Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 19, 2022, by and between UBS AG, by and through its branch office at 1285 Avenue of Americas and loanDepot.com, LLC to the Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement

Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2022 (this “Amendment”), between UBS AG, by and through its branch office at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York (the “Buyer”) and loanDepot.com, LLC (the “Seller”).

The Buyer and Seller are parties to that certain (a) Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of August 11, 2021 (the “Existing Repurchase Agreement”; and as amended by this Amendment, the “Repurchase Agreement”) and (b) Pricing Letter, dated as of August 11, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pricing Letter”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Existing Repurchase Agreement and Pricing Letter, as applicable.

Accordingly, the Buyer and Seller hereby agree, in consideration of the mutual promises and mutual obligations set forth herein, that the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

Section 1.Definitions. Section 2 of the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by:

1.1adding the following definitions in their proper alphabetical order:

“Sanctioned Country” shall mean at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions.

“Sanctioned Person” shall mean, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clause (a) or (b).

Section 2.Covenants. Section 11 of the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting paragraph (d)(iv) in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

(iv) Unless otherwise waived by Buyer in writing, simultaneously with the furnishing of each of the Financial Statements to be delivered pursuant to subsections (i) and (iii) above, submission of a certificate in the form of Exhibit A to the Pricing Letter and certified by the president, chief financial officer or designee as approved by Buyer of the Financial Reporting Party, which includes detailed reporting to the materials set forth therein including without limitation, any request for repurchase of or indemnification for a Mortgage Loan purchased by a third party investor and the valuation of the Seller’s Capitalized Mortgage Servicing Rights by any third-party evaluator.

Section 3.Notices and other Communications. Section 23 of the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Buyer’s notice information in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

If to Buyer:    

    UBS AG

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

Attention:

Telephone:

Email:

With a copy to:

Executive Director & Counsel

UBS Business Solutions LLC

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

Phone: 212 ###-###-####

Email:

And:

Section 4.Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall be effective as of the date hereof (the “Amendment Effective Date”), subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

4.1    Delivered Documents. On the Amendment Effective Date, 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 duly authorized officers of the Buyer and Seller;

(b)    Amendment No. 1 to Pricing Letter, dated as of the date hereof, executed and delivered by Buyer and Seller; and

(c)    such other documents as the Buyer or counsel to the Buyer may reasonably request.

Section 5.Ratification of Agreement. As amended by this Amendment, the Existing Repurchase Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Existing Repurchase Agreement as so modified by this Amendment shall be read, taken, and construed as one and the same instrument.

Section 6.Representations and Warranties.   Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Buyer that it is in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth in the Repurchase Agreement on its part to be observed or performed, and that no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, and hereby confirms and reaffirms the representations and warranties contained in Section 10 of the Repurchase Agreement. Seller hereby represents and warrants that this Amendment has been duly and validly executed and delivered by it, and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

Section 7.Limited Effect.  Except as expressly amended and modified by this Amendment, the Existing Repurchase Agreement shall continue to be, and shall remain, in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

Section 8.Severability. Each provision and agreement herein shall be treated as separate and independent from any other provision or agreement herein and shall be enforceable notwithstanding the unenforceability of any such other provision or agreement.

Section 9.Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart. The parties agree that this Amendment, any documents to be delivered pursuant to this Amendment and any notices hereunder may be transmitted between them by email and/or by facsimile. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment in Portable Document Format (PDF) or by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Amendment. The original documents shall be promptly delivered, if requested. The parties agree that this Amendment, any addendum or amendment hereto or any other document necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment may be accepted, executed or agreed to through the use of an electronic signature in accordance with the E-Sign, UETA and any applicable state law.  Any document accepted, executed or agreed to in conformity with such laws will be binding on all parties hereto to the same extent as if it were physically executed and each party hereby consents to the use of any secure third party electronic signature capture service providers with appropriate document access tracking, electronic signature tracking and document retention as may be approved by the Buyer in its sole discretion.

Section 10.Binding Effect. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

Section 11.GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AMENDMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AMENDMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AMENDMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, THE EFFECTIVENESS, VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY OF ELECTRONIC CONTRACTS, OTHER RECORDS, ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION BETWEEN BUYER AND SELLER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY E-SIGN.

    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.

UBS AG, BY AND THROUGH ITS BRANCH OFFICE AT 1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, as Buyer