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Continental Airlines enters equipment note deal

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Fri Jul 3, 2009 3:49pm EDT

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Continental Airlines Inc (CAL.N) said on Thursday that it made an agreement with Wells Fargo (WFC.N) and Wilmington Trust (WL.N) to finance planes.

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Wilmington Trust said it will provide corporate trustee services only for the transaction. It is not lending money to Continental.

In a securities filing, Continental said the agreement provides for future issuance of notes in the amount of $389.7 million to finance 12 owned and five new Boeing (BA.N) planes scheduled for delivery from July through September.



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