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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 Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 5, 2008
NVR, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Virginia
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1-12378
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54-1394360 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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(Commission File
Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
11700 Plaza America Drive, Suite 500, Reston, VA 20190
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: 703-956-4000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Items 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement
On August 5, 2008, NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc. (NVRM or the Seller), a wholly owned
subsidiary of NVR, Inc., entered into a Master Repurchase Agreement with U.S. Bank National
Association, as Agent and representative of itself as a Buyer, and the other Buyers (the
Repurchase Agreement). The purpose of the Repurchase Agreement is to finance the
origination of mortgage loans by NVRM. The Repurchase Agreement provides for loan purchases
up to $110 million, subject to certain sublimits. In addition, the Repurchase Agreement
provides for an accordion feature under which NVRM may request that the aggregate
commitments under the Repurchase Agreement be increased to an amount up to $150 million.
The Repurchase Agreement expires on August 4, 2009. The Repurchase Agreement replaces
NVRMs existing warehouse credit facility dated September 7, 1999, as amended as of August
23, 2007, with U.S. Bank National Association, as agent (Warehouse Agreement), which was
set to expire on August 21, 2008.
Advances under the Repurchase Agreement carry a Pricing Rate based on the Libor Rate
plus the Libor Margin, as defined in the Repurchase Agreement, or at NVRMs option, the
Balance Funded Rate, as defined in the Repurchase Agreement.
The Repurchase Agreement contains various affirmative and negative covenants. The
negative covenants include among others, certain limitations on transactions involving
acquisitions, mergers, the incurrence of debt, sale of assets and creation of liens upon any
of its Mortgage Notes. Additional covenants include (i) a tangible net worth requirement,
(ii) a minimum tangible net worth ratio, (iii) a minimum net income requirement, and (iv) a
minimum liquidity requirement.
The Repurchase Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein
by reference. The above referenced summary of the material terms of the Repurchase
Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 10.1.
Items 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
Effective August 5, 2008, NVRMs Warehouse Agreement (referenced in Item 1.01 above)
was terminated. The Warehouse Agreement was set to expire on August 21, 2008.
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Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The disclosure contained in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
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Description |
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10.1
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Master Repurchase Agreement dated August 5, 2008 among U.S. Bank National
Association, as Agent and a Buyer, the other Buyers party hereto and NVR Mortgage
Finance, Inc., as Seller. |
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SIGNATURES
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.
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NVR, Inc. |
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Date August 8, 2008
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By:
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/s/ Dennis M. Seremet
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Name:
Title:
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Dennis M. Seremet
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit Number |
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10.1
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Master Repurchase Agreement dated August 5, 2008 among U.S. Bank National
Association, as Agent and a Buyer, the other Buyers party hereto and NVR Mortgage
Finance, Inc., as Seller. |
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EXHIBIT 10.1
MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
(for NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc.)
dated as of August 5, 2008
among
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Agent and a Buyer,
THE OTHER BUYERS PARTY HERETO
and
NVR MORTGAGE FINANCE, INC., as Seller
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT |
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1 |
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APPLICABILITY AND DEFINED TERMS |
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1 |
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1.1. |
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Applicability |
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1.2. |
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Defined Terms |
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1.3. |
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Other Definitional Provisions |
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27 |
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THE BUYERS COMMITMENTS |
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27 |
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2.1. |
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The Buyers' Commitments to Purchase |
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27 |
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2.2. |
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Expiration or Termination of the Commitments |
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28 |
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2.3. |
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Request for Increase in Maximum Aggregate Commitment |
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28 |
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2.4. |
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Swing Line Commitment |
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28 |
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2.5. |
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Swing Line Transactions |
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28 |
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2.6. |
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Optional Reduction or Termination of Buyers' Commitments |
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29 |
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INITIATION; TERMINATION |
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3.1. |
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Seller Request; Agent Confirmation |
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30 |
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3.2. |
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Syndication of Purchases |
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30 |
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3.3. |
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Request/Confirmation |
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3.4. |
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Transaction Termination; Purchase Price Decrease |
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31 |
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3.5. |
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Place for Payments of Repurchase Prices |
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32 |
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3.6. |
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Withdrawals from and Credits to Operating Account |
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32 |
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3.7. |
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Transfer of Existing Mortgage Loan Portfolio |
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32 |
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3.8. |
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Special Terms Applicable to the Existing Mortgage Loan Portfolio |
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33 |
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3.9. |
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Delivery of Additional Mortgage Loans |
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3.10. |
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Application of Repurchase Price Payments |
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TRANSACTION LIMITS AND SUBLIMITS |
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Transaction Limits |
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Transaction Sublimits |
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PRICE DIFFERENTIAL |
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Pricing Rate |
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Seller's Election of Pricing Rate |
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Seller's Re-election of the Pricing Rate |
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Balances Deficiency Fees |
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Monthly Conversion of Balance Funded Segments |
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Pricing Rate for Default Pricing Rate Purchased Loans |
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Price Differential Payment Due Dates |
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MARGIN MAINTENANCE |
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Margin Deficit |
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Margin Call Deadline |
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Application of Cash |
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Increased Cost |
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Capital Adequacy |
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Agents Report |
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Provisions Relating to LIBOR Rate and Balance Funded Rate |
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TAXES |
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Payments to be Free of Taxes; Withholding |
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7.2. |
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Other Taxes |
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Taxes Indemnity |
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Receipt |
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7.5. |
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Non-Exempt Buyer |
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If Buyer Fails to Provide Form |
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Survival |
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Treatment of Certain Refunds |
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7.9. |
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Mitigation Obligations |
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7.10. |
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Delay in Requests |
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INCOME AND ESCROW PAYMENTS; CONTROL |
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FACILITY FEE; AGENTS FEE |
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9.1. |
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Facility Fee; Non-Use |
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9.2. |
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Agents Fee |
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SECURITY INTEREST |
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10.1. |
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Intent of the Parties |
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SUBSTITUTION |
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Seller May Substitute Other Mortgage Loans with Notice to and Approval of Agent |
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11.2. |
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Payment to Accompany Substitution |
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PAYMENT AND TRANSFER |
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12.1. |
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Immediately Available Funds; Notice to Custodian |
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12.2. |
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Payments to the Agent |
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12.3. |
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If Payment Not Made When Due |
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12.4. |
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Payments Valid and Effective |
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12.5. |
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Pro Rata Distribution of Payments |
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SEGREGATION OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PURCHASED LOANS |
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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14.1. |
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Initial Purchase |
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14.2. |
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Each Purchase |
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REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS |
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15.1. |
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Buyers, Agent and Seller Representations |
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15.2. |
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Additional Seller Representations |
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15.3. |
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Special Representations Relating to the Purchased Loans |
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15.4. |
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Representations and Warranties Relating to Specific Transactions |
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15.5. |
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Survival |
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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16.1. |
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Daily Forward Delivery Report |
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16.2. |
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Office of Foreign Assets Control and USA Patriot Act |
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16.3. |
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Financial Statements |
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16.4. |
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Financial Statements Will Be Accurate |
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16.5. |
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Other Reports |
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16.6. |
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Maintain Existence and Statuses; Conduct of Business |
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16.7. |
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Compliance with Applicable Laws |
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16.8. |
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Inspection of Properties and Books;
Protection of Sellers Proprietary Information; Buyers Due
Diligence of Seller |
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16.9. |
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Privacy of Customer Information |
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16.10. |
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Notice of Suits, Etc. and Notice |
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16.11. |
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Payment of Taxes, Etc. |
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16.12. |
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Insurance; fidelity bond |
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16.13. |
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Maintain Lien on Mortgaged Premises |
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16.14. |
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Subordination of Certain Indebtedness |
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16.15. |
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Certain Debt to Remain Unsecured |
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16.16. |
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Promptly Correct Escrow Imbalances |
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16.17. |
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MERS Covenants |
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16.18. |
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Special Affirmative Covenants Concerning Purchased Loans |
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16.19. |
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Coordination with Other Lenders/Repo Purchasers and Their Custodians |
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69 |
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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No Merger |
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17.2. |
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Limitation on Debt and Contingent Indebtedness |
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17.3. |
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Business |
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17.4. |
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Liquidations, Dispositions of Substantial Assets |
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17.5. |
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Loans, Advances, and Investments |
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71 |
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17.6. |
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Use of Proceeds |
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17.7. |
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Transactions with Affiliates |
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72 |
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17.8. |
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Liens |
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72 |
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17.9. |
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ERISA Plans |
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72 |
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17.10. |
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Change of Principal Office; Fiscal Year |
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72 |
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17.11. |
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Distributions |
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72 |
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17.12. |
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Tangible Net Worth |
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73 |
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17.13. |
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Tangible Net Worth Ratio |
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73 |
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17.14. |
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Net Income |
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73 |
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17.15. |
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Liquidity |
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73 |
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17.16. |
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Special Negative Covenants Concerning Purchased Loans |
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73 |
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17.17. |
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No Changes in Accounting Practices |
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17.18. |
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Subordinated Debt |
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17.19. |
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Tax Payments |
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73 |
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17.20. |
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Tax Allocation Agreement |
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73 |
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT; EVENT OF TERMINATION |
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18.1. |
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Events of Default |
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73 |
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18.2. |
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Transaction Termination |
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75 |
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18.3. |
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Termination by the Agent |
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75 |
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18.4. |
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Remedies |
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18.5. |
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Liability for Expenses and Damages |
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76 |
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18.6. |
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Liability for Interest |
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18.7. |
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Other Rights |
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77 |
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18.8. |
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Sellers Repurchase Rights |
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18.9. |
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Sale of Purchased Loans |
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77 |
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SERVICING OF THE PURCHASED LOANS |
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77 |
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19.1. |
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Servicing Released Basis |
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19.2. |
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Servicing and Subservicing |
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19.3. |
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Escrow Payments |
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78 |
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19.4. |
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Escrow and Income after Event of Default |
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78 |
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19.5. |
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Servicing Records |
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78 |
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19.6. |
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Subservicer Instruction Letter |
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19.7. |
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Termination of Servicing |
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19.8. |
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Notice from Seller |
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19.9. |
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Seller Remains Liable |
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19.10. |
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Backup Servicer |
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19.11. |
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Successor Servicer |
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PAYMENT OF EXPENSES; INDEMNITY |
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20.1. |
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Expenses |
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20.2. |
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Indemnity |
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81 |
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SINGLE AGREEMENT |
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82 |
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RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE AGENT AND THE BUYERS |
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22.1. |
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Agents Duties |
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22.2. |
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Limitation on Duty to Disclose |
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83 |
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22.3. |
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Actions Requiring All Buyers Consent |
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83 |
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22.4. |
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Actions Requiring Required Buyers Consent |
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84 |
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22.5. |
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Agents Discretionary Actions |
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84 |
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22.6. |
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Buyers Cooperation |
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85 |
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22.7. |
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Buyers Sharing Arrangement |
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85 |
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22.8. |
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Buyers Acknowledgment |
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85 |
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22.9. |
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Agent Market Value Determinations |
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86 |
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22.10. |
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Agents Representations to Buyers |
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86 |
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22.11. |
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Agents Duty of Care, Express Negligence Waiver and Release |
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87 |
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22.12. |
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Calculations of Shares of Principal and Other Sums |
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87 |
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22.13. |
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Resignation or Removal of the Agent |
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87 |
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22.14. |
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Effective Date of Resignation of the Agent |
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88 |
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22.15. |
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Successor Agent |
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88 |
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22.16. |
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Merger of the Agent |
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88 |
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22.17. |
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Participation; Assignment |
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88 |
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22.18. |
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Replacement of Buyers |
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91 |
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22.19. |
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The Agent and the Buyers are the only Beneficiaries of this Section |
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91 |
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23 |
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NOTICES AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS |
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91 |
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24 |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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93 |
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24.1. |
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Further Assurances |
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93 |
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24.2. |
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Agent as Attorney in Fact |
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93 |
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24.3. |
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Wires to Seller |
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93 |
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24.4. |
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Wires to Agent |
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93 |
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24.5. |
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Receipt; Available Funds |
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93 |
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25 |
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ENTIRE AGREEMENT; SEVERABILITY |
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94 |
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NON-ASSIGNABILITY; TERMINATION |
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94 |
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Limited Assignment |
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94 |
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26.2. |
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Remedies Exception |
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94 |
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26.3. |
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Agreement Termination |
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94 |
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27 |
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COUNTERPARTS |
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94 |
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28 |
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GOVERNING LAW, JURISDICTION AND VENUE |
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94 |
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29 |
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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95 |
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30 |
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RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES |
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95 |
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31 |
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NO WAIVERS, ETC. |
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96 |
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32 |
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USE OF EMPLOYEE PLAN ASSETS |
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96 |
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32.1. |
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Prohibited Transactions |
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96 |
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32.2. |
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Audited Financial Statements Required |
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96 |
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32.3. |
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Representations |
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96 |
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33 |
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INTENT |
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97 |
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33.1. |
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Transactions are Repurchase Agreements and Securities Contracts |
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97 |
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33.2. |
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Contractual Rights, Etc. |
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97 |
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33.3. |
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FDIA |
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97 |
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33.4. |
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Master Netting Agreement |
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97 |
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DISCLOSURE RELATING TO CERTAIN FEDERAL PROTECTIONS |
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98 |
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Parties not Protected by SIPA or Insured by FDIC or NCUSIF |
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98 |
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34.2. |
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SIPA Does Not Protect Government Securities Broker or Dealer Counterparty |
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98 |
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34.3. |
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Transaction Funds Are Not Insured Deposits |
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98 |
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USA PATRIOT ACT NOTIFICATION |
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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
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Exhibit A
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Form of Request/Confirmation |
Exhibit B
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Opinions Required for Opinion of Counsel to Seller |
Exhibit C
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Form of Officers Certificate with Computations to Show Compliance or Non-Compliance with
Certain Financial Covenants |
Exhibit D
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List of Subsidiaries of the Seller as of the Effective Date |
Exhibit E
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Form of Corporation Tax Treatment Certificate |
Exhibit F
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Assignment and Assumption |
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Schedule AI
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Approved Investors |
Schedule AR
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Authorized Seller Representatives List Effective as of March 27, 2008 |
Schedule BC
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The Buyers Committed Sums |
Schedule BP
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List of Basic Papers |
Schedule DQ
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Disqualifiers |
Schedule EL
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Eligible Loans |
Schedule 15.2(f)
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Material Adverse Changes and Contingent Liabilities |
Schedule 15.2(g)
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Pending Litigation |
Schedule 15.2(o)
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Existing Liens |
Schedule 15.2(t)
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Affilate Transactions |
Schedule 15.3
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Special Representations and Warranties with Respect to each Purchased
Loan |
Schedule 16.1
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Market Analysis Report |
Schedule 17.2
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Existing Debt |
Schedule 23
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Buyers Addresses for Notice as of August 5, 2008 |
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MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of August 5, 2008, between and
among NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the Seller), U.S. Bank National
Association, as Agent and representative of itself as a Buyer and the other Buyers (the Agent and
sometimes U.S. Bank), and the other Buyers, as defined in Section 1.2.
RECITALS
1 Applicability and Defined Terms.
1.1. Applicability. From time to time the parties hereto may enter into transactions in which
Seller agrees to transfer to Agent on behalf of the Buyers, Eligible Loans on a servicing released
basis against the transfer of funds by Buyers, with a simultaneous agreement by the Buyers to
transfer to Seller such Eligible Loans at a date certain or on demand in the event of termination
pursuant to Section 18.2 hereof, or if no demand is sooner made, on the Termination Date,
against the transfer of funds by Seller. Each such transaction shall be referred to herein as a
Transaction and shall be governed by this Agreement, as hereinafter defined.
U.S. Bank has also agreed to provide a separate revolving swing line repurchase facility to
initially and temporarily purchase Eligible Loans pending their purchase by all of the Buyers
pursuant to this Agreement.
The parties hereby specifically declare that it is their intention that this Master Repurchase
Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Agreement, which term includes the preamble above) and the purchases of Eligible Loans made
pursuant to it (under both its regular and swing line provisions) are to be treated as repurchase
transactions under Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended (the Bankruptcy Code),
including all rights that accrue to Buyers by virtue of sections 559, 561 and 562 of the Bankruptcy
Code. This Agreement also contains lien provisions with respect to the Purchased Loans so that if,
contrary to the intent of the parties, any court of competent jurisdiction characterizes any
Transaction as a financing, rather than a purchase, under applicable law, including the applicable
provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, the Agent is deemed to have a first priority perfected security
interest in and to the Purchased Loans to secure the payment and performance of all of the Sellers
Obligations under this Agreement.
The Buyers agreement to establish and continue the revolving repurchase facilities, and U.S.
Banks agreement to establish and continue such revolving swing line repurchase facility, are each
made upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If there is any conflict or
inconsistency between any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement and any of the other
Repurchase Documents, this Agreement shall govern and control. If there is any conflict between
any provision of this Agreement and any later supplement, amendment, restatement or replacement of
it, then the latter shall govern and control.
1.2. Defined Terms. Except where otherwise specifically stated, capitalized terms used in
this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents have the meanings assigned to them below or
elsewhere in this Agreement.
Accepted Servicing Practices means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, (i) those mortgage
loan servicing standards and procedures in accordance with all applicable state, local and federal
laws, rules and regulations and (ii)(y) the mortgage loan servicing standards and procedures
prescribed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in each case as set forth in the Fannie Mae Servicing
Guide or Freddie Mac Servicing Guide, as applicable, and in the directives or applicable
publications of such agency, as such may be amended or supplemented from time to time, or (z) with
respect to any Mortgage Loans and any matters or circumstances as to which no such standard or
procedure applies, the servicing standards, procedures and practices Seller uses with respect to
its own assets as of the date of this Agreement, subject to reasonable changes.
Additional Purchased Loans means Eligible Loans transferred by Seller to Buyers pursuant to,
and as defined in, Section 6.1.
Adjusted Tangible Net Worth means, as of any date, the sum of (a) all assets of the Seller
and the Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, minus (b) the sum of (i) all Debt and all Contingent
Indebtedness of the Seller and the Subsidiaries, and (ii) all assets of the Seller and the
Subsidiaries which would be classified as intangible assets under GAAP, including, but not limited
to, Capitalized Servicing Rights, goodwill (whether representing the excess of cost over book value
of assets acquired or otherwise), patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, franchises,
deferred charges and intercompany receivables.
Affiliate means and includes, with respect to a specified Person, any other Person:
(a) that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the specified Person (in this definition only,
the term Control means having the power to set or direct management policies, directly or
indirectly);
(b) that is a director, trustee, partner, member or executive officer of the specified
Person or serves in a similar capacity in respect of the specified Person;
(c) of which the specified Person is a director, trustee, partner, member or executive
officer or with respect to which the specified Person serves in a similar capacity and over
whom the specified Person, either alone or together with one or more other Persons similarly
situated, has Control;
(d) that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, is the beneficial
owner of ten percent (10%) or more of any class of equity securities which does not
include any MBS of the specified Person; or
(e) of which the specified Person is directly or indirectly the owner of ten percent
(10%) or more of any class of equity securities of the specified Person.
Agency means Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
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Agency-eligible Forty Year Loans means fully documented amortizing Conforming Mortgage Loans
which have original terms to stated maturity greater than thirty (30) year and up to forty (40)
years, which are eligible for purchase by an Agency.
Agency-eligible Forty Year Loans Sublimit is defined in the table in Section 4.2(c).
Agency MBS means MBS issued or guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by
Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
Agent is defined above.
Agents Fee is defined in Section 9.2.
Aggregate Outstanding Purchase Price means as of any Determination Date, an amount equal to
the sum of the Purchase Prices for all Purchased Loans included in all Open Transactions.
Agreement is defined in the Recitals.
Approved Investor means Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and any of the Persons listed on
Schedule Al, as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time by agreement of the
Seller and the Agent; provided, that (a) persons listed on Schedule A1
shall be Approved Investors only with respect to the type(s) of Mortgage Loans for which they are
specified as an Approved Investor on Schedule A1, and (b) if the Agent shall give written
notice to the Seller of the Agents disapproval of any Approved Investor(s) named in the notice,
the Approved Investor(s) so named shall no longer be (an) Approved Investor(s) from and after the
time when the Agent sends that notice to the Seller or such later date as may be specified by the
Agent in its sole discretion.
Authorized Seller Representative means a representative of the Seller duly designated by all
requisite corporate action to execute any certificate, schedule or other document contemplated or
required by this Agreement or the Custody Agreement on behalf of the Seller and as its act and
deed. A list of Authorized Seller Representatives current as of the Effective Date is attached as
Schedule AR. The Seller will provide an updated list of Authorized Seller Representatives
to the Agent and the Custodian promptly following each addition to or subtraction from such list,
and the Agent, the Buyers and the Custodian shall be entitled to rely on each such list until such
an updated list is received by the Agent and the Custodian.
Backup Servicer means U.S. Bank Home Mortgage, Inc. or any other Person designated by Agent,
in its sole discretion, to act as a backup servicer of the Purchased Loans in accordance with
Section 19.10.
Balance Funded Amount means with respect to any Buyer for any calendar month, the average of
the Qualifying Balances of such Buyer for such calendar month.
Balance Funded Rate means a per annum rate equal to the LIBOR Margin plus 0.20%.
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Balance Funded Segment means a portion of the outstanding Purchase Price on Open
Transactions on which the Pricing Rate is determined by reference to the Balance Funded Rate for
the applicable type of Eligible Loan.
Bankruptcy Code is defined in the Recitals.
Basic Papers means all of the Loan Papers that must be delivered to the Custodian (in the
case of Dry Loans, prior to the related Purchase Date and, in the case of Wet Loans, on or before
the fourth (4th) Business Day after the related Purchase Date) in order for any particular
Purchased Loan to continue to have Market Value. Schedule BP lists the Basic Papers.
Business Day means any day when both (1) the Agents main branch in Minneapolis, Minnesota
is open for regular commercial banking business and (2) federal funds wire transfers can be made.
Buyer means U.S. Bank and each other Person from time to time party to this agreement as a
Buyer. Persons who are currently Buyers on any day shall be listed as Buyers in Schedule
BC in effect for that day.
Buyer Affiliate means (a) with respect to any Buyer, (i) an Affiliate of such Buyer or (ii)
any entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) that is engaged in making,
purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in securities and mortgage reverse repurchase
agreements, bank loans and similar financial arrangements in the ordinary course of its business
and is administered or managed by such Buyer or an Affiliate of such Buyer and (b) with respect to
any Buyer that is a fund which invests in securities and mortgage reverse repurchase agreements,
bank loans and similar financial arrangements, any other fund that invests in securities and
mortgage reverse repurchase agreements, bank loans and similar financial arrangements and is
managed by the same investment advisor as such Buyer or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
Buyers Margin Percentage means:
(i) for all Eligible Loans except Jumbo Loans, ninety-eight percent (98%); and
(ii) for Jumbo Loans, ninety-five percent (95%).
Capitalized Servicing Rights means for any Person, all rights to service Mortgage Loans
which would be capitalized under GAAP (regardless of whether such rights result from asset
securitizations, whole loan sales or originations of Mortgage Loans).
Cash Equivalents means and includes, on any day:
(i) any evidence of debt issued by the United States government or any agency thereof,
or guaranteed as to the timely payment of principal and interest by the United States
government, and maturing ninety (90) days or less after that day; and
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(ii) any certificate of deposit or bankers acceptance issued by a commercial bank that
is a member of the Federal Reserve System and has a combined unimpaired capital and surplus
and unimpaired undivided profits of not less than Two Hundred Million Dollars
($200,000,000), and maturing not more than ninety (90) days after that day.
Central Elements means and includes the value of a substantial part of the Purchased Loans;
the prospects for payment of each portion of the Repurchase Price, both Purchase Price and Price
Differential, when due; the validity or enforceability of this Agreement and the other Repurchase
Documents and, as to any Person referred to in any reference to the Central Elements, such Persons
and its consolidated Subsidiaries property, business operations, financial condition and ability
to fulfill and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents to
which it is a party, each taken as a whole.
Certified Copy means a copy of an original Basic Paper or Supplemental Paper accompanied by
(or on which there is stamped) a certification by an officer of either a title insurer or an agent
of a title insurer (whether a title agency or a closing attorney) or, except where otherwise
specified below, by an Authorized Seller Representative or an officer of the Servicer (if other
than the Seller) or subservicer of the relevant Mortgage Loan, that such copy is a true copy of the
original and (if applicable) that the original has been sent to the appropriate governmental filing
office for recording in the jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Premises are located. Each
such certification shall be conclusively deemed to be a representation and warranty by the
certifying officer, agent, Authorized Seller Representative or officer of the relevant Servicer or
subservicer, as applicable, to the Agent, the Buyers and the Custodian upon which each may rely.
Change in Law means (a) the adoption of any applicable Legal Requirement after the Effective
Date, (b) any change in any applicable Legal Requirement or in the interpretation or application
thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Effective Date or (c) reasonable compliance by any
Buyer (or by any applicable office of any Buyer) with any request, guideline or directive (whether
or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Effective
Date.
Change of Control in respect of the Seller means (a) the occurrence of Parent not owning
directly, or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding ownership interests of the Seller, or
(b) any of the following circumstances: (i) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert
acquiring beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of equity interests
of Parent representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of all equity interests of Parent
entitled to vote in the election of directors; or (ii) during any period of up to twelve
consecutive months, whether commencing before or after the Effective Date, individuals who at the
beginning of such twelve-month period were directors of the Parent ceasing for any reason to
constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Parent (other than by reason of death,
disability or scheduled retirement); or (iii) any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert
acquiring by contract or otherwise, or entering into a contract or arrangement which upon
consummation will result in its or their acquisition of, control over equity interests of the
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Parent representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of all equity interests of the
Parent entitled to vote in the election of directors.
Commitment means, for each Buyer, its commitment under Section 2.1, subject to
reduction as described in Section 2.6, to fund its Funding Share of Transactions, limited
to such Buyers Committed Sum. Such term also includes U.S. Banks commitment under Section
2.4 to fund Swing Line Transactions, limited to the Swing Line Limit, upon and subject to the
terms of this Agreement.
Committed Sum means, for any day, the maximum total amount a Buyer is committed on that day
to fund for the purchase from the Seller of Eligible Loans on a revolving basis pursuant to this
Agreement without giving effect to any Transaction, on its terms and subject to its conditions.
From the Effective Date of this Agreement through the Termination Date or such other date (if any)
when all or any of them is changed by operation of the provisions of any agreement, the Committed
Sums for the Buyers are as set forth on Schedule BC, as it may be amended and restated from time to
time.
Conforming Mortgage Loan means a first priority Single-family residential Mortgage Loan that
is (i) FHA insured, (ii) VA guaranteed or, (iii) a conventional mortgage loan that fully conforms
to all Agency underwriting and other requirements, excluding expanded criteria loans as defined
under any Agency program.
Consolidated refers to the consolidation of any Person, in accordance with GAAP, with its
properly consolidated subsidiaries. References herein to a Persons Consolidated financial
statements refer to the consolidated financial statements of such Person and its properly
consolidated subsidiaries.
Contingent Indebtedness of any Person at a particular date means the sum (without
duplication) at such date of (a) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit,
acceptances, or similar obligations issued or created for the account of such Person, (b) all
obligations of such Person under any contract, agreement or understanding of such Person pursuant
to which such Person guarantees, or in effect guarantees, any indebtedness or other obligations of
any other Person in any matter, whether directly or indirectly, contingently or absolutely, in
whole or in part and (c) all liabilities secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person,
whether or not such Person has assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof, in each
case excluding any such liabilities or obligations that constitute Debt.
Corporation Tax Treatment Certificate is defined in Section 7.5(a).
Currency Agreement means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures
contract, option contract, synthetic cap or other similar agreement or arrangement for the purpose
of hedging the currency risk associated with the Sellers and its Subsidiaries operations and not
for speculative purposes.
Custodian means U.S. Bank, as Custodian under the Custody Agreement, or any successor
custodian under the Custody Agreement acceptable to the Agent.
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Custodians Fees are the fees to be paid by the Seller to the Custodian for its services
under the Custody Agreement, as provided for in the Custody Agreement or by a separate agreement.
Such fees are separate from and in addition to other fees to be paid to the Buyers and the Agent
provided for in this Agreement.
Custody Agreement means the Custody Agreement dated concurrently herewith among the Agent,
the Seller and U.S. Bank, as Custodian, as it may be supplemented, amended or restated from time to
time.
Customer means and includes each maker of a Mortgage Note and each cosigner, guarantor,
endorser, surety and assumptor thereof, and each mortgagor or grantor under a Mortgage, whether or
not such Person has personal liability for its payment of the Mortgage Loan evidenced or secured
thereby, in whole or in part.
Debt means, with respect to any Person, on any day, the sum of the following (without
duplication):
(1) all of that Persons debt or other obligations which, in accordance with GAAP,
should be included in determining total liabilities as shown on the liabilities side of that
Persons balance sheet for that day;
(2) all of that Persons debt or other obligations for borrowed money or for the
deferred purchase price of property or services, except that non-recourse MBS Debt arising
out of transactions structured to qualify for GAAP sale treatment shall be excluded;
(3) all of any other Persons debt or other obligations for borrowed money or for the
deferred purchase price of property or services in respect of which such Person is liable,
contingently or otherwise, to pay or advance money or property as guarantor, surety,
endorser or otherwise (excluding such Persons contingent liability as endorser of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), or which such
Person has agreed to purchase or otherwise acquire;
(4) obligations of that Person under repurchase agreements, reverse repurchase
agreements, mortgage warehouse lines of credit, sale/buy-back agreements or like
arrangements;
(5) all debt for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or
services secured by a Lien on any property owned or being purchased by that Person (even
though that Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment of such debt);
provided that the amount of Indebtedness attributable to non-recourse debt described
in this clause (5) shall be the lesser of the market value of such property and the
outstanding amount of the debt so secured;
(6) obligations of that Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter
derivative transaction, including any Hedge Agreement whether entered into for hedging or
speculative purposes;
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provided that, for purposes of this Agreement, there shall be excluded from the calculation
of Debt for that day both (i) such Persons obligations to pay to another Person any sums collected
and held by the subject Person (as loan servicer, escrow agent or collection agent or in a similar
capacity) for the account of such other Person, and (ii) Qualified Subordinated Debt.
Default means the occurrence of any event or existence of any condition that, but for the
giving of notice, the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Default Pricing Rate means, on any day and with respect to any Transaction, a rate per annum
equal to the otherwise applicable Pricing Rate plus two percent (2.0%) per annum.
Determination Date means the date as of, or for, which a specified characteristic of a
Mortgage Loan or other subject matter is being determined for purposes of a provision of this
Agreement or another Repurchase Document.
Disqualifier means any of the circumstances or events affecting Purchased Loans that are
described on Schedule DQ.
Dry Loan means an Eligible Loan originated by the Seller that has been closed, funded and
qualifies without exception as an Eligible Loan, including satisfying the requirement that all of
its Basic Papers have been delivered to the Custodian.
Effective Date means August 5, 2008.
Electronic Agent means MERSCORP, Inc. or its successor in interest or assigns.
Electronic Tracking Agreement means a written Electronic Tracking Agreement among the
Seller, the Agent, MERS and the Electronic Agent, in form and substance acceptable to the Seller
and the Agent, as it may be supplemented, amended, restated or replaced from time to time.
Eligible Loans is defined on Schedule EL.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and any successor statute,
as amended from time to time, and all rules and regulations promulgated under it.
ERISA Affiliates means all members of the group of corporations and trades or businesses
(whether or not incorporated) which, together with the Seller, are treated as a single employer
under Section 414 of the Code.
ERISA Plan means any pension benefit plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the
Code maintained or contributed to by the Seller or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to which the
Seller has a fixed or contingent liability.
Escrow Account shall mean the Escrow Account established by the Seller with a bank
satisfactory to the Agent under Section 8, into which amounts paid for escrow accumulation
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under Purchased Loans are paid for purposes of paying taxes, insurance and other appropriate
escrow charges.
Event of Default is defined in Section 18.1.
Event of Insolvency means:
(i) the Seller or a Subsidiary has commenced as debtor any case or proceeding under any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, delinquency, arrangement, readjustment
of debt, liquidation, dissolution, or similar Law of any jurisdiction whether now or
hereafter in effect, or consents to the filing of any petition against it under such Law, or
petitions for, causes or consents to the appointment or election of a receiver, conservator,
liquidator, trustee, sequestrator, custodian or similar official for the Seller or a
Subsidiary or any substantial part of its property, or an order for relief is entered under
the Bankruptcy Code; or any of Sellers, or a Subsidiarys property is sequestered by court
or order; or the convening by the Seller or a Subsidiary of any meeting of creditors for
purposes of commencing any such case or proceeding or seeking such an appointment or
election;
(ii) the commencement of any such case or proceeding against the Seller or any
Subsidiary, or another Persons seeking an appointment or election of a receiver,
conservator, liquidator, trustee, sequestrator, custodian or similar official for the Seller
or a Subsidiary or any substantial part of its property, or the filing against the Seller or
a Subsidiary of an application for a protective decree under the provisions of SIPA which,
in each case, (1) is consented to or not timely contested by Seller or such Subsidiary, (2)
results in the entry of an order for relief, such an appointment or election, the issuance
of such a protective decree or the entry of an order having a similar effect or (3) is not
dismissed within sixty (60) days;
(iii) the making by the Seller or a Subsidiary of a general assignment for the benefit
of creditors; or
(iv) the admission by the Seller or a Subsidiary of its inability, or intention not, or
the inability of the Seller or a Subsidiary, to pay its debts as they become due.
Excluded Taxes is defined in Section 7.1.
Facility Fee is defined in Section 9.1.
Federal Funds Rate means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to
the nearest 1/100th of one percent) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal
funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on
such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis on the Business Day next
succeeding such day, provided that (i) if the day for which such rate is to be determined is not a
Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the
next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (ii) if such
rate is not so published for any day, the Federal Funds Rate for
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such day shall be the average rate quoted to Agent on such day on such transactions as
determined by Agent.
FHA means the Federal Housing Administration and any successor.
FICA means the Federal Insurance Contributions Act.
FICO means Fair Isaac Corporation and, where used in this Agreement, refers to the credit
scoring system developed by that company or to any other Customer credit scoring system whose use
by the Seller (for purposes of this Agreement and the Transactions) has been specifically approved
in writing by the Agent.
File means a file in the possession of the Custodian or its designee (other than the Seller
or an Affiliate of the Seller) containing all of the Loan Papers for the relevant type of Mortgage
Loan.
Financial Statements is defined in Section 15.2(f).
Funding Account means the Sellers non-interest bearing demand deposit account no.
104756234332 maintained with U.S. Bank into which Agent may transfer funds initially deposited in
the Repurchase Settlement Account for Swing Line Transactions and funds otherwise deposited in the
Repurchase Settlement Account for Regular Transactions (or any funds paid as Purchase Price for any
Purchased Loans, regardless of whether such funds are first credited to the Repurchase Settlement
Account) and from which the Agent is authorized to disburse funds to the Seller or its designee
(such as its agents) for the funding of Transactions. The Funding Account shall be subject to
setoff by the Agent for Pro Rata distribution to the Buyers and shall be subject to the control of
the Agent.
Funding Share means, for each Buyer, that proportion of the sum of the original Purchase
Prices for the Eligible Loans to be purchased in a Transaction that bears the same ratio to the
total amount of such sum as that Buyers Committed Sum bears to the Maximum Aggregate Commitment.
GAAP means, for any day, generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a consistent
basis, stated in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or in statements and pronouncements of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by another entity or entities as
may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, that are applicable to the
circumstances for that day. The requirement that such principles be applied on a consistent basis
means that the accounting principles observed in a current period shall be comparable in all
material respects to those applied in an earlier period, with the exception of changes in
application to which the Sellers independent certified public accountants have agreed and which
changes and their effects are summarized in the subject companys financial statements following
such changes. If (a) during the term of this Agreement any change(s) in such principles occur(s)
which materially changes the meaning or effect of any provision of this Agreement and (b) the
Seller or the Required Buyers regard such change(s) as adverse to their respective interests, then
upon written notice by the Seller to the Agent, or by the Agent or the Required Buyers to the
Seller, the parties to this Agreement shall negotiate promptly and in good
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faith a supplement or amendment to this Agreement to achieve as nearly as possible
preservation and continuity of the business substance of this Agreement in light of such change;
provided that neither the Agent nor any of the Buyers shall be obligated to commence,
continue or conclude any such negotiation or to execute any such supplement or amendment after any
Default has occurred (other than a Default caused by such change) and before it has been cured or
after any Event of Default has occurred (other than an Event of Default caused by such change) that
the Agent has not declared in writing to have been cured or waived.
