EXHIBIT 10.1
FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
by and among
PULTE MORTGAGE LLC,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
and
BANK ONE, NA,
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
And
BANC ONE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
AS LEAD ARRANGER AND SOLE BOOK RUNNER
And
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS COLLATERAL AGENT
dated as of June 30, 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Article I DEFINITIONS............................................................................................. 1
Article II THE CREDITS............................................................................................ 29
2.1 Commitment, Sublimits and Types of Advances......................................................... 29
2.2 Primary Advances.................................................................................... 31
2.3 Buy Down Loans...................................................................................... 31
2.4 Swingline Advances.................................................................................. 32
2.5 Intentionally Omitted............................................................................... 32
2.6 Reallocation Upon Default........................................................................... 32
2.7 Fees................................................................................................ 32
2.8 Method of Selecting Types and Interest Periods for New Advances..................................... 33
2.9 Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances................................................. 34
2.10 Reductions to Aggregate Commitment.................................................................. 34
2.11 Principal Payments.................................................................................. 35
2.12 Changes in Interest Rate, etc....................................................................... 36
2.13 Rates Applicable After Default...................................................................... 36
2.14 Method of Payment................................................................................... 37
2.15 Noteless Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness........................................................ 37
2.16 Telephonic Notices.................................................................................. 38
2.17 Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis...................................................... 38
2.18 Notification by the Agent........................................................................... 38
2.19 Lending Installations............................................................................... 38
2.20 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Agent................................................................... 38
Article III CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES............................................................................... 39
3.1 Yield Protection.................................................................................... 39
3.2 Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations............................................................. 40
3.3 Availability of Types of Advances................................................................... 40
3.4 Funding Indemnification............................................................................. 40
3.5 Taxes............................................................................................... 40
3.6 Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity............................................................ 42
Article IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT; WITHHOLDING TAX EXEMPTION........................................................ 43
4.1 Effectiveness....................................................................................... 43
4.2 Each Advance........................................................................................ 44
Article V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.......................................................................... 44
5.1 Existence and Standing.............................................................................. 44
5.2 Authorization and Validity.......................................................................... 44
5.3 No Conflict; Government Consent..................................................................... 44
5.4 Financial Statements................................................................................ 45
5.5 Material Adverse Change............................................................................. 45
5.6 Taxes............................................................................................... 45
5.7 Litigation and Contingent Obligations............................................................... 45
5.8 Subsidiaries........................................................................................ 46
5.9 ERISA............................................................................................... 46
5.10 Accuracy of Information............................................................................. 46
5.11 Regulation U........................................................................................ 46
5.12 Material Agreements................................................................................. 46
5.13 Compliance With Laws................................................................................ 46
5.14 Ownership of Properties............................................................................. 46
5.15 Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions................................................................ 46
5.16 Investment Company Act.............................................................................. 47
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5.17 Public Utility Holding Company Act.................................................................. 47
5.18 GNMA, FHA, VA, FNMA, and FHLMC Eligibility.......................................................... 47
5.19 Approved Investor Commitments....................................................................... 47
5.20 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties.......................................................... 47
5.21 No Defaults......................................................................................... 47
Article VI COVENANTS.............................................................................................. 47
6.1 Financial Reporting................................................................................. 47
6.2 Use of Proceeds..................................................................................... 49
6.3 Notice of Default................................................................................... 50
6.4 Conduct of Business................................................................................. 50
6.5 Taxes............................................................................................... 50
6.6 Insurance........................................................................................... 50
6.7 Compliance with Laws................................................................................ 50
6.8 Maintenance of Properties........................................................................... 51
6.9 Inspection.......................................................................................... 51
6.10 Dividends........................................................................................... 51
6.11 Intentionally Omitted............................................................................... 51
6.12 Merge............................................................................................... 51
6.13 Sale of Assetst..................................................................................... 51
6.14 Investments and Acquisitions........................................................................ 51
6.15 Liens............................................................................................... 52
6.16 Affiliates.......................................................................................... 54
6.17 Financial Covenants................................................................................. 54
6.18 Compliance with Security Agreement.................................................................. 54
6.19 Recourse Servicing.................................................................................. 55
6.20 Federal Agency Approvals............................................................................ 55
6.21 Approved Investor Commitments....................................................................... 55
6.22 Negative Pledges.................................................................................... 55
6.23 Keeping of Records and Books of Account............................................................. 55
6.24 Hedging Program..................................................................................... 55
6.25 Agreements to Pledge Mortgage Loans................................................................. 55
Article VII DEFAULTS.............................................................................................. 55
Article VIII COLLATERAL, ACCELERATION AND OTHER REMEDIES.......................................................... 58
8.1 Security and Collateral Agency Agreement............................................................ 58
8.2 AP Mortgages........................................................................................ 58
8.3 Release of Collateral............................................................................... 58
8.4 Cash and Collateral Account; Settlement Account; Reconciliation Process; and Funding Account........ 58
8.5 Termination......................................................................................... 59
8.6 Acceleration........................................................................................ 60
8.7 Other Remedies...................................................................................... 60
8.8 Application of Proceeds............................................................................. 61
8.9 Preservation of Rights.............................................................................. 62
8.10 Actions Under Acknowledgement Agreements............................................................ 62
8.11 Transition from Prior Facility...................................................................... 62
Article IX AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS................................................................ 62
9.1 Amendments and Waivers.............................................................................. 62
9.2 Survival of Representations......................................................................... 63
9.3 Governmental Regulation............................................................................. 63
9.4 Headings............................................................................................ 64
9.5 Entire Agreement.................................................................................... 64
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9.6 Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement..................................................... 64
9.7 Expenses; Indemnification........................................................................... 64
9.8 Nonliability of Lenders............................................................................. 65
9.9 Severability of Provisions.......................................................................... 65
9.10 Numbers of Documents................................................................................ 65
9.11 Accounting.......................................................................................... 65
9.12 Confidentiality..................................................................................... 65
9.13 Nonreliance......................................................................................... 66
9.14 Disclosure.......................................................................................... 66
Article X THE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT...................................................................... 66
10.1 Appointment; Nature of Relationship................................................................. 66
10.2 Powers.............................................................................................. 66
10.3 General Immunity.................................................................................... 66
10.4 No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc.......................................................... 66
10.5 Action on Instructions of Lenders................................................................... 67
10.6 Employment of Agents and Counsel.................................................................... 67
10.7 Reliance on Documents; Counsel...................................................................... 67
10.8 Agent's Reimbursement and Indemnification........................................................... 67
10.9 Notice of Default................................................................................... 68
10.10 Rights as a Lender.................................................................................. 68
10.11 Lender Credit Decision.............................................................................. 68
10.12 Successor Agent..................................................................................... 68
10.13 Delegation to Affiliates............................................................................ 69
10.14 Collateral Releases................................................................................. 69
Article XI SETOFF; RATABLE PAYMENTS............................................................................... 69
11.1 Setoff.............................................................................................. 69
11.2 Ratable Payments.................................................................................... 69
11.3 Custodial Accounts.................................................................................. 69
Article XII ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS; COMMITMENT INCREASES..................................................... 70
12.1 Successors and Assigns.............................................................................. 70
12.2 Participations...................................................................................... 70
12.3 Assignments......................................................................................... 71
12.4 INTENTIONALLY OMITTED............................................................................... 71
12.5 Dissemination of Information........................................................................ 71
12.6 Tax Treatment....................................................................................... 72
Article XIII NOTICES.............................................................................................. 72
13.1 NoticesAgreement.................................................................................... 72
13.2 Change of Address................................................................................... 72
Article XIV COUNTERPARTS.......................................................................................... 72
Article XV CHOICE OF LAW, CONSENT TO JURISDICTION, WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL........................................... 72
15.1 Choice Of Law....................................................................................... 72
15.2 Consent To Jurisdiction............................................................................. 72
15.3 Waiver Of Jury Trial................................................................................ 74
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FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of
June 30, 2004 is among PULTE MORTGAGE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the "Borrower"), the banks identified on the signature pages hereof (together
with any successors and assigns thereof, hereinafter referred to individually as
a "Lender" and collectively as the "Lenders"), and BANK ONE, NA, a national
banking association, as administrative agent for the Lenders.
RECITALS
Borrower, Bank One, NA (individually and as administrative agent) and the
Lenders are party to that certain Fourth Amended And Restated Revolving Credit
Agreement dated as of March 31, 2003 (as amended, the "Prior Agreement").
The Borrower has requested that the termination date of the Prior
Agreement be extended and that certain changes be made to the Prior Agreement
and the Agent and the Lenders have agreed to do so.
The revolving credit facility made available to the Borrower pursuant to
this Agreement shall be used for residential mortgage loan origination and
acquisition and for other general corporate purposes. In consideration of the
foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement:
"Acknowledgement Agreements" means, as of any date, acknowledgement
agreements executed by the Collateral Agent, the Borrower and FNMA or FHLMC
recognizing and consenting to any security interest subsequently created, at the
Borrower's sole election, in the Pledged Servicing.
"Acquisition" means any transaction, or any series of related
transactions, consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) acquires any going business or all or
substantially all of the assets of any firm, corporation or limited liability
company, or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or
otherwise or (ii) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the
most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in
number of votes) of the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting
power for the election of directors (other than securities having such power
only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage
or voting power) of the outstanding ownership interests of a partnership or
limited liability company.
"Additional Required Mortgage Documents" means the instruments and
documents described in Schedule B to the Security Agreement.
"Advance" means a borrowing hereunder (or conversion or continuation
thereof) consisting of the aggregate amount of the several Loans made on the
same Borrowing Date (or date of conversion or continuation) by some or all of
the Lenders to the Borrower of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar
Advances, for the same Interest Period.
"Affiliate" of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. A Person
shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person possesses,
directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of the controlled Person, whether through ownership of
stock, by contract or otherwise.
"Affiliated Special Ventures" means entities which are Affiliates of the
Borrower engaged in the mortgage business and in which both the Borrower and
another Person have made equity Investments (e.g. a limited liability company
engaged in the mortgage banking business and owned in part by each of the
Borrower and an unrelated third party).
"Agent" means Bank One, NA, with its main office in Chicago, Illinois, in
its capacity as contractual representative of the Lenders pursuant to Article X,
and not in its individual capacity as a Lender, and any successor Agent
appointed pursuant to Article X.
"Aggregate Commitment" means, as of any date, the aggregate of the
Lenders' then-current Commitments under this Agreement, as reduced or increased
from time to time in accordance with Section 2.10 of this Agreement. The
Aggregate Commitment as of the date hereof is $355,000,000, as shown on Schedule
1.
"Aggregate Servicing Value" means, as of any date, an amount equal to (A)
the sum of (1) the then-current Servicing Take-Out Value of all Eligible
Mortgage Servicing Rights set forth in the most recent Servicing Rights
Certificate, plus (2) the then-current amount of Eligible Servicing Sale
Receivables set forth in the most recent Servicing Rights Certificate, minus (B)
the sum of the following, without duplication (1) any applicable reductions from
the total amount of the Take-Out Value of Eligible Mortgage Servicing Rights and
Eligible Sale Receivables set forth in (A) above which result from any payment
made on account of any Eligible Servicing Rights which are sold or the receipt
of any Eligible Servicing Sale Receivable if the applicable sold Eligible
Mortgage Servicing Rights or Servicing Sale Receivables are removed from the
Borrowing Base in accordance with Paragraph 6(c) of the Security Agreement, (2)
any applicable reductions in the amount of Take-Out Value of Eligible Mortgage
Servicing Rights set forth in (A) above which are set forth in a Servicing
Transfer Report, and (3) any applicable reductions in the amount of Take-Out
Value of Eligible Mortgage Servicing Rights and Eligible Sale Receivables set
forth in (A) above which are set forth in a Reduced Servicing Notice, plus (C)
any applicable increases in the amount of Eligible Sale Receivables described in
(A) above which are set forth in a Servicing Transfer Report; provided, however,
if the Agent or the Collateral Agent at any time determines that the amount of
the Servicing Take-Out Value of all Eligible Mortgage Servicing Rights or the
amount of Eligible Servicing Sale Receivables is less than the amount set forth
in (A) above and such discrepancy has not already been accounted for pursuant to
(B) above (e.g. because the Agent or the Collateral Agent has determined that
certain Pledged Servicing or Pledged Servicing Sale Receivables no longer meet
the applicable eligibility criteria, then the Agent or Collateral Agent, as
applicable, shall notify the Borrower of the amount by which the Servicing
Take-Out Value of all Eligible Mortgage Servicing Rights or the amount of
Eligible Servicing Sale Receivables, as applicable, should accordingly be
reduced, and the Servicing Take-Out Value of Eligible Mortgage Servicing Rights
or the amount of Eligible Servicing Sale Receivables, as applicable, shall be so
reduced.
"Agreement" means this credit agreement, as it may be amended or modified
and in effect from time to time.
"Agreement Accounting Principles" means GAAP, applied in a manner
consistent with that used in preparing the financial statements referred to in
Section 5.4.
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"Agreement to Pledge" means a written pledge substantially in the form of
Exhibit E to this Agreement executed by the Borrower and delivered by facsimile,
electronically or by another means acceptable to Agent and Borrower to the
Collateral Agent, specifically identifying all Mortgage Loans with respect to
which the Required Mortgage Documents are not being delivered on or before the
Pledge Date of such Mortgage Loan.
"Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate of interest per annum
equal to the higher of (i) the Prime Rate for such day and (ii) the sum of
Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day plus 1/2% per annum.
"Alternate Base Rate Advance" means an Advance which bears interest at the
Alternate Base Rate.'
"Alternate Base Rate Loan" means a Loan which bears interest at the
Alternate Base Rate.
"AP Mortgage" means, on any date, any Mortgage Loan which has been
identified in an Agreement to Pledge and for which the Collateral Agent has not
received the Required Mortgage Documents for such Mortgage Loan by such date.
"Approved Investor" means, as of any time, any of the institutions listed
on Schedule 2 attached hereto and any other institution approved in writing by
the Agent (with prompt notice to the Lenders), such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld; provided that (i) the Agent shall give the Lenders
immediate notice of the approval of any institution not listed on Schedule 2,
and if any Lender objects to such approval within three (3) Business Days after
such notice then such institution shall cease to be an Approved Investor at the
election of the Required Lenders, and (ii) any such institutions listed on
Schedule 2 or previously approved by the Agent may be eliminated as an Approved
Investor (or as an Approved Investor of a specific type) by written notice to
the Borrower from the Agent, which elimination notice shall be given only for
reasonable cause and any commitments issued by any such formerly-Approved
Investor after such elimination shall not constitute Approved Investor
Commitments, but commitments of such formerly-Approved Investor existing at the
time of such elimination shall continue to be Approved Investor Commitments.
"Approved Investor Commitment" means a commitment, issued by an Approved
Investor of the required type, to purchase Mortgage Loans, to exchange
Securities for Mortgage Loans or to purchase Securities.
"Approved MBS Custodian" is defined in Paragraph 7(b) of the Security
Agreement.
"Approved Recourse Servicing" means , as of any time, any of the Recourse
Servicing described on Exhibit M and any other Recourse Servicing reasonably
approved by the Agent; provided that (i) the Agent shall give the Lenders
immediate notice of the approval of any Recourse Servicing not listed on Exhibit
M, and if any Lender objects to such approval within three (3) Business Days
after such notice then such Recourse Servicing shall cease to be Approved
Recourse Servicing at the election of the Required Lenders, and (ii) any such
Recourse Servicing listed on Exhibit M or previously approved by the Agent may
be eliminated as Approved Recourse Servicing by written notice to the Borrower
from the Agent, in which case the Borrower shall not allow any Mortgage Loans
thereafter generated or acquired by the Borrower to be subject to any such
formerly-Approved Recourse Servicing.
"Approved Servicing Purchaser" means any of the entities listed on Exhibit
L hereto and any other Servicing Purchaser approved by the Required Lenders.
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"Approved Servicing Sale Agreement" means any of the sale agreements
listed on Exhibit L hereto and any other agreements approved by the Agent for
the sale of Pledged Servicing from the Borrower to an Approved Servicing
Purchaser.
"ARM Mortgage Loan" means a Mortgage Loan which bears interest at a rate
that may be adjusted at one or more times during the term of such Mortgage Loan.
"Arranger" means Banc One Capital Markets, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
and its successors.
"Article" means an article of this Agreement unless another document is
specifically referenced.
"Assignment" means a duly executed assignment for the benefit of the
Lenders of a Mortgage, of the indebtedness secured thereby, and of all documents
and rights related to the Mortgage Loan secured by such Mortgage in accordance
with the requirements of the Security Agreement.
"Authorized Officer" means any of the president, chairman, chief financial
officer, treasurer or other officer of the Borrower, acting singly.
"Available Deposits" means those free collected balances maintained in
accounts in the name of the Borrower (or held by the Borrower in trust for third
parties) with a Lender (after deducting float and balances required by such
Lender under its normal practices to compensate such Lender for the maintenance
of such accounts and taking into consideration reserve requirements applicable
to such accounts) and which balances are not included in determining "Available
Deposits" under any other arrangements between such Lender and the Borrower.
"Bank One" means Bank One, NA, with its main office in Chicago, Illinois,
in its individual capacity, and its successors.
"Basic Eligibility Requirements" means a Pledged Item with respect to
which each of the following statements is accurate and complete in all material
respects:
(i) The Borrower is the legal and equitable owner and holder of such
Pledged Item and has full power and authority to pledge such Pledged Item.
Such Pledged Item and each commitment of a Person to purchase Mortgage
Loans and Securities from the Borrower (including Approved Investor
Commitments) has been duly and validly issued to the Borrower, and each
Pledged Item constitutes Eligible Collateral, has been duly and validly
pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and
is subject to no Lien other than the lien of the Security Agreement in
favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
(ii) Each requirement of any federal, state or local law including,
without limitation, usury, truth-in-lending, real estate settlement
procedures, consumer credit protection, equal credit opportunity or
disclosure laws applicable to such Pledged Item has been complied with in
all material respects.
(iii) With respect to each Pledged Item which is a Pledged Mortgage:
(1) it is a Residential Mortgage Loan that has been duly
executed and delivered by the parties thereto at a closing,
(2) it is valid and enforceable in accordance with its
terms, without defense or offset, subject to bankruptcy and similar
laws and other general restrictions on
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creditors' rights and equitable principles (whether raised in an
equity proceeding or an action at law),
(3) the property covered by said Mortgage Loan is free and
clear of all Liens except those in favor of the Borrower subject
only to (a) the Lien of current real property taxes and assessments
not yet due and payable; (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions,
rights of way, easements and other matters of the public record, as
of the date of recording, as are acceptable to mortgage lending
institutions generally and specifically referred to in a lender's
title insurance policy delivered to the originator of said Mortgage
Loan and (i) referred to or otherwise considered in the appraisal
made for the originator of said Mortgage Loan or (ii) which do not
materially adversely affect the appraised value of such property as
set forth in such appraisal; (c) other matters to which like
properties are commonly subject which do not materially interfere
with the benefits of the security intended to be provided by said
Mortgage Loan or the use, enjoyment, value or marketability of the
related property; and (d) if said Mortgage Loan is a second priority
Lien, a first Lien to the extent permitted under the other
eligibility criteria for said Mortgage Loan,
(4) it has been correctly described in the Collateral
Transmittal submitted to the Collateral Agent in respect of such
Pledged Mortgage,
(5) it has been fully funded to the mortgagor or to an
escrow or closing agent by wire transfer, transmittal through the
"Automated Clearing House" or any similar private clearing house for
interbank transfers of funds, cashier's check or a check written
against the Borrower's controlled disbursement account with the
Agent, which has been identified as a check in the related
Collateral Transmittal and for which the Agent has notified the
Collateral Agent that such check has been presented for payment and
that good funds are available to fund the controlled disbursement
account to cover such check,
(6) the Collateral Agent has in its possession (other than
with respect to Pledged Mortgages which are then the subject of an
Agreement to Pledge) all Required Mortgage Documents other than
those documents and instruments which are in the possession of the
Borrower pursuant to a Trust Receipt or in the possession of a
Person to whom delivery was made pursuant to an Investor Transmittal
Letter,
(7) it has been or will be promptly duly recorded where
necessary and complies with all applicable state or local recording,
registration and filing laws and regulations in all material
respects,
(8) there are no defenses, counterclaims or offsets of any
nature whatsoever with respect to such Pledged Mortgage or the
indebtedness evidenced and secured thereby or with respect to any
Required Mortgage Document and, other than the related Required
Mortgage Documents and Additional Required Mortgage Documents, there
are no instruments or documents evidencing, securing or guaranteeing
payment of the indebtedness constituting such Pledged Mortgage,
(9) each Assignment (a) has been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action by the Borrower, duly executed and
delivered by the assignor thereunder and is the legal, valid and
binding obligation of such assignor enforceable in accordance with
its terms, subject to bankruptcy and similar laws and other general
restrictions on
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creditors' rights and equitable principles, and (b) complies with
all applicable laws including all applicable recording, filing and
registration laws and regulations and upon insertion by the Agent or
Collateral Agent of the name of the assignee thereunder and the
information needed to properly identify the Pledged Mortgage, as
described in the Security Agreement, will be adequate and legally
sufficient for the purpose intended to be accomplished thereby,
including, without limitation, the assignment of the rights, powers
and benefits of the applicable mortgagee,
(10) upon insertion of such information into each Assignment
and the recordation thereof, and assuming the possession of the
Required Mortgage Documents by the Collateral Agent and filing of
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in proper form in the
applicable filing offices, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Lenders, will have a valid and perfected first priority security
interest in such Pledged Item and all proceeds, products and profits
derived therefrom, including, without limitation, all moneys, goods,
insurance proceeds and other tangible or intangible property
received upon liquidation thereof, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and to general principles
of equity,
(11) the Borrower has complied in all material respects with
all laws, rules and regulations in respect of such Pledged Mortgage
if it is insured by FHA or guaranteed by VA and the related
insurance or guarantee is in full force and effect. Such Mortgage
Loan complies in all material respects with all applicable
requirements for purchase under the GNMA standard form of selling
contract for FHA insured and VA guaranteed loans and any supplement
thereto then in effect,
(12) except to the extent an appraisal is neither required by
any law or any governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or
direction nor any Approved Investor that may purchase such Pledged
Mortgage, the Borrower has received an appraisal on the property
underlying such Pledged Mortgage, which appraisal shall be in
conformity with the applicable requirements of any law or any
governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive
(whether or not having the force of law), or any interpretation
thereof, including, without limitation, the provisions of Title XI
of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act
of 1989, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to
time, and any rules promulgated to implement such provisions,
(13) all fire and casualty policies covering the premises
encumbered by each Pledged Mortgage (a) name the Borrower as the
insured under a standard mortgagee clause not less favorable in
coverage to the mortgagee than is customarily used in the state
where such premises is located, (b) are in full force and effect,
and (c) afford insurance against fire and such other risks as are
usually insured against in the broad form of extended coverage
insurance from time to time available, as well as insurance against
flood hazards as required by FHA or VA, and
(14) it is not a revolving credit facility.
(iv) There shall be no breach of the covenants contained in
Paragraph 13 of the Security Agreement and there shall be no breach of any
of the following covenants (the sole remedy for which shall be the removal
of such Pledged Item as Eligible Collateral):
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(1) The Borrower shall not (a) amend or modify, or waive any
of the terms and conditions of, or settle or compromise any claim in
respect of, any Pledged Item or any rights related to any of the
foregoing, if such amendment, modification or waiver materially and
adversely affects the Collateral Value of such Pledged Item, or
impairs the marketability of such Pledged Item or (b) release any
security or obligor, or, through any other activity or inactivity,
cause any Pledged Mortgage which shall have been eligible for
purchase to become ineligible for purchase in accordance with the
Approved Investor Commitment related to such Pledged Mortgage.
(2) The Borrower shall not sell, assign, transfer or
otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, or pledge
or otherwise encumber (except pursuant to the Security Agreement),
any of the Collateral or any interest therein, except as provided in
Section 8.3 with respect to releases of Pledged Items.
(3) The Borrower is the servicer for and shall service all
Pledged Mortgages in accordance with the requirements of the
Approved Investor Commitments. The Borrower shall service all
Mortgage Loans which are the subject of Pledged Securities in
accordance with the standard requirements of the Federal Agency
issuing or guaranteeing such Securities and all applicable FHA and
VA requirements. The Borrower shall perform all of its obligations
under the Servicing Agreements governing Pledged Servicing in
accordance with the standard requirements of FNMA and FHLMC.
(4) The Borrower shall hold all escrow funds collected in
respect of Pledged Items in trust, without commingling the same with
any other fund, and apply the same for the purposes for which such
funds were collected provided that such obligation with respect to
Pledged Mortgages shall not arise until 30 days after the
origination or acquisition of the applicable Mortgage Loan.
(5) The Borrower shall observe and perform all of its
obligations in connection with each Approved Investor Commitment
related to any Pledged Mortgage or Pledged Security in all material
respects. Within forty-eight (48) hours after a request therefor by
the Agent, a copy of each Approved Investor Commitment certified by
the Borrower, or if requested by the Agent at any time after a
Default has occurred, the originals of such Approved Investor
Commitments shall be delivered to the Agent.
(6) The Borrower shall promptly notify the Agent and the
Collateral Agent if and when the Borrower receives any prepayment
(which term excludes the principal portion of scheduled monthly
payments made on a Mortgage Loan) arising from or relating to any
Pledged Mortgage and at the Borrower's option either hold the same
in trust, as security for the Lenders, until such Mortgage Loan is
removed from the Borrowing Base in accordance with this Agreement or
remit to the Agent such prepayments (and all interest and earnings
thereon or with respect thereto) for application to the Advances,
provided that the Borrower must so remit such amount if a Default
has occurred and is continuing under this Agreement.
(7) The Borrower shall do, execute, acknowledge and deliver,
or cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and delivered, all such
other acts, instruments and transfers (including, without
limitation, Assignments) as the Agent or the Collateral Agent may
reasonably request from time to time in order to create and maintain
a perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral in
favor of the Lenders and to create, maintain and preserve the
security and benefits intended to be afforded by this
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Agreement, subject to no prior or equal security interest, lien,
charge or encumbrance, or agreement purporting to grant to any
Person a security interest in the Collateral.
(8) The Borrower shall promptly notify the Agent and the
Collateral Agent of the occurrence of any event which would cause
any Eligible Collateral to become Ineligible Collateral.
"Borrower" means Pulte Mortgage LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
and its permitted successors and assigns.
"Borrowing Base" means, as of any date, subject to the Borrowing Base
Sublimits, the sum of the amounts determined by applying the following
percentages to the Collateral Values of the following categories of Eligible
Collateral, without duplication as any asset is converted from one category to
another and except for Eligible Mortgage Servicing Rights which are valued based
upon the Servicing Take-Out Value of such rights and Eligible Servicing Sale
Receivables which are valued based on the amount of such receivables, as
described below (and the Borrower, by including any Pledged Item in any
computation of the Borrowing Base, shall be deemed to represent and warrant to
the Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders that such Pledged Item
constitutes Eligible Collateral):
(i) ninety-nine percent (99%) of the Collateral Value of Eligible
Conforming Mortgage Loans which constitute Gestation Collateral or
Eligible Securities;
(ii) ninety-eight percent (98%) of the Collateral Value of Eligible
Conforming Mortgage Loans which do not constitute Gestation Collateral;
(iii) ninety-eight percent (98%) of the Collateral Value of Eligible
Jumbo Conforming Mortgage Loans;
(iv) ninety-five percent (95%) of the Collateral Value of Eligible
Super Jumbo Conforming Mortgage Loans;
(v) ninety-five percent (95%) of the Collateral Value of Eligible
Non-Conforming Mortgage Loans (including without limitation Eligible
Non-Conforming Jumbo Mortgage Loans and Eligible Non-Conforming Super
Jumbo Mortgage Loans);
(vi) seventy-five percent (75%) of the Collateral Value of Eligible
Investment Loans; and
(vii) eighty percent (80%) of Aggregate Servicing Value;
less any Uncleared Loan Funding Checks on such date.
In connection with the Borrowing Base, the Agent is hereby authorized by the
Lenders to grant temporary waivers of strict compliance by the Borrower with the
eligibility requirements regarding qualification of any Collateral as Eligible
Collateral or with the Lending Sublimits and Borrowing Base Sublimits when the
Agent deems it appropriate, in its sole discretion, (i) as to all matters (other
than (x) any requirement that a Mortgage Loan be covered by an Approved Investor
Commitment, (y) those described in the definition "Basic Eligibility
Requirements" (except that temporary waivers may be granted for any of clauses
(iii)(6), (9) or (10) or (iv) of such definition) or (z) those described in the
definition of "Residential Mortgage Loan"), if the aggregate amount of deviation
from strict compliance, based on the Collateral Value so included in the
Borrowing Base and the amount of excess permitted over the Lending Sublimits or
Borrowing Base Sublimits does not exceed $10,000,000 at any
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time, or (ii) as to any matter, up to any amount for up to three (3) Business
Days, if the satisfaction of such eligibility requirements or sublimits cannot
be independently determined because of events beyond the reasonable control of
the Borrower (i.e. natural disasters, transmission failures, etc.), provided
that, if such determination cannot be made for more than one (1) Business Day,
the Borrower certifies in writing that all such eligibility requirements and
sublimits are in fact satisfied.
"Borrowing Base Certificate" means a system generated report, initially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, prepared by the Collateral Agent to
reflect the Collateral Value Determination at the times required by (and as such
term is defined in) the Security Agreement, the form of which report may be
modified from time to time by the Collateral Agent.
