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EXHIBIT 10.9
MORTGAGE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Xxxx State Bank-Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
&
The G M Group, Inc.
This mortgage purchase agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into by
and between Xxxx State Bank-Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Texas (the "Bank") and The
G M Group, Inc. (the "Company") this 22nd day of May, 1997. Pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, the Bank may, in its sole discretion, acquire from the
Company concurrently with or shortly after their respective original funding
first mortgage loans to finance the purchase of one-to-four family residential
dwellings, provided that such loans are conforming loans eligible for purchase
under Government National Mortgage Association ("GNMA"), Federal National
Mortgage Association ("FNMA"), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
("FHLMC"), or approved institutional investor criteria and have an origination
date not more than 60 days prior to the date of purchase by the Bank. Each loan
to be purchased by the Bank hereunder must be secured by a first lien on the
land on which the dwelling is situated ("Mortgages"); in addition, and subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall have a written commitment (a
"Commitment") issued by a reputable investor or securities broker-dealer (the
"Investor") approved by the Bank to purchase such Mortgages as whole loans.
To be acceptable to the Bank for purposes of this Agreement, any
Investor's Commitment to purchase Mortgages as whole loans must be in writing,
must describe the types of Mortgages to be purchased and must state the price
and expiration date for the purchase, all of which, as well as all other
aspects of such Commitment, must be in form and substance approved by the Bank.
The Company and the Bank mutually contemplate that the Agreement
describes a revolving purchase facility (the "Facility") pursuant to which the
outstanding balance of the aggregate purchase prices paid to the Company, or
otherwise funded, by the Bank for Mortgages that have not yet been sold by the
Bank to an Investor can be as much as $2,000,000.00 (Two Million Dollars) from
time-to-time outstanding, although the Bank also reserves the right to reduce
that limit by providing thirty (30) days' prior written notice thereof to the
Company. This outstanding balance aggregate limit will also be subject to the
Bank's liquidity and availability of funds to purchase loans under this
program. The Company will, in its discretion, from time to time submit
Mortgages for purchase under this Facility; and, subject to the regulatory
requirements of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC") and the
Texas Department of Banking, and so long as said Mortgages, as well as the
Company are, in all respects, in compliance with the terms of this Agreement,
the Bank may, in its sole discretion, purchase such Mortgages. The Bank shall
reserve the right to terminate immediately this Facility with the Company upon:
(i) an order or directive from (a) the FDIC, (b) the Texas
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Department of Banking, or (c) any other bank regulatory authority, (ii) the
loss of the Company's eligibility to participate in any FNMA, FHLMC, GNMA or
HUD program; (iii) the justifiable suspension of the Company by any of its
institutional end-loan Investors; (iv) a material, negative change in the
Company's financial condition; (v) the Company's failure to comply with the
terms of this Agreement; or (vi) the Company's failure to comply with the
underwriting, closing, delivery and funding requirements of its institutional
end-loan Investors. Furthermore, the Bank reserves the right to terminate this
Agreement should the sale of any loan or loans scheduled for purchase by the
Investor fail to be consummated within forty-five (45) days after the date on
which the loan is purchased by the Bank. The Company shall promptly furnish the
Bank with its year-end audited financial statements and the quarterly unaudited
financial statements during the period this Agreement remains in effect.
This Facility is established and will operate upon and be subject to the
following terms and conditions:
1. Mortgage Purchased. The Company shall offer to sell each Mortgage to the
Bank under this Facility by submitting a written Offer to Sell Mortgages in the
form attached as Appendix 1 to this Agreement (an "Offer") with all required
enclosures and all blocks and blanks in it and its enclosures properly
completed. The Offer shall be submitted at least twenty four (24) hours prior
to the anticipated closing and funding of the loan. The Bank may accept any
Offer and become owner of the Mortgages by paying the Mortgage purchase price
stated in the Offer and by providing money for the original funding of the
mortgages directly to the title company or other person or entity handling the
closing (the "Closer") net of discount points, fees and other prepaid items.
