Master Repurchase Agreement
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Master
Repurchase
Agreement
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September
1996 Version
Dated
as
of August
10, 2007
Between: RCG
PB,
Ltd, as Buyer (the “Buyer”)
and Hanover
Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc., as Seller (the “Seller”)
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Applicability
From
time to time the parties hereto may enter
into transactions in which one party (“Seller”)
agrees to transfer to the other (“Buyer”)
securities or other assets (“Securities”)
against the transfer of funds by Buyer, with a simultaneous agreement
by
Buyer to transfer to Seller such Securities at a date certain or
on
demand, against the transfer of funds by Seller. Each such transaction
shall be referred to herein as a “Transaction” and, unless otherwise
agreed in writing, shall be governed by this Agreement, including
any
supplemental terms or conditions contained in Annex I hereto and
in any
other annexes identified herein or therein as applicable
hereunder.
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2.
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Definitions
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(a)
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“Act
of Insolvency”, with respect to any party, (i) the commencement by such
party as debtor of any case or proceeding under any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium, dissolution,
delinquency or similar law, or such party seeking the appointment
or
election of a receiver, conservator, trustee, custodian or similar
official for such party or any substantial part of its property,
or the
convening of any meeting of creditors for purposes of commencing
any such
case or proceeding or seeking such an appointment or election, (ii)
the
commencement of any such case or proceeding against such party, or
another
seeking such an appointment or election, or the filing against a
party of
an application for a protective decree under the provisions of the
Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970, which (A) is consented
to or
not timely contested by such party, (B) results in the entry of an
order
for relief, such an appointment or election, the issuance of such
a
protective decree or the entry of an order having a similar effect,
or (C)
is not dismissed within 15 days, (iii) the making by such party of
a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (iv) the admission
in
writing by such party of such party’s inability to pay such party’s debts
as they become due;
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(b)
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“Additional
Purchased Securities”, Securities provided by Seller to Buyer pursuant to
Paragraph 4 (a) hereof;
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(c)
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“Buyer’s
Margin Amount”, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, the amount
obtained by application of the Buyer’s Margin Percentage to the Repurchase
Price for such Transaction as of such
date;
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(d)
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“Buyer’s
Margin Percentage”, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, a
percentage (which may be equal to the Seller’s Margin Percentage) agreed
to by Buyer and Seller or, in the absence of any such agreement,
the
percentage obtained by dividing the Market Value of the Purchased
Securities on the Purchase Date by the Purchase Price on the Purchase
Date
for such Transaction;
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(e)
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“Confirmation”,
the meaning specified in Paragraph 3(b)
hereof;
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(f)
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“Income”,
with respect to any Security at any time, any principal thereof and
all
interest, dividends or other distributions
thereon;
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(g)
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“Margin
Deficit”, the meaning specified in Paragraph 4(a)
hereof;
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(h)
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“Margin
Excess”, the meaning specified in Paragraph 4(b)
hereof;
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(i)
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“Margin
Notice Deadline”, the time agreed to by the parties in the relevant
Confirmation, Annex I hereto or otherwise as the deadline for giving
notice requiring same-day satisfaction of margin maintenance obligations
as provided in Paragraph 4 hereof (or, in the absence of any such
agreement, the deadline for such purposes established in accordance
with
market practice);
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(j)
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“Market
Value”, with respect to any Securities as of any date, the price for such
Securities on such date obtained from a generally recognized source
agreed
to by the parties or the most recent closing bid quotation from such
a
source, plus accrued Income to the extent not included therein (other
than
any Income credited or transferred to, or applied to the obligations
of,
Seller pursuant to Paragraph 5 hereof) as of such date (unless contrary
to
market practice for such
Securities);
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(k)
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“Price
Differential”, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, the
aggregate amount obtained by daily application of the Pricing Rate
for
such Transaction to the Purchase Price for such Transaction on a
360 day
per year basis for the actual number of days during the period commencing
on (and including) the Purchase Date for such Transaction and ending
on
(but excluding) the date of determination (reduced by any amount
of such
Price Differential previously paid by Seller to Buyer with respect
to such
Transaction);
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(l)
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“Pricing
Rate”, the per annum percentage rate for determination of the Price
Differential;
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(m)
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“Prime
Rate”, the prime rate of U.S. commercial banks as published in The Wall
Street Journal (or, if more than one such rate is published, the
average
of such rates);
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(n)
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“Purchase
Date”, the date on which Purchased Securities are to be transferred by
Seller to Buyer;
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(o)
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“Purchase
Price”, (i) on the Purchase Date, the price at which Purchased Securities
are transferred by Seller to Buyer, and (ii) thereafter, except where
Buyer and Seller agree otherwise, such price increased by the amount
of
any cash transferred by Buyer to Seller pursuant to Paragraph 4(b)
hereof
and decreased by the amount of any cash transferred by Seller to
Buyer
pursuant to Paragraph 4 (a) hereof or applied to reduce Seller’s
obligations under clause (ii) of Paragraph 5
hereof;
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(p)
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“Purchased
Securities”, the Securities transferred by Seller to Buyer in a
Transaction hereunder, and any Securities substituted therefor in
accordance with Paragraph 9 hereof. The term “Purchased Securities” with
respect to any Transaction at any time also shall include Additional
Purchased Securities delivered pursuant to Paragraph 4(a) hereof
and shall
exclude Securities returned pursuant to Paragraph 4 (b)
hereof;
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(q)
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“Repurchase
Date”, the date on which Seller is to repurchase the Purchased Securities
from Buyer, including any date determined by application of the provisions
of Paragraph 3(c) or 11
hereof;
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(r)
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“Repurchase
Price”, the price at which Purchased Securities are to be transferred from
Buyer to Seller upon termination of a Transaction, which will be
determined in each case (including Transactions terminable upon demand)
as
the sum of the Purchase Price and the Price Differential as of the
date of
such determination;
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(s)
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“Seller’s
Margin Amount”, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, the amount
obtained by application of the Seller’s Margin Percentage to the
Repurchase Price for such Transaction as of such
date;
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(t)
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“Seller’s
Margin Percentage”, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, a
percentage (which may be equal to the Buyer’s Margin Percentage) agreed to
by Buyer and Seller or, in the absence of any such agreement, the
percentage obtained by dividing the Market Value of the Purchased
Securities on the Purchase Date by the Purchase Price on the Purchase
Date
for such Transaction.
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3.
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Initiation;
Confirmation; Termination
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(a)
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An
agreement to enter into a Transaction may be made orally or in writing
at
the initiation of either Buyer or Seller. On the Purchase Date for
the
Transaction, the Purchased Securities shall be transferred to Buyer
or its
agent against the transfer of the Purchase Price to an account of
Seller.
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(b)
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Upon
agreeing to enter into a Transaction hereunder, Buyer or Seller (or
both),
as shall be agreed, shall promptly deliver to the other party a written
confirmation of each Transaction (a “Confirmation”). The Confirmation
shall describe the Purchased Securities (including CUSIP number,
if any),
identify Buyer and Seller and set forth (i) the Purchase Date, (ii)
the Purchase Price, (iii) the Repurchase Date, unless the Transaction
is
to be terminable on demand, (iv) the Pricing Rate or Repurchase Price
applicable to the Transaction, and (v) any additional terms or conditions
of the Transaction not inconsistent with this Agreement. The Confirmation,
together with this Agreement, shall constitute conclusive evidence
of the
terms agreed between Buyer and Seller with respect to the Transaction
to
which the Confirmation relates, unless with respect to the Confirmation
specific objection is made promptly after receipt thereof. In the
event of
any conflict between the terms of such Confirmation and this Agreement,
this Agreement shall prevail.
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(c)
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In
the case of Transactions terminable upon demand, such demand shall
be made
by Buyer or Seller, no later than such time as is customary in accordance
with market practice, by telephone or otherwise on or prior to the
business day on which such termination will be effective. On the
date
specified in such demand, or on the date fixed for termination in
the case
of Transactions having a fixed term, termination of the Transaction
will
be effected by transfer to Seller or its agent of the Purchased Securities
and any Income in respect thereof received by Buyer (and not previously
credited or transferred to, or applied to the obligations of, Seller
pursuant to Paragraph 5 hereof) against the transfer of the Repurchase
Price to an account of Buyer.
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4.
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Margin
Maintenance
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(a)
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If
at any time the aggregate Market Value of all Purchased Securities
subject
to all Transactions in which a particular party hereto is acting
as Buyer
is less than the aggregate Buyer’s Margin Amount for all such Transactions
(a “Margin
Deficit”),
then Buyer may by notice to Seller require Seller in such Transactions,
at
Seller’s option, to transfer to Buyer cash or additional Securities
reasonably acceptable to Buyer (“Additional
Purchased Securities”),
so that the cash and aggregate Market Value of the Purchased Securities,
including any such Additional Purchased Securities, will thereupon
equal
or exceed such aggregate Buyer’s Margin Amount (decreased by the amount of
any Margin Deficit as of such date arising from any Transactions
in which
such Buyer is acting as Seller).
