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Capmark Financial Group Inc.
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8-K
Jun 4, 4:04 PM ET
Capmark Financial Group Inc. 8-K
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(1) The Borrowers, the financial institutions and other institutional lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”), the Agent and the other agents party thereto have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2006, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2007, Amendment No. 2 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2008, Waiver to the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 20, 2009, Waiver No. 2 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2009 and Waiver No. 3 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2009 (as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment have the same meanings as specified in the Credit Agreement.
(2) Contemporaneously herewith, the Company is entering into that certain Term Facility Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2009 among the Company, certain Subsidiaries of the Company party thereto, as guarantors, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent, and Citibank, N.A., as collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Term Loan Agreement”), a condition to effectiveness of which, among other things, is that the Company shall use (a) the Cash Prepayment Amount (as defined below) to prepay in cash not less than $46,875,000 of outstanding loans under the Facilities and (b) proceeds under the Term Loan Agreement to permanently prepay in cash not less than (i) $937,500,000 of outstanding Loans under the Facilities (the “Prepayment”) and (ii) $562,500,000 of outstanding loans under the Bridge Facility (the foregoing transactions collectively referred to herein as the “Transactions”).
(3) The Borrowers have requested that the Lenders agree to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth.
(4) Pursuant to subsection 10.1(a) of the Credit Agreement, the Majority Lenders may, or, with the written consent of the Majority Lenders, the Agent may, from time to time, enter into with the Borrowers, written amendments, supplements or modifications to the Credit Agreement for the purpose of adding any provisions to the Credit Agreement or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement.
(5) The Majority Lenders have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions stated below, to amend the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the date hereof and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3, hereby amended as follows:
(a) Subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting in alphabetical order new definitions to read as follows:
“Amendment No. 3 Effective Date”: the date of effectiveness of Amendment No. 3 in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Applicable Adjustment Percentage”: (a) for the first Fiscal Quarter ending after a Servicing Business Disposition, 95%, (b) for the second Fiscal Quarter ending after a Servicing Business Disposition, 90%, (c) for the third Fiscal Quarter ending after a Servicing Business Disposition, 85% and (d) for each Fiscal Quarter ending thereafter, 80%.
“Auction”: a “Dutch” auction whereby the Company offers to purchase Loans pursuant to the auction procedures set forth in Exhibit A to Amendment No. 3.
“Cash Prepayment Amount”: as defined in Section 2.18(d).
“Consolidated”: the consolidation of accounts in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidating”: the consolidating financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries which sets forth (i) the consolidated accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than any Specified Subsidiaries) and (ii) the consolidated accounts of each Specified Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries.
“Equity Interests”: with respect to any Person, shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including, without limitation, partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are authorized on any date of determination.
(b) The definition of “Attributed Capitalization” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “subsection 5.1” in the sixth line thereof and inserting “subsection 5.1(a) and (b)” in its place.
(c) The definition of “Bankruptcy Remote Special Purpose Vehicle” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Bankruptcy Remote Special Purpose Entity”: (i) a Person that satisfies each of the following criteria: (a) such Person is an entity that is consolidated for accounting purposes with the Company and designed to make remote the possibility that it would enter into bankruptcy or other receivership; (b) all or substantially all of such Person’s
assets consist of Receivables or securities backed by Receivables plus any rights or other assets (including cash reserves) designed to assure the servicing or timely distribution of proceeds to the holders of its obligations; and (c) Receivables or securities backed by Receivables owned by such Person satisfy the legal isolation criteria set forth in paragraph 9(a) of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 140 (“FAS 140”) (in relation to the Company and any Subsidiary that is not a Bankruptcy Remote Special Purpose Entity) or (ii) any Subsidiary formed as a “successor borrower” in connection with any loan defeasance activities that satisfies the legal isolation requirements of FAS 140.
(d) The definition of “Canadian Revolving Credit Facility” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “Commitments” in the third line thereof and inserting the word “Loans” in its place.
(e) The definition of “Canadian Revolving Credit Lender” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “Commitment” in the second line thereof and inserting the word “Loan” in its place.