2. Purchase Price. Purchase price means the maximum price at which Bank shall
purchase a Mortgage loan, which shall not exceed the lesser of 99% of the
Investor purchase price or 100% of the correspondent's "buy price" less all
prepaid items. The Company will not receive its compensation until the loan is
purchased and paid for by the Investor. On all loans purchased from a
correspondent, a signed purchase confirmation must support the buy price from
the correspondent.
3. Servicing After Purchase. For so long as the Bank owns Mortgages, the
Company agrees to remit to the Bank by the fifth (5th) day following their
receipt all principal and interest payments and principal prepayments received
by the Company, for the account of the Bank. All funds not remitted to the Bank
as provided for above shall be held by the Company as trustee for the Bank and
shall bear interest at the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate plus one and a
quarter (1.25) percent from the date received by the Company until remitted to
the Bank. All escrow amounts relating to all Mortgages purchased by the Bank
shall be maintained on deposit in an individual custodial account at the Bank
or its designee for so long as the Bank has not fully recovered both its
investment in all such Mortgages purchased and the return on its investment
provided for in this Agreement.
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4. Payment for Sold or Securitized Mortgages. The Company will take all
steps necessary to:
a. correctly close, fund, document and complete all Mortgages
acquired by the Bank under this Agreement and their related mortgage files;
b. assist in the timely completion of the sale as whole loans of
all such Mortgages in accordance with the related Commitments;
c. cause the entire sale price due from such Mortgages sold to
be transferred by Fed funds wire directly to the Bank or its designated bank;
and
d. cause the Investor to provide directly to the Bank written
confirmation of its purchase of the Mortgages.
Without limitation of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, promptly
after Mortgages are purchased by the Bank, the Company shall (1) direct the
Investor which issued the Commitment to pay the entire amount of the purchase
consideration for those Mortgages directly to the Bank and to confirm receipt
of that direction directly to the Bank and (2) not cause or permit any cash
proceeds of any such Mortgages to be issued to, registered in the name of or
paid to anyone other than the Bank. If the Company, or any entity controlled by
or under common control with the Company shall receive the proceeds from an
Investor's purchase of Mortgages, then such funds shall be held by the Company
in trust for the benefit of the Bank and shall be remitted to the Bank as soon
as possible, but in no event later than two business days after receipt by the
Company or any entity controlled by or under common control with the Company.
If for any reason (other than the negligent acts or omissions of the Bank), any
such Commitment is not completed on or before two (2) business days after its
specified Expiration Date, then the Company agrees to promptly obtain and
furnish the Bank a replacement Commitment acceptable (and issued by an Investor
acceptable) to the Bank and having characteristics all of which can be
satisfied by those Mortgages (a "Qualified Substitute Takeout").
5. Division and Distribution of Sale Proceeds. The Bank will earn and
retain from the sale proceeds received for and allocable to each Mortgage sold,
an amount (the "Bank's Minimum Net Share") equal to the sum of:
(i) the purchase price paid by the Bank for such Mortgage (the
"Bank's Mortgage Purchase Cost"); plus
(ii) a return on the Bank's investment calculated as the greater
of the rate of interest as provided by each note purchased or Wall Street
Journal Prime Rate plus one and a quarter (1.25%) percent for the actual number
of days that the Mortgage is held by the Bank. Interest Rate charged
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on loans outstanding (Greater of Note rate or Wall Street Journal Prime plus
1.25%) will not adjust according to market rate over the duration outstanding.
The rate charged for the length outstanding will be the current market rate as
of the date of funding; plus
(iii) the custodial services cost allocations for the Mortgages
purchased by the Bank calculated in accordance with the Bank's custodial
services fee schedule attached as Appendix 2.
