Business Plans As promptly as possible, but in no event later than July 15, 2010 (and, as applicable, with current information as of June 30, 2010) the Manager shall deliver to the Initial Member written plans (each, a “Business Plan”) detailing the strategy to be used by it in managing and disposing of the assets of the Company in respect of all of the Loans for achieving the Company’s purposes with respect thereto, in conformance with the Servicing Standard, based, to the extent appropriate, on information gathered by the Company with respect to the Loans, which shall include (i) individual Business Plans for each of the ten (10) largest Loans based on their Unpaid Principal Balance as of the Cut-Off Date (as set forth on the Loan Schedule), and (ii) a consolidated Business Plan covering all Loans (a “Consolidated Business Plan”). With respect to the first such Business Plans and Consolidated Business Plan, the Manager shall meet with the Initial Member as reasonably requested by the Initial Member from time to time during the thirty (30) Business Days following the Initial Member’s receipt of the same, to review and discuss such Business Plans and Consolidated Business Plan, including changes thereto suggested by the Initial Member. Within thirty (30) Business Days following expiration of such review period, the Manager will deliver to the Initial member a final version of such Business Plans and Consolidated Business Plan reflecting such changes as the Manager considers to be appropriate in light of its discussions with the Initial Member during such review period. The Manager shall thereafter review and revise each Business Plan and Consolidated Business Plan as the circumstances may require, and in any event provide periodic updates to such Business Plans (and for each such update, the same shall cover the ten (10) largest Loans based on their Unpaid Principal Balance as of the time of such update) and Consolidated Business Plan to the Initial Member, in January (current as of December 31 of the immediately preceding year) and July (current as of June 30 of such year) of each year, commencing in January 2011, with each such periodic update to de delivered as part of the Monthly Reports due at such time pursuant to Section 7.4(b), Upon reasonable notice by the Initial Member, the Company shall make its personnel who are familiar with such Business Plans and Consolidated Business Plans available during normal business hours for the purposes of discussing such Business Plans and Consolidated Business Plans with representatives of the Initial Member and responding to questions therefrom.
(a) Each Business Plan and Consolidated Business Plan will set forth a strategy for the disposition of the Loans addressed thereby which strategy may consist of one or more of the following: (i) the pay-off of Loans at a discount; (ii) modifications of the related note and/or mortgage, including reductions in the mortgage loan interest rate, reductions in the principal balance and rescheduling principal payments; (iii) foreclosure upon the related Underlying Collateral (or acquisition thereof by deed in lieu of foreclosure) and subsequent sale thereof; (iv) assumptions of Loans by new borrowers; (v) repairs to and, if applicable, completion of construction of the related Underlying Collateral, with a view towards selling such Underlying Collateral or the Loan secured thereby; (vi) sale of a Loan, either singly or in pools, before or after restructuring; and (vii) any other method of work-out, rehabilitation and disposition consistent with the Servicing Standard and other general duties of the Company specified in this Agreement.
(b) Each Business Plan and Consolidated Business Plan will set forth a strategy for the disposition of each related Acquired Property which strategy may consist of one or more of the following: (i) the sale or leasing of the Acquired Property in whole or in parts, or in pools; (ii) making repairs to and, if applicable, completion of construction the Acquired Property or making changes to the Acquired Property so that it may be used for uses other than its current use, with a view toward selling the Acquired Property; (iii) rehabilitation or improvement and, if applicable, completion of construction of the Acquired Property, with a view toward selling the Acquired Property; (iv) continued leasing or sales activity with respect to the Acquired Property available for leasing or sale (in whole or in part) at the time it is transferred to a Ownership Entity; and (v) maintenance, landscaping and general upkeep of the Acquired Property.
(c) Each Business Plan or Consolidated Business Plan shall contain the Company's estimate of the present value of the net amount that is recoverable with respect to each related Loan and projected Working Capital Expenses with respect thereto, and, in reasonable detail, the manner of calculation of such estimates. The Consolidated Business Plan shall include projected financials including statements of income, assets, and cash flows for the Company. Such cash flow projections shall, for the Consolidated Business Plan and each update thereto, include an Excel model of projected cash flows by month, as of June 30 and December 31 of each year (or, in the case of the initial Consolidated Business Plan, as of the date of preparation and delivery thereof) and covering a period not less than the upcoming 6 months, including projected monthly cash inflows on the Loans and REO, projected Excess Working Capital Advances and/or Discretionary Funding Advances, projected outflows of Servicing Expenses, projected Funding Draws, projected Working Capital Reserve levels, projected net monthly cash available for deposit into the Defeasance Account, and the amount and allocation of any projected distributions to Initial Member and Private Owner.
Interim Conduct of Business (a) Except (i) as contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) as set forth in Section 6.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, at all times during the period commencing with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article X and the Effective Time, unless Parent otherwise provides its prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Company shall and shall cause its Subsidiaries to (A) carry on its business and conduct its operations in the usual, regular and ordinary course in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted, and (B) use its commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with past practices and policies, to (I) keep available the services of the current officers, key employees and consultants of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, (II) preserve the current relationships of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries with customers, suppliers and other Persons whom the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has significant business relations, (III) maintain all of its material operating assets in their current condition (normal wear and tear excepted) and (IV) maintain and preserve its business organization and its material rights and franchises.
