MASTER REPURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST
AMENDMENT TO MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “
Amendment” ), dated as of August 5, 2009,
is made and entered into among NVR MORTGAGE FINANCE, INC., a
Virginia corporation (the “ Seller ”),
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“ U.S. Bank
”), as agent (in such capacity, the “
Agent” ) and a Buyer, and the other Buyers (the
“ Buyers ”).
A. The Seller
and the Buyers are parties to that certain Master Repurchase
Agreement dated as of August 5, 2008 (the
“Repurchase Agreement” ).
B. The Seller
and the Buyers now desire to extend the term of the Repurchase
Agreement to August 3, 2010 and to amend certain provisions of
the Repurchase Agreement as set forth herein.
C. The Seller
and U.S. Bank are parties to that certain Custody Agreement dated
as of August 5, 2008 (the “ Custody Agreement
”) and wish to amend certain provisions of the Custody
Agreement as set forth herein.
In consideration
of the premises herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, all parties hereto agree as follows (except with
respect to Section 2.25 hereto, pursuant to which only the
Seller and U.S. Bank agree):
Section 1. Definitions . Capitalized terms used
and not otherwise defined in this Amendment have the meanings
specified in the Repurchase Agreement.
Section 2. Amendments . The following amendments
are hereby made to the Repurchase Agreement and the Custody
Agreement:
2.1
Definitions . The following definitions in Section 1.2
of the Repurchase Agreement are hereby amended and restated in
their entireties to read as follows:
“
Buyers’ Margin Percentage ” means
(i) for all
Eligible Loans except Jumbo Loans, ninety-seven percent
(97%);
(ii) for Jumbo
Loans, ninety-five percent (95%); and
(iii) for Wet
Loans, the Buyer’s Margin Percentage for the underlying type
of Purchased Loan which would apply if such Purchased Loan were a
Dry Loan.
“ Funding
Account ” means the Seller’s non-interest bearing
demand deposit account number 104756234332 maintained with U.S.
Bank, into which the Agent may transfer funds (funds paid by the
Buyers as Purchase Price) and from which the Agent is authorized to
disburse funds to the Seller or its designee (such as its closing
agents) for the funding of Transactions. The Funding Account shall
be subject to setoff by the Agent for Pro Rata distribution to the
Buyers and shall be subject to the control of the Agent.
“ LIBOR
Margin ” shall mean 2.50%.
“ Maximum
Aggregate Commitment ” means the maximum Aggregate
Outstanding Purchase Price that is allowed to be outstanding under
this Agreement on any day, being the amount set forth in
Schedule BC in effect for that day. The Maximum Aggregate
Commitment on the Effective Date is One Hundred Million Dollars
($100,000,000). If and when some or all of the Buyers then party to
this Agreement agree in writing to increase their Committed Sums,
or if a new Buyer or Buyers joins the syndicate of Buyers, or if
there is both such an increase and a new Buyer’s joinder, or
if the Seller reduces the Committed Sums pursuant to this
Agreement, or if the Seller and the Buyers then party to this
Agreement agree in writing to decrease the Committed Sums, the
Agent shall execute an updated Schedule BC reflecting the new
Maximum Aggregate Commitment and deliver it to the Seller and the
Buyers, and that updated Schedule BC shall thereupon be
substituted for and supersede the prior
Schedule BC.
“ Pricing
Rate ” means the Balance Funded Rate, the LIBOR Rate (or,
if applicable under Section 6.7, the Alternate Base Rate) plus
the LIBOR Margin or the Default Pricing Rate, as determined under
this Agreement; provided that the Pricing Rate (except with respect
to the Balance Funded Rate) shall not be less than four and
one-half percent (4.50%).