"Borrowing Base Sublimits" is defined in Section 2.1.3.
"Borrowing Date" means a date on which an Advance is made hereunder.
"Borrowing Notice" is defined in Section 2.8.
"Business Day" means (i) with respect to any borrowing, payment or rate
selection of Eurodollar Advances, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on
which banks generally are open in Chicago and New York for the conduct of
substantially all of their commercial lending activities, interbank wire
transfers can be made on the Fedwire system and dealings in United States
dollars are carried on in the London interbank market and (ii) for all other
purposes, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are
open in Chicago for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending
activities and interbank wire transfers can be made on the Fedwire system.
"Buy-Down Agreement" means a written agreement between the Borrower and a
Lender setting forth the terms and conditions under which such Lender has agreed
to a reduced interest rate on account of Fed Funds Loans or Swingline Loans, as
applicable, outstanding hereunder based upon Available Deposits maintained by
the Borrower with such Lender.
"Buy-Down Lender" is defined in Section 2.3.
"Buy-Down Rate" means 0.65 percent (65 basis points) per annum.
"Capitalized Lease" of a Person means any lease of Property by such Person
as lessee which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared
in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
"Capitalized Lease Obligations" of a Person means the amount of the
obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a
liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
Agreement Accounting Principles.
"Cash and Collateral Agreement" is defined in Section 8.4.
"Cash Equivalent Investments" means (i) short-term obligations of, or
fully guaranteed by, the United States of America, (ii) commercial paper rated
A-1 or better by S&P or P-1 or better by Moody's, (iii) demand deposit accounts
maintained in the ordinary course of business, and (iv) certificates of deposit
issued by, money market funds of, and time deposits with commercial banks
(whether domestic or foreign) having capital and surplus in excess of
$100,000,000; provided in each case that the same provides for payment of both
principal and interest (and not principal alone or interest alone) and is not
subject to any contingency regarding the payment of principal or interest.
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"Change in Control" means (i) Parent shall cease to be a wholly-owned
direct or indirect Subsidiary of Pulte Homes (it being understood that a name
change of Pulte Homes shall not of itself constitute a violation of this
requirement); or (ii) Parent shall cease to own, free and clear of all Liens or
other encumbrances, at least 100% of the outstanding shares of voting stock of
the Borrower on a fully diluted basis.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or
otherwise modified from time to time.
"Collateral" means all right, title and interest of the Borrower, of every
kind and nature, in and to all of the following property, assets and rights of
the Borrower wherever located, whether now existing or hereafter arising, and
whether now or hereafter owned, acquired by or accruing or owing to the
Borrower, and all proceeds and products thereof:
(i) all Pledged Mortgages and Pledged Securities, whether Eligible
Collateral or Ineligible Collateral, including all Required Mortgage
Documents related thereto;
(ii) any commitments or other agreements issued by any private
mortgage insurer or by the FHA or VA to insure or guarantee any Pledged
Mortgage;
(iii) all Approved Investor Commitments to purchase Pledged
Securities or Pledged Mortgages (or any Securities to be issued based on
such Pledged Mortgages) from the Borrower;
(iv) any options to sell or purchase Securities, future contracts,
or any other interest rate protection products which directly or
indirectly protect the Borrower against reductions in value of such
Pledged Mortgages or Pledged Securities due to changes in mortgage
interest rates;
(v) the Settlement Account, the Cash and Collateral Account, the
Funding Account and all uncollected deposits into the Settlement Account,
the Cash and Collateral Account and the Funding Account, together with any
Custodian Settlement Accounts then in existence with Approved MBS
Custodians, as described in Paragraph 7(c) of the Security Agreement, and
all uncollected deposits in such accounts;
(vi) all Pledged Servicing identified by the Borrower from time to
time and included in Collateral including without limitation all rights of
the Borrower to sell or assign its interest therein and all amounts
payable to the Borrower thereunder arising out of any termination thereof,
and all files, surveys, certificates, correspondence, appraisals, computer
programs (excluding programs owned and licensed to the Borrower by third
parties), tapes, disks, cards, accounting records and other records and
data of the Borrower related to the Mortgage Loans covered by such Pledged
Servicing;
(vii) all Pledged Servicing Sale Receivables including without
limitation all rights of the Borrower related to such receivables;
(viii) all cash and Cash Equivalents;
(ix) all Servicing Hedge Contracts;
(x) all property related to the foregoing, including without
limitation, the right to service Pledged Mortgages while owned by the
Borrower, all accounts and general intangibles of whatsoever kind so
related and all documents or instruments delivered to the Collateral Agent
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in respect of any Pledged Item, including, without limitation, the right
to receive all insurance proceeds and condemnation awards which may be
payable in respect of the premises encumbered by any Pledged Mortgage; and
(xi) all proceeds and products of any of the foregoing.
"Collateral Agent" means LaSalle Bank National Association in its capacity
as contractual representative of the Lenders pursuant to the Security Agreement,
and any successor Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to Paragraph 19 of the
Security Agreement.
"Collateral Agent Review Procedure" means the required review steps set
forth in Exhibit "1" to the Security Agreement.
"Collateral Transmittal" means a transmittal from the Borrower to the
Collateral Agent in electronic form (or in written form delivered by fax in the
event that the Borrower is unable -- due to a system failure or other event
beyond the Borrower's control -- to transmit such information electronically)
and, if required by the Collateral Agent, written form containing the following
information for the following submissions or special treatment of different
types of Collateral: (i) the information described on Exhibit D for each AP
Mortgage covered by any Agreement to Pledge, (ii) the information described on
Exhibit D (other than the entry thereon for "AP Status Code") for each Pledged
Mortgage not covered by an Agreement to Pledge, (iii) change of any Pledged
Mortgage from wet to dry (open) status, dry to gestation status, open to shipped
status, shipped to paid and any cancellation of wet status, (iv) the information
described on Exhibit 3 to the Security Agreement for each Pledged Mortgage to be
treated as a Gestation Mortgage Loan, (v) whether the Mortgage Loan is to be
funded by wire or check or (vi) such information as may be required from time to
time by the Collateral Agent for any Pledged Security.
"Collateral Value" means, with respect to each of the following assets
included in Eligible Collateral on any given day, a value determined as follows:
(i) Each Security shall be valued based upon the Collateral Value
of the underlying Pledged Mortgages as otherwise determined hereunder; and
(ii) Each Pledged Mortgage shall be valued at the lowest of (A) the
unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan on its Pledge Date (or the
unpaid principal balance on its conversion date in the case of Conversion
Mortgage Loans), or (B) the net acquisition cost (including any discounts
and excluding any servicing released premium) of such Mortgage Loan, if
acquired by the Borrower, or (C) the weighted average purchase price
(expressed as a percentage of par) committed to under those Approved
Investor Commitments which could cover such Mortgage Loan applied to the
unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan on its Pledge Date (or the
unpaid principal balance on its conversion date in the case of Conversion
Mortgage Loans) or (D) market value, as determined by the Agent in its
sole discretion, based upon whole loan prices currently available, as and
when the Agent, in its sole discretion (with no requirement to do so
unless directed to do so by the Required Lenders), chooses to calculate
market value. The values described in (A), (B) and (C) of the preceding
sentence shall be as determined by the Borrower as of the Pledge Date of
the applicable Pledged Mortgage and reported to the Collateral Agent.
"Collection and Paying Agreement" means that certain Collection and Paying
Agreement dated as of August 23, 2002 between Borrower, Agent, the Collateral
Agent, Pulte Funding, Inc. and Credit
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Lyonnais New York Branch, as amended to reflect the replacement of the Prior
Agreement with this Agreement.
"Commitment" means, for each Lender, the obligation of such Lender to make
Loans not exceeding the amount set forth as its "Commitment" on Schedule 1
attached hereto or as set forth in any Notice of Assignment relating to any
assignment that has become effective pursuant to Section 12.3.2, as such amount
may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
"Commitment Percentage" means, for each Lender as of any date, the
percentage of the Aggregate Commitment represented by such Lender's Commitment,
as it may be amended from time to time, which initially shall be as set forth on
Schedule 1.
"Conforming Mortgage Loan" means a first priority Residential Mortgage
Loan which (i) either is insured by the FHA or guaranteed by the VA or which
fully conforms to all underwriting and other requirements for sale to FNMA or
FHLMC and (ii) if said Mortgage Loan has a loan-to-value ratio which is greater
than eighty percent (80%), said Mortgage Loan is covered by a policy of private
mortgage insurance acceptable to FNMA.
"Consolidated Tangible Net Worth" means, as of any date of determination
thereof, Net Worth, less the sum of the following (without duplication): (a) the
book value of all Investments in the Borrower's non-consolidated Affiliates, (b)
any other assets of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries which would
be treated as intangibles under Agreement Accounting Principles (other than
capitalized mortgage servicing rights) including, without limitation, any
write-up of assets, good-will, research and development costs, trade-marks,
trade names, copyrights, patents and unamortized debt discount and expenses, (c)
loans or other extensions of credit to officers of the Borrower or of any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates other than Mortgage Loans made to such Persons in the
ordinary course of business, (d) the Investment of the Borrower in Joliet
Mortgage Reinsurance Company (determined in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles as required by the definition of Investment herein), (e) the
Investment of the Borrower in Pulte Funding, Inc. or similar funding vehicles in
excess of $4,000,000, and (f) the excess of the Borrower's then-current
Investment in Su Casita, determined in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles, over the then-current Included Su Casita Investment.
"Contingent Obligation" of a Person means any agreement, undertaking or
arrangement by which such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently
agrees to purchase or provide funds for the payment of, or otherwise becomes or
is contingently liable upon, the obligation or liability of any other Person, or
agrees to maintain the net worth or working capital or other financial condition
of any other Person, or otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person
against loss, including, without limitation, any comfort letter, operating
agreement, take-or-pay contract or the obligations of any such Person as general
partner of a partnership with respect to the liabilities of the partnership.
"Controlled Group" means all members of a controlled group of corporations
and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control
which, together with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, are treated as a
single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
"Conversion/Continuation Notice" is defined in Section 2.9.
"Conversion Mortgage Loan" means a Mortgage Loan which is either (i)
originated as an ARM Mortgage Loan, sold to an Approved Investor and
subsequently repurchased by the Borrower after an election by the obligor
thereunder to convert to a fixed rate, or (ii) a construction loan converted to
a
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permanent loan, upon completion of construction, in accordance with the
guidelines of an Approved Investor.
"Custodian Settlement Accounts" is defined in the Security Agreement.
"Deduction" means, at any time, the amount by which a Pledged Servicing
Sale Receivable may, under the terms of the applicable servicing sale agreement,
be reduced (e.g. due to the fact that any of the Mortgage Loans covered by the
applicable sold servicing rights do not meet the eligibility criteria set forth
in the applicable servicing sale agreement), whether such reduction is by way of
deduction, set-off, credit, or otherwise.
"Default" means an event described in Article VII.
"Effective Date" is defined in Section 4.1.
"Eligible Collateral" means, as of any date, all Eligible Non-Conforming
Mortgage Loans, Eligible Non-Conforming Jumbo Mortgage Loans, Eligible
Non-Conforming Super Jumbo Mortgage Loans, Eligible Conforming Mortgage Loans,
Eligible Jumbo Conforming Mortgage Loans, Eligible Super Jumbo Conforming
Mortgage Loans, Eligible Investment Loans, Eligible Mortgage Servicing Rights,
Eligible Servicing Sale Receivables and Eligible Securities.
"Eligible Conforming Mortgage Loan" means an Eligible Mortgage Loan which:
(i) is a Conforming Mortgage Loan; and (ii) is subject to an Approved Investor
Commitment.
"Eligible Investment Loan" means a Pledged Mortgage which (i) is a first
priority Mortgage Loan; (ii) is not an AP Mortgage; (iii) meets the Basic
Eligibility Requirements; (iv) if such Pledged Mortgage had an original
principal balance that exceeded 80% of the appraised value of the real estate
and improvements securing such Pledged Mortgage, was covered by a policy of
private mortgage insurance acceptable to FNMA at origination which is still in
full force and effect; and (v) which has no monthly installment principal and/or
interest which is more than 59 days past due.
"Eligible Jumbo Conforming Mortgage Loan" means an Eligible Mortgage Loan
which: (i) is a Jumbo Conforming Mortgage Loan; and (ii) is subject to an
Approved Investor Commitment.
"Eligible Mortgage Loan" means any Pledged Mortgage:
(i) which meets the Basic Eligibility Requirements;
(ii) which has no monthly installment of principal and/or interest
which is more than 59 days past due;
(iii) has been included in the Borrowing Base for (1) 180 days or
less after the Pledge Date thereof in the case of a Conforming Mortgage
Loan or a Jumbo Conforming Mortgage Loan or a Non-Conforming Mortgage Loan
(other than a Super Jumbo Mortgage Loan), and (2) 90 days or less after
the Pledge Date thereof in the case of a Super Jumbo Mortgage Loan;
(iv) has been originated less than (1) 180 days prior to its Pledge
Date in the case of a Conforming Mortgage Loan or a Jumbo Conforming
Mortgage Loan or any Non-Conforming Mortgage Loan (other than a Super
Jumbo Loan), and (2) 90 days prior to its Pledge Date in the case of a
Super Jumbo Mortgage Loan;
(v) for which, if it is an AP Mortgage:
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(1) the Borrower expects such AP Mortgage to close on the
Pledge Date and become a valid lien securing actual indebtedness by
funding to the order of the mortgagor thereunder, has not learned of
any information to the contrary and has not received any returned
proceeds of such AP Mortgage from the escrow or closing agent for
such Pledged Mortgage;
(2) if an AP Mortgage is not closed and funded as required
pursuant to clause (v) (1) above, the Borrower shall so notify the
Collateral Agent as soon as the Borrower becomes aware of that fact
but in any event no later than 12:00 noon the next Business Day,
unless the AP Mortgage has closed and funded by that time, and the
Collateral Agent shall delete said AP Mortgage from the Borrowing
Base;
(3) if an AP Mortgage was previously included in the
Borrowing Base and was subsequently deleted as required pursuant to
clause (v) (2) above, such AP Mortgage has not been submitted for
inclusion in the Borrowing Base for a total of more than three
times;
(4) the Collateral Agent has received the Required Mortgage
Documents within nine (9) Business Days after the date of the
related Agreement to Pledge;
(5) the Collateral Value attributable to all AP Mortgages
included in any category of the Borrowing Base does not exceed sixty
percent (60%) of the Aggregate Commitment during the first and last
five Business Days in any calendar month, and
(6) the Collateral Value attributable to all AP Mortgages
included in any category of the Borrowing Base does not exceed
twenty-five percent (25%) of the Aggregate Commitment for any day
other than the first and last five Business Days of any calendar
month;
(vi) which, if subject to an Investor Transmittal Letter or Trust
Receipt and if said Pledged Mortgage was:
(1) withdrawn by the Borrower for purposes of correcting
clerical or other non-substantive documentation problems: (i) the
promissory note and other documents relating to said Pledged
Mortgage were returned to the Collateral Agent within fifteen
business days from the date of withdrawal, (ii) said Pledged
Mortgage was released to the Borrower pursuant to a Trust Receipt
and (iii) the Collateral Value of said Pledged Mortgage when added
to the Collateral Value of all other Pledged Mortgages which have
been similarly released to the Borrower does not exceed one percent
(1%) of the Aggregate Commitment; or
(2) shipped by the Collateral Agent directly to an Approved
Investor for purchase pursuant to an Investor Transmittal Letter
which is a "Whole Loan Sale Transmittal Letter" substantially in the
form of Exhibit "4" to the Security Agreement, the full purchase
price therefor has been received by the Collateral Agent (or said
Pledged Mortgage has been returned to the Collateral Agent) within
forty-five (45) business days (or ninety (90) days for deliveries to
state bond agencies) from the date of shipment by the Collateral
Agent; or
(3) shipped by the Collateral Agent directly to a custodian
for purposes of formation of a pool supporting a Security, the
Security is issued and sold and the
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purchase price therefor has been received by the Collateral Agent
(or said Pledged Mortgage has been returned to the Collateral Agent)
within forty-five (45) business days (or ninety (90) days for
deliveries to state bond agencies) from the date of shipment by the
Collateral Agent; and
(vii) which has not previously been included in the Borrowing Base,
then shipped to an investor and returned, for whatever reason, to the
Collateral Agent.
"Eligible Mortgage Servicing Rights" means, as of any date, all Eligible
Pledged Servicing: (i) which is not subject to any security interest securing
any Debt other than the Obligations; (ii) except for any Pledged Servicing which
constitutes Recourse Servicing (other than Approved Recourse Servicing) or a
Subservicing Agreement; (iii) which meets the Basic Eligibility Requirements;
and (iv) which has not been released from Collateral pursuant to Section 8.3
prior to such date.
"Eligible Non-Conforming Jumbo Mortgage Loan" means, an Eligible
Non-Conforming Mortgage Loan that is a Jumbo Mortgage Loan.
"Eligible Non-Conforming Mortgage Loan" means an Eligible Mortgage Loan
which: (i) is a Non-Conforming Mortgage Loan; (ii) is subject to an Approved
Investor Commitment issued by an Approved Investor; (iii) had an original
principal balance less than or equal to $750,000 (or $2,000,000 in the case of
Super Jumbo Mortgage Loans); (iv) had an original principal balance that
(together with, if it is a second priority Mortgage Loan, the principal balance
of the related senior Mortgage Loan as of the time of the funding of the second
Mortgage Loan) did not exceed 103% of the appraised value of the real estate and
improvements securing such Mortgage Loan; (v) had a FICO score of at least 640
if at the time of origination such Mortgage Loan had a principal balance that
(together with, if it is a second priority Mortgage Loan, the principal balance
of the related senior Mortgage Loan as of the time of the funding of the second
Mortgage Loan) exceeded 100% of the appraised value of the real estate and
improvements securing such Mortgage Loan, and (vi) at the time of origination
had a principal balance that (together with, if it is a second priority Mortgage
Loan, the principal balance of the related senior Mortgage Loan as of the time
of the funding of the second Mortgage Loan) did not exceed 80% of the appraised
value of the real estate and improvements securing such Mortgage Loan, unless
private mortgage insurance was obtained covering such Mortgage Loan.
"Eligible Non-Conforming Super Jumbo Mortgage Loan" means, an Eligible
Non-Conforming Mortgage Loan that is a Super Jumbo Mortgage Loan.
"Eligible Pledged Servicing" means any Pledged Servicing with respect to
which each of the following statements is accurate and complete:
(i) Such Pledged Servicing is subject to an accepted
Acknowledgment Agreement.
(ii) Such Pledged Servicing does not constitute Recourse Servicing
other than Approved Recourse Servicing.
(iii) The Borrower is the legal and equitable owner and holder of
such Pledged Servicing and the rights thereunder and has full power and
authority to grant a security interest in such Collateral. Such Pledged
Servicing has been duly and validly made subject to the lien of the
Security Agreement and is subject to, and will continue to be subject to,
no Lien other than the liens created pursuant to the Security Agreement
and any rights reserved to the other party under such Pledged Servicing or
the related Acknowledgement Agreement.
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(iv) The Servicing Agreement governing such Pledged Servicing has
been duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto, is not a
Subservicing Agreement and is valid and enforceable in accordance with its
terms, without defense or offset, subject to bankruptcy and similar laws
and other general restrictions on creditors' rights and equitable
principles (whether raised in an equity proceeding or an action at law).
(v) No default, nor any event which with notice or lapse of time
or both would become a default, has occurred and is continuing under the
Servicing Agreement governing such Pledged Servicing and no action has
been taken to terminate such Servicing Agreement.
(vi) No mortgage installment of principal and/or interest with
respect to the Mortgage Loans serviced under the applicable Servicing
Agreement are more than 89 days past due.
(vii) The Borrower has complied, and will continue to comply, in all
material respects, with all laws, rules and regulations, including but not
limited to all applicable FNMA, GNMA or FHLMC requirements, as the case
may be, in respect of such Servicing Agreement.
(viii) Such Pledged Servicing has been included in Eligible
Collateral for 150 days or less.
"Eligible Servicing Sale Receivables" means Pledged Servicing Sale
Receivables as to which:
(i) the Agent and Collateral Agent have received a complete
executed copy of the related purchase agreement;
(ii) if requested by the Agent, the Agent and Collateral Agent have
received written confirmation from the Servicing Purchaser as to the
amount of such Pledged Servicing Sale Receivables;
(iii) the Servicing Purchaser of the applicable sold Servicing
Agreements is an Approved Servicing Purchaser, and the applicable sale
agreement is an Approved Servicing Sale Agreement;
(iv) the counterparties to the applicable sold Servicing Agreements
are either GNMA, FNMA or FHLMC;
(v) the Agent has reasonably determined that the counterparties to
the sold Servicing Agreements have or will consent to the sale of such
Servicing Agreements to the Servicing Purchaser, if such consent is
required;
(vi) the Borrower has assigned its rights to such Pledged Servicing
Sale Receivables to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties pursuant to an assignment in form and content satisfactory to the
Agent;
(vii) the Servicing Purchaser of the applicable sold Servicing
Agreements has executed an agreement (and, if the applicable Approved
Servicing Sale Agreement provides for repeated servicing sales under the
same agreement, such updates to such agreement as the Agent may reasonably
request) in form and content satisfactory to the Agent pursuant to which
such Servicing Purchaser has agreed to (A) pay such Pledged Servicing Sale
Receivable directly to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, and (B) provide simultaneous written notice to the Agent and the
Collateral Agent of any claims made against or notices given to the
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Borrower which would constitute an offset to or reduction in the amount of
such Pledged Servicing Sale Receivable;
(viii) no portion of such Pledged Servicing Sale Receivable or any
other Pledged Servicing Sale Receivable owed by the applicable Servicing
Purchaser is more than ten days past due (as determined under the
applicable Approved Servicing Sale Agreements);
(ix) such Pledged Servicing Sale Receivable is not evidenced by
chattel paper or an instrument of any kind;
(x) the Servicing Purchaser with respect to such Pledged Servicing
Sale Receivable is not insolvent or the subject of any bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings of any kind and has not made an assignment for the
benefit of creditors or consented to or suffered the appointment of a
receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or the like for it or for a
significant portion of its assets or affairs;
(xi) the Borrower has observed and complied with all laws of the
jurisdiction in which the applicable Servicing Purchaser is located that,
if not observed and complied with, would deny to the Borrower access to
the courts of such jurisdiction; and
(xii) such Pledged Servicing Sale Receivable has been included in
Eligible Collateral for 150 days or less;
provided, however, that (1) Eligible Servicing Sale Receivables shall not
include any "holdback" amounts or deferred installments of the purchase price
payable by the applicable Servicing Purchaser which are not payable to the
Borrower within 150 days after the initial payment to the Borrower for the sale
of the applicable Servicing Agreements to such Servicing Purchaser, and (2)
Eligible Servicing Sale Receivables shall be reduced by the amount of any
Deductions (to the extent not already deducted from Eligible Servicing Sale
Receivables pursuant to the preceding provisions), whether claimed by the
applicable Servicing Purchaser, reported by the Borrower, or otherwise
determined by the Agent or Collateral Agent.
"Eligible Security" means any Pledged Security: (i) which is covered by an
Approved Investor Commitment; and (ii) for which the Collateral Agent shall have
received such evidence as may be required under the Security Agreement to
confirm the existence of the security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Lenders in such Pledged Security.
"Eligible Super Jumbo Conforming Mortgage Loan" means an Eligible Mortgage
Loan which: (i) is a Super Jumbo Conforming Mortgage Loan; and (ii) is subject
to an Approved Investor Commitment.
"Environmental Laws" means any and all federal, state, local and foreign
statutes, laws, judicial decisions, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments,
orders, decrees, plans, injunctions, permits, concessions, grants, franchises,
licenses, agreements and other governmental restrictions relating to (i) the
protection of the environment, (ii) the effect of the environment on human
health, (iii) emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants,
hazardous substances or wastes into surface water, ground water or land, or (iv)
the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous substances or
wastes or the clean-up or other remediation thereof
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"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and any rule or regulation issued thereunder.
"Eurodollar Advance" means an Advance which bears interest at a Eurodollar
Rate.
"Eurodollar Base Rate" means with respect to a Eurodollar Advance for the
relevant Interest Periods, the applicable British Bankers' Association London
interbank offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars as reported by any generally
recognized financial information service as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) two
Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, and having a
maturity equal to such Interest Period, if no such British Bankers' Association
London interbank offered rate is available to the Agent, the applicable
Eurodollar Base Rate for the relevant Interest Period shall instead be the rate
determined by the Agent to be the rate at which Bank One or one of its Affiliate
banks offers to place deposits in U.S. dollars with first-class banks in the
London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business
Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, in the approximate amount
of Bank One's relevant Eurodollar Loan and having a maturity equal to such
Interest Period.
"Eurodollar Loan" means a Loan which bears interest at a Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Rate" means, with respect to a Eurodollar Advance for the
relevant Interest Period, the sum of (i) the quotient of (a) the Eurodollar Base
Rate applicable to such Interest Period, divided by (b) one minus the Reserve
Requirement (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such Interest Period, plus
(ii) 0.525 percent (52.5 basis points) per annum.
"Excess Pool Proceeds" is defined in Paragraph 6(d) of the Security
Agreement.
"Excluded Taxes" means, in the case of each Lender or applicable Lending
Installation and the Agent, taxes imposed on its overall net income, and
franchise taxes imposed on it, by (i) the jurisdiction under the laws of which
such Lender or the Agent is incorporated or organized or (ii) the jurisdiction
in which the Agent's or such Lender's principal executive office or such
Lender's applicable Lending Installation is located.
"Exhibit" refers to an exhibit to this Agreement, unless another document
is specifically referenced.
"Facility Fee Rate" means 0.15 percent (15 basis points) per annum.
"Federal Agency" means FHLMC, FNMA, GNMA, FHA or VA.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any day, an interest rate per
annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers on such day, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a
Business Day, the average of the quotations at approximately 10 a.m. (Chicago
time) on such day on such transactions received by the Agent from three Federal
funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Agent in its sole
discretion.
"Federal Funds Funding Rate" means, with respect to any Fed Funds Loan for
any day, the rate per annum equal to the consensus (or if no consensus exists,
the arithmetic average) of the rates at which reserves are offered by
first-class banks to other first-class banks (at approximately 10:00 a.m.
(Chicago time)) on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, on the
immediately preceding Business Day)
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on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve
System arranged by federal funds brokers, based on quotes received by the Agent
from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Agent in
its sole discretion.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, an interest rate per annum equal
to the Federal Funds Funding Rate for such day plus 0.65 percent (65 basis
points) per annum.
"Fed Funds Advance" means an Advance which bears interest at the Federal
Funds Rate.
"Fed Funds Loan" means any Loan made as a part of a Fed Funds Advance.
"Fees" is defined in Section 2.7.
"FHA" means the Federal Housing Administration or other agency,
corporation or instrumentality of the United States to which the powers and
duties of the Federal Housing Administration have been transferred.
"FHA-Approved Mortgagee" means an institution that is approved by the FHA
to act as a servicer and mortgagee of record with respect to a Mortgage Loan
insured by the FHA.
"FHLMC" means the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or other agency,
corporation or instrumentality of the United States to which the powers and
duties of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation have been transferred.
"FHLMC-Approved Lender" means an institution that is approved by the FHLMC
to act as a lender in connection with the origination of any Mortgage Loan
purchased by the FHLMC.
"FHLMC Security" means a security representing an undivided fractional
interest in a pool of Mortgage Loans, which security is issued and guaranteed as
to full and timely payment of interest and full collection of principal by
FHLMC.
"FICO" means the "delinquency predictor" model established by Fair Xxxxx
Co. and shown on a credit report prepared by Equifax, Experian, Trans Union, or
any other authorized national agency.
"FNMA" means the Federal National Mortgage Association or other agency,
corporation or instrumentality of the United States to which the powers and
duties of the Federal National Mortgage Association have been transferred.
"FNMA-Approved Lender" means an institution that is approved by the FNMA
to act as a lender in connection with the origination of any Mortgage Loan
purchased by the FNMA.
"FNMA Security" means a security representing an undivided fractional
interest in a pool of Mortgage Loans, which security is issued and guaranteed as
to full and timely payment of principal and interest by FNMA.
"Funded Debt" means as of any date of determination thereof, the sum of
all obligations of the Borrower for borrowed money, including but not limited to
money borrowed from any Parent, Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower, whether
or not evidenced by a promissory note.
"Funding Account" means the account established pursuant to Section 8.4.
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"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time to time, consistently applied.
"GAAP Carrying Value" means, with respect to any asset of the Borrower,
the value at which such asset is carried on the books of the Borrower in
accordance with GAAP. Any changes in the methodology used for adjusting such
book value shall be subject to the prior approval of the Agent.
"Gestation Borrowing Base" means, for any date, that portion of the
Borrowing Base on such date attributable to Gestation Collateral.
"Gestation Collateral" means that portion of the Collateral which consists
of Gestation Mortgage Loans (identified by the Borrower in accordance with
Paragraph 2(d) of the Security Agreement) and Securities issued in exchange for
Gestation Mortgage Loans.
"Gestation Mortgage Loans" means, as of any date, any Pledged Mortgages
which the Borrower has identified as fully qualified for initial certification
for the purpose of creating a pool of Mortgage Loans to support the issuance of
a Security and with respect to which the Borrower has requested that the
Collateral Agent either (i) acting in its capacity as pool custodian, initially
certify for inclusion in such a pool or (ii) acting in its capacity as
Collateral Agent, ship to a Federal Agency to obtain initial certification by
such Federal Agency for inclusion in such a pool.
