FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRIBECA FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT
AND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENTS
THIS FIRST AMENDED
AND RESTATED TRIBECA FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT
AGREEMENTS (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into
as of the 19 th day of December 2008, (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 a Guarantor
and as servicer (“ FCMC ”), FRANKLIN CREDIT
HOLDING CORPORATION (“Holding”), a Delaware
corporation, in its capacity as a Guarantor, and THE HUNTINGTON
NATIONAL BANK (“ Huntington ” or “
Lender ”).
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, as of the
date hereof, Tribeca, certain of the other Borrowers and FCMC are
in default of the following provisions of the Credit Agreements as
applicable:
A. Tribeca
Master Agreement:
(i) certain
Borrowers have failed to pay at the respective maturity dates set
forth in the column designated as “Maturity Date” on
Schedule 2 to the Existing Forbearance Agreement certain of
the Commercial Loans;
(ii) Tribeca
and its Subsidiaries have failed to maintain the minimum net worth
requirements set forth in the Credit Agreements;
(iii) by not
maintaining the required minimum net worth, Tribeca has breached a
covenant to comply with laws, rules and regulations, including
minimum net worth requirements under certain governmental licenses
to hold and service mortgage loans; and
(iv) Tribeca
and its Subsidiaries (A) have failed to maintain the minimum
consolidated pretax net income set forth in the Credit Agreements,
(B) have sustained a loss in more than three consecutive
quarters and (C) have permitted total indebtedness, less
indebtedness due to affiliates, to exceed 95% of total
assets;
(the defaults
set forth in clauses (A)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) 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 Tribeca
Warehousing Agreement;
(ii) certain of the Borrowers may be in
default of various other provisions of the Tribeca Warehousing
Agreement; and
(iii) by
not maintaining the required minimum net worth, Tribeca has
breached a covenant to comply with laws, rules and regulations,
including minimum net worth requirements under certain governmental
licenses to hold and service mortgage loans;
(the defaults
set forth in clauses (B) (i), (ii) and (iii) above shall
be referred to as the “ Tribeca Warehousing Acknowledged
Defaults ”, and together with the Tribeca Master
Acknowledged Defaults, the “ Acknowledged Defaults
”); and
WHEREAS, FCMC, the
Borrowers, including Tribeca, and Lender are parties to that
certain Tribeca Forbearance Agreement and Amendment to Credit
Agreement dated as of December 28, 2007, as the same has been
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified prior to the
date of this Agreement (the “ Existing Tribeca Forbearance
Agreement ”), pursuant to the terms of which Lender
agreed not to exercise its rights to initiate proceedings to
foreclose or otherwise realize upon the Collateral that secures the
Obligations of Tribeca and the other Borrowers as a consequence of
the defaults acknowledged therein; and
WHEREAS, the Loan
Parties and Lender wish to continue 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 establish the
aggregate outstanding principal amounts thereof as of
December 28, 2007 and March 31, 2008 respectively into
(i) a term loan facility in the amount of Tranche A, and
(ii) a term loan facility in the amount of Tranche B, divided
into four (4) sub-tranches, (b) maintain each of Tranche
A and Tranche B as 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 (c) reaffirm all obligations,
liabilities and Liens
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on
substantially all assets of each Loan Party, including without
limitation all of the collateral which secures the Commercial
Loans; and
WHEREAS, in order
to induce Lender to enter into this Agreement, each 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, FCMC
desires to reorganize the corporate structure of itself and its
Subsidiaries (the “ Reorganization ”) in order
to (a) establish Franklin Credit Holding Corporation, a newly
formed Delaware corporation, inter alia , as a public
company, which, immediately after the filing at the Delaware
Secretary of State of a Certificate of Merger of Franklin Merger
Sub, Inc. into FCMC (the “ Certificate of Merger
”) will deliver a Guaranty to Lender and grant a security
interest to Lender in all of its assets and will become the parent
company of the following four (4) direct subsidiaries:
(1) FCMC, which will remain a Guarantor and reaffirm its grant
to Lender of security interests in all of its assets,
(2) Franklin Asset, (3) Franklin Credit Loan Servicing,
LLC, a newly formed Delaware limited liability company (“
Franklin Servicing LLC ”), which will service consumer
mortgage loans in selected states to the extent set forth in this
Agreement, and (4) Tribeca, which will remain a Borrower, own
the Capital Stock of all of its present Subsidiaries, reaffirm its
grant to Lender of security interests in all of its assets, and
continue to own all REO Properties of all the Loan Parties;
(b) establish Franklin Trust, the sole certificate holder of
which is Lender, as pledgee of Franklin Asset, and cause Franklin
Trust to guaranty all obligations of the Loan Parties to Lender and
grant security interests to Lender in all of its assets, and
(c) establish Tribeca Trust, the sole certificate holder of
which is Lender, as pledge of Tribeca, and cause Tribeca Trust to
guaranty all obligations of the Loan Parties to Lender and grant
security interests to Lender in all of its assets.
