Material Contracts (i) Except for Contracts reflected as exhibits to its SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of this Agreement, neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any of their respective assets, businesses, or operations, is a party to, or is bound or affected by, or receives benefits under, (A) any Contract relating to the borrowing of money by it or any of its Subsidiaries or the guarantee by it or any of its Subsidiaries of any such obligation (other than Contracts pertaining to fully-secured repurchase agreements, and trade payables, and Contracts relating to borrowings or guarantees made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), (B) any Contract containing covenants that limit the ability of it or any of its Subsidiaries to compete in any line of business or with any Person, or that involve any restriction of the geographic area in which, or method by which, it or any of its Subsidiaries may carry on its business (other than as may be required by Law or any Governmental Authority) or which requires referrals of business or requires it or any of its Affiliates to make available investment opportunities to any Person on a priority, equal or exclusive basis, (C) any Contract with respect to the employment of any directors or executive officers, or with any consultants that are natural Persons involving the payment of $10,000,000 or more per annum, (D) any Contract that could reasonably be expected to prohibit, delay or materially impair the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (E) any Contract that involves expenditures or receipts by it or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $25,000,000 per year not entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (F) any Contract with any Governmental Authority (other than routine or customary Contracts with any self-regulatory body) or (G) any other Contract or amendment thereto that would be required to be filed as an exhibit to any SEC Report (as described in Items 601(b) of Regulation S-K under the 0000 Xxx) that has not been filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by reference in its SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement. With respect to each of its Contracts that are (A) reflected as an exhibit to any SEC Report, (B) would be required under Items 601(b)(4) and 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the 1933 Act to be filed as an exhibit to any of its SEC Reports, or (C) that is disclosed in its Disclosure Letter: (w) each such Contract is in full force and effect; (x) neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries is in Default thereunder; (y) neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries has repudiated or waived any material provision of any such Contract; and (z) no other party to any such Contract is, to its knowledge, in Default thereunder in any material respect. (ii) All interest rate swaps, caps, floors, option agreements, futures and forward contracts, and other similar risk management arrangements, whether entered into for its own account or for the account of one or more of its Subsidiaries or their respective customers, were entered into (A) in accordance with prudent business practices and all applicable Laws and (B) with counterparties believed to be financially responsible, and each of them is enforceable against it or its Subsidiaries and, to its knowledge, the applicable counterparties thereto, in accordance with its terms (except in all cases as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, moratorium, or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except that the availability of the equitable remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding may be brought), and is in full force and effect. Neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor to its knowledge, any other party thereto, is in Default of any of its obligations under any such agreement or arrangement. Its Financial Statements disclose the value of such agreements and arrangements on a xxxx-to-market basis in accordance with GAAP (including but not limited to Financial Accounting Statement 133) and, since September 30, 2006, there has not been a change in such value that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in a Material Adverse Effect on it.