The Bank may elect to increase or decrease the custodial service cost allocation
amounts set forth in Appendix 2 from time to time by giving the Company written
notice of the change(s) and by specifying a date when such change(s) will become
effective which is at least thirty (30) days after such notice, and any such
change(s) so made shall be effective only as to Mortgages acquired by the Bank
on or after the effective date of such change(s).
Provided that the Company is not then in default of any of its obligations under
this Agreement, the Bank will remit the balance of such sale proceeds to the
Company, as compensation to the Company for originating or acquiring the
Mortgages which shall have been acquired by the Bank under this Agreement,
servicing them while the Bank owns them and arranging for their sale to
Investors. The balance remaining of the sales proceeds after the Bank's Minimum
Net Share has been deducted shall be deposited in a demand deposit account in
the Company's name, which demand deposit account shall be maintained at the
Bank. The Bank will inform the Company of the deposit by a settlement letter in
the form attached as Appendix 3.
6. Security Agreement. To secure performance of all of the Company's obligations
under this Agreement and under each Offer, the Company hereby GRANTS the Bank a
security interest in all of the Company's present an future rights and interest
in and to the Company's share of all such Mortgage sale proceeds, if any. All
such security interests granted hereby shall be first and prior shall continue
in full force and effect until all of the Company's obligations to the Bank
under this Agreement and every accepted Offer have been fully performed and
satisfied.
7. Obligation on any Transaction Failure. If it is determined that for any
reason an act of fraud has occurred in the origination of any loan sold to the
Bank or if any underwriting deficiencies have occurred which have prevented a
Mortgage from being purchased by the Investor, the Bank will have full legal and
financial recourse against the Company, as well as any originator from whom the
Company may have purchased the Mortgage for payment in full.
8. Operational Matters. The following agreements relate to the operation of
this Facility:
a. Endorsement and Closing Instructions. The Company will endorse in
blank the promissory note, in a manner acceptable to the Investor, to evidence
each Mortgage which is the
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subject of an accepted Offer when (or before) the note is executed by its maker,
and the Company hereby declares its intent that each such endorsement be
effective as to each such note from such note's inception, regardless of when
the endorsement is actually made. The Company will (i) ensure that the Closer of
each such Mortgage has received from the Bank written instructions for the
closing of the Mortgage transaction in the form attached as Appendix 4 to this
Agreement and will not give any rescinding, inconsistent or conflicting
instructions unless and until the Bank notifies the Company that it has declined
to accept the Company's Offer to Sell the affected Mortgage and (ii) take all
other steps required to ensure that all such Mortgages are assigned to the Bank
by a written assignment in a form which is recordable in the jurisdiction where
the real property covered by the Mortgage is located, and that the original note
(endorsed as stated above) is actually delivered to the Bank by the Closer
immediately after the Mortgage is funded, and that the Mortgage and all of its
related documentation (including for each Mortgage, without limitation, the
documents listed on Appendix 5) are delivered to the Bank to be physically held
by the Bank until they are (1) sold to an Investor pursuant to a Commitment
approved by the Bank and (2) shipped by the Bank to such Investor or its
document custodian.
b. Bonding and Insurance Requirements. Company agrees to furnish the Bank
with evidence that the Company is covered by a fidelity bond acceptable to the
Bank.
c. Investor Agreements. Company agrees to furnish the Bank with copies of
all Investor Agreements. When new Investors are to be considered by the Bank,
Company must furnish the Bank with all required information about the proposed
Investor, including the Investor Agreement and latest audited financial
statement, at least 15 days prior to the funding of a loan that is to be
purchased from the Bank by the new Investor.
d. Tri-Party Agreements. Company will enter into a Tri-Party Agreement, in
the form attached as Appendix 6, among the Company, the Bank and each Investor.
Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts secure the execution of each
Tri-Party Agreement by each Investor.
9. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Company represents, warrants
and covenants (and such representations and warranties shall be true at the
time any Mortgage is sold to the Bank under this Facility) as set forth below,
and further warrants that each Mortgage meets the underwriting requirements of
the Investor, FHLMC, GNMA and FNMA.
a. Blank Assignments' Validity. The written assignment of each Mortgage in
blank from the Company is valid and effective, and the Bank and its successors,
substitutes and assigns are each duly authorized to complete the blanks in each
such assignment and to take such other steps as are necessary or appropriate,
in the judgment of the party acting, to transfer the Mortgage, as contemplated
by the Power of Attorney form attached as Appendix 7 (one or more originals of
which
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and any supplement to which the Bank shall from time-to-time request the
Company to execute, and which the Company hereby agrees to execute).
b. Documents Genuine, Statements True. All documents submitted
in connection with each Offer are genuine, the statements contained in each
schedule of Mortgages submitted to the Bank and all other statements and
representations as to any such Mortgages are accurate, true and correct in all
material respects and meet each of the requirements and specifications of this
Agreement.
c. Delivery Risk and Responsibility. All deliveries of all
Mortgage documents shall be at the Company's risk and the Company's
responsibility, and the Company agrees to indemnify the Bank and hold it
harmless from all bona fide and reasonable loss, cost or expense (including
reasonable attorney's fees) arising out of or incurred in connection therewith,
except only for such loss, cost or expense, if any, that results solely from
the Bank's negligent acts or omissions. The Company agrees to provide delivery
instructions to the Bank for all such document deliveries.
d. Each Mortgage Valid. Each Mortgage sold to the Bank has been
duly executed by the mortgagor(s), acknowledged and recorded (or duly sent by
the Closer to be recorded) and is valid and binding upon such mortgagor(s) and
enforceable in accordance with its terms.
e. Mortgage Guaranty and Insurance. Each Mortgage that the
Company represents to be insurable by FHA or by a private mortgage insurer, or
sufficient to be guaranteed by the VA, is so insured or guaranteed as
represented.
f. Mortgages' Characteristics. The full principal amount of each
Mortgage has been (or when funded by the Bank if so requested, will be)
advanced to the mortgagor under such Mortgage, either by payment directly to
him or by payment made on his request or approval; the unpaid principal balance
is as stated in the relevant Schedule enclosed with the Offer; all costs, fees
and expenses incurred in making, closing and recording such Mortgage have been
paid or will be paid at the closing; no part of the property covered by such
Mortgage has been or will be released from its lien; the terms of such Mortgage
have in no way been changed or modified; and such Mortgage is current and not
in default.
g. Mortgages Comply with Law. As to each individual Mortgage
offered to or purchased by the Bank, all applicable federal, state and local
laws, rules and regulations have been complied with, including, but not limited
to, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity
Act, the Flood Disaster Protection Act, the Fair Housing Act, the
Truth-in-Lending Act of 1968, the Depository Institutions Deregulatory and
Monetary Control Act of 1980, all as amended, and regulations issued pursuant
to each of them; all usury laws and limitations; all
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conditions within the control of the Company as to the validity of the
insurance or guaranty required by the National Housing Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder, and the Servicemen's Readjustment Act
of 1944, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder; and all
requirements of the mortgage insurance companies or other insurers have been
properly satisfied, and such insurance or guaranty is valid or enforceable.
h. Title Insurance. There is in force a paid-up title insurance
policy on each such Mortgage issued by an accredited title insurer in an amount
at least equal to the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage. This
title insurance policy has been issued by a title insurance underwriter duly
authorized to issue title insurance in the state where the real property
covered by such Mortgage is located.
i. Hazard Insurance. Hazard insurance policies meeting the
requirements of each such Mortgage and of the relevant GNMA, FNMA or FHMC
Guide or the Investor's requirements are in force.
j. Servicing Not Otherwise Pledged. The Company has not directly
or indirectly pledged any servicing rights with respect to any Mortgages
offered to or purchased by the Bank under this Agreement to any person or
entity other than the Bank, nor will the Company do so without the Bank's prior
written approval.