“ Pro
Rata” means in accordance with the Buyers’
respective ownership interests in the Purchased Loans. On any day,
the Buyers will each own an undivided fractional ownership interest
in and to each Purchased Loan:
(i) if the
Commitments of the Buyers are outstanding on that day,
(x) whose numerator is that Buyer’s Committed Sum for
that day and (y) whose denominator is the Maximum Aggregate
Commitment for that day; or
(ii) if the
Commitments have expired or have been terminated and have not been
reinstated, (x) whose numerator is the aggregate sum of the
portions of the Purchase Prices paid by that Buyer in all
Transactions outstanding on that day and (y) whose denominator
is the aggregate sum of the Purchase Prices paid by all Buyers in
all such Transactions outstanding on the day;
subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 3.11.
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“
Repurchase Settlement Account ” means the
Seller’s non-interest bearing demand deposit account number
104756234357 maintained with U.S. Bank, to be used for (a) the
Agent’s and the Buyers’ deposits of Purchase Price
payments for Purchased Loans (including any Swing Line Purchases)
to the extent not deposited directly in the Funding Account,
(b) any principal payments received by the Agent or the
Custodian (other than regular principal and interest payments) on
any Purchased Loans; (c) the Agent’s deposit of
Repurchase Price payments received from the Seller or from an
Approved Investor for the Seller’s account for distribution
to the Buyers and (d) only if and when (i) no Default has
occurred unless it has been either cured by the Seller or waived in
writing by the Agent (acting with the requisite consent of the
Buyers as provided in this Agreement) and (ii) no Event of
Default has occurred unless the Agent has declared in writing that
it has been cured or waived, transfer to the Operating Account of
proceeds of sales or other dispositions of Purchased Loans to an
Approved Investor in excess (if any) of the Repurchase Price of
such Purchased Loan. The Repurchase Settlement Account is (and
shall continuously) constitute collateral for the Obligations. The
Repurchase Settlement Account shall be subject to setoff by the
Agent for Pro Rata distribution to the Buyers. The Repurchase
Settlement Account shall be a blocked account from which the Seller
shall have no right to directly withdraw funds, but instead such
funds may be withdrawn or paid out only against the order of an
authorized officer of the Agent (acting with the requisite consent
of the Buyers as provided herein), although under the circumstances
described in clause (d) of the preceding sentence and subject
to the conditions specified in that clause, the Agent shall use
diligent and reasonable efforts to cause amounts in excess of the
applicable Repurchase Prices that are deposited to the Repurchase
Settlement Account before 3:00 PM on a Business Day to be
transferred to the Operating Account on that same Business Day or
on the Business Day thereafter when the Agent next determines the
Buyers’ Pro Rata shares of such Purchase Price payment
amounts or Repurchase Prices received.
“ Swing
Line Limit ” means, for any day, (i) the Committed
Sum of U.S. Bank, minus (ii) U.S. Bank’s Funding Share of the
Purchase Prices for all Purchased Loans included in all Open
Transactions, being the maximum amount that may be funded and
outstanding on that day under the Swing Line.
“
Termination Date ” means the earlier of
(i) August 3, 2010, or (ii) the date when the
Buyers’ Commitments are terminated pursuant to this
Agreement, by order of any Governmental Authority or by operation
of law.
“ Wet
Loan ” means a Purchased Loan originated and owned by the
Seller immediately prior to being purchased by the
Buyers:
(a) that has been
closed on or prior to the Business Day on which the Purchase Price
is paid therefore, by a title agency or closing attorney, is fully
funded and would qualify as an Eligible Loan except that some or
all of its Basic Papers are in transit to, but have not yet been
received by, the Custodian so as to satisfy all requirements to
permit the Seller to sell it pursuant to this Agreement without
restriction;
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(b) that the
Seller reasonably expects to fully qualify as an Eligible Loan when
the original Basic Papers have been received by the
Custodian;
(c) as to which
the Seller actually and reasonably expects that such full
qualification can and will be achieved on or before five
(5) Business Days after the relevant Purchase Date;
and
(d) for which the
Seller has delivered to the Custodian a Mortgage Loan Transmission
File on or before the Purchase Date, submission of which to the
Custodian shall constitute the Seller’s certification to the
Custodian, the Buyers and the Agent that a complete File as to such
Purchased Loan, including the Basic Papers, exists and that such
File is in the possession of either the title agent or closing
attorney that closed such Purchased Loan, the Seller or that such
File has been or will be shipped to the Custodian.
