Second Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated February 16, 2024, among DHI Mortgage Company, Ltd., U.S. Bank National Association, as Administrative Agent, Sole Book Runner, Lead Arranger, and a Buyer, and all other Buye

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of February 16, 2024 (the “Amendment Effective Date”) is by and between DHI Mortgage Company, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership (the “Seller”), the Buyers party to the Repurchase Agreement (defined below) (the “Buyers”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as administrative agent for the Buyers (the “Administrative Agent”).

A. The Seller, the Buyers, and the Administrative Agent are parties to a Fourth Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of February 18, 2022 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of February 17, 2023, and as further amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Repurchase Agreement”).

B. The parties hereto desire to amend the Repurchase Agreement as provided herein.

In consideration of the premises herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Section 1.Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Amendment have the meanings specified in the Repurchase Agreement.

Section 2.Amendments. Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, the Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

2.1Definitions. Section 1.2 of the Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding or amending and restating, as applicable, the following defined terms to read in their entireties as follows:

“Applicable Margin” means 1.60%.

“Swing Line Limit” means, for any day, the lesser of (x) $300,000,000, and (y) the Maximum Aggregate Commitment minus the Aggregate Outstanding Purchase Price outstanding on that day, being the maximum amount that may be funded and outstanding on that day under the Swing Line; provided that the sum of (a) U.S. Bank’s Pro Rata share of the Transactions funded under the Swing Line, plus (b) U.S. Bank’s Pro Rata share of outstanding Regular Transactions, shall not exceed U.S. Bank’s Committed Sum.

“Termination Date” means the earlier of (i) February 13, 2025, and (ii) the date when the Buyers’ Commitments are terminated pursuant to this Agreement, by order of any Governmental Authority or by operation of law.

2.2Request for Increase in Maximum Aggregate Commitment. Section 2.3 of the Repurchase Agreement is amended by replacing the reference to $2,300,000,000 with $2,000,000,000.

2.3Compliance with Laws. Section 15.2(i) of the Agreement is amended by replacing the parenthetical “(currently Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, and the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic)” with “(currently Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Crimea, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, and the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine)”.

2.4Setoff. The Repurchase Agreement is amended by adding a new Section 24.7 to read in its entirety as follows:

24.7 Setoff. If a Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Buyer, and each of their respective Affiliates, is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held, and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing, by such Buyer or any such Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of the Seller against any and all of the obligations of the Seller now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Repurchase Document to such Buyer or their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Buyer, or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other related document and although such obligations of the Seller may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to an Affiliate of such Buyer different from the Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that all amounts of setoff shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 22.7 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Buyer from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and the Buyers. The rights of each Buyer and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Buyer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Buyer agrees to notify the Seller and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

2.5Schedules and Exhibits. Schedule AI and Schedule BC to the Repurchase Agreement are amended and restated in their entirety to read as set forth on Schedule AI and Schedule BC to this Amendment.

Section 3.Conditions Precedent and Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of the Amendment Effective Date upon the occurrence of each of the following:

3.1The Administrative Agent shall have received (or be satisfied that it will receive by such deadline as the Administrative Agent shall specify) the following, all of which must be satisfactory in form and content to the Administrative Agent:

(a)this Amendment, duly executed by the Seller, the Required Buyers, and the Administrative Agent;

(b)an amended and restated Fee Letter, duly executed by the Seller and the Administrative Agent;

(c)a current UCC search report of a UCC filings search in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas;

(d)a certificate of the General Partner’s corporate secretary or assistant secretary or other authorized officer dated as of the date hereof as to (i) the incumbency of the officers of the Seller executing this Amendment and all other Repurchase Documents executed or to be executed by or on behalf of the Seller, (ii) the authenticity of their signatures, and specimens of their signatures shall be included in such certificate or set forth on an exhibit attached to it (the Administrative Agent, the Buyers and the Custodian shall be entitled to rely on that certificate until the Seller has furnished a new certificate to the Administrative Agent), (iii) resolutions of the General Partner’s board of directors, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Amendment and all other Repurchase Documents to be delivered by the Seller pursuant to this Amendment and (iv) copies of the Seller’s (1) limited partnership agreement, (2) certificate of limited partnership issued by the state of Texas, (3) articles of incorporation certified by the Secretary of State of the State of the General Partner, and (4) bylaws and all amendments, or certification that there have been no changes to such documents since a true and correct copy thereof was delivered to the Administrative Agent and that such documents are in full force and effect.

