TRIBECA FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENTS
Exhibit
10.7
TRIBECA
FORBEARANCE
AGREEMENT AND
AMENDMENT
TO CREDIT
AGREEMENTS
THIS
TRIBECA FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT AND
AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENTS (this “Agreement”) is
entered into as of the 28th day of December, 2007, (the “Forbearance
Effective
Date”) by and among THE BORROWERS listed on Schedule
1 hereto
(each, a “Borrower”
and
collectively, the “Borrowers”),
including without limitation, TRIBECA LENDING CORP., a New York corporation,
in
its individual capacity (“Tribeca”), and
FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, in its
capacity
as Guarantor hereunder and in its capacity as servicer (“FCMC”
or “Guarantor”),
and THE
HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK (“Huntington”
or
“Lender”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS,
certain of the Borrowers,
Tribeca and Huntington (as successor-in-interest to Sky Bank) are parties
to
that certain Master Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of February
28,
2006, as the same has been amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise
modified
prior to the date of this Agreement (the “Tribeca Master
Agreement”), pursuant to which Huntington holds certain outstanding loans
made to the applicable Borrowers (the “Tribeca Master
Term
Loans”), which Tribeca Master Term Loans are secured by, among other
things, certain Mortgage Loans as provided in the Tribeca Master Agreement
and
the other agreements entered into in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS,
Tribeca and Huntington (as
successor-in-interest to Sky Bank) are parties to that certain Warehousing
Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of October 18, 2005, as the same
has
been amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified prior to the
date of
this Agreement (the “Tribeca Warehousing
Agreement”), pursuant to which Huntington holds certain outstanding loans
made to Tribeca (the “Tribeca Warehousing
Credits”), which loans are secured by, among other things, certain
Mortgage Loans as provided in the Tribeca Warehousing Agreement and the
other
agreements entered into in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS,
the Tribeca Master Agreement
and the Tribeca Warehousing Agreement are collectively referred to as,
the
“Credit
Agreements,” and the Tribeca Master Term Loans and the Tribeca
Warehousing Credits are collectively referred to as the “Commercial Loans”);
and
WHEREAS,
Tribeca, the other Borrowers,
FCMC and Lender wish to make the Credit Agreements subject to the terms
of this
Agreement, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, in order to, among
other things, (a) consolidate the Commercial Loans and convert the aggregate
outstanding principal amounts thereof into (i) a term loan facility in
the
amount of $400,000,000 (“Tranche A”), and
(ii)
a term loan facility in the amount of $91,133,187, divided into four (4)
sub-tranches of $22,783,296.75 each (“Tranche B-1,”
“Tranche
B-2,” “Tranche
B-3”, and
“Tranche
B-4”
and, collectively, “Tranche
B”) (c) make
each of Tranche A, and Tranche B, a full recourse obligation of each Borrower,
and make each Borrower jointly and severally liable for the repayment of
Tranche
A, and Tranche B, and (d) reaffirm all obligations, liabilities and Liens
on
substantially all assets of each Borrower and Guarantor, including without
limitation all of the collateral which secures the Commercial Loans;
and
WHEREAS,
as of the date hereof certain
of the Borrowers and FCMC are in default of the following provisions of
the
Credit Agreements as applicable:
A. Tribeca
Master Agreement:
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(i) Tribeca
has failed to deliver to Lender FCMC’s and Tribeca’s statements of income
and cash flows and related balance sheet, each for the fiscal
quarter
ending September 30, 2007, certified by the chief financial officer
or
other appropriate officer of FCMC;
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(ii)
Tribeca and its Subsidiaries have failed to maintain a minimum net worth
of not
less than $3,500,000;
(iii) Tribeca
have failed to maintain consolidated pretax net income of $750,000, in
the
aggregate over the four quarters ending September 30, 2007, and as of September
30, 2007, sustained a loss in more than three consecutive quarters;
(iv)
Tribeca’s total indebtedness, less
indebtedness due to affiliates, exceeds 95% of itstotal assets; and
(v)
Tribeca and its Subsidiaries have
failed to comply with the terms of indebtedness in excess of $100,000 owing
to
BOS (USA) Inc. pursuant to a certain Master Credit and Security Agreement
dated
March 24, 2006 among BOS (USA) Inc., Tribeca Lending Corp. and certain
other
Subsidiaries signatory thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time;
(the
defaults set forth in clauses (A)(i) through (v) above shall be referred
to as
the “Tribeca Master
Acknowledged Defaults”.
B. Tribeca
Warehousing Agreement:
(i)
the
Tribeca Master
Acknowledged Defaults are defaults under the TribecaWarehousing Agreement;
and
(ii)
certain of the Borrowers may be in
default of various other provisions of the TribecaWarehousing
Agreement;
(the
defaults set forth in clauses (B) (i) and (ii) above shall be referred
to as the
“Tribeca Warehousing
Acknowledged Defaults” and together with the Tribeca Master Acknowledged
Defaults and the Tribeca Warehousing Acknowledged Defaults , the “Acknowledged
Defaults”); and
WHEREAS,
Guarantor and each Borrower
have requested that Lender not exercise its rights to initiate proceedings
to
foreclose or otherwise realize upon the Collateral which secures the Obligations
of Guarantor and Borrowers as a consequence of the Acknowledged Defaults,
and
Guarantor and each Borrower acknowledge that Lender is entitled to exercise
all
rights and remedies available to Lender under the Loan Documents;
and
WHEREAS,
Guarantor and each Borrower
acknowledge that Lender is granting the forbearance as provided in this
Agreement in consideration and reliance upon the promises and
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agreements
of Guarantor and each Borrower contained in this Agreement, and Guarantor
and
each Borrower acknowledge and agree that all actions taken by Lender
prior to the date hereof have been reasonable and appropriate under the
circumstances; and
WHEREAS,
in order to induce Lender to
enter into this Agreement, Guarantor is willing to provide a guaranty agreement
and to secure its obligations thereunder with a Lien on substantially all
of its
assets; and
WHEREAS,
in connection with the Credit
Agreements and the Commercial Loans, certain of the Borrowers and Guarantor
entered into promissory notes, security agreements, certificates, letter
of
credit reimbursement agreements, pledge agreements, control agreements,
joinder
agreements, counterpart signature pages, assignments, guaranties, banking
services agreements, hedging agreements, cash management agreements, consent
agreements, collateral agreements, amendments, modification agreements,
instruments and financing statements and other loan documents (each of
the
foregoing, together with each Credit Agreement, this Agreement, the FCMC
Guaranty and all other agreements executed in connection herewith or therewith,
a “Loan
Document” and collectively, the “Loan
Documents”);
and
WHEREAS,
as of December 28, 2007,
certain Borrowers owe to Lender, without offset, recoupment or dispute,
the
outstanding principal balances of the Commercial Loans as are set forth
on Schedule 2 hereto
(the “Commercial Loan
Principal Balances”), together with interest, fees, expenses, and other
charges pursuant to the Credit Agreements, and Lender has agreed to do
so in
reliance of the agreements of Guarantor and Borrowers in this Agreement;
and
WHEREAS,
by reason of the Acknowledged
Defaults, Lender has no obligation to make any additional advance on any
Loan
Document, and Lender is entitled to immediately exercise any right, power
or
remedy permitted thereto by law or any provision of the Loan Documents;
and
WHEREAS,
FCMC and the Borrowers have
requested that Lender forbear from exercising rights and remedies under
the
respective Loan Documents pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of
which are hereby acknowledged, Guarantor and each Borrower acknowledge
and agree
that all of the recitals set forth above are true and correct and are
incorporated into this Agreement by this reference, and the parties hereto,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1. Forbearance,
Ratification
and Reaffirmation.
(a) Absent
a Forbearance Default, Lender, prior to May 15, 2009 (the “Forbearance
Date”),
agrees not to initiate collection proceedings or exercise its remedies
under the
Loan Documents in respect of any Commercial Loan against Guarantor, any
Borrower
or any Collateral or elect to have interest accrue under the respective
Loan
Documents at the stated rate applicable after default. Each Borrower
and Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that, except as specifically set
forth in
this Agreement, Lender (i) reserves the right to enforce each and every
term of
any Loan Document; (ii) is under no duty or obligation of any kind or any
nature
to grant Guarantor or any Borrower any additional period of forbearance
beyond
the Forbearance Date; (iii) shall not be construed
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to
waive,
relinquish or estop Lender from asserting Lender’s rights under any Loan
Document or applicable law; and (iv) shall be under no impediment to Lender’s
right to pursue any and all remedies available to it on or after the Forbearance
Date or immediately upon the occurrence of a Forbearance Default.
(b) Guarantor
and each Borrower agree that (i) all Obligations under the Credit Agreements
are
the valid and binding obligations of Guarantor and each Borrower respectively
and are enforceable in accordance with the terms thereof, except as modified
by
this Agreement; (ii) Obligations of each Borrower evidenced by each promissory
note executed in connection with the Credit Agreements, including without
limitation, each promissory note executed in connection with each Commercial
Loan, executed and delivered by each Borrower are valid and binding without
any
present right of offset, claim, defense or recoupment of any kind and are
hereby
ratified and confirmed in all respects and that the outstanding principal
balance of each Commercial Loan as of the date set forth in Schedule 2
hereto is
set forth on Schedule 2 hereto; and (iii) the Liens and security interests
granted to Lender with respect to each Mortgage Loan and other Collateral
pledged as security for all Obligations of Guarantor and each Borrower
under the
Credit Agreements and the promissory notes executed in connection therewith
are
valid and binding and are enforceable in accordance with the terms thereof,
except as modified by this Agreement and are hereby ratified and confirmed
in
all respects.
2. Certain
Defined
Terms. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Tribeca
Master Agreement. As used herein, the following terms shall have the
following meanings (all terms defined in this Section 2 or in other provisions
of this Agreement in the singular to have the same meanings when used in
the
plural and vice versa):
“Accepted
Servicing
Practices” shall mean, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, accepted and
prudent mortgage servicing practices (including collection procedures)
generally
acceptable to prudent mortgage lending institutions which service mortgage
loans
of the same type as such Mortgage Loans in the jurisdiction where the related
mortgaged property is located and in a manner consistent with (i) the policies
and practices in existence as of the Forbearance Effective Date for a period
of
60 days after such date and (ii) thereafter with the standards and procedures
described in the policies delivered to Lender pursuant to Section 11(c)
(or if
FMC fails to deliver such standards and policies, with the standards and
policies prescribed by Lender).
“Advance”
or
“Advances”
shall
mean
one or more of the Tranche A Advances, the Tranche B Advances, or any
combination thereof.
“Affiliate”
shall
mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person which, directly or
indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such
Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (together with the
correlative meanings of “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (a) to vote 10% or
more of
the securities (on a fully diluted basis) having ordinary voting power
for the
directors or managing general partners (or their equivalent) of such Person,
or
(b) to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract,
or
otherwise.
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“Applicable
Collections
Amount” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
5(d).
“Applicable
Margin”
shall mean, with respect to each Advance listed below, the percentage
set forth
below opposite such Advance:
Tranche A
Advance................................ 2.25%
Tranche B
Advance................................. 2.75%
“Approved
Expenses”
shall mean those expenses of Guarantor and its Subsidiaries as shall
be approved
by Lender in its sole discretion, and which shall include the expenses
of
Guarantor its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business of up to
$2,500,000 per month for the first two months after the Forbearance Effective
Date, including without limitation, all fees and expenses as described
in
Section 40 of this Agreement (other than any such amounts paid in January
2008
and February 2008), out-of-pocket collection advances, expenses related
to the
maintenance of REO Properties, all fees and charges in respect of letters
of
credit and banking services provided for the account of Guarantor and any
Borrower and costs of any litigation to require sellers of Mortgage Loans
pledged to Lender to repurchase such loans because of fraud, misrepresentation
or breach of warranty, in each case at the discretion of Lender.
“Bankruptcy
Code”
shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. Section
101 et seq.),
as amended by the Bankruptcy Reform Act and as further amended from time
to
time, or any successor statute.
“Bankruptcy
Reform
Act” shall mean the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection
Act of 2005, effective as of October 17, 2005.
“BOS
Agreements” shall
mean the Master Credit and Security Agreement dated March 24, 2006 among
BOS
(USA) Inc., Tribeca Lending Corp. and certain other Subsidiaries signatory
thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from
time to
time, and the other loan documents executed in connection
therewith.
“BOS
Borrower” shall
mean Tribeca LI 2005 Corp.
