AMENDMENT NO. 11 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.44

EXECUTION

AMENDMENT NO. 11 TO

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT

Amendment No. 11 to Second Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2020 (this “Amendment”), among CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC (the “Administrative Agent”), CREDIT SUISSE AG, a company incorporated under the laws of Switzerland, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch (“CS Cayman” and a “Buyer”), ALPINE SECURITIZATION LTD (“Alpine” and a “Buyer”) and CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC. (the “Seller”).

RECITALS

The Administrative Agent, the Buyers and the Seller are parties to that certain (i) Second Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of August 26, 2016 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of August 25, 2017, Amendment No. 2, dated as of January 12, 2018, Amendment No. 3, dated as of March 9, 2018, Amendment No. 4, dated as of April 2, 2018, Amendment No. 5, dated as of June 4, 2018, Amendment No. 6, dated as of October 23, 2018, Amendment No. 7, dated as of May 9, 2019, Amendment No. 8, dated as of June 26, 2019, Amendment No. 9, dated as of October 4, 2019 and Amendment No. 10, dated as of November 21, 2019, the “Existing Repurchase Agreement”; and as further amended by this Amendment, the “Repurchase Agreement”) and (ii) Amended and Restated Pricing Side Letter, dated as of August 26, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pricing Side Letter”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Existing Repurchase Agreement.

The Administrative Agent, the Buyers and the Seller have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, that the Existing Repurchase Agreement be amended to reflect certain agreed upon revisions to the terms of the Existing Repurchase Agreement.

Accordingly, the Administrative Agent, the Buyers and the Seller hereby agree, in consideration of the mutual promises and mutual obligations set forth herein, that the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

SECTION 1. Definitions. Section 2 of the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following definitions in their proper alphabetical order:

“Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

“Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

“Successor Rate” means a rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 5(c) hereof.

“Successor Rate Conforming Changes” means with respect to any proposed Successor Rate, any spread adjustments or other conforming changes to the timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters as may be appropriate, in the discretion of Administrative Agent, to reflect the adoption of such Successor Rate and to permit the administration thereof by Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice.

SECTION 2. Price Differential. Section 5 of the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof:

c. If prior to any Price Differential Payment Date, Administrative Agent determines in its sole discretion that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR, LIBOR is no longer in existence, or the administrator of LIBOR or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which LIBOR shall no longer be made available or used for determining the interest rate of loans, Administrative Agent may give prompt notice thereof to Seller, whereupon the rate for such period that will replace LIBOR for such period, and for all subsequent periods until such notice has been withdrawn by Administrative Agent, shall be the greater of (i) an alternative benchmark rate (including any mathematical or other adjustments to the benchmark rate (if any) incorporated therein) and (ii) zero, together with any proposed Successor Rate Conforming Changes, as determined by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion (any such rate, a “Successor Rate”). In connection with the implementation of a Successor Rate, Administrative Agent shall make such determination consistent with its determinations with respect to other repurchase facilities that are substantially the same with similarly situated counterparties and with substantially similar assets subject thereto; provided, that the foregoing shall only apply to repurchase transactions that are under the supervision of the New York structured finance group of Administrative Agent and the Buyers that, in each case, administers the Transactions.

SECTION 3. Covenants. Section 14 of the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting subsection a. in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

a. Beneficial Ownership Certification. Seller shall at all times either (i) ensure that Seller has delivered to Administrative Agent a Beneficial Ownership Certification, if applicable, and that the information contained therein is true and correct in all respects or (ii) deliver to Administrative Agent an updated Beneficial Ownership Certification within one (1) Business Day following the date on which the information contained in any previously delivered Beneficial Ownership Certification ceases to be true and correct in all respects.

SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties. Schedule 1 to the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting paragraph (aa) in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

(aa) Mortgaged Property Undamaged; No Condemnation Proceeding. There have not been any condemnation proceedings with respect to the Mortgaged Property and Seller has no knowledge of any such proceedings. The Mortgaged Property is undamaged by waste, fire, earthquake or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty so as to affect adversely the value of the Mortgaged Property as security for the Purchased Mortgage Loan or the use for which the premises were intended.

SECTION 5. Conditions Precedent to Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof (the “Amendment Effective Date”), subject to the receipt by Administrative Agent of the following, each of which shall be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in form and substance:

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5.1 this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent, the Buyers and the Seller; and

5.2 Amendment No. 19 to the Amended and Restated Pricing Side Letter, duly executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent, the Buyers and the Seller.

SECTION 6. Representations and Warranties. The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Buyers that it is in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth in the Repurchase Agreement on its part to be observed or performed, and that no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, and hereby confirms and reaffirms the representations and warranties contained in Section 13 of the Repurchase Agreement. Each of Seller and Guarantor additionally represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Buyers that there has been no material change to its financial condition since the financial statements most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Repurchase Agreement.

SECTION 7. Limited Effect. Except as expressly amended and modified by this Amendment, the Existing Repurchase Agreement shall continue to be, and shall remain, in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

SECTION 8. Severability. 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.

SECTION 9. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by each of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment in a Portable Document Format (PDF) or by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Amendment. The parties agree that this Amendment, any addendum or amendment hereto or any other document necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment may be accepted, executed or agreed to through the use of an electronic signature in accordance with the E-Sign, UETA and any applicable state law. Any document accepted, executed or agreed to in conformity with such laws will be binding on all parties hereto to the same extent as if it were physically executed and each party hereby consents to the use of any secure third party electronic signature capture service providers with appropriate document access tracking, electronic signature tracking and document retention as may be approved by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

SECTION 10. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE CAPITAL LLC, as Administrative Agent
By:		/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Name:		Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:		Vice President
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as a Buyer
By:		/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Name:		Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:		Vice President
By:		/s/ Xxxxx Calbress
Name:		Xxxxx Calbress
Title:		Authorized Signatory
ALPINE SECURITIZATION LTD, as a Buyer, by Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch as Attorney-in-Fact
By:		/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
Name:		Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title:
By:		/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Name:		Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title:		Director

Signature Page to Amendment No. 11 to Second Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement

CALIBER HOME LOANS., as Seller
By:		/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Name:		Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:		President

Signature Page to Amendment No. 11 to Second Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement