CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH NOT MATERIAL AND IS THE TYPE THAT THE REGISTRANT TRATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL.
Exhibit 4.20.9
| BOARD FILE NOS. | LAA-8613K |
LAX Van Nuys City of Los Angeles Karen Bass Board of Airport Karim Webb Matthew M. Johnson Vanessa Aramayo John Ackerman | RESOLUTION NO. 28276 WHEREAS, on recommendation of Management, there was presented for approval, Consent to Transfer of Ownership from Westfield Development LLC to ASUR US Commercial Airports LLC covering the terminal commercial management agreements for Terminals 1, 2, 3, 6 and the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport; and WHEREAS, Westfield Development LLC is the sole equity holder of URW Airports Inc., which holds the terminal commercial management (TCM) agreements for Terminals 1, 2, 3, 6 and the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX); and WHEREAS, the requested action allows ASUR US Commercial Airports LLC (ASUR) to take over all interests associated with the TCM agreements. Following the transfer, ASUR will manage and further develop the concessions programs in Terminals 1, 2, 3, 6 and TBIT, will maintain the current LAX operations team, will commit ASUR to specific requirements agreed upon by ASUR and Los Angeles World Airports to ensure the successful delivery of the transformation plan to be completed prior to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and continued excellence beyond 2028; and WHEREAS, actions taken on this item by the Board of Airport Commissioners will become final pursuant to the provisions of Los Angeles City Charter Section 606; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Airport Commissioners adopted the staff report; further adopted staff’s determination that the requested action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article II, Section 2.f of the Los Angeles City CEQA Guidelines; approved the Consent to Transfer of Ownership from Westfield Development LLC to ASUR US Commercial Airports LLC covering the terminal commercial management agreements for Terminals 1, 2, 3, 6 and the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport; and authorized the Chief Executive Officer, or designee, to execute said Consent to Transfer of Ownership from Westfield Development LLC to ASUR US Commercial Airports LLC subject to approval by the Los Angeles City Council and approval as to form by the City Attorney. o0o | |
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| I hereby certify that this Resolution No. 28276 is true and correct, as adopted by the Board of Airport Commissioners at its Special Meeting held on Thursday, November 13, 2025. | |
| /s/ Esther N. Alailima Semeatu | |
| Esther N. Alailima Semeatu - Assistant Secretary | |
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| Approved by the Los Angeles City Council on December 2. 2025 | |
| Board File |
| No. LAA-8640I |
9th AMENDMENT AND CONSENT TO TRANSFER
(LAA-8640)
THIS 9th AMENDMENT AND CONSENT TO TRANSFER (this “Consent”) executed this 4th day of December, 2025, by and among the CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF AIRPORTS (“City”), acting by order of and through its BOARD OF AIRPORT COMMISSIONERS (“Board”), and URW AIRPORTS, LLC (f/k/a WESTFIELD CONCESSION MANAGEMENT, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (“TCM”), ASUR US COMMERICAL AIRPORTS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Transferee”), and AEROPUERTO DE CANCUN, S.A. DE C.V., a Mexican corporation (“New Guarantor”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, City, acting by order of and through its Board, and TCM entered into that certain Los Angeles International Airport Terminal Commercial Management Concession Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2012 (as amended, “LAX Lease 2”or “Master Agreement”), conveying certain premises at Los Angeles International Airport and obligating TCM to operate, maintain and sublease said premises; and
WHEREAS, TCM is owned by Westfield Development, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Transferor”); and
WHEREAS, TCM’s obligation under LAX Lease 2 is guaranteed by URW WEA LLC (f/k/a Westfield America, Inc.) (“Current Guarantor”), pursuant to a Guaranty Agreement dated June 22, 2012 (as amended from time to time, “Guaranty Agreement 2” or “Current Guarantee”); and
WHEREAS, Transferor intends to transfer 100% of its interest in TCM to Transferee (“Transfer”) and has requested consent to such transfer and a release of Current Guarantor of its obligations under the Current Guarantees in exchange for New Guarantee from New Guarantor; and
WHEREAS, the Master Agreement provides that no interest in the ownership of TCM may be transferred without obtaining the prior written consent of City; and
WHEREAS, the Current Guarantees may only be terminated with the prior written consent of City.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1.City hereby consents to the Transfer, subject to the conditions set forth in this Consent. In consideration of City’s consent to the Assignment Agreement, Assignee accepts all terms and conditions in Exhibit B of this Consent (“Assignment Conditions”). The Terminal
Commercial Management Agreement is hereby amended, mutatis mutandis, to give full effect to the Assignment Conditions, and any breach of the Assignment Conditions shall be a General Non-Monetary Default of the Master Agreement, subject to cure under Section 11.1.12 of the Master Agreement.