“BOS
Loans” shall mean
any loans or advances outstanding under the BOS Agreements.
“Business
Day” or
“business
day”
shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks are required or authorized to close under the laws of
the State
of Ohio, and if such day relates to a determination of LIBOR, means any
such day
on which dealings in U. S. dollar deposits are conducted by and between
banks in
the London interbank eurodollar market.
“Capital
Stock” shall
mean any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however
designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any other equity interests
in an
entity however designated, any membership interests in a limited liability
company, any and all similar ownership interests in a Person, in each case
whether certificated or uncertificated, and any and all warrants or options
to
purchase any of the foregoing.
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“Change
of Control”
shall mean, (a) with respect to FCMC, the replacement of a majority
of the board
of directors of FCMC from the directors who constituted the board of directors
on the date of this Agreement for any reason other than death or disability,
and
such replacement shall not have been approved by such board of directors
of
FCMC, as constituted on the date of this Agreement (or as changed over
time with
the approval of the then existing board of directors of FCMC); or (b) with
respect to FCMC, a Person or Persons acting in concert, as a result of
a tender
or exchange offer, open market purchases, privately negotiated purchases,
exercise of the stock pledge or otherwise, shall have become the beneficial
owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act
of
1934, as amended) of equity securities of FCMC representing more than 20%
of the
combined voting power of the outstanding securities of FCMC, ordinarily
having
the right to vote in the election of directors from the beneficial owners
as of
the date of this Agreement; or (c) with respect to any Borrower, the failure
of
FCMC to own, directly or indirectly and free and clear of any adverse claims
(other than Liens securing the Obligations), 100% of the issued and outstanding
Capital Stock of such Borrower.
“Collateral”
shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in a certain Security Agreement
dated as
of even date with this Agreement, as well as in the Credit Agreements,
executed
and delivered to Lender by Guarantor and the Borrowers and shall include
without
limitation all monies owing to Guarantor or any Borrower from taxing
authorities.
“Collections”
shall
mean, without duplication, all collections, distributions, dividends, payments
and other proceeds in respect of principal, interest, net liquidation proceeds
or insurance proceeds or Interest Rate Hedge Agreements, from whatever
source,
received by or for the account of Guarantor, any Borrower, or Lender on
or in
respect of any Mortgage Loan(s) or otherwise constituting part of the
Collateral, including without limitation (i) the net cash proceeds received
by any Borrower or any of its Affiliates, together with any non-offered
securities issued, in connection with the securitization or sale of any
Mortgage
Loan, and (ii) the related proceeds of any liquidation, collection, sale,
receipt, appropriation or realization upon the Collateral, net of
(iii) cash reserves for Escrow Deposits and Approved Expenses.
“Commitments”
shall
mean, collectively, the Tranche A Commitments and the Tranche B
Commitments.
“Escrow
Deposits”
shall mean, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amounts constituting
ground
rents, taxes, assessments, water rates, sewer rents, municipal charges,
mortgage
insurance premiums, fire and hazard insurance premiums, condominium charges
and
any other payments actually received by the servicer or Lender, which are
required to be escrowed by the related mortgagor with the related mortgagee
pursuant to any mortgage or any other document.
“FCMC
Guaranty” shall
mean the Guaranty dated as of date hereof and made by Guarantor in favor
of
Lender, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
and in
effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Franklin
Advances”
shall means all “Advances” under a certain Forbearance Agreement and Amendment
to Credit Agreements entered into as of the 28th day of December, 2007,
by and
among certain Subsidiaries of Franklin Credit Management Corporation signatory
thereto, Franklin Credit Management Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, and Lender, as amended,
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supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Franklin Forbearance
Agreement”).
“Governmental
Authority” shall mean any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof, any entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government
and any court or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Guarantor or any
of the
Borrowers, any of their Affiliates or any of their properties.
“Indebtedness”
shall
mean, for any Person: (a) obligations created, issued or incurred by such
Person
for borrowed money (whether by loan, the issuance and sale of debt securities
or
the sale of property to another Person subject to an understanding or agreement,
contingent or otherwise, to repurchase such property from such Person);
(b)
obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase or acquisition
price of
Property or services, other than trade accounts payable (other than for
borrowed
money) arising, and accrued expenses incurred, in the ordinary course of
business; (c) indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on the property
of such
Person, whether or not the respective Indebtedness so secured has been
assumed
by such Person; (d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of such Person
in
respect of letters of credit or similar instruments issued or accepted
by banks
and other financial institutions for account of such Person; (e) capital
lease
obligations of such Person; (f) obligations of such Person under repurchase
agreements or like arrangements; (g) indebtedness of others guaranteed
by such
Person; (h) all obligations of such Person incurred in connection with
the
acquisition or carrying of fixed assets by such Person; (i) indebtedness
of
general partnerships of which such Person is a general partner; and (j)
any
other indebtedness of such Person evidenced by a note, bond, debenture
or
similar instrument.
“Interest
Period”
shall mean, with respect to any Advance, (i) initially, the period
commencing on
any funding date with respect to such Advance and ending on the calendar
day
prior to the Payment Date of the next succeeding month, and (ii) thereafter,
each period commencing on the Payment Date of one month and ending on the
calendar day prior to the Payment Date of the next succeeding month; provided, that
if any
Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day which is not a business
day,
such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding business
day;
provided,
however, that if such next succeeding business day occurs in the
following calendar month, then such Interest Period shall expire on the
immediately preceding business day, and provided further that
interest shall continue to accrue on all amounts due and payable hereunder
that
remain unpaid on the applicable Termination Date until such time as such
amounts
are paid in full.
“Interest
Rate” shall
mean, for each day in respect of (a) the Tranche A Advances or the Tranche
B
Advances, as applicable, a per annum rate equal to LIBOR for that day plus
the
relevant Applicable Margin.
“Interest
Rate Hedge
Agreement” shall mean an interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or
any other hedging arrangements providing for protection against fluctuations
in
interest rates or the exchange of nominal interest obligations, either
generally
or under specific contingencies.
“LIBOR”
shall
mean,
for each day during an Interest Period with respect to an Advance, the
rate per
annum obtained by dividing (1) the actual or estimated per annum rate,
or the
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arithmetic
mean of the per annum rates, of interest for deposits in U.S. dollars for
one
(1) month, as determined by Lender in its discretion based upon information
which appears on page LIBOR01, captioned British Bankers Assoc. Interest
Settlement Rates, of the Reuters America Network, a service of Reuters
America
Inc. (or such other page that may replace that page on that service for
the
purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates; or, if such service
ceases
to be available or ceases to be use by Lender, such other reasonably comparable
money rate service as Lender may select) or upon information obtained from
any
other reasonable procedure, as of two banking days prior to the commencement
of
such Interest Period; by (2) an amount equal to one minus the stated maximum
rate (expressed as a decimal), if any, of all reserve requirements (including,
without limitation, any marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other
reserves) that is specified on each date LIBOR is determined by the Board
of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor agency thereto)
for
determining the maximum reserve requirement with respect to eurocurrency
funding
(currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of such
Board) maintained by a member bank of such system, or any other regulations
of
any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto, all
as
conclusively determined by Lender. As used herein, “banking day”
shall mean any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday on which banks are
open for
business in Columbus, Ohio, and on which banks in London, England, settle
payments. Subject to any maximum or minimum interest rate limitation
specified herein or by applicable law, LIBOR shall change automatically
without
notice to Guarantor or any Borrower immediately on the first day of each
Interest Period, with any change thereto effective as of the opening of
business
on the day of any change.
“LIBOR
Advance” shall
mean an Advance which bears an Interest Rate based on LIBOR.
“Lien”
shall
mean any
mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance,
lien (statutory or other), other charge or security interest, or any preference,
priority or other agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature
whatsoever.
“Mandatory
Prepayment
Event” shall mean:
(a) any
sale, transfer or other disposition of any property of any Borrower, including
without limitation pursuant to any repurchase of Mortgage Loans; or
(b) any
casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent
domain
or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property of any Borrower;
or
(c) the
incurrence by any Borrower of any Indebtedness for borrowed money other
than
Subordinated Indebtedness; or
(d) the
receipt by any Borrower of the proceeds of (i) any settlement or monetary
judgment in respect of any claim, litigation or other similar proceeding
or (ii)
any tax refund or other amount owing by any taxing authority or other
Governmental Authority.
“Material
Adverse
Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on (a) the operations,
business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), condition (financial
or otherwise) or prospects of any Borrower or Guarantor, (b) the ability
of any
Borrower or Guarantor to perform in all material respects its Obligations
under
this Agreement or any obligations under any of the Loan Documents to which
it is
a party, (c) the validity or enforceability in all material respects of
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any
of
the Loan Documents, (d) the rights and remedies of Lender under any of
the Loan
Documents (including without limitation Lender’s ability to foreclose upon any
Collateral or to exercise any of its other rights or remedies under any
of the
Loan Documents, whether as a secured party under the Uniform Commercial
Code, in
equity, at law or otherwise), (e) the timely payment of the principal of or
interest on the Advances or other amounts payable in connection therewith
or
(f) the Collateral.
“Minimum
Tranche A Payment
Amount” shall mean (i) with respect to any Payment Date other than the
Tranche A Termination Date, $3,600,000, and (ii) with respect to the Tranche
A
Termination Date, the amount necessary to repay the aggregate outstanding
unpaid
principal balance of the Tranche A Advances in full.
“Minimum
Tranche B Payment
Amount” shall mean (i) with respect to any Payment Date other than the
Tranche B Termination Date, $250,000, which amount will be allocated first
to
Tranche B-1 Advances, second to Tranche B-2 Advances, third to Tranche
B-3
Advances, and fourth to Tranche B-4 Advances (each in the inverse order
of
maturing payments) and (ii) with respect to the Tranche B Termination Date,
the
amount necessary to repay the aggregate outstanding unpaid principal balance
of
the Tranche B Advances in full.
“Mortgage”
shall
mean,
with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the mortgage, deed of trust, security
deed or
other instrument which creates a Lien on the fee simple or a leasehold
estate in
the real property securing such Mortgage Loan.
“Mortgage
Loan” shall
mean any mortgage loan in which any Borrower or Guarantor has an interest,
whether or not any applicable custodian has been instructed to hold for
Lender
(pursuant to an applicable custodial agreement or otherwise in the case
of any
Mortgage Loan not held by Lender as custodian) and which mortgage loan
includes,
without limitation, (i) a mortgage note, the related Mortgage and all other
mortgage loan documents and (ii) all right, title and interest of Guarantor
or
the applicable Borrower in and to the related mortgaged property.
“Net
Proceeds” shall
mean, with respect to any Mandatory Prepayment Event, (a) the cash proceeds
received in respect of such Mandatory Prepayment Event, including (i) any
cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds (including any cash payments
received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or
installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise,
but
only as and when received), (ii) in the case of a casualty or other insured
damage to any property or asset of any Borrower or Guarantor, insurance
proceeds, and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event,
condemnation awards and similar payments, in each case net of
(b) the sum of (i) all reasonable and customary fees and out-of-pocket
expenses paid to third parties (other than Affiliates) in connection with
such
Mandatory Prepayment Event, and (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer or
other disposition of an asset or a casualty, a condemnation or similar
proceeding, or the receipt of any tax refund, the amount of all payments
required to be made as a result of such Mandatory Prepayment Event to repay
Indebtedness (other than Advances) secured by such asset.
“Net
Worth” shall
mean, with respect to any Person, the excess of the total assets of such
Person
over the total liabilities of such Person, as determined in accordance
with
GAAP.
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“Note”
shall
mean each
Tranche A Note, Tranche B-1 Note, Tranche B-2 Note, Tranche B-3 Note, Tranche
B-4 Note, as applicable.
“Obligations”
shall
mean all obligations, loans, advances indebtedness and liabilities of Guarantor
and each Borrower to Lender, whether direct or indirect, joint or several,
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, and whether now existing
or
hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of or in connection with
this
Agreement, the Notes, any other Loan Document on account of principal,
interest,
reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, including without limitation,
any
interest, fee, cost and expense accrued or incurred after the filing of
any
petition under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, any cash management or
treasury
management agreements, any automated clearinghouse obligation, any obligation
or
liability under any Interest Rate Hedge Agreement, any amount owing pursuant
to
any service performed by Lender or any affiliate thereof for Guarantor
or any
Borrower and any amount due or owing Lender pursuant to any Credit Agreement
or
other Loan Document.
