FEE AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made the 21st day of May, 1998, by and among
Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation ("Wilmington Trust"),
Charter MAC Floater Certificate Trust I, a Delaware business trust (the
"Certificate Trust"), and Charter Municipal Mortgage Acceptance Company, a
Delaware business trust (the "Company").
W I T N E S S E T H
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WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated
as of May 21, 1998 (the "Certificate Trust Agreement"), among First Tennessee
Bank National Association, Wilmington Trust, and Charter MAC Owner Trust I, a
Delaware business trust, Wilmington Trust will act as Certificate Trustee of the
Certificate Trust;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Certificate Trust Agreement, Wilmington
Trust is entitled to compensation for its services as Certificate Trustee of the
Certificate Trust;
WHEREAS, Wilmington Trust, the Certificate Trust and the Company
desire to set forth the specific agreement as to the compensation owing to
Wilmington Trust for its services as Certificate Trustee under the Certificate
Trust Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the parties
hereto hereby agree as follows.
1. The compensation due and owing to Wilmington Trust by Charter
and the Trust on a joint and several basis in connection with the Certificate
Trust Agreement shall be as follows:
a. Initial Fee: $2,500.00
b. Annual Administration Fee: $2,500.00
c. Closing Attendance Fee: $1,000.00
(This fee includes travel expenses for one officer's attendance at closing in
New York City for up to two days; to the extent that more than two days'
attendance is necessary, there will be an additional fee of $500.00 per day.
Should it be required to send two officers, there will be a $500.00 fee for the
second officer's attendance. The Closing Attendance Fee for one officer's
attendance at closing in other cities is $750.00 per day plus travel expenses;
to the extent that more than two days attendance is necessary there will be an
additional fee of $500.00 per day.)
d. Transaction Fees: (ONLY IF INCURRED)
Purchase, sale, withdrawal,
maturities, calls and puts of
domestic securities: $15.00
Physical delivery of
domestic securities: $50.00
Purchase of Eurodollar
certificate of deposit: $65.00
Principal amortizing securities
(per pool/per month): $10.00
Wire charge (per transfer):
Outgoing $12.00
Incoming $7.00
(Transfers made by associate banks may result in additional wire charges.)
e. Termination Fee: To be determined
(Wilmington Trust reserves the right to charge a fee relating to the termination
of the Certificate Trust and the final distribution of the property held by the
Certificate Trust, such fee to be determined at the time of termination.)
2. In the event of a substantive change in the nature of the
Certificate Trustee's duties, and in any event after the expiration of three
years from the closing date, Wilmington Trust reserves the right to adjust its
fees.
3. Wilmington Trust requests that, whenever possible, the Initial
Fee, the first year's Annual Administration Fee and the Closing Attendance Fee
be paid on the closing date by wire transfer per the following wire transfer
instructions:
Wilmington Trust Company
Wilmington, Delaware
ABA No. 000000000
For credit to the account of
Corporate Trust Administration - Income Account
Account No. 9974-0 (Income)
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Reference: Trustee Fees and Expenses
Transaction Name: Charter MAC Floater Certificate Trust I
Thereafter, the Annual Administration Fee is due and payable annually in advance
on each anniversary of the closing date. Transaction Fees are due and payable
annually in arrears.
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Outside counsel's fees and expenses are due and payable within 30 days after the
closing. All fees are nonrefundable and will not be pro rated in the event of an
early termination of the Certificate Trust. In the event that the transaction
does not close, Wilmington Trust reserves the right to be paid its initial fee.
4. Out of pocket expenses (including outside counsel's fees and
expenses in connection with the closing and in connection with any post-closing
matters) are additional and are billed separately.
5. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an
original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same Agreement.
6. Invoices should be sent to Charter MAC Floater Certificate
Trust I at its address set forth below, or at such other address as such party
shall hereafter furnish in writing:
Charter MAC Floater Certificate Trust I
c/o Related Charter, LP
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Phone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Vice President for Portfolio Management
7. No waiver, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall
be valid unless executed in writing by the parties hereto.
8. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Charter (on a joint
and several basis with the Trust) hereby agrees to indemnify and to make all
other payments to the Certificate Trustee, and its affiliates, and their
respective officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives, to the
extent set forth in and subject to the terms and conditions of Section 3.3 of
the Certificate Trust Agreement; provided, however, that the limitation on
indemnification set forth in the first sentence of Section 3.3 of the
Certificate Trust Agreement relating to availability of funds shall not apply to
Charter's obligations hereunder.
9. Other than as expressly set forth herein, no recourse shall be
had against any trustee, manager, shareholder, officer, director or employee of
the Trust or Charter with respect to any of the agreements contained in this
Agreement
10. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts
of laws principles.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed by their duly authorized officers effective as of the day first
above written.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title:
CHARTER MAC FLOATER
CERTIFICATE TRUST I
By: First Tennessee Bank National
Association, as Certificate Trust Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
CHARTER MUNICIPAL MORTGAGE
ACCEPTANCE COMPANY, a Delaware
business trust
By: Related Charter, LP, a Delaware limited
partnership, its manager
By: Related Charter, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President & COO