k. Notification of Mortgage Defaults. The Company agrees to
immediately notify the Bank in writing upon learning of any default under any
of the Mortgages purchased (or agreed to be purchased) by the Bank, or of the
institution of any proceeding before any court or other government authority in
respect of a claimed violation by the Company or any other person of any
statute, rule or regulation relating to any such Mortgage or a claimed defense
of offset to any Mortgage.
l. Appraisals Satisfy Applicable Requirements. A written
appraisal of the real property securing each such Mortgage has been prepared by
a duly-licensed appraiser and satisfies all requirements for any applicable VA
guaranty, FHA insurance or private mortgage insurance and all requirements
imposed by the Investor which issued the Commitment covering such Mortgage.
m. Quality Control Reports. The Company agrees at its own cost
to provide periodic reports to the Bank as requested by the Bank from time to
time, of the Company's Mortgage loan origination, acquisition and servicing
operations made by a quality-control reviewer satisfactory to the applicable
governing agency and the Bank.
n. Eligibility. The Company is approved, qualified and in good
standing as:
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i. an FHA-approved mortgagee, eligible to originate, purchase, hold,
sell and service FHA Loans;
ii. a VA-approved (not VA automatic) mortgagee, eligible to
originate, purchase, hold, sell and service VA loans; and currently meets all
requirements applicable to its status as such; and
iii. the Company agrees not to take or omit to take any act which
would result in losing its status as an eligible mortgagee, seller and issuer
as described above. The Company agrees to give prompt written notice to the
Bank of any change in its status as such or in the relationship between the
Company and any Bank-approved Investor.
o. Organization; Good Standing. The Company (i) is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation; (ii) has the full legal power and authority
to own its property and to carry on its business as currently conducted; and
(iii) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the transaction of its business makes
such qualification necessary.
p. Authorization; No Conflict. The Company has the power and authority
to execute, deliver and comply with the terms of this Agreement. The Company's
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the Company's part (none of
which action has been modified or rescinded and all of which is in full force
and effect).
q. Enforceability. This Agreement, as well as all other documents
executed and/or delivered herewith, constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms.
r. Approvals. The Company's execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the Company's performance of its obligations do not require any license,
consent, approval or other action of any court or other governmental authority
other than those which have been obtained and remain in full force and effect.
s. Financial Condition. The Company's financial statements as of
12/31/96 respectively, heretofore furnished to the Bank, fairly present the
Company's financial condition and the results of the Company's financial
condition and the results of the Company's operations as of and for the fiscal
period ended on the respective dates of such financial statements. On the dates
of such financial statements, the Company was solvent (i.e., able to pay its
debts as they mature and having assets with value greater than its
liabilities). Such financial statements were prepared in accordance with
generally
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accepted accounting principles. Since the date of such financial statements,
nothing has occurred which has had a material adverse effect on the Company's
operations or financial condition nor is the Company aware of any state of
facts which (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) would or could
result in a such a material adverse effect, and the Company is solvent as of
the date of this Agreement and will maintain its solvency on a continuing basis.
t. Litigation. There are no actions, claims, suits or proceedings
pending (or to the Company's knowledge, threatened or reasonably anticipated)
against or involving the Company or other governmental authority, which, if
adversely determined, may reasonably be expected to result in a material
adverse effect on the Company's operations or financial condition.
u. Payment of Taxes. The Company has filed or caused to be filed all of
the Company's federal, state and other tax returns required to be filed, all
such returns are true and correct and the Company has paid (or caused to be
paid) all taxes that are due and payable as shown on such returns, including
all applicable FICA payments and withholding taxes, except only taxes being
contested in good faith. The amounts reserved as a liability for taxes payable
in the financial statements described above are sufficient for payment of all
the Company's unpaid taxes, whether or not disputed, accrued for or applicable
to the period and on the dates of such financial statements and all years and
periods prior to them and for which the Company may be liable in its own right
or as transferee of the assets of, or as successor to, any other person or
entity.
