Exhibit 10.12
E XECUTION C OPY
GUARANTEE AND MASTER NETTING
AGREEMENT
This Guarantee and Master Netting
Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and
entered into effective as of March 18, 2009 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
”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, GMAC IM, GMAC or another
Affiliate, and one or more of the Rescap Obligors, have entered
into the master agreements set forth on Exhibit A to this
Agreement (each such master agreement an “ Underlying
Master Agreement ” and, collectively, the “
Underlying Master Agreements ”); and
WHEREAS, GMAC IM desires now to
provide in this Agreement for its right to aggregate, net and
setoff, across the Underlying Master Agreements as contemplated
herein against the Rescap Parties, and each Rescap Party desires
now to provide in this Agreement for its right to aggregate, net
and setoff against GMAC IM across the Underlying Master
Agreements.
NOW THEREFORE,
for and in consideration of the
mutual agreements herein made and other good and valuable
consideration, including, without limitation, certain amendments to
the Underlying Master Agreements (but only as and to the extent set
forth herein), the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, each Party agrees as follows:
1. Definitions .
(a) Capitalized terms used or incorporated by reference in
this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the same
meanings in this Agreement as given to them by the respective
Underlying Master Agreement. In the event of any conflict or
inconsistency between a term as defined herein and as defined in
any Underlying Master Agreement, such term as used in this
Agreement shall govern for purposes of this Agreement and have the
meaning ascribed to it in this Agreement for purposes of this
Agreement. In the event that a capitalized term used but not
defined herein is given conflicting or inconsistent meanings in two
or more Underlying Master Agreements, such term as used in this
Agreement shall have the meaning that most effectively serves the
purposes of this Agreement. All Section references are to this
Agreement unless otherwise expressly stated.
(b) The following terms used in this
Agreement are defined as follows:
“ Affected Underlying
Master Agreement ” means, from and after the occurrence
of a Default, (i) if the Defaulting Party is a Rescap Obligor,
all of the Underlying Master Agreements, or (ii) if the
Defaulting Party is GMAC IM, all of the Underlying Master
Agreements between GMAC IM and any Rescap Party or Rescap Parties
that are parties to an Underlying Master Agreement with respect to
which a Default has occurred and is continuing.
“ Affiliate ”,
with respect to any Person, means 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 possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power (i) to vote 20% or more of the securities (on a
fully diluted basis) having ordinary voting power to appoint the
directors or managing general partners (or their equivalent) of
such Person, or (ii) 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.
“ Bankruptcy Code
” means Title 11 of the United States Code.
“ Business Day ”
means a day on which commercial banks and foreign exchange markets
settle payments and are open for general business in the City of
New York.
“ Default ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2 .
“ Defaulting Group
” means, if a Defaulting Party is a Rescap Obligor, all of
the Rescap Parties.
“ Defaulting Party
” means the party with respect to which a Default has
occurred.
“ Deficiency Amount
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)
.
“ Final Settlement
Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(a) .
“ Non-defaulting Party
” means, when a Default has occurred with respect to
(i) a Rescap Obligor, GMAC IM, and (ii) GMAC IM, the
applicable Rescap Party that is party to the Underlying Master
Agreement with respect to which the Default has
occurred.
“ Obligation ” or
“ Obligations ” means each and every obligation
or liability for which a party is bound to its counterparty under
an Underlying Master Agreement, a Transaction, or this Agreement,
whether financial or physical, including, without limitation,
payment and delivery obligations, debts, payment obligations in
respect of any previously terminated Transactions, obligations to
maintain or deliver collateral, and any other obligation,
liability, debt or requirement arising under or in connection with
any Underlying Master Agreement, a Transaction or this Agreement,
whether arising heretofore or hereafter, and whether fixed,
matured, liquidated, or unliquidated.
“ Owed ” means,
as of any date of determination, any amounts owed or otherwise
accrued and payable as of such date.
“ Periodic Bilateral
Netting ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(a) .
“ Periodic Net Amount
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a)
.
“ Periodic Netting
Statement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5(b) .
“ Rescap Obligors
” means each of the Rescap Parties, RAHI and PATI.
“ Settlement Amount
” means the net amount that is due and payable by one party
to the other party in respect of an Underlying Master Agreement
upon the exercise by Non-defaulting Party of the rights set forth
in Section 2(b) , including, for the avoidance of
doubt, damages in an amount equal to the cost (including all fees,
expenses and commissions) of entering into replacement transactions
for any terminated Transactions, and/or of entering into or
terminating any back-to-back or other hedge transactions intended
to hedge any Transaction.
“ 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” or the “MSR Facility”
described on Exhibit A .
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“ Taxes ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6(f) .
“ Transaction ”
or “ Transactions ” means each and every trade,
transaction, loan or other open contractual commitment, between the
parties under any of the Underlying Master Agreements.
