This Waiver is
being agreed by Residential Capital, LLC (“ ResCap
”) and GMAC LLC (“GMAC”) pursuant to
Section 8 of the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement,
dated November 27, 2006, by and among ResCap, GMAC and General
Motors Corporation (“ GM ”) (the “
Operating Agreement ”). Capitalized terms used but not
defined in this waiver have the meanings given to them in the
Operating Agreement.
1. The
parties hereby reference the transaction described in the
commitment letter between Cerberus Capital Partners, L.P. and
ResCap, dated June 2, 2008, and attached hereto as Exhibit
A (the “ Model Home Transaction ”), which
transaction was approved by the boards of directors of both ResCap
and GMAC and which was closed and funded on June 9, 2008. As
described in the Model Home Transaction commitment letter, ResCap
will receive Class B Junior Preferred Units in CMH Holdings
LLC, the new SPV formed (and controlled) by Cerberus
to acquire certain model home and related
assets.
2. The
parties further reference the covenant contained in
Section 2(a)(ii) of the Operating Agreement, whereby ResCap
and GMAC agree that ResCap shall not make any Investment in any
GMAC Affiliate (the “ Investment in Affiliates
Covenant ”).
3. ResCap
further references the resolutions, duly adopted by the Board of
Directors of ResCap (including its Independent Director) at a
meeting duly called and held on June 13, 2008, and attached
hereto as Exhibit B , whereby the Board authorized a
waiver of the Investment in Affiliates Covenant solely in respect
of ResCap’s investment in CMH Holdings LLC as a material
component of the Model Home Transaction, with such waiver to have
effect on and as of June 9, 2008.
4. The
parties further reference that Section 8 of the Operating
Agreement requires any amendment or waiver of a provision of the
Operating Agreement to be in writing and signed by the parties to
the Operating Agreement (other than GM, which has, pursuant to
Section 9 of the Operating Agreement, no obligations or rights
from and after November 27, 2006).
NOW, THEREFORE,
each of ResCap and GMAC hereby waive the Investment in Affiliates
Covenant solely in respect of ResCap’s investment in CMH
Holdings LLC as a material component of the Model Home Transaction,
with such waiver to have effect on and as of June 9,
2008.
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In
witness whereof, the undersigned have executed this Waiver as of
the date first written above.
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RESIDENTIAL
CAPITAL, LLC
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By:
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/s/ James G.
Jones
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Title:
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GMAC
LLC
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By:
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/s/ Robert S.
Hull
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Title:
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CFO
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EXHIBIT A
Model Home Transaction Commitment Letter
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Cerberus Capital Management,
L.P.
299 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10171
Residential
Capital, LLC
One Meridian Crossings
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55423
Residential
Capital, LLC (“ResCap”) has advised us that it wishes
to effect the sale of certain model home assets (collectively, the
“Assets”) by way of the sale of all of the outstanding
membership interests in the entities listed on Schedule A
hereto (such entities, the “Acquired Entities” and such
sale of membership interests, the “Membership Interests
Sale”).
Cerberus Capital
Management, L.P., on behalf of funds and accounts to be designated
by it (collectively, the “Investors”), hereby commits,
through a newly formed entity to be controlled by Cerberus
(“Newco”), to purchase the Assets by way of the
Membership Interests Sale for a consideration consisting of
$225 million in cash (the “Cash Amount”) and the
Series B preferred membership interest in Newco described
below.
The parties
acknowledge that the assets currently owned by the Acquired
Entities may have an aggregate net book value at closing in excess
of $476,000,000 and include assets other than the Assets.
Accordingly, the definitive purchase agreement for the Membership
Interests Sale (the “Purchase Agreement”) would provide
that all lot option properties and REO properties (e.g., model
homes that are no longer on lease to the buyer) owned by the
Acquired Entities immediately prior to the closing of the
Membership Interests Sale would be deemed to be “Excluded
Assets” and, after the closing, reconveyed to ResCap;
provided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
commitment letter, the aggregate net book value of the Assets to be
acquired by Newco at closing shall not be less than
$476,000,000.
The parties
acknowledge that the Investors has not completed its diligence of
the proposed Assets. To the extent that, prior to the execution of
Purchase Agreement, Cerberus, on behalf of the Investors, notifies
ResCap that certain proposed Assets are not reasonably acceptable
to the Investors, then (i) such proposed Assets will be deemed
to be “Excluded Assets” for purposes of the Purchase
Agreement and, after the closing, reconveyed to ResCap (any such
assets, “Retained Assets”) and (ii) ResCap shall,
or shall cause one or more of its controlled affiliates to,
transfer to the applicable Acquired
Entities
replacement assets owned by ResCap or its controlled affiliates in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Investors.
To finance the
purchase, the Investors or their affiliates would make a term loan
to Newco equal to the Cash Amount (the “Term Loan”) and
provide a revolving line of credit to fund the operating expenses
of the Assets (the “Revolver”, and together with the
Term Loan, the “Loan”). The Loan would bear interest at
15% per annum, and would compound quarterly to the extent not paid
in cash. The Loan would mature on June 30, 2013 and be secured
by a pledge of all of the assets of Newco. All cash flow of Newco,
whether from interest or principal payments, sale of assets or upon
liquidation would be applied first to the payment of accrued
and unpaid interest on the Loan and then to the payment in
full of principal of the Loan.
Newco would have
three classes of membership interests:
1. Series A
senior preferred membership interests that would be issued to the
Investors in an amount equal to (i) $10,000 plus (ii) amounts,
if any, contributed to Newco by the Investors on or after the
closing to fund expenses associated with the Assets and their
disposition. After payment in full of the Loan, the Series A
senior membership interests would be entitled to a preferred return
equal to the difference between (x) the greater of
(A) 20% of the Cash Amount and (B) a 20% per annum return
on the aggregate amount the Cash Amount and the amounts specified
in clauses (i) and (ii), compounded annually, and (y) the
amount of interest paid on the Loan. After payment in full of the
Loan, the holders of the Series A senior preferred membership
interests would be entitled to receive all distributions by Newco,
whether from interest or principal payments, sale of assets or upon
liquidation prior to any distributions on account of any other
membership interests.
2. Series B
junior preferred membership interests that would be issued to
ResCap in the aggregate amount equal to the difference (but not
greater than $250 million) between (i) the book value at
closing of the Assets, as set forth in the books of ResCap and
(ii) the Cash Amount, which amount would be entitled to a
preferred return of 20% per annum, compounded annually
(collectively, the “Series B Preference
Amount”).
3. Common
membership interests
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