Each Wet Loan that
satisfies the foregoing requirements shall be an Eligible Loan
subject to the condition subsequent of physical delivery of its
Mortgage Note, Mortgage and all other Basic Papers, to the
Custodian on or before five (5) Business Days after the
relevant Purchase Date. Each Wet Loan sold by the Seller shall be
irrevocably deemed purchased by the Buyers and shall automatically
become a Purchased Loan effective on the date of the related
Transaction, and the Seller shall take all steps necessary or
appropriate to cause the sale to the Buyers and delivery to the
Custodian of such Wet Loan and its Basic Papers to be completed,
perfected and continued in all respects, including causing the
original promissory note evidencing such Purchased Loan to be
physically delivered to the Custodian within five (5) Business
Days after the relevant Purchase Date, and, if requested by the
Agent, to give written notice to any title agent, closing attorney
or other Person in possession of the Basic Papers for such
Purchased Loan of the Buyers’ purchase of such Purchased
Loan. Upon the Custodian’s receipt of the Basic Papers
relative to a Wet Loan such Purchased Loan shall no longer be
considered a Wet Loan.
2.2 New
Definitions . The following definitions are added to
Section 1.2 of the Repurchase Agreement in the appropriate
alphabetical order:
“
Additional Covenant ” means any affirmative or
negative covenant, or other agreement, term or condition relating
to the Seller or any of its Subsidiaries, contained in any mortgage
loan repurchase or warehouse loan transaction to which any of the
Buyers is not a party and which is more restrictive on the Seller
or such Subsidiary or more beneficial to the lender or buyer, as
the case may be, under such agreement than the covenants,
agreements, terms and conditions relating to the Seller or such
Subsidiary contained in this Agreement.
“
Additional Pricing Term ” means any pricing agreement,
term or condition contained in any mortgage loan repurchase or
warehouse loan transaction to which any of the Buyers is not a
party and which is more favorable to the lender or the buyer, as
the case may be, under such agreement than the pricing agreements,
terms and conditions contained in this Agreement.
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“
Alternate Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per
annum equal to the higher of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such
day, and (ii) the sum of the Federal Funds Rate for such day
plus 1
/ 2 % per
annum.
“
Defaulting Buyer ” means any Buyer, as determined by
the Agent, that has (a) failed to fund any portion of its
Transactions (including any Swing Line Transactions syndicated
pursuant to Section 2.5) within one Business Day of the date
required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) notified the
Seller, the Agent or any Buyer in writing that it does not intend
to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement,
unless, in the case of this clause (b), such obligation is the
subject of a good faith dispute, (c) failed, within one
Business Day after request by the Agent, to confirm that it will
comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations
to fund prospective Transactions and participations in then
outstanding Swing Line Transactions, unless, in the case of this
clause (c), such obligation is the subject of a good faith dispute,
(d) otherwise failed to pay over to the Agent or any other
Buyer any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within
one Business Day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good
faith dispute, or (e) (i) become or is insolvent or has a
parent company that has become or is insolvent or (ii) become
the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a
receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or
has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent
to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or
appointment or has a parent company that has become the subject of
a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver,
conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken
any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to,
approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment;
provided that a Buyer shall not become a Defaulting Buyer solely as
a result of (x) the acquisition or maintenance of an ownership
interest in such Buyer or a Person controlling such Buyer or (y)
the exercise of control over a Buyer or a Person controlling a
Buyer, in each case by a Governmental Authority.
“ First
Amendment ” shall mean that certain First Amendment to
Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of August 4, 2009 by and
among Seller, Agent and the other Buyers thereto.
