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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) August 13, 2008
MGIC Investment Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Wisconsin
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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1-10816
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39-1486475 |
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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MGIC Plaza, 250 East Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee, WI
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53202 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(414) 347-6480
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On August 13, 2008, our subsidiary Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC) entered
into a Securities Repurchase Agreement, dated August 13, 2008 (the SRA), with Sherman Financial
Group LLC (Sherman) under which on that day we sold and
Sherman repurchased our entire interest in
Sherman. Before the sale, MGIC owned an interest of 24.25% in Sherman, an unconsolidated joint
venture.
The sale price was $227,466,500, minus an adjustment for distributions from Sherman to MGIC
since March 31, 2008 ($21.7 million), plus an adjustment for interest ($3.7 million). The sale
price was paid $124.5 million in cash (this amount reflects such adjustments) and by delivery of
Shermans unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of $85 million (the Note). The
scheduled maturity of the Note is February 13, 2011 and it bears interest, payable monthly, at the
annual rate equal to three-month LIBOR (adjusted each three months) plus 500 basis points. The
Note is issued under a Credit Agreement, dated August 13, 2008 (the Credit Agreement), between
Sherman and MGIC.
The SRA provides that MGIC is entitled to an additional cash payment if by approximately early
March 2009 Sherman or certain of its management affiliates enter into a definitive agreement
covering a transaction involving the sale or purchase of interests in Sherman in which the fair
value of the consideration reflects a value of Sherman over $1 billion plus an additional amount.
The additional amount is $33 million if a definitive agreement is entered into by approximately
early September 2008 and increases by $11 million for each monthly period that elapses after
approximately early September 2008 until a monthly period beginning in early February 2009, when
the additional amount is $100 million. A qualifying purchase or sale transaction must close for
MGIC to be entitled to an additional payment.
In the SRA MGIC waived, effective at the time at which the Note is paid in full, its right to
any contingent consideration for the sale of the interests in Sherman that MGIC sold in September
2007 to an entity owned by the management of Sherman. Under that sale, MGIC is entitled to an
additional cash payment if the purchasers after-tax rate of return on the interests purchased
exceeds a threshold that equates to an annual return of 16%.
The carrying value of our investment in Sherman was $124.3 million as of June 30, 2008. We
have not finally determined the amount of gain that we will recognize on the sale because we have
not finally determined the fair value of the Note and the expenses allocable to the sale. We will
disclose the amount of the gain as part of the announcement of our third quarter 2008 earnings.
All percentages and dollar amounts in this Item are approximate, except for the margin above
LIBOR that determines the interest rate on the Note, the sale price under the SRA, the principal
amount of the Note and the $1 billion and $100 million amounts that determine in part whether there
is an additional payment under the SRA.
The Credit Agreement provides for various rights of MGIC in connection with the Note. These
rights include that in certain circumstances the Note must be equally and ratably secured with
certain secured debt of Sherman or certain of its subsidiaries and that certain subsidiaries of
Sherman must become obligated on, or guaranty, the Note; covenants regarding Shermans maximum
consolidated leverage and minimum consolidated tangible net worth; and covenants restricting certain
transactions between Sherman and its affiliates and requiring financial reporting.
The SRA and the Credit Agreement are exhibits to this Report. (We do not consider the Credit
Agreement to be a material agreement of ours but have described it in this Item and are filing it
as an exhibit to provide additional information about the sale transaction under the SRA.) The
additional cash payment that will be waived upon payment of the Note arises under a Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated September 14, 2007 (the SPA), between MGIC, Radian Guaranty Inc. and
the purchaser of the Sherman interests. The SPA is exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on September 20, 2007. The description of the SRA, the
Note, the Credit Agreement and SPA
contained above is intended only as a plain English summary. It is qualified completely by the
text of the actual agreements.
Our
share of Shermans results have been material to our own results
of operations. Because we no longer have an equity interest in Sherman, beginning in the third quarter of 2008, we will no longer
record our share of Shermans results in our own results of operations.
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sale of MGICs interest in Sherman was effected as a repurchase of MGICs interest by
Sherman. We believe that Sherman will repay the Note in accordance with its terms. To the extent this
belief is a forward-looking statement under Section 21E(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, the statements in the remainder of this Item are intended to provide meaningful
cautionary statements that identify material factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in this forward-looking statement. If in the future Sherman were to experience financial distress, there is a risk that
Sherman would be unable to meet its obligations under the Note or, if Sherman were unable to meet
its obligations generally, that creditors of Sherman would seek to set aside the entire transaction
and obtain the return to Sherman of the consideration received by MGIC in the transaction. We
cannot predict Shermans future performance but its business is sensitive to its ability to
purchase receivable portfolios on favorable terms and to service those receivables such that it
meets its return targets. In addition, the volume of credit card originations and the related
returns on the credit card portfolio are impacted by general economic conditions and consumer
behavior. Shermans operations are principally financed with debt under credit facilities.
Recently
there has been significant tightening in credit markets, with the result that lenders are generally
becoming more restrictive in the amount of credit they are willing to provide and in the terms of
credit that is provided. Credit tightening could adversely impact Shermans ability to
obtain sufficient funding to maintain or expand its business and could increase the cost of
funding that is obtained.
Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Agreement
As described in Item 1.01, an additional cash payment to which MGIC may be entitled in the
future under the Securities Purchase Agreement referred to in that Item is being waived in the
Securities Repurchase Agreement referred to in that Item, effective upon payment in full of the
Note referred to in that Item. To the extent the effectiveness of such waiver would result in the
termination of a material agreement, we are reporting such waiver under this Item.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is being filed herewith:
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Securities Repurchase Agreement, between Sherman Financial Group
LLC and Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, dated as of August 13, 2008. |
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Credit Agreement, between Sherman Financial Group LLC and Mortgage Guaranty
Insurance Corporation, dated as of August 13, 2008.* |
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The schedules to this agreement are not being filed herewith. The registrant agrees to
furnish supplementally a copy of any such schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon
request. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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MGIC INVESTMENT CORPORATION
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Date: August 14, 2008 |
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/s/ Joseph J. Komanecki
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Joseph J. Komanecki |
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Senior Vice President, Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Description of Exhibit |
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(2.1)
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Securities Repurchase Agreement, between Sherman Financial Group LLC and Mortgage Guaranty
Insurance Corporation, dated as of August 13, 2008. |
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Credit Agreement, between Sherman Financial Group LLC and Mortgage Guaranty Insurance
Corporation, dated as of August 13, 2008.* |
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The schedules to this agreement are not being filed herewith. The registrant agrees to
furnish supplementally a copy of any such schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon
request. |
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Exhibit 2.1
Execution Version
SECURITIES REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
MORTGAGE GUARANTY INSURANCE CORPORATION
AND
SHERMAN FINANCIAL GROUP LLC
Dated as of August 13, 2008
SECURITIES REPURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of August 13, 2008 (this Agreement),
between MORTGAGE GUARANTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, a Wisconsin corporation (MGIC or
Seller), and SHERMAN FINANCIAL GROUP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(Sherman Financial or Purchaser).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Seller is the record and beneficial owner of 2,424,665 Common Units of Sherman
Financial (the Units).
WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell, and Purchaser desires to purchase, all of the Units (such
purchase, the Unit Repurchase).
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, each of the Members of Sherman Financial has waived, among
other things, all of its rights under Article IX of the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Agreement of Sherman Financial Group LLC, dated as of September 1, 2007 (the
Existing Operating Agreement) with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby,
pursuant to a written waiver (collectively, the Unit Repurchase Waiver).
WHEREAS, certain changes to the Existing Operating Agreement in connection with the Unit
Repurchase, including, without limitation, the cancellation of the Units by Sherman Financial and
the withdrawal of MGIC as a Member upon consummation of the Unit Repurchase, will be effected
through the amendment and restatement of the Existing Operating Agreement.
WHEREAS, Seller and Purchaser desire to agree to such other matters in connection with the
foregoing as are set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations,
warranties, covenants, agreements and conditions hereinafter set forth, and intending to be legally
bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows.
Section 1. Definitions.
(a) Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Existing Operating Agreement, and
the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Additional Payment means an amount equal to 24.25% multiplied by the
excess, if any, of (i) the fair market value of the aggregate consideration for (a) in the case of
an Additional Unit Purchase, the Additional Units or (b) in the case of Tag or Drag Transaction,
the Interests sold (directly or indirectly, as the case may be) in such Tag or Drag Transaction, in
either case divided by the percentage ownership of Sherman Financial purchased by
the purchasing party as of the Purchase Date, over (ii) the sum of (x) $1,000,000,000 plus
(y) the product of $100,000,000 divided by nine, multiplied by the lesser of (A) the number of full
months elapsed between the Midpoint Date and the Execution Date and (B) nine (it being understood
that if less than one full month has so elapsed, such product is zero); provided,
that if
on the Purchase Date the Interests do not consist solely of Common Units, the foregoing
formula
shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect the applicable capital structure. If, in
connection with an Additional Unit Purchase or a Tag or Drag Transaction, any arrangements are made
that involve the giving of value to the transferor, the portion of such value, if any, properly
allocable, using reasonable economic analysis, to the Interests transferred shall be reallocated to
such Interests. It is understood that (i) in the case of the Radian Option Agreement, no
Distributions shall be considered part of the consideration paid for the Additional Units under
such Radian Option Agreement and (ii) in the case of other Definitive Agreements, Distributions
shall be deemed to be part of the consideration to the extent they were taken into account in
determining the price for the Interests.
Additional Payment Period has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
Additional Unit Purchase has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
Additional Units has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
Adjustment means $3,742,966, except that if the Closing Date occurs after August 13,
2008, such amount shall be increased by $27,726 for each day in the period from and including
August 14 to and including the Closing Date (it is understood that if the Closing Date were August
14, 2008, the period would have one day).
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person; provided,
however, that, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no individual shall be deemed
to be an Affiliate of any other Person solely by reason of his or her being an officer or director
of such Person and no Person shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any other Person solely by
reason of its being a member of the same limited liability company as, or a limited partner of,
such Person.
Ancillary Agreements has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c).
Base Purchase Price means (i) $227,466,500 minus (ii) all Distributions made
to MGIC in respect of the Units during the period from April 1, 2008 to the Closing Date.
CEO Group means the individual acting as Chief Executive Officer of Sherman
Financial and its subsidiaries and the members of his or her Immediate Family.
Change in Bank Control Act means the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978, as amended.
Claims has the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
Closing has the meaning set forth in Section 10.
Closing Date has the meaning set forth in Section 10.
Confidential Information has the meaning set forth in Section 12(k).
Defaulting Party has the meaning set forth in Section 11(b).
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Definitive Agreement means a final agreement executed by the parties thereto, and
includes, with respect to the Radian Option Agreement, a notice of exercise of the Call Option (as
defined therein) by Meeting Street Investments LLC or a permitted assignee of Meeting Street
Investments LLC, any amendment (however effected, including, without limitation, by waiver of the
terms in effect prior to the waiver) to the economic terms of the Radian Option Agreement (it is
understood that an amendment to extend the Call Exercise Period (as defined in the Radian Option
Agreement) is an amendment to such terms), the grant by Radian and/or an Affiliate of Radian of
another call option to Sherman Financial, any Affiliate of Sherman Financial that is controlled by
Sherman Financial or a Management Affiliate or the grant by any Management Affiliate of any put
option to Radian and/or an Affiliate of Radian in respect of an Interest in Sherman Financial.
Distributions means, in respect of any period, all cash and non-cash property that
is distributed by Sherman Financial in respect of the Common Units during such period; it being
understood that, with respect to MGIC, payments of the Base Purchase Price, the Adjustment, or an
Additional Payment, and the issuance of the Sherman Financial Note shall not be treated as a
Distribution, but principal payments by Sherman Financial on the Sherman Financial Note shall be
so treated. All non-cash property comprising part of any Distribution shall be valued for purposes
of this Agreement as determined by agreement of Sherman Financial and MGIC or, if the parties
cannot agree within a reasonable period, pursuant to Section 12(g) hereof.
DPV Group means the individual acting as Director of Portfolio Valuation of Sherman
Financial and its subsidiaries and the members of his or her Immediate Family.
Event of Default has the meaning set forth in Section 11(b).
Execution Date has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
Existing Operating Agreement has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Governmental Entity means any foreign, federal, state or local government and any
agency or instrumentality thereof, including, without limitation, any court or regulatory body.
HSR Act means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.
Immediate Family means (i) the spouse, lineal descendants and children by adoption
of a specified individual and (ii) each trust whose primary beneficiaries include the foregoing
Persons.
Initial Lender has the meaning set forth in the Loan Agreement.
Initial Lender Exposure has the meaning set forth in the Loan Agreement.
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Law means any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, order, rule of common
law or judgment enacted, promulgated, issued, enforced or entered by any Governmental Entity.
Loan Agreement means the Credit Agreement, of even date herewith, between Sherman
Financial, as obligor, and MGIC, as Initial Lender and Administrative Agent.
Management Affiliates means Sherman Capital, L.L.C., Meeting Street Partners II
Inc., Meeting Street Investments LLC, Sherman Capital Markets LLC or any corporation, partnership,
association, joint-stock company, trust, fund, organized group of Persons whether or not
incorporated, at least 40% of the economic or voting interest in which is owned, directly or
indirectly, by the CEO Group, the DPV Group and/or other members of the management of Sherman
Financial and/or their Immediate Families.
Midpoint Date means the date that is halfway between March 31, 2008 and the Closing
Date (determined by including March 31, 2008 and including or excluding the Closing Date, as the
case may be, in order to cause the period used for such determination to comprise an odd number of
days).
MSII Stockholders Agreement means the Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement of
Meeting Street Partners II Inc., dated as of September 1, 2007.
Purchase Date has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).
Purchase Price has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
Radian means Radian Guaranty Inc.
Radian Option Agreement means the Option Agreement dated as of September 14, 2007,
by and among Radian and Meeting Street Investments LLC.
Representatives has the meaning set forth in Section 12(k).
Restated Operating Agreement means the Sixth Amended and Restated Limited Liability
Company Agreement of Sherman Financial Group LLC, in substantially the form agreed to by the
parties hereto and Radian Asset Management Inc. as of the date hereof, to be entered into on the
Closing Date and pursuant to which, among other things, the cancellation of the Units and the
withdrawal of MGIC as a Member upon consummation of the Unit Repurchase will be provided for.
Securities Purchase Agreement means the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of
September 14, 2007, by and among MGIC, Radian and Sherman Capital.
Sherman Capital Operating Agreement means the Third Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Agreement of Sherman Capital, L.L.C., dated as of September 1, 2007.
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Sherman Financial Note means the promissory note of Sherman Financial in the
principal amount of $85,000,000, of even date herewith, payable to the order of MGIC and issued
pursuant to the Loan Agreement.
Solvent means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such
date (i) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of
liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (ii) the present fair salable value
of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable
liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person does
not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Persons
ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, and (iv) such Person is not engaged in
business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such
Persons property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent
liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and
circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to
become an actual or matured liability.
Unit Repurchase has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Unit Repurchase Waiver has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Units has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Tag or Drag Transaction means (i) a Transfer by a member of the Sherman Capital
Group or a member of the MSII Group that under Section 9.3 of the Existing Operating Agreement
would have afforded MGIC the opportunity to sell its Units as provided therein (were MGIC then a
member of the MGIC Group), (ii) a Transfer by a member of the Sherman Capital Group that under
Section 9.4 of the Existing Operating Agreement would have entitled the Sherman Capital Group to
require MGIC to sell its Units as provided for therein (were MGIC then a member of the MGIC Group),
(iii) a Transfer (as defined in the Sherman Capital Operating Agreement as in effect on the date
hereof) that would have entitled MGIC to exercise tag along rights under Section 9.5 of the Sherman
Capital Operating Agreement as in effect on the date hereof (were MGIC then a member of the MGIC
Group) or (iv) a Transfer (as defined in the MSII Stockholders Agreement as in effect on the date
hereof) that would have entitled MGIC to exercise tag along rights under Section 3.5 of the MSII
Stockholders Agreement as in effect on the date hereof (were MGIC then a member of the MGIC Group).
Waiver Time has the meaning set forth in Section 6(f).
(b) Construction. For purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly set
forth herein:
(i) Unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular include the plural and words
in the plural include the singular.
(ii) A reference to any party to this Agreement or any other agreement or document shall
include such partys successors and permitted assigns.
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(iii) A reference to any agreement or order shall include any amendment of such agreement or
order from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and hereof, except that a reference to
the Radian Option Agreement or the Existing Operating Agreement shall not include any amendment
thereto. In addition, if the Sherman Capital Operating Agreement or the MSII Stockholders
Agreement is amended on the date on which the Closing Date occurs, any such amendment shall be
disregarded for purposes of determining the content of each such agreement as in effect on the date
hereof.
(iv) A reference to any legislation, to any provision of any legislation or to any regulation
issued thereunder shall include any amendment to, and any modification or re-enactment thereof, any
legislative provision or regulation substituted therefor and all regulations issued thereunder or
pursuant thereto.
(v) The headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and do not
form a part of this Agreement.
(vi) Section references in this Agreement refer to sections of this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
Section 2. Purchase and Sale of Units.
(a) Unit Repurchase. On the Closing Date, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, in consideration of the payment of the Purchase Price to Seller in accordance with
Section 3(a) hereof, Seller shall sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall purchase from Seller, the
Units, free and clear of all Liens, other than such Liens as may arise under the Existing Operating
Agreement and such Liens as may be created by Purchaser.
Section 3. Purchase Price.
(a) Purchase Price. The purchase price for the Units shall be the sum of the Base
Purchase Price and the Adjustment (such sum, the Purchase Price). The Purchase Price
minus $85,000,000 shall be paid by Purchaser to Seller in cash on the Closing Date. The
remainder of the Purchase Price shall be paid by delivery of the Sherman Financial Note, which
shall be issued by Sherman Financial to MGIC pursuant to the Loan Agreement.
(b) Additional Payment.
