Exhibit 10.20
EXECUTION COPY
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
THE
GUARANTEE AND MASTER NETTING
AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 1,
2009
FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE GUARANTEE
AND MASTER NETTING AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”), by and
among GMAC LLC (“ GMAC ”), GMAC Investment
Management LLC (“ GMAC IM ”), GMAC
Mortgage, LLC (“ GMAC Mortgage ”), Residential
Funding Company, LLC (“ RFC ”), Residential
Capital, LLC (“ Rescap ”, together with GMAC
Mortgage and RFC, the “ Rescap Parties ,” each
of Rescap, GMAC Mortgage and RFC individually, a “ Rescap
Party ”), Passive Asset Transactions, LLC (“
PATI ”) and RFC Asset Holdings II, LLC (“
RAHI ”).
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS:
(1) GMAC, GMAC IM, the Rescap
Parties, PATI and RAHI have entered into a Guarantee and Master
Netting Agreement, dated as of March 18, 2009 (the “
Master Netting Agreement ”). Capitalized terms not
otherwise defined in this Amendment have the same meanings as
specified in the Master Netting Agreement.
(2) The parties hereto have agreed
to amend the Master Netting Agreement on the terms and conditions
set forth herein.
For good and valuable consideration,
the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments to the
Master Netting Agreement . The Master Netting Agreement is,
effective as of the date hereof, hereby amended as
follows:
(a) The definition of
“Settlement-Only Obligation” in Section 1(b) of
the Master Netting Agreement is hereby amended and restated in full
to read as follows:
“ Settlement-Only
Obligation means (x) an Obligation to deliver securities
or to transfer funds therefor under Section 5 of the
“Master Forward Agreement” described on
Exhibit A , or (y) any Obligation under the
“$430MM Facility,” the “MSR Facility”
or the “$370MM Facility” described on Exhibit A
.”
(b) Section 10 of the Master
Netting Agreement is hereby amended and restated in full to read as
follows:
“ Restriction on Liens
. Each Rescap Party hereby agrees that it shall not grant any lien
or security interest in its rights under this Agreement other than
(a) the lien created pursuant to the Omnibus Pledge and
Security Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy, dated as of
March 18, 2009 (as amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Omnibus
Security Agreement ”), by and among RFC Asset
Holdings II, LLC, Passive Asset Transactions, LLC and certain of
their Affiliates from time to time party thereto, as grantors, GMAC
IM, as secured party, and GMAC LLC, as omnibus agent, as lender
agent, as lender and as secured party, (b) liens created
pursuant to the other “Derivative Agreements,” as such
term is defined in the Omnibus Security Agreement,
(c) the lien created pursuant to the Pledge
and
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Security Agreement and Irrevocable
Proxy, dated as of June 1, 2009, between RAHI, PATI and
certain of their Affiliates from time to time party thereto, as
grantors, and GMAC LLC, as secured party (as amended or
modified from time to time, the “ Fourth Security
Agreement ”) and (d) any lien for taxes or
assessments or other governmental charges or levies not then due
and payable (or which, if due and payable, are being contested
in good faith either with the third party to whom such taxes are
owed or the third party obligated to pay such taxes and for which
adequate reserves are being maintained, to the extent required by
generally accepted accounting principles, and such proceedings have
the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the
property or assets subject to any such lien).
(c) Exhibit A to the Master
Netting Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following at
the end thereof:
“ $370MM Facility
:
Credit Agreement, dated as of
June 1, 2009, by and among Passive Asset Transactions, LLC and
RFC Asset Holdings II, LLC, as borrowers, Residential Funding
Company, LLC, GMAC Mortgage, LLC and Residential Capital, LLC, as
guarantors, GMAC LLC, as initial lender and as credit agent and
omnibus agent, and certain other financial institutions and persons
from time to time party thereto as lenders, as such agreement may
be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time
to time.”
SECTION 2. Effectiveness .
This Amendment and the provisions contained herein shall become
effective as of the date first above written.
SECTION 3. Reference to and
Effect on the Loan Documents . (a) On and after the
effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Master
Netting Agreement to “this Agreement,”
“hereunder,” “hereof” or words of like
import referring to the Master Netting Agreement, and each
reference in the Underlying Master Agreements or the Security
Documents to “the Guarantee and Master Netting
Agreement,” “thereunder,” “thereof”
or words of like import referring to the Master Netting Agreement,
shall mean and be a reference to the Master Netting Agreement, as
amended by this Amendment.
(b) The Master Netting Agreement, as
specifically amended by this Amendment, is and shall continue to be
in full force and effect and is hereby in all respects ratified and
confirmed.
SECTION 4. Notice . Each
party hereto hereby acknowledges timely notice of the execution of
this Amendment and of the transactions and amendments contemplated
hereby. Each party hereto hereby waives any notice requirement
contained in the Master Netting Agreement, Underlying Master
Agreements or the Security Documents with respect to the execution
of this Amendment.
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SECTION 5. Consent to Security
Interest . Each of the parties hereto hereby consent to the
creation and existence of the security interests in the Collateral
created by the Fourth Security Agreement.
SECTION 6. Execution in
Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be
an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but
one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of
a signature page to this Amendment by telecopier sh