AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
Amendment No. 4, dated as of March 30, 2007 (this “Amendment”), among JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (the “Buyer”), FIELDSTONE MORTGAGE COMPANY (a “Seller”) and FIELDSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION (a “Seller” and, together with Fieldstone Mortgage Company, the “Sellers”).
RECITALS
The Buyer and the Sellers are parties to that certain Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2006, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of December 20, 2006, Amendment No. 2, dated as of January 31, 2007 and Amendment No. 3, dated as of March 6, 2007 (as the same may have been amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Existing Repurchase Agreement” and as amended by this Amendment, the “Repurchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Existing Repurchase Agreement.
The Buyer and the Sellers have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, that the Existing Repurchase Agreement be amended to reflect certain agreed upon revisions to the terms of the Existing Repurchase Agreement.
Accordingly, the Buyer and the Sellers hereby agree, in consideration of the mutual premises and mutual obligations set forth herein, that the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
SECTION 1. Covenants. Section 12 of the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clause (k) thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
“(k) Financial Covenants.
(i) Maintenance of Adjusted Tangible Net Worth. FIC shall at all times maintain an Adjusted Tangible Net Worth, on a consolidated basis, of at least $275,000,000.
(ii) Indebtedness to Adjusted Tangible Net Worth Ratio. The Sellers’ (i) combined ratio of consolidated Indebtedness to Adjusted Tangible Net Worth shall not exceed 18:1 and (ii) combined ratio of consolidated Indebtedness (net of non-recourse Indebtedness) to Adjusted Tangible Net Worth shall not exceed 7:1.
(iii) Non-Structured Securities Indebtedness to Adjusted Tangible Net Worth Ratio. The Sellers’ ratio of consolidated Indebtedness less Structured Securities Debt to Adjusted Tangible Net Worth shall not exceed 7:1.
(iv) Maintenance of Liquidity. FIC, on a consolidated basis, shall at all times have unencumbered cash, Cash Equivalents and Available Borrowing Capacity on unencumbered assets that could be drawn against (taking into account required haircuts) under committed warehouse and repurchase facilities in an amount equal to not less than $20,000,000.
(v) Reserved.”
SECTION 2. Schedule I. Schedule I to the Existing Repurchase Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced by Exhibit A hereto.
SECTION 3. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective on the date hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
3.1 Delivered Documents. The Buyer shall have received the following documents, each of which shall be satisfactory to the Buyer in form and substance:
(a) this Amendment, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Buyer and Sellers;
(b) such other documents as the Buyer or counsel to the Buyer may reasonably request.
SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties. Each of the Sellers hereby represents and warrants to the Buyer that they are in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth in the Repurchase Agreement on their part to be observed or performed, and that no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, and hereby confirm and reaffirm the representations and warranties contained in Section 11 of the Existing Repurchase Agreement.
SECTION 5. Limited Effect. Except as expressly amended and modified by this Amendment, the Repurchase Agreement shall continue to be, and shall remain, in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 6. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by each of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
SECTION 7. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
Buyer: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Buyer
By: /s/ Stephanie K. Rudd
Name: Stephanie K. Rudd
Title: Managing Director
Seller: FIELDSTONE MORTGAGE COMPANY, as Seller
By: /s/ Mark C. Krebs
Name: Mark C. Krebs
Title: Sr. Vice President & Treasurer
Seller: FIELDSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION, as Seller
By: /s/ Mark C. Krebs
Name: Mark C. Krebs
Title: Sr. Vice President & Treasurer