"Gestation Shortfall" means, for any day, the amount (if any) by which (i)
the aggregate principal balance of all Loans outstanding on such day exceeds
(ii) the Gestation Borrowing Base on such day.
"GNMA" means the Government National Mortgage Association or other agency,
corporation or instrumentality of the United States as to which the powers and
duties of the Governmental National Mortgage Association have been transferred.
"GNMA Security" means a security representing an undivided fractional
interest in a pool of Mortgage Loans, which security is issued by the Borrower
and guaranteed as to full and timely payment of principal and interest by GNMA
without regard as to whether the Borrower collects any payments on such Mortgage
Loans.
"Hedging Program" means a program for hedging interest rate risks of the
Borrower, which program shall provide, without limitation, that all Servicing
Hedge Agreements will be entered into or placed with one or more financial
institutions, futures commission merchants or clearing houses acceptable to the
Lenders in their reasonable discretion and with whom the Borrower has written,
assignable agreements.
"Included Su Casita Investment" means the lesser of (A) $15,000,000 or (B)
the then-current full amount of the Borrower's Investment in Su Casita
determined in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles as required by the
definition of "Investment" herein.
"Ineligible Collateral" means any Pledged Item that does not at the time
constitute Eligible Collateral.
"Indebtedness" of a Person means such Person's (i) obligations for
borrowed money, (ii) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of
Property or services (other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course
of such Person's business payable on terms customary in the trade), (iii)
obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens or payable out of the
proceeds or
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production from Property now or hereafter owned or acquired by such Person, (iv)
obligations which are evidenced by notes, acceptances, or other instruments, (v)
Capitalized Lease Obligations, (vi) Contingent Obligations, (vii) Letters of
Credit, (viii) Sale and Leaseback Transactions," (ix) any financing inherent in
any Servicing Hedge Agreement, (x) obligations of such Person to purchase
securities or other Property arising out of or in connection with the sale of
the same or substantially similar securities or Property, and (xi) any other
obligation for borrowed money or other financial accommodation which in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles would be shown as a liability on
the consolidated balance sheet of such Person.
"Interest Period" means, with respect to a Eurodollar Advance, a period of
one, two or three months commencing on a Business Day, all as selected by the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. An Interest Period of one, two or three
months shall end on the day which corresponds numerically to such date one, two
or three months thereafter, provided, however, that if there is no such
numerically corresponding day in such next, second or third succeeding month,
such Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such next, second or
third succeeding month. If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which
is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall end on the next succeeding
Business Day, provided, however, that if with respect to a one, two or three
month Interest Period said next succeeding Business Day falls in a new calendar
month, such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day.
"Investment" of a Person means any loan, advance (other than commission,
travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary
course of business), extension of credit (other than accounts receivable arising
in the ordinary course of business on terms customary in the trade) or
contribution of capital by such Person; stocks, bonds, mutual funds, partnership
interests, notes, debentures or other securities owned by such Person; any
deposit accounts and certificate of deposit owned by such Person; and structured
notes, derivative financial instruments and other similar instruments or similar
contracts owned by such Person. The amount of any Investment shall be determined
in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
"Investor Transmittal Letter" means either a "Whole Loan Sale Transmittal
Letter" or a "Warehouse-Related MBS Transmittal Letter" substantially in the
form of Exhibits "4" and "5" to the Security Agreement.
"Jumbo Conforming Mortgage Loan" means a Conforming Mortgage Loan except
for size, but which had an original principal balance less than or equal to
$750,000.
"Jumbo Mortgage Loan" means a Residential Mortgage Loan which had an
original principal balance in excess of the then-current maximum loan amount for
FNMA or FHLMC eligibility but less than or equal to $750,000.
"Lenders" means the lending institutions listed on the signature pages of
this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.
"Lending Installation" means, with respect to a Lender or the Agent, the
office, branch, subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender or the Agent listed on
the signature pages hereof or on a Schedule or otherwise selected by such Lender
or the Agent pursuant to Section 2.18.
"Lending Sublimits" is defined in Section 2.1.1.
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"Letter of Credit" of a Person means a letter of credit or similar
instrument which is issued upon the application of such Person or upon which
such Person is an account party or for which such Person is in any way liable.
"Leverage Ratio" means, at any time, the ratio of (i) Funded Debt, plus
the sum of the face amount of all letters of credit issued by the Borrower and
outstanding at such time, plus the sum of the amount of all Uncleared Loan
Funding Checks outstanding at such time to (ii) Consolidated Tangible Net Worth
at such time.
"Lien" means any lien (statutory or other), mortgage, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance or preference,
priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, the interest of a vendor or
lessor under any conditional sale, Capitalized Lease or other title retention
agreement).
"Loan" means, with respect to a Lender, such Lender's loan made pursuant
to Article II (or any conversion or continuation thereof).
"Loan Documents" means this Agreement, any Notes issued pursuant to
Section 2.15, the Security Agreement, the Buy-Down Agreements, the Collection
and Paying Agreement, and the other documents and agreements contemplated hereby
and executed by the Borrower or another Person in favor of the Agent or any
Lender.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (i) the
business, Property, financial condition, or results of operations of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of the Borrower
to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, or (iii) the validity or
enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the
Agent or the Lenders thereunder.
"Material Indebtedness" is defined in Section 7.5.
"Maximum Aggregate Commitment" means $550,000,000.
"Moody's" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to its
business.
"Mortgage" means a mortgage, deed of trust, security deed or similar
instrument purporting to create a first or second lien or similar interest in
real estate and improvements thereon.
"Mortgage Loan" means a loan of money evidenced by a Mortgage Note and
secured by a Mortgage.
"Mortgage Note" means a note evidencing the indebtedness secured by a
Mortgage.
"Multi-employer Plan" means a Plan maintained pursuant to a collective
bargaining agreement or any other arrangement to which the Borrower or any
member of the Controlled Group is a party to which more than one employer is
obligated to make contributions.
"Net Xxxx-to-Market Exposure" of a Person means, as of any date of
determination, the excess (if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized
profits of such Person arising from Rate Management Transactions. "Unrealized
losses" means the fair market value of the cost to such Person of replacing such
Rate Management Transactions as of the date of determination (assuming the Rate
Management Transactions were to be terminated as of that date), and "unrealized
profits" means the fair market value
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of the gain to such Person of replacing such Rate Management Transactions as of
the date of determination (assuming such Rate Management Transactions were to be
terminated as of that date).
"Net Worth" means as of any date of determination thereof, the net worth
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as determined in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
"Non-Conforming Mortgage Loan" means a first or second priority
Residential Mortgage Loan (other than a Conforming Mortgage Loan, a Jumbo
Conforming Mortgage Loan or a Super Jumbo Conforming Mortgage Loan) that: (i)
does not conform to the conventional underwriting standards of FNMA, FHLMC or
GNMA but is underwritten in accordance with guidelines of an Approved Investor
(other than FNMA, FHLMC or GNMA); and (ii) has a demonstrated secondary market.
"Non-U.S. Lender" is defined in Section 3.5(iv).
"Note" means any promissory note issued at the request of a Lender
pursuant to Section 2.15 in substantially the form of Exhibit A attached hereto,
including any amendment, modification, renewal or replacement of any such
promissory note.
"Notice of Assignment" is defined in Section 12.3.2.
"Obligations" means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid
interest on the Loans, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses,
reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders
or to any Lender, the Agent, the Collateral Agent or any indemnified party
arising under the Loan Documents.
"Other Taxes" is defined in Section 3.5(ii).
"Overnight Transaction Loan Effective Rate" means, as of any day, a
fluctuating rate of interest per annum determined by the Agent as its overnight
transaction loan rate for such day.
"Overnight Transaction Loan Rate" means, with respect to a Swingline
Advance, a rate equal to the sum of (i) the Overnight Transaction Loan Effective
Rate plus (ii) 0.75 percent (75 basis points) per annum.
"Parent" means Pulte Home Corporation, a Michigan corporation.
"Participants" is defined in Section 12.2.1.
"Payment Date" means the first day of each calendar month.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
"Permitted Pulte Holder" means (i) either of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx and Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, (ii) any of their respective Affiliates, parents, spouses,
descendants, and spouses of descendants, or (iii) any trusts or other entities
controlled by Xx. Xxxxx or Xx. Xxxxxxxx and their respective estates, heirs,
administrators or personal representatives.
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, firm, joint venture,
partnership, association, limited liability company, enterprise, trust or other
entity or organization, or any government or political subdivision or any
agency, department or instrumentality thereof
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"Plan" means an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title IV
of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the
Code as to which the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group may have any
liability.
"Pledge Date" means the date on which a Mortgage Loan, Security Pledge
Servicing or Pledged Servicing Sale Receivable is first delivered in pledge to
the Collateral Agent or is otherwise made subject to a security interest in
favor of the Agent or Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, provided
that (i) the date of delivery of a Mortgage Loan covered by an Agreement to
Pledge shall be deemed to be the date of delivery of such Agreement to Pledge
even after subsequent delivery of the related Required Mortgage Documents, (ii)
the "Pledge Date" for all Collateral previously held by the Collateral Agent
under the Prior Facilities shall be deemed to be the date on which such
Collateral was first delivered to the Collateral Agent under the Prior
Facilities even though such date is prior to the date of this Agreement and
(iii) any AP Mortgage which has been deleted and resubmitted as permitted
pursuant to clause (v)(3) of the definition of Eligible Mortgage Loan, shall
have a Pledge Date which is the date the Agreement to Pledge was so resubmitted.
"Pledged Item" means any Pledged Mortgage, Pledged Security, Pledged
Servicing or Pledged Servicing Sale Receivable.
"Pledged Mortgage" all Mortgage Loans that are from time to time delivered
(or, in the case of AP Mortgages, are committed to be delivered) to the
Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the Security Agreement.
"Pledged Security" all Securities that are from time to time delivered to
the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the Security Agreement.
"Pledged Servicing" means, with respect to any Servicing Agreements with
FNMA, GNMA or FHLMC, those loan pools subject to any such Servicing Agreement
which (a) do not contain any (i) Mortgage Loans that are Collateral, (ii)
commercial Mortgage Loans, or (iii) Mortgage Loans held for investment by the
Borrower, the Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and (b) have been
specifically identified by the Borrower for inclusion in Collateral by executing
and delivering to the Agent (i) an Acknowledgement Agreement covering such
Pledged Servicing from FNMA, GNMA or FHLMC, as the case may be and (ii) an
amendment, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, to the UCC-1
financing statements described in Section 4.1(viii).
"Pledged Servicing Sale Receivables" means Servicing Sale Receivables
which are from time to time designated by the Borrower and pledged to the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in accordance with this
Agreement and the Security Agreement.
"Primary Advance" means a Eurodollar Advance, a Fed Funds Advance or an
Alternate Base Rate Advance.
"Primary Loan" means a Loan consisting of a portion of a Primary Advance.
"Prime Rate" means a rate per annum equal to the prime rate of interest
announced from time to time by Bank One or by its parent (which is not
necessarily the lowest rate charged to any customer), changing when and as said
prime rate changes.
"Prior Agreement" is defined in the recitals of this Agreement.
"Prior Facility" means the facility contemplated by the Prior Agreement.
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"Property" of a Person means any and all property, whether real, personal,
tangible, intangible, or mixed, of such Person, or other assets owned, leased or
operated by such Person.
"Pulte Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following
events: (i) the consummation of any consolidation, share exchange or merger of
Pulte Homes in which Pulte Homes is not the continuing or surviving corporation
or pursuant to which Pulte Homes' voting stock would be converted into cash,
securities or other property, other than, in any case, a merger of Pulte Homes
in which the holders of voting stock of Pulte Homes immediately prior to the
merger have the same or greater proportionate ownership, directly or indirectly,
of the voting stock of the surviving corporation immediately after such merger
as they had of the voting stock of Pulte Homes immediately before such merger;
or (ii) the filing of a report by any Person, including Affiliates of Pulte
Homes (other than Pulte Homes, its Subsidiaries, employee stock ownership plans
or employee benefit plans of Pulte Homes or its Subsidiaries, or a Permitted
Pulte Holder) on Schedule 13D or 14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form or
report under the Exchange Act) disclosing that such Person (for the purpose of
this definition of "Pulte Change in Control" only, the term "Person" shall
include a "person" within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) and Section 14(d)(2)
of the Exchange Act or any successor provision to either of the foregoing) has
become the beneficial owner (as the term "beneficial owner" is defined under
Rule 13d-3 or any successor rule or regulation promulgated under the Exchange
Act) of 50% or more of Pulte Homes' voting stock; provided, however, that a
Person shall not be deemed the beneficial owner of, or to own beneficially (A)
any securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made on behalf of
such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates until such tendered securities
are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder or (B) any securities if such
beneficial ownership (1) arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy
delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and
in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act,
and (2) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule,
form or report) under the Exchange Act. A change of the legal name of Pulte
Homes shall not of itself (absent the occurrence of one of the events described
in the preceding sentence) constitute a Pulte Change of Control.
"Pulte Homes" means Pulte Homes, Inc., the sole shareholder of Pulte
Diversified Companies, Inc., which is in turn the sole shareholder of the
Parent.
"Purchasers" is defined in Section 12.3.1.
"Rate Management Transaction" means any transaction (including an
agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into between
the Borrower and any Person which is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate
transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap,
equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign
exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction,
forward transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap
transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including any
option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof,
whether linked to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity
prices, equity prices or other financial measures.
"Rate Management Obligations" of a Person means any and all obligations of
such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever
created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and
modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (i) any and all Rate
Management Transactions, and (ii) any and all cancellations, buy backs,
reversals, terminations or assignments of any Rate Management Transactions.
"Reconciled Non-Servicing Proceeds" is defined in Paragraph 6(c) of the
Security Agreement.
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"Recourse Servicing" means any servicing rights under a Servicing
Agreement which obligates the Borrower either to repurchase Mortgage Loans upon
default by the borrower thereunder or to indemnify any party having an interest
in such Mortgage Loans against any loss arising from such a default for reasons
other than a breach of any representations or warranties regarding the condition
of such Mortgage Loans at origination which were made by the Borrower as
originator of such Mortgage Loans.
"Reduced Servicing Notice" is defined in Section 6.1(xiv).
"Regulation D" means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor thereto or other
regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to
reserve requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
"Regulation U" means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other
regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to the
extension of credit by banks for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin
stocks applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
"Reportable Event" means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043 of
ERISA and the regulations issued under such section, with respect to a Plan,
excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC has by regulation waived
the requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days
of the occurrence of such event, provided, however, that a failure to meet the
minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and of Section 302 of ERISA
shall be a Reportable Event regardless of the issuance of any such waiver of the
notice requirement in accordance with either Section 4043(a) of ERISA or Section
412(d) of the Code.
"Reports" is defined in Section 9.7.
"Required Lenders" means Lenders in the aggregate having at least 66 2/3%
of the Aggregate Commitment or, if the Aggregate Commitment has been terminated,
Lenders in the aggregate holding at least 66 2/3% of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the outstanding Advances.
"Required Mortgage Documents" means the instruments and documents
described in Schedule A to the Security Agreement, as applicable to a particular
Mortgage Loan, which are required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent.
"Reserve Requirement" means, with respect to the Eurodollar Rate
applicable to an Interest Period, the maximum aggregate reserve requirement
(including all basic, supplemental, marginal and other reserves) which is
imposed under Regulation D on eurocurrency liabilities.
"Residential Mortgage Loan" means a Mortgage Loan secured by a Mortgage on
a Single Family Residence.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. or any successor to its business.
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means any sale or other transfer of
Property by any Person with the intent to lease such Property as lessee.
"Schedule" refers to a specific schedule to this Agreement, unless another
document is specifically referenced.
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"Section" means a numbered section of this Agreement, unless another
document is specifically referenced.
"Secured Obligations" means, collectively, (i) the Obligations and (ii)
all Rate Management Obligations owing to one or more Lenders.
"Secured Parties" is defined in Recital B of the Security Agreement.
"Security or Securities" means any FHLMC Security, FNMA Security or GNMA
Security.
"Security Agreement" means the Fourth Amended and Restated Security and
Collateral Agency Agreement as of even date herewith, substantially in the form
of Exhibit "I" attached hereto, by and among the Borrower, the Agent, and the
Collateral Agent, pursuant to which a security interest is created in favor of
the Collateral Agent for the Lenders under this Agreement in certain Collateral
to be pledged pursuant to this Agreement, as the same may, from time to time, be
further supplemented, modified or amended.
"Servicing Agreement" means a written contract of the Borrower with
another Person to act on behalf of such other Person to, among other things,
receive payments in respect of Mortgage Loans and to service Mortgage Loans.
"Servicing Hedge Agreement" means an agreement, device or arrangement
providing for payments which are related to fluctuations of interest rates,
exchange rates or forward rates, including, but not limited to,
dollar-denominated or cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements, forward
currency exchange agreements, interest rate floor, cap or collar protection
agreements, forward rate currency or interest rate options, puts and warrants.
"Servicing Portfolio" means all Mortgage Loans then being serviced by the
Borrower either for its own account with respect to Pledged Items or for others
under Servicing Agreements (excluding Subservicing Agreements).
"Servicing Purchaser" means a Person which has purchased Servicing
Agreements from the Borrower.
"Servicing Rights Certificate" is defined in Section 6.1(xiii).
"Servicing Sale Receivables" means funds due to the Borrower from a
Servicing Purchaser in connection with a sale of Servicing Agreements from the
Borrower to such Servicing Purchaser.
"Servicing Take-Out Value" means, with respect to any Mortgage Loan
serviced by the Borrower pursuant to a Servicing Agreement constituting Eligible
Mortgage Servicing Rights, the amount to be paid by the Approved Servicing
Purchaser under the applicable Approved Servicing Sale Agreement for the rights
to service such Mortgage Loan.
"Servicing Transfer Request" is defined in Section 6.1(xiv).
"Settlement Account" means the account established pursuant to Section
8.4.
"Single Employer Plan" means a Plan maintained by the Borrower or any
member of the Controlled Group for employees of the Borrower or any member of
the Controlled Group.
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"Single Family Residence" means a one to four family dwelling unit, which
may be a condominium unit but which shall not be a mobile home, manufactured
housing (the general definition of which is that the majority of the structure
is constructed and assembled elsewhere and delivered to the site) or a dwelling
unit in a cooperative apartment building.
"Subservicing Agreement" means a Servicing Agreement between the Borrower
and a Person which does not own the Mortgage Loans being serviced thereunder but
only has servicing or other non-ownership rights with respect thereto, pursuant
to which the Borrower subservices loans for others.
"Subsidiary" of a Person means (i) any corporation more than 50% of the
outstanding securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time
be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more
of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or
(ii) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or
similar business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having
ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled.
Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a "Subsidiary"
shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
"Substantial Portion" means, with respect to the Property of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, Property which (i) represents more than 10% of the
consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as would be shown in
the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at
the beginning of the twelve-month period ending with the month in which such
determination is made, and (ii) is responsible for more than 10% of the
consolidated net income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as reflected in the
financial statements referred to in clause (i) above.
"Super Jumbo Conforming Mortgage Loan" means a Conforming Mortgage Loan
except for size, but which had an original principal balance in excess of
$750,000, but less than or equal to $2,000,000.
"Super Jumbo Mortgage Loan" means a Residential Mortgage Loan which had an
original principal balance in excess of $750,000 but not more than $2,000,000.
"Swingline Advances" means an Advance made by the Swingline Lender under
the special availability provisions described in Section 2.4 bearing interest at
the Overnight Transaction Loan Rate.
"Swingline Commitment" means the obligation of the Swingline Lender to
make Swingline Loans not exceeding the amount set forth as its "Swingline
Commitment" on Schedule 1 hereto, as such amount may be modified from time to
time pursuant to the terms hereof.
"Swingline Lender" means Bank One, NA.
"Swingline Buy-Down Rate" means 0.75 percent (75 basis points) per annum.
"Swingline Loan" means a Loan that is a Swingline Advance.
"Taxes" means any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies,
imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and any and all liabilities with
respect to the foregoing, but excluding Excluded Taxes.
"Termination Date" means June 30, 2006 or any earlier date on which the
Aggregate Commitment is reduced to zero or otherwise terminated pursuant to the
terms hereof.
"Transferee" is defined in Section 12.5.
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"Transition Memorandum" is defined in Section 4.1(x).
"Trust Receipt" means a trust receipt substantially in the form of Exhibit
2 to the Security Agreement.
"Type" means, with respect to any Advance, its nature as an Alternate Base
Rate Advance, Eurodollar Advance, Fed Funds Advance or Swingline Advance.
"Uncleared Loan Funding Checks" shall mean any check or draft issued by
the Borrower or other item which represents all or any portion of the amount to
be secured by a Pledged Mortgage (or which represents an amount to be paid to
the initial mortgagee in consideration of the assignment of a Mortgage from such
mortgagee to the Borrower) if such check or draft or other item has not been
collected upon and paid to the named payee therein in good funds.
"Unfunded Liabilities" means the amount (if any) by which the present
value of all vested and unvested accrued benefits under all Single Employer
Plans exceeds the fair market value of all such Plan assets allocable to such
benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such
Plans using PBGC actuarial assumptions for single employer plan terminations.
"Unmatured Default" means an event which but for the lapse of time or the
giving of notice, or both, would constitute a Default.
"VA" means the Veterans Administration or other agency, corporation or
instrumentality of the United States as to which the powers and duties of the
Veterans Administration have been transferred.
"VA-Approved Lender" means an institution that is approved by the VA to
act as a lender in connection with the origination of any Mortgage Loan
guaranteed by the VA.
"Warehouse Shortfall" means, for any day, the amount (if any) by which (i)
the aggregate principal balance of all Loans outstanding on such day exceeds
(ii) the Warehouse Borrowing Base on such day.
"Warehouse Borrowing Base" means, for any date, that portion of the
Borrowing Base on such date attributable to Eligible Collateral other than
Eligible Mortgage Servicing Rights and Eligible Servicing Sale Receivables.
"Wholly-Owned Subsidiary" of a Person means (i) any Subsidiary all of the
outstanding voting securities of which shall at the time be owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries
of such Person, or by such Person and one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of
such Person, or (ii) any partnership, limited liability company, association,
joint venture or similar business organization 100% of the ownership interests
having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or
controlled.
The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular
and plural forms of the defined terms.
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
2.1 Commitment, Sublimits and Types of Advances.
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2.1.1 Commitment and Lending Sublimits. From and including the date
of this Agreement and prior to the Termination Date, each Lender severally
agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement (including the
lending sublimits (the "Lending Sublimits") set forth below), to make Loans to
the Borrower from time to time; provided that, on any date, after giving effect
to such Loans and all other loans that the Borrower has requested be made on
such date under this Agreement:
(1) the aggregate principal balance then outstanding under
all Loans then held by such Lender shall not exceed the amount of
such Lender's then-current Commitment;
(2) the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding
Swingline Loans held by any Swingline Lender on any date shall not
exceed such Swingline Lender's Swingline Commitment; and
(3) the aggregate principal balance of all outstanding
Advances under this Agreement on such date shall not exceed the
lesser of (i) the Aggregate Commitment and (ii) the Borrowing Base.
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and
reborrow at any time prior to the Termination Date. The Commitments to lend
hereunder shall expire on the Termination Date.
2.1.2 Borrowing Base Sublimits by Category. The maximum amount that
can be credited toward the Borrowing Base from certain categories of Eligible
Collateral shall be limited so that the Borrowing Base value determined under:
(i) clause (iv) of the definition thereof (Eligible Super Jumbo
Conforming Mortgage Loans) shall not exceed twenty percent
(20%) of the Aggregate Commitment;
(ii) clause (v) of the definition thereof (Eligible Non-Conforming
Mortgage Loans) shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the
Aggregate Commitment; provided however that notwithstanding
the foregoing, during each month of December and each month of
January, the Collateral Value of Eligible Non-Conforming
Mortgage Loans may exceed such 50% sublimit so long as
Eligible Non-Conforming Mortgage Loans do not at any time
exceed sixty percent (60%) of the Aggregate Commitment;
(iii) clause (vi) of the definition thereof (Eligible Investment
Loans) shall not exceed five percent (5%) of the Aggregate
Commitment;
(iv) clause (vii) of the definition thereof (Aggregate Servicing
Value) shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Aggregate
Commitment; and
(v) clauses (v) (Eligible Non-Conforming Mortgage Loans), (vi)
(Eligible Investment Loans) and (vii) (Aggregate Servicing
Value) of the Borrowing Base definition, in the aggregate,
shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the Aggregate
Commitment; provided however that notwithstanding the
foregoing, during each month of December and each month of
January, the aggregate Borrowing Base value attributable to
such clauses (v), (vi) and (vii) may exceed such 50% sublimit
so long as such aggregate Borrowing Base value does not at any
time exceed sixty percent (60%) of the Aggregate Commitment.
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2.1.3 Borrowing Base Sublimits by Asset Type. The maximum amount
that can be credited toward the Borrowing Base from certain types of Collateral,
which may comprise a full Borrowing Base category or may be included in more
than one of such categories, shall be limited (collectively with the limits set
forth in Section 2.1.2, the "Borrowing Base Sublimits") so that the Borrowing
Base value attributable to:
(i) Eligible Non-Conforming Super Jumbo Mortgage Loans, which are
included as a part of clause (v) of the definition thereof,
shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the Aggregate
Commitment; and
(ii) Eligible Super Jumbo Conforming Mortgage Loans which are
included under clause (iv) thereof, and Eligible
Non-Conforming Super Jumbo Mortgage Loans, which are included
as a part of clause (v) thereof, in the aggregate, shall not
exceed twenty percent (20%) of the Aggregate Commitment.
2.1.4 Types of Advances. Each Advance hereunder shall consist of one
or more Primary Advances or Swingline Advances requested by the Borrower in
accordance with Sections 2.8 and 2.9. Primary Advances shall be available as
provided in Section 2.2 and Swingline Advances shall be available as provided in
Section 2.4.
2.2 Primary Advances. Subject to the terms and conditions herein
(including the Lending Sublimits) the Borrower may request Primary Advances from
the Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with each such Lender's Commitment
Percentage. Primary Advances shall accrue interest at the Eurodollar Rate, the
Federal Funds Rate or the Alternate Base Rate, as selected by the Borrower in
accordance with Sections 2.8 and 2.9.
2.3 Buy Down Loans. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Agreement, the Borrower and any individual Lender (a "Buy-Down Lender") may
notify the Agent in writing that the Borrower and such Buy-Down Lender have
entered into a Buy-Down Agreement with respect to all Fed Funds Loans and/or all
Swingline Loans from time to time outstanding and held by such Buy-Down Lender,
and, that, pursuant to said Buy-Down Agreement, the interest rate applicable to
such Fed Funds Loans and/or such Swingline Loans, as applicable, during any
interest calculation period shall be the Buy-Down Rate with respect to such Fed
Funds Loans and Swingline Buy-Down Rate with respect to such Swingline Loans and
shall be based on the assumption that the Borrower shall maintain sufficient
Available Deposits with such Buy-Down Lender. The Agent shall (until otherwise
notified by the Borrower and Buy-Down Lender to the contrary) accrue interest on
such Fed Funds Loans at the Buy-Down Rate and such Swingline Loans at the
Swingline Buy-Down Rate and the Borrower shall pay such interest in accordance
with Section 2.17. The Agent shall have no obligation to verify the amount of
any Available Deposits supporting the pricing of such Fed Funds Loans and/or
Swingline Loans, as applicable, held by any Buy-Down Lender, including without
limitation, any deficiency fees or other amounts payable to such Lender by the
Borrower under the applicable Buy-Down Agreement. The Borrower shall pay all
deficiency fees or other amounts payable under its Buy-Down Agreement with each
Buy-Down Lender directly to such Buy-Down Lender within ten (10) calendar days
of receipt of a billing statement from such Buy-Down Lender. Any Buy-Down Lender
may elect not to make demand for the payment of deficiency fees accruing in
respect of any shortage of Available Deposits from time to time and it is
expressly agreed and understood that: (1) any such deficiency fee shall not, by
reason of such failure of such Buy-Down Lender or otherwise, be deemed to have
been waived by such Buy-Down Lender (except as such waiver is expressly
acknowledged in writing by such Buy-Down Lender from time to time), and (2) all
deficiency fees accrued and unpaid hereunder and not so expressly waived,
whether or not previously declared due and owing by any such Buy-Down Lender,
shall automatically be due and payable in full upon the Termination Date.
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2.4 Swingline Advances.
2.4.1 General. Subject to the terms and conditions herein (including
the Lending Sublimits), the Borrower may request Swingline Advances from the
Swingline Lender. On any Borrowing Date each Swingline Advance requested by the
Borrower shall be funded to the Borrower by the Swingline Lender and in such
amounts as designated in the Borrowing Notice.
2.4.2 Swingline Advances to Pay Amounts Due to Swingline Lender. If
any amounts are advanced by the Swingline Lender to cover checks or wire
transfers from Borrower accounts maintained with the Swingline Lender when there
are insufficient funds in such accounts to cover the applicable check or wire
transfer and sufficient funds are not deposited in the applicable account before
the close of business on the day on which the applicable check or wire transfer
request is honored, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested, and the
Swingline Lender may (but shall not be obligated to) elect to make, a Swingline
Advance at the Alternate Base Rate to pay such overdraft amount (even if such a
Swingline Advance would cause the aggregate amount of all outstanding Swingline
Advances to exceed the Swingline Commitment); provided however, that (i) the
Swingline Lender shall not make any such Swingline Advance to the extent such
Advance would cause (x) the aggregate unpaid principal amount outstanding under
this Agreement to exceed the Borrowing Base or (y) the aggregate principal
balance of all outstanding Advances under this Agreement to exceed the Aggregate
Commitment, and (ii) the reallocations of any such Swingline Advances among the
Lenders shall be as set forth in Section 2.4.3 and Section 2.6.
