AGREEMENT TO INCREASE COMMITMENT AMOUNT
Exhibit 10.1
AGREEMENT TO
INCREASE COMMITMENT AMOUNT
THIS AGREEMENT TO INCREASE COMMITMENT AMOUNT (the Agreement), dated as of September 22, 2006, is by and among DHI Mortgage Company, Ltd, a Texas limited partnership (formerly known as CH Mortgage Company I, Ltd.) (Borrower), U.S. Bank National Association, as one of the Banks and as agent (the Agent) for the financial institutions (the Banks) party to the Credit Agreement described below, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as a Bank (JPM Chase).
RECITALS
1. The Borrower, the Agent and the Banks entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of April 7, 2006, (as hereafter amended, the Credit Agreement); and
2. Pursuant to Section 10.11(d) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower, the Agent and JPM Chase desire to temporarily increase the Agents Commitment Amount and JPM Chases Commitment Amount as herein set forth.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby covenant and agree to be bound as follows:
Section 1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement, unless the context shall otherwise require.
Section 2. Temporary Commitment Amount Increase.
2.1 Changes in Commitment Amount of Agent and JPM Chase. Effective as of the date first above written (the Increase Date), the Commitment Amount of the Agent and the Commitment Amount of JPM Chase are each hereby increased from $100,000,000 to $205,000,000. Effective as of November 6, 2006 (the Temporary Increase Termination Date), the Commitment Amount of Agent and the Commitment Amount of JPM Chase are each hereby reduced from $205,000,000 to $100,000,000.
Section 3. New Schedule of Commitments.
3.1 Schedule of Warehousing Commitment Amounts. Schedule 5 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
Section 4. Effectiveness of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon delivery by the Borrower to the Agent of, and compliance by the Borrower with, the following:
4.1 This Agreement duly executed by the Borrower, the Agent and JPM Chase.
4.2 New Notes payable to the Agent and to JPM Chase, in the amount of each such Banks increased Commitment Amount after giving effect to this Agreement (the New Notes), duly executed by the Company;
4.3 A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrowers general partner (1) certifying that there has been no amendment to the organizational and governance documents of the Borrower since true and accurate copies of the same were delivered to the Agent with certificate of the Secretary of the Borrower dated as of April 7, 2006, and (ii) confirming that a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Borrowers general partner authorizes the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the New Notes (the Increase Documents), and identifying the officers of the Borrowers general partner authorized to sign the Increase Documents.
4.4 The Borrower shall have satisfied such other conditions as specified by the Agent, including payment of all unpaid legal fees and expenses incurred by the Agent through the date of this Agreement in connection with the Credit Agreement and the Increase Documents.
Section 5. Representations, Warranties, Authority, No Adverse Claim.
5.1 Reassertion of Representations and Warranties, No Default. The Borrower represents that on and as of the date hereof and after giving effect to this Agreement (a) all of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement are true, correct and complete in all respects as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such date, except for changes permitted by the terms of the Credit Agreement, and (b) there will exist no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement as amended by this Agreement on such date.
5.2 Authority, No Conflict, No Consent Required. The Borrower represents and warrants that it has the power and legal right and authority to enter into the Increase Documents and has duly authorized as appropriate the execution and delivery of the Increase Documents and other agreements and documents executed and delivered by it in connection herewith or therewith by proper corporate action, and none of the Increase Documents nor the agreements contained herein or therein contravenes or constitutes a default under any agreement, instrument or indenture to which the Borrower is a party or a signatory or a provision of the Borrowers organizational and governance documents or any other agreement or requirement of law, or result in the imposition of any Lien on any property of the Borrower under any agreement binding on or applicable to the Borrower or any of its property except, if any, in favor of the Banks. The Borrower represents and warrants that no consent, approval or authorization of or registration or declaration with any Person, including but not limited to any governmental authority, is required in connection with the execution and delivery by the Borrower of the Increase Documents or other agreements and documents executed and delivered by the Borrower in connection therewith or the performance of obligations of the Borrower therein described, except for those which the Borrower has obtained or provided and as to which the Borrower has delivered certified copies of documents evidencing each such action to the Agent.