(i) If, within the period beginning on and including the Midpoint Date and ending nine months
after the Midpoint Date (the Additional Payment Period), Sherman Financial, any Affiliate
of Sherman Financial that is controlled by Sherman Financial or any Management Affiliate executes a
Definitive Agreement (the date of execution thereof, the Execution Date) (A) covering the
purchase (an Additional Unit Purchase) from a Member other than a Management Affiliate of
an additional Interest in Sherman Financial (the Additional Units) or (B) that
constitutes a Tag or Drag Transaction, then Sherman Financial shall pay to MGIC by wire transfer of
immediately available funds within 15 Business Days after the date on which such Additional Unit
Purchase or Tag or Drag Transaction has been consummated (the Purchase Date) an amount
equal to the Additional Payment; provided, that
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the foregoing shall not apply and no Additional Payment shall be due in the event that such
Additional Unit Purchase or Tag or Drag Transaction is entered into:
(A) (w) between or among any of Sherman Financial and (1) any of its Affiliates
who are controlled by Sherman Financial or (2) any Management Affiliates, (x)
between such Affiliates, (y) between any Person referred to in clause (w) or clause
(x) and one or more of their respective equity holders who are either existing or
former members of the team managing the business that has been conducted by Sherman
Financial or its subsidiaries from time to time or an Affiliate controlled by a
member referred to in clause (y) or any trust whose primary (as opposed to
contingent) beneficiaries are any one or more of the equity holders referred to in
clause (y), such equity holders respective spouses, such equity holders respective
issue, or the spouses of such equity holders respective issue (including, without
limitation, grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs)) or (z) between any of the
Persons referred to in clause (y); or
(B) for purposes of (x) raising funds (including, without limitation, in
connection with the incurrence of indebtedness) to cover obligations of Sherman
Financial incurred or to be incurred in the ordinary course of business or (y)
making any payment to the lenders under the Original Credit Facility or any
Permitted Replacement Facility.
For purposes of this Section 3(b) (including any defined terms used in this Section 3(b)), month
shall mean the period beginning on, and including, the Midpoint Date (in the case of the initial
such month) or the last day of the preceding month (in the case of any other such month) and ending
on, but excluding, the numerically corresponding day in the next succeeding calendar month, except
that, if there is no numerically corresponding day in that next succeeding calendar month, such
month shall end on the last day of that next succeeding calendar month. For the avoidance of
doubt, no Additional Payment shall be due with respect to any Additional Unit Purchase or Tag or
Drag Transaction having an Execution Date after the expiration of the Additional Payment Period.
(ii) Sherman Financial shall provide all relevant information to MGIC with respect to any
Additional Unit Purchase or Tag or Drag Transaction, the Execution Date of which occurs during the
Additional Payment Period, within ten Business Days after any Purchase Date in respect thereof, so
that MGIC can determine whether an Additional Payment is due.
(c) Payments. The cash payment to be made by Purchaser to Seller pursuant to Section
3(a) hereof shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account on which
Distributions were paid to MGIC on June 30, 2008 and any Additional Payment, to the extent due
pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
an account to be designated by MGIC in writing when such Additional Payment becomes due.
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Section 4. Representations and Warranties of Seller.
As a material inducement to Purchaser to enter into this Agreement and consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby, Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser as follows:
(a) Organization. Seller is a corporation validly existing and in good standing (or
its equivalent) under the laws of the State of Wisconsin.
(b) Equity Interests and Related Matters. There are no statutory or contractual
preemptive rights or rights of first refusal or Liens or other similar restrictions with respect to
the purchase and sale of Sellers interests in Sherman Financial hereunder (other than those
contained in the Existing Operating Agreement). There are no agreements or understandings between
Seller and any Person (other than Sherman Financial and/or any of its Affiliates) with respect to
the voting or transfer of any Interests (including the Units).
(c) Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all
of the other agreements executed in connection with this Agreement, including, without limitation,
the Loan Agreement, the Unit Repurchase Waiver, the Sherman Financial Note and the Restated
Operating Agreement (collectively, the Ancillary Agreements) to which Seller is a party
and the sale of the Units hereunder by Seller have been duly authorized by Seller. This Agreement
constitutes, and all other Ancillary Agreements to which Seller is a party, when executed and
delivered by Seller in accordance with the terms thereof, will each constitute, a valid and binding
obligation of Seller, enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms.
(d) Noncontravention. The execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement and all
other Ancillary Agreements to which Seller is a party, the sale of the Units hereunder and the
fulfillment of and compliance with the respective terms hereof and thereof by Seller, do not and
will not (i) conflict with or result in a material breach of the terms, conditions or provisions
of, or constitute a material default under (whether with or without the passage of time, the giving
of notice or both), the organizational documents of Seller, or any material agreement, instrument,
order, judgment or decree to which Seller is subject (except that no representation or warranty is
given with respect to the Existing Operating Agreement), (ii) result in the creation of any Lien
upon the Units (except as may be created by Purchaser) or (iii) require that Seller obtain or make
any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice or declaration to, or
filing with, any third party or any Governmental Entity pursuant to any Law or judgment enacted,
promulgated, issued, enforced or entered by any Governmental Entity to which Seller is subject,
other than with the Office of Commissioner of Insurance of Wisconsin, which has advised MGIC that
it has approved such transactions, and except as has not had and would not have a material adverse
effect on Sellers ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Insofar
as the representation and warranty in this Section 4(d) covers the HSR Act or the Change in Bank
Control Act, such representation and warranty is given in reliance on Purchasers representations
and warranties in Sections 5(c) and 5(d).
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(e) No Brokers or Finders. Other than Banc of America Securities LLC, none of Seller
nor any of its directors, officers, employees, shareholders or agents have retained, employed or
used any Person acting as broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or in connection with the negotiation thereof. Seller assumes sole responsibility for,
and has paid (to the extent due) and will pay, in full, all fees, expenses and any other
compensation or remuneration payable to Banc of America Securities LLC in connection with any
services rendered by it in connection with any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 5. Representations and Warranties of Purchaser.
As a material inducement to Seller to enter into this Agreement and consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby, Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to Seller as follows:
(a) Organization. Purchaser is a limited liability company validly existing and in
good standing (or its equivalent) under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(b) Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all
of the other Ancillary Agreements to which Purchaser is a party and the purchase of the Units by
Purchaser have been duly authorized by Purchaser. This Agreement constitutes, and all other
Ancillary Agreements to which Purchaser is a party, when executed and delivered by Purchaser in
accordance with the terms thereof, will each constitute, a valid and binding obligation of
Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms.
(c) Noncontravention. The execution and delivery by Purchaser of this Agreement and
all other Ancillary Agreements to which Purchaser is a party, the purchase of the Units hereunder,
and the fulfillment of and compliance with the respective terms hereof and thereof by Purchaser, do
not and will not (i) conflict with or result in a material breach of the terms, conditions or
provisions of, or constitute a material default under (whether with or without the passage of time,
the giving of notice or both), the organizational documents of Purchaser or any material agreement,
instrument, order, judgment or decree to which Purchaser is subject, or (ii) require that Purchaser
obtain or make any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice or
declaration to, or filing with, any third party or any Governmental Entity pursuant to any Law or
judgment enacted, promulgated, issued, enforced or entered by any Governmental Entity to which
Purchaser is subject, except as has not had and would not have a material adverse effect
on Purchasers ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) Bank Regulatory. The purchase of the Units by Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement does not require that a notice be filed with the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency under the Change in Bank Control Act.
(e) Solvency. Purchaser is and, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated
hereby, will be Solvent.
(f) No Brokers or Finders. None of Purchaser nor any of its directors, officers,
employees, shareholders or agents have retained, employed or used any Person acting as
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broker or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in
connection with the negotiation thereof.
(g) Certain Other Agreements. (i) During the period beginning on March 31, 2008 and
ending at midnight on the day that is the day before the Midpoint Date and (ii) on the date hereof,
other than the Radian Option Agreement, none of Purchaser, any Affiliate of Purchaser that is
controlled by Purchaser and any Management Affiliate has been (in the case of clause (i)) or is (in
the case of clause (ii)) a party to a Definitive Agreement described in Section 3(b) (regardless of
whether such agreement would result in an Additional Payment to MGIC in accordance with the
provisions thereof).
Section 6. Covenants and Agreements.
(a) D&O Insurance. For six years after the date on which the directors and officers
liability insurance of Sherman Financial in effect on April 1, 2008 expires, Sherman Financial
shall ensure that any directors and officers liability insurance purchased by Sherman Financial
under which any Manager who is appointed by the Sherman Capital Group or any Management Affiliate
is an insured will provide that all former Managers who were appointed by MGIC will also be
insureds without discrimination between such former Managers and any other insureds.
(b) Certain Income Tax Matters.
(i) Unless otherwise required due to a change in law after the date hereof, the parties agree
to treat the Unit Repurchase and Distributions in respect of the Units for U.S. federal income tax
purposes as follows:
(A) Items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit, and any other items of
Sherman Financial through and including March 31, 2008, computed based on a closing
of the books of Sherman Financial as of that date and past practices of Sherman
Financial, shall be allocated to MGIC and the other Members in accordance with
Article VI of the Existing Operating Agreement. No such items shall be allocated to
MGIC for periods after March 31, 2008.
(B) The Adjustment, if any, and interest payments on the Sherman Financial Note
made to MGIC shall be treated as guaranteed payments.
(C) The payment of Distributions to MGIC after March 31, 2008 and the payment
of the Base Purchase Price and any Additional Payment shall be treated as
distributions by Sherman Financial to MGIC in respect of the Units, consisting first
of MGICs distributive share of income of Sherman Financial to the extent not
previously distributed, and second as a payment made in exchange for MGICs interest
in Sherman Financial.
(ii) Neither Seller nor Purchaser shall take any position on any tax return, report, or
statement or in any tax audit or other administrative or judicial proceeding that is inconsistent
with the treatment required by Section 6(b)(i).
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(c) Certain Rights to Indemnity. Sherman Financial shall indemnify and hold MGIC
harmless to the same extent as it would have if the provisions of Sections 3.7 and 3.9 of the
Existing Operating Agreement applied and MGIC were an Indemnitee and an Indemnified Member,
respectively, thereunder.
(d) Governmental Approvals. If despite the representations and warranties in Sections
4(d), 5(c) and 5(d) hereof, a permit, consent, approval or authorization of a third party or a
Governmental Entity is necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the
parties shall cooperate with each other and use their reasonable best efforts promptly to prepare
and file all necessary documentation, to effect all applications, notices, petitions and filings
and to obtain as promptly as practicable all permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of all
third parties and Governmental Entities which are necessary to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. The parties shall have the right to review in advance, and, to the
extent practicable, each will consult the other on all the information relating to any party, as
the case may be, and any of their respective Affiliates, which appears in any filing made with, or
written materials submitted to, any such third party or any such Governmental Entity in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) Further Assurances. Each of the parties shall do any and all things reasonably
necessary or appropriate in order to cause the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be
consummated on the terms and subject to the conditions provided herein as promptly as practicable.
(f) Waiver of Rights under Securities Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to Section 12.1 of
the Securities Purchase Agreement, MGIC hereby irrevocably waives, effective at the Waiver Time (as
defined below), (i) all of its rights under the Securities Purchase Agreement to receive payment of
any portion of the Contingent MGIC/Radian Class A Units Purchase Price (as defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement) to which it would otherwise be entitled, and all rights under the
Securities Purchase Agreement relating to such payment, including, without limitation, its rights
under the provisions of Articles 2 and 6 to receive payment thereof, to receive information with
respect to the determination thereof and to be secured with respect thereto by any Lien upon any
assets of Sherman Capital to be granted in favor of MGIC in accordance with the terms of the
Securities Purchase Agreement and (ii) all of its rights to receive any financing information under
Section 5.1 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. The foregoing waiver shall become effective,
immediately and without further action on the part of any Person, upon the Initial Lender Exposure
under the Loan Agreement being reduced to zero (the date and time of such occurrence, the
Waiver Time).
(g) Termination of Rights under Other Agreements. MGIC hereby confirms and agrees,
for the avoidance of doubt, that upon consummation of the Unit Repurchase and withdrawal of MGIC as
a Member of Sherman Financial, all rights of MGIC and/or any of its Affiliates under the Sherman
Capital Operating Agreement and the MSII Stockholders Agreement, including without limitation any
tag-along rights or related rights set forth therein, shall be immediately terminated in their
entirety, without further action on the part of any Person, and hereby further irrevocably waives
any and all such rights under such agreements, effective at such time. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Section 6(g) shall alter the
rights of MGIC pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof and
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the definition of Tag or Drag Transaction shall be interpreted with respect to any
transaction occurring on or after the Closing Date (solely for purposes of determining the amount
of any Additional Payment due under this Agreement) as if MGIC were still a Member of Sherman
Financial and continued to have such rights under such agreements. Each of Sherman Capital, its
Members (as defined in the Sherman Capital Operating Agreement) and each party to the MSII
Stockholders Agreement shall be an express third-party beneficiary of this Section 6(g).
Section 7. Conditions Precedent to Purchasers Obligations.
Each and every obligation of Purchaser to be performed on the Closing Date shall be subject to
the satisfaction prior to or at the Closing of each of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties True on the Closing Date. Each of the
representations and warranties made by Seller in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all
material respects when made and shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the
Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made or given on and as of the
Closing Date.
(b) Compliance With Agreement. Seller shall have in all material respects performed
and complied with all of its agreements and obligations under this Agreement which are to be
performed or complied with by it prior to or on the Closing Date, including the delivery of the
documents specified in Section 10(a).
(c) Absence of Injunction. No injunction that prohibits the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby by Seller or Purchaser and that has been issued by a court of
competent jurisdiction shall be in effect.
(d) Loan Agreement. Seller shall have entered into and delivered the Loan Agreement,
and such instrument shall be in full force and effect.
(e) Restated Operating Agreement. Radian Asset Management Inc. shall have entered
into the Restated Operating Agreement, and such agreement shall be, or shall immediately upon
consummation of the Unit Repurchase become, in full force and effect.
(f) Unit Repurchase Waiver. The Unit Repurchase Waiver shall be in full force and
effect.
Section 8. Conditions Precedent to Sellers Obligations.
Each and every obligation of Seller to be performed on the Closing Date shall be subject to
the satisfaction prior to or at the Closing of each of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties True on the Closing Date. Each of the
representations and warranties made by Purchaser in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all
material respects when made and shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the
Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made or given on and as of the
Closing Date.
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(b) Compliance With Agreement. Purchaser shall have in all material respects
performed and complied with all of its agreements and obligations under this Agreement which are to
be performed or complied with by it prior to or on the Closing Date, including payment of the
purchase price and delivery of the documents specified in Section 10(b).
(c) Absence of Injunction. No injunction that prohibits the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby by Seller or Purchaser and that has been issued by a court of
competent jurisdiction shall be in effect.
(d) Unit Repurchase Waiver. The Unit Repurchase Waiver shall be in full force and
effect.
(e) Loan Agreement. Purchaser shall have executed and delivered the Sherman Financial
Note and entered into and delivered the Loan Agreement, and such instruments shall be in full force
and effect.
Section 9. Indemnification.
(a) By Seller. Seller hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Purchaser
from and against all losses, damages, judgments, awards, settlements, costs and expenses
(including, without limitation, interest, penalties, court costs and reasonable attorneys fees and
expenses, but excluding consequential, indirect or punitive damages (including lost profits))
(collectively, Claims) asserted against, resulting to, imposed upon or incurred by
Purchaser, directly or indirectly, by reason of, arising out of or resulting from the inaccuracy or
breach of any representation, warranty or covenant of Seller contained in this Agreement.
(b) By Purchaser. Purchaser hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless
Seller from and against all Claims asserted against, resulting to, imposed upon or incurred by such
party, directly or indirectly, by reason of, arising out of or resulting from the inaccuracy or
breach of any representation, warranty or covenant of Purchaser contained in this Agreement.
Section 10. Closing.
Unless the parties to this Agreement mutually agree that a physical closing is not necessary,
the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the Closing) shall take
place at such location on which the parties mutually agree, at 10:00 a.m., local time, on the date
hereof, or, if the conditions to Closing set forth in Sections 7 and 8 have not been satisfied or
waived by the party entitled to the benefit thereof on or prior to such date, on the second
Business Day following satisfaction or waiver of such condition, or such other date and time as to
which Purchaser and Seller agree in writing; provided, that, except as otherwise
agreed in writing by Purchaser and Seller, the Closing shall occur no later than ten Business Days
after the date of this Agreement. The date and time of Closing is referred to herein as the
Closing Date, and each of the transactions and deliveries contemplated to occur at such
time and date, including, without limitation, payment of the Purchase Price by Purchaser in
accordance with Section 3(a), sale and delivery of the Units by
Seller, entry into the Loan Agreement and the delivery of the Sherman Financial Note, shall be
deemed to occur simultaneously.
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(a) Documents to be Delivered by Seller. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to
Purchaser the following documents, in each case duly executed or otherwise in proper form:
(i) Compliance Certificate. A certificate signed on behalf of Seller that each of the
representations and warranties made by Seller in this Agreement is true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as though such representations and
warranties had been made or given on and as of the Closing Date and that Seller has in all material
respects performed and complied with all its obligations under this Agreement which are to be
performed or complied with on or prior to the Closing Date.
(ii) Other Documents. All other documents, instruments or writings required to be
delivered to Purchaser by Seller at or prior to the Closing, as the case may be, pursuant to this
Agreement, including the Loan Agreement and such other certificates and documents as Purchaser may
reasonably request.
(b) Documents to be Delivered by Purchaser. At the Closing, Purchaser shall deliver
to Seller the following items, including the following documents, in each case duly executed or
otherwise in proper form:
(i) Purchase Price. The consideration required by Section 3(a).
(ii) Compliance Certificate. A certificate signed by Purchaser that each of the
representations and warranties made by Purchaser in this Agreement is true and correct in all
material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as though such representations
and warranties had been made or given on and as of the Closing Date and that Purchaser has in all
material respects performed and complied with all of Purchasers obligations under this Agreement
which are to be performed or complied with on or prior to the Closing Date.
(iii) Other Documents. All other documents, instruments or writings required to be
delivered to Seller at or prior to the Closing pursuant to this Agreement, including the Sherman
Financial Note and the Loan Agreement, and such other certificates and documents as Seller may
reasonably request.
