational documents of the Company and its Subsidiaries as in effect as of the date hereof, and such provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in any respect that would adversely affect the rights hereunder of such individuals, except as required by applicable law.  The Purchaser shall assume, be jointly and severally liable for, and honor, guaranty and stand surety for, and shall cause the Company to honor, in accordance with their respective terms each of the covenants contained in this Section 5.6(a).
(b)  From and after the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall cause the Company to (i) indemnify and hold harmless each individual who at the Closing Date is, or at any time prior to the Closing Date was, a director or officer of the Company or of a Subsidiary of the Company (each, an “Indemnitee” and, collectively, the “Indemnitees”) with respect to all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, fines, penalties, costs (including amounts paid in settlement or compromise) and expenses (including fees and expenses of legal counsel) in connection with any claim, suit, action, proceeding or investigation (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), whenever asserted, to the extent based on or arising out of, in whole or in part, acts or omissions by an Indemnitee in the Indemnitee’s capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or such Subsidiary or taken at the request of the Company or such Subsidiary (including in connection with serving at the request of the Company or such Subsidiary as a director, officer, employee or agent of another Person (including any employee benefit plan)), at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date (including in connection with the Transactions), to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law.  In addition, from and after the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall cause the Company to, pay any expenses (including fees and expenses of legal counsel) of any Indemnitee under this Section 5.6 (including in connection with enforcing the indemnity and other obligations provided for in this Section 5.6) as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, provided that the person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances to the extent required by applicable Law.
(c)  For the six-year period commencing immediately after the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall maintain in effect the Company’s current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance covering acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing Date with respect to those persons who are currently (and any additional persons who prior to the Closing Date become, consistent with past practice) covered by the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy on terms with respect to such coverage, and in amount, not less favorable to such individuals than those of such policy in effect on the date hereof (or the Purchaser may substitute therefor policies, issued by reputable insurers with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current insurance carrier, of at least the same coverage with respect to matters occurring prior to the Closing Date); provided, however, that if the aggregate annual premiums for such insurance shall exceed 300% of the current annual premium (which annual amount the Shareholders represent and warrant is set forth in Section 5.6(c) of the Disclosure Schedule), then the Purchaser shall provide or cause to be provided a policy for the applicable individuals with the best coverage as shall then be available at an annual premium of 300% of such current aggregate annual premium; provided further, however, that at no time shall such coverage be less than the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage then provided by the Purchaser to its directors and officers.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, with the Purchaser’s written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld prior to the Closing Date), may (and, to the extent available, at the request of the Purchaser, in the event the coverage provided is no less favorable than the coverage that would have been provided pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Company shall, prior to the Closing Date) purchase a six-year extended reporting period endorsement, on the terms with respect to coverage and amount as described above, under its existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage, if the coverage thereunder costs, in the aggregate, no more than 300% of the current annual premium.  If the insurance is purchased in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Purchaser will not have any obligation under the first sentence of this Section 5.6(c).
(d)  The provisions of this Section 5.6 are (i) intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnitee, his or her heirs and his or her representatives and (ii) in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution that any such Person may have by contract or otherwise.  The obligations of the Purchaser under this Section 5.6 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect the rights of any Indemnitee to whom this Section 5.6 applies unless (x) such termination or modification is required by applicable Law or (y) the affected Indemnitee shall have consented in writing to such termination or modification (it being expressly agreed that the Indemnitees to whom this Section 5.6 applies shall be third party beneficiaries of this Section 5.6).
(e)  In the event that the Purchaser, the Company or any of their respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Purchaser and the Company shall assume all of the obligations thereof set forth in this Section 5.6.
Section 5.7  Fees and Expenses.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, whether or not the Closing occurs, (a) the Purchaser shall pay its own fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection herewith and the Transactions, including the fees, costs and expenses of its financial advisors, accountants and counsel, and (b) except for (i) any fees, costs and expenses incurred by the Company at the request of the Purchaser in connection with the Debt Financing, and (ii) any amounts payable pursuant to the Transaction Bonus Agreement, dated June 23, 2006, between the Company and John Belcher or the Transaction Bonus Agreement, dated June 23, 2006, between the Company and Richard Jones, the fees, costs and expenses of the Company and the Shareholders, to the extent paid or to be paid after May 31, 2007 in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions, shall be paid by the Shareholders, or reimbursed pursuant to Section 1.2(b), including the fees, costs and expenses of financial advisors, accountants and counsel and the Consent Costs for which the Shareholders are responsible under Section 5.14.
Section 5.8  Release.
(a)  As of and following the Closing Date, each Shareholder knowingly, voluntarily and unconditionally releases, forever discharges, and covenants not to sue the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from or for any and all claims, causes of action, demands, suits, debts, obligations, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) of every kind or nature whatsoever, known or unknown, actual or potential, suspected or unsuspected, fixed or contingent, that such Shareholder has or may have, now or in the future, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from any act or omission, error, negligence, breach of contract, tort, violation of law, matter or cause whatsoever from the beginning of time to the Closing Date; provided, however, that the foregoing release shall not apply to any claims arising under or out of (i) this Agreement, (ii) any document required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) any claim of fraud relating to the provisions of this Agreement or any such document or (iv) breaches by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Contract between the Company (or a Subsidiary thereof) and such Shareholder to the extent (A) such Shareholder did not have knowledge (as defined in such Shareholder’s estoppel certificate to be delivered under this Agreement) of such breach as of the Closing Date and (B) such breaches occurred within the eighteen (18) months prior to the Closing Date.
(b)  As of and following the Closing Date, each of the Purchaser and the Company, on behalf of itself and each Subsidiary of the Company, knowingly, voluntarily and unconditionally releases, forever discharges, and covenants not to sue each and every Shareholder from or for any and all claims, causes of action, demands, suits, debts, obligations, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) of every kind or nature whatsoever, known or unknown, actual or potential, suspected or unsuspected, fixed or contingent, that the Purchaser, the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company has or may have, now or in the future, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from any act, or omission, error, negligence, breach of contract, tort, violation of law, matter or cause whatsoever from the beginning of time to the Closing Date; provided, however, that the foregoing release shall not apply to any claims arising under or out of (i) this Agreement, (ii) any document required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) any claim of fraud relating to the provisions of this Agreement or any such document or (iv) any Contract between the Company (or a Subsidiary thereof) and such Shareholder.
Section 5.9  Merger.  The Purchaser agrees that, as soon as practicable (but in any event within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date), it shall cause the Merger to be consummated in accordance with the DGCL, including, without limitation, the provision to each then remaining stockholder of the Company (other than the Purchaser) (a “Post-Closing Shareholder”) of notification of appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL and such additional information related to the Merger and the Transaction as is required under the DGCL.  In connection with the Merger, the Purchaser shall cause to be paid to each Post-Closing Shareholder an amount for each share of Company Common Stock then owned by such Post-Closing Shareholder equal to the Per Share Purchase Price.
Section 5.10  Service Level Amendments.  Following the Closing, the Purchaser shall cause the Company to offer to amend each Service Agreement to incorporate therein the provisions set forth on Exhibit 5.10 attached hereto.
Section 5.11  Financing.  The Company and its Subsidiaries and its and their respective representatives shall provide all reasonable cooperation (including with respect to timeliness) in connection with the arrangement of the Debt Financing as may be reasonably requested by the Purchaser (provided that such requested cooperation does not unreasonably interfere with the ongoing operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries), including (i) participating in meetings, road shows, meetings with ratings agencies, drafting sessions and due diligence sessions, (ii) promptly furnishing the Purchaser and its financing sources with financial and other pertinent information regarding the Company as may be reasonably requested by the Purchaser, including all financial statements and financial data of the type required by Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and of type and form customarily included in private placements under Rule 144A of the Securities Act to consummate the offering of senior or senior subordinated notes (the “Required Financial Information”), (iii) assisting the Purchaser and its financing sources in the preparation of (A) offering documents, prospectuses or memoranda for any of the Debt Financing and (B) materials for rating agency presentations, (iv) reasonably cooperating with the marketing efforts of the Purchaser and its financing sources for any of the Debt Financing, (v) providing and executing documents as may be reasonably requested by the Purchaser, including a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Company with respect to solvency matters and consents of accountants for use of their reports in any materials relating to the Debt Financing, (vi) reasonably facilitating the pledging of collateral and assisting in the negotiation and execution of the Financing Agreements, (vii) using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain accountants’ comfort letters, legal opinions with respect to regulatory matters, surveys and title insurance as reasonably requested by the Purchaser, and (viii) providing monthly financial statements; provided that none of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any commitment or other similar fee or incur any other liability (except for amounts subject to reimbursement or indemnification pursuant to the next sentence) in connection with the Debt Financing prior to the Closing, and no obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Financing Agreement shall be effective until the Closing.  The Purchaser shall, promptly upon request by the Company, reimburse the Company for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with such cooperation.  The Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless the Shareholders, the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective representatives for and against any and all Damages suffered or incurred by them in connection with the arrangement of the Debt Financing and any information utilized in connection therewith (other than information provided by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries).  The Purchaser shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable that are within the Purchaser's control to (i) maintain in effect the Debt Commitment Letter and to satisfy on a timely basis all the conditions to obtaining the Debt Financing set forth therein, (ii) enter into definitive financing agreements with respect to the Debt Financing as contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter (the "Financing Agreements"), so that the Financing Agreements are in effect at or prior to Closing and (iii) consummate the Financing at or prior to the Closing; provided, however, that the Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the failure to consummate the Financing shall not constitute a condition to the Purchaser’s obligation to proceed to the Closing (assuming the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VI hereof); provided, further, that if any of the Debt Financing Commitment Letter or the Financing Agreements expire or are terminated or otherwise become unavailable prior to the Closing, in whole or in part, for any reason, the Purchaser may arrange for alternative financing on such terms as or more favorable to the Purchaser than the terms set forth in the Debt Financing Commitment Letter to replace the financing contemplated by such expired or terminated or unavailable commitments or agreements, sufficient to consummate the Transactions in the time periods required hereunder.
Section 5.12  Payoff Letters.  No less than one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser one or more payoff letters signed by the lenders, lessors and other financing sources with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company of the type described in clauses (i), (ii), (with respect to Credit Facility Indebtedness of the type described in clause (i) of the definition thereof) (v) and (with respect thereto) (viii) of the definition of Indebtedness in this Agreement, including the Credit Facility Indebtedness, setting forth, in the aggregate, all amounts necessary to be paid in order to fully pay off all of the Indebtedness of the Company on the Closing Date and providing that, upon such payment, such Indebtedness will be extinguished and all Liens relating thereto will be released.  
Section 5.13  FIRPTA.  Prior to, but within thirty (30) days of, the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser a certificate signed under penalties of perjury by an officer of the Company to the effect that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has been a United States real property holding company, as defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code, during the applicable period described in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.
Section 5.14  Operating Leases.  Without limiting the obligations of the parties under Section 5.3, prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall cooperate and work together in good faith with the Purchaser to obtain all approvals, consents, amendments or waivers required under the Contracts set forth in Exhibit 5.14 (the “Operating Leases”) in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions, including the Debt Financing, including amendments to remove from such Contracts any covenants, ongoing representations or other provisions relating to the financial condition or credit quality of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than with respect to insolvency).  Any Consent Costs incurred before or after the Closing in connection with any such approvals, consents, amendments or waivers, whenever obtained, shall be paid fifty percent (50%) by the Purchaser and fifty percent (50%) by the Shareholders; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of Consent Costs paid or payable by the Shareholders pursuant to this Section 5.14 shall not exceed $2,000,000.
Section 5.15  Performance Bonds.  The Company shall cause the outstanding face amount of all surety bonds, performance bonds or similar obligations (including bid bonds) securing obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries to be no more than $90,000,000 on the Closing Date.  The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to place all surety bonds, performance bonds or similar obligations (including bid bonds) issued after the date hereof with a surety provider pursuant to an indemnity agreement that does not include provisions of the type described in clauses (A) and (B) of Section 5.1(b)(xxiii).
Section 5.16  Aeromobile.  Prior to the Closing, the Company shall not take any action that could reasonably be expected to cause Aeromobile Ltd. to be consolidated with the Company for accounting purposes under GAAP or become part of a consolidated group for federal or state income tax purposes.
Section 5.17  International Communications Licenses.  The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to provide to the Purchaser, as soon as reasonably practicable, reasonably satisfactory evidence that the Permits with respect to communications matters in the jurisdictions set forth on Exhibit 5.17 are valid and in full force and effect.  Such reasonable best efforts may, as reasonably necessary, include contacts with appropriate Governmental Authorities seeking express clarification of the status of the applicable Permit with copies of any correspondence (including emails) with respect thereto promptly delivered to the Purchaser; provided, that in the event such evidence is not provided but an applicable Governmental Authority has not given any affirmative notice of any invalidity of any such Permit or the failure of any such Permit to be in full force or effect, such evidence shall be deemed so provided.    
ARTICLE VI.                                