“Payment
Date” shall
mean either (a) the fifth (5th) day
of each
calendar month or, if such day is not a business day, the next succeeding
business day, or (b) in the case of the final Payment Date for the Tranche
A
Advances or the Tranche B Advances, the Tranche A Termination
Date, or the Tranche B Termination Date, respectively; provided,
however, payments of interest accrued on the Advances shall commence on
February
5, 2008. If the due date of any payment due in respect to any Advance
shall be a day that is not a business day, such due date shall be extended
to
the next succeeding business day; provided, however,
that if such next succeeding business day occurs in the following calendar
month, then such due date shall be the immediately preceding business
day.
“Person”
shall
mean
any individual, corporation, company, voluntary association, partnership,
joint
venture, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association or
government (or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision
thereof).
“Post-Default
Rate”
shall mean, in respect of any principal of any Advance or any other
amount under
this Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document that is not paid when
due to
Lender or any Affiliate thereof (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or
mandatory prepayment or otherwise), a rate per annum during the period
from and
including the due date to but excluding the date on which such amount is
paid in
full equal to the sum of (x) 5.00% per annum plus (y)(i)
the
related fixed or variable Interest Rate otherwise applicable to such Advance
or
other amount or (ii) if no such Interest Rate is otherwise applicable,
LIBOR
plus the
Applicable Margin in respect of Tranche A.
“Prime
Commercial
Rate” shall mean the commercial lending rate of interest per annum as
fixed from time to time by the management of Huntington and its successors,
at
its main office and designated as its “Prime Commercial Rate,” from time to time
in effect, with each change in the such rate automatically and immediately
changing the interest rate on all applicable Advances without notice to
the
Borrowers, subject to any maximum or minimum interest rate limitation specified
by applicable law. Each Borrower hereby waives any right to claim that
the Prime
Commercial Rate is an interest rate other than that rate designated by
Huntington as its “Prime Commercial Rate” on the grounds that: (i) such rate may
or may not be published or otherwise made known to such Borrower or (ii)
Huntington may make loans to certain borrowers at interest rates that are
lower
than its “Prime Commercial Rate.”
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“REO
Property” shall
mean any real property, the title to which is held by Guarantor, any Borrower
or
one of its Affiliates, together with all buildings, fixtures and improvements
thereon and all other rights, benefits and proceeds arising from and in
connection with such property.
“Required
Payments”
shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5(d).
“Restricted
Payment”
means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect,
on account of
any shares of any class of Capital Stock or similar ownership interest
of FCMC
now or hereafter outstanding, (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking
fund or
similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect,
of
any shares of any class of Capital Stock or interest of FCMC now or hereafter
outstanding, (iii) any payment made (other than any cashless exercise of
stock
options in the Guarantor) to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or
to
obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights
to
acquire shares of any class of Capital Stock or ownership interest of any
Borrower or FCMC now or hereafter outstanding, and (iv) any payment or
prepayment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, fees or other charges
on
or with respect to, and any redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance,
sinking fund or similar payment and any claim to rescission with respect
to, any
Subordinated Indebtedness.
“Responsible
Officer”
shall mean, as to any Person, the chief executive officer or, with
respect to
financial matters, the chief financial officer of such Person; provided, that
in the
event any such officer is unavailable at any time he or she is required
to take
any action hereunder, Responsible Officer shall mean any officer authorized
to
act on such officer’s behalf as demonstrated by a certificate of corporate
resolution.
“Security
Agreement”
shall mean each Credit Agreement and the Security Agreement, dated
as of
December 28, 2007, and made by Borrowers in favor of Lender, as the same
may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to
time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
“Subordinated
Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness incurred by Guarantor, a
Borrower or any Subsidiary, the payment of which is subject to a debt
subordination agreement or other subordination provisions in favor of Lender,
to
the written satisfaction of Lender and the terms (including, without limitation,
with respect to amount, maturity, amortization, interest rate, premiums,
fees,
covenants, subordination terms, events of default and remedies) of which
are
reasonably acceptable to Lender.
“Subsidiary”
shall
mean, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership or other entity of which at least a majority of the securities
or
other ownership interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power
to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing
similar
functions of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
other
entity (irrespective of whether or not at the time securities or other
ownership
interests of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership
or
other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening
of
any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled
by
such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person
and one
or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
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“Termination
Date”
shall mean, as applicable, the Tranche A Termination Date or the
Tranche B
Termination Date.
“Tranche”
shall
mean
each of Tranche A, Tranche X-0, Xxxxxxx X-0, Xxxxxxx X-0, and Tranche
B-4.
“Tranche
A” shall have
the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals of this
Agreement.
“Tranche
A Advance”
and “Tranche
A
Advances” shall have the meanings assigned to those terms in Section
3(a).
“Tranche
A Commitment”
shall mean the commitment of Lender to make a Tranche A Advance
in the aggregate
amount of $400,000,000.
“Tranche
A Note” shall
mean the amended and restated promissory note provided for Lender’s Tranche A
Advance and any promissory note delivered in substitution or exchange therefor,
in each case as the same shall be modified, supplemented, amended or restated
and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“Tranche
A Termination
Date” shall mean the Forbearance Date or such earlier date on which this
Agreement shall terminate in accordance with the provisions hereof or by
operation of law.
“Tranche
B” shall have
the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals of this
Agreement.
“Tranche
B Advance”
and “Tranche
B
Advances” shall have the meanings assigned to those terms in Section
3(b).
“Tranche
B-1 Advance”,
“Tranche
B-2
Advance”, “Tranche
B-3 Advance”,
and “Tranche B-4
Advance”, and the plural form of each such term, shall have the meanings
assigned thereto in Section 3(b).
“Tranche
B Commitment”
shall mean the commitment of Lender to make a Tranche B Advance
in the original
aggregate amount of $91,133,187.
“Tranche
B Note” shall
mean each of the amended and restated promissory notes provided for Lender’s
Tranche B-1 Advance, Tranche B-2 Advance, Tranche B-3 Advance, and Tranche
B-4
Advance and any promissory note delivered in substitution or exchange therefor,
in each case as the same shall be modified, supplemented, amended or restated
and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“Tranche
B Termination
Date” shall mean the Forbearance Date or such earlier date on which this
Agreement shall terminate in accordance with the provisions hereof or by
operation of law.
“Uniform
Commercial
Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date
hereof in the State of Ohio; provided, that
if by
reason of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of
perfection or non-perfection of the security interest in any Collateral
is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction
other
than Ohio,
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“Uniform
Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such
other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such
perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection.
3. Amended
and Restated
Advances. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and in reliance on the representations, warranties and covenants
of
the Borrowers and Guarantor herein set forth, Lender hereby agrees to make
the
Advances described in this Section 3 and the Borrowers jointly and
severally agree to repay such Advances as follows:
(a) Tranche
A
Advances. Lender agrees, on the Forbearance Effective Date, to
convert a portion of the outstanding principal amount of Lender’s Commercial
Loans equal to Lender’s Tranche A Commitment into a term loan to the Borrowers
(each amount so converted, a “Tranche A Advance” and, collectively, the “Tranche
A Advances”). Any portion of the Tranche A Advances that is
subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
(b) Tranche
B
Advances. Lender agrees, on the Forbearance Effective Date, to
convert a portion of the outstanding principal amount of Lender’s Commercial
Loans equal to Lender’s Tranche B Commitment into four term loans to the
Borrowers, each in an amount of $22,783,296.75 (each aggregate amount so
converted, a “Tranche B Advance” and, collectively, the “Tranche B Advances”;
and each such proportionate portion thereof a “Tranche B-1 Advance”, “Tranche
B-2 Advance”, “Tranche B-3 Advance”, and “Tranche B-4 Advance” and,
collectively, the “Tranche B-1 Advances”, “Tranche B-2 Advances”, “Tranche B-3
Advances”, and “Tranche B-4 Advance”). Any portion of the Tranche B
Advances that is subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be
reborrowed.
(c) [reserved]
(d) [reserved]
(e) Notes.
(i) Lender’s
Tranche A Advance, Tranche B-1 Advance, Tranche B-2 Advance, Tranche B-3
Advance, and Tranche B-4 Advance, each shall be evidenced by a promissory
note
of the Borrowers, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, Exhibit X-0,
Xxxxxxx
X-0, Xxxxxxx X-0, and Exhibit B-4, respectively, in each case dated the
Forbearance Effective Date and payable to Lender or its assigns in a principal
amount equal to Lender’s Advance under the applicable Tranche.
(ii) The
date, amount and Interest Rate applicable from time to time in respect
of each
Advance made by Lender to the Borrowers, and each payment made on account
of the
principal thereof or interest thereon, shall be recorded by Lender on its
books
and records. Any such recordation or notation shall be conclusive and
binding on the Borrowers, absent manifest error; provided, that
the
failure of Lender to make any such recordation or notation shall not affect
the
obligations of any Borrower to make payment when due of any amount owing
hereunder or under such Note in respect of the applicable Advance or
Advances.
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4. Inability
to Determine
Rates, Illegality. Anything contained herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, if, prior to or upon any determination of LIBOR:
(a) Lender
determines, which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the
Borrowers, that quotations of interest rates for the relevant deposits
referred
to in the definition of “LIBOR” are not being provided in the relevant amounts
or for the relevant maturities for purposes of determining rates of interest
for
LIBOR Advances as provided herein; or
(b) Lender
determines, which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the
Borrowers, that LIBOR is not likely to adequately cover the cost to Lender
of
making or maintaining the relevant LIBOR Advances; or
(c) Lender
notifies Guarantor that it has become unlawful for Lender to honor its
obligations to make or maintain LIBOR Advances hereunder;
then
Lender shall give Guarantor notice thereof and, so long as such condition
remains in effect, all Advances of Lender shall bear interest at a rate
per
annum equal to the Prime Commercial Rate, plus the Applicable Margin, minus
two
percent (2%) per annum.
5. Payments
of Interest and
Principal on the Advances.
(a) Interest
on the
Advances.
(i)
The
Borrowers shall pay to Lender interest on the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Advances of each Tranche for the period from and including
the
respective dates of such Advances to but excluding the respective dates
such
Advances are paid in full, in each case at a rate per annum equal to the
applicable Interest Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Borrowers shall pay to Lender interest at the applicable Post-Default Rate
(i)
on the outstanding principal amount of any Advances during any period when
any
Forbearance Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) on any interest
or
amount (other than principal of any Advance) payable by the Borrowers hereunder
or under any applicable Note that shall not be paid in full when due, for
the
period from and including the due date thereof to but excluding the date
the
same is paid in full. Accrued and unpaid interest on each Advance
shall be payable monthly on each Payment Date and on the Tranche A Termination
Date, or Tranche B Termination Date, as applicable, except that interest
payable
at the applicable Post-Default Rate shall accrue daily and shall be payable
promptly upon demand.
(ii) [Reserved]
.
(b) Scheduled
Principal Payments
in Respect of Tranche A Advances and Tranche B Advances,Principal
Payments. On each Payment Date in respect of the Tranche A
Advances and the Tranche B Advances, the Borrowers shall pay to Lender,
the
Minimum Tranche A Payment Amount and the Minimum Tranche B Payment Amount,
as
applicable, for such Payment Date.
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(c) Payment
Date
Reports. No later than two business days prior to each Payment
Date, Lender shall provide to Guarantor a report stating (i) the amount
of
interest due for the current Interest Period pursuant to Section 5(a),
separately stated for the applicable Tranche A Advances, and the Tranche
B
Advances, (ii) the Minimum Tranche A Payment Amount and the Minimum Tranche
B
Payment Amount for such Payment Date, and (iii) if such Payment Date occurs
on a
Termination Date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Tranche
A
Advances, and Tranche B Advances, as applicable; provided, that
the
failure of Lender to make any such report shall not affect the obligations
of
the Borrowers to make payment when due of any amount owing hereunder or
under
any Note in respect of the related Advances.