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(b)
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If
at any time the aggregate Market Value of all Purchased Securities
subject
to all Transactions in which a particular party hereto is acting
as Seller
exceeds the aggregate Seller’s Margin Amount for all such Transactions at
such time (a “Margin
Excess”),
then Seller may by notice to Buyer require Buyer in such Transactions,
at
Buyer’s option, to transfer cash or Purchased Securities to Seller, so
that the aggregate Market Value of the Purchased Securities, after
deduction of any such cash or any Purchased Securities so transferred,
will thereupon not exceed such aggregate Seller’s Margin Amount (increased
by the amount of any Margin Excess as of such date arising from any
Transactions in which such Seller is acting as
Buyer).
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(c)
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If
any notice is given by Buyer or Seller under subparagraph (a) or
(b) of
this Paragraph at or before the Margin Notice Deadline on any business
day, the party receiving such notice shall transfer cash or Additional
Purchased Securities as provided in such subparagraph no later than
the
close of business in the relevant market on such day. If any such
notice
is given after the Margin Notice Deadline, the party receiving such
notice
shall transfer such cash or Securities no later than the close of
business
in the relevant market on the next business day following such
notice.
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(d)
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Any
cash transferred pursuant to this Paragraph shall be attributed to
such
Transactions as shall be agreed upon by Buyer and
Seller.
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(e)
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Seller
and Buyer may agree, with respect to any or all Transactions hereunder,
that the respective rights of Buyer or Seller (or both) under
subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph may be exercised only
where a
Margin Deficit or Margin Excess, as the case may be, exceeds a specified
dollar amount or a specified percentage of the Repurchase Prices
for such
Transactions (which amount or percentage shall be agreed to by Buyer
and
Seller prior to entering into any such
Transactions).
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(f)
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Seller
and Buyer may agree, with respect to any or all Transactions hereunder,
that the respective rights of Buyer and Seller under subparagraphs
(a) and
(b) of this Paragraph to require the elimination of a Margin Deficit
or a
Margin Excess, as the case may be, may be exercised whenever such
a Margin
Deficit or Margin Excess exists with respect to any single Transaction
hereunder (calculated without regard to any other Transaction outstanding
under this Agreement).
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5.
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Income
Payments
Seller
shall be entitled to receive an amount
equal to all Income paid or distributed on or in respect of the Securities
that is not otherwise received by Seller, to the full extent it would
be
so entitled if the Securities had not been sold to Buyer. Buyer shall,
as
the parties may agree with respect to any Transaction (or, in the
absence
of any such agreement, as Buyer shall reasonably determine in its
discretion), on the date such Income is paid or distributed either
(i)
transfer to or credit to the account of Seller such Income with respect
to
any Purchased Securities subject to such Transaction or (ii) with
respect
to Income paid in cash, apply the Income payment or payments to reduce
the
amount, if any, to be transferred to Buyer by Seller upon termination
of
such Transaction. Buyer shall not be obligated to take any action
pursuant
to the preceding sentence (A) to the extent that such action would
result
in the creation of a Margin Deficit, unless prior thereto or
simultaneously therewith Seller transfers to Buyer cash or Additional
Purchased Securities sufficient to eliminate such Margin Deficit,
or (B)
if an Event of Default with respect to Seller has occurred and is
then
continuing at the time such Income is paid or
distributed.
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6.
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Security
Interest
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Although
the parties intend that all Transactions hereunder be sales and purchases and
not loans, in the event any such Transactions are deemed to be loans, Seller
shall be deemed to have pledged to Buyer as security for the performance by
Seller of its obligations under each such Transaction, and shall be deemed
to
have granted to Buyer a security interest in, all of the Purchased Securities
with respect to all Transactions hereunder and all Income thereon and other
proceeds thereof.
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7.
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Payment
and Transfer
Unless
otherwise mutually agreed, all transfers
of funds hereunder shall be in immediately available funds. All Securities
transferred by one party hereto to the other party (i) shall be in
suitable form for transfer or shall be accompanied by duly executed
instruments of transfer or assignment in blank and such other
documentation as the party receiving possession may reasonably request,
(ii) shall be transferred on the book-entry system of a Federal Reserve
Bank, or (iii) shall be transferred by any other method mutually
acceptable to Seller and Buyer.
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8.
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Segregation
of Purchased Securities
To
the extent required by applicable law, all
Purchased Securities in the possession of Seller shall be segregated
from
other securities in its possession and shall be identified as subject
to
this Agreement. Segregation may be accomplished by appropriate
identification on the books and records of the holder, including
a
financial or securities intermediary or a clearing corporation. All
of
Seller’s interest in the Purchased Securities shall pass to Buyer on the
Purchase Date and, unless otherwise agreed by Buyer and Seller, nothing in
this Agreement shall preclude Buyer from engaging in repurchase
transactions with the Purchased Securities or otherwise selling,
transferring, pledging or hypothecating the Purchased Securities,
but no
such transaction shall relieve Buyer of its obligations to transfer
Purchased Securities to Seller pursuant to Paragraph 3, 4 or 11 hereof,
or
of Buyer’s obligation to credit or pay Income to, or apply Income to the
obligations of, Seller pursuant to Paragraph 5
hereof.
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Required
Disclosure for Transactions in Which the Seller Retains Custody of
the
Purchased Securities
Seller
is not permitted to substitute other securities for those subject
to this
Agreement and therefore must keep Buyer’s securities segregated at all
times, unless in this Agreement Buyer grants Seller the right to
substitute other securities. If Buyer grants the right to substitute,
this
means that Buyer’s securities will likely be commingled with Seller’s own
securities during the trading day. Buyer is advised that, during
any
trading day that Buyer’s securities are commingled with Seller’s
securities, they [will] * [may] ** be subject to liens granted by
Seller
to [its clearing bank] * [third parties] ** and may be used by Seller
for
deliveries on other securities transactions. Whenever the securities
are
commingled, Seller’s ability to resegregate substitute securities for
Buyer will be subject to Seller’s ability to satisfy [the clearing] *
[any] ** lien or to obtain substitute securities.
*
Language to be used under 17 C.F.R. 13403.4(e) if Seller is a government
securities broker or dealer other than a financial
institution.
**
Language to be used under 17 C.F.R. 13403.5(d) if Seller is a financial
institution.
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9.
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Substitution
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(a)
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Seller
may, subject to agreement with and acceptance by Buyer, substitute
other
Securities for any Purchased Securities. Such substitution shall
be made
by transfer to Buyer of such other Securities and transfer to Seller
of
such Purchased Securities. After substitution, the substituted Securities
shall be deemed to be Purchased
Securities.
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(b)
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In
Transactions in which Seller retains custody of Purchased Securities,
the
parties expressly agree that Buyer shall be deemed, for purposes
of
subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, to have agreed to and accepted
in this
Agreement substitution by Seller of other Securities for Purchased
Securities; provided, however, that such other Securities shall have
a
Market Value at least equal to the Market Value of the Purchased
Securities for which they are
substituted.
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10.
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Representations
Each
of Buyer and Seller represents and warrants to the other that (i)
it is
duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement, to enter
into
Transactions contemplated hereunder and to perform its obligations
hereunder and has taken all necessary action to authorize such
execution,
delivery and performance, (ii) it will engage in such Transactions
as
principal (or, if agreed in writing, in the form of an annex hereto
or
otherwise, in advance of any Transaction by the other party hereto,
as
agent for a disclosed principal), (iii) the person signing this
Agreement
on its behalf is duly authorized to do so on its behalf (or on
behalf of
any such disclosed principal), (iv) it has obtained all authorizations
of
any governmental body required in connection with this Agreement
and the
Transactions hereunder and such authorizations are in full force
and
effect and (v) the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement
and the Transactions hereunder will not violate any law, ordinance,
charter, bylaw or rule applicable to it or any agreement by which
it is
bound or by which any of its assets are affected. On the Purchase
Date for
any Transaction Buyer and Seller shall each be deemed to repeat
all the
foregoing representations made by
it.
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11.
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Events
of Default
In
the event that (i) Seller fails to transfer
or Buyer fails to purchase Purchased Securities upon the applicable
Purchase Date, (ii) Seller fails to repurchase or Buyer fails to
transfer
Purchased Securities upon the applicable Repurchase Date, (iii) Seller
or
Buyer fails to comply with Paragraph 4 hereof, (iv) Buyer fails,
after one
business day’s notice, to comply with Paragraph 5 hereof, (v) an Act of
Insolvency occurs with respect to Seller or Buyer, (vi) any
representation made by Seller or Buyer shall have been incorrect
or untrue
in any material respect when made or repeated or deemed to have been
made
or repeated, or (vii) Seller or Buyer shall admit to the other its
inability to, or its intention not to, perform any of its obligations
hereunder (each an “Event
of Default”):
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(a)
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The
nondefaulting party may, at its option (which option shall be deemed
to
have been exercised immediately upon the occurrence of an Act of
Insolvency), declare an Event of Default to have occurred hereunder
and,
upon the exercise or deemed exercise of such option, the Repurchase
Date
for each Transaction hereunder shall, if it has not already occurred,
be
deemed immediately to occur (except that, in the event that the Purchase
Date for any Transaction has not yet occurred as of the date of such
exercise or deemed exercise, such Transaction shall be deemed immediately
canceled). The nondefaulting party shall (except upon the occurrence
of an
Act of Insolvency) give notice to the defaulting party of the exercise
of
such option as promptly as
practicable.
