aa09258k.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D. C. 20549
_____________
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of
earliest event
reported:
September 25, 2008
American
Airlines,
Inc. _
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-2691 13-1502798 _
(State of
Incorporation) ( Commission File Number) (IRS
Employer Identification No.)
4333 Amon Carter
Blvd. Fort Worth,
Texas 76155
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(817)
963-1234 _
(Registrant's
telephone number)
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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[
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Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
On Sept.
25, 2008, AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, Inc.,
provided notice of its intent to draw its $255 million revolving credit
facility. The draw on the credit facility is intended to reduce the amount of a
potential credit card hold back reserve, as described in AMR’s Form 10-Q filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 17, 2008, that could be
imposed in the fourth quarter of 2008 based on the terms of one of American’s
credit card processing agreements. The amount of the hold back reserve from such
agreement may be based on, among other things, the amount of unrestricted cash
(which does not include undrawn credit facilities) held by American and
American’s debt service coverage ratio.
The
expected proceeds from the facility were included in the Company’s projected
total cash and short-term investment balance of approximately $4.9 billion,
including a restricted balance of approximately $455 million, for the end of the
third quarter of 2008, as disclosed in the Company’s Form 8-K filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 18, 2008.
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 hereunto
duly authorized.
American
Airlines, Inc.
/s/ Kenneth W.
Wimberly
Kenneth
W. Wimberly
Corporate
Secretary
Dated: September
25, 2008