Exhibit
10.81
(For
January Settlement)
by and
among
UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY,
FEDERAL
NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION
and
Dated as
of December 18, 2009
TABLE OF
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ARTICLE 1
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DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE 2
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ROLE OF THE GSES
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ARTICLE 3
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THE NEW ISSUE BOND PROGRAM
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ARTICLE 4
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SETTLEMENT
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ARTICLE 5
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LOSS SHARING
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ARTICLE 6
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REPORTING
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ARTICLE 7
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ROLE OF TREASURY’S AGENTS
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ARTICLE 8
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DECISION CONTROL
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ARTICLE 9
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GSE SECURITIES NOT TO TRADE
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ARTICLE 10
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DISSOLUTION OF GSE SECURITIES
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ARTICLE 11
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CERTAIN MATTERS
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ARTICLE 12
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INTERPRETATION
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ARTICLE 13
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GOVERNING LAW
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ARTICLE 14
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NOTICES
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ARTICLE 15
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SEVERABILITY
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ARTICLE 16
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EXPENSES
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ARTICLE 17
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OPERATION OF THIS AGREEMENT
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ARTICLE 18
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THIRD PARTY RIGHTS
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ARTICLE 19
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ENTIRE AGREEMENT
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ARTICLE 20
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SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
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ARTICLE 21
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NO JOINT VENTURE
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ARTICLE 22
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COUNTERPARTS
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ARTICLE 23
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AMENDMENT
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ARTICLE 24
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FURTHER ASSURANCES; NO CIRCUMVENTION OF AGREEMENT
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Schedules:
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Schedule A
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GSE Fees
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Schedule B
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Form of Certification from GSE Special Closing Counsel
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Schedule C
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Uniform Loss Sharing Attachment
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Schedule D
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Description of Program Bonds
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This
NEW ISSUE BOND PROGRAM AGREEMENT (this
“
Agreement”), dated December 18, 2009, is
among the United States Department of the Treasury
(“
Treasury”), the Federal National Mortgage
Association, a United States Government-sponsored enterprise
(“
Xxxxxx Xxx”), and the
Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, a United States Government-sponsored
enterprise (“
Xxxxxxx Mac”) (Xxxxxx Xxx and
Xxxxxxx Mac are herein referred to as the
“
GSEs” and, each a “
GSE”).
W I T N E
S S E T
H:
WHEREAS, the disruptions in housing markets, housing finance and
capital markets over the past several years have constricted the
general availability of credit to many different credit markets,
particularly those related to housing;
WHEREAS, the United States Congress, in enacting the Housing and
Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the Emergency and Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008, the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 and other legislation provided Treasury
and other agencies of government with the authority, funding,
and direction to undertake credit support programs, with many of
these programs directed specifically at supporting housing
markets and housing finance;
WHEREAS, state and local housing finance agencies
(“HFAs”) have a core mission of providing
(i) affordable mortgage financing for low and moderate
income households, especially first-time homebuyers, and
(ii) financing for affordable multifamily rental properties;
WHEREAS, the National Council of State Housing Finance Agencies
and the National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies
requested assistance from Treasury to meet their funding needs
to continue support of their affordable housing mission during
this period of disruption in housing finance and that request
has been supported by market developments;
WHEREAS, Treasury, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Xxxxxx
Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac entered into a Memorandum of Understanding,
dated October 19, 2009 (the “MOU”), that
sets forth the mutual understandings and intentions of such
parties with respect to the establishment of a program pursuant
to which (i) the HFAs will issue single-family and
multifamily Program Bonds (as defined in this Agreement),
(ii) the GSEs will securitize such Program Bonds and issue
GSE Securities (as defined in this Agreement) evidencing
beneficial ownership of such Program Bonds and
(iii) Treasury will purchase the GSE Securities (the
“New Issue Bond Program”); and
WHEREAS, Treasury and the GSEs are entering into this Agreement
in order to implement the New Issue Bond Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements set
forth in this Agreement, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement, intending to be
legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS.
Terms used in this Agreement, including the schedules to this
Agreement, are used as defined below.
“Acquisition Period” means the period
commencing on October 19, 2009 through and including
December 31, 2009.
“Administration Agreement” means the
Administration Agreement dated as of December 1, 2009 among
the GSEs and the Administrator.
“Administrator” means U.S. Bank National
Association, in its capacity as custodian, collection agent,
paying agent and administrator under the Administration
Agreement.
“Agreement” has the meaning given to such term
in the introductory section of this Agreement.
“Business Day” means any day that is not
(a) a Saturday, a Sunday, or any other day on which Xxxxxx
Mae, Xxxxxxx Mac or the Administrator is not open for business,
(b) a day on which banking institutions in New York are
permitted or required by law or executive order to be closed or
(c) a day on which Treasury or the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York is closed.
“Closing Agent” means U.S. Bank National
Association, in its capacity as escrow and closing agent under
the Settlement Agreement.
“Crossover Date” means the first date on which
Program Losses equal or exceed 25/35ths of the First Loss Limit
(as such amount may be adjusted in writing by the GSEs and
Treasury with notice to the Administrator).
“Custodial Receipt” means any of the custodial
receipts relating to Program Bonds executed and delivered by the
Administrator to the GSEs pursuant to the Administration
Agreement.
“Decision Control” means, with respect to a
Program Bond represented by a Custodial Receipt relating to a
GSE Security, any right available to a holder of that Program
Bond to (i) instruct the related HFA trustee to take or
refrain from taking an action or decision including, without
limitation, any proposed amendment, restatement, waiver,
forbearance of, or supplement to, the bond indenture or
resolution under which the Program Bond was issued or
(ii) decide upon a course of action in response to an Event
of Default.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company
or its successor in interest.
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“Event of Default” means an “event of
default” as such term is defined in the bond indenture for
the related Program Bonds.
“Xxxxxx Mae” has the meaning given to such term
in the introductory section of this Agreement.
“First Loss Limit” has the meaning given to
such term in Section 1 of Schedule C of this Agreement.
“Xxxxxxx Mac” has the meaning given to such
term in the introductory section of this Agreement.
“GSE” and “GSEs” have the meanings
given to such terms in the introductory section of this
Agreement.
“GSE Fees” mean, with respect to each GSE, the
sum of (a) the Initial Securitization Fee owed to such GSE
and (b) the other fees and expenses due to such GSE on the
related Settlement Date (which includes any legal fees and
expenses of outside counsel to the GSEs) with respect to all of
the GSE Securities being issued to the related HFA on the
related Settlement Date pursuant to the related Placement
Agreement and Settlement Agreement.
“GSE PPM” means as to each GSE Security, the
document prepared by each GSE and provided to Treasury
describing certain information about the GSE Securities and the
related Program Bonds and including a schedule of information
concerning the Program Bonds substantially in the form of
Schedule B to the related Placement Agreement; provided
that each GSE may deliver a single GSE PPM for each Settlement
Date with a related GSE PPM Schedule.
“GSE PPM Schedule” means for each GSE and each
Settlement Date, a schedule or schedules that consolidates the
information from Schedule B of each Placement Agreement
concerning the Program Bonds together with information about the
related GSE Securities.
“GSE Securities” means the securities issued by
each GSE, each of which evidences an undivided 50% beneficial
ownership interest in the related Program Bonds.
“GSE Special Closing Counsel” means the counsel
set forth on Schedule A to the related Placement Agreement.
“GSE Trust” means a trust established by a GSE
which holds such GSE’s Custodial Receipts.
“HFA” has the meaning given to such term in the
recitals of this Agreement.
“HFA Initiative” has the meaning given to such
term in the Settlement Agreement.
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“HFA Trustee” means the bond indenture trustee
of the related Program Bonds as set forth on
Schedule B-1
or B-2, as applicable, of the related Placement Agreement.
“Initial Securitization Fee” means the Initial
Securitization Fee payable by each HFA to each GSE, which amount
is set forth on Schedule A to the related Placement
Agreement.
“Market Bonds” has the meaning given to such
term in the related Placement Agreement.
“MOU” has the meaning given to such term in the
recitals of this Agreement.
“Multifamily Credit Enhanced Bonds” means
project-based multifamily bonds eligible for purchase pursuant
to the Multifamily Credit Enhancement Program.
“Multifamily Credit Enhancement Program” means
any purchases by Treasury of new tax-exempt and certain taxable
project-based multifamily bonds issued by HFAs that are credit
enhanced by the GSEs pursuant to Multifamily Credit Enhanced
Bonds purchase agreements entered into by such parties prior to
the end of the Acquisition Period.
“New Issue Bond Program” has the meaning given
to such term in the recitals of this Agreement.
“Official Statement” has the meaning given to
such term in the related Placement Agreement.
“Partial Guarantee” has the meaning given to
such term in Section 3.4 of this Agreement.
“Participation Agreement” means each
Participation Agreement entered into prior to the end of the
Acquisition Period by and between Treasury and the GSEs whereby
the rights, duties and obligations of Treasury and the GSEs with
respect to the Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility Program
(including the terms of the Partial Guarantee) are set forth.
“Placement Agreement” means each Placement
Agreement entered into as of the date hereof between the GSEs
and a participating HFA.
“Program Bond Guarantee Fee” means the amount
payable to each GSE out of interest payments on the Program
Bonds, which shall be equal to the amount set forth on
Schedule A of this Agreement.
“Program Bonds” means those certain
single-family or multifamily mortgage revenue bonds issued by
the HFAs and identified in Schedule B to the Placement
Agreements.
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“Program Losses” has the meaning given to such
term in Section 1 of Schedule C of this
Agreement.
“Settlement” means the consummation of the
issuance and exchange of the related Program Bonds for the
related GSE Securities, the purchase of the GSE Securities by
Treasury, the payment of the net purchase proceeds to the bond
indenture trustee of the Program Bonds, the payment of the
related GSE Fees to the GSEs and the other transactions
contemplated by the related Placement Agreements and Settlement
Agreements.
“Settlement Agreement” means each Settlement
Agreement entered into as of the date hereof among each
participating HFA, the GSEs, Treasury and the Closing Agent with
respect to the related Settlement.
“Settlement Date” means January 12, 2010.
“Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning given
to such term in the related Placement Agreement.
“Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility” or
“TCLF” means any Temporary Credit and Liquidity
Facility by the GSEs for the benefit of a participating HFA
entered into prior to the end of the Acquisition Period under
the Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility Program.
“Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility
Program” means the program under which Treasury may
purchase participation interests in TCLFs issued by the GSEs in
support of existing VRDOs originally issued to finance single
family
and/or
certain multifamily mortgage loans.
“Transaction Loss” has the meaning given to
such term in Section 1 of Schedule C of this
Agreement.
“Treasury” has the meaning given to such term
in the introductory section of this Agreement.
“Treasury’s Agent” has the meaning given
to such term in Section 7.7 of this Agreement.
“VRDO” means a variable rate demand obligation
bond issued by an HFA.
ARTICLE 2
ROLE OF
THE GSES.
2.1. The GSEs and Treasury acknowledge and agree that:
(a) The GSEs have not acted as an intermediary between the
HFAs and Treasury, have not made any introductions between those
parties and are not
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expected to (and will not) perform the traditional functions of
a securities dealer with respect to the New Issue Bond Program.
(b) The New Issue Bond Program and any transactions
executed pursuant to such program are not related to the
GSEs’ ordinary activities in tax-exempt or taxable
securities.
(c) The GSEs are not registered as dealers in tax-exempt or
taxable securities. The parties further acknowledge that the
GSEs will not provide price quotes to Treasury or otherwise act
in a manner with respect to Treasury that would constitute a
dealer-customer relationship.
(d) Any amounts paid to the GSEs under the New Issue Bond
Program are intended to compensate them for (i) certain
credit risks that they will bear and (ii) certain
administrative services that they will provide.
ARTICLE 3
THE NEW
ISSUE BOND PROGRAM.
3.1. The New Issue Bond Program. The GSEs and
Treasury shall initiate, administer and carry out the New Issue
Bond Program in accordance with this Agreement.
3.2. Program Bonds and Custodial Receipts.
Each participating HFA shall deliver Program Bonds to the GSEs
in exchange for the GSE Securities in accordance with the
related Placement Agreement. In accordance with the
Administration Agreement and the related Settlement Agreement,
(a) Program Bonds will be transferred to a trust account
established by the Administrator and (b) upon receipt of
the Program Bonds, the Administrator shall deliver to each GSE a
Custodial Receipt evidencing an undivided 50% beneficial
ownership interest in the related Program Bonds.
3.3. GSE Securities. In accordance with the
related Placement Agreement, Settlement Agreement and the
Administration Agreement, upon receipt of the Custodial Receipts
each GSE shall issue the related GSE Securities in accordance
with Section 3.3(a) below and deliver (or cause to
be delivered), on behalf of the participating HFA, the related
GSE Securities to Treasury by crediting Treasury’s
Agent’s account at DTC; provided, that each GSE may issue
and deliver (i) one GSE Security to Treasury with respect
to all of the single-family Program Bonds and (ii) one GSE
Security to Treasury with respect to all of the multifamily
Program Bonds. Each GSE will issue its GSE Securities on the
Settlement Date. Treasury shall purchase all of the GSE
Securities issued by the GSEs pursuant to each Placement
Agreement and Settlement Agreement. Purchases by Treasury of GSE
Securities must occur on or before December 31, 2009.
(a) GSE Trusts. Each GSE will
arrange for the deposit of Custodial Receipts into its GSE Trust
and for the securitization of such Custodial Receipts under
appropriate policies and procedures established by that GSE for
purposes of the New Issue Bond Program. The structure and terms
of any GSE Trust may vary from those
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adopted by the other GSE in order to conform to its
transactional and operational policies, procedures and
practices. Such structure and terms also may vary from time to
time with respect to GSE Trusts established by the same GSE to
the extent that such GSE may deem circumstances so warrant.
(b) Ownership Vests with Treasury. Treasury (or
Treasury’s Agent) will acquire legal and beneficial
ownership of GSE Securities upon delivery thereof in accordance
with the related Placement Agreement and Settlement Agreement.
(c) Allocation of Principal and Interest; Available
Funds Only. All principal and interest received on Program
Bonds represented by Custodial Receipts related to a GSE
Security, less administrative and other fees and expenses
to which the related GSE and the Administrator are entitled,
will be allocated to that GSE Security without preference or
priority. All GSE Securities will be structured, and all
distributions will be made, solely on an available-funds basis.
(d) Distribution Dates. The GSE Trusts will
distribute funds available from payments received from the
underlying Program Bonds (less administrative fees and
other fees and expenses to which the GSEs and the Administrator
are entitled) on the 25th calendar day of each month or, if
not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day. Subject to
the Program Bond payment dates represented in a GSE Security,
distributions may not necessarily be payable every calendar
month.
3.4. Partial Guarantee; No Other Guarantee.
(a) Each GSE will provide a partial guarantee (the
“Partial Guarantee”) to its GSE Trusts as a
means of documenting its loss sharing obligations to the GSE
Trusts regarding the related GSE Securities as provided in
Article 5 and Schedule C of this
Agreement.
(b) The GSE Securities, together with interest thereon,
will not be guaranteed by the United States and will not
constitute a debt or obligation of the United States or any
agency or instrumentality thereof other than the related GSE
Trust and other than with respect to the Partial Guarantee which
shall be an obligation of the related GSE.
3.5. GSE Fees.
(a) Each GSE will be entitled to a Program Bond Guarantee
Fee to compensate the GSE for (i) its Loss Sharing
obligations pursuant to Article 5,
(ii) management of the New Issue Bond Program and
(iii) certain third-party expenses incurred in connection
with the New Issue Bond Program. The Program Bond Guarantee Fee
and the other fees chargeable by the GSEs under the New Issue
Bond Program are set forth in Schedule A of this
Agreement.
(b) In the event the interest payments received on a series
of Program Bonds at any time is less than the Program Bond
Guarantee Fee with respect to such series of Program Bonds, the
GSE shall be entitled to charge such shortfall against
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interest payments received on any other Program Bonds and to
recoveries of any interest payments on any such Program Bonds.
(c) Each GSE shall be entitled to an Initial Securitization
Fee on the Settlement of each GSE Security as set forth in
Schedule A of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 4
SETTLEMENT.
4.1. Settlement. The parties hereby
acknowledge that Settlement with respect to each issue of GSE
Securities will occur in accordance with and subject to the
terms of the related Settlement Agreement.
4.2. Delivery of GSE Security Information. On
or prior to January 7, 2010, each GSE shall deliver to
Treasury the GSE PPM, and the related GSE PPM Schedule, with
respect to the GSE Securities.
4.3. Delivery of Permanent Rate Information.
(a) On December 18, 2009, Treasury shall deliver (or
cause to be delivered), to the related HFA, the related HFA
Trustee, the GSEs and the related GSE Special Closing Counsel,
the final interest rate confirmation (as approved by Treasury)
of State Street Global Advisors with respect to any Permanent
Rate Program Bonds, which confirmation shall set forth the
Permanent Rate on such Permanent Rate Program Bonds and the
principal balance at issue date of such Permanent Rate Program
Bonds and the Conversion Program Bonds. For purposes of this
Section 4.3, “Permanent Rate”,
“Permanent Rate Program Bonds” and
“Conversion Program Bonds” have the respective
meanings given to such terms in the related Supplemental
Indenture.
(b) With respect to any portion of the Conversion Program
Bonds converting to a Permanent Rate during 2010, Treasury shall
cause Treasury’s Agent to deliver on the Permanent Rate
Calculation Date to the related HFA, the related HFA Trustee,
the GSEs and the related GSE Special Closing Counsel, the final
interest rate confirmation (as approved by Treasury) of State
Street Global Advisors with respect to such Conversion Program
Bonds, which confirmation shall set forth the Permanent Rate on
the Conversion Program Bonds and the principal balance of such
Conversion Program Bonds at such Permanent Rate Calculation
Date. For purposes of this Section 4.3,
“Permanent Rate Calculation Date” has the
meaning given to such term in the related Supplemental Indenture
4.4. Program Bond Eligibility Requirements and
Closing Counsel Certification. The eligibility requirements
for Program Bonds under the New Issue Bond Program are set forth
on Schedule D to this Agreement. As contemplated by
each Settlement Agreement, a Closing Counsel Certification with
respect to the satisfaction of the applicable eligibility
requirements for the related Program Bonds, the form of which is
attached as Schedule B to this Agreement, will be
delivered to each GSE. The parties to this Agreement hereby
acknowledge and agree that the Closing Counsel Certification
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shall be conclusive evidence as to the eligibility of the
related Program Bonds under the New Issue Bond Program.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties to this Agreement
hereby acknowledge that each such party shall have the right to
enforce the representations and warranties of each HFA with
respect to the eligibility of the related Program Bonds pursuant
to the related Placement Agreement.
4.5. Certain Closings. The parties to this
Agreement acknowledge and agree that Settlement with respect to
any issue of GSE Securities will be deemed to have occurred on,
and have a Settlement Date of, December 31, 2009 if each of
the following requirements is satisfied:
(a) On or before December 31, 2009, the following
fully executed documents are delivered to the parties to this
Agreement: (i) the related Placement Agreement, with a
completed Schedule B and the completed, if applicable,
relevant Schedule D, (ii) the Administration Agreement
and (iii) the related Settlement Agreement;
(b) The Administration Agreement and each such Placement
Agreement and Settlement Agreement is an irrevocable,
unconditional, mutually binding contract which requires such
Settlement to occur on or before January 29, 2010; and
(c) Such Settlement occurs in full and in accordance with
the Administration Agreement and each such Placement Agreement
and Settlement Agreement and this Agreement on or before
January 29, 2010.
4.6. Obligations of the Parties. The
respective obligations under this Agreement and under each
Settlement Agreement of each GSE to Treasury with respect to
each related issue of GSE Securities are expressly conditioned
upon (i) the timely performance by Treasury of its
obligations under this Agreement and under such Settlement
Agreement with respect to such issue in accordance with this
Agreement and the Settlement Agreement, respectively, and
(ii) the timely performance by the related HFA of its
obligations under the related Placement Agreement and Settlement
Agreement in accordance with such Placement Agreement and
Settlement Agreement, respectively. Treasury’s obligations
to each GSE under this Agreement and under each Settlement
Agreement with respect to each related issue of GSE Securities
are expressly conditioned upon (a) the timely performance
by such GSE of its obligations under this Agreement and such
Settlement Agreement with respect to such issue in accordance
with this Agreement and the Settlement Agreement, respectively,
and (b) the timely performance by the HFA of its
obligations under such Placement Agreement and Settlement
Agreement in accordance with such Placement Agreement and
Settlement Agreement, respectively.
ARTICLE 5
LOSS
SHARING.
Treasury and the GSEs shall share Program Losses, if any,
realized on the principal of the Program Bonds represented by
the Custodial Receipts related to the GSE
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Securities issued under the New Issue Bond Program in accordance
with and only to the extent set forth in Schedule C
of this Agreement. Any losses incurred with respect to accrued
but unpaid interest on any such Program Bonds are not subject to
sharing with the GSEs and will be borne entirely by Treasury.
ARTICLE 6
REPORTING.
The parties hereby acknowledge that Treasury is entitled to
certain reporting and information rights pursuant to, and as set
forth in, the Administration Agreement and the Placement
Agreements.
ARTICLE 7
ROLE OF
TREASURY’S
AGENTS.
7.1. The parties hereby acknowledge and agree that XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxx Bank, N.A. is acting as Treasury’s agent
(“Treasury’s Agent”) in connection with
the HFA Initiative, including without limitation, reviewing and
confirming documents and information, receiving and remitting
funds, and performing such functions as may be described in the
Administration Agreement, the Placement Agreements and the
Settlement Agreements. Treasury hereby acknowledges and agrees
that (a) Treasury’s Agent is authorized to so act for
and on behalf of Treasury and to provide notices, direction,
certificates and other communications in respect thereof,
(b) the GSEs, the Administrator and their respective agents
and representatives shall be entitled to rely in good faith on
any such notice, direction, certificate or other communication
provided by Treasury’s Agent in respect thereof, and
(c) the GSEs, the Administrator and their respective agents
and representatives shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any such notice, direction,
certificate or other communication.
7.2. The parties hereby acknowledge and agree that,
with respect to the HFA Initiative, State Street Global Advisors
will be providing certain interest rate confirmations as
contemplated by Section 4.3 of this Agreement and
specifying the applicable Permanent Rate Calculation Date under
the related Supplemental Indentures for and on behalf of
Treasury. Treasury hereby acknowledges and agrees that
(a) State Street Global Advisors is authorized to so act
for and on behalf of Treasury and to provide notices, direction,
certificates and other communications in respect thereof,
(b) the GSEs, the Administrator and their respective agents
and representatives shall be entitled to rely in good faith on
any such notice, direction, certificate or other communication,
and (c) the GSEs, the Administrator and their respective
agents and representatives shall not be bound to make any
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any such
notice, direction, certificate or other communication.
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ARTICLE 8
DECISION
CONTROL.
With respect to any Program Bond represented by a Custodial
Receipt related to a GSE Security, Treasury shall be entitled to
exercise Decision Control so long as the Crossover Date has not
occurred, and the GSEs shall be entitled to exercise such
Decision Control on and after the Crossover Date. The identity
of the party having Decision Control shall not affect the
obligations of Treasury under this Agreement. Treasury agrees to
consult with the relevant GSE, and each GSE agrees to make
recommendations to Treasury, with respect to the issues for
which Decision Control by Treasury is to be exercised.
Conversely, each GSE agrees to consult with Treasury, and
Treasury agrees to make recommendations to such GSE, with
respect to the issues for which Decision Control by such GSE is
to be exercised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the party having
Decision Control shall have the unilateral right to exercise
Decision Control.
ARTICLE 9
GSE
SECURITIES NOT TO
TRADE.
Treasury agrees that it will not trade, sell, exchange,
securitize, donate or give to any third party or pledge,
hypothecate or otherwise transfer any interests in or to any of
the GSE Securities acquired by it from time to time pursuant to
or as contemplated by this Agreement. Excluded from this
limitation is the use by Treasury of custodians or nominees
(including Treasury’s Agent) to hold any GSE Security on
behalf of Treasury.
ARTICLE 10
DISSOLUTION
OF GSE
SECURITIES.
At the written request of Treasury, each GSE shall promptly
(i) cause its GSE Trust to dissolve any series of GSE
Securities or withdraw a Program Bond or Program Bonds from the
related securitization and GSE Trust, and (ii) cause the
Administrator to cancel and destroy, or appropriately annotate
or replace the schedule of, the related Custodial Receipt(s) and
deliver the underlying series of Program Bonds to
Treasury’s designee in connection with the sale of such
underlying Program Bonds; provided that with respect to any
series of GSE Securities, Treasury shall make such request of
both GSEs at the same time and provided further that any
additional details related to the process for any such
dissolution or withdrawal and any related fees to be paid to the
GSEs shall be agreed to by the parties at the time of
Treasury’s written request.
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ARTICLE 11
CERTAIN
MATTERS.
11.1. With respect to each Settlement and as of such
Settlement Date, Treasury shall be deemed to have acknowledged
and agreed to the following provisions:
(a) Subject to receipt thereof in accordance with this
Agreement or the related Settlement Agreement, Treasury hereby
acknowledges and agrees that it or Treasury’s Agent has
been furnished with each related GSE PPM and Official Statement,
and such other documents with respect to the related GSE
Securities, the corresponding Program Bonds and the underlying
loans provided to it or Treasury’s Agent under such related
Settlement Agreement, and has been given the opportunity to
(a) ask questions of, and receive answers from, the related
GSE concerning the terms and conditions of the purchase of the
related GSE Securities, and (b) obtain any additional
information necessary to evaluate the merits and risks of
purchasing the GSE Securities.
(b) In considering the purchase of the related GSE
Securities, Treasury has evaluated for itself the risks and
merits of such purchase including the risks set forth under the
caption “Risk Factors” (or similar caption), if any,
in the related GSE PPM and Official Statement, and has not
relied upon any representations made by, or other information
(whether oral or written) furnished by or on behalf of, the
related GSE, or any director, officer, employee or agent of such
GSE, other than as expressly set forth in the related GSE PPM
and the Closing Counsel Certification.
(c) Neither GSE has made, nor was required to make, on
behalf of Treasury or any other party, any inquiry or
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, official statement, private placement
memorandum, prospectus, supplement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, note or other
paper or document with respect to any Program Bond, and, other
than with respect to the Closing Counsel Certification, any
inquiry or investigation into any facts or matters it may have
conducted shall be exclusively for the benefit of such GSE.
11.2. Each of the parties to this Agreement agrees
that it will in good faith cooperate and consult with the other
parties to this Agreement in respect of, and share any findings
that such party documents in a writing in accordance with its
normal internal policies and procedures as to, an actual or
potential Transaction Loss. However, in no event shall any party
to this Agreement be obligated to make any inquiry or
investigation into the facts or matters stated in any
resolution, certificate, official statement, private placement
memorandum, prospectus, supplement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, note or other
paper or document with respect to any Program Bond for the
benefit of any of the other parties to this Agreement.
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ARTICLE 12
INTERPRETATION.
Each of the parties acknowledges that it and its in-house
and/or
outside counsel have participated in the drafting and revision
of this Agreement. Accordingly, the parties agree that any rule
of construction which disfavors the drafting party shall not
apply to the interpretation of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 13
GOVERNING
LAW.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and interpreted in
accordance with, United States law, not the law of any state or
locality. To the extent that a court looks to the laws of any
state to determine or define the United States law, it is the
intention of the parties to this Agreement that such court shall
look only to the laws of the State of New York without regard to
the rules of conflicts of laws.
ARTICLE 14
NOTICES.
All notices, directions, certificates or other communications
under this Agreement shall be sent by certified or registered
mail, return receipt requested, or by overnight courier
addressed to the appropriate notice address set forth below. Any
such notice, direction, certificate or communication shall be
deemed to have been given as of the date of actual delivery or
the date of failure to deliver by reason of refusal to accept
delivery or changed address of which no notice was given
pursuant to this Article 14. Any of the parties to
this Agreement may, by such notice described above, designate
any further or different address to which subsequent notices,
certificates or other communications shall be sent without any
requirement of execution of any amendment to this Agreement. The
notice addresses are as follows:
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Fiscal Assistant Secretary re: Housing Finance Agencies Initiative
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Assistant General Counsel (Banking and Finance) re: Housing Finance Agencies Initiative
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Vice President, Structured Transactions
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Vice President and
Deputy General Counsel
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Mail Stop D4F
XxXxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
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Vice President Mortgage Funding
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Managing Associate General Counsel —
Mortgage Securities
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Associate General Counsel —
Mortgage Securities
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Associate General Counsel —
Mortgage Securities
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or to any other address any party provides to the other parties
in writing.
ARTICLE 15
SEVERABILITY.
Any provision of this Agreement that is determined to be
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to
such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions of this Agreement, and no such prohibition
or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall invalidate such
provision in any other jurisdiction.
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ARTICLE 16
EXPENSES.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each party to
this Agreement shall bear its own expenses in connection with
the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and
all costs associated with the sharing of information under this
Agreement, and no party shall be liable to any other party for
such expenses.
ARTICLE 17
OPERATION
OF THIS
AGREEMENT.
17.1. This Agreement is not a Federal procurement
contract and is therefore not subject to the provisions of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C.
§§ 251-60),
the Federal Acquisition Regulations (48 CFR
Chapter 1), or any other Federal procurement law.
17.2. Each GSE shall be responsible only for the
performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement and
under any transaction, GSE Security or other undertaking made
pursuant to this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall make
or be deemed to make a GSE responsible for the obligations of
the other GSE under this Agreement or under any transaction, GSE
Security or other specific undertaking made pursuant to this
Agreement.
ARTICLE 18
THIRD
PARTY
RIGHTS.
This Agreement does not confer any rights, benefits, remedies or
claims, either at law or in equity, on any person not a party to
this Agreement including, but not limited to, any HFA.
ARTICLE 19
ENTIRE
AGREEMENT.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the
parties pertaining to the subject matter of this Agreement and
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings pertaining to
the subject matter of this Agreement, including, but not limited
to, the MOU.
ARTICLE 20
SUCCESSORS
AND
ASSIGNS.
The identity of each of the parties being of material importance
to each other party, this Agreement is made on the condition
that, except as otherwise expressly
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provided in this Agreement, no party’s rights or
obligations under this Agreement shall be assignable without the
prior written consent of the other parties. The rights of the
GSEs under this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of their
respective successors and assigns.
ARTICLE 21
NO JOINT
VENTURE.
The execution of this Agreement is not intended to be, nor shall
it be construed to be, the formation of a joint venture or
partnership between the parties; nor shall it be deemed to
create any relationship between the parties other than as
expressly stated in this Agreement.
ARTICLE 22
COUNTERPARTS.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts by the parties;
each counterpart shall be considered an original; and all
counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.
ARTICLE 23
AMENDMENT.
The parties to this Agreement may from time to time amend this
Agreement in writing, and such amendments, when executed by all
parties, shall then become a part of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 24
FURTHER
ASSURANCES; NO CIRCUMVENTION OF
AGREEMENT.
Each of the parties to this Agreement agrees to use commercially
reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions
and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with
the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or
advisable to give effect to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, and not to take, or cause to be taken, any
actions to circumvent its obligations under this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Agreement have executed
this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Agreement have executed
this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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X. Xxxxx, Xx.
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx.
Title: Vice President
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Agreement have executed
this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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SCHEDULE A
GSE
FEES
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Initial Securitization Fee:
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An amount calculated in each instance in (a), (b) and (c), as
applicable, based on the aggregate original principal amount of
all Program Bonds issued by the HFA under the New Issue Bond
Program as follows: (a) where the aggregate original
principal amount of all the Program Bonds is less than or equal
to $25,000,000, a fee equal to $25,000 per GSE; (b) where
the aggregate original principal amount of all the Program Bonds
is greater than $25,000,000 and less than or equal to
$50,000,000, a fee for each GSE equal to the product of 0.1%
(10 basis points) and the aggregate original principal
amount of all the Program Bonds; and (c) where the
aggregate original principal amount of all the Program Bonds is
greater than $50,000,000, a fee for each GSE equal to the
greater of (i) $50,000 or (ii) the product of 0.05%
(or 5 basis points) and the aggregate original principal
amount of all the Program Bonds.
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With respect to each GSE and Program Bond series, one-twelfth of
the product of 0.25% and the unpaid principal amount of the
Program Bonds being held under the Administration Agreement
(paid monthly to the GSEs); provided, however, for purposes of
this calculation, Program Bonds that are subject to Conversion,
and for which the Release Date (as such terms are defined in the
related Supplemental Indenture) has not occurred, are excluded.
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SCHEDULE B
FORM OF
CERTIFICATION FROM GSE SPECIAL CLOSING COUNSEL
[
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Federal
National Mortgage Association
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Re: Issuer
Name: (the
“HFA”)
Program Bond Amount:
Program Bond Name:
Ladies and
Gentlemen:
The GSEs (as defined below) have engaged us to assist them as
GSE Special Closing Counsel in connection with the Settlements
described in that certain
New Issue Bond Program Agreement,
dated as of December 18, 2009 (the “
Program
Agreement”), among the Federal National Mortgage
Association, the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
(collectively the “
GSEs”) and the United States
Department of the Treasury, and each of the related Placement
Agreement and Settlement Agreement dated as of December 18,
2009 (respectively the “
Placement Agreement”
and the “
Settlement Agreement”) among the GSEs,
the above named HFA and the other parties thereto.
Any capitalized terms used in this Certification that are not
defined in this Certification shall have the meaning ascribed to
such terms in the Program Agreement; and if not defined therein,
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Placement
Agreement.
As GSE Special Closing Counsel, we hereby certify to each of you
pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.4 of the Program
Agreement that, except as may be specified in any list of
exceptions attached to this Certification, (a) we have
received and hold in our possession in escrow pending the
Settlement: all of the original, facsimile or electronic copies
of (i) the required documents set forth and described on
Exhibit C to the Placement Agreement (the
“Settlement Deliverables”), (ii) the
Placement Agreement, (iii) the Official Statement and
(iv) the Settlement Agreement (all such documents described
in this paragraph (a)(i), (ii), (iii) and
(iv) referred to collectively as the “Closing
Documents”); (b) we have reviewed and confirmed the
due execution of each Closing
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Document (if such Closing Document requires execution) either
(i) by confirming whether each document requiring execution
by the HFA or the HFA Trustee is executed by authorized officers
of such parties based solely on and by reference to the
incumbency certificates of the HFA and the HFA Trustee delivered
in connection therewith or (ii) by reviewing one or more
opinions of counsel with respect to execution of the Closing
Documents; (c) we have reviewed the information on
Schedule B to the Placement Agreement and confirmed that
such information is consistent with the information in the
Official Statement and the other Closing Documents; (d) we
have confirmed that the Closing Documents comply in all material
respects with the requirements of Schedule C to the
Placement Agreement; and (e) the Program Bonds and the
other Settlement Deliverables conform in all material respects
to the requirements of Schedule D to the Placement
Agreement.
As the GSEs have instructed, our scope of work, as related to
the above-captioned transaction, was limited to confirming the
foregoing.
This Certification is furnished by us to the GSEs as GSE Special
Closing Counsel and is solely for your benefit. Except in
connection with the
New Issue Bond Program Agreement, this
Certification is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise
referred to or relied upon, in whole or in part, for any other
purpose or by any other party except (i) upon the prior
written consent of GSE Special Closing Counsel and (ii) by
the United States Department of the Treasury in connection with
the New Issue Bond Program.
Very truly yours,
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SCHEDULE C
The following is the Uniform Loss Sharing Attachment for the New
Issue Bond Program and the Temporary Credit and Liquidity
Facility Program. This attachment contains the provisions
applicable to (i) Partial Guarantees relating to GSE
Securities issued from time to time under the New Issue Bond
Program and (ii) Participation Agreements entered into from
time to time and Partial Guarantees relating to GSE Securities
issued from time to time under the Temporary Credit and
Liquidity Facility Program.
This Uniform Loss Sharing Attachment is attached to each Partial
Guarantee and each Participation Agreement.
Section
1 Definitions. In
this Attachment and in any agreement or other document to which
this Attachment is attached, all capitalized terms have the
meanings given to those terms in this Section 1 unless the
context or use clearly indicates a different meaning. Any
capitalized term used in this Attachment but not defined in this
Exhibit shall be used as defined in the agreement or other
document to which this Exhibit is attached. The following terms
have the following meanings:
“Amount Available” has the meaning given to
that term in each Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility.
“Bank Bonds” means any VRDOs that were tendered
for purchase by a bondholder and were put to the GSEs under a
TCLF and have not yet been remarketed to a new bondholder,
whether or not the GSEs have issued GSE Securities backed by
such Bank Bonds.
“Bonds” means, as the case may be, VRDOs, Bank
Bonds and New Issue Bonds.
“Credit Advance” means an advance under a TCLF
to pay debt service due on VRDOs for which there are
insufficient funds available under the related indenture.
“Event of Default” means an “event of
default” as such term is defined in the related bond
indenture for the underlying bonds.
“Xxxxxx Mae” means the Federal National
Mortgage Association, a federally-chartered and
stockholder-owned corporation organized and existing under the
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act,
12 U.S.C. § 1716 et seq.
“First Loss Limit” has the meaning given to
that term in Section 5.
“First Position Loss” means the amount of
Program Loss to be borne by Treasury under the Program. The
First Position Loss is that portion of the Program Loss that
does not exceed the First Loss Limit.
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“Xxxxxxx Mac” means the
Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, a shareholder-owned government-sponsored
enterprise organized and existing under the laws of the United
States.
“Government-sponsored enterprise” or
“GSE” means either or both Xxxxxx Mae and Xxxxxxx Mac.
“GSE Obligations” or “GSE
Securities” are obligations and securities issued or
guaranteed, in whole or in part, by Xxxxxx Mae or Xxxxxxx Mac
including, without limitation, Bank Bonds and New Issue Bonds
and, with respect to the Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility
Program, Participation Agreements.
“HFA” means a housing finance agency created by
any of the States of the United States or any possession,
territory or commonwealth of the United States, or any political
subdivision thereof.
“Liquidity Advance” means an advance under a
TCLF to pay for bond purchase tenders relating to VRDOs.
“Loss Calculation Date” means the date as of
which a Loss is calculated as provided in Paragraph 6.
“MOU” means the Memorandum of Understanding
among Treasury, Federal Housing Finance Agency, Xxxxxx Mae and
Xxxxxxx Mac.
“Multifamily Credit Enhancement Program” means
the Treasury program, distinct and separate from the Programs,
to purchase HFA bonds which are guaranteed by the Credit
Enhancement Agreement by either of the GSEs.
“New Issue Bonds” means, collectively, the
single family bonds and multifamily bonds which back GSE
Securities purchased under the New Issue Bond Program Agreement.
“Partial Guarantee” means a partial guarantee
provided by a GSE (a) pursuant to a GSE Security issued
with respect to the Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility
Program or (b) pursuant to a GSE Security issued with
respect to the New Issue Bond Program.
“Participation Agreement” means each
Participation Agreement by and between Treasury and the GSEs
whereby the rights, duties and obligations of the Treasury and
the GSEs with respect to the Temporary Credit and Liquidity
Facility Program (including the terms of the Partial Guarantee)
are set forth, as such agreements are amended and supplemented.
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“Program” means either of the New Issue Bond
Program or the Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility Program.
“Program Bonds” means New Issue Bonds and Bank
Bonds.
“Program Losses” mean the aggregate of all
Transaction Losses incurred under the Temporary Credit and
Liquidity Facility Program and the New Issue Bond Program.
“Recovery” means any payment or other amount
received or recovered with respect to a Transaction Loss. A
Recovery excludes any amounts paid by a GSE to Treasury with
respect to a Second Position Loss or any amounts payable by
Treasury to the GSEs under any purchase agreement or
participation agreement.
“Reimbursement Agreement” means each
Reimbursement Agreement entered into among an HFA, a bond
trustee and the GSEs relative to a TCLF, as such Reimbursement
Agreements are amended and supplemented.
“Risk Rating” means the risk rating of an
indenture under a Program.
“Second Position Loss” means that portion of
Program Losses, if any, that is not allocated to the First Loss
Position. Any Second Position Loss will be allocated to the
Participation Agreements and Partial Guarantees in accordance
with the Uniform Loss Sharing Attachment.
“Secured Multifamily Loans” means loans that
are secured by multifamily properties.
“Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility” or
“TCLF” has the meaning given to that term in
the Participation Agreement.
“Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility
Program” means the Program described in the
Participation Agreement.
“Transaction Documents” means, collectively,
the TCLF, the Reimbursement Agreement and related Bond documents
with respect to any series included in the Temporary Credit and
Liquidity Facility Program, as such documents are amended from
time to time in accordance with their terms.
“Transaction Loss” means an amount calculated
pursuant to Section 7 as the loss realized on a Program
Bond or a Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility.
“Trust” means a trust established by a GSE as a
pass-through entity which holds one or more issues of Bonds and,
where appropriate, a Partial Guarantee.
“VRDO” means a variable rate demand obligation
bond issued by an HFA
Section 2 General
Statement. Treasury and the GSEs will share
Program Losses, if any, realized on:
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(a) the principal of the New Issue Bonds backing GSE
Securities issued from time to time under the New Issue Bond
Program; and
(b) the principal portion of all Credit Advances and
Liquidity Advances made from time to time under the Temporary
Credit and Liquidity Facilities issued under the Temporary
Credit and Liquidity Facility Program.
Any losses incurred with respect to accrued but unpaid interest
on any of the New Issue Bonds backing the GSE Securities issued
from time to time under the New Issue Bond Program and on any
Credit Advance or Liquidity Advance made from time to time under
the Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facilities issued under the
Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility Program are not subject
to sharing with the GSEs and will be entirely borne by Treasury.
