EXHIBIT 10.5
AMENDMENT
T HIS A MENDMENT ,
dated as of April 30, 2002 (this “ Amendment ”),
is by and among Bank of America, N.A., a national banking
association (“ Bank ” or “ Grantor
”); Capital Lease Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company that is the successor-in-interest to Capital Lease Funding,
L.P. (“ CLF ” or “ Buyer ”);
and CLFC HPII Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ CLFC
”).
RECITALS
A. The parties to this Amendment are
parties to that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of
January 31, 2000 (the “ P&S Agreement ”).
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
assigned in the P&S Agreement.
B. Certain of the parties hereto and
Capital Lease Funding, L.P. are party to (i) that certain Call
Option Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2000 (the “
Option Agreement ”), (ii) that certain Security
Agreement dated as of January 31, 2000 (the “ Security
Agreement ”), and (iii) that certain Loan Contribution
Agreement dated as of January 31, 2000 (the “ LC
Agreement ”).
C. The parties hereto and CLF
Holdings, Inc. are parties to that certain Assignment, Assumption
and Consent Agreement dated as of November 15, 2001 (the “
Consent Agreement ”), pursuant to which (i) CLF
succeeded to the rights and interests of Capital Lease Funding,
L.P. under the P&S Agreement, the Option Agreement and other
related agreements, instruments and documents and (ii) the P&S
Agreement was amended.
D. CLF has asked that the Bank amend
certain provisions of the P&S Agreement and the Option
Agreement and the Bank has agreed to do so, subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein.
AMENDMENT
N OW ,
T HEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing and for
other consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of winch is hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. Amendment of Purchase &
Sale Agreement . The P&S Agreement is hereby amended as
follows:
(a) Amendment of Section 1 .
Section 1 of the P&S Agreement is hereby amended by adding or
by amending and restating, as appropriate, the following
definitions:
“ Ceiling Conditions
” means the following: (a) the Performance Criteria have been
and continue to be satisfied; (b) no more than 25% of the total
Market Value of all Pool Assets have Mortgaged Properties leased by
any single Tenant or by any single Tenant and its affiliates (as
such term is defined at 17 C.F.R. § 230.405); (c) no more than
35% of the total Market Value of all Pool Assets have Mortgaged
Properties leased by one or more Tenants in the same industry
group; and (d) CLF has (i) at least $1,000,000 in cash and (ii)
equity of at least
$20,000,000 or 8% of its assets, on
a balance sheet basis and determined as if the sales of Purchased
Mortgage Loans were not true sales under the provisions of SFAS
125, whichever is greater; provided , however that
the foregoing clauses (b) and (c) shall not apply to any Tenant
that is a branch, division, agency, or other entity organized by
any branch of the federal government of the United States of
America, including without limitation the United States Postal
Service.
“ Expiration Date
” means the earliest to occur of: (i) the Termination Date;
(ii) the date on which an Event of Default occurs; (iii) the date
on which an Insolvency Event occurs; or (iv) the date on which the
Facility is terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section
20 of this Agreement.
“ Hedge Carry Costs
” means an amount equal to the net carry costs that the Bank
incurs in connection with maintaining a hedging strategy in respect
to the Pool Assets.
“ Market Value ”
means the sum of: (i) the fair market value of Pool Assets
then-owned by Bank, determined by Bank in its sole, commercially
reasonable judgment with respect to the amount that would be
received, in a commercially reasonable transaction, upon an actual
or hypothetical Securitization of such Pool Assets or upon a
whole-loan sale or sales of all Commercial Mortgage Loans
constituting Pool Assets, plus (ii) the Net Hedge Adjustment
Amount, plus (iii) any Option Premium Adjustment Amount
previously paid to, and still retained by, Bank. Without limiting
the foregoing, the Net Hedge Adjustment Amount shall be subtracted
from the amount determined under clause (i) of this definition if
the Net Hedge Adjustment Amount is a negative number.
“Net Hedge Adjustment
Amount” means as
follows:
(a) Prior to the date on which Bank
shall have delivered a Market Deficit Notice to CLF, any net gain
or loss incurred by Bank as a result of the hedging strategy or
strategies actually used by Bank and consented to by
CLF;
(b) If Bank has delivered a Market
Deficit Notice to CLF, then, for all periods beginning on the date
on which Bank delivers to CLF a Market Deficit Notice, any net gain
or loss incurred by Bank as a result of the hedging strategy that
Bank, in its sole discretion, actually uses; and, for all periods
after CLF has paid Bank the Option Premium Adjustment Amount due in
respect of such Market Deficit Notice, the provisions of clause (a)
of this definition shall apply on and after the date on which Bank
receives such Option Premium Adjustment Amount to the same extent
as if Bank had not issued such Market Deficit Notice to CLF;
or
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing
clauses (a) and (b), if an Event of Default has occurred and has
not been timely cured (if cure is expressly allowed under this
Agreement) or waived in writing by Bank,
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any net gain or loss incurred by
Bank as a result of the hedging strategy that Bank, in its sole
discretion, actually uses.