2.Neither this Consent nor the Transfer shall operate to waive, modify, release or in any manner affect TCM’s liability under the Master Agreement. This Consent is subject to receipt by City of guarantees (“New Guarantee”) from New Guarantor in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and this Consent shall be null and void if the New Guarantee are not received by TCM on or prior to the date that is five (5) business days after the consummation of the Transfer (the “Transfer Date”). Upon receipt of the New Guarantee, the Current Guarantees shall automatically terminate and Current Guarantor shall have no further obligation arising therefrom for any liability arising subsequent to the Transfer Date. No other transfer, assignment or sublease of all or of any part of the rights and obligations of the Master Agreement shall be made by TCM without the prior written approval of City, except as provided in the Master Agreement.
3.Transferee hereby represents and warrants to City that:
(a) | Transferee and New Guarantor have the full power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under this Consent; |
(b) | this Consent constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Transferee and New Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms; |
(c) | the execution, implementation or performance of this Consent will not contravene any other contractual arrangements of Transferee or New Guarantor; |
(d) | Transferee and New Guarantor are not Prohibited Persons (as such term is defined in the Master Agreement); |
(e) | Transferee and New Guarantor are financially responsible, of good reputation, and engaged in a business which is in keeping with the standards of City in those respects for the Master Agreement; |
(f) | Transferee understands and acknowledges the current and future obligations of TCM under the Master Agreement and Tranfseree shall continue to operate TCM in a commercially reasonable manner, of a quality and consistency at least comparable with its operation over the prior term of the Master Agreement; and |
(g) | Transferee shall ensure that TCM maintains cash reserves as required under the Master Agreement. |
(h) | Transferee shall, effective as of the Transfer Date, accept and assume from WEA Finance, LLC and TCM all rights, duties, liabilities and obligations (including any amounts owed) under and in respect of those certain letters of credit identified on Exhibit C attached hereto and, on or no later than five (5) business days after the |
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Transfer Date, deliver to City an executed assignment and assumption agreement with WEA Finance, LLC, TCM and Bank of America, N. A. to that effect.
(i) | No later than five (5) business days after the Transfer Date, Transferee shall provide evidence of its California foreign limited liability name change and City of Los Angeles BTRC effected in connection with the Transfer. |
3.Any notices, demands, request or other communications given or required to be given under this Consent or the Master Agreement shall be effective only if given in writing, sent by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested), by hand-delivery, or by national overnight courier to all or any of the respective parties at the following addresses:
Transferee’s Address: | | Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, SAB de CV |
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With a copy to: | | Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP |
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City’s Address: | | Per the Master Agreement |
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New Guarantor’s Address: | | Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, SAB de CV |
or at such other addresses as any of the parties may designate by notice in writing to the other parties hereunder or under the Master Agreement for receipt of future notices.
4.This Consent shall not: (i) modify, waive, impair or affect provisions of the Master Agreement; (ii) waive any breach of the Master Agreement or any rights of City against TCM; or (iii) enlarge or increase the obligations of City under the Master Agreement. Except as specifically provided herein, this Consent shall not in any manner alter, change, modify, or affect any of the rights, privileges, duties, or obligations of either of the parties hereto, under, or by reason of said Agreement, as amended.
5.This Consent shall be binding on the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Consent may not be amended other than in an instrument in writing signed by all of the parties hereto; provided that the parties hereto are expressly forbidden from amending this Consent to the extent such amendment would modify the substance of this Consent in a
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manner adverse to the Current Guarantor without the Current Guarantor’s prior written consent. The Current Guarantor shall be an express third-party beneficiary of this Consent.
6.This Consent and any claim, dispute or controversy arising out of, under or related to this Consent, the relationship of the parties to this Consent, and/or the interpretation and enforcement of the rights and obligations of the parties to this Consent shall be governed by, interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to choice of law principles.
