"Affiliate" means, as applied to a Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For purposes of this definition "control" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "controlling", "controlled by" and "under common control with"), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
"Airline Assets" means those assets used, as of the date of determination, in the relevant Person's operation as an air carrier.
"Beneficial Ownership" has the meaning given such term in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, options, warrants, participation or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) the equity of such Person, including any preferred stock.
"CO Change of Control" means:
(i) a merger, reorganization, share exchange, consolidation, tender or exchange offer, private purchase, business combination, recapitalization or similar transaction as a result of which (A) a Major Carrier or a Holding Company of a Major Carrier and a Continental Affected Company are legally combined, (B) a Major Carrier, any of its Affiliates, or any combination thereof acquires, directly or indirectly, Beneficial Ownership of 25% or more of the Capital Stock or Voting Power of a Continental Affected Company, or (C) a Continental Affected Company acquires, directly or indirectly, Beneficial Ownership of 25% or more of the Capital Stock or Voting Power of a Major Carrier;
(ii) the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or its successor in connection with which the Corporation or such successor ceases operations as an air carrier;
(iii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Airline Assets of Continental (or its successor) and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis directly or indirectly to a Major Carrier, any Affiliate of a Major Carrier or any combination thereof, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions;
(iv) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the trans-Atlantic route network or the Latin American route network of the Corporation or its successor other than to an Affiliate of the Corporation;
(v) the direct or indirect acquisition by a Major Carrier, any of its Affiliates or any combination thereof of Beneficial Ownership of 25% or more of the Capital Stock or Voting Power of a Continental Affected Company;
(vi) the direct or indirect acquisition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, by a Continental Affected Company of Airline Assets and associated employees, which Airline Assets on a stand alone basis would have pro forma annual passenger revenues for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters for which financial statements can be reasonably prepared in excess of the Revenue Threshold; or
(vii) the execution by a Continental Affected Company of bona fide definitive agreements, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by which would result in a transaction described in the immediately preceding clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) in no event shall a commercial cooperation agreement (such as the Northwest-KLM trans-Atlantic joint venture), which involves a Major Carrier or any of its Affiliates and a Continental Affected Party, which consists of code sharing, a joint venture or similar arrangement and which does not involve a sale, transfer, or acquisition of Airline Assets, be deemed to be a CO Change of Control, and (B) any such commercial cooperation agreement, which involves a Major Carrier or any of its Affiliates and a Continental Affected Party, which consists of code sharing, a joint venture or similar arrangement but which does involve a sale, transfer, or acquisition of Airline Assets, shall be deemed to be a CO Change of Control only if such transaction is otherwise within the scope of one or more of the preceding clauses (i) through (vii).
"Continental Affected Company" means (a) the Corporation and its successor, (b) any Holding Company of the Corporation, or (c) any Subsidiary of the Corporation or its successor or of any Holding Company of the Corporation, that in any such case owns, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the Airline Assets of the Corporation or its successor, such Holding Companies of the Corporation and such Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
"Encumbrance" means the direct or indirect grant by any Northwest Party or its successor to any other Person of the sole or shared power or right to vote or consent, or direct the voting or consenting of, the Share in any respect, whether by proxy, voting agreement, arrangement, or understanding (written or otherwise) voting trust, or otherwise (other than a revocable proxy granted to any director, officer or employee of a Northwest Party or the Corporation, or any counsel for any Northwest Party, or any corporate trust officer of Wilmington Trust Company or a national trust company solely for the limited purpose of voting the Share, the instructions for which are given solely by the relevant Northwest Party), or by joining a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other voting group or otherwise acting in concert with another Person (other than a revocable proxy referred to above) for the purpose or with the effect of voting or directing the vote of the Share.
"Holding Company" means, as applied to a Person, any other Person of whom such Person is, directly or indirectly, a Subsidiary.
"Institutional Investor" shall mean an institutional or other passive investor who, with respect to the securities relating to Voting Power that are the subject of the definition of Subsidiary herein, would be entitled to file a Statement on Schedule 13G (and not required to file a Statement on Schedule 13D) with respect to such securities under the rules promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in effect on November 15, 2000, but only so long as such investor would not be required to file a Statement on Schedule 13D with respect to such securities.
