FIRST AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT made as of October 29, 1999 between RESOURCE ASSET INVESTMENT
TRUST ("RAIT") and RAIT PARTNERSHIP, L.P. ("RAIT, L.P.") (collectively,
"Borrower") and SOVEREIGN BANK ("Bank").
BACKGROUND
A. Pursuant to a Revolving Credit Loan and Security Agreement dated
April 21, 1999 (the "Loan Agreement"), Bank extended a $20,000,000 revolving
line of credit loan to Borrower (the "Loan"). The Loan is secured by the
assignment and pledge to Bank of RAIT, L.P.'s interest in and to certain
mortgage loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Loan Agreement.
B. The Loan Agreement provides that Borrower may, upon the satisfaction
of certain conditions, substitute different mortgage loans for those originally
assigned and pledged pursuant to the Loan Agreement.
C. Borrower now desires to effect such a substitution of collateral and
Bank has agreed to the same, all on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
D. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings given to such terms in the Loan Agreement.
AGREEMENTS
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound,
hereby agree as follows:
1. Amendments to Loan Agreement. Effective as of the date of
this Amendment:
(a) All references in Exhibit "A" to the Loan
Agreement to "4334 Xxxxx Street, Chicago, Illinois" and/or to the mortgages and
other loan documents relating to such property and constituting a part of the
Collateral are deleted and references to the real estate and/or to the mortgages
and other loan documents relating to such property set forth on Exhibit "A"
hereto are substituted in their place, all of which shall be deemed to be
Collateral under (and as defined in) the Loan Agreement as if set forth at
length therein.
(b) Exhibit "B" to the Loan Agreement is deleted in
its entirety and the Exhibit "B" attached hereto is substituted in its place.
2. Conditions Precedent. The obligation of Bank to effect the
amendments contained herein is subject to the conditions precedent that:
(a) There has no material adverse change in the
Collateral or the financial or operating condition of Borrower, since April 21,
1999.
(b) Bank shall have received all of the following
documents, each of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Bank:
(i) All original Collateral Documents so
marked on Exhibit "A".
(ii) An Assignment (or other appropriate
transfer document) in recordable form with respect to all Collateral Documents
so marked on Exhibit "A".
(iii) Acknowledgment of Jefferson Bank of
Assignment of Lock Box Agreement.
(iv) Such additional documents and
instruments (including without limitation, Pledges of Deposit Accounts) as Bank
may request.
3. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce Bank to
enter into this Amendment, Borrower represents and warrants to Bank as follows:
(a) The execution, delivery and performance by
Borrower of this Amendment and any other documents and instruments required by
Bank for the implementation of this Amendment, have been duly authorized by all
necessary trust or partnership action, as the case may be.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Amendment and
any other document or instrument required hereby do not, and performance by
Borrower of its obligations thereunder will not, violate, conflict with or
constitute a default under (i) any provision of RAIT'S Trust Indenture or By
Laws or RAIT, L.P.'s Certificate of Limited Partnership or Partnership
Agreement, (ii) any provision of law, rule or regulation or any order of any
court or other agency of government to which Borrower is subject, or (iii) any
indenture, agreement or other instrument to which Borrower is a party or by
which it or its property is bound.
(c) This Amendment constitutes, and the other
documents and instruments required hereby when executed will constitute, the
legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable in accordance with
their terms.
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(d) No authorization, consent, approval, license,
exemption or any other action by and no registration, qualification or filing
with any governmental agency or authority is or will be necessary in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment or any other
document or instrument required hereby by Borrower.
(e) On and as of the date of this Modification, there
has occurred no Event of Default and no event which with notice or lapse of time
or both would, if unremedied, be an Event of Default.
(f) The representations and warranties made by
Borrower to Bank in the Loan Documents are true and correct (including without
limitation as to the Substitute Collateral that is the subject of this
Amendment) as though made on and as of the date of this Amendment.
(g) The Loan Documents are in full force and effect.
The principal amount due under the Note is $14,000,000 and all interest under
the Note has been paid in full through October 1, 1999. Borrower does not have
any defense, set-off or counterclaim to its performance under any Loan Document.
4. Miscellaneous.
(a) Except as expressly set forth herein, the terms
and conditions the Loan Documents (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE CONFESSIONS
OF JUDGMENT CONTAINED THEREIN) are ratified and confirmed, shall remain in full
force and effect and shall secure all of Borrower's liabilities to Bank under
the Note.
(b) This Amendment shall be deemed, to the extent
inconsistent therewith, a modification of the Loan Documents and not a novation
thereof and shall in no way adversely affect or impair the lien priority of the
Loan Documents.
(c) This Amendment shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(d) Borrower shall pay on demand all reasonable costs
and expenses of Bank in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,
administration and enforcement of this Amendment. The agreement set forth in
this paragraph 4(d) shall survive the repayment of the Loan.
(e) Paragraph headings used in this Amendment are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Amendment.
(f) This Amendment may be signed in counterparts, all
of which
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when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as
of the date written above.
RESOURCE ASSET INVESTMENT TRUST
By: /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
RAIT PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
By: RAIT General, Inc., Sole General
Partner
By: /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: President
SOVEREIGN BANK
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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