(d) Collateral
Collection. Without in any way limiting the obligations of the
Borrowers to make the payments of principal and interest that are required
to be
made in respect of the Advances pursuant to Sections 5(a) and 5(b) (with
respect
to any Payment Date, the “Required Payments”),
the Borrowers hereby authorize and direct Lender, on each Payment Date,
to apply
all Collections received from and after the immediately preceding Payment
Date
(or, in the case of the first Payment Date, from and after the Forbearance
Effective Date) to but excluding such Payment Date (the aggregate amount
of such
Collections being the “Applicable Collections
Amount” in respect of such Payment Date) in the following order of
priority:
first,
to the payment
of interest on the Tranche A Advances as calculated for such Payment
Date;
second,
to the
payment of interest on the Tranche B Advances as calculated for such Payment
Date ;
third,
to pay the
Minimum Tranche A Payment Amount for such Payment Date
fourth,
to pay the
Minimum Tranche B Payment Amount for such Payment Date;
fifth,
to prepay the
outstanding principal amount of the Tranche A Advances until the same are
paid
in full, with such prepayments being applied in the inverse order of maturity
to
the remaining Minimum Tranche A Payment Amounts;
sixth,
to prepay the
outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B Advances until the same are
paid
in full, with such prepayments being applied in the order set forth in
the
definition of Minimum Tranche B Payment Amounts;
seventh,
to repay any
Obligations under any Interest Rate Hedge Agreement to Lender in
full;
eighth,
to pay any
unpaid BOS Loans,
ninth,
to pay
Franklin Advances until paid in full and then to Guarantor for the benefit
of
the Borrowers.
(e) Mandatory
Prepayments. Within two (2) business days after receipt of the
Net Proceeds following any Mandatory Prepayment Event, the Borrowers shall
prepay the
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Advances
in an aggregate amount equal to the Net Proceeds of such Mandatory Prepayment
Event, any such prepayment to be applied in the same manner as set forth
in
Section 5 (d).
(f) Computations. Interest
on the Advances shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the
actual
days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring
in
the period for which payable.
6. [Reserved].
7. Conditions
Precedent. The obligations of Lender to make the Tranche A
Advances, and the Tranche B Advances are subject to the satisfaction,
immediately prior to or concurrently with, the making of such Advances
of the
following conditions precedent, each of which shall be in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender and its counsel:
(1) Lender
shall have received this Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized
officer of each Borrower and Guarantor;
(2) Lender
shall have received the following documents, each of which shall be satisfactory
to Lender in form and substance:
(i)
Lender’s Notes, duly completed, executed and delivered;
(ii)
The FCMC Guaranty, duly executed and delivered by Guarantor;
(iii) The
Security Agreement, duly executed and delivered by each Borrower and/or
joinder
by any Borrower not already a party to the Security Agreement;
(iv) Guarantor
and each Borrower shall have released all claims against Lender and participants
under any Credit Agreement (and if requested by any participant a separate
release in form satisfactory to such participant); and
(v) Execution
of the Franklin Forbearance Agreement and any loan document related
thereto.
(3) Lender
shall have received an incumbency certificate of each Borrower and Guarantor
and
evidence of all corporate or other authority for each Borrower and Guarantor
with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents
executed in connection with this Agreement;
(4) Lender
shall have received one or more legal opinions of counsel to the Borrowers
and
Guarantor, in form satisfactory to Lender;
(5) Any
documents (including, without limitation, financing statements) required
to be
filed, registered or recorded in order to create a first priority Lien,
in favor
of Lender shall have been properly prepared;
(6) Lender
shall have received all fees and expenses required to be paid by the Borrowers
on or prior to the Forbearance Effective Date;
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(7) [reserved];
(8) [reserved];
(9) [reserved];
(10) [reserved];
(11) [reserved];
(12) Lender
shall have received such other documents as Lender or its counsel may reasonably
request.
8.
Amendments
to Credit
Agreements. Section 2.1 of the Tribeca Master Agreement,
entitled “The
Commitment,” and Section 2.1 of the Tribeca Warehousing Agreement,
entitled “The
Commitment,” are each hereby amended to delete any commitment or other
obligation of Lender to make any further “Subsidiary Loans” (as defined in the
Tribeca Master Agreement), or “Advances” (as defined in the Tribeca Warehousing
Agreement) on and after the Forbearance Effective Date. In addition
Section 8.2 (c)(iv) of the Tribeca Master Agreement is hereby amended to
delete
the second and third sentences of such section.
9. Representations
and
Warranties. To induce Lender to enter into this Agreement,
Guarantor and each Borrower represents and warrants to Lender as
follows:
(a) Organization. Each
Borrower and Guarantor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in
good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation, except
where the
failure to be in good standing shall not cause a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b)
Authority. Each
Borrower and Guarantor has full corporate power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement and has taken all corporate action required
by law, its articles of incorporation and bylaws to authorize the execution
and
delivery of this Agreement.
(c) Consent
and
Approvals. No consent or approval of any party is required in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by any Borrower
or
Guarantor, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement does not (i)
contravene or result in a breach or default under any certificate or articles
of
incorporation, code of regulations or bylaws or any other agreement or
instrument to which any Borrower or Guarantor is a party or by which any
of such
Person’s respective properties are bound, or (ii) violate any law, rule,
regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or
award
applicable to any Borrower or Guarantor.
(d) Completeness
of
Collateral. The Collateral constitutes all of the assets and
property, real and personal, tangible and intangible, owned by each Borrower
and
Guarantor or used or held for use in connection with the business of each
such
Person.
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(e) Other
Indebtedness. Other than as set forth in Schedule
9(e) hereto
and in respect of Indebtedness owing to Lender, each Borrower and Guarantor
is
in full compliance with the terms of each lending agreement in respect
of
Indebtedness.
(f) Representations
True and
Correct. All representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement, including but not limited to the recitals herein, and in each
Credit
Agreement and each other Loan Document are true and correct as of the date
of
this Agreement, and all such representations and warranties shall survive
the
execution of this Agreement. The Loan Documents represent
unconditional, absolute and valid obligations against each Borrower and
Guarantor and are enforceable in accordance with the terms
thereof. Neither any Borrower nor Guarantor has any claims or
defenses against Lender, any Affiliate thereof, any participant in any
Commercial Loan or any other person or entity which would or might affect
(i)
the enforceability of any provisions of any documents or (ii) the collectibility
of sums advanced by Lender in connection with any Obligations subject to
this
Agreement. Each Borrower and Guarantor understands and acknowledges
that Lender is entering into this Agreement in reliance upon, and in partial
consideration for, this acknowledgment and representation, and agree that
such
reliance is reasonable and appropriate.
(g) Representations
and
Warranties. Guarantor and each Borrower hereby represent and warrant to
Lender that (i) other than the Acknowledged Defaults, no present uncured
defaults or breaches exist under any Loan Document; and (ii) after giving
effect
to this Agreement, no event or condition exists which but for the giving
of
notice or passage of time (or both) would constitute a Default or Event
of
Default under any Credit Agreement or any Loan Document; and (iii)
this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Guarantor and each
Borrower, and this Agreement, each Credit Agreements as amended hereby
and each
other Loan Document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of
Guarantor and each Borrower, enforceable against Guarantor and such Borrower
in
accordance with the terms hereof or thereto.
(h) Financial
Statement. The consolidated balance sheet of Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2007, and the related statements
of income and cashflows for such fiscal period, previously furnished
to Lender, fairly present the financial condition of Guarantor and its
Subsidiaries as of that date and the results of its operations for that
fiscal
period. Guarantor and its Subsidiaries had, on that date, no known
liabilities, direct or indirect, fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured,
or
liabilities for taxes, long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term
commitments not disclosed by, or reserved against in, said balance sheet
and
related statements, except for Lender’s extensions of credit to Guarantor and
its Subsidiaries.
(i) Solvency. As
of the date hereof and taking into account the forgiveness of Indebtedness
set
forth in the Franklin Forbearance Agreement and immediately after giving
effect
to each Advance and the application of the proceeds thereof by the Borrowers,
the fair value of the consolidated tangible assets of Guarantor is greater
than
the fair value of its consolidated liabilities (including, without limitation,
contingent liabilities if and to the extent required to be recorded as
a
liability on the financial statements of Guarantor and the Borrowers in
accordance with GAAP) and Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries are
and
will be solvent, are and will be able to pay its debts as
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they
mature and do not and will not have an unreasonably small capital to engage
in
the business in which they are engaged and propose to engage. None of
Guarantor or any Borrower intends to incur, or believes that it has incurred,
debt beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature. None of
Guarantor or any Borrower is contemplating the commencement of insolvency,
bankruptcy, liquidation or consolidation proceedings or the appointment
of a
receiver, liquidator, conservator, trustee or similar official in respect
of
such Person or any of its assets. None of Guarantor or Borrower is
pledging or transferring any Assets with any intent to hinder, delay or
defraud
any of its creditors.
10. Financial
Statements. Guarantor and each Borrower shall deliver to
Lender:
(a) (i)
as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each
of
the first three quarterly fiscal periods of each fiscal year of Guarantor,
the
consolidated balance sheets of Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries
as at
the end of such period and the related unaudited consolidated statements
of
income and retained earnings and of cash flows for Guarantor and its
consolidated Subsidiaries for such period and the portion of the fiscal
year
through the end of such period, setting forth in each case in comparative
form
the figures for the previous year and accompanied by a certificate of the
chief
financial officer of Guarantor, which certificate shall state that said
consolidated financial statements fairly present the consolidated financial
condition and results of operations of Guarantor and its Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, as at the end of, and for,
such
period (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments), and (ii) as soon
as
available and in any event within 30 days after the end of each quarterly
fiscal
period a budget of cash expenditures for each prospective three (3) month
period, including budget to actual variances for such period;
(b) as
soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each
fiscal
year of Guarantor, the audited, consolidated balance sheets of Guarantor
and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related
consolidated statements of income and retained earnings and of cash flows
for
Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such year, setting forth
in each
case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, accompanied
by a
certificate of the chief financial officer of Guarantor, which certificate
shall
state that said consolidated financial statements fairly present the
consolidated financial condition and results of operations of Guarantor
and its
consolidated Subsidiaries at the end of, and for, such fiscal year in accordance
with GAAP, consistently applied, and a certificate of such chief financial
officer stating that, in making the examination necessary for his or her
certification, such chief financial officer obtained no knowledge, except
as
specifically stated, of any Forbearance Default;
(c)(i)
as
soon as available and in any event within 30 days after the end of each
monthly
fiscal period of each fiscal year of Guarantor, the consolidated balance
sheets
of Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such period and
the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and retained earnings
and of cash flows for Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such
period and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such period,
(ii)
as soon as available and in any event within 20 days after the end of each
monthly fiscal period of each fiscal year of Guarantor, a thirteen (13)
consecutive week cash flow statement, and (iii), setting forth in each
case in
comparative form the figures for the previous year, accompanied by a certificate
of the
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chief
financial officer of Guarantor, which certificate shall state that said
consolidated financial statements fairly present the consolidated financial
condition and results of operations of Guarantor and its Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, as at the end of, and for,
such
period (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments);
(d) from
time to time such other information regarding the financial condition,
operations, or business of Guarantor and each Borrower as Lender may
request;
(e) Guarantor
and each Borrower shall furnish to Lender, at the time Guarantor furnishes
each
set of financial statements pursuant to paragraphs (a),(b) and (c) above,
a
certificate of the chief financial officer of Guarantor to the effect that,
to
the best of such officer’s knowledge, Guarantor and the Borrowers, as
applicable, during such fiscal period or year have observed or performed
all of
its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every condition, contained
in
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be observed, performed or
satisfied by it, and that such officer has obtained no knowledge of any
Default,
Event of Default or Forbearance Default except as specified in such certificate
(and, if any Default, Event of Default or Forbearance Default has occurred
and
is continuing, describing the same in reasonable detail and describing
the
action Guarantor or such Borrower, as applicable, has taken or proposes
to take
with respect thereto); and
(f)
notice of any event or notice from any Governmental Authority, which is
reasonably likely to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.
11. Certain
Post-Closing
Deliverables.
(a) Within
30 days after the Forbearance Effective Date, Guarantor and each Borrower
will
use their best efforts to cause each of the banks where any deposit account
is
maintained to enter into and deliver to Lender a fully executed control
agreement in form satisfactory to Lender and the deposit account bank for
each
deposit account of Guarantor or any Borrower, and if Guarantor and each
Borrower
fail to so deliver such control agreements within such time frame, each
such
Person shall close such deposit accounts and establish replacement accounts
at
Lender.
(b) Within
30 days after the Forbearance Effective Date, Guarantor will deliver to
Lender a
proposed cash budget for the period commencing on the Forbearance Effective
Date
and ending March 31, 2008.