(f) The definition of “Cash Equivalents” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(g) The definition of “Commitment Period” in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(h) The definition of “ERISA Event” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(i) The definition of “EURIBO Rate” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting “the higher of (a) 1.50% per annum and (b)” immediately after the phrase “for any Interest Period,”.
(j) The definition of “Eurocurrency Rate” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(k) The definition of “GAAP” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(l) The definition of “Guarantee” set forth in the subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “subsection 5.1” in the eighth line thereof and inserting “subsection 5.1(a) and (b)” in its place.
(m) The definition of “Hedge Agreement” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(n) The definition of “Irish Revolving Credit Facility” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “Commitments” in the second line thereof and inserting the word “Loans” in its place.
(o) The definition of “Irish Revolving Credit Lender” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “Commitment” in the second line thereof and inserting the word “Loan” in its place.
(p) The definition of “Japanese Revolving Credit Facility” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “Commitments” in the third line thereof and inserting the word “Loans” in its place.
(q) The definition of “Japanese Revolving Credit Lender” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “Commitment” in the second line thereof and inserting the word “Loan in its place”.
(r) The definition of “Material Adverse Effect” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(u) The definition of “Termination Date” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
2.27. Loan Auctions. (a) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary, the Company shall be permitted to enter into an Auction so long as each of the “Lenders” under and as defined in the Bridge Facility and the Lenders hereunder shall be offered an opportunity to ratably participate in the applicable Auction and, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the applicable Auction, (i) the Loan Parties shall have maintained a Liquidity Availability of at least $300,000,000 on an average daily basis for each of the three months immediately ending prior to such Auction and (ii) the Company shall be in compliance with subsection 6.1 immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such Auction.
(b) Concurrently with the effectiveness of any Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which the Company becomes a Lender hereunder, any Loans held by the Company shall
be automatically cancelled (and may not be resold by the Company) and no interest shall accrue on such Loans after such date. Upon the automatic cancellation of any Loans held by the Company, the Company shall no longer be a Lender hereunder and such Loans shall be no longer outstanding for all purposes of this Agreement and all other Loan Documents, including, but not limited to (i) the making of, or the application of, any payments to the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the making of any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (iii) the calculation of financial covenants, (iv) the determination of Majority Lenders, or (v) for any similar or related purpose, pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(c) The parties hereto hereby agree that any Auction and cancellation of Loans will not constitute a voluntary prepayment made by the Company for any purpose under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall not be subject to subsections 2.10, 2.18 or 10.8.
2.28. Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness. (a) In connection with the proposed issuance or incurrence of any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, the Company shall within ten Business Days after the date notice is given to the holders of the applicable Existing Notes, give written notice of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness to the Agent and the Lenders, which notice shall specify (i) the terms and conditions of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, including, without limitation, the maximum aggregate principal amount of such proposed Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness proposed to be issued or incurred assuming all lenders under the Bridge Facility and all Lenders hereunder elect to receive the maximum amount of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness to which they would be entitled pursuant to clause (b), (ii) the maturity thereof, any scheduled amortization in respect thereof, the interest rate in respect thereof and the collateral (if any) securing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, (iii) the series of Existing Notes proposed to be refinanced, refunded, exchanged or replaced by such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, (iv) the Aggregate Requested Refinanced Indebtedness Amount (as defined below), (v) the amount of cash, if any, being offered to the holders of the applicable Existing Notes in connection with such refinancing, refunding, exchange or replacement and (vi) the principal amount of Existing Notes that is being refinanced, refunded, exchanged or replaced per $100 of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness. The Company shall also deliver, together with such written notice, copies of the applicable loan documents, indentures, promissory notes, note purchase agreements, and other similar documents that shall govern the terms and conditions of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness as well as a draft of the intercreditor agreement if such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is to be secured.