Ginnie Mae means the Government National Mortgage Association and any successor.
Governmental Authority means any foreign governmental authority, the United States of
America, any state of the United States and any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, and
any agency, department, commission, board, bureau, court or other tribunal.
Hazard Insurance Policy means, with respect to each Purchased Loan, the policy of fire and
extended coverage insurance required by clause (bb) of the representations and warranties set forth
on Schedule 15.3 to be maintained for the related Mortgaged Premises improvements (and, if
the related Mortgaged Premises are located in a federally-designated special flood area, federal
flood insurance issued in accordance with the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended
from time to time, or, if repealed, any superseding legislation governing similar insurance
coverage, or similar coverage against loss sustained by floods or similar hazards that conforms to
the flood insurance requirements prescribed by Fannie Mae guidelines, which may be provided under a
separate insurance policy), which insurance may be a blanket mortgage impairment policy maintained
by such Purchased Loans Servicer.
Hedge Agreement means an Interest Rate Protection Agreement, a Currency Agreement or a
forward sales agreement entered into in the ordinary course of the Sellers or any of its
Subsidiaries businesses to protect the Seller against changes in interest rates or the market
value of assets.
HUD means the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and any successor.
In Default means that, as to any Mortgage Loan, any Mortgage Note payment or escrow payment
is unpaid for thirty (30) days or more after its due date (whether or not the Seller has allowed
any grace period or extended the due date thereof by any means) or another material default has
occurred and is continuing, including the commencement of foreclosure proceedings or the
commencement of a case in bankruptcy for any Customer in respect of such Mortgage Loan.
Income means, with respect to any Eligible Loan on any day, all payments of principal,
interest and other distributions thereon or proceeds thereof paid to the relevant party.
Income Account means a demand deposit account established by the Seller with a bank
satisfactory to the Agent under the provisions of Section 8.
Indemnified Liabilities is defined in Section 20.2.
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Indemnified Parties is defined in Section 20.2.
Interest Rate Protection Agreement means, with respect to any or all of the Purchased Loans,
any short sale of any U.S. Treasury securities, futures contract, mortgage related security,
Eurodollar futures contract, options related contract, interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement
or similar arrangement providing for protection against fluctuations in interest rates or the
exchange of nominal interest obligations, either generally or under specific contingencies, that is
entered into by the Seller and a financial institution and is reasonably acceptable to the Agent.
Internal Revenue Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any subsequent federal
income tax law or laws, as amended from time to time.
Investor Commitment means an unexpired written commitment held by the Seller from an
Approved Investor to buy Purchased Loans, and that specifies (a) the type or item(s) of Purchased
Loan, (b) a purchase date or purchase deadline date and (c) a purchase price or the criteria by
which the purchase price will be determined.
Jumbo Mortgage Loan means a Mortgage Loan that would otherwise be a Conforming Mortgage Loan
secured by a first Lien Mortgage except that the original principal amount is more than the maximum
Agency loan amount but not more than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000).
Jumbo Mortgage Loans Sublimit is defined in the table in Section 4.2.
Law means any law, statute, code, ordinance, order, rule, regulation, judgment, decree,
injunction, franchise, permit, certificate, license, authorization or other determination,
direction or requirement (including any of the foregoing which relate to environmental standards or
controls, energy regulations and occupational safety and health standards or controls) of any
(domestic or foreign) arbitrator, court or other Governmental Authority.
Legal Requirement means any law, statute, ordinance, decree, ruling, requirement, order,
judgment, rule or regulation (or interpretation of any of them) of any Governmental Authority, and
the terms of any license, permit, consent or approval issued by any Governmental Authority.
LIBOR Business Day a Business Day which is also a day for trading by and between banks in
United States dollar deposits in the interbank LIBOR market and a day on which banks are open for
business in New York City.
LIBOR Margin shall mean 1.55%.
LIBOR Rate means the one-month LIBOR rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/16
of 1%) quoted by the Agent from Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page, or any successor thereto, which shall
be that one-month LIBOR rate in effect and reset each LIBOR Business Day, adjusted for any reserve
requirement and any subsequent costs arising from a change in government regulations, or the rate
for such deposits determined by the Agent at such time based on such other published service of
general application as shall be selected by the Agent for such purpose; provided, that in
lieu of determining the rate in the foregoing manner, the Agent may
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determine the rate based on rates at which United States dollar deposits having a maturity of
one month are offered to the Agent in the interbank LIBOR market at such time for delivery in
immediately available funds on such date of determination in an amount equal to $1,000,000 (rounded
upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/16 of 1%).
LIBOR Segment means a portion of the outstanding Purchase Price on Open Transactions on
which the Pricing Rate is determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate plus the applicable LIBOR
Margin.
Lien means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, charge or
encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any security interest.)
Liquidity means the Sellers unencumbered and unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents plus
the sum of the unused revolving availability under this Agreement, calculated as the amount by
which the aggregate Purchase Value of all Purchased Mortgage Loans at such time exceeds the
aggregate Purchase Price outstanding for all Open Transactions at such time.
Loan Papers means the Mortgage Note and all of the other papers related to the establishment
of a Purchased Loan and the creation, perfection and maintenance of its lien and lien priority for
such Purchased Loan, including its Basic Papers and its Supplemental Papers and including any
papers securing, guaranteeing or otherwise related to or delivered in connection with any Purchased
Loan, in a form acceptable to the Agent (including any guaranties, lien priority agreements,
security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral assignments of the Sellers interest in
underlying obligations or security, subordination agreements, negative pledge agreements, loan
agreements and title, mortgage, pool and casualty insurance policies), as any such Loan Paper may
be supplemented, amended, restated or replaced from time to time.
Loan Records means books, records, ledger cards, files, papers, documents, instruments,
certificates, appraisal reports, journals, reports, correspondence, customer lists, information and
data that describes, catalogs or lists such information or data, computer printouts, media (tapes,
discs, cards, drives, flash memory or any other kind of physical, electronic or virtual data or
information storage media or systems) and related data processing software (subject to any
licensing restrictions) and similar items that at any time evidence or contain information relating
to any of the Purchased Loans, and other information and data that is used or useful for managing
and administering the Purchased Loans, together with the nonexclusive right to use (in common with
the Seller and any repurchase agreement counterparty or secured party that has a valid and
enforceable interest therein and that agrees that its interest is similarly nonexclusive) the
Sellers operating systems to manage and administer any of the Purchased Loans and any of the
related data and information described above, or that otherwise relates to the Purchased Loans,
together with the media on which the same are stored to the extent stored with material information
or data that relates to property other than the Purchased Loans (tapes, discs, cards, drives, flash
memory or any other kind of physical or virtual data or information storage media or systems), and
the Sellers rights to access the same, whether exclusive or nonexclusive, to the extent that such
access rights may lawfully be transferred or used by the Sellers permittees, and any computer
programs that are owned by the Seller (or
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licensed to the Seller under licenses that may lawfully be transferred or used by the Sellers
permittees) and that are used or useful to access, organize, input, read, print or otherwise output
and otherwise handle or use such information and data.
Margin Call is defined in Section 6.1(a).
Margin Deficit is defined in Section 6.1(a).
Margin Excess is defined in Section 6.1(b)
Margin Stock has the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation U as in effect from time to
time.
Market Value means what the Agent determines as the market value of any Purchased Loan,
using a commercially reasonable methodology that is, in the Agents sole discretion, in accordance
with standards customarily applicable in the financial industry to third party service providers
providing values on comparable assets to be used in connection with the financing of such assets,
without reference to Hedge Agreements or takeout commitments. The Agents determination of
Market Value hereunder shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, absent manifest error.
Maximum Aggregate Commitment means the maximum Aggregate Outstanding Purchase Price that is
allowed to be outstanding under this Agreement on any day, being the amount set forth in
Schedule BC in effect for that day. The Maximum Aggregate Commitment on the Effective Date
is One Hundred Ten Million Dollars ($110,000,000). If and when some or all of the Buyers then
party to this Agreement agree in writing to increase their Committed Sums, or if a new Buyer or
Buyers joins the syndicate of Buyers, or if there is both such an increase and a new Buyers
joinder, the Agent shall execute an updated Schedule BC reflecting the new Maximum
Aggregate Commitment and deliver it to the Seller and the Buyers, and that updated Schedule
BC shall thereupon be substituted for and supersede the prior Schedule BC.
MBS means a mortgage pass-through security, collateralized mortgage obligation, REMIC or
other security that (i) is based on and backed by an underlying pool of Mortgage Loans and (ii)
provides for payment by its issuer to its holder of specified principal installments and/or a fixed
or floating rate of interest on the unpaid balance and for all prepayments to be passed through to
the holder, whether issued in certificated or book-entry form and whether or not issued,
guaranteed, insured or bonded by Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, an insurance company, a
private issuer or any other investor.
MERS means Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its
successors or assigns.
MERS Designated Loan means a Purchased Loan registered to the Seller on the MERS® System.
MERS Procedures Manual means the MERS Procedures Manual, as it may be amended from time to
time.
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MERS® System means the Electronic Agents mortgage electronic registry system, as more
particularly described in the MERS Procedures Manual.
Mortgage means a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, security deed or other
mortgage instrument or similar evidence of lien legally effective in the U.S. jurisdiction where
the relevant real property is located to create and constitute a valid and enforceable Lien,
subject only to Permitted Encumbrances, on the fee simple or long term ground leasehold estate in
improved real property.
Mortgage Assignment means an assignment of a Mortgage, in form sufficient under the Laws of
the U.S. jurisdiction where the real property covered by such Mortgage is located to give record
notice of the assignment of such Mortgage, perfect the assignment and establish its priority
relative to other transactions in respect of the Mortgage assigned (no Mortgage Assignment is
required for any Mortgage that has been originated in the name of MERS and registered under the
MERS® System).
Mortgage Loan means any loan evidenced by a Mortgage Note and includes all right, title and
interest of the lender or mortgagee of such loan as a holder of both the beneficial and legal title
to such loan, including (i) all Loan Papers or other loan documents, files and records of the
lender or mortgagee for such loan, (ii) the monthly payments, any prepayments, insurance and other
proceeds, (iii) all Servicing Rights related to such loan and (iv) all other rights, interests,
benefits, security, proceeds, remedies and claims (including, without limitation, REO) in favor or
for the benefit of the lender or mortgagee arising out of or in connection with such loan.
Mortgage Loan Transmission File means a file containing all information concerning each
Mortgage Loan required by the Record Layout, as defined and provided for in (and attached as an
exhibit to) the Custody Agreement, one of which shall be delivered by the Seller to each of the
Custodian and the Agent for each Purchased Loan on its Purchase Date, both by electronic, computer
readable transmission in accordance with such Record Layout and, in the event such electronic
transmission is not possible, by faxing a hard copy thereof to each of the Custodian and the Agent.
Mortgage Note means a promissory note secured by a Mortgage.
Mortgaged Premises means the Property securing a Mortgage Loan.
Multiemployer Plan means any multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA, which is maintained for employees of the Seller or any of the Sellers Subsidiaries.
Nonfunding Buyer is defined in the definition of Pro Rata.
Non-excluded Taxes is defined in Section 7.1.
Non-exempt Buyer is defined in Section 7.5.
Non-Usage Fee is defined in Section 9.1.
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Notices is defined in Section 23.
NVR Funding III Note means the $150,000,000 subordinated note dated December 14, 2001, made
by the Seller and payable to NVR Funding III, Inc.
NVR Funding III Subordination Agreement means the Subordination Agreement dated as of August
5, 2008, by and between the Seller, NVR Funding III, Inc., the Agent and the Buyers, as the same
may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.
Obligations means all of the Sellers present and future obligations and liabilities under
this Agreement or any of the other Repurchase Documents, whether for Repurchase Price, Price
Differential, Margin Call, premium, fees, costs, attorneys fees or other obligation or liability,
and whether absolute or contingent, and all renewals, extensions, modifications and increases of
any of them.
Officers Certificate means a certificate executed on behalf of the Seller or another
relevant Person by its (or if it is a partnership, its general partners) Board of Directors
Chairman (or if it is a limited liability company, one of its managers), president, chief financial
officer, treasurer, any of its executive vice presidents or senior vice presidents, its company
secretary, its controller or such other officer as shall be acceptable to the Agent.
Open Transaction means a Transaction in which the Buyers have purchased and paid for the
related Purchased Loans but the Seller has not repurchased all of them, such that the remaining
Purchased Loans not repurchased by the Seller of the subject Transaction would be an Open
Transaction.
Operating Account means the Sellers non-interest bearing demand deposit account no.
104756234589 maintained with U.S. Bank, subject to a control agreement in favor of the Agent and
from which the Agent is authorized pursuant to Section 3.6 to withdraw funds on any day in
an amount equal to the aggregate Repurchase Prices of all Purchased Loans that are Past Due on that
day. The Operating Account shall be subject to setoff by the Agent for Pro Rata distribution to
the Buyers and, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default
described in Sections 18.1(a), 18.1(b), 18.1(c), 18.1(d), 18.1(g), the Agent may also terminate
Sellers right to withdraw, or direct the payment of, funds except funds in excess of those
necessary to pay the Obligations in full.
Operating Subsidiaries means all Subsidiaries of the Seller other than Single-purpose
Finance Subsidiaries.
Organizational Documents means as to any Person other than a natural Person, its articles or
certificate of incorporation, organization, limited partnership or other document filed with a
Governmental Authority evidencing the organization of such entity and any bylaws, operating
agreement or other governance document governing the rights of the holders of the ownership
interests in such Person.
Other Taxes is defined in Section 7.2.
Parent means NVR, Inc., a Virginia corporation.
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Parent Subordinated Note means the Subordinated Note dated as of December 7, 2005, as
amended by an Allonge dated as of the date hereof, given by the Seller to the Parent, in the
principal amount of $200,000,000, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
Participant is defined in Section 22.17(a).
Past Due means that the Seller has not repurchased the subject Purchased Loan on or before
its Repurchase Date.
Permitted Encumbrances means, in respect of the Mortgaged Premises securing a Purchased
Loan, (i) tax Liens for real property taxes and government-improvement assessments that are not
delinquent; (ii) easements and restrictions that do not materially and adversely affect the title
to or marketability of such Mortgaged Premises or prohibit or interfere with the use of such
Mortgaged Premises as a one-to-four family residential dwelling; (iii) reservations as to oil, gas
or mineral rights, provided such rights do not include the right to remove buildings or other
material improvements on or near the surface of such Mortgaged Premises or to mine or drill on the
surface thereof or otherwise enter the surface for purposes of mining, drilling or exploring for,
or producing, transporting or otherwise handling oil, gas or other minerals of any kind; (iv)
agreements for the installation, maintenance or repair of public utilities, provided such
agreements do not create or evidence Liens on such Mortgaged Premises or authorize or permit any
Person to file or acquire claims of Liens against such Mortgaged Premises; and (v) such other
exceptions (if any) as are acceptable under relevant Agency guidelines; provided that any
encumbrance that is not permitted pursuant to the standards of any relevant Investor Commitment by
which the subject Purchased Loan is covered shall not be a Permitted Encumbrance.
Permitted Intercompany Payables means amounts due to Affiliates of Seller in respect of the
Parent Subordinated Note, the NVR Funding III Note and Permitted Intercompany Transactions.
Permitted Intercompany Transactions means transactions with Affiliates of Seller (i) which
comply in all respects with Section 17.7 and are identified on Schedule 15.2(t),
and (ii) with respect to which the aggregate consideration paid by Seller in any month does not
exceed the amount of each type of transaction set forth on Schedule 15.2(t).
Person means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited liability companies,
limited partnerships, registered limited liability partnerships, general partnerships, joint stock
companies, joint ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts,
business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, and governments and agencies
and political subdivisions of them.
Plan Party is defined in Section 32.1.
Pre-FAS 133 Net Income means Sellers after-tax consolidated income, calculated in
accordance with GAAP but excluding the effect of FAS-133, on a tax adjustment basis.
Price Differential means, with respect to any Transaction hereunder for any day, the
aggregate amount obtained by multiplication of the Pricing Rate for each day by the Purchase
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Price for such Transaction, based on a year of three hundred sixty (360) days for the actual
number of days during the period commencing on (and including) the Purchase Date for such
Transaction and ending on (but excluding) the Determination Date, reduced by any such amount
previously paid by the Seller to the Agent (for Pro Rata distribution to the Buyers) with respect
to such Transaction.
Pricing Rate means the Balance Funded Rate, the LIBOR Rate plus the LIBOR Margin, or the
Default Pricing Rate, as determined under this Agreement.
Prime Rate means at any time of any determination thereof, the rate per annum which is most
recently publicly announced by U.S. Bank as its Prime Rate, which may be a rate at, above or
below the rate at which U.S. Bank lends to other Persons. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and
is not necessarily the lowest rate. Any Pricing Rate based on the Prime Rate shall be adjusted as
of the effective date of each change in the Prime Rate.
Principal Balance means, for any day, the advanced and unpaid principal balance of a
Purchased Loan on that day.
Privacy Requirements means (a) Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C. 6801 et
seq., (b) federal regulations implementing such act codified at 12 CFR Parts 40, 216, 332 and 573,
(c) the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards For Safeguarding Customer Information and
codified at 12 CFR Parts 30, 208, 211, 225, 263, 308, 364, 568 and 570 and (d) any other applicable
federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and orders relating to the privacy and security
of Sellers Customer Information, as such statutes, regulations, guidelines, laws, rules and orders
may be amended from time to time.
Pro Rata means in accordance with the Buyers respective ownership interests in the
Purchased Loans. On any day, the Buyers will each own an undivided fractional ownership interest
in and to each Purchased Loan:
(i) if the Commitments of the Buyers are outstanding on that day, (x) whose numerator
is that Buyers Committed Sum for that day and (y) whose denominator is the Maximum
Aggregate Commitment for that day; or
(ii) if the Commitments have expired or have been terminated and have not been
reinstated, (x) whose numerator is the aggregate sum of the portions of the Purchase Prices
paid by that Buyer in all Transactions outstanding on that day and (y) whose denominator is
the aggregate sum of the Purchase Prices paid by all Buyers in all such Transactions
outstanding on the day;
subject to the following adjustment:
if at any time or times when the Commitments are outstanding, any Buyer fails to fund any of
its Funding Share(s) of any Transaction which satisfies the conditions precedent set forth
herein (a Nonfunding Buyer) and one or more of the other Buyers funds it (electively in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.1), then:
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(a) the respective ownership interests of both (i) the Nonfunding Buyer and (ii) the
Buyer (or Buyers) that funded such Funding Share(s), shall be proportionately decreased and
increased, respectively, to the same extent as if their respective Committed Sums were
changed in direct proportion to the unreimbursed balance outstanding from time to time
thereafter of the amount so funded;
(b) the Nonfunding Buyers share of all future distributions of Repurchase Prices or
other realizations on the Purchased Loans received, pro rata among them in accordance with
their respective unrecovered balances of such Nonfunding Buyers Funding Share(s), shall be
distributed to the Buyer(s) that so funded such Nonfunding Buyers Funding Share(s) until
all such funding Buyer(s) have been fully repaid the amount so funded; and
(c) such adjustment shall remain in effect until such time as the Buyer(s) that funded
such Funding Share(s) have been so fully repaid.
If no other Buyer funds any of the Nonfunding Buyers Funding Share, then the Pro Rata
ownership interests of the Buyers in the Purchased Loans shall be changed, in that case so
that each Buyers Pro Rata ownership interest in the Purchased Loans is equal to the ratio
of (x) the sum of the portions of the Purchase Prices paid by that Buyer in all Open
Transactions on that day to (y) the total of the Purchase Prices paid by all Buyers in all
Open Transactions on that day, but the Nonfunding Buyers share of all subsequent
distributions of any Repurchase and Margin payments shall be paid to the other Buyers, pro
rata among them in the ratio that the Pro Rata ownership interest in the Purchased Loans
owned by each bears to the aggregate Pro Rata ownership interests in the Purchased Loans of
all such other Buyers, and the Buyers respective Pro Rata ownership interests in the
Purchased Loans shall be readjusted after each such payment, until their Pro Rata ownership
interests are restored to what they were before any Nonfunding Buyer failed to fund.
Notwithstanding any such changes in the Buyers Pro Rata ownership interests in any
Purchased Loan due to any Buyers failure to fund its Funding Share(s) of any Transaction,
such failure to fund shall not diminish any Buyers Funding Share(s) for subsequent
Transactions.
Property means any interest of a Person in any kind of property, whether real, personal or
mixed, tangible or intangible, including the Mortgage Loans.
Purchase Date means, for any Transaction, the date on which the Seller is to convey the
subject Purchased Loans to the Buyers.
Purchase Price means (i) on the relevant Purchase Date, the price at which the Purchased
Loans in a Transaction are sold by the Seller to the Buyers, such price being the Purchased Loans
initial Purchase Value, and (ii) thereafter, except where the Agent and the Seller agree otherwise,
such Purchased Loans Purchase Value decreased by the amount of any cash transferred in respect of
such Purchased Loans (as determined by the Agent) by the Seller to the Agent pursuant to
Sections 3.4 and 6.1 (absent manifest error, the Agents determination of for which
Transaction(s) cash was transferred by the Seller to the Agent shall be conclusive and binding).
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Purchase Price Decrease means a reduction in the outstanding Purchase Price for Purchased
Loans without a termination of a Transaction or portion thereof as described in Section
3.4(c).
Purchase Value means the lesser of (a) (x) the Buyers Margin Percentage for a Purchased
Loan multiplied by (y) the least of:
(i) the face principal amount of the related Mortgage Note;
(ii) the unpaid Principal Balance of such Purchased Loan; and
(iii) the price to be paid for such Purchased Loan under an Investor Commitment or the
weighted average price under unused Investor Commitments into which such Purchased Loan is
eligible for delivery;
and, (b) at the discretion of the Agent, ninety-five (95%) of the Market Value of such Purchased
Loan; provided, that (1) the Purchase Value for Purchased Loans in excess of the sublimits
set forth in Section 4.2 shall be zero and, (2) the Purchase Value for any Purchased Loan
which is not an Eligible Loan shall be zero.
Purchased Loans means the Eligible Loans sold by the Seller to the Buyers in Transactions,
and any Eligible Loans substituted therefor in accordance with Section 11. The term
Purchased Loans with respect to any Transaction at any time shall also include Additional
Purchased Loans delivered pursuant to Section 6.1.
Purchased Loans Support means all property (real or personal) assigned, hypothecated or
otherwise securing any Purchased Loans and includes any security agreement or other agreement
granting a lien or security interest in such real or personal property, including:
(1) all Loan Papers, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, related to, and all
private mortgage insurance on, any Purchased Loans, and all renewals, extensions,
modifications and replacements of any of them;
(2) all rights, liens, security interests, guarantees, insurance agreements and
assignments accruing or to accrue to the benefit of the Seller in respect of any Purchased
Loan;
(3) all of the Sellers rights, powers, privileges, benefits and remedies under each
and every paper now or hereafter securing, insuring, guaranteeing or otherwise relating to
or delivered in connection with any Purchased Loan, including all guarantees, lien priority
agreements, security agreements, deeds of trust, Purchased Loans assignments, subordination
agreements, intercreditor agreements, negative pledge agreements, loan agreements,
management agreements, development agreements, design professional agreements, payment,
performance or completion bonds, title and casualty insurance policies and mortgage guaranty
or insurance contracts;
(4) all of the Sellers rights, to the extent assignable, in, to and under any and all
commitments issued by (i) Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, another mortgage
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company or any other investor or any Buyer or securities issuer to guarantee, purchase
or invest in any of the Purchased Loans or any MBS based on or backed by any of them or (ii)
any broker or investor to purchase any MBS, whether evidenced by book entry or certificate,
representing or secured by any interest in any of the Purchased Loans, together with the
proceeds arising from or pursuant to any and all such commitments;
(5) all rights under every Hazard Insurance Policy relating to real estate securing a
Purchased Loan for the benefit of the creditor of such Purchased Loan, the proceeds of all
errors and omissions insurance policies and all rights under any blanket hazard insurance
policies to the extent they relate to any Purchased Loan or its security and all hazard
insurance or condemnation proceeds paid or payable with respect to any of the Purchased
Loans and/or any of the property securing payment of any of the Purchased Loans or covered
by any related instrument;
(6) all present and future claims and rights of the Seller to have, demand, receive,
recover, obtain and retain payments from, and all proceeds of any nature paid or payable by,
any governmental, quasi-governmental or private mortgage guarantor or insurer (including VA,
FHA or any other Person) with respect to any of the Purchased Loans; and
all tax, insurance, maintenance fee and other escrow deposits or payments made by the
Customers under such Purchased Loans (the Agent and the Buyers acknowledge that the Sellers rights
in such deposits are limited to the rights of an escrow agent and such other rights, if any, in and
to such deposits as are accorded by the Purchased Loans and related papers) and all monies,
accounts, deposit accounts, payment intangibles and general intangibles, however designated or
maintained, constituting or representing so-called completion escrow funds or holdbacks, and
being Purchased Loans proceeds recorded as disbursed but that have not been paid over to the
seller of the subject Mortgaged Premises (the purchase of which is financed by such Purchased
Loan), but that are instead being held by the Seller or by a third party escrow agent pending
completion of specified improvements or landscaping requirements for such Mortgaged Premises.
Qualified Subordinated Debt means any other Debt of the Seller to any Person which has been
approved by the Agent and the Required Buyers, (i) the papers evidencing, securing, governing or
otherwise related to which Debt impose covenants and conditions on the debtor under them that are
no more restrictive or onerous than the covenants and conditions imposed on the Seller by this
Agreement, (ii) that is subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to a currently effective and
irrevocable Subordination Agreement, including standstill and blockage provisions, approved by the
Agent and the Required Buyers, (iii) the principal of which is not due and payable before ninety
(90) days after the date specified in clause (i) of the definition of Termination Date
and (iv) which does not permit funds to be reborrowed after repayment.
Qualifying Balances shall mean, with respect to any Buyer, for any day, the lesser of (a)
the amount of such Buyers outstanding Purchase Price on Open Transactions on such day, and (b) the
sum of the collected balances in all identified non-interest bearing accounts of the Seller
maintained with such Buyer less (i) amounts necessary to satisfy reserve and deposit
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requirements and (ii) amounts required to compensate such Buyer for services rendered in
accordance with such Buyers system of charges for services to similar accounts.
Recourse Servicing means Servicing Rights under a Servicing Agreement with respect to which
the Servicer is obligated to repurchase or indemnify the holder of the related Mortgage Loans in
respect of defaults on such Mortgage Loans at any time during the term of such Mortgage Loans.
Register is defined in Section 22.17(c).
Regular Transaction means a Transaction funded by all Buyers, rather than by U.S. Bank under
the Swing Line.
Regulation T means Regulation T promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. Part 220, or any other regulation when promulgated to replace the prior
Regulation T and having substantially the same function.
Regulation U means Regulation U promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, 12 C.F.R. Part 221, or any other regulation when promulgated to replace the prior
Regulation U and having substantially the same function.
REO means Single-family real property owned following judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure
(or conveyance by deed in lieu of foreclosure) of a Mortgage securing a Single-family Loan.
Repurchase Date means the date on which Seller is to repurchase Purchased Loans from the
Buyers, being the earlier of (i) the date when the Approved Investor is to purchase such Purchased
Loans, and (ii) any date determined by application of the provisions of Section 3.4 or
18.
Repurchase Documents means and includes this Agreement, the Custody Agreement, any financing
statements or other papers now or hereafter authorized, executed or issued pursuant to this
Agreement, and any renewal, extension, rearrangement, increase, supplement, modification or
restatement of any of them.
Repurchase Price means the price at which Purchased Loans are to be resold by the Buyers to
the Seller upon termination of a Transaction (including Transactions terminable upon demand), which
will be determined in each case as the sum of (x) the Purchase Price and (y) the Price Differential
as of the date of such determination.
Repurchase Settlement Account means the Sellers non-interest bearing demand deposit account
no. 104756234357 to be maintained with U.S. Bank and to be used for (a) the Agents and the Buyers
deposits of Purchase Price payments for Purchased Loans (including any Swingline Purchases); (b)
any principal payments received by the Agent or the Custodian (other than regular principal and
interest payments) on any Purchased Loans; (c) the Agents deposits of Repurchase Price payments
received from the Seller or from an Approved Investor for the Sellers account for distribution to
the Buyers and (d) only if and when (i) no Default has occurred unless it has been either cured by
the Seller or waived in writing by the Agent (acting
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with the requisite consent of the Buyers as provided in this Agreement) and (ii) no Event of
Default has occurred unless the Agent has declared in writing that it has been cured or waived, the
Agents transfer to the Funding Account of deposits received under clause (a) above for payment to
the Seller or its designees such as its agents, or the transfer to the Operating Account of
proceeds of sales or other dispositions of Purchased Loans to an Approved Investor in excess (if
any) of the Repurchase Price of such Purchased Loan. The Repurchase Settlement Account is (and
shall continuously) constitute collateral for the Obligations. The Repurchase Settlement Account
shall be subject to setoff by the Agent for Pro Rata distribution to the Buyers. The Repurchase
Settlement Account shall be a blocked account from which the Seller shall have no right to directly
withdraw funds, but instead such funds may be withdrawn or paid out only against the order of an
authorized officer of the Agent (acting with the requisite consent of the Buyers as provided
herein), although under the circumstances described in clause (d) of the first sentence of this
definition and subject to the conditions specified in that clause, the Agent shall use diligent and
reasonable efforts to cause Purchase Price payment amounts and amounts in excess of the applicable
Repurchase Prices that are received as therein described and that are deposited to the Repurchase
Settlement Account before 3:00 PM on a Business Day to be transferred to the Operating Account on
that same Business Day or on the Business Day thereafter when the Agent next determines the Buyers
Pro Rata shares of such Purchase Price payment amounts or Repurchase Prices received.
Request/Confirmation means letters substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 and
A-2, delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 and their related Mortgage Transmission
Files.
Required Buyers means, for any day, Buyers whose Commitments comprise at least sixty-six and
two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of (a) the Maximum Aggregate Commitment under this Agreement, or (b)
who own at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the Purchased Loans owned by the
Buyers on that day if on or before that day the Commitments have expired or have been terminated
and have not been reinstated; provided that at any time when there are three or fewer
Buyers party to this Agreement, Required Buyers shall mean two Buyers (or if there is only one
Buyer, that Buyer).
Segment means that portion of an Open Transaction designated as either a LIBOR Segment or a
Balance Funded Segment.
Sellers Customer means any natural person who has applied to the Seller for a financial
product or service, has obtained any financial product or service from the Seller or has a Mortgage
Loan that is serviced or subserviced by the Seller.
Sellers Customer Information means any information or records in any form (written,
electronic or otherwise) containing a Sellers Customers personal information or identity,
including such Sellers Customers name, address, telephone number, loan number, loan payment
history, delinquency status, insurance carrier or payment information, tax amount or payment
information and the fact that such Sellers Customer has a relationship with the Seller.
Serviced Loans means all Mortgage Loans serviced or required to be serviced by the Seller
under any Servicing Agreement, irrespective of whether the actual servicing is done by another
Person (a subservicer) retained by the Seller for that purpose.
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Servicer means, initially the Seller, and upon termination of the Sellers right to service
the Purchase Loans pursuant to the provisions of Section 19.7, the Backup Servicer or such
other Person (including the Agent) as the Agent may appoint as Servicer.
Servicing Agreement means, with respect to any Person, the arrangement, whether or not in
writing, pursuant to which that Person acts as servicer of Mortgage Loans, whether owned by that
Person or by others.
Servicing Functions means, with respect to the servicing of Mortgage Loans, the collection
of payments for the reduction of principal and application of interest, collection of amounts held
or to be held in escrow for payment of taxes, insurance and other escrow items and payment of such
taxes and insurance from amounts so collected, foreclosure services, and all other actions required
to conform with Accepted Servicing Practices.
Servicing Rights means the rights and obligations to administer and service a Mortgage Loan,
including, without limitation, the rights and obligations to: ensure the taxes and insurance are
paid, provide foreclosure services, provide full escrow administration and perform any other
obligations required by any owner of a Mortgage Loan, collect the payments for the reduction of
principal and application of interest, and manage and remit collected payments..
Single-family Loan means a Mortgage Loan that is secured by a Mortgage covering real
property improved by a one-, two-, three- or four-family residence.
SIPA means the Securities Investors Protection Act of 1970, 15 U.S.C. §78a et. seq., as
amended.
Solvent means, for any Person, that (a) the fair market value of its assets exceeds its
liabilities, (b) it has sufficient cash flow to enable it to pay its debts as they mature, and (c)
it does not have unreasonably small capital to conduct its business.
Statement Date means December 31, 2007.
Statement Date Financial Statements is defined in Section 15.2(f).
Sublimit means one or more (as the context requires) of the sublimits described in
Section 4.2.
Subordination Agreement means a written subordination agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to and approved by the Agent and the Required Buyers that subordinates (x) all present
and future debts and obligations owing by the Seller to the Person signing such subordination
agreement to (y) the Obligations, in both right of payment and lien priority, including standstill
and blockage provisions approved by the Agent and the Required Buyers.
Subservicer means any entity permitted by Agent to act as a subservicer of the Servicer who
shall perform Servicing Functions under a Subservicer Instruction Letter.
Subservicer Instruction Letter means an instruction letter to a Subservicer in form and
substance agreed to by Seller and Agent.
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Subsidiary means any corporation, association or other business entity (including a trust)
in which any Person (directly or through one or more other Subsidiaries or other types of
intermediaries), owns or controls:
(a) more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power or shares of stock entitled
to vote in the election of its directors, managers or trustees; or
(b) more than ninety percent (90%) of the total assets and more than ninety percent
(90%) of the total equity through the ownership of capital stock (which may be non-voting)
or a similar device or indicia of equity ownership.
Supplemental Papers means the Loan Papers for a particular Loan other than its Basic Papers.
Swing Line means the short term revolving Eligible Loans purchase facility provided for in
Section 2.4 under which U.S. Bank will fund (as Swing Line Purchases) purchases of
Eligible Loans to bridge the Sellers daily Transactions.
Swing Line Limit means, for any day, the lesser of (x) $50,000,000, and (y) the Maximum
Aggregate Commitment minus the Aggregate Outstanding Purchase Price outstanding on that day, being
the maximum amount that may be funded and outstanding on that day under the Swing Line.
Swing Line Refunding Due Date for each Transaction funded under the Swing Line means the
Business Day on which U.S. Bank shall elect to have such Swing Line Transaction funded by the
Buyers pursuant to Section 2.5 (provided that U.S. Bank shall elect to have such Swing Line
Transactions so funded no less than once per week) following the Business Day when U.S. Bank funds
such Transaction under the Swing Line; provided that U.S. Bank agrees not to exercise such
discretion to choose a due date in a manner that would materially affect the Sellers ability to
complete a Transaction under this Agreement unless a Default has occurred that has not been cured
by the Seller or declared in writing by the Agent to have been waived or any Event of Default has
occurred that the Agent has not declared in writing to have been cured or waived, in each case, as
provided in Section 22.
Swing Line Transaction means a Transaction funded by U.S. Bank under the Swing Line.
Tax Allocation Agreement means that certain Second Amended and Restated Tax Allocation
Agreement dated as of December 14, 1999, among the Parent, Seller and certain Affiliates of Seller,
a true and correct copy of which has been furnished to the Agent.
Taxes is defined in Section 7.1.
Termination Date means the earlier of (i) August 4, 2009, or (ii) the date when the Buyers
Commitments are terminated pursuant to this Agreement, by order of any Governmental Authority or by
operation of law.
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Total Liabilities means all liabilities of the Seller and its Subsidiaries, including
nonrecourse debt as, in accordance with GAAP, are reflected on the Sellers consolidated balance
sheet, and also including all contingent liabilities and obligations (including Recourse Servicing,
recourse sale and other recourse obligations, and guarantee, indemnity and mortgage loan repurchase
obligations), but excluding Qualified Subordinated Debt.
