Federal Home Loan Banks P&I
Funding and Contingency Plan Agreement
This Federal
Home Loan Banks P&I Funding and Contingency Plan Agreement
(“ Agreement ”) is entered into as of this
20 th
day of July, 2006 (the “
Effective Date ”) by and among the Office of Finance
(the “ OF ”) and each of the Federal Home Loan
Banks (“ Banks ”). The OF and the Banks are
sometimes referred to herein individually as a “party”
and collectively as the “parties.” All references in
this Agreement to any of the parties to this Agreement include such
party or any successor entity.
WHEREAS, the Banks are jointly and severally liable for
the payment of consolidated obligations issued pursuant to
Section 11 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, as amended (12
U.S.C. §1431) (“ COs ”);
WHEREAS , the OF has the authority under 12 CFR §
985.6(a) to issue and service (including making timely payments on
principal and interest due, subject to 12 CFR §§ 966.8
and 966.9) consolidated obligations issued on behalf of the Banks
pursuant to, and in accordance with, the policies and procedures
established by the OF Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS , the Federal Reserve Board has announced a
change in its Policy Statement on Payments System Risk (as the same
may be amended, modified or supplemented, the “ PSR
Policy ”) that will cause the PSR Policy to be applied to
the FHLBanks beginning July 20, 2006; and
WHEREAS , the OF and a task force of the Debt Management
Sub-Committee of the Financial Officers’ Conference of the
Banks have developed P&I Funding and Contingency Plan
Procedures (as the same may be amended, modified, or supplemented,
the “ Procedures ”) to deal with the possibility
that a Bank may not make a payment of debt service on COs to the OF
on a timely basis following the application of the PSR Policy to
the Banks; and
WHEREAS , the OF Board of Directors has approved the
Procedures and determined that the OF should obtain the written
agreement of the Banks on several matters relating to the
Procedures, which matters are included in this Agreement;
and
WHEREAS , the Federal Housing Finance Board (the “
Finance Board ”) has supported the adoption of the
Procedures by issuing the waiver attached hereto as
Exhibit A (as the same may be amended, modified or
supplemented, the “ Waiver ”) of its prohibition
of the direct placement of COs with FHLBanks contained in 12 CFR
§ 966.8(c), to accommodate the implementation of the
Procedures, based in part on its view that timely payment of all
principal and interest to investors in COs is essential to maintain
the confidence of investors and potential investors in COs;
and
WHEREAS, the Waiver provides that the interest rate paid
by the Bank that has not remitted all the funds to the OF by the
agreed upon deadline on the CO issued pursuant to the Waiver shall
be at least 500 basis points above the federal funds
rate.
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NOW
THEREFORE , in
consideration of the mutual promises set forth herein and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which the parties acknowledge, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
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Authorization of Issuance of
COs
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Each Bank
agrees that if it is a “Delinquent Bank” (as defined
below), the OF may cause one or more overnight “Plan
COs” (as defined below) to be issued on behalf of the
Delinquent Bank for the benefit of one or more “Contingency
Banks” (as defined below), each such Plan CO to be issued to
a Contingency Bank in the principal amount equal to the amount of
funds provided by that Contingency Bank on behalf of that
Delinquent Bank, to mature on the following Business Day (as
defined below), and to bear interest on such principal amount from
the date of issuance to but not including that maturity date, due
and payable on that maturity date, at the rate per annum (the
“ Base Cost ”) equal to (a) the overnight
fed funds quote obtained by the OF from a recognized funds broker
to be paid for any available funds delivered to the OF by a
Contingency Bank or withheld from its “positive net
position” as described in Section 2 of this Agreement or
(b) the actual cost if funds are purchased by that Contingency
Bank in the open market and delivered to the OF. All such interest
shall be calculated on an actual/360 basis based on the number of
days the Plan CO is outstanding, including non-Business Days. The
Delinquent Bank shall also be obligated to pay “Additional
Interest” as set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement,
all or a portion of which will satisfy the obligation of the
Delinquent Bank under the Waiver to pay an interest rate on the
Plan CO that is at least 500 basis points above the federal funds
rate.
The OF shall
issue a Plan CO in physical form under those circumstances and
apply the proceeds therefrom on behalf of that Delinquent Bank as
provided for in the Procedures. Each Bank hereby authorizes the OF,
and the OF hereby agrees, to hold any Plan COs issued as agent for
each such Bank when it acts as a Contingency Bank.
For purposes of
this Agreement,
a “
Delinquent Bank ” means a Bank that misses any funding
time specified in the Procedures, including a funding time for the
repayment of Plan COs; and
a “
Plan CO ” means a CO issued on behalf of a Delinquent
Bank to one or more Contingency Banks. For the avoidance of doubt,
although a Delinquent Bank is primarily responsible for repayment
of a Plan CO issued on its behalf, each Plan CO is the joint and
several obligation of all 12 Banks; and
a “
Contingency Bank ” means any Bank that provides funds
for a Delinquent Bank under the Procedures; and
“
Business Day ” means any day other than (i) a
Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) any day on which banking
institutions in New York City are authorized or required by law or
executive order to close.