5.1. Financial Statements. Furnish to each Lender:
(a) As soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each Fiscal Year (or such earlier date on which the Company has filed such financial statements with the SEC), a Consolidated and Consolidating balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter, and Consolidated and Consolidating statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous quarter and ending with the end of such quarter, and Consolidated and Consolidating statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such quarter, setting forth, in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding period of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(b) As soon as available and in any event no later than 110 days following the end of each Fiscal Year (or such earlier date on which the Company has filed such financial statements with the SEC), a copy of the annual audit report for such Fiscal Year, including therein a Consolidated and Consolidating balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Year and Consolidated and Consolidating
statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP, and in each case accompanied by an opinion acceptable to the Agent of independent public accountants of recognized national standing acceptable to the Agent, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and shall not be subject to any qualification, exception or other statement as to the scope of such audit or any other statement to that effect;
(c) (i) As soon as available and in any event within 30 days after the end of each calendar month, a Consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such month, and Consolidated statement of income of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such month, in each case prepared in accordance with the Company’s internal management reporting practices;
(ii) As soon as available and in any event within 30 days after the end of each calendar month, (x) a Run Rate Operating Expense report, and (y) a schedule (with weekly detail) of the Agreement Value in respect of any Hedge Agreements of the Loan Parties as of the end of such month (showing the Agreement Value by counterparty, the upfront and variation margin with respect to any collateral posted in connection with such Hedge Agreements and such other information as may be reasonably requested by the Agent, together with a schedule of all Liens incurred by the Loan Parties during such month pursuant to subsection 6.3(g); all such reports and reconciliation statements to be in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Company; and
(iii) On the last day of each calendar month, a schedule in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent of the computations used in determining compliance with the covenants contained in subsection 6.1(b) for the one-month period ending immediately prior to such date; and
(d) Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections 5.1(a), 5.1(b) and 5.1(c), (i) a certificate of the chief financial officer of the Company stating that, to the best of the chief financial officer’s knowledge, (x) such financial statements present fairly the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the period referred to therein (subject, in the case of interim statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments), and (y) during such period, each Loan Party has performed all of its covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement to be performed by it, and that no Default or Event of Default has occurred, except as specified in such certificate and (ii) a schedule in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent of the computations used in determining compliance with the covenants contained in subsection 6.1;
(e) As soon as available, and in any event no later than 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Company, a reasonably detailed Consolidated and Consolidating budget for the following Fiscal Year and each subsequent Fiscal Year thereafter through 2011 (including a projected Consolidated and Consolidating balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following Fiscal Year), the related projected Consolidated and Consolidating statements of cash flow and income for such Fiscal Year expected as of the end of each month during such Fiscal Year (collectively, the “Projections”) in the form delivered to the board of directors of the Company, which Projections shall be accompanied by a certificate of the chief financial officer of the
Company stating that such Projections are based on then reasonable estimates and then available information and assumptions; it being understood that the Projections are made on the basis of the Company’s then current good faith views and assumptions believed to be reasonable when made with respect to future events, and assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable as of the date thereof (it being understood that projections are inherently unreliable and that actual performance may differ materially from the Projections).