Transaction is defined in the Recitals.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code or similar Laws of the applicable jurisdiction, as
amended from time to time.
VA means the Department of Veterans Affairs and any successor.
Wet Loan means a Purchased Loan originated and owned by the Seller immediately prior to
being purchased by the Buyers:
(a) that has been closed on or prior to the Business Day on which the Purchase Price is
paid therefore, by a title agency or closing attorney, is fully funded and would qualify as
an Eligible Loan except that some or all of its Basic Papers are in transit to, but have not
yet been received by, the Custodian so as to satisfy all requirements to permit the Seller
to sell it pursuant to this Agreement without restriction;
(b) that the Seller reasonably expects to fully qualify as an Eligible Loan when the
original Basic Papers have been received by the Custodian;
(c) as to which the Seller actually and reasonably expects that such full qualification
can and will be achieved on or before four (4) Business Days after the relevant Purchase
Date; and
(d) for which the Seller has delivered to the Custodian a Mortgage Loan Transmission
File on or before the Purchase Date, submission of which to the Custodian shall constitute
the Sellers certification to the Custodian, the Buyers and the Agent that a complete File
as to such Purchased Loan, including the Basic Papers, exists and that such File is in the
possession of either the title agent or closing attorney that closed such Purchased Loan,
the Seller or that such File has been or will be shipped to the Custodian.
Each Wet Loan that satisfies the foregoing requirements shall be an Eligible Loan subject to the
condition subsequent of physical delivery of its Mortgage Note, Mortgage and all other Basic
Papers, to the Custodian on or before four (4) Business Days after the relevant Purchase Date.
Each Wet Loan sold by the Seller shall be irrevocably deemed purchased by the Buyers and shall
automatically become a Purchased Loan effective on the date of the related Transaction, and the
Seller shall take all steps necessary or appropriate to cause the sale to the Buyers and delivery
to the Custodian of such Wet Loan and its Basic Papers to be completed, perfected and continued in
all respects, including causing the original promissory note evidencing such Purchased Loan to be
physically delivered to the Custodian within four (4) Business Days after the relevant Purchase
Date, and, if requested by the Agent, to give written notice to any title agent, closing attorney
or other Person in possession of the Basic Papers for such Purchased Loan of the
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Buyers purchase of such Purchased Loan. Upon the Custodians receipt of the Basic Papers relative
to a Wet Loan such Purchased Loan shall no longer be considered a Wet Loan.
Wet Loans Sublimit is defined in Section 4.2.
1.3. Other Definitional Provisions.Accounting terms not otherwise defined shall have the
meanings given them under GAAP.
(a) Defined terms may be used in the singular or the plural, as the context requires.
(b) Except where otherwise specified, all times of day used in the Repurchase Documents
are local (U.S. Central Time Zone) times in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
(c) Unless the context plainly otherwise requires (e.g., if preceded by the word
not), wherever the word including or a similar word is used in the Repurchase Documents,
it shall be read as if it were written, including by way of example but without in any way
limiting the generality of the foregoing concept or description.
(d) Unless the context plainly otherwise requires, wherever the term Agent is used
in this Agreement (excluding Section 22), it shall be read as if it were written
the Agent (as agent and representative of the Buyers).
2 The Buyers Commitments.
2.1. The Buyers Commitments to Purchase. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and provided no Default or Event of Default has occurred that the Agent has not declared
in writing to have been cured or waived (or, if one has occurred and not been so declared cured or
waived, if all of the Buyers, in their sole discretion and with or without waiving such Default or
Event of Default, have elected in writing that Transactions under this Agreement shall continue
nonetheless), the Buyers agree to make revolving purchases of Eligible Loans on a servicing
released basis through the Termination Date, so long as the Aggregate Outstanding Purchase Price
does not exceed the Maximum Aggregate Commitment and so long as each Buyers Committed Sum is not
exceeded. The Buyers respective Committed Sums and the Maximum Aggregate Commitment are set forth
on Schedule BC in effect at the relevant time, as it may have been amended or restated
pursuant to this Agreement. Upon the joinder of additional Buyer(s), if any, the parties agree to
approve in writing revised and updated versions of Schedule BC. The fractions to be
applied to determine the respective Funding Shares of the Buyers for any day are their respective
Committed Sums divided by the Maximum Aggregate Commitment for that day. Each Buyer shall be
obligated to fund only that Buyers own Funding Share of any Transaction requested, and no Buyer
shall be obligated to the Seller or any other Buyer to fund a greater share of any Transaction. No
Buyer shall be excused from funding its applicable Funding Share of any Transaction merely because
any other Buyer has failed or refused to fund its relevant Funding Share of that or any other
Transaction. If any Buyer fails to fund its Funding Share of any Transaction, the Agent (in its
sole and absolute discretion) may choose to fund the amount that such Nonfunding Buyer failed or
refused to fund, or the Agent as a Buyer and the other Buyers who are willing to do so shall have
the right (but no obligation) to do so in the proportion that the Committed Sum of each bears to
the total Committed Sums of all
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Buyers that have funded (or are funding) their own Funding Shares of that Transaction and that
are willing to fund part of the Funding Share of such Nonfunding Buyer. Should the Agent and/or
any other Buyer(s) fund any or all of the Nonfunding Buyers Funding Share of any Transaction, then
the Nonfunding Buyer shall have the obligation to deliver such amount to the Agent (for
distribution to the Buyer(s) who funded it) in immediately available funds on the next Business
Day. Regardless of whether the other Buyers fund the Funding Share of the Nonfunding Buyer, the
respective ownership interests of the Buyers in the Transaction shall be adjusted as provided in
the definition of Pro Rata. The obligations of Buyers hereunder are several and not joint.
2.2. Expiration or Termination of the Commitments. Unless extended in writing or terminated
earlier in accordance with this Agreement, the Buyers Commitments (including U.S. Banks Swing
Line Commitment) shall automatically expire at the close of business on the Termination Date,
without any requirement for notice or any other action by the Agent, any of the Buyers or any other
Person.
2.3. Request for Increase in Maximum Aggregate Commitment. If the Seller shall request in
writing to the Agent an increase in the Maximum Aggregate Commitment to a specified amount up to
One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($150,000,000), the Agent shall use its best efforts to obtain
increased Committed Sums from existing Buyers, new Commitments from prospective new Buyers or such
combination thereof as the Agent shall elect, to achieve such requested increase; provided
that (i) such written request by the Seller is delivered to the Agent at least ten (10) Business
Days before the requested effective date of the increase and (ii) no Default has occurred that has
not been cured before it has become an Event of Default, and no Event of Default has occurred that
the Agent has not declared in writing to have been waived or cured. If an increase in the Maximum
Aggregate Commitment is achieved, then (i) the Pro Rata ownership interest in the Purchased Loans
of each Buyer (if any) that does not proportionately increase its Committed Sum shall, following
funding by the new Buyers, automatically be reduced and adjusted proportionately and (ii)
Schedule BC shall be updated and the update executed and delivered by the Agent to the
Seller and each of the Buyers and, effective as of the date specified on such update, shall each
automatically supersede and replace the then-existing corresponding schedule for all purposes.
2.4. Swing Line Commitment. In addition to its Commitment under Section 2.1, U.S.
Bank agrees to fund revolving Swing Line Transactions for aggregate Purchase Prices which do not on
any day exceed the Swing Line Limit for the purpose of initially funding requested Transactions.
2.5. Swing Line Transactions.
(a) The Seller shall have the right to request and obtain a Swing Line Transaction:
(1) only if such Swing Line Transaction fully qualifies in all respects for
funding as a Regular Transaction under this Agreement except that it may have been
requested later in the day;
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(2) provided that no Default has occurred that has not been cured before it has
become an Event of Default, and no Event of Default has occurred that the Agent has
not declared in writing to have been waived or cured and all conditions precedent in
Section 14 have been satisfied;
(3) so long as the Swing Line Limit is not exceeded;
(4) provided that the Mortgage Loan Transmission File for the proposed
Transaction is received by U.S. Bank by no later than 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day
such Transaction is to be funded; and
(5) provided that neither the Seller nor U.S. Bank is aware of any reason why
the requested Transaction cannot or will not be fully funded by the Buyers on the
first Swing Line Refunding Due Date following the Business Day on which the Swing
Line Transaction is to be funded.
(b) All Swing Line Transactions shall have a Price Differential from the date funded
until the date repaid and the Repurchase Price therefor shall be due and payable to U.S.
Bank at the same rate(s) as would be applicable if such Swing Line Transactions had been
funded as Regular Transactions by all Buyers, instead of having been funded by U.S. Bank
alone as Swing Line Transactions.
(c) Each Swing Line Transaction shall be re-funded on its Swing Line Refunding Due Date
by the Agents paying over to U.S. Bank out of the Repurchase Settlement Account, and U.S.
Banks applying against such Swing Line Transaction, an amount equal to the Purchase Price
of the Transaction funded by all of the Buyers in their Funding Shares of such Purchase
Price on that day against the same Transaction that was initially funded as a Swing Line
Transaction at which time such Transaction shall be deemed to be a Regular Transaction.
(d) All accrued Price Differential on Swing Line Transactions shall be due and payable
by the Seller to the Agent (for distribution to U.S. Bank) on the Price Differential payment
due date (determined under Section 5) next following the date of the Swing Line
Transaction.
2.6. Optional Reduction or Termination of Buyers Commitments. The Seller may, at any time,
without premium or penalty, upon not less than ten (10) Business Days prior written notice to the
Agent, reduce or terminate the Maximum Aggregate Commitment, ratably, with any such reduction in a
minimum aggregate amount for all the Buyers of $5,000,000, or, if more, in an integral multiple of
$5,000,000; provided, however, that (i) the Seller may reduce the Maximum Aggregate
Commitment no more than once each calendar quarter, (ii) at no time may the Aggregate Outstanding
Purchase Price exceed the Maximum Aggregate Commitment after giving effect to any such reduction
and, (iii) unless terminated in full, the Maximum Aggregate Commitment shall not be reduced to less
than $100,000,000. Upon termination of the Buyers Commitments pursuant to this Section, the
Seller shall pay to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Buyers the full amount of all
outstanding Obligations under the Repurchase Documents.
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3 Initiation; Termination
3.1. Seller Request; Agent Confirmation.
(a) Any request to enter into a Transaction shall be made by notice to the Agent at the
initiation of the Seller. To request a Transaction, the Seller shall deliver to the Agent
and the Custodian the Mortgage Loan Transmission File for each of the Eligible Loans subject
to the Transaction by electronic transmission.
(b) If the Seller submits Mortgage Loan Transmission Files to the Agent and the
Custodian and:
(1) they are all received until before 3:00 p.m. on the proposed Purchase
Date, the Transaction shall be funded as a Swing Line Transaction;
(2) they are all received after 3:00 p.m. on the proposed Purchase Date, U.S.
Bank shall either, at its election, (i) fund the requested Transaction as a Swing
Line Transaction on that same day, or (ii) arrange for its funding on the next
Business Day as a Swing Line Transaction.
U.S. Bank shall have no obligation to fund any Transaction unless all the conditions to
funding set forth in Section 2.5, this Section 3 and Section 14 have
been satisfied or waived at the time of such Transaction.
(c) Seller shall deliver a Request/Confirmation substantially in the form of
Exhibit A to the Agent no later than 4:00 p.m. on the day Seller submits each
Mortgage Loan Transmission File.
3.2. Syndication of Purchases. U.S. Bank shall notify each Buyer no later than 2:00 p.m. on
each Swing Line Refunding Due Date of such Buyers Funding Share of the Swing Line Transactions
that are to be converted to Regular Transactions on such date. If at the time each such Swing Line
Transaction was funded, U.S. Bank reasonably believed that all of the conditions set forth in
Section 2.5 were satisfied in all material respects, then the other Buyers shall be
(subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents) unconditionally
and irrevocably obligated to timely fund their respective Funding Shares of such Transactions,
irrespective of whether in the meantime any Default or Event of Default has occurred or been
discovered, and irrespective of whether in the meantime some or all of the Buyers Commitments have
lapsed, expired or been canceled, rescinded or terminated with or without cause, or have been
waived, released or excused for any reason whatsoever, so that (i) the Swing Line is paid down by
the required amount on each Swing Line Refunding Due Date and (ii) all Swing Line Transactions are
converted to Regular Transactions with each Buyer having funded its Funding Share thereof. All
Price Differential accrued on Swing Line Transactions to the applicable Swing Line Refunding Due
Date shall be due and payable by the Seller to the Agent (for distribution to U.S. Bank) within two
(2) Business Days after the Agent bills the Seller for such Price Differential, but in no event
later than the Termination Date. All amounts due from the Buyers under this Section 3.2
shall be transmitted by federal funds wire transfer to the Repurchase Settlement Account. The
Agent shall disburse to U.S. Bank from the Repurchase Settlement Account an amount equal to the sum
of the Funding Shares funded by all
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of the other Buyers on that day against the same Transaction that was initially funded as a
Swing Line Transaction (excluding U.S. Banks own Funding Share thereof); provided that if
a Buyer other than U.S. Bank advises the Agent by telephone and confirms the advice by fax that
such Buyer has placed all of its Funding Share on the federal funds wire to the Repurchase
Settlement Account, the Agent shall continue to keep the Swing Line Transaction outstanding to the
extent of that Buyers Funding Share so wired until such Buyers Funding Share is received in the
Repurchase Settlement Account, and the Agent shall then repay U.S. Bank that still-outstanding
portion of the Swing Line Transaction from the Repurchase Settlement Account, and the Price
Differential accrued at the Pricing Rate(s) applicable to the Transaction on that Funding Share for
the period from (and including) the relevant Swing Line Refunding Due Date to (but excluding) the
date such Buyers Funding Share is received by the Agent shall belong to U.S. Bank; provided,
further that in no event shall U.S. Bank have any obligation to continue such portion of any
Swing Line Transaction outstanding if and to the extent, if any, that doing so would cause the
total amount funded by U.S. Bank and outstanding to exceed the Swing Line Limit. If any Buyer
fails to wire to the Repurchase Settlement Account so that such funds are received by 4:00 p.m. on
the Swing Line Refunding Due Date, such Buyers Funding Share of any Regular Transaction that was
initially funded as a Swing Line Transaction (i.e., excluding any such failure caused by a federal
funds wire delay), then that Buyer shall also be obligated to pay to U.S. Bank Price Differential
on the Funding Share so due from such Buyer to U.S. Bank at the Federal Funds Rate from (and
including) such Swing Line Refunding Due Date to (but excluding) the date of payment of such
Funding Share.
3.3. Request/Confirmation. Each Request/Confirmation shall identify the Agent and the Seller and
set forth:
(a) the Purchase Date applicable to the relevant Transaction;
(b) for each of the Eligible Loans to be sold, the Purchase Price ; and
(c) any additional terms or conditions of the Transaction mutually agreeable to the
Agent and the Seller.
Each Request/Confirmation shall be binding on the parties, unless written notice of objection is
given by the objecting party to the other party within one (1) Business Day after the Agent has
received the completed Request/Confirmation from the Seller. In the event of any conflict between
the terms of a Request/Confirmation and this Agreement, this Agreement shall prevail.
3.4. Transaction Termination; Purchase Price Decrease.
(a) Automatic Termination. Each Transaction, or applicable portion thereof, will
automatically terminate on the earlier of (x) the date or dates when the subject Purchased
Loans are purchased by Approved Investor(s) and (y) the Termination Date.
(b) Termination Upon Occurrence of Disqualifier. If any Disqualifier occurs in respect
of a Purchased Loan, the Seller shall immediately repurchase such Purchased Loan in
accordance with this Section 3.
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(c) How Terminations will be Effected. Termination of every Transaction will be
effected by (x) the Buyers reconveyance to the Seller or its designee of the Purchased
Loans, servicing released, and payment of any Income in respect thereof received by the
Agent and not previously either paid to the Seller or applied as a credit to the Sellers
Obligations, against (y) payment of the Repurchase Price in immediately available funds to
the account referred to in Section 3.5 by 1:00 p.m. on the Repurchase Date, so that
the Agent receives the Repurchase Price (for Pro Rata distribution to the Buyers) in
immediately available funds on that same Business Day; provided that the portion of
the Repurchase Price attributable to accrued and unpaid Price Differential for the
Repurchased Loan shall be not be due until two (2) Business Days after the Agent bills the
Seller therefor; provided further that all accrued and unpaid Price Differential
shall be due and payable on the Termination Date.
(d) Purchase Price Decrease. The Seller may effectuate a Purchase Price Decrease on
any Business Day by delivery to the Agent in immediately available funds of an amount
specified by the Seller as a Purchase Price Decrease on that Business Day. No Purchased
Loans shall be, or be deemed to be, repurchased in connection with a Purchase Price
Decrease.
3.5. Place for Payments of Repurchase Prices. All Repurchase Price payments shall be paid to
the Repurchase Settlement Account.
3.6. Withdrawals from and Credits to Operating Account. If the Seller fails for any reason to
repurchase any one or more Purchased Loans on the relevant Repurchase Date, to pay any Price
Differential or fees when due or to satisfy any Margin Call in the manner and by the time specified
in Sections 3.4, 3.5, 5.7 and 6.1, the Agent is hereby specifically
and irrevocably authorized to withdraw funds from the Operating Account in an amount equal to the
sum of the Repurchase Prices of all Purchased Loans that are Past Due, plus accrued, unpaid Price
Differential or fees, plus Margin Deficit (if applicable), on that day and cause application of
such funds withdrawn to the payment of the Repurchase Prices of such Purchased Loans, Price
Differential or fees, and Margin Deficit (if applicable) in such order and manner as the Agent may
elect and if funds in the Operating Account are insufficient to pay the Repurchase Prices of all
such Purchased Loans, the Seller shall pay the amount due hereunder on demand by wire to the
Repurchase Settlement Account.
3.7. Transfer of Existing Mortgage Loan Portfolio.
(a) The Agent, some of the Buyers and the Seller are also parties to a Loan Agreement dated
as of September 7, 1999 (as amended, the Warehousing Credit Agreement), pursuant to which
such Buyers (the Existing Lenders) and the Agent (acting as agent for the lenders party to
the Warehousing Credit Agreement) have made Advances (defined in the Warehousing Credit
Agreement) in the nature of loans to Seller. Repayment of these Advances and all interest
accrued thereon, and payment and performance of the other obligations of Seller under the
Warehousing Credit Agreement, are secured by a pledge and grant of a first priority security
interest in certain Mortgage Loans and related collateral delivered by Seller to the Agent
under the Warehousing Credit Agreement (collectively, the Existing Mortgage Loan
Portfolio), all on the terms
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and conditions set forth therein and in the Security Agreement referred to therein. Seller
has requested that it be permitted to sell the Existing Mortgage Loan Portfolio, on the
terms and conditions set forth herein, to the Agent for the benefit of the Buyers on the
Effective Date, and this Section 3.7 and Section 3.8 memorialize the
parties further agreements on that subject.
(b) On the Effective Date and concurrently with the initial Transaction hereunder, the Agent
(acting as agent for the Existing Buyers) shall disburse the proceeds of such Transaction
and additional funds made available to it by the Seller, if required, to the Existing
Lenders ratably in accordance with their advances against the Existing Mortgage Loan
Portfolio. The Warehousing Credit Agreement shall thereupon be terminated (except for any
provisions thereof that by their terms survive termination of said agreement). The Agent
shall, as soon as practicable after the Effective Date, cancel and return all promissory
notes evidencing the debt under the Warehousing Credit Agreement to the Seller, marked paid
in full.
(c) On the Effective Date, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Buyers
shall purchase all Eligible Loans in the Existing Mortgage Loan Portfolio on the terms set
forth in this Agreement.
3.8. Special Terms Applicable to the Existing Mortgage Loan Portfolio. The following
changes in the terms and conditions of this Agreement are applicable to the Existing Mortgage Loan
Portfolio and the Mortgage Loans therein:
(a) The Repurchase Date for each such Mortgage Loan under Section 3.4 (and as
set forth in the Disqualifiers on Schedule DQ) shall be measured from the date on
which the Mortgage Loan was first pledged by Seller pursuant to the Warehousing Credit
Agreement. The requirement of Schedule EL (8) that each Eligible Loan be originated no more
than 30 days prior to its Purchase Date shall be measured from the date on which the
Mortgage Loan was first pledged by Seller pursuant to the Warehousing Credit Agreement (i.e.
that it was originated no more than 30 days prior to the date it was first pledged by Seller
pursuant to the Warehousing Credit Agreement). The prior pledge of an Eligible Loan that is
a part of the Existing Mortgage Loan Portfolio pursuant to the Warehousing Credit Agreement
shall not violate any covenant, representation or warranty under this Agreement regarding a
prior pledge of any Eligible Loan.
(b) Each such Mortgage Loan must be an Eligible Loan at the time of purchase under this
Agreement unless otherwise agreed by all Buyers and the Seller.
(c) Seller makes the following additional representations and warranties in connection
with the sale and purchase of the Existing Mortgage Loan Portfolio: Seller has not filed a
petition in any case, action or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar state
law; no petition in any case, action or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar
state laws have been filed against Seller that has not been dismissed or vacated; and Seller
has not filed any answer or otherwise admitted in writing any insolvency or inability to pay
its debts or has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors or consented to the
appointment of a receiver or trustee of all or a material part
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of its property. Seller has no intention to make any such filing or admission in the
next ninety (90) days. The sale and purchase of the Existing Mortgage Loan Portfolio will
not be a preference, voidable transfer, fraudulent conveyance, or otherwise in violation of
the Bankruptcy Code or any similar state or federal law.
3.9. Delivery of Additional Mortgage Loans. Seller may from time to time deliver to the Agent
Mortgage Loans that are also Eligible Loans without entering into a new Transaction by providing to
the Agent the documents required under Section 3.1 with respect to such Mortgage Loans.
The Seller and Buyers agree that such Mortgage Loans delivered pursuant to this Section 3.9
shall be treated as Purchased Loans subject to the existing Transactions hereunder from the date of
such delivery.
3.10. Application of Repurchase Price Payments. Upon receipt by the Agent of amounts paid or
prepaid as Purchase Price Decreases or Repurchase Price (except upon the exercise of remedies
provided in Section 18) the Agent shall apply amounts so received to the payment of all
Obligations which are then due, and if the amount so received is insufficient to pay all such
Obligations, (i) first to any reimbursement due under Section 20.1, (ii) second to payment
of all Swing Line Transactions that have not been syndicated, and (iii) third to partial payment of
Obligations then due or as otherwise agreed by the Buyers.
4 Transaction Limits and Sublimits.
4.1. Transaction Limits. Each Transaction shall be subject to the limitation that no purchase
will be made if at the time of or after such purchase, the Aggregate Outstanding Purchase Price
exceeds or would exceed the Maximum Aggregate Commitment.
4.2. Transaction Sublimits. The following sublimits shall also be applicable to the
Transactions hereunder such that after giving effect to any proposed Transaction and after giving
effect to any repurchase, addition or substitution of any Mortgage Loan hereunder, the following
shall be true (subject, in each case, to the Agents discretionary authority under Section
22.5):
(a) The Aggregate Outstanding Purchase Price of Conforming Mortgage Loans may be as
much as one hundred percent (100%) of the Maximum Aggregate Commitment.
(b) The Aggregate Outstanding Purchase Price of all Purchased Loans that are Wet Loans
shall not exceed (x) seventy-five percent (75%) of the Maximum Aggregate Commitment on any
of the first five and last five Business Days of any month or (y) forty percent (40%) of the
Maximum Aggregate Commitment on any other day (the Wet Loans Sublimit).
(c) The Aggregate Outstanding Purchase Price of all Purchased Loans that are of the
type listed in the first column of the following table shall not exceed the percentage of
the Maximum Aggregate Commitment listed in the second column of the table (the name of that
Sublimit is set forth in the third column):
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Jumbo Mortgage Loans
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25%
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Sublimit |
Agency-eligible Forty
Year Loans
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10%
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Agency-eligible
Forty Year Loans
Sublimit |
5 Price Differential.
5.1. Pricing Rate. Except as otherwise specified in this Section, the Pricing Rate to be
applied to the Purchase Prices of Purchased Loans to determine the Price Differential in all Open
Transactions shall be the LIBOR Rate plus the LIBOR Margin applicable from time to time (in each
case computed annually).
5.2. Sellers Election of Pricing Rate. The Seller may elect that the Pricing Rate to be
applied to any Open Transaction, or Segment thereof, be the Balance Funded Rate from time to time
by giving the Administrative Agent telephonic notice not later than 10:00 AM on the effective date
of such election, specifying the Business Day when such election is to become effective and
confirming the telephonic notice in writing by not later than the close of business on the same
day. A Balance Funded Rate may only be selected where a Buyer is holding Qualifying Balances and
shall only be applicable to such Buyer. Such election shall not change the calculation of Price
Differential for any period prior to the specified effective date.
5.3. Sellers Re-election of the Pricing Rate. If the Seller has elected the Balance Funded
Rate for any Open Transaction or Segment thereof, the Seller may thereafter elect that the Pricing
Rate to be applied to such Open Transaction or Segment instead be calculated by reference to the
LIBOR Rate plus the LIBOR Margin by giving the Administrative Agent telephonic notice not later
than 10:00 AM on the effective date of such election, specifying the Business Day when such
election is to become effective and confirming the telephonic notice in writing by not later than
the close of business on the same day. Such election shall not change the calculation of Price
Differential for any period prior to the specified effective date.
5.4. Balances Deficiency Fees. If for any calendar month the Balance Funded Amount maintained
by the Seller with any Buyer is less than an amount equal to the average daily aggregate unpaid
principal balance of the Balance Funded Segments owed to such Buyer during such calendar month
(such deficiency being herein referred to as the Balances Deficiency), a fee (the
Balances Deficiency Fee) shall accrue for said calendar month on the Balances Deficiency
at a per annum rate equal to the average daily LIBOR Rate plus LIBOR Margin in effect
during said calendar month; and provided further, that if the Balance Funded Amount maintained by
the Seller with any Buyer for any calendar month exceeds the weighted average daily aggregate
unpaid principal balance of the Balance Funded Segments held by such Buyer during such calendar
month (such excess being defined herein as the Balances Surplus), then such Balances
Surplus may be carried forward and applied to reduce the Balances Deficiency Fee in any succeeding
calendar months (but not to any calendar month occurring in
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any subsequent calendar year), and the net positive amount of the Balances Deficiency Fee, if
any, will be payable by the Seller at the end of each calendar year promptly after the Sellers
receipt of an invoice for such amount.
5.5. Monthly Conversion of Balance Funded Segments. At the request of any Buyer to which a
Balance Funded Segment is owed (provided that such request shall not be made more frequently than
once in any calendar month), Seller shall either (a) terminate such Balance Funded Segment by
repurchasing, in accordance with Section 3.4, Purchased Loans in an amount equal to the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of such Balance Funded Segment, or (b) convert such Segment to a
LIBOR Segment for a period of at least one Business Day.
5.6. Pricing Rate for Default Pricing Rate Purchased Loans. Notwithstanding any contrary or
inconsistent provision of this Section 5, the Pricing Rate to be multiplied by the Purchase
Prices of all Purchased Loans shall be the Default Pricing Rate from (and including) (a) the day
immediately following the Repurchase Date for each such Past Due Purchased Loan and until (but
excluding) the date on which such Past Due Purchased Loan is repurchased by transfer to the Agent
(for Pro Rata distribution to the Buyers) of its full Repurchase Price in immediately available
funds; and (b) the date designated by the Agent to the Seller after the occurrence of an Event of
Default under Section 18.1.
5.7. Price Differential Payment Due Dates. Price Differential on each Open Transaction
accrued and unpaid to the end of each month before the Termination Date (and including any Balance
Deficiency Fee) shall be due and payable two (2) Business Days after the Agent bills the Seller for
it, whether or not such Transaction is still an Open Transaction on such payment due date;
provided that (a) all accrued and unpaid Price Differential (and Balance Deficiency Fees)
on all Transactions shall be due on the Termination Date, and (b) all Pricing Differential
calculated at the Default Pricing Rate shall be due on demand.
6 Margin Maintenance.
6.1. Margin Deficit.
(a) If at any time the aggregate Purchase Value of all Purchased Loans subject to all
Transactions hereunder is less than the aggregate Repurchase Price (excluding Price
Differential, minus cash transfers previously made from Seller to the Agent in response to
previous Margin Calls, if any, for all such Transactions (a Margin Deficit), then by
notice to the Seller (a Margin Call), the Agent shall, require the Seller to transfer (for
the account of the Buyers) to the Agent or the Custodian, as appropriate either (at the
Sellers option) cash or additional Eligible Loans reasonably acceptable to the Agent
(Additional Purchased Loans), or a combination of cash and Additional Purchased Loans, so
that the cash and the aggregate Purchase Value of the Purchased Loans, including any such
Additional Purchased Loans, will thereupon at least equal the then aggregate Repurchase
Price (excluding Price Differential). The Agent will recalculate the Purchase Value of all
or a portion of the Purchased Loans at the times it deems appropriate in its sole discretion
and at any other time at the reasonable request of the Required Buyers.
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(b) On any Business Day on which the Purchase Value of the Purchased Loans subject to
Transactions exceeds the then outstanding aggregate Repurchase Price of all Transactions (a
Margin Excess), so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or will result therefrom, the Agent shall, upon receipt of written request from
the Seller, remit cash or release Purchased Loans as requested by Seller, in either case, in
an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the amount requested by the Seller and (ii) such Margin
Excess, subject always to the other limitations of this Agreement. If cash is to be
remitted the Agent shall treat the receipt of the written request of Seller under this
Section 6.1(b) as if it were a request for a Transaction. To the extent the Agent
remits cash to the Seller, such cash shall be (y) additional Purchase Price with respect to
the Transactions, and (z) subject in all respects to the provisions and limitations of this
Agreement. Each Buyer shall fund its Pro Rata share of such additional Purchase Price as if
the remission of such Margin Excess were the initiation of a Transaction hereunder.
6.2. Margin Call Deadline. If the Agent delivers a Margin Call to the Seller at or before
10:00 a.m. on any Business Day, then the Seller shall transfer cash and/or Additional Purchased
Loans as provided in Section 6.1 on the same Business Day. If the Agent delivers a Margin
Call to the Seller after 10:00 a.m. on any Business Day, then the Seller shall transfer cash and/or
Additional Purchased Loans by no later than 10:00 a.m. on the next following Business Day.
6.3. Application of Cash. Any cash transferred to the Agent (for Pro Rata distribution to the
Buyers) pursuant to this Section 6 shall be applied by the Buyers on receipt from the Agent
which shall occur on the date received from the Seller or the next Business Day if received after
3:00 p.m.
6.4. Increased Cost. If any Legal Requirement (other than with respect to any amendment made
to the relevant Buyers articles of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing
documents) or any change in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any Buyer
with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or
other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the Effective Date:
(a) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory
loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for
the account of, advances, or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of
funds by, any office of the Buyer which is not otherwise included in the determination of
the LIBOR Rate hereunder; or
(b) shall impose on the Buyer any other condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the Buyer, by an amount which the
Buyer deems to be material, of entering, continuing or maintaining any Transaction or to reduce any
amount due or owing hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Seller shall promptly
pay the Agent (for distribution to such Buyer) such additional amount or amounts as
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calculated by the Buyer in good faith as will compensate the Buyer for such increased cost or
reduced amount receivable.
6.5. Capital Adequacy. If any Buyer shall have determined that the adoption of or any change
in any Legal Requirement (other than with respect to any amendment made to the Buyers articles of
incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents) regarding capital
adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by the Buyer or any
corporation controlling the Buyer with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether
or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to the Effective
Date shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the Buyers or such corporations
capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that which the Buyer or such
corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into
consideration the Buyers or such corporations policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an
amount deemed by the Buyer to be material, then from time to time, the Seller shall promptly pay to
the Agent (for distribution to such Buyer) such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the
Buyer or such corporation for such reduction.
6.6. Agents Report. In the discretion of the Agent if it reasonably determines that market
conditions warrant (except that the Agent shall have no obligation to make such determination more
frequently than once per day), the Agent may: (1) determine the aggregate Market Values for the
Purchased Loans (which may include the Purchase Value of any Mortgage Loans purchased on that day)
by summing the values of the individual Purchased Loans as reported on (and recorded by the Agent
from) the Mortgage Loan Transmission Files, valuing at zero Purchased Loans for which the Agent has
current actual knowledge that a Disqualifier exists; (2) issue a statement of the value of the
Purchased Loans as so determined; and (3) provide a copy of such statement to the Seller and each
Buyer, provided that, if the Agent has not provided such a statement to the Seller
and each Buyer at least one time in a calendar month, the Agent shall provide to the Seller and
each Buyer a Purchased Loan Report no later than the last Business Day of each month.
6.7. Provisions Relating to LIBOR Rate and Balance Funded Rate. If, after the date of this
Agreement, the adoption of, or any change in, any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change
in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or
comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any
Buyer with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority,
central bank or comparable agency shall make it unlawful or impossible for such Buyer to make,
maintain or fund Transactions based on either the LIBOR Rate or the Balance Funded Rate, such Buyer
shall notify the Seller and the Agent, whereupon the Pricing Rate on all of the affected
Transactions shall be automatically converted as of the date of such Buyers notice to bear
interest at a rate equal to the Prime Rate plus the LIBOR Margin.
7 Taxes.
7.1. Payments to be Free of Taxes; Withholding. Any and all payments by the Seller under or
in respect of this Agreement or any other Repurchase Documents to which the Seller is a party shall
be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any and all
present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and
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all liabilities (including penalties, interest and additions to tax) with respect thereto,
whether now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any taxation authority
or other Governmental Authority (collectively, Taxes), other than Excluded Taxes, unless required
by any Law. If the Seller shall be required under any applicable Legal Requirement to deduct or
withhold any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under or in respect of this Agreement or
any of the other Repurchase Documents to the Agent (for the account of the Buyers), (i) the Seller
shall make all such deductions and withholdings in respect of Taxes, (ii) the Seller shall pay the
full amount deducted or withheld in respect of Taxes to the relevant taxation authority or other
Governmental Authority in accordance with any applicable Legal Requirement and (iii) the sum
payable by the Seller shall be increased as may be necessary so that after the Seller has made all
required deductions and withholdings (including deductions and withholdings applicable to
additional amounts payable under this Section 7) each Buyer receives an amount equal to the
sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made in respect of
Non-excluded Taxes. For purposes of this Agreement the term Excluded Taxes means, with
respect to the Agent, any Buyer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account
of any obligation of the Seller hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net
income (however denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by
the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is
organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Buyer, in which its
applicable office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America
or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Seller is located and (c) in the
case of a Non-Exempt Buyer (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Seller under
Section 22.18), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Non-Exempt
Buyer at the time such Non-Exempt Buyer becomes a party hereto (or designates a new office) or is
attributable to such Non-Exempt Buyers failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in
Law) to comply with Section 7.5, except to the extent that such Non-Exempt Buyer (or its
assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment),
to receive additional amounts from the Buyer with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to
Section 7.1. Non-excluded Taxes means all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
7.2. Other Taxes. In addition, the Seller hereby agrees to pay any present or future stamp,
recording, documentary, excise, property or value-added taxes, or similar taxes, charges or levies
that arise from any payment made under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Repurchase
Document or from the execution, delivery or registration of, any performance under, or otherwise
with respect to, this Agreement or any other Repurchase Documents (collectively, Other Taxes).
7.3. Taxes Indemnity. The Seller hereby agrees to indemnify the Buyers and the Agent for, and
to hold each of them harmless against, the full amount of Non-excluded Taxes and Other Taxes, and
the full amount of Taxes of any kind imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this
Section 7 imposed on or paid by the Buyers or the Agent and any liability (including
penalties, additions to tax, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto. The
indemnity by the Seller provided for in this Section 7.3 shall apply and be made whether or
not the Non-excluded Taxes or Other Taxes for which indemnification hereunder is sought have been
correctly or legally asserted. Amounts payable by the Seller
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under the indemnity set forth in this Section 7.3 shall be paid within ten (10) days
from the date on which the Agent makes written demand therefor.
7.4. Receipt. Within thirty (30) days after the date of any payment of Taxes, the Seller (or
any Person making such payment on behalf of the Seller) shall furnish to the Agent for each Buyers
account a certified copy of the original official receipt evidencing payment thereof.
