The Seller Notes will bear interest at a rate of 8.5% per annum until the fifth anniversary of the Closing and 11.0% per annum thereafter.

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Now they will bear interest-rate risk too.

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Besides debt repayment obligations, AMR is likely to bear high interest costs as refinancing debt on favorable terms would be very challenging for the airline, given its history of poor operating profitability.

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