5.2. Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to each Lender:
(a)(i) As soon as available, and in any event no later than the fifth Business Day of each calendar week, a report of the average daily Liquidity Availability for the immediately preceding calendar week, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and certified by the chief restructuring officer of the Company and (ii) as soon as available, and in any event no later than the third Business Day prior to any prepayment, redemption or purchase of the Existing Notes pursuant to a Permitted Notes Refinancing or any redemption or purchase of Indebtedness under the Bridge Facility or hereunder pursuant to an Auction, a report of the average daily Liquidity Availability for each of the three months prior to such prepayment, redemption or purchase;
(b) Promptly and in any event within 3 Business Days after any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate knows that any ERISA Event has occurred with respect to an ERISA Plan, a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Company describing such ERISA Event and the action, if any, that such Loan Party or such ERISA Affiliate has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto, on the date any records, documents or other information must be furnished to the PBGC with respect to any ERISA Plan pursuant to Section 4010 of ERISA, a copy of such records, documents and information;
(c) Promptly and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate, copies of each notice from the PBGC stating its intention to terminate any ERISA Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer any ERISA Plan;
(d) Promptly and in any event within 60 days after the filing thereof with the United States Internal Revenue Service, copies of each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) with respect to each ERISA Plan;
(e) Promptly and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan, copies of each notice concerning (i) the imposition of Withdrawal Liability by any such Multiemployer Plan, (ii) the reorganization or termination, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, of any such Multiemployer Plan or (iii) the amount of liability incurred, or that may be incurred, by such Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate in connection with any event described in clause (i) or (ii) above;
(f) Promptly after the commencement thereof, notice of each unstayed action, suit, investigation, litigation and proceeding before any court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, affecting any
Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries that (i) is reasonably likely to be determined adversely and if so determined adversely could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Note, any other Loan Document or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(g) Promptly after the occurrence of any event or development which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Company setting forth the details of such event or development;
(h) Within 30 days after the same become public, copies of all financial statements and reports which the Company may make to, or file with, the SEC or any successor or analogous governmental authority; provided, that such financial statements and reports shall be deemed delivered to each Lender upon filing with the SEC;
(i) Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all material notices, requests and other documents received by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries under or pursuant to any instrument, indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement directly related to any breach or default by any party thereto or otherwise have a Material Adverse Effect and, from time to time upon request by the Agent, such information and reports regarding such instruments, indentures and loan and credit and similar agreements as the Agent may reasonably request; and
(j) Such other information respecting the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
(iii) Immediately, upon any assignment to the Company in connection with any Auction permitted under subsection 2.27, any Loan assigned to the Company shall be automatically cancelled (and may not be resold by the Company), whereupon the Company shall not be a Lender for any purpose hereunder or under the Loan Documents. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Loan Parties hereby agree that the Company may not make or bring any claim against the Agent or any Lender with respect to the duties and obligations of such Agent or Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
The Credit Agreement is, upon the payment in full in cash of all principal and interest in respect of the obligations under the Term Loan Agreement, hereby automatically amended as follows:
“Capitalized Leases”: all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases.
“CFC”: any Foreign Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code section 957(a).
“Excluded Mortgage Loan Assets”: as specified on Schedule 1.01(d).
“Government Related Enterprises”: collective reference to (a) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), (b) the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and (c) the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, including the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae).
(b) The definition of “Affiliate” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(c) The definition of “Excluded Subsidiary” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Excluded Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Company that is: (a) not a wholly-owned Subsidiary; (b) not a Material Subsidiary; (c) a Foreign Subsidiary; (d) a Specified Subsidiary; (e) a Bankruptcy Remote Special Purpose Entity; (f) a CFC; (g) an entity that is prohibited by any Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation from providing any guaranty of the Loan Parties’ Obligations under the Loan Documents; provided that any such Contractual Obligation (i) shall have been entered into or incurred prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date (or, in the case of any Subsidiary formed or acquired by the Company subsequent to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, prior to such formation or acquisition) and (ii) in any event, shall not have been entered into or incurred in contemplation of this provision; or (h) any Subsidiary which is a broker-dealer registered with the SEC and applicable state securities commissions in the United States
(d) The definition of “Indebtedness” set forth in subsection 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
6.3. Limitation on Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its properties of any character (including, without limitation, accounts) whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a) Liens created under the Loan Documents;
(b) Liens existing on the date hereof and, to the extent securing Indebtedness For Borrowed Money, described on Schedule 6.3(b) hereto, and renewals, refinancings or extensions thereof with respect to any Surviving Indebtedness comprising securitizations or similar financings of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries; provided that (w) the principal amount of the related Indebtedness shall not be increased above the principal amount of the Indebtedness being renewed, refinanced or extended (excluding the amount of any premium paid in respect of such refinancing, renewal or extension and the amount of reasonable expenses incurred by the Loan Parties in connection therewith), (x) none of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries shall become a new direct or contingent obligor, (y) no additional assets shall be transferred to the applicable special purpose entity and (z) the property covered thereby shall not be changed;