2.4.3 Reallocation of Swingline Advances. Upon the election of the
Swingline Lender at any time, all outstanding Swingline Advances designated by
the Swingline Lender shall be reallocated among all Lenders in accordance with
each Lender's Commitment Percentage, and each such Swingline Advance shall
thereafter be deemed for all purposes a Fed Funds Advance.
2.5 Intentionally Omitted.
2.6 Reallocation Upon Default. At the request of any Lender given after
the occurrence of, and during the continuance of, a Default, all Advances shall
be reallocated among all Lenders, in accordance with each Lender's Commitment
Percentage, and all outstanding Swingline Advances shall thereafter be deemed
Alternate Base Rate Advances. Each Lender holding less than its Commitment
Percentage of all such Advances shall immediately purchase for cash and at face
value such participations in the Loans held by other Lenders, and make such
other adjustments, as may be needed to cause each Lender to hold its Commitment
Percentage of the Advances. No Lender shall be required to so purchase such
participations to the extent that such purchase would cause such Lender's share
of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans then outstanding under
this Agreement to exceed its Commitment hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, after any such reallocation has
occurred: (i) the Swingline Commitment shall be zero and (ii) all future
Advances, if any, shall be made as Alternate Base Rate Advances.
2.7 Fees. The Borrower shall pay the following fees (the "Fees"):
2.7.1 Facility Fees. A facility fee based on the Aggregate
Commitment from time to time from and after the date hereof, calculated at the
Facility Fee Rate, expressed as a per diem rate on the actual Aggregate
Commitment for each day during the preceding full or partial calendar quarter,
payable in arrears, on the last day of each calendar quarter and on the
Termination Date. This fee shall be paid to the Agent and allocated among the
Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with their respective Commitments
during such quarter.
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2.7.2 Collateral Shortfall Fees.
(1) For each day on which a Gestation Shortfall exists, a
fee ("Gestation Fee") to the Lenders with Loans outstanding in an
amount equal to (A) 0.25% multiplied by (B) such Gestation Shortfall
and divided by (C) 360, which Gestation Fee shall be allocated among
the Lenders pro-rata in proportion to their respective outstanding
Loans on such day.
(2) For each day on which a Warehouse Shortfall exists, a
fee (" Warehouse Shortfall Fee") to the Lenders with Loans
outstanding in an amount equal to (A) 0.15% multiplied by (B) such
Warehouse Shortfall and divided by (C) 360, which Warehouse
Shortfall Fee shall be allocated among such Lenders pro-rata in
proportion to their respective outstanding Loans on such day. The
Warehouse Shortfall Fee is in addition to any Gestation Shortfall
Fee which may be due.
(3) Notwithstanding the fact that the Gestation Fee and
Warehouse Shortfall Fee shall be calculated and accrued daily, such
fees shall be payable in arrears on the fifth Business Day of each
month and upon the Termination Date.
2.7.3 Amendment Fee. An amendment fee of $2,500 to each Lender for
each material amendment (as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of
the Agent) to this Agreement other than amendments required to be made under
Section 2.10 of this Agreement (provided that with respect to each amendment,
such fee shall only be due to Lenders that sign such amendment by the date
requested by the Agent).
2.7.4 Agent Fees. Any fees payable to the Agent pursuant to the
Borrower's prior letter agreement with the Agent dated June 4, 2004.
2.7.5 Collateral Agent Fees. Any fees payable to Collateral Agent
for its services rendered pursuant to the Security Agreement as agreed to by the
Borrower and charged by Collateral Agent from time to time.
2.7.6 Fees Payable in connection with Buy-Down Loans. The Borrower
shall pay any fees and other charges when due to any Buy-Down Lender under a
Buy-Down Agreement as described in Section 2.3.
2.8 Method of Selecting Types and Interest Periods for New Advances. The
Borrower shall select the Type of Advance and, in the case of each Eurodollar
Advance, the Interest Period applicable to each Advance from time to time. The
Borrower shall give the Agent irrevocable notice (a "Borrowing Notice") not
later than (i) 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the Borrowing Date of each Alternate
Base Rate Advance or Fed Funds Advance, (ii) 4:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the
proposed Borrowing Date for each Swingline Advance, and (iii) 11:00 a.m.
(Chicago time) at least three Business Days before the Borrowing Date for each
Eurodollar Advance, specifying:
(a) the Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, of such Advance,
(b) the aggregate amount of such Advance, which shall be in an amount
equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof, except that Swingline Advances shall be in a minimum amount
of $100,000 but need not be in multiples of $100,000,
(c) the Type of Advance selected, and
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(d) in the case of each Eurodollar Advance, the Interest Period
applicable thereto.
Not later than noon (Chicago time) on each Borrowing Date, with respect to all
Advances other than Swingline Advances, each Lender shall make available its
Loan or Loans comprising such Advance, in funds immediately available in Chicago
to the Agent at its address specified pursuant to Article XIII; provided that
Swingline Advances may be made available up to the close of business. The Agent
will make the funds so received from the Lenders available to the Borrower at
the Agent's aforesaid address.
2.9 Conversion and Continuation of Outstanding Advances. An Alternate
Base Rate Advance shall continue as an Alternate Base Rate Advance unless and
until such Alternate Base Rate Advance is converted into another Type of Advance
(other than a Swingline Advance). A Fed Funds Advance shall continue as a Fed
Funds Advance unless and until (a) such Advance is converted into a different
Type of Advance (other than a Swingline Advance) in accordance with the terms
hereof or (b) the Borrower has paid any such Fed Funds Advance prior to 10:00
a.m. (Chicago time) on any Business Day. A Swingline Advance shall continue as a
Swingline Advance unless and until the Borrower has paid such Swingline Advance
prior to 3:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on any Business Day. Each Eurodollar Advance
shall continue as a Eurodollar Advance until the end of the then applicable
Interest Period therefor, at which time such Eurodollar Advance shall be
automatically converted into an Alternate Base Rate Advance unless the Borrower
shall have given the Agent a Conversion/Continuation Notice requesting that, at
the end of such Interest Period, such Eurodollar Advance either continue as a
Eurodollar Advance for the same or another Interest Period or be converted into
an Advance of another Type (other than a Swingline Advance). Swingline Advances
may be repaid out of new Advances hereunder but may not be converted directly to
a different Type of Advance. The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert
all or any part of an Advance of any Type (other than a Swingline Advance) into
any other Type or Types of Advances (other than a Swingline Advance); provided
that any conversion of any Eurodollar Advance shall be made on, and only on, the
last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto. The Borrower shall give the
Agent irrevocable notice (a "Conversion/Continuation Notice") of each conversion
of an Alternate Base Rate Advance or Fed Funds Advance or conversion or
continuation of a Eurodollar Advance not later than (i) 10:00 a.m. (Chicago
time) on the date of the requested conversion, in the case of a conversion into
an Alternate Base Rate Advance or Fed Funds Advance or (ii) 11:00 a.m. (Chicago
time) at least three Business Days prior to the date of the requested conversion
into or continuation of a Eurodollar Advance, specifying:
(i) the requested date which shall be a Business Day, of such
conversion or continuation,
(ii) the aggregate amount (which meets the minimums set forth in
Section 2.8(b)) and Type of the Advance which is to be converted or
continued, and
(iii) the amount and Type(s) of Advance(s) into which such Advance
is to be converted or continued and, in the case of a conversion into or
continuation of a Eurodollar Advance, the duration of the Interest Period
applicable thereto.
2.10 (a) Reductions to Aggregate Commitment. The Borrower may from time
to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitment in whole, or in part ratably
among the Lenders in integral multiples of $5,000,000, upon at least ten
Business Days' written notice to the Agent, which notice shall specify the
amount of any such reduction. On or before the effective date of any such
reduction, the Borrower shall, if necessary, repay sufficient Loans to prevent
the remaining outstanding Loans hereunder, after giving effect to such permanent
reduction, from exceeding the Lending Sublimits. Upon any reduction of the
Aggregate Commitment, upon the election of the Swingline
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Lender, the reduction in such Lender's Commitment may also reduce its Swingline
Commitment on a pro rata basis.
(b) Temporary Increases in Aggregate Commitment. The Borrower
shall have the right to temporarily increase the Aggregate Commitment from its
then-current level to an amount not greater than the Maximum Aggregate
Commitment and for a period not in excess of 45 days, by obtaining an additional
Commitment or Commitments from one or more of the Lenders, provided that the
Borrower shall not be permitted to temporarily increase the Aggregate Commitment
more than four (4) times in any calendar year. Each such increase shall be
evidenced by an amendment in the form attached hereto as Exhibit K, which
amendment shall be executed by the Borrower, the Agent and each Lender
increasing its Commitment thereby. Each such amendment shall amend Schedule 1 to
the extent necessary to reflect the changes in the Commitments hereunder, and
the Agent shall promptly deliver a copy of such amendment to each Lender. On the
Business Day following any such increase, all outstanding Fed Funds Advances and
Alternate Base Rate Advances shall be reallocated among the Lenders in
accordance with the Lenders' respective Commitment Percentages. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 2.6, Eurodollar Advances shall not be reallocated
among the Lenders prior to the expiration of the applicable Interest Period in
effect at the time of any such increase.
(c) Permanent Increases to Aggregate Commitment. The Borrower
shall have the right to permanently increase the Aggregate Commitment to an
amount not greater than the Maximum Aggregate Commitment by obtaining additional
Commitments, either from one or more of the Lenders or from another lending
institution provided that (A) the Agent has approved the identity of any such
new Lender, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, (B) any such new
Lender assumes all of the rights and obligations of a "Lender" hereunder, and
(C) the Borrower may so permanently increase the Aggregate Commitment not more
than two (2) times between July 30, 2004 and the Termination Date. Each such
increase shall be evidenced by an amendment in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit N and shall only require the written signatures of the Agent, the
Borrower and Lender being added or increasing its Commitment. In addition, each
such amendment shall revise Schedule 1 reflecting such increase and the Agent
shall promptly distribute such amendment and revised Schedule to each of the
Lenders and the Borrower. On the Business Day following any such increase, all
outstanding Fed Funds Advances and Alternate Base Rate Advances shall be
reallocated among the Lenders (including any newly added Lenders) in accordance
with the Lenders' respective revised Commitment Percentages. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 2.6, Eurodollar Advances shall not be reallocated among the
Lenders prior to the expiration of the applicable Interest Period in effect at
the time of any such increase.
2.11 Principal Payments.
2.11.1 Optional Principal Payments. The Borrower may from time to
time pay, without penalty or premium, all outstanding Alternate Base Rate
Advances or Fed Funds Advances, or, in a minimum aggregate amount of $100,000 or
any integral multiple of $100,000 or excess thereof, any portion of the
outstanding Alternate Base Rate Advances or Fed Funds Advances upon prior
written notice to the Agent (and if a Fed Funds Advance, within the timeframe
described below). The Borrower may from time to time pay, subject to the payment
of any funding indemnification amounts required by Section 3.4 but without
penalty or premium, all outstanding Eurodollar Advances, or, in a minimum
aggregate amount of $500,000 or any integral multiple of $100,000 in excess
thereof, any portion of the outstanding Eurodollar Advances upon three Business
Days' prior notice to the Agent. Fed Funds Advances and Swingline Advances may
be paid on any Business Day provided that the Borrower has given the Agent
written notice of such repayment on the date of such intended payment by (i)
10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) for Fed Funds Advances and (ii) noon (Chicago time)
for Swingline Advances. All optional principal payments shall be applied to the
Type of Advance designated by the Borrower when making such payment, provided
that any payments received during the continuance of a Default and
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after Section 2.6 has been invoked shall be applied on a pro rata basis to all
Advances then outstanding. Payments so allocated to an Advance shall be
distributed to the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Advance on a pro
rata basis in accordance with the respective unpaid principal balances of such
Loans.
2.11.2 Required Payments Related to Borrowing Base. On any date that
the aggregate unpaid principal amount outstanding under this Agreement is in
excess of the then-current Borrowing Base, the Borrower shall, prior to the
close of business on such date, either deliver sufficient Eligible Collateral to
eliminate such excess or make a mandatory payment to the Agent for the benefit
of the Lenders in the amount of such excess. Any such payment shall be allocated
as directed by the Borrower unless a Default then exists and Section 2.6 has
been invoked in which case such payment shall be allocated in accordance with
the Lenders' respective outstanding Loans and in conjunction with the procedures
described in Section 2.6, with such payments applied first to accrued interest
and thereafter to principal.
2.11.3 Settlement Account Payments. Prior to the occurrence of a
Default, to the extent the amounts in the Settlement Account are not needed to
keep the Borrowing Base equal to or greater than the aggregate unpaid principal
amount outstanding under this Agreement, the Borrower may withdraw or otherwise
direct the application of such amounts. Upon the occurrence of a Default (and
during the continuance thereof), the Agent may declare a portion of the
principal balance of the Loans, equal to any amounts then on deposit in the
Settlement Account and any deposits made in the Settlement Account during the
continuance of such Default, to be due and payable without demand (unless
previously declared due and payable). Such amount shall be withdrawn from the
Settlement Account by the Agent and shall be applied to the Obligations.
2.11.4 Final Payment on Termination Date. Any outstanding Advances
and all other unpaid Obligations, unless required to be paid earlier pursuant to
the terms hereof, shall be paid in full by the Borrower on the Termination Date.
2.11.5 Pulte Change in Control. If a Pulte Change in Control shall
occur, all Commitments shall be terminated and all amounts outstanding under
this Agreement shall become due and payable upon the election of the Required
Lenders.
2.12 Changes in Interest Rate, etc. Each Alternate Base Rate Advance
shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day
from and including the date such Advance is made or is automatically converted
from a Eurodollar Advance into an Alternate Base Rate Advance pursuant to
Section 2.9, to but excluding the date it is paid or is converted into a
Eurodollar Advance pursuant to Section 2.9 hereof, at a rate per annum equal to
the Alternate Base Rate for such day. Changes in the rate of interest on that
portion of any Advance maintained as an Alternate Base Rate Advance will take
effect simultaneously with each change in the Alternate Base Rate. The interest
rate on each Swingline Advance or Fed Funds Advance shall be recalculated daily
for each day that such Swingline Advance or Fed Funds Advance is continued under
Section 2.9. Each Eurodollar Advance shall bear interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereof from and including the first day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto to (but not including) the last day of such Interest Period
at the interest rate determined by the Agent as applicable to such Eurodollar
Advance based upon the Borrower's selections under Section 2.8 and 2.9 and
otherwise in accordance with the terms hereof. Not more than four (4) different
Interest Periods may be in effect at any time and no Interest Period may end
after the Termination Date.
2.13 Rates Applicable After Default. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in Section 2.8 or 2.9, during the continuance of a Default or
Unmatured Default the Required Lenders may,
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at their option, by notice to the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at the
option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 9.1
requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to reductions in interest rates),
declare that no Advance may be made as, converted into or continued as a
Eurodollar Advance. During the continuance of a Default the Required Lenders
may, at their option, by notice to the Borrower (which notice may be revoked at
the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 9.1
requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders to reductions in interest rates)
declare that (i) each Eurodollar Advance (unless such Advances have been
reallocated pursuant to Section 2.6) shall bear interest for the remainder of
the applicable Interest Period at the rate otherwise applicable to such Interest
Period plus 2% per annum and (ii) each Advance (other than those under clause
(i) above) shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base
Rate plus 2% per annum; provided that, during the continuance of a Default under
Section 7.6 or 7.7, the interest rates set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above
shall be applicable to all Advances without any election or action on the part
of the Agent or any Lender.
2.14 Method of Payment. All payments of the Obligations hereunder shall
be made, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in immediately available
funds to the Agent at the Agent's address specified pursuant to Article XIII, or
at any other Lending Installation of the Agent specified in writing by the Agent
to the Borrower, on the date when due by (i) noon (Chicago time) with respect to
all Advances other than Swingline Advances and (ii) 4:00 p.m. (Chicago time)
with respect to Swingline Advances and all such payments shall be applied in
accordance with Section 2.11.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Borrower
fails to give the Agent notice of repayment of a Fed Funds Advance before 10:00
a.m. (Chicago time) on the Business Day that the Borrower intends to repay such
Fed Funds Advance, any payment of such Fed Funds Advance received by the Agent
on such Business Day shall be deemed to have been received by the Agent at the
opening of business on the following Business Day. Each payment delivered to the
Agent for the account of any Lender shall be delivered promptly by the Agent to
such Lender in the same type of funds that the Agent received at its address
specified pursuant to Article XIII or at any Lending Installation specified in a
notice received by the Agent from such Lender. The Agent is hereby authorized to
charge the account of the Borrower maintained with Bank One for each payment of
principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder.
2.15 Noteless Agreement; Evidence of Indebtedness.
(i) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual
practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the
Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender from
time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and
paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(ii) Subject to Section 2.3, the Agent shall also maintain accounts
in which it will record (a) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the
Type thereof and the Interest Period with respect thereto, (b) the amount
of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable
from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (c) the amount of any sum
received by the Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender's share
thereof.
(iii) The entries maintained in the accounts maintained pursuant to
paragraphs (i) and (ii) above shall be prima facie evidence of the
existence and amounts of the Obligations therein recorded; provided,
however, that the failure of the Agent or any Lender to maintain such
accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the
obligation of the Borrower to repay the Obligations in accordance with
their terms.
(iv) Any Lender may request that its Loans be evidenced by a Note.
In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such
Lender a Note payable to the order of
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such Lender. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such Note and interest
thereon shall at all times (including after any assignment pursuant to
Section 12.3) be represented by one or more Notes payable to the order of
the payee named therein or any assignee pursuant to Section 12.3, except
to the extent that any such Lender or assignee subsequently returns any
such Note for cancellation and requests that such Loans once again be
evidenced as described in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above.
2.16 Telephonic Notices. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lenders and
the Agent to extend, convert or continue Advances, effect selections of Types of
Advances and to transfer funds based on telephonic notices made by any person or
persons the Agent or any Lender in good faith believes to be acting on behalf of
the Borrower, it being understood that the foregoing authorization is
specifically intended to allow Borrowing Notices and Conversion/Continuation
Notices to be given telephonically. The Borrower agrees to deliver promptly to
the Agent a written confirmation, if such confirmation is requested by the Agent
or any Lender, of each telephonic notice signed by an Authorized Officer. If the
written confirmation differs in any material respect from the action taken by
the Agent and the Lenders, the records of the Agent and the Lenders shall govern
absent manifest error.
2.17 Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis. Subject to Section
2.3, interest shall be payable in accordance with the following provisions.
Interest accrued on each Advance other than a Eurodollar Advance shall be
payable on each Payment Date, commencing with the first such date to occur after
the date hereof and at maturity. Interest accrued on each Eurodollar Advance
shall be payable on the last day of its applicable Interest Period, on any date
on which the Eurodollar Advance is prepaid, whether by acceleration or
otherwise, and at maturity. Interest accrued on each Eurodollar Advance having
an Interest Period longer than three months shall also be payable on the last
day of each three-month interval during such Interest Period. Interest and Fees
shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year.
Interest shall be payable for the day an Advance is made but not for the day of
any payment on the amount paid if payment is received at the place of payment
prior to the time required for payment as set forth in Section 2.14. If any
payment of principal of or interest on an Advance shall become due on a day
which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day and, in the case of a principal payment, such extension of time
shall be included in computing interest in connection with such payment.
2.18 Notification by the Agent. Promptly after receipt thereof, the Agent
will notify each Lender of the contents of each Aggregate Commitment reduction
notice, Borrowing Notice, Conversion/Continuation Notice, and repayment notice
received by it hereunder. Promptly upon determination thereof, the Agent will
notify each Lender making a portion of any Eurodollar Advance and the Borrower
of the interest rate applicable to each Eurodollar Advance. When any Fed Funds
Advances or Alternate Base Rate Advances are outstanding or have been requested,
the Agent will give each Lender making or holding any such Loans and the
Borrower prompt notice of each change in such rates.
2.19 Lending Installations. Each Lender may book its Loans at any Lending
Installation selected by such Lender and may change its Lending Installation
from time to time. All terms of this Agreement shall apply to any such Lending
Installation and the Loans and any Notes issued hereunder shall be deemed held
by each Lender for the benefit of such Lending Installation. Each Lender may, by
written notice to the Agent and the Borrower in accordance with Article XIII,
designate replacement or additional Lending Installation through which Loans
will be made by it and for whose account Loan payments are to be made.
2.20 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Agent. Unless the Borrower or a Lender,
as the case may be, notifies the Agent prior to the date on which it is
scheduled to make payment to the Agent of (i) in
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the case of a Lender, the proceeds of a Loan or an Advance or (ii) in the case
of the Borrower, a payment of principal (including but not limited to situations
in which the Borrower informs the Agent that the Agent will be receiving
proceeds of Collateral on a specific date and that the Borrower intends to use
such proceeds to make a payment of principal), interest or Fees to the Agent for
the account of the Lenders, that it does not intend to make such payment, the
Agent may assume that such payment has been made. The Agent may, but shall not
be obligated to, make the amount of such payment available to the intended
recipient in reliance upon such assumption. If such Lender or the Borrower, as
the case may be, has not in fact made such payment to the Agent, the recipient
of such payment shall, on demand by the Agent, repay to the Agent the amount so
made available together with interest thereon in respect of each day during the
period commencing on the date such amount was so made available by the Agent
until the date the Agent recovers such amount at a rate per annum equal to (x)
in the case of payment due from a Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for
such day for the first three days and, thereafter, the interest rate applicable
to the relevant Loan or (y) in the case of payment due from the Borrower, the
interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan.
ARTICLE III
CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES
3.1 Yield Protection. If, on or after the date of this Agreement, the
adoption of any law or any governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation,
policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law), or any
change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental or
quasi-governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender or
applicable Lending Installation with any request or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable
agency:
(i) subjects any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation to
any Taxes or changes the basis of taxation of payments (other than with
respect to Excluded Taxes) to any Lender in respect of its Eurodollar
Loans, or
(ii) imposes or increases or deems applicable any reserve,
assessment, insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended
by, any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation (other than reserves
and assessments taken into account in determining the interest rate
applicable to Eurodollar Advances), or
(iii) imposes any other condition the result of which is to increase
the cost to any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation of making,
funding or maintaining its Eurodollar Loans or reduces any amount
receivable by any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation in
connection with its Eurodollar Loans, or requires any Lender or any
applicable Lending Installation to make any payment calculated by
reference to the amount of its Eurodollar Loans held or interest received
by it, by an amount deemed material by such Lender,
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender or
applicable Lending Installation of making or maintaining its Eurodollar Loans or
Commitment or to reduce the return received by such Lender or applicable Lending
Installation in connection with such Eurodollar Loans or Commitment, then,
within 15 days of demand by such Lender, the Borrower shall pay such Lender such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased
cost or reduction in an amount received.
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3.2 Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations. If a Lender determines the
amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender, any
Lending Installation of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender
is increased as a result of a Change, then, within 15 days of demand by such
Lender, the Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount necessary to compensate
for any shortfall in the rate of return on the portion of such increased capital
which such Lender determines is attributable to this Agreement, its Loans or its
Commitment to make Loans hereunder (after taking into account such Lender's
policies as to capital adequacy). "Change" means (i) any change after the date
of this Agreement in the Risk-Based Capital Guidelines or (ii) any adoption of
or change in any other law, governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation,
policy, guideline, interpretation, or directive (whether or not having the force
of law) after the date of this Agreement which affects the amount of capital
required or expected to be maintained by any Lender or any Lending Installation
or any corporation controlling any Lender. "Risk-Based Capital Guidelines" means
(i) the risk-based capital guidelines in effect in the United States on the date
of this Agreement, including transition rules, and (ii) the corresponding
capital regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities outside the United
States implementing the July 1988 report of the Basle Committee on Banking
Regulation and Supervisory Practices Entitled "International Convergence of
Capital Measurements and Capital Standards," including transition rules, and any
amendments to such regulations adopted prior to the date of this Agreement.
3.3 Availability of Types of Advances. If any Lender determines that
maintenance of its Eurodollar Loans at a suitable Lending Installation would
violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive, whether or not
having the force of law, or if the Required Lenders determine that (i) deposits
of a type and maturity appropriate to match fund Eurodollar Advances or Fed
Funds Advances are not available or (ii) the interest rate applicable to a Type
of Advance does not accurately reflect the cost of making or maintaining such
Advance, then the Agent shall suspend the availability of the affected Type of
Advance and require any Advances of the affected Type to be repaid or converted
to Alternate Base Rate Advances, subject to the payment of any funding
indemnification amounts required by Section 3.4.
3.4 Funding Indemnification. If any payment of a Eurodollar Advance
occurs on a date which is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period,
whether because of acceleration, prepayment or otherwise, or a Eurodollar
Advance is not made, continued or converted on the date specified by the
Borrower for any reason other than default by the Lenders, the Borrower will
indemnify each Lender for any loss or cost incurred by it resulting therefrom,
including, without limitation, any loss or cost in liquidating or employing
deposits acquired to fund or maintain the Eurodollar Advance.
3.5 Taxes.
(i) All payments by the Borrower to or for the account of any
Lender or the Agent hereunder or under any Note shall be made free and
clear of and without deduction for any and all Taxes. If the Borrower
shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum
payable hereunder to any Lender or the Agent, (a) the sum payable shall be
increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions
(including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this
Section 3.5) such Lender or the Agent (as the case may be) receives an
amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been
made, (b) the Borrower shall make such deductions, (c) the Borrower shall
pay the full amount deducted to the relevant authority in accordance with
applicable law and (d) the Borrower shall furnish to the Agent the
original copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof within 30 days after
such payment is made.
(ii) In addition, the Borrower hereby agrees to pay any present or
future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes,
charges or similar levies which arise
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from any payment made hereunder or under any Note or from the execution or
delivery of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any Note
("Other Taxes").
(iii) The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify the Agent and each
Lender for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without
limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed on amounts payable under this
Section 3.5) paid by the Agent or such Lender and any liability (including
penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect
thereto. Payments due under this indemnification shall be made within 30
days of the date the Agent or such Lender makes demand therefor pursuant
to Section 3.6.
(iv) Each Lender that is not incorporated under the laws of the
United States of America or a state thereof (each a "Non-U.S. Lender")
agrees that it will, not less than ten Business Days after the date of
this Agreement, (i) deliver to each of the Borrower and the Agent two duly
completed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form 1001 or
4224, certifying in either case that such Lender is entitled to receive
payments under this Agreement without deduction or withholding of any
United States federal income taxes, and (ii) deliver to each of the
Borrower and the Agent a United States Internal Revenue Form W-8 or W-9,
as the case may be, and certify that it is entitled to an exemption from
United States backup withholding tax. Each Non-U.S. Lender further
undertakes to deliver to each of the Borrower and the Agent (x) renewals
or additional copies of such form (or any successor form) on or before the
date that such form expires or becomes obsolete, and (y) after the
occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent forms so
delivered by it, such additional forms or amendments thereto as may be
reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent. All forms or amendments
described in the preceding sentence shall certify that such Lender is
entitled to receive payments under this Agreement without deduction or
withholding of any United States federal income taxes, unless an event
(including without limitation any change in treaty, law or regulation) has
occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be
required which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent
such Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form or amendment
with respect to it and such Lender advises the Borrower and the Agent that
it is not capable of receiving payments without any deduction or
withholding of United States federal income tax.
(v) For any period during which a Non-U.S. Lender has failed to
provide the Borrower with an appropriate form pursuant to clause (iv),
above (unless such failure is due to a change in treaty, law or
regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof
by any governmental authority, occurring subsequent to the date on which a
form originally was required to be provided), such Non-U.S. Lender shall
not be entitled to indemnification under this Section 3.5 with respect to
Taxes imposed by the United States; provided that, should a Non-U.S.
Lender which is otherwise exempt from or subject to a reduced rate of
withholding tax become subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver
a form required under clause (iv), above, the Borrower shall take such
steps as such Non-U.S. Lender shall reasonably request to assist such
Non-U.S. Lender to recover such Taxes.
(vi) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction
of withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement or any
Note pursuant to the law of any relevant jurisdiction or any treaty shall
deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Agent), at the time or times
prescribed by applicable law, such properly completed and executed
documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to
be made without withholding or at a reduced rate.
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(vii) If the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental
authority of the United States or any other country or any political
subdivision thereof asserts a claim that the Agent did not properly
withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender
(because the appropriate form was not delivered or properly completed,
because such Lender failed to notify the Agent of a change in
circumstances which rendered its exemption from withholding ineffective,
or for any other reason), such Lender shall indemnify the Agent fully for
all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Agent as tax, withholding
therefor, or otherwise, including penalties and interest, and including
taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable to the Agent under
this subsection, together with all costs and expenses related thereto
(including attorneys fees and time charges of attorneys for the Agent,
which attorneys may be employees of the Agent). The obligations of the
Lenders under this Section 3.5(vii) shall survive the payment of the
Obligations and termination of this Agreement.