No loss sharing shall occur with respect to the Multifamily
Credit Enhancement Program as a GSE will have provided credit
enhancement for such Bonds separately.
Section 3 GSE Only Shares
in Losses for its Activities in Programs. The
sharing of Program Losses will be structured between Treasury
and each GSE separately. A GSE will only share in Program Losses
realized on the New Issue Bonds backing the GSE Securities
issued by that GSE and on losses realized on that GSE’s
portion of the Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facilities.
Neither GSE will share in Program Losses allocable to the other
GSE.
Section 4 Allocation of
Losses between Treasury and GSE. Treasury will
bear all Program Losses realized on the New Issue Bond Program
and the Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility Program up to
the First Loss Limit (“First Position Losses”). Each
GSE will bear Program Losses, if any, realized on the New Issue
Bond Program and the Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility
Program once the Program Losses, if any, realized by Treasury
equal the First Loss Limit (“Second Position Losses”).
Section 5 First Loss
Limit. With respect to a GSE, the First Loss
Limit will be 35% of the sum of:
(a) the aggregate original principal amount of all New
Issue Bonds backing the GSE Securities issued from time to time
under the New Issue Bond Program by that GSE; and
(b) the aggregate original principal portion of the Amount
Available obligated to be paid by each GSE in each Temporary
Credit and Liquidity Facility issued under the Temporary Credit
and Liquidity Facility Program.
Such First Loss Limit may be adjusted by the GSEs and Treasury
if the aggregate amount under either (a) or (b) above
is less than $10 billion, or upon the obtaining or
processing of information impacting the applicable Risk Ratings,
or such other material new information that affects risk,
commercial reasonableness, or safety and soundness under either
the New Issue Bond Program or the Temporary Credit and Liquidity
Facility Program. Any such adjustment shall be made in good
faith by the GSEs and Treasury
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based upon objective thresholds factoring into, among other
things, the applicable Risk Ratings and the aggregate amounts
set forth in (a) and (b) above.
Section 6 When Transaction
Loss is Calculated.
(a) New Issue Bond Program. Under the New Issue Bond
Program, Transaction Loss will be calculated separately with
respect to each Program Bond upon twelve (12) months after
the first to occur of:
(1) the stated maturity date of the New Issue Bond;
(2) the date the New Issue Bond is fully redeemed;
(3) the date of acceleration of the New Issue Bond; or
(4) the date of mandatory tender in lieu of redemption of
the New Issue Bond.
(b) Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility Program.
Under the Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility Program,
Transaction Loss will be calculated for each Temporary Credit
and Liquidity Facility upon the last to occur of:
(1) the date the GSE has no further obligation under the
Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility;
(2) the date all Bank Bonds, if any, are paid in full,
remarketed or redeemed; or
(3) twelve (12) months after the first to occur of:
(A) a Credit Advance remains unreimbursed;
(B) a Bank Bond is not paid or redeemed when due; or
(C) the GSE causes the acceleration, redemption or
mandatory tender of the Bonds upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default under any of the Transaction Documents.
Section 7 How Losses are
Determined.
Transaction Losses will be calculated for a New Issue Bond or a
Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility as follows:
(a) New Issue Bond Program. Under the New Issue Bond
Program, a Transaction Loss under a New Issue Bond is the amount
of principal of such New Issue Bond then due and unpaid as of
the date that Transaction Loss is calculated. Any accrued and
unpaid interest and any interest on interest or interest on
other unpaid sums will not be included in Transaction Losses and
will be borne solely by Treasury.
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(b) Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility Program.
Under the Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility Program, a
Transaction Loss under a Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility
is:
(1) all amounts owing and unpaid by the HFA under the
related Reimbursement Agreement (relating to the principal
portion of unreimbursed Credit Advances and unreimbursed
Liquidity Advances); less
(2) the sum of all amounts reimbursed, received or
recovered on account of the amounts owing under paragraph
(1) above prior to the Loss Calculation Date.
The amount of any Transaction Loss will be allocated between
unreimbursed Credit Advances and unreimbursed Liquidity Advances
(and the related Bank Bonds) on the basis of the ratio of
aggregate unreimbursed principal of the Credit Advances to the
aggregate unreimbursed principal of the Liquidity Advances.
Transaction Losses will be adjusted pursuant to the provisions
of Sections 11 and 12.
(c) Calculation Rules. For purposes of determining
Transaction Loss under the New Issue Bond Program:
(1) Transaction Loss will be calculated only with respect
to the Bonds actually held by the related Trust. Any Bonds that
were not acquired by the Trust shall be excluded from the
calculation of Transaction Loss.
(2) For purposes of calculating Transaction Loss, all
payments made by the trustee for the Bonds shall be applied as
principal or interest as characterized by the trustee for the
Bonds in making such payment. Should the trustee for the Bonds
not characterize a payment as either principal or interest, then
that payment shall be characterized as required by the indenture
or bond resolution for the Bonds. If the trustee for the Bonds
does not characterize the payment as principal or interest and
the related indenture or resolution contains no relevant terms,
then the payment shall be applied first to outstanding and
unpaid principal of the Bonds in the order of their stated
maturity dates and then to accrued and unpaid interest on the
Bonds in the order of their stated maturity dates.
Section 8 Procedure for
Reporting a Transaction Loss. Pursuant to the
timeframes set forth in Paragraph 6 above, the GSE will
calculate, or cause to be calculated, the amount of Transaction
Loss, if any, realized on a New Issue Bond or Temporary Credit
and Liquidity Facility as provided in Paragraph 7 above.
Section 9 Reporting if No
Transaction Loss Calculated. If the calculation
prepared in accordance with Paragraph 7 above shows that no
Transaction Loss was realized, the GSE will provide or cause to
be provided a statement to that effect to Treasury within
90 days of the Loss Calculation Date.
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Section 10 Reporting if
Transaction Loss Calculated; Payment of Second Position Loss.
(a) Reconciliation. If the calculation shows that a
Transaction Loss was realized, the GSE will send a written
reconciliation calculation to Treasury within 90 days of
the Loss Calculation Date which specifies:
(1) Transaction Identification: The New Issue Bond
or Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility for which the
reconciliation is made.
(2) Transaction Loss: The Transaction Loss realized
on the New Issue Bond or Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility
as of the Loss Calculation Date.
(3) Program Losses:
(A) Aggregate Program Losses (excluding only the
Transaction Loss then just calculated for the New Issue Bond or
Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility for which the
reconciliation is made); and
(B) Aggregate Program Losses realized as of the Loss
Calculation Date (including the Transaction Loss then just
calculated for the New Issue Bond or Temporary Credit and
Liquidity Facility for which the reconciliation is made).
(4) The First Loss Limit.
(5) The amount of the First Loss Limit still to be borne by
Treasury.
(b) First Position Losses. If the amount calculated
in (a)(3)(B) is not more than the First Loss Limit, then the
Transaction Loss for the New Issue Bond or Temporary Credit and
Liquidity Facility for such reconciliation calculation is fully
First Position Losses.
(c) Partial First Position Losses; Partial Second
Position Losses. If the amount appearing in (a)(3)(A) is
less than the First Loss Limit but the amount calculated in
(a)(3)(B) exceeds the First Loss Limit, then:
(1) the portion of the Transaction Loss equal to the
difference between the amount appearing in (a)(3)(A) and the
First Loss Limit constitutes First Position Losses; and
(2) the remaining portion of the Transaction Loss not
allocated to the First Position Losses constitutes Second
Position Losses.
(d) Second Position Losses. If the amount appearing
in (a)(3)(A) is more than the First Loss Limit, then the entire
Transaction Loss constitutes Second Position Losses.
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(e) Loss Sharing Payment. The GSE will pay the
amount of any Second Position Losses (less all amounts
previously paid by the GSE to Treasury as Second Position
Losses) to Treasury or its order not later than 90 days
after the Loss Calculation Date. Loss sharing payments made with
respect to GSE Securities will be made as a distribution under
the GSE Security and all other loss sharing payments will be
paid to Treasury to such account as Treasury may require.
Section 11 Recoveries;
Losses are Incurred But Not In Excess of the First Loss
Limit. This Section applies if a GSE has
calculated that a Transaction Loss has been realized with
respect to one or more New Issue Bonds or Temporary Credit and
Liquidity Facilities but the amount of the aggregate Program
Losses has not exceeded the First Loss Limit. If one or more
payments are received or other amounts are received or recovered
with respect to any New Issue Bond or Temporary Credit and
Liquidity Facility in respect of a Transaction Loss, then all
such amounts will be paid to Treasury and the related
Transaction Loss and, consequently, the aggregate Program Losses
will be reduced by the amount of such Recovery.
Section 12 Recoveries;
Losses are Incurred Which Exceed the First Loss
Limit. This Section applies if a GSE has
calculated that a Transaction Loss has been realized with
respect to one or more New Issue Bonds or Temporary Credit and
Liquidity Facilities, aggregate Program Losses exceed the First
Loss Limit and the GSE has paid any Second Position Losses to
Treasury. If one or more payments are received or other amounts
are received or recovered with respect to any New Issue Bond or
Temporary Credit and Liquidity Facility in respect of a
Transaction Loss, then:
(a) the related Transaction Losses and, consequently, the
aggregate Program Losses will be reduced by the amount of such
Recovery;
(b) the GSE shall be entitled to such payments and other
amounts, but not in excess of the amount of the Second Position
Losses previously paid to Treasury; and
(c) any excess available after the payment made in
subparagraph (b) above shall be paid to Treasury.
Section 13 Partial
Guarantees of GSE Securities. In order to
evidence a GSE’s loss sharing obligations with respect to
the GSE Securities it issues, the GSE will issue a partial
guarantee to the related Trust (“Partial Guarantee”)
for Program Losses allocable to such GSE Securities. The GSE
will make a payment under a Partial Guarantee only under the
circumstances set out in this Exhibit.
Section 14 Termination of
Loss Sharing Upon Unwinding of GSE Security. A
GSE’s loss sharing obligations and any related Partial
Guarantee will automatically terminate with respect to any New
Issue Bonds or Bank Bonds and the related GSE Security if
Treasury causes a GSE Security to be unwound in exchange for the
underlying New Issue Bonds or Bank Bonds.
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SCHEDULE D-1
DESCRIPTION
OF PROGRAM BONDS
(SINGLE-FAMILY-ESCROW)
Terms capitalized in this
Schedule D-1
and not defined in Article 1 of this Agreement will have
the meaning assigned to such terms in the Complete Indenture.
In order to qualify as Eligible Bonds under the New Issue Bond
Program, the Program Bonds, the related Complete Indenture and
the HFA must satisfy the following requirements:
1. Taxability: At issuance, the Program
Bonds will be tax-exempt qualified mortgage bonds within the
meaning of Section 143 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986. If the Program Bonds do not satisfy the requirements of
the foregoing sentence, then the HFA hereby certifies that it
reasonably expects to have volume cap or alternative means of
issuing tax-exempt bonds on a timely basis and in a manner which
will permit the release of all Escrowed Proceeds (as defined
below) by December 31, 2010, and will use its reasonable
best efforts to obtain volume cap if necessary.
2. Term: The Program Bonds are stated to
mature on a maturity date that is:
(a) not less than ten (10) years after the
Pre-Settlement Date of the Program Bonds; and
(b) not more than thirty-two (32) years from the
Pre-Settlement Date of the Program Bonds.
3. Sinking Fund: The Program Bonds are subject to
mandatory sinking fund redemptions or are structured to pass
through principal payments and principal prepayments on the
underlying mortgage loans. The sinking fund redemption schedule
or alternative redemption/prepayment requirements will be
established and added to the Complete Indenture no later than
the final Release Date. This schedule (or these redemption
provisions) is required by the terms of the Complete Indenture
to take into account anticipated underlying mortgage loan
amortization and standard and customary practices of the HFA in
connection with combined serial bond and term bond issuances.
4. Market Bond Ratio Requirement:
At issuance, the HFA must reasonably expect to issue and sell to
persons other than Treasury, in conjunction with the issuance
and subsequent conversion to a permanent rate of the Program
Bonds, bonds that are not Program Bonds but which are issued out
of the same indenture and the proceeds of which are intended to
be used in the HFA’s single-family loan program
(“Market Bonds”). The HFA intends to issue
Market Bonds after the Settlement Date and before
January 1, 2011 so that after such issuances, the principal
amount of the Market Bonds will be not less than two-thirds
(2/3) of the principal amount of the Program Bonds
(“Market Bond Ratio Requirement”).
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5. Certain Terms Applicable to Market
Bonds: The Complete Indenture provides that
Market Bonds may not be issued with “super sinker”,
planned amortization classes or other priority allocation class
rights unless such provisions retain for application to the
redemption of the Program Bonds at least a pro rata portion of
any prepayments or other recoveries of principal relative to
mortgage loans funded or mortgage-backed securities purchased
with proceeds of the Program Bonds.
6. Escrow Requirement: The Complete
Indenture provides that:
(a) Certain of the net proceeds of the Program Bonds must
be held in Escrow (as defined below) until, with respect to all
or the relevant portion of the Program Bonds, (i) the
Market Bond Requirement is satisfied and (ii) the Program
Bonds are tax-exempt. “Market Bond Ratio
Requirement” means the requirement that the HFA issue
and deliver Market Bonds in conjunction with and as a condition
to each Release Date, the principal amount of such Market Bonds
being not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the principal amount of
Program Bonds the proceeds of which are proposed to be released
on such Release Date.
(b) The amount of net proceeds that must be escrowed at any
given time (“Escrowed Proceeds”) is all
proceeds of the Program Bonds with respect to which the
requirements for the release of Escrowed Proceeds have not been
met.
(c) The Escrowed Proceeds will be held in escrow under the
Complete Indenture (“Escrow”) pending the
satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 6(e)
below.
(d) Escrowed Proceeds must be invested in such investments
as permitted by Treasury and set forth in the Supplemental
Indenture (“Permitted Escrow Investments”).
