CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
Confidential Treatment Requested by Capital Trust, Inc.
Execution Version
THIS CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of March 31, 2011, by and among Capital Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“CT”), CT Legacy Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CT Legacy Holdings”), and CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower”). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Exhibit A hereto.
(i) The Stock to be acquired by it pursuant to this Agreement will be acquired for its own account and not with a view to, or intention of, distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any applicable state securities laws, and the Stock will not be disposed of in contravention of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws;
(ii) It understands and acknowledges that (i) the Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and such units are being sold in reliance upon an exemption or exemptions from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, and must be held by it indefinitely unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or is exempt therefrom (and is able to bear the economic risk from holding the Stock for an indefinite period of time), and (ii) there is not currently a trading market for the Stock and there can be no assurances that the same will be listed on any exchange or quoted on any quotation system;
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(iii) It is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined under Rule 501(a) promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, and a “qualified purchaser” within the meaning of Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and as such that term is defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act. It is an experienced and sophisticated investor and has such knowledge and experience in financial, business and investment matters as are necessary to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in the Stock and protecting its interests in connection therewith; and
(iv) It has received and reviewed information regarding CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower and its subsidiaries that has been provided to it by CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower and has been given the opportunity to ask questions of and to receive answers from CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower concerning the Legacy Assets, and the business, operations and financial condition of CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower and its subsidiaries.
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12. Governing Law. This Agreement, and the rights of the parties under this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, that are applicable to contracts that are made in and to be fully performed in such state, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Contribution Agreement as of the date first written above.
CAPITAL TRUST, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
CT LEGACY HOLDINGS, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
CT LEGACY REIT MEZZ BORROWER, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Name: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
EXHIBIT A
EXHIBIT A
Set forth below is a list of certain secured and unsecured debt obligations (the “Legacy Debt Obligations”) of Capital Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“CT”):
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$42,369,695 due and payable under that certain master repurchase agreement, dated as of July 30, 2007, by and among CT, as seller (“Citi Seller”) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as securities buyer (“Citi Securities Buyer”) and Citigroup Financial Products Inc., as loan buyer (“Citi Loan Buyer”, together with Citi Securities Buyer, “Citi Buyers”), as amended by that certain amendment No. 2 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of July 24, 2008, by and between Citi Seller and Citi Buyers, as further amended by that certain amendment No. 3 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of March 16, 2009, by and between Citi Seller and Citi Buyers, as further amended by that certain amendment No. 4 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of October 1, 2009, by and between Citi Seller and Citi Buyers.
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$131,939,582 due and payable under that certain master repurchase agreement, dated as of October 24, 2008, by and among CT and CT BSI Funding Corp., as sellers (collectively, “JPM 1 Sellers”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as buyer (“JPM 1 Buyer”), as amended by that certain amendment No. 1 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of March 16, 2009, by and among JPM 1 Sellers, JPM 1 Buyer and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as affiliated hedge counterparty.
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$61,833,585 due and payable under that certain master repurchase agreement, dated as of November 21, 2008, by and among CT and CT BSI Funding Corp., as sellers (collectively, “JPM 2 Sellers”) and JPMorgan Chase Funding Inc., as buyer (“JPM 2 Buyer”), as amended by that certain amendment No. 1 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of March 16, 2009, by and among JPM 2 Sellers, JPM 2 Buyer and JPMorgan Chase Bank., N.A., as affiliated counter party.
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$104,106,223 due and payable under that certain master repurchase agreement, dated as of July 29, 2005, by and among CT, CT RE CDO 2004-1 Sub, LLC, and CT RE CDO 2005-1 Sub, LLC, as sellers (collectively, “XX Xxxxxxx”) and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank, N.A., as buyer (“MS Buyer”), as amended by that certain amendment No. 1 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of November 4, 2005, by and among XX Xxxxxxx and MS Buyer, as further amended by that certain amendment No. 2 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of November 16, 2005, by and among XX Xxxxxxx and MS Buyer, as further amended by that certain amendment No. 3 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of April 6, 2006, by and among XX Xxxxxxx and MS Buyer, as further amended by that certain amendment No. 4 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of April 26, 2006, by and among XX Xxxxxxx and MS Buyer, as further amended by that certain letter agreement, dated June 23, 2006, from CT to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, as further amended by that certain amendment No. 5 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of February 14, 2007, by and among XX Xxxxxxx and MS Buyer, as further amended by that certain joinder and amendment, dated as of June 5, 2007, by and among, CT Investment Management Co., LLC (“CT Investment”), XX Xxxxxxx, MS Buyer, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company (“Custodian”) and Midland Loan Services, Inc. (“Servicer”), as further amended by that certain amendment No. 6 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of December 14, 2007, by and among XX Xxxxxxx and MS Buyer, as further amended by that certain amendment No. 7 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of June 30, 2008, by and among XX Xxxxxxx, CT Investment (together with XX Xxxxxxx, “New XX Xxxxxxx”) and MS Buyer, as further amended by that certain amendment No. 8 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of July 28, 2008, by and among New XX Xxxxxxx and MS Buyer, as further amended by that certain joinder No. 2 and amendment No. 9 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of February 13, 2009, by and among CT XLC Holding, LLC (“XLC”), New XX Xxxxxxx, MS Buyer, Custodian and Servicer, as further amended by that certain amendment No. 10 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of March 16, 2009, by and among XX Xxxxxxx, XLC and MS Buyer, as further amended by that certain amendment No. 11 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of October 1, 2009, by and among XX Xxxxxxx, XLC and MS Buyer, as further amended by that certain joinder No. 3 and amendment No. 12 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of February 3, 2011, by and among XX Xxxxxxx, XLC, and Bellevue CT Holdings, LLC, as sellers (collectively, “New XX Xxxxxxx II”), MS Buyer, as buyer, Custodian, and Servicer, as further amended by that certain joinder No. 4 and amendment No. 13 to master repurchase agreement, dated as of February 3, 2011, by and among New XX Xxxxxxx II and CNL Hotel JV, LLC, as sellers (collectively, “New XX Xxxxxxx III”), MS Buyer, as buyer, Custodian, and Servicer.