7.5. Non-Exempt Buyer. For purposes of this Section 7.5, the terms United States
and United States Person shall have the meanings specified in Section 7701 of the Internal
Revenue Code. Each Buyer (including, for avoidance of doubt, any assignee, successor or
participant) that either (i) is not incorporated under the laws of the United States, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia or (ii) whose name does not include Incorporated, Inc.,
Corporation, Corp., P.C., insurance company or assurance company (a Non-Exempt Buyer)
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Seller the following properly completed and duly executed
documents:
(a) in the case of a Non-Exempt Buyer that is not a United States Person, (i) a
complete and executed (x) U.S. Internal Revenue Form W-8BEN with Part II completed in which
the Buyer claims the benefits of a tax treaty with the United States providing for a zero or
reduced rate of withholding (or any successor forms thereto), including all appropriate
attachments or (y) a U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor forms
thereto) and (ii) if such Non-Exempt Buyer is treated as a corporation for United States
federal tax purposes, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E (a
Corporation Tax Treatment Certificate); or
(b) in the case of an individual, (x) a complete and executed U.S. Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor forms thereto) and a Corporation Tax Treatment
Certificate or (y) a complete and executed U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any
successor forms thereto); or
(c) in the case of a Non-Exempt Buyer that is organized under the laws of the United
States, any State thereof, or the District of Columbia, (i) a complete and executed U.S.
Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor forms thereto), including all
appropriate attachments, and (ii) if such Non-Exempt Buyer is treated as a corporation for
United States federal tax purposes, a Corporation Tax Treatment Certificate; or
(d) in the case of a Non-Exempt Buyer that (x) is not organized under the laws of the
United States, any State thereof, or the District of Columbia and (y) is treated as a
corporation for U. S. federal income tax purposes, a complete and executed U.S. Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming a zero rate of withholding (or any successor forms
thereto) and a Corporation Tax Treatment Certificate; or
(e) in the case of a Non-Exempt Buyer that (A) is treated for U.S. federal income tax
purposes as a partnership or other non-corporate entity, and (B) is not organized under the
laws of the United States, any State thereof, or the District of Columbia, (x)(i) a complete
and executed U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor forms thereto)
(including all required documents and attachments) and
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(ii) a Corporation Tax Treatment Certificate, and (y) without duplication, with respect
to each of its beneficial owners and the beneficial owners of such beneficial owners looking
through chains of owners to individuals or entities that are treated as corporations for
U.S. federal income tax purposes (all such owners, beneficial owners), the documents that
would be required by this Section 7.5 with respect to each such beneficial owner if
such beneficial owner were a Buyer, provided that no such documents will be required
with respect to a beneficial owner to the extent the actual Buyer is determined to be in
compliance with the requirements for certification on behalf of its beneficial owner as may
be provided in applicable U.S. Treasury regulations, or the requirements of this Section
7.5 are otherwise determined to be unnecessary, all such determinations under this
Section 7.5 to be made in the sole discretion of Seller, provided that each such
Buyer shall be provided an opportunity to establish such compliance as reasonable; or
(f) in the case of a Non-Exempt Buyer that is disregarded for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, the document that would be required by this Section 7.5 with respect to
its beneficial owner if such beneficial owner were a Buyer; or
(g) in the case of a Non-Exempt Buyer that (A) is not a United States person and (B) is
acting in the capacity as an intermediary (as defined in U.S. Treasury regulations),
(x)(i) a U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor form thereto)
(including all required documents and attachments) and (ii) a Corporation Tax Treatment
Certificate, and (y) if the intermediary is a non-qualified intermediary (as defined in
U.S. Treasury regulations), from each person upon whose behalf the non-qualified
intermediary is acting the documents that would be required by this Section 7.5
with respect to each such person if each such person were a Buyer.
If the forms referred to in this Section 7.5 that are provided by a Buyer at the time such
Buyer first becomes a party to this Agreement, a successor to a Buyer or, with respect to a
permitted assignment of or a grant of a participation in the interests of a Buyer hereunder, the
effective date thereof, indicate a United States interest withholding tax rate in excess of zero,
withholding tax at such rate shall be treated as Excluded Taxes unless and until such Buyer
provides the appropriate form certifying that a lesser rate applies, whereupon withholding tax at
such lesser rate shall be considered Excluded Taxes solely for the periods governed by such form.
If, however, on the date a Person becomes an assignee, successor or participant to this Agreement,
Buyer transferor was entitled to indemnification or additional amounts under this Section
7, then the Buyer assignee, successor or participant shall be entitled to indemnification or
additional amounts to the extent (and only to the extent), that the Buyer transferor was entitled
to such indemnification or additional amounts for Non-excluded Taxes, and the Buyer assignee,
successor or participant shall be entitled to additional indemnification or additional amounts for
any other or additional Non-excluded Taxes.
7.6. If Buyer Fails to Provide Form. For any period with respect to which a Buyer required to
do so has failed to provide Seller with the appropriate form, certificate or other document
described in Section 7.5 (other than (i) if such failure is due to a change in any
applicable Legal Requirement, or in the interpretation or application thereof, occurring after the
date on which a form, certificate or other document originally was required to be provided, (ii) if
such form, certificate or other document otherwise is not required under Section 7.5 or
(iii) if it is
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legally inadvisable or otherwise commercially disadvantageous for such Buyer to deliver such
form, certificate or other document), such Buyer shall not be entitled to indemnification or
additional amounts under Section 7.2 or Section 7.3 with respect to Non-excluded
Taxes imposed by the United States by reason of such failure; provided that should a Buyer
become subject to Non-excluded Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form, certificate or other
document required hereunder, Seller shall take such steps as such Buyer shall reasonably request,
to assist such Buyer in recovering such Non-excluded Taxes.
7.7. Survival. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Seller
hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Seller contained in this Section 7 shall
survive the termination of this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Section 7 shall
require the Buyer to make available any of its tax returns or any other information that it deems
to be confidential or proprietary.
7.8. Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Agent or any Buyer determines, in its sole
discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been
indemnified by the Seller or with respect to which the Seller has paid additional amounts pursuant
to this Article 7, it shall pay to the Seller an amount equal to such refund (but only to
the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Seller under this
Article 7 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses of the Agent or such Buyer, as the case may be, and without interest (other
than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund),
provided that the Seller, upon the request of the Agent or such Buyer, agrees to repay the amount
paid over to the Seller (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant
Governmental Authority) to the Agent or such Buyer in the event the Agent or such Buyer is required
to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to
require the Agent or any Buyer to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating
to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Seller or any other Person.
7.9. Mitigation Obligations. If any Buyer requests compensation under Sections 6.4, 7.1
or 7.2 or requires the Seller to pay any additional amount to any Buyer or any Governmental
Authority for the account of any Buyer pursuant to Sections 6.4, 7.1 or 7.2, then such
Buyer shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different office for funding or booking its share
of Transactions hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its
offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Buyer, such designation or assignment
(i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Sections 6.4, 7.1 or 7.2, as the
case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Buyer to any unreimbursed cost or
expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Buyer. The Seller hereby agrees to pay
all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Buyer in connection with any such designation or
assignment.
7.10. Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Buyer or the Agent to demand
compensation pursuant to this Section 7, Section 6.4 or Section 6.5 shall
not constitute a waiver of such Buyers or the Agents right to demand such compensation, provided
that the Seller shall not be required to compensate a Buyer or the Agent pursuant to this Section
for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date
that such Buyer or the Agent, as the case may be, notifies the Seller of the Change in Law giving
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such increased costs or reductions and of such Buyers or the Agents intention to claim
compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or
reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to
include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
8 Income and Escrow Payments; Control.
8.1. Income and Escrow Payments. Notwithstanding that the Buyers, the Agent and the Seller
intend that the Transactions be sales to the Buyers of the Purchased Loans, where a particular
Transactions term extends over an Income payment date on the Purchased Loans subject to that
Transaction, all payments and distributions, whether in cash or in kind, made on or with respect to
the Purchased Loans shall be paid directly to the Seller or its designee by the relevant Customer,
and the Agent (and the Buyers) shall have no obligation to collect or apply any Income to prevent
or reduce any Margin Deficit, unless the Seller (i) arranges for such Income to be paid to the
Agent (for Pro Rata distribution to the Buyers), (ii) requests that the Agent apply such Income
when received against the Sellers Margin Deficit(s) and (iii) concurrently transfers to the Agent
either (x) cash or (y) at the Agents option and with the Agents written approval, Additional
Purchased Loans, sufficient to eliminate such Margin Deficit. Amounts paid to the Seller by the
relevant Customer shall be deposited by the Seller into the Income Account within two (2) Business
Days of receipt by Seller and, as to amounts so paid to the Seller for escrow payments, into the
Escrow Account. The Income Account and the Escrow Account shall be maintained by the Seller with a
bank satisfactory to the Agent. The Income Account and Escrow Account may be interest bearing
accounts if allowed or required by applicable law. At all times prior to a Default or Event of
Default, the Seller may have full use of all Income and amounts on deposit in the Income Account,
subject to the provisions of Section 8.2. At the Agents request (and no later than 30
days after such request), the Seller shall establish a new Income Account and Escrow Account into
which all funds collected with respect to the Purchased Loans, and no other funds, shall be
deposited and the Seller shall deliver control agreements with respect to such accounts to the
Agent as described in Section 8.2.
8.2. Income and Escrow Accounts. Prior to the initial Transaction hereunder the Seller shall
establish the Income Account and the Escrow Account. At the Agents request (and no later than 10
days after such request) Seller shall cause the bank holding such accounts to enter into a control
agreement with the Agent providing that upon notice from the Agent (which notice shall be given
only upon the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default) no further withdrawals or payment orders
from the Seller shall be honored and only payment and withdrawal orders from the Agent or its
designee shall be honored. Prior to the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default and so long as
Seller is also the Servicer, Seller shall make payments from the Escrow Account of all appropriate
amounts payable with respect to each Purchased Loan for taxes, insurance and other purposes for
which the funds are paid into the Escrow Account. Subject to Section 8.3, amounts on
deposit in the Income Account shall be used by the Seller to pay its fees as Servicer while it
serves in such capacity, and may be used to pay to the Agent amounts due under this Agreement for
Margin Deficit or Price Differential and for any other lawful purpose.
8.3. Income and Escrow Accounts after Default. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuation of a Default or Event of Default, the Seller shall have no right to direct withdrawal
or application of funds in the Income Account and the Escrow Account unless authorized to do
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so in writing by the Agent. The Agent may cause all amounts on deposit in the Income Account
to be paid to it or its designee for application as provided in Section 18.4. The Agent or
its designee shall direct payments from the Escrow Account for the purposes for which such funds
are deposited into the Escrow Account and shall comply with all Legal Requirements applicable to
the operation of the Income Account and the Escrow Account, including any Agency guidelines with
respect thereto.
9 Facility Fee; Agents Fee.
9.1. Facility Fee; Non-Use. The Seller agrees to pay to the Agent (for Pro Rata distribution
to the Buyers) a facility fee (the Facility Fee) in an amount equal to the sum of two tenths of
one percent (0.20%) per annum of the Maximum Aggregate Commitment for the period from the Effective
Date to the Termination Date, computed for each calendar month or portion thereof from the
Effective Date until the date this Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms. The Seller
further agrees to pay to the Agent (for pro rata distribution to the Buyers) a non-usage fee (the
Non-usage Fee) in an amount determined by applying a rate of (a) if the average Aggregate
Outstanding Purchase Price is less than 35% of the Maximum Aggregate Commitment for any month,
0.25% per annum to the average daily amount by which the Maximum Aggregate Commitment exceeds the
average Aggregate Outstanding Purchase Price, and (b) if the average Aggregate Outstanding Purchase
Price is greater than or equal to 35% but less than 50% of the Maximum Aggregate Commitment for any
month, 0.20% per annum to the average daily amount by which the Maximum Aggregate Commitment
exceeds the average Aggregate Outstanding Purchase Price, computed for each calendar month or
portion thereof from the Effective Date to the date this Agreement terminates in accordance with
its terms. The Facility Fee and the Non-Usage Fee shall be payable monthly in arrears and shall be
due no later than two (2) Business Days after the Agent bills the Seller therefor, in accordance
with Section 12.2. If the Maximum Aggregate Commitment shall be increased or decreased
from time to time either pursuant to a provision of this Agreement or by separate agreement between
the Buyers and the Seller (excluding, however, any change occurring as a result of or following the
occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, in respect of which no adjustment of the Facility
Fee and the Non-Usage Fee shall be required), the amount of the Facility Fee and the calculation of
the Non-Usage Fee shall be adjusted as of the date of such change. The Facility Fee and the
Non-Usage Fee are compensation to the Buyers for committing to make funds available for revolving
purchases of Eligible Loans on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, and are
not compensation for the use or forbearance or detention of money. Each calculation by the Agent
of the amount of the Facility Fee and the Non-Usage Fee shall be conclusive and binding absent
manifest error.
9.2. Agents Fee. The Seller agrees to pay to the Agent such fee (the Agents Fees) in the
amounts and on the dates as are provided for in separate agreements between the Seller and the
Agent.
10 Security Interest.
10.1. Intent of the Parties. The parties intend that all Transactions hereunder be sales and
purchases (other than for accounting and tax purposes) and not loans; nonetheless, as a security
agreement under the UCC and as a security agreement or other arrangement or other
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credit enhancement related to this Agreement and transactions hereunder as provided for in
Section 101(47)(A)(v) of the Bankruptcy Code, the Seller hereby pledges to the Agent for the
benefit of the Buyers as security for the performance by the Seller of the Obligations and hereby
grants, assigns and pledges to the Agent for the benefit of the Buyers a fully perfected first
priority security interest in all of the Purchased Loans and all Income and proceeds from the
Purchased Loans, including all of the property, rights and other items described in the definition
of Mortgage Loan in Section 1.1 for each such Purchased Loan and all rights to have,
receive and retain the return or refund of funds transferred from any account with the Agent to any
title company, title agent, escrow agent or other Person for the purpose of originating or funding
a Mortgage Loan that did not close (for any reason) and that would have been a Purchased Loan if it
had closed (all funds so transferred continuously remain the property of the Agent and the Buyers
until disbursed by such agent to or for the account of the related Customer upon the closing of his
or her Mortgage Loan), and in all of the following property:
(a) With respect to the Purchased Loans.
(1) all Purchased Loans Support;
(2) all Mortgaged Premises related to the Purchased Loans
(3) all rights to deliver Purchased Loans to investors and other purchasers and all
proceeds resulting from the disposition of Purchased Loans pursuant thereto, including the
Sellers right and entitlement to receive the entire purchase price paid for Purchased Loans
sold;
(4) all Hedge Agreements relating to or constituting any and all of the foregoing or
relating to the Obligations, including all rights to payment arising under such Hedge
Agreements;
(5) all Servicing Rights in respect of any of the Purchased Loans; and
(6) all of the Sellers rights now or hereafter existing in, to or under any MBS
secured by, created from or representing any interest in any of the Purchased Loans, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired by the Seller, and whether such MBS are evidenced by book
entry or certificate (Agents ownership interest and security interest in each MBS created
from, based on or backed by Purchased Loans shall automatically exist in, attach to, cover
and affect all of the Sellers right, title and interest in that MBS when issued and its
proceeds and the Agents ownership interest and security interest in the Purchased Loans
from which such MBS was so created shall automatically terminate and be released when such
MBS is issued, subject to automatic reinstatement if such issuance is voided or set aside by
any court of competent jurisdiction), all right to the payment of monies and non-cash
distributions on account of any of such MBS and all new, substituted and additional
securities at any time issued with respect thereto;
(b) Related Accounts, Payment Intangibles, General Intangibles
(1) all accounts, payment intangibles, general intangibles, instruments, documents
(including documents of title), chattel paper, contract rights and proceeds,
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whether now or hereafter existing (including all of the Sellers present and future
rights to have and receive interest and other compensation, whether or not yet accrued,
earned, due or payable), under or arising out of or relating to the Purchased Loans;
(2) all instruments, documents or writings evidencing any such accounts, payment
intangibles, general intangibles or proceeds or evidencing any monetary obligation under, or
security interest in, any of the Purchased Loans, all other papers delivered to the Agent or
the Custodian, and all other rights transferred to the Agent, in respect of any of the
Purchased Loans, including, without limitation, the right to collect, have and receive all
insurance proceeds (including, but not limited to, casualty insurance, mortgage insurance,
pool insurance and title insurance proceeds) and condemnation awards or payments in lieu of
condemnation which may be or become payable in respect of the Mortgaged Premises securing or
intended to secure any Purchased Loan, and other personal property of whatever kind relating
to any of the Purchased Loans, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising,
accruing or acquired;
(3) all security for or claims against others in respect of the Purchased Loans;
(4) all proceeds and rights to proceeds of any sale or other disposition of any or all
of the Purchased Loans; and
(5) the nonexclusive right to use (in common with the Seller and any other secured
party that has a valid and enforceable security interest therein and that agrees that its
security interest is similarly nonexclusive) the Sellers operating systems to manage and
administer the Purchased Loans and any of the related data and information described above,
or that otherwise relates to the Purchased Loans, together with the media on which the same
are stored to the extent stored with material information or data that relates to property
other than the Purchased Loans (tapes, discs, cards, drives, flash memory or any other kind
of physical or virtual data or information storage media or systems, and the Sellers rights
to access the same, whether exclusive or nonexclusive, to the extent that such access rights
may lawfully be transferred or used by the Sellers permittees), and any computer programs
that are owned by the Seller (or licensed to the Seller under licenses that may lawfully be
transferred or used by the Sellers permittees) and that are used or useful to access,
organize, input, read, print or otherwise output and otherwise handle or use such
information and data;
(c) Repurchase Settlement Account, Operating Account and other accounts. the Repurchase
Settlement Account, the Operating Account, the Funding Account, the Income Account and the Escrow
Account and all cash and all securities and other property from time to time on deposit in each
such account;
(d) Loan Records. all Loan Records;
(e) Other Rights. all rights to have and receive any of the Purchased Loans described above,
all accessions or additions to and substitutions for any of such Purchased Loans, together with all
renewals and replacements of any of such Purchased Loans, all other rights and interests
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now owned or hereafter acquired by the Debtor/Seller in, under or relating to any of such
Purchased Loans or referred to above and all proceeds of any of such Purchased Loans; and
(f) Proceeds. all proceeds of all the foregoing.
The Seller agrees to do such things as applicable Law requires to maintain the security
interest of the Agent in all of the Purchased Loans with respect to all such Transactions and all
Income and proceeds from the Purchased Loans that are the subject matter of such Transactions and
all of the other collateral described above in this Section 10.1 as a perfected first
priority Lien at all times. The Seller hereby authorizes the Agent to file any financing or
continuation statements under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code to perfect or continue such
security interest in any and all applicable filing offices. The Seller shall pay all customary
fees and expenses associated with perfecting such security interest including the costs of filing
financing and continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code and recording assignments
of Mortgages as and when required by the Agent in its reasonable discretion.
11 Substitution.
11.1. Seller May Substitute Other Mortgage Loans with Notice to and Approval of Agent. So
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and no Margin Deficit exists or occurs
as a consequence thereof, subject to agreement with and acceptance by, and upon notice to, the
Agent, the Seller may substitute Mortgage Loans substantially similar to the Purchased Loans for
any Purchased Loans. If the Seller gives notice to the Agent at or before 12:00 noon on a Business
Day, the Agent may elect, by the close of business on the Business Day notice is received or by the
close of the next Business Day if notice is given after 12:00 noon on such day, not to accept such
substitution. If such substitution is accepted by the Agent, such substitution shall be made by
the Sellers transfer to Agent of such other Mortgage Loans on a servicing released basis and the
Agents transfer to the Seller of such Purchased Loans, and after such substitution, the
substituted Mortgage Loans shall be deemed to be Purchased Loans. If the Agent elects not to
accept such substitution, the Seller shall offer the Agent and the Buyers the right to terminate
the related Transaction.
11.2. Payment to Accompany Substitution. If the Seller exercises its right to substitute or
terminate under this Section 11, the Seller shall be obligated to pay to the Agent (for Pro
Rata distribution to the Buyers) by the close of the Business Day of such substitution or
termination, as the case may be, an amount equal to the sum of (x) actual cost (including all
customary fees, expenses and commissions) to the Agent and the Buyers of (i) entering into
replacement Transactions; (ii) entering into or terminating hedge transactions and/or (iii)
terminating Transactions or substituting securities in like transactions with third parties in
connection with or as a result of such substitution or termination, and (y) to the extent the Agent
determines not to enter into replacement Transactions, the loss incurred by the Agent and the
Buyers directly arising or resulting from such substitution or termination. The foregoing amounts
shall be solely determined and calculated by the Agent and the applicable Buyers in good faith.
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12 Payment and Transfer.
12.1. Immediately Available Funds; Notice to Custodian. All transfers of funds hereunder
shall be in immediately available funds. All Eligible Loans transferred by one party hereto to any
other party shall be transferred by notice to the Custodian to the effect that the Custodian is
then holding for the benefit of the transferee the related documents and assignment forms delivered
to it under the Custody Agreement.
12.2. Payments to the Agent. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, all
payments required by this Agreement or the other Repurchase Documents to be made to the Agent shall
be paid to the Agent by no later than 1:00 p.m. on the day when due (funds received after the
applicable deadline shall be conclusively deemed received on the next following Business Day unless
the Agent shall agree otherwise) and without set-off, counterclaim or deduction, in lawful money of
the United States of America in immediately available funds as provided in Section 24.4, or
at such other place as the Agent shall designate from time to time. Whenever any payment to be
made under this Agreement or any of the other Repurchase Documents shall be stated to be due on a
day that is not a Business Day, the due date for that payment shall be automatically extended to
the next day that is a Business Day, and (if applicable) Price Differential at the applicable rate
(determined in accordance with this Agreement) shall continue to accrue during the period of such
extension. Unless the Agent shall agree otherwise, funds received by the Agent after 1:00 p.m. on
a Business Day shall be deemed for all purposes to have been paid by the Seller on the next
succeeding Business Day.
12.3. If Payment Not Made When Due. If and to the extent any payment is not made when due
under this Agreement or any of the other Repurchase Documents, the Seller authorizes the Agent and
each Buyer (for the Pro Rata account and benefit of all of the Buyers) then or at any time
thereafter to charge any amounts so due and unpaid against any or all of the Sellers accounts with
the Agent or any of the Buyers; provided that such right to charge the Sellers accounts
shall not apply to any escrow, trust or other deposit accounts designated as being held by the
Seller on behalf of third party owners of the escrowed funds other than Affiliates of the Seller.
The Agent agrees to use reasonable efforts to promptly advise the Seller of any charge made
pursuant to this Section, but its failure to do so will not affect the validity or collectibility
of such charge. Neither the Agent nor any Buyer shall have any obligation to charge any Seller
account, merely the right to do so.
12.4. Payments Valid and Effective. Each payment received by the Agent in accordance with
this Agreement is valid and effective to satisfy and discharge the Sellers liability under the
Repurchase Documents to the extent of the payment.
12.5. Pro Rata Distribution of Payments. The Agent shall distribute all payments of
Repurchase Price (whether voluntary or involuntary and from whatever source) received to the Buyers
Pro Rata with their respective ownership interests in the Purchased Loans on the next Swing Line
Refunding Due Date (but no less frequently than once per week). The distribution from the Agent to
each Buyer shall be made by the Agents initiating a federal funds wire transfer by 3:00 p.m. on
such Swing Line Refunding Due Date, in immediately available funds directly to such Buyer or to
such account at another financial institution as is designated from time to time by such Buyer in
writing. If the Agent shall fail or refuse to so make any such
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distribution on the Swing Line Refunding Due Date after it received payment, then, as agreed
full and adequate compensation therefor, the Agent shall pay the affected Buyer(s) interest on the
undistributed funds at the Federal Funds Rate.
13 Segregation of Documents Relating to Purchased Loans.
All documents relating to Purchased Loans in the possession of the Seller or its designee
(including its agent, or any subservicer) shall be segregated from other documents and securities
in its or its designees possession and shall be identified as being owned by the Buyers and held
by the Agent on behalf of the Buyers (which shall be referenced in the relevant books and records
as U.S. Bank National Association, Agent) and subject to this Agreement. Segregation may be
accomplished by appropriate identification of ownership on the books and records of the holder of
such documents, including MERS, a documents custodian, a financial or securities intermediary or a
clearing corporation. All of Sellers interest in the Purchased Loans shall pass to the Buyers on
the Purchase Date and nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the Agent and the Buyers, in each
case with the Buyers consent, from engaging with others in repurchase transactions with the
Purchased Loans or otherwise selling, transferring, or pledging or hypothecating, the Purchased
Loans, but no such transaction shall relieve the Buyers of their obligations to transfer Purchased
Loans to the Seller pursuant to Section 3 or 18, or of the Agents obligation to
credit or pay Income to, or apply Income to the obligations of, the Seller pursuant to Section
8.
14 Conditions Precedent.
14.1. Initial Purchase. The obligations of the Buyers (and the Agent on the Buyers behalf)
to make the initial purchase under this Agreement are subject to the Sellers fulfillment of the
following conditions precedent:
(a) the Agent shall have received (or be satisfied that it will receive by such
deadline as the Agent shall specify) the following, all of which must be satisfactory in
form and content to the Agent:
(1) this Agreement duly executed by the parties;
(2) UCC financing statements for the Purchased Loans covered by this Agreement,
each duly authorized by the Seller;
(3) a current UCC search report of a UCC filings search in the office of the
Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Virginia;
(4) the Custody Agreement duly executed by the Agent, the Seller and the
Custodian;
(5) the Electronic Tracking Agreement duly executed by the Seller, MERS,
MERSCorp., Inc. and the Agent;
(6) the NVR Funding III Subordination Agreement, duly executed by the Seller,
NVR Funding III, Inc., the Agent and the Buyers, together with a copy
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of the NVR Funding III Note, certified as true and complete by the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of the Seller;
(7) a copy of the corporate resolution (or equivalent thereof) of Seller
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Repurchase Documents,
certified as of the date of this Agreement by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of Seller;
(8) an incumbency certificate showing the names and titles and bearing the
signatures of the officers of Seller authorized to execute the Repurchase Documents,
certified as of the date of this Agreement by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of Seller;
(9) a copy of the bylaws of Seller, certified as of the date of this Agreement
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Seller;
(10) a copy of the Articles of Incorporation of Seller with all amendments
thereto, certified by the appropriate governmental official of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation as of a date acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion;
(11) a certificate of good standing (or the equivalent thereof) for Seller in
the jurisdiction of its incorporation, certified by the appropriate governmental
officials as of a date acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion;
(12) evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent (i) as to the due filing and
recording in all appropriate offices of all financing statements, (ii) if there are
any Purchased Loans that require the Buyers interest to be noted by book entry,
that such book entry has been duly made and (iii) if there is any investment
property under the UCC of the State of New York or other applicable Law, that such
instruments as are necessary to give the Agent control of such investment property
have been duly executed by the Seller and the relevant securities intermediary;
(13) copies of an errors and omissions insurance policy or mortgage impairment
insurance policy and blanket bond coverage policy, or certificates in lieu of
policies, providing such insurance coverage as is customary for members of the
Sellers industry;
(14) a favorable written opinion of counsel to the Seller dated on or before
the initial Purchase Date, addressed to the Agent and the Buyers and in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and its legal counsel (a form
containing opinions required to be included therein are set forth in Exhibit
B), specifically stating that the Agent, the Buyers and any person or entity
that purchases the Eligible Loans from the Buyers can rely on it; and
(15) payment to the Agent or the Custodian, as applicable, of the Facility Fee,
the Agents Fee, the Custodians Fee and all other fees and expenses
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(including the disbursements and reasonable fees of the Agents attorneys) of
the Agent and the Buyers payable by Seller pursuant to Section 9 accrued and
billed for to the date of the Sellers execution and delivery of this Agreement;
(16) a control agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent establishing its control of the Operating Account, Repurchase Settlement
Account and the Funding Account;
(17) a copy of the Parent Subordinated Note, certified as true and complete by
the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Seller; and
(18) a copy of the Tax Allocation Agreement, with all amendments thereto,
certified as true and complete by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of Seller.
(b) All directors and officers of the Seller and all Affiliates of the Seller (except,
with respect to the Parent Subordinated Note, the Parent), to whom or which the Seller shall
be indebted either for borrowed money or for any other obligation of Fifty Thousand Dollars
($50,000) or more as of the date of this Agreement, excluding salary, bonus or other
compensation obligations, shall have caused such Debt to be Qualified Subordinated Debt, by
executing and causing to be delivered to the Agent a Subordination Agreement and taking all
other steps, if any, required to cause such Debt to be Qualified Subordinated Debt, and the
corporate secretary of the Seller shall have certified each such Subordination Agreement
executed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 14.1(b) to be true, complete
and in full force and effect as of the date of the initial purchase.
14.2. Each Purchase. The obligations of the Buyers (and the Agent on the Buyers behalf) to
make any purchase under this Agreement are also subject to the satisfaction, as of each Purchase
Date, of the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) The Seller shall have delivered (i) to the Agent a Request/Confirmation and its
related Mortgage Loan Transmission File and (ii) to the Custodian, such Mortgage Loan
Transmission Files for the new Loans to be purchased.
(b) Unless the requested Transaction is for the purchase of only Wet Loans, the
Custodian shall have issued its Custodians Exception Report (as defined in the Custody
Agreement) relating to the Purchased Loans then owned by the Buyers the Agent agrees
that, for so long as it is the Custodian, it will not unreasonably withhold or delay issuing
any such Custodians Exception Report.
(c) The representations and warranties of the Seller contained in this Agreement and
the other Repurchase Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made
on and as of each Purchase Date unless specifically stated to relate to an earlier date.
(d) The Seller shall have performed all agreements to be performed by it under this
Agreement, the Custody Agreement and all other Repurchase Documents, as
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well as under all Investor Commitments that the Seller has represented to the Agent and
the Buyers cover any of the Purchased Loans, and after the requested Transaction shall have
been executed, no Default or Event of Default will exist that the Agent has not declared in
writing to have been waived or cured, nor will any default exist under any such Investor
Commitments.
(e) The Seller shall have paid the Facility Fee, the Non-Usage Fee and the Agents Fee
then due and payable in accordance with Section 9.1 and Section 9.2 and the
Custodians Fee pursuant to the Custody Agreement.
(f) Prior to the execution of the requested Transaction, no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred or will occur after giving effect to such Transaction, that the Agent
has not declared in writing to have been waived or cured.
(g) The requested Transaction will not result in the violation of any applicable Law.
(h) The Agent shall have received such other documents, if any, as shall be reasonably
required by the Agent.
(i) No Margin Deficit exists or will exist after giving effect to such Transaction.
(j) The Termination Date shall not have occurred.
(k) After giving effect to such Transaction, none of the sublimits set forth in
Section 4.2 shall be exceeded.
(l) For any Transaction involving a Wet Loan, (i) unless the closing title agency or
attorney has previously signed an agreement with the Agent acknowledging funds received from
the Agent for the purchase of such Wet Loan are held by such title agency or attorney in
trust for and as the property of the Agent until such Wet Loan is closed and Purchased by
the Agent for the benefit of the Buyers and that any such funds so received shall be
returned to the Agent for the benefit of the Buyers if the Mortgage Loan that is proposed to
be so purchased as a Wet Loan does not close on the proposed Purchase Date, (ii) the Seller
shall have delivered to such closing title agency or attorney an instruction letter stating
that funds received from the Agent for the purchase of such Wet Loan are held by such title
agency or attorney in trust for and as the property of the Agent until such Wet Loan is
closed and Purchased by the Agent for the benefit of the Buyers and that any such funds so
received shall be returned to the Agent for the benefit of the Buyers if the Mortgage Loan
that is proposed to be so purchased as a Wet Loan does not close on the proposed Purchase
Date
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15 Representations, Warranties and Covenants.
15.1. Buyers, Agent and Seller Representations. The Buyers, the Agent and Seller each
represents and warrants, and shall on and as of the Purchase Date of any Transaction be deemed to
represent and warrant, to the other that:
(a) it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement, to enter into the
Transactions and to perform its obligations hereunder and has taken all necessary action to
authorize such execution, delivery and performance;
(b) it will engage in such Transactions as principal (or, in the case of the Agent, and
in respect of any other party if agreed in writing in advance of any Transaction by the
other parties hereto, as Agent for a disclosed principal);
(c) the person signing this Agreement on its behalf is duly authorized to do so on its
behalf (or on behalf of any such disclosed principal);
(d) it has obtained all authorizations of any governmental body required in connection
with this Agreement and the Transactions and such authorizations are in full force and
effect; and
(e) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Transactions
hereunder will not violate any law, ordinance, charter, by-law or rule applicable to it or
any agreement by which it is bound or by which any of its assets are affected.
15.2. Additional Seller Representations. With regard to:
(i) Purchased Loans, on and as of the Purchase Date of any Transaction;
(ii) Eligible Loans substituted pursuant to Section 11, on and as of the date
of their substitution; and
(iii) Additional Purchased Loans submitted pursuant to Section 6.1, on and as
of the date of their transfer to the Custodian
the Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Buyers and the Agent, as follows:
(a) Documents Genuine. The documents delivered or disclosed by the Seller to the Agent
or the Buyers pursuant to this Agreement or the Custody Agreement are either original
documents or genuine and true copies thereof.
(b) No Securities to be Acquired with Purchased Loan Sale Proceeds. None of the
Purchase Price for any Eligible Loan will be used either directly or indirectly to acquire
any security, as that term is defined in Regulation T, and the Seller has not taken any
action that might cause any Transaction to violate any regulation of the Federal Reserve
Board.
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(c) Organization; Good Standing; Subsidiaries. The Seller is a corporation duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Virginia, and each of the Sellers Subsidiaries is a corporation, partnership or limited
liability company duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, formation or organization. The Seller has furnished to
the Agent a true and complete copy of its Organizational Documents as in effect as of the
date of this Agreement, including all amendments thereto, and agrees to furnish to the Agent
a true and complete copy of any amendment adopted after the Effective Date promptly after it
is adopted. The Seller and its Subsidiaries each has the full legal power and authority to
own its properties and to carry on its business as currently conducted and each is duly
qualified to do business as a limited partnership or foreign corporation or (in the case of
any limited liability company Subsidiaries) limited liability company and in good standing
in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of its property or the transaction of its
business makes such qualification necessary, except in jurisdictions, if any, where a
failure to be qualified, licensed or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or
any of its Subsidiaries. The Seller does not have any Subsidiaries except as set forth on
Exhibit D or as have been disclosed by the Seller to the Agent in writing after the
Effective Date. Exhibit D states the name of each such Subsidiary as of the
Effective Date, place of organization, each state in which it is qualified as a foreign
entity and the percentage ownership of the capital stock or other indicia of equity of each
such Subsidiary by the Seller.
(d) Authorization and Enforceability. The Seller has the power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, the Custody Agreement and all other Repurchase
Documents to which it is a party or in which it joins or has joined. The execution,
delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement, the Custody Agreement and all
other Repurchase Documents to which it is a party have each been duly and validly authorized
by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller (none of which has been modified
or rescinded, and all of which are in full force and effect) and do not and will not (i)
conflict with or violate any Legal Requirement, (ii) conflict with or violate the
Organizational Documents of the Seller, (iii) conflict with or result in a breach of or
constitute a default under any agreement, instrument or indenture binding on the Seller or
(iv) require any consent under any such agreement, instrument or indenture, where the
conflict, violation, breach, default or nonconsent could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or any of
its Subsidiaries, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any property or assets of the
Seller, or result in or permit the acceleration of any debt of the Seller pursuant to any
agreement, instrument or indenture to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller or
its property may be bound or affected. This Agreement, the Custody Agreement and all other
Repurchase Documents constitute the legal, valid, and binding obligations of the Seller
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or other such laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally.
(e) Approvals. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Custody
Agreement and all other Repurchase Documents nor the performance of the
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Sellers obligations under such Repurchase Documents requires any license, consent,
approval or other action of any state or federal agency or governmental or regulatory
authority other than (i) those that have been obtained or will be obtained by the time
required and which remain in full force and effect, (ii) those for which the Sellers
failure to obtain them could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries and (iii)
the filing of any financing statements.