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(b)
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In
all Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Seller,
if the
nondefaulting party exercises or is deemed to have exercised the
option
referred to in subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, (i) the defaulting
party’s obligations in such Transactions to repurchase all Purchased
Securities, at the Repurchase Price therefor on the Repurchase Date
determined in accordance with subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph,
shall
thereupon become immediately due and payable, (ii) all Income paid
after
such exercise or deemed exercise shall be retained by the nondefaulting
party and applied to the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Prices and any
other
amounts owing by the defaulting party hereunder, and (iii) the defaulting
party shall immediately deliver to the nondefaulting party any Purchased
Securities subject to such Transactions then in the defaulting party’s
possession or control.
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(c)
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In
all Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Buyer,
upon
tender by the nondefaulting party of payment of the aggregate Repurchase
Prices for all such Transactions, all right, title and interest in
and
entitlement to all Purchased Securities subject to such Transactions
shall
be deemed transferred to the nondefaulting party, and the defaulting
party
shall deliver all such Purchased Securities to the nondefaulting
party.
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(d)
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If
the nondefaulting party exercises or is deemed to have exercised
the
option referred to in subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, the
nondefaulting party, without prior notice to the defaulting party,
may:
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(i)
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as
to Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Seller,
(A) immediately sell, in a recognized market (or otherwise in a
commercially reasonable manner) at such price or prices as the
nondefaulting party may reasonably deem satisfactory, any or all
Purchased
Securities subject to such Transactions and apply the proceeds thereof
to
the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Prices and any other amounts owing
by the
defaulting party hereunder or (B) in its sole discretion elect, in
lieu of
selling all or a portion of such Purchased Securities, to give the
defaulting party credit for such Purchased Securities in an amount
equal
to the price therefor on such date, obtained from a generally recognized
source or the most recent closing bid quotation from such a source,
against the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Prices and any other amounts
owing
by the defaulting party hereunder;
and
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(ii)
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as
to Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Buyer,
(A) immediately purchase, in a recognized market (or otherwise in a
commercially reasonable manner) at such price or prices as the
nondefaulting party may reasonably deem satisfactory, securities
(“Replacement
Securities”)
of the same class and amount as any Purchased Securities that are
not
delivered by the defaulting party to the nondefaulting party as required
hereunder or (B) in its sole discretion elect, in lieu of purchasing
Replacement Securities, to be deemed to have purchased Replacement
Securities at the price therefor on such date, obtained from a generally
recognized source or the most recent closing offer quotation from
such a
source.
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Unless
otherwise provided in Annex I, the parties acknowledge and agree that (1) the
Securities subject to any Transaction hereunder are instruments traded in a
recognized market, (2) in the absence of a generally recognized source for
prices or bid or offer quotations for any Security, the nondefaulting party
may
establish the source therefor in its sole discretion and (3) all prices, bids
and offers shall be determined together with accrued Income (except to the
extent contrary to market practice with respect to the relevant
Securities).
(e)
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As
to Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Buyer,
the
defaulting party shall be liable to the nondefaulting party for any
excess
of the price paid (or deemed paid) by the nondefaulting party for
Replacement Securities over the Repurchase Price for the Purchased
Securities replaced thereby and for any amounts payable by the defaulting
party under Paragraph 5 hereof or otherwise
hereunder.
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(f)
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For
purposes of this Paragraph 11, the Repurchase Price for each Transaction
hereunder in respect of which the defaulting party is acting as Buyer
shall not increase above the amount of such Repurchase Price for
such
Transaction determined as of the date of the exercise or deemed exercise
by the nondefaulting party of the option referred to in subparagraph
(a)
of this Paragraph.
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(g)
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The
defaulting party shall be liable to the nondefaulting party for (i)
the
amount of all reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by the
nondefaulting party in connection with or as a result of an Event
of
Default, (ii) damages in an amount equal to the cost (including all
fees,
expenses and commissions) of entering into replacement transactions
and
entering into or terminating hedge transactions in connection with
or as a
result of an Event of Default, and (iii) any other loss, damage,
cost or
expense directly arising or resulting from the occurrence of an Event
of
Default in respect of a
Transaction.
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(h)
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To
the extent permitted by applicable law, the defaulting party shall
be
liable to the nondefaulting party for interest on any amounts owing
by the
defaulting party hereunder, from the date the defaulting party becomes
liable for such amounts hereunder until such amounts are (i) paid
in full
by the defaulting party or (ii) satisfied in full by the exercise
of the
nondefaulting party’s rights hereunder. Interest on any sum payable by the
defaulting party to the nondefaulting party under this Paragraph
11(h)
shall be at a rate equal to the greater of the Pricing Rate for the
relevant Transaction or the Prime
Rate.
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(i)
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The
nondefaulting party shall have, in addition to its rights hereunder,
any
rights otherwise available to it under any other agreement or applicable
law.
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12.
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Single
Agreement
Buyer
and Seller acknowledge that, and have entered hereinto and will
enter into
each Transaction hereunder in consideration of and in reliance
upon the
fact that, all Transactions hereunder constitute a single business
and
contractual relationship and have been made in consideration of
each
other. Accordingly, each of Buyer and Seller agrees (i) to perform
all of
its obligations in respect of each Transaction hereunder, and that
a
default in the performance of any such obligations shall constitute
a
default by it in respect of all Transactions hereunder, (ii) that
each of
them shall be entitled to set off claims and apply property held
by them
in respect of any Transaction against obligations owing to them
in respect
of any other Transactions hereunder and (iii) that payments, deliveries
and other transfers made by either of them in respect of any Transaction
shall be deemed to have been made in consideration of payments,
deliveries
and other transfers in respect of any other Transactions hereunder,
and
the obligations to make any such payments, deliveries and other
transfers
may be applied against each other and
netted.
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13.
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Notices
and Other Communications
Any
and all notices, statements, demands or
other communications hereunder may be given by a party to the other
by
mail, facsimile, telegraph, messenger or otherwise to the address
specified in Annex II hereto, or so sent to such party at any other
place
specified in a notice of change of address hereafter received by
the
other. All notices, demands and requests hereunder may be made orally,
to
be confirmed promptly in writing, or by other communication as specified
in the preceding sentence.
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14.
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Entire
Agreement; Severability
This
Agreement shall supersede any existing agreements between the parties
containing general terms and conditions for repurchase transactions.
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.
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15.
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Non-assignability;
Termination
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(a)
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The
rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement and under
any
Transaction shall not be assigned by either party without the prior
written consent of the other party, and any such assignment without
the
prior written consent of the other party shall be null and void.
Subject
to the foregoing, this Agreement and any Transactions shall be binding
upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective
successors and assigns. This Agreement may be terminated by either
party
upon giving written notice to the other, except that this Agreement
shall,
notwithstanding such notice, remain applicable to any Transactions
then
outstanding.
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(b)
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Subparagraph
(a) of this Paragraph 15 shall not preclude a party from assigning,
charging or otherwise dealing with all or any part of its interest
in any
sum payable to it under Paragraph 11
hereof.
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16.
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Governing
Law
This
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of
the State of New York without giving effect to the conflict of law
principles thereof.
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17.
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No
Waivers, Etc.
No
express or implied waiver of any Event of
Default by either party shall constitute a waiver of any other Event
of
Default and no exercise of any remedy hereunder by any party shall
constitute a waiver of its right to exercise any other remedy hereunder.
No modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and
no
consent by any party to a departure herefrom shall be effective unless
and
until such shall be in writing and duly executed by both of the parties
hereto. Without limitation on any of the foregoing, the failure to
give a
notice pursuant to Paragraph 4(a) or 4(b) hereof will not constitute
a
waiver of any right to do so at a later
date.
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18.
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Use
of Employee Plan Assets
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(a)
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If
assets of an employee benefit plan subject to any provision of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”)
are intended to be used by either party hereto (the “Plan
Party”)
in a Transaction, the Plan Party shall so notify the other party
prior to
the Transaction. The Plan Party shall represent in writing to the
other
party that the Transaction does not constitute a prohibited transaction
under ERISA or is otherwise exempt therefrom, and the other party
may
proceed in reliance thereon but shall not be required so to
proceed.
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(b)
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Subject
to the last sentence of subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, any such
Transaction shall proceed only if Seller furnishes or has furnished
to
Buyer its most recent available audited statement of its financial
condition and its most recent subsequent unaudited statement of its
financial condition.