“ Swing
Line Buyer ” shall mean U.S. Bank in its role as Buyer
for Swing Line Transactions hereunder.
2.3 Deleted
Definitions . The definition of “Nonfunding Buyer”
in the Repurchase Agreement is hereby deleted from Section 1.2
of the Agreement, and the phrase “Nonfunding Buyer” is
hereby replaced with the phrase “Defaulting Buyer”
wherever it appears in the Repurchase Agreement.
2.4 Increase in
Maximum Aggregate Commitment . Section 2.3 of the
Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
to read as follows:
2.3. Request
for Increase in Maximum Aggregate Commitment . If the Seller
shall request in writing to the Agent an increase in the Maximum
Aggregate Commitment to a specified amount up to One Hundred Twenty
Five Million Dollars ($125,000,000),
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the Agent shall
use its best efforts to obtain increased Committed Sums from
existing Buyers, new Commitments from prospective new Buyers or
such combination thereof as the Agent shall elect, to achieve such
requested increase; provided that (i) such written request by
the Seller is delivered to the Agent at least ten
(10) Business Days before the requested effective date of the
increase and (ii) no Default has occurred that has not been
cured before it has become an Event of Default, and no Event of
Default has occurred that the Agent has not declared in writing to
have been waived or cured. If an increase in the Maximum Aggregate
Commitment is achieved, then (i) the Pro Rata ownership
interest in the Purchased Loans of each Buyer (if any) that does
not proportionately increase its Committed Sum shall, following
funding by the new Buyers, automatically be reduced and adjusted
proportionately and (ii) Schedule BC shall be updated and
the update executed and delivered by the Agent to the Seller and
each of the Buyers and, effective as of the date specified on such
update, shall each automatically supersede and replace the
then-existing corresponding schedule for all purposes.
2.5 Syndication
of Purchases . Section 3.2 of the Repurchase Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
3.2 Syndication
of Purchases . U.S. Bank shall notify each Buyer no later than
2:00 p.m. on each Swing Line Refunding Due Date of such
Buyer’s Funding Share of the Swing Line Transactions that are
to be converted to Regular Transactions on such date. If at the
time each such Swing Line Transaction was funded, U.S. Bank
reasonably believed that all of the conditions set forth in
Section 2.5 were satisfied in all material respects,
then the other Buyers shall be (subject to the provisions of this
Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents) unconditionally and
irrevocably obligated to timely fund their respective Funding
Shares of such Transactions, irrespective of whether in the
meantime any Default or Event of Default has occurred or been
discovered, and irrespective of whether in the meantime some or all
of the Buyers’ Commitments have lapsed, expired or been
canceled, rescinded or terminated with or without cause, or have
been waived, released or excused for any reason whatsoever, so that
(a) the Swing Line is paid down by the required amount on each
Swing Line Refunding Due Date and (b) all Swing Line
Transactions are converted to Regular Transactions with each Buyer
having funded its Funding Share thereof. All Price Differential
accrued on Swing Line Transactions to the applicable Swing Line
Refunding Due Date shall be due and payable by the Seller to the
Agent (for distribution to U.S. Bank) within two (2) Business
Days after the Agent bills the Seller for such Price Differential
(which billing shall occur monthly) but in no event later than the
Termination Date. All amounts due from the Buyers under this
Section 3.2 shall be transmitted by federal funds wire
transfer in accordance with the Agent’s instructions. The
Agent shall disburse to U.S. Bank an amount equal to the sum of the
Funding Shares received from the Buyers on any day against each
Transaction that was initially funded as a Swing Line Transaction
(excluding U.S. Bank’s own Funding Share thereof);
provided that if a Buyer other than U.S. Bank advises the
Agent by telephone and confirms the advice by fax that such Buyer
has placed all of its Funding Share on the federal funds wire to
the account designated by the Agent, the Agent shall continue to
keep the Swing Line Transaction outstanding to the extent of that
Buyer’s Funding Share so wired until such Buyer’s
Funding Share is received, and the Agent shall then repay U.S. Bank
that still-outstanding portion of the
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Swing Line
Transaction from such funds, and the Price Differential accrued at
the Pricing Rate(s) applicable to the Transaction on that Funding
Share for the period from (and including) the relevant Swing Line
Refunding Due Date to (but excluding) the date such Buyer’s
Funding Share is received by the Agent shall belong to U.S. Bank;
provided , further that in no event shall U.S. Bank
have any obligation to continue such portion of any Swing Line
Transaction outstanding if and to the extent, if any, that doing so
would cause the total amount funded by U.S. Bank and outstanding to
exceed the Swing Line Limit. If any Buyer fails to transmit any
funds required under this Section 3.2 so that such
funds are received in accordance with the Agent’s
instructions by 4:00 p.m. on the Swing Line Refunding Due Date (
i.e. , excluding any such failure caused by a federal funds
wire delay), then that Buyer shall also be obligated to pay to U.S.