(c) Within
60 days after the Forbearance Effective Date, Guarantor will deliver to
Lender
(i) a detailed written report describing Guarantor’s and the Borrowers’
servicing strategies in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices, including
specific identifiable compensation and incentives for each employee of
Guarantor
or Borrowers in or to be engaged in servicing, employment or other agreements,
as applicable, and such other information with respect thereto as Lender
may
request, all in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, (ii) detailed
written
collection policies with respect to Mortgage Loans, all in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender, (iii) any revisions to existing policies, practices,
principles and servicing standards for the servicing of the Mortgage
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Loans
and
(iv) any agreements reasonably required by Lender with respect to back-up
servicing.
(d) At
all times after the date which is 45 days after the Forbearance Effective
Date,
Guarantor shall use its best efforts at all times to maintain in effect
one or
more Interest Rate Hedge Agreements with respect to the Advances, in an
aggregate notional principal amount of not less than $400,000,000, which
agreements shall have the effect of establishing a maximum interest rate
to be
agreed by Guarantor and Lender with respect to such notional principal
amount,
each such agreement to be in form and substance satisfactory to Lender
and with
a term to be agreed by Guarantor and Lender.
(e) Within
90 days after the Forbearance Effective Date, each Borrower shall transfer
all
REO Properties to a designated Borrower or other Subsidiary satisfactory
to
Lender and shall provide to Lender a first and exclusive Lien on the stock
of
such Subsidiary, and a negative pledge on all of the assets of such Subsidiary;
provided, however, to the extent any such transfer would require the payment
of
any material transfer tax or similar tax, such Borrower and Lender may
make
other arrangements satisfactory to Lender.
(f)
No later than January 31, 0000, XXXX shall deliver to Lender its financial
statements for the fiscal quarter and year-to-date period ending September
30,
2007.
(g) Within
45 days after the Forbearance Effective Date, Guarantor shall have deposited
with Lender a copy of each software program in which Guarantor has an interest
and any data which are necessary to conduct all loan servicing activities
of
Guarantor, except to the extent Guarantor is prohibited by any effective
license
agreement from so depositing a copy. Further if Guarantor is
prohibited by any license agreement from so depositing a copy, within 45
days
after the Forbearance Effective Date, Guarantor shall use its best efforts
to
secure a licensor consent to the pledge of such software in form satisfactory
to
Lender.
12. Covenants.
(a) Maintenance
of
Liquidity. Guarantor and each Borrower on a consolidated basis
shall insure that, as of the end of each calendar month, they have cash
equivalents pledged to Lender in an amount of not less than
$5,000,000.
(b) Minimum
Net
Worth. Guarantor and its Subsidiaries shall at all times
maintain a consolidated Net Worth of at least $5,000,000, plus a percentage
to
be agreed upon between Lender and Guarantor of the proceeds of the issuance
of
Capital Stock or other securities issued after the Forbearance Effective
Date.
(c) Servicing. As
of the Forbearance Effective Date, each Borrower and Lender hereby revocably
appoint and reaffirm FCMC as servicer, and FCMC hereby reaffirms its acceptance
of such appointment, to act for the benefit of the Borrowers and Lender
as
initial servicer of the Mortgage Loans and the REO Properties pledged to
Lender;
provided, however, Lender reserves the right to terminate FCMC’s servicing of
the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties (i) upon prior written notice to
FCMC
during the
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occurrence
and continuance of a Forbearance Default or (ii) if Lender provides prior
written notice to FCMC, that Lender has determined, in its sole discretion,
that
FCMC is not serving the Loans in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices. FCMC shall service the Mortgage Loans and the REO
Properties pledged to Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the
Credit
Agreements and in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices. Neither Guarantor nor any Borrower shall permit any Person
other than the FCMC to service any Mortgage Loans or REO Properties (other
than
a sub-servicer satisfactory to Lender) in accordance with Accepted Servicing
Practices, without the prior written consent of the Lender.
(d) Interest
Coverage
Ratios. Until such time as all Tranche A Advances and Tranche
B Advances are indefeasibly paid in full, Guarantor and each Subsidiary,
on a
consolidated basis, shall maintain for each monthly period (i) a ratio
of Adjusted EBITDA to Adjusted Interest Expense of not less than 1.25
to 1.00, and (ii) a ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to Interest Expense of not
less
than 1.10 to 1.00, with each such ratio being determined as of the end
of each
monthly fiscal period for the monthly fiscal period then
ended. “AdjustedEBITDA”
shall
mean
for any period EBITDA, plus any
non-cash
expense or charge for loan loss reserve. “EBITDA”
shall
mean
for any period, the sum of the amounts for such period of (i) the consolidated
net income (or loss) after taxes taken as a single accounting period, (ii)
Interest Expense, (iii) all federal, state, and local income taxes of such
Person (whether paid or deferred)and (iv) depreciation and amortization
expense
which were deducted in determining consolidated net income for such period,
with
each component determined in conformity with GAAP. “Adjusted
InterestExpense”
shall
mean
for any period Interest Expense, other than any such Interest Expense in
respect
of Tranche B Advances. “InterestExpense”
shall
mean
for any period total interest expense (other than “PIK Interest” as defined in
the Franklin Forbearance Agreement), whether paid or accrued or due and
payable
(including without limitation in respect of all Advances and any Subordinated
Indebtedness), plus the interest component of capital lease obligations
for such
period, plus all bank fees (other than the “Restructuring Fee” as defined in the
Franklin Forbearance Agreement), plus net costs under Interest Rate Hedge
Agreements.
(e) Fundamental
Change. Neither Guarantor nor any Borrower shall enter
into any transaction of merger or consolidation or amalgamation (provided
that
any Borrower, upon 10 days prior notice to Lender and upon such terms or
conditions which Lender may reasonably require, may merge into another
Borrower)
or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation, winding
up
or dissolution) or sell all or substantially all of its assets other than
in
connection with a sale of assets, the proceeds of which shall be used to
repay
in full all Advances, other amounts due under this Agreement and other
amounts
then due and payable hereunder. Neither Guarantor nor any Borrower shall
enter
into any material change in its capital structure or any change that Lender
or a
third party firm of nationally recognized independent public accountants
with
national expertise determines could cause a consolidation of assets of
FCMC with
any other Person under FIN 46, without the prior written consent of Lender,
which consent will not be withheld unreasonably.
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(f) Operating
Expenses. No Advance under this Agreement and no Collections
shall be used by Guarantor and its Subsidiaries to pay any operating expenses
of
such Persons in excess of the amount of Approved Expenses.
(g) Conduct
of
Business. Neither Guarantor nor any Borrower shall (i)
originate or acquire any Mortgage Loans or other assets, (ii) perform due
diligence, servicing, broker loans or participate in off-balance sheet
joint
ventures and special purpose vehicles (not involving the incurrence of
any
Indebtedness), in each instance without the prior written consent of Lender,
which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably. Guarantor and each
Borrower shall limit its activities to such activities as are incident
to and
necessary or convenient to accomplish the following purposes: (i) to acquire,
own, hold, pledge, finance or otherwise deal with only mortgage loans similar
to
the Mortgage Loans, and only real estate similar to the REO Properties,
in each
case, as are to be pledged to Lender pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) to
sell, securitize or otherwise liquidate all or any portion of such assets
in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(h) Interest
Rate Hedge
Agreement. At all times after the date which is 45 days after the
Forbearance Effective Date, the Borrowers and Guarantor shall at all times
use
their best efforts to maintain in effect one or more Interest Rate Hedge
Agreements with respect to the Advances, in an aggregate notional principal
amount of not less than $400,000,000, which Interest Rate Hedge Agreements
shall
have the effect of establishing a maximum interest rate to be agreed by
Lender
and Guarantor with respect to such notional principal amount, each such
Interest
Rate Hedge Agreement to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender
and
with a term to be agreed by Lender and Guarantor.
(i) Restricted
Payments. No Guarantor or Borrower shall make or declare any
Restricted Payment; provided that any Borrower may make a Restricted Payment
to
Guarantor, without the prior written consent of Lender, which consent shall
not
be withheld unreasonably.
(j) Limitation
on
Liens. Neither the Company nor any Borrower shall, nor will it
permit or allow others to, create, incur or permit to exist any Lien, security
interest or claim on or to any of its Property, except for (i) Liens (not
otherwise permitted hereunder) that are created in connection with the
purchase
of fixed assets and equipment necessary in the ordinary course of such
Borrower’s business, subject to the provisions of the Loan Documents (ii) Liens
on the Collateral created pursuant to any Loan Document and (iii) Liens
under
the BOS Agreements.
(k) REO
Properties. Within 30 days after Lender’s request therefor at
any time, Guarantor, the applicable Borrower or such other Subsidiary having
any
REO Property (other than REO Property owned by the BOS Borrower in connection
with the BOS Agreement) shall grant to Lender a first Lien Mortgage on
such
Person’s REO Properties to secure the Advances pursuant to Loan Documents and
other closing documents as are satisfactory to Lender; provided, however,
to the
extent any such transfer would require the payment of any material transfer
tax
or similar tax, such Borrower and Lender may make other arrangements
satisfactory to Lender. In addition, at all times after the
Forbearance Effective Date, upon any acquisition of each REO Property,
each
Borrower shall transfer
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all
REO
Properties to a designated Borrower or other Subsidiary satisfactory to
Lender
and shall provide to Lender a first and exclusive Lien on the stock of
such
Subsidiary, and a negative pledge on all of the assets of such Subsidiary;
provided, however, to the extent any such transfer would require the payment
of
any material transfer tax or similar tax, such Borrower and Lender may
make
other arrangements satisfactory to Lender.
(l) Lock
Box; Control
Accounts.
(i) Guarantor
and each Borrowers shall maintain its existing lock box with Lender (the
“Lock Box”) or,
at
Lender’s discretion, blocked accounts (“Blocked Accounts”) at
deposit banks satisfactory to Lender, and Guarantor and each Borrower shall
(i)
request in writing and otherwise take such reasonable steps to ensure that
all
obligors under each Mortgage Loan forward all payments in respect of the
related
Mortgage Loans directly to the Lock Box, (ii) irrevocably instruct the bank
which maintains the Lock Box to transfer to the cash collection account
at
Lender, on each Business Day, cleared funds in respect of all cash, checks,
drafts or other similar items of payment so received in the Lock Box and
(iii) deposit promptly, and in any event no later than the first Business
Day after the date of receipt thereof, any cash, checks, drafts or other
similar
items of payment relating to or constituting payments made in respect of
any and
all Collateral that are received directly by such Guarantor Borrower
(notwithstanding the requirements of clause (i) above) into one or more
Blocked
Accounts in such Borrower’s or Guarantor’s name and at Lender.
(ii) On
or before the Forbearance Effective Date (or such later date as Lender
shall
consent to), each of Guarantor and Borrowers shall cause each of the banks
where
any deposit account is maintained to enter into tri-party blocked account
agreements with Lender and the applicable Borrower, in form and substance
acceptable to Lender. Neither Guarantor nor any Borrower shall
accumulate or maintain cash in any deposit accounts or payroll accounts
as of
any date of determination in excess of checks outstanding against such
accounts
as of that date and amounts necessary to meet minimum balance
requirements.
(iii) The
Lock Box, Blocked Accounts and any other deposit accounts shall be cash
collateral accounts, with all cash, checks and other similar items of payment
in
such accounts securing payment of the Advances and all other Obligations,
and in
which each of Guarantor or Borrower shall have granted a Lien to Lender,
pursuant to the Security Agreement or applicable Credit Agreement.
(m) Licenses. Guarantor
and the Borrowers shall maintain and comply in all material respects with
all
governmental licenses and authorizations to hold and service Mortgage Loans
and
REO Properties, and at Lender’s request at any time, Guarantor and the
Borrowers shall provide to Lender an officer’s certificates signed by
Responsible Officers of the Borrowers and the Guarantor certifying as to
the
truth and accuracy of the foregoing, which certificates shall specifically
include a statement that FCMC and the Borrowers are in compliance with
all
material governmental licenses and authorizations.
(n) Transactions
with
Affiliates. Neither Guarantor nor any Borrower shall enter
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into
any
transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or
exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate
unless
such transaction is (a) otherwise permitted under this Agreement, (b) in
the
ordinary course of Guarantor’s or such Borrower’s business and (c) upon fair and
reasonable terms no less favorable to Guarantor or such Borrower than it
would
obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an
Affiliate, or make a payment that is not otherwise permitted by this
Section.
(o) [Reserved].