(c) Permitted Liens;
(d) Liens in connection with Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to subsection 6.4(e) so long as such Liens extend solely to the property (and improvements and proceeds of such property) acquired or financed with the proceeds of such Indebtedness or subject to the applicable Capitalized Lease;
(e) any deposit of assets of any Loan Party with any surety company or clerk of any court, or escrow, as collateral in connection with, or in lieu of, any bond on appeal by such Loan Party from any judgment or decree against it, or in connection with other proceedings in actions at law or in equity by or against such Loan Party;
(f) Liens on any assets that are owned by any Specified Excluded Subsidiary;
(g) Liens securing Indebtedness relating to Hedge Agreements permitted to be incurred pursuant to subsection 6.4(f) pursuant to agreements existing on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date or similar agreements not for speculative purposes replacing or renewing such agreements, whether or not with the same counterparties; provided that in no event shall initial margin collateral in respect of all such Hedge Agreements (excluding collateral securing back-to-back hedging arrangements with any Specified Subsidiary) exceed $100,000,000 in the aggregate;
(h) Liens on Servicing Loan Assets that secure any Servicing Loan Facility permitted under subsection 6.4(i),
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness For Borrowed Money or Indebtedness in respect of Hedge Agreements) on assets with a fair market value at any time after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date not to exceed $200,000,000 to the extent that such Liens are incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries consistent with past practice;
(j) Liens required by agreements with Government Related Enterprises in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries consistent with past practice;
(k) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any Servicing Loan Assets; and
(1) other Liens securing Indebtedness outstanding in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000; provided that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any Servicing Loan Assets.
6.4. Indebtedness. Contract, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to contract, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) the Surviving Indebtedness and (x) solely with respect to any Surviving Indebtedness other than as described in clause (y) below, any Indebtedness extending the maturity of, or refunding or refinancing, in whole or in part, such Surviving Indebtedness, in each case upon the maturity of such Surviving Indebtedness; provided that the terms of any such extending, refunding or refinancing Indebtedness, and of any agreement entered into and of any instrument issued in connection therewith, are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents; provided further that the principal amount of such Surviving Indebtedness shall not be increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such extension, refunding or refinancing, no assets shall be added as collateral and no additional direct or indirect credit support shall be added therefor, and the direct and contingent obligors therefor shall not be changed, as a result of or in connection with such extension, refunding or refinancing; and provided further that the terms relating to principal amount, amortization, maturity, collateral (if any) and subordination (if any), and other material terms taken as a whole, of any such extending, refunding or refinancing Indebtedness, and of any agreement entered into and of any instrument issued in connection therewith, are no less favorable in any material respect to the Loan Parties or the Lenders than the terms of any agreement or instrument governing the Surviving Indebtedness being extended, refunded or refinanced and the interest rate applicable to any such extending, refunding or refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the then applicable market interest rate for similar type of Indebtedness and (y) solely with respect to the Existing Notes, the Bridge Facility and the Loans, any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(c) Indebtedness arising from Investments among the Company and its Subsidiaries that are permitted hereunder;
(d) Indebtedness in respect of netting services, customary overdraft protections and otherwise in connection with deposit accounts in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Indebtedness constituting purchase money debt and Capitalized Lease obligations (not otherwise included in subclause (b) above) in an aggregate outstanding amount not in excess of $5,000,000;
(f) Indebtedness in respect of Hedge Agreements under the hedging program described on Schedule 6.4(e);
(g) Indebtedness which may be deemed to exist pursuant to any surety bonds, appeal bonds or similar obligations incurred in connection with any judgment not constituting an Event of Default;
(h) Indebtedness consisting of the financing of insurance premiums in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(i) Indebtedness in respect of one or more Servicing Loan Facilities, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of which shall not exceed $900,000,000;
(j) Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by subsection 6.3(f);
(k) Indebtedness incurred by any Specified Excluded Subsidiary and Indebtedness of the Company arising under any capital maintenance or support agreement relating to any Specified Subsidiary;
(l) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, any undertaking of the Company and its Subsidiaries to maintain capital requirements in accordance with any applicable law or regulation, the requirements of any Government Related Enterprise or any order of, or agreement entered into with, any governmental or regulatory authority;
(m) the carrying value of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness For Borrowed Money or Indebtedness in respect of Hedge Agreements or Indebtedness not otherwise permitted hereunder) outstanding in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $200,000,000 to the extent that such Indebtedness is incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries consistent with past practice (with the “carrying value” being determined in a manner consistent with the carrying value of Indebtedness as reflected on the Company’s financial statements delivered pursuant to subsection 5.1(a) and (b));
(n) Guarantee Obligations of any Guarantor in respect of Surviving Indebtedness (including Indebtedness under the Bridge Facility, this Agreement and the Existing Notes) to the extent that such Guarantee Obligations are required pursuant to the terms of agreements in respect of such Surviving Indebtedness existing on the date hereof; and
(o) Indebtedness not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of $5,000,000.