Section 11. Termination.
(a) Right of Termination Without Breach. This Agreement may be terminated without
further liability of any party at any time prior to the Closing by mutual written agreement of all
of the parties to this Agreement.
(b) Right of Termination for Breach.
(i) Events of Default. Each of the following constitutes an event of default
hereunder (an Event of Default). An Event of Default will exist with respect to a party
(such party, the Defaulting Party) if:
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(A) any representation or warranty in this Agreement made by that party proves
to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made; or
(B) that party fails to comply with or perform any material agreement or
obligation set forth in this Agreement and such failure continues for ten days after
notice of that failure is given to that party.
(ii) Termination. If there has been an Event of Default, then a party, other than the
Defaulting Party, may, at any time prior to the Closing (this Agreement may not be terminated after
the Closing), by written notice to the other parties that such Event of Default is continuing,
terminate this Agreement as to such party with the effect set forth in clause (iii) below.
(iii) Effect of Termination. Termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section
11(b) shall not in any way terminate, limit or restrict the rights and remedies of any party hereto
against any other party which has violated, breached or failed to satisfy any of the
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements, conditions or other provisions of this
Agreement prior to termination hereof. In addition to the right of any party under common law to
redress for any such breach or violation, each party whose breach or violation has occurred prior
to termination shall indemnify each other party for whose benefit such representation, warranty,
covenant, agreement or other provision was made to the extent provided in Section 9 hereof.
Section 12. Miscellaneous
(a) Amendments; Waivers. This Agreement may be amended, or any provision of this
Agreement may be waived; provided, however, that any such amendment shall be
binding upon the parties only if set forth in a writing duly signed by or on behalf of all of the
parties and all waivers of this Agreement must be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the
party waiving its rights. No delay or failure on the part of any party to exercise any right,
remedy, power or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or
partial exercise by any party of any such right, remedy, power or privilege precludes other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
(b) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and all of the covenants and agreements
contained herein and all of the rights, interests and obligations hereunder, by or on behalf of any
of the parties, shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the
parties whether so expressed or not. No assignment shall relieve the assignor of any obligation
hereunder unless the assignee is acceptable to the non-assigning party in its discretion as
evidenced in a writing signed by the non-assigning party. No assignment shall be effective until
each party to this Agreement that is not a party to the instrument of assignment receives notice of
such assignment.
(c) Notices. Notices, requests, permissions, waivers, and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
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received if delivered by hand, facsimile transmission or by first class mail (registered,
return receipt requested), properly addressed and postage prepaid:
If to Seller:
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation
MGIC Plaza, P.O. Box 488
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0488
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
With a copy to: General Counsel
Fax No.: (414) 347-2655 (CFO) / (414) 347-6959 (General Counsel)
If to Purchaser:
Sherman Financial Group LLC
c/o Sherman Capital Markets LLC
200 Meeting Street
Charleston, South Carolina 29401
Attention: General Counsel
Fax No.: (843) 722-1884
Each party may change its address for notices by written notice sent to the other parties.
(d) Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the documents referred to herein contain the
entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, relating to such
subject matter in any way.
(e) Third-Party Beneficiaries. Sherman Capital shall be an express third-party
beneficiary of Section 6(f) hereof, and each of Sherman Capital, its Members (as defined in the
Sherman Capital Operating Agreement) and each party to the MSII Stockholders Agreement shall be an
express third-party beneficiary of Section 6(g) hereof. Except as provided in the preceding
sentence, and subject to Section 12(b) hereof, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the
parties and nothing herein expressed or implied shall give or be construed to give any person or
entity, other than the parties, any legal or equitable rights hereunder.
(f) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THAT
WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
(g) Resolution of Disputes.
(i) Generally. Unless prohibited by applicable Law or as otherwise expressly provided
in this Agreement, the parties agree that any dispute, controversy or claim
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arising under this Agreement or the performance by the parties of its terms (for the avoidance
of doubt, any dispute, controversy or claim arising under the Loan Agreement or the Loan Documents
(as such term is defined in the Loan Agreement) shall be deemed to arise under the Loan Agreement
or the Loan Documents and not hereunder) shall be settled by binding arbitration held in the
Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, State of New York in accordance with the Commercial
Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect, except as specifically
otherwise provided in this Section 12(g). Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the
arbitrator(s) does not possess the power to subpoena witnesses necessary to the resolution of a
dispute, controversy or claim brought hereunder which a court of competent jurisdiction would
possess, such dispute, controversy or claim shall not be subject to the terms of this Section 12(g)
and shall instead be subject to resolution in such court. If the parties to the Existing Operating
Agreement are engaged in or submit a matter to arbitration with respect to or related to the same
subject matter as a matter which is to be submitted to arbitration pursuant to this Agreement, such
arbitrations shall be jointly conducted.
(ii) Arbitrators. If the matter in controversy (exclusive of attorney fees and
expenses) shall appear, as at the time of the demand for arbitration, to exceed $500,000, then the
panel to be appointed shall consist of three neutral arbitrators; otherwise, one neutral
arbitrator. No arbitrator shall be a current or former officer, manager, director or employee of
Purchaser or Seller or any of their respective Affiliates (or any entity with which any of such
Persons has combined).
(iii) Procedures; No Appeal. The arbitrator(s) shall allow such discovery as the
arbitrator(s) determines appropriate under the circumstances and shall resolve the dispute as
expeditiously as practicable, and if reasonably practicable, within 90 days after the selection of
the arbitrator(s). The arbitrator(s) shall give the parties written notice of the decision, with
the reasons therefor set out, and shall have 30 days thereafter to reconsider and modify such
decision if any party so requests within 10 days after the decision. Thereafter, the decision of
the arbitrator(s) shall be final, binding, and nonappealable with respect to all Persons, including
(without limitation) Persons who have failed or refused to participate in the arbitration process,
except to the extent such decision shall be premised upon an erroneous application of or shall be
contrary to applicable Law. In making any decision, the arbitrator(s) is instructed to preserve, as
nearly as possible, to the extent compatible with applicable Law, the original business and
economic intent of the parties embodied in this Agreement.
(iv) Authority. The arbitrator(s) shall have authority to award relief under legal or
equitable principles, including interim or preliminary relief, and to allocate responsibility for
the costs of the arbitration and to award recovery of attorneys fees and expenses in such manner
as is determined to be appropriate by the arbitrator(s).
(v) Entry of Judgment. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator(s) may be
entered in any court having in personam and subject matter jurisdiction. Purchaser and Seller each
hereby submit to the in personam jurisdiction of the federal and state courts in the Southern
District of New York, in the borough of Manhattan, for the purpose of confirming any such award and
entering judgment thereon.
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(vi) Confidentiality. Subject to Section 12(k), all proceedings under this Section
12(g), and all evidence given or discovered pursuant hereto, shall be maintained in confidence by
all parties and by the arbitrator(s).
(vii) Continued Performance. The fact that the dispute resolution procedures specified
in this Section 12(g) shall have been or may be invoked shall not excuse any party from performing
its obligations under this Agreement and during the pendency of any such procedure, all parties
shall continue to perform their respective obligations in good faith.
(viii) Tolling. All applicable statutes of limitation shall be tolled while the
procedures specified in this Section 12(g) are pending. The parties will take such action, if any,
required to effectuate such tolling.
(h) Waiver of Jury Trial. WITHOUT LIMITING SECTION 12(g), AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT
ANY PROVISION OF SECTION 12(g) IS HELD BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION NOT TO BE ENFORCEABLE,
EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND
FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
(i) No Strict Construction. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation
and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation
arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption
or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any
of the provisions of this Agreement. No draft of this Agreement shall be considered in construing
the meaning hereof.
(j) Disclosures and Announcements. Except as otherwise required by Law or the rules
of the New York Stock Exchange, as such Law and rules are interpreted by counsel (who may be inside
counsel) for a party, no party shall, or shall permit any of its Affiliates to, issue or cause the
publication of any press release or other public announcement with respect to, or otherwise make
any public statement concerning, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without prior
consultation with the other parties.
(k) Confidentiality. Other than with respect to the Loan Agreement (with respect to
which the parties and their Representatives shall comply with the confidentiality provisions
contained therein) and a public announcement made under Section 12(j) to which this Section 12(k)
does not apply, the parties hereto agree to keep, and to cause their respective Representatives to
keep, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all other agreements and documents
executed in connection herewith, including, without limitation, each Ancillary Agreement (other
than the Loan Agreement) and each other agreement or document entered into in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, and the respective terms hereof and thereof (the
Confidential Information) strictly confidential, and no party shall, or permit any of its
Representatives to, without the prior written consent of the other parties, disclose the
Confidential Information to any Person (other than to its Representatives), except (i)
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to the extent a party is advised by its counsel (who may be internal counsel) that such
disclosure is required by Law (it being understood that, for this purpose, Law includes a
subpoena or similar demand issued in connection with an adversary proceeding), and the provisions
of clause (A) of the following sentence are complied with, (ii) solely in the case of Sherman
Financial and/or its Representatives, to the lenders under the Original Credit Facility or any
Permitted Replacement Facility and their counsel, to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
or any other applicable state or federal regulatory or supervisory authority and, in the case of
MGIC, to the Office of Commissioner of Insurance of Wisconsin or any other state or federal
regulatory or supervisory authority having jurisdiction over MGIC, (iii) solely with respect to
MGIC, to financial institutions potentially providing funds to MGIC (and to financial institutions
providing funds to such financial institutions), provided, that any such person
agrees, for the benefit of Sherman Financial, to keep such information confidential to the same
extent required of MGIC hereunder (without giving effect to clauses (iii), (iv) or (vi) of this
proviso), (iv) solely with respect to this Agreement and the terms hereof, to the extent required
under the Exchange Act to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by any party or
Affiliate of such party, (v) to the extent such Confidential Information is or has become generally
available to the public, other than as a result of disclosure by such party or any of its
Representatives or (vi) in any proceedings to which the obligation described in Section
12(g)(vi) hereof does not apply, to the extent required to enforce this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (A) with respect to matters described
in clause (i) above, in the event that a party hereto is advised by its counsel that disclosure of
any item constituting Confidential Information is required by Law, it is agreed that such party or
its Representative, as the case may be, (x) shall notify the other parties of such requirement as
promptly as practicable, (y) may, without liability hereunder, disclose such item in the manner it
is advised is required by Law and (z) will exercise its best efforts to have confidential treatment
accorded to any provision of such item that a party hereto reasonably requests to have accorded
such treatment if such requesting party takes primary responsibility for preparing and, to the
extent permissible by law, processing such request and (B) disclosure of any item of Confidential
Information shall be permitted hereunder if and to the extent expressly permitted by any provision
of such item of Confidential Information. For purposes hereof, Representatives means,
with respect to any Person, such Persons agents, representatives (including its employees,
attorneys, auditors and consultants, financial or otherwise) and Affiliates.
(l) Counterparts; Fax and Pdf Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures of the parties transmitted by fax or .pdf shall
be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
(m) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and
shall not constitute a part hereof.
(n) Survival. In the event of termination of this Agreement by the parties as
provided in Section 11 above, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and of no further force
and effect, except that Sections 9, 11(b)(iii), 12(e) (solely with respect to the second sentence
thereof), 12(f), 12(g), 12(h), 12(j), 12(k) and 12(n) shall survive such termination indefinitely.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date and year first
above written.
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exv2w2
Exhibit 2.2
Execution Version
$85,000,000
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 13, 2008
between
SHERMAN FINANCIAL GROUP LLC,
as Borrower
and
MORTGAGE GUARANTY INSURANCE CORPORATION,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Initial Lender
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms |
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SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time Periods |
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SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms |
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SECTION 1.04. Other Interpretive Provisions |
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ARTICLE II AMOUNT AND TERM OF THE LOAN |
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SECTION 2.01. The Loan |
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SECTION 2.02. [Reserved] |
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SECTION 2.03. [Reserved] |
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SECTION 2.04. [Reserved] |
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SECTION 2.05. Repayment of the Loan |
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SECTION 2.06. Prepayments of the Loan |
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SECTION 2.07. Evidence of Indebtedness |
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SECTION 2.08. Interest on the Loan |
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SECTION 2.09. Interest Rate Determination |
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SECTION 2.10. [Reserved] |
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SECTION 2.11. [Reserved] |
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SECTION 2.12. [Reserved] |
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SECTION 2.13. Payments and Computations |
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SECTION 2.14. Taxes |
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SECTION 2.15. Sharing of Payments, Etc. |
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ARTICLE III CONDITIONS TO THE LOAN |
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SECTION 3.01. Conditions Precedent to the Loan |
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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SECTION 4.01. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower |
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ARTICLE V COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES |
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SECTION 5.01. Affirmative Covenants |
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SECTION 5.02. Negative Covenant |
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ARTICLE VI EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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SECTION 6.01. Events of Default |
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ARTICLE VII THE AGENTS |
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SECTION 7.01. Authorization and Action |
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SECTION 7.02. Agents Reliance, Etc. |
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SECTION 7.03. Administrative Agent and Its Affiliates |
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SECTION 7.04. Lender Credit Decision |
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SECTION 7.05. [Reserved] |
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SECTION 7.06. Successor Agent |
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ARTICLE VIII [RESERVED] |
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 9.01. Amendments, Etc. |
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SECTION 9.02. Notices, Etc. |
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SECTION 9.03. No Waiver; Remedies |
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SECTION 9.04. Costs and Expenses |
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SECTION 9.05. Right of Set-off |
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SECTION 9.06. Binding Effect |
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SECTION 9.07. Assignments and Participations |
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SECTION 9.08. Confidentiality |
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SECTION 9.09. Governing Law |
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SECTION 9.10. Severability |
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SECTION 9.11. Execution in Counterparts |
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SECTION 9.12. Jurisdiction, Etc. |
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SECTION 9.13. Waiver of Jury Trial |
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SECTION 9.14. Survival |
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SECTION 9.15. No Personal Liability |
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SECTION 9.16. Reinstatement |
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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULE
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of Assignment and Acceptance |
EXHIBIT B
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Form of Note |
EXHIBIT C
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Terms of Guarantee |
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SCHEDULE 1
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Existing Excluded Debt |
SCHEDULE 2
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Existing Liens |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 13, 2008 (this Agreement), between SHERMAN FINANCIAL
GROUP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Borrower), and MORTGAGE GUARANTY INSURANCE
CORPORATION (MGIC), as the initial lender (in such capacity, the Initial Lender) and as the
administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) and collateral agent (in such
capacity, the Collateral Agent) for the Lenders (as hereinafter defined).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Initial Lender accept the Initial Lenders Note
(as defined below), which is in the aggregate principal amount of $85,000,000, in payment of a
portion of the price of the Repurchase (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Initial Lender is willing
to accept the Initial Lenders Note as such partial payment.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements
contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have
the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural
forms of the terms defined):
ABS Debt means Debt for Borrowed Money of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a Permitted
Finance Receivables Securitization.
Administrative Agent has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
Affiliate means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls,
is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, the
term control (including the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with)
of a Person means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by
contract or otherwise.
Agents means, collectively, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
Alternate Reference Rate means, on any date, a fluctuating rate of interest per annum equal
to the higher of: (a) the rate then published as the prime rate in the Wall Street Journal; and
(b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%.
Applicable Law means, with respect to any Person, (i) all common law applicable to such
Person and (ii) all provisions of all (A) Laws, domestic or foreign, applicable to such
Person, (B) Governmental Approvals applicable to such Person and (C) orders, decisions,
judgments and decrees of all arbitrators applicable to such Person.
Applicable Margin means 5.00% per annum.
Applicable Percentage means, with respect to any Redirected Interest Payment in respect of a
Later Note, 1.00 minus the Tax Rate applicable to the holder of such Later Note, expressed as a
percentage.
Assignment and Acceptance means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an
Eligible Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, and, if applicable, the Borrower, in
the form of Exhibit A, and with the correct alternative selected as indicated in the
instruction therein and with Schedule I thereto completed, subject in each case to any
modifications approved by the Administrative Agent and each other Person party thereto or whose
consent is required under this Agreement.
Borrower has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
Borrower Confidential Information means written information furnished to any Agent or any
Lender or any of their respective Related Parties by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its
Related Parties in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or information obtained by any Agent, any Lender or any of
their respective Related Parties in the course of any review of the books or records of the
Borrower or any of its Related Parties, but does not include any such information that is or
becomes generally available to the public through no act or omission by any Agent, any Lender or
any of their respective Related Parties or any Person acting on their behalf or that is or becomes
available to the Administrative Agent or such Lender from a source other than the Borrower or any
of its Related Parties or any Person acting on their behalf that to the knowledge of the recipient
party did not have a duty of confidentiality to the Borrower or any of its Related Parties.
Business Day means a day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized by law to
close in New York City, and, if the interest on the Loan is accruing based on the Eurodollar Rate
on such day, on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank market.
CEO means the individual who on July 1, 2008 was the chief executive officer of the Borrower
or an entity that served as the Borrowers exclusive financial advisor and consultant in connection
with the policy and investment decisions to be made by the Borrower and administered the day-to-day
operations of the Borrower and performed or supervised the various administrative functions
reasonably necessary for the management of the Borrower.
CEO Group means the CEO and the members of his Immediate Family.
Citi Agreement means the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 14, 2007, among certain
Affiliates of the Borrower, the Initial Lenders (as defined therein) and Citicorp USA, Inc.
Closing Date has the meaning specified in the Securities Repurchase Agreement.
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Collateral means any collateral from time to time required under Section 5.01(l)(B)
of this Agreement to be pledged to secure repayment of the Loan and/or any other amounts payable
under any Loan Document.
Collateral Agent has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement.
Confidential Information has the meaning specified in Section 9.08.
Contingent Liabilities means any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which any Person
guarantees, endorses or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon (by direct or indirect
agreement, contingent or otherwise, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to, or otherwise
to invest in, a debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss) the indebtedness,
obligation or any other liability of any other Person (other than by endorsements of instruments in
the course of collection), or guarantees the payment of dividends or other distributions upon the
shares of any other Person. The amount of any Persons obligation under any Contingent Liability
shall (subject to any limitation set forth therein) be deemed to be the lesser of (i) the
outstanding principal amount (or maximum outstanding principal amount, if larger) of the debt,
obligation or other liability guaranteed thereby and (ii) the stated amount of the guaranty or
other undertaking reduced by any payments made thereunder.