(f) Financial Condition. The consolidated balance sheet of the Seller (and, to the
extent applicable, the Sellers consolidated Subsidiaries) and the related statements of
income, changes in stockholders equity cash flows and Mortgage Loan production (Financial
Statements) for the fiscal year ended on the Statement Date (the Statement Date Financial
Statements) heretofore furnished to the Agent and the Buyers, fairly present the financial
condition of the Seller (and Sellers consolidated Subsidiaries) as of the Statement Date
and the results of their operations for the fiscal period ended on the Statement Date. On
the Statement Date, the Seller did not have either any known material obligations,
liabilities or indebtedness (including material contingent and indirect liabilities and
obligations and forward or long-term commitments), other than the contingent liabilities (if
any) set forth on Schedule 15.2(f) and contingent liability on endorsements of
negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business, which
are not disclosed by the Statement Date Financial Statements or reserved against in them, in
each case in accordance with GAAP, or that have not been otherwise disclosed to the Buyer in
writing. Each of the Seller and each of its Subsidiaries is Solvent, and since the
Statement Date there has been no material adverse change in any of the Central Elements in
respect of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, nor is the Seller aware of any state of
facts which (with or without notice, the lapse of time or both) would or could reasonably be
expected to result in any such material adverse change.
(g) Litigation. Except as disclosed on Schedule 15.2(g) or except as disclosed
in the Statement Date Financial Statements or the most recent Financial Statements furnished
to the Agent and the Buyers (whichever is more current), there are no actions, claims, suits
or proceedings pending, or to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened or reasonably
anticipated against or affecting the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries in any court, before
any other Governmental Authority or before any arbitrator or in any other dispute resolution
forum which could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on any of
the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries.
(h) Licensing. The Seller, and any subservicer of its Mortgage Loans are duly
registered as mortgage lenders and servicers in each state in which Mortgage Loans have been
or are from time to time originated, to the extent such registration is required by any
applicable Legal Requirement, except where the failure to register could not reasonably be
expected to result in a material adverse effect on any of the Central Elements in respect of
the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or such subservicer.
(i) Compliance with Applicable Laws. Neither the Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries is
in violation of any provision of any law, or any judgment, award, rule,
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regulation, order, decree, writ or injunction of any court, other Governmental
Authority or public regulatory body that could reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(j) Regulation U. The Seller is not engaged principally, or as one of its important
activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
Margin Stock, and no part of the proceeds of any Transactions directly or indirectly made
available to or received by the Seller or for its account will be used, directly or
indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock or to extend credit
to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock or for the purpose of
reducing or retiring any debt which was originally incurred to purchase or carry any Margin
Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin
Stock or which would constitute this transaction a purpose credit within the meaning of
Regulation U, as now or hereafter in effect.
(k) Investment Company Act. The Seller is not required to be registered as an
investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(l) Payment of Taxes. All material tax returns required to be filed by the Seller and
each Subsidiary in any jurisdiction have been filed or extended and all taxes, assessments,
fees and other governmental charges upon the Seller and each Subsidiary or upon any of its
properties, income or franchises have been paid prior to the time that such taxes could give
rise to a Lien thereon, unless protested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with
respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of the
Seller or such Subsidiary.
(m) Custody Agreement. The Custody Agreement is or when executed will be currently in
full force and effect with respect to the Seller and the Seller is or when executed will be
in compliance with all of its obligations, covenants or conditions contained in the Custody
Agreement.
(n) Agreements. Neither the Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any
agreement, instrument or indenture or subject to any restriction, in each case materially
and adversely affecting any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries except as disclosed in (i) the Statement Date Financial Statements, or (ii)
Schedule 15.2(f). Neither the Seller nor any Subsidiary is in default in the
performance, observance or fulfillment of any of its obligations, covenants or conditions
contained in any agreement, instrument or indenture that could reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or
any of its Subsidiaries. No holder of the Sellers or any such Subsidiarys debt or other
obligations has given notice of any asserted default that could reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or
any of its Subsidiaries. No liquidation or dissolution of the Seller is pending or, to the
Sellers knowledge, threatened and no liquidation or dissolution of any Subsidiary is
pending or threatened that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries. No
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receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceedings
relative to the Seller or any of its properties is pending, or to the Sellers knowledge,
threatened. No receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar
proceedings relative to any Subsidiary of the Seller or any of its properties is pending, or
to the Sellers knowledge, threatened that could reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(o) Title to Properties. The Seller and each of its Subsidiaries has good, valid,
insurable (in the case of real property) and marketable title to all of its material
Properties and assets (whether real or personal, tangible or intangible) that are reflected
on or referred to in the Statement Date Financial Statements or in the more current
Financial Statements (if any) most recently furnished to the Buyer after the Effective Date,
except for such properties and assets as have been disposed of since the date of such
current Financial Statements either in the ordinary course of business or because they were
no longer used or useful in the conduct of its business, and all such Properties and assets
are free and clear of all Liens except for (i) the lien of current (nondelinquent) real and
personal property taxes and assessments, (ii) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights
of way, easements and other matters to which like properties are commonly subject that do
not materially interfere with the use of the property as it is currently being used and
(iii) such other Liens, if any, as are disclosed in such Financial Statements or on
Schedule 15.2 (o) and (iv) Permitted Encumbrances.
(p) The Sellers Address. The Sellers chief executive office and principal place of
business are at Plaza Tower I, 11700 Plaza America Drive, Suite 500, Reston, VA 20190, or at
such other address as shall have been set forth in a written notice to the Agent given
subsequent to the Effective Date and at least ten (10) Business Days before such notices
effective date.
(q) ERISA. The Seller does not maintain any ERISA Plans and shall not adopt or agree
to maintain or contribute to an ERISA Plan. The Seller shall promptly notify Agent and each
Buyer in writing in the event an ERISA Affiliate adopts an ERISA Plan. The Seller is not an
employer under any Multiemployer Plan or any other Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA.
(r) Commissions. Neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates have dealt with any broker,
investment banker, Agent or other person, except for the Agent and the Buyers, who may be
entitled to any commissions or compensation in connection with the sale of Purchased Loans
pursuant to this Agreement.
(s) Full Disclosure. Each material fact or condition relating to the Repurchase
Documents and the Central Elements has been disclosed in writing to the Agent. All
information previously furnished by the Seller and its Subsidiaries to the Agent in
connection with the Repurchase Documents was and all information furnished in the future by
the Seller and its Subsidiaries to the Agent or Buyers will be true and accurate in all
material respects or based on reasonable estimates on the date the information is stated or
certified. To the best knowledge of the Seller, neither the
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financial statements referred to in Section 15.2(f) , nor any
Request/Confirmation, market analysis report, officers certificate or any other report or
statement delivered by the Seller and its Subsidiaries to the Agent in connection with this
Agreement, contains any untrue statement of material fact.
(t) Material Agreements with Affiliates. Except as set forth on Schedule
15.2(t), as of the Closing Date, Seller is not party to any material agreement, whether
written or oral, with the Parent or any other Affiliate of Seller, other than the
arrangement between the Parent and the Seller pursuant to which the Parent provides
centralized payroll, accounts payable and accounting services to the Seller. As used in the
preceding sentence, material agreement includes any agreement in which the fair value of
the consideration paid or performance due any party exceeds $100,000 and with the Parent or
any other Affiliate of Seller includes any direct or indirect agreement with the Parent or
any other Affiliate of Seller.
15.3. Special Representations Relating to the Purchased Loans. The representations and
warranties concerning each Purchased Loan, as set forth on Schedule 15.3 hereto, are
incorporated herein.
15.4. Representations and Warranties Relating to Specific Transactions. At the time each
Request/Confirmation is provided to the Agent, Buyers and/or Custodian, the following are true with
respect to each of the Mortgage Loans listed on the Mortgage Loan Transmission Files attached to
such Request/Confirmation or submitted in connection with such Request/Confirmation:
(a) the Basic Papers have been or will be executed and delivered by all appropriate
Persons;
(b) the Seller is electronically communicating to the Custodian a complete Mortgage
Loan Transmission File, and the information stated for such Mortgage Loan in such standard
Mortgage Loan Transmission File is correct and complete in accordance with the Record
Layout;
(c) such Mortgage Loan has been (or will be) originated, closed, funded and (if
applicable) negotiated and assigned to the Seller;
(d) for each such Mortgage Loan being offered as a Dry Loan, the Basic Papers are being
concurrently delivered to the Custodian;
(e) for each Mortgage Loan being offered as a Wet Loan, the complete File for such
Mortgage Loan, including all Basic Papers and all Supplemental Papers, is or will be in the
possession of either that Mortgage Loans closer, or the Seller, its Basic Papers are in the
process of being delivered to the Custodian and such Basic Papers will be delivered to the
Custodian on or before four (4) Business Days after the Purchase Date specified above;
(f) no default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and there has been no
material adverse change in any of the Central Elements in respect of the
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Seller or any of its Subsidiaries since the date of the Sellers most recent annual
audited Financial Statements that have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and the
Buyers;
(g) all items that the Seller is required to furnish to the Buyers, the Agent or the
Custodian in connection with the requested Transaction and otherwise have been delivered, or
will be delivered before the Purchase Date specified in the applicable Request/Confirmation,
in all respects as required by this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents. All
documentation described or referred to in the Mortgage Loan Transmission File submitted to
the Agent in connection with the applicable Request/Confirmation conforms in all respects
with all applicable requirements of this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents;
(h) none of the Purchased Loans (including, but not limited to, the Purchased Loans
identified in the applicable Request/Confirmation) has been sold to any Person other than
the Buyers, is pledged to any Person other than Agent, for the benefit of itself and the
Buyers, or supports any borrowing or repurchase agreement funding other than purchases under
this Agreement.
15.5. Survival. All representations and warranties by the Seller shall survive delivery of
the Repurchase Documents and the sales of the Purchased Loans, and any investigation at any time
made by or on behalf of the Buyers or the Agent shall not diminish any Buyers or the Agents right
to rely on them.
16 Affirmative Covenants.
The Seller agrees that, for so long as the Commitments are outstanding or either (i) there are
any Purchased Loans that have not been repurchased by the Seller or (ii) any of the Sellers
Obligations remain to be paid or performed under this Agreement or any of the other Repurchase
Documents:
16.1. Daily Forward Delivery Report. It will provide, for each Business Day no later than
9:00 a.m. on the following Business Day, a forward delivery report submitted electronically
providing the information set forth on, and substantially in the format of, Schedule 16.1.
16.2. Office of Foreign Assets Control and USA Patriot Act.
(a) The Seller will not knowingly directly or indirectly use any of the proceeds from
the sale of the Purchased Loans, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available any such
proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose
of financing the activities of any person or entity that is subject to sanctions under any
program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department
of the Treasury, including those implemented by regulations codified in Subtitle B, Chapter
V, of Title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.
(b) The Seller will not (i) be or become subject at any time to any law, regulation or
list of any government agency (including the U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control list) that
prohibits or limits the Buyers or the Agent from entering into any
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Transaction with Seller or from otherwise conducting business with Seller, or (ii) fail
to provide documentary and other evidence of the Sellers identity as may be requested by
the Agent or any Buyer at any time to enable the Agent and Buyers to verify the Sellers
identity or to comply with any applicable law or regulation, including Section 326 of the
USA Patriot Act of 2001, 31 U.S.C. Section 5318.
16.3. Financial Statements. The Seller will deliver to the Agent who will post the same for
viewing by all Buyers on a secure internet site within one Business Day of receipt:
(a) As soon as available and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each
month (including each quarter end and year end month), Financial Statements for the Seller
and its Subsidiaries for the month just ended, all in reasonable detail, and certified by
its chief financial officer that, such Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with
GAAP and present fairly in all material respects the Sellers and its consolidated
Subsidiaries financial condition as of the date thereof and the results of their operations
for the period covered, subject, however, to adjustments required by FAS-91 and FAS-133 and
normal year-end audit adjustments and the omission of notes to the Financial Statements.
(b) As soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the close of
each of its fiscal years, audited consolidated and unaudited consolidating Financial
Statements for the Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such year, and the related
balance sheet as at the end of such year (setting forth in comparative form the
corresponding figures as of the end of and for the preceding fiscal year), all in reasonable
detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP and with all notes, and accompanied by:
(1) a report and clean and unqualified opinion of a firm of independent
certified public accountants of recognized standing selected by the Seller and
reasonably acceptable to the Agent (as of the Effective Date, KPMG is acceptable to
the Agent), stating that such accountants have audited such Financial Statements in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and that, in their opinion,
such Financial Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated
financial condition of the Seller and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the date
thereof and the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for the
periods covered thereby in conformity with GAAP;
(2) any management letters, management reports or other supplementary comments
or reports delivered in conjunction with the report and opinion in Section
16.3(b)(1) by such accountants to management or the board of directors of the
Seller; and
(3) a certificate signed by the chief executive officer or President of the
Seller and the chief financial officer of the Parent stating that said Financial
Statements are fairly stated in all material respects.
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The Seller also agrees to provide to the Agent and the Buyers such other information related
to such annual reports or concerning the Sellers finances or operations as the Agent or any
Buyer may from time to time reasonably request.
(c) Chief Financial Officers Certificate. Together with each of the monthly and
annual Financial Statements required by Sections 16.3(a), and 16.3(b) above,
a certificate of the Sellers chief financial officer in the form of Exhibit C,
among other things, (i) setting forth in reasonable detail all calculations necessary to
show whether the Seller is in compliance with the requirements of Section 17.12,
17.13, 17.14 and 17.15 of this Agreement or, if the Seller is not in
compliance, showing the extent of noncompliance and specifying the period of noncompliance
and what actions the Seller proposes to take with respect thereto and (ii) stating that the
terms of this Agreement have been reviewed by such officer or under his or her supervision,
and that he or she has made or caused to be made under his or her supervision, a review in
reasonable detail of the transactions and the condition of the Seller during the accounting
period covered by such Financial Statements and that such review does not disclose the
existence during or at the end of such accounting period and that such chief financial
officer does not have knowledge of the existence as of the date of the Officers Certificate
of any Event of Default or Default or, if any Event of Default or Default existed or exists,
specifying the nature and period of its existence and what action the Seller has taken, is
taking and proposes to take with respect to it.
16.4. Financial Statements Will Be Accurate. The Seller agrees that all Financial Statements
and reports of auditors furnished to the Agent and the Buyers will be prepared in accordance with
GAAP, applied on a basis consistent with that applied in preparing the Statement Date Financial
Statements as at the date thereof and for the period then ended, subject, however for Financial
Statements other than year-end statements to year-end audit adjustments and the omission of
footnotes.
16.5. Other Reports. The Seller will promptly furnish to the Agent from time to time
information regarding the business and affairs of the Seller (and, upon the written request of any
Buyer, such information requested by such Buyer), including the following and such other
information as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request (each report required must be
signed by a duly authorized officer of the Seller, and the Agent and the Buyers will have no
responsibility to verify or track any of the items referenced or conclusions stated in such reports
or to verify the authority of its signer):
(a) A report of Purchased Loans prepaid in full, on or before one (1) Business Day
after prepayment of any one or more Purchased Loans is reported to the Seller internally or
by any Servicer or the Sellers subservicer (and the Seller, as applicable, will require
each such Servicer and subservicer to promptly make such reports to the Seller, as
applicable).
(b) Monthly with the certificate required by Section 16.3(c), a report attached
to Exhibit C summarizing (i) notices received by the Seller requesting or demanding that the
Seller repurchase (or pay indemnity or other compensation in respect of) Mortgage Loans
previously sold or otherwise disposed of by the Seller to any investor or other
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Person pursuant to any express or implied repurchase or indemnity obligation (whether
absolute or contingent and whether or not the Seller is contesting or intends to contest
such request or demand) and (ii) actual repurchase and indemnity payments made by Seller to
any Person.
(c) Upon request, a summary report of the Sellers then-outstanding commitments to sell
Mortgage Loans to investors.
(d) Monthly, a summary of the Sellers other repurchase, reverse repurchase or asset
warehousing facilities. Such report shall be in form and format reasonably acceptable to
the requesting party and include the total amount available, amount outstanding and maturity
date of each of such facilities, the counterparties and whether such facilities are
committed or uncommitted.
(e) Such other reports by the Seller in respect of the Purchased Loans, in such detail
and at such times as the Agent or any Buyer in its reasonable discretion may request at any
time or from time to time.
(f) As soon as available and in any event within one day after filing or posting
on-line, notice of (i) all press releases issued by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries,
(ii) all regular or periodic financial reports, and copies of all extraordinary or
non-routine filings, if any, that shall be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission or any successor agency by or on behalf of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
(including Single-purpose Finance Subsidiaries) and (iii) all such filings relating to any
securities that are or are to be based on, backed by or created from any Purchased Loans and
which filings are made by or in respect of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
16.6. Maintain Existence and Statuses; Conduct of Business. The Seller agrees to preserve and
maintain its existence in good standing and all of its rights, privileges, licenses and franchises
necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business except where the failure to maintain
such rights, privileges, licenses or franchises could not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries,
and the Seller will continue in the residential mortgage lending business as its principal and core
business.
16.7. Compliance with Applicable Laws. The Seller and its Subsidiaries will comply with all
applicable Legal Requirements, the breach of which could reasonably be expected to materially
adversely affect any of the Central Elements with respect to the Seller and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, except where contested in good faith.
16.8. Inspection of Properties and Books; Protection of Sellers Proprietary Information;
Buyers Due Diligence of Seller.
(a) The Seller agrees to permit the Agent and the Buyers, subject to the provisions of
Section 16.9, to perform continuing loan level due diligence reviews with respect to
the Purchased Loans, for purposes of verifying compliance with the representations,
warranties and specifications made in this Agreement or otherwise, and the Seller agrees
that upon reasonable prior notice to the Seller (which shall not be less
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than five days, provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing), the Agent, any Buyer or their authorized representatives will be permitted
timely and reasonable access to examine, inspect, and make copies and extracts of, the
related mortgage loan files and any and all documents, records, agreements, instruments or
information relating to such Purchased Loans in the possession or under the control of the
Seller, any Servicer or the Custodian. The Seller also shall make available to the Agent
and the Buyers a knowledgeable financial or accounting officer for the purpose of answering
questions respecting the mortgage loan files and the Purchased Loans. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Seller acknowledges that the Buyers may purchase Eligible
Loans from the Seller based solely upon the information provided by the Seller to the Agent
in the Mortgage Loan Transmission File and the representations, warranties and covenants
contained in this Agreement, and that the Agent and the Buyers, at their option, have the
right at any time with reasonable prior notice to conduct a partial or complete due
diligence review on some or all of the Purchased Loans prior to or following their purchase
in a Transaction, including ordering new credit reports and new appraisals on any property
securing any Purchased Loan and otherwise re-generating the information used to originate
such Purchased Loan. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein regarding
reasonable prior notice, if an Event of Default in respect of the Seller shall have occurred
and be continuing, then the Agent and the Buyers, upon notice to the Seller, shall have the
right to immediate access and review of the Seller and the loan information contemplated in
this Section 16.8(a), provided that to the extent that the Seller does not have
possession of such loan information, the Seller shall cause the applicable Servicer or
subservicer to provide the Agent and the Buyers with access and review of such loan
information within a reasonable period of time, but not to exceed any prior notification
time provided under the related Servicing Agreement with such Servicer or subservicer. The
Agent may conduct the due diligence review of such Purchased Loans itself or engage a third
party underwriter selected by the Agent to perform such review. The Seller agrees to, and
to cause any relevant Servicer and its subservicer to, cooperate with the Agent, the Buyers
and any third party underwriter in connection with such due diligence review, including
providing the Agent, the Buyers and any third party underwriter with access to any and all
documents, records, agreements, instruments or information relating to such Purchased Loans
in the possession, or under the control, of the Seller, such Servicer and such subservicer.
Such visits shall be coordinated by the Agent and, so long as no Default or Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, such visits by any Buyer shall be at such Buyers expense.
Except as provided in the foregoing sentence, the Seller agrees to pay all costs and
expenses of the Agent and any Buyer incurred in the exercise of their rights pursuant to
this Section 16.18(a).
(b) The Seller agrees to permit authorized representatives of the Agent and each Buyer,
at such Buyers expense except after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default
or Event of Default, to discuss onsite the business, operations, assets and financial
condition of the Seller and its Subsidiaries with their respective officers, employees and
independent accountants and to examine their books of account and make copies or extracts of
them, all at such reasonable times and upon such reasonable notice as the Agent or any Buyer
may request, for any or all of the purposes of ordinary diligence, performing the Buyers
duties (and any of the Sellers duties which
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the Seller has not performed) and enforcing the Buyers and the Agents rights under
this Agreement. To the extent that it is commercially reasonable, any Buyer that desires to
act under this Section 16.8(b) shall do so either through the Agent, or with the
coordination of the Agent, and to the extent that it is not commercially reasonable for a
Buyer to do so, such Buyer may only act under this Section 16.8(b) one (1) time in any
consecutive six (6) month period and, unless such Buyer is the Person serving as the Agent,
at such Buyers expense (or, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or
Event of Default, at Sellers expense). The Agent or the Buyer acting will notify the
Seller before contacting the Sellers accountants and the Seller may have its
representatives in attendance at any meetings between the officers or other representatives
of the Agent or any Buyer and such accountants held in accordance with this authorization.
The Agent and each Buyer agrees that it will prevent disclosure by itself to third parties
of any proprietary information it has received pursuant to this Agreement and will maintain
the confidential nature of such material; provided that this restriction shall not apply to
information that (i) at the time in question has already entered the public domain, (ii) is
required to be disclosed by any Legal Requirement (including pursuant to any examination,
inspection or investigation by any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction
over any Buyer or the Agent), (iii) is furnished by the Agent, or any Buyer to purchasers or
prospective purchasers of participations or interests in the Purchased Loans so long as such
purchasers and prospective purchasers have agreed to be subject to restrictions
substantially identical to those contained in this sentence, (iv) the disclosure of which
the Agent and the Buyers deem necessary to market or sell Purchased Mortgage Loans or to
enforce or exercise their rights under any Repurchase Document, or (v) is disclosed by any
Buyer to its attorneys, employees, agents and auditors during the performance of their
respective duties.
16.9. Privacy of Customer Information. The Sellers Customer Information in the possession of
the Agent or the Buyers, other than information independently obtained by the Agent or the Buyers
and not derived in any manner from or using information obtained under or in connection with this
Agreement, is and shall remain confidential and proprietary information of the Seller. Except in
accordance with this Section 16.9, the Agent and the Buyers shall not use any Sellers
Customer Information for any purpose, including the marketing of products or services to, or the
solicitation of business from, Customers, or disclose any Sellers Customer Information to any
Person, including any of the Agents or the Buyers employees, agents or contractors or any third
party not affiliated with the Agent or a Buyer. The Agent and the Buyers may use or disclose
Sellers Customer Information only to the extent necessary (i) for examination and audit of the
Agents or the Buyers respective activities, books and records by their regulatory authorities,
(ii) to market or sell Purchased Mortgage Loans or to enforce or exercise their rights under any
Repurchase Document, (iii) to carry out the Agents, the Buyers and the Custodians express rights
and obligations under this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents (including providing
Sellers Customer Information to Approved Investors), or (iv) in connection with an assignment or
participation as authorized by Section 22 or in connection with any hedging transaction
related to the Purchased Loans and for no other purpose; provided that the Agent and the Buyers may
also use and disclose the Sellers Customer Information as expressly permitted by the Seller in
writing, to the extent that such express permission is in accordance with the Privacy Requirements.
The Agent and the Buyers shall ensure that each Person to which the Agent or a Buyer intends to
disclose Sellers Customer
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Information, before any such disclosure of information, agrees to keep confidential any such
Sellers Customer Information and to use or disclose such Sellers Customer Information only to the
extent necessary to protect or exercise the Agents, the Buyers or the Custodians rights and
privileges, or to carry out the Agents, the Buyers and the Custodians express obligations, under
this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents (including providing Sellers Customer
Information to Approved Investors). The Agent agrees to maintain an Information Security Program
and to assess, manage and control risks relating to the security and confidentiality of Sellers
Customer Information pursuant to such program in the same manner as the Agent does in respect of
its own customers information, and shall implement the standards relating to such risks in the
manner set forth in the Interagency Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safeguarding Customer
Information set forth in 12 CFR Parts 30, 208, 211, 225, 263, 308, 364, 568 and 570. Without
limiting the scope of the foregoing sentence, the Agent and the Buyers shall use at least the same
physical and other security measures to protect all of the Sellers Customer Information in their
possession or control as each of them uses for its own customers confidential and proprietary
information.
16.10. Notice of Suits, Etc. and Notice. The Seller will as soon as reasonably practical and
in any case no later than the end of the third Business Day after the day when the Seller first
learns of it, give written notice to the Agent and the Buyers of:
(a) any material (as determined by the Seller in good faith) action, suit or proceeding
instituted by or against the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries in any federal or state court
or before any commission, regulatory body or Governmental Authority, or if any such
proceedings are threatened against the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, in a writing
containing the applicable details;
(b) the filing, recording or assessment of any material federal, state or local tax
lien against the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or any assets of any of them;
(c) the occurrence of any Event of Default;
(d) the occurrence of any Default;
(e) the termination of, or the occurrence of any event which, with or without notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under the Custody Agreement;
(f) the occurrence of:
(1) any event which, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute a default under, or permit the acceleration or termination of, any other
agreement, instrument or indenture to which the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries is
a party or to which any of them or any of their properties or assets may be subject
if either (x) the effect of any such default is or if uncured and unwaived after
notice, the lapse of time or both, would be to cause, or to permit any other party
to such agreement, instrument or indenture (or a trustee on behalf of such a party)
to cause, Debt of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries to become or be declared due
before its stated maturity or (y) such default, if uncured and unwaived after any
relevant notice, the lapse of time or both, could reasonably be
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expected to result in a material adverse effect on any of the Central Elements
in respect of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries;
(2) any margin call requiring Seller to make a payment with respect to any
credit facility or repurchase facility for financing Mortgage Loans or MBS;
(3) any other action, event or condition of any nature (excluding general
economic conditions) which, if unremedied after any relevant notice, lapse of time
or both, could reasonably be expected to result in either (i) the Sellers being in
breach of or out of compliance with any provision of Sections 17.12,
17.13, 17.14 and 17.15 (Financial Covenants) or (ii) a
material adverse effect on any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or
any of its Subsidiaries; or
(4) the curing by the Seller, or the waiver by the other party to the relevant
agreement, instrument or indenture, of any event described in Section
16.10(f)(1) and, in the case of curing, whether the event was cured before any
applicable grace or notice and opportunity to cure period had expired.
(5) any Prohibited Transaction with respect to any ERISA Plan, specifying the
nature of the Prohibited Transaction and what action Seller proposes to take with
respect to it.
16.11. Payment of Taxes, Etc. The Seller will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay
and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged promptly all material taxes, assessments and
governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or its Subsidiaries or upon their respective income,
receipts or properties before they become past due, as well as all lawful claims for labor,
materials and supplies or other things which, if unpaid, could reasonably be expected to become (or
result in the placement of) a Lien or charge upon any part of such properties; provided that it and
its affected Subsidiaries shall not be required to pay taxes, assessments or governmental charges
or levies or claims for labor, materials or supplies that are being contested in good faith and by
proper proceedings being reasonably and diligently pursued, execution or enforcement of which has
been effectively stayed (by the posting of a bond or other security sufficient to achieve that
result, or by any other fully effective means), and for which reserves determined to be adequate
(in accordance with GAAP in all material respects) have been set aside on its books.
16.12. Insurance; fidelity bond. The Seller will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
(a) maintain liability insurance protecting the Seller and its Subsidiaries against
fire and other hazard insurance on its respective properties from which it conducts its
business, with responsible insurance companies, in such amounts and against such risks as is
customarily carried by similar businesses operating in the same vicinity. Copies of such
policies shall be furnished to the Agent without charge upon the Agents request made from
time to time; and
(b) obtain and maintain at its own expense and keep in full force and effect a blanket
fidelity bond and an errors and omissions insurance policy covering Sellers
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officers and employees and other persons acting on behalf of Seller. The amount of
coverage shall be at least equal to the coverage that would be required by Fannie Mae or
Freddie Mac, whichever is greater, with respect to Seller if Seller were servicing and
administering the Mortgage Loans for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. In the event that any such
bond or policy ceases to be in effect, Seller shall obtain a comparable replacement bond or
policy, as the case may be, meeting the requirements of this Section 16.12(b).
Coverage of Seller under any policy or bond obtained by an Affiliate of Seller and providing
the coverage required by this Section 16.12(b) shall satisfy the requirements of
this Section 16.12(b). Upon the request of Buyer, Seller shall cause to be
delivered to Buyer evidence of such fidelity bond and insurance policies.
16.13. Maintain Lien on Mortgaged Premises. The Seller will maintain the Lien on the
Mortgaged Premises securing each Purchased Loan as a first Lien, subject only to the Permitted
Encumbrances.
16.14. Subordination of Certain Indebtedness. The Seller will cause any and all debt and
obligations of the Seller to any Affiliate (other than the Parent Subordinated Note) or any member,
manager, stockholder, director or officer of the Seller (excluding debt for directors or officers
salary, bonuses, directors fees or other compensation for service) of any Affiliate to be
Qualified Subordinated Debt by the execution and delivery by such Affiliate or member, manager,
stockholder, director or officer, as applicable, to the Agent of a Subordination Agreement in form
and substance satisfactory to the Buyers and the taking of all other steps (if any) required to
cause such Debt to be Qualified Subordinated Debt and deliver to the Agent an executed copy of that
Subordination Agreement, certified by the corporate secretary or assistant secretary of the Seller
to be true and complete and in full force and effect, as to all such present and future debts and
obligations of the Seller.
16.15. Certain Debt to Remain Unsecured. The Seller will cause any and all obligations of the
Seller to any shareholder, officer or Affiliate of the Seller, whether such debt exists as of the
Effective Date or is incurred in the future, to remain at all times unsecured.
16.16. Promptly Correct Escrow Imbalances. By no later than seven (7) Business Days after
learning (from any source) of any material imbalance in any escrow account(s) maintained by the
Seller (or any subservicer for it), the Seller will fully and completely correct and eliminate such
imbalance.
16.17. MERS Covenants. The Seller will:
(a) be a Member (as defined in the MERS Agreements) of MERSCORP;
(b) maintain the Electronic Tracking Agreement in full force and effect and timely
perform all of its obligations thereunder;
(c) provide the Agent with copies of any new MERS Agreement or any amendment,
supplement or other modification of any MERS Agreement (other than the Electronic Tracking
Agreement);
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(d) not amend, terminate or revoke, or enter into any agreement that is inconsistent
with or contradicts any provision of the Electronic Tracking Agreement;
(e) identify to the Agent each Purchased Loan that is registered in the MERS System, at
the earlier of the time it is so registered or the time it is purchased or deemed purchased
hereunder, as so registered;
(f) at the request of the Agent, take such actions as may be requested by the Agent to:
(1) transfer beneficial ownership of any Purchased Loan to the Agent on behalf
of the Buyers on the MERS System; or
(2) de-register or re-register any Purchased Loan on, or withdraw any Purchased
Loan from, the MERS System;
(g) provide the Agent with copies of any or all of the following reports with respect
to the Purchased Loans registered on the MERS System at the request of the Agent:
(1) Co-existing Security Interest (MERS form IA);
(2) Release of Security Interest by Interim Funder (MERS form IB);
(3) Interim Funder Rejects (MERS form IC);
(4) Paid in Full Verification (MERS form DK); and
(5) such other reports as the Agent may reasonably request to verify the status
of any Purchased Loan on the MERS System;
(h) notify the Agent of any withdrawal or deemed withdrawal of the Sellers membership
in the MERS System or any deregistration of any Purchased Loan previously registered on the
MERS System; and
(i) obtain the prior written consent of the Agent before entering into an electronic
tracking agreement (other than the Electronic Tracking Agreement) with any other Person.
16.18. Special Affirmative Covenants Concerning Purchased Loans.
(a) Until both (i) all of the Purchased Loans shall have been repurchased by the Seller
and (ii) the Buyers have no obligation to purchase any additional Loans hereunder or provide
any other financial accommodations to the Seller under or otherwise in respect of this
Agreement, the Seller warrants and will defend the right, title and interest of the Buyers
and the Agent in and to the Purchased Loans against the claims and demands of all persons
whomsoever.
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(b) As soon as they become available and in any event within four (4) days after the
Purchase Date for Wet Loans, the Seller will cause to be assembled and delivered to the
Custodian all Basic Papers relating to Wet Loans. Without limitation of the foregoing, if
original recordation receipts evidencing the recordation of the Mortgage and Mortgage
Assignment included in the Purchased Loans have not previously been delivered to the
Custodian, the Seller will promptly deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Custodian,
either the original recordation receipts or the original recorded Mortgage or Mortgage
Assignment showing the recordation data thereon.
(c) The Seller shall maintain, at its principal office or in a regional office not
disapproved by the Agent, or in the office of a computer service bureau engaged by the
Seller and not disapproved by the Agent, and upon request shall make available to the Agent
and the Custodian the originals of all Loan Papers and related instruments, and all files,
surveys, certificates, correspondence, appraisals, computer programs, tapes, discs, cards,
accounting records and other information and data relating to the Purchased Loans that are
held by or under the direction or control of the Seller or any of its Affiliates and that
have not already been provided to the Agent or the Custodian.
(d) The Seller shall ensure that, if a Mortgage Loan that is to be funded and sold to
the Buyers as a Wet Loan does not close on the proposed Purchase Date, all amounts remitted
by the Agent for the payment of the Purchase Price shall be returned promptly within one
Business Day to the Agent for the benefit of the Buyers and if such funds are not so
returned, the Seller shall pay promptly within one Business Day a like amount to the Agent
for the benefit of the Buyers plus any accrued Price Differential. Seller acknowledges that
until such time as the Mortgage Loan is deemed to have been sold to the Buyers, Seller has
no interest in, nor any claim to such amounts and shall, if it receives such amounts, hold
such amounts in trust for the Buyers and shall promptly remit such funds to the Agent for
disbursement to the Buyers.
16.19. Coordination with Other Lenders/Repo Purchasers and Their Custodians. The Seller will
provide to the Agent the current name, address and contact information concerning each of the
Sellers other mortgage warehouse credit and repurchase facilities, will update such information
provided to the Agent as changes to the facilities or such name, address or contact information
occurs, and will cooperate and assist the Agent in exchanging information with such others (and
their document custodians or trustees) to prevent conflicting claims to and interests in Purchased
Loans between or among repurchase facilities counterparties or lenders, and promptly correct such
conflicting claims as may arise from time to time. The Seller will execute and deliver to the
Agent any intercreditor agreement Agent may require pursuant to Section 17.8.
17 Negative Covenants.
The Seller agrees that, for so long as the Commitments are outstanding or until all of the
Purchased Loans have been repurchased by the Seller and none of the Sellers Obligations remain to
be paid or performed under this Agreement or any of the other Repurchase Documents, the Seller
shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, either directly or indirectly, without the prior
written consent of the Required Buyers:
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17.1. No Merger. The Seller shall not merge or consolidate with or into any Person, if
immediately prior to any such merger or consolidation a Default or Event of Default exists or would
occur as a result thereof, or if as a result of any such merger or consolidation a Change of
Control would occur or the Seller is not the surviving entity.
17.2. Limitation on Debt and Contingent Indebtedness. At no time shall the Seller or any
Subsidiary incur, create, contract, assume, have outstanding, guarantee or otherwise be or become,
directly or indirectly, liable in respect of any Debt or Contingent Indebtedness except:
(a) the Obligations;
(b) Debt and Contingent Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and disclosed on
Schedule 17.2 hereto, but not any renewals or extensions thereof;
(c) trade debt (including, without limitation, trade debt for services provided by an
Affiliate), equipment leases, loans for the purchase of equipment used in the ordinary
course of the Sellers business and indebtedness for taxes and assessments not yet due and
payable owed in the ordinary course of business;
(d) Qualified Subordinated Debt;
(e) Permitted Intercompany Payables;
(f) Indebtedness, including the Obligations, secured by Permitted Liens and by no other
Liens on the Property of the Seller;
(g) liabilities as a lessee under leases which have been, or in accordance with GAAP,
should be classified as capitalized leases, in an aggregate amount not greater than
$5,000,000;
(h) with the prior written consent of the Required Buyers (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned upon fees), Debt under a mortgage warehousing
facility, mortgage repurchase facility or off-balance sheet indebtedness under another
financing arrangement, provided that the Buyers are given a right of first refusal regarding
only similarly structured syndicated mortgage warehousing facilities or mortgage repurchase
facilities; and
(i) other Debt in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not greater than
$1,000,000.