6.5 Prepayments, Amendments, Etc. of Indebtedness. (a) Prepay, redeem, purchase, repurchase, exchange, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner, or make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of, any Indebtedness For Borrowed Money (other than intercompany Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company), except (i) regularly scheduled or required repayments or redemptions of Surviving Indebtedness and (ii) the prepayment or
repayment of the loans under the Bridge Facility and the Loans, or (b) amend, modify or change in any manner any term or condition of any Indebtedness or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing other than to prepay any Indebtedness payable to the Company; provided that so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (A) if the Liquidity Condition is satisfied immediately prior to any such prepayment, redemption or purchase, the Company may use up to $150,000,000 in the aggregate (the “Notes Cash Basket”) to prepay, redeem or purchase the Existing Notes prior to the scheduled maturity thereof, (B) the Company may prepay, redeem or purchase the Existing Notes prior to the scheduled maturity thereof to the extent that such prepayment, redemption or purchase constitutes a Permitted Notes Refinancing and (C) the Company may redeem or purchase Indebtedness hereunder pursuant to subsection 2.27 and under the Bridge Facility pursuant to subsection 2.19 thereof.
6.6. Dividends; Capital Stock. Declare or pay any dividends, purchase, repurchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any of its Equity Interests now or hereafter outstanding, return any capital to its stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof) as such, make any distribution of assets, Equity Interests, obligations or securities to its stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Persons thereof) as such, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to purchase, repurchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any Equity Interests in such Loan Party, any other Loan Party or any direct or indirect Subsidiaries thereof (collectively, “Restricted Payments”), except that:
(a) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, a Loan Party may enter into and consummate any transactions permitted under subsection 6.7;
(b) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, a Loan Party may make repurchases of Equity Interests from employees, former employees, directors or former directors pursuant to mandatory repurchase plans upon the death or disability of such persons, in each case in amounts not to exceed the fair market value of the Equity Interests so repurchased;
(c) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, a Loan Party may pay customary investment banking fees to national investment banks that are Affiliates of its stockholders, partners or members on an arm’s-length basis in order to consummate any capital markets financing transactions;
(d) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, a Loan Party may pay dividends to permit the Company to pay any taxes that are due and payable by the Company and the Loan Party as part of the Consolidated group;
(e) any Loan Party (other than the Company) or any of its Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to any other Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(f) repurchases of Equity Interests in the ordinary course of business in the Company (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants.
6.7. Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into or permit any of its Subsidiaries to enter into any transaction with any of its Affiliates, other than on terms and conditions at least as favorable to such Loan Party or such Subsidiary as would reasonably be obtained at that time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate, except for the following: (i) any transaction between any Loan Party and any other Loan Party or between any Non-Loan Party and any other Non-Loan Party; (ii) any transaction between any Loan Party and any Non-Loan Party (other than any Specified Subsidiary) that is, together with all such transactions between such Loan Party and such Non-Loan Party taken as a whole, at least as favorable to such Loan Party as would reasonably be obtained at that time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate; (iii) any transaction between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any Specified Subsidiary entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries consistent with past practice; (iv) any transaction individually or of a type expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents; (v) reasonable and customary director, officer and employee compensation (including, without limitation, incentive compensation) and other benefits (including retirement, health, stock option and other benefit plans) and indemnification arrangements; (vi) transactions of the type in existence on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date and set forth on Schedule II and any renewal or replacement thereof on substantially identical terms; or (vii) transactions entered into in connection with any Servicing Loan Facility.