(b) Except (i) as contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or (ii) as set forth in Section 6.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, at all times during the period commencing with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article X and the Effective Time, unless Parent otherwise provides its prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Company shall not do any of the following and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the following:
(i) amend its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or comparable organizational documents or create any new Subsidiaries;
(ii) issue, sell, deliver or agree or commit to issue, sell or deliver (whether through the issuance or granting of options, warrants, commitments, subscriptions, rights to purchase or otherwise) any Company Securities or any Subsidiary Securities, except for (A) the issuance, delivery and sale of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to Company Options, Company RSUs or Company Restricted Stock Awards which are outstanding as of the date hereof upon the exercise or vesting thereof, as applicable, or pursuant to the Company ESPP in compliance with this Agreement or (B) grants to newly hired employees or directors of (x) Company RSUs and (y) Company Options, in each case, issued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, in accordance with the limitations specified on Section 6.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter and with respect to Company Options, with a per share exercise price that is no less than the then-current market price of a share of Company Common Stock;
(iii) directly or indirectly acquire, repurchase or redeem any Company Securities or Subsidiary Securities, except in connection with (A) Company RSUs in the ordinary course of business, (B) dissolution or reorganization of a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (C) Tax withholdings and exercise price settlements upon the exercise of Company Options or vesting of Company RSUs or Company Restricted Stock Awards or (D) the forfeiture to or repurchase by the Company of Company Common Stock in connection with the termination of service of a holder of a Company Restricted Stock Award;
(iv) (A) split, combine, subdivide or reclassify any shares of capital stock, or (B) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, shares or property or any combination thereof) in respect of any shares of capital stock, or make any other actual, constructive or deemed distribution in respect of the shares of capital stock, except for cash dividends made by any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or one of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries;
(v) propose or adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(vi) (A) redeem, repurchase, prepay, defease, cancel, incur, create, assume or otherwise acquire or modify in any material respect any long-term or short-term debt for borrowed monies or issue or sell any debt securities or calls, options, warrants or other rights to acquire any debt securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or enter into any agreement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing, except for (1) debt incurred in the ordinary course of business under letters of credit, lines of credit or other credit facilities or arrangements in effect on the date hereof, and (2) loans or advances between the Company and any direct or indirect Subsidiaries, or between any direct or indirect Subsidiaries of the Company, (B) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any other Person, except with respect to obligations of direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Company, (C) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to or investments in any other Person (other than the Company or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries), except for travel advances and business expenses in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice to employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (D) mortgage or pledge any of the Assets, or create or suffer to exist any Lien thereupon (other than Permitted Liens), except pursuant to the terms of any letters of credit, lines of credit or other credit facilities or arrangements in effect on the date hereof;
(vii) except as may be required by applicable Law or the terms of any Employee Plan as in effect on the date hereof or as contemplated by this Agreement, (A) enter into, adopt, amend (including acceleration of vesting), modify or terminate any bonus, profit sharing, incentive, compensation, severance, retention, termination, option, appreciation right, performance unit, stock equivalent, share purchase agreement, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, employment, severance, change in control, pension, retirement, collective bargaining or other employee benefit agreement, trust, plan, fund or other arrangement for the compensation, benefit or welfare of any director, officer or employee in any manner, (B) increase the compensation payable or to become payable of any director, officer or employee, pay or agree to pay any special bonus or special remuneration to any director, officer or employee, or pay or agree to pay any benefit not required by any plan or arrangement as in effect as of the date hereof, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice with respect to any employee who is not a director or executive officer, except in any such case (1) in connection with the hiring of new employees who are not directors or executive officers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and (2) in connection with the promotion of employees who are not directors or executive officers (and who will not be directors or executive officers after such promotion) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (C) grant or pay any severance or termination pay to (or amend any such existing arrangement with) any current or former director, officer, employee or independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice with respect to any independent contractor or employee who is not a director or executive officer or (D) increase benefits payable under any existing severance or termination pay policies or employment agreements.
(viii) settle any pending or threatened Legal Proceeding, except for the settlement of any Legal Proceeding (A) for solely money damages not in excess of $250,000.00 individually or $500,000.00 in the aggregate and (B) as would not be reasonably likely to have any adverse impact on any other Legal Proceedings;
(ix) except as may be required as a result of a change in applicable Law or in GAAP, make any material change in any of the accounting methods, principles or practices used by it or change an annual accounting period;
(x) (A) make or change any material Tax election, (B) settle or compromise any material federal, state, local or foreign income Tax liability, (C) consent to any extension or waiver of any limitation period with respect to any claim or assessment for material Taxes, (D) change any annual Tax accounting period or method of Tax accounting, (E) file any materially amended Tax Return, (F) enter into any closing agreement with respect to any Tax or (G) surrender any right to claim a material Tax refund;
(xi) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (A) acquire (by merger, consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets) any other Person or any material equity interest therein or (B) dispose of any properties or assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries, which are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or
(xii) make any capital expenditures other than capital expenditures provided for in the capital budget provided to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement and set forth on Section 6.1(b)(xii) of the Company Disclosure Letter;
(xiii) make any changes or modifications to any investment or risk management policy or other similar policies (including with respect to hedging) or any cash management policy;
(xiv) permit any insurance policy naming the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a beneficiary or a loss payable payee to lapse, be canceled or expire unless a new policy with substantially identical coverage is in effect as of the date of lapse, cancellation or expiration;
(xv) other than in the ordinary course of business, enter into, amend in any material respect, terminate or fail to renew any Material Contract, or any other Contract that would have been a Material Contract had it not been amended, terminated or non-renewed prior to the date of this Agreement; or
(xvi) enter into a Contract to or otherwise authorize, commit, resolve, propose or agree to take any of the actions prohibited by this Section 6.1(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement is intended to give Parent, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the business or operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries at any time prior to the Appointment Time.