3.6 Lender Statements; Survival of Indemnity.
(i) To the extent reasonably possible, each Lender shall designate
an alternate Lending Installation with respect to its Eurodollar Loans to
reduce any liability of the Borrower to such Lender under Sections 3.1,
3.2 and 3.5 or to avoid the unavailability of a Type of Advance under
Section 3.3, so long as such designation is not, in the judgment of such
Lender, disadvantageous to such Lender. Each Lender shall deliver a
written statement of such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the
Agent) as to the amount due, if any, under Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.5.
Such written statement shall set forth in reasonable detail the
calculations upon which such Lender determined such amount and shall be
final, conclusive and binding on the Borrower in the absence of manifest
error. Determination of amounts payable under such Sections in connection
with a Eurodollar Loan shall be calculated as though each Lender funded
its Eurodollar Loan through the purchase of a deposit of the type and
maturity corresponding to the deposit used as a reference in determining
the Eurodollar Rate applicable to such Loan, whether in fact that is the
case or not. Unless otherwise provided herein, the amount specified in the
written statement of any Lender shall be payable within fifteen (15) days
after receipt by the Borrower of such written statement. The obligations
of the Borrower under Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 and 3.5 shall survive payment
of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement.
(ii) If the Borrower is required pursuant to Section 3.1, 3.2, or
3.5 to make any additional payment to any Lender or if any Lender's
obligation to make or continue a Type of Advance shall be suspended
pursuant to Section 3.3 (any Lender so affected an "Affected Lender"), the
Borrower may elect, if such amounts continue to be charged or such
suspension is still effective, to replace such Affected Lender as a Lender
party to this Agreement, provided that no Default or Unmatured Default
shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, and
provided further that, concurrently with such replacement, (i) another
bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and
the Agent shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Advances
and other Obligations due to the Affected Lender and to become a Lender
for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations of the
Affected Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the
requirements of Section 12.3 applicable to assignments, and (ii) the
Borrower shall pay to such Affected Lender in same day funds on the day of
such replacement (A) all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but
unpaid to such Affected Lender by the Borrower hereunder to and including
the date of termination, including without limitation payments due to such
Affected Lender under Sections 3.1, 3.2, and 3.5, and (B) an amount, if
any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the
day of such replacement under Section 3.4 had the Loans of such Affected
Lender been prepaid on such date rather than sold to the replacement
Lender.
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ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT; WITHHOLDING TAX EXEMPTION
4.1 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall not be effective and no Lender
shall be required to make the initial Advance hereunder until a date (the
"Effective Date") upon which the Borrower has furnished or caused to be
furnished to the Agent:
(i) Copies of the articles or certificate of organization of the
Borrower, together with all amendments, certified by the appropriate
governmental officer in its jurisdiction of organization.
(ii) Copies, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of
the Borrower, of its operating or other management agreement and of
resolutions of its members and of any other body authorizing the execution
of the Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party.
(iii) An incumbency certificate, executed by the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of the Borrower, which shall identify by name and
title and bear the signatures of the Authorized Officers and any other
officers of the Borrower authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which
the Borrower is a party, upon which certificate the Agent and the Lenders
shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by the
Borrower.
(iv) A good standing certificate for the Borrower from the
Secretary of State of its state of organization.
(v) A certificate, signed by the chief financial officer of the
Borrower, stating that on the initial Borrowing Date no Default or
Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing.
(vi) A written opinion of the Borrower's counsel, addressed to the
Lenders in a form acceptable to Agent.
(vii) Any Notes requested by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.15
payable to the order of each such requesting Lender.
(viii) A fully executed Security Agreement, together with such
executed UCC-1 financing statements as the Agent may reasonably request.
(ix) Executed Acknowledgment Agreements with respect to the Pledged
Servicing, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.
(x) An agreement between the Borrower and the Agent on behalf of
the lenders under the Prior Facility and the Lenders under this Agreement
as to the repayment or conversion of loans outstanding to the Borrower
under the Prior Facility and, the treatment of any interest and fees
accrued thereon (the "Transition Memorandum").
(xi) Payment of all Fees due and payable on or before the Effective
Date.
(xii) Establishment of the Settlement Account and the Funding
Account.
(xiii) A copy of each form of Approved Investor Commitment that the
Borrower currently utilizes for any Mortgage Loan that is not a Conforming
Mortgage Loan.
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(xiv) Such other documents as any Lender or its counsel may have
reasonably requested.
4.2 Each Advance. The Lenders shall not be required to make any Advance
(other than an Advance that, after giving effect thereto and to the application
of the proceeds thereof, does not increase the aggregate amount of outstanding
Advances), unless on the applicable Borrowing Date:
(i) There exists no Default or Unmatured Default.
(ii) The representations and warranties contained in Article V are
true and correct in all material respects as of such Borrowing Date except
to the extent any such representation or warranty is stated to relate
solely to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty
shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of
such earlier date.
(iii) All legal matters incident to the making of such Advance shall
be reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders and their counsel.
Each Borrowing Notice with respect to each such Advance shall constitute a
representation and warranty by the Borrower that each Pledged Item included in
the Borrowing Base constitutes Eligible Collateral, and that after giving effect
to the amount of the Advance being requested, (a) the conditions contained in
Sections 4.2(i) and (ii) have been satisfied, (b) the Borrower has provided the
Collateral Agent with the true and correct information including the GAAP
Carrying Values (correctly calculated in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement) necessary to calculate the Collateral Value for all Eligible
Collateral, (c) the then current Borrowing Base is equal to or greater than the
aggregate unpaid principal amount outstanding under this Agreement and (d) no
Lending Sublimit has been exceeded.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
5.1 Existence and Standing. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is
a corporation, partnership (in the case of Subsidiaries only) or limited
liability company duly and properly incorporated or organized, as the case may
be, validly existing and (to the extent such concept applies to such entity) in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization and, except for the State of Rhode Island, has all requisite
authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is
conducted. The failure of Borrower and its Subsidiaries to be authorized to
conduct business in Rhode Island could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
5.2 Authorization and Validity. The Borrower has the power and authority
to execute and deliver the Loan Documents and to perform its obligations
thereunder. The execution and delivery by the Borrower of the Loan Documents and
the performance of its obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by
proper limited liability company proceedings, and the Loan Documents to which
the Borrower is a party constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Borrower enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their terms, except
as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general
principles of equity.
5.3 No Conflict; Government Consent. Neither the execution and delivery
by the Borrower of the Loan Documents nor the consummation of the transactions
therein contemplated, nor compliance
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with the provisions thereof will violate (i) any law, rule, regulation, order,
writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries if any such violation could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the business or financial condition of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) the Borrower's or any Subsidiary's
articles or certificate of incorporation, partnership agreement, certificate of
partnership, articles or certificate of organization, by-laws, or operating or
other management agreement, as the case may be, or (iii) the provisions of any
indenture, instrument or agreement to which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its Property, is
bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder if any such
violation, conflict or default could reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the business or financial condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or result in, or require, the creation or
imposition of any Lien in, of or on the Property of the Borrower or a Subsidiary
pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, instrument or agreement. No order,
consent, adjudication, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or
filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, or other action in
respect of any governmental or public body or authority, or any subdivision
thereof, which has not been obtained by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
is required to be obtained by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in
connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the borrowings
under this Agreement, the payment and performance by the Borrower of the
Obligations or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any
of the Loan Documents (other than filings to perfect the Liens granted pursuant
to the Security Agreement).
5.4 Financial Statements. The December 31, 2003 consolidated financial
statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries heretofore delivered to the
Lenders were prepared in accordance with GAAP in effect on the date such
statements were prepared and fairly present the consolidated financial condition
and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date and the
consolidated results of their operations for the period then ended.
5.5 Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2003, there has been no
change in the business, Property, financial condition or results of operations
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
5.6 Taxes. The Borrower and, to its knowledge, its Subsidiaries have
filed all United States federal tax returns and all other tax returns which are
required to be filed and have paid all taxes due pursuant to said returns or
pursuant to any assessment received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
except such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and as to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance
with Agreement Accounting Principles and as to which no Lien exists. No material
tax liens have been filed and no material claims are being asserted with respect
to any such taxes. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries in respect of any taxes or other governmental
charges are adequate. Each of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries that is
a limited liability company qualifies for disregarded entity tax treatment under
United States federal tax law.
5.7 Litigation and Contingent Obligations. Except as set forth on
Schedule "3" hereto and as otherwise disclosed in the Borrower's annual
financial statements referred to in Section 5.4, there is no litigation,
arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry pending or, to
the knowledge of any of their executive officers, threatened against or
affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which (i) in the Borrower's
reasonable judgment have a reasonable possibility of being determined adversely
to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and (ii) if so determined adversely to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, would be reasonably likely to,
singly or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition, or on the respective properties or operations, of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the transactions contemplated by
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this Agreement, the Security Agreement and the Notes. Other than any liability
incident to any litigation, arbitration or proceeding which could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower has no material
contingent obligations not provided for or disclosed in the financial statements
referred to in Section 5.4.
5.8 Subsidiaries. Schedule "4" hereto contains an accurate list of all
Subsidiaries of the Borrower as of the date of this Agreement, setting forth
their respective jurisdictions of organization and the percentage of their
respective capital stock or other ownership interests owned by the Borrower or
other Subsidiaries. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or
other ownership interests of such Subsidiaries have been (to the extent such
concepts are relevant with respect to such ownership interests) duly authorized
and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.
5.9 ERISA. The Unfunded Liabilities of all Single Employer Plans do not
in the aggregate exceed $500,000. Neither the Borrower nor any other member of
the Controlled Group has incurred, or is reasonably expected to incur, any
withdrawal liability to Multi-employer Plans in excess of $500,000 in the
aggregate. Each Plan complies in all material respects with all applicable
requirements of law and regulations, no Reportable Event has occurred with
respect to any Plan, neither the Borrower nor any other members of the
Controlled Group has withdrawn from any Plan or initiated steps to do so, and no
steps have been taken to reorganize or terminate any Plan.
5.10 Accuracy of Information. No information, exhibit or report furnished
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Agent or to any Lender in
connection with the negotiation of, or compliance with, the Loan Documents
contained any material misstatement of fact or omitted to state a material fact
or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.
5.11 Regulation U. Margin stock (as defined in Regulation U) constitutes
less than 25% of the value of those assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
which are subject to any limitation on sale, pledge, or other restriction
hereunder.
5.12 Material Agreements. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is a
party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any charter or other
corporate restriction which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in default in the
performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or
conditions contained in (i) any agreement to which it is a party, which default
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) any
agreement or instrument evidencing or governing Indebtedness or any Rate
Management Transaction.
5.13 Compliance With Laws. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have
complied with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, orders and
restrictions of any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or
agency thereof, having jurisdiction over the conduct of their respective
businesses or the ownership of their respective Property except for any failure
to comply with any of the foregoing which could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.14 Ownership of Properties. Except as set forth on Schedule "5" hereto,
on the date of this Agreement, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries will have good
title, free of all Liens other than those permitted by Section 6.15, to all of
the Property and assets reflected in the financial statements provided to the
Agent as owned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
5.15 Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions. The Borrower is not an entity
deemed to hold "plan assets" within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. section 2510.3-101
of an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) which is
subject to Title I of ERISA or any plan (within the meaning of Section
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4975 of the Code), and neither the execution of this Agreement nor the making of
Loans hereunder gives rise to a prohibited transaction within the meaning of
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
5.16 Investment Company Act. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is
an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company",
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
5.17 Public Utility Holding Company Act. Neither the Borrower nor any
Subsidiary is a "holding company" or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding
company", or an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary company"
of a "holding company", within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935, as amended.
5.18 GNMA, FHA, VA, FNMA, and FHLMC Eligibility. The Borrower is: (i) an
FHA-Approved Mortgagee in good standing, a VA-Approved Lender, a FHLMC-Approved
Lender and a FNMA-Approved Lender and meets all eligible requirements of law and
governmental regulation so as to be eligible to originate, purchase, hold and
service Mortgage Loans insured by FHA or supporting any Security; (ii) an
approved seller and servicer in good standing of Mortgage Loans to each Federal
Agency; and (iii) an approved issuer and servicer in good standing of Securities
for FHLMC, FNMA and GNMA and meets all FHLMC, FNMA and GNMA requirements,
requirements of law and governmental regulations so as to be able to issue
Securities and to originate and service the Mortgage Loans that secure such
Securities.
5.19 Approved Investor Commitments. The forms of Approved Investor
Commitment with respect to Mortgage Loans, other than Conforming Mortgage Loans,
which were delivered to the Agent on the Effective Date are still valid and
currently in use and, except to the extent new forms or changes to the existing
forms of Approved Investor Commitment have been delivered to the Agent,
represent the only forms of Approved Investor Commitment used by the Borrower
for such purposes.
5.20 Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of the Borrower contained in each other document delivered in
connection with this Agreement are, or when such document is delivered will be,
true and correct in all material respects when made.
5.21 No Defaults. No Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is
continuing.
5.22 USA Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender and the Administrative Agent
(for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that
pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the "Act"), it is required to obtain,
verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information
includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will
allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the
Borrower in accordance with the Act.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
During the term of this Agreement, unless the Required Lenders shall
otherwise consent in writing:
6.1 Financial Reporting. The Borrower will maintain, for itself and each
Subsidiary, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, and furnish to the Lenders:
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(i) Within 90 days after the close of each of its fiscal years, an
unqualified audit report certified by independent certified public
accountants, reasonably acceptable to the Lenders, prepared in accordance
with Agreement Accounting Principles on a consolidated basis for itself
and the Subsidiaries, including balance sheets as of the end of such
period, related profit and loss and changes in shareholders' equity
statements, and a statement of cash flows, accompanied by any management
letter prepared by said accountants.
(ii) Within 15 days after the close of each month of each of its
fiscal years, for itself and its Subsidiaries, consolidated unaudited
balance sheets as at the close of each such period and consolidated profit
and loss statements (showing a breakout of servicing sales gains
attributed to servicing originated in prior periods), a change in
shareholders equity statement for the period from the beginning of such
fiscal year to the end of such month, all certified (subject to normal
year-end adjustments) by its chief financial officer.
(iii) Together with the financial statements required under Sections
6.1(i) and (ii), a compliance certificate in substantially the form of
Exhibit "F" hereto signed by its chief financial officer showing the
calculations necessary to determine compliance with this Agreement as
currently in effect (regardless of whether this Agreement was in effect at
the date for which such financial statements were prepared) and that no
Default or Unmatured Defaults exists, or if any Default or Unmatured
Default exists, stating the nature and status thereof.
(iv) As soon as available but in any event within fifteen (15) days
after the end of each calendar month, a servicing report and analysis
which shall show the status of all mortgages serviced by the Borrower
including those which are delinquent, all in such form and detail and
including such additional information as the Agent may reasonably request.
Such servicing report shall show separately information concerning any
mortgages or securities with respect to which there is recourse to the
Borrower.
(v) As soon as available but in any event within fifteen (15) days
after the end of each month, a secondary marketing report for such month
reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
(vi) Within five (5) Business Days after request of Agent, copies
of all documents submitted in connection with any audits by any of FNMA,
FHLMC or GNMA; within ten (10) Business Days after request of Agent,
copies of all compliance and audit reports received from any of FNMA,
FHLMC or GNMA; and promptly upon receipt, a copy of any notice from (i)
any Federal Agency to the effect that it is or is contemplating
withdrawing its approval of the Borrower as a FHA-Approved Mortgagee,
FHLMC-Approved Lender, FNMA-Approved Lender or VA-Approved Lender or as an
approved seller and servicer for FNMA, FHLMC or GNMA or (ii) any private
mortgage insurer which insures any of the Collateral to the effect that it
is contemplating withdrawing its approval of the Borrower as an approved
originator of insured Mortgage Loans.
(vii) Within 270 days after the close of each fiscal year, a
statement of the Unfunded Liabilities of each Single Employer Plan,
certified as correct by an actuary enrolled under ERISA.
(viii) As soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after the
Borrower knows that any Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any
Plan, a statement, signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower,
describing said Reportable Event and the action which the Borrower
proposes to take with respect thereto.
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(ix) As soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after
receipt by the Borrower, a copy of (a) any notice or claim to the effect
that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be liable to any
Person as a result of the release by the Borrower, any of its
Subsidiaries, or any other Person of any toxic or hazardous waste or
substance into the environment, and (b) any notice alleging any violation
of any federal, state or local environmental, health or safety law or
regulation by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which, in either
case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) Promptly upon the furnishing thereof to the shareholders of
the Borrower, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy
statements so furnished.
(xi) Promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all registration
statements and annual, quarterly, monthly or other regular reports which
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries files with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
(xii) Such other information (including non-financial information)
as the Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
(xiii) Within fifteen (15) days after the end of each month, the
Borrower shall deliver to the Agent and the Collateral Agent a report
(each such report, a "Servicing Rights Certificate") setting forth (A) the
Servicing Take-Out Value of the Eligible Mortgage Servicing Rights as of
the end of such month, which amount shall be computed in accordance with
the values contemplated for such servicing under the terms of a valid
Approved Servicing Sale Agreement and in accordance with FAS 140 with
appropriate deductions, if any, necessary to account for any capitalized
servicing rights which may be shown on the Borrower's balance sheet but
which do not constitute Eligible Mortgage Servicing Rights (whether due to
failure to satisfy all of the eligibility requirements of the effect of
borrowing base sublimits, or otherwise), and (B) the amount of the
Eligible Servicing Sale Receivables as of the end of such month; which
report shall be presented on a consistent basis and in accordance with
GAAP. If title to any servicing rights constituting Eligible Mortgage
Servicing Rights is to be transferred by the Borrower and the sum of the
resulting initial purchase price payment to be made directly to the Cash
and Collateral Account (if any) and Eligible Servicing Sale Receivable (if
any) will be less than the Servicing Take-Out Value of the Eligible
Mortgage Servicing Rights so sold, the Borrower shall deliver a report (a
"Servicing Transfer Report") to the Agent and the Collateral Agent on or
prior to the date of transfer of title to the Eligible Mortgage Servicing
Rights indicating (i) the amount of the resulting reduction in the
Servicing Take-Out Value, (ii) the amount of the initial purchase price
payment to be made if such payment is to be made to the Cash and
Collateral Account, and (iii) the amount of the resulting Eligible
Servicing Sale Receivable, if any (which report shall be certified as to
fairness of presentation, Agreement Accounting Principles and consistency
by the chief financial officer of the Borrower). If the Borrower at any
time determines that the amount of the Take-Out Value of Eligible Mortgage
Servicing Rights or the amount of Eligible Servicing Sale Receivables is
less than the amounts of such Collateral that are then included in the
calculation of Aggregate Servicing Value (e.g. because the Borrower has
determined that certain Pledged Servicing or Servicing Sale Receivables no
longer meet the applicable eligibility criteria), then the Borrower shall
immediately notify the Agent and the Collateral Agent of the applicable
change (a "Reduced Servicing Notice").
6.2 Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary
to, only use the proceeds of the Advances for the purposes described in the
recitals hereto, to pay interest, Fees, expenses and other Obligations, to pay
Indebtedness of the Borrower existing on the date hereof and to
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repay outstanding Advances. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any
Subsidiary to, use any of the proceeds of the Advances to purchase or carry any
"margin stock" (as defined in Regulation U) or to make any Acquisition (other
than those permitted by Section 6.14) or to make any Acquisition for which the
board of directors of the Person being acquired has not consented to such
Acquisition.
6.3 Notice of Default. The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary
to, give prompt notice in writing to the Lenders of the occurrence of any
Default or Unmatured Default and of any other development, financial or
otherwise, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.4 Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and will cause each
Subsidiary to, carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same
manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise as it is presently
conducted. The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary which is a material
part of the Borrower's overall business operations to, do all things necessary
to remain duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and (to the extent
such concept applies to such entity) in good standing as a domestic corporation,
partnership or limited liability company in its jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization, as the case may be, and maintain all requisite authority to
conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted.
The Borrower will use best efforts to adhere in all material respects to
customary practices and standards in the industry insofar as adherence to such
practices and standards would require the Borrower to cause obligors whose
indebtedness is secured by Pledged Mortgages to comply with their obligations
under such Pledged Mortgages with respect to the real estate securing such
indebtedness, including without limitation, the payment of all taxes and
insurance premiums related thereto and maintenance of such real estate in
compliance with all laws.
6.5 Taxes. The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, timely
file complete and correct United States federal and applicable foreign, state
and local tax returns required by law and pay when due all taxes, assessments
and governmental charges and levies upon it or its income, profits or Property,
except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside in accordance
with Agreement Accounting Principles. At any time that the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries is organized as a limited liability company, each such limited
liability company will qualify for disregarded entity tax treatment under United
States federal tax law.
6.6 Insurance. The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to,
maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on
all their Property in such amounts and covering such risks as is consistent with
sound business practice, and the Borrower will furnish to any Lender upon
request full information as to the insurance carried. The Borrower will at all
times, upon request of the Agent, furnish to the Agent copies of its, and each
of its Subsidiaries', current Mortgage Bankers Blanket Bond and of its, and each
of its Subsidiaries', insurance policy containing errors and omissions coverage
or mortgage impairment coverage, and such Bonds and policies, to the extent
possible, shall each provide that it is not cancelable without thirty (30) days
prior written notice to the Agent.
6.7 Compliance with Laws. The Borrower will, and will cause each
Subsidiary to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs,
judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be subject, including,
without limitation, all Environmental Laws, non-compliance with which could,
singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the business or financial condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, unless the same shall be contested by the
Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in good faith and by
appropriate
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proceedings and such contest shall operate to stay the material adverse effect
of any such non-compliance.
6.8 Maintenance of Properties. The Borrower will, and will cause each
Subsidiary to, do all things necessary to maintain, preserve, protect and keep
its Property in good repair, working order and condition, and make all necessary
and proper repairs, renewals and replacements so that its business carried on in
connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times.
6.9 Inspection. Upon reasonable prior notice, the Borrower will, and
will cause each Subsidiary to, permit the Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Lenders, by their respective representatives and agents, to inspect any of the
Property, books and financial records of the Borrower and each Subsidiary, to
examine and make copies of the books of accounts and other financial records of
the Borrower and each Subsidiary, and to discuss the affairs, finances and
accounts of the Borrower and each Subsidiary with, and to be advised as to the
same by, their respective officers at such reasonable times and intervals as the
Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may designate; provided that the
Secured Parties shall exercise the foregoing rights in a manner which is not
unreasonably disruptive to the business or operations of the Borrower.
6.10 Dividends. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary
to, declare or pay any dividends or make any distributions on its capital stock
(other than dividends payable in its own capital stock or cash distributions
from any Subsidiary to the Borrower) or redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire
or retire any of its capital stock at any time outstanding, (collectively,
"Restricted Payments") if any Default continues or if the making of any such
Restricted Payment would cause an Event of Default or an Unmatured Default.
6.11 Intentionally Omitted.
6.12 Merge. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to,
merge or consolidate with or into any other Person, except that a Subsidiary may
merge into the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. The Borrower may, after
prior written notice to the Agent and Lenders, take such action with respect to
any Subsidiary which is not a material part of the Borrower's overall business
operations.
6.13 Sale of Assets. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any
Subsidiary to, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of its Property, to any other
Person, except:
(i) Sales of Mortgage Loans, Securities and Servicing Rights in
the ordinary course of business.
(ii) Leases, sales or other dispositions of its Property that,
together with all other Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
previously leased, sold or disposed of (other than Mortgage Loans and
Securities in the ordinary course of business) as permitted by this
Section during the twelve-month period ending with the month in which any
such lease, sale or other disposition occurs, do not constitute a
Substantial Portion of the Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
(iii) Transfers of a Subsidiary's assets to another Subsidiary or to
the Borrower.
6.14 Investments and Acquisitions. The Borrower will not, nor will it
permit any Subsidiary to, make or suffer to exist any Investments (including
without limitation, loans and advances to, and other Investments in,
Subsidiaries), or commitments therefor, or to create any Subsidiary or to become
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or remain a partner in any partnership or joint venture, or to make any
Acquisition of any Person, except:
(i) Cash Equivalent Investments.
(ii) Existing Investments in Subsidiaries and other Investments in
existence on the date hereof and described in Schedule "4" hereto.
(iii) Investments in the ordinary course of the Borrower's mortgage
banking business to purchase: (a) Mortgage Loans, collateralized mortgage
obligations and Securities (and in connection with commitments to purchase
the same); (b) servicing rights and mortgage servicing contracts of
another Person engaged in mortgage-related businesses; and (c) real estate
acquired by foreclosure.
(iv) Investments in the ordinary course of the Borrower's mortgage
banking business to enter into Rate Hedging Agreements to the extent
permitted pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.
(v) Investments in Hipotecaria Su Casita, S.A. de C.V.
(vi) Investments in Affiliated Special Ventures.
(vii) Investments in Joliet Mortgage Reinsurance Company.
(viii) Investments in the aggregate in Pulte Funding, Inc., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower.
(ix) Investments other than those described in the preceding
clauses (i)-(viii), so long as the aggregate amount of all such other
Investments does not exceed $1,000,000.
6.15 Liens. The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to,
create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien in, of or on the Property of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except:
(i) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies
on its Property if the same shall not at the time be delinquent or
thereafter can be paid without penalty, or are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in
accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles shall have been set aside
on its books.
(ii) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's and
mechanics' liens and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of
business which secure payment of obligations not more than 60 days past
due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and for which adequate reserves shall have been set aside on its books.
(iii) Liens arising out of pledges or deposits under worker's
compensation laws, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, or other
social security or retirement benefits, or similar legislation.
(iv) Utility easements, building restrictions and such other
encumbrances or charges against real property as are of a nature generally
existing with respect to properties of a similar character and which do
not in any material way affect the marketability of the same or interfere
with the use thereof in the business of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries.
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(v) Liens existing on the date hereof and described in Schedule
"5" hereto.
(vi) Liens in favor of the Agent and the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, granted pursuant to the Security Agreement.
(vii) Liens incidental to the conduct of the Borrower's mortgage
related businesses or the ownership of its property or arising out of
transactions entered in the ordinary course of the Borrower's mortgage
related businesses which do not secure Indebtedness and do not, in the
aggregate, materially detract from the value of its properties in the
aggregate or materially impair the use thereof in the ordinary course of
the Borrower" business.
(viii) Liens (not otherwise permitted hereunder) which secure
obligations (as to the Borrower and all Subsidiaries) incidental to
forward delivery contracts or repurchase agreements in the ordinary course
of the Borrower's mortgage related businesses.
(ix) Deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts
(other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and
appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature
incurred in the ordinary course of business.
(x) Liens of Liens of landlords, arising solely by operation of
law and which are not avoidable as a matter of law, on fixtures and
moveable property located on premises leased in the ordinary course of
business, provided, that the rental payments secured thereby are not yet
due.
(xi) Liens arising out of judgments or awards against the Borrower
or any Subsidiary with respect to which the Borrower or such Subsidiary is
prosecuting an appeal or proceeding for review and the Borrower or such
Subsidiary is maintaining adequate reserves in accordance with Agreement
Accounts' Principles.
(xii) Liens upon real and/or tangible personal property, which
property was acquired after December 31, 2003 (by purchase, construction
or otherwise) by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, each of which Liens
either (A) existed on such property before the time of its acquisition and
was not created in anticipation thereof at the request or direction of the
Borrower, or (B) was created solely for the purpose of securing
Indebtedness representing, or incurred to finance, refinance or refund,
the cost (including the cost of construction) of the respective property;
provided, that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any property of the
Borrower or such Subsidiary other than the respective property so acquired
and improvements thereon.
(xiii) Liens on assets of corporations which become Subsidiaries
after the date of this Agreement; provided, that (i) such Liens existed at
the time such corporation became a Subsidiary and were not created in
anticipation thereof, (ii) any such Lien is not spread to cover any
property or assets of such corporation after the time such corporation
becomes a Subsidiary (other than any such spreading resulting from
"after-acquired property" clauses in existence on the date such
corporation became a Subsidiary) and (iii) the amount of Indebtedness
secured thereby is not increased;
(xiv) Subject to the requirements of Section 6.18, Liens on Mortgage
Loans and Securities owned by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (other than
Mortgage Loans or Securities constituting Collateral) to secure
Indebtedness incurred from sources other than the Lenders for the purpose
of originating or acquiring Mortgage Loans or Securities.
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6.16 Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, (i) enter into any transaction (including, without limitation,
the purchase or sale of any Property or service) with any Affiliate except in
the ordinary course of business and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of
the Borrower's or such Subsidiary's business and upon fair and reasonable terms
no less favorable in any material respect to the Borrower or such Subsidiary
than the Borrower or such Subsidiary would obtain in a comparable arms-length
transaction, (ii) make any loans or advances to any Affiliates with financial
terms more advantageous to such Affiliate than the terms of loans and advances
made to the Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) from such Affiliate, or
(iii) make any net loans or advances to any Affiliate which would cause any
violation of Section 6.17.1 or 6.17.2; or, while any Default or Unmatured
Default is continuing, make any payments, loans or advances of any type to any
Affiliate.
6.17 Financial Covenants.
6.17.1 Leverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the Leverage
Ratio, at any time, to exceed 12.0 to 1.0.
6.17.2 Net Worth. At all times, maintain a Consolidated Tangible Net
Worth of at least Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000).
6.17.3 Indebtedness. The Borrower will not permit the aggregate
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries plus the amount of Uncleared
Loan Funding Checks to exceed at any time the sum of the following:
(i) one hundred percent (100%) of the value of the Borrower's
unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalent Investments and other "short term
investments";
(ii) ninety-five percent (95%) of the value of the Borrower's
"mortgage loans held for sale"; and
(iii) seventy-five percent (75%) of the Aggregate Servicing Value.