Permitted Escrow Investments are pledged exclusively to the
repayment of the Program Bonds unless and until there is a
default under the Complete Indenture, in which case such funds
will be applied as required by the Complete Indenture.
(e) Escrowed Proceeds may be released from Escrow, subject
to, among other things, the conditions that:
(i) The HFA delivers a bond counsel opinion to the HFA
Trustee to the effect that interest on the Program Bonds related
to the Escrowed Proceeds to be released is exempt from federal
income taxation under Section 103 of the Code;
(ii) The HFA delivers to the HFA Trustee, who is required
to provide copies to the Administrator, the GSEs and
Treasury’s Financial Agent a certificate of Market Bond
issuance and calculation of the release amount pursuant to the
Market Bond Ratio Requirement; and
(iii) The HFA delivers or causes to be delivered to the HFA
Trustee net proceeds of the Market Bonds, which proceeds
(together with any amounts deducted from proceeds for
underwriting fees and expenses) shall be in an amount not less
than two-thirds (2/3) of the applicable portion of the principal
amount of the Program Bonds being Converted.
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(f) Any Program Bonds with respect to which a Release Date
has not occurred prior to January 1, 2011 are subject to
mandatory redemption on February 1, 2011 (or an earlier
date selected by the HFA), at a redemption price equal to 100%
of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the
redemption date.
7. Minimum Rating: The Program Bonds have
a long-term rating of not less than
‘Baa3’/‘BBB-’. The Complete Indenture
provides that to the extent that the minimum rating threshold
for the Program Bonds is not maintained while the proceeds
thereof are Escrowed Proceeds, all proceeds that are still held
in Escrow must be used to redeem a corresponding amount of
Program Bonds.
8. Interest Rate: The Complete Indenture
provides that each Pre-Conversion Bond shall bear interest at
the Short-Term Rate from the Settlement Date to the related
Conversion Date. The interest rate on some or all of the
Pre-Conversion Bonds may be Converted on a Conversion Date to a
Permanent Rate in accordance with the provisions thereof.
Interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date. The
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall
have the following definitions:
”Conversion Date” means, with respect to all or
a portion of Pre-Conversion Bonds that are converting to a
Permanent Rate, the date two (2) months after the related
Release Date; provided that there shall be no more than three
(3) Conversion Dates.
”Four Week T-Xxxx Rate” means the interest rate
for Four Week Treasury Bills (secondary market) as reported by
the Federal Reserve on its website at the following internet
address
-xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxx/x00/xxxxxx/x00xxx.xxx.
”Permanent Rate” means an interest rate per
annum certified to the HFA Trustee by the Special Permanent Rate
Advisor on or prior to the Release Date, which shall be equal to
the sum of the 10 year Constant Maturity Treasury Rate, as
reported by Treasury as of the close of business on the Business
Day immediately before the applicable Permanent Rate Calculation
Date for Program Bonds, established by reference to the Daily
Treasury Yield Curve Rates published by Treasury, currently
available on its website
at:xxxx://xxx/xxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxx/xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx-xxxx
/yield.shtml, plus (ii) the Spread.
”Permanent Rate Calculation Date” means the
date on which the Permanent Rate is calculated with respect to
all or a portion of the Program Bonds, which shall be, with
respect to each applicable portion of the Pre-Conversion Bonds,
either (i) a date selected by the HFA and acceptable to the
GSEs prior to the Settlement Date or (ii) a date selected
by the HFA and acceptable to the GSEs on or prior to
December 31, 2010 on which Market Bonds are priced;
provided that, with respect to dates described in
clause (ii) above, a bond purchase agreement must be
executed with respect to the Market Bonds on such date for such
Permanent Rate to be effective.
”Pre-Conversion Bonds” means Program Bonds for
which the interest rate has not been the subject of a conversion.
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”Release Date” means such date or dates (not to
exceed three (3) dates) on or prior to December 31,
2010 and which dates are acceptable to the GSEs, on which dates
the proceeds of the related Market Bonds are delivered to the
HFA Trustee and the other requirements under the Complete
Indenture are met.
”Short-Term Rate” means (i) for the period
from the Settlement Date to the applicable Release Date, the
interest rate which produces an interest payment on such Release
Date relative to the Program Bonds with respect to which
Escrowed Proceeds are subject to release on such Release Date
equal to Investment Earnings, and (ii) from the Release
Date to the Conversion Date, an interest rate equal to the sum
of the Spread plus the lesser of (A) the Four Week
T-Xxxx Rate as of the Business Day prior to the Release Date or
(B) the Permanent Rate less the Spread. For purposes of
this provision, “Investment Earnings” means
total investment earnings on the portion of the Escrow Fund
related to Program Bonds with respect to which a Release Date is
occurring. [Alternatively, the HFA may elect a Short-Term Rate
equal to a variable Four Week T-Xxxx Rate plus, after the
Release Date, the Spread]
”Spread” means additional per annum interest on
the Program Bonds based upon the lowest Bond Rating effective as
of the Permanent Rate Calculation Date to the Program Bonds
under the Complete Indenture by the rating agencies rating the
Program Bonds, as follows:
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Rating
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Additional Spread
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‘Aaa’/‘AAA’
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60 bps
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‘Aa’/‘AA’
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75 bps
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‘A’
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110 bps
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‘Baa’/‘BBB’
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225 bps
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9. Use of Proceeds:
(a) The Complete Indenture provides that the proceeds of
the Program Bonds must, except as provided in Section 9(b)
below, be used only (i) to acquire and finance the holding
of single-family loans or single-family mortgage-backed
securities which are either newly originated or refinanced, so
long as all such loans are eligible to be financed on a
tax-exempt basis under applicable federal income tax law
(“eligible loans”) or (ii) to fund
reasonably required reserves and pay costs of issuance of the
Program Bonds in accordance with the requirements and
limitations of applicable federal tax law.
(b) Proceeds of the Program Bonds may be used to refund, as
fixed rate bonds, any of the HFA’s variable rate debt
(including auction rate securities) issued and outstanding prior
to October 19, 2009 or to refund an issue that did so, so
long as such debt was, in turn, issued to acquire and finance
the holding of eligible loans. The aggregate of such use of
proceeds is not greater than thirty percent (30%) of the net
proceeds of the Program Bonds. The restrictions on refundings in
this Section 9(b) do not apply to either (i) the use
of proceeds to repay “warehouse credit lines” used to
acquire mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities or
(ii) “replacement refundings” where proceeds of
Program Bonds are exchanged dollar-for-dollar for unexpended
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tax exempt bond proceeds
and/or
mortgage loan prepayments so long as all proceeds of related
Market Bonds are exchanged first for such purpose.
10. Issuance Limitation: The HFA hereby
certifies that the sum of:
(i) the face amount of the Program Bonds;
(ii) the face amount of the Market Bonds issued at the time
of issuance of the Program Bonds; and
(iii) the face amount of all other Market Bonds which must
be issued prior to January 1, 2011 in order for the Market
Bond Ratio Requirement to be satisfied by no later than that
date;
does not exceed the reasonable expectations requirement
applicable to tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds. The principal
amount of the Program Bonds does not exceed the amount allocated
to the HFA under the Single-Family New Issue Bond Program.
11. Redemption: The Complete Indenture
provides that:
(a) The Program Bonds are redeemable in whole or in part
(in minimum denominations of $10,000 and integral multiples of
$10,000 in excess thereof). Redemptions of Program Bonds may be
made without premium or penalty.
(b) Except as limited by tax law requirements, all proceeds
of the Program Bonds, to the extent not used to acquire mortgage
loans or mortgage backed securities, refund prior bonds as
permitted above, pay Program Bond issuance expenses or fund
related reserve accounts, must be applied exclusively to the
redemption of Program Bonds.
(c) Except as limited by tax law requirements, so long as
any Market Bonds remain outstanding, at least 60% or, if no
Market Bonds are Outstanding, 100% of all principal prepayments
and other recoveries of principal received with respect to the
mortgage loans or mortgage backed securities financed with the
proceeds of the Program Bonds must be applied to the redemption
of the Program Bonds, to the extent not used to pay scheduled
principal, interest, or sinking fund redemptions on Program
Bonds, Market Bonds or other bonds issued in conjunction with
and secured by the Trust Estate on a parity with the
Program Bonds.
12. No Recycling: The Complete Indenture
provides that all principal payments, principal prepayments and
other recoveries of principal received with respect to the
mortgage loans financed with the proceeds of the Program Bonds
may not be recycled into new mortgage loans or mortgage backed
securities.
13. Selected Covenants: The Complete
Indenture includes, without limitation, the following covenants:
(a) The HFA shall take all steps necessary to assure that
all assets and revenues of any description pledged to the
payment of the Program Bonds and all other bonds issued under
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the Complete Indenture shall be applied strictly in accordance
with, and solely for the purposes and in the amounts specified
and permitted by, the terms of the Complete Indenture.
(b) The HFA shall not issue new bonds under the Complete
Indenture in a variable rate demand, adjustable rate or auction
rate mode other than Program Bonds during the period such
Program Bonds bear interest at the Short-Term Rate.
(c) With respect to the purchase, origination, enforcement
and servicing of mortgage loans and mortgage backed securities
(“MBS”), the HFA shall:
(i) originate or cause to be originated and, if applicable,
purchased, mortgage loans, and purchase, or cause to be
purchased, mortgage backed securities in a manner consistent
with applicable state law, the Complete Indenture and any
supplements thereto and such other related documents by which
the HFA is bound;
(ii) cause all mortgage loans to be serviced pursuant to
the servicing requirements of the HFA, GNMA, FHA, Xxxxxx Mae and
Xxxxxxx Mac, as applicable;
(iii) except as otherwise permitted by Treasury or the
GSEs, diligently take all steps necessary or desirable to
enforce all terms of the mortgage loans, MBS, loan program
documents and all such other documents evidencing obligations to
the HFA; and
(iv) diligently take all actions consistent with sound
mortgage loan origination, purchase and servicing practices and
principles as may be necessary to receive and collect sufficient
revenues to pay debt service when due on the Program Bonds.
(d) The HFA shall not issue bonds senior in priority to the
Program Bonds and the HFA hereby represents and warrants that
the Program Bonds are at least equal in priority with respect to
payment and security to the most senior Outstanding Bonds under
the Complete Indenture.
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SCHEDULE D-2
DESCRIPTION
OF PROGRAM BONDS
(SINGLE-FAMILY-IMMEDIATE FUNDING)
Terms capitalized in this
Schedule D-2
and not defined in Article 1 of this Agreement will have
the meaning assigned to such terms in the Complete Indenture.
In order to qualify as Eligible Bonds under the New Issue Bond
Program, the Program Bonds, the related Complete Indenture and
the HFA must satisfy the following requirements:
1. Tax-exempt Status: The HFA hereby
covenants that, at issuance, the Program Bonds will be
tax-exempt qualified mortgage bonds within the meaning of
Section 143 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
2. [Premium Bonds. The amount to be paid
by Treasury for the GSE Securities backed by the Program Bonds
and which is allocable to the Program Bonds (before the netting
out of any fees or expenses) is equal to the stated principal of
the Program Bonds; that is, no portion of the Program Bonds were
issued at a premium.. If the Program Bonds do not satisfy the
requirements of the following sentence (i.e., a portion of the
Program Bonds are Premium Bonds), then the Premium Bonds must
satisfy the following criteria:
(a) The aggregate original stated principal amount of the
Premium Bonds is
$
(“Premium Bond Amount”). The aggregate original
stated principal amount of all Program Bonds subject to
immediate funding is
$
(“Total Amount”). The Premium Bond Amount does
not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the Total Amount.
(b) The premium is no greater than 103%.
(c) The premium and the related interest rate were
certified to the HFA by Treasury’s Agent, State Street
Global Advisors.
(d) The Complete Indenture provides that use of the
proceeds of the premium are restricted to making supplemental
loans to borrowers for down payment assistance.]
3. Term: The Program Bonds are stated to
mature on a maturity date that is:
(a) not less than ten (10) years after the
Pre-Settlement Date of the Program Bonds; and
(b) not more than thirty-two (32) years from the
Pre-Settlement Date of the Program Bonds.
4. Sinking Fund: The Program Bonds are
subject to mandatory sinking fund redemptions or are structured
to pass through principal payments or principal prepayments on
the underlying mortgage loans. The sinking fund redemption
schedule (or alternative
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redemption/prepayment requirements) is contained in the Complete
Indenture. The HFA hereby certifies that such schedule (or these
redemption provisions) takes into account anticipated underlying
mortgage loan amortization, and standard and customary practices
of the HFA in connection with combined serial bond and term bond
issuances.
5. Market Bond Ratio Requirement: At
issuance, the HFA hereby represents and warrants that it has,
prior to the Settlement Date, issued and sold to persons other
than Treasury, in conjunction with the issuance of the Program
Bonds, bonds that are not Program Bonds but which are issued out
of the same indenture and the proceeds of which are intended to
be used in the HFA’s single-family loan program
(“Market Bonds”). The principal amount of such
Market Bonds is not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the principal
amount of the Program Bonds (“Market Bond Ratio
Requirement”).
6. Certain Terms Applicable to Market
Bonds: The HFA hereby certifies that the Market
Bonds were not sold with “super sinker”, planned
amortization classes or other priority allocation class rights
unless such provisions retained for application to the
redemption of the Program Bonds at least a pro rata portion of
any prepayments or other recoveries of principal relative to
mortgage loans funded or mortgage-backed securities purchased
with proceeds of the Program Bonds.
7. Minimum Rating: The Program Bonds have
a long-term rating of not less than
‘Baa3’/‘BBB-’.
8. Interest Rate: The Complete Indenture
provides that the Program Bonds will bear interest at
percent
( %) per annum. The rate is made up of the sum
of (i) percent
( %) per annum, the index rate certified to
the HFA by Treasury’s agent, State Street Global Advisors,
and (ii) a Spread of
bps based on the
long-term rating described in Section 7 above. Interest
shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date.