(p) Limitation
on
Indebtedness. Neither Guarantor nor any Borrower shall incur
any liabilities for Indebtedness (other than the Advances, Subordinated
Indebtedness and intercompany Indebtedness between Guarantor and Tribeca)
or
otherwise other than for trade accounts payable (other than for borrowed
money)
arising, and accrued expenses incurred, in the ordinary course of business
so
long as such trade accounts payable are payable within 90 days of the date
the
respective goods are delivered or the respective services are
rendered.
(q) Limitation
on Sale of
Assets. Neither Guarantor nor any Borrower shall convey, sell,
lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of (collectively, “Transfer”), all
or
any material portion of its property, business or assets (including, without
limitation, receivables and leasehold interests) whether now owned or hereafter
acquired or allow any Subsidiary to Transfer any material portion or all
of its
assets to any Person other than a “putback” to sellers of Mortgages Loans, the
proceeds of which are used to repay Advances to Lender or BOS Loans, as
applicable.
(r) Maintenance
of Property;
Insurance. Guarantor and each Borrower shall keep all property
useful and necessary in its business in good working order and
condition. FCMC shall maintain errors and omissions insurance and
blanket bond coverage usually maintained by entities engaged in the same
or
similar business similarly situated in such amounts as are in effect on
the
Forbearance Effective Date (as disclosed to Lender in writing) and shall
not
reduce such coverage without the written consent of Lender, and shall maintain
such other insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies,
and with respect to property and risks of a character usually maintained
by
entities engaged in the same or similar business similarly situated, against
loss, damage and liability of the kinds and in the amounts customarily
maintained by such entities.
(s) Collateral
Determined to be
Defective. Upon discovery by Guarantor, any Borrower or Lender
of any breach of any material representation or warranty by a seller of
Mortgage
Loans constituting Collateral, the party discovering such breach shall
promptly
give notice of such discovery to the others.
13.
Periodic
Due Diligence
Review. Guarantor and each Borrower acknowledges that Lender
and each of Lender’s participants in any Advance has the right to perform
continuing due diligence reviews with respect to the Collateral and the
business
of Guarantor and each Borrower, for purposes of verifying compliance with
the
representations, warranties and specifications made hereunder, or otherwise,
and
Guarantor and each Borrower agrees that upon reasonable (but no less than
one
(1) Business Day) prior notice to Guarantor (unless Forbearance Default
shall
have
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occurred,
in which case prior notice shall not be required), Lender or its authorized
representatives will be permitted during normal business hours to examine,
inspect, make copies (including electronic copies) of, and make extracts
of, the
mortgage files, portfolio information, management databases, portfolio
databases, internal management reports and any and all documents, records,
agreements, instruments or information relating to any such information
in the
possession, or under the control, of Guarantor, such Borrower or any custodian.
Guarantor and each Borrower also shall make available to Lender a knowledgeable
financial or accounting officer for the purpose of answering questions
respecting the mortgage files, any servicing files and any other document
or
information relating thereto and the Mortgage Loans, REO Properties and
any
other Collateral pledged hereunder. Without limiting the generality of
the
foregoing, Guarantor and each Borrower acknowledge that Lender, at its
option,
has the right, at any time to conduct a partial or complete due diligence
review
on some or all of the Collateral, including, without limitation, ordering
new
credit reports, new appraisals on any related mortgaged properties and
otherwise
re-generating the information used to originate any Mortgage Loan, any
information or databases in Guarantor’s or any Borrower’s
possession. Guarantor and each Borrower agree to cooperate with
Lender and any third party underwriter in connection with such underwriting,
including, but not limited to, providing Lender and any third party underwriter
with access to any and all documents, records, agreements, instruments
or
information relating to such assets in the possession, or under the control,
of
Guarantor or such Borrower. In addition, Lender has the right to perform
continuing due diligence reviews of Guarantor, each Borrower and their
respective Affiliates, Subsidiaries, directors, officers, employees and
significant shareholders. Guarantor, each Borrower and Lender further agree
that
all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with
Lender’s activities pursuant to this Section shall be paid for by Guarantor or
such Borrower.
14.
Joint
and Several
Liability.
(a) Each
Borrower is accepting joint and several liability hereunder and under the
other
Loan Documents in consideration of the financial accommodations to be provided
by Lender under this Agreement, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly,
of each Borrower and in consideration of the undertakings of each Borrower
to
accept joint and several liability for the Obligations.
(b) Each
Borrower, jointly and severally, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
accepts,
as a surety and as a co-debtor, joint and several liability with each other
Borrower, with respect to the performance of this Agreement and the payment
and
performance of all of the Obligations (including, without limitation, any
obligations arising under this Section), it being the intention of the
parties
hereto that all the Obligations shall be the joint and several obligations
of
each Borrower without preferences or distinction among them.
(c) If
and to the extent that any Borrower shall fail to make any payment with
respect
to any Obligation as and when due or to perform any Obligation in accordance
with the terms thereof, then, in each such event, the other Borrowers will
make
such payment with respect to, or perform, such Obligation, as
applicable.
(d) The
obligations of each Borrower under the provisions of this Section
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constitute
the absolute and unconditional, full recourse obligations of each Borrower
enforceable against each such Borrower to the full extent of its properties
and
assets, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of this
Agreement or any other circumstances whatsoever.
(e) Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, each Borrower hereby
waives
notice of acceptance of its joint and several liability, notice of any
Advances
issued under or pursuant to this Agreement, notice of the occurrence of
any
Default, Event of Default, Forbearance Default or of any demand for any
payment
under this Agreement, notice of any action at any time taken or omitted
by
Lender under or in respect of any Obligation, any requirement of diligence
or to
mitigate damages and, generally, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, all
demands, notices and other formalities of every kind in connection with
this
Agreement (except as otherwise provided in this Agreement). Each
Borrower hereby assents to, and waives notice of, any extension or postponement
of the time for the payment of any Obligation, the acceptance of any payment
of
any Obligation, the acceptance of any partial payment thereon, any waiver,
consent or other action or acquiescence by Lender at any time or times
in
respect of any default by any Borrower in the performance or satisfaction
of any
term, covenant, condition or provision of this Agreement, any and all other
indulgences whatsoever by Lender in respect of any Obligation, and the
taking,
addition, substitution or release, in whole or in part, at any time or
times, of
any security for any Obligation or the addition, substitution or release,
in
whole or in part, of any Borrower or any part of the security for any
Obligation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Borrower assents to any other action or delay in acting or failure to act
on the
part of Lender with respect to the failure by any Borrower to comply with
any of
its respective Obligations, including, without limitation, any failure
strictly
or diligently to assert any right or to pursue any remedy or to comply
fully
with applicable laws or regulations thereunder, which might, but for the
provisions of this Section afford grounds for terminating,
discharging or relieving any Borrower, in whole or in part, from any of
its
obligations under this Section, it being the intention of each Borrower
that, so
long as any of the Obligations hereunder remain unsatisfied, the obligations
of
such Borrower under this Section shall not be discharged except by performance
and then only to the extent of such performance. The obligations of
each Borrower under this Section shall not be diminished or rendered
unenforceable by any winding up, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation,
reconstruction or similar proceeding with respect to any
Borrowers. The joint and several liability of each Borrower hereunder
shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any absorption,
merger,
amalgamation or any other change whatsoever in the name, constitution or
place
of formation of any other Borrower or Lender.
(f) Each
Borrower represents and warrants to Lender that such Borrower is currently
informed of the financial condition of each other Borrower and of all other
circumstances which a diligent inquiry would reveal and which bear upon
the risk
of nonpayment of the Obligations. Each Borrower hereby covenants that
such Borrower will continue to keep informed of each other Borrower’s financial
condition, the financial condition of other guarantors, if any, and of
all other
circumstances which bear upon the risk of nonpayment or nonperformance
of the
Obligations.
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(g) The
provisions of this Section are made for the benefit of Lender and its respective
successors and assigns, and may be enforced by it from time to time against
any
or all Borrowers as often as occasion therefor may arise and without requirement
on the part of Lender, or any or their respective successors or assigns
first to
marshal any claims or to exercise any rights against any other Borrower
or to
exhaust any remedies available against any other Borrower or to resort
to any
other source or means of obtaining payment of any of the Obligations hereunder
or to elect any other remedy. The provisions of this Section shall
remain in effect until all of the Obligations shall have been paid in full
or
otherwise fully satisfied. If at any time, any payment, or any part
thereof, made in respect of any of the Obligations, is rescinded or must
otherwise be restored or returned by Lender upon any insolvency proceeding
of
any Borrower, or otherwise, the provisions of this Section will forthwith
be
reinstated in effect, as though such payment had not been made.
(h) Each
Borrower hereby agrees that it will not enforce any of its rights of
contribution or subrogation against any other Borrower with respect to
any
liability incurred by it hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents,
any
payments made by it to Lender with respect to any Obligations or any
collateral security therefor until such time as all of the Obligations
have been
paid in full in cash. Any claim which any Borrower may have against
any other Borrower with respect to any payments to Lender hereunder or
under any
other Loan Documents are hereby expressly made subordinate and junior in
right
of payment, without limitation as to any increases in the Obligations arising
hereunder or thereunder, to the prior payment in full in cash of the Obligations
and, in the event of any insolvency proceeding relating to any Borrower,
its
debts or its assets, whether voluntary or involuntary, all such Obligations
shall be paid in full in cash before any payment or distribution of any
character, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be made
to any
other Borrower.
(i) Each
Borrower hereby agrees that, after the occurrence and during the continuance
of
any Default, Event of Default or Forbearance Default, the payment of any
amounts
due with respect to the Indebtedness owing by any Borrower to any other
Borrower
is hereby subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of the
Obligations. Each Borrower hereby agrees that after the occurrence
and during the continuance of any Default, Event of Default or Forbearance
Default, such Borrower will not demand, xxx for or otherwise attempt to
collect
any Indebtedness of any other Borrower owing to such Borrower until the
Obligations shall have been paid in full in cash. If, notwithstanding
the foregoing sentence, such Borrower shall collect, enforce or receive
any
amounts in respect of such Indebtedness, such amounts shall be collected,
enforced and received by such Borrower as trustee Lender.
15. Cooperation
of Borrower and
Guarantor.
(a) Each
Borrower and Guarantor agrees to take any and all actions of any kind or
nature
whatsoever, reasonably requested by Lender to prevent Lender from suffering
any
loss with respect to any Obligations owed to Lender or in respect of any
Collateral or any impediment to any rights or remedies of Lender with respect
to
such Obligations, the Loan Documents or this Agreement (or the ability
to
exercise such any rights or remedies).
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(b) Further
Assurances. Guarantor and each Borrower hereby agree to
execute and deliver such additional documents, instruments and agreements
reasonably requested by Lender as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate
to
effectuate the purposes of this Agreement.
16. The
Credit Agreements and
this Agreement. Notwithstanding the amendment and restatement
of the Commercial Loans by this Agreement, all amounts owing to Lender
under the
Credit Agreements whether on account of principal, interest or otherwise
which
remain outstanding as of the date hereof and are evidenced by the Notes,
shall
constitute Obligations owing under this Agreement and the Credit
Agreements. This Agreement is not given in substitution for each
Credit Agreement, and is not payment of any amounts due by any Borrower
under
any Credit Agreement, and is in no way intended to constitute a novation
of any
Credit Agreement or Commercial Loan.
17. Use
of Cash
Collateral. Prior to the Forbearance Date, absent a
Forbearance Default under this Agreement, Lender will permit a portion
of
Collections, in such amounts as determined by Lender in its good faith
discretion from time to time, to be used by Guarantor and the Borrowers
for
Approved Expenses necessary to continue the operations of the same and
in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Lender shall have no
obligation to advance any sums pursuant to this Agreement at any time when
a set
of facts or circumstances exist, which, by themselves, upon the giving
of
notice, the lapse of time, or any one or more of the foregoing would constitute
a Forbearance Default.
18. Sale
of
Collateral. Upon the earlier of (i) the Forbearance Date or
(ii) the occurrence of a Forbearance Default under this Agreement, Lender
shall
have the right to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any Collateral in
accordance with the terms of any Loan Document, and applicable
law. Each Borrower and Guarantor hereby consents and agrees to such
sale, lease or other disposition of any Collateral by Lender. Each
Borrower and Guarantor hereby waives, renounces and forever relinquishes
all
rights to notice prior to disposition of any Collateral required by any
Loan
Document, and all rights that may be waived under Article 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code, as enacted in any applicable state (and similar provisions
of
any applicable law of any other jurisdiction), whether such rights may
be waived
before or after default, including without limitation, those rights with
respect
to the compulsory disposition of collateral, the redemption of collateral,
and
the right to notice of any disposition of any Collateral. Each
Borrower and Guarantor further waives and forever relinquishes any and
every
right of redemption, including any statutory right of redemption, any equitable
right of redemption, and any other right of redemption that may
exist. This paragraph and the irrevocable waivers contained herein
shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
19. Terms
and Conditions.