“ UCC ” means the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New
York.
“ Underlying Master
Agreements Close-Out ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2 .
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2.
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Default and
Post-Default Remedies .
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(a) Each of the occurrence of
(i) an event of default or other equivalent event on the basis
of which a party has the contractual right to accelerate,
terminate, or liquidate all Transactions under an Underlying Master
Agreement rather than only certain affected Transactions,
regardless of whether all then outstanding Transactions are subject
to such event, or (ii) a party being in violation of, or
failing to comply with, any covenant made hereunder (including
without limitation the covenant set forth in
Section 9(d) hereof) in any material respect, unless
such party cures such violation or failure within 30 calendar days
after receiving notice thereof, constitutes a “
Default ” under this Agreement; provided ,
however , that a failure by GMAC IM to deliver a Periodic
Netting Statement shall not be a default or “Default”
under this Agreement (rather, the provisions of
Section 5(f) shall control), and provided
further that a default or equivalent event arising
under an Underlying Master Agreement in connection with an event of
Force Majeure, a change in law or regulation, or illegality shall
continue to constitute a default or equivalent event under such
Underlying Master Agreement in accordance with its terms but such
event shall not constitute a Default under this
Agreement.
(b) Upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of a Default in respect of any Defaulting Party,
Non-defaulting Party may give written notice to the Defaulting
Party or, if the Defaulting Party is a Rescap Obligor, the
Defaulting Group, specifying the relevant Default, declaring
Defaulting Party, and if the Defaulting Party is a Rescap Obligor,
each of the Rescap Parties in the Defaulting Group, in default of
all (but not less than all) Affected Underlying Master Agreements
and all (but not less than all) Transactions thereunder, and
designating a date not earlier than the date such notice is
effective in accordance with Section 15 but not later
than 20 days after such notice is effective, upon which date each
Non-defaulting Party shall accelerate, terminate, liquidate, cancel
or otherwise close-out all Transactions under the Affected
Underlying Master Agreements as of such designated date or as soon
as reasonably practicable following such designated date. The
respective amounts owed to or by each Non-defaulting Party under
each Affected Underlying Master Agreement shall be determined by
such Non-defaulting Party, in accordance with the terms of such
Affected Underlying Master Agreement, or, if there are no such
provisions in such Affected Underlying Master Agreement, then such
Non-defaulting Party shall follow such procedures as are
commercially reasonable and in accordance with industry practice as
determined by such Non-defaulting Party in its reasonable
discretion. To the extent necessary or desirable to accomplish the
foregoing, each Non-defaulting Party may (i) exercise rights
of setoff, offset, netting, recoupment, deduction, combination of
accounts, and/or retention; (ii) withhold payment and
performance of such Non-defaulting Party’s Obligations to the
Defaulting Party or Defaulting Parties to pay, secure, setoff
against, net, and/or recoup such Defaulting Party’s or
Defaulting Parties’ Obligations to such Non-defaulting Party;
(iii) convert any Obligation from one currency into another
currency as set forth in Section 7 ; and (iv) take
any other action permitted at law or in equity or by its Affected
Underlying Master Agreements or any Transactions thereunder
necessary or appropriate to protect, preserve, or enforce its
rights or to reduce any risk of loss or delay. The actions
referenced in this Section 2(b) shall be referred to
herein as the “ Underlying Master Agreements Close-Out
.”
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(c) Any and all notification
requirements applicable to the Non-defaulting Party under the
Affected Underlying Master Agreements for accelerating,
terminating, liquidating, or otherwise closing-out Transactions
thereunder shall be superseded by Section 2(b) and
shall be satisfied in all respects by the written notice provided
for in Section 2(b) , provided , that ,
for the avoidance of doubt, no requirement for notice under
Section 2(b) shall affect any automatic termination
provided for in any Affected Underlying Master Agreement. If a
Default occurs and if Non-defaulting Party does not elect to cause
the Underlying Master Agreements Close-Out, each Party shall retain
its rights and obligations under each Underlying Master Agreement
with respect thereto (including the right to give a notice of
termination solely under such Underlying Master Agreement) and the
Non-defaulting Party shall have the right to apply collateral
thereunder to satisfy the Obligations under the related Underlying
Master Agreement if an Early Termination Date (as defined in such
Underlying Master Agreement) is designated in accordance therewith.
For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 2
shall be construed to affect the provisions of the Underlying
Master Agreements with respect to collateral prior to the
occurrence of an Underlying Master Agreement Close-Out.