9. Use of Proceeds:
(a) The Complete Indenture provides that, except as set
forth in (b) and (c) below, the proceeds of the
Program Bonds must be used only (i) to acquire and finance
the holding of single-family loans or single-family
mortgage-backed securities which are either newly originated or
refinanced, so long as all such loans are eligible to be
financed on a tax-exempt basis under applicable federal income
tax law (“eligible loans”) or (ii) to fund
reasonably required reserves and pay costs of issuance of the
Program Bonds in accordance with the requirements and
limitations of applicable federal tax law.
(b) Proceeds of the Program Bonds may be used to refund, as
fixed rate bonds, certain of the HFA’s variable rate debt
(including auction rate securities) issued and outstanding prior
to October 19, 2009 or refund an issue that did so, so long
as such debt was, in turn, issued to acquire and finance the
holding of eligible loans. The use of Program Bond proceeds for
such a purpose is limited to thirty percent (30%) of the net
proceeds of the Program Bonds, provided, however, that the
restrictions on refundings in this subparagraph (b) shall
not apply to either (i) the repayment of “warehouse
credit lines” used to acquire mortgage loans and mortgage
backed securities or (ii) “replacement
refundings” where proceeds of Program Bonds are exchanged
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dollar-for-dollar for unexpended tax exempt bond proceeds
and/or
mortgage loan prepayments so long as all proceeds of related
Market Bonds are exchanged first for such purpose.
(c) Proceeds of the Program Bonds representing original
issuance premium, if any (“Premium Bonds”), may
be used to make supplemental loans to underlying borrowers for
down payment assistance.
10. Issuance Limitation: The HFA hereby
certifies that the sum of:
(i) the face amount of the Program Bonds; and
(ii) the face amount of the Market Bonds issued at the time
of issuance of the Program Bonds;
does not exceed the reasonable expectations requirement
applicable to tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds. The principal
amount of the Program Bonds does not exceed the amount allocated
to the HFA under the Single-Family New Issue Bond Program.
11. Redemption: The Complete Indenture
provides that:
(a) The Program Bonds are redeemable in whole or in part
(in minimum denominations of $10,000 and integral multiples of
$10,000 in excess thereof). Redemptions of Program Bonds may be
made without premium or penalty; provided,
however, that with respect to the Premium Bonds:
(i) the redemption price for the Premium Bonds has been
adjusted for any unamortized premium as set forth in a fixed
redemption price schedule affixed to the Complete
Indenture; and
(ii) special redemptions related to prepayments and
recoveries of principal on underlying mortgage loans may be made
at par.
(b) Except as limited by tax law requirements, all proceeds
of the Program Bonds, to the extent not used to acquire mortgage
loans or mortgage backed securities, refund outstanding bond
issues as permitted by the Complete Indenture, pay Program Bond
issuance expenses, fund downpayment assistance loans (from and
to the extent of the premium) or fund related reserve accounts,
must be applied exclusively to the redemption of Program Bonds.
(c) Except as limited by tax law requirements, either
(i) with respect to HFAs having marketed Market Bonds prior
to the date hereof only, a pro rata portion of all prepayments
and other recoveries of principal received with respect to the
mortgage loans or mortgage backed securities financed with the
proceeds of the Program Bonds must be applied to the redemption
of the Program Bonds, to the extent not used to pay scheduled
principal, interest, or sinking fund redemptions on Program
Bonds, Market Bonds or other bonds issued and secured by the
Trust Estate on a parity with the Program Bonds or
(ii) with respect to other transactions, so long as any
Market Bonds remain outstanding, at least 60% or, if no Market
Bonds are Outstanding, 100%, of all principal prepayments and
other recoveries of principal received with respect to the
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mortgage loans or mortgage backed securities financed with the
proceeds of the Program Bonds must be applied to the redemption
of the Program Bonds, to the extent not used to pay scheduled
principal, interest, or sinking fund redemptions on Program
Bonds, Market Bonds or other bonds issued in conjunction with
and secured by the Trust Estate on a parity with the
Program Bonds.
12. No Recycling: The Complete Indenture
provides that all principal payments, principal prepayments and
other recoveries of principal received with respect to the
mortgage loans financed with the proceeds of the Program Bonds
may not be recycled into new mortgage loans or MBS.
13. Selected Covenants: The Complete
Indenture includes, without limitation, the following covenants:
(a) The HFA shall take all steps necessary to assure that
all assets and revenues of any description pledged to the
payment of the Program Bonds and all other bonds issued under
the Complete Indenture shall be applied strictly in accordance
with, and solely for the purposes and in the amounts specified
and permitted by, the terms of the Complete Indenture.
(b) The HFA shall not issue new bonds under the Complete
Indenture in a variable rate demand, adjustable rate or auction
rate mode, other than Program Bonds with Escrowed Proceeds at
the Variable Rate and Construction Program Bonds.
(c) With respect to the purchase, origination, enforcement
and servicing of mortgage loans and mortgage backed securities
(“MBS”), the HFA shall:
(i) originate or cause to be originated, and, if
applicable, purchased, mortgage loans and purchase, or cause to
be purchased, MBS in a manner consistent with applicable state
law, the Complete Indenture and any supplements thereto, and
such other related documents by which the HFA is bound;
(ii) cause all mortgage loans to be serviced pursuant to
the servicing requirements of the HFA, GNMA, FHA, Xxxxxx Mae and
Xxxxxxx Mac, as applicable;
(iii) except as otherwise permitted by Treasury or the
GSEs, diligently take all steps necessary or desirable to
enforce all terms of the mortgage loans, MBS, loan program
documents and all such other documents evidencing obligations to
the HFA; and
(iv) diligently take all actions consistent with sound
mortgage loan origination, purchase and servicing practices and
principles as may be necessary to receive and collect sufficient
revenues to pay debt service when due on the Program Bonds.
(d) The HFA shall not issue any bonds senior in priority to
the Program Bonds and the HFA hereby represents and warrants
that the Program Bonds are at least equal in priority with
respect to payment and security to the most senior Outstanding
Bonds under the Complete Indenture.
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SCHEDULE D-3
DESCRIPTION
OF PROGRAM BONDS
(MULTIFAMILY-ESCROW)
Terms capitalized in this
Schedule D-3
and not defined in Article 1 of this Agreement will have
the meaning assigned to such terms in the Complete Indenture.
In order to qualify as Eligible Bonds under the New Issue Bond
Program, the Program Bonds, the related Complete Indenture and
the HFA must satisfy the following requirements:
1. Taxability: At issuance, the Program
Bonds will be tax-exempt (exempt facility) bonds issued to
finance qualified residential rental projects within the meaning
of Section 142 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. If the
Program Bonds do not satisfy the requirements of the foregoing
sentence, then the HFA hereby certifies that it reasonably
expects to have volume cap or alternative means of issuing
tax-exempt bonds on a timely basis and in a manner which will
permit the release of all Escrowed Proceeds (as defined below)
by December 31, 2010, and will use its reasonable best
efforts to obtain volume cap if necessary.
2. Term: The Program Bonds are stated to
mature on a maturity date that is:
(a) not less than ten (10) years after the
Pre-Settlement Date of the Program Bonds; and
(b) not more than [thirty-two (32)] [thirty-four (34)]
[forty-two (42)] years from the date of issuance of the
Program Bonds.
The HFA hereby certifies that all Program Bonds with a maturity
in excess of thirty-two (32) years and less than
thirty-four (34) years will fund loans pursuant to the
Construction Program Bond program or will
fund FHA-insured
loans, and all Program Bonds with a maturity in excess of
thirty-four (34) years will be used to
fund FHA-insured
loans.
3. Sinking Fund: The Program Bonds are
subject to mandatory sinking fund redemptions or are structured
to pass through principal payments or principal prepayments on
the underlying mortgage loans. The sinking fund redemption
schedule or alternative redemption/prepayments requirements will
be established and added to the Complete Indenture no later than
the final Release Date. This schedule (or these redemption
provisions) is required by the terms of the Complete Indenture
to take into account anticipated underlying mortgage loan
amortization and standard and customary practices in the
industry.
4. Escrow Requirement: The Complete
Indenture provides that:
(a) Certain of the net proceeds of the Program Bonds must
be held in Escrow (as defined below) to the extent that, at
issuance, the Program Bonds will not be tax-exempt.
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(b) The net proceeds of all taxable Program Bonds must be
escrowed (“Escrowed Proceeds”).
(c) The Escrowed Proceeds will be held in escrow under the
Complete Indenture (“Escrow”) pending the
satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 4(e)
below.
(d) Escrowed Proceeds must be invested in such investments
as permitted by Treasury and set forth in the Supplemental
Indenture (“Permitted Escrow Investments”).
Permitted Escrow Investments are pledged exclusively to the
repayment of the Program Bonds unless and until there is a
default under the Complete Indenture, in which case such funds
will be applied as required by the Complete Indenture.
(e) Escrowed Proceeds may be released from Escrow, subject
to, among other things, the condition that the HFA delivers a
bond counsel opinion to the HFA Trustee to the effect that
interest on the Program Bonds related to the Escrowed Proceeds
to be released is exempt from federal income taxation under
Section 103 of the Code.
(f) If any Escrowed Proceeds remain in Escrow on
January 1, 2011, such Escrowed Proceeds must be used to
redeem outstanding Program Bonds at par on February 1, 2011
(or an earlier date selected by the HFA).
5. Minimum Rating: The Program Bonds have
a long-term rating of not less than
‘A3’/‘A-’. The Complete Indenture provides
that to the extent that the minimum rating threshold for the
Program Bonds is not maintained while the proceeds thereof are
Escrowed Proceeds, all proceeds that are still held in Escrow
must be used to redeem a corresponding amount of Program Bonds.
6. Interest Rate. The Complete Indenture
provides that the interest rate on the Program Bonds, which
shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date, will be
determined as follows:
(a) Each Pre-Conversion Bond which is not a Variable Rate
Construction Program Bond shall bear interest at the Short-Term
Rate from the Settlement Date to the related Conversion Date.
The interest rate on some or all of the Pre-Conversion Bonds
which are not Variable Rate Construction Program Bonds may be
Converted on a Conversion Date to a Permanent Rate in accordance
with the provisions thereof.
(b) Each Pre-Conversion Bond which is a Variable Rate
Construction Program Bond shall bear interest at the Short-Term
Rate from the Settlement Date to the Release Date. From and
after the Release Date to the Variable Rate Construction Program
Bond Conversion Date, the Variable Rate Construction Program
Bonds shall bear interest at the Construction Program Bond
Variable Rate. On and after the Construction Program Bond
Conversion Date, the interest rate on the Variable Rate
Construction Program Bonds shall be the Permanent Rate.
For purposes of this Section 6, the following definitions
are applicable:
“Construction Program Bond Conversion Date”
means the first day of the first month which is more than
forty-eight (48) months after the Settlement Date.
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“Construction Program Bond Variable Rate” means
a variable rate equal to the sum of (i) the index of the
weekly index rate resets of tax-exempt variable rate issues
included in a database maintained by Municipal Market Data, a
Thomson Financial Services Company, or its successors, which
meet specific criteria established by The Securities Industry
and Financial Markets Association, such index currently known as
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
(SIFMA) Municipal Swap Index or any successor to such index
plus (ii) 0.50% per annum.
“Construction Program Bonds” means bonds
designated by the HFA as Construction Program Bonds issued to
finance a multifamily mortgage loan meeting the requirements of
Section 7(a)(ii) below, which bonds mature less than
thirty-four (34) years after the Settlement Date and which
bear interest and having the terms set forth above. Construction
Program Bonds may be either fixed rate Construction Program
Bonds (which shall bear interest at the Permanent Rate on and
after the Conversion Date) or Variable Rate Construction Program
Bonds (which shall bear interest at the Construction Program
Bond Variable Rate from and after the Release Date and at the
Permanent Rate from and after the Construction Program Bond
Conversion Date).
“Conversion Date” means, with respect to all or
a portion of Pre-Conversion Bonds that are converting to a
Permanent Rate, the date two (2) months after the related
Release Date; provided that there shall be no more than three
(3) Conversion Dates.
“Permanent Rate” means an interest rate per
annum certified to the HFA Trustee by the Special Permanent Rate
Advisor on or prior to the Release Date, which shall be equal to
the sum of (i) the
10-year
Constant Maturity Treasury Rate, as reported by Treasury as of
the close of business on the Business Day immediately before the
applicable Permanent Rate Calculation Date for Program Bonds,
established by reference to the Daily Treasury Yield Curve Rates
published by Treasury, currently available on its website at:
xxxx://xxx/xxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxx/xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx-xxxx/xxxxx.xxxxx,
plus (ii) the Spread.
“Permanent Rate Calculation Date” means the
date on which the Permanent Rate is calculated with respect to
all or a portion of the Program Bonds, which shall be, with
respect to each applicable portion of the Pre-Conversion Bonds,
a date acceptable to the GSEs selected by the HFA on or prior to
December 31, 2010.
“Release Date” means such date or dates (not to
exceed three (3) dates) on or prior to December 31,
2010 and which dates are acceptable to the GSEs, on which dates
the requirements for release of the Escrowed Proceeds are
satisfied.
“Short-Term Rate” means (i) for the period
from the Settlement Date to the applicable Release Date, the
interest rate which produces an interest payment on such Release
Date relative to the Program Bonds with respect to which
Escrowed Proceeds are subject to release on such Release Date
equal to Investment Earnings, and (ii) with respect to
Program Bonds which are not Variable Rate Construction Program
Bonds, from the Release Date to the Conversion Date, an interest
rate equal to the sum of the Spread plus the lesser of
(A) the Four Week
T-Xxxx Rate
as of the Business Day prior to the Release Date or (B) the
Permanent Rate
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less the Spread. For purposes of this provision,
“Investment Earnings” means total investment
earnings on the portion of the Escrow Fund related to Program
Bonds with respect to which a Release Date is occurring.
[Alternatively, the HFA may elect a Short-Term Rate equal to a
variable Four Week T-Xxxx Rate plus, after the Release Date, the
Spread]
“Special Permanent Rate Advisor” means State
Street Bank and Trust Company, and any successor or assign
designated by Treasury.