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(c)
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By
entering into a Transaction pursuant to this Paragraph, Seller shall
be
deemed (i) to represent to Buyer that since the date of Seller’s latest
such financial statements, there has been no material adverse change
in
Seller’s financial condition which Seller has not disclosed to Buyer, and
(ii) to agree to provide Buyer with future audited and unaudited
statements of its financial condition as they are issued, so long
as it is
a Seller in any outstanding Transaction involving a Plan
Party.
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19.
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Intent
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(a)
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The
parties recognize that each Transaction is a “repurchase agreement” as
that term is defined in Section 101 of Title 11 of the United States
Code,
as amended (except insofar as the type of Securities subject to such
Transaction or the term of such Transaction would render such definition
inapplicable), and a “securities contract” as that term is defined in
Section 741 of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended (except
insofar as the type of assets subject to such Transaction would render
such definition inapplicable).
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(b)
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It
is understood that either party’s right to liquidate Securities delivered
to it in connection with Transactions hereunder or to exercise any
other
remedies pursuant to Paragraph 11 hereof is a contractual right to
liquidate such Transaction as described in Sections 555 and 559 of
Title
11 of the United States Code, as
amended.
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(c)
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The
parties agree and acknowledge that if a party hereto is an “insured
depository institution,” as such term is defined in the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act, as amended (“FDIA”),
then each Transaction hereunder is a “qualified financial contract,” as
that term is defined in FDIA and any rules, orders or policy statements
thereunder (except insofar as the type of assets subject to such
Transaction would render such definition
inapplicable).
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(d)
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It
is understood that this Agreement constitutes a “netting contract” as
defined in and subject to Title IV of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (“FDICIA”)
and each payment entitlement and payment obligation under any Transaction
hereunder shall constitute a “covered contractual payment entitlement” or
“covered contractual payment obligation”, respectively, as defined in and
subject to FDICIA (except insofar as one or both of the parties is
not a
“financial institution” as that term is defined in
FDICIA).
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20.
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Disclosure
Relating to Certain Federal Protections
The
parties acknowledge that they have been
advised that:
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(a)
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in
the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a broker
or dealer
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“1934
Act”),
the Securities Investor Protection Corporation has taken the position
that
the provisions of the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970
(“SIPA”)
do not protect the other party with respect to any Transaction
hereunder;
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(b)
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in
the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a government
securities broker or a government securities dealer registered with
the
SEC under Section 15C of the 1934 Act, SIPA will not provide protection
to
the other party with respect to any Transaction hereunder;
and
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(c)
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in
the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a financial
institution, funds held by the financial institution pursuant to
a
Transaction hereunder are not a deposit and therefore are not insured
by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit
Union
Share Insurance Fund, as
applicable.
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RCG
PB, LTD,
as Buyer
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
Authorized Signatory
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HANOVER
CAPITAL MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC., as
Seller
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By:
/s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer
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S-1
ANNEX
I
SUPPLEMENTAL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
This
Annex I (this “Annex
I”),
dated
as of August 10, 2007, forms a part of the TBMA Master Repurchase Agreement
(September 1996 Version) dated as of August 10, 2007 (the “Master
Agreement”
and,
together with this Annex I, Annex II and any schedules and exhibits hereto
or
thereto, this “Agreement”),
between Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc., as the Seller (the
“Seller”)
and
RCG PB, Ltd, as buyer (the “Buyer”).
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Annex I shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Master Agreement. To the extent that this Annex I
conflicts with the terms of the Master Agreement, this Annex I shall
control.
All
references to Buyer in the Agreement shall be deemed to be references to
RCG PB,
Ltd, and except as is otherwise expressly provided in this Annex I to the
contrary, any reference to “Seller” in the Master Agreement shall be construed
to mean a reference to Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc.
1. DEFINITIONS.
(a) For
purposes of the Agreement and this Annex I, the following terms shall have
the
following meanings:
“Act
of
Insolvency”
means
the occurrence of either of the following with respect to any
Person:
(a) (i)
any
case, proceeding, petition or action shall be commenced or filed, without
such
Person’s application or consent, in any court, seeking the liquidation,
reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition
or
readjustment or relief of debts of such Person, the appointment of a trustee,
receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or the like for such
Person or all or substantially all of such Person’s assets, or any assignment
for the benefit of the creditors of such Person, or (ii) any similar case,
proceeding, petition or action with respect to such Person under any law
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition
or
adjustment of debts shall be commenced or filed against such Person, and
such
case, proceeding, petition or action shall continue undismissed, or unstayed
and
in effect, for a period of 15 consecutive days; or an order for relief in
respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under the
Bankruptcy Code or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect;
or
(b) such
Person shall commence or file a voluntary case or other proceeding under
any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution
or other similar law now or hereafter in effect (including, without limitation,
under Section 301 of the Bankruptcy Code), or shall consent to the appointment
of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator (or other similar official) for, such Person or for substantially
all of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit
of
creditors, or shall fail to, or admit in writing its inability to, pay its
debts
generally as they become due, or its board of directors or managers shall
vote
to implement any of the foregoing.
“Affiliate”
when
used with respect to a Person means any other Person controlling, controlled
by,
or under common control with, such Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities (including, without
limitation, partnership interests), by contract or otherwise and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“Bankruptcy
Code”
means
the United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended.
“Business
Day”
means
any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day when banks are authorized
or
required by law to close in New York, New York.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified
from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, in each case
as
in effect from time to time. References to sections of the Code also refer
to
any successor sections.
“Default”
means
any event, that, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both,
would
constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement.
“ERISA”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any
successor statute of similar import, in each case as in effect from time
to
time. References to sections of ERISA also refer to any successor
sections.
“Event
of Default”
shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
11
of this
Annex I.
“Investment
Company Act”
means
the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
“Lien”
means
any lien (statutory or other), security interest, assignment, mortgage, charge,
pledge, hypothecation, deposit arrangement, encumbrance or preference, priority
or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
any financing lease involving substantially the same economic effect as any
of
the foregoing and the filing of any financing statement under the UCC or
any
comparable law of any jurisdiction).
“Monthly
Additional Purchase Price Payment Date”
means
the second Business Day following the 25th
calendar
day of each month prior to the Repurchase Date.
“Monthly
Additional Purchase Price Payment”
means,
for each Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment Date, an amount equal
to the
excess of (A) all interest collections actually received by the Buyer on
the
Purchased Securities, net of any applicable U.S. federal income tax withholding
tax imposed on such interest collections, since the preceding Monthly Additional
Purchase Price Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Monthly Additional
Purchase Price Payment Date, the Purchase Date) over (B) $810,000.
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“Person”
means
an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation (including
a
business trust), joint stock company, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof or any other entity.
“Proposal”
means
a
written notice setting forth the following information with respect to the
portfolio of securities that the Seller desires to transfer to the Buyer:
(i)
the CUSIP for each such Security; and (ii) the unpaid principal balance for
each
such Security. A Proposal shall not include any Additional Purchased Securities.
“SEC”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
“Securities
Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities
Exchange Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“UCC”
means
the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the applicable
jurisdiction or jurisdictions.
(b) The
following capitalized terms shall have the respective meanings set forth
below,
in lieu of the meanings for such terms set forth in the Master
Agreement:
“Confirmation”
means
a
confirmation substantially in the form of Exhibit
A
delivered pursuant to Paragraph
3
of the
Master Agreement.
“Purchase
Date”
means
August 10, 2007.
“Purchase
Price”
means
$80,932,928.35
“Repurchase
Date”
means
August 9, 2008; provided,
further,
that,
upon the declaration or deemed declaration of an Event of Default pursuant
to
Section
11
hereof,
the Repurchase Date shall be accelerated pursuant to Section
11(b).
“Repurchase
Price”
means
an amount equal to the excess of (A) the sum of
(i) the
Purchase Price, (ii) $9,720,000, and
(iii)
$4,000,000, over (B) the excess of (i) all interest collections actually
received by the Buyer on the Purchased Securities, net of any applicable
U.S.
federal income tax withholding tax imposed on such interest collections,
since
the Purchase Date, over (ii) the sum of the Monthly Additional Purchase Price
Payments paid by the Buyer to the Seller since the Purchase Date.
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(c) This
Annex I is intended to supplement the Master Agreement and shall, wherever
possible, be interpreted so as to be consistent with the Master Agreement;
however, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions
of
this Annex I and the provisions of the Master Agreement, the provisions of
this
Annex I shall govern and control. For purposes of this Annex I and each
Confirmation, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) references to any
amount as on deposit or outstanding on any particular date means such amount
at
the close of business on such day; (b) the term “including” means
“including without limitation”; (c) references to any law or regulation
refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include
any
successor law or regulation; (d) references to any agreement refer to that
agreement as from time to time amended, restated or supplemented or as the
terms
of such agreement are waived or modified in accordance with its terms; (e)
references to any Person include that Person’s successors and assigns; and (f)
headings are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect
the
meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.
2. DELIVERY.
All
Purchased Securities shall be transferred to the Buyer by the Seller delivering
(or causing to be delivered) to the Buyer, on or prior to the Purchase Date,
the
security certificate for each Purchased Security, indorsed to the Buyer by
an
effective indorsement whereupon ownership of the Purchased Securities shall
pass
to the Buyer.