Bank Price Differential on the Funding Share so due from such Buyer
to U.S. Bank at the Federal Funds Rate from (and including) such
Swing Line Refunding Due Date to (but excluding) the date of
payment of such Funding Share.
2.6 Repurchase
After a Disqualifier . Section 3.4(b) of the Repurchase
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows:
(b) Repurchase
After a Disqualifier . If any Disqualifier occurs in respect of
a Purchased Loan and such Disqualifier results in a Margin Deficit,
the Seller shall immediately, without the need for prior notice or
demand by the Agent, transfer cash, Additional Purchased Loans or a
combination of cash and Additional Purchased Loans to the Agent in
an amount sufficient to eliminate such Margin Deficit in accordance
with Section 6.1. Thereafter, the Repurchase Price of such
Purchased Loan will be deemed to be zero and the Seller may at any
time repurchase such Purchased Loan pursuant to
Section 3.4(c).
2.7 Defaulting
Buyers . Article 3 of the Repurchase Agreement is hereby
amended by adding the following Section 3.11 immediately after
section 3.10:
3.11.
Defaulting Buyers . Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, if any Buyer becomes a Defaulting Buyer,
then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Buyer
is a Defaulting Buyer:
(a) Facility Fees
and Non-usage Fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of
the Commitment of such Defaulting Buyer pursuant to
Section 9.1;
(b) The Commitment
of and the outstanding Purchase Prices paid by such Defaulting
Buyer shall not be included in determining whether all Buyers or
the Required Buyers have taken or may take any action hereunder
(including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to
Section 22.4), provided that any waiver, amendment,
modification or action requiring the consent of all Buyers
(including without limitation, any waiver, amendment, modification
or action under Section 22.3 hereof), and any waiver,
amendment, modification or action (other than actions under this
Section 3.11) which affects such Defaulting Buyer
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differently
than other affected Buyers shall require the consent of such
Defaulting Buyer;
(c) The respective
ownership interests of both (i) the Defaulting Buyer and
(ii) the Buyer (or Buyers) that funded the Defaulting
Buyer’s Funding Share(s) of any Transaction shall be
proportionately decreased and increased, respectively, to the same
extent as if their respective Committed Sums were changed in direct
proportion to the unreimbursed balance outstanding from time to
time thereafter of the amount so funded;
(d) If no other
Buyer funds any of the Defaulting Buyer’s Funding Share, then
the Pro Rata ownership interests of the Buyers in the Purchased
Loans shall be changed, so that each Buyer’s Pro Rata
ownership interest in the Purchased Loans is equal to the ratio of
(i) the sum of the portions of the Purchase Prices paid by
that Buyer in all Open Transactions on that day to (ii) the
total of the Purchase Prices paid by all Buyers in all Open
Transactions on that day, but the Defaulting Buyer’s share of
all subsequent distributions of any Repurchase Price and Margin
Deficit payments shall be paid to the other Buyers, pro rata among
them in the ratio that the Pro Rata ownership
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