AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this "AMENDMENT"), dated as of February 23, 1999,
TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of September 15, 1998, by and
among 212 CERTIFICATE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter, together
with its successors and assigns, the "ISSUER"), INTEGRITY CAPITAL ADVISORS,
INC., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter, together with its successors and
assigns in such capacity, the "PORTFOLIO MANAGER"), and THE CHASE MANHATTAN
BANK, a New York banking corporation, as Funding Agent (hereinafter, together
with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the "FUNDING AGENT").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Funding Agent and the Portfolio Manager have
entered into an Investment Management Agreement, dated as of September 15, 1998
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time,
the "AGREEMENT");
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend the Agreement as hereinafter
provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual
covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS. Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms
used herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in, or incorporated
by reference into, the Agreement.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENTS TO AGREEMENT.
The Agreement is hereby amended, effective on the first day on which
each of the Issuer, the Funding Agent and the Portfolio Manager receives
executed counterparts of this Amendment, as follows:
(a) Exhibit A to the Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and
shall be replaced with Annex A hereto.
SECTION 3. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS.
This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts,
when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of
which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same
Amendment.
SECTION 4. CONSENTS: BINDING EFFECT.
The execution and delivery by the Issuer, the Funding Agent and the
Portfolio Manager of this Amendment shall constitute the written consent of each
of them to this Amendment. This Amendment shall be binding upon, and inure to
the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 5. GOVERNING LAW.
This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 6. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS.
Any provision of this Amendment which is prohibited or unenforceable
in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of
such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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SECTION 7. CAPTIONS.
The captions in this Amendment are for convenience of reference only
and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 8. AGREEMENT TO REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
Except as amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect and is hereby ratified, adopted and confirmed in all respects. This
Amendment shall be deemed to be an amendment to the Agreement. All references in
the Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof", "herein", or words of
like import, and all references to the Agreement in any other agreement or
document shall hereafter be deemed to refer to the Agreement as amended hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment
No. 1 to the Investment Management Agreement to be executed as of the date
and year first above written.
212 CERTIFICATE COMPANY, as Issuer
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as
Funding Agent
By /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
INTEGRITY CAPITAL ADVISORS, INC.,
as Portfolio Manager
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Word
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Name:
Title: Controller
ANNEX A
INVESTMENT GUIDELINES
(Attached)
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MIN./MAX/ MAX. PER MAX. PER
ASSET CLASS EXP.(7)(8) ISSUE(7)(8) ISSUER(7)(8)
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U.S. Government & Agencies 0/100% unlimited unlimited
Mortgage-backed Securities
Agency CMOs 0/50% 5% 9.5%
Non-agency CMOs (residential) 0/50% 5% 9.5%
Non-agency CMOs (commercial) (1) 0/10% 5% 9.5%
Agency Pass Throughs, 0/50% 5% 9.5%
Support Tranches 0/10% 5% 9.5%
Asset-backed Securities (8) 0/30% 5%
Auto Loans
Credit Card Receivable
Home Equity
Manufactured Housing
Corporate Debt (2) 0/60% 5% 5%
Industrials
Telecommunications
Utilities
Banks
Finance Companies
144A Private Placements (3)(8) 0/30% 2.5% 2.5%
Foreign Debt 0/20% 2.5% 2.5%
(U.S. Dollar Denominated only)
Non Investment Grade Securities (4) 0/5% 1% 1%
(No lower than BB/NAIC "3" rated)
Cash and Cash Equivalents 0/100% 5% 5%
Non-Speculative Hedging Instruments (5) 0/3% 3% 3%
(1) Investment grade securities only.
(2) No industry can exceed 35% of the portfolio
(3) There cannot be any prohibition of sale on any Private Placement security
purchased
(4) Can also include non-investment grade, U.S. dollar denominated foreign
debt. Foreign debt must be issued by OECD countries.
(5) See "Non-Speculative Hedging Instruments" herein.
(6) 10% Maximum Issue/Issuer during 90 day ramp up period for AI/P1.
(7) Limitations are calculated at the time of purchase.
(8) Exposure limitations are calculated exclusive of Additional Securities.
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General
1. The average effective duration of the portfolio cannot exceed 1.75 years.
2. The average credit quality of the portfolio cannot be less than AA/NAIC "1"
(exclusive of Additional Securities).