17.3. Business. The Seller shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in any businesses which
differ materially from those currently engaged in by the Seller or any other businesses customarily
engaged in by other Persons in the mortgage banking business.
17.4. Liquidations, Dispositions of Substantial Assets. Except as expressly provided below in
this section, neither the Seller nor any Subsidiary shall dissolve or liquidate or sell, transfer,
lease or otherwise dispose of any material portion of its property or assets or business. Except
as provided herein for the Purchased Loans, the Seller and the Subsidiaries may sell other
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Mortgage Loans and the right to service such other Mortgage Loans in the ordinary course of
their business pursuant to other repurchase facilities or mortgage warehousing facilities allowed
hereunder, any Subsidiary may sell its property, assets or business to the Seller or another
Subsidiary, and any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if at the time thereof and immediately
thereafter, the Seller and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with all covenants set forth in the
Repurchase Documents and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
17.5. Loans, Advances, and Investments. Neither the Seller nor any Subsidiary shall make any
loan (other than Mortgage Loans), advance, or capital contribution to, or investment in (including
any investment in any Subsidiary, joint venture or partnership), or purchase or otherwise acquire
any of the capital stock, securities, ownership interests, or evidences of indebtedness of, any
Person (collectively, Investment), or otherwise acquire any interest in, or control of, another
Person, except for the following:
(a) Cash Equivalents;
(b) Any acquisition of securities or evidences of indebtedness of others when acquired
by the Seller in settlement of accounts receivable or other debts arising in the ordinary
course of its business, so long as the aggregate amount of any such securities or evidences
of indebtedness is not material to the business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Seller;
(c) Mortgage-Backed Securities and Mortgage Loans acquired in the ordinary course of
the Sellers business;
(d) Permitted Intercompany Payables;
(e) Loans and advances to (i) employees, officers and directors of Seller or any
Affiliate of Seller or (ii) the Parent and other Affiliates of Seller which are neither
Subsidiaries nor Persons which would, if organized as a corporation and Seller owned a
sufficient interest therein, constitute a Subsidiary of Seller, in the aggregate principal
amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $250,000 (or such larger amount as Agent
may, in its sole discretion, approve in writing prior to the making thereof); and
(f) Investment in any existing Subsidiary; provided that at the time any such
investment is made and immediately thereafter, the Seller and the Subsidiaries are in
compliance with all covenants set forth in the Repurchase Documents and no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
17.6. Use of Proceeds. The Seller shall not, directly or indirectly, use any of the proceeds
of the Transactions for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying any
margin stock or of maintaining, reducing or retiring any Debt and Contingent Indebtedness
originally incurred to purchase a stock that is currently any margin stock, or for any other
purpose which might constitute this transaction a purpose credit, in each case within the meaning
of Regulation U or otherwise take or permit to be taken any action which would involve a violation
of Regulation U or Regulation T or any other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
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17.7. Transactions with Affiliates. The Seller shall not enter into any transactions
including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or the rendering
of any service, with any Affiliate unless such transactions are otherwise permitted under this
Agreement (including, without limitation, the transactions permitted under Section 17.2)
and are in the ordinary course of the Sellers business.
17.8. Liens. The Seller shall not grant, create, incur, assume, permit or suffer to exist any
Lien, upon any of its Mortgage Notes or any property related thereto, including but not limited to
the Mortgages securing such Mortgage Notes and the proceeds of the Mortgage Notes, unless such
Liens are the subject of an intercreditor agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent, other than:
(a) Liens under approved warehouse or repurchase facilities under Section 17.2(h);
(b) Liens granted to the Buyers under Section 10;
(c) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings; provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of
the Seller, as the case may be, to the extent required by GAAP;
(d) Landlords, carriers, warehousemens mechanics materialmens, repairmens or other like
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 60
days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(e) Pledges, deposits or statutory trusts in connection with workers compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;
(f) Deposits and other Liens to secure the performance of bids, government, trade and other
similar contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, subleases, statutory obligations,
surety, judgment and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature
incurred in the ordinary course of business; and
(g) Liens arising from any judgments that do not exceed the amount specified in Section
18.1(k), excluding any such Liens upon the collateral described in Section 10.1.
17.9. ERISA Plans. Neither the Seller nor any Subsidiary shall adopt or agree to maintain or
contribute to an ERISA Plan. The Seller shall promptly notify Agent and each Buyer in writing in
the event an ERISA Affiliate adopts an ERISA Plan.
17.10. Change of Principal Office; Fiscal Year. The Seller shall not move its principal
office, executive office or principal place of business from the address set forth in this
Agreement or change its Fiscal Year, without prior written notice to Agent and each Buyer.
17.11. Distributions. The Seller shall make no payment of dividends or distributions to the
Parent if either before or after giving effect thereto a Default or an Event of Default exists or
shall be caused thereby.
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17.12. Tangible Net Worth. At all times, the Sellers Adjusted Tangible Net Worth shall not
be less than $14,000,000.
17.13. Tangible Net Worth Ratio. At all times, the ratio of (i) Total Liabilities to (ii)
Adjusted Tangible Net Worth shall not be more than 12.5 to 1.0.
17.14. Net Income. As of the end of each month, the Sellers Pre-FAS 133 Income for the
twelve consecutive months then ended shall not be less than $2,000,000.
17.15. Liquidity. Sellers Liquidity shall at all times be no less than $7,500,000.
17.16. Special Negative Covenants Concerning Purchased Loans. Except to correct errors or
omissions in Loan Papers, without the written consent of the Agent given on a case-by-case basis,
Seller shall not amend or modify, or waive any of the terms and conditions of any Purchased Loans,
or settle or compromise any claim in respect of them, or accept other than cash or the exchange of
comparable Purchased Loans (which is concurrently sold by the Seller to the Buyers) in liquidation
of any Purchased Loans.
17.17. No Changes in Accounting Practices. Seller shall not make any significant change in
accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP, or change its fiscal year.
17.18. Subordinated Debt. Seller shall not pay any Qualified Subordinated Debt in advance of
its stated maturity or otherwise in contravention of the Subordination Agreement with respect
thereto.
17.19. Tax Payments. Except in accordance with the Tax Allocation Agreement, Seller shall not
make any payments to or on behalf of the Parent or any Affiliate of Seller in respect of taxes.
17.20. Tax Allocation Agreement. Seller shall not permit the amendment of the Tax Allocation
Agreement in any way which has an adverse effect on Seller.
18 Events of Default; Event of Termination.
18.1. Events of Default. The following events shall constitute events of default (each an
Event of Default) hereunder:
(a) Seller shall default in the payment of (i) the Repurchase Price for any Purchased
Loans on the applicable Repurchase Date, (ii) any Price Differential, Facility Fees or
Agents Fees when due and fail to cure such default within one (1) Business Day, (iii) any
amount required to be paid or transferred or paid to eliminate any Margin Deficit within the
time period specified in Section 6.2 or (iv) any other Obligation, when the same
shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof, or by acceleration or
otherwise.
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(b) An Event of Insolvency occurs with respect to the Seller or a Subsidiary.
(c) Any representation or warranty made by a Seller under any Repurchase Document shall
have been incorrect or untrue when made or repeated or deemed to have been made or repeated;
provided, that in the case of representations and warranties made with respect to the
Purchased Loans, such circumstance shall not constitute an Event of Default if, after
determining the Purchase Value of the Purchased Loans without taking into account the
Purchased Loans with respect to which such circumstance has occurred, no other Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(d) Any covenant contained in Sections 16.1, 16.4, or 17 shall
have been breached.
(e) Any covenant contained in Section 16 shall have been breached in any
material respect (except for any breach of Sections 16.1 and 16.4), or any
other covenant or agreement contained in any Repurchase Document is breached in any material
respect, and in each case, such breach is not cured within fifteen (15) calendar days of the
earlier of Sellers knowledge of such breach or Sellers receipt of notice of such breach
from any source; provided, that in the case of covenants made with respect to the Purchased
Loans, such circumstance shall not constitute an Event of Default if, after determining the
Purchase Value of the Purchased Loans without taking into account the Purchased Loans with
respect to which such circumstance has occurred, no other Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing.
(f) Failure of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries to pay any other Debt when due,
or any default in the payment when due of any principal or interest on any other Debt or in
the payment when due of any contingent obligation (other than nonrecourse MBS Debt of any
Affiliate formed for the purpose of issuing such Debt), or any breach or default with
respect to any other material term of any other debt or of any promissory note, bond, loan
agreement, reimbursement agreement, mortgage, indenture, repurchase agreement or financing
agreement or other agreement relating thereto, if the effect of any such failure, default,
breach or event referred to in this Section 18.1(f) is to cause, or to permit, with
or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, the holder or holders of such
obligation (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, Debt of the Seller
or any of its Subsidiaries in the aggregate amount of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) or
more to become or be declared due before its stated maturity.
(g) A Change of Control shall occur.
(h) The Seller shall repudiate or purport to disavow its obligations under any of the
Repurchase Documents or shall contest their validity or enforceability.
(i) This Agreement shall cease to be in full force and effect or its enforceability is
disputed or challenged by Seller.
(j) The Seller shall take or omit to take any act (i) that would result in the
suspension or loss of any of its statuses, once achieved or any of such statuses of any of
its subservicers, if any, of any Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac Mortgage Loans
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pools for which the Seller is Servicer as an FHA- and VA-approved lender and mortgagee
and a Ginnie Mae-, Fannie Mae- and Freddie Mac-approved issuer and servicer, or (ii) after
which the Seller or any such relevant subservicer would no longer be in good standing as
such, or (iii) after which the Seller or any such relevant subservicer would no longer
currently satisfy all applicable Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac net worth
requirements, if both (x) all of the material effects of such act or omission shall have not
been cured by the Seller or waived by the relevant Person (Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae or Freddie
Mac) before termination of such status and (y) it could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or any of
its Subsidiaries.
(k) Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment, or similar process involving in
any case an amount in excess of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) (in excess of relevant
insurance coverage reasonably satisfactory to the Agent in its discretion) shall be entered
or filed against the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets and
shall remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days
or in any event later than five (5) days before the date of any proposed sale thereunder
(unless, in respect of any such case the judgment debtor or the subject of the writ or
warrant of attachment or similar process is one of the Sellers Subsidiaries or such
Subsidiarys property, and such order, case commencement, consent, assignment, inability or
failure or admission could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries).
(l) The Seller shall have failed to comply in any material respect with its obligations
under the Custody Agreement.
(m) The Seller, as Servicer, shall fail to service the Purchased Loans in conformance
with Accepted Servicing Practices.
18.2. Transaction Termination. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
then, at the option of the Agent (which option shall be deemed to have been exercised, even if no
notice has been given, upon the occurrence of an Event of Insolvency), the Agent may declare the
Repurchase Date for any or all Transactions hereunder, upon written notice to the Seller, to be
deemed immediately to occur.
18.3. Termination by the Agent. If the Agent has exercised or is deemed to have exercised the
option to terminate any Transactions referred to in Section 18.2, (i) Sellers obligations
hereunder to repurchase all Purchased Loans in such Transactions shall thereupon become immediately
due and payable, (ii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Repurchase Price with respect
to each such Transaction shall be increased by the aggregate amount obtained by daily
multiplication of (x) the greater of the Pricing Rate for such Transaction and the Default Pricing
Rate by (y) the Purchase Price for such Transaction as of the Repurchase Date as determined
pursuant to Section 18.2 (decreased as of any day by (A) any amounts retained by Buyers
with respect to such Purchase Price pursuant to clause (iii) of this Section 18.3, (B) any
proceeds from the sale of Purchased Loans pursuant to clause (A) of Section 18.4, and (C)
any amounts credited to the account of the Seller pursuant to clause (B) of
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Section 18.4) on a three hundred sixty (360) day per year basis for the actual number
of days during the period from and including the date of the Event of Default giving rise to such
option to but excluding the date of payment of the Repurchase Price as so increased, (iii) all
Income paid after such exercise or deemed exercise shall be payable to and retained by the Agent
and applied to the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Prices owed by the Seller and (iv) the Seller shall
immediately deliver or cause the Custodian to deliver to the Agent any documents relating to
Purchased Loans subject to such Transactions then in the Custodians, the Sellers, its Servicers
or its subservicers possession.
18.4. Remedies. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Agent, without prior notice
to the Seller, may (and, at the direction of the Required Buyers, shall) (A) immediately sell, in a
recognized market at such price or prices as Agent may deem satisfactory, any or all Purchased
Loans subject to such Transactions on a servicing released or servicing retained basis and apply
the proceeds thereof to the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Prices and any other amounts owing by the
Seller hereunder, (B) in lieu of selling all or a portion of such Purchased Loans, give the Seller
credit for such Purchased Loans in an amount equal to the Market Value therefor on such date
against the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Prices and any other amounts owing by the Seller hereunder,
(C) terminate and replace the Seller as Servicer (or any other Servicer or Subservicer) at the cost
and expense of Seller, (D) exercise its rights under Section 8 regarding the Income Account
and Escrow Account, and (E) by notice to the Seller, declare the Termination Date to have occurred,
except that in the case of any event described in Section 18.1(b), the Termination Date
shall be deemed to have occurred automatically upon the occurrence of such event. The proceeds of
any disposition in clause (A) or (B) above shall be applied first to the reasonable costs
and expenses incurred by Buyers in connection with or as a result of an Event of Default (including
legal fees, consulting fees, accounting fees, file transfer fees, inventory fees and costs and
expenses incurred in respect of a transfer of the servicing of the Purchased Loans and costs and
expenses of disposition of such Purchased Loans); second to the aggregate Price
Differential owed hereunder, third to the remaining aggregate Repurchase Prices owed
hereunder; fourth to any other accrued and unpaid obligations of the Seller hereunder and
under the other Repurchase Documents, fifth to any Servicer or Subservicer (other than
Seller) for payment of any servicing fees due and payable as of such date, and sixth any
remaining proceeds to the Seller.
18.5. Liability for Expenses and Damages. The Seller shall be liable to the Buyers for (i)
the amount of all reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by the Buyers in connection with or
as a result of an Event of Default, (ii) damages in an amount equal to the reasonable cost
(including all fees, expenses and commissions) of entering into replacement transactions and
entering into or terminating hedge transactions in connection with or as a result of an Event of
Default and (iii) any other reasonable loss, damage, cost or expense directly arising or resulting
from the occurrence of an Event of Default in respect of a defaulting party.
18.6. Liability for Interest. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Seller shall be
liable to the Buyers for interest on any amounts owing by the Seller hereunder, from the date the
Seller becomes liable for such amounts hereunder until such amounts are (i) paid in full by the
Seller or (ii) satisfied in full by the exercise of the Buyers rights hereunder.
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18.7. Other Rights. In addition to its rights hereunder, the Buyers shall have any rights
otherwise available to them under any other agreement or applicable law.
18.8. Sellers Repurchase Rights. For avoidance of doubt, subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, Seller may repurchase Purchased Loans and resell such Purchased Loans; provided
that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Seller may repurchase
Purchased Loans by payment of the Repurchase Price therefor only upon approval of the Agent in its
discretion exercised in accordance with the provisions of Section 22.
18.9. Sale of Purchased Loans. The parties acknowledge and agree that (1) the Purchased Loans
subject to any Transaction hereunder are instruments traded in a recognized market, (2) in the
absence of a generally recognized source for prices or bid or offer quotations for any Purchased
Loans, the Agent may establish the source therefor, (3) all prices, bids and offers shall be
determined together with accrued Income (except to the extent contrary to market practice with
respect to the relevant Purchased Loans) and (4) in soliciting price, bid and offer quotations for
any Purchased Loan, it is reasonable for the Agent to use only the information provided by Seller
pursuant to Section 16.1. The parties further recognize that it may not be possible to
purchase or sell all of the Purchased Loans on a particular Business Day, or in a transaction with
the same purchaser, or in the same manner because the market for such Purchased Loans may not be
liquid at such time. In view of the nature of the Purchased Loans, the parties agree that
liquidation of a Transaction or the underlying Purchased Loans does not require a public purchase
or sale and that a good faith private purchase or sale shall be deemed to have been made in a
commercially reasonable manner. Accordingly, the Agent may elect the time and manner of
liquidating any Purchased Loan and nothing contained herein shall obligate the Agent to liquidate
any Purchased Loan on the occurrence of an Event of Default or to liquidate all Purchased Loans in
the same manner or on the same Business Day and no such exercise of any right or remedy shall
constitute a waiver of any other right or remedy of the Agent or the Buyers.
19 Servicing of the Purchased Loans.
19.1. Servicing Released Basis. Consistent with Buyers purchase of the Purchased Loans on a
servicing-released basis, Seller shall have no ownership right whatsoever as to any of the
Purchased Loans or the subservicing rights related thereto. Rather, Seller shall have only
servicing responsibilities with respect to the Purchased Loans that are subject to termination in
accordance with Section 19.7 hereof. Seller and Buyers hereby acknowledge and agree that
the provisions contained in this Section 19 are intended to be for the benefit of Buyers
and are an essential part of this Agreement, and that the nature and purpose of the purchase and
sale obligations and the servicing obligations hereunder are interrelated. Seller acknowledges
that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent for the benefit of the Buyers
may, upon written notice to the Seller, without payment of any termination fee or other amount to
Seller, sell any or all of the Purchased Loans on a servicing released basis at the cost and
expense of Seller.
19.2. Servicing and Subservicing. Seller hereby agrees, for the benefit of the Buyers, to
service or contract with Subservicers to service the Purchased Loans in accordance with this
Agreement and Accepted Servicing Practices. Sellers fees for its duties as Servicer, until
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terminated under Section 19.7, shall be twenty-five (25) basis points per annum on the
unpaid principal balance of each Purchased Loan, payable from Income in accordance with the
provisions of Section 8.2. Servicer shall, and shall cause each Subservicer to, (i) comply
with all applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations in all material respects, (ii)
maintain all state and federal licenses necessary for it to perform its servicing responsibilities
hereunder and (iii) not impair the rights of Buyers in any Purchased Loans or any payment
thereunder. Agent may terminate the servicing of any Purchased Loan with the then existing
Servicer in accordance with Section 19.7 hereof. Seller shall not be entitled to any
servicing fee or other compensation in connection with its performance of the servicing
responsibilities with respect to the Purchased Loans except to the extent that Seller is Servicer.
Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to impair the rights of any Subservicer to fees and other
compensation to which it is entitled under the applicable Servicing Agreement.
19.3. Escrow Payments. Seller shall cause Servicer and any Subservicers to hold or cause to
be held all escrow payments collected by Seller with respect to any Purchased Loans in trust
accounts and shall apply the same for the purposes for which such funds were collected.
19.4. Escrow and Income after Event of Default. After the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, (i) all funds received on or in connection with a Purchased
Loan shall be received and held by Seller, Servicer and each Subservicer in trust for the benefit
of the Agent on behalf of the Buyers as owner of the Purchased Loans, and (ii) neither Seller nor
Servicer shall be deemed to have any rights or ownership interest in such funds prior to their
being remitted to the Agent on behalf of the Buyers.
19.5. Servicing Records. Seller agrees that Agent, on behalf of the Buyers, is the owner of
all servicing records, including but not limited to any and all servicing agreements, files,
documents, records, data bases, computer tapes, copies of computer tapes, proof of insurance or
guaranty coverage, insurance or guaranty policies, appraisals, other closing documentation, payment
history records, and any other records relating to or evidencing the servicing of Mortgage Loans
(the Servicing Records). The Servicing Records are and shall be held in trust by Seller,
Servicer and each Subservicer for the benefit of Agent as the owner thereof on behalf of the
Buyers. Upon notice from Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, Seller will cause Servicer and each Subservicer to (i) designate Buyers as the owner of
each Purchased Loan in its collateral tracking system, (ii) segregate such Servicing Records from
any and all servicing agreements, files, documents, records, data bases, computer tapes, copies of
computer tapes, proof of insurance coverage, insurance policies, appraisals, other closing
documentation, payment history records, and any other records relating to or evidencing the
servicing of assets that are not Purchased Loans, (iii) safeguard such Servicing Records and (iv)
deliver them promptly to Agent or its designee (including Custodian) at Agents request.
19.6. Subservicer Instruction Letter. Seller shall, prior to the initial Purchase Date of
Mortgage Loans serviced by any Subservicer, provide to Buyers a Subservicer Instruction Letter
addressed to and agreed to by such Subservicer of the related Purchased Loans.
19.7. Termination of Servicing. At any time in the Agents sole discretion, the Agent shall
have the right to (A) terminate Sellers rights as Servicer, and any Subservicers rights, if any,
and obligations with respect to servicing of the Purchased Loans without payment of any
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penalty or termination fee (1) immediately with respect to Seller and (2) with respect to any
Servicer (other than Seller) or Subservicer, as promptly as possible subject to the terms and
conditions of the applicable Servicing Agreement and Subservicer Instruction Letter; provided that
any such termination shall be deemed to have occurred automatically upon the occurrence of an Event
of Default set forth in Section 18.1(b) above, (B) require Seller to enforce its rights and
remedies, as agent for and for the benefit of Buyers in accordance with Agents commercially
reasonable instructions, with respect to any Purchased Loans under any Servicing Agreement, and (C)
succeed to the rights and remedies of Seller with respect to any Purchased Loans under any
Servicing Agreement to the extent permitted by, and subject to, the terms of such Servicing
Agreement (but not the obligations or liabilities of Seller incurred prior to the date of such
succession) and related Subservicer Instruction Letter. Upon any such termination, Seller shall,
and shall cause each Subservicer to, (i) perform the servicing responsibilities with respect to the
Purchased Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement until the transfer of servicing
responsibilities is effectuated and (ii) cooperate, at Sellers expense, in transferring such
servicing responsibilities with respect to the Purchased Loans to a successor Servicer appointed by
Agent in Agents sole discretion. Upon termination of Seller as Servicer and without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, Seller shall, in the manner and at such times as the successor
servicer or Agent shall request, (i) promptly transfer all data in the Servicing Records relating
to the Purchased Loans to the successor servicer in such electronic format as the successor
servicer may reasonably request, (ii) promptly transfer to the successor servicer, Agent or its
designee, all other files, records correspondence and documents relating to the Purchased Loans and
(iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate and coordinate with the successor servicer
and the Agent to comply with any applicable so-called goodbye letter requirements or other
applicable requirements of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act or other applicable legal or
regulatory requirement associated with the transfer of the servicing of the Purchased Loans.
Servicer acknowledges and agrees that if it fails to cooperate with the Agent or any successor
servicer in effecting the termination of Seller as Servicer of any Purchase Loan or the transfer of
all authority to service such Purchased Loan to such successor servicer in accordance with the
terms hereof, the Agent and Buyers will be irreparably harmed and entitled to injunctive relief.
19.8. Notice from Seller. If Seller should discover that, for any reason whatsoever, any
entity responsible to Seller by contract for managing or servicing any Purchased Loan has failed to
perform in any material respects Sellers obligations under the Repurchase Documents or any of the
material obligations of such entities with respect to the Purchased Loans, Seller shall promptly
notify Agent.
19.9. Seller Remains Liable. Notwithstanding any Servicing Agreement or the provisions of
this Repurchase Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between Seller and a Subservicer
or reference to actions taken through a Subservicer or otherwise, Seller shall remain obligated and
primarily liable to the Buyers for servicing and administering of the Purchased Loans in accordance
with the provisions hereof without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such
Servicing Agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from a Subservicer and to the
same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if Seller alone were servicing and
administering the Purchased Loans. All actions of each Subservicer performed pursuant to the
related Servicing Agreement shall be performed as an agent of Seller with the same force and effect
as if performed directly by Seller and the Buyers shall have no obligations, duties or liabilities
with respect to any Subservicer including
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no obligation, duty or liability of the Buyers to pay any Subservicers fees and expenses,
provided, however, that each Subservicer may retain any amounts collected by it that it is entitled
to retain pursuant to the applicable Servicing Agreement or Subservicer Instruction Letter. Seller
shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with each Subservicer for indemnification of Seller
by the Subservicer and nothing contained in this Repurchase Agreement shall be deemed to limit or
modify such indemnification.
19.10. Backup Servicer. Agent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to appoint a
Backup Servicer that will (i) serve as a backup servicer of the Purchased Loans until such time as
Agent shall elect to appoint the Backup Servicer as successor servicer of the Purchased Loans and
(ii) become the successor servicer of the Purchased Loans at Agents option. In connection with
the appointment of a Backup Servicer as provided in the preceding sentence, Agent may make such
arrangements for the compensation of Backup Servicer out of Income on the Mortgage Loans or
otherwise as Agent and such Backup Servicer shall agree. Seller shall provide Backup Servicer with
such data, files and information, in form, format and content as Backup Servicer may request, in
order to permit Backup Servicer to service the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices; all such data, files and information shall be updated by Seller on a monthly basis as
required by Backup Servicer.
19.11. Successor Servicer. If Backup Servicer or any other Person is appointed by Agent to
act as a successor servicer of the Purchased Loans pursuant to the preceding section, Seller (in
its capacity as Servicer hereunder) shall, and shall cause each Subservicer, subject to such
Subservicers rights under any applicable Servicing Agreement, and Subservicer Instruction Letter,
to discharge its servicing duties and responsibilities during the period from the date it acquires
knowledge of such transfer of servicing until the effective date thereof with the same degree of
diligence and prudence that it is obligated to exercise under this Agreement, and shall take no
action whatsoever that might impair or prejudice the rights or financial condition of the successor
Servicer. Within five (5) Business Days of the appointment of a successor Servicer of the
Purchased Loans, Seller shall, and shall cause each Subservicer to, prepare, execute and deliver to
such successor Servicer any and all documents and other instruments, place in such successors
possession all Servicing Records, and do or cause to be done all other acts or things necessary or
appropriate to effect the transfer of servicing to the successor Servicer, including but not
limited to the transfer and endorsement of the Mortgage Notes and related documents, and the
preparation and recordation of assignments of Mortgage. Seller shall (and shall cause each
Subservicer to) cooperate with Agent and the successor Servicer in effecting the transfer of
servicing responsibilities to Backup Servicer, including execution and delivery of servicing
transfer notices to Mortgagors, MERS (if applicable), taxing authorities and insurance companies,
the transfer to Backup Servicer for administration by it of all Income with respect to the
Purchased Loans which shall at the time be held or received by Seller or any Subservicer. Seller
shall deliver immediately to the successor Servicer all Purchased Loan documents and related
documents and statements held by it or any Subservicer hereunder and Seller shall account for all
funds and shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be
required to more fully and definitively vest in the successor Servicer all such rights, powers,
duties, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities of Seller as servicer of the Purchased Loans.
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20 Payment of Expenses; Indemnity.
20.1. Expenses.
(a) The Seller shall pay on demand all of the Agents reasonable out-of-pocket fees and
expenses (including the fees and expenses for legal services) incurred by the Agent and the
Custodian in connection with this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and the Transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, whether or not any Transactions are entered into hereunder,
including the reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred in connection with (i) the
preparation, reproduction and distribution of this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and
any opinions of counsel, certificates of officers or other documents contemplated by the
aforementioned agreements, (ii) any Transaction under this Agreement, (iii) the
administration and syndication of this Agreement and of any Transaction and (iv) any
amendments and waivers regarding any of the foregoing. The obligation of the Seller to pay
such fees and expenses incurred prior to or in connection with the termination of this
Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
(b) The Seller shall pay all of the Agents and each Buyers, out-of-pocket costs and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees, after the occurrence of any Default or Event
of Default in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement, the Custody Agreement and
the other Repurchase Documents, including in connection with any (i) bankruptcy, (ii) other
insolvency proceeding, or (iii) any workout or consultation involving the Buyers rights and
remedies, the purchase and repurchase of the Purchased Loans and the payment of Price
Differential in connection therewith.
(c) The Seller shall pay, and hold the Agent, the Buyers and any other owners or
holders of any of the Obligations harmless from and against, any and all present and future
stamp, documentary and other similar taxes with respect to the foregoing matters and save
them each harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting
from any delay or omission to pay such taxes.
(d) The Seller shall pay all of the Agents Fees and any other fees under this
Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents.
20.2. Indemnity. The Seller shall pay, and indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Agent, the
Buyers and any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and Affiliates
(the Indemnified Parties) from and against, the Indemnified Liabilities, which means any and
all claims, liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, judgments, suits, costs, expenses
and disbursements (including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements) of any kind whatsoever
which may be imposed upon, incurred by or asserted against any of the Indemnified Parties in any
way relating to or arising out of any of the Repurchase Documents or any of the transactions
contemplated thereby or the use of proceeds or proposed use of proceeds thereof, provided that the
Seller shall not have any obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Party with respect to Indemnified
Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted from (i) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Indemnified Party, (ii) a material breach of this Agreement by such
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Indemnified Party or (iii) disputes solely among Indemnified Parties (it being understood that
this clause (iii) shall not apply to the indemnification of Agent in a suit involving Agent in its
capacity as such).
21 Single Agreement.
The Buyers, the Agent and Seller acknowledge that, and have entered into this Agreement and
will enter into each Transaction hereunder in consideration of and in reliance upon the fact that,
all Transactions hereunder constitute a single business and contractual relationship and have been
made in consideration of each other. Accordingly, each of the Agent, the Buyers and the Seller
agrees (i) to perform all of its obligations in respect of each Transaction hereunder, and that a
default in the performance of any such obligations shall constitute a default by it in respect of
all Transactions hereunder, (ii) that each of them shall be entitled to set off claims and apply
property held by them in respect of any Transaction against obligations owing to them in respect of
any other Transactions hereunder and (iii) that payments, deliveries and other transfers made by
either of them in respect of any Transaction shall be deemed to have been made in consideration of
payments, deliveries and other transfers in respect of any other Transactions hereunder, and the
obligations to make any such payments, deliveries and other transfers may be applied against each
other and netted.
22 Relationships among the Agent and the Buyers.
22.1. Agents Duties. In its capacity as Agent until all Purchased Loans have all been
repurchased by the Seller, all other Obligations have been satisfied and the Buyers have no further
Commitments or other obligations under this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents, the Agent
shall:
(a) hold the Repurchase Documents and (by the Custodians holding the Purchased Loans
as bailee for the Agent) the Purchased Loans for the benefit of each Buyer, and each Buyer
(including U.S. Bank) shall be deemed to have an interest in the Repurchase Documents on any
day in proportion to its Pro Rata undivided ownership interest in the Purchased Loans on
that day;
(b) send timely bills to the Seller for the Facility Fee and other sums due and receive
all sums on account of the Purchased Loans or with respect to them;
(c) use reasonable diligence to obtain from the Seller and promptly remit to each Buyer
such Buyers Pro Rata share of Repurchase Prices for Purchased Loans and other sums received
by the Agent on account of the Purchased Loans or with respect to them, in accordance with
this Agreement;
(d) use reasonable diligence to recover from the Seller all expenses incurred that are
reimbursable by the Seller, and promptly remit to each Buyer its Pro Rata share (if any)
thereof;
(e) perform the obligations of the Agent that are specifically ascribed to the Agent by
this Agreement, including, with the approval or at the direction of the Required Buyers, the
remedies afforded the Buyers pursuant to Sections 18.2, 18.3, 18.4
and 18.9;
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(f) hold the Purchased Loans and all security interests established hereby ratably for
itself as Agent and representative of the Buyers; and
(g) request from the Seller, and promptly forward to the Buyers, such information as
any of the Buyers may reasonably request Agent to obtain from the Seller, consistent with
the terms of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Agent shall be required to act or
to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon
the instructions of the Required Buyers, and such instructions shall be binding upon all Buyers,
their permitted successors, assigns and participants; provided, however, that the Agent shall not
be required to take any action which exposes the Agent to personal liability or which is contrary
to the Repurchase Documents or applicable law.
22.2. Limitation on Duty to Disclose. Except as expressly set forth herein, the Agent shall
not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information
relating to the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained
by the bank serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
22.3. Actions Requiring All Buyers Consent. No amendment or waiver of, or any action with
respect to, any provision of this Agreement or any of the Repurchase Documents shall in any event
be effective unless the same shall be in writing signed by all Buyers with respect to any amendment
or waiver or any action that:
(a) Increases the Maximum Aggregate Commitment (it being understood that, for purposes
of this Section 22.3(a), the Buyers execution of this Agreement evidences such
Buyers consent to any increase in the Maximum Aggregate Commitment in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.3 hereof).
(b) Agrees to any reduction in any Pricing Rate, Repurchase Price or fee provisions of
this Agreement, excluding the provisions relating to the Agents Fee.
(c) Acknowledges termination of the Buyers ownership interest in the Purchased Loans
or releases any Lien held under the Repurchase Documents other than in accordance with the
Repurchase Documents.
(d) Changes any Buyers Pro Rata share of ownership of the Purchased Loans other than
in accordance with the express provisions of the Repurchase Documents.
(e) Agrees to any change in the nature of the Buyers respective Commitments from
several to joint, in whole or in part.
(f) Agrees to any change to the definition of Required Buyers or to any provisions of
this Agreement or any of the other Repurchase Documents that requires the consent, approval
or satisfaction of all of the Buyers or each of the Buyers.
(g) Extends the Termination Date or the due date of any required payment other than in
accordance with the express provisions of the Repurchase Documents.
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(h) Agrees to any change in this Section.
(i) Agrees to any change in the Buyers Margin Percentage rates.
(j) Releases the Seller from any of its obligations other than in accordance with the
express conditions of the Repurchase Documents or change any amount due under the terms of
the Repurchase Documents.
(k) Modifies the sharing provisions of Section 22.7.
In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Section 22.3 and any other provisions
of this Agreement or the other Repurchase Documents, this Section 22.3 shall govern.
22.4. Actions Requiring Required Buyers Consent. All amendments hereto, waivers or actions
taken hereunder that are not described in Section 22.3 and Section 22.5, require
the written consent or ratification of the Required Buyers except for actions that are specifically
reserved to the Agent under Section 6; provided that no amendments, waivers or actions
taken hereunder that relate to the rights or obligations of the Agent shall be effective without
the prior written consent of the Agent. The Agent will, at the direction of the Required Buyers,
but may not, without the consent of the Required Buyers, take any enforcement action or exercise
any remedies under this Agreement and the Repurchase Documents which arise after the occurrence of
an Event of Default.
22.5. Agents Discretionary Actions. Subject to the limitations of Sections 22.3 and
22.4, in its capacity as Agent and without seeking or obtaining the consent of any of the
other Buyers (although it may elect to obtain such consent before acting it if deems that
desirable), the Agent may:
(a) agree or consent to any change in the aggregate not involving more than $2,000,000
of the Purchased Loans at any time in the handling of the Purchased Loans and which in the
Agents reasonable judgment is unlikely to have a material adverse effect on any of the
Central Elements in respect of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries (for purposes of
clarity, this allows the Agent to temporarily suspend the effects of one or more
Disqualifiers for Purchased Loans, if the Agent in its sole and absolute discretion
determines that such Disqualifier may be resolved or corrected and to allow funding of a Wet
Loan one Business Day after the advance of funds for the purchase of such Wet Loan, in each
case within the limitation set forth in this Section 22.5(a));
(b) reconvey, exchange or otherwise change, in whole or in part, any Purchased Loans
which are required to be reconveyed, exchanged or changed in accordance with the Repurchase
Documents;
(c) approve any new Approved Investor proposed by the Seller (and the Agent will
promptly provide to any Buyer that requests it a current list of Approved Investors); and
(d) do or perform any act or thing which, in the Agents reasonable judgment, is
necessary or appropriate to enable the Agent to properly discharge and perform its
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duties under this Agreement or the Custody Agreement, or which in its reasonable
judgment is necessary or appropriate to preserve or protect the validity, integrity or
enforceability of the Purchased Loans and/or the Repurchase Documents, the Buyers Pro Rata
undivided ownership interests in and to the Purchased Loans, the Lien created by this
Agreement and its priority, or any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller or any
of its Subsidiaries, or to preserve and protect the interest of the Buyers in any of the
foregoing.