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$99,338,851 due and payable under that certain amended and restated credit agreement, dated as of March 16, 2009, among CT, WestLB, AG, New York Xxxxx, BNP Paribas, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. and WestLB AG, New York Branch, as administrative agent for the lenders.
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$143,752,750 due and payable under that certain junior subordinated indenture, dated as of March 16, 2009, between CT and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, National Association (“BNYM”), as trustee, and that certain junior subordinated indenture, dated as of May 14, 2009, by and between CT and BNYM, as trustee.
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Legacy Assets
Set forth on Exhibit B to the Agreement to which this Exhibit A is attached is a list of certain assets owned by CT or its subsidiaries to be contributed to CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower (as defined below) in connection with the Restructuring (as defined below) (the “Legacy Assets”).
CT has undertaken to restructure and/or settle the Legacy Debt Obligations pursuant to a plan (the “Restructuring”) that contemplates the following steps and transactions:
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The transfer of the Legacy Assets to CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower”) in exchange for cash and the issuance to CT Legacy Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CT Legacy Holdings”), of shares of Class A-1 Common Stock, Class A-2 Common Stock, Class B Common Stock of CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower and the issuance to CT of Class A Preferred Stock (each of the foregoing as defined herein) of CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower pursuant to that certain contribution agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among CT, CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower and CT Legacy Holdings (the “Legacy Asset Contribution Transaction”);
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The transfer of the Legacy Assets by CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower as a contribution to CT Legacy Asset, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CT Legacy Asset”), pursuant to that certain contribution agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower and CT Legacy Asset (the “CTLRMB Legacy Asset Downstream Contribution Transaction”);
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The transfer of certain of the Legacy Assets by CT Legacy Asset as a contribution to CT Legacy MS SPV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CT Legacy MS”), CT Legacy Citi SPV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CT Legacy Citi”) and CT Legacy JPM SPV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CT Legacy JPM”), pursuant to that certain contribution agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among CT Legacy Asset, on the one hand, and each of CT Legacy MS, CT Legacy Citi and CT Legacy JPM, on the other hand (the “CTLA Legacy Asset Downstream Contribution Transactions”);
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The funding of cash to CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower pursuant to that certain mezzanine loan agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower, as borrower, and Five Mile Capital II CT Mezz SPE LLC (“Five Mile Lender”), as lender (the “Mezzanine Loan Agreement”), the pledge by CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower of 100% of its membership interests in CT Legacy Asset, and certain other assets of CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower, all pursuant to a pledge and security agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower, as security for CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower’s obligations under the Mezzanine Loan Agreement and related mezzanine loan promissory note (the “Mezzanine Pledge”), and the non-recourse carve-out guaranty thereof by CT pursuant to that certain guaranty, dated as of the date hereof, pursuant to that certain contribution agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among Five Mile Lender, Five Mile Capital II CT Equity SPE LLC (“Five Mile Shareholder”) and CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower, in exchange for the issuance by CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower to Five Mile Lender of the related mezzanine loan promissory note and Five Mile Shareholder of shares of Class X-0 Xxxxxx Xxxxx xx XX Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower (the “Mezzanine Loan Contribution Transaction”);
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The contribution to CT Legacy REIT Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CT Legacy REIT Holdings”) of Class A-1 Common Stock and Class A-2 Common Stock held by CT Legacy Holdings and Five Mile Shareholder in exchange for the issuance to CT Legacy Holdings and Five Mile Shareholder of Class A-1 Units and/or Class A-2 Units of CT Legacy REIT Holdings pursuant to that certain contribution agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among CT Legacy REIT Holdings, CT Legacy Holdings and Five Mile Shareholder (the “REIT Stock Contribution Transaction”);
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The transfer by CT Legacy Holdings of Class A-1 Units and/or Class A-2 Units of CT Legacy REIT Holdings to each of CT Legacy Series 1 Note Issuer, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CT Series 1 Note Issuer”) and CT Legacy Series 2 Note Issuer, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CT Series 2 Note Issuer”) in exchange for the issuance to CT Legacy Holdings by CT Series 1 Note Issuer of those certain series 1 secured notes, dated as of the date hereof, secured by Class A-1 Units and Class A-2 Units of CT Legacy REIT Holdings (the “Series 1 Notes”), pursuant to that certain exchange agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between CT Legacy Holdings and CT Series 1 Note Issuer (the “Series 1 Note Exchange Transaction”), and the issuance to CT Legacy Holdings by CT Series 2 Note Issuer of those certain series 2 secured notes, dated as of the date hereof, secured by Class A-1 Units of CT Legacy REIT Holdings (the “Series 2 Notes”), pursuant to that certain exchange agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between CT Legacy Holdings and CT Series 2 Note Issuer (the “Series 2 Note Exchange Transaction” and together with the Series 1 Note Exchange Transaction, the “Note Exchange Transactions”);