3. Obligations and Setoff .
Upon Non-defaulting Party’s exercise of the Underlying Master
Agreements Close-Out and the determination of the Settlement Amount
under each Affected Underlying Master Agreement, Non-defaulting
Party may, without further notice, setoff (including by set-off,
offset, netting, combination of accounts, deduction, counterclaim,
retention, or withholding across or within each or all of the
Affected Underlying Master Agreements) any and all sums, amounts,
or Obligations Owed by any Non-defaulting Party to the Defaulting
Party or Defaulting Parties against any sums, amounts, or
Obligations Owed by any Defaulting Party to any Non-defaulting
Party. The foregoing is in addition to, and not in limitation of,
any other right or remedy available to Non-defaulting Party
(including, without limitation, any right of setoff, offset,
netting, combination of accounts, deduction, counterclaim,
retention, or withholding), whether arising under this Agreement or
any other agreement, including, without limitation, any of the
Underlying Master Agreements.
4. Settlement .
(a) Upon the Non-defaulting
Party’s exercise of the Underlying Master Agreements
Close-Out, the Settlement Amounts under the Applicable Underlying
Master Agreements shall be netted in the order and to the extent
determined by the Non-defaulting Party in its sole and reasonable
discretion (as so netted, the “ Final Settlement
Amount ”). The Non-defaulting Party may exercise rights
to apply collateral pursuant to Applicable Underlying Master
Agreements with respect to which there remain payment obligations
reflected in the Final Settlement Amount. The Non-defaulting Party
shall provide to the Defaulting Party or Defaulting Parties a
statement showing reasonable detail with respect to (i) the
calculation of the amount due to and from each Non-defaulting Party
under each Applicable Underlying Master Agreement, (ii) which
obligations were netted, setoff, offset or otherwise to arrive at
payment obligations under one or more Applicable Underlying Master
Agreements (which payment obligations in the aggregate constitute
the Final Settlement Amount), and (iii) the sum of the amounts
which thereafter remain owing and unpaid, if any, under the
Applicable Underlying Master Agreements, after the application of
collateral held with respect to each such Applicable Underlying
Master Agreement to the amount due thereunder (such sum, the
“ Deficiency Amount ”). The Deficiency Amount
shall be due as set forth in such statement on the third Business
Day after such statement is provided. In the event of a dispute as
to the Deficiency Amount payable with respect to any Applicable
Underlying Master Agreement, a Defaulting Party, shall, within the
time prescribed herein, pay the undisputed amount of the Deficiency
Amount.
(b) The Deficiency Amount shall bear
interest at the average of the Default Rates provided for in any of
the Applicable Underlying Master Agreements; provided ,
however , that such rate shall not exceed the maximum
non-usurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time
to time may be
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contracted for, taken reserved, charged, or
received thereon under any applicable law. Nothing in this
Section 4 shall be construed to restrict or preclude
the Non-defaulting Party from realizing on collateral,
notwithstanding (and without awaiting the outcome of) any dispute
as to the Deficiency Amount.
5. Periodic Netting Prior To
Default .
(a) On each Business Day prior to a
Default:
(i) Subject to
Section 5(d) , GMAC IM shall calculate the net amount
of all Obligations (other than the Settlement-Only Obligations)
Owed with respect to all Transactions under each Underlying Master
Agreement, including scheduled or other periodic payments, and
Obligations relating to the posting or return of collateral;
and
(ii) using the sums calculated under
clause (i), GMAC IM shall calculate the net amount owed by each
Rescap Party to GMAC IM, or by GMAC IM to each Rescap
Party.
The actions referenced in this
Section 5(a) shall be referred to herein as “
Periodic Bilateral Netting ” and each net amount
referenced in clause (ii) shall be a “ Periodic Net
Amount ”.
(b) GMAC IM may require settlement
under Periodic Bilateral Netting by providing to Rescap and GMAC
LLC a statement (the “ Periodic Netting Statement
”) by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day,
showing reasonable detail with respect to the calculations
described in Sections 5(a)(i) and (ii) , and
notifying Rescap of (x) each Periodic Net Amount, and the
payor and payee of such Periodic Net Amount, (y) the portion
of the Periodic Net Amount represented by additional collateral to
be posted to GMAC IM by the applicable Rescap Party, or by
GMAC IM to the applicable Rescap Party, or the return of
posted collateral, and (z) the aggregate amount of collateral
(if any) that GMAC IM will be required to have posted with each
Rescap Party on the next Business Day.
(c) Each Periodic Net Amount shall
be due as set forth in the Periodic Netting Statement as
follows:
(i) If such Periodic Net Amount is
owed by a Rescap Party and such Periodic Netting Statement was so
provided by GMAC IM to Rescap by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on
a Business Day, such Periodic Net Amount shall be due by 11:00 a.m.
(New York City time) on the next Business Day.