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 6.1  Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Transactions.  The respective obligations of each party hereto to effect the Transactions shall be subject to the satisfaction (or waiver, if permissible under applicable Law) on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a)  Antitrust.  The waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the Transactions under the HSR Act shall have been terminated or shall have expired;
(b)  Other Governmental Consents.  All material consents, approvals, orders or authorizations of, or registrations, declarations or filings with, any Governmental Authority required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance hereof by the parties hereto, or the consummation of the Transactions, shall have been made or obtained on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and the Shareholders; provided, however that with respect to the regulation of competition or antitrust matters, such consents, approvals, orders or authorizations shall only be required from the Governmental Authorities in the United States and Germany; and
(c)  No Injunctions or Restraints.  No Law, injunction, judgment or ruling enacted, promulgated, issued, entered, amended or enforced by any Governmental Authority (collectively, “Restraints”) shall be in effect enjoining, restraining, preventing or prohibiting consummation of the Transactions or making the consummation of the Transactions illegal, and there shall be no Action by any Governmental Authority pending or threatened in writing or otherwise explicitly threatened in any material respect by an authorized government official in his or her official capacity and seeking to (i) prevent or restrain consummation of the Transactions or (ii) cause any material portion of the Transactions to be rescinded after Closing.
Section 6.2  Conditions to Obligations of the Purchaser.  The obligations of the Purchaser to effect the Transactions are further subject to the satisfaction (or waiver, if permissible under applicable Law) on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a)  Representations and Warranties.
(i)  (x) The representations and warranties of the Shareholders contained in Article II of this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date (or, if given as of a specific date, at and as of such date), except where the failure or failures to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however that for purposes of determining the satisfaction of the condition in this clause (x), no effect shall be given to any exception or qualification in such representations and warranties relating to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, and (y) the representations and warranties of the Shareholders set forth in Sections 2.2(a) and 2.4 shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date; and
(ii)  (x) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Article III of this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date hereof and the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date (or, if given as of a specific date, at and as of such date), except where the failure or failures to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however that for purposes of determining the satisfaction of the condition in this clause (x), no effect shall be given to any exception or qualification in such representations and warranties relating to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, and (y) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3.2(a), Section 3.5(c), Section 3.6(a)(i), Sections 3.6(b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi), (viii), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvii) and (with respect to clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi), (viii), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv) and (xvii) of Section 3.6(b)) (xviii), and Section 3.8(c) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date (or, if given as of a specific date, at and as of such date).
(b)  Performance of Obligations of the Shareholders and the Company.
(i)  The Shareholders shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii)  The Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date;
(c)  Officer’s Certificates.
(i)  The Purchaser shall have received certificates signed on behalf of each Shareholder by an executive officer thereof certifying that the conditions set forth in Section 6.2(a)(i) and (b)(i) have been satisfied; and
(ii)  The Purchaser shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an executive officer thereof certifying that the conditions set forth in Section 6.2(a)(ii) and (b)(ii) have been satisfied;
(d)  Ancillary Deliveries.  The Shareholders shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Purchaser the documents listed in Section 7.2; and
(e)  Stockholder Approval of Parachute Payments.  With respect to any payments and/or benefits that may constitute “parachute payments” under Section 280G of the Code, the Company’s stockholders shall have (i) approved, pursuant to the method provided for in the regulations promulgated under Section 280G of the Code, any such “parachute payments” or (ii) shall have voted upon and disapproved such parachute payments, and, as a consequence, such “parachute payments” shall not be paid or provided for in any manner and the Purchaser shall not have any liabilities with respect to such “parachute payments.”
Section 6.3  Conditions to Obligations of the Shareholders and the Company.  The obligation of the Shareholders and the Company to effect the Transactions is further subject to the satisfaction (or waiver, if permissible under applicable Law) on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a)  Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of the Purchaser contained in Article IV of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (or, if given as of a specific date, at and as of such date), except where the failure or failures to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to impair in any material respect the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement or prevent or materially delay consummation of the Transactions;
(b)  Performance of Obligations of the Purchaser.  The Purchaser shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date;
(c)  Officer’s Certificate.  The Shareholders shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Purchaser by an executive officer of the Purchaser certifying that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.3(a) and (b) have been satisfied;
(d)  Ancillary Deliveries.  The Purchaser shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the Purchaser the documents and other items listed in Section 7.3.
ARTICLE VII.                                