v. VA and FHA Loans. The Company has complied and will continue to comply
with all applicable laws concerning the FHA insurance or VA guaranty of each
Mortgage offered or sold to the Bank and designated by the Company as an FHA
loan or a VA loan, respectively, and such insurance or guaranty is and will
continue to be in full force and effect. All such FHA Loans or VA Loans comply
and will continue to comply in all respects with all applicable requirements for
purchase under the industry standard forms of selling contract for FHA Loans or
VA Loans, respectively, and any supplement to them then in effect. (All
Mortgages offered to the Bank under this Agreement that are represented to be
(i) VA Loans are, in fact, guaranteeable by VA and (ii) FHA Loans are, in fact,
currently insurable by FHA.)
w. Fire and Casualty Policies. All fire and casualty policies covering
the premises encumbered by each Mortgage offered to or purchased by the Bank
under this Agreement (i) presently name and will continue to name the Company
"and its successors and/or assigns in interest as they may appear" as the
insured under a standard mortgagee clause or, for newly funded Mortgages, a
notice for an endorsement changing the named mortgagee has been submitted to
the carrier and will be pursued diligently until issued, (ii) are and will
continue to be in full force and effect, and (iii) afford and will continue to
afford insurance against fire and such other risks as are usually insured
against in the broad form of extended coverage insurance from time to time
available,
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as well as insurance against flood hazards if it is required by FHA, VA or any
applicable law, court or other governmental authority.
x. Flood Insurance. Mortgages offered to or purchased by the Bank under
this Agreement which are secured by premises requiring flood insurance due to
their location in a special flood hazard as designated by the Secretary of HUD,
are and shall continue to be covered by special flood insurance under the
national Flood Insurance Program.
y. Covenants Concerning Mortgages. The Company agrees to:
i. Service (or cause to be serviced) all Mortgages purchased by the
Bank under this Agreement that the Company has the right to service, in
accordance with standard industry requirements.
ii. Timely comply in all respects with all terms and conditions of
all Commitments covering such Mortgages (and any renewals, extensions, or
modifications of them or substitutions for them), and cause the Mortgages
covered by each Commitment to be sold in the manner and order contemplated by
the Commitment and before the expiration of each Commitment.
iii. Maintain (at the Company's principal office or in the office of
a computer service bureau engaged by the Company) the originals (or copies, in
any case where the original has been delivered to the Bank or Investor) of all
Mortgage notes and the Mortgage documents included in the Mortgages purchased
by the Bank under this Agreement, and all Commitments related to them, and all
related papers, as well as files, surveys, certificates, correspondence,
appraisals, computer programs, tapes, disks, cards, accounting records and
other information and data relating to such Mortgages. Upon the Bank's written
request, the Company will promptly make them conveniently available to the Bank.
z. Indemnification of the Bank and Others. Company agrees to and does
hereby indemnify and hold harmless the Bank against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims,
cost, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever, that may be
imposed on, incurred by, or assessed against the Bank in any way related to, or
arising out of any of the loan papers or any of the transactions contemplated
therein, to the extent that any of the same results directly or indirectly from
any claims made or actions, suits or proceedings commenced by or on behalf of
any person other than the Bank, provided that Bank shall not have the right to
be indemnified hereunder for its own fraud, gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The indemnities contained in this section shall survive the
termination of the Agreement.
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aa. Further Assurances. The Company agrees to do, execute, acknowledge
and deliver (or cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and delivered) at its
own cost and expense, all such further acts, documents and assurances as the
Bank in its discretion may reasonably request or require to more fully,
completely or effectively evidence or effect the intention of or to facilitate
the performance of the terms of this Agreement and all related papers.