3. FUNDING
REQUESTS; CONFIRMATIONS.
Paragraph
3
of the
Master Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
(a) The
Seller agrees to do such further acts and things and to execute and deliver
to
Buyer such additional assignments, acknowledgments, agreements, powers and
instruments as are reasonably required by Buyer to carry into effect the
purposes of this Agreement, to perfect the interests of Buyer in the Purchased
Securities, or to better assure and confirm unto Buyer its rights, powers
and
remedies hereunder.
(b) On
or
prior to 7:00 a.m. New York City time on the date hereof, the Seller shall
deliver to the Buyer the Proposal.
(c) On
the
Purchase Date specified in the Proposal, the Seller and Buyer shall agree,
in
writing through the execution of the Confirmation, on the Securities to be
purchased by the Buyer, which shall be identified by CUSIP in the Confirmation.
Seller shall, as soon as practicable (but no later than 11:00 a.m. New York
City
time on the Purchase Date), deliver to the Buyer the Confirmation, substantially
in the form of Exhibit
A,
and if
such Confirmation has been delivered in form acceptable to the Buyer and
all
other conditions precedent set forth in Section
12
have
been satisfied to the Buyer’s satisfaction, the Buyer shall execute and return
such Confirmation to the Seller.
(d) In
the
event of any conflict between the terms of such Confirmation and this Agreement,
this Agreement shall prevail.
For the
avoidance of doubt, the parties hereby agree that there shall be only one
Confirmation and only one Transaction under this Agreement.
4. MARGIN
MAINTENANCE.
Paragraph
4
of the
Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.
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5. INCOME
PAYMENTS; ADDITIONAL PURCHASE PRICE.
Paragraph
5
of the
Master Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
The
Buyer
shall be entitled to all Income and other proceeds received on the Purchased
Securities. On each Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment Date, the Buyer
shall pay to the Seller the Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment for
such
Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment Date by 11:30 a.m. New York City
time,
unless an Event of Default or Default shall have occurred or be
continuing.
6. SECURITY
INTEREST.
Paragraph
6
of the
Master Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
Although
the parties intend that the Transaction hereunder be a sale and purchase
and not
a loan, in the event the Transaction is deemed to be a loan, the Seller shall
be
deemed to have pledged to the Buyer as security for the performance by the
Seller of its obligations under the Transaction, and shall be deemed to have
granted to the Buyer a security interest in, all of the Purchased Securities
and
all Income thereon and other proceeds thereof. The Seller hereby authorizes
the
Buyer to file such financing statements relating to the Purchased Securities
as
it may deem appropriate in its sole discretion. The Seller shall pay the
filing
costs for any financing statements prepared pursuant hereto.
7. PURCHASE
PRICE; REPURCHASE PRICE.
Paragraph
7
of the
Master Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
(a) On
the
Purchase Date for the Transaction, the Buyer shall pay the Seller the Purchase
Price to or at the direction of the Seller.
(b) The
Seller shall pay the Repurchase Price on the Repurchase Date in immediately
available funds by 11:30
a.m.
New York
City time on the Repurchase Date to the Buyer.
(c) The
Seller may elect to repay all or any portion of the Repurchase Price on the
Repurchase Date to the Buyer in kind and not in immediately available funds
by
delivering to the Buyer written notice of such election at least two Business
days preceding the Repurchase Date. If the Seller makes such an election,
the
Buyer shall provide to Seller a schedule of each of the Purchased Securities
or
substantially similar securities and the market value (determined by Buyer
in
its sole discretion) with respect thereto; and Seller shall be entitled to
select, by written notice to Buyer, the amount of Repurchase Price it wishes
to
settle in kind and which Purchased Securities or substantially similar
securities to use for that purpose.
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8. ADDITIONAL
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER.
In
addition to the representations and warranties appearing in Paragraph
10
of the
Master Agreement, the Seller represents and warrants to the Buyer that as
of the
date of this Agreement and as of the Purchase Date for the purchase of the
Purchased Securities by Buyer from the Seller hereunder:
(a) It
(i) is
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
state of its formation, and (ii) has all requisite power and authority to
carry
on its business as now conducted in all material respects and to perform
its
obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Its
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (i) are within its
organic
powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action,
and
(iii) do not contravene (A) its organizational documents or (B) any law or
any
contractual restriction binding on the Seller, except with respect to the
contravention of law or contractual restrictions which would not result in
any
material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition,
properties, or assets of the Seller, or which may have an adverse effect
on the
validity of this Agreement or the Purchased Securities or the Seller’s ability
to timely perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(c) No
authorization, consent, approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing
with, any governmental authority or regulatory body, domestic or foreign
(which
has not been obtained or made) is or will be necessary for the Seller’s valid
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
(d) This
Agreement when executed, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations
of
the Seller enforceable against the Seller in accordance with their respective
terms; except that the enforcement of each such agreement may be subject
to (i)
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
now or
hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general
principles of equity and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding
therefor may be brought.
(e) There
is
no action, suit, proceeding, investigation, or arbitration pending or threatened
against the Seller or any of its assets, which may result in any material
adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties,
or
which may have an adverse effect on the validity of this Agreement or the
Purchased Securities or the Seller’s ability to timely perform its obligations
under this Agreement or requires filing with the SEC in accordance with its
rules and regulations. This Seller is in compliance in all material respects
with all requirements of applicable law. The Seller is not in default in
any
material respect with respect to any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree,
rule or regulation of any arbitrator or governmental authority.
(f) The
Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent, or other
Person
who may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with
the
sale of Purchased Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
(g) No
Event
of Default or Default exists hereunder.
(h) The
Seller is generally able to pay, and as of the date hereof is paying, its
debts
as they come due. The Seller has not become, or is presently, financially
insolvent nor will the Seller be made insolvent by virtue of its execution
of or
performance under this Agreement within the meaning of the bankruptcy laws
or
the insolvency laws of any jurisdiction. The Seller has not entered into
this
Agreement or the Transaction pursuant thereto in contemplation of insolvency
or
with intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor.
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(i) The
Seller is not (A) an “investment company,” or a company “controlled by an
investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, or (B) a “holding company,” or a “subsidiary company of a holding
company,” or an “affiliate” of either a “holding company” or a “subsidiary
company of a holding company,” as such terms are defined in the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
(j) The
Seller has filed or caused to be filed all tax returns which to its knowledge
would be delinquent if they had not been filed on or before the date hereof
and
has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on or before the date hereof
on
such returns or on any assessments made against it or any of its property
and
all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it and any of its assets
by
any governmental authority, except for such taxes as are being appropriately
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and
with
respect to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles; no tax liens have been filed against
any of the Seller’s assets and, to its knowledge, no claims are being asserted
with respect to any such taxes, fees or other charges.
(k) The
Seller does not sponsor, contribute to, or maintain a “single employer plan”
within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, and is not a member of
an
ERISA Group, any member of which sponsors, contributes to, or maintains a
“single employer plan.”
(l) The
Seller represents and warrants (i) that the Transaction contemplated hereunder
is a “repurchase agreement” as that term is defined in Section 101(47) of the
Bankruptcy Code, eligible for relief under Section 559 of the Bankruptcy
Code
(except insofar as the Purchased Securities subject to the Transaction, or
the
term of the Transaction, would render such definition inapplicable), a “forward
contract” as that term is
defined in Section 101(25) of the Bankruptcy Code (except insofar as the
Purchased Securities subject to the Transaction would render such definition
inapplicable), a “securities contract” as that term is defined in Section 741(7)
of the Bankruptcy Code, and/or a “master netting agreement” as that term is
defined in Section 101(38A) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (ii) that each
assignment, transfer or payment of Purchased Securities or Repurchase Price
is a
“margin payment” as that term is defined in Sections 101(38), 741(5) and 761(15)
of the Bankruptcy Code, or a “settlement payment” as that term is defined in
Sections 101(51A) and 741(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.
(m) The
provisions of this Agreement are effective to either constitute a sale of
the
Purchased Securities transferred by the Seller to the Buyer or to create
in
favor of the Buyer a valid security interest in all right, title and interest
of
the Seller in, to and under such Purchased Securities.
(n) The
Seller’s jurisdiction of organization is Maryland and its chief executive office
is, and has been, located at 000 Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx
00000.
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(o) As
of the
date hereof, the Seller has not changed its jurisdiction of formation since
such
entity was formed.
(p) The
Seller keeps its books and records, including all computer tapes and records
related to the Purchased Securities transferred by it hereunder at its chief
executive office and its offices at 1 Exchange Plaza, 00 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx 0000,
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
(q) The
Seller does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to believe,
that
it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this Agreement in
all
material respects.
(r) The
Seller has not selected and will not select the Purchased Securities transferred
by it hereunder in a manner so as to adversely affect the Buyer’s
interests.