CLOSING
Section 7.1  Closing.  Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VI, the consummation of the Transaction (the “Closing”) shall occur (a) on the date selected by the Purchaser that (i) if the Conditions Satisfied Date is on or prior to July 31, 2007, is not later than August 31, 2007, (ii) if the Conditions Satisfied Date is after July 31, 2007 but on or before September 1, 2007, is not later than September 30, 2007, and (iii) if the Conditions Satisfied Date is after September 1, 2007, is not more than 30 days after the Conditions Satisfied Date; provided that the Shareholders and the Company shall not be required to effect the Closing without at least two (2) Business Days prior written notice from the Purchaser), or (b) on such other date as the parties may agree (the date of the Closing being referred to as the “Closing Date”).  The Closing shall take place at the offices of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, 600 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 2400, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, or at such other place as the parties may agree.
Section 7.2  Closing Deliveries of the Shareholders and the Company.  At the Closing,
(a)  each Shareholder, as applicable, shall deliver to the Purchaser the following:
(i)  a certificate or certificates representing the Shares held by such Shareholder, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by duly executed stock powers or other assignment documents;
(ii)  a resignation, effective as of the Closing Date, of each director of the Company nominated by such Shareholder; and
(iii)  an estoppel certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 7.2(c); and
(b)  the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser a duly executed stock certificate issued by the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, evidencing the ownership by the Purchaser of the Shares.
Section 7.3  The Purchaser Closing Deliveries.  At the Closing, the Purchaser shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Shareholders the portion of the Purchase Price to be paid at the Closing pursuant to Section 1.2, paid and delivered in accordance with such Section.
ARTICLE VIII.                                           