Covered Subsidiary means, with respect to the Borrower, a Person organized under the laws of
the United States or any state or other political subdivision thereof in which the Borrower and/or
its Affiliates collectively own an equity or other beneficial interest of at least 75%, other than
Credit One Bank, National Association; provided, however, that a Person that but for this proviso
would be a Covered Subsidiary shall not be a Covered Subsidiary if (i) the Borrower and its
Affiliates collectively own an equity or other beneficial interest in such Person of not more than
90%, (ii) such interest not owned by the Borrower and/or its Affiliates (or, in the case of such
interest acquired after the date hereof, such interest owned by the Borrower and/or its Affiliates)
was acquired after the date hereof, and (iii) from the perspective of the Borrower and/or its
Affiliates, no portion of the reason for engaging in the transaction relating to such interest was
to make this proviso applicable. For purposes of this definition, an equity or other beneficial
interest is owned by the Borrower and/or its Affiliates if it is owned directly or indirectly.
Debt of any Person means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for
borrowed money, (ii) all payment obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of
property or services (other than trade payables not overdue by more than 60 days incurred in the
ordinary course of such Persons business), (iii) all payment obligations of such Person evidenced
by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (iv) all payment obligations of such
Person as lessee under leases that have been, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases,
(v) all payment obligations of such Person in respect of reimbursement agreements with respect to
acceptances, letters of credit (other than trade letters of credit) or similar extensions of
credit, (vi) all payment obligations of such Person under any Hedging Transaction and (vii) all
Contingent Liabilities of such Person in respect of the foregoing. For purposes of clause
(vi) of this definition, the principal amount of Debt of a Person in respect of any Hedging
Transaction at any time will be the maximum aggregate amount (after giving effect to
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any netting agreements) that such Person would be required to pay if such Hedging Transaction
were terminated at such time.
Debt for Borrowed Money of any Person means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness of
such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all payment obligations of such Person evidenced by notes,
bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, and (iii) all Contingent Liabilities of such Person
in respect of the foregoing.
Debtor Relief Proceeding means, with respect to any Person, (a) any voluntary or involuntary
case, action or proceeding with respect to such Person before any court or other governmental
authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership,
dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, (b) any assignment for the benefit of creditors
generally, composition, marshalling of assets for creditors or other similar arrangement in respect
of its creditors generally or (c) such Persons application for or consent to the appointment of
any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it
or for all or any material part of its property, or the appointment of any receiver, trustee,
custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer without application or consent
of such Person continuing undischarged or unstayed for 60 days, that is in the case of each of the
foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c) undertaken under United States federal,
state or foreign law.
Default means any event that would constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement
that notice be given or time elapse or both.
Dollars and the symbol $ mean lawful currency of the United States of America.
DPV means the individual who on July 1, 2008 was the director of strategic analysis and
portfolio valuation of the Borrower or an entity that served as the Borrowers exclusive financial
advisor and consultant in connection with the policy and investment decisions to be made by the
Borrower and administered the day-to-day operations of the Borrower and performed or supervised the
various administrative functions reasonably necessary for the management of the Borrower.
DPV Group means the DPV and the members of his Immediate Family.
Eligible Assignee means (i) an Affiliate of the Initial Lender that is a United States
person under Section 7701(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or a disregarded entity owned by such a
United States person, (ii) each Person (including each holder of a Later Note satisfying the
requirements of this clause (ii)) from time to time obligated, pursuant to a written
agreement to which MGIC or any of its Affiliates is a party, to become an assignee of the Initial
Lender under Section 9.07 (it being understood that each such Person shall be an Eligible
Assignee under this clause (ii) solely with respect to the assignment(s) required by such
written agreement) and (iii) any Person (other than a natural person) approved by (A) the
Administrative Agent (and by the Initial Lender if the Administrative Agent is not an Affiliate of
the Initial Lender and the Initial Lender Exposure is greater than zero), and (B) unless an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower (each such approval under clause
(iii)(A) or (iii)(B) not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, it being expressly
agreed that it shall not be unreasonable for
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the Borrower to withhold consent to any such assignment if the assignee would be entitled to
receive any greater payment pursuant to Section 2.14 hereof than the Lender making such
assignment would have been entitled to receive had such assignment not occurred, after giving
effect to any waiver of such right); provided, however, that the Administrative Agent (and the
Initial Lender if the Administrative Agent is not an Affiliate of the Initial Lender and the
Initial Lender Exposure is greater than zero) may in its absolute discretion withhold its approval
if the proposed Eligible Assignee is the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower
(other than the Persons referred to in clause (ii) above).
Equity Interest means (i) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (ii) in the case of a
limited liability company, membership interests, (iii) any other interest (including a beneficial
interest) or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and
losses of, or distributions of the assets of, the issuing Person and (iv) any warrants, options or
other rights to acquire any of the foregoing.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate of a Person or entity means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that is a member of a group of which such Person or entity is a member and that is
under common control with such Person or entity within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the
Internal Revenue Code, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder, each as
amended or modified from time to time.
ERISA Plan means an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) covering
employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower subject to Title IV of ERISA.
ERISA Termination Event means (i) the occurrence of a Reportable Event described in
Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder (other than a Reportable Event not
subject to the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC), or (ii) the withdrawal of the Borrower or
any of its ERISA Affiliates from an ERISA Plan during a plan year in which the Borrower or any of
its ERISA Affiliates was a substantial employer as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, or
(iii) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate an ERISA Plan or the treatment of an ERISA Plan
amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA, or (iv) the institution of proceedings to
terminate an ERISA Plan by the PBGC or to appoint a trustee to administer any ERISA Plan, or
(v) any other event or condition that would constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any ERISA Plan.
Eurodollar Rate means, for any Interest Period, the interest rate per annum appearing on
Page 3750 (or any successor page) of the Reuters Service (formerly known as the Telerate Service)
at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time), two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of the
Interest Period for Eurodollar deposits with a three-month maturity. In the event that such rate
is not available at such time for any reason, then the Eurodollar Rate shall be the rate per annum
at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a three-month maturity are offered by the principal
office of Citibank, N.A. in immediately available funds in the London interbank market
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at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time), two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of
such Interest Period.
Events of Default has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or, at any time that
such statute is no longer in effect, any similar replacement federal statute then in effect, and
any reference to a particular section thereof shall include a reference to the comparable section,
if any, of such similar replacement federal statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
Excluded Debt means, for purposes of the Permitted Liens definition and Sections
5.01(l) and 5.01(m) hereof, (a) ABS Debt, (b) Debt for Borrowed Money existing on the
date hereof and identified on Schedule 1 (except for any such Debt for Borrowed Money that
is unsecured as of the date hereof but becomes secured after the date hereof), (c) Debt for
Borrowed Money incurred or assumed after the date hereof for the purpose of financing all or any
part of the cost of acquiring from a non-Affiliate of the Borrower an asset or assets of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, (d) Debt for Borrowed Money of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary
after the date hereof provided that such Debt for Borrowed Money was outstanding before such Person
became a Subsidiary and was not incurred in contemplation thereof, (e)(i) unsecured Debt for
Borrowed Money of the Borrower owed to any Subsidiary of the Borrower, or (ii) unsecured Debt for
Borrowed Money of any Covered Subsidiary owed to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, in each case
in the ordinary course of business, (f)(i) Debt for Borrowed Money incurred after the date hereof
to refinance any outstanding Debt for Borrowed Money permitted under clauses (b) through
(d) of this definition provided that the principal amount thereof does not exceed the
principal amount so refinanced and the scope of the property subject to any Lien securing such
refinanced Debt for Borrowed Money (if any) is not increased (or, if there is no Lien securing such
refinanced Debt for Borrowed Money, no Lien is created to secure the Debt for Borrowed Money newly
incurred) and (ii) Debt for Borrowed Money incurred after the date hereof to refinance Debt for
Borrowed Money of the type referred to in subclause (e), provided that such new Debt for
Borrowed Money constitutes credit extended by the Borrower or a Subsidiary and (g) Debt for
Borrowed Money of the Borrower incurred in consideration of a redemption of equity of a member of
the Borrowers management team upon such Person ceasing to be a member of the Borrowers management
team provided that such Debt for Borrowed Money is neither secured nor senior to the Initial
Lenders Note(s).
Federal Funds Rate means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal (for
each day during such period) to:
(i) the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for
such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York; or
(ii) if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average
of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the
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Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected
by it.
Finance Receivables means retail installment contracts, promissory notes, retail leases,
charge accounts, credit cards or other receivables, chattel paper, mortgage loans or other
financial assets of a type securitized in the asset-backed securities marketplace originated,
acquired or serviced in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
and shall include all related collateral, including real property in the case of mortgage loans and
all proceeds, in respect of any of the foregoing.
Financial Officer means, with respect to the Borrower, the chief financial officer,
principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of Sherman Capital Markets LLC, in its
capacity as the management company of the Borrower.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board or in such other statements by the United States accounting profession, which are
in effect from time to time.
Governmental Approval means any authorization, consent, approval, license or exemption of,
registration or filing with, or report or notice to, any Governmental Entity.
Governmental Entity means any government, any governmental or regulatory entity or body,
department, commission, board, agency, instrumentality or self-regulatory organization, and any
court, tribunal or judicial body, in each case whether federal, state, county, provincial or local,
and whether domestic or foreign.
Hedging Transaction means any rate swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction, repurchase
transaction, reverse repurchase transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity
index swap, equity or equity index option, any option or future in relating to any security or
basket of securities or index, any bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction,
cap transaction, floor transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap
transaction, currency option or other similar transaction or any option thereon.
Immediate Family means (i) the spouse, lineal descendants, children by adoption of a
specified individual and the spouses of such lineal descendants or children by adoption and
(ii) each trust whose primary (as opposed to contingent) beneficiaries include the foregoing
Persons (including, without limitation, grantor retained annuity trusts (GRATs)).
Initial Lender has the meaning specified in the recital of parties to this Agreement and
(a) upon the effectiveness of any assignment by the Initial Lender thereto in accordance with
Section 9.07(a), shall include any Affiliate of MGIC from time to time holding a Note, and
(b) shall exclude any assignee of the Initial Lender that is not an Affiliate of MGIC.
Initial Lender Exposure means, at any time of determination, the aggregate amount of
principal and interest outstanding under the Loan and payable to, and all other amounts at such
time due and owing hereunder to, the Initial Lender, in each case to the extent not paid in full in
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cash to the Initial Lender at such time of determination, excluding all such amounts relating
to portions of the Loan with respect to which the Initial Lender has entered into participations
with Persons that are not Affiliates of the Initial Lender pursuant to Section 9.07(e).
Interest Payment Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.08.
Interest Period means (a) the period commencing on the Closing Date through and including
the last day of the calendar month during which the Closing Date occurs and, thereafter, (b) each
subsequent period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period and
having a duration (subject to clause (i) below) of three months; provided, however, that:
(i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end after the Termination Date shall end
on the Termination Date; and
(ii) whenever the last day of any Interest Period would otherwise occur on a day other
than a Business Day, the last day of such Interest Period shall be extended to occur on the
next succeeding Business Day, provided, however, that, if such extension would cause the
last day of such Interest Period to occur in the next following calendar month, the last day
of such Interest Period shall occur on the next preceding Business Day.
Internal Revenue Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time,
and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
Key Man Event means the failure by the CEO or the DPV to continue to be the chief executive
officer (or to perform the functions of the chief executive officer without regard to title) and
director of strategic analysis and portfolio valuation (or to perform the functions of the director
of strategic analysis and portfolio valuation without regard to title), respectively, of the
Borrower or an entity that serves as the Borrowers exclusive financial advisor and consultant in
connection with the policy and investment decisions to be made by the Borrower and administer the
day-to-day operations of the Borrower and perform or supervise the various administrative functions
reasonably necessary for the management of the Borrower.
Later Note means any Note representing a portion of the Loan assigned to any Person by the
Initial Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 9.07 as to which the related Assignment and
Acceptance indicates that the provisions in this Agreement regarding Redirected Payments apply,
including all additional portions of the Loan assigned to the holder of such Later Note in respect
of Redirected Interest Payments pursuant to Section 2.05(c) hereof.
Law means any constitution, statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, code, order, rule of
common law or judgment enacted, promulgated, issued, enforced or entered by any Governmental
Entity.
Lender Tax means any Tax imposed on any Lender or any Agent (i) by the jurisdiction under
the laws of which such Person is organized or incorporated, or in the case of any Lender, by the
jurisdiction of such Lenders principal office (or, with respect to any Lender that is not engaged
in a business or is an individual, such Lenders domicile or jurisdiction of primary
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residence, respectively), or, in either case, any political subdivision thereof or (ii) by
reason of any connection between the jurisdiction imposing such Tax and such Lender, Agent or such
Lenders principal office, domicile or primary residence, as applicable, other than a connection
arising solely from such Lenders or Agents having executed, delivered, performed its obligations
under, or received payment under or enforced, this Agreement.
Lenders means the Initial Lender and each Person that shall become a party hereto pursuant
to Section 9.07(a).
Lien means any lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance of any kind, including
an encumbrance on title to real property.
Loan means the extension of credit in the principal amount of $85,000,000 to the Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement.
Loan Documents means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, each Assignment and
Acceptance and, from and after the date any guarantee or security agreement is entered into and
delivered under Section 5.01(l) hereof, each such guarantee and/or security agreement (if
any).
Loan Parties means, collectively, the Borrower and any other Person from time to time
guaranteeing or securing repayment of the Loan and/or any other amounts payable under the Loan
Documents.
Management Affiliate has the meaning specified in the Securities Repurchase Agreement.
Management Agreement means the Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement dated as
of September 19, 2007 between the Borrower and Sherman Capital Markets LLC, as modified from time
to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
Margin Stock has the meaning specified in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
Material Adverse Change means (i) any material adverse change in the business, condition
(financial or otherwise) or operations of the Borrower or (ii) any event or circumstance that is
reasonably likely to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any Loan Document to which
the Borrower is a party or to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Borrower to
perform its obligations under such Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of any Agent or the
Lenders under such Loan Documents.
Material Domestic Subsidiary means, at any time, any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than
any Subsidiary not organized under the laws of the United States or any state or other political
subdivision thereof) with consolidated shareholders equity as of the then most recently ended
fiscal quarter equal to or greater than 5% of the consolidated members equity of the Borrower as
of the end of such fiscal quarter or consolidated net income (for the period of four consecutive
fiscal quarters then most recently ended) equal to or greater than 5% of consolidated net income
(for such period) of the Borrower (it being understood and agreed that if domestic Subsidiaries of
the Borrower that are not Material Domestic Subsidiaries have in the aggregate
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consolidated shareholders equity as of the end of any such fiscal quarter equal to or greater
than 22.5% of the consolidated members equity of the Borrower as of the end of such fiscal quarter
or consolidated net income (for such period) equal to or greater than 22.5% of the consolidated net
income (for such period) of the Borrower, then the Borrower shall either (i) designate one or more
domestic Subsidiaries as Material Domestic Subsidiaries such that, after giving effect to such
designations, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Material Domestic Subsidiaries have in
the aggregate consolidated shareholders equity as of the end of such fiscal quarter less than
22.5% of the consolidated members equity of the Borrower as of the end of such fiscal quarter and
consolidated net income (for such period) less than 22.5% of the consolidated net income (for such
period) of the Borrower or (ii) designate all of its domestic Subsidiaries as Material Domestic
Subsidiaries).
Notes means the promissory notes from time to time issued by the Borrower to the respective
Lenders pursuant to Section 2.07 and/or Section 3.01, in substantially the form of
Exhibit B.
Organizational Documents shall mean, as applicable to any Person, the charter, code of
regulations, articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, operating agreement,
certificate of partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of limited partnership, limited
partnership agreement or other constitutive documents of such Person.
Other Taxes has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b).
Payment Account means the account of the Administrative Agent from time to time designated
as such in writing by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower.
Payment Date means an Interest Payment Date or a Principal Payment Date.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any successor).
Percentage means, with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Loan comprised by the principal amount of the Loan payable to such Lender.
Permitted Finance Receivables Securitization means:
(a) any securitization where (i) a Securitization Subsidiary is the obligor,
(ii) Finance Receivables are sold, contributed and/or transferred to such Securitization
Subsidiary in one or more related transactions and (iii) the financing that is provided is
secured by the Finance Receivables so sold, contributed or transferred; provided that any
recourse of the creditors and/or investors in such securitization to the assets or credit of
any Affiliate of the Securitization Subsidiary with respect to (A) such Finance Receivables
that are or become uncollectible on account of the insolvency, bankruptcy or lack of
creditworthiness of the underlying obligors thereon and/or (B) any diminution in value of
such Finance Receivables is limited to 10% of the maximum principal amount of such financing
available to be borrowed (it being understood that, without limitation of the types of
recourse, interests and obligations that are not within the scope of the immediately
preceding proviso, none of the following in and of themselves shall
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constitute recourse for purposes of the immediately preceding proviso: (x) recourse
for breach of representation regarding the characteristics and/or eligibility of Finance
Receivables at the time of transfer thereof, nor (y) retention of any equity interest in, or
subordinated interest in or subordinated obligation of such Securitization Subsidiary, nor
(z) customary servicing obligations related to such Finance Receivables) or
(b) the incurrence of any Debt for Borrowed Money where (i) the Borrower and/or any
Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) is an obligor and (ii) the security
therefor, taken as a whole, is solely (A) Finance Receivables, (B) caps, swaps or other
Hedging Transactions and (C) other assets constituting no more than 10% of the maximum
principal amount available to be borrowed under the applicable financing; provided that:
(y) With respect to any such Debt for Borrowed Money incurred under a facility
providing for a single advance, such Finance Receivables which secure such Debt for
Borrowed Money shall have a value at the time at which such indebtedness is
initially incurred equal to or greater than the principal amount of such Debt for
Borrowed Money outstanding immediately after giving effect to such incurrence. Such
value shall be determined by the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable,
consistent with the discounted cash flow valuation methodology customarily employed
by the Borrower or such Subsidiary for determining the net present value of each
type of Finance Receivable (such methodology, the DCF Methodology).