22.6. Buyers Cooperation. The Buyers agree to cooperate among themselves and with the Agent
and from time to time upon the Agents request, to execute and deliver such papers as may be
reasonably necessary to enable the Agent, in its capacity as Agent, to effectively administer this
Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents, the Purchased Loans and each Buyers Pro Rata
undivided ownership interest in the Purchased Loans in the manner contemplated by this Agreement.
The Agent and each of the Buyers agree to provide notice to the other parties if they have actual
knowledge of an Event of Default at any time.
22.7. Buyers Sharing Arrangement.
(a) Each of the Buyers agrees that if it should receive any amount (whether by
voluntary payment, realization upon security, the exercise of the right of set-off, or
otherwise) which is applicable to the payment of Repurchase Price, Margin Deficit, Pricing
Differential or any fees, that with respect to the related sum or sums received (or
receivable) by the other Buyers is in greater proportion than that Buyers Pro Rata
ownership of the Purchased Loans, then such Buyer receiving such excess amount shall
purchase from the other Buyers an participation interest in the Purchased Loans in such
amount as shall result in Pro Rata participation and ownership by all of the Buyers in such
excess amount; provided that if all or any portion of such excess amount is thereafter
recovered from such Buyer, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored
to the extent of such recovery; and provided further that the provisions of this Section
22.7 shall not apply to the Agents Fee under this Agreement or to any fees which the
Custodian or any successor custodian might be paid pursuant to the Custody Agreement.
(b) To the extent that the Seller fails to pay any amount required to be paid to the
Agent under Section 20, each Buyer severally agrees to pay to the Agent such Buyers
Funding Share (determined as of the time that the unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment
is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided, that the unreimbursed expense or
indemnified payment, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was
incurred by or asserted against the Agent in its capacity as such.
22.8. Buyers Acknowledgment. Each Buyer other than U.S. Bank hereby acknowledges that U.S.
Bank has made no representations or warranties with respect to any Purchased Loan other than as
expressly set forth in this Agreement and that U.S. Bank shall have no responsibility (each in its
capacity as a Buyer, the Agent, or any other capacity or role) for:
(a) the marketability or collectibility of the Purchased Loans;
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(b) the genuineness, validity, likelihood of performance as and when due or
enforceability of any Investor Commitment or the solvency or performance record of any
Approved Investor;
(c) the validity, enforceability or any legal effect of any of the Repurchase
Documents, any Loan Papers or any insurance, bond or similar device purportedly protecting
any obligation to the Buyers or any Purchased Loans; or
(d) the financial condition of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, the
status, health or viability of any industry in which any of them is involved, the prospects
for repurchase of the Purchased Loans, the genuineness, validity or enforceability of any
warehousing facility or repurchase agreement between the Seller and any other lender or
repurchase agreement counterparty, the value of any Purchased Loans, the effectiveness of
any of the provisions of the Repurchase Documents (including the financial covenants, tests
and hedging requirements) or any aspect of their implementation or administration at any
time to reduce or control risks of any type, to produce returns, profits, yields or spreads
or to reduce or control losses or the accuracy of any information supplied by or to be
supplied in connection with any of the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or
otherwise with respect to this Agreement, any Purchased Loans or any source of equity or
other financing for any of the Seller, any of its Affiliates or any other warehouse lender
or repurchase agreement counterparty.
22.9. Agent Market Value Determinations. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that, in
determining the Market Value of the Purchased Loans, the Agent (i) shall determine Market Value as
a third party service provider, in accordance with standards customarily applicable in the
financial industry to third party service providers providing values on comparable assets to be
used in connection with the financing of such assets, and (ii) shall not be obligated to do that
same or similar amount of work or analysis as if it were valuing its own assets, or as if it were
valuing such assets for the purchase or sale thereof by it or any other party. The parties hereto
agree and acknowledge that any asset valuation information produced by the Agent is intended to be
and should be used solely for the limited uses specified in this Agreement and the other Repurchase
Documents, and is not intended to be and should not be used by any Person for any other purpose.
The parties hereto further agree and acknowledge that the Agent may elect to determine the Market
Value for any Purchased Loan by determining the market bid price for a portfolio containing all
Purchased Loans and allocating such portfolio market bid price among each individual Purchased
Loan.
22.10. Agents Representations to Buyers. The Agent hereby represents and warrants to the
Buyers (other than U.S. Bank) that:
(a) the Agent has delivered to each Buyer true copies of the originals of those
Repurchase Documents which have been specifically requested by that Buyer; and
(b) the Agent has no current actual knowledge that any Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing on the Effective Date.
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22.11. Agents Duty of Care, Express Negligence Waiver and Release. At all times until all
Purchased Loans have all been repurchased by the Seller and the Buyers have no further commitments
or other obligations under this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents, the Agent shall
exercise the same degree of care in handling the Purchased Loans as U.S. Bank exercises with
respect to loans that are held solely by U.S. Bank for its own account, and the Agent, in its
capacity as Agent shall have no responsibility to the Buyers other than to exercise such standard
of care and, in any event, U.S. Bank shall have no liability with respect to any other Buyers Pro
Rata interest in the Purchased Loans except for U.S. Banks own fraud, gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Except in the case of its own fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct, neither
the Agent, any Buyer, nor any of their officers, directors, employees, attorneys or Agents shall be
liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under this Agreement, the Custody
Agreement or any of the other Repurchase Documents reasonably believed by it or them to be within
the discretion or power conferred upon it or them by the Repurchase Documents or be responsible for
consequences of any error of judgment, the Buyers expressly intending to hereby waive and release
all present and future claims and rights against the Agent (i) owed, in whole or in part, under any
claim or theory of strict liability or (ii) for damages or injuries caused or contributed to by any
Indemnified Partys sole or concurrent ordinary negligence that does not amount to gross negligence
or willful misconduct. Except as otherwise specifically and expressly set forth in this Agreement,
the Agent shall not be responsible in any manner to anyone for the effectiveness, enforceability,
genuineness, validity or due execution of this Agreement, any supplement, amendment or restatement
of it or of any other Repurchase Documents or for any representation, warranty, document,
certificate, report or statement made or furnished in, under or in connection with this Agreement
or any of the other Repurchase Documents or be under any obligation to anyone to ascertain or to
inquire as to the performance or observation of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this
Agreement or of the other Repurchase Documents on the part of the Seller or anyone else. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Agent, in its capacity as
Agent, may seek and rely upon the advice of legal counsel in taking or refraining to take any
action under any of the Repurchase Documents or otherwise in respect of any Purchased Loans, this
Agreement and its parties, and shall be fully protected in relying upon such advice.
22.12. Calculations of Shares of Principal and Other Sums. Except as provided to the
contrary in Section 6.4 (Increased Cost), Section 6.5 (Capital Adequacy),
Section 7.1 (Payments to be free of Taxes; Withholding), Section 7.3 (Taxes
Indemnity), Section 9.2 ( Agents Fee) and Section 20 (Payment of Expenses;
Indemnity), U.S. Banks and each other Buyers respective shares of Repurchase Prices and other
sums received by the Agent on account of the Purchased Loans or with respect to them shall be
calculated on the basis of each Buyers (including U.S. Banks) respective Pro Rata ownership
interests in the Purchased Loans from time to time.
22.13. Resignation or Removal of the Agent. The Agent, or any agent or agents
hereafter appointed, at any time may resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Seller
and the Buyers and complying with the applicable provisions of this Section 22. The
Required Buyers may remove the Agent for acts constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct
by giving notice to the Agent, the Buyers and the Seller. Upon receiving such notice of
resignation or removal, with the Sellers consent, which consent shall not unreasonably be delayed
or withheld (provided that the Sellers consent shall not be required if a Default has occurred
that has not
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been cured by the Seller or declared in writing by the Agent to have been waived or any Event
of Default has occurred that the Agent has not declared in writing to have been cured or waived), a
successor Agent shall be promptly appointed by the Required Buyers by written instrument, in
duplicate, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning or removed Agent and
one copy to the successor Agent.
22.14. Effective Date of Resignation of the Agent. No resignation or removal of the
Agent shall be effective until both (i) sixty (60) days have elapsed after notice to the Seller and
the Buyers of the Agents election to resign or its removal, and (ii) a successor agent has been
appointed pursuant to the provisions of this Section 22 and has accepted the appointment as
provided in Section 22.13; provided that if such appointment has not been so made or if the
Agents duties have not been assumed by the appointed successor on or before ninety (90) days after
the date of the Agents notice of resignation, the Agent may cease acting as agent and
representative of the Buyers hereunder, and shall have no further responsibility therefor, at the
close of business on the tenth (10th) Business Day after such ninety-day period.
22.15. Successor Agent. Any successor Agent appointed as provided in this Section
shall execute and deliver to the Seller, the Buyers and to the predecessor Agent an instrument
accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation of the predecessor Agent shall become
effective and such successor Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights and obligations of its predecessor, with like effect as if originally
named as the Agent; provided that upon the written request of the Seller, all of the Buyers or the
successor Agent, the resigning Agent shall execute and deliver (a) an instrument transferring to
such successor Agent all of the rights of the resigning Agent and (b) to such successor Agent such
instruments as are necessary to transfer the Purchased Loans and the Repurchase Documents to such
successor Agent (including assignments of all Purchased Loans or Repurchase Documents).
Upon the request of any such successor Agent made from time to time, the Seller shall execute
any and all papers which the successor Agent shall request or require to more fully and certainly
vest in and confirm to such successor Agent all such rights.
22.16. Merger of the Agent. Any Person into which the Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person surviving or resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Agent shall be a party or any Person succeeding to
the commercial banking business of the Agent, shall be the successor Agent without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties.
22.17. Participation; Assignment.
(a) Participations. Each Buyer reserves the rights, without the consent of
the Seller, to sell to one or more banks or other entities (a Participant), participations
in all or any part of such Buyers Commitment and Pro Rata ownership share of the Purchased
Loans or to pledge, collaterally assign or grant a security interest in any or all of its
interests under this Agreement and in the Purchased Loans to any Federal Reserve Bank or any
other Person; provided that no such pledge, participation, collateral assignment or grant of
a security interest shall release a Buyer from any of its obligations hereunder or
substitute any such participant, pledgee or assignee for such Buyer as a party hereto.
Participants shall have no rights under the Repurchase Documents other than certain
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voting rights as provided below. Each Buyer shall be entitled to obtain (on
behalf of its Participants) the benefits of this Agreement with respect to all Participants
in its Funding Share of Open Transactions outstanding from time to time; provided that the
Seller shall not be obligated to pay any amount in excess of the amount that would be due
such Buyer calculated as though no participation had been sold. No Buyer shall
sell any participating interest under which the Participant shall have any rights to approve
any amendment, modification or waiver of any Repurchase Documents, except to the extent such
amendment, modification or waiver requires the consent of all Buyers under Section
22.3. In those cases (if any) where a Buyer grants rights to any of its
Participants to approve amendments, modifications or waivers of any Repurchase Documents
pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, such Buyer must include a voting mechanism
as to all such approval rights in the relevant participation agreement(s) whereby a
readily-determinable fraction of such Buyers portion of the Purchased Loans (whether held
by such Buyer or participated) shall control the vote for all of such Buyers portion of the
Purchased Loans; provided that if no such voting mechanism is provided for or is fully and
immediately effective, then the vote of such Buyer itself shall be the vote for all of such
Buyers portion of the Purchased Loans. Except in the case of the sale of a
participating interest to a Buyer, the relevant participation agreement shall not permit the
participant to transfer, pledge, assign, sell any subparticipation in or otherwise alienate
or encumber its participation interest in the Purchased Loans. In no event may a
Participant be an Affiliate of the Seller.
(b) Assignments. Without any requirements for further consent of the Seller,
any Buyer may assign any or all of its rights and obligations under the Repurchase Documents
to its own Buyer Affiliates or to an assignee that is a Buyer with a Commitment hereunder
immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment. With the prior written
consent of the Agent and (unless an Event of Default has occurred that the Agent has not
declared in writing to have been cured or waived) the Seller, which consent of the Seller
will not be unreasonably withheld, and at no cost to the Seller or the Agent, any Buyer may
assign any or all of its rights and obligations under the Repurchase Documents to one or
more assignees; provided that (1) except in the case of an assignment to a Buyer or a Buyer
Affiliate or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Buyers Committed
Sum, no such assignment shall be in an amount less than Fifteen Million Dollars
($15,000,000), unless each of the Agent and (unless a Default or Event of Default has
occurred and continuing) the Seller consents thereto, (2) each partial assignment shall be
made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Buyers rights and
obligations under this Agreement, (3) the assignee, if it is not a Buyer hereunder
immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment, shall deliver to the Agent an
questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all
syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the
Seller and its Affiliates or their respective securities) will be made available and who may
receive such information in accordance with the assignees compliance procedures and
applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws, (4) the assignee may not be an
Affiliate of the Seller and (5) each such assignment shall be effected pursuant to an
Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit F, to be delivered to
the Agent together with a processing and recording fee of $3,500 (which shall not be
applicable with respect to the
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initial syndication of the Transactions), with the assignor to have no further right or
obligation with respect to the rights and obligations assigned to and assumed by the
assignee. The Seller agrees that, as to any assignment to any Buyer Affiliate or
if the Seller consents to any other assignment, the Seller will cooperate with the prompt
execution and delivery of documents reasonably necessary to such assignment process to the
extent that the Seller incurs no cost or expense that is not paid by the assigning Buyer and
the assignee immediately upon delivery to the Seller of such assignment form.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to Section 22.17(d), from
and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee shall
be a Buyer for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents, if the
assignment is an assignment of all of the assignors interest in the Purchased Loans then
held by the Agent (or by the Custodian on behalf of the Agent), the assignor shall be
automatically released from all of its obligations and liabilities hereunder, and, whether
it is such a complete assignment or only a partial assignment, the Committed Sums shall be
adjusted appropriately, and the parties agree to approve in writing a revised and updated
version of Schedule BC. Any assignment or transfer by a Buyer of rights or
obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 22.17(b)
shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Buyer of a participation
in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 22.17(a).
(c) The Agent, acting for this purpose as an Agent of the Seller, shall maintain at one
of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for
the recordation of the names and addresses of the Buyers, and the Committed Sum of, and
amount owing to, each Buyer pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time the (the
Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the
Seller, the Agent and the Buyers may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the
Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Buyer hereunder for all purposes of this
Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available
for inspection by the Seller and any Buyer, at any reasonable time and from time to time
upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an
assigning Buyer and an assignee, the assignees completed questionnaire (unless the
assignee shall already be a Buyer hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to
in Section 22.17(b) and any written consent to such assignment required by
Section 22.17(b) hereof, the Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and
record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the
assigning Buyer or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by
it hereunder, the Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption
and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have
been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall
be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as
provided in this Section.
(e) If any interest in this Agreement is so transferred to any Person that is organized
under the Legal Requirements of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America or
any State thereof, the transferor Buyer shall cause such Person,
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concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer to comply with the relevant
provisions of Section 7.5.
(f) The Seller shall not be required to incur any cost or expense incident to any sale
to a Person of any interest in the Repurchase Documents and the Purchased Loans pursuant to
this Section 22 and all such costs and expenses shall be for the account of the
Buyer selling its rights in the Purchased Loans to such Person.
22.18. Replacement of Buyers. If (i) any Buyer requests compensation under Section 6.4
or 7, (ii) the Seller is required to pay any additional amount to any Buyer or any Governmental
Authority for the account of any Buyer pursuant to Section 7, (iii) any Buyer defaults in
its obligation to fund Transactions hereunder, or (iv) any Buyer becomes the subject of a
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding; then the Seller may, at its sole expense and effort, upon
notice to such Buyer and the Agent, require such Buyer to assign and delegate, without recourse (in
accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section
22.17), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related
Repurchase Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be
another Buyer, if such other Buyer accepts such assignment), provided that:
(a) the Seller shall have paid to the Agent the assignment fee specified in Section
22.17;
(b) the exiting Buyer shall have received payment of an amount equal to its Pro Rata
Share of the Aggregate Outstanding Purchase Price, accrued and unpaid Price Differential,
fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Repurchase Documents;
(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section 6.4 or 7 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 6.4 or
7, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments
thereafter; and
(d) such assignment does not conflict with any Legal Requirement.
A Buyer shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a
result of a waiver by such Buyer or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Seller to require
such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
22.19. The Agent and the Buyers are the only Beneficiaries of this Section. Other than the
provisions of Sections 22.17 and 22.18, this Section is intended to bind and
benefit only U.S. Bank and the other Buyers, and does not benefit and shall not be enforceable by
the Seller or any other Person whatsoever.
23 Notices and Other Communications.
All notices, demands, consents, requests and other communications required or permitted to be
given or made hereunder (collectively, Notices), except as otherwise specifically provided in
this Agreement, shall be in writing and shall be either (a) delivered in person, or
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(b) mailed, by certified, registered or express mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective
parties hereto at their respective addresses specified below, or (c) sent in a prepaid overnight
delivery envelope via a nationally-recognized courier service (such as Federal Express, United
Parcel Service or DHL Worldwide Express) that provides weekday next-Business Day delivery service
to the addressees location, (d) faxed to their respective fax numbers (with a paper copy mailed
the same day as aforesaid) as hereinafter set forth or (e) e-mailed (with a confirming fax for any
funding request) and/or posted to an Internet or intranet website and acknowledged as received as
hereinafter set forth; provided that any party may change its address for notice by designating
such partys new address in a Notice to the other parties given at least five (5) Business Days
before it shall become effective. All Notices shall be conclusively deemed to have been properly
given or served when received in person, regardless of how sent. Regardless of when received, all
Notices shall be conclusively deemed to have been properly given or served if addressed in
accordance with this Section 23 and (1) if mailed, on the second (2nd) Business Day after
being deposited in the mails, or (2) if sent by nationally-recognized courier service, on the next
Business Day or (3) if faxed before the close of business at the recipients location on a Business
Day, when faxed or if faxed after the close of business at the recipients location or on a day
that is not a Business Day, on the next Business Day thereafter to the fax number set forth below
(provided that a paper copy is mailed on the same day as aforesaid) or (4) if e-mailed, upon the
senders receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the return receipt
requested function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that
if any such faxed or emailed notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business
hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the
opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (5) notices or communications
posted to an internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the receipt by the
intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in clause (4) above of notification that such
notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor:
If to the Seller:
NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc.
Plaza Tower I
11700 Plaza America Drive
Suite 500
Reston, VA 20190
Attention: William Inman
Telephone: (703) 956-4000
Fax: (703) 956-4754
email: binman@nvrinc.com
If to U.S. Bank as Agent or as a Buyer:
U.S. Bank National Association
800 Nicollet Mall
Mail Station: BC-MN-H03B
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Attention: Kathleen Connor
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Telephone: (413) 464-9052
Fax: (612) 303-2253
email: kathleen.connor@usbank.com
If to the other Buyers, at the addresses shown on Schedule 23.
24 Miscellaneous.
24.1. Further Assurances. At any time and from time to time, at the sole expense of the
Seller, the Seller or the Servicer shall promptly provide such further reasonable assurances,
documents and agreements and undertake such actions as the Agent may reasonably request in order to
effect the purposes of this Agreement, including the assignment, conveyance and transfer of all
right, title and interest of each Purchased Loan from the Seller to the Agent, or to otherwise
obtain or preserve the benefits or rights granted under this Agreement. In the event Seller,
Servicer or any subservicer, in the performance of the Servicing Functions shall foreclose any
Mortgage for which the Agent and the Buyers have not received the Repurchase Price, all such
actions shall be taken in the name of the Agent for the benefit of the Buyers and in accordance
with Accepted Servicing Practices.
24.2. Agent as Attorney in Fact. The Agent is hereby appointed the attorney-in-fact of the
Seller for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and
executing any instruments or documents that the Agent may deem reasonably necessary or advisable to
accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment as attorney-in-fact is irrevocable and coupled
with an interest, although the Agent agrees not to exercise its rights under this power of attorney
unless, in its opinion or the opinion of its legal counsel, an Event of Default has occurred that
the Agent has not declared in writing to have been cured or waived. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, but subject to Section 18.3, the Agent shall have the right
and power during the occurrence and continuation of any Event of Default to receive, endorse,
collect and control all checks or instruments made payable to the order of the Seller and all other
forms of payment to the Seller that represent any payment on account of the principal of or
interest on or proceeds from any of the Purchased Loans and to give full discharge for the same.
24.3. Wires to Seller. Any amounts to be transferred by the Agent to the Seller hereunder
shall be sent by journal entry (or wire transfer) in immediately available funds to the Operating
Account.
24.4. Wires to Agent. Any amounts to be transferred by the Seller to the Agent hereunder
shall be sent by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the Repurchase Settlement Account.
24.5. Receipt; Available Funds. Amounts received after 1:00 p.m. Minneapolis time on any
Business Day shall be deemed to have been paid and received on the next succeeding Business Day.
All payments and transfers of cash pursuant to this Agreement shall be made (only if the paying and
receiving accounts are with the same financial institution) by journal entries, or (otherwise) by
wire transfer, of immediately available funds in U.S. dollars.
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25 Entire Agreement; Severability.
This Agreement supersedes any existing agreements between the parties containing general terms
and conditions for repurchase transactions. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or
supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of Section 22 and such amendment,
modification or supplement must be set forth in a writing signed by the parties required to do so
in accordance with Section 22. Each provision and agreement herein shall be treated as
separate and independent from any other provision or agreement herein and shall be enforceable
notwithstanding the unenforceability of any such other provision or agreement.
26 Non-assignability; Termination.
26.1. Limited Assignment. Except with respect to any repurchase transaction, sale, transfer,
pledge or hypothecation by the Agent or any Buyer pursuant to Section 18 and Section
22.17, the rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement and under any Transaction
shall not be assigned by any party without the prior written consent of the other parties and any
such assignment without the prior written consent of the other parties shall be null and void.
Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement and any Transactions shall bind and benefit the parties
and their respective successors and assigns.
26.2. Remedies Exception. Section 26.1 shall not preclude a party from assigning,
charging or otherwise dealing with all or any part of its interest in any sum payable to it under
Section 18.
26.3. Agreement Termination. This Agreement shall terminate, automatically and without any
requirement for notice, on the date after the Termination Date on which all Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid in full, provided, that the provisions of Sections 6.4,
6.5, 7 and 20 shall survive the termination of this Agreement,
provided further, that this Agreement and any Open Transactions may be extended by
mutual agreement of the Buyers, the Agent and the Seller; and provided further, that no
such party shall be obligated to agree to such an extension.
27 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall
be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
28 Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Venue.
This Agreement (including this choice-of-law provision) and the other Repurchase Documents
shall be governed by and construed and all controversies and disputes arising under, in connection
with or relating to this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents shall be resolved, in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York (pursuant to Section 5-1401 of the New York
General Obligations Law to the extent such laws would otherwise not apply) and the United States of
America applicable to contracts made and to be wholly performed within such State. The Seller, the
Agent and the Buyers each hereby irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction and venue of
the United
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States District Court for the Southern District of New York located in the Borough of
Manhattan Division in the City of New York or, if such court does not have jurisdiction, the
Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County for the purpose of any action or other
proceeding arising under, in connection with or relating to the Repurchase Documents or any related
Transaction, pursuant to Section 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law to the extent such
submission would otherwise not be effective. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
the Seller, the Agent and the Buyers each irrevocably waives any objection that it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue for any such proceeding brought in such a court and any claim
that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum and
agrees that service of process may be made upon it in any such proceeding by registered or
certified mail. Nothing herein shall affect any applicable right of any party at any time to
initiate any suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York,
Manhattan Division, or to remove any pending suit to that court. Nothing herein shall affect the
right of the Agent or any Buyer to accomplish service of process in any manner permitted by
applicable law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Seller in any
other jurisdiction or court.
29 Waiver of Jury Trial.
Each of the Seller (in its capacity as Seller and Servicer), the Buyers and the Agent hereby
(i) covenants and agrees not to elect a trial by jury of any issue triable of right by a jury, and
(ii) waives any right to trial by jury fully to the extent that any such right shall now or
hereafter exist. This waiver of right to trial by jury is separately given, knowingly and
voluntarily, by each of the Seller, the Buyers and the Agent, and this waiver is intended to
encompass individually each instance and each issue as to which the right of a jury trial would
otherwise accrue. The Agent is hereby authorized and requested to submit this Agreement to any
court having jurisdiction over the subject matter and the parties hereto, so as to serve as
conclusive evidence of the foregoing waiver of the right to jury trial. Further, the Seller hereby
certifies that no representative or agent of the Buyers or the Agent has represented, expressly or
otherwise, to any stockholder, director, officer, agent or representative of the Seller that the
Buyers or the Agent will not seek to enforce this waiver of right to jury trial provision.
30 Relationship of the Parties.
This Agreement provides for the sale by the Seller and the purchase by the Buyers (acting
through their agent and representative, the Agent) of Eligible Loans and the obligation of the
Seller to repurchase them upon termination of each Transaction. The relationship between the
Seller and the Buyers (and the Agent) is limited to that of seller and repurchaser on the one hand
and Buyers and resellers (and the Agent as the Buyers agent and representative) on the other. The
provisions in this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents for compliance with financial
covenants and delivery of financial statements are intended solely for the benefit of the Buyers,
the Agent to protect the interests of the Buyers as buyers, including their and the Agents
interest in assuring repurchase of Purchased Loans at the termination of each Transaction, and
nothing contained in this Agreement or any of the other Repurchase Documents shall be construed as
permitting or obligating any Buyer, the Agent to act as a financial or business advisor or
consultant to the Seller, as permitting or obligating any Buyer, the Agent to control the
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Seller or to conduct the Sellers operations, as creating any fiduciary obligation on the part
of the Buyers, the Agent to the Seller, or as creating any joint venture, agency or other
relationship between the parties other than as explicitly and specifically stated in this
Agreement. The Seller acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to obtain the advice of
experienced counsel of its own choosing in connection with the negotiation and execution of this
Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents and to obtain the advice of such counsel with respect
to all matters contained in the Repurchase Documents including the provision for waiver of trial by
jury. The Seller further acknowledges that it is experienced with respect to financial and credit
matters and has made its own independent decisions to apply to the Buyers, the Agent to enter into
this Agreement, and to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents.
31 No Waivers, Etc.
No express or implied waiver of any Event of Default by any party shall constitute a waiver of
any other Event of Default and no exercise of any remedy hereunder by any party shall constitute a
waiver of its right to exercise any other remedy hereunder. No modification or waiver of any
provision of this Agreement and no consent by any party to a departure herefrom shall be effective
unless and until such shall be in writing and duly executed by the Seller and the parties required
to do so pursuant to Section 22. Without limitation on any of the foregoing, the failure
to give a notice pursuant to Section (6) or 7 will not constitute a waiver of any
right to do so at a later date. The rights and remedies of the Buyers hereunder shall be
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights and remedies which the Buyers would otherwise have. No
failure or delay on the part of the Buyers in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder
shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or
privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, power or privilege.
32 Use of Employee Plan Assets.
32.1. Prohibited Transactions. If assets of an ERISA Plan are intended to be used by any
party hereto (the Plan Party) in a Transaction, the Plan Party shall so notify the other parties
prior to the Transaction. The Plan Party shall represent in writing to the other parties that the
Transaction does not constitute a prohibited transaction under ERISA or is otherwise exempt
therefrom, and the other parties may proceed in reliance thereon but shall not be required so to
proceed.
32.2. Audited Financial Statements Required. Subject to the last sentence of Section
32.1, any such Transaction shall proceed only if the Seller furnishes or has furnished to the
Agent its most recent available audited statement of its financial condition and its most recent
subsequent unaudited statement of its financial condition.
32.3. Representations. By entering into a Transaction pursuant to this Section 32,
the Seller shall be deemed (i) to represent to the Buyers and the Agent that since the date of the
Sellers latest such financial statements, there has been no material adverse change in the
Sellers financial condition which the Seller has not disclosed to the Agent, and (ii) to agree to
provide the Agent with future audited and unaudited statements of its financial condition as they
are issued, so long as it is a Seller in any Open Transaction involving a Plan Party.
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33 Intent.
33.1. Transactions are Repurchase Agreements and Securities Contracts. The parties intend
and acknowledge that each Transaction is a repurchase agreement and a master netting agreement
as such terms are defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code (except insofar as the type of
Eligible Loans subject to such Transaction or the term of such Transaction would render such
definition inapplicable), and a securities contract as that term is defined in Section 741 of the
Bankruptcy Code (except insofar as the type of assets subject to such Transaction would render such
definition inapplicable), and that all claims and debts arising under this Agreement and/or any
Transaction, including any Margin Call, constitute claims and debts, respectively, for settlement
payments or margin payments as those terms are commonly used in the securities and/or
commodities trades. This Agreement also constitutes a netting contract as defined in and subject
to Title IV of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (FDICIA) and
each payment entitlement and payment obligation under any Transaction hereunder shall constitute a
covered contractual payment entitlement or covered contractual payment obligation,
respectively, as defined in and subject to FDICIA (except insofar as any or all of the parties is
not a financial institution as that term is defined in FDICIA). Seller hereby agrees that it
shall not challenge the characterization of this Agreement as a repurchase agreement as that term
is defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code, or as a securities contract as that term is
defined in Section 741 of the Bankruptcy Code in any dispute or proceeding.
33.2. Contractual Rights, Etc. Any partys right to liquidate Eligible Loans delivered to it
in connection with Transactions hereunder or to exercise any other remedies pursuant to Section
18, is a contractual right to liquidate, terminate or accelerate such Transaction as described
in Sections 555, 559 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code.
33.3. FDIA. If a party hereto is an insured depository institution, as such term is defined
in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended (FDIA), then each Transaction hereunder is a
qualified financial contract, as that term is defined in FDIA and any rules, orders or policy
statements thereunder (except insofar as the type of assets subject to such Transaction would
render such definition inapplicable).
33.4. Master Netting Agreement. It is understood and agreed that this Agreement constitutes a
master netting agreement as that term is defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code, and that
a partys right to cause the termination, liquidation, or acceleration of, or to offset net
termination values, payment amounts or other transfer obligations arising under or in connection
with, this Agreement or any Transaction is a contractual right to cause the termination,
liquidation, or acceleration of, or to offset net termination values, payment amounts or other
transfer obligations arising under or in connection with, this Agreement or any Transaction as
described in Section 561 of the Bankruptcy Code.
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34 Disclosure Relating to Certain Federal Protections.
The parties acknowledge that they have been advised that:
34.1. Parties not Protected by SIPA or Insured by FDIC or NCUSIF. In the case of Transactions
in which one of the parties is a broker or dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (1934 Act), the
Securities Investor Protection Corporation has taken the position that the provisions of SIPA do
not protect the other party with respect to any Transaction hereunder.
34.2. SIPA Does Not Protect Government Securities Broker or Dealer Counterparty. In the case
of Transactions in which one of the parties is a government securities broker or a government
securities dealer registered with the SEC under Section 15C of the 1934 Act, SIPA will not provide
protection to the other party with respect to any Transaction hereunder.
34.3. Transaction Funds Are Not Insured Deposits. In the case of Transactions in which one of
the parties is a financial institution, funds held by such financial institution pursuant to a
Transaction hereunder are not a deposit and therefore are not insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (through either the Bank Insurance Fund or the Savings Association Insurance
Fund) or the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, as applicable.
35 USA Patriot Act Notification.
The Agent and the Buyers hereby notify the Seller that, pursuant to the requirements of the
USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Agent or the
Buyers are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Seller, including
the Sellers name and address and other information that will allow them to identify the Seller in
accordance with said Act.
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EXECUTED as of the Effective Date.
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EXHIBIT A
To Master Repurchase Agreement
FORM OF REQUEST/CONFIRMATION
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Please refer to the Master Repurchase Agreement dated August 5, 2008 among NVR Mortgage
Finance, Inc. (the Seller), U.S. Bank National Association (U.S. Bank), as a buyer and as agent
and representative of the other buyers party thereto (in that capacity, U.S. Bank is referred to as
the Agent), and such other buyers as may be party thereto (such other buyers together with the
Agent are referred to as the Buyers), which, as it may have been or may hereafter be
supplemented, amended or restated from time to time, is herein called the Current Repurchase
Agreement. Any term defined in the Current Repurchase Agreement and used in this request and not
defined herein shall have the meaning given to it in the Current Repurchase Agreement.
The Seller currently qualifies under the Current Repurchase Agreement for, and hereby
requests, purchases as set forth below (the Requested Purchases) to be made on the following
Purchase Date: ___, 20___(which must be a Business Day).
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After giving effect to the Requested Purchases, the Aggregate Outstanding Purchase Price will not
exceed the Maximum Aggregate Commitment.
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The Seller has delivered today multiple Mortgage Loan Transmission Files. All Mortgage Loans
listed in such Mortgage Loan Transmission Files and included in the foregoing calculations, which
are listed on the attached Schedule of Mortgage Loans (the Purchased Loans), are Eligible Loans.
For each of the Purchased Loans the representations set forth in Section 15.3 and 15.4 of the
Current Repurchase Agreement, are true and correct.
Pursuant to the terms of the Custody Agreement and acknowledging and agreeing that new value,
as that term is used in the New York Uniform Commercial Code, has been given in reliance thereon,
the Seller hereby sells, negotiates and transfers to the Buyers the Purchased Loans. The Seller
acknowledges that the Agent and the Buyers will rely on the truth of each statement in this
Request/Confirmation and the related Mortgage Loan Transmission Files in purchasing the Purchased
Loans.
The Purchase Prices for the Purchased Loans should be deposited in the Funding Account for
payment as set forth on the instructions in the Mortgage Loan Transmission File or such other
account as indicated by the Seller.
No Default has occurred under the Repurchase Documents that has not been cured by the Seller
or declared in writing by the Agent to have been waived, and no Event of Default has occurred under
the Repurchase Documents that the Agent has not declared in writing to have been cured or waived.
There has been no material adverse change in any of the Central Elements in respect of the Seller
or any of its Subsidiaries since the date of the Sellers most recent annual audited Financial
Statements that have been delivered to the Agent and the Buyers.
All items that the Seller is required to furnish to the Buyers, the Agent or the Custodian in
connection with the Requested Purchases have been delivered in all respects as required by the
Current Repurchase Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents. All documentation described or
referred to in the Mortgage Loan Transmission Files submitted to the Agent conform in all material
respects with all applicable requirements of the Current Repurchase Agreement and the other
Repurchase Documents.
The Seller hereby warrants and represents to the Buyers and the Agent that none of the
Purchased Loans has been sold to any Person other than the Buyers, is pledged to any Person other
than Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Buyers, or supports any borrowing or repurchase
agreement funding other than purchases under the Current Repurchase Agreement.
The undersigned officer hereby certifies that all of the Sellers representations and
warranties (a) in the Current Repurchase Agreement and all of the other Repurchase Documents
(except only to the extent that (i) such a representation or warranty speaks to a specific date or
(ii) the facts on which a representation or warranty is based have been changed by transactions or
conditions contemplated or expressly permitted by the Repurchase Documents) and (b) in this
request, are true and correct on the date of this request; and that the Seller qualifies for the
Requested Purchases.
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EXHIBIT B
To Master Repurchase Agreement
OPINIONS REQUIRED FOR OPINION OF COUNSEL TO SELLER
1. The Seller is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of the State of
Virginia and has corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under and
to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Repurchase Agreement and the other Repurchase
Documents to which it is a party. The Seller is duly qualified to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the business transacted by it requires such
qualification and in which the failure so to qualify would have a material adverse effect on the
business, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Seller and its
subsidiaries, considered as a whole.
2. The Repurchase Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents to which the Seller is a party
have each been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Seller, and each constitutes a valid
and legally binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its
terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights generally and to general
equity principles.
3. No consent, approval, authorization or order of any Virginia state or federal court or
government agency or body is required to be obtained by the Seller for the execution, delivery or
performance of or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Repurchase Agreement or
any of the other Repurchase Documents.