(ii) If such Periodic Net Amount is
owed by GMAC IM and such Periodic Netting Statement was provided by
GMAC IM to Rescap by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business
Day, such Periodic Net Amount shall be due by the later of
(x) 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the next Business Day,
and (y) two (2) hours after the time by which all
Periodic Net Amounts owed to GMAC IM by any Rescap Party in respect
of such instance of Periodic Bilateral Netting shall have been
received. For purposes of the foregoing, such two (2) hour
period shall only run while the Fedwire system is available for
funds transfers between participants, and a Periodic Net Amount
shall be treated as “received” if a Fedwire reference
number shall have been delivered by the Rescap Party to GMAC
IM.
(iii) In the event of a dispute as
to the Periodic Net Amount, the party owing the Periodic Net
Amount, shall, within the time prescribed herein, pay the full
amount of the Periodic Net Amount set forth in the statement, and
GMAC IM and Rescap shall negotiate in good faith to make any
adjustments which they agree shall be necessary to correct any
inaccuracies. It is understood and agreed that during such period
of negotiation, other than as a result of a failure to pay the
amount required to be paid pursuant to the immediately preceding
sentence, no party hereto shall be a Defaulting Party with respect
to the calculation or payment of the amounts the subject of such
negotiation.
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(iv) For the avoidance of doubt,
unless the parties agree otherwise for a particular Transaction, if
a Periodic Netting Statement is not provided by GMAC IM to Rescap
by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, no settlement
of any Periodic Net Amount shall be required on the next following
Business Day, provided , however , that any
Obligation that is still Owed may be included in a Periodic Netting
Statement delivered on a subsequent Business Day and included in a
later Periodic Net Amount for settlement.
(d) For purposes of making the
calculations in Section 5(a) :
(i) “ Obligation
” does not include any obligation that is not both fixed and
matured, and does not include any obligation deliverable other than
in cash (including, without limitation, an obligation to deliver
securities).
(ii) “ Owed ”
means amounts due and owing after application of any minimum
transfer amount or threshold amount provided for in the relating
Underlying Master Agreement.
(e) All payment and collateral
posting requirements arising under the Underlying Master Agreements
the subject of any instance of Periodic Bilateral Netting, and
included in such instance of Periodic Bilateral Netting, shall be
deemed satisfied in all respects, and the related payment or
collateral shall be deemed to have been delivered, by the
applicable Parties giving effect to such instance of Periodic
Bilateral Netting.
(f) If GMAC IM shall not deliver a
Periodic Netting Statement for a period of two (2) consecutive
Business Days, on and from the Business Day following the end of
such two (2) consecutive Business Day period, the provisions
of Sections 5(a) through (e) hereof shall be
deemed to be suspended (other than with respect to negotiations
which shall then be ongoing under Section 5(c)(iii) ),
until the Business Day following the Business Day on which
GMAC IM shall next deliver a Periodic Netting Statement. For
the avoidance of doubt, during any such period of suspension,
payment and delivery obligations under each Underlying Master
Agreement shall continue to become due and payable at the times and
in the amounts provided for under each such Underlying Master
Agreement.
6. Guarantee .
(a) Unconditional Guarantee .
To induce GMAC IM to enter into the related Underlying Master
Agreements with one or more Rescap Obligors, and to enter into and
perform various Transactions under such Underlying Master
Agreements, each Rescap Party absolutely, unconditionally and
irrevocably guarantees to GMAC IM and its successors and permitted
assigns from the date hereof the prompt and complete payment and
performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise), of all existing and future obligations, whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due of
each other Rescap Obligor to GMAC IM arising pursuant to the
Underlying Master Agreements to which GMAC IM is party on or after
the date of this Agreement (the “ Guaranteed
Obligations ”).
(b) Nature of Guarantee .
Each Rescap Party’s obligations hereunder are full recourse
obligations, continuing, absolute, irrevocable and unconditional,
and shall not be affected by the existence, validity,
enforceability, perfection or extent of any collateral therefor,
the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Underlying Master
Agreements, the absence of any action to enforce any other Rescap
Party’s obligations under any of the Underlying Master
Agreements, any waiver or consent by
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any other Rescap Party with respect to any
provisions of the Underlying Master Agreements, any set-off or
counterclaim, or by any other circumstance relating to the
Guaranteed Obligations that might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge of or defense to the guarantee set forth in
this Section 6 (excluding the defense of payment or
performance, neither of which is waived). This is a guarantee of
payment and performance and not a guarantee of collection, and each
Rescap Party agrees that GMAC IM may resort to each Rescap
Party for payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations owed to it
whether or not GMAC IM shall have resorted to any collateral
therefor or shall have proceeded against any other Rescap Obligor
principally or secondarily liable for any of the Guaranteed
Obligations, and whether or not GMAC IM has pursued any other
remedy available to it. GMAC IM shall not be obligated to file any
claim rela