(z) With respect to any such Debt for Borrowed Money incurred under a facility
providing for multiple advances, such Debt for Borrowed Money is incurred in
accordance with the borrowing base formula applicable to such facility at the time
of the initial advance thereunder; provided, however, that if the maximum amount
that could be borrowed at the time of the initial advance under such facility in
compliance with the borrowing base formula thereunder is greater than the value of
such Finance Receivables determined in accordance with the DCF Methodology, then the
Debt for Borrowed Money incurred from time to time under such facility shall not
constitute Excluded Debt. If any such multiple-advance facility shall be
determined pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence to provide for the
incurrence of Excluded Debt based on the borrowing base formula in effect at the
time of the initial advance thereunder, and the borrowing base formula or the method
of application thereof shall thereafter be modified, then the Debt for Borrowed
Money incurred under such facility shall cease to constitute Excluded Debt if, at
the time of the initial advance after such modification, the maximum amount that
could be borrowed in compliance with the modified borrowing base formula is greater
than the value of such Finance Receivables determined in accordance with the DCF
Methodology.
Permitted Liens means (i) Liens existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule
2 and any modifications, replacements, renewals and extensions thereof (provided that (A) the
amount of the obligation secured by the applicable Lien shall not exceed the amount thereof
existing immediately prior to such modification, replacement, renewal or extension, and (B) the
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scope of the property subject to such Lien is not increased), (ii) Liens imposed by law for
taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims (A) that are not material or (B) that are not
yet due or (C) that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted and as to which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP,
(iii) Liens to secure statutory obligations and judgment bonds, (iv) Liens arising by reason of any
judgment, decree or order of any court or other governmental authority in respect of judgments that
do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (f) of Section 6.01,
(v) customary rights of setoff against, and other Liens arising by operation of law upon, deposit
accounts and securities accounts in favor of banks or other depository institutions and securities
intermediaries, (vi) Liens securing the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, landlords,
warehousemen and similar Persons, (vii) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in
connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
legislation, (viii) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting
real property which, in the aggregate, are not material in amount, and which do not in any case
materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the
ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person, (ix) Liens to secure surety, appeal and
performance bonds and other similar obligations not incurred in connection with Debt, (x) any Lien
created under any Loan Document, (xi) Liens securing Excluded Debt and (xii) with respect to
Collateral, the other secured partys or parties equal and ratable Lien thereon as contemplated by
Section 5.01(l) and each Lien permitted to exist thereon by such other secured party or
parties.
Person means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint
stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company or other
entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
Principal Payment Date means (i) the Termination Date and (ii) any date on which the
Borrower elects or is required to prepay the Loan in accordance with Section 2.06.
Redirected Interest Payment means, so long as the Initial Lender Exposure is greater than
zero, an amount equal to the Applicable Percentage of any interest payment made on a Later Note
(including any such payments that result from a creditors rights proceeding and including payments
made through realization of collateral, setoff or otherwise), other than (i) with respect to such
Later Note, interest payments to the extent attributable to accrued and unpaid interest as of the
Effective Date (as defined in the Assignment and Acceptance relating to such Later Note),
(ii) accrued interest on any Redirected Principal Payment and (iii) for the avoidance of doubt, the
portion of interest payments in excess of the Applicable Percentage of such interest payments.
Redirected Payment means a Redirected Interest Payment or Redirected Principal Payment.
Redirected Principal Payment means, so long as the Initial Lender Exposure is greater than
zero, 100% of any principal payment made in respect of a Later Note (including any such payments
that result from a creditors rights proceeding and including payments made through realization of
collateral, setoff or otherwise).
Register has the meaning specified in Section 9.07(d).
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Related Parties means, with respect to any Person, such Persons Affiliates and any
respective directors, officers, controlling persons, employees, agents, advisors, attorneys,
auditors and representatives of such Person and such Persons Affiliates.
Repurchase means the repurchase pursuant to the Securities Repurchase Agreement by the
Borrower of all of the equity interests held by MGIC in the Borrower, i.e., 2,424,665 Common Units.
Required Lenders means, at any time, (a) so long as the Initial Lender Exposure is greater
than zero, the Initial Lender, and (b) otherwise, Lenders owed at least 51% of the then aggregate
unpaid principal amount of the Loan.
Securities Repurchase Agreement means the Securities Repurchase Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof, between MGIC and the Borrower.
Securitization Subsidiary means a direct or indirect bankruptcy-remote or other Subsidiary
of the Borrower that engages solely in finance and related transactions (whether or not its
purposes are limited in its organizational documents to such transactions) (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, Anson Street LLC).
Sherman Financial LLC Agreement means the Sixth Amended and Restated Limited Liability
Company Agreement of Sherman Financial Group LLC, to be entered into upon consummation of the
Repurchase and effective as of the date hereof, as such agreement may be amended, restated,
modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
Solvent means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date
(i) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities,
including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (ii) the present fair salable value of the assets
of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of
such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person does not intend to,
and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Persons ability to pay
such debts and liabilities as they mature, and (iv) such Person is not engaged in business or a
transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Persons
property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities at
any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing
at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured
liability.
Subsidiary of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or other business entity of which a majority of securities or other interests having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities
or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time
beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all
references herein to a Subsidiary or to Subsidiaries shall refer to a Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
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Tangible Net Worth means, with respect to any Person, the net worth of such Person
calculated in accordance with GAAP after subtracting therefrom the aggregate amount of such
Persons intangible assets, including, without limitation, goodwill, franchises, licenses, patents,
trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, service marks and brand names and capitalized software.
Tax means any present or future levy, impost, charge, withholding, assessment or fee of any
nature (including interest, penalties, and any other additions) and all liabilities with respect
thereto, imposed by any governmental or other taxing authority upon a Person or upon its assets,
revenues, income, capital or profits.
Tax Rate means, with respect to any Redirected Interest Payment payable to any Lender, the
combined federal, state and local tax rate applied to the type of income in question, computed for
such Lender assuming such Lender is an individual resident in South Carolina who is subject to tax
on such income at the highest marginal rate giving effect (i) to the deductibility of state and
local income taxes in computing federal taxes, (ii) to any reductions in tax for long-term capital
gains or other income subject to reduced taxes such as qualified dividend income, (iii) to any
applicable hospital insurance or other employment taxes to the extent imposed with respect to the
type of income without a cap and (iv) to any limitations on the use of deductions or credits in
calculating the regular tax, such as sections 704(d), 163(d), 465, or 469 of the Internal Revenue
Code, or in calculating the alternative minimum tax, affecting such an individual.
Termination Date means the earlier to occur of (i) February 13, 2011 and (ii) the date of
acceleration of the Loan pursuant to Section 6.01.
Transfer means any conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition, however effected,
including through any merger or consolidation (whether in one transaction or in a series of related
transactions).
Voting Stock means capital stock issued by a corporation, or equivalent equity interests in
any other Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to
vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even
if the right to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time Periods. In this Agreement in the computation of periods of
time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from means from and including
and the words to and until each mean to but excluding.
SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be
construed in accordance with GAAP.
SECTION 1.04. Other Interpretive Provisions. As used herein, except as otherwise specified
herein, (i) references to any Person include its successors and permitted assigns and, in the case
of any governmental authority, any Person succeeding to its functions and capacities;
(ii) references to any Applicable Law include amendments, supplements and successors thereto;
(iii) references to specific sections, articles, annexes, schedules and exhibits are to this
Agreement; (iv) references to any agreement include amendments, restatements, modifications and
supplements thereto in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; (v) words importing any gender
include the other gender; (vi) the singular includes the plural and the plural includes
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the singular; (vii) the words including, include and includes shall be deemed to be followed
by the words without limitation; (viii) captions and headings are for ease of reference only and
shall not affect the construction hereof; (ix) references to any time of day shall be to New York
City time unless otherwise specified; and (x) references to this Agreement shall include all
exhibits and schedules attached hereto.
ARTICLE II
AMOUNT AND TERM OF THE LOAN
SECTION 2.01. The Loan.
The Initial Lender agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to accept the
Initial Lenders Note on the Closing Date in partial payment for the Repurchase. Because the Loan
represents deferred purchase price, in no event shall the Borrower be entitled to reborrow any
amounts that are repaid or prepaid.
SECTION 2.02. [Reserved]
SECTION 2.03. [Reserved]
SECTION 2.04. [Reserved]
SECTION 2.05. Repayment of the Loan.
(a) Principal. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the
Lenders (subject to Section 2.05(c)) the principal amount of the Loan in full, together
with all accrued and unpaid interest, on (or, in accordance with this Agreement, before) the
Termination Date.
(b) Application of Payments. On each Payment Date, the Borrower shall pay into the Payment Account in
immediately available funds an amount equal to the sum of the amounts with respect to such Payment
Date set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) below, and the Administrative Agent
shall apply such funds to the payment of the Loan on such Payment Date, in the following order of
priority:
(i) first, to the payment of all interest on the Loan due on such Payment Date;
(ii) second, if such Payment Date is the Termination Date, to the repayment of
all principal of the Loan; and
(iii) third, if such Payment Date is a date on which the Loan is prepaid
pursuant to Section 2.06, to the repayment of all or part of the outstanding
principal of the Loan, as applicable.
(c) Application of Payments among Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision
to the contrary in any Loan Document, the Borrower and each of the Lenders agree that all
Redirected Payments received by the Administrative Agent on any date shall be
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applied, after giving effect to all other payments made on such date to all Lenders other than
in respect of Later Notes, as follows:
(i) The aggregate amount of all Redirected Principal Payments (if any) received on such
date, together with all accrued interest paid in respect thereof, shall be applied (x) to
the payment in full in cash of the Initial Lender Exposure outstanding on such date (first
to principal and, with respect to accrued interest paid by the Borrower in respect of such
principal amount, accrued interest thereon, second to interest and thereafter to any other
outstanding amounts then due to the Initial Lender hereunder), and (y) thereafter, pro rata
based on the principal amount of Later Notes held by such holders, among the holders of the
Later Notes, to the payment of principal of the Later Notes; and
(ii) The aggregate amount of all Redirected Interest Payments (if any) received on such
date shall be applied (x) to the purchase by assignment under Section 9.07, by each
holder of a Later Note pro rata based on the principal amount of Later Notes held by all
such holders, of a principal amount of the Loan held by the Initial Lender (with the
purchase consideration allocated between principal and accrued and unpaid interest thereon
as contemplated by each applicable Assignment and Acceptance), until the Initial Lender
Exposure is reduced to zero, and (y) thereafter, pro rata based on the principal amount of
Later Notes held by such holders, among the holders of the Later Notes, to the payment of
interest on the Later Notes.
For administrative convenience, in lieu of executing and delivering under Section 9.07 an
Assignment and Acceptance covering the assignment by the Initial Lender of a portion of the Loan to
any holder of a Later Note in respect of each Redirected Interest Payment pursuant to clause
(ii) above, (1) the principal amount of the Initial Lenders Note(s) shall be reduced by the
principal amount of the portion of the Loan so assigned, (2) the principal amount of each Later
Note in respect of which such Redirected Interest Payment was so applied shall be increased by the
principal amount of the portion of the Loan so assigned, (3) each such Lender shall appropriately
record such increase or reduction, as the case may be, on the grid attached as an exhibit to such
Lenders Note(s) and (4) concurrently with such recordations, the parties will be deemed to have
executed and delivered to each other a corresponding Assignment and Acceptance (with respect to
which the provisions in this Agreement regarding Redirected Payments shall be deemed to be
indicated to be applicable).
SECTION 2.06. Prepayments of the Loan.
(a) Voluntary Prepayments. The Borrower may, upon at least three (3) Business Days notice
given not later than 11:00 a.m. to the Administrative Agent stating the proposed date and aggregate
principal amount of the prepayment (and, if such notice is given, the Borrower shall), prepay such
aggregate principal amount of the Loan in whole or in part, together with accrued interest to the
date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid; provided, however, that each partial
prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.06(a) shall be in an aggregate principal amount of at
least $500,000 (or, if less, the then entire unpaid principal amount of the Loan). Each prepayment
shall be applied (i) first to outstanding principal of the Loan, (ii) second to outstanding
interest on the Loan and (iii) thereafter to any amounts other
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than principal or interest then due and payable hereunder. Subject to Section
2.05(c), the aggregate amount of any such prepayment shall be allocated ratably among all Notes
at such time outstanding.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments. No later than simultaneously with the effectiveness of any
Transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower (excluding any Transfer through
the merger of any Subsidiary with the Borrower where the Borrower is the survivor), the Borrower
shall pay the outstanding principal amount of the Loan in whole, together with accrued interest
thereon to the date of such prepayment.
SECTION 2.07. Evidence of Indebtedness.
(a) The Loan shall be evidenced by the Notes. In addition, each Lender shall maintain an
account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness to such Lender resulting from the Loan, including
the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this
Agreement (including, without limitation, amounts applied to the repayment of, or the assignment
and purchase of, Notes pursuant to Section 2.05(c)). Upon the effectiveness of any
assignment of all or a portion of the Loan in accordance with Section 9.07, the Borrower
shall issue new Notes to the assignor (if a partial assignment) and the assignee; provided that,
with respect to assignments made pursuant to Section 2.05(c), the Borrower shall issue new
Notes only if so requested by the assignor or the assignee.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall maintain in the Register accounts in which it will record
(i) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the
Borrower to each Lender hereunder (including, without limitation, amounts applied to the repayment
of, and the assignment and purchase of, Notes pursuant to Section 2.05(c)) and (ii) the
amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each
Lenders share thereof.
(c) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to subsections (a) and
(b) above and the Register shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, be prima facie
evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations therein recorded; provided, however, that
the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error
therein shall not in any manner affect the obligations of the Borrower to repay the Loan and
interest thereon in accordance with the terms hereof. Upon request no more frequently than
monthly, the Administrative Agent will send a copy of the Register to the Borrower for
reconciliation purposes.
SECTION 2.08. Interest on the Loan.
(a) Interest Rate. The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loan
from the Closing Date until such principal amount shall be paid in full at a rate per annum equal
at all times during each Interest Period to (i) while no Default or Event of Default is continuing,
the sum of (y) the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus (z) the Applicable Margin, payable
with respect to the immediately preceding calendar month on the fifth (5th) Business Day
of each calendar month and on the date the Loan shall be paid in full (each, an Interest Payment
Date), and (ii) while a Default or Event of Default is continuing, the
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Alternate Reference Rate applicable to such Interest Period (but not less than the interest
rate in effect for the Loan as at the date of such Default or Event of Default), plus a
margin of 2%, payable on demand.
(b) Interest upon Repayment or Prepayment. All prepayments and repayments of the principal
amount of the Loan shall be made together with accrued interest to the date of such prepayment or
repayment on the principal amount prepaid or repaid.
SECTION 2.09. Interest Rate Determination.
The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower and the Lenders of the
applicable interest rate determined by the Administrative Agent for purposes of Section
2.08(a).
SECTION 2.10. [Reserved]
SECTION 2.11. [Reserved]
SECTION 2.12. [Reserved]
SECTION 2.13. Payments and Computations.
(a) Subject to the last sentence of this subsection (a), on each Payment Date, the
Borrower shall deposit in same day funds in the Payment Account the amount required to make all
payments due on such Payment Date no later than 1:00 p.m. on such Payment Date. The Administrative
Agent in accordance with Section 2.05 (including subsection (c) thereof) shall
set-off and apply any and all deposits held in the Payment Account against such amounts due and
payable hereunder. Subject to Section 2.05(c), the Administrative Agent will promptly
thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal or interest
ratably (other than amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.14) to the Lenders, and like
funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender, in each
case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon its acceptance of an
Assignment and Acceptance and recording of the information contained therein in the Register
pursuant to Section 9.07(c), subject to Section 2.05(c), from and after the
effective date specified in such Assignment and Acceptance, the Administrative Agent shall make all
payments hereunder in respect of the interest assigned thereby to the Lender assignee thereunder,
and the parties to such Assignment and Acceptance shall make all appropriate adjustments in such
payments for periods prior to such effective date directly between themselves. Notwithstanding any
provision of any Loan Document to the contrary, after the payment in full in cash of all amounts
outstanding under the Initial Lenders Note(s), any Lender (other than the Initial Lender) may,
upon one Business Day prior written notice to the Borrower (with a copy thereof sent to the
Administrative Agent), request that the Borrower (and, after receipt of any such notice made in
accordance herewith, the Borrower shall) make one or more of the payments from time to time due to
such other Lender hereunder as directed by such other Lender in lieu of making such payments to the
Payment Account.
(b) All computations of interest determined by reference to the Alternate Reference Rate shall
be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the
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case may be, and all computations of interest based on the Eurodollar Rate or the Federal
Funds Rate shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days, in each
case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring
in the period for which such interest is payable. Each determination by the Administrative Agent
of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest
error.
(c) Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business
Day, such payment shall be deemed due, and shall be made, on the next succeeding Business Day;
provided, however, that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of the
Loan while it is bearing interest based on the Eurodollar Rate to be made in the next following
calendar quarter, such payment shall be made on the next preceding Business Day. Any such
extension or compression of time shall in such case be included in the computation of such payment
of interest.
SECTION 2.14. Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made, in accordance with
Section 2.13, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future
Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct
any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Lender or Agent, (i) except in the
case of Lender Taxes, the sum payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making
all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this
Section) such Lender or Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would
have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions and
(iii) the Borrower shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, pay the full amount
deducted to the relevant taxing authority or other governmental authority and in accordance
therewith.
(b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any present or future stamp or documentary taxes
or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from any payment made
hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, performance under, or otherwise with
respect to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (hereinafter referred to as Other Taxes).