WHEREAS, in
connection with the Credit Agreements, the Commercial Loans and the
Existing Tribeca Forbearance Agreement, certain of the Borrowers
and FCMC 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, each other Guaranty,
and all other agreements executed in connection herewith or with
any of the foregoing, a “ Loan Document ” and
collectively, the “ Loan Documents ”);
and
WHEREAS, as of
December 5, 2008, Borrowers owe to Lender, without offset,
claim, recoupment or dispute, the outstanding aggregate principal
balances of the Commercial Loans pursuant to the respective
Tranches as are set forth on Schedule 3 hereto,
together with interest, fees, expenses, and other charges pursuant
to the Credit Agreements; 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, each Loan
Party has requested that Lender forbear, pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement, from the exercise of its rights under the Loan
Documents to initiate proceedings
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to foreclose or
otherwise realize upon the Collateral which secures the Obligations
of Guarantor and Borrowers as a consequence of the Acknowledged
Defaults and consent to the Reorganization, and each Loan Party
acknowledges that Lender is entitled to exercise all rights and
remedies available to Lender under the Loan Documents;
and
WHEREAS, each Loan
Party acknowledges that Lender is granting and continuing the
forbearance as provided in this Agreement in consideration and
reliance upon the promises and agreements of each Loan Party
contained in this Agreement, and each Loan Party acknowledges and
agrees that all actions taken by Lender prior to the date hereof
have been reasonable and appropriate under the
circumstances.
NOW, THEREFORE,
for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, each Loan Party acknowledges and
agrees 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 any Loan Party
or any Collateral or elect to have interest accrue under the
respective Loan Documents at the stated rate applicable after
default. Each Loan Party 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 any Loan Party any additional period of forbearance beyond
the Forbearance Date; (iii) shall not be construed 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) Each Loan
Party agrees that (i) all Obligations under the Loan Documents
are the valid and binding obligations of each Loan Party
respectively and are enforceable in accordance with the terms
thereof, except as modified by this Agreement; (ii) the
Obligations of each Borrower evidenced by each promissory note
executed in connection with any Loan Document, including without
limitation, each promissory note executed in connection with each
Commercial Loan and the Existing Tribeca Forbearance Agreement,
executed and delivered by any 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
and each Tranche as of the date set forth in Schedule 3 hereto
is set forth on Schedule 3 hereto; (iii) FCMC agrees that
all of its obligations under the FCMC Guaranty 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 (iv) the Liens and security interests granted to
Lender with respect to each Mortgage Loan and other Collateral
pledged as security for all Obligations of the Loan Parties under
the Loan Documents 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.
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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 Original 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 FCMC fails to
deliver such standards and policies, with the standards and
policies prescribed by Lender).
“
Acknowledged Defaults ” shall have the meaning
assigned to that term in the recitals of this Agreement.
“
Advance ” or “ Advances ” shall
mean one or more of the Tranche A Advances or 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.
“
Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in the Preamble of this Agreement.
“
Amendment No. 1 ” shall mean a certain Joinder
and Amendment No. 1 to the Existing Tribeca Forbearance
Agreement.
“
Amendment No. 2 ” shall mean a certain Amendment
No. 2 to the Existing Tribeca Forbearance
Agreement.