(s) There
is
no UCC filing jurisdiction for filing of a financing statement in order to
establish perfection with respect the Seller’s interest in the Purchased
Securities other than Maryland.
(t) The
information, reports, financial statements, exhibits and schedules furnished
in
writing by or on behalf of the Seller to the Buyer in connection with the
negotiation, preparation or delivery of this Agreement or included herein
or
delivered pursuant hereto, when taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue
statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to
make
the statements herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they
were made, not misleading. All written information furnished after the date
hereof by or on behalf of the Seller to the Buyer in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will be true, complete
and
accurate in every material respect, or (in the case of projections) based
on
reasonable estimates, on the date as of which such information is stated
or
certified.
(u) The
use
of all funds acquired by the Seller under this Agreement will not conflict
with
or contravene any of Regulations T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System.
(v) As
of the
date hereof, the exact legal name of the Seller is, and since the Seller
was
formed has been, the name set forth for it on the signature page hereto and
the
Seller has not had (i) any prior name or (ii) any trade names.
(w) The
consideration received by the Seller in connection with the transfer of the
Purchased Securities by the Seller under this Agreement constitutes fair
consideration and reasonably equivalent value for such Purchased
Securities.
(x) The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the
ordinary course of business of the Seller.
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9. NEGATIVE
COVENANTS OF THE SELLER.
The
Seller shall not without the prior written consent of Buyer:
(a) take
any
action which would directly or indirectly impair or adversely affect Buyer’s
title to the Purchased Securities;
(b) move
its
chief executive office from the address or change its jurisdiction of
organization from the jurisdiction referred to in Section
8(p)
of this
Annex I unless it shall have provided the Buyer 30 days’ prior written notice of
such change;
(c) engage
in
any conduct or activity that could subject its assets to forfeiture or
seizure;
(d) make
any
material change in the nature of its business as carried on at the date
hereof;
(e) create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens of any nature whatsoever on any of
the
Purchased Securities, whether real, personal or mixed, now or hereafter owned,
other than the Liens created in connection with the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement; nor shall such Seller cause any of the Purchased Securities
to
be sold, pledged, assigned or transferred; or
(f) transfer,
assign, convey, grant, bargain, sell, set over, deliver or otherwise dispose
of,
or pledge or hypothecate, directly or indirectly, any interest in the Purchased
Securities (or any of them) to any Person other than Buyer, or engage in
repurchase transactions or similar transactions with respect to the Purchased
Securities (or any of them) with any Person other than Buyer so long as such
Purchased Securities are subject to the Agreement.
10. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS OF THE SELLER.
(a) The
Seller shall promptly notify Buyer of any material adverse change in its
business operations and/or financial condition; provided,
however,
that
nothing in this Section
10
shall
relieve the Seller of its obligations under the Agreement.
(b) The
Seller (1) shall defend the right, title and interest of Buyer in and to
the
Purchased Securities against, and take such other action as is necessary
to
remove, the Liens, security interests, claims and demands of all Persons
(other
than security interests by or through Buyer) and (2) shall take all action
reasonably requested by the Buyer to ensure that Buyer will have a first
priority security interest in the Purchased Securities subject to the
Transaction in the event the Transaction is recharacterized as a secured
financing.
(c) The
Seller will permit Buyer, or any designated representative thereof, to inspect
such Seller’s records with respect to the Purchased Securities and the conduct
and operation of its business related thereto upon reasonable prior written
notice from Buyer, or any designated representative thereof, at such reasonable
times and with reasonable frequency, and to make copies of extracts of any
and
all thereof.
(d) If
the
Seller shall at any time become entitled to receive or shall receive any
rights,
whether in addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange
for the Purchased Securities, or otherwise in respect thereof, the Seller
shall
accept the same as Buyer’s agent, hold the same in trust for Buyer and deliver
the same forthwith to Buyer in the exact form received, duly endorsed by
the
Seller to Buyer, if required, together with an undated bond or other securities
power covering such certificate duly executed in blank to be held by Buyer
hereunder as additional collateral security for the Transaction. If any sums
of
money or property so paid or distributed in respect of the Purchased Securities
shall be received by the Seller, the Seller shall promptly deliver such amounts
to the Buyer.
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(e) At
any
time from time to time upon prior written request of Buyer, at the sole expense
of the Seller, the Seller will promptly and duly execute and deliver such
further instruments and documents and take such further actions as Buyer
may
reasonably request for the purposes of obtaining or preserving the full benefits
of this Agreement including the first priority security interest granted
hereunder and of the rights and powers herein granted (including, among other
things, filing such UCC financing statements as Buyer may reasonably request).
If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Purchased
Securities shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note, other instrument
or chattel paper, such note, instrument or chattel paper shall be promptly
delivered to Buyer, duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to Buyer, to be
held
as a Purchased Security under the Transaction pursuant to this Agreement,
and
the documents delivered in connection herewith.
(f) If
any
amounts are required to be withheld for U.S. federal income tax purposes
with
respect to any payments to Buyer in connection with the Transaction effected
by
this Agreement, Seller
shall so withhold (if so required) and
shall
make payments to Buyer so that the net amount received by Buyer after such
withholding equals the amount Buyer would have received if such withholding
were
not required. The Buyer will deliver such form or forms as the Seller reasonably
requests to minimize or avoid any such withholding.
(g) The
Seller shall provide Buyer with the following financial and reporting
information:
(i) Within
45
days after the last day of the first three fiscal quarters in any fiscal
year,
an unaudited statement of the Seller’s income and expenses for such quarter and
assets and liabilities as of the end of such quarter; and
(ii) Within
90
days after the last day of its fiscal year, an audited statement of the Seller’s
income and expenses for such year and assets and liabilities as of the end
of
such year.
(h) The
Seller shall timely file all tax returns that are required to be filed by
them
and shall timely pay all taxes due, except for any such taxes as are being
appropriately contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted and with respect to which adequate reserves have been
provided.
(i) The
Seller shall give notice to the Buyer immediately after a responsible officer
of
the Seller has any knowledge of the occurrence of any Event of Default or
Default.
(j) All
information, reports, exhibits, schedules, financial statements or certificates
of the Seller or any of its officers furnished to the Buyer hereunder and
during
the Buyer’s diligence of the Seller is and will be true and complete and not
fail to disclose any material facts or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein or therein, in light of the circumstances
in
which they are made, not misleading. All required financial statements delivered
by the Seller to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in
accordance with GAAP, or as applicable, in the case of SEC filings, the
appropriate SEC accounting requirements.
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(k) If
an
Event of Default has been declared or deemed declared, the Seller shall
cooperate reasonably with the Buyer.
11. EVENTS
OF DEFAULT; INDEMNITY.
Paragraph
11
of the
Master Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
(a) After
the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, the
Seller hereby appoints the Buyer as its attorney-in-fact for the purpose
of
carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and
executing or endorsing any instruments that Buyer may deem necessary or
advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment as
attorney-in-fact is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Each of the
following shall constitute an “Event
of Default”
hereunder:
(i) the
Seller fails to transfer the Purchased Securities to Buyer upon payment of
the
Purchase Price on the Purchase Date;
(ii) the
Seller fails to repurchase the Purchased Securities or substantially similar
securities held by the Buyer on the Repurchase Date by paying the Repurchase
Price and such failure continues unremedied for two consecutive Business
Days;
(iii) an
Act of
Insolvency occurs with respect to the Seller or any Affiliate
thereof;
(iv) the
Seller shall have defaulted in any of its obligations under the Stock Purchase
Agreement;
(v) any
representation made by the Seller (other than any representations regarding
the
eligibility of the Purchased Securities set forth in Section
19
of this
Annex I), shall have been incorrect or untrue in any material respect when
made or repeated or deemed to have been made or repeated and shall not have
been
cured within 5 days of the date the Seller has actual knowledge or has received
written notice of such breach;
(vi) the
Seller shall admit its inability to, or its intention not to, perform any
of its
obligations hereunder;
(vii) the
Seller shall have assigned or purported to assign this Agreement, or any
of its
rights hereunder, except to an Affiliate, without obtaining the prior written
consent of Buyer;
or
(viii) the
Seller fails to comply with any of its other agreements or covenants in,
or
provisions of, this Agreement and such failure continues for a period of
5 days
after the earlier of (i) the date on which the Seller obtains knowledge
thereof or (ii) the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring
the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Seller by
Buyer.
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(b) Provided
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Buyer may, at its
option
(which option shall be deemed to have been exercised immediately upon the
occurrence of an event described in clause
(iii)
of
Section 11(a)),
declare
an Event of Default to have occurred hereunder and, upon the exercise or
deemed
exercise of such option, the Transaction shall terminate, meaning that the
Repurchase Date hereunder shall, if it has not already occurred, be deemed
immediately to occur. The Buyer shall (except upon the occurrence of any
event
deemed to have been declared an Event of Default pursuant to the preceding
sentence) give notice to the Seller of the exercise of such option as promptly
as practicable.
