ADMINISTRATION AND ADVISORY
AGREEMENT
AMONG
LEX-WIN CONCORD
LLC,
WRP MANAGEMENT LLC
AND
WRP SUB-MANAGEMENT
LLC
Dated as of August 2,
2008
ADMINISTRATION AND ADVISORY
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT , made as of August 2, 2008, among LEX-WIN
CONCORD LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
(“Lex-Win”), WRP MANAGEMENT LLC , a Delaware
limited liability company (“Management”),
and WRP SUB- MANAGEMENT LLC , a Delaware limited liability
company (the “Administrative
Manager”)
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Lex-Win is the managing member of Concord Debt
Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company an
entity which is in the business of originating and acquiring for
their own account whole loans, subordinate interests in whole
loans, mezzanine loans and other fixed income real estate
investments;
WHEREAS, Management is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Lex-Win and pursuant to that certain Collateral Management
Agreement between Concord Real Estate CDO 2006-1, Ltd. (“CDO
2006-1”) and Management (the “Collateral Management
Agreement”), Management has been retained as the collateral
manager for CDO 2006-1;
WHEREAS, Lex-Win and Management desire to retain the
Administrative Manager for the purpose of providing day-to-day
management, collateral management and administrative services to
Lex-Win and Management as described herein on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and of the
mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms
have the meanings set forth below.
“Administrative Manager” – WRP
Sub-Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
“Cause” –
means: (i) the Administrative Manager’s continuous
and intentional failure to perform its duties under this Agreement
after written notice from Lex-Win or Management to the
Administrative Manager of such non-performance; (ii) the
Administrative Manager commits any act of gross negligence in the
performance of its duties under this Agreement; (iii) the
Administrative Manager commits any act of fraud, misappropriation
of funds, or embezzlement against the Company; (iv) the
Administrative Manager commits any other willful and intentional
misconduct which is materially injurious to Lex-Win or Management,
monetarily or otherwise; or (v) the Administrative Manager defaults
in the performance or observance of any material term, condition or
covenant contained in this Agreement to be performed or observed on
its part, and such default continues for a period of twenty
(20) days after written notice thereof from Lex-Win or
Management specifying such default and requesting that the same be
remedied within such twenty (20) day period; provided,
however, the Administrative Manager shall have an additional sixty
(60) days to cure such default if (A) such default cannot
reasonably be cured within twenty (20) days but can be cured
within eighty (80) days, and (B) the Administrative
Manager shall have commenced to cure such default within the
initial twenty (20) day period and thereafter diligently
proceeds to cure the same within eighty (80) days of the date
of the original notice of the default.
“Code” - Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
“Company” – means
collectively, Lex-Win, Management and their respective direct and
indirect subsidiaries including, without limitation, Concord and
its subsidiaries.
“Concord” – means Concord Debt
Holdings LLC and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries and
other entities for which it directly or indirectly serves as the
controlling entity.
“Concord
Operating Agreement” – means that certain Second
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Concord
Debt Holdings LLC, dated August 2, 2008, as the same may be amended
or supplemented from time to time.
"Control" -
means the direct or indirect ownership of at least 51% of the
beneficial equity interests and voting power of an
entity.
“Exchange Act” - Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
“GAAP” – means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as
of the date applicable.
“Lex-Win
Operating Agreement” – means that certain Limited
Liability Company Agreement of Lex-Win, dated August 2, 2008, as
the same may be amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“Loan Asset” - means a loan or
participations therein (whether mortgage or mezzanine loans),
preferred equity in entities holding, directly or indirectly, real
property, mortgage backed securities or other assets acquired
directly or indirectly by Lex-Win or Concord for which the
Administrative Manager provides acquisition services to a Person
other than the equity holders of Concord or their
affiliates.
“Person” - any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
estate, trust, unincorporated association, any federal, state,
county or municipal government or any bureau, department or agency
thereof and any fiduciary acting in such capacity on behalf of any
of the foregoing.
“Securitized Entities” – means
collateralized debt obligations, collateralized mortgage backed
securities and similar securitized entities established by
Concord.
“SOX” - The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
ARTICLE II
RETENTION OF
ADVISOR
Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth, Lex-Win and Management hereby retain the Administrative
Manager as its exclusive agent to manage, operate and administer
the assets, liabilities and business of Lex-Win and Management and
the Administrative Manager hereby agrees to perform each of the
duties set forth herein in accordance with the provision of this
Agreement. By its execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Administrative Manager represents and warrants that
(i) it is duly organized, validly existing, in good standing under
the laws of the state of Delaware and has all requisite power and
authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this
Agreement, (ii) the person signing this Agreement for the
Administrative Manager is duly authorized to execute this Agreement
on the Administrative Manager’s behalf, (iii) the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Administrative
Manager and the performance by the Administrative Manager of its
obligations hereunder do not violate any provisions of the
Administrative Manager’s constituent documents, constitute a
breach or default by the Administrative Manager under any material
agreement to which the Administrative Manager is a party or cause
the Administrative Manager to violate any Federal or New York law,
regulation or rule applicable to the Administrative
Manager.