"Major Carrier" means an air carrier (other than the Corporation and its successors and any Subsidiary thereof or Northwest Airlines Corporation and its successors and any Subsidiary thereof), the annual passenger revenues of which (including its Subsidiaries' predecessor entities) for the most recently completed fiscal year for which audited financial statements are available are in excess of the Revenue Threshold as of the date of determination (or the U.S. dollar equivalent thereof).
"Northwest Affected Company" means (a) Northwest Airlines Corporation, Northwest and their respective successors, (b) any Holding Company of Northwest Airlines Corporation or Northwest, or (c) any Subsidiary of Northwest Airlines Corporation, Northwest or their respective successors or of any Holding Company or their respective successors, that in any such case owns, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the Airline Assets of Northwest Airlines Corporation, Northwest or their respective successors, such Holding Companies of Northwest Airlines Corporation, Northwest and such Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
"NW Change of Control" means:
(i) a merger, reorganization, share exchange, consolidation, tender or exchange offer, private purchase, business combination, recapitalization or similar transaction as a result of which (A) a Major Carrier or a Holding Company of a Major Carrier and a Northwest Affected Company are legally combined, (B) a Major Carrier, any of its Affiliates or any combination thereof acquires, directly or indirectly, Beneficial Ownership of 25% or more of the Capital Stock or Voting Power of a Northwest Affected Company, or (C) a Northwest Affected Company acquires, directly or indirectly, Beneficial Ownership of 25% or more of the Capital Stock or Voting Power of a Major Carrier;
(ii) the liquidation or dissolution of Northwest or its successor in connection with which Northwest or such successor ceases operations as an air carrier;
(iii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Airline Assets of Northwest Airlines Corporation (or its successor) and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis directly or indirectly to a Major Carrier, any Affiliate of a Major Carrier or any combination thereof, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions;
(iv) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the transpacific route network of Northwest or its successor other than to an Affiliate of Northwest;
(v) the direct or indirect acquisition by a Major Carrier, any of its Affiliates or any combination thereof of Beneficial Ownership of 25% or more of the Capital Stock or Voting Power of a Northwest Affected Company;
(vi) the direct or indirect acquisition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, by a Northwest Affected Company of Airline Assets and associated employees, which Airline Assets on a stand alone basis would have pro forma annual passenger revenues for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters for which financial statements can be reasonably prepared in excess of the Revenue Threshold; or
(vii) the execution by a Northwest Affected Company of bona fide definitive agreements, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by which would result in a transaction described in the immediately preceding clauses (i), (ii), (iii) (iv), (v) or (vi).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) in no event shall a commercial cooperation agreement (such as the Northwest-KLM trans-Atlantic joint venture), which involves a Major Carrier or any of its Affiliates and a Northwest Affected Party, which consists of code sharing, a joint venture or similar arrangement and which does not involve a sale, transfer, or acquisition of Airline Assets, be deemed to be a NW Change of Control, and (B) any such commercial cooperation agreement, which involves a Major Carrier or any of its Affiliates and a Northwest Affected Party, which consists of code sharing, a joint venture or similar arrangement but which does involve a sale, transfer, or acquisition of Airline Assets, shall be deemed to be a NW Change of Control only if such transaction is otherwise within the scope of one or more of the preceding clauses (i) through (vii).
"Revenue Threshold" means one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000), as such amount may be increased based on the amount by which, for any date of determination, the most recently published Consumer Price Index for all-urban consumers published by the Department of Labor (the "CPI") has increased to such date above the CPI for calendar year 2000. For purposes hereof, the CPI for calendar year 2000 is the monthly average of the CPI for the 12 months ending on December 31, 2000.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, business trust, joint stock company, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity of whatever nature.
"Subsidiary" (i) of any Person (other than an Institutional Investor) means any corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which more than 40% of the total Voting Power thereof or the Capital Stock thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (1) such Person, (2) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or (3) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person and (ii) of any Institutional Investor means any corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total Voting Power thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly, by such Institutional Investor.
"Voting Power" means, as of the date of determination, the voting power in the general election of directors, managers or trustees, as applicable.