4. The execution, delivery or performance of and the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by the Repurchase Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents will not conflict with,
result in a breach of, or constitute a default under the limited partnership agreement or any other
organizational or governance document of the Seller or the terms of any indenture or other material
agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Seller is party or bound, or any order
known to such counsel to be applicable to the Seller or any laws, rules or regulations applicable
to the Seller, of any Virginia state or federal court, regulatory body, agency, governmental body
or arbitrator having jurisdiction over Seller.
5. There is no pending or, to such counsels actual knowledge, threatened action, suit or
proceeding before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving
the Seller or relating to the Transactions contemplated by the Repurchase Agreement and the other
Repurchase Documents or which, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on the
Seller.
6. In the event of a recharacterization of any Transaction under the Repurchase Agreement as a
financing rather than a purchase under applicable law, the Repurchase Agreement together with the
filing of a financing statement identifying all Purchased Loans creates a valid, perfected
nonpossessory security interest in the Purchased Loans in favor of the Agent for the benefit of
itself and the Buyers.
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7. In the event of a recharacterization of any Transaction under the Repurchase Agreement as a
financing rather than a purchase under applicable law, the Repurchase Agreement together with
delivery to the Custodian of the Mortgage Notes related to Purchased Loans purchased by the Buyers
in Transactions from time to time creates a valid security interest perfected by possession in such
Purchased Loans in favor of the Agent on behalf of the Buyers.
8. In accordance with the provisions of Sections 559, 362(b)(7) and 362(o), respectively, of
the Bankruptcy Code, in the event Seller were to become a debtor in a voluntary or involuntary case
under the Bankruptcy Code, neither (i) the rights of the Agent for the benefit of the Buyers to
liquidate, terminate and/or accelerate the Repurchase Agreement because of a condition of the kind
specified in Section 365(e)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, nor (ii) the rights of the Agent for the
benefit of the Buyers to set off those Obligations of the Seller that arise under or in connection
with the Repurchase Agreement against cash, securities or other property held by, pledged to, under
the control of, or due from the Agent or Buyers (or the Custodian on behalf of such parties) to
margin, guarantee, secure or settle the Repurchase Agreement, as the case may be, would be stayed,
avoided or otherwise limited by operation of any provision of the Bankruptcy Code, including,
without limitation, Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, or by order of a court or agent in any
proceeding under the United States Bankruptcy Code.
9. In accordance with the provisions of Section 546(f) of the Bankruptcy Code, transfers by
Seller to the Agent for the benefit of the Buyers, made before the commencement of a case against
the Seller under the Bankruptcy Code, of cash or any Additional Purchased Loans to cure a Margin
Deficit would not be avoidable under Section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code.
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EXHIBIT C
To Master Repurchase Agreement
FORM OF OFFICERS CERTIFICATE WITH COMPUTATIONS
TO SHOW COMPLIANCE OR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH
CERTAIN FINANCIAL COVENANTS
OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
AGENT: U.S. Bank National Association
SELLER: NVR MORTGAGE FINANCE, INC.
SUBJECT PERIOD: ended , 200___
DATE: , 200
This certificate is delivered to the Agent and the Buyers under the Master Repurchase
Agreement dated as of August 5, 2008 (as supplemented, amended or restated from time to time, the
Current Repurchase Agreement), among the Seller, the Agent and the Buyers from time to time party
thereto. Unless they are otherwise defined in this request, terms defined in the Current
Repurchase Agreement have the same meanings here as there.
The undersigned officer of the Seller certifies to the Agent that on the date of this
certificate that:
1. The undersigned is an incumbent officer of the Seller, holding the title stated below the
undersigneds signature below.
2. The Sellers Financial Statements that are attached to this certificate were prepared in
accordance with GAAP (except that interim Financial Statements exclude notes to Financial
Statements and statements of changes to stockholders equity and are subject to year-end
adjustments) and (subject to the aforesaid proviso as to interim Financial Statements) present
fairly the Sellers financial condition and results of
operations as of ______ for that
month (the Subject Period) and for the year to that date.
3. The undersigned officer of the Seller supervised a review of the Sellers activities during
the Subject Period in respect of the following matters and has determined the following:
(a) except to the extent that a representation or warranty speaks to a specific date,
the representations and warranties of the Seller in the Current Repurchase Agreement and the
other Repurchase Documents are true and correct in all material respects, other than the
changes, if any, described on the attached Annex A;
(b) no event has occurred which could reasonably be expected to have a materially
adverse effect on any of the Central Elements of the Seller;
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(c) the Seller has complied with all of its obligations under the Repurchase Documents,
other than the deviations, if any, described on the attached Annex A; (c) no Event of
Default has occurred that has not been declared by the Agent in writing to have been cured
or waived, and no Default has occurred that has not been cured before it became an Event of
Default, other than those Events of Default and/or Defaults, if any, described on the
attached Annex A; and
(d) compliance by the Seller with the financial covenants in Sections 17.12, 17.13,
17.14 and 17.15 of the Current Repurchase Agreement is accurately calculated on the
attached Annex A.
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ANNEX A TO OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
1. Describe deviations from compliance with obligations, if any clause 3(a) of attached
Officers Certificate if none, so state:
2. Describe Defaults or Events of Default, if any clause 3(c) of attached Officers
Certificate if none, so state:
3. Calculate compliance with covenants in Section 17.12 through 17.15 of attached Officers
Certificate:
(a) Section 17.12. The Sellers Adjusted Tangible Net Worth as of is
$ (the minimum under Section 17.12 is $14,000,000.)
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Worth of the Seller on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries, measured monthly is ___
to 1.0 (the maximum ratio under Section 17.13 is 12.5:1.00.)
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(c) Section 17.14. The Sellers Pre-FAS 133 Net Income measured at the end of
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unused portion of the Maximum Aggregate Commitment), for the month ended ,
200___was $ (the minimum under Section 17.15 is $7,500,000).
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4. Describe and give details regarding (i) notices received by Seller requesting or
demanding that Seller repurchase (or pay indemnity or other compensation in respect of)
Mortgage Loans previously sold or otherwise disposed of by the Seller to any Investor or
other Person pursuant to any express or implied repurchase or indemnity obligation as per
Section 16.5(b), and (ii) actual repurchase and indemnity payments made by Seller to any
Person. (attach schedule or explanation)
Ex C-4
NVR Mortage Finance, Inc.
Pending notices received requesting repurchase
Report as of ___/___/___
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Ex C-5
EXHIBIT D
To Master Repurchase Agreement
List of Subsidiaries of the Seller as of the Effective Date
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Ex D-1
EXHIBIT E
to Master Repurchase Agreement
FORM OF CORPORATION TAX TREATMENT CERTIFICATE
Reference is hereby made to the Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of August 5, 2008 (as
supplemented, amended or restated, supplemented from time to time, the Agreement), among NVR
Mortgage Finance, Inc. (the Seller), U.S. Bank National Association (U.S. Bank), as a buyer and
as Agent for the other buyers party thereto from time to time (the Agent), and such other buyers
(collectively with U.S. Bank, the Buyers). Pursuant to the provisions of Section 7 of the
Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that:
1. It is (one must be checked) ___a natural individual person ___treated as a corporation for
U.S. federal income tax purposes ___disregarded for federal income tax purposes (in which case a
copy of this Corporation Tax Treatment Certificate is attached in respect of its sole beneficial
owner) ___treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
2. It is the beneficial owner of amounts received pursuant to the Agreement.
3. It is not a bank, as such term is used in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the Internal Revenue Code), or the Agreement is not, with respect to the
undersigned, a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business, within
the meaning of such section.
4. It is not a 10-percent stockholder of the Seller within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3) or
881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code.
5. It is not a controlled foreign corporation that is related to the Seller within the meaning
of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.
6. Amounts paid to it under the Repurchase Documents are not effectively connected with its
conduct of a trade or business in the United States.
Ex E-1
EXHIBIT F
To Master Repurchase Agreement
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (the Assignment and Assumption) is dated as of the Effective
Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the Assignor)
and [Insert name of Assignee] (the Assignee). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Master Repurchase Agreement identified below (as
amended, the Repurchase Agreement), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the
Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed
to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set
forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the
Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to
and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Repurchase Agreement, as of the
Effective Date inserted by the Agent as contemplated below, (i) all of the Assignors rights and
obligations in its capacity as a Buyer under the Repurchase Agreement and any other documents or
instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest
identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the
respective facilities identified below (including any letters of credit, guarantees, and Swing Line
Transactions included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under
applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its
capacity as a Buyer) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection
with the Repurchase Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the
Transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including
Purchased Loans, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other
claims at law or in equity related to the undivided ownership interest in Purchased Loans and the
other rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the undivided
ownership interest in Purchased Loans and all other rights and obligations sold and assigned
pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the Assigned
Interest). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly
provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
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EX F-1
5. Repurchase Agreement: The Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of among [name of
Seller], the Buyers parties thereto and [name of Agent], as Agent.
6. Assigned Interest:
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EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
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EX F-3
ANNEX 1
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1. Representations and Warranties.
1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the
legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and
clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and
authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and
Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no
responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or
in connection with the Repurchase Agreement or any other Repurchase Documents, (ii) the
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the
Repurchase Documents or any Transactions thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the
Seller, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of
any Repurchase Documents or (iv) the performance or observance by the Seller, any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under
any Repurchase Document.
1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full
power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this
Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to
become a Buyer under the Repurchase Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any,
specified in the Repurchase Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to
acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Buyer, (iii) from and after the Effective Date,
it shall be bound by the provisions of the Repurchase Agreement as a Buyer thereunder and,
to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Buyer thereunder,
(iv) it has received a copy of the Repurchase Agreement, together with copies of the most
recent financial statements referred to in Section 15.2(f) thereof or delivered pursuant to
Section 16.3 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has
deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this
Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has
made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Agent, the
assignor or any other Buyer, and (v) if it is a Person that is organized under the Legal
Requirements of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any State
thereof, attached to this Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be
delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Repurchase Agreement, duly completed and
executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without
reliance on the Agent, the Assignor or any other Buyer, and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit
decisions in taking or not taking action under the Repurchase Documents, and (ii) it will
perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the
Repurchase Documents are required to be performed by it as a Buyer.
Ex F-4
2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Agent shall make all payments in
respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of Repurchase Price, Price Differential, fees
and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective
Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and
inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This
Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall
constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
Ex F-5
SCHEDULE AI
To Master Repurchase Agreement
APPROVED INVESTORS
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Astoria Federal Savings and Loan
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Chase Manhattan Mortgage
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Citimortgage, Inc.
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Dollar Bank FSB
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JPMorgan Chase
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Sun Trust Bank
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Wells Fargo
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GMAC-RFC
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Greenwich Capital
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AI-1
SCHEDULE AR
To Master Repurchase Agreement
Schedule AR
NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc.
Authorized Seller Representatives
PERSONNEL AUTHORIZED TO SIGN (A) CORPORATE ASSIGNMENTS, (B) INSTRUMENTS, (C) COLLATERAL
CERTIFICATES, REPORTS, AND DIRECTIONS AS TO THE SHIPMENT OF COLLATERAL TO INVESTORS, OR
(D) OTHER DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PURCHASED LOANS UNDER THE MASTER REPURCHASE
AGREEMENT:
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Dennis M. Seremet
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Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President |
Robert W. Henley
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Controller and Vice President |
Chuck Kyle
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VP of Servicing |
Greg Sarver
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Mary Jo Babish
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Mary Estock
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Director of Trading |
James R. Forsyth
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Assistant Treasurer |
Laura N. Broderdorf
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PERSONNEL AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE TELEPHONIC NOTICE TO THE AGENT REQUESTING TRANSACTIONS
AND REPURCHASES UNDER THE MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT AND PERSONNEL AUTHORIZED TO SIGN
AND SUBMIT WRITTEN CONFIRMATION OF PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS AND RELATED REPURCHASES AND
PURCHASE PRICE DECREASES UNDER THE MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT:
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Dennis M. Seremet
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Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President |
Robert W. Henley
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Controller and Vice President |
Darrell A. Carlisle
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Vice President Tax |
James R. Forsyth
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Laura N. Broderdorf
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The above listed Persons are Authorized Seller Representatives, as defined in the Master
Repurchase Agreement dated as of August 5, 2008 (as supplemented, amended or restated from time to
time, the Current Repurchase Agreement) among NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc. (the Seller), U.S.
Bank National Association (U.S. Bank) as a buyer and as agent and representative of the other
buyers party thereto (in that capacity, U.S. Bank is referred to as the Agent) and the other
buyers party thereto (together with U.S. Bank, the Buyers) as of the effective date of this list
stated above. The Buyers and the Agent, as well as the Custodian under the Custody Agreement dated
August 5, 2008 among the Seller, the Agent and U.S. Bank, as documents custodian (the Custodian)
shall be entitled to rely on this list until it is superseded by a newer list signed and furnished
by the Seller to the Agent and the Custodian.
AR-1
SCHEDULE BC
To Master Repurchase Agreement
The Buyers Committed Sums
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BC-1
SCHEDULE BP
To Master Repurchase Agreement
LIST OF BASIC PAPERS
The following are the Basic Papers for Purchased Loans:
(a) the original Mortgage Note, bearing all intervening endorsements to negotiate it from the
original payee named therein to the Seller and endorsed by the Seller as follows:
Pay To The Order Of
Without Recourse
[SELLERS NAME]
[signature]
[name, title]
(b) the recorded original or a Certified Copy of the power of attorney for each maker of the
Mortgage Note who (if any) did not personally execute the Mortgage Note and for whom the Mortgage
Note was executed by an attorney-in-fact;
(c) the recorded original or a Certified Copy of the Mortgage securing such Mortgage Note;
(d) originals or Certified Copies of all intervening assignments (if any) reflecting a
complete chain of assignment of such Mortgage from the original mortgagee to the Seller;
provided that intervening assignments are not required for any Mortgage that has been
originated in the name of MERS and registered under the MERS® System; and
(e) the signed original of a Mortgage Assignment assigning the Mortgage in blank in a form
that is complete so as to be recordable in the jurisdiction where the Mortgaged Premises are
located without the need for completion of any blanks or supplying of any other information;
provided that no Mortgage Assignment is required for any Mortgage that has been originated
in the name of MERS and registered under the MERS® System with U.S. Bank as Interim Funder.
BP-1
SCHEDULE DQ
To Master Repurchase Agreement
DISQUALIFIERS
Disqualifier means any of the following events; after the occurrence of any Disqualifier,
unless the Agent shall have waived it, or declared it cured, in writing, the Market Value of the
affected Purchased Loan shall be deemed to be zero, and the Agent shall be deemed to have marked
such Purchased Loan to market:
1. Any event occurs, or is discovered to have occurred, after which the affected Purchased
Loan fails to satisfy any element of the definition of Eligible Loan as set forth in this
Agreement.
2. In respect of any Purchased Loan, for any reason whatsoever any of the Sellers special
representations concerning Purchased Loans set forth in Section 15.3 applicable to that
type of Purchased Loan shall become untrue, or shall be discovered to be untrue, in any respect
that is material to the value or collectability of that Purchased Loan, considered either by itself
or together with other Purchased Loans.
3. Any Purchased Loan shall become In Default.
4. Four (4) Business Days shall have elapsed after the Purchase Date upon which a Wet Loan has
been sold to the Buyers without all of the Wet Loans Basic Papers having been received by the
Custodian.
5. For any Purchased Loan, any Basic Paper shall have been sent to the Seller or its designee
for correction, collection or other action and shall not have been returned to the Custodian on or
before ten (10) Business Days after it was so sent to the Seller.
6. Any Purchased Loan shall be assumed by (or otherwise become the liability) of, or the real
property securing it shall become owned by, any corporation, partnership or any other entity that
is not a natural person or a trust for natural persons unless payment in full of such Purchased
Loan is guaranteed by a natural person. The Agent, the Buyers and Custodian may rely on the
Sellers representation and warranty that no Purchased Loans have been so assumed by (or otherwise
become the liability of) such a Person except as otherwise specified by written notice(s) to the
Custodian.
8. Any Purchased Loan shall be assumed by (or otherwise become the liability of), or the real
property securing it shall become owned by, an Affiliate of the Seller or any of the Sellers or
its Affiliates directors, managers, members or officers. The Agent, the Buyers and Custodian may
rely on the Sellers representation and warranty that no Purchased Loans have been so assumed by
(or otherwise become the liability of) such a Person except as otherwise specified by written
notice(s) to the Custodian.
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9. Any Purchased Loan shipped to an Approved Investor shall not be paid for or returned to the
Custodian or the Agent (whichever shipped it) on or before forty-five (45) days after it is
shipped.
10. More than 90 days shall have elapsed since the Purchase Date of a Purchased Loan.
11. Any Purchased Loan that is shipped to the Seller for correction of one or more Basic
Papers when the Purchase Value of all Purchased Loans so shipped to the Seller exceeds $2,000,000.
12. Any Purchased Loan is listed on a Custodians Exception Report and the Agent has not
exercised its discretion to exclude such Purchased Loan from this list of Disqualifiers under
Section 22.5(a) (for avoidance of doubt, this means a Purchased Loan is subject to
discrepancies, inconsistencies or has documents that are incomplete).
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SCHEDULE EL
To Master Repurchase Agreement
ELIGIBLE LOANS
Eligible Loans means Single-family Loans that are amortizing Conforming Mortgage Loans with
original terms to stated maturities of thirty (30) years or less (except for Agency-eligible Forty
Year Loans) and that satisfy all applicable requirements of this Agreement for Conforming Mortgage
Loans, and shall also mean Single-family Loans that are Agency-eligible Forty Year Loans and Jumbo
Mortgage Loans, that otherwise meet all criteria for Eligible Loans set forth on this Schedule EL
and are not subject to a Disqualifier. Each Mortgage Loan must be secured by a first priority Lien
on its related Mortgaged Premises. It may bear interest at a fixed interest rate, at a fluctuating
interest rate or at a fixed or fluctuating interest rate for part of its term followed,
respectively, by a fluctuating or fixed interest rate for the remainder of its term. No Mortgage
Loan shall be an Eligible Loan at any time:
(1) If the Mortgaged Premises securing it is a mobile home, manufactured housing, or
cooperative housing unit.
(2) That contains or is otherwise subject to any contractual restriction or prohibition
on the free transferability of such Mortgage Loan, all Liens securing it and all related
rights (other than Legal Requirements requiring notification to its obligor(s) of any
transfer of it or of its servicing or administration), either absolutely or as security.
(3) If any of its owners-mortgagors is a corporation, partnership or any other entity
that is not a natural person or a trust for natural persons unless its full payment when due
is guaranteed by a natural person.
(4) If any of its owner-mortgagors is an Affiliate of the Seller or any of the Sellers
or any such Affiliates directors, members, or appointed officers.
(5) Whose related Mortgaged Premises are not covered by a Hazard Insurance Policy.
(6) That is a construction, rehabilitation or commercial loan. The Agent, Buyers and
Custodian may rely on the Sellers representation and warranty that no Purchased Loan is
such a loan.
(7) In the case of a Jumbo Mortgage Loan, (i) has a loan to value ratio greater than
90%, (ii) has a FICO score less than 680, or (iii) is not eligible for purchase by two
Approved Investors with short-term unsecured obligations rated not lower than A-1/P-1
(8) That was originated more than thirty (30) days before its Purchase Date.
(9) That is In Default or ever was In Default.
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(10) That contains any term or condition such that the repayment schedule results in
the outstanding principal balance increasing over time, rather than amortizing, whether or
not such Mortgage Loan is deemed to be an option ARM, negative amortization or
graduated payment loan. The Agent, the Buyers and the Custodian may rely on the Sellers
representation and warranty that any Mortgage Loan duly sold to the Buyers amortizes over
time.
(11) In connection with the origination of which a policy of single-premium life
insurance on the life of a mortgagor, borrower or guarantor was purchased.
(12) That (i) is subject to the special Truth-in-Lending disclosure requirements
imposed by Section 32 of Regulation Z of the Federal Reserve Board (12 C.F.R. § 226.32) or
any similar state or local Law relating to high interest rate credit or lending transactions
or (ii) contains any term or condition, or involves any loan origination practice, that (1)
has been defined as high cost, high risk, predatory, covered, threshold or a
similar term under any such applicable federal, state or local law, (2) has been expressly
categorized as an unfair or deceptive term, condition or practice in any such applicable
federal, state or local law (or the regulations promulgated thereunder) or (3) by the terms
of such Law exposes assignees of Mortgage Loans to possible civil or criminal liability or
damages or exposes any Buyer or the Agent to regulatory action or enforcement proceedings,
penalties or other sanctions. The Agent, Buyers and Custodian may rely on the Sellers
representation and warranty that no Purchased Loan is such a loan.
(13) That the Seller or any Affiliate has previously warehoused with any other Person,
whether under a lending arrangement or an arrangement involving a sale in contemplation of a
subsequent further sale to (or securitization by) a secondary mortgage market purchaser,
whether with or without the Sellers having any conditional repurchase or other recourse
obligation, and that was rejected or became ineligible or disqualified to be lent against or
purchased and held by such other Person; provided that this provision shall not be construed
or applied to disqualify a Purchased Loan simply because it was purchased by the Seller out
of a pool of Serviced Loans or from a whole loan investor for whose Mortgage Loans the
Seller is a Servicer pursuant to the Sellers (or an Affiliates) obligation or election as
Servicer to do so. The Agent, Buyers and Custodian may rely on the Sellers representation
and warranty that no Purchased Loan is such a loan.
(14) That the Seller or any Affiliate sold and transferred, or attempted to sell and
transfer, to any other Person.
(15) That has a loan to value ratio greater than eighty percent (80%) unless such
Mortgage Loan is guaranteed by VA or is insured by FHA or private mortgage insurance
provided by a provider acceptable to the Agent (the Agent, Buyers and the Custodian may rely
on the Sellers representation and warranty in Section 15.3(n) as to whether this condition
is satisfied for any such Purchased Loan).
(16) As to which any Disqualifier exists.
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(17) Unless all of the Sellers right, title and interest in and to the Purchased Loan
is subject to a first priority perfected security interest in favor of the Agent for the
benefit of the Buyers subject to no other liens, security interests, charges or encumbrances
other than the Sellers right to repurchase the Purchased Loan hereunder.
(18) Unless all the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement,
including, without limitation, Section 15.3 and Schedule 15.4 are true and
correct with respect to such Purchased Loan at all times on and after the related Purchase
Date.
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SCHEDULE 15.2(f)
To Master Repurchase Agreement
MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGES AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
1. Material adverse changes and material unrealized losses since the Statement Date, as
referred to in Section 15.2(f): None
2. Contingent liabilities as of the Effective Date, as referred to in Section 15.2(f):
None
15.2(f)-1
SCHEDULE 15.2(g)
To Master Repurchase Agreement
PENDING LITIGATION
None
15.2(g)-1
SCHEDULE 15.2(o)
To Master Repurchase Agreement
EXISTING LIENS
None
15.2(o)-1
SCHEDULE 15.2(t)
To Master Repurchase Agreement
MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
1. Unwritten Agreement with NVR Settlement Services, Inc. for payment by the Seller of
expenses of NVR Settlement Services, Inc. in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000 per month.
2. Tax Allocation Agreement
3. NVR Funding III Note
4. Parent Subordinated Note
In addition to the matters set forth above, the Seller also: (1) finances Mortgage Loans, the
proceeds of which are used to purchase homes from the Parent and (2) closes Mortgage Loans through
NVR Settlement Services, Inc.
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Schedule 15.3
To Master Repurchase Agreement
Special representations and warranties with respect to each Purchased Loan
As of the related Purchase Date, for each Purchased Loan the Seller makes the following
representations and warranties:
(a) The information with respect to each Purchased Loan set forth in the related
Mortgage Loan Transmission File is true and correct as of the date specified in all material
respects.
(b) The Seller is the sole legal and equitable owner (except in the case of MERS
Designated Loans, as to which MERS, as nominee for the Seller and its successors and
assigns, is the record owner), free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted
Encumbrances, of all Mortgage Loans to be sold to the Buyers by the Seller pursuant to this
Agreement and has full right to sell such Mortgage Loans to the Buyers.
(c) All Purchased Loans, including Wet Loans, have been duly authorized and validly
created.
(d) Each of the Purchased Loans sold to the Buyers by the Seller complies with all of
the requirements of this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and is genuine and what it
purports to be.
(e) All information concerning each item or grouping of Purchased Loans listed in any
Loan Schedule or in a Mortgage Loan Transmission File sent to the Agent or the Custodian
was, is and/or shall be (as applicable) true and complete in all material respects as of the
date of such Loan Schedule or Mortgage Loan Transmission File.
(f) The Seller has complied and will continue to comply in all material respects with
all Legal Requirements relating to each Purchased Loan.
(g) Each Mortgage Note and Mortgage related to a Purchased Loan, including Wet Loans,
has been duly (i) endorsed or assigned to the Seller and (ii) endorsed or assigned by the
Seller in blank (assignment of the Mortgage in blank is not required when MERS is designated
in the Mortgage as the original mortgagee or the nominee of the original mortgagee, its
successors and assigns) and delivered (or in the case of Wet Loans are in the process of
being delivered) to the Custodian.
(h) All Basic Papers for each Purchased Loan (except Wet Loans) will be transmitted to
the Custodian with the Request/Confirmation with which it is submitted for purchase.
(i) Each assignment to the Agent of the Lien securing any Purchased Loan will be in
proper and sufficient form for recording in the appropriate government office in the U.S.
jurisdiction where the related Mortgaged Premises are located (no such
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assignment is required for any Mortgage that has been originated in the name of MERS
and registered under the MERS® System).
(j) The Seller has and will continue to have the full right, power and authority to
sell the Purchased Loans to the Buyers, and the Purchased Loans sold and to be sold to the
Buyers by the Seller under this Agreement or pursuant to it may be further sold, resold,
assigned and reassigned to any Person or Persons without any requirement for the further
consent of the Seller or the consent of any other party to any of the Loan Papers or
obligated in respect of the Purchased Loans.
(k) The Seller will maintain the Lien on the real estate described in, or referred to
as covered by, each Purchased Loan as a Lien having the priority represented by the Seller
to the Agent or the Custodian, subject only to the Permitted Encumbrances, until that
Purchased Loan shall have been repurchased by the Seller.
(l) Each Purchased Loan is covered by an ALTA mortgage title insurance policy or such
other form of title insurance as is acceptable to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, issued by and
constituting the valid and binding obligation of a title insurer that is generally
acceptable to prudent mortgage lenders who regularly originate or purchase Mortgage Loans
comparable to the Purchased Loans that are for sale to prudent investors in the secondary
market in which investors invest in Mortgage Loans such as the Purchased Loan insuring the
Seller, its successors and assigns, as to the first priority (or, in the case of a second
lien Loan, second priority) of the Lien of the Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Premises,
in an amount equal to the original principal amount of such Purchased Loan. The Seller is
the sole named insured of such mortgage title insurance policy, the assignment to the Agent
of the Sellers interest in such policy does not require the consent of or notice to the
insurer (or such consent has been obtained or notice given), and such policy is and will be
in full force and effect and inure to the benefit of the Agent as and when such Purchased
Loan is sold to the Buyers. No claims have been made under such policy and no prior holder
of the Purchased Loan, including the Seller, has done, by act or omission, anything that
would impair the coverage of such policy.
(m) The Mortgaged Premises securing each Purchased Loan are capable of being lawfully
occupied under applicable Laws, all inspections, licenses and certificates required to be
made or issued with respect to all occupied portions of such Mortgaged Premises and, with
respect to the use and occupancy of the same, including certificates of occupancy and fire
underwriting certificates, have been made or obtained from the appropriate Governmental
Authority.
(n) Each Purchased Loan that has a Loan-to-Value Ratio greater than eighty percent
(80%) is either guaranteed by VA or insured by FHA or private mortgage insurance provided by
an insurer approved by the Agent.
(o) The Seller has no knowledge of any circumstances or conditions with respect to the
Mortgage, the Mortgaged Premises or the Customer in respect of any Purchased Loan (other
than the Customers credit standing) that can reasonably be expected to cause private
institutional investors that regularly invest in Mortgage Loans
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similar to such Purchased Loan to regard such Purchased Loan as an unacceptable
investment or adversely affect the value or marketability of such Purchased Loan to other
similar institutional investors.
(p) Each Purchased Loans Mortgage contains an enforceable provision for acceleration
of the maturity of the unpaid principal balance thereof in the event that the Mortgaged
Premises are sold or transferred without the prior written consent of the holder thereof.
(q) No Purchased Loan is a graduated payment Mortgage Loan or has a shared appreciation
or other contingent interest feature.
(r) All interest rate adjustments, if any, in respect of each Purchased Loan have been
made in strict compliance with applicable Law and the terms of the related Mortgage Note,
and any interest required to be paid pursuant to applicable Law has been properly paid and
credited.
(s) No Customer in respect of any Purchased Loan has notified the Seller, and the
Seller has no knowledge, of any relief requested by or allowed to such Customer under the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act of 2003.
(t) The Seller used no selection procedures that identified the Eligible Loans relating
to a Transaction as being less desirable or valuable than other comparable assets in
Sellers portfolio on the related Purchase Date, and no Purchased Loan was selected for
inclusion in a Transaction on any basis that was intended to have a material adverse effect
on the Buyers or the Agent.
(u) No Purchased Loan is subject to a bankruptcy plan.
(v) Each Purchased Loan is a qualified mortgage within the meaning of §860G(a)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code.
(w) All Purchased Loans and all related papers included in the Purchased Loans:
(1) were originated by the Seller, a duly licensed mortgage lender in the
ordinary course of its business;
(2) have been made in compliance with all applicable requirements of the Real
Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the federal
Truth-In-Lending Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act,
related statutes and regulations and all applicable Legal Requirements under usury,
truth-in-lending, equal credit opportunity and all other Laws, and the continued
compliance of the Purchased Loans is not affected by their sale to the Buyers;
(3) are the legal, valid and binding obligations of the respective Customers
who entered into them and are and will continue to be valid and
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enforceable in accordance with their terms, without any claim, right of
rescission, counterclaim, defense or offset, including any claim or defense of
usury, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy and other laws
affecting the rights of creditors generally and by principles of equity, excepting
rights that, by applicable law, cannot be waived, and neither the operation of any
of their respective contract terms nor the exercise of any right thereunder will
render any of them partly or wholly unenforceable or subject to any such claim,
right of rescission, counterclaim, defense or offset, and no such claim, right of
rescission, counterclaim, defense or setoff has been asserted;
(4) have not been modified or amended and none of their requirements has been
waived, except as expressly and completely reflected in the applicable Loan Papers
furnished to the Custodian;
(5) have fair market values equal to or greater than the Purchase Price
respectively attributed or allocated to them under this Agreement on the Purchase
Date;
(6) comply and will continue to comply with the terms of this Agreement and the
Custody Agreement;
(7) were not originated in, and are not subject to the laws of, any
jurisdiction whose laws (i) make unlawful their sale to the Buyers pursuant to this
Agreement, or (ii) render the Purchased Loans unenforceable;
(8) are in full force and effect and have not been satisfied or subordinated in
whole or in part or rescinded, and the residential real property securing each
Purchased Loan has not been partially or completely released from the Lien of such
Purchased Loan;
(9) evidence and are each secured by a valid first Lien in favor of the Seller
on real property securing the amount owed by the Customer(s) under the related
Mortgage, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances;
(10) are each executed in full accordance with all requirements of the
applicable Laws of the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Premises are
located, with the Mortgage for each being (i) duly acknowledged and sealed by such
official and in such manner and form as to be both recordable and effective under
such Laws to give such constructive notice to all Persons as shall be necessary to
establish and continue the Lien of such Mortgage with the priority that the Seller
represents it has to the Agent and (ii) so recorded, and with the Mortgage Note,
Mortgage and all related papers executed with the genuine original signature(s) of
the Customer(s) obligated on such Purchased Loan, and all parties to each such
Purchased Loan had full legal capacity to execute it;
(11) are secured by Single-family residential property;
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(12) are the subject of a Current Appraisal or a Current Brokers Price Opinion
of which the Seller has possession and will make available to the Custodian on
request, and the Seller has in its possession and will make available to the
Custodian on request evidence of such value and how it was determined;
(13) are not subject to the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994;
(x) As to each Purchased Loan and its Loan Papers:
(1) the Loan Papers contain customary and enforceable provisions so as to
render the rights and remedies of their holder adequate for the realization against
the Purchased Loan of the benefits of the security intended to be provided by it;
(2) there is only one original executed Mortgage Note, and, except in the case
of Wet Loans, that original has been delivered to the Custodian;
(3) none of its makers or mortgagors is an Affiliate of the Seller or any of
its or its Subsidiaries directors or officers;
(4) does not contain any term or condition such that the repayment schedule
results in the outstanding principal balance increasing over time, rather than
amortizing, whether or not such Purchased Loan is deemed to be an option ARM,
negative amortization or graduated payment loan. The Agent and the Custodian
may rely on the Sellers representation and warranty that any Purchased Loan
amortizes over time.
(y) Each Mortgage is a Lien on the premises and property described in it having the
priority represented to the Agent, and the description of the Mortgaged Premises in each
Mortgage is legally adequate and each Purchased Loan, other than a HELOC, has been fully
advanced in its face amount.
(z) No default, and no event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default, has occurred and is continuing in respect of any Purchased Loan except as to which
the Seller has given notice to the Agent (by reporting Purchased Loans that are delinquent
Mortgage Loans), and if any such default or event has occurred, it has not continued for
more than thirty (30) days, reckoned and counted from the most recent month end, and the
Seller will promptly notify the Agent of any such Purchased Loan that is in default for a
longer period of time.
(aa) The Mortgaged Premises in each Mortgage is insured by a fire and extended perils
insurance policy and such other hazards as are customary in the area where the Mortgaged
Property is located or customary under Sellers servicing procedures and the amount of the
insurance is in the amount of the full insurable value of the Mortgaged Property on a
replacement cost basis or the unpaid balance of the Mortgage Loans, whichever is less. If
the Mortgaged Property is in an area identified by any federal governmental authority as
having special flood hazards, and flood insurance
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is available, a flood insurance policy meeting the current guidelines of the Federal
Insurance Administration is in effect. All such insurance policies (collectively, the
hazard insurance policy) contain a standard mortgage clause naming the originator
and its successors and assigns (including subsequent owners of the Mortgage Loan), as
mortgagee
(bb) Each Purchased Loan is covered by an Investor Commitment.
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As used in the this Schedule 15.3, the following terms have the following meanings:
Appraisal means an appraisal by a licensed appraiser selected in accordance with Agency
guidelines and not identified to the Seller as an unacceptable appraiser by an Agency, and who is
recognized and experienced in estimating the value of property of that same type in the community
where it is located, and who, unless approved by the Agent on a case-by-case basis, is not a
member, manager, director, officer or employee of the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller, or
related as a parent, sibling, child or first cousin to any of the Sellers or any such Affiliates
respective directors or officers or any of their spouses, a signed copy of the written report of
which appraisal is in the possession of the Seller or the applicable Servicer.
Brokers Price Opinion means the written opinion of the value of a tract or parcel of
Single-family residential real property securing a Mortgage Loan, issued by a real estate broker
duly licensed as such by the jurisdiction in which the subject property is located that is
reasonably acceptable to the Agent and that is not an Affiliate of the Seller or a director,
member, manager, officer or employee of the Seller or any of its Affiliates, selected reasonably
and in good faith by the Seller.
Current Appraisal means an Appraisal dated no earlier than ninety (90) days (or such longer
period, if any, as the Agent shall approve) before the relevant Determination Date.
Current Brokers Price Opinion means a Brokers Price Opinion dated no earlier than ninety
(90) days (or such longer period, if any, as the Agent shall approve) before the relevant
Determination Date.
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SCHEDULE 16.1
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SCHEDULE 23
Master Repurchase Agreement
Buyers Addresses for Notice
As of August 5, 2008
Paula Laesch
Bank of America
901 Main Street
TX1-492-64-01
Dallas, TX 75202
Tel: (214) 209-9011
Fax: (214) 209-0604
paula.k.laesch@bankofamerica.com
Robert Marr
Comerica Bank
One Detroit Center
500 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, MI 48226
Tel: (313) 222-4119
Fax: (313) 222-9295
rwmarr@comerica.com
Kathleen Connor
U.S. Bank National Association
Mortgage Banking Services
800 Nicollet Mall 3rd Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55402-7020
Tel: (413)-464-9052
kathleen.connor@usbank.com
Company Contacts