3. The portfolio cannot contain investments in real estate, direct commercial
mortgages, common stocks, leveraged futures or other leveraged/speculative
derivatives.
4. Any derivative position must be used for hedging only and must result in
the portfolio still being in compliance with all other investment
guidelines.
5. Securities lending shall be permitted, PROVIDED that (i) any such
securities must be collateralized by cash or cash equivalents in an
aggregate amount equal to 102% of the xxxx-to-market value of such
securities and (ii) such cash or cash equivalents must be held in a
segregated account for the benefit of the Funding Agent on the books and
records of the applicable lending agent; PROVIDED FURTHER that for purposes
of calculating the xxxx-to-market value of the portfolio, the
xxxx-to-market value of the underlying Securities shall be used.
PORTFOLIO OBJECTIVE
Maintain a high quality, liquid, short duration portfolio which generates a
consistent and stable return in excess of the liability cost of funds.
AGGREGATE PORTFOLIO RISK PARAMETERS
The average effective duration of the portfolio cannot exceed 1.75 years. The
average effective duration is calculated as the weighted average of the
effective duration of the individual securities within the portfolio weighted by
their respective market values. Effective duration measures the price
sensitivity of a security for a given change in interest rates, incorporating
any projected variability in the security's cashflows for the stated change in
interest rates.
The average credit quality of the portfolio cannot be less than AA/NAIC "1"
(exclusive of Additional Securities). The average credit quality is calculated
as the weighted average of the credit quality of the individual securities
within the portfolio weighted by either their respective book values, or market
values as appropriate per the custodial arrangement. The individual security
credit quality will be as currently evaluated by either Xxxxx'x or Standard
Poor's.
The average credit quality is calculated by assigning a numeric value of each
rating. For example, the highest quality category of Governments is assigned
a value of 2, Agency securities receive a value of 3, Aaa/AAA 4, Xx0/XXx0,
Xx0/XX 0, Xx0/XX-0 and so on. If an individual security is evaluated by both
Xxxxx'x and Standard & Poor's, the lower rating will be used in computing the
average. The weighted average numerical value is rounded and translated back
to an average credit quality rating, i.e. an average rating of 6.4 would
translate to an AA rating, and an average rating of 6.6 would equate to AA-.
Based on the above, the average numerical value must be less than or equal to
6.5 to be in compliance with the stated Investment guidelines.
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PERMITTED ASSET CLASSES
U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY SECURITIES
A debt security issued by the United States Treasury Department or an agency
created and sponsored by the United States government.
AGENCY CMOs
Securitization of a pool of first liens on residential properties backed by
GNMA, FNMA or FHLMC into at least two classes or tranches.
NON-AGENCY CMOs
Securitization of a pool of first liens on residential mortgages which do not
conform to agency (GNMA, FNMA or FHLMC) underwriting guidelines, or a pool of
commercial loans into at least two classes or tranches.
AGENCY PASS THROUGHS
Securitization of a pool of first liens on residential properties backed by
GNMA, FNMA or FHLMC into one class, which pays monthly interest and principal
passed directly from the debtor to the investor through an intermediary.
SUPPORT TRANCHES
CMO classes that receive principal payments only after scheduled payments have
been made on specified PAC, TAC and/or Scheduled bonds for each payment date.
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
Securitization of a pool of collateral into at least two classes or tranches.
Acceptable collateral into includes auto loans, credit card receivables,
home-equity loans, manufactured housing loans or Additional Securities.
CORPORATE DEBT
Debt which is registered with the SEC and issued by either a corporation or a
public utility.
144A PRIVATE PLACEMENTS
Private unregistered security issued under SEC Rule 144A.
PRIVATE PLACEMENTS
Privately negotiated debt transactions between an issuer and buyer. Not
permitted.
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ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
"Additional Securities" shall mean Securities purchased with the proceeds of
the Installment Purchase up to a limit of $100,000,000 occurring subsequent
to February 5, 1999 and prior to February 28, 1999.
FOREIGN DEBT
Debt issued by a legal entity incorporated outside of the United States. Only
U.S. dollar denominated securities are permitted. Must be the equivalent of U.S.
investment grade (i.e., rated BBB-1Baa3 or better).