“
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:
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“
Approved Expenses ” shall mean those expenses of
Holding and its Subsidiaries as shall be approved by Lender in its
sole discretion, and which shall include the expenses of Holding
and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, including
without limitation, all fees and expenses as described in
Section 40 of this Agreement, out-of-pocket collection
advances, expenses related to the maintenance of REO Properties,
fees and expenses of custodians and trustees incurred in the
ordinary course of business relating to the Collateral, all fees
and charges in respect of Letters of Credit and banking services
provided for the account of any Loan Party 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.
“
Borrower ” and “ Borrowers ” shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Preamble of this
Agreement.
“
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.
“ Cash
Flow Available for Debt Service ” shall have the meaning
assigned to that term in Section 12(d).
“ Change
of Control ” shall mean, (a) with respect to
Holding, the replacement of a majority of the board of directors
from the directors who constituted the board of directors on the
Original Forbearance Effective Date for any reason other than death
or disability, and such replacement shall not have been approved by
such board of directors, as constituted on the Original Forbearance
Effective Date (or as changed over time with the approval of the
then existing board of directors of Holding); or (b) with
respect to Holding, 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
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meaning of
Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended) of equity securities of Holding representing more than 20%
of the combined voting power of the outstanding securities of
Holding, ordinarily having the right to vote in the election of
directors from the beneficial owners as of the Original Forbearance
Effective Date; or (c) with respect to any Loan Party other
than Holding, the failure of Holding 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 the Security Agreement, as well as in the Credit
Agreements, executed and delivered to Lender by FCMC, Tribeca and
the Borrowers and shall include without limitation all monies owing
to any Loan Party from taxing authorities, all amounts owing
pursuant to any deposit account or securities account of any Loan
Party, any commercial tort or other claim of any Loan Party,
certain real property interests of FCMC at 6 Harrison
Street—Unit 6, New York, New York, granted to Lender, and
certain real property interests of FCMC in respect to the
Proprietary Leases.
“
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 any Loan Party, or
received by 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 Loan
Party 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.
“
Commercial Loans ” shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in the recitals of this Agreement.
“
Commitments ” shall mean, collectively, the Tranche A
Commitments and the Tranche B Commitments.
“ Credit
Agreements ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in the recitals of this Agreement.
“ Debt
Service ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 12(d).
“ 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.
“
Existing Tribeca Forbearance Agreement ” shall have
the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals of this
Agreement.
“
FCMC ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in
the Preamble of this Agreement.
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“ FCMC
Guaranty ” shall mean the Guaranty dated as of the
Original Forbearance Effective Date and made by FCMC 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.
“
Forbearance Effective Date ” shall have the meaning
assigned to that term in the Preamble of this Agreement.
“
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 parties listed therein as
Borrowers, FCMC, and Lender, as amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time, including as amended and
restated by a certain First Amended and Restated Forbearance
Agreement dated as of even date herewith among FCMC, certain
parties listed therein as Borrowers, Holding, Franklin Asset and
Lender (the “ Franklin Forbearance Agreement
”).
“
Franklin Asset ” means Franklin Credit Asset
Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“
Franklin Servicing LLC ” shall have the meaning
assigned to that term in the recitals of this Agreement.
“
Franklin Trust ” shall mean FRANKLIN CREDIT TRUST
SERIES I, a Delaware statutory trust, the sole certificate holder
of which will be Lender, as pledge of Franklin Asset.
“
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 any Loan Party, any of
their Affiliates or any of their properties.
“
Guarantor ” shall mean each of Holding, FCMC, Franklin
Trust, Tribeca Trust and any other Person which has become
obligated to Lender in respect of the Obligations under any Loan
Document pursuant to the terms of a Guaranty.
“
Guaranty ” by any Guarantor means any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of a Guarantor guaranteeing or having the
economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other
obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of a Guarantor, directly
or indirectly, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply
funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other
obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the
purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to
purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose
of assuring the holder of such Indebtedness or other obligation of
the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity
capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of
such Person so as to enable such Person to pay such Indebtedness or
other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any
letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such
Indebtedness or obligation; provided , that the term
Guaranty shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit
in the ordinary course of business.