TERMINATION
Section 8.1  Termination.  This Agreement may be terminated and the Transactions abandoned at any time prior to the Closing:
(a)  by the written consent of the Shareholders and the Purchaser; or
(b)  by either the Shareholders or the Purchaser:
(i)  if the Transactions shall not have been consummated on or before September 30, 2007 (subject to clause (A) of this Section 8.1(b)(i), the “Walk-Away Date”); provided, however, that (A) if the Conditions Satisfied Date is after September 1, 2007, no party may terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(b)(i) until the close of business on the date (which, in such case, shall be the “Walk-Away Date”) that is the earlier of (1) 30 days after the Conditions Satisfied Date and (2) October 31, 2007, and (B) the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(b)(i) shall not be available to a party if the failure of the Transactions to have been consummated on or before the Walk-Away Date was primarily due to the failure of such party to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement; or
(ii)  if any Restraint having the effect set forth in Section 6.1(c) shall be in effect and shall have become final and nonappealable;
(c)  by the Purchaser, if the Company or the Shareholders shall have materially breached any of their representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, which breach (x) would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.2 and (y) cannot be cured by the Company or the Shareholders (as applicable) by the Walk-Away Date; or
(d)  by the Shareholders, if the Purchaser shall have materially breached any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, which breach (x) would give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Section 6.3 and (y) cannot be cured by the Purchaser by the Walk-Away Date.
Section 8.2  Effect of Termination.  
(a)  In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 8.1, written notice thereof shall be given to the other party or parties, specifying the provision hereof pursuant to which such termination is made, and this Agreement shall forthwith become null and void (other than Sections 5.7 and 8.2, the penultimate sentence of Section 5.4, Article IX, and the Confidentiality Agreement in accordance with its terms), and there shall be no liability on the part of the Purchaser, the Company or the Shareholders or their respective directors, officers and Affiliates, except nothing shall relieve any party from liability for fraud or any willful breach of this Agreement.
(b)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event of a termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1, (i) the rights of the Company and the Shareholders to receive recourse under Section 8.2(a) for any fraud or willful breach by the Purchaser shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Company and the Shareholders against the Purchaser (or any guarantor of the Purchaser’s obligations hereunder) with respect to all matters relating to this Agreement, at law or in equity, including the loss suffered as a result of breach of this Agreement by the Purchaser or the failure of the Transactions to be consummated and (ii) the liability of the Purchaser and any guarantor of its obligations hereunder, in the aggregate, with respect to such matters shall not in any event exceed ********************
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(c)  The parties acknowledge and agree that, for purposes of this Section 8.2, the Purchaser shall be deemed to have committed a willful breach of this Agreement if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(i) and at the time of such termination the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1 and 6.2 (other than Sections 6.2(c) and 6.2(d)) have been satisfied and the Company and the Shareholders (as applicable) have executed and tendered for delivery to the Purchaser, subject only to the Closing, the documents contemplated by Sections 6.2(c) and 6.2(d) (a “Walk-Away Termination”), and (ii) within three (3) Business Days following such Walk-Away Termination, the Purchaser shall pay to the Shareholders an amount in cash equal to ****************************************************************
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ARTICLE IX.                                

INDEMNIFICATION
Section 9.1  Indemnification Obligations of the Shareholders.  From and after the Closing, each Shareholder shall, ***************************************************
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************************************************************************************************.  The claims, liabilities, losses, damages, penalties, fines and judgments of the Indemnified Parties described in this Section 9.1 as to which the Indemnified Parties are entitled to indemnification are collectively referred to as “Purchaser Losses”.
Section 9.2  Indemnification Procedure.
(a)  Promptly following receipt by an Indemnified Party of notice by a third party (including any Governmental Entity) of any complaint, dispute or claim or the commencement of any audit, investigation, action or proceeding with respect to which such Indemnified Party may be entitled to receive payment from the applicable Shareholder or Shareholders (the “Indemnifying Party”) for any Purchaser Losses, such Indemnified Party shall provide written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party.  Failure of the Indemnified Party to notify the Indemnifying Party will not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability that it may have to the Indemnified Party, except to the extent the defense of such audit, investigation, action or proceeding is prejudiced by the Indemnified Party’s failure to give such notice.  The Indemnifying Party shall have the right, upon written notice delivered to the Indemnified Party within twenty (20) days thereafter to assume the defense of such audit, investigation, action or proceeding, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of the fees and disbursements of such counsel.  Until the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of such audit, investigation, action or proceeding, the Indemnified Party may defend against such audit, investigation, action or proceeding in any manner the Indemnified Party reasonably deems appropriate.  If the Indemnifying Party does not, within such twenty (20) day period, assume the defense of such audit, investigation, action or proceeding, to the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party will be bound by any judicial determination made with respect to such audit, investigation, action or proceeding, subject to the provisions of Section 9.2(b) below.  In any audit, investigation, action or proceeding for which indemnification is being sought hereunder the Indemnified Party or the Indemnifying Party, whichever is not assuming the defense of such action, shall have the right to participate in such matter and to retain its or their own counsel at such party’s own expense.  The Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified Party (as the case may be) shall at all times use reasonable efforts to keep the Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party (as the case may be) reasonably apprised of the status of the defense of any matter the defense of which it is maintaining and to cooperate in good faith with each other with respect to the defense of any such matter.
(b)  No Indemnified Party may settle or compromise any claim or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to which indemnification is being sought hereunder without the prior written consent of the Indemnifying Party (which may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of the Indemnifying Party and its or their officers, directors, employees and Affiliates from all liability arising out of, or related to, such claim.  No Indemnifying Party may, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, settle or compromise any claim or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to which indemnification is being sought hereunder unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x) includes an unconditional release of the Indemnified Party, from all liability arising out of such claim, (y) does not contain any admission of wrongdoing or liability on behalf of the Indemnified Party and (z) involves only the payment of cash.
(c)  In the event an Indemnified Party claims a right to payment pursuant hereto for a claim other than a claim asserted by a third party, such Indemnified Party shall send written notice of such claim to the Indemnifying Party (a “Notice of Claim”).  Such Notice of Claim shall specify the basis for such claim.  In the event the Indemnifying Party does not notify the Indemnified Party within thirty (30) days following its receipt of such notice that the Indemnifying Party disputes its liability to the Indemnified Party under this Article or the amount thereof, the claim specified by the Indemnified Party in such Notice of Claim shall be conclusively deemed a liability of the Indemnifying Party under this Article IX, and the Indemnifying Party shall pay the amount of such liability to the Indemnified Party on demand or, in the case of any notice in which the amount of the claim (or any portion of the claim) is estimated, on such later date when the amount of such claim (or such portion of such claim) becomes finally determined.  In the event the Indemnifying Party has timely disputed its liability with respect to such claim as provided above, as promptly as possible, such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall establish the merits and amount of such claim (by mutual agreement, litigation, arbitration or otherwise) and, within five (5) Business Days following the final determination of the merits and amount of such claim, the Indemnifying Party shall pay to the Indemnified Party immediately available funds in an amount equal to such claim as determined hereunder.
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The aggregate liability of the Shareholders for Purchaser Losses with respect to any claims made pursuant to Section 9.1 shall be limited to the Purchase Price, and the aggregate liability of each Shareholder shall be limited to such Shareholder’s Pro Rata Share of the Purchase Price.  As used herein, “Pro Rata Share” shall mean, with respect to each Shareholder, the percentage set forth opposite such Shareholder’s name on Exhibit 1.2.
Section 9.5  Calculation of Damages.  The amount of Purchaser Losses payable by a Shareholder under this Article IX shall be reduced by any insurance proceeds or other reimbursement arrangements, by way of indemnification or otherwise, recovered by the Indemnified Party with respect to the claim for which indemnification is sought (net of the reasonable costs of recovery).  
Section 9.6  Exclusive Remedy.  From and after the Closing, other than claims for fraud, the indemnities provided in this Article XI shall constitute the sole and exclusive remedy of any Indemnified Party for damages arising out of, resulting from or incurred in connection with any claims related to this Agreement or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that this exclusive remedy for damages does not preclude a party from bringing an action for specific performance or other equitable remedy to require a party to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any agreement entered into in connection herewith.
Section 9.7  Adjustments to the Purchase Price.  All amounts paid with respect to indemnification under this Agreement shall be treated by the parties to this Agreement for all income Tax purposes as adjustments to the Purchase Price.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Indemnified Party shall be entitled to indemnification by the Shareholders under this Article IX for any losses, to the extent, but only to the extent, the Purchaser has otherwise been compensated by reason of a reduction in the Purchase Price pursuant Section 1.2.
ARTICLE X.                                

MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1  Survival of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements.  Except as expressly set forth in Section 9.3, none of the representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements in this Agreement or in any other instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement, including rights arising out of any breach of such representations, warranties, covenants and other agreements, shall survive the Closing, except for the covenants and agreements contained in this Article X and the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement and in such other instruments that by their terms apply or are to be performed in whole or in part after the Closing Date.
Section 10.2  No Other Representations or Warranties.  The parties acknowledge and agree that except for the representations and warranties made by the Shareholders in Articles II and III and in Section 5.6(c) and representations and warranties made in certificates contemplated by this Agreement, none of the Shareholders makes any representation or warranty with respect to the Shareholders, the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, operations, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or representatives of any documentation, forecasts or other information with respect to any one or more of the foregoing.
Section 10.3  Amendment or Supplement.  This Agreement may be amended or supplemented in any and all respects, solely by written agreement of the parties hereto.
Section 10.4  Extension of Time, Waiver, Etc.  At any time prior to the Closing Date, any party may, subject to applicable Law, (a) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of any other party hereto, (b) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or acts of any other party hereto or (c) waive compliance by the other party with any of the agreements contained herein or, except as otherwise provided herein, waive any of such party’s conditions.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no such waiver or extension shall be binding on any party other than the party granting such waiver or extension and (ii) no failure or delay by the Shareholders or the Purchaser in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right hereunder.  Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party.
Section 10.5  Assignment.  Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of Law or otherwise, by any of the parties without the prior written consent of the other parties; provided, however, the Purchaser may assign this Agreement and any or all rights hereunder to (a) any Affiliate of the Purchaser (or any Person that, immediately following the Closing, will be an Affiliate of the Purchaser), (b) any lender of the Purchaser as collateral security, or (c) following the Closing, any successor in interest in the Purchaser; provided, further, that no such assignment shall relieve the Purchaser from any obligation hereunder.  Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  Any purported assignment not permitted under this Section 10.5 shall be null and void.
Section 10.6  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement) and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties.
Section 10.7  Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries; No Recourse.  This Agreement, including the Disclosure Schedule, the exhibits hereto, the documents and instruments relating to the Transactions referred to herein and the Confidentiality Agreement (a) constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and (b) except for the provisions of Sections 5.6, are not intended to and shall not confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights, benefits or remedies hereunder.  This Agreement may only be enforced against, and, except for claims against the Guarantor pursuant to the Sponsor Guaranty, any claims or causes of action that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement may only be made against the entities that are expressly identified as parties to this Agreement, and no past, present or future Affiliate, stockholder, member, partner, officer, director, agent, attorney or representative of any party to this Agreement shall have any liability or obligation for any reason whatsoever under this Agreement or based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement unless such Affiliate, stockholder, member, partner, officer, director, agent, attorney or representative is also a party to this Agreement.
Section 10.8  Governing Law.  This Agreement, and all matters arising hereunder, shall be governed by and interpreted under the laws of the State of New York (without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws).
Section 10.9  Dispute Resolution.  Any and all disputes, claims or controversies arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach thereof shall be finally and exclusively resolved and settled by arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its applicable rules.  Each party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that the seat, or legal place, of any such arbitration shall be New York City, New York.  Judgment upon any award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered by a court having jurisdiction thereof.  The arbitral tribunal shall consist of three persons appointed in accordance with the following provisions:
(a)  the Purchaser shall appoint one arbitrator and the Shareholder or Shareholders party to such dispute, claim or controversy shall appoint one arbitrator.  The two arbitrators thus appointed shall choose a third arbitrator, who will act as the chairperson of the arbitral tribunal; and
(b)  if the two arbitrators appointed pursuant to clause (c)(i) above are not able to agree on the third arbitrator within thirty (30) days from the date the last such arbitrator was appointed, the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the American Arbitration Association;
All fees and expenses of the arbitration shall be borne fifty percent (50%) by the Shareholder or Shareholders party to such dispute, claim or controversy and fifty percent (50%) by the Purchaser.  Nothing contained herein shall limit the right of a party hereto to seek from any court of competent jurisdiction, pending appointment of an arbitral tribunal, interim relief in aid of arbitration or to protect or enforce its rights hereunder.
Section 10.10  Notices.  All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally, facsimiled (which is confirmed), sent by overnight delivery service (providing proof of delivery) or sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid (upon receipt) to the parties at the following addresses:
 
If to the Purchaser or, following the Closing, the Company, to:
Radio Acquisition Corp.
c/o The Carlyle Group
1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 220 South
Washington, DC 20004
Attention: Ian Fujiyama
Facsimile: (202) 347-9250

 
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Latham & Watkins LLP
555 Eleventh Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
Attention: Edward Sonnenschein
      David Brown
Facsimile: (202) 637-2201

 
If to American, to:
American Airlines, Inc.