NON-INVESTMENT GRADE SECURITIES
A security with a credit quality rating of BB or lower. Only securities
currently rated at least BB/NAIC "3" are permitted.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Short-term debt such as listed below, with a stated maturity within 270 days
from date of purchase, rated at least A-1/P-1 or the equivalent:
- U.S. Government or agency securities
- Certificates of deposit
- Commercial paper
- Bankers acceptances
- Repurchase agreements
- Corporate debt rated AA or better
- Money market funds
- Loan participation notes; provided the notes are issued by A1/P1
Companies and administered through A1/P1 banks
- Applicable agreed upon Money Market Deposit Accounts
During the 90 day ramp up period after closing, these investments can be made in
A2/P2 securities as long as the overall portfolio credit quality and duration
requirements are met.
NON-SPECULATIVE HEDGING INSTRUMENTS.
Caps, floors or swaps may only be used as part of a hedging program to
explicitly manage the risk profile of the portfolio, and will only be paired
with specified securities (e.g., an interest rate swap coupled with a fixed
rate security, thereby creating a synthetic floating rate security). They may
not be used for speculative purposes. This does not imply that all such
security structures in the portfolio will be hedged at all times, Credit
quality of acceptable counterparties will be AA or better. Hedging instrument
will be valued at their xxxx-to-market value (at the most disadvantageous
side of the bid/offer spread), whether positive or negative. A positive
market value means the Issuer has exposure to the counterparty; a negative
market value means the counterparty has exposure to the Issuer. Aggregate
exposure to any given counterparty shall not exceed 5% of the total value of
the Portfolio (such aggregate exposure to be measured as the sum of (a) the
sum of all Non-Speculative Hedging exposures with that counterparty, whether
positive or negative, if a master netting agreement has been executed with
such counterparty; or the sum of all positive Non-Speculative Hedging
Instrument exposures with that counterparty, if a master netting
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agreement is not in place with such counterparty, and (b) the market value of
all securities issued by such counterparty and held in the Portfolio).
ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS
Newly issued and TBA securities as well as extended settlements on purchases of
permitted securities are explicitly allowed as long as the securities involved
otherwise comply with these stated investment guidelines. Such transactions are
not considered to be forward contacts.
PROHIBITED ASSET CLASSES
The following asset classes are prohibited investments:
- Interest only CMO class
- Principal only CMO class
- Inverse floater CMO class
- Forwards*
- Forwards*
- Forwards*
Except as explicitly discussed under Permitted Asset Classes.
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
Ownership claim in a pool of mortgages or an obligation that is secured by such
a pool.
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PORTFOLIO ELIGIBILITY AND INVESTMENT
GUIDELINES
PORTFOLIO ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
Eligible Securities are defined as any Security:
(1) Denominated and payable in U.S. dollars in the United States;
(11) Where We issuer of a Security is not an affiliate of any of the parties
hereto;
(111) Whose terms do not require the consent of the issuer of the Security
to sell or assign and provide for principal to be paid no later than
maturity;
(IV) Where the Certificate holder has not notified the Issuer or Portfolio
Manager that the Security is not acceptable, in its reasonable good faith
judgment;
(V) That satisfies all applicable requirements of the Short-Term Portfolio
Guidelines;
(VI) That is an "instrument" under Section 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code;
(VII) Where the obligor of the Security is not the obligor of any Defaulted
Securities;
(VIII) Where final maturity on the Security is no longer than 30 years from
original issuance or the security is a European Perpetual Preferred
security rated NAIC whose base level index resets at least semiannually;
(IX) Not currently in default;
(X) At the time of purchase by 212 Certificate Company, not in redemption;
(XI) Whose coupon payments are not subject to withholding taxes;
(XII) Rated by at least Xxxxx'x or S&P (the "Rating Agencies"), including NAIC
ratings for private placements. When a Security is rated by both Rating
Agencies, the lower rating shall be applicable;
(XIII) With no prohibition on sale;
(XIV) That, if the Security's issuer is a non-US issuer, the issuer is from an
OECD country;
(XV) that is not investments in real estate, direct commercial mortgages,
common stock, leveraged futures or other leveraged/speculative
derivatives, and Cannot be converted into equity; and
(XVI) whose purchase will not cause the percentage of securities in the
portfolio win fixed rate coupons to exceed 60%.
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