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“
Holding ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in the Preamble of this Agreement.
“
Huntington ” shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in the Preamble of this Agreement.
“
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
the Tranche A Advances or the Tranche B Advances, 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.
“
Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in the Preamble of this Agreement.
“
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
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
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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 any Loan Party 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.
“ Loan
Document ” and “ Loan Documents ”
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the recitals of
this Agreement.
“ Loan
Parties ” shall mean the Borrowers and the Guarantors
collectively, and “ Loan Party ” means any
Borrower, any Guarantor, and any other Person which has become
obligated to Lender under the terms of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document pursuant to a joinder, supplement or guaranty
agreement and other Loan Documents satisfactory to Lender in its
sole and absolute discretion.
“
Mandatory Prepayment Event ” shall mean:
(a) any sale,
transfer or other disposition of any property of any Loan Party
(other than Holding and FCMC), 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 Loan Party (other than Holding and FCMC); or
(c) the incurrence
by any Loan Party (other than Holding and FCMC) of any Indebtedness
for borrowed money other than Subordinated Indebtedness;
or
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(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 the Loan Parties, taken as a whole,
(b) the ability of any Loan Party 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
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, $3,900,000, 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, $275,000, 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 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 Loan Party 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 any Loan Party 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 Loan Party, 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
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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.
“
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 each Loan Party 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 any Loan Party and any
amount due or owing Lender pursuant to any Credit Agreement or
other Loan Document.
“
Original Forbearance Effective Date ” shall mean
December 28, 2007.
“ 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).
“ PIK
Interest ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 5(a)(ii) of the Franklin Forbearance
Agreement.
“
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
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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 any Loan Party, subject to any maximum or minimum
interest rate limitation specified by applicable law. Each Loan
Party 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 Loan Party or (ii) Huntington may
make loans to certain borrowers at interest rates that are lower
than its “Prime Commercial Rate.”
“
Proprietary Leases ” means each of that certain
(i) Proprietary Lease, dated March 12, 2008, by and
between FCMC and Wallace-Holland Owners Corp., and
(ii) Proprietary Lease, dated on or around October 15,
2007, by and between FCMC and The Sherbrooke Co-Op, Inc.
“ REO
Property ” shall mean any real property, the title to
which is held by any Loan Party 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.
“
Reorganization ” shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in the recitals of this Agreement.
“
Required Payments ” shall have the meaning assigned
thereto in Section 5(d).
“
Reserves ” shall mean such reserves as Lender
reasonably deems appropriate to establish in such amounts, and with
respect to such matters, as Lender in its good faith discretion
shall deem necessary or appropriate, including without limitation,
reserves with respect to (i) sums that any Loan Party is required
to pay pursuant to its contractual obligations (such as taxes,
assessments, insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased assets,
rents or other amounts payable under such leases), (ii) Liens
or trusts for ad valorem, excise, sales, or other taxes where given
priority under applicable law in and to an item of Collateral, and
(iii) up to $5,000,000 at any time as a reserve for the
payment of any Required Payment or interest under any Advance, or
any fees or expenses owing or anticipated to be owing to Lender
under the terms of any Loan Document.
“
Restricted Payment ” shall mean (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 Holding) 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 Loan Party 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.
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“
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.
“
Restatement Fee ” shall mean the sum of $10,000,
payable in full at the Forbearance Effective Date.
“
Restructuring Fee ” shall mean the fee paid to Lender
on the Original Forbearance Effective Date.
“
Security Agreement ” shall mean each Credit Agreement,
the Security Agreement dated as of the Original Forbearance
Effective Date, and each joinder agreement, made by FCMC, any
Borrower or any other Loan Party, 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 a Loan Party 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.
“
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 B-1,
Tranche B-2, Tranche B-3, and Tranche B-4.
“ Tranche
A ” shall mean a term loan facility made by Lender to the
Borrowers in the original principal amount of $400,000,000, as
reduced by certain payments made in respect thereof between the
Original Forbearance Effective Date and March 31, 2008, and as
increased as of March 31, 2008 to $410,859,753.55.