4333 Amon Carter Blvd.
Mail Drop 5562
Fort Worth, Texas 76155
Attention: Michael Thomas
Facsimile: (817) 967-4318
and
American Airlines, Inc.
4333 Amon Carter Blvd.
Mail Drop 5675
Fort Worth, Texas 76155
Attention: Steffen Horlacher
Facsimile: (817) 967-2937
 
If to Continental, to:
Continental Airlines, Inc.
1600 Smith Street
32nd Floor, HQSFP
Houston, Texas 77002
Attention: Zane Rowe
Facsimile: (713) 324-5225
and
Continental Airlines, Inc.
1600 Smith Street
41st Floor—HQSLG
Houston, Texas 77002
Attention: Lori Gobillot
Facsimile: (713) 324-5161
 
If to Delta, to:
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
1030 Delta Blvd.
Atlanta, Georgia 30320
Attention:  EVP – Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile:  (404) 715-4098
and
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
1030 Delta Blvd.
Atlanta, Georgia 30320
Attention: SVP – General Counsel
Facsimile: (404) 715-2233
 
If to Northwest, to:
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
2700 Lone Oak Parkway
Department A4300
Eagan, Minnesota 55121-1534
Attention: Dave Davis
Facsimile: (612) 726-3416
and
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
2700 Lone Oak Road
Eagan, Minnesota 55121
Attention: Cathy Sams
Facsimile: (612) 726-3947
 
If to United, to:
United Air Lines, Inc.
P.O. Box 66100
Chicago, Illinois 60666
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile: (312) 997-8525
and
United Air Lines, Inc.
P.O. Box 66100
Chicago, Illinois 60666
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (312) 997-8525
 
If to US Airways, to:
US Airways, Inc.
4000 East Sky Harbor Boulevard
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
Attention:  Chief Financial Officer
and
US Airways, Inc.
111 West Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, Arizona 85281
Attention:  Deputy General Counsel
Facsimile:  (480) 693-5932
 
If, prior to the Closing, to the Company, to:
ARINC Incorporated
2551 Riva Road
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Attention:  John Smith
Facsimile: (410) 573-3278
 