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The assumption of certain Legacy Debt Obligations by newly acquired and converted or formed subsidiaries of CT Legacy Asset pursuant to:
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(a)
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that certain amended and restated master repurchase agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between CT Legacy JPM and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.;
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(b)
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that certain amended and restated master repurchase agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between CT Legacy JPM and JPMorgan Chase Funding Inc.;
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that certain amended and restated master repurchase agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among CT Legacy MS, CT XLC Holding, LLC, Bellevue C2 Holding, LLC, CNL Hotel JV, LLC and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Asset Funding Inc.; and
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that certain amended and restated master repurchase agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between CT Legacy Citi and Citigroup Financial Products, Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. ((a), (b), (c) and (d) together, the “Repurchase Financing Assumption Transactions”);
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The satisfaction and discharge of certain Legacy Debt Obligations pursuant to that certain exchange agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among CT, CT Legacy Holdings, CT Legacy REIT Holdings, CT Series 1 Note Issuer and WestLB AG, New York Branch, BNP Paribas, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Senior Funding, Inc. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (collectively, the “WestLB Lenders”) that provides for the delivery to the WestLB Lenders by CT and CT Legacy Holdings of cash, Class A-2 Units of CT Legacy REIT Holdings and the Series 1 Notes (the “WestLB Loan Termination Transaction”);
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The discharge of certain Legacy Debt Obligations upon the delivery of Class B Common Stock by CT Legacy Holdings and the issuance by JSN Restructure Vehicle 1 Ltd., a newly formed exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Caymans Islands and owned by a third party (“Restructure 1”), of new notes pursuant to that certain indenture, dated as of the date hereof, by and between Restructure 1 and BNYM, as trustee, in exchange for such Legacy Debt Obligations held by the holders thereof and the simultaneous delivery of such obligations to CT for cancellation by the trustee (the “Old JSN Discharge Transaction”) and immediately thereafter the contribution by CT and CT Legacy Holdings of cash, shares of Class B Common Stock and certain Series 2 Notes to Restructure 1, pursuant to that certain contribution and exchange agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among CT, CT Legacy Holdings, CT Series 2 Note Issuer, CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower, Restructure 1 and the holders of such Legacy Debt Obligations named therein (the “Non-EOD CDO Restructure 1 Contribution Transaction”);
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The discharge of certain Legacy Debt Obligations held by certain holders thereof upon the redemption of such obligations in exchange for cash and certain Series 2 Notes, upon the exercise by CT of redemption rights contained in that certain supplemental indenture, dated as of the date hereof, between CT and BNYM, as trustee, to the junior subordinated indenture, dated as of March 16, 2009, between CT and BNYM, as trustee, (the “EOD CDO Redemption Transaction”), whereby such Legacy Debt Obligations shall be cancelled by the trustee, and in connection therewith, the execution of those certain redemption agreements, dated as of the date hereof, among CT, CT Legacy Holdings, CT Series 2 Note Issuer, CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower and the holders of such Legacy Debt Obligations (the “Old JSN 2 Discharge Transaction”);
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The discharge of certain Legacy Debt Obligations upon the exchange of such obligations by the holders thereof for cash, shares of Class B Common Stock and certain Series 2 Notes, pursuant to that certain exchange agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among CT, CT Legacy Holdings, CT Series 2 Note Issuer, CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower and the holders of the foregoing Legacy Debt Obligations (the “JSN Opt-Out Exchange Transaction”).
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For purposes of the foregoing, the term “Class A-1 Common Stock” means the shares of class A-1 common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower, the term “Class A-2 Common Stock” means the shares of class A-2 common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower, the term “Class B Common Stock” means the shares of class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower, the term “Class A Preferred Stock” means the shares of class A preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of CT Legacy REIT Mezz Borrower and the term “Stock” means each of the Class A-1 Common Stock, the Class A-2 Common Stock, the Class B Common Stock and the Class A Preferred Stock.
EXHIBIT B
LEGACY ASSETS
EXHIBIT B
LEGACY ASSETS
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ASSETS TO BE PLEDGED TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
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ASSETS TO BE PLEDGED TO JPMORGAN CHASE FUNDING INC.
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