“Spread” means (i) with respect to Program
Bonds which are not Variable Rate Construction Program Bonds,
additional per annum interest on the Program Bonds based upon
the lowest bond rating of the Program Bonds effective as of the
Permanent Rate Calculation Date under the Complete Indenture by
the rating agencies rating the Program Bonds, as follows:
|
|
|
Rating
|
|
Additional Spread
|
‘Aaa’/‘AAA’
|
|
60 bps
|
‘Aa’/‘AA’
|
|
75 bps
|
‘A’
|
|
110 bps
|
and, (ii) with respect to Program Bonds which are Variable
Rate Construction Program Bonds, additional per annum interest
on the Variable Rate Construction Program Bonds based upon the
lowest bond rating of the Program Bonds effective as of the
Permanent Rate Calculation Date under the Complete Indenture by
the rating agencies rating the Construction Program Bonds, as
follows:
|
|
|
Rating
|
|
Additional Spread
|
‘Aaa’/‘AAA’
|
|
140 bps
|
‘Aa’/‘AA’
|
|
155 bps
|
‘A’
|
|
190 bps
|
“Variable Rate Construction Program Bonds”
means bonds designated by the HFA as Variable Rate Construction
Program Bonds issued to finance a multifamily mortgage loan
meeting the requirements of Section 7(a)(ii) below, which
bonds mature no more than thirty-four (34) years after the
Settlement Date and which bear interest and have the terms set
forth above. Variable Rate Construction Program Bonds bear
interest at the Construction Program Bond Variable Rate from and
after the Release Date and at the Permanent Rate from and after
the Construction Program Bond Conversion Date.
7. Use of Proceeds:
(a) The Complete Indenture provides that the proceeds of
the Program Bonds must, except as provided in Section 7(b)
or Section 7(c) below, be used only to:
(i) acquire and finance the holding of Permitted Mortgage
Loans; or
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(ii) acquire and finance the holding of Permitted Mortgage
Loans which are either (A) loans guaranteed by either GSE
or (B) loans originated pursuant to underwriting criteria
agreed to by the GSEs and which are financed with Program Bonds
that the HFA elects to treat as Construction Program Bonds.
(b) Proceeds of the Program Bonds may be spent to fund
reasonably required reserves and pay costs of issuance of the
Program Bonds in accordance with the requirements and
limitations of applicable federal tax law.
(c) Proceeds of the Program Bonds may be used to refund, as
fixed rate bonds, any of the HFA’s outstanding variable
rate debt (including auction rate securities) issued on or
before October 19, 2009, so long as such debt, in turn, was
issued to acquire and finance the holding of Permitted Mortgage
Loans for projects that were initially financed on or after
October 19, 2004 (proceeds used for the purpose described
in this Section 7(c) may not exceed thirty (30%) of the
principal amount of the Program Bonds; provided, however, that
“replacement refundings” where proceeds of Program
Bonds are exchanged dollar-for-dollar for unexpended tax exempt
bond proceeds
and/or
mortgage loan prepayments shall not be considered a refunding
for purposes hereof).
For purposes of this Section 7, “Permitted Mortgage
Loans” means (i) loans insured by FHA, including
loans under the FHA risk-sharing program, (ii) loans
guaranteed by GNMA, (iii) loans guaranteed by either GSE,
and (iv) loans originated pursuant to underwriting criteria
agreed to by the GSEs (which criteria are provided by the GSEs
in writing for use in connection with the Program Bonds) which
are either newly originated or refinanced as part of a refunding
of variable rate debt of the HFA issued on or before
October 19, 2009, which debt was issued to acquire and
finance the holding of multifamily loans described in clauses
(i)-(iv) above on or after October 19, 2004, so long as all
such loans are eligible to be financed on a tax-exempt basis
under applicable federal income tax law.
8. Issuance Limitation:
The HFA hereby certifies that the principal amount of the
Program Bonds does not exceed the amount allocated to the HFA
under the Multifamily New Issue Bond Program.
9. Redemption: The Complete Indenture
provides that:
(a) The Program Bonds are redeemable in whole or in part
(in minimum denominations of $10,000 and integral multiples of
$10,000 in excess thereof). Redemptions of Program Bonds may be
made without premium or penalty.
(b) Except as limited by tax law requirements, all proceeds
of the Program Bonds, to the extent not used to
fund Permitted Mortgage Loans, refund outstanding bond
issues as provided in the Complete Indenture, pay Program Bond
issuance expenses or fund related reserve accounts must be
applied exclusively to the redemption of Program Bonds.
(c) Except as limited by tax law requirements, a pro rata
portion of all principal prepayments and other recoveries of
principal received with respect to the mortgage loans or
mortgage backed securities financed with the proceeds of the
Program Bonds must be applied to
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the redemption of the Program Bonds, to the extent not used to
pay scheduled principal, interest, or sinking fund redemptions
on Program Bonds or other bonds issued in conjunction with and
secured by the Trust Estate on a parity with the Program
Bonds.
10. No Recycling: The Complete Indenture
provides that all principal payments, principal prepayments and
other recoveries of principal received with respect to the
mortgage loans financed with the proceeds of the Program Bonds
may not be recycled into new Permitted Mortgage Loans.
11. Selected Covenants: The Complete
Indenture includes, without limitation, the following covenants:
(a) The HFA shall take all steps necessary to assure that
all assets and revenues of any description pledged to the
payment of the Program Bonds and all other bonds issued under
the Complete Indenture shall be applied strictly in accordance
with, and solely for the purposes and in the amounts specified
and permitted by, the terms of the Complete Indenture.
(b) The HFA shall not issue new bonds under the Complete
Indenture in a variable rate demand, adjustable rate or auction
rate mode, other than Program Bonds bearing a variable rate
prior to conversion and Construction Program Bonds.
(c) With respect to the purchase, origination, enforcement
and servicing of Permitted Mortgage Loans, the HFA shall:
(i) originate or cause to be originated, and, if
applicable, purchased, mortgage loans and purchase, or cause to
be purchased, MBS in a manner consistent with applicable state
law, the Complete Indenture and any supplements thereto, and
such other related documents by which the HFA is bound;
(ii) cause all mortgage loans to be serviced pursuant to
the servicing requirements of the HFA, GNMA, FHA, Xxxxxx Xxx and
Xxxxxxx Mac, as applicable;
(iii) except as otherwise permitted by Treasury or the
GSEs, diligently take all steps necessary or desirable to
enforce all terms of the mortgage loans, MBS, loan program
documents and all such other documents evidencing obligations to
the HFA; and
(iv) diligently take all actions consistent with sound
mortgage loan origination, purchase and servicing practices and
principles as may be necessary to receive and collect sufficient
revenues to pay debt service when due on the Program Bonds.
12. Complete Indenture Trust Estate
Limitations. The Complete Indenture contains a
representation and warranty of the HFA to the effect that the
Program Bonds are not secured on a subordinate or parity basis
with any other bonds of the HFA secured, in whole or in part,
with multifamily loans which are not Permitted Mortgage Loans.
The Complete Indenture contains a covenant of the HFA that it
will not issue bonds or other indebtedness senior to or on
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a parity with the Program Bonds which additional parity or
senior bonds or indebtedness is secured, in whole or in part,
with multifamily loans which are not Permitted Mortgage Loans.
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SCHEDULE D-4
DESCRIPTION
OF PROGRAM BONDS
(MULTIFAMILY-IMMEDIATE FUNDING)
Terms capitalized in this
Schedule D-4
and not defined in Article 1 of this Agreement will have
the meaning assigned to such terms in the Complete Indenture.
In order to qualify as Eligible Bonds under the New Issue Bond
Program, the Program Bonds, the related Complete Indenture and
the HFA must satisfy the following requirements:
1. Tax-exempt Status: The HFA hereby
covenants that, at issuance, the Program Bonds will be
tax-exempt (exempt facility) bonds issued to finance qualified
residential rental projects within the meaning of
Section 142 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
2. Term: The Program Bonds are stated to
mature on a maturity date that is:
(a) not less than ten (10) years after the
Pre-Settlement Date of the Program Bonds; and
(b) not more than [thirty-two (32)] [thirty-four (34)]
[forty-two (42)] years from the date of issuance of the
Program Bonds.
The HFA hereby certifies that all Program Bonds with a maturity
in excess of thirty-two (32) years and less than
thirty-four (34) years will fund loans pursuant to the
Construction Program Bond program or will
fund FHA-insured
loans, and all Program Bonds with a maturity in excess of
thirty-four (34) years will be used to
fund FHA-insured
loans.
3. Sinking Fund: The Program Bonds are
subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption or are structured
to pass through principal payments or principal prepayments on
the underlying mortgage loans. The sinking fund redemption
schedule (or alternative redemption/prepayment requirements) is
contained in the Complete Indenture. The HFA hereby certifies
that such schedule (or these redemption provisions) takes into
account anticipated underlying mortgage loan amortization and
standard and customary practices of the HFA.
4. Minimum Rating: The Program Bonds have
a long-term rating of not less than
‘A3’/‘A-’.
5. Interest Rate: The Complete Indenture
provides that the Program Bonds (other than Construction Program
Bonds) will bear interest at
percent per annum. The rate is made up of the sum of (i)
percent per annum, the index rate certified to the HFA by
Treasury’s Agent, State Street Global Advisors, and
(ii) a Spread of
bps based on the
long-term rating described in Section 4 above. Interest
shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date.
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6. Construction Program Bonds: Each
Program Bond which is a Variable Rate Construction Program Bond
shall bear interest at the Construction Program Bond Variable
Rate from the Settlement Date to the Construction Program Bond
Conversion Date. Construction Program Bonds which are not
Variable Rate Construction Program Bonds shall bear interest at
the Permanent Rate on and after the Conversion Date. On and
after the Construction Program Bond Conversion Date, the
interest rate on the Variable Rate Construction Program Bonds
shall be the Permanent Rate.
For purposes of this Section 6, the following definitions
are applicable:
”Construction Program Bond Conversion Date”
means the first day of the first month which is more than
forty-eight (48) months after the Settlement Date.
”Construction Program Bond Variable Rate” means
a variable rate equal to the sum of (i) the index of the
weekly index rate resets of tax-exempt variable rate issues
included in a database maintained by Municipal Market Data, a
Thomson Financial Services Company, or its successors, which
meet specific criteria established by The Securities Industry
and Financial Markets Association, such index currently known as
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
(SIFMA) Municipal Swap Index or any successor to such index
plus (ii) 0.50% per annum.
”Construction Program Bonds” means bonds
designated by the HFA as Construction Program Bonds issued to
finance a multifamily mortgage loan meeting the requirements of
Section 7(a)(ii) below guaranteed as to timely payment of
principal and interest by a GSE, which bonds mature less than
thirty-four (34) years after the Settlement Date and
bearing interest and having the terms set forth above.
Construction Program Bonds may be either fixed rate Construction
Program Bonds (which shall bear interest at the Permanent Rate
on and after the Conversion Date) or Variable Rate Construction
Program Bonds (which shall bear interest at the Construction
Program Bond Variable Rate on and after the Release Date and at
the Permanent Rate on and after the Construction Program Bond
Conversion Date).
”Permanent Rate” means an interest rate per
annum equal to
percent
per annum. The rate is made up of the sum of
(i) percent
per annum, the index rate certified to the HFA by
Treasury’s agent, State Street Global Advisors, and
(ii) a Spread of
bps based on the
long-term rating described in Section 4 above.
”Variable Rate Construction Program Bonds”
means bonds designated by the HFA as Variable Rate Construction
Program Bonds issued to finance a multifamily mortgage loan
meeting the requirements of Section 7(a)(ii) below, which
bonds mature no more than thirty-four (34) years after the
Settlement Date and which bear interest and have the terms set
forth above. Variable Rate Construction Program Bonds bear
interest at the Construction Program Bond Variable Rate from and
after the Release Date and at the Permanent Rate from and after
the Construction Program Bond Conversion.
7. Use of Proceeds:
(a) The Complete Indenture provides that the proceeds of
the Program Bonds must, except as provided in Sections 7(b)
or (c) below, be used only to:
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(i) acquire and finance the holding of Permitted Mortgage
Loans; or
(ii) acquire and finance the holding of Permitted Mortgage
Loans which are either (A) loans guaranteed by either GSE
or (B) loans originated pursuant to underwriting criteria
agreed to by the GSEs and which are financed with Program Bonds
that the HFA elects to treat as Construction Program Bonds.
(b) Proceeds of the Program Bonds may be spent to fund
reasonably required reserves and pay costs of issuance of the
Program Bonds in accordance with the requirements and
limitations of applicable federal tax law.
(c) Proceeds of the Program Bonds may be used to refund, as
fixed rate bonds, any of the HFA’s outstanding variable
rate debt (including auction rate securities) issued on or
before October 19, 2009, so long as such debt, in turn, was
issued to acquire and finance the holding of Permitted Mortgage
Loans for projects that were initially financed on or after
October 19, 2004 (proceeds used for the purpose described
in this Section 7(c) may not exceed thirty (30%) of the
principal amount of the Program Bonds; provided, however, that
“replacement refundings” where proceeds of Program
Bonds are exchanged dollar-for-dollar for unexpended tax exempt
bond proceeds
and/or
mortgage loan prepayments shall not be considered a refunding
for purposes hereof).
For purposes of this Section 7, “Permitted Mortgage
Loans” means (i) loans insured by FHA, including
loans under the FHA risk-sharing program, (ii) loans
guaranteed by GNMA, (iii) loans guaranteed by either GSE,
and (iv) loans originated pursuant to underwriting criteria
agreed to by the GSEs (which criteria are provided by the GSEs
in writing for use in connection with the Program Bonds) which
are either newly originated or refinanced as part of a refunding
of variable rate debt of the HFA issued on or before
October 19, 2009, which debt was issued to acquire and
finance the holding of multifamily loans described in clauses
(i)-(iv) above on or after October 19, 2004, so long as all
such loans are eligible to be financed on a tax-exempt basis
under applicable federal income tax law.