10. Notices. All notices, demands, consents, requests and other
communications required or permitted to be given or made hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be delivered in person or telegraphed or telecopied (with an
additional copy to be mailed as provided herein) or mailed, first class, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective parties hereto
at their respective addresses hereinafter set forth or, as to any such party,
at such other address as may be designated by it in a notice to the other given
in the manner provided in this Section. All notices shall be conclusively
deemed to have been properly given or made when duly delivered, in person, to a
Vice President or more senior officer of the addressee or if mailed on the first
business day after being deposited in the mails or if telegraphed when
delivered to the telegraph company or if telecopied when transmitted, addressed
as follows:
IF TO THE COMPANY: The GM Group, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
FAX: (000) 000-0000
IF TO THE BANK: Xxxx State Bank - Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
FAX: (000) 000-0000
No notice to or demand on the Company or any other person shall entitle the
Company or any other person to any other or further notice or demand in similar
or other circumstances.
11. Jurisdiction and Venue. The Company hereby consents to personal
jurisdiction in Texas. Falls County, Texas shall be the proper place of venue
for any litigation that arises in connection with this Agreement, and the
Company hereby waives the right to xxx or be sued elsewhere in any litigation
that arises out of or in connection with this Agreement. The Company irrevocably
agrees that any legal proceeding arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement shall be brought in the state district courts of Falls County, or in
the United States District Court for the District in which such county is
located.
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12. Rights Cumulative. Each right, power and remedy herein given to the
Bank will be cumulative and not exclusive, and each right, power and remedy
whether specifically herein given or otherwise existing may be exercised from
time to time and as often and in such order as may be deemed expedient by the
Bank. The exercise, or the beginning of the exercise of any such right, power or
remedy will not be deemed a waiver of the right to exercise, at the same time or
thereafter, any other right, power or remedy. No delay or omission by the Bank
in the exercise of any right, power or remedy will impair any such right, power
or remedy or operate as a waiver thereof or of any other right, power or remedy
then or thereafter existing.
13. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
interpreted in accordance with the substantive, internal laws of the State of
Texas.
14. Costs and Expenses. All sums advanced or costs and expenses,
including but not limited to attorney's fees, incurred by the Bank in
protecting and enforcing its rights under the Agreement shall constitute a
demand obligation owing by the Company to the Bank. The Company hereby agrees
to repay such sums on demand plus interest thereon from the date of the advance
or incurrence until reimbursement of the Bank at Wall Street Journal Prime Rate
plus 1.25 percent.
15. Miscellaneous Agreements. This Agreement shall bind and benefit the
Company, the Bank and their respective successors, trustees, receivers and
assigns. The headings, captions and arrangements used in this Agreement are for
convenience only and shall not be deemed to limit, amplify or modify the terms
of this Agreement, nor shall they affect their meaning. Whenever the singular
number is used herein, it includes the plural where appropriate, and words of
any gender shall include each other gender where appropriate. This Agreement
may be executed in counterparts each of which shall constitute an original
instrument; and, if any provision of the Agreement is held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall be enforced and shall not be
affected or impaired thereby. Each reference made in this Agreement to any
Exhibit, Schedule or Annex shall be read as a reference to that Exhibit,
Schedule or Annex to this Agreement except where otherwise expressly specified,
and each Exhibit, Schedule, and Annex to this Agreement is hereby incorporated
into this Agreement as if set forth verbatim at each place in this Agreement
where it is referred to. Each Exhibit, Schedule or Annex which is a form to be
completed, executed and delivered pursuant to this Agreement may be completed
in accordance with this Agreement by either the Company or the Bank before,
when or after it is executed and delivered.
16. No Lending Relationship. It is understood by the Bank and the Company
that loan purchase transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not
constitute loans or extensions of credit by the Bank to the Company. In
purchasing each Loan, the Bank conducts its own analysis of each mortgagor's
creditworthiness and relies upon the mortgagor as the primary source of
repayment.
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17. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with any exhibits and addenda
hereto contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and cannot be modified orally or otherwise in any respect
except by an agreement in writing between the parties.
The G M Group, Inc Xxxx State Bank - Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
By: /s/ XXXXX XXXXXXX By: /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: President Title: Vice President
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Date: May 30, 1997 Date: May 22, 1997
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