in each case, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP
600 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Suite 2400
Atlanta, GA 30308
Attention: Frank Layson
Facsimile: (404) 685-5206
or such other address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify by like notice to the other parties hereto.  All such notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5 P.M.  in the place of receipt and such day is a business day in the place of receipt.  Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed not to have been received until the next succeeding business day in the place of receipt.
Section 10.11  Severability.  If any term or other provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law or public policy, all other terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect.  Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law in an acceptable manner to the end that the Transactions are fulfilled to the extent possible.
Section 10.12  Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings ascribed thereto below:
“Acquisition Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.
“Action” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.7.
“Adjustment Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(a).
“Affiliate” shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.  For this purpose, “control” (including, with its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise.
“Aggregate SARs Exercise Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(d).
“Agreement” shall mean this Stock Purchase Agreement, as amended from time to time.
“American” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Antitrust Laws” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(a).
“Arms Export Control Act” shall mean the regulations set forth in 22 U.S.C. Sections 2751-2799 aa-2.
“Balance Sheet Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(b).
“Bankruptcy and Equity Exception” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Bankruptcy Code” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(d).
“Bankruptcy Court” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(d).
“Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Business Day” shall mean a day except a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by Law to be closed.
“Cash Equity” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(b).
“Certificate Amendment” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
“Closing Adjustment Deductions” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(a).
“Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
“COBRA” means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.
“Code” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commitment Letter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(b).
“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Company Charter Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
“Company Class A Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
“Company Class B Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
“Company Class C Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
“Company Common Stock” shall mean the Company Class A Stock, the Company Class B Stock and the Company Class C Stock.
“Company IP Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.14(b).
“Company Plans” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.10.
“Company Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
“Conditions Satisfied Date” shall mean the date on which all conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.1 and Section 6.2 that are contemplated to be satisfied prior to the Closing Date are first satisfied (or a party has executed and tendered for delivery, subject only to the Closing, and documents required to be delivered by such party pursuant to Section 6.2 or Section 6.3, as applicable) or waived (or, if from time to time after such date any such conditions are no longer satisfied, the first subsequent date on which all such conditions are satisfied or waived).
“Consent Costs” shall mean any liabilities, damages, losses, penalties, expenses or costs incurred in connection with obtaining any consents, waivers or amendments described in Section 5.14 (but not including the fees, costs and expenses of a party’s advisors, accountants or counsel related thereto which shall in be paid in all events by such party) including the net present value (using a 10% discount rate) of any future economic impact resulting in connection with such consents, waivers or amendments.
“Continental” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Contract” shall mean any loan or credit agreement, debenture, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, lease, license, instrument, contract or other agreement or binding commitment whether written or oral.
“Confidentiality Agreement” shall mean that certain letter agreement dated February 1, 2007, between the Company and Carlyle Investment Management, L.L.C..
“Credit Facility Indebtedness” shall mean any indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company and its Subsidiaries under (i) that certain Credit Agreement among the Company, Wachovia Bank, National Association, General Electric Capital Corporation, Societe Generale, and the other parties thereto, dated as of March 10, 2004, as amended, and (ii) that certain Second Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, $30,000,000 Variable Rate Series A Senior Notes due March 27, 2009, between the Company and the noteholders party thereto, dated as of March 10, 2004, in each case including any interest accrued thereon and prepayment, change of control or similar penalties and expenses, as of the Closing Date.
“Damages” shall mean all losses, damages, liabilities, and other costs and expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, contingent or vested, matured or unmatured, and whether or not resulting from third-party claims, including costs (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys, other professional advisors and expert witnesses and the allocable portion of the relevant person’s internal costs) of investigation, preparation and litigation in connection with any Action or threatened Action.
“Debt Commitment Letter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a).
“Debt Financing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a).
“Delay” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(b).
“Delta” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“DGCL” shall mean the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
“Disclosure Schedule” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to Article II.
“Environmental Law” shall mean any applicable Law relating to (i) the protection of human health and the environment (including air, water, soil and natural resources), or (ii) the use, storage, handling, or Release of Hazardous Substances, in each case as in effect on the date of this Agreement.
“Equity Commitment Letter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(b).
“Equity Interest” of any Person means (i) shares of capital stock, limited liability company interests, partnership interests or other equity securities of such Person, including, with respect to the Company, the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock, (ii) subscriptions, calls, warrants, options or commitments of any kind or character relating to, or entitling any Person to purchase or otherwise acquire, any capital stock, limited liability company interests, partnership interests or other equity securities of such Person, (iii) securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock, limited liability company interests, partnership interests or other equity securities of such Person, and (iv) equity equivalents, interests in the ownership of, or equity appreciation, phantom stock or other similar rights of, or with respect to, such Person, including, with respect to the Company, the Company’s stock appreciation rights.
“Equity Investor” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(b).
“ERISA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.10.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any entity which is (or at any relevant time was) a member of a “controlled group of corporations” with, or under “common control” with, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as defined in Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code.
“Export Administration Regulations” shall mean means 15 C.F.R. parts 730 – 799, as continued by Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001, 3 C.F.R., 2001 Comp. P. 783 (2002), as extended by the notice of August 2, 2005, 70 C.F.R. 45273 (August 5, 2005).
“FCPA” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.19.
“Final Adjustment Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(a).
“Final Order” shall mean an order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court as to which (i) the time to appeal, petition for certiorari, or motion for reargument or rehearing has expired and as to which no appeal, petition for certiorari, or move for reargument or rehearing shall then be pending or (ii) in the event that an appeal, writ of certiorari, reargument or rehearing thereof has been sought, such order of the Bankruptcy Court shall have been affirmed by the highest court to which such order was appealed, or certiorari has been denied, or from which reargument or rehearing was sought, and the time to take any further appeal, petition for certiorari or move for reargument or rehearing shall have expired; provided, that no order shall fail to be a Final Order solely because of the possibility that a motion pursuant to Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or Rule 7024 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure may be filed with respect to such order, as long as such a motion has not actually been filed.
“Financial Statements” shall mean (i) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of each of December 31, 2004, December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2006, and the audited consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods then ended, together with any related notes, schedules and auditor’s report therein, (ii) the unaudited comparative consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of each of March 31, 2006 and March 31, 2007, and the unaudited comparative consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the three-month period then ended, and (iii) the unaudited comparative consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of each of May 31, 2006 and May 31, 2007, and the unaudited comparative consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the five-month period then ended.
“Financing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(b).
“Financing Agreements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.11.
“Foreign Company” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a “United States Person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations” shall mean 15 C.F.R.  Part 30.
“Foreign Company Plans” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.10.
“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied.
“Government Contract” shall mean any Contract (whether prime contract, subcontract, grant, subgrant, cooperative agreement, teaming agreement or arrangement, joint venture, basic ordering agreement, pricing agreement, letter agreement or other similar arrangement) between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and (i) any Governmental Authority, (ii) any prime contractor of a Governmental Authority in its capacity as a prime contractor, or (iii) any subcontractor with respect to any Contract of a type described in clauses (i) or (ii) above, on the other hand.  A task, purchase or delivery order under a Government Contract shall not constitute a separate Government Contract, for purposes of this definition, but shall be part of the Government Contract to which it relates.
“Government List” shall mean (i) the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by the Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control. 31 C.F.R. Chapter V, Annex A; (ii) the Denied Persons List and the Entity List maintained by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security; (iii) the Debarred Parties List maintained by the Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls; and (iv) any list or qualification of “Designated Nationals” as defined in the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean any government, court, regulatory or administrative agency, commission or authority or other governmental or arbitral instrumentality, federal, state or local, domestic, foreign or multinational.
“Governmental Order” shall mean any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award entered by or with any Governmental Authority.
“Guarantor” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“HSR Act” shall mean the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.
“Hazardous Substance” shall mean any substance to the extent presently listed, defined, designated or classified as hazardous, toxic or radioactive under any applicable Environmental Law, including petroleum and any derivative or by-products thereof.
“Indebtedness” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money (including accrued and unpaid interest and all prepayment penalties or premiums and including, with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, the Credit Facility Indebtedness), (ii) other indebtedness of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar debt instruments (including accrued and unpaid interest and all prepayment penalties or premiums); (iii) capitalized leases of such Person; (iv) all obligations of others secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (v) all standby letters of credit issued for the account of such Person, (vi) obligations of such Person under conditional sale, title retention or similar arrangements or other obligations to pay the deferred purchase price for property or services (other than ordinary course trade payables), including earnout obligations, (vii) all obligations in respect of interest rate and currency swap obligations (including breakage costs in respect thereof), and (viii) all guarantees of or by such Person of any of the matters described in clauses (i)-(vii) hereof.
“Indemnitee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.6.
“International Traffic in Arms Regulations” shall mean 22 C.F.R.  Parts 120-130.
“IP Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.14(a).
“Joint Ventures” shall mean Opti-Fi Networks LLC and ADARI Aviation Technology Company Limited.
“Knowledge” shall mean, in the case of the Shareholders, the actual knowledge of Robert Cordes, David Davis, Gulsen Sanyer, Zane Rowe, Stephen Dickson and Derek Kerr (with no duty of investigation), and, in the case of the Company, the actual knowledge (with no duty of investigation) of John Belcher, Richard Jones, Mike Young, Steve Means, Dave Morrissey, Robert Manigold, Ed Montgomery, Tricia Kirk, Ruth Hough, John C. Smith, Dave Poltorak, Randy Pizzi and Ken Carpenter.
“Laws” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.8.
“Leased Real Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.12(b).
“Lenders” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4(a).
“Liens” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any change, event, effect or occurrence which has a material adverse effect on the assets, business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided, that, for the purposes of this Agreement, “Material Adverse Effect” will not include changes, events, effects or occurrences to the extent arising out of, resulting from or attributable to (i) changes in conditions in the United States or global economy or capital or financial markets generally, including changes in interest or exchange rates and fluctuating commodity prices generally, in each case so long as such changes do not significantly disproportionately affect the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) changes in general legal, regulatory, political, economic or business conditions or changes in GAAP that, in each case, generally affect industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries conducts business, in each case so long as such changes do not significantly disproportionately affect the Company and its Subsidiaries, (iii) the announcement or pendancy of this Agreement, including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, distributors, partners or employees, or (iv) floods, earthquakes or other natural disasters (other than hurricanes).
“Material Contract” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(b).
“Merger” shall mean the transaction pursuant to which, after the Closing, the Company will become a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Purchaser.
“Net Indebtedness” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(c).
“Northwest” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“OFAC” shall mean the Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“OFAC Laws and Regulations” shall mean any laws, rules, executive orders, administrative orders, lists, sanctions and regulations administered by OFAC, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (United States), the Trading with the Enemy Act (United States) and the regulations set forth in 31 C.F.R. Chapter V.
“Owned Real Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.12(a).
“PBGC” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.10.
“Per Share Purchase Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(b).
“Permits” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.8.
“Permitted Liens” shall mean (a) Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable, (b) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and repairmen incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and not yet delinquent and (c) other Liens not related to Indebtedness and that will not adversely affect in any material respect the use or value of any property subject to such Lien.
“Person” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, an association, a trust or any other entity, including a Governmental Authority.
“Post-Closing Shareholder” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.8.
“Prohibited Person” shall mean (i) a Person who has been determined by competent authority to be the subject of the prohibitions in any of the OFAC Laws and Regulations; (ii) a Person identified on a Government List; (iii) the government of any country against which the United States maintains economic sanctions or embargos; or (iv) a Person who acts on behalf of or is owned or controlled by the government of a country against which the United States maintains economic sanctions or embargos.
“Purchase Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(b).
“Purchaser” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Real Property Leases” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.12(b).
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching, or migration at, into or onto the environment, including movement or migration through or in the environment, whether sudden or non-sudden and whether accidental or non-accidental, or any release, emission or discharge as those terms are defined in any applicable Environmental Law.
“Required Financial Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.11.
“Restraints” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b).
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Service Agreement” shall mean a Contract between the Company or a Subsidiary and a Post-Closing Shareholder pursuant to which the Company or such Subsidiary provides goods or services to such Post-Closing Shareholder.
“Shareholder” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Special Committee” shall mean the special committee of the Board of Directors consisting solely of disinterested directors who are not representatives of, affiliated with or acting on behalf of any Shareholder.
“Sponsor Guaranty” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Stock Awards” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a).
“Subsidiary” when used with respect to any Person, shall mean any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, trust or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing 50% or more of the Equity Interests, measured by ordinary voting power, (or, in the case of a partnership, 50% or more of the general partnership interests) are, as of such date, owned by such party or one or more Subsidiaries of such party or by such party and one or more Subsidiaries of such party.
“Tax Returns” shall mean any return, report, claim for refund, estimate, information return or statement or other similar document relating to or required to be filed with any Governmental Authority with respect to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.
“Taxes” shall mean all federal, state, local or foreign taxes, charges, fees, imposts, levies or other assessments, including all net income, gross receipts, capital, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, transfer, franchise, profits, inventory, capital stock, license, withholding, payroll, employment, social security, unemployment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, property and estimated taxes, customs duties, fees, assessments and charges of any kind and all interest, penalties, fines, additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any Governmental Authority with respect thereto.
“Third Party” shall mean any Person other than the Company, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, and a Subsidiary of which the Company owns all of the outstanding Equity Interests other than Equity Interests required by local Law to be held by a third party.
“Third Party IP Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.14(b).
“Transactions” refers collectively to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger and the filing of the Certificate Amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
“United” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“US Airways” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Walk-Away Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(b).
Section 10.13  Rules of Interpretation.  Unless otherwise expressly provided, the following rule of interpretation shall apply:
(a)  Calculation of Time Period.  When calculating the period of time before which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded.  If the last day of such period is not a Business Day, the period in question shall end on the next succeeding Business Day.
(b)  Number and Gender.  Where the context requires, the use of a singular form herein shall include the plural, the use of the plural shall include the singular, and the use of any gender shall include any and all genders.
(c)  Headings.  The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
(d)  Herein.  The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.
(e)  Including.  Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”.
(f)  Schedules and Exhibits Generally.  The Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement shall be construed with and as an integral part of this Agreement to the same extent as if the same had been set forth verbatim herein.
(g)  Disclosure Schedule.  The parties acknowledge and agree that: any disclosure made with reference to a section of the Shareholder Disclosure Schedule or Company Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed sufficient for purposes of disclosure in any other section or sections of the Shareholder Disclosure Schedule or Company Disclosure Schedule that may require disclosure therein only to the extent that the relevance of any such disclosure to such other section of the Shareholder Disclosure Schedule or Company Disclosure Schedule is reasonably apparent from the text of such disclosure; the Shareholder Disclosure Schedule and Company Disclosure Schedule is intended only to qualify and limit the representations, warranties and covenants of the Shareholders and the Company, respectively, contained in this Agreement and shall not be deemed to expand in any way the scope or effect of any such representations, warranties or covenants; the disclosures in the Shareholder Disclosure Schedule and the Company Disclosure Schedule may be over-inclusive, considering the materiality standard contained in the section of this Agreement relating to the corresponding section of the Shareholder Disclosure Schedule or Company Disclosure Schedule, and any items or matters disclosed in the Shareholder Disclosure Schedule or Company Disclosure Schedule are not intended to set or establish standards of materiality different from those set forth in the corresponding section of this Agreement; and the disclosure of any item or information in the Shareholder Disclosure Schedule or Company Disclosure Schedule is not an admission that such item or information (or any non-disclosed item or information of comparable or greater significance) is material, required to have been disclosed in the Shareholder Disclosure Schedule or Company Disclosure Schedule, or is of a nature that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(h)  References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits or Schedules.  When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, a Section, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference shall be to an Article of, a Section of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
(i)  Defined Terms.  All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein and except as otherwise provided therein.
(j)  References to Agreements, Instruments and Statutes.  Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein.
(k)  References to a Person.  References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
(l)  Negotiation and Drafting of Agreement.  The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as jointly drafted by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.