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Use of Proceeds to Purchase
COs
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Each Bank shall
be obligated to provide and authorizes the OF to apply any
“positive net position” (i.e., the amount by which
end-of-day proceeds received by a Bank from sale of COs on one day
exceed payments by that Bank on COs on the same day) of that Bank
to the purchase of a Plan CO issued on behalf of a Delinquent Bank,
thereby causing such Bank to become a Contingency Bank, based on
the priority established in the matrix attached hereto as
Exhibit B (“ Contingency Funding Matrix
”) and otherwise in accordance with the
Procedures.
Each Bank
agrees that if it is a Delinquent Bank, then it will pay an amount
(“ Additional Interest ”) in accordance with the
following schedule in addition to interest equal to the Base
Cost:
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500 basis
points per annum of the delinquent amount
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750 basis
points per annum of the delinquent amount
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rd and subsequent offense
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1,000 basis
points per annum of the delinquent amount
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The Additional
Interest will be calculated on an actual/360 basis based on the
actual number of days the related Plan CO is outstanding, including
non-Business Days, from the date of issuance to but excluding the
stated maturity date. For purposes of this calculation, Additional
Interest attributable to a delinquent amount that is not related to
the principal amount of a Plan CO (i.e., because the Delinquent
Bank pays all or a portion of its delinquent amount after a
deadline but before a Contingency Bank is entitled to have a Plan
CO issued for its benefit on behalf of the Delinquent Bank with
respect to such amount) will be assessed on that delinquent amount
assuming that a Plan CO was issued with a principal amount equal to
that delinquent amount and that the Plan CO would mature on the
next Business Day.
For purposes of
calculating Additional Interest, each different time deadline
established under the Procedures will accrue its own separate count
of the number of offenses, so that a Delinquent Bank will pay a
separate amount for each such time deadline missed, and the step-up
in Additional Interest for the occurrence of a particular offense
will only be measured with regard to offenses that have occurred
within the 36-month period ending on the date of that particular
offense (the “ Delinquency Measurement Period
”). For example, if a Delinquent Bank twice misses a morning
deadline and once misses an afternoon deadline, all as established
under the Procedures, within a Delinquency Measurement Period, then
the Delinquent Bank shall have been subject to Additional Interest
of 500 basis points with respect to the first morning deadline
missed, Additional Interest of 750 basis points with respect to the
second morning deadline missed, and Additional Interest of 500
basis points with respect to the afternoon deadline
missed.
Each Bank
agrees that (i) for each Plan CO issued, the first 100 basis
points of the Additional Interest shall be assessed against the
Delinquent Bank for the benefit of the Contingency Bank that
purchased the Plan CO as provided in Section 1 of
this
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Agreement, and
the balance of the Additional Interest assessed against the
Delinquent Bank ( i.e. , 400 basis points, 650 basis points,
or 900 basis points) will be divided equally among the Banks
(including the Contingency Banks) that are not Delinquent Banks
with respect to the same funding time specified in the Procedures
and (ii) for Additional Interest attributable to a delinquent
amount that is not related to a Plan CO, the Additional Interest
will be divided equally among the Banks that are not Delinquent
Banks with respect to the same funding time specified in the
Procedures. Each of the Banks and the OF agree that any Additional
Interest will be allocated and paid through the monthly assessment
from the OF, and that the Additional Interest is not the joint and
several obligation of the Banks.
Notwithstanding
anything in this Section 3 or Section 7(a) or (b) of this
Agreement to the contrary, and subject to Sections 5(a) and
(d) below, each Bank agrees that assessment of the Additional
Interest shall be subject to the appellate process contained in the
Procedures and that the OF shall have the authority to waive all or
any portion of the Additional Interest or excuse the occurrence of
any offense as provided for in the Procedures. To the extent
permitted under the Waiver, the assessment of Additional Interest
shall be suspended pending completion of the appellate
process.
Each Bank
agrees that if a Bank is a Delinquent Bank, with respect to each
Plan CO issued to a Contingency Bank on behalf of a Delinquent
Bank, each Bank that is a “Reallocation Bank” (as
defined below) shall immediately have the obligation to purchase
that Reallocation Bank’s “Pro Rata Share” (as
defined below) of such Plan CO from that Contingency Bank, with
such obligation to purchase being effective immediately upon the
issuance of the Plan CO , subject to the proviso in the following
paragraph.
Each Bank
agrees that if it is a Reallocation Bank, it will wire to the
Contingency Bank that holds a Plan CO an amount equal to
(i) its Pro Rata Share of the principal amount of that Plan
CO, plus (ii) accrued interest thereon from the date of issue
of the Plan CO until its stated maturity date equal to the Base
Cost, not later than 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the second
Business Day following the date of issuance of that Plan CO;
provided, however, that such Reallocation Bank shall not be
required to wire funds to the extent that it determines
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