Amendment No. 8 to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2019, between TPG RE Finance 1, Ltd. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

Exhibit 10.8(f)

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT NO. 8 TO MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of October 1, 2019 (this “Amendment”), between TPG RE Finance 1, Ltd., a Cayman Islands limited liability company (the “Seller”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (the “Buyer”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Repurchase Agreement (as defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Seller and Buyer are parties to that certain Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2015 (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2015, as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2016, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 3 to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2016, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 4 to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of August 18, 2017, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 5 to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 6 to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2018, as further amended by that certain Amendment No. 7 to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2019, and as amended hereby and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Repurchase Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Seller and Buyer have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, that the Repurchase Agreement shall be amended as set forth in this Amendment and TPG RE Finance Trust Holdco, LLC (“Guarantor”) has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, to make the acknowledgements set forth herein.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Seller and Buyer each agree as follows:

Section 1.Amendments to Repurchase Agreement.  Section 2 of the Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(a)The definition of “Maximum Facility Amount”, as set forth in Article 2 of the Repurchase Agreement, is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“Maximum Facility Amount” shall mean (a) as of and excluding the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, $400,000,000, (b) on and after the Eighth Amendment Effective Date and prior to October 30, 2019, $590,300,000, and (c) on and after October 30, 2019, $400,000,000.

(b)A new definition of Eighth Amendment Effective Date is hereby added to read as follows:  

“Eighth Amendment Effective Date” shall mean September 26, 2019.

(c)The following definitions are hereby deleted in their entirety:  “Base Amount”, “Side Car Facility Amount”, “Side Car Purchased Assets”

Section 2.Conditions Precedent; Effective Date.  This Amendment shall become effective with retroactive effect to the Eighth Amendment Effective Date upon a counterpart of this Amendment being duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each of the Seller, Guarantor and Buyer.

Section 3.Representations and Warranties.  On and as of the date first above written, Seller hereby represents and warrants to Buyer that (a) it is in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth in the Repurchase Agreement on its part to be observed or performed, (b) after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default under the Repurchase Agreement has occurred and is continuing, and (c) after giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties contained in Article 9 of the Repurchase Agreement are true and correct in all respects as though made on such date (except for any such representation or warranty that by its terms refers to a specific date other than the date first above written, in which case it shall be true and correct in all respects as of such other date).

Section 4.Acknowledgments of Guarantor.  Guarantor hereby acknowledges (a) the execution and delivery of this Amendment by Seller and Buyer and agrees that it continues to be bound by that certain Guarantee Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2015 (the “Guarantee Agreement”), made by Guarantor in favor of Buyer, notwithstanding the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the impact of the changes set forth herein and therein, and (b) that, to its Knowledge, as of the date hereof, Buyer is in compliance with its undertakings and obligations under the Repurchase Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents.

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; provided, however, that upon the Eighth Amendment Effective Date hereof, all references in the Repurchase Agreement to the “Transaction Documents” shall be deemed to include, in any event, this Amendment.  Each reference to Repurchase Agreement in any of the Transaction Documents shall be deemed to be a reference to the Repurchase Agreement, as amended hereby.

Section 6.Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment in Portable Document Format (.PDF) or by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart thereof.

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Section 7.Costs and Expenses.  Seller shall pay Buyer’s reasonable actual out of pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and consummation of this Amendment in accordance with the Repurchase Agreement.  

Section 8.No Novation, Effect of Agreement.  Guarantor, Seller and Buyer have entered into this Amendment solely to amend the terms of the Repurchase Agreement and do not intend this Amendment or the transactions contemplated hereby to be, and this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall not be construed to be, a novation of any of the obligations owing by Seller or Guarantor (the “Repurchase Parties”) under or in connection with the Repurchase Agreement or any of the other document executed in connection therewith to which any Repurchase Party is a party (the “Repurchase Documents”).   It is the intention of each of the parties hereto that (i) the perfection and priority of all security interests securing the payment of the obligations of the Repurchase Parties under the Repurchase Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents are preserved, (ii) the liens and security interests granted under the Repurchase Agreement continue in full force and effect, and (iii) any reference to the Repurchase Agreement in any such Repurchase Document shall be deemed to also reference this Amendment.

Section 9.Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

(a)Each party irrevocably and unconditionally (i) submits to the non‑exclusive jurisdiction of any United States Federal or New York State court sitting in Manhattan, and any appellate court from any such court, solely for the purpose of any suit, action or proceeding brought to enforce its obligations under this Amendment or relating in any way to this Amendment or any Transaction under the Repurchase Agreement and (ii) waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, any defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court and any right of jurisdiction on account of its place of residence or domicile.

(b)To the extent that either party has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set off or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, such party hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of any action brought to enforce its obligations under this Amendment or relating in any way to this Amendment or any Transaction under the Repurchase Agreement.

(c)The parties hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent each may effectively do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding and irrevocably consent to the service of any summons and complaint and any other process by the mailing of copies of such process to them at their respective address specified in the Repurchase Agreement.  The parties hereby agree that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.  Nothing in this Section 9 shall affect the right of the Buyer to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law or affect the right of the Buyer to bring any action or proceeding against the Seller or its property in the courts of other jurisdictions.

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(d)EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.

Section 10.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 SECTION 5‑1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AMENDMENT.

[SIGNATURES FOLLOW]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

JPM-TPG - Signature Page to Amendment to Master Repurchase Agreement

JPM-TPG - Signature Page to Amendment to Master Repurchase Agreement

Acknowledged and Agreed:

JPM-TPG - Signature Page to Amendment to Master Repurchase Agreement