      
        
      
      
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
RADIO ACQUISITION CORP.
By:
Name:
Title:
 
ARINC INCORPORATED
By:
Name:
Title:
 
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
 
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
 
DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
 
NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
 
UNITED AIR LINES, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
 
US AIRWAYS, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:

      
                                 
      
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ex12.htm
Exhibit 12
AMR CORPORATION
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
 (in millions)


   
Three Months Ended September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
   
2006
 
                         
Earnings:
                       
Earnings before income taxes
  $
175
    $
15
    $
573
    $
214
 
                                 
Add:  Total fixed charges (per below)
   
459
     
488
     
1,398
     
1,461
 
                                 
Less:  Interest capitalized
   
3
     
7
     
17
     
21
 
Total earnings before income taxes
  $
631
    $
496
    $
1,954
    $
1,654
 
                                 
Fixed charges:
                               
Interest
  $
213
    $
245
    $
660
    $
735
 
                                 
Portion of rental expense representative of the interest factor
   
228
     
225
     
683
     
668
 
                                 
Amortization of debt expense
   
18
     
18
     
55
     
58
 
Total fixed charges
  $
459
    $
488
    $
1,398
    $
1,461
 
                                 
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
   
1.37
     
1.02
     
1.40
     
1.13
 
                                 



ex311.htm
Exhibit 31.1


I, Gerard J. Arpey, certify that:

1.  
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of AMR Corporation;

2.  
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.  
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.  
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)  
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)  
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)  
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)  
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.  
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)  
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)  
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.



Date:  October 18, 2007
 
/s/ Gerard J. Arpey
 
   
Gerard J. Arpey
   
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer



ex312.htm
Exhibit 31.2


I, Thomas W. Horton, certify that:

1.  
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of AMR Corporation;

2.  
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.  
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.  
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)  
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)  
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)  
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)  
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.  
The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)  
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)  
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.



Date:  October 18, 2007
 
/s/ Thomas W. Horton
 
   
Thomas W. Horton
   
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer



ex32.htm
Exhibit 32


AMR CORPORATION
Certification
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code)


Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code), each of the undersigned officers of AMR Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), does hereby certify, to such officer’s knowledge, that:

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007 (the Form 10-Q) of the Company fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date:  October 18, 2007
 
/s/ Gerard J. Arpey
 
   
Gerard J. Arpey
   
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Date:  October 18, 2007
 
/s/ Thomas W. Horton
 
   
Thomas W. Horton
   
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer



The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code) and is not being filed as part of the Form 10-Q or as a separate disclosure document.