Other than as expressly modified herein, all of the terms, conditions and
covenants of the Credit Agreements and the other Loan Documents shall remain
in
full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects,
and
this Agreement shall not constitute a novation.
20. Effect
on the Loan
Documents; Controlling Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of
this Agreement, each reference in such Credit Agreement,” “Agreement,” the
prefix “herein,” “hereof,” or words of similar import, and each reference in the
Loan Documents, shall mean and be a reference to a Credit Agreement as
amended
or supplemented hereby. Except to the extent
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amended
or modified hereby, all of the representations, warranties, terms, covenants
and
conditions of the Credit Agreements and the other Loan Documents shall
remain as
written originally and in full force and effect in accordance with their
respective terms and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects,
and
nothing herein shall affect, modify, limit or impair any of the rights
and
powers which Lender may have hereunder or thereunder; provided that,
to the
extent the terms of any Credit Agreement or any Loan Document are inconsistent
with the terms of this Agreement or any Loan Documents executed in connection
herewith, the terms of this Agreement or such Loan Document executed in
connection herewith shall control. The amendments and supplements set
forth herein shall be limited precisely as provided for herein, and shall
not be
deemed to be a waiver of, amendment of, consent to or modification of any
right
of Lender under, or of any other term or provisions of any Credit Agreement
or
any other Loan Document, or of any term or provision of any other instrument
referred to therein or herein or of any transaction or future action on
the part
of Guarantor or any Borrower which would require the consent of
Bank.
21. Headings. Section
headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference
only
and will not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other
purpose.
22. Default. A
“Forbearance
Default” shall exist under this Agreement if any one or more of the
following events shall have occurred, and with respect to any event, other
than
an event described in clause (j) or (k) below, Lender shall have provided
notice
to Tribeca of the same:
(a) the
occurrence of (i) a failure, breach or default under Section 3, 5, 10,
11, or 12
of this Agreement, or (ii) an Event of Default (other than an Acknowledged
Default) shall occur and be continuing under the Tribeca Master Agreement;
or
(b) any
breach or default of any term, condition or covenant set forth in, or any
event
of default (other than an Acknowledged Default) under any Loan Document
not
referred to in clause (a) above now or hereafter executed and delivered
by any
Borrower or Guarantor to Lender shall occur after the date hereof and such
failure to observe or perform shall continue unremedied for a period of
five (5)
days; or
(c) any
breach or default in performance by Guarantor of any of the agreements,
payments, terms, conditions, covenants, warranties or representations set
forth
in this Agreement or the FCMC Guaranty; or
(d) the
occurrence of a “Forbearance Default” as defined under the Franklin Forbearance
Agreement.
(e) any
Borrower shall fail to make a payment of any principal of or interest on
any
Advance or the Guarantor shall fail to make a payment of any amount required
to
be paid by it under the FCMC Guaranty, in each case prior to the close
of
business on the date on which such payment is due (whether at stated maturity,
upon acceleration or at mandatory prepayment or otherwise); or
(f) any
representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made in this Agreement
or in any other Loan Document by the Guarantor or any Borrower or
any
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certificate
furnished to Lender pursuant to the provisions hereof or thereof, shall
prove to
have been false or misleading in any material respect as of the time made
or
furnished; or
(g) [Reserved].
(h) a
final judgment or judgments for the payment of money in excess of, with
respect
to Guarantor or any Borrower, $1,000,000 in the aggregate (to the extent
that it
is, in the determination of Lender, uninsured and provided that any insurance
or
other credit posted in connection with an appeal shall not be deemed insurance
for these purposes) shall be rendered against Guarantor or such Borrower
by one
or more courts, administrative tribunals or other bodies having jurisdiction
over them and the same shall not be discharged (or provision shall not
be made
for such discharge) or bonded, or a stay of execution thereof shall not
be
procured, within 30 days from the date of entry thereof and such Borrower
or the
Guarantor shall not, within said period of 30 days, or such longer period
during
which execution of the same shall have been stayed or bonded, appeal therefrom
and cause the execution thereof to be stayed during such appeal; or
(i) any
Borrower or the Guarantor shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts
as such debts become due; or
(j) any
Borrower or the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall
(i)
apply for or consent to the appointment of, or the taking of possession
by, a
receiver, custodian, trustee, examiner or liquidator of itself or of all
or a
substantial part of its property, (ii) make a general assignment for the
benefit
of its creditors, (iii) commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy
Code,
(iv) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any other law relating
to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution, arrangement
or
winding-up, or composition or readjustment of debts, (v) fail to controvert
in a
timely and appropriate manner, or acquiesce in writing to, any petition
filed
against it in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or (vi) take
any
corporate or other action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
or
(k) a
proceeding or case shall be commenced, without the application or consent
of any
Borrower or the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries, in any
court
of competent jurisdiction, seeking (i) its reorganization, liquidation,
dissolution, arrangement or winding-up, or the composition or readjustment
of
its debts, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, custodian, trustee, examiner,
liquidator or the like of Guarantor, any Borrower or any such Subsidiary
or of
all or any substantial part of its property, or (iii) similar relief in
respect
of any Borrower, the Guarantor or any such Subsidiary under any law relating
to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up, or composition or adjustment
of debts, and such proceeding or case shall continue undismissed, or an
order,
judgment or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be
entered
and continue unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 or more days; or
an
order for relief against any Borrower, the Guarantor or any such Subsidiary
shall be entered in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code;
or
(l) this
Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document shall for whatever reason
(including an event of default thereunder) be terminated or any Lien on
the
Collateral created by any Loan Document or Guarantor’s or any Borrower’s
obligations
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under
this Agreement or the Guarantor’s obligations under the FCMC Guaranty shall
cease to be in full force and effect, or the enforceability thereof shall
be
contested by any Borrower or Guarantor; or
(m) any
Change of Control of any Borrower or the Guarantor shall have occurred;
or
(n) any
Borrower or the Guarantor shall grant, or suffer to exist, any Lien on
any
Collateral except the Liens contemplated by this Agreement; or the Liens
contemplated hereby shall cease to be first priority perfected and enforceable
Liens on the Collateral in favor of Lender or shall be Liens in favor of
any
Person other than Lender; or
(o) any
Borrower, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of such entity shall
default under, or fail to perform as required under, or shall otherwise
breach
the terms of any material instrument, agreement or contract between such
Borrower, the Guarantor or such other entity, on the one hand, and Lender
or any
of Lender’s or any Lender’s Affiliates on the other, whether or not such default
results in the acceleration or prepayment of any Indebtedness thereunder;
or any
Borrower, the Guarantor or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Person shall
default under, or fail to perform in any material respect as requested
under,
the terms of any repurchase agreement, credit and security agreement or
similar
credit facility or agreement which provides for borrowed funds in an amount
in
excess of $1,000,000 which default or failure permits the acceleration
or
prepayment of any such Indebtedness thereunder; or
(p)
any Material Adverse Effect occurs with respect to any Borrower, the Guarantor
or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or the Collateral,
in
each case as determined by Lender in its good faith discretion, or the
existence
of any other condition that, in Lender’s good faith discretion, constitutes a
material impairment of the ability of Guarantor or any Borrower’s ability to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, any Note or any other Loan
Document or the Guarantor’s ability to perform its obligations under the FCMC
Guaranty.
23. Remedies.
(a) Upon
the occurrence of one or more Forbearance Defaults other than those referred
to
in Section 22(j) or (k), Lender may (i) immediately declare the principal
amount
of all Advances then outstanding to be immediately due and payable, together
with all interest accrued thereon and all other amounts due under this
Agreement, the Notes and any other Loan Document; provided, that
upon
the occurrence of a Forbearance Default referred to in Sections 22(j) or
(k),
such amounts shall immediately and automatically become due and payable
without
any further action by any Person, (ii) exercise, in
addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it in this Agreement,
the
rights and remedies provided for under the Security Agreement or any Credit
Agreement, and (iii) exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies
granted to it in this Agreement, the rights and remedies provided for under
applicable law or equity. Upon such declaration or such automatic
acceleration, the unpaid balance of all Advances then outstanding and all
other
amounts due under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall become
immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other
formalities of
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any
kind,
all of which are hereby expressly waived by Guarantor and each Borrower,
and
Lender may thereupon exercise any rights and remedies, hereunder and under
the
other Loan Documents including, but not limited to, the transfer of servicing
or
the liquidation of the Collateral on a servicing released basis. To
the extent permitted by applicable law, Guarantor and each Borrower waive all
claims, damages and demands it may acquire against Lender arising out of
the
exercise by Lender of any of its rights hereunder or under any other Loan
Documents, other than those claims, damages and demands arising from the
gross
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of Lender. Upon the occurrence
of
one or more Forbearance Defaults, Lender shall have the right to obtain
physical
possession of the servicing records and all other files of Guarantor or
the
Borrowers relating to the Collateral and all documents relating to the
Collateral which are then or may thereafter come in to the possession of
any
Borrower, the Guarantor, any servicer, or any third party acting for any
Borrower, the Guarantor or any servicer, and each Borrower, the Guarantor
and
each servicer shall deliver to Lender such assignments and other documents
as
Lender shall request. Lender shall be entitled to specific
performance of all agreements of Guarantor, each Borrower and each servicer
contained in this Agreement and any other Loan Document.
(b) If
a Forbearance Default shall occur and be continuing, Lender may, at its
option,
enter into one or more Interest Rate Hedge Agreements covering all or a
portion
of the Mortgage Loans pledged under any Loan Document, and Guarantor and
the
Borrowers shall be responsible for all damages, judgments, costs and expenses
(including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) of
any kind which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against Lender
relating to or arising out of such Interest Rate Hedge Agreements, including
without limitation any losses resulting from such Interest Rate Hedge
Agreements.
(d) Any
money or property collected or otherwise received by Lender in connection
with
the exercise of its rights and remedies under this Agreement (including,
without
limitation, any money or property received in respect of a liquidation
of any
Collateral) shall be applied by Lender in the order of priority set forth
in
Section 5(d).
24. Waiver
and Release of All
Claims and Defenses; Communications.
(a) Guarantor
and each Borrower, for itself and its respective successors and assigns,
agents,
employees, officers and directors, hereby forever waive, relinquish, discharge
and release all defenses and Claims of every kind or nature, whether existing
by
virtue of state, federal, or local law, by agreement or otherwise, against
(i)
Lender, its successors, assigns, directors, officers, shareholders, agents,
employees and attorneys, and (ii) all participants in any Commercial Loans
or
Advances, such participants’ successors, assigns, directors, officers,
shareholders, agents, employees and attorneys, (iii) any obligation evidenced
by
any Credit Agreement, any promissory note, instrument or other Loan Document
in
connection therewith, and (iv) any Collateral, in each instance, which
Guarantor
or any Borrower, may have or may have made at any time up through and including
the date of this Agreement, including without limitation, any affirmative
defenses, counterclaims, setoffs, deductions or recoupments, by Guarantor
or any
Borrower. “Claims”
means
all
debts, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, dues, sums of money,
accounts,
bonds, warranties, covenants, contracts, controversies, promises,
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agreements
or obligations of any kind, type or description, and any other claim or
demand
of any nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued,
disputed or undisputed, liquidated of contingent, in contract, tort, at
law or
in equity, which Guarantor, each Borrower or any or them ever had, claimed
to
have, now has, or shall or may have. The term Claims also includes
all causes of action, liabilities and rights arising under or by virtue
of any
Credit Agreement, promissory note or other document or any transaction
entered
into in connection therewith. Nothing contained in this Agreement
prevents enforcement of this waiver and release.
(b) Each
party to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees that one purpose of this
Agreement is to facilitate the resolution of the Acknowledged Defaults
and that,
consistent with such purpose, no part of any oral or written communications
between or among any Borrower, Guarantor or Lender regarding the transactions
contemplated in this Agreement, exclusive of this written Agreement itself
(collectively, “Communications”),
shall be utilized or deemed to be admissible as evidence in any litigation
involving any party to this Agreement. Communications shall be deemed
to constitute “compromise negotiations,” and not to constitute evidence that is
“discoverable,” as those phrases are used in the Federal Rules of Evidence and
any applicable state rules of evidence, and no Communications shall be
deemed to
constitute evidence that is otherwise admissible for any other
purpose.