(c) The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender and each Agent for and hold it harmless
against the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, taxes of any kind
(other than Lender Taxes) imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section), but
excluding Lender Taxes, imposed on any payments made hereunder or that arise from the execution,
delivery or registration of, or performance under, this Agreement or paid by such Lender or Agent
(as the case may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising
therefrom or with respect thereto. Such indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date
such Lender or Agent (as the case may be) makes written demand therefor.
(d) Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes that arise from any payment made
hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, performance under, or otherwise with
respect to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to a taxing authority
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by the Borrower, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its address
referred to in Section 9.02, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing such
payment.
(e) If any Lender is not a United States person, such Lender agrees to complete and deliver to
the Borrower, prior to the date on which the first payment to such Lender is due hereunder and (so
long as it remains eligible to do so) from time to time thereafter, (i) an Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN certifying that it is entitled to benefits under an income tax treaty to which the
United States is a party that reduces the rate of withholding tax on payments of interest to zero,
(ii) an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI certifying that the income receivable pursuant to this
Agreement is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States or
(iii) if such Lender is not a bank described in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the Code), an accurate and complete original signed copy of Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN, certifying that such Lender is not a United States person, together with a
statement certifying that such Lender is not a bank described in Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code,
as appropriate. Each Lender further agrees to complete and deliver to the Borrower from time to
time, so long as it is eligible to do so, any successor or additional form required by the Internal
Revenue Service or reasonably requested by the Borrower in order to secure an exemption from, or
reduction in the rate of, U.S. withholding tax. If any Lender is a United States person, it agrees
to complete and deliver to the Borrower a statement signed by an authorized signatory of such
Lender to the effect that it is a United States person together with a duly completed and executed
copy of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or successor form establishing that such Lender is not
subject to U.S. backup withholding tax.
(f) For any period with respect to which a Lender has failed to comply with its obligations
under subsection (e) above (other than if such failure is due to a change in law occurring
subsequent to the date on which a form originally was required to be provided), such Lender shall
not be entitled to indemnification under subsection (a) or (c) above with respect
to Taxes imposed by the United States by reason of such failure; provided, however, that should a
Lender become subject to Taxes because of its failure to comply with subsection (e) above,
the Borrower shall take such steps as the Lender shall reasonably request to assist the Lender to
recover such Taxes.
(g) Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts to avoid the imposition of any Taxes for which
the Borrower is required to pay additional amounts pursuant to Section 2.14(a) hereof;
provided, however, that such efforts shall not require any Lender to incur additional costs or
legal or regulatory burdens that such Lender considers in its good faith reasonable judgment to be
material.
SECTION 2.15. Sharing of Payments, Etc.
If any Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise
of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of the Loan owing to it (other than amounts
payable pursuant to Section 2.14 and/or amounts received by the Administrative Agent
and/or the Initial Lender pursuant to Section 2.05(c)) in excess of its ratable share of
payments on account of the Loan obtained by all the Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase
from the other Lenders such participations in the Loan owing to them as shall be necessary to
cause
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such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided,
however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such
purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and such Lender shall repay
to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount
equal to such Lenders ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such
Lenders required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of
any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total
amount so recovered. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from
another Lender pursuant to this Section may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all
its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully
as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS TO THE LOAN
SECTION 3.01. Conditions Precedent to the Loan. The obligation of the Initial Lender to accept
the Initial Lenders Note on the Closing Date shall be subject to the satisfaction of the condition
precedent that the Repurchase shall have closed and to the following additional conditions
precedent:
(a) On or prior to such date, the Administrative Agent shall have received the following, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) A Note payable to MGIC dated as of the Closing Date in the principal amount of
$85,000,000, duly executed by the Borrower.
(ii) A certificate of an authorized representative of the Borrower (A) attaching and
certifying copies of (1) the Sherman Financial LLC Agreement, all other Organizational
Documents of the Borrower at such time in effect and the Management Agreement, (2) all
documents evidencing necessary limited liability company action and Governmental Approvals,
if any, required to be obtained by the Borrower in order to execute and deliver and perform
its obligations under the Loan Documents (including the repayment of the Loan as
contemplated herein) and (3) a complete list of the Covered Subsidiaries as of the Closing
Date, in each case specifying the percentage of equity owned collectively by the Borrower
and/or its Affiliates directly or indirectly and (B) certifying the names, titles and true
signatures of the parties authorized to sign the Loan Documents on behalf of the Borrower.
(b) The Borrower shall have paid the invoiced fees and expenses of counsel payable by the
Borrower that are referred to in the first sentence of Section 9.04(a).
(c) On the Closing Date, the following statements shall be true: (i) the representations and
warranties of the Borrower in each Loan Document to which the Borrower is a party are true and
correct in all material respects, before and after giving effect to the Loan, as though made on and
as of such date; and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the Loan.
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 4.01. Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. The representations and warranties
of the Borrower (in its capacity as Purchaser) in the Securities Repurchase Agreement are
incorporated by reference herein with the same effect as if set forth in full herein. In addition,
the Borrower represents and warrants as follows:
(a) The list of Covered Subsidiaries provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 3.01 is true, correct and complete.
(b) There is no pending or, to the Borrowers knowledge, threatened action, suit,
investigation, litigation or proceeding, affecting the Borrower before any court, governmental
agency or arbitrator that would reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change. No
Default has occurred and is continuing.
(c) Since December 31, 2007, there has been no Material Adverse Change.
(d) [Reserved]
(e) The Borrower has no liability, contingent or otherwise, under the Internal Revenue Code or
ERISA with respect to an ERISA Plan, which liability could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change.
(f) The Borrower is in material compliance with Applicable Law.
(g) The Borrower has filed or caused to be filed all material federal, state and local tax
returns, forms and reports, domestic and foreign, that are required to be filed by it, and has paid
or caused to be paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns or on any assessments
received by it (to the extent that such taxes and assessments have become due and payable) or that
are otherwise due and payable other than those taxes contested in good faith and for which adequate
reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP. All such tax returns are true and correct
in all material respects. The Borrower is not aware of any proposed tax assessments against it or
any of its subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
Except as otherwise disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to the date hereof,
no material tax return is under audit or examination nor has any governmental authority asserted
any claim for Taxes against the Borrower. Proper and accurate amounts have been withheld by the
Borrower and each subsidiary of the Borrower from their respective employees for all periods in
full and complete compliance with the tax, social security and unemployment withholding provisions
of applicable requirements of law and such withholdings have been timely paid to the respective
governmental authorities. None of the Borrower or any subsidiary of the Borrower has participated
in a reportable transaction within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b) or has
been a member of an affiliated, combined or unitary group.
(h) The Borrower is not an investment company or a company controlled by an investment
company required to be registered as such under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
within the meaning of such act.
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(i) The Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.
(j) The Management Agreement, as amended and restated as of September 19, 2007, has not since
been amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and remains in full force and effect as
of the date hereof.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES
SECTION 5.01. Affirmative Covenants. So long as there shall be any portion of the Loan or other
amounts outstanding hereunder, the Borrower will:
(a) Preservation of Existence, Etc. Preserve and maintain its limited liability company
existence and all material rights, qualify and remain qualified in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification is required and preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect all rights,
privileges and franchises except where failure to do so would not result in a Material Adverse
Change.
(b) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Comply in all material respects with Applicable Law.
(c) Performance and Compliance with Other Agreements. Perform and comply with the provisions
of each contract or other agreement by which it is bound, the non-performance or non-compliance
with which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
(d) Inspection Rights. At any reasonable time during normal business hours and so long as no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, permit the Agents and the Initial Lender, in each
case no more than one time per calendar year or, while each Agent is an Affiliate of the Initial
Lender, no more than one time per calendar year in the aggregate, or any agents or representatives
thereof, upon reasonable advance written notice to examine and make abstracts from the records and
books of account of, and visit the properties of, the Borrower, and to discuss the affairs,
finances and accounts of the Borrower with any of its officers or directors (or the officers or
directors of Sherman Capital Markets LLC, as the management company of the Borrower) and with its
independent certified public accountants, in each case subject to Section 9.08, all at the
expense of such Lender or, if applicable, such Agent; provided, however, that when an Event of
Default exists each Agent or any Lender may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower
at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice.
(e) Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain insurance with responsible and reputable insurance
companies or associations in such amounts and covering such risks as is usually carried by
companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties; provided, however, that the
Borrower may self-insure to the same extent as other companies engaged in similar businesses and
owning similar properties and to the extent consistent with prudent business practice.
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(f) Taxes. Prepare and file all material tax returns required to be filed by applicable law
and pay and discharge before the same shall become delinquent (i) all material taxes, assessments
and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its property and (ii) all lawful claims
that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon its property; provided, however, that the Borrower
shall not be required to pay or discharge any such tax, assessment, charge or claim that is being
contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and as to which adequate reserves are being
maintained in accordance with GAAP, unless and until any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien)
resulting therefrom attaches to its property and becomes enforceable against its other creditors.
(g) Keeping of Books. Keep proper books of record and account, in which full and correct
entries shall be made of all financial transactions and the assets and business of the Borrower in
accordance with GAAP.
(h) Reporting Requirements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders:
(i) reasonably promptly upon becoming available and in any event within 45 days after
the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, (A) a consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower as of the end of such fiscal quarter, (B) the related consolidated statement of
income for the period beginning with the last day of the previous fiscal quarter and ending
on the last day of such fiscal quarter, (C) a consolidated statement of cash flows of the
Borrower for the portion of the Borrowers fiscal year then ended, setting forth in the case
of each of the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C) in comparative
form the corresponding figures for the corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year,
and (D) a consolidated statement of income of the Borrower for the period commencing on the
date that is one calendar year prior to the end of such fiscal quarter and ending on the
last day of such fiscal quarter and including the applicable mark to market calculations on
interest rate hedges, all in reasonable detail and duly certified by a Financial Officer as
having been prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(ii) reasonably promptly upon becoming available and in any event within 90 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the annual report for such year for
the Borrower, containing audited consolidated financial statements for such year, certified
by Grant Thornton or other nationally recognized independent public accountants, together
with, if not included in such annual report, a statement by Grant Thornton or such other
accountants providing the applicable mark to market calculations on interest rate hedges;
(iii) within 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, a
certificate of an officer of Sherman Capital Markets LLC, in its capacity as the management
company of the Borrower, certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default
has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken
with respect thereto; and
(iv) within five (5) Business Days after any Financial Officer has knowledge thereof,
notice of the existence of any Default or Event of Default, accompanied by a
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statement of a Financial Officer setting forth details thereof and the action the
Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto.
(i) [Reserved]
(j) Further Assurances. Execute and deliver as required by this Agreement, and otherwise
promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent,
all such security agreements, pledges, guarantees, financing statements, assignments and other
documents, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent, as the case may be, and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower (it being
understood that any guarantee in the form and substance required by Section 5.01(l)(A)
shall automatically be deemed to be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower), as such Person may
reasonably request from time to time (or as required by this Agreement, as applicable) for the
purpose of effectuating and/or evidencing the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or
granting to, or maintaining or perfecting in favor of the Collateral Agent, Liens in the
Collateral, together with such other assurances of the enforceability and priority of the Liens
purported to be granted by the Borrower under any Loan Document and due filing or recording with
respect thereto, as any Agent may reasonably require to avoid impairment of such Liens; provided
that any such security agreements, pledges or guarantees may be requested only to give effect to
the provisions of Section 5.01(l).
(k) [Reserved]
(l) Pari Passu Requirements. For so long as the Initial Lender Exposure is greater than zero,
cause the Initial Lenders Note(s) (or, if applicable, the respective Covered Subsidiarys
guarantee in respect thereof) to be at least pari passu with any Debt for Borrowed Money of the
Borrower and/or any Covered Subsidiary, other than (i) Debt for Borrowed Money required to be
subordinated by Section 5.01(m) or (ii) Excluded Debt (except that Debt for Borrowed Money
of a Covered Subsidiary referred to in clause (b) of Permitted Finance Receivables Securitization
shall be subject to clause (A), but not clause (B), of the following sentence). To implement the
requirements of the immediately preceding sentence (which shall be deemed satisfied thereby),
(A) if any Debt for Borrowed Money subject to the first sentence of this subsection (l) is
an obligation of a Covered Subsidiary, the Borrower shall cause the related Covered Subsidiary, no
later than the time at which such requirements first apply in respect of particular Debt for
Borrowed Money, to become a co-obligor on or guarantor of the Initial Lenders Note(s) (any such
guarantee to be in accordance with the terms set forth on Exhibit C hereto), and (B) if any
Debt for Borrowed Money subject to the first sentence of this subsection (l) is secured
(whether the security is granted by the Borrower, a Covered Subsidiary or both), no later than the
time at which such security is created, the Borrower shall cause the Initial Lenders Note(s) to
have an equal and ratable interest in the applicable collateral through the Collateral Agent with
the same priority and on substantially the same terms with respect to rights in such collateral as
the other secured Debt for Borrowed Money and otherwise on terms reasonably acceptable to the
Initial Lender and the Borrower.
(m) Subordinated Debt. For so long as the Initial Lender Exposure is greater than zero, cause
any Debt for Borrowed Money of the Borrower that is subordinated to any other Debt for Borrowed
Money of the Borrower, and any Debt for Borrowed Money of any Covered
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Subsidiary that is subordinated to any other Debt for Borrowed Money of such Covered
Subsidiary, to be subordinated to the Initial Lenders Note(s) or such Covered Subsidiarys
guarantee in respect thereof, as the case may be, on substantially the same terms as such
subordination, provided, that this Section 5.01(m) shall not apply to Debt for Borrowed
Money that constitutes Excluded Debt under clauses (a), (c) or
(d) of the definition thereof, or Debt for Borrowed Money refinancing any such Excluded
Debt under clauses (a), (c) or (d) of the definition thereof pursuant to
clause (f) of the definition thereof.
SECTION 5.02. Negative Covenant. So long as there shall be any portion of the Loan or other
amounts outstanding hereunder, neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower will enter
into or agree to enter into any transaction between (a) on the one hand, the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower and (b) on the other hand, any Management Affiliate, without the
Administrative Agents prior written consent (which the Administrative Agent may withhold unless it
would be unreasonable to do so), except that such consent shall not be required for
(i) transactions under the Management Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof, as the term
thereof may be extended, (ii) distributions to holders of equity interests in the Borrower (it is
understood that consent not being required for such distributions shall not be construed as a
waiver of any rights that any Lender may have on account of such distributions under the Uniform
Fraudulent Transfer Act or any Law similar thereto) or (iii) transactions in which the fair market
value of the aggregate consideration involved during the term of this Agreement does not exceed
$3,000,000 (it being understood that if any arrangements are made that involve the giving of value
to Affiliates of the Person conveying, transferring, leasing or disposing of property and/or
providing services, the portion of such value, if any, properly allocable, using reasonable
economic analysis, to the property or services shall be reallocated to such property or services),
provided that, in the case of this clause (iii), after giving effect to the applicable
transaction, the Borrower (1) would not be in violation of Section 6.01(m) or Section
6.01(n) on a pro forma basis and (2) would be Solvent.
ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. If any of the following events (Events of Default) shall occur
and be continuing:
(a) The failure to pay any principal of the Loan when the same becomes due and payable or any
interest thereon within five days of when the same becomes due and payable (in each case whether at
scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, as a required application of a
Redirected Payment or otherwise); or
(b) Any representation or warranty made by any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document to which such Loan Party is a party or any certification by or on behalf of the
Borrower required under Section 5.01(h) shall prove to have been incorrect in any material
respect when made; or
(c) (i) The Borrower shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement
contained in Section 5.01(h) or Section 5.02 or (ii) any Loan Party shall fail to
perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement of such Loan Party contained in this Agreement
or any
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other Loan Document to which it is a party (other than any term, covenant or agreement the
violation of which is subject to any of the preceding subsections (a), (b) or
(c)(i)), if such failure shall remain unremedied for 30 days after written notice thereof
shall have been given to such Loan Party by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or
(d) The Borrower or any Material Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower shall fail to pay any
principal of or premium or interest on any Debt of such Person that is outstanding, when and as the
same shall become due and payable after giving effect to any applicable grace or cure periods
(whether at scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) or fail to
perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any agreement or instrument
relating to Debt of such Person, in each case, in a principal amount of at least $5,000,000 in the
aggregate if the effect of such failure is to accelerate, permit the acceleration of or require
early termination of the maturity or tenor of such Debt (and any grace period applicable to the
exercise of such remedy has expired), or any such Debt shall be declared to be due and payable, or
required to be prepaid or redeemed (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or
redemption), terminated, purchased or defeased, or an offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease
such Debt shall be required to be made, in each case prior to the stated maturity or the original
tenor thereof; or
(e) The Borrower or any Material Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower shall generally not pay
its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall
be instituted by or against such Person seeking to adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or
composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization
or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver,
trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property
and, in the case of any such proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by it), either
such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days, or any of the actions
sought in such proceeding (including, without limitation, the entry of an order for relief against,
or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for, it or for any
substantial part of its property) shall occur; or such Person shall take any entity action to
authorize any of the actions set forth above in this subsection (e); or
(f) Any judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of $5,000,000 (to the extent not
fully covered by insurance) shall be rendered against the Borrower or any of its Material Domestic
Subsidiaries and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon
such judgment or order or (ii) there shall be any period of 30 consecutive days during which a stay
of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be
in effect; or
(g) At any time after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) any Loan Document shall cease to
be in full force and effect other than in accordance with its terms or (ii) the Lien on any of the
Collateral, in favor of the Collateral Agent, shall fail or cease to be at least pari passu with
the security interest of the other secured party or parties as contemplated by Section
5.01(l) and perfected and prior to the rights of all other third Persons not secured thereby
(subject to any Permitted Liens); or
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(h) A Key Man Event shall have occurred and be continuing; or
(i) The Borrower, the CEO or the DPV pleads nolo contendere to or is criminally convicted of
or under (i) a felony or (ii) any law that could lead to a forfeiture of any material (as
determined by Administrative Agent or Required Lenders in their respective reasonable discretion)
Collateral; or
(j) [Reserved]
(k) (i) An ERISA Plan shall fail to maintain the minimum funding standards required by Section
412 of the Internal Revenue Code for any plan year or a waiver of such standard is sought or
granted under Section 412(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, or (ii) the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate of the Borrower has incurred or will incur a liability to or on account of an ERISA Plan
under Section 4062, 4063, 4064 or 4201 of ERISA and there shall result from such event either a
liability or a material risk of incurring a liability to the PBGC or an ERISA Plan, or (iii) any
ERISA Termination Event with respect to an ERISA Plan shall have occurred, and, in the case of any
event described in clauses (i) through (iii), a Material Adverse Change is
reasonably likely to occur as a result of such event, or (iv) the transactions contemplated by the
Loan Documents shall constitute a prohibited transaction, as defined in Section 4975 of ERISA or
Section 406 of the Internal Revenue Code (other than any transaction that is exempt pursuant to
ERISA), with respect to the Borrower or any member of the Borrower and that is reasonably likely to
result in material liability to the Borrower, any member of the Borrower, any Agent or any Lender;
or
(l) The Borrower shall fail to make the Additional Payment (as defined in the Securities
Repurchase Agreement) if and when due under the Securities Repurchase Agreement, if such failure
shall remain unremedied for fifteen (15) days; or
(m) The debt to equity ratio of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries exceeds 8.5 to
one, as of the last day of any calendar quarter and as determined in accordance with GAAP (subject
to the next two sentences). For purposes of this test, debt (i) will include, without
limitation, but subject to clause (ii), items covered by clauses (i) through
(vi) of the definition of Debt (it being understood that clause (vi) of the
definition of Debt will include, without limitation, any repurchase agreements or similar
arrangements), and (ii) will not include accounts payable, accrued expenses, holdback liabilities,
unearned revenues, putback liabilities and other liabilities (as set forth on the Borrowers
balance sheet) unless the underlying obligations covered by this clause (ii) would be
Debt under clauses (i) through (vi) in the definition of Debt. Also for
purposes of this test, total members equity shall be calculated net of any other comprehensive
income adjustment resulting from activities described in clause (vi) in the definition of
Debt; or
(n) The Tangible Net Worth of the Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries shall be less
than $150,000,000 at any time;
then, and in any such event, the Administrative Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the
consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower, declare the outstanding principal
amount of the Loan, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement to
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be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the outstanding principal amount of the Loan, all such
interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the
Borrower and (ii) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, direct
the Collateral Agent to exercise in respect of any and all Collateral, in addition to the other
rights and remedies provided for herein and the other Loan Documents or otherwise available to any
Agent or the Lenders, all rights and remedies under applicable law of a secured party on default,
including, without limitation, enforcing all the Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents;
provided, however, that in the event of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with
respect to the Borrower under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, the outstanding principal amount of the
Loan, all such interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by the Borrower.