“ Tranche
A Advance ” and “ Tranche A Advances ”
shall have the meanings assigned to those terms in
Section 3(a).
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“ Tranche
A Commitment ” shall mean the commitment of Lender to
make a Tranche A Advance in the original amount of $400,000,000, as
increased to $410,859,753.55.
“ 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 mean a term loan facility made by Lender to the
Borrowers in the original principal amount of $91,133,187, as
reduced by certain payments made in respect thereof between the
Original Forbearance Effective Date and March 31, 2008, and as
increased as of March 31, 2008, to the principal amount of
$98,774,361.20, divided into four (4) sub-tranches, with (i)
the first such sub-tranche being in the original amount of
$22,783,296.75, and increased as of March 31, 2008, to
$24,131,090.30 (“ Tranche B-1 ”), and
(ii) the second, third and fourth sub-tranches, each being in
the original amount of $22,783,296.75 and each as increased as of
March 31, 2008, to $24,881,090.30, each referred to as “
Tranche B-2 ,” “ Tranche B-3 ” and
“ Tranche B-4 ” “ 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, as increased to $98,774,361.20.
“ 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.
“
Tribeca ” shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in the Preamble of this Agreement.
“ Tribeca
Master Acknowledged Defaults ” shall have the meaning
assigned to that term in the recitals of this Agreement.
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“ Tribeca
Master Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in the recitals of this Agreement.
“ Tribeca
Master Term Loans ” shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in the recitals of this Agreement.
“ Tribeca
Trust ” shall mean TRIBECA LENDING TRUST SERIES I, a
Delaware statutory trust, the sole certificate holder of which will
be Lender, as pledgee of Tribeca.
“ Tribeca
Warehousing Acknowledged Defaults ” shall have the
meaning assigned to that term in the recitals of this
Agreement.
“ Tribeca
Warehousing Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned
to that term in the recitals of this Agreement.
“ Tribeca
Warehousing Credits ” shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in the recitals of this Agreement.
“
Trusts ” shall mean the Franklin Trust and the Tribeca
Trust, and “ Trust ” means either of the
Franklin Trust or the Tribeca Trust.
“ Trust
Agreements ” shall mean (i) a certain Master Trust
Agreement for the Franklin Trust, dated as of December 15,
2008, among FCMC, as depositor, Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, as certificate trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Delaware, as Delaware trustee and (ii) a certain Master Trust
Agreement for the Tribeca Trust, dated as of December 15,
2008, among Tribeca, as depositor, Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company, as certificate trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Delaware, as Delaware trustee.
“ 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,
“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 Loan Parties
herein set forth, Lender hereby agrees to make, or maintain, as
applicable, 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 agreed, on the Original 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.
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(b) Tranche B
Advances . Lender agreed, on the Original Forbearance Effective
Date and as of March 31, 2008, to convert a portion of the
outstanding principal amount of Lender’s Commercial Loans and
loans originally made to Tribeca by BOS(USA), Inc. equal to
Lender’s Tranche B Commitment into four term loans to the
Borrowers, each in an amount of Tranche B-1, Tranche B-2, Tranche
B-3, and Tranche B-4 (each aggregate amount so converted, a “
Tranche B Advance ” and, collectively, the “
Tranche B Advances ”; and each such respective 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
Advances ”). Any portion of the Tranche B Advances that
is subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
(i) Lender’s
Tranche A Advance, Tranche B-1 Advance, Tranche B-2 Advance,
Tranche B-3 Advance, and Tranche B-4 Advance, each are evidenced by
a promissory note of the Borrowers, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A, Exhibit B-1, Exhibit B-2, Exhibit B-3,
and Exhibit B-4, to the Existing Tribeca Forbearance Agreement
respectively, in each case dated the Original 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.
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
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(c) Lender
notifies Holding that it has become unlawful for Lender to honor
its obligations to make or maintain LIBOR Advances
hereunder;
then Lender
shall give Holding 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.