The Net Hedge Adjustment Amount
shall be a positive number if the amount determined by application
of this definition is a net gain, and shall be a negative number if
the amount determined by application of this definition is a net
loss. The Net Hedge Adjustment Amount will not include Hedge Carry
Costs, if previously paid by CLF.
“ Option Margin Premium
Rate ” means the per annum rate that is the sum of (i)
the Eurodollar Rate plus (ii) 150 basis points.
“ Performance Criteria
” means: (a) 103% of the aggregate of the Adjusted Book
Amount for all Pool Assets does not exceed the amount determined by
subtracting (x) the projected Securitization Costs that would be
associated with a hypothetical Securitization of all Pool Assets
from (y) the aggregate Market Value for all Pool Assets; (b) the
Market Value of all Pool Assets is at least equal to the Mortgage
Balances for such Pool Assets; and (c) the Adjusted Book Amounts of
all Pool Assets does not exceed the sum of the Mortgage Balances
for all Pool Assets.
“ Securitization
” means (i) a financial transaction evidenced by the direct
or indirect transfer of some or all Commercial Mortgage Loans to an
entity that issues, sells or otherwise transfers certain
securities, certificates, notes or other instruments that are
backed in whole or in part, by Commercial Mortgage Loans that
formerly were Pool Assets or Bank Loans and (ii) any whole-loan
sale by CLF of any Commercial Mortgage Loan that was a Pool Asset
or a Bank Loan.
“ Securitization Fee
” means the amount determined by multiplying (x) the sum of
(i) all Purchase Prices that Bank paid to CLF to purchase the
Commercial Mortgage Loans that are the subject of the exercise of
the Call Option or that are being disposed of by Bank under the
terms of this Agreement and (ii) all amounts loaned by Bank
to Mortgagors, less the Contribution Fees paid by CLF to Bank in
respect of all Confirmed Loans that are, at the time of such
purchase or disposition, Pool Assets that are the subject of the
purchase or disposition, by (y) the Fee Rate. As used in this
definition, the term “ Fee Rate ” means (a) for
Commercial Mortgage Loans that are Pool Assets as of March 31,
2002, 50 basis points until August 1, 2002, and, commencing on
August 1, 2002, the rate determined from the following Fee Rate
Table; and (b) for Commercial Mortgage Loans that become Pool
Assets on or after April 1, 2002, the rate determined from the
following Fee Rate Table:
FEE RATE TABLE
|
Length of Time That the Commercial
Mortgage Loan Has Been a Pool
Asset
|
|
Fee Rate
|
|
|
< 60 days
|
|
0.25
|
%
|
|
³
60 days but < 6 months
|
|
0.50
|
%
|
|
³
6 months but < 366
days
|
|
0.75
|
%
|
|
366 days and greater
|
|
1.00
|
%
|
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“ Servicer ”
means First Union National Bank, National Association, Bank of
America, N.A., or any other entity or institution that, with the
prior consent of Bank, may service the Pool Assets.
“ Termination Date
” means February 28, 2003. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Termination Date may be extended, at the request of CLF and at
Bank’s reasonable discretion, to July 31, 2003 if the Ceiling
Conditions are satisfied as of February 28, 2003.
(b) Amendment of Section 3 .
Section 3 of the P&S Agreement is hereby amended and restated
as follows:
3. Term and Amount . Subject
to the terms set forth herein, Bank may purchase, and CLF may sell,
Commercial Mortgage Loans; provided , however , that
the total Adjusted Book Amount of all Pool Assets, together with
Committed Amounts, at no time shall exceed the Ceiling. As used
herein, the term “Ceiling” means $100,000,000.00,
unless the Ceiling Conditions are satisfied, in which case the
Ceiling shall be increased, at CLF’s request and upon
Bank’s receipt of good funds in the amount of Fifty Thousand
and no/100 Dollars ($50,000.00), to $150,000,000.00; and if the
Ceiling Conditions remain satisfied, the Ceiling shall be
increased, at CLF’s request and upon Bank’s receipt of
good funds in the additional amount of Fifty Thousand and no/l00
Dollars ($50,000.00), to $200,000,000.00. In no event may the total
Adjusted Book Amount of all Pool Assets, together with Committed
Amounts, exceed $200,000,000.00. To the extent that the sum of (i)
the total Adjusted Book Amount of all Pool Assets and (ii)
Committed Amounts decreases at any time as a result of a purchase
of Pool Assets pursuant to an exercise of the Call Option, there
shall be a dollar-for-dollar increase in availability under the
Ceiling, but there shall not be an increase of the Ceiling except
as set forth above.
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(c) Amendment of Section 4 .
Section 4 of the P&S Agreement is hereby amended and restated
as follows:
4. Termination of Facility .
The Facility shall terminate on February 28, 2003 or upon
termination pursuant to Section 20 of this Agreement, but may be
extended at the request of CLF and at Bank’s reasonable
discretion to July 31, 2003 if the Ceiling Conditions are satisfied
as of February 28, 2003.
(d) Amendment of
Secti