ARTICLE VII
THE AGENTS
SECTION 7.01. Authorization and Action.
(a) Subject to Section 7.01(b), until all amounts owed to the Initial Lender in
respect of its Note(s) are paid in full in cash, each Lender hereby appoints and authorizes MGIC to
act as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as Administrative
Agent and Collateral Agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers and discretion as are
reasonably incidental thereto. As to any matters expressly provided for in this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents as being subject to the discretion of the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent, as the case may be, such matters shall be subject to the sole discretion of the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, and their respective directors,
officers, agents and employees. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of the Loan),
neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be required to exercise any
discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be
fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required
Lenders, and such instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders; provided, however, that neither
the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be required to take any action that exposes
the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents or Applicable Law. During any time that a Key Man Event has
occurred with respect to both of the individuals referred to in the definition thereof, (a) the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent agree to use reasonable commercial efforts to give to
each Lender prompt notice of each notice given to it by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (b) the Borrower agrees to simultaneously give each
Lender other than the Initial Lender (and, at any time that the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent, as the case may be, is not MGIC or an Affiliate of MGIC, the Initial Lender) a
copy of each report or other written information provided by the Borrower to the Administrative
Agent and/or the Collateral Agent. Except for
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the contractual duties expressly provided in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each
Lender (by acceptance of its Note) acknowledges and agrees that neither the Administrative Agent
nor the Collateral Agent nor any Affiliate of any such Person insofar as any such Person is an
Affiliate of the Initial Lender (collectively, the Initial Lender Group) has any duties,
fiduciary or otherwise, to such Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan
Documents and that each Person in the Initial Lender Group may seek to enforce what it perceives
are the obligations of the Borrower hereunder in whatever manner such Person determines is in its
best interest.
(b) If all or any portion of the Notes are held by Lenders other than the Initial Lender, as
soon as any Agent or any successor Agent appointed pursuant to Section 7.06 below becomes
the subject of a Debtor Relief Proceeding, such Agent shall automatically be removed as Agent
hereunder, without need for any further action by the parties hereto or to any of the Loan
Documents. The Lenders that are not affiliated with such Agent shall within thirty (30) days
thereafter appoint another Person to act as Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, as
applicable, and to perform the duties thereof under each Loan Document; provided that, in each
case, while any amount remains outstanding under the Initial Lenders Note(s), such successor Agent
(i) shall not be an Affiliate of the Borrower and (ii) shall be a commercial bank organized or
licensed under the laws of the United States or of any State thereof and have a combined capital
and surplus of at least $5,000,000,000.
SECTION 7.02. Agents Reliance, Etc. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent nor
any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided, that
nothing in the preceding clause shall be deemed to diminish the effect of the last sentence of
Section 7.01(a) with respect to any Person to whom such last sentence applies. Without
limitation of the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent:
(i) may treat each Lender recorded in the Register as the owner of the portion of the Loan recorded
for such Lender in the Register until the Administrative Agent receives and accepts an Assignment
and Acceptance entered into by such Lender, as assignor, and an Eligible Assignee, as assignee, as
provided in Section 9.07; (ii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the
Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable
for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of
such counsel, accountants or experts; (iii) make no warranty or representation to any Lender
hereunder and shall not be responsible to any Lender for any statements, warranties or
representations (whether written or oral) of any other Person made in or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to
the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document on the part of any Lender or to inspect the property (including the books and
records) of any Lender; (v) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution by any
other Person, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of, this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto;
and (vi) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document
by acting or relying upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which
may be by facsimile) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party
or parties.
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SECTION 7.03. Administrative Agent and Its Affiliates. With respect to the Loan, the
Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent, and the term Lender or Lenders shall, unless otherwise expressly
indicated, include MGIC in its capacity as a Lender hereunder until the Initial Lender Exposure is
zero. MGIC and its Affiliates may generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower, any
Lender and any Person who may do business with or own securities of the Borrower and/or any Lender,
all as if MGIC were not the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, without any duty to account
therefor to the Lenders.
SECTION 7.04. Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and
without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as
it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement.
Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or
any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the
time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement
or any other Loan Document. Each Lender represents to each other party hereto that it has the
knowledge and experience to be and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of being a Lender
hereunder.
SECTION 7.05. [Reserved]
SECTION 7.06. Successor Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may resign at
any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower and may be removed at any
time with or without cause by the Required Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the
Required Lenders shall have the right with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), to appoint
a successor Agent to the Agent that has resigned or been removed; provided, however, that the
consent of the Borrower shall not be required to appoint any Affiliate of MGIC as successor
Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may
be, shall have been so appointed, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after
the retiring Agents giving of notice of resignation or the Required Lenders removal of such
retiring Agent, then such retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, which shall be a commercial bank
organized or licensed under the laws of the United States or of any State thereof and having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hereunder by a successor Agent, such
successor Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretion,
privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be,
and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents. After any retiring Agents resignation or removal hereunder as
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, the provisions of this
Article VII shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it
while it was Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be under this Agreement and
other Loan Documents.
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ARTICLE VIII
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.01. Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents, nor consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be
effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower,
and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
specific purpose for which given; provided, however, that no amendment, waiver or consent shall,
unless in writing and signed by each affected Lender, do any of the following: (i) subject such
Lender to any additional obligations, (ii) reduce the principal of, or interest on, the outstanding
Loan or any other amounts payable hereunder, (iii) postpone any date fixed for any payment of
principal of, or interest on, the outstanding Loan or any other amounts payable hereunder, (iv)
change the percentage of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loan, or the number of
Lenders, that shall be required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder, (v)
release the Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent on any substantial part of the Collateral or (vi)
amend or waive this Section 9.01 or Section 9.06; and provided further that no
amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent, in
addition to the Lenders required above to take such action, affect the rights or duties of the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document; and provided further that this Agreement may be amended and restated without the
consent of any Lender or the Administrative Agent if, upon giving effect to such amendment and
restatement, such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall no longer be a
party to this Agreement (as so amended and restated) or have any commitment or other obligation
hereunder and shall have been paid in full all amounts payable hereunder to such Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
SECTION 9.02. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be
in writing (including facsimile or e-mail communication) and mailed, telecopied, e-mailed or
delivered, if to the Borrower, at its address at c/o Sherman Capital Markets LLC, 200 Meeting
Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, Attention: General Counsel, e-mail: scott@sfg.com; if to
the Initial Lender, at its address at MGIC Plaza, P.O. Box 488, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-0488,
Attention: Chief Financial Officer, e-mail: j_michael_lauer@mgic.com, with a copy to the General
Counsel, e-mail: jeff_lane@mgic.com; if to any other Lender, at the address for notices specified
in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender; if to the Administrative
Agent or Collateral Agent, at its address at MGIC Plaza, P.O. Box 488, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53201-0488, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, e-mail: j_michael_lauer@mgic.com , with a copy to
the General Counsel, e-mail: jeff_lane@mgic.com; or, as to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
or the Collateral Agent, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written
notice to the other parties and, as to each other party, at such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice to the Borrower and the Agents. All such notices and
communications shall be effective when delivered or received at the appropriate address or number
to the attention of the
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appropriate individual or department. Delivery by facsimile or e-mail of
an executed counterpart of any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, any other
Loan Document or of any exhibit hereto to be executed and delivered hereunder shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
SECTION 9.03. No Waiver; Remedies. No failure on the part of any Lender or Agent to exercise, and
no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single
or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right. The remedies provided in the Loan Documents are cumulative and not
exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 9.04. Costs and Expenses.
(a) Each party agrees to bear its own costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification and amendment of this Agreement, the
other Loan Documents and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, except that the Borrower
agrees to pay on demand 50% of the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Initial Lender
with respect to documentation of this Agreement and each Loan
Document. The Borrower further agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of the Agents
and the Initial Lender, if any (including, without limitation, counsel fees and expenses), in
connection with the enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, fees and expenses of
counsel in connection with the enforcement of rights under this subsection (a), together
with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Reference Rate plus a
margin of 2%; provided, however, that for the Agents and the Initial Lender, no more than one
counsels fees and expenses shall be reimbursed by the Borrower pursuant hereto (except to the
extent that one or more conflicts of interest necessitate the retention of more than one counsel
for the Agent and the Initial Lender).
(b) The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, each Agent and each of
their respective Affiliates and their officers, directors, controlling persons, employees, agents,
advisors and representatives (each, an Indemnified Party) from and against any and all claims,
damages, losses, liabilities and reasonable expenses, joint or several, to which any such
Indemnified Party may become subject (other than Taxes and Other Taxes, which shall be governed
solely by Section 2.14), in each case arising out of or in connection with or relating to
(including, without limitation, in connection with any investigation, litigation or proceeding or
preparation of a defense in connection therewith) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or
any of the transactions contemplated herein or therein, and to reimburse any Indemnified Party for
any and all reasonable expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel) incurred in connection with the investigation of or preparation for or defense of any such
pending or threatened claim or any action or proceeding arising therefrom, whether or not such
Indemnified Party is a party and whether or not such claim, action or proceeding is initiated or
brought by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and whether or not any of the
transactions contemplated hereby are consummated or any of the Loan Documents are terminated,
except to the extent such claim, damage, loss, liability or expense is found in a judgment by a
court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted (i) in the event such damages have resulted from
such Indemnified Partys or any of its Related Parties failure to
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perform any term, covenant or
agreement under Section 9.08 or otherwise to honor any written confidentiality undertaking
made by it for the benefit of the Borrower or any of its Related Parties (whether in the Loan
Documents or otherwise), such Indemnified Partys or any of its Related Parties negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct, or (ii) in all other cases, from such Indemnified Partys or any of
its Related Parties bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct; provided, that the
indemnity provided in this Section 9.04(b) shall in no event entitle an Indemnified Party
to payment in respect of claims, damages, losses, liabilities or expenses of any kind that are
governed by other provisions of this Agreement in excess of amounts (if any) to which such
Indemnified Party is entitled pursuant to such provisions. In the case of an investigation,
litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this subsection (b) applies, such
indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought
by the Borrower, its directors, shareholders or creditors or an Indemnified Party or any other
Person or any Indemnified Party is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby are consummated. The Borrower also agrees not to assert any claim against any
Agent, any Lender, any of their respective Affiliates, or any of their respective directors,
officers, employees, attorneys and agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages arising out of or otherwise relating to the Loan Documents or any
of the transactions contemplated herein or therein.
(c) [Reserved]
(d) The Borrower agrees that no Indemnified Party shall have any liability (whether direct or
indirect, in contract or tort or otherwise) to the Borrower or its security holders or creditors
related to or arising out of or in connection with the Loan Documents, the Loan, any of the
transactions contemplated by any of the foregoing or in the loan documentation and the performance
by an Indemnified Party by any of the foregoing except to the extent that any loss, claim, damage,
liability or expense is found in a judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted
from such Indemnified Partys or any of its Related Parties bad faith, gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
SECTION 9.05. Right of Set-off. Upon (i) the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default and (ii) the making of the request or the granting of the consent specified by
Section 6.01 to authorize the Administrative Agent to declare the outstanding principal
amount of the Loan due and payable pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01, each Lender
and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, to set-off and apply any and all deposits at any time held and other
indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account
of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing
under this Agreement and any other Loan Document held by such Lender, whether or not such Lender
shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such
obligations may be unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower after any such
set-off and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the
validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Lender and its Affiliates under this
Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights
of set-off) that such Lender and its Affiliates may have.
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SECTION 9.06. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been
executed by the Borrower, the Agents and the Initial Lender and thereafter shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Agents and each Lender and their respective
successors and permitted assigns, except that the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its
rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of all of the Lenders.
SECTION 9.07. Assignments and Participations.
(a) Each Lender may assign to one or more Persons all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all or a portion of the Loan
owing to it); provided, however, that (i) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a
varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, (ii) each such
assignment shall be to an Eligible Assignee and (iii) the parties to each such assignment shall
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for its acceptance and recording in the Register,
an Assignment and Acceptance (which, pursuant to Section 2.05(c), may be deemed to have
been delivered). Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the
effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the assignee thereunder shall
be a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it
pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder
and (y) the Lender assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder
have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be
released from its obligations under this Agreement other than its obligations arising prior to such
effective date only if such assigning Lender is in default with respect to such obligations as of
such effective date (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining
portion of an assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall
cease to be a party hereto).
(b) By executing and delivering an Assignment and Acceptance, the Lender assignor thereunder
and the assignee thereunder confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as
follows: (i) other than as provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, such assigning Lender makes
no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with any Loan Document or the execution,
legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (ii) such
assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to
the financial condition of the Borrower or the performance or observance by the Borrower of any of
its obligations under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document
furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) such assignee confirms that it has received a copy of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with copies of such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into
such Assignment and Acceptance; (iv) such assignee will, independently and without reliance upon
any Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as
it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not
taking action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (v) such assignee confirms that it
is an Eligible Assignee; (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent or the
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Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and
discretion under this Agreement or any other Loan Document as are delegated to the Administrative
Agent and Collateral Agent, respectively, by the terms hereof, together with such powers and
discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (vii) such assignee agrees that it will
perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
(c) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an
assignee representing that it is an Eligible Assignee, and, if applicable, the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent shall, if such Assignment and Acceptance has been completed, accept such
Assignment and Acceptance, record the information contained therein in the Register and forward a
copy thereof to the Borrower.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 9.02
a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to and accepted by it and a register (the
"Register) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the other information
specified in Section 2.07(b). The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for
all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower,
the Agents or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Upon written notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, each Lender may sell
participations to one or more Eligible Assignees (other than, without the Administrative Agents
prior written consent, which shall be in the Administrative Agents sole discretion, the Borrower
or any of its Affiliates) in or to all or a portion of its rights and/or obligations under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all or a portion of the
Loan) without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (other than as
provided for in the definition of Eligible Assignee); provided, however, that (i) such Lenders
obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, (iii) the
Borrower, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and (iv) no Lender shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to
Section 2.14 than such Lender would have been entitled to receive had such Lender not sold
such participation. No Lender may grant to any holder of a participation in the rights and
obligations of such Lender under the Loan Documents the right to require such Lender to take or
omit to take any action under the Loan Documents, except that such Lender may grant to any such
holder the right to require such holders consent in order for such Lender to consent to (i) reduce
the principal of or interest on the outstanding Loan or the fees or other amounts payable to such
Lender hereunder, (ii) postpone any date fixed for any payment of principal of or interest on the
outstanding Loan or the fees payable to such Lender hereunder, (iii) release the Lien on any
substantial part of the Collateral or (iv) permit the Borrower to assign any of its obligations
under this Agreement to any other Person. Each holder of a participation in any rights and
obligations under this Agreement, if and to the extent the applicable participation agreement so
provides, shall, with respect to such participation, be entitled to all of the rights of a Lender
as fully as though it were a Lender under Section 2.14 (subject to clause (iv) of
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sentence of this subsection (e) and subject to any conditions imposed on each
Lender hereunder with respect thereto); provided, however, that no holder of a participation shall
be entitled to any amounts that would otherwise be payable to it with respect to its participation
under Section 2.14 unless such amounts would have been payable to the Lender that granted
such participation if such participation had not been granted. Each Lender selling or granting a
participation shall indemnify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent for any liabilities for
Taxes that the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, might incur as a result of
such Lenders failure to withhold and pay any Taxes applicable to payments by such Lender to its
participant in respect of such participation.