6.8. Other Payments. Without limitation to the other provisions of this Section 6 and other than as set forth in subsection 6.6(b) or (c), make, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to make, any payments to any direct or indirect holders of Equity Interests in the Company in respect of such Equity Interests in the Company in any form whatsoever, whether through management or similar fees, dividends, distributions, repurchases of Equity Interests or otherwise.
SECTION 3. CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS
This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first above written when, and only when, the following conditions have been satisfied:
(a) the Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment executed by the Company, the Majority Lenders, and/or, as to any such Majority Lender and Extending Lender, advice satisfactory to the Agent that such Lender has executed this Amendment;
(b) the Agent shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Borrowers, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, which certificate shall (i) certify as to the incumbency and signature of the officers of the Borrowers executing this Amendment (with the President, a Vice President, the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company attesting to the incumbency and signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary providing such certificate), (ii) have attached to it a true and correct copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of each Borrower, which resolutions shall authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, and (iii) certify that, as of the date
of such certificate (which shall not be earlier than the date hereof), none of such resolutions shall have been amended, supplemented, modified, revoked or rescinded;
(c) each Guarantor has executed and delivered a consent in the form of Annex A hereto;
(d) Capmark Affordable Equity Holdings Inc., Summit Crest Ventures, LLC and Capmark REO Holding LLC have executed and delivered a Guaranty Supplement;
(e) the Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that the Transactions, the Term Loan Agreement and the amendments to the Bridge Facility (the “Amendment No. 9 and Waiver to the Bridge Facility”) have become effective in accordance with their respective terms and, in each case, are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders;
(f) the Agent shall have received (i) an amendment fee for the account of each Lender that has executed and delivered a signature page to this Amendment (each, a “Consenting Lender” and, collectively, the “Consenting Lenders”) in an amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of such Consenting Lender’s Loans immediately prior to the consummation of the Transactions and (ii) an additional fee equal to each Consenting Lender’s pro rata share of $8,400,000, which pro rata share shall be equal to a fraction the numerator of which shall be the aggregate of such Consenting Lender’s outstanding Loans under the Credit Agreement immediately prior to the consummation of the Transactions and outstanding loans under the Bridge Facility immediately prior to the consummation of the Transactions and the denominator of which shall be the aggregate of the outstanding Loans under the Credit Agreement of all Consenting Lenders immediately prior to the consummation of the Transactions and the outstanding loans of all lenders under the Bridge Facility immediately prior to the consummation of the Transactions that enter into Amendment No. 9 and Waiver to the Bridge Facility; and
(g) all other fees and expenses of the Agent and the Lenders (including (i) all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Agent and (ii) all retainers for counsel to the Agent and advisor to the Agent), to the extent invoiced prior to the date hereof, shall have been paid.
SECTION 4. CONFIRMATION OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
(a) The Company hereby represents and warrants, on and as of the date hereof, that the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement (to the extent relating to the Company) are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof, before and after giving effect to this Amendment, as though made on and as of the date hereof, other than any such representations or warranties that, by their terms, refer to a specific date.
SECTION 5. AFFIRMATION OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby consents to the amendments to the Credit Agreement effected hereby, and hereby confirms and agrees that, notwithstanding the effectiveness of this Amendment, the obligations of the Company contained in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, or in any other Loan Documents to which it is a party are, and shall remain, in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.
SECTION 6. REFERENCE TO AND EFFECT ON THE LOAN DOCUMENTS
(b) The Credit Agreement, the Notes and each of the other Loan Documents, as specifically amended by this Amendment, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.
(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Agent under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.
SECTION 7. COSTS, EXPENSES
SECTION 8. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS
SECTION 9. GOVERNING LAW