3.2Payment to the Administrative Agent or the Custodian, as applicable, of all fees and expenses (including the disbursements and reasonable fees of the Administrative Agent’s attorneys) of the Administrative Agent and the Buyers payable by Seller pursuant to Section 9 of the Repurchase Agreement accrued and billed for to the date of the Seller’s execution and delivery of this Agreement, and, in the case of expenses, invoiced at least two Business Days prior to the Amendment Effective Date.

Section 4.Miscellaneous.

4.1Ratifications. This Amendment shall modify and supersede all terms and provisions set forth in the Repurchase Documents that are inconsistent with this Amendment, and the terms and provisions of the Repurchase Documents are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect.

4.2Seller Representations and Warranties. The Seller hereby represents and warrants that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 15 of the Repurchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect on and as of the date hereof as though made as of the date hereof.

4.3Survival. The representations and warranties made by the Seller in this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

4.4Reference to Repurchase Agreement. Each of the Repurchase Documents, including the Repurchase Agreement and any and all other agreements, documents, or instruments now or hereafter executed and delivered pursuant to the terms hereof or pursuant to the terms of the Repurchase Agreement as amended hereby, is hereby amended so that any reference in such Repurchase Document to the Repurchase Agreement shall refer to the Repurchase Agreement as amended and modified hereby.

4.5Applicable Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York as applicable to the Repurchase Agreement.

4.6Successors and Assigns. This Amendment is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Seller, the Buyers, the Administrative Agent, and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Seller may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and, to the extent required by the Repurchase Agreement, the Buyers.

4.7Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

4.8Headings. The headings, captions, and arrangements used in this Amendment are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Amendment.

4.9ENTIRE AGREEMENT. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER REPURCHASE DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES THERETO AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.

4.10Joinder of New Buyers. Each of Merchants Bank of Indiana and Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, N.A. (each a “New Buyer” and collectively the “New Buyers”) agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Repurchase Agreement and agrees that it shall, on the date of this Amendment, become a Buyer for all purposes of the Repurchase Agreement to the same extent as if originally a party thereto. Each of the undersigned New Buyers (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Amendment; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Repurchase Agreement and each of the other Repurchase Documents, and has reviewed such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Amendment; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, or any other Buyer and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Repurchase Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Repurchase Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the Repurchase Agreement and will perform in accordance with its terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Repurchase Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Buyer.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first set forth above.

DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD., as Seller and Servicer

By: DHI Mortgage Company GP, Inc.
Its General Partner


By: /s/ MARK C. WINTER                 

Name: Mark C. Winter

Title: Executive Vice President

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent and a Buyer


By: /s/ RODNEY S. DAVIS    
Name: Rodney S. Davis
Title: Senior Vice President

EVERBANK, N.A. f/k/a TIAA, FSB, as a Buyer


By: /s/ ELIZABETH MOORE                    

Name: Elizabeth Moore                

Title: Vice President

TRUIST BANK, f/k/a BRANCH BANKING & TRUST COMPANY, as a Buyer


By: /s/ SAMUEL W. BRYAN            

Name: Samuel W. Bryan    

Title: Senior Vice President

ASSOCIATED BANK, N.A., as a Buyer

By: /s/ JASON CARTER        

Name: Jason Carter
Title: Vice President

MERCHANTS BANK OF INDIANA, as a Buyer


By: /s/ KELLY HORVATH                

Name: Kelly Horvath

Title: Senior Vice President, Risk Management Warehouse Lending

TEXAS CAPITAL BANK, as a Buyer


By: /s/ LAKEISHA BINNS-WILLIS                    

Name: Lakeisha Binns-Willis                

Title: Director

THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as a Buyer


By: /s/ ROCHELLE THOMAS                    

Name: Rochelle Thomas            

Title: Authorized Signer

VERITEX COMMUNITY BANK, as a Buyer


By: /s/ AMY SATSKY                    

Name: Amy Satsky

Title: Executive Vice President, Mortgage Executive

HINSDALE BANK & TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as a Buyer


By: /s/ KEVIN MITZIT                    

Name: Kevin Mitzit

Title: Executive Vice President