(c) The
release and communication provisions provided by paragraphs (a) and (b)
of this
Section, shall survive and continue in full force and effect notwithstanding
the
occurrence of a Forbearance Default under the terms of this Agreement or
the
termination of this Agreement.
25. Setoff. In
addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law or
this
Agreement and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence
of any Forbearance Default, each of Lender and any participant in any Advance
is
hereby authorized by each Borrower and Guarantor, or any of them, at any
time or
from time to time, without notice to any Borrower, Guarantor, or any other
person or entity, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to setoff,
appropriate and apply against any Obligation owing to Lender or such participant
from any Borrower or Guarantor, in such order as Lender in its sole discretion
shall determine, any and all deposits (general or special, including, but
not
limited to, indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether
matured
or unmatured, but not including trust accounts), and any other Indebtedness
at
any time owing by Lender or any such participant to any Borrower or Guarantor,
including, but not limited to, all claims of any nature or description
arising
out of or connected with any Credit Agreement, any Loan Document or this
Agreement, regardless of whether or not Lender or such participant shall
have
made any demand under any such document or otherwise.
26. Indemnification. In
addition to any other obligations of indemnification, each Borrower and
Guarantor hereby jointly and severally assumes responsibility and liability
for,
and hereby holds harmless and indemnifies Lender, its successors, assigns,
directors, officers, shareholders, agents, employees and attorneys, any
participants in any Commercial Loan or Advance, such participants’ successors,
assigns, directors, officers, shareholders, agents, employees and attorneys
(each an “Indemnified
Party”) from and against, any and all, by way of example but without
limitation, liabilities, demands, obligations, injuries, costs, damages
(direct,
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indirect
or consequential), awards, loss of interest, principal or any portion of
the
Obligations, charges, expenses, payments of money and reasonable attorneys’
fees, incurred or suffered, directly or indirectly, by an Indemnified Party
or
asserted against an Indemnified Party, by any person or entity whatsoever,
including any Borrower and Guarantor or any of them, arising out of this
Agreement, or any document executed in connection herewith, or the exercise
of
any right or remedy, including the realization, disposition or sale of
any
Collateral, or any portion thereof, or the exercise of any right in connection
therewith, or any actions taken by an indemnified party in connection with
this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, for which
an
Indemnified Party may be liable, for any reason whatsoever except for such
an
Indemnified Party’s own acts of gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The indemnification provisions provided by this Section
shall survive and continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the
occurrence of a Forbearance Default under the terms of this Agreement or
the
termination of this Agreement.
27. Consent
to Relief from
Automatic Stay. Each Borrower and Guarantor hereby agrees that
if any such party, individually or jointly, shall (i) file with any bankruptcy
court of competent jurisdiction or be the subject of any petition under
Title 11
of the United States Code, as amended, (ii) be the subject of any order
for
relief issued under such Title 11 of the U.S. Code, as amended, (iii) file
or be
the subject of any petition seeking any reorganization, arrangement,
composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief
under any
present or future federal or state act or law relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, or other relief for debtors, (iv) seek consent to or acquiesce
in
the appointment of any trustee, receiver, conservator, or liquidator, (v)
be the
subject of any order, judgment or decree entered by any court of competent
jurisdiction approving a petition filed against any Borrower or Guarantor
for
any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation,
dissolution, or similar relief under any present or future federal or state
act
or law relating to bankruptcy and insolvency, or relief for debtors, Lender
shall thereupon be entitled to relief from any automatic stay imposed by
Section
362 of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or from any other
stay or
suspension of remedies imposed in any other manner with respect to the
exercise
of the rights and remedies otherwise available to Lender under the terms
of this
Agreement and the Notes and the Loan Documents. Each Borrower agrees
that upon the occurrence of a Forbearance Default hereunder Lender shall
be
entitled to appointment of a receiver for any Collateral.
28. Notice. All
notices or demands hereunder to parties hereto shall be sufficient if made
in
writing and sent and confirmed by facsimile, or if sent by prepaid overnight
courier addressed as applicable to Lender or Guarantor for itself and each
Borrower at the address set forth below such party’s signature line to this
Agreement, and such delivery will be deemed complete on the next business
day. Notice to Guarantor shall be deemed notice to each Borrower as
well.
29. Amendments. This
Agreement may not be amended or modified except in a writing signed by
Lender,
Guarantor and each Borrower.
30. Successors
and
Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure
to the benefit of each Borrower, Guarantor and Lender and their respective
successors, and assigns; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not
authorize any assignment by any Borrower or Guarantor of its rights or
duties
hereunder. Lender does not undertake to give or to do or refrain from
doing anything directly to or for the benefit of any person other than
a
Borrower and, with
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respect
to any Borrower, other than as described herein. Although third
parties may incidentally benefit from this Agreement, there are no intended
beneficiaries other than each Borrower, Guarantor and Lender.
31. Indulgence;
Modifications. No delay or failure of Lender to exercise any
right, power or privilege hereunder shall affect such right, power or privilege
nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any further exercise
thereof, nor the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The
rights of Lender hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any
rights or
remedies which Lender would otherwise have except as modified
herein. No amendment, modification, supplement, termination, consent
or waiver of or to any provision of this Agreement, the Credit Agreements
or the
Loan Documents, nor any consent to any departure therefrom, shall in any
event
be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by or on behalf
of
Lender.
32. Waivers
Voluntary. The releases and waivers contained in this
Agreement are freely, knowingly and voluntarily given by each party, without
any
duress or coercion, after each party has had opportunity to consult with
its
counsel and has carefully and completely read all of the terms and provisions
of
this Agreement.
33. Governing
Law and
Venue. This Agreement is made in the State of Ohio and the
validity of this Agreement, any documents incorporated herein or executed
in
connection herewith, and (notwithstanding anything to the contrary therein)
the
Credit Agreements and other Loan Documents, and the construction, interpretation
and enforcement thereof, and the rights of the parties thereto shall be
determined under, governed by, and construed in accordance with the internal
laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to principles of conflicts of
law. The parties agree that all actions or proceedings arising in
connection with this Agreement, any documents incorporated herein or executed
in
connection herewith, the Credit Agreements, and the other Loan Documents
shall
be tried and litigated only in the Federal District Court for the Southern
District of Ohio or the state courts of Franklin County, Ohio. The
parties hereto waive any right each may have to assert the doctrine of
forumnonconveniens
or to
object to venue to the extent any proceeding is brought in accordance with
this
Section. Service of process, sufficient for personal jurisdiction in
any action against any Borrower or Guarantor, may be made by registered
or
certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address set forth below
such
party’s signature to this Agreement.
34. Execution
in
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of
which
counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an
original
and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one
and the
same agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto.
35. Severability. Should
any part, term or provision of this Agreement be by the courts decided
to be
illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with any law of the state of Ohio,
federal
law or any other applicable law, the validity and enforceability of the
remaining portions or provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected
thereby.
36. Construction;
Conflict. This Agreement shall be deemed to be drafted by all
parties hereto and shall be construed without regard to any presumption
or rule
requiring that it be
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construed
against the party initiating the drafting hereof. In the event of any
conflict or discrepancy between the terms of this Agreement and any of
the other
Loan Documents, the terms of this Agreement shall supersede any such conflicting
provision. In addition, from and after the date of this Agreement,
all affirmative, negative and reporting covenants contained in the Tribeca
Warehousing Agreement shall be superseded by the covenants in this
Agreement.
37. WAIVER
OF A JURY
TRIAL. LENDER, EACH BORROWER AND GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGE AND
AGREE THAT THERE MAY BE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE OR LAWSUIT ARISING BETWEEN OR AMONG THEM, BUT THAT
SUCH
RIGHT MAY BE WAIVED. ACCORDINGLY, EACH PARTY, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE
CONSIDERATION EXCHANGED IN THIS AGREEMENT, AGREES THAT NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, IN THIS COMMERCIAL MATTER EACH PARTY BELIEVES AND
AGREES
THAT IT SHALL BE IN ITS BEST INTEREST TO WAIVE SUCH RIGHT, AND, ACCORDINGLY,
HEREBY WAIVES SUCH RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL, AND FURTHER AGREES THAT THE BEST
FORUM
FOR HEARING ANY CLAIM, DISPUTE OR LAWSUIT, IF ANY, ARISING IN CONNECTION
WITH
THIS AGREEMENT, THE CREDIT AGREEMENTS, ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP
AMONG LENDER, EACH BORROWER AND GUARANTOR SHALL BE A COURT OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.
38. Integration. This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents are intended by the parties as the
final
expression of their agreement and therefor incorporate all negotiations
of the
parties hereto and are the entire agreement of the parties
hereto. Each Borrower and Guarantor each acknowledges that it is
relying on no written or oral agreement, representation, inducement, warranty,
or understanding of any kind made by Lender or any employee or agent of
Lender,
except for the agreements by Lender set forth herein or in the other Loan
Documents.
39. Reversal
of
Payments. If Lender receives any payments or proceeds of the
any Collateral which are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent
or
preferential, set aside or required to be paid to a trustee,
debtor-in-possession, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy
law,
common law, equitable cause or otherwise, then, to such extent, the obligations
or part thereof intended to be satisfied by such payments or proceeds shall
be
reserved and continue as if such payments or proceeds had not been received
by
Lender.
40. Expenses. Each
Borrower and Guarantor shall reimburse Lender and any participant in any
Commercial Loan or Advance promptly upon demand for all costs and expenses,
including without limitation, expenses of appraisers and other advisors
with
respect to any Collateral or the business of any Borrower, reasonable attorneys’
fees and expenses (including the fees of Lender’s inside counsel), expended or
incurred by Lender in any arbitration, judicial reference, legal action
or
otherwise in connection with (i) the negotiation, preparation, amendment
and
enforcement of this Agreement and any Loan Document, including without
limitation, during any workout, attempted workout, and/or in connection
with the
rendering of legal advice as to Lender’s rights, remedies and obligations under
this Agreement or any Loan Document, whether or not any form of legal proceeding
has commenced, (ii) collecting any sum which becomes due Lender under this
Agreement or any Loan Document, (iii) any proceeding for declaratory relief,
any
counterclaim to any proceeding, or any appeal, (iv) the protection, preservation
or enforcement of any rights or remedies of Lender, any Collateral, whether
or
not any form of legal
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proceedings
is commenced, or (v) any action necessary to defend, protect, assert, or
preserve any of Lender’s rights or remedies as a result of or related to any
case or proceeding under Chapter 11 of the United States Code, as amended,
or
any similar law of any jurisdiction. All of such costs and expenses
shall bear interest from the time of demand at the highest rate then in
effect
under this Agreement.
41. Patriot
Act
Notice. Lender hereby notifies each Borrower that pursuant to
the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub.L. 10756, signed
into
law October 26, 2001) (the “Act”), it
is required
to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Borrower,
which
information includes the name and address of each Borrower and other information
that will allow Lender to identify any Borrower in accordance with the
Act.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Lender, each
Borrower and Guarantor has executed this Agreement as of the date set forth
above.
EACH
BORROWER LISTED ON
SCHEDULE
1 ATTACHED
HERETO:
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Jardin
Name:
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Jardin
Title:
as
Chief Executive Officer of, and on
behalf
of, each Borrower listed on Schedule
1
attached
hereto.
Address
for Notices:
000
Xxxxxx Xx., 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, X.X. 00000
Fax:
000-000-0000
Attention: General
Counsel
With
a
copy to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Fax:
000-000-0000
Attention: J.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
FRANKLIN
CREDIT
MANAGEMENT
CORPORATION
By: /s/
Xxxxxx X.
Xxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:
President
Address
for Notices
:
Same
as
above
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TRIBECA
LENDING
CORP.
By: /s/
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Jardin
Name:
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Jardin
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
Address
for
Notices
Same
as
above
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THE
HUNTINGTON NATIONAL
BANK
By:
/s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxx
Name: Xxxx
X. Xxxxx
Title: Senior
Vice President
Address
for
Notices:
The Huntington National Bank
00
Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxx 00000
Attn:
Special
Assets
Fax: (000)
000-0000
With
a copy to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx
LLP
00
Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Fax: (000)
000-0000
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