Amendment Number Six to the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2017, among Barclays Bank PLC, PennyMac Corp., PennyMac Loan Services, LLC and PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION

AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX

to the

MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT

dated as of September 14, 2015

among

BARCLAYS BANK PLC

and

PENNYMAC CORP.

and

PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC

and

PENNYMAC MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST

This AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX (this “Amendment”) is made as of this 16^th day of June, 2017, by and among Barclays Bank PLC (the “Purchaser” and the “Agent”), PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (the “Guarantor”), PennyMac Loan Services, LLC (the “Servicer”) and PennyMac Corp. (the “Seller”), and amends that certain Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of September 14, 2015, as amended by Amendment Number One, dated as of August 31, 2016, Amendment Number Two, dated as of September 29, 2016, Amendment Number Three, dated as of December 2, 2016, Amendment Number Four, dated as of March 24, 2017 and Amendment Number Five, dated as of May 3, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Repurchase Agreement”), by and among the Purchaser, the Agent, the Guarantor, the Servicer and the Seller.

WHEREAS, the Purchaser, the Agent, the Guarantor, the Servicer and the Seller have agreed to amend the Repurchase Agreement as more particularly set forth herein.

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and for the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:  

SECTION 1.Amendments. Effective as of the date hereof,

(a)Section 2 of the Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the defined term “Committed Amount” in its entirety and replacing such term with the following:

“Committed Amount” means an amount equal to $170,000,000, minus the sum of (i) the MSR Facility Borrowed Amount and (ii) the Aggregate EPF Purchase Price for all transactions in respect of the Committed Amount (as defined in the Mortgage Loan Participation Purchase and Sale Agreement) under the Mortgage Loan Participation Purchase and Sale Agreement, on a committed basis.  

(b)The Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following as a new section of the Repurchase Agreement in its proper numerical sequence:

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40.CONTRACTUAL RECOGNITION OF UK STAY IN RESOLUTION.

(a)Where a resolution measure is taken in relation to any BRRD undertaking or any member of the same group as that BRRD undertaking  and that BRRD undertaking or any member of the same group as that BRRD undertaking  is a party to this Agreement (any such party to this Agreement being an “Affected Party”), each other party to this Agreement agrees that it shall only be entitled to exercise any termination right under this Agreement‎ against the Affected Party  to the extent that it would be entitled to do so under the Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of any part of the United Kingdom.

(b) For the purpose of this Section, “resolution measure” means a ‘crisis prevention measure’, ‘crisis management measure’ or ‘recognised third-country resolution action’, each with the meaning given in the “PRA Rulebook: CRR Firms and Non-Authorised Persons: Stay in Resolution Instrument 2015”, as may be amended from time to time (the “PRA Contractual Stay Rules”), provided, however, that ‘crisis prevention measure’ shall be interpreted in the manner outlined in Rule 2.3 of the PRA Contractual Stay Rules ; “BRRD undertaking”, “group”, “Special Resolution Regime” and “termination right” have the respective meanings given in the PRA Contractual Stay Rules.

SECTION 2.Fees and Expenses.  Seller agrees to pay to Purchaser all fees and out of pocket expenses incurred by Purchaser in connection with this Amendment, including all reasonable fees and out of pocket costs and expenses of the legal counsel to Purchaser incurred in connection with this Amendment, in accordance with Section 23 of the Repurchase Agreement.

SECTION 3.Defined Terms.  Any terms capitalized but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Repurchase Agreement.

SECTION 4.Limited Effect.  Except as amended hereby, the Repurchase Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.  Reference to this Amendment need not be made in the Repurchase Agreement or any other instrument or document executed in connection therewith, or in any certificate, letter or communication issued or made pursuant to, or with respect to, the Repurchase Agreement, any reference in any of such items to the Repurchase Agreement being sufficient to refer to the Repurchase Agreement as amended hereby.

SECTION 5.Representations. In order to induce Purchaser to execute and deliver this Amendment, each of the Guarantor, the Servicer and the Seller hereby represents to Purchaser that as of the date hereof, (i) each of the Guarantor, the Servicer and the Seller is in full compliance with all of the terms and conditions of the Program Documents and remains bound by the terms thereof and (ii) no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing under the Program Documents.

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SECTION 6.Governing Law.  This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflict of laws (other than Sections 5-1401 and 5‑1402 of the New York General Obligations Law which shall be applicable).

SECTION 7.Counterparts.  For the purpose of facilitating the execution of this Amendment, and for other purposes, this Amendment may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts.  Each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument.  The parties intend that faxed signatures and electronically imaged signatures such as .pdf files shall constitute original signatures and are binding on all parties. The original documents shall be promptly delivered, if requested.

SECTION 8.Miscellaneous.

(a)This Amendment shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

(b)The various headings and sub-headings of this Amendment are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment or the Repurchase Agreement or any provision hereof or thereof.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser, the Agent, the Servicer, the Guarantor and the Seller have each caused their names to be duly signed to this Amendment by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first above written.

Amendment Number Six to Master Repurchase Agreement