8. Issuance Limitation:
The HFA hereby certifies that the principal amount of the
Program Bonds does not exceed the amount allocated to the HFA
under the Multifamily New Issue Bond Program.
9. Redemption: The Complete Indenture
provides that:
(a) The Program Bonds are redeemable in whole or in part
(in minimum denominations of $10,000 and integral multiples of
$10,000 in excess thereof). Redemptions of Program Bonds may be
made without premium or penalty.
(b) Except as limited by tax law requirements, all proceeds
of the Program Bonds, to the extent not used to
fund Permitted Mortgage Loans, refund outstanding bond
issues as provided in the Complete Indenture, pay Program Bond
issuance expenses or fund related reserve accounts must be
applied exclusively to the redemption of Program Bonds.
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(c) Except as limited by tax law requirements, a pro rata
portion of all principal prepayments and other recoveries of
principal received with respect to the mortgage loans or
mortgage backed securities financed with the proceeds of the
Program Bonds must be applied to the redemption of the Program
Bonds, to the extent not used to pay scheduled principal,
interest, or sinking fund redemptions on Program Bonds or other
bonds issued in conjunction with and secured by the
Trust Estate on a parity with the Program Bonds.
10. No Recycling: The Complete Indenture
provides that all principal payments, principal prepayments and
other recoveries of principal received with respect to the
mortgage loans financed with the proceeds of the Program Bonds
may not be recycled into new Permitted Mortgage Loans.
11. Selected Covenants: The Complete
Indenture includes, without limitation, the following covenants:
(a) The HFA shall take all steps necessary to assure that
all assets and revenues of any description pledged to the
payment of the Program Bonds and all other bonds issued under
the Complete Indenture shall be applied strictly in accordance
with, and solely for the purposes and in the amounts specified
and permitted by, the terms of the Complete Indenture.
(b) The HFA shall not issue new bonds under the Complete
Indenture in a variable rate demand, adjustable rate or auction
rate mode, other than Program Bonds bearing a variable rate
prior to conversion and Construction Program Bonds.
(c) With respect to the purchase, origination, enforcement
and servicing of Permitted Mortgage Loans, the HFA shall:
(i) originate or cause to be originated, and, if
applicable, purchased, mortgage loans and purchase, or cause to
be purchased, MBS in a manner consistent with applicable state
law, the Complete Indenture and any supplements thereto, and
such other related documents by which the HFA is bound;
(ii) cause all mortgage loans to be serviced pursuant to
the servicing requirements of the HFA, GNMA, FHA, Xxxxxx Xxx and
Xxxxxxx Mac, as applicable;
(iii) except as otherwise permitted by Treasury or the
GSEs, diligently take all steps necessary or desirable to
enforce all terms of the mortgage loans, MBS, loan program
documents and all such other documents evidencing obligations to
the HFA; and
(iv) diligently take all actions consistent with sound
mortgage loan origination, purchase and servicing practices and
principles as may be necessary to receive and collect sufficient
revenues to pay debt service when due on the Program Bonds.
12. Complete Indenture Trust Estate
Limitations. The Complete Indenture contains a
representation and warranty of the HFA to the effect that the
Program Bonds are not
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secured on a subordinate or parity basis with any other bonds of
the HFA secured, in whole or in part, with multifamily loans
which are not Permitted Mortgage Loans. The Complete Indenture
contains a covenant of the HFA that it will not issue bonds or
other indebtedness senior to or on a parity with the Program
Bonds which additional parity or senior bonds or indebtedness is
secured, in whole or in part, with multifamily loans which are
not Permitted Mortgage Loans.
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SCHEDULE D-5
DESCRIPTION
OF PROGRAM BONDS
(SMALL ISSUE)
Terms capitalized in this
Schedule D-5
and not defined in Article 1 of this Agreement will have
the meaning assigned to such terms in the Complete Indenture.
In order to qualify as Eligible Bonds under the New Issue Bond
Program, the Program Bonds, the related Complete Indenture and
the HFA must satisfy the following requirements:
1. Taxability: At issuance, the Program
Bonds will be tax-exempt qualified mortgage bonds within the
meaning of Section 143 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986. If the Program Bonds do not satisfy the requirements of
the foregoing sentence, then the HFA hereby certifies that the
HFA reasonably expects to have volume cap or alternative means
of issuing tax-exempt bonds on a timely basis and in a manner
which will permit the release of all Escrowed Proceeds (as
defined below) by December 31, 2010, and will use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain volume cap if necessary.
2. Small Issue Program Bonds: The Program
Bonds are Program Bonds which satisfy each of the following
requirements: (i) the Complete Indenture is required to be
a “Permitted Single-Family Indenture”, which
term is defined to mean an indenture with respect to which 100%
of the mortgage assets held under the indenture are
single-family mortgage backed securities, (ii) at issuance,
the Program Bonds will have a long-term credit rating of
‘Aaa’/‘AAA’ and (iii) the principal
amount of the Program Bonds is not in excess of $25,000,000.
3. Term: The Program Bonds are stated to
mature on a maturity date that is:
(a) not less than ten (10) years after the
Pre-Settlement Date of the Program Bonds; and
(b) not more than thirty-two (32) years from the
Pre-Settlement Date of the Program Bonds.
4. Sinking Fund: The Program Bonds are
subject to mandatory sinking fund redemptions or are structured
to pass through principal payments or principal prepayments on
the underlying MBS. The sinking fund redemption schedule or
alternative redemption/prepayment requirements will be
established and added to the Complete Indenture no later than
the final Release Date. This schedule (or these redemption
provisions) is required by the terms of the Complete Indenture
to take into account anticipated underlying mortgage loan
amortization and standard and customary practices of the HFA.
5. Escrow Requirement: The Complete
Indenture provides that:
(a) Certain of the net proceeds of the Program Bonds must
be held in Escrow (as defined below) to the extent that, at
issuance, the Program Bonds will not be tax-exempt.
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(b) The net proceeds of all taxable Program Bonds must be
escrowed (“Escrowed Proceeds”).
(c) The Escrowed Proceeds will be held in escrow under the
Complete Indenture (“Escrow”) pending the
satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 4(e)
below.
(d) Escrowed Proceeds must be invested in such investments
as permitted by Treasury and set forth in the Supplemental
Indenture (“Permitted Escrow Investments”).
Permitted Escrow Investments are pledged exclusively to the
repayment of the Program Bonds unless and until there is a
default under the Complete Indenture, in which case such funds
will be applied as required by the Complete Indenture.
(e) Escrowed Proceeds may be released from Escrow, subject
to, among other things, the condition that the HFA delivers a
bond counsel opinion to the HFA Trustee to the effect that
interest on the Program Bonds related to the Escrowed Proceeds
to be released is exempt from federal income taxation under
Section 103 of the Code.
(f) If any Escrowed Proceeds remain in Escrow on
January 1, 2011, such Escrowed Proceeds must be used to
redeem outstanding Program Bonds at par on February 1, 2011
(or an earlier date selected by the HFA).
6. Minimum Rating: The Program Bonds have
a long-term rating of “AAA”/“Aaa”. The
Complete Indenture provides that to the extent that such rating
for the Program Bonds is not maintained while the proceeds
thereof are Escrowed Proceeds, all proceeds that are still held
in Escrow must be used immediately to redeem a corresponding
amount of Program Bonds.
7. Interest Rate: The Complete Indenture
provides that each Pre-Conversion Bond shall bear interest at
the Short-Term Rate from the Settlement Date to the related
Conversion Date. The interest rate on some or all of the
Pre-Conversion Bonds may be Converted on a Conversion Date to a
Permanent Rate in accordance with the provisions thereof.
Interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date. The
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall
have the following definitions:
“Conversion Date” means, with respect to all or
a portion of Pre-Conversion Bonds that are converting to a
Permanent Rate, the date three (3) months after the related
Release Date; provided that there shall be no more than three
(3) Conversion Dates.
“Four Week T-Xxxx Rate” means the interest rate
for Four Week Treasury Bills (secondary market) as reported by
the Federal Reserve on its website at the following internet
address
-xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxxx/x00/xxxxxx/x00xxx.xxx.
“Permanent Rate” means an interest rate per
annum certified to the HFA Trustee by the Special Permanent Rate
Advisor on or prior to the Release Date, which shall be equal to
the sum of the
10-year
Constant Maturity Treasury rate, as reported by Treasury as of
the close of business on the Business Day immediately before the
applicable Permanent Rate Calculation Date for Program Bonds,
established by reference to the Daily Treasury Yield Curve Rates
published by Treasury, currently available on its website
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at:xxxx://xxx/xxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxx/xxxx-xxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx
-rate/yield.shtml, plus (ii) the Spread.
“Permanent Rate Calculation Date” means the
date on which the Permanent Rate is calculated with respect to
all or a portion of the Program Bonds, which shall be, with
respect to each applicable portion of the Pre-Conversion Bonds,
either (i) a date selected by the HFA and acceptable to the
GSEs prior to the Settlement Date or (ii) dates selected by
the HFA and acceptable to the GSEs on or prior to
December 31, 2010 by delivery of a release certificate as
described in the Complete Indenture.
“Pre-Conversion Bonds” means Program Bonds for
which the interest rate has not been the subject of a Conversion.
“Release Date” means such date or dates (not to
exceed three (3) dates) on or prior to December 31,
2010 and which dates are acceptable to the GSEs, on which dates
the requirements under the Complete Indenture are met.
“Short-Term Rate” means, (i) for the
period from the Settlement Date to the applicable Release Date,
the interest rate which produces an interest payment on such
Release Date relative to the Program Bonds with respect to which
Escrowed Proceeds are subject to release on such Release Date
equal to Investment Earnings, and (ii) from the Release
Date to the Conversion Date, an interest rate equal to the sum
of the Spread plus the lesser of (A) the Four Week
T-Xxxx Rate as of the Business Day prior to the Release Date or
(B) the Permanent Rate less the Spread. For purposes of
this provision, “Investment Earnings” means
total investment earnings on the portion of the Escrow Fund
related to Program Bonds with respect to which a Release Date is
occurring. [Alternatively, the HFA may elect a Short-Term Rate
equal to a variable Four Week T-Xxxx Rate plus, after the
Release Date, the Spread]
“Spread” means additional per annum interest on
the Program Bonds equal to sixty (60) bps.
8. Use of Proceeds.
(a) The Complete Indenture provides that, except as
provided in Section 8(b) below, the proceeds of the Program
Bonds must be used only (i) to acquire and finance the
holding of single-family MBS, so long as all underlying loans
are eligible to be financed on a tax-exempt basis under
applicable federal income tax law (“eligible
loans”) or (ii) to fund reasonably required
reserves and pay costs of issuance of the Program Bonds in
accordance with the requirements and limitations of applicable
federal tax law.
(b) Proceeds of the Program Bonds may be used to refund, as
fixed rate bonds, any of the HFA’s variable rate debt
(including auction rate securities) issued and outstanding prior
to October 19, 2009 or to refund an issue that did so, so
long as such debt was, in turn, issued to acquire and finance
the holding of MBS with underlying eligible loans, the use of
proceeds for such a refunding purpose shall be limited to thirty
percent (30%) of the net proceeds of the Program Bonds; the
restrictions on refundings herein shall not apply to either
(A) the repayment of “warehouse credit lines”
used to acquire MBS or (B) “replacement
refundings” where
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proceeds of Program Bonds are exchanged dollar-for-dollar for
unexpended tax exempt bond proceeds
and/or
mortgage loan prepayments.
9. Issuance Limitation: The HFA hereby
certifies that the principal amount of the Program Bonds does
not exceed $25,000,000 and the amount allocated to the HFA under
the Single-Family New Issue Bond Program.
10. Redemption: The Complete Indenture
provides that:
(a) The Program Bonds are redeemable in whole or in part
(in minimum denominations of $10,000 and integral multiples of
$10,000 in excess thereof). Redemptions of Program Bonds may be
made without premium or penalty.
(b) Except as limited by tax law requirements, all proceeds
of the Program Bonds, to the extent not used to acquire MBS,
refund outstanding bond issues as herein provided, pay Program
Bond issuance expenses or fund related reserve accounts, must be
applied exclusively to the redemption of Program Bonds.
(c) Except as limited by tax law requirements, a pro rata
portion of all principal prepayments and other recoveries of
principal received with respect to the mortgage loans or
mortgage backed securities financed with the proceeds of the
Program Bonds must be applied to the redemption of the Program
Bonds, to the extent not used to pay scheduled principal,
interest, or sinking fund redemptions on Program Bonds or other
bonds issued in conjunction with and secured by the
Trust Estate on a parity with the Program Bonds.
11. No Recycling: The Complete Indenture
provides that all principal payments, principal prepayments and
other recoveries of principal received with respect to the
mortgage loans financed with the proceeds of the Program Bonds
may not be recycled into new mortgage loans or MBS.
12. Selected Covenants: The Complete
Indenture includes, without limitation, the following covenants:
(a) The HFA shall take all steps necessary to assure that
all assets and revenues of any description pledged to the
payment of the Program Bonds and all other bonds issued under
the Complete Indenture shall be applied strictly in accordance
with, and solely for the purposes and in the amounts specified
and permitted by, the terms of the Complete Indenture.
(b) The HFA shall not issue new bonds under the Complete
Indenture in a variable rate demand, adjustable rate or auction
rate mode, other than Program Bonds with Escrowed Proceeds at
the Short-Term Rate.
(c) With respect to the purchase, origination, enforcement
and servicing of mortgage backed securities
(“MBS”), the HFA shall:
(i) purchase, or cause to be purchased, MBS in a manner
consistent with applicable state law, the Complete Indenture and
any supplements thereto, and such other related documents by
which the HFA is bound; and
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(ii) except as otherwise permitted by Treasury or the GSEs,
diligently take all steps necessary or desirable to enforce all
terms of the MBS and all such other documents evidencing
obligations to the HFA.
(d) The HFA shall not issue any bonds senior in priority to
the Program Bonds and the HFA hereby represents and warrants
that the Program Bonds are at least equal in priority with
respect to payment and security to the most senior Outstanding
Bonds under the Complete Indenture.
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