5.3 No Adverse Claim. The Borrower warrants, acknowledges and agrees that no events have taken place and no circumstances exist at the date hereof that would give the Borrower a basis to assert a defense, offset or counterclaim to any claim of the Banks with respect to the Borrowers obligations under the Loan Documents.
Section 6. Affirmation of Credit Agreement, Further References, Affirmation of Security Interest. The Agent and the Borrower each acknowledge and affirm that the Credit Agreement, as hereby amended, is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects and all terms, conditions and provisions of the Credit Agreement, except as amended by this Agreement, shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect. All references in any document or instrument to the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and shall refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Agreement. The Borrower confirms to the Agent and the Banks that the Obligations are and continue to be secured by the security interest granted by the Borrower in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Banks under the Pledge and Security Agreement, and all of the terms, conditions, provisions, agreements, requirements, promises, obligations, duties, covenants and representations of the Borrower under such documents and any and all other documents and agreements entered into with respect to the Borrowers obligations under the Loan Documents are incorporated herein by reference and are hereby ratified and affirmed in all respects by the Borrower.
Section 7. Successors. The Increase Documents shall be binding upon the Borrower, the Banks and the Agent and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Banks and the Agent and the successors and assigns of the Banks and the Agent.
Section 8. Legal Expenses. As provided in Section 8.03 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower agrees to reimburse the Agent, upon execution of this Agreement, for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including attorney fees and legal expenses of Dorsey & Whitney LLP, counsel for the Bank) incurred in connection with the Credit Agreement, including in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of the Increase Documents and all other documents negotiated, prepared and executed in connection with the Increase Documents, and in enforcing the obligations of the Borrower under the Increase Documents, and to pay and save the Banks harmless from all liability for, any stamp or other taxes which may be payable with respect to the execution or delivery of the Increase Documents, which obligations of the Borrower shall survive any termination of the Credit Agreement.
Section 9. Counterparts. The Increase Documents may be executed in several counterparts as deemed necessary or convenient, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, provided that all such counterparts shall be regarded as one and the same document, and either party to the Increase Documents may execute any such agreement by executing a counterpart of such agreement.
Section 10. Governing Law. THE INCREASE DOCUMENTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS, THEIR HOLDING COMPANIES AND THEIR AFFILIATES.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date and year first above written.
DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD
By: DHI Mortgage Company GP, Inc.
Its General Partner
By: /s/ Mark C. Winter
Title: CFO/EVP
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent and a Bank
By: /s/ Edwin D. Jenkins
Title: Senior Vice President
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Bank
By: /s/ Thanh Roettele
Title: Vice President
EXHIBIT A
AGREEMENT TO INCREASE
COMMITMENT AMOUNT
Schedule 5 to Second Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement
On and After September 22, 2006 to November 6, 2006
Lenders | Total Commitment | Total Percentage | ||||||
U.S. Bank National Association | ||||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank | ||||||||
National City Bank | ||||||||
Bank of America | ||||||||
BNP Paribas | ||||||||
Comerica Bank | ||||||||
Scotiabanc | ||||||||
Societe Generale | ||||||||
Washington Mutual | ||||||||
Total | $ | 750,000,000 | 100 | % |
On and After November 6, 2006
Lenders | Total Commitment | Total Percentage | ||||||
U.S. Bank National Association | ||||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank | ||||||||
National City Bank | ||||||||
Bank of America | ||||||||
BNP Paribas | ||||||||
Comerica Bank | ||||||||
Scotiabanc | ||||||||
Societe Generale | ||||||||
Washington Mutual | ||||||||
Total | $ | 540,000,000 | 100 | % |