(c) If
the
Buyer exercises or is deemed to have exercised the option referred to in
clause
(b)
of this
Section, (i) the Seller’s obligation to repurchase all Purchased Securities or
substantially similar securities held by Buyer, at the Repurchase Price,
shall
thereupon become immediately due and payable, and (ii) all Income paid after
such exercise or deemed exercise shall be retained by Buyer applied to the
unpaid Repurchase Price and any other amounts owing by the Seller hereunder.
(d) If
the
Buyer exercises or is deemed to have exercised the option referred to in
clause
(b)
of this
Section, the Seller hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Purchased Securities
(A) may be sold by the Buyer, or (B) in Buyer’s sole discretion, in lieu of
selling all or a portion of the Purchased Securities, may give the Seller
credit
for such Purchased Securities in an amount equal to the price therefor obtained
from a generally recognized source or the most recent closing bid quotation
from
such a source.
(e) The
parties acknowledge and agree that (1) the Purchased Securities are instruments
traded in a recognized market, (2) in the absence of a generally recognized
source for prices or bid or offer quotations for any Security, Buyer may
establish the source therefor in its sole discretion, (3) all prices, bids
and
offers shall be determined together with accrued Income (except to the extent
contrary to market practice with respect to the relevant Securities), and
(4)
any sale of the Securities by the Buyer shall be deemed to have been conducted
in a commercially reasonable manner for all purposes under applicable
law.
(f) Buyer
shall pay to the Seller an amount equal to the excess of the aggregate purchase
price paid by the purchasers in any sale of the Purchased Securities (or
an
amount equal to the excess of such credit as determined in Section
11(d)(B)
above)
following the declaration or deemed declaration of an Event of Default, as
reduced by any expenses incurred by Buyer in connection with such sale or
liquidation, over
the
aggregate Repurchase Price hereunder and any other amounts payable by the
Seller
hereunder.
(g) To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Seller shall be liable to Buyer for
interest on any amounts owing by the Seller hereunder, from the date the
Seller
become liable for such amounts hereunder until such amounts are (i) paid
in full
by the Seller or (ii) satisfied in full by the exercise of the rights hereunder.
Interest on any sum payable by the Seller to Buyer under this Section
11
shall be
at a rate equal to 14% per annum.
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(h) Subject
to the notice and grace periods set forth herein, each party to this Agreement
may exercise any or all of the remedies available to such party immediately
upon
the declaration or deemed declaration of an Event of Default and at any time
during the continuance thereof. Neither any failure nor any delay on the
part of
any party to this Agreement in insisting upon strict performance of any term,
condition, covenant or agreement, or exercising any right, power, remedy
or
privilege hereunder shall operate as or constitute a waiver thereof, nor
shall a
single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other future exercise, or
the
exercise of any other right, power, remedy or privilege.
(i) Buyer
may
enforce its rights and remedies hereunder without prior judicial process
or
hearing, and the Seller hereby expressly waives any defenses the Seller might
otherwise have to require Buyer to enforce its rights by judicial process.
Seller also waives any defense the Seller might otherwise have arising from
the
use of nonjudicial process, disposition of any or all of the Purchased
Securities, or from any other election of remedies. The Seller recognizes
that
nonjudicial remedies are consistent with the usages of the trade, are responsive
to commercial necessity and are the result of a bargain at arm’s
length.
(j) The
Seller hereby agree to indemnify Buyer and its Affiliates and each of their
officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an “Indemnified
Party”)
from
and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, taxes (including stamp, excise, sales or other
taxes
which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the
Purchased Securities or in connection with this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the documents delivered in
connection herewith), fees, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys
fees
and disbursements actually incurred to external counsel) or disbursements
(all
of the foregoing, collectively “Indemnified
Amounts”)
which
may at any time (including, without limitation, such time as this Agreement
shall no longer be in effect and the Transaction shall have been repaid in
full)
be imposed on or asserted against any Indemnified Party in any way whatsoever
arising out of or in connection with, or relating to, this Agreement or the
Transaction hereunder or any action taken or omitted to be taken by any
Indemnified Party under or in connection with any of the foregoing, including
without limitation in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement or
any
other agreement evidencing the Transaction, whether in action, suit or
litigation or bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceeding affecting
creditors’ rights generally; provided,
that
the Seller shall not be liable for Indemnified Amounts resulting from the
gross
negligence or willful misconduct of any Indemnified Party.
(k) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, any payment made by the Seller, within the
applicable grace period described above, to cure any failure by the Seller
to
repurchase the Purchased Securities or substantially similar securities held
by
Buyer on the Repurchase Date, shall be made by it on or before 2:00 p.m.
(New
York time) on the date such failure is so cured. Any such payment received
by or
on behalf of the Buyer after 2:00 p.m. (New York time) shall be deemed to
be
received on (the next succeeding Business Day.
12. CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT.
The
Buyer’s agreement to enter into the initial Transaction under the Agreement is
subject to the prior or contemporaneous satisfaction of all of the following
conditions precedent (the first date on which all such conditions precedent
shall have been satisfied, the “Effective
Date”):
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(a) Agreements.
The
Buyer shall have received the Agreement, duly executed and delivered by each
of
the parties hereto. In addition, the Seller and the Buyer shall have received
the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Stock
Purchase Agreement”),
duly
executed and delivered by the Seller and the Buyer. The Buyer shall have
received one or more cross receipts, satisfactory to the Buyer in its sole
discretion and duly executed and delivered by the applicable repo lender(s)
for
the Seller, to the effect that upon its receipt of the payment of certain
amounts by the Buyer, such repo lender(s) shall deliver the Purchased Securities
in its possession to the Buyer or the Buyer shall have previously received
the
Purchased Securities held by any repo lender which has not provided such
a cross
receipt.
(b) Seller’s
Certificate.
The
Buyer shall have received a certificate from the secretary of the Seller,
in
form and substance satisfactory to the Buyer, attaching a good standing
certificate and certified copies of the Seller’s charter and by-laws (or
equivalent documents) and of all corporate or other authority of the Seller
with
respect to the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement and each
other document to be delivered by it from time to time in connection herewith
and certifying as to the incumbency of each person authorized to execute
on
behalf of the Seller the Agreement or any related document on behalf (and
the
Buyer may conclusively rely on such certificate until it receives notice
in
writing from the Seller to the contrary).
(c) Opinions
of Counsel.
The
Buyer shall have received opinions of legal counsel to the Seller with respect
to the Agreement and the matters contemplated hereunder, including, without
limitation, a customary due authority opinion, which opinions shall be
satisfactory to the Buyer in form and substance.
(d) Other
Documents.
The
Buyer shall have received such other documents as the Buyer, or its counsel,
may
reasonably request.
(e) Representations
and Warranties.
Both
immediately before and after giving effect to such Transaction, all of the
representations and warranties made by the Seller pursuant to the Agreement
shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of
the
Purchase Date for such Transaction with the same force and effect as if made
on
and as of such date (or, if any representation or warranty is expressly stated
to have been made as of a specific date, or with respect to a specific period,
as of such specific date or period).
(f) Fees
and Expenses.
The
Buyer shall have received payment from Seller of an amount equal to the actual
costs and expenses incurred by the Buyer in connection with the development,
preparation and execution of the Agreement, and any other documents prepared
in
connection herewith, including, without limitation, the fees and expenses
of
Mayer, Brown, Xxxx & Maw LLP, counsel to the Buyer, provided that a
statement of such fees shall have been delivered prior to 11:00 A.M. New
York
City time on the date hereof.
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13. USE
OF
EMPLOYEE PLAN ASSETS.
Paragraph
18
of the
Master Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
Both
the
Buyer and the Seller represent, warrant and covenant to the other with respect
to the Transaction that it is not, and is not acting on behalf of, (i) an
“employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not
subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the
Code, or (iii) an entity deemed to hold plan assets of any of the
foregoing.
14. BUYER
AS ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT.
The
Buyer is hereby appointed to act after the declaration or deemed declaration
of
a Default or Event of Default as the attorney-in-fact of the Seller for the
purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action
and executing any instruments that Buyer may deem necessary or advisable
to
accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment as attorney-in-fact is
irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality
of the
foregoing, Buyer shall have the right and power after the declaration or
deemed
declaration of any Default or Event of Default to receive, endorse and collect
all checks made payable to the order of the Seller representing any payment
on
account of the principal of or interest on any of the Purchased Securities
and
to give full discharge for the same.
15. REPURCHASE
TRANSACTIONS.
Buyer
may engage in repurchase transactions with the Purchased Securities or otherwise
pledge, transfer, hypothecate or rehypothecate the Purchased Securities,
but no
such transaction shall relieve the Buyer of its obligations to resell and
transfer securities that, in the reasonable discretion of the Buyer, are
substantially similar to the Purchased Securities (based on weighted average
coupon, weighted average life, weighted average FICO of the underlying
mortgagors, weighted average loan to value of the underlying mortgage loans,
occupancy status and documentation type) to the Seller pursuant to the terms
hereof.
16. NOTICES
AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS.