Terms set forth in quotes in this Section shall have the meanings given
such terms in the Borrower's consolidated financial statements.
6.17.4 Maintenance of Net Income. Allow the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries to suffer, as of the end of any calendar quarter, an
aggregate net loss (as determined under Agreement Accounting Principles) over
the course of the immediately preceding four calendar quarters; provided that
any equity contribution made to the Borrower by the Parent within 30 days after
generation of the financial statements for a given quarter shall (for purposes
of this Section 6.17.4 be considered net income earned by the Borrower during
the quarter immediately preceding the date of such contribution (i.e., equity
contributions in the amount of net losses can "cure" such losses for purpose of
this Section ).
6.18 Compliance with Security Agreement. The Borrower will not fail to
perform in any material respect any of its obligations under the Security
Agreement or enter into similar security agreements for Mortgage Loans not
included in Collateral with any Person other than the Collateral Agent;
provided, however, that this Section shall not (i) prohibit the Borrower from
entering into other custodial agreements relating to the possession of Mortgage
Loans not included in Collateral so long as such agreements are not made for the
purpose of or in connection with the granting of a security interest in such
Mortgage Loans, or (ii) prohibit the Affiliate of the Collateral Agent which
acts in a custodial capacity in connection with the certification of Mortgage
Loans for exchange by a Federal Agency from
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acting in such custodial capacity in conformance with the terms of the Security
Agreement. Security interests in Mortgage Loans given for confirmatory purposes
in connection with the sale of such Mortgage Loans by the Borrower to investors
shall not be considered agreements "made for the purpose of or in connection
with the granting of a security interest in such Mortgage Loans" within the
meaning of the preceding sentence. The Borrower will direct the Collateral Agent
to ship Collateral only to Approved Investors or otherwise consistent with the
provisions of the Loan Documents; provided, however, the Borrower may direct the
Collateral Agent to ship Collateral to Pulte Funding, Inc. if the release of
such Collateral is in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.3 of this
Agreement and such release does not result in a breach of Section 8.3 of this
Agreement.
6.19 Recourse Servicing. The Borrower will not at any time be a party to
any Servicing Agreements constituting Recourse Servicing other than Approved
Recourse Servicing.
6.20 Federal Agency Approvals. The Borrower (i) will maintain its status
as a FHA Approved Mortgagee, remain eligible to obtain VA guaranties of Mortgage
Loans and remain approved by each Federal Agency as a seller/servicer and (ii)
will not permit any Federal Agency which insures any material portion of the
Mortgage Loans owned or serviced by the Borrower to withdraw its approval of the
Borrower.
6.21 Approved Investor Commitments. The Borrower shall maintain Approved
Investor Commitments which cover all Pledged Mortgages and Pledged Securities
and perform all of its obligations in connection with such Approved Investor
Commitments.
6.22 Negative Pledges. The Borrower shall not enter into any agreement
pursuant to which it agrees (i) not to xxxxx x xxxx to third parties unless such
provision allows for the lien of the Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders
contemplated under the Loan Documents or (ii) to grant another creditor a pari
passu security interest in and to the Collateral when a security interest is
granted to the Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the Loan
Documents.
6.23 Keeping of Records and Books of Account. The Borrower shall keep or
cause to be kept adequate records and books of account in which complete entries
will be made in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles, consistently
applied (except for changes concurred in by the Borrower's independent auditors)
reflecting all financial transactions of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
6.24 Hedging Program. The Borrower shall at all times maintain a Hedging
Program which represents a reasonable means for the Borrower to hedge certain
interest rate risks associated with the mortgage banking business, and is a
customary and standard Hedging Program comparable to that of other similarly
situated mortgage banking companies.
6.25 Agreements to Pledge Mortgage Loans. Borrower shall not pledge to
any Person, or grant a security interest in favor of any Person in, any Mortgage
other than the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the Lenders pursuant to the Security Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULTS
The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute
a Default:
7.1 Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the Lenders or the Agent under or
in connection with this Agreement, any
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Loan, or any certificate or information delivered in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be materially false on the date as of
which made (it being understood that if any of the representations and
warranties made pursuant to the definition of "Borrowing Base" are not true and
correct as of any date with respect to any Pledged Item, such Pledged Item shall
be removed from Eligible Collateral as the sole remedy for such failure).
7.2 Nonpayment of principal of any Loan when due (including but not
limited to payments required pursuant to Section 2.11.2, Section 2.11.4 and
Section 2.11.5), or nonpayment of interest upon any Loan or of any Fee under any
of the Loan Documents within five Business Days after the same becomes due or
nonpayment of any amount, other than principal or interest or Fees, payable
under this Agreement shall not be paid when due and payable and shall remain
unpaid for five (5) Business Days after written notice to the Borrower of such
nonpayment.
7.3 The breach by the Borrower of any of the terms or provisions of
Sections 6.2, 6.4, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.15, 6.17, or 6.20 and 6.25.
7.4 The breach by the Borrower (other than a breach which constitutes a
Default under another Section of this Article VII) of any of the terms or
provisions of this Agreement which is not remedied within thirty days after the
earlier to occur of (i) receipt of written notice from the Agent or any Lender
of such breach or (ii) the date that the Borrower obtains knowledge of such
breach.
7.5 Failure of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, Pulte Homes, or
the Parent to pay when due any Indebtedness (provided that for purposes of this
Section 7.5, the definition of "Indebtedness" shall include, in addition to all
amounts and items described in the definition of "Indebtedness" set forth in
Article I of this Agreement, exposure under Rate Management Transactions)
aggregating in excess of $10,000,000 ("Material Indebtedness"); or the default
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the performance beyond the
applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any of any term, provision or
condition contained in any agreement under which any such Material Indebtedness
was created or is governed, or any other event shall occur or condition exist,
the effect of which default or event is to cause, or to permit the holder or
holders of such Material Indebtedness to cause, such Material Indebtedness to
become due prior to its stated maturity, and in either case any applicable
notice or cure period has expired and such default has not been waived in
writing by the holder of such Material Indebtedness; or any Material
Indebtedness of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, Pulte Homes, or the
Parent shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid or
repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled payment) prior to the stated
maturity thereof, and any applicable notice or cure period has expired and such
default has not been waived in writing by the holder of such Material
Indebtedness, or the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall not pay, or admit
in writing its inability to pay, its debts generally as they become due.
7.6 The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) have an order for
relief entered with respect to it under the Federal bankruptcy laws as now or
hereafter in effect, (ii) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii)
apply for, seek, consent to, or acquiesce in, the appointment of a receiver,
custodian, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar official for it or any
Substantial Portion of its Property, (iv) institute any proceeding seeking an
order for relief under the Federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect
or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking dissolution,
winding up, liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization or relief of debtors or fail to file an answer or other pleading
denying the material allegations of any such proceeding filed against it, (v)
take any corporate, partnership or other action to authorize or effect any of
the foregoing actions set forth in this Section 7.6 or (vi) fail to contest in
good faith any appointment or proceeding described in Section 7.7.
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7.7 Without the application, approval or consent of the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries, a receiver, trustee, examiner, liquidator or similar
official shall be appointed for the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any
Substantial Portion of its Property, or a proceeding described in Section
7.6(iv) shall be instituted against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and
such appointment continues undischarged or such proceeding continues undismissed
or unstayed for a period of 45 consecutive days.
7.8 Any court, government or governmental agency shall condemn, seize or
otherwise appropriate, or take custody or control of all or any portion of the
Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which, when taken together with
all other Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries so condemned, seized,
appropriated, or taken custody or control of, during the twelve-month period
ending with the month in which any such action occurs, constitutes a Substantial
Portion.
7.9 The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail within 30 days to
pay, bond or otherwise discharge one or more (i) judgments or orders for the
payment of money in excess of the aggregate $10,000,000, or (ii) non-monetary
judgments or orders which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, which judgments, in any case, is/are
not stayed on appeal or otherwise being appropriately contested in good faith.
7.10 Any Change in Control shall occur.
7.11 The occurrence of any "default", as defined in any Loan Document
(other than this Agreement) or the breach of any of the terms or provisions of
any Loan Document (other than this Agreement), which default or breach continues
beyond any period of grace therein provided.
7.12 The Security Agreement shall for any reason fail to create a valid
and perfected first priority security interest in any collateral purported to be
covered thereby, except as permitted by the terms of the Security Agreement, or
the Security Agreement shall fail to remain in full force or effect or any
action shall be taken to discontinue or to assert the invalidity or
unenforceability of the Security Agreement, or the Borrower shall fail to comply
with any of the terms or provisions of the Security Agreement and such failure
to comply is not cured within thirty days after written notice to the Borrower
of such failure to comply.
7.13 The Unfunded Liabilities of all Single Employer Plans shall exceed
in the aggregate $10,000,000 or any Reportable Event shall occur in connection
with any Plan and as a result of such event or condition, together with all
other such events or conditions, the Borrower or any Affiliate could reasonably
incur a liability in excess of $10,000,000 to a Plan or the PBGC (or any
combination of the foregoing).
7.14 The Borrower or any other member of the Controlled Group shall have
been notified by the sponsor of a Multi-employer Plan that it has incurred
withdrawal liability to such Multi-employer Plan in an amount which, when
aggregated with all other amounts required to be paid to Multi-employer Plans by
the Borrower or any other member of the Controlled Group as withdrawal liability
(determined as of the date of such notification), exceeds $10,000,000 or
requires payments exceeding $500,000 per annum.
7.15 The Borrower or any other member of the Controlled Group shall have
been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer
Plan is in reorganization or is being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV
of ERISA, if as a result of such reorganization or termination the aggregate
annual contributions of the Borrower and the other members of the Controlled
Group (taken as a whole) to all Multiemployer Plans which are then in
reorganization or being terminated have been or will be increased over the
amounts contributed to such Multiemployer Plans for the respective
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plan years of each such Multiemployer Plan immediately preceding the plan year
in which the reorganization or termination occurs by an amount exceeding
$10,000.000.
7.16 The Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) be the subject of
any proceeding or investigation pertaining to the release by the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries or any other Person of any toxic or hazardous waste or
substance into the environment, or (ii) violate any Environmental Law, which, in
the case of an event described in clause (i) and (ii), could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.17 The representations and warranties set forth in "Section 5.15 Plan
Assets; Prohibited Transactions" shall at any time not be true and correct.
7.18 Any of this Agreement, the Notes or the Security Agreement shall, at
any time after its execution and delivery, for any reason cease to be in full
force and effect (unless such occurrence is in accordance with its terms or
after payment thereof) or shall be declared to be null and void, or the validity
or enforceability thereof shall be contested by the Borrower, or the Borrower
shall deny that it has any further liability or obligation thereunder.
ARTICLE VIII
COLLATERAL, ACCELERATION AND OTHER REMEDIES
8.1 Security and Collateral Agency Agreement. Pursuant to the Security
Agreement, a security interest in and a continuing lien upon the Collateral has
been created in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
8.2 AP Mortgages. The Borrower agrees that while it is in possession of
any Required Mortgage Documents for an AP Mortgage, it will hold same in trust
and as agent and bailee for the Collateral Agent, without authority to make any
other disposition thereof, or of the proceeds thereof, except as may be
otherwise permitted in writing by the Collateral Agent. The Borrower assumes the
responsibility for loss or destruction of any such Required Mortgage Documents
until the same are delivered to the Collateral Agent.
8.3 Release of Collateral. Upon the request of the Borrower delivered
from time to time to the Agent and the Collateral Agent in connection with the
proposed sale of any Collateral, the Agent shall authorize the Collateral Agent
to release Collateral specified in such notice from the lien of this Agreement,
if, but only if, (i) at the time of such release no Default shall have occurred
and then be continuing, (ii) the Borrowing Base, after giving effect to such
release, is at least equal to the aggregate principal amount of loans
outstanding under this Agreement or any payment under Section 2.11 which may be
required as a result of such release has been made and (iii) the release of such
Collateral will not create a violation of any Lending Sublimit or Borrowing Base
Sublimit.
8.4 Cash and Collateral Account; Settlement Account; Reconciliation
Process; and Funding Account.
(i) The Collateral Agent has established in its name, as
collateral agent, a "cash and collateral" account with Bank One, NA (the
"Cash and Collateral Account") into which shall be deposited all cash
proceeds from the sale of any Pledged Item, all as described in the
Collection and Paying Agreement.
(ii) There is hereby established with the Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, a separate "cash collateral" account of the Borrower,
Account #0000000 ("Settlement Account")
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into which shall, in certain circumstances, be deposited certain cash
proceeds from the Cash and Collateral Account as described herein and in
the Collection and Paying Agreement. The Settlement Account shall be
included in the Collateral and the Borrower hereby pledges and assigns to
the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and grants to the Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority security interest
in the Settlement Account to secure payment of the Secured Obligations.
Only the Agent shall have access to the Settlement Account.
(iii) No later than 3:30 p.m. (Chicago time) each Business Day the
Borrower shall arrange for the Collateral Agent to notify the Borrower and
the Agent of the amount of Reconciled Non-Security Proceeds deposited into
the Cash and Collateral Account since the report of Reconciled
Non-Security Proceeds on the prior Business Day, and (so long as no Event
of Default is continuing and the Borrowing Base is equal to or greater
than the total outstanding Loans) the Collateral Agent shall transfer such
newly deposited Reconciled Non-Security Proceeds into the Borrower's
operating account or apply them as otherwise directed by the Borrower. Any
Excess Pool Proceeds shall (so long as no Default is continuing and the
Borrowing Base is equal to or greater than the total outstanding Loans)
also be transferred into the Borrower's operating account or applied as
otherwise directed by the Borrower. If the Borrowing Base is not equal to
or greater than the total outstanding Loans, then the Collateral Agent
shall transfer the necessary amount of the Reconciled Non-Security
Proceeds and/or Excess Pool Proceeds to the Agent for application against
the outstanding Loans so that the Borrowing Base equals the total
outstanding Loans. Such application shall be made first to repay any
outstanding Overadvances (as defined in Paragraph 6(d) of the Security
Agreement) and then to repay then outstanding Loans in the order and in
the amounts directed by the Borrower or, in the absence of such direction,
in the following order: (i) first, to Swingline Loans until paid in full,
(ii) second, to Fed Funds Loans until paid in full, and (iii) third, to
Eurodollar Loans (and with respect to Eurodollar Loans only, to interest
thereon) until paid in full. With respect to Eurodollar Loans, such
amounts (1) shall be applied to such Loans in the order in which their
Interest Periods expire (i.e. the Eurodollar Loans first maturing shall be
the first repaid), and (2) shall be applied to interest on Loans which
have been repaid before being applied to principal of Loans having a
different Interest Period.
(iv) Upon the occurrence of a Default (and during the continuance
thereof) all amounts then on deposit in the Cash and Collateral Account
which constitute Collateral or the proceeds thereof, and any deposits made
in the Cash and Collateral Account which constitute Collateral or the
proceeds thereof during the continuance of such Default, shall be
immediately transferred by the Collateral Agent to the Settlement Account
and shall thereupon, together with any other amounts then or thereafter in
the Settlement Account, be withdrawn by the Agent from the Settlement
Account and applied to outstanding Loans in proportion to the Lenders'
respective outstanding Loans and (with respect to the Lenders) in
conjunction with the procedures described in Section 2.6, with such
payments applied first to accrued interest and fees and thereafter to
principal.
(v) There has also been established with the Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, another account of the Borrower, Account #55-34658
("Funding Account"), from which all AP Mortgages shall be funded (either
by check drawn on such Funding Account or by wire transfer from such
Funding Account).
8.5 Termination. If all Commitments under this Agreement shall have
expired or been terminated pursuant to the express terms hereof and no
Obligations shall be outstanding, the Agent shall promptly deliver or cause to
be delivered all cash standing to the credit of the Settlement Account
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and Pledged Items to the Borrower. The receipt by the Borrower of any cash in
the Settlement Account and of all Pledged Items returned or delivered to the
Borrower pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, together with UCC-3
termination statements executed by the Agent, shall be a complete and full
acquittance for the Pledged Items so delivered.
8.6 Acceleration. If any Default described in Section 7.6 or 7.7 occurs
with respect to the Borrower, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans
hereunder shall automatically terminate and the Obligations shall immediately
become due and payable without any election or action on the part of the Agent
or any Lender. If any other Default occurs, the Required Lenders (or the Agent
with the consent of the Required Lenders) may (i) terminate or suspend the
obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder and they shall, upon notice
to the Borrower, terminate or be suspended, and/or (ii) declare the Obligations
to be due and payable, whereupon the Obligations shall become immediately due
and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of
which the Borrower hereby expressly waives.
8.7 Other Remedies.
(i) Unless a Default shall have occurred and then be continuing,
the Borrower shall be entitled to receive and collect directly all sums
payable to the Borrower in respect of the Collateral except proceeds from
the sale thereof.
(ii) Upon the occurrence of a Default, the Agent and the Collateral
Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, shall be entitled to all the rights and
remedies hereunder and in the Security Agreement, subject to the
limitations and requirements of Paragraph 16 thereof, and all other rights
or remedies at law or in equity existing or conferred upon the Lenders by
other jurisdictions or other applicable law.
(iii) Following the occurrence and during the continuance of a
Default, no Lender shall be obligated to fund any Loan hereunder.
(iv) Following the occurrence a Default, the Borrower agrees that
the Borrower and the Agent shall, if the Agent shall request implement
certain procedures with respect to the Borrower's funding of AP Mortgages,
all at the Borrower's sole expense. Such procedures may include, but are
not limited to: (i) reducing the advance rate against any Eligible
Collateral for purposes of determining the Collateral Value component of
the Borrowing Base, (ii) requiring that if AP Mortgages are funded with
wire transfers, such wire transfers originate from the Funding Account and
may only be released upon the secondary authorization of the Agent, (iii)
requiring the closing agents for such AP Mortgages to enter into escrow or
other agreements regarding the monies used to fund such AP Mortgages, and
(iv) requiring the Borrower to provide the Agent and the Lenders with such
information regarding the funding of such AP Mortgages as the Agent may
reasonably request. The Borrower, at its expense, shall from time to time
execute and deliver to the Agent or the Collateral Agent all such
assignments, certificates, supplemental documents, and financing
statements, and shall do all other acts or things, as the Agent may
reasonably request in order to more fully implement such procedures.
(v) The Borrower waives, to the extent permitted by law, any right
to require the Agent or any Lender to (i) proceed against any Person, (ii)
proceed against or exhaust any of the Collateral or pursue its rights and
remedies as against the Collateral in any particular order or (iii) pursue
any other remedy in its power.
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(vi) The Agent on behalf of the Lenders may, but shall not be
obligated to, advance any sums or do any act or thing necessary to uphold
and enforce the lien and priority of, or the security intended to be
afforded by, any Pledged Item, including, without limitation, payment of
delinquent taxes or assessments and insurance premiums. The Borrower shall
provide any and all information required by the Agent to administer this
Agreement or collect on the Collateral. All advances, charges, costs and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees, incurred or paid by the
Agent in exercising any right, power or remedy conferred by this
Agreement, or in the enforcement hereof (or by any Lender acting on
instruction of the Required Lenders in the enforcement hereof), together
with interest thereon at the rate per annum of 2% plus the Alternate Base
Rate from the time of payment until repaid, shall become a part of the
Obligations.
(vii) Following the occurrence of a Default and the acceleration of
the Obligations the Agent shall be entitled to receive and collect all
sums payable to the Borrower in respect of the Collateral and (a) the
Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, may in its own name or in
the name of the Borrower or otherwise, demand, xxx for, collect or receive
any money or property at any time payable or receivable on account of or
in exchange for any of the Collateral, (b) the Borrower shall receive and
hold in trust for the Lenders any amounts thereafter received by the
Borrower upon or in respect of any of the Collateral, advising the Agent
as to the source of such funds and, if the Agent so requests at the
direction of the Required Lenders, forthwith paying such amounts to the
Agent, and (c) any and all amounts so received and collected by the Agent
either directly or from the Borrower shall be deposited in the Settlement
Account.
8.8 Application of Proceeds. After a Default and acceleration of the
Obligations, the proceeds of any sale or enforcement of all or any part of the
Collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement and the balance of any moneys in
the Settlement Account and the Funding Account shall be applied by the Agent:
FIRST, to the extent that any such proceeds arise from a sale of any
Pledged Servicing, to the payment of any amounts due by the Borrower to
the other party to the Servicing Agreements governing such Pledged
Servicing, as a condition to the transfer of the Borrower's interest in
any such Pledged Servicing, pursuant to the terms of such Servicing
Agreements, including without limitation all amounts described in the
Acknowledgement Agreements;
SECOND, to the extent not already repaid from the proceeds of the
Collateral by the Collateral Agent, to the payment of all costs and
expenses of such sale or enforcement, including reasonable compensation to
the Agent's agents and counsel, and all expenses, liabilities and advances
made or incurred by the Agent or any Lender acting on instructions of the
Required Lenders in connection therewith;
THIRD, to the extent not already repaid from the proceeds of the
Collateral by the Collateral Agent, to the payment of all costs and
expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent under the Security Agreement;
FOURTH, to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of, and
all accrued and unpaid interest on and Fees attributable to, all Loans
under this Agreement, ratably according to the amount so due to each
Lender until such amounts are paid in full;
FIFTH, to the extent proceeds remain after application under the
preceding subparagraphs, to the payment of all remaining Obligations,
until such amounts are paid in full;
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SIXTH, to the extent that any such proceeds arise from a sale of any
Pledged Servicing and remain after satisfying the prior amounts in full,
to the payment of all sums due to any party to the Servicing Agreement
governing such Pledged Servicing which, by the terms of the applicable
Acknowledgment Agreement, are subordinated in priority of payment to the
amounts payable to the Agent and the Lenders, as described above; and
SEVENTH, to the payment to the Borrower, or to its successors or
assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct, of any
surplus then remaining from such proceeds.
The Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of
any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement. If the
proceeds of any such sale are insufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
such sale, as aforesaid, and the payment in full of the Obligations, the
Borrower shall remain liable for any deficiency.
8.9 Preservation of Rights. No delay or omission of the Lenders or the
Agent to exercise any right under the Loan Documents shall impair such right or
be construed to be a waiver of any Default or an acquiescence therein, and the
making of a Loan notwithstanding the existence of a Default or the inability of
the Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to such Loan shall not
constitute any waiver or acquiescence. Any single or partial exercise of any
such right shall not preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right, and no waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms,
conditions or provisions of the Loan Documents whatsoever shall be valid unless
in writing signed by the Lenders required pursuant to Section 9.1, and then only
to the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All remedies contained in
the Loan Documents or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be
available to the Agent and the Lenders until the Obligations have been paid in
full.
8.10 Actions Under Acknowledgement Agreements. If the Borrower elects to
include Pledged Servicing in Collateral, the Borrower shall be deemed to have
appointed the Agent as the Borrower's attorney-in-fact, effective as of the date
of any Default (and during the continuance thereof) for the purpose of taking
all actions on behalf of the Borrower contemplated or required under the terms
of the Acknowledgement Agreements with respect to such Pledged Servicing and
executing any instruments which the Agent may deem necessary or advisable to
accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment as attorney-in-fact is
irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Agent shall have the right and power to receive, endorse and
collect all checks made payable to the order of the Borrower representing any
payment on account of the principal of or interest on any of the Mortgage Loans
covered by such Pledged Servicing or on account of the terms of the Servicing
Agreements governing such Pledged Servicing and to give full discharge for the
same.
8.11 Transition from Prior Facility. The Pledge Date and all other
relevant delivery dates and time periods with respect to the determination of
Eligible Collateral shall be calculated to include any delivery dates or holding
periods prior to the Effective Date during which Collateral was being held by
the Collateral Agent (or was the subject of an Agreement to Pledge), had been
delivered to an Approved Investor or had been redelivered to the Borrower under
the Prior Facility.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS; GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.1 Amendments and Waivers. Other than (a) Commitment increases pursuant
to Section 2.10 (which may be accomplished solely by the Borrower, the Agent and
the subject Lender) and (b) temporary waivers of Collateral eligibility
permitted pursuant to the definition of "Borrowing Base"
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(which may be accomplished solely by the Agent), the Required Lenders (or the
Agent with the consent in writing of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower may
enter into agreements supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding or modifying
any provisions to the Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the
Lenders or the Borrower hereunder or waiving any Default hereunder; provided,
however, that no such supplemental agreement shall, without the consent of each
Lender directly or indirectly affected thereby:
(i) Extend the final maturity of any Loan or postpone any
regularly scheduled payment of principal of any Loan or
forgive all or any portion of the principal amount thereof, or
reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of, or forgive,
interest or fees thereon.
(ii) Reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Required
Lenders.
(iii) Extend the Termination Date, or reduce the amount of or extend
the payment date for the mandatory payments required under
Section 2.11, or increase the amount of the Aggregate
Commitment or of the Commitment of any Lender hereunder (other
than in accordance with Section 2.10).
(iv) Amend this Section 9.1.
(v) Release any guarantor of any Advance or, except as provided
herein or in the Security Agreement, release any Collateral.
(vi) Amend the definition of "Borrowing Base," "Gestation Borrowing
Base," "Warehouse Borrowing Base," or "Collateral Value".
(vii) Permit the Borrower to assign its rights under this Agreement
or amend or waive any restriction on the Borrower's ability to
assign its rights or obligations under any of the Loan
Documents.
(viii) Amend or waive any Lending Sublimits or Borrowing Base
Sublimits.
(ix) Amend or waive any provision herein regarding the
indemnification of the Agent, the Collateral Agent or any
Lender.
(x) Amend or waive any provision herein regarding the allocation
among the Lenders of any payments or proceeds received by the
Agent hereunder.
No amendment of any provision of this Agreement relating to the Agent or the
Collateral Agent shall be effective without the written consent of the Agent or
the Collateral Agent, as the case may be. In addition, the consent of the
Collateral Agent shall be required for the effectiveness of any amendment
referred to in Section 9.1 (iv), (v), (vi), (viii) and/or (ix) above. The Agent
may waive payment of the fee required under Section 12.3.2 without obtaining the
consent of any other party to this Agreement.
9.2 Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties of
the Borrower contained in this Agreement shall survive the making of the Loans
herein contemplated.
9.3 Governmental Regulation. Anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary notwithstanding, no Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to the
Borrower in violation of any limitation or prohibition provided by any
applicable statute or regulation.
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9.4 Headings. Section headings in the Loan Documents are for convenience
of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of the
provisions of the Loan Documents.
9.5 Entire Agreement. The Loan Documents embody the entire agreement and
understanding among the Borrower, the Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Lenders and supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the
Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders relating to the subject matter thereof,
other than the fee letter described in Section 2.7.4 and any other agreement
entered into in connection with the fees described in Section 2.7.5.
9.6 Several Obligations; Benefits of this Agreement. The respective
obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and no Lender
shall be the partner or agent of any other (except to the extent to which the
Agent is authorized to act as such). The failure of any Lender to perform any of
its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from any of its
obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall not be construed so as to confer any
right or benefit upon any Person other than the parties to this Agreement and
their respective successors and assigns, provided, however, that the parties
hereto expressly, agree that (i) the Arranger shall enjoy the benefits of the
provisions of Sections 9.7, 9.8 and 10.11 to the extent specifically set forth
therein and shall have the right to enforce such provisions on its own behalf
and in its own name to the same extent as if it were a party to this Agreement
and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall enjoy the benefits of the provisions of
Sections 9.1, 9.7 and 9.8 to the extent specifically set forth therein and shall
have the right to enforce such provisions on its own behalf and in its own name
to the same extent as if it were a party to this Agreement.
9.7 Expenses; Indemnification. (i) The Borrower shall reimburse the
Agent, the Arranger and the Collateral Agent for any reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and time charges of attorneys for
the Agent, the Arranger and the Collateral Agent) paid or incurred by the Agent,
the Arranger or the Collateral Agent in connection with the preparation,
negotiation, execution, delivery, syndication, review, amendment, modification,
and administration of the Loan Documents. The Borrower also agrees to reimburse
the Agent, the Arranger, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders for any
out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys' fees and time charges of attorneys
for the Agent, the Arranger, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders) paid or
incurred by the Agent, the Arranger, the Collateral Agent or any Lender in
connection with the collection and enforcement of the Loan Documents. Expenses
being reimbursed by the Borrower under this Section include, without limitation,
reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the reports described
in the following two sentences. The Borrower acknowledges that Bank One may
prepare and distribute to the Lenders annual audit reports (and shall distribute
copies to each Lender that requests a copy in writing of any such report
actually prepared by Bank One) pertaining to the Borrower's assets for internal
use by Bank One from information furnished to it by or on behalf of the
Borrower, after Bank One has exercised its rights of inspection pursuant to this
Agreement. The Borrower acknowledges that Bank One may, in certain extraordinary
circumstances, prepare and distribute other audit reports to the Lenders (and
shall distribute copies to each Lender that requests a copy in writing of any
report actually prepared by Bank One) pertaining to the Borrower's assets for
internal use by Bank One from information furnished to it by or on behalf of the
Borrower, after Bank One has exercised its rights of inspection pursuant to this
Agreement. The Borrower acknowledges that the foregoing two sentences shall not
limit Bank One's right to prepare additional audit reports at its own expense
from time to time.