ARTICLE III
RESPONSIBILITIES OF
ADVISOR
3.1 General
Responsibility . Subject to the supervision of
Lex-Win and Management, the terms of the Collateral Management
Agreement and the Concord Operating Agreement and the limitations
on the Administrative Manager’s authority set forth in the
Lex-Win Operating Agreement, the Administrative Manager
shall:
(i) have the authority to take all such actions
on behalf of Lex-Win as has been granted pursuant to Section 3.4 of
the Lex-Win Operating Agreement,
(ii) provide all services, perform all duties
and take all other actions as may be required for Management to
comply with the terms of the Collateral Management
Agreement;
(iii) provide executive and administrative
personnel, office space and office services required in rendering
services to Lex-Win and Management; and
(iv) take all such other action as may be
delegated to it by Lex-Win consistent with the
foregoing.
3.2
Authority . The Administrative Manager shall
have full discretion and authority pursuant to this Agreement to
perform the duties and services specified in Section 3.1 hereof in
such manner as the Administrative Manager reasonably considers
appropriate subject to the terms and restrictions contained in the
Lex-Win Operating Agreement. The Administrative Manager
may execute, in the name and on behalf of Lex-Win all such
documents and take all such other actions which the Administrative
Manager reasonably considers necessary or advisable to carry out
its duties hereunder.
3.3
[intentionally omitted]
3.4
Reporting Requirements . The Administrative Manager shall
prepare and deliver to Lex-Win all reports as may be required by
the terms of the Lex-Win Operating Agreement or the Concord
Operating Agreement. As frequently as the Administrative
Manager may deem necessary or advisable, or at the direction of
Lex-Win, the Administrative Manager shall prepare, or cause to be
prepared, with respect to any investment (i) reports and
information on the Company’s operations and asset performance
and (ii) other information reasonably requested by
Lex-Win.
3.5 Devotion
of Time; Exclusivity . The Administrative Manager will
provide a management team to deliver the administration and
advisory services to Lex-Win and Management hereunder, with the
members of such management team devoting such of their time to such
services as the Administrative Manager deems reasonably necessary
and appropriate for the proper performance of all of the
Administrative Manager’s duties hereunder, commensurate with
the level of activity of the Company from time to
time. Lex-Win and Management shall have the benefit of
the Administrative Manager’s reasonable judgment and effort
in rendering services and, in furtherance of the foregoing, the
Administrative Manager shall not undertake activities which, in its
reasonable judgment, will substantially adversely affect the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement.
3.6 Bank
Accounts . At the direction of Lex-Win or
Management, the Administrative Manager may establish and maintain
as an agent on behalf of Lex-Win, Management or Concord, as the
case may be, one or more bank accounts in the name of such entity
(any such account, a “Company Account”), collect and
deposit funds into any such Company Account and disburse funds from
any such Company Account, under such terms and conditions as
Lex-Win or Management may approve. The Administrative Manager shall
from time-to-time render appropriate accountings of such
collections and payments to Lex-Win and Management and, upon
request, its auditors.
3.7 Book and
Records; Confidentiality .
(i) Records . The Administrative Manager
shall maintain appropriate books of account, records data and files
(including without limitation, computerized material)
(collectively, “Records”) relating to the Company and
the investments generated or obtained by the Administrative Manager
in performing its obligations under this Agreement, and such
Records shall be accessible for inspection by representatives of
Lex-Win at any time during normal business hours. The
Administrative Manager shall have full responsibility for the
maintenance, care and safekeeping of all Records.
(ii) Confidentiality The Administrative
Manager shall keep confidential any nonpublic information obtained
in connection with the services rendered under this Agreement and
shall not disclose any such information (or use the same except in
furtherance of its duties under this Agreement), except with (i)
the prior written consent of Lex-Win; (ii) to legal counsel,
accountants and other professional advisors; (iii) to appraisers,
financing sources and others in the ordinary course of the
Company’s business; (iv) to governmental officials having
jurisdiction over the Company; (v) in connection with any
governmental or regulatory filings of the Company or disclosure or
presentations to Company investors; or (vi) as required by law or
legal process to which the Administrative Manager or any Person to
whom disclosure is permitted hereunder is a party. The foregoing
shall not apply to information which has previously become
available through the actions of a Person other than the
Administrative Manager not resulting from Administrative
Manager’s violation of this Section 3.7(b). The provisions of
this Section 3.7(b) shall survive the expiration or earlier
termination of this Agreement for a period of one year.
3.8
Obligations of Administrative Manager; Restrictions
.
(i) Internal Control . The Administrative
Manager shall (i) establish and maintain (and require property
managers and other contractors to establish and maintain) a system
of internal accounting and financial controls (including, without
limitation, internal controls to safeguard records and to permit
the Company and/or its equity holders to comply with the Exchange
Act and SOX designed to provide reasonable assurance of the
reliability of financial reporting, the effectiveness and
efficiency of operations and compliance with applicable laws, (ii)
maintain records for each Company investment on a GAAP basis, (iii)
develop accounting entries and reports required by the Company to
meet its reporting requirements under applicable laws, (iv) consult
with Lex-Win with respect to proposed or new accounting/reporting
rules identified by the Administrative Manager or Lex-Win and (v)
prepare quarterly and annual financial statements as provided in
the Lex-Win Operating Agreement and Concord Operating Agreement and
general ledger journal entries and other information necessary for
the Company’s compliance with applicable laws, including the
Exchange Act, Regulation S-X and SOX, in accordance with GAAP and
cooperate with the Company’s and/or its equity holders
independent accounting firm in connection with the auditing or
rev