Paragraph
13
of the
Master Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the
following:
Except
as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices or communications shall
be in
writing (including, without limitation, by e-mail, facsimile or telex
communication) or confirmed in writing and such notices and other communications
shall, when mailed, e-mailed, communicated by facsimile transmission or telexed,
be effective when received at the address for notices for the party to whom
such
notice or communications is to be given as set forth in Annex II
hereto.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a facsimile transmission shall be deemed to be received when
transmitted so long as the transmitting machine has provided an electronic
confirmation of such transmission. Any notices or communications sent via
e-mail
shall be followed with a telephone call on the same day to confirm receipt
of
such e-mail. Either party may revise any information relating to it by notice
in
writing to the other party, which notice shall be effective on the third
Business Day following receipt thereof.
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17. EXPENSES.
The
Seller shall pay its own expenses and all reasonable out-of-pocket costs
and
expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) of Buyer
incident to the enforcement of payment of amounts due under the Agreement,
whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, including, without limitation,
in
connection with bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar proceedings involving the Seller. Notwithstanding any provision
hereof to the contrary, the obligations of the Seller under this Section
17
shall be
effective and enforceable whether or not the Transaction remains outstanding
and
shall survive payment of all other obligations owed by the Seller to
Buyer.
18. COUNTERPARTS.
The
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall
constitute but one and the same instrument.
19. REPRESENTATIONS
RELATING TO THE PURCHASED SECURITIES.
The
Seller hereby represents and warrants, with respect to each Purchased Security,
as follows:
(a) Upon
payment of the Purchase Price as directed by Seller pursuant hereto, such
Purchased Securities are free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or impediment
to transfer (including any “adverse claim” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(1) of
the UCC), and Seller is the recordholder and beneficial owner of and has
good
and marketable title to and the right to sell and transfer such Purchased
Securities to Buyer and, upon transfer of such Purchased Securities to Buyer,
Buyer shall be the owner of such Purchased Securities free of any adverse
claim.
In the event the Transaction is recharacterized as a secured financing of
the
Purchased Securities, the provisions of the Agreement are effective to create
in
favor of Buyer a valid security interest in all rights, title and interest
of
Seller in, to and under the Purchased Securities and Buyer shall have a valid,
perfected first priority security interest in the Purchased
Securities;
(b) information
set forth in the Confirmation is true and correct in all material
respects;
(c) no
payment under such Security is currently past its contractual due date or
has
been past its contractual due date since its issuance date;
(d) the
Seller has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of such
Security to the transfer to Buyer of its interest and rights in such
Security;
and
(e) Buyer’s
purchase of such Security shall not constitute a violation of any restriction
on
transfer applicable to such Security pursuant to its terms, or a breach of
Section 5 of the Securities Act.
20. AMENDMENT/WAIVERS.
(a) Amendments.
Any
amendment, modification or supplement to this Annex I or the Agreement shall
be
in writing signed by the parties hereto.
(b) Waiver.
Any
waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and any consent to any departure
by
the Buyer from the terms of any provision of this Agreement, shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
No
notice to or demand upon the Buyer in any instance hereunder shall entitle
the
Buyer to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other
circumstance.
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(c) Costs
and Expenses.
The
costs and expenses associated with any amendment, modification or supplement
pursuant to this Section
20
shall be
borne by the party requesting such amendment, modification or
supplement.
21. TAX
TREATMENT.
Each
Party intends that the Transaction effected by this Agreement be treated
as a
sale of the Purchased Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and
the
Parties hereby agree to file all tax returns and otherwise treat the transaction
for U.S. federal income tax purposes consistently therewith. All provisions
of
the Agreement shall be construed to achieve the aforementioned treatment
for
U.S. federal, state, and local income and franchise tax purposes. None of
the
parties to this Agreement shall take any contrary position unless required
by
applicable law.
22. SUBMISSION
TO JURISDICTION AND WAIVER OF IMMUNITY.
(a) Each
Party irrevocably and unconditionally (i) submits to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of any United States federal or New York state court sitting
in
Manhattan, and any appellate court from any such court, solely for the purpose
of any suit, action or proceeding brought to enforce its obligations under
this
Agreement or relating in any way to this Agreement or the Transaction under
this
Agreement and (ii) waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so,
any
defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding
in any such court and any right of jurisdiction on account of its place of
residence or domicile.
(b) To
the
extent that either party has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign
or
otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of
any
court or from set off or any legal process (whether service or notice,
attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or judgment,
execution of judgment or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its
property, such party hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or
claim
such immunity in respect of any action brought to enforce its obligations
under
the Agreement or relating in any way to this Agreement or the Transaction
under
this Agreement.
23. CHARACTERIZATION
OF THIS AGREEMENT.
Each of
the Seller and the Buyer hereby acknowledges and agrees:
(a) that
the
Transaction is a “repurchase agreement” as that term is defined in Section
101(47) of Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (except insofar as the Purchased
Securities subject to such Transaction, or the term of such Transaction,
would
render such definition inapplicable), a “forward contract” as that term is
defined in Section 101(25) of the Bankruptcy Code (except insofar as the
Purchased Securities subject to such Transaction would render such definition
inapplicable), a “securities contract” as that term is defined in Section 741(7)
of the Bankruptcy Code, and/or a “master netting agreement” as that term is
defined in Section 101(38A) of the Bankruptcy Code; and
(b) that
each
assignment, transfer or payment of Purchased Securities or Repurchase Price
is a
“margin payment” as that term is defined in Sections 101(38), 741(5) and 761(15)
of the Bankruptcy Code, or a “settlement payment” as that term is defined in
Sections 101(51A) and 741(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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Seller
and Buyer further intend that Buyer’s right to liquidate, terminate or
accelerate the Purchased Securities delivered to Buyer in connection with
the
Transaction hereunder, and to exercise any other remedies pursuant to
Section
11
hereof,
are contractual rights to liquidate, terminate or accelerate such Transaction
as
described in Sections 555, 556, 559 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Each
of
the Buyer and the Seller hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not challenge
such characterizations of this Agreement, the Transaction hereunder or of
any of
the payments or actions referred to above.
24. NO
RECOURSE.
Except
with respect to any indemnification rights the Buyer may have against the
Seller, no recourse shall be had against the Seller with respect to any of
the
payment obligations, covenants, agreements, representations or warranties
of the
Seller contained in this Agreement, and the Buyer’s recourse shall be limited to
its rights in the Purchased Securities.
25. BINDING
TERMS.
All of
the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in the Agreement shall
bind
the successors and assigns of the parties hereto, whether expressed or
not.
26. TERMINATION.
Paragraph
15(a)
of the
Master Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
The
rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement and under the
Transaction shall not be assigned by either party other than to one of its
Affiliates without the prior written consent of the other party, and any
such
assignment without the prior written consent of the other party shall be
null
and void. The Seller shall maintain a register of the ownership of the Buyer’s
rights hereunder, and in the event of any assignment of this agreement by
the
Buyer, the Buyer shall present a copy of such assignment to the Seller, and
the
Seller shall record the name(s) and address(es) of the assignee(s) in the
register. The parties shall be entitled to rely upon the register as proof
of
the ownership of the Buyer’s rights hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this
Agreement and the Transaction shall be binding upon and shall inure to the
benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Buyer and the Seller have caused their names to be signed
hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day
and
year first above written.
RCG
PB, LTD, as
Buyer
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
Managing Member, Ramius Capital Group
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HANOVER
CAPITAL MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC., as
Seller
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By:
/s/ Xxxx X
Xxxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT
A
FORM
OF CONFIRMATION
TO: |
Hanover
Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx XxXxxxxx
Tel:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
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and | |
Hanover
Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc.
0
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx/00 Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
0000
New
York, NY 1006
Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Tel:
000-000-0000 xxx 0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
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FROM: |
RCG
PB, Ltd
c/o
Ramius Advisors, LLC
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx / Xxxx Xxxxxx / Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Tel.:
000-000-0000 / 000-000-0000 / 000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000 / 000-000-0000 /
000-000-0000
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RE:
RCG
PB,
Ltd (the “Buyer”)
is
pleased to confirm your sale and our purchase of the Purchased Securities
described below pursuant to the Master Repurchase Agreement (including the
supplemental terms set forth in Annex I thereto dated as of August 10, 2007),
dated as of August 10, 2007 (the “Agreement”).
DESCRIPTION
OF PURCHASED SECURITIES:
CUSIP
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Unpaid
Principal Balance
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The
Agreement is incorporated by reference into this Confirmation and made a
part
hereof as if it were fully set forth herein. All capitalized terms used herein
but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings specified in the
Agreement.
BY: RCG PB, LTD | |||
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By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: |
ANNEX
II
Names
and Addresses for Communications Between Parties
HANOVER
CAPITAL MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC.
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Tel:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
RCG
PG, LTD
c/o
Ramius Advisors, LLC
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx / Xxxx Xxxxxx / Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Tel.:
000-000-0000 / 000-000-0000 / 000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000 / 000-000-0000 / 000-000-0000
Annex
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