7.This Consent may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, and may be delivered in separate counterparts by electronic (“email”) delivery in “portable document format” (“pdf ”), each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of the signature page to this Consent by pdf shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Consent and shall be given full legal effect in accordance with applicable laws.
8.In the event of a conflict between the terms hereof and the Master Agreement, this Consent shall control to the extent of any such conflict.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands and seals as of the date first set forth above.
Approved as to form: | | CITY OF LOS ANGELES | ||
HYDEE FELDSTEIN SOTO, | | By signing below, the signatories attest that they have no personal, financial, beneficial, or familial interest in this contract. | ||
City Attorney | | |||
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By: | | | By: | |
| Deputy/Assistant City Attorney | | | Chief Executive Officer |
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Date: | | | | Airports |
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TCM:
URW AIRPORTS, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By: | /s/ Geoffrey Mason | |
Name: | Geoffrey Mason | |
Title: | President & Secretary | |
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TRANSFEREE:
ASUR US COMMERICAL AIRPORTS, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By: | /s/ Adolfo Castro Rivas | |
Name: | Adolfo Castro Rivas | |
Title: | Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer | |
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NEW GUARANTOR:
AEROPUERTO DE CANCUN, S.A. DE C.V.,
a Mexican corporation
By: | /s/ Adolfo Castro Rivas | |
Name: | Adolfo Castro Rivas | |
Title: | Representative | |
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EXHIBIT A
GUARANTY AGREEMENT
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, City has caused this Guaranty to be executed on its behalf by Executive Director and Guarantor has caused the same to be executed by its duly authorized officers and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed, all as of the day and year first above written.
APPROVED AS TO FORM: | | CITY OF LOS ANGELES | ||
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ATTEST: | | AEROPUERTO DE CANCÚN, S.A. DE C.V. | ||
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ATTEST: | | WESTFIELD AMERICA, INC. | ||
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EXHIBIT B
ASSIGNMENT CONDITIONS
● Terminal Commercial Manager (“TCM”) agrees to provide Los Angeles World Airports (“LAWA”) monthly updates regarding progress for each of the items below that are ongoing. ● ASUR agrees to the stated timelines below subject to LAWA’s support and timely approvals (as needed). The timelines below assume approval/response/feedback from LAWA within 10 business days after a request is made. ● [**] ● The parties agree that conditions #3 (Open/Close Monitoring Tech), #5 (Point of Sale Data), #12 (measure queue, regarding tech component), and #13 (re-concepting), require amendments to existing subleases with tenants. Such obligations will need to be included in future amendments with tenants, and LAWA agrees to require such conditions as part of the amendment consent process. | ||
5 | ASUR/URW must provide accessibility to all data as requested, such as POS data, queue times, daily sales details, including POS data and ensure LAWA retains ability to access and control customer data as requested. | TCM shall do the following: Q1 2026 Phase 1: Assessment (Days 1-90) Evaluate current solution viability. Research alternative solutions and deployment requirements, including legal constraints Phase 2: Selection & Alignment (Days 91-150) Procure chosen solution. Provide LAWA with lease language for TCM inclusion in Tenant Agreements, including adoption deadline (based on deployment timeline). Assess total investment cost. Meet with LAWA to confirm final selection and integration feasibility. Phase 3: Deployment Planning (Days 151-220) Develop detailed deployment plan. Align on usage protocols, reporting standards, and communication strategy. Phase 4 (per deployment schedule): Implementation |
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9 | ASUR/URW must demonstrate the capital investment commitments in each location to advance the terminal theme and include unexpected elements that surprise and delight - include one development of one ‘key experience’ and programming element by terminal and a non food and beverage/retail. A plan must be presented within three months with discussions to follow on implementation timeline. | Beyond what has already been proposed as part of the Midterm Refurbishment Plan, TCM shall implement at least one key experience by terminal and will present within 3 months as proposed by LAWA. TCM shall also selectively submit ideas for non-premise (reimbursable) to holistically address the terminal experience and will collaborate with LAWA on this process. TCM requires 10-day approval windows to protect schedule. Further, TCM shall explore the potential of retaining Story land &/or Gensler, along with comparable third-party proposals for competitive tension, towards ensuring vision alignment, speed and synergies. |
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EXHIBIT C
Letters of Credit
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