(ii) The Borrower hereby further agrees to indemnify the Agent, the
Arranger, the Collateral Agent and each Lender, their respective affiliates, and
each of their directors, officers and employees against all losses, claims,
damages, penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including, without
limitation, all expenses of litigation or preparation therefor whether or not
the Agent, the Arranger, the Collateral Agent, any Lender or any affiliate is a
party thereto) which any of them may pay or incur arising out of or relating to
this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the transactions
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contemplated hereby or the direct or indirect application or proposed
application of the proceeds of any Loan hereunder except to the extent that they
have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party
seeking indemnification. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 9.7
shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
9.8 Nonliability of Lenders. The relationship between the Borrower on
the one hand and the Lenders, the Agent and the Collateral Agent on the other
hand shall be solely that of borrower and lender. Neither the Agent, the
Arranger, the Collateral Agent nor any Lender shall have any fiduciary
responsibilities to the Borrower. Neither the Agent, the Arranger, the
Collateral Agent nor any Lender undertakes any responsibility to the Borrower to
review or inform the Borrower of any matter in connection with any phase of the
Borrower's business or operations. The Borrower agrees that neither the Agent,
the Arranger, the Collateral Agent nor any Lender shall have liability to the
Borrower (whether sounding in tort, contract or otherwise) for losses suffered
by the Borrower in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to,
the transactions contemplated and the relationship established by the Loan
Documents, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith,
unless such losses resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
the party from which recovery is sought. Neither the Agent, the Arranger, the
Collateral Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability with respect to, and
the Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees not to xxx for, any special,
indirect or consequential damages suffered by the Borrower in connection with,
arising out of, or in any way related to the Loan Documents or the transactions
contemplated thereby.
9.9 Severability of Provisions. Any provision in any Loan Document that
is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in any jurisdiction shall,
as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid without
affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation,
enforceability, or validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to
this end the provisions of all Loan Documents are declared to be severable.
9.10 Numbers of Documents. All statements, notices, closing documents,
and requests hereunder shall be furnished to the Agent with sufficient
counterparts so that the Agent may furnish one to each of the Lenders.
9.11 Accounting. Except as provided to the contrary herein, all
accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted and all accounting
determinations hereunder shall be made in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles, except that any calculation or determination which is to be made on
a consolidated basis shall be made for the Borrower and all its Subsidiaries,
including those Subsidiaries, if any, which are unconsolidated on the Borrower's
audited financial statements.
9.12 Confidentiality. Each Lender agrees to hold any confidential
information which it may receive from the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement in
confidence, except for disclosure (i) to its Affiliates and to other Lenders and
their respective Affiliates, (ii) to legal counsel, accountants, and other
professional advisors to such Lender or to a Transferee, (iii) to regulatory
officials, (iv) to any Person as requested pursuant to or as required by law,
regulation, or legal process, (v) to any Person in connection with any legal
proceeding to which such Lender is a party, (vi) to such Lender's direct or
indirect contractual counterparties in swap agreements or to legal counsel,
accountants and other professional advisors to such counterparties, (vii)
permitted by Section 12.5 and (viii) to rating agencies if requested or required
by such agencies in connection with a rating of such lender or an Affiliate of
such Lender; provided that each such Lender shall endeavor to advise each such
recipient of such information from such Lender of the confidentiality of such
information.
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9.13 Nonreliance. Each Lender hereby represents that it is not relying on
or looking to any margin stock (as defined in Regulation U of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System) for the repayment of the Loans provided
for herein.
9.14 Disclosure. The Borrower and each Lender hereby (i) acknowledge and
agree that Bank One and/or its Affiliates from time to time may hold investments
in, make other loans to or have other relationships with the Borrower and its
Affiliates, and (ii) waive any liability of Bank One or such Affiliate to the
Borrower or any Lender, respectively, arising out of or resulting from such
investments, loans or relationships other than liabilities arising out of the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of Bank One or its Affiliates.
ARTICLE X
THE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT
10.1 Appointment; Nature of Relationship. Bank One, NA is hereby
appointed by each of the Lenders as its contractual representative (herein
referred to as the "Agent") hereunder and under each other Loan Document, and
each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes the Agent to act as the contractual
representative of such Lender with the rights and duties expressly set forth
herein and in the other Loan Documents. The Agent is hereby authorized to enter
into the Security Agreement thereby appointing the Collateral Agent to act on
behalf of the Lenders and all obligations of the Lenders under the Security
Agreement shall be binding upon each Lender as if such Lender had executed the
Security Agreement. The Agent agrees to act as such contractual representative
upon the express conditions contained in this Article X. Notwithstanding the use
of the defined term "Agent" throughout the Agreement, it is expressly understood
and agreed that the Agent shall have not have any fiduciary responsibilities to
any Lender by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and that the
Agent is merely acting as the representative of the Lenders with only those
duties as are expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. In its capacity as the Lenders' contractual representative, the Agent
(i) does not hereby assume any fiduciary duties to any of the Lenders, (ii) is a
"representative" of the Lenders within the meaning of the term "secured party"
as defined in the Illinois Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to
time and (iii) is acting as an independent contractor, the rights and duties of
which are limited to those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents. Each of the Lenders hereby agrees to assert no claim against the
Agent on any agency theory or any other theory of liability for breach of
fiduciary duty, all of which claims each Lender hereby waives.
10.2 Powers. The Agent shall have and may exercise such powers under the
Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to the Agent by the terms of each
thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The
Agent shall have no implied duties to the Lenders, or any obligation to the
Lenders to take any action thereunder except any action specifically provided by
the Loan Documents to be taken by the Agent.
10.3 General Immunity. Neither the Agent nor any of its directors,
officers, agents or employees shall be liable to the Borrower, the Lenders or
any Lender for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder
or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or therewith, whether
sounding in tort, contract or otherwise except to the extent such action or
inaction arises from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person.
10.4 No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc. Neither the Agent nor
any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be responsible for or
have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, or verify (i) any statement, warranty
or representation made in connection with any Loan Document or any borrowing
hereunder; (ii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants or
agreements of any obligor under any Loan Document, including, without
limitation, any agreement by an obligor to furnish
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information directly to each Lender; (iii) the satisfaction of any condition
specified in Article IV, except receipt of items required to be delivered solely
to the Agent; (iv) the existence or possible existence of any Default or
Unmatured Default; (v) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness, sufficiency
or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other instrument or writing furnished
in connection therewith; (vi) the value, sufficiency, creation, perfection or
priority of any Lien in any collateral security; or (vii) the financial
condition of the Borrower or any guarantor of any of the Obligations or of any
of the Borrower's or any such guarantor's respective Subsidiaries. The Agent
shall have no duty to disclose to the Lenders information that is not required
to be furnished by the Borrower to the Agent at such time, but is voluntarily
furnished by the Borrower to the Agent (either in its capacity as Agent or in
its individual capacity).
10.5 Action on Instructions of Lenders. The Agent shall in all cases be
fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder and under any
other Loan Document in accordance with written instructions signed by the
Required Lenders, and such instructions and any action taken or failure to act
pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the Lenders. The Lenders hereby
acknowledge that the Agent shall be under no duty to take any discretionary
action permitted to be taken by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document unless it shall be requested in writing to do so by
the Required Lenders. The Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing
to take any action hereunder and under any other Loan Document unless it shall
first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders pro rata against any and
all liability, cost and expense that it may incur by reason of taking or
continuing to take any such action.
10.6 Employment of Agents and Counsel. The Agent may execute any of its
duties as Agent hereunder and under any other Loan Document by or through
employees, agents, and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable to the
Lenders, except as to money or securities received by it or its authorized
agents, for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact
selected by it with reasonable care. The Agent shall be entitled to advice of
counsel concerning the contractual arrangement between the Agent and the Lenders
and all matters pertaining to the Agent's duties hereunder and under any other
Loan Document.
10.7 Reliance on Documents; Counsel. The Agent shall be entitled to rely
upon any Note, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram,
statement, paper or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to
have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons, and, in respect to
legal matters, upon the opinion of counsel selected by the Agent, which counsel
may be employees of the Agent.
10.8 Agent's Reimbursement and Indemnification. The Lenders agree to
reimburse and indemnify the Agent ratably in proportion to their respective
Commitments (or, if the Commitments have been terminated, in proportion to their
Commitments immediately prior to such termination) (i) for any amounts not
reimbursed by the Borrower for which the Agent is entitled to reimbursement by
the Borrower under the Loan Documents, (ii) for any other expenses incurred by
the Agent on behalf of the Lenders, in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery, administration and enforcement of the Loan Documents
(including, without limitation, for any expenses incurred by the Agent in
connection with any dispute between the Agent and any Lender or between two or
more of the Lenders) and (iii) for any liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
of any kind and nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan
Documents or any other document delivered in connection therewith or the
transactions contemplated thereby (including, without limitation, for any such
amounts incurred by or asserted against the Agent in connection with any dispute
between the Agent and any Lender or between two or more of the Lenders), or the
enforcement of any of the terms of the Loan Documents or of any such other
documents, provided that (i) no Lender
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shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent any of the foregoing is
found in, a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction
to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent
and (ii) any indemnification required pursuant to Section 3.5(vii) shall,
notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 10.8, be paid by the relevant
Lender in accordance with the provisions thereof The obligations of the Lenders
under this Section 10.8 shall survive payment of the Obligations and termination
of this Agreement.
10.9 Notice of Default. The Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge
or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Unmatured Default hereunder unless
the Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to
this Agreement describing such Default or Unmatured Default and stating that
such notice is a "notice of default". In the event that the Agent receives such
a notice, the Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders.
10.10 Rights as a Lender. In the event the Agent is a Lender, the Agent
shall have the same rights and powers hereunder and under any other Loan
Document with respect to its Commitment and its Loans as any Lender and may
exercise the same as though it were not the Agent, and the term "Lender" or
"Lenders" shall, at any time when the Agent is a Lender, unless the context
otherwise indicates, include the Agent in its individual capacity. The Agent and
its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in
any kind of trust, debt, equity or other transaction, in addition to those
contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, with the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries in which the Borrower or such Subsidiary is not
restricted hereby from engaging with any other Person. The Agent, in its
individual capacity, is not obligated to be or remain a Lender.
10.11 Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has,
independently and without reliance upon the Agent, the Arranger or any other
Lender and based on the financial statements prepared by the Borrower and such
other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Agent, the Arranger or any other Lender and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to
make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
10.12 Successor Agent. The Agent may resign at any time by giving written
notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower, such resignation to be effective
upon the appointment of a successor Agent or, if no successor Agent has been
appointed, ninety days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its intention to
resign. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to
appoint, on behalf of the Borrower and the Lenders, a successor Agent; provided,
however, that such appointment, unless made during the continuance of an
Unmatured Default, shall be subject to the consent of the Borrower, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. If no successor Agent shall have
been so appointed by the Required Lenders within thirty days after the resigning
Agent's giving notice of its intention to resign, then the resigning Agent may
appoint, on behalf of the Borrower and the Lenders, a successor Agent; provided,
however, that such appointment, unless made during the continuance of an
Unmatured Default, shall be subject to the consent of the Borrower, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Notwithstanding the previous
sentence, the Agent may at any time without the consent of the Borrower or any
Lender, appoint any of its Affiliates which is a commercial bank as a successor
Agent hereunder. If the Agent has resigned and no successor Agent has been
appointed, the Lenders may perform all the duties of the Agent hereunder and the
Borrower shall make all payments in respect of the Obligations to the applicable
Lender and for all other purposes shall deal directly with the Lenders. No
successor Agent shall be deemed to be appointed hereunder until such successor
Agent has accepted the appointment. Any such successor Agent shall be a
commercial bank having capital and retained earnings of at least $500,000,000.
Upon the acceptance of any appointment
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as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon
succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties
of the resigning Agent. Upon the effectiveness of the resignation of the Agent,
the resigning Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder and under the Loan Documents. After the effectiveness of the
resignation of an Agent, the provisions of this Article X shall continue in
effect for the benefit of such Agent in respect of any actions taken or omitted
to be taken by it while it was acting as the Agent hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents. In the event that there is a successor to the Agent by merger,
or the Agent assigns its duties and obligations to an Affiliate pursuant to this
Section 10.12, then the term "`Prime Rate" as used in this Agreement shall mean
the prime rate, base rate or other analogous rate of the new Agent.
10.13 Delegation to Affiliates. The Borrower and the Lenders agree that
the Agent may delegate any of its duties under this Agreement to any of its
Affiliates. Any such Affiliate (and such Affiliate's directors, officers, agents
and employees) which performs duties in connection with this Agreement shall be
entitled to the same benefits of the indemnification, waiver and other
protective provisions to which the Agent is entitled under Articles IX and X.
10.14 Collateral Releases. The Lenders hereby empower and authorize the
Agent to execute and deliver to the Borrower on their behalf any agreements,
documents or instruments as shall be necessary or appropriate to effect any
releases of Collateral which shall be permitted by the terms hereof or of any
other Loan Document or which shall otherwise have been approved by the Required
Lenders (or, if required by the terms of Section 9.1, all of the Lenders) in
writing.
ARTICLE XI
SETOFF; RATABLE PAYMENTS
11.1 Setoff. In addition to, and without limitation of, any rights of the
Lenders under applicable law, if the Borrower becomes insolvent, however
evidenced, or any Default occurs, any and all deposits (including all account
balances, whether provisional or final and whether or not collected or
available), any amounts owed under Rate Management Transactions, and any other
Indebtedness at any time held or owing by any Lender or any Affiliate of any
Lender to or for the credit or account of the Borrower may be offset and applied
toward the payment of the Obligations owing to such Lender, whether or not the
Obligations, or any part hereof, shall then be due.
11.2 Ratable Payments. If any Lender, whether by setoff or otherwise, has
payment made to it upon its Loans (other than payments received pursuant to
Section 3.1, 3.2, 3.4 or 3.5) in a greater proportion than that received by any
other Lender, such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to purchase a portion of
the Loans held by the other Lenders so that after such purchase each Lender will
hold its ratable proportion of Loans. If any Lender, whether in connection with
setoff or amounts which might be subject to setoff or otherwise, receives
collateral or other protection for its Obligations or such amounts which may be
subject to setoff, such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to take such action
necessary such that all Lenders share in the benefits of such collateral ratably
in proportion to their Loans. In case any such payment is disturbed by legal
process, or otherwise, appropriate further adjustments shall be made.
11.3 Custodial Accounts. The Borrower agrees that funds received and held
by the Borrower as custodian for FNMA, GNMA or other mortgage pools which are
deposited into accounts with any Lender shall be clearly identified as custodial
accounts, and each Lender agrees that each provision of the foregoing
subsections of this Article XI shall not apply to such custodial accounts. The
Borrower shall not deposit any of its general funds in any custodial accounts or
otherwise commingle funds in any custodial accounts.
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ARTICLE XII
ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS; COMMITMENT INCREASES
12.1 Successors and Assigns. The terms and provisions of the Loan
Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower and the
Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, except that (i) the
Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights or obligations under the
Loan Documents and (ii) and assignment by any Lender must be made in compliance
with Section 12.3. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that clause (ii) of
this Section 12.1 relates only to absolute assignments and does not prohibit
assignments creating security interests, including, without limitation, any
pledge or assignment by any Lender of all or any portion of its rights under
this Agreement and any Note to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided, however, that
no such pledge or assignment creating a security interest shall release the
transferor Lender from its obligations hereunder unless and until the parties
hereto have complied with the provisions of Section 12.3. The Agent may treat
the Person which made any Loan or which holds any Note as the owner thereof for
all purposes hereof unless and until such Person complies with Section 12.3,
provided, however, that the Agent may in its discretion (but shall not be
required to) follow instructions from the Person which made any Loan or which
holds any Note to direct payments relating to such Loan or Note to another
Person. Any assignee of the rights to any Loans or any Note agrees by acceptance
of such transfer or assignment to be bound by all the terms and provisions of
the Loan Documents. Any request, authority or consent of any Person, who at the
time of making such request or giving such authority or consent is the owner of
the Rights to any Loan (whether or not a Note has been issued in evidence
thereof), shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, or assignee
of the rights to such Loan.
12.2 Participations.
12.2.1 Permitted Participants; Effect. Any Lender may, in the
ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any
time sell to one or more banks or other entities ("Participants") participating
interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any Note held by such Lender, any
Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender under the Loan
Documents. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests
to a Participant, such Lender's obligations under the Loan Documents shall
remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other
parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, such Lender shall remain
the owner of its Loans and the holder of any Note issued to it in evidence
thereof for all purposes under the Loan Documents, all amounts payable by the
Borrower under this Agreement shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold
such participating interests, and the Borrower and the Agent shall continue to
deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's
rights and obligations under the Loan Documents.
12.2.2 Voting Rights. Each Lender shall retain the sole right to
approve, without the consent of any Participant, any amendment, modification or
waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents other than any amendment,
modification or waiver with respect to any Loan or Commitment in which such
Participant has an interest which forgives principal, interest or fees or
reduces the interest rate or fees payable with respect to any such Loan or
Commitment, extends the Termination Date, postpones any date fixed for any
regularly-scheduled payment of principal of, or interest or fees on, any such
Loan or Commitment, releases any guarantor of any such Loan or releases all or
substantially all of the Collateral (other than as expressly permitted pursuant
to the Loan Documents).
12.2.3 Benefit of Setoff. The Borrower agrees that each Participant
shall be deemed to have the right of setoff provided in Section 11.1 in respect
of its participating interest in amounts owing under the Loan Documents to the
same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly
to it as a Lender under the Loan Documents, provided that each Lender shall
retain the right of
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setoff provided in Section 11.1 with respect to the amount of participating
interests sold to each Participant. The Lenders agree to share with each
Participant, and each Participant, by exercising the right of setoff provided in
Section 11.1, agrees to share with each Lender, any amount received pursuant to
the exercise of its right of setoff, such amounts to be shared in accordance
with Section 11.2 as if each Participant were a Lender.
12.3 Assignments.
12.3.1 Permitted Assignments. Any Lender may, in the ordinary course
of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time assign to one
or more banks or other entities ("Purchasers") all or any part of its rights and
obligations under the Loan Documents. Such assignment shall be substantially in
the form of Exhibit J hereto or in such other form as may be agreed to by the
parties thereto. The consent of the Borrower and the Agent shall be required
prior to an assignment becoming effective with respect to a Purchaser which is
not a Lender or an Affiliate thereof, provided, however, that if a Default has
occurred and is continuing, the consent of the Borrower shall not be required.
Such consents of the Agent and the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld
or delayed. Each such assignment shall (unless it is to a Lender or an Affiliate
thereof or each of the Borrower and the Agent otherwise consents) be in an
amount not less than the lesser of (i) $10,000,000 or (ii) the remaining amount
of the assigning Lender's Commitment (calculated as at the date of such
assignment).
12.3.2 Effect; Effective Date. Upon (i) delivery to the Agent of a
notice of assignment, substantially in the form attached as Annex "I" to Exhibit
J hereto (a "Notice of Assignment"), together with any consents required by
Section 12.3.1, and (ii) payment of a $3,500 fee to the Agent for processing
such assignment, such assignment shall become effective on the effective date
specified in such Notice of Assignment. The Notice of Assignment shall contain a
representation by the Purchaser to the effect that none of the consideration
used to make the purchase of the Commitment and Loans under the applicable
assignment agreement are "plan assets" as defined under ERISA and that the
rights and interests of the Purchaser in and under the Loan Documents will not
be "plan assets" under ERISA. On and after the effective date of such
assignment, such Purchaser shall for all purposes be a Lender party to this
Agreement and any other Loan Document executed by or on behalf of the Lenders
and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan
Documents, to the same extent as if it were an original party hereto, and no
further consent or action by the Borrower, the Lenders or the Agent shall be
required to release the transferor Lender with respect to the percentage of the
Aggregate Commitment and Loans assigned to such Purchaser. Upon the consummation
of any assignment to a Purchaser pursuant to this Section 12.3.2, the transferor
Lender, the Agent and the Borrower shall, if the transferor Lender or the
Purchaser desires that its Loans be evidenced by Notes, make appropriate
arrangements so that new Notes or, as appropriate replacement Notes are issued
to such transferor Lender and new Notes or, as appropriate, replacement Notes,
are issued to such Purchaser, in each case in principal amounts reflecting their
respective Commitments, as adjusted pursuant to such assignment. In addition,
within a reasonable time after the effective date of any assignment, the Agent
shall, and is hereby authorized and directed to, revise Schedule "1' reflecting
the revised commitments and percentages of each of the Lenders and shall
distribute such revised Schedule "1' to each of the Lenders and the Borrower,
whereupon such revised Schedule shall replace the old Schedule and become part
of this Agreement.
12.4 INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
12.5 Dissemination of Information. The Borrower authorizes each Lender to
disclose to any Participant or Purchaser or any other Person acquiring an
interest in the Loan Documents by operation of law (each a "Transferee") and any
prospective Transferee any and all information in such Lender's possession
concerning the creditworthiness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including
without
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limitation any information contained in any Reports; provided that each
Transferee and prospective Transferee agrees to be bound by Section 9.12 of this
Agreement.
12.6 Tax Treatment. If any interest in any Loan Document is transferred
to any Transferee which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other
than the United States or any State thereof, the transferor Lender shall cause
such Transferee, concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, to comply
with the provisions of Section 3.5(iv).
ARTICLE XIII
NOTICES
13.1 Notices. Except as otherwise permitted by Section 2.16 with respect
to borrowing notices, all notices, requests and other communications to any
party hereunder shall be in writing (including bank wire, facsimile transmission
or similar writing) and shall be given to such party: (x) in the case of the
Borrower, the Agent or any Lender, at its address or facsimile number set forth
on the signature pages hereof, (y) in the case of the Collateral Agent, at its
address or facsimile number set forth on the signature pages of the Security
Agreement or (z) in the case of any party, at such other address or facsimile
number as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the
Agent and the Borrower in accordance with the provisions of this Section 13.1.
Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given
by facsimile transmission., when transmitted to the facsimile number specified
in this Section and confirmation of receipt is received, (ii) if given by mail,
72 hours after such communication is deposited in the mails with first class
postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid or (iii) if given by any other means,
when delivered at the address specified in this Section; provided that notices
to the Agent under Article 11 shall not be effective until received.
13.2 Change of Address. The Borrower, the Agent, the Collateral Agent and
any Lender may each change the address for service of notice upon it by a notice
in writing to the other parties hereto.
ARTICLE XIV
COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which
taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties hereto may
execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. This Agreement shall be
effective when it has been executed by the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders
and each party has notified the Agent by facsimile transmission or telephone,
that it has taken such action.
ARTICLE XV
CHOICE OF LAW, CONSENT TO JURISDICTION, WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
15.1 CHOICE OF LAW. THE LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINING A
CONTRARY EXPRESS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISION) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, BUT
GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS.
15.2 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO
THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR ILLINOIS STATE
COURT SITTING IN CHICAGO IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS
IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH
COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO
THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING
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BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING
HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST THE BORROWER IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL
PROCEEDING BY THE BORROWER AGAINST THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF
THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY
ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT
ONLY IN A COURT IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
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15.3 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY
WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY
WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE
RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent have executed
this Agreement as of the date first above written.
PULTE MORTGAGE LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
----------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:SVP-CFO
Address for Notices:
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
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BANK ONE, NA, individually and
as Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
-----------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Director
Address for Notices Regarding Fundings:
Bank One Center
131 South Dearborn
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx XX0-0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Address for Other Notices:
Bank One Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:Managing Director
Address for Notices:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
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COMERICA BANK
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:Vice President
Address for Notices:
One Detroit Center
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
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CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH
By: /s/ Attila Coach
---------------------------------
Name: Attila Coach
Title: Senior Vice President
By: /s/ Philippe Soustra
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Name: Philippe Soustra
Title:Executive Vice President
Address for Notices:
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000X
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Address for Notices:
0000 Xxxxxxxx
#C7301-031
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
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WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:Vice President
Address for Notices:
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Phone: 469/000-0000
Fax: 469/000-0000
00
XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX XX XXXXXXXX
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:Senior Vice President
Address for Notices:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Phone: 502/000-0000
Fax: 502/000-0000
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LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
---------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:First Vice President
Address for Notices:
000 X. XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Phone: 312/000-0000
Fax: 312/000-0000
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BNP PARIBAS
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:Director
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:Central Region Manager
Address for Notices:
000 X. XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Phone: 312/000-0000
Fax: 312/000-0000
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SCHEDULE 1
COMMITMENTS AND COMMITMENT PERCENTAGES
(A) (B) (C)
COMMITMENT SWINGLINE
LENDER COMMITMENT PERCENTAGE COMMITMENT
------ ---------- ---------- ----------
(A/Aggregate
Commitment)
Bank One, NA $ 70,000,000 19.71830986% $15,000,000
Bank of America, N.A. $ 60,000,000 16.90140845%
Calyon New York Branch $ 50,000,000 14.08450704%
Washington Mutual Bank, FA $ 50,000,000 14.00000000%
LaSalle Bank National Association $ 35,000,000 9.00000000%
Comerica Bank $ 25,000,000 7.04225352%
National City Bank of Kentucky $ 25,000,000 7.04225352%
BNP Paribas $ 25,000,000 7.04225352%
Xxxxx Fargo, N.A. $ 15,000,000 4.22535211%
------------ -----------
$355,000,000 100%
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SCHEDULE 2
LIST OF APPROVED INVESTORS
FHLMC - Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Xxxxxxx Mac)
FNMA - Federal National Mortgage Association (Xxxxxx Mae)
GNMA - Government National Mortgage Association (Xxxxxx Xxx) - Current Investor
GNMA- Government National Mortgage Association (Xxxxxx Mae) - Old Citicorp Pools
Astoria Federal Mortgage Corporation
Aurora Loan Services, Inc.
Bank of America Mortgage
Bank One Home Loan Services
Charter One Financial
Chase Financial Corporation
Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation
Citicorp Mortgage, Inc.
Commercial Federal Mortgage Corporation
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. - Texas Veterans Land Board Loans
Credit Suisse First Boston - CSFB
EMC Mortgage Corporation - Bear Xxxxxxx
E-Trade Financial Corporation
Fidelity Bankshares, Inc.
First Arizona Savings
First Franklin Financial
First Horizon Mortgage
First Nationwide Mortgage Corporation
First Union Mortgage Corporation
Fleet Mortgage Corporation
GMAC Mortgage Corporation
GreenPoint
HomeSide Lending, Inc.
HSBC Mortgage Corporation (USA)
Independent National Mortgage Corporation (Indy Mac)
InterFirst Mortgage
National City Mortgage Corporation
Pinnacle Financial Corporation
Principal Financial Group
Pulte Corporation
Regions Mortgage, Inc.
Resource Bankshares Mortgage Group
Washington Mutual/ALTA Residential Mortgage Trust
Xxxxx Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc.
Zions Bancorporation
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HOUSING BOND PROGRAMS
Colorado Housing Finance Authority
Sold servicing released to Inter Mountain Mortgage
Dakota County Bond (Minnesota)
Sold servicing released to Xxxxxxx Mortgage Corporation
Florida Housing Finance Agency
Sold servicing released to Lender Mortgage Company
Housing Financing Authority of Broward County (Florida)
Sold servicing released to Leader Mortgage Company
Illinois Housing Development Authority
Sold servicing released to Dovenmuehle Mortgage, Inc.
Maryland Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC)
Sold servicing released to Citizens Bank
Minnesota Housing Financing Agency
Sold servicing released to FBS Mortgage Corporation
Nevada State Housing Bond Authority
Servicing released to Leader Mortgage Company
New Jersey Housing Finance Agency
Servicing retained then transferred to Aurora Financial group
North Carolina Housing Finance Agency
Sold servicing released to United Federal Bank
The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pima, Arizona
Servicing retained then transferred to Mortgage Clearing Corporation
The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Maricopa, Arizona
Sold servicing released to Leader Mortgage Corporation
Pinellas County Finance Authority
Sold servicing released to Leader Mortgage Company
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA)
Sold servicing released to First Nationwide Mortgage Corporation
Texas Veterans Land Board and Non-VLB loans
Sold servicing released to First Nationwide Mortgage Corporation
*Pending Bank Approval
BOLDED ITEMS ARE NEWEST APPROVAL.
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SCHEDULE 3
LITIGATION AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
NONE
SCHEDULE 4
SUBSIDIARIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS
(SEE SECTIONS 5.8 AND 6.14)
INVESTMENT OWNED AMOUNT OF PERCENT JURISDICTION OF
IN BY INVESTMENT OWNERSHIP ORGANIZATION
-- -- ---------- --------- ------------
PCIC Corporation Pulte Mortgage, LLC $ 49,203.44 100% Michigan
Joliet MTG Reinsurance Company Pulte Mortgage, LLC $4,546,839.87 100% Vermont
Pulte Funding Inc. Pulte Mortgage, LLC $3,776,345.87 100% Michigan
XXX Xxxx Mortgage LLC Pulte Mortgage, LLC $ 729,111.97 100% Delaware
SCHEDULE 5
INDEBTEDNESS AND LIENS
(SEE SECTIONS 5.14 AND 6.15)
MATURITY AND
INDEBTEDNESS INDEBTEDNESS PROPERTY AMOUNT OF
INCURRED BY OWED TO ENCUMBERED (IF ANY) INDEBTEDNESS
----------- ------- ------------------- ------------
Pulte Mortgage Steelcase Cubicle partitions $ 160,900 10/06
EXHIBIT A
NOTE
June __, 2004
Pulte Mortgage LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Borrower"),
promises to pay to the order of ___________ (the "Lender") the lesser of the
Lender's Commitment under the Agreement (as hereinafter defined) or the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the
Borrower pursuant to Article II of the Agreement in immediately available funds
at the main office of Bank One, NA in Chicago, Illinois, as Agent, together with
interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof at the rates and on the dates set
forth in the Agreement. The Borrower shall pay the principal of and accrued and
unpaid interest on the Loans in full on the Termination Date.
