COMMITMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Exhibit
10.1
This
Commitment and Acceptance (this “Commitment and Acceptance”) dated as of July
19, 2006, is entered into among the parties listed on the signature pages
hereof. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement (as defined
below).
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS
Reference
is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated April 22,
2005 by and among M/I Homes, Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Agent, and
the
Lenders party thereto (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from
time
to time, the “Credit Agreement”).
Pursuant
to subsection 2.6(b) of the Credit Agreement, Borrower has requested an increase
in the Aggregate Commitment from $735,000,000 to $750,000,000. Such increase
in
the Aggregate Commitment is to become effective on July 19, 2006 (the “Increase
Date”). In connection with such requested increase in the Aggregate Commitment,
Borrower, Agent and Bank of Montreal (“Accepting Lender”) hereby agree as
follows:
1. ACCEPTING
LENDER’S COMMITMENT.
Effective as of the Increase Date, Accepting Lender shall become a party to
the
Credit Agreement as a Lender, shall have (subject to the provisions of
subsection 2.6(b) of the Credit Agreement) all of the rights and obligations
of
a Lender thereunder, shall agree to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof
and shall thereupon have a Commitment under and for purposes of the Credit
Agreement in the amount set forth opposite Accepting Lender’s name on the
signature pages hereof.
2. REPRESENTATIONS
AND AGREEMENTS OF ACCEPTING LENDER.
Accepting Lender (a)
represents
and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action
necessary, to execute and deliver this Commitment and Acceptance and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under
the
Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in
the
Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to become
a
Lender, (iii) from and after the Increase Date, it shall be bound by the
provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent
of
its Commitment, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it
has
received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent
financial statements delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1 thereof and such
other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Commitment and Acceptance on the basis
of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without
reliance on the Agent or any other Lender, and (v) if it is a Non-U.S. Lender,
attached to this Commitment and Acceptance is any documentation required to
be
delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed
and executed by the Accepting Lender; and (b) agrees that (i) it will,
independently and without reliance on the Agent or any other Lender, and based
on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under
the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms
all
of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to
be
performed by it as a Lender.
3. REPRESENTATIONS
OF BORROWER.
Borrower hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof and as
of
the Increase Date, (a) no event or condition shall have occurred and then be
continuing which constitutes a Default or Event of Default and (b) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 4 of the Credit Agreement
are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent any such
representation or warranty is stated to relate solely to an earlier date).
4. GOVERNING
LAW.
This
Commitment and Acceptance shall be governed by the internal laws (including
§735ILCS 105/5-1 et seq.,
but
otherwise without regard to principles of conflict of law) of the State of
Illinois but giving effect to federal laws applicable to national
banks.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Commitment and Acceptance
by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above
written.
M/I HOMES, INC. | ||
By:
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Creek | ||
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial | ||
Officer and Assistant Secretary | ||
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Agent | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: | ||
$15,000,000 | BANK OF MONTREAL | |
By: | ||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Title: | Vice President | |