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.
(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.
(c) Payment
Date Reports . No later than two business days prior to each
Payment Date, Lender shall provide to Holding 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
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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 Original Forbearance Effective Date) to but
excluding such Payment Date (the aggregate amount of such
Collections, minus any Reserves established during such period,
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 the payment of amounts constituting
additional periodic payments of interest required under any
Interest Rate Hedge Agreement to Lender in full;
fourth , to pay the Minimum Tranche A Payment Amount
for such Payment Date;
fifth , to pay the Minimum Tranche B Payment Amount
for such Payment Date;
sixth , 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;
seventh , 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;
eighth , to repay any Obligations (other than payments
constituting additional period payments of interest payable under
item “third” above) under any Interest Rate Hedge
Agreement to Lender in full;
tenth , to pay Franklin Advances until paid in full
and then to Holding for the benefit of the Borrowers.
Furthermore,
notwithstanding the foregoing applications of Collections, all
Collections arising from the sale, lease or other disposition of
REO Property purchased or acquired directly or as a result of an
intercompany advance from FCMC or any subsidiary thereof to any
Borrower with any “Tranche D Advance” (as defined in
the Franklin Forbearance Agreement) shall be used first to repay
the principal of the revolving credit portion of any such Tranche D
Advance until the same is paid in full and then applied pursuant to
clauses first through tenth of this
Section 5(d).
(e) Mandatory
Prepayments . Within five (5) 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.
7.
Conditions Precedent . The obligations of Lender to make or
maintain, as applicable, the Tranche A Advances, and the Tranche B
Advances and to continue to forbear pursuant to the terms hereof
are subject to the satisfaction, immediately prior to or
concurrently with, the making of such Advances of the following
conditions precedent, and in the case of Holding as a condition
subsequent immediately after filing of the Certificate of Merger,
each of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Lender
and its counsel:
(a) Lender shall
have received this Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly
authorized officer of each Loan Party;
(b) Lender shall
have received the following Loan Documents, each of which shall be
satisfactory to Lender in form and substance:
(i) A Guaranty
duly executed and delivered by each of Holding, Franklin Trust and
Tribeca Trust;
(ii) A joinder by
any Loan Party (other than Franklin Trust and Tribeca Trust) not
party to the Security Agreement prior to the Forbearance Effective
Date;
(iii) Execution of
the Franklin Forbearance Agreement and any loan document related
thereto;
(iv) Lender shall
have received a Pledge Amendment, one or more Collateral Assignment
of Proprietary Lease, and Stock Powers, all in respect to
collateral assignment of FCMC’s interests in the Proprietary
Lease, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of FCMC;
and
(v) A security
agreement in all assets duly executed and delivered by each of
Franklin Trust and Tribeca Trust.
(c) Lender shall
have received one or more legal opinions of counsel to the Loan
Parties, in form satisfactory to Lender;
(d) Lender shall
have received the Restatement Fee and all other fees and expenses
required to be paid by the Loan Parties on or prior to the
Forbearance Effective Date;
(e) Lender shall
have received consolidating proforma balance sheets dated as of the
Forbearance Effective Date of each of FCMC, Franklin Asset,
Tribeca, Franklin
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Servicing,
Franklin Trust and Tribeca Trust, and a consolidated proforma
balance sheet dated as of the Forbearance Effective Date of
Holding;
(f) Lender shall
have received such other certificates, instruments, documents,
agreements, including without limitation those documents described
on the Closing Memorandum attached hereto as
Exhibit 7(f) , as may be required by Lender, each of
which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Lender and its
counsel;
(g) Lender shall
have received Schedule 12(l) dated as of the Forbearance Effective
Date of all deposit accounts, security accounts and investments
(other than investments in Subsidiaries of each of the Loan Parties
and Franklin Servicing); and
(h) Lender shall
have received such other certificates, documents and deliveries 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 Original
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, each Loan Party represents and warrants to
Lender as follows:
(a)
Organization . Each Loan Party 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 Loan Party 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
Loan Party, 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 Loan Party
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 Loan Party.
(d)
Completeness of Collateral . The C
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