The Lender shall, and is hereby authorized to, record on the schedule
attached hereto, or to otherwise record in accordance with its usual practice,
the date and amount of each Loan and the date and amount of each principal
payment hereunder.
This Note is one of the Notes issued pursuant to, and is entitled to the
benefits of, the Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as
of June __, 2004 (which, as it may be amended or modified and in effect from
time to time, is herein called the "Agreement"), among the Borrower, the lenders
party thereto, including the Lender, and Bank One, NA, as Agent, to which
Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions
governing this Note, including the terms and conditions under which this Note
may be prepaid or its maturity date accelerated. This Note is secured pursuant
to the Security Agreement, all as more specifically described in the Agreement,
and reference is made thereto for a statement of the terms and provisions
thereof Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used
with the meanings attributed to them in the Agreement.
This Note is to be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the laws of the State of Illinois.
PULTE MORTGAGE LLC
By:__________________________________
Name:________________________________
Title:_______________________________
SCHEDULE OF LOANS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
TO NOTE OF PULTE MORTGAGE LLC
DATED JUNE __, 2004
PRINCIPAL MATURITY PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF OF INTEREST AMOUNT UNPAID
DATE LOAN PERIOD PAID BALANCE
---- ---- ------ ---- -------
EXHIBIT B
INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
EXHIBIT C
INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
EXHIBIT D
COLLATERAL TRANSMITTAL
1. CUSTOMER NAME ___________________________________________
2. LOAN NUMBER _____________________________________________
AND "MIN" (IF APPLICABLE)
3. MORTGAGOR _______________________________________________
SURNAME ONLY
4. AP STATUS CODE __________________________________________
5. PLEDGE DATE _____________________________________________
6. ORIGINAL NOTE AMOUNT $___________________________________
7. OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE $__________________________
8. ACQUISITION COST $_______________________________________
9. TAKE-OUT VALUE $_________________________________________
10. NOTE DATE OR CONVERSION DATE ____________________________
11. NOTE RATE _______________________________________________
12. LOAN TYPE ______________________________________________
EXHIBIT E
AGREEMENT TO PLEDGE
SECURITY AGREEMENT AS PROVIDED FOR BY
THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE OF ILLINOIS
Pulte Mortgage LLC (the "Borrower") pursuant to that certain Fifth Amended
and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June __, 2004 (as amended,
extended and replaced from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") among the
Borrower, Bank One, NA, as agent, and certain other Lenders, and pursuant to
that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Security and Collateral Agency
Agreement among the Borrower, the Agent, the Lenders and LaSalle Bank National
Association (the "Collateral Agent") for new value this day received, and as
security for the payment of any and all indebtedness and obligations of the
Borrower under the Credit Agreement, hereby creates and grants to the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Lenders under the Credit Agreement a security
interest in and to the mortgage loans identified as AP Mortgages by the
inclusion of an "AP Status Code" on the Borrower's Collateral Transmittals on
the date indicated below which provide the information concerning the AP
Mortgages required by the Credit Agreement. All capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
PULTE MORTGAGE LLC
By:__________________________________
Name:________________________________
Title:_______________________________
Dated: ___________, 200_.
EXHIBIT F
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
To: The Lenders parties to the
Credit Agreement Described Below
This Compliance Certificate is furnished pursuant to that certain Fifth
Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June __, 2004 (as
amended, modified, renewed or extended from time to time, the "Agreement") among
the Pulte Mortgage LLC (the "Borrower"), the lenders party thereto and Bank One,
NA, as Agent for the Lenders. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms
used in this Compliance Certificate have the meanings ascribed thereto in the
Agreement.
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:
1. 1 am the duly elected __________ of the Borrower;
2. 1 have reviewed the terms of the Agreement and I have made, or have
caused to be made under my supervision, a detailed review of the transactions
and conditions of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period
covered by the attached financial statements;
3. The examinations described in paragraph 2 did not disclose, and I
have no knowledge of, the existence of any condition or event which constitutes
a Default or Unmatured Default during or at the end of the accounting period
covered by the attached financial statements or as of the date of this
Certificate, except as set forth below; and
4. Schedule I attached hereto sets forth financial data and
computations evidencing the Borrower's compliance with certain covenants of the
Agreement, all of which data and computations are true, complete and correct to
the best of the knowledge and belief (after reasonable investigation) of the
officer of the Borrower executing this certificate.
Described below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraph 3 by listing, in
detail, the nature of the condition or event, the period during which it has
existed and the action which the Borrower has taken, is taking, or proposes to
take with respect to each such condition or event:
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
The foregoing certifications, together with the computations set forth in
Schedule I hereto and the financial statements delivered with this Certificate
in support hereof, are made and delivered this ____ day of ___________, 20__.
SCHEDULE I TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Compliance as of ___________, 200_ with
Provisions of ___ and _____ of
the Agreement
EXHIBIT G
BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT H
INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
EXHIBIT I
SECURITY AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT J
ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
This Assignment Agreement (this "Assignment Agreement") between
___________ (the "Assignor") and ____________ (the "Assignee") is dated as of
___________, 200_. The parties hereto agree as follows:
1. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT. The Assignor is a party to a Credit Agreement
(which, as it may be amended, modified, renewed or extended from time to time is
herein called the "Credit Agreement") described in Item 1 of Schedule 1 attached
hereto ("Schedule 1). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the Credit Agreement.
2. ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to
the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the Assignor,
an interest in and to the Assignor's rights and obligations under the Credit
Agreement such that after giving effect to such assignment the Assignee shall
have purchased pursuant to this Assignment Agreement the percentage interest
specified in Item 3 of Schedule 1 of all outstanding rights and obligations
under the Credit Agreement relating to the facilities listed in Item 3 of
Schedule 1 and the other Loan Documents. The aggregate Commitment (or Loans, if
the applicable Commitment has been terminated) purchased by the Assignee
hereunder is set forth in Item 4 of Schedule 1.
3. EFFECTIVE DATE. The effective date of this Assignment Agreement (the
"Effective Date") shall be the later of the date specified in Item 5 of Schedule
1 or two Business Days (or such shorter period agreed to by the Agent) after a
Notice of Assignment substantially in the form of Annex "I" attached hereto has
been delivered to the Agent. Such Notice of Assignment must include any consents
required to be delivered to the Agent by Section 12.3.1 of the Credit Agreement.
In no event will the Effective Date occur if the payments required to be made by
the Assignee to the Assignor on the Effective Date under Sections 4 and 5 hereof
are not made on the proposed Effective Date. The Assignor will notify the
Assignee of the proposed Effective Date no later than the Business Day prior to
the proposed Effective Date. As of the Effective Date, (i) the Assignee shall
have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents with
respect to the rights and obligations assigned to the Assignee hereunder and
(ii) the Assignor shall relinquish its rights and be released from its
corresponding obligations under the Loan Documents with respect to the rights
and obligations assigned to the Assignee hereunder.
4. PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS. On and after the Effective Date, the Assignee
shall be entitled to receive from the Agent all payments of principal, interest
and fees with respect to the interest assigned hereby. The Assignee shall
advance funds directly to the Agent with respect to all Loans and reimbursement
payments made on or after the Effective Date with respect to the interest
assigned hereby. **[In consideration for the sale and assignment of Loans
hereunder, (i) the Assignee shall pay the Assignor, on the Effective Date, an
amount equal to the principal amount of the portion of all Alternate Base Rate
Loans assigned to the Assignee hereunder and (ii) with respect to each
Eurodollar Loan made by the Assignor and assigned to the Assignee hereunder
which is outstanding on the Effective Date, (a) on the last day of the Interest
Period therefor or (b) on such earlier date agreed to by the Assignor and the
Assignee or (c) on the date on which any such Eurodollar Loan becomes due (by
acceleration or otherwise) (the date as described in the foregoing clauses (a),
(b) or (c) being hereinafter referred to as the "Payment Date"), the Assignee
shall pay the Assignor an amount equal to the principal amount of the portion of
such Eurodollar Loan assigned to the Assignee which is outstanding on the
Payment Date. If the Assignor and the Assignee agree that the Payment Date for
such Eurodollar Loan shall be the Effective Date, they shall agree to the
interest rate applicable to the portion of such Loan
assigned hereunder for the period from the Effective Date to the end of the
existing Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan (the "Agreed
Interest Rate") and any interest received by the Assignee in excess of the
Agreed Interest Rate shall be remitted to the Assignor. In the event interest
for the period from the Effective Date to but not including the Payment Date is
not paid by the Borrower with respect to any Eurodollar Loan sold by the
Assignor to the Assignee hereunder, the Assignee shall pay to the Assignor
interest for such period on the portion of such Eurodollar Loan sold by the
Assignor to the Assignee hereunder at the applicable rate provided by the Credit
Agreement. In the event a prepayment of any Eurodollar Loan which is existing on
the Payment Date and assigned by the Assignor to the Assignee hereunder occurs
after the Payment Date but before the end of the Interest Period applicable to
such Eurodollar Loan, the Assignee shall remit to the Assignor the excess of the
prepayment penalty paid with respect to the portion of such Eurodollar Loan
assigned to the Assignee hereunder over the amount which would have been paid if
such prepayment penalty was calculated based on the Agreed Interest Rate. The
Assignee will also promptly remit to the Assignor (i) any principal payments
received from the Agent with respect to Eurodollar Loans prior to the Payment
Date and (ii) any amounts of interest on Loans and fees received from the Agent
which relate to the portion of the Loans assigned to the Assignee hereunder for
periods prior to the Effective Date, in the case of Alternate Base Rate Loans or
fees, or the Payment Date, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and not previously
paid by the Assignee to the Assignor.]** In the event that either party hereto
receives any payment to which the other party hereto is entitled under this
Assignment Agreement, then the party receiving such amount shall promptly remit
it to the other party hereto.
**Each Assignor may insert its standard payment provisions in lieu of the
payment terms included in this Exhibit.
5. FEES PAYABLE BY THE ASSIGNEE. The Assignee shall pay to the Assignor
a fee on each day on which a payment of interest or fees is made under the
Credit Agreement with respect to the amounts assigned to the Assignee hereunder
(other than a payment of interest or commitment fees for the period prior to the
Effective Date or, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the Payment Date, which the
Assignee is obligated to deliver to the Assignor pursuant to Section 4 hereof).
The amount of such fee shall be the difference between (i) the interest or fee,
as applicable, paid with respect to the amounts assigned to the Assignee
hereunder and (ii) the interest or fee, as applicable, which would have been
paid with respect to the amounts assigned to the Assignee hereunder if each
interest rate was __ of 1% less than the interest rate paid by the Borrower or
if the commitment fee was __ of 1% less than the commitment fee paid by the
Borrower, as applicable. In addition, the Assignee agrees to pay __% of the
recordation fee required to be paid to the Agent in connection with this
Assignment Agreement.
6. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ASSIGNOR; LIMITATIONS ON THE ASSIGNOR'S
LIABILITY. The Assignor represents and warrants that it is the legal and
beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such
interest is free and clear of any adverse claim created by the Assignor. It is
understood and agreed that the assignment and assumption hereunder are made
without recourse to the Assignor and that the Assignor makes no other
representation or warranty of any kind to the Assignee. Neither the Assignor nor
any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or attorneys shall be
responsible for (i) the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability,
genuineness, sufficiency or collectability of any Loan Document, including
without limitation, documents granting the Assignor and the other Lenders a
security interest in assets of the Borrower or any guarantor, (ii) any
representation, warranty or statement made in or in connection with any of the
Loan Documents, (iii) the financial condition or creditworthiness of the
Borrower or any guarantor, (iv) the performance of or compliance with any of the
terms or provisions of any of the Loan Documents, (v) inspecting any of the
Property, books or records of the Borrower, (vi) the validity, enforceability,
perfection, priority, condition, value or sufficiency of any collateral securing
or purporting to secure the Loans or (vii) any
mistake, error of judgment, or action taken or omitted to be taken in connection
with the Loans or the Loan Documents.
7. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ASSIGNEE. The Assignee (i) confirms that it
has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the
financial statements requested by the Assignee and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Assignment Agreement, (ii) agrees that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Agent, the Assignor or any other
Lender and based on such documents and information at it shall deem appropriate
at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking
action under the Loan Documents, (iii) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take
such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Loan
Documents as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, (iv) agrees that it will perform in
accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the
Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender, (v) agrees that
its payment instructions and notice instructions are as set forth in the
attachment to Schedule 1, (vi) confirms that none of the funds, monies, assets
or other consideration being used to make the purchase and assumption hereunder
are "plan assets" as defined under ERISA and that its rights, benefits and
interests in and under the Loan Documents will not be "plan assets" under ERISA,
and *[(vii) attaches the forms prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service of the
United States certifying that the Assignee is entitled to receive payments under
the Loan Documents without deduction or withholding of any United States federal
income taxes].**
*(vii) to be inserted if the Assignee is not incorporated under the laws of the
United States, or a state thereof.
8. INDEMNITY. The Assignee agrees to indemnify and hold the Assignor
harmless against any and all losses, costs and expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) and liabilities incurred by the Assignor
in connection with or arising in any manner from the Assignee's non-performance
of the obligations assumed under this Assignment Agreement.
9. SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNMENTS. After the Effective Date, the Assignee shall
have the right pursuant to Section 12.3.1 of the Credit Agreement to assign the
rights which are assigned to the Assignee hereunder to any entity or person,
provided that (i) any such subsequent assignment does not violate any of the
terms and conditions of the Loan Documents or any law, rule, regulation, order,
writ, judgment, injunction or decree and that any consent required under the
terms of the Loan Documents has been obtained and (ii) unless the prior written
consent of the Assignor is obtained, the Assignee is not thereby released from
its obligations to the Assignor hereunder, if any remain unsatisfied, including,
without limitation, its obligations under Sections 4, 5 and 8 hereof.
10. REDUCTIONS OF AGGREGATE COMMITMENT. If any reduction in the
Aggregate Commitment occurs between the date of this Assignment Agreement and
the Effective Date, the percentage interest specified in Item 3 of Schedule 1
shall remain the same, but the dollar amount purchased shall be recalculated
based on the reduced Aggregate Commitment.
11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Assignment Agreement and the attached Notice
of Assignment embody the entire agreement and understanding between the parties
hereto and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between the parties
hereto relating to the subject matter hereof.
12. GOVERNING LAW. This Assignment Agreement shall be governed by the
internal law, and not the law of conflicts, of the State of Illinois.
13. NOTICES. Notices shall be given under this Assignment Agreement in
the manner set forth in the Credit Agreement. For the purpose hereof, the
addresses of the parties hereto (until notice of a change is delivered) shall be
the address set forth in the attachment to Schedule 1.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Assignment
Agreement by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
By:_______________________________________
Title:____________________________________
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
By:_______________________________________
Title:____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
SCHEDULE 1
TO ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
1. Description and Date of Credit Agreement:
2. Date of Assignment Agreement: ____________, 200_
3. Amounts (As of Date of Item 2 above):
Primary Swingline
Commitment Commitment
---------- ----------
a. Total of Commitments
(Loans)* under
Credit Agreement $________ $_________
b. Assignee's Percentage of
each Facility purchased under
the Assignment
Agreement** ________% _________%
c. Amount of Assigned Share in
each Facility purchased under
the Assignment Agreement $_________ $_________
4. Assignee's Aggregate
(Loan Amount)* Commitment
Amount Purchased Hereunder: $_________ $_________
5. Proposed Effective Date: __________
Accepted and Agreed:
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR] [NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
By:___________________________________ By:_____________________________
Title:________________________________ Title:__________________________
* If a Commitment has been terminated, insert outstanding Loans in place of
Commitment
** Percentage taken to 10 decimal places
ATTACHMENT TO SCHEDULE 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION SHEET
Attach Assignor's Administrative Information Sheet, which must
include notice addresses for the Assignor and the Assignee
(Sample form shown below)
ASSIGNOR INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Name:_________________________________ Telephone No.:__________________
Fax No.:______________________________ Telex No.:______________________
Answerback:_____________________
PAYMENT INFORMATION:
Name & ABA # of Destination Bank:_______________________________________________
Account Name & Number for Wire Transfer:________________________________________
Other Instructions:_____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS FOR NOTICES FOR ASSIGNOR:_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
ASSIGNEE INFORMATION
CREDIT CONTACT:
Name:_________________________________ Telephone No.:__________________
Fax No.:______________________________ Telex No.:______________________
Answerback:_____________________
KEY OPERATIONS CONTACTS:
Booking Installation:_________________ Booking Installation:___________
Name:_________________________________ Name:___________________________
Telephone No.:________________________ Telephone No.:__________________
Fax No.:______________________________ Fax No.:________________________
Telex No.:____________________________ Telex No.:______________________
Answerback:___________________________ Answerback:_____________________
PAYMENT INFORMATION:
Name & ABA # of Destination Bank:_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
Account Name & Number for Wire Transfer:________________________________________
________________________________________
Other Instructions: ____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS FOR NOTICES FOR ASSIGNEE:_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
BANK ONE INFORMATION
Assignee will be called promptly upon receipt of the signed agreement.
INITIAL FUNDING CONTACT: SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONS CONTACT:
Name: Xx Xxx Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000
Fax No.: (000) 000-0000 Fax No.: (000) 000-0000
BANK ONE Telex No.: 190201 (Answerback: BANK ONE UT)
INITIAL FUNDING STANDARDS:
Libor - Fund 2 days after rates are set.
BANK ONE WIRE INSTRUCTIONS: Bank One, NA, ABA # 000000000
LS2 Incoming Wire Account
Account No. 481152860000
Re: Pulte
ADDRESS FOR NOTICES FOR BANK ONE: 0 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Agency/Compliance Division, Xxxxx
XX0-0000
Fax No. (000) 000-0000 or (000) 000-0000
ANNEX I
TO ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
NOTICE
OF ASSIGNMENT
___________, 200_
To: PULTE MORTGAGE LLC
[NAME OF AGENT]
From:[NAME OF ASSIGNOR] (the "Assignor")
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE] (the "Assignee")
1. We refer to that Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement")
described in Item 1 of Schedule 1 attached hereto ("Schedule 1"). Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
attributed to them in the Credit Agreement.
2. This Notice of Assignment (this "Notice") is given and
delivered to *[the Borrower and]* the Agent pursuant to Section 12.3.2 of the
Credit Agreement.
3. The Assignor and the Assignee have entered into an Assignment
Agreement, dated as of _________, 200_ (the "Assignment"), pursuant to which,
among other things, the Assignor has sold, assigned, delegated and transferred
to the Assignee, and the Assignee has purchased, accepted and assumed from the
Assignor the percentage interest specified in Item 3 of Schedule 1 of all
outstandings, rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement relating to the
facilities listed in Item 3 of Schedule 1. The Effective Date of the Assignment
shall be the later of the date specified in Item 5 of Schedule 1 or two Business
Days (or such shorter period as agreed to by the Agent) after this Notice of
Assignment and any consents and fees required by Sections [12.3.1 and 12.3.2] of
the Credit Agreement have been delivered to the Agent, provided that the
Effective Date shall not occur if any condition precedent agreed to by the
Assignor and the Assignee has not been satisfied.
*To be included only if consent must be obtained from the Borrower pursuant to
Section 12.3.1 of the Credit Agreement.
4. The Assignor and the Assignee hereby give to the Borrower and
the Agent notice of the assignment and delegation referred to herein. The
Assignor will confer with the Agent before the date specified in Item 5 of
Schedule 1 to determine if the Assignment Agreement will become effective on
such date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, and will confer with the Agent to
determine the Effective Date pursuant to Section 3 hereof if it occurs
thereafter. The Assignor shall notify the Agent if the Assignment Agreement does
not become effective on any proposed Effective Date as a result of the failure
to satisfy the conditions precedent agreed to by the Assignor and the Assignee.
At the request of the Agent, the Assignor will give the Agent written
confirmation of the satisfaction of the conditions precedent.
5. The Assignor or the Assignee shall pay to the Agent on or
before the Effective Date the processing fee of $3,500 required by Section
12.3.2 of the Credit Agreement.
6. If Notes are outstanding on the Effective Date, the Assignor
and the Assignee request and direct that the Agent prepare and cause the
Borrower to execute and deliver new Notes or, as appropriate, replacement notes,
to the Assignor and the Assignee. The Assignor and, if applicable, the Assignee
each agree to deliver to the Agent the original Note received by it from the
Borrower upon its receipt of a new Note in the appropriate amount.
7. The Assignee advises the Agent that notice and payment
instructions are set forth in the attachment to Schedule 1.
8. The Assignee hereby represents and warrants that none of the
funds, monies, assets or other consideration being used to make the purchase
pursuant to the Assignment are "plan assets" as defined under ERISA and that its
rights, benefits, and interests in and under the Loan Documents will not be
"plan assets" under ERISA.
9. The Assignee authorizes the Agent to act as its agent under
the Loan Documents in accordance with the terms thereof. The Assignee
acknowledges that the Agent has no duty to supply information with respect to
the Borrower or the Loan Documents to the Assignee until the Assignee becomes a
party to the Credit Agreement.*
*May be eliminated if Assignee is a party to the Credit Agreement prior to the
Effective Date.
NAME OF ASSIGNOR NAME OF ASSIGNEE
By:___________________________________ By:____________________________________
Title:________________________________ Title:_________________________________
ACKNOWLEDGED [AND CONSENTED TO] ACKNOWLEDGED [AND CONSENTED TO]
BY [NAME OF AGENT] BY: PULTE MORTGAGE LLC
By:___________________________________ By:____________________________________
Title:________________________________ Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
[Attach photocopy of Schedule 1 to Assignment]
EXHIBIT K
FORM OF
AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This ________ Amendment to Credit Agreement ("Amendment") is made as of
________________, _____ by and among PULTE MORTGAGE LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the "Borrower"), _______________________(the "Increasing
Lender"), and BANK ONE, NA ("Agent") as administrative agent.
RECITALS
A. The Borrower, the Agent and certain other lenders are parties to
that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of
June __, 2004 (as amended from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"). All
capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
B. The Borrower desires to amend the Credit Agreement to temporarily
increase the Aggregate Commitment and the Increasing Lender is willing to
provide the full amount of such temporary increase on the terms stated herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing Recitals and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
AGREEMENTS
1. Temporary Increase. As of the "Effective Date" (as defined below),
the Aggregate Commitment shall be increased from $_____________ to
$_____________ by an increase in the Increasing Lender's Commitment from
$_____________ to $_____________. Upon the Effective Date, after giving effect
to such increase, the Lenders' respective Commitment Percentages shall be shown
on revised Schedule "1" attached to this Amendment. Such increase shall end on
_____________ (the "Reduction Date"). Upon the Reduction Date, the Increasing
Lender's Commitment shall be reduced by $_____________ to the amount in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Date. After giving effect to such reduction
and subject to any intervening changes in the Aggregate Commitment and the
Lenders' respective Commitment Percentages shall be returned to the percentages
in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date.
2. Reduction Date Adjustment. On the Reduction Date the Borrower shall
repay the amount, if any, by which the aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Loans exceeds the reduced Aggregate Commitment. The Agent shall
allocate such principal repayment among the Lenders so that each Lender's share
of all Loans as of the end of the business on the Reduction Date is equal to
such Lender's new Commitment Percentage after giving effect to such reduction in
the Aggregate Commitment.
3. Effective Date. The "Effective Date" shall be deemed to have
occurred on the date that all of the following conditions have been fulfilled:
(i) this Amendment has been fully executed and delivered;
(ii) if requested by the Increasing Lender, the Borrower has executed and
delivered to the Increasing Lender an amended and restated Note in the amount of
its increased Commitment; and
(iii) the Borrower has paid any upfront fee due to the Increasing Lender
with respect to such increase in its Commitment.
4. Miscellaneous.
(i) The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that (i) after
giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Unmatured Default exists, (ii)
the Credit Agreement is in full force and effect, and (iii) the Borrower has no
defenses or offsets to, or claims or counterclaims, relating to, its obligations
under the Credit Agreement.
(ii) All of the obligations of the parties to the Credit Agreement, as
amended hereby, are hereby ratified and confirmed. All references in the Loan
Documents to the "Credit Agreement" henceforth shall be deemed to refer to the
Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
(iii) Nothing contained in this Amendment shall be construed to disturb,
discharge, cancel, impair or extinguish the indebtedness evidenced by the
existing Notes and secured by the Loan Documents or waive, release, impair, or
affect the liens arising under the Loan Documents or the validity or priority
thereof.
(iv) In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the provisions
of the Loan Documents and the provisions of this Amendment, the provisions of
this Amendment shall govern. The provisions of this Amendment, the Credit
Agreement, the Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents are in full force
and effect except as amended herein and the Loan Documents as so amended are
ratified and confirmed hereby by the Borrower.
(v) The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Agent and the Increasing Lender
for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including legal fees and expenses)
incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and consummation of
this Amendment.
(vi) This Amendment shall be effective as of the date that the Agent has
received executed counterparts of this Amendment from the Borrower and the
Increasing Lender.
(vii) This Amendment may be executed in counterparts which, taken
together, shall constitute a single document.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their duly authorized officers, all as of the day and year
written below:
PULTE MORTGAGE LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company
By:____________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
Date:__________________________________
BANK ONE, NA, as Agent
By:____________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
Date:__________________________________
INCREASING LENDER
By:____________________________________
Name:__________________________________
Title:_________________________________
Date:__________________________________
SCHEDULE 1
LENDERS' COMMITMENT PERCENTAGES
COMMITMENT
PERCENTAGE
COMMITMENT (INCLUDES
BANK NAME AMOUNT SWINGLINE)
---- ---- ------ ----------
Total
EXHIBIT L
APPROVED SERVICING PURCHASERS.
1. Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation
APPROVED SERVICING SALE AGREEMENTS.
1. Mortgage Loan Servicing Purchase and Sale Agreement dated July 25, 2003
between Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation and Pulte Mortgage LLC
EXHIBIT M
APPROVED RECOURSE SERVICING
FNMA Bridge Loan Program
FNMA Condominium Program
EXHIBIT N
FORM OF AMENDMENT FOR A PERMANENT INCREASE
TO THE AGGREGATE COMMITMENT
This AMENDMENT (this "Amendment") is made as of the day of , 200_ by and
among PULTE MORTGAGE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Borrower"),
BANK ONE, NA, as agent under the "Credit Agreement" (as defined below) (the
"Agent") and ____________________________________ (the "Supplemental Lender").
RECITALS
A. The Borrower, the Agent and certain other Lenders, as described
therein, are parties to a Fifth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement
dated as of June __, 2004 (as amended from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"). All terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the same
meaning given to them in the Credit Agreement.
B. Pursuant to Section 2.10(c) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower
has the right to increase the Aggregate Commitment on a permanent basis by
obtaining increased Commitments upon satisfaction of certain conditions. This
Amendment requires only the signature of the Borrower, the Agent and the
Supplemental Lender so long as the Aggregate Commitment is not increased above
$550,000,000.
C. The Supplemental Lender is either (a) an existing Lender which is
increasing its Commitment or (b) a new Lender which is a lending institution
whose identity the Agent will approve by its signature below.
AGREEMENTS
1. Permanent Increase. In consideration of the foregoing, such
Supplemental Lender, from and after the date hereof shall have a Commitment of
$______________ resulting in a new Aggregate Commitment of $______________ as of
the date hereof, and if it is a new Lender, the Supplemental Lender hereby
assumes all of the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Credit
Agreement.
2. Effective Date. The effective date of this Amendment shall be deemed
to have occurred on the date that all of the following conditions have been
fulfilled:
(i) this Amendment has been fully executed and delivered;
(ii) if requested by the Supplemental Lender, the Borrower has
executed and delivered to the Supplemental Lender a new or an amended and
restated Note in the form attached to the Credit Agreement as Exhibit A to
evidence the increased Commitment of the Supplemental Lender; and
(iii) the Borrower has paid any upfront fee due to the Supplemental
Lender with respect to such new or increased Commitment.
3. Miscellaneous.
(i) The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that (i)
after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Unmatured Default
exists, (ii) the Credit Agreement is
in full force and effect, and (iii) the Borrower has no defenses or
offsets to, or claims or counterclaims, relating to, its obligations under
the Credit Agreement.
(ii) All of the obligations of the parties to the Credit Agreement,
as amended hereby, are hereby ratified and confirmed. All references in
the Loan Documents to the "Credit Agreement" henceforth shall be deemed to
refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
(iii) Nothing contained in this Amendment shall be construed to
disturb, discharge, cancel, impair or extinguish the indebtedness
evidenced by the existing Notes and secured by the Loan Documents or
waive, release, impair, or affect the liens arising under the Loan
Documents or the validity or priority thereof.
(iv) In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the
provisions of the Loan Documents and the provisions of this Amendment, the
provisions of this Amendment shall govern. The provisions of this
Amendment, the Credit Agreement, the Security Agreement and the other Loan
Documents are in full force and effect except as amended herein and the
Loan Documents as so amended are ratified and confirmed hereby by the
Borrower.
(v) The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Agent and the
Supplemental Lender for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including
legal fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the preparation,
negotiation and consummation of this Amendment.
(vi) This Amendment shall be effective as of the date that the
Agent has received executed counterparts of this Amendment from the
Borrower and the Supplemental Lender.
(vii) This Amendment may be executed in counterparts which, taken
together, shall constitute a single document.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Agent, the Borrower and the Supplemental Lender
have executed this Amendment as of the date shown above.
PULTE MORTGAGE LLC
By:_________________________________________
Its:__________________________________
BANK ONE, NA, as Agent
By:_________________________________________
Its:__________________________________
[SUPPLEMENTAL LENDER]
By:_________________________________________
Its:_________________________________