(f) Any Lender may, in connection with any assignment or participation or proposed assignment
or participation pursuant to this Section, disclose to the assignee, designee or participant or
proposed assignee or participant, any information relating to the Borrower furnished to such Lender
by or on behalf of the Borrower; provided that, prior to any such disclosure, the assignee or
participant or proposed assignee or participant shall agree in writing in favor of (and delivered
to) the Borrower to preserve the confidentiality of any Confidential Information received by it on
terms substantially similar to those set forth in Section 9.08.
SECTION 9.08. Confidentiality. Except as otherwise required by Law or the rules of the New York
Stock Exchange, as such Law and rules are interpreted by counsel (who may be inside counsel) for a
party, no party shall, or shall permit any of its Affiliates to, issue or cause the publication of
any press release or other public announcement with respect to, or otherwise make any public
statement concerning, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without prior consultation
with the other parties. Except as provided above, the parties hereto agree to keep, and to cause
their respective Related Parties to keep, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all
other agreements and documents executed in connection herewith (other than the Securities
Repurchase Agreement and any other written agreement to which each of the Borrower (or an Affiliate
of the Borrower) and MGIC (or an Affiliate of MGIC) is a party that includes its own
confidentiality provisions, in each case which shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions
set forth therein), including, without limitation, each Loan Document and each other agreement or
document entered into in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the respective
terms hereof and thereof and the Borrower Confidential Information (the Confidential
Information), strictly confidential, and no party shall, or permit any of its Related Parties to,
without the prior written consent of the other parties (in the case of Borrower Confidential
Information, without the prior written consent of the Borrower), disclose the Confidential
Information to any Person (other than to its Related Parties), except (i) to the extent a party is
advised by its counsel (who may be internal counsel) that such disclosure is required by Law (it
being understood that, for this purpose, Law includes a subpoena or similar demand issued in
connection with an adversary proceeding), and the provisions of clause (A) of the following
sentence are complied with, (ii) solely in the case of the Borrower and/or its Related Parties, to
the lenders under the Citi Agreement or any facility replacing the Citi Agreement and their
counsel, in the case of the Borrower and/or its Related Parties, to the Office of the Comptroller
of the Currency or any other applicable state or federal regulatory or supervisory authority having
jurisdiction over such party and, in the case of the Initial Lender, to the Office of Commissioner
of Insurance of Wisconsin or any other state or federal regulatory or supervisory authority having
jurisdiction over the Initial Lender, (iii) solely with respect to any Lender, to financial
institutions potentially providing funds to such Lender or its Affiliates (and
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to financial
institutions providing funds to such financial institutions) and to prospective Eligible Assignees
and permitted participants of such Lender, provided that any such Person agrees, for the benefit of
the Borrower, to keep such information confidential to the same extent required of such Lender
hereunder (without giving effect to clauses (iii), (iv) or (vi) of this
proviso), (iv) solely with respect to this Agreement and the terms hereof, to the extent required
under the Exchange Act to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by any party or
Affiliate of such party, (v) to the extent such Confidential Information is or has become generally
available to the public, other than as a result of disclosure by such party or any of its Related
Parties or (vi) to the extent required to enforce this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (A) with respect to matters described
in clause (i) above, in the event that a party hereto is advised by its counsel that disclosure of
any item constituting Confidential Information is required by Law, it is agreed that such party or
its Related Party, as the case may be, (x) shall notify the other parties of such requirement as
promptly as practicable, (y) may, without liability hereunder, disclose such item in the manner it
is advised is required by Law and (z) will exercise its best efforts to have confidential treatment
accorded to any provision of such item that a party hereto reasonably requests to have accorded
such treatment if such requesting
party takes primary responsibility for preparing and, to the extent permissible by law, processing
such request and (B) disclosure of any item of Confidential Information shall be permitted
hereunder if and to the extent expressly permitted by any provision of such item of Confidential
Information.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (and
each officer, director, employee, agent and advisor of such Person) may disclose to any and all
other Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure (in each
case within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4) of the transactions contemplated
hereby and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided
to such Person relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.
SECTION 9.09. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws that
would require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.10. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein
shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
SECTION 9.11. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and
the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by
facsimile or e-mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Agreement.
SECTION 9.12. Jurisdiction, Etc.
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(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and
its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the
United States of America sitting in New York, New York or Wisconsin State court or federal court of
the United States of America sitting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and any appellate court from any
thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding
may be heard and determined in any such New York State or Wisconsin State court or, to the extent
permitted by law, in such federal court. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document
shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating
to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent
it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying
of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any
other Loan Document in any New York State or federal court or Wisconsin State or federal court.
Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the
defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
The Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent seven (7) Business Days prior written notice
before commencing any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or
any other Loan Document in any venue other than a Wisconsin State or federal court.
SECTION 9.13. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER
BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT
SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND
(B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 9.14. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the
Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or
pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto
and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loan,
regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding
that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or
incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall
continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on the Loan
or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding
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provisions of Sections 2.14, 9.04 and 9.08 and Article VII shall
survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loan or the termination of this Agreement or any
provision hereof.
SECTION 9.15. No Personal Liability. No member, manager, stockholder, officer, director, employee
or incorporator, past, present or future, of the Borrower, as such, shall have any personal
liability under this Agreement by reason of his, her or its status as such member, manager,
stockholder, officer, director, employee or incorporator.
SECTION 9.16. Reinstatement. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document to the contrary, the Borrower, each Lender and each Agent hereby agree that, if at any
time all or any part of any payment theretofore applied to the repayment of the Loan or to the
payment of any other amount payable by the Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document
(in each case in accordance with this Agreement and/or the applicable Loan Document(s)) is or must
be rescinded or returned for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, the insolvency,
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower), such payment obligations shall, to the extent that
such payment is or must be rescinded or returned, be deemed to have continued in existence
notwithstanding such application, and this Agreement and/or the applicable Loan Document(s) shall
continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, as to such payment obligations (and
as to rights and obligations arising from such payment obligations, including, without limitation,
determination of the Required Lenders, the application of payments among the Notes, directions with
respect to payments under Section 2.13(a) and the appointment of Agents), all as though
such application had not been made.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized representatives as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Assignment and Acceptance
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2008, as amended,
supplemented or modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement; capitalized terms used herein
without definition being used as therein defined), among Sherman Financial Group LLC (the
"Borrower), the lenders from time to time party thereto and Mortgage Guaranty Insurance
Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent.
The Assignor and the Assignee referred to on Schedule I hereto agree as follows:
1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby purchases
and assumes from the Assignor, an interest in and to the Assignors rights and obligations under
the Credit Agreement as of the date hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on
Schedule I hereto of all outstanding rights and obligations under the Loan Documents.
After giving effect to such sale and assignment, the amount of the Loan owing to the Assignee will
be as set forth on Schedule I hereto.
2. The Assignor (i) represents and warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the
interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any adverse
claim; (ii) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Loan Documents or the
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan
Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; and (iii) makes no
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of
any Loan Party or the performance or observance by any Loan Party of any of its obligations under
the Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto.
3. The Assignee (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Loan Documents, together with
copies of such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Acceptance; (ii) agrees that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender
and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to
make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents;
(iii) confirms that it is an Eligible Assignee; (iv) appoints and authorizes the Administrative
Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under
the Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with
such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (v) agrees that it will
perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of the Loan
Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender from and after the Effective Date.
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4. [The Assignee agrees and acknowledges that, notwithstanding any provision of the Credit
Agreement, any Note payable to the Assignee or any other Loan Document to the contrary, all
payments of principal and interest in respect of the portion of the Loan assigned hereunder shall,
in accordance with and to the extent provided for in the Credit Agreement, constitute Redirected
Payments to be applied in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement governing the
application of Redirected Payments, including, without limitation, Section 2.05(c) of the
Credit Agreement (and the Assignee hereby irrevocably directs the Borrower to pay each Redirected
Payment directly to the Administrative Agent to be so applied) for so long as the Initial Lender
Exposure is greater than zero. The Assignee agrees that if any payment or payments are made to the
Assignee in respect of the Loan notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the Assignee
will promptly deliver all such payments to the Administrative Agent in precisely the form received,
with any necessary endorsement, to be applied as a payment on the Initial Lenders Note(s). Until
such delivery, the Assignee shall not commingle any such payments with any other funds or property
of the Assignee, but shall hold such payments upon an express trust for the Initial Lender until
delivered to the Administrative Agent.1]
5. Following the execution of this Assignment and Acceptance, it will be delivered to the
Administrative Agent for acceptance and recording by the Administrative Agent. The effective date
for this Assignment and Acceptance (the Effective Date) shall be the date of acceptance hereof by
the Administrative Agent, unless otherwise specified on Schedule I hereto. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, except with respect to assignments to Affiliates of the Assignor that under Section
9.07(a) of the Credit Agreement do not require the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent, this Assignment shall not be effective without the signatures of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
6. Upon such acceptance and recording by the Administrative Agent, as of the Effective Date,
(i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in the Credit
Agreement and this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the
Loan Documents and (ii) the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in the Credit Agreement and this
Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the
Loan Documents.
7. [Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 4 above,] [U]pon such acceptance and recording
by the Administrative Agent, from and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make
all payments under the Loan Documents in respect of the interest assigned hereby (including,
without limitation, all payments of principal and interest with respect thereto) to the Assignee.
The Assignor and Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the Loan
Documents for periods prior to the Effective Date directly between themselves. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the aggregate consideration paid by the Assignee to the Assignor
in respect of this Assignment and Acceptance shall be allocated to accrued and unpaid interest as
of the Effective Date in the same ratio that accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes outstanding
on the day prior to the Effective Date bears to the principal
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amount of such Notes plus such accrued and unpaid interest, with the remainder of the amount
of such consideration allocated to principal.
8. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
laws of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws that would require
the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
9. This Assignment and Acceptance may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed
to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of Schedule I to this Assignment and Acceptance by
facsimile or e-mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Assignment and Acceptance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor and the Assignee have caused Schedule I to this
Assignment and Acceptance to be executed by their officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date
specified thereon.
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Accepted and Approved this
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MORTGAGE GUARANTY INSURANCE
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EXHIBIT B
Form of Note
NOTE
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, SHERMAN FINANCIAL GROUP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
"Borrower), hereby promises to pay to the order of [NAME OF LENDER] (the Lender), in accordance
with Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2008 (as amended, supplemented or
modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among the Borrower, the lenders from time to
time party thereto (including the Lender) and Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation, as
administrative agent and collateral agent, the principal sum of [AMOUNT IN WORDS] ($[AMOUNT IN
NUMBERS]), in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, on
the dates and in the principal amounts provided in the Credit Agreement, and to pay interest on the
unpaid principal amount of this Note (as shown on Exhibit A attached hereto, as updated
from time to time by the Lender in accordance with the Credit Agreement), in like money and funds,
for the period commencing on the Closing Date until this Note shall be paid in full, at the rates
per annum and on the dates provided in the Credit Agreement.
This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement, and evidences the portion
of the Loan made by the Lender thereunder. Capitalized terms used in this Note have the respective
meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
This Note is issued pursuant to the Credit Agreement and is entitled to the benefits provided
for in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Credit Agreement provides for the
acceleration of the maturity of this Note upon the occurrence of certain events, for prepayments of
this Note upon the terms and conditions specified therein and other provisions relevant to this
Note.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF
THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
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EXHIBIT C
Terms of Guarantee
1. Unconditional Guaranty.
(a) For so long as the Initial Lender Exposure is greater than zero, the guarantor hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees (such guaranty referred to herein as the Guaranty) to
each Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and their respective successors and
assigns, the punctual payment when due, whether at scheduled maturity or by acceleration, demand or
otherwise, of all payment obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under or in respect
of the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, any extensions, modifications, substitutions,
amendments or renewals of any or all of the foregoing obligations), whether direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, premiums,
fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise, including, without
limitation, the obligation of the Borrower to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees,
attorneys fees and disbursements, indemnities and other amounts payable by the Borrower under any
Loan Document (such obligations being the Guaranteed Obligations). Failing payment when due of
any amount so guaranteed, the guarantor shall be obligated to pay the same immediately. For the
avoidance of doubt, the guarantors obligations hereunder shall in all cases be subject to the
provisions of the Agreement and each Assignment and Acceptance regarding each Redirected Payment
(as defined in any Assignment and Acceptance).
(b) The guarantor hereby agrees that its guarantee obligations shall be unconditional,
irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or the
Agreement, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Lender, the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent with respect to any provisions of the Agreement or
this Guaranty, the recovery of any judgment against the Borrower, any action to enforce the same,
or any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense
of a guarantor (other than complete, irrevocable payment of the Guaranteed Obligations). The
guarantor hereby waives the benefit of diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims
with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Borrower, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Borrower, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants
that this Guaranty shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations
contained in the Notes, the Agreement and this Guaranty. This Guaranty is a guaranty of payment
and not of collection. The guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the
Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, on the other hand, (i) subject to this
Guaranty, the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations may be accelerated as provided in Article VI
of the Agreement for the purposes of this Guaranty, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, and (ii) in the
event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article VI of the Agreement, such
Guaranteed Obligations shall forthwith become due and payable by the guarantor for the purpose of
this Guaranty.
(c) No stockholder, manager, member, officer, director, employee or incorporator, past,
present or future, of the guarantor, as such, shall have any personal liability under this
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Guaranty by reason of his, her or its status as such stockholder, manager, member, officer,
director, employee or incorporator.
2. Limitations on Guaranty. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the obligations of
the guarantor under this Guaranty will be limited to the maximum amount that, after giving effect
to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the guarantor, will result in the obligations of
the guarantor under this Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer
under federal or state law.
3. Waiver of Subrogation. Until the Agreement is discharged and all of the Guaranteed Obligations
are discharged and paid in full, the guarantor hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to exercise
any claim or other rights that it may now or hereafter acquire against the Borrower that arise from
the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Guaranteed Obligations and the
guarantors obligations under this Guaranty and the Agreement, in any such instance including,
without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution,
indemnification, and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent against the Borrower, whether or not such claim,
remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law, including, without
limitation, the right to take or receive from the Borrower, directly or indirectly, in cash or
other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim
or other rights. If any amount shall be paid to the guarantor in violation of the preceding
sentence and any amounts owing to any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent
under any Loan Document shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall have been deemed to
have been paid to the guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust for the benefit of, such
Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent and shall forthwith be paid to such
Lender, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of itself, or the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of itself, to be credited and applied to the obligations of the Borrower in favor of such Lender,
the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, whether matured or unmatured,
in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. The guarantor acknowledges that it will receive
direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Agreement and that
the waiver set forth in this paragraph is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
4. No Set-Off. Each payment to be made by the guarantor under this Guaranty in respect of the
Guaranteed Obligations shall be payable in the currency or currencies in which such Guaranteed
Obligations are denominated, and shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or
diminution of any kind or nature.
5. Obligations Continuing. The obligations of the guarantor under this Guaranty shall be
continuing and shall remain in full force and effect until all the Guaranteed Obligations have been
paid in cash and satisfied in full.
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6. Obligations Not Reduced. The obligations of the guarantor under this Guaranty shall not be
satisfied, reduced or discharged except solely by the payment of such principal, premium, if any,
interest, fees and other monies or amounts as may at any time prior to discharge of the Agreement
be or become owing or payable under or by virtue of or otherwise in connection with the Guaranteed
Obligations or the Agreement.
7. Obligations Reinstated. The obligations of the guarantor under this Guaranty shall continue to
be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment that would
otherwise have reduced the obligations of the guarantor under this Guaranty (whether such payment
shall have been made by or on behalf of the Borrower or by or on behalf of the guarantor) is
rescinded or reclaimed from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or the guarantor or
otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. If demand for, or acceleration of the
time for, payment by the Borrower under the Loan Documents is stayed upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower, all such Debt otherwise subject to
demand for payment or acceleration shall nonetheless be payable by the guarantor as provided under
this Guaranty.
8. Obligations Not Affected. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 2 above, the obligations of
the guarantor under this Guaranty shall not be affected, impaired or diminished in any way by any
act, omission, matter or thing whatsoever, occurring before, upon or after any demand for payment
under this Guaranty (and whether or not known or consented to by the guarantor or any Lender, the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent) that, but for this provision, might constitute a
whole or partial defense to a claim against the guarantor under this Guaranty or might operate to
release or otherwise exonerate the guarantor from any of its obligations under this Guaranty or
otherwise affect such obligations, whether occasioned by default of any Lender, the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent or otherwise, including, without limitation:
(a) any limitation of status or power, disability, incapacity or other circumstance relating
to the Borrower or any other Person, including any insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation,
reorganization, readjustment, composition, dissolution, winding up or other proceeding involving or
affecting the Borrower or any other Person;
(b) any irregularity, defect, unenforceability or invalidity in respect of any indebtedness or
other obligation of the Borrower or any other Person under the Agreement or any other document or
instrument;
(c) any failure of the Borrower, whether or not without fault on its part, to perform or
comply with any of the provisions of the Agreement, or to give notice thereof to the guarantor;
(d) the taking or enforcing or exercising or the refusal or neglect to take or enforce or
exercise any right or remedy from or against the Borrower or any other Person or their respective
assets or the release or discharge of any such right or remedy;
(e) the granting of time, renewals, extensions, compromises, concessions, waivers, releases,
discharges and other indulgences to the Borrower or any other Person;
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(f) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, any of the
Notes, or any other amendment, variation, supplement, replacement or waiver of, or any consent to
departure from, the Agreement, including, without limitation, any increase or decrease in any
amount due with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(g) any change in the ownership, control, name, objects, businesses, assets, capital structure
or constitution of the Borrower or the guarantor;
(h) any merger or amalgamation of the Borrower or the guarantor with any Person or Persons;
(i) the occurrence of any change in the laws, rules, regulations or ordinances of any
jurisdiction by any present or future action of any governmental authority or court amending,
varying, reducing or otherwise affecting, or purporting to amend, vary, reduce or otherwise affect,
any of the Guaranteed Obligations or the obligations of the guarantor under this Guaranty; and
(j) any other circumstance (other than by complete, irrevocable payment) that might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Borrower under the Agreement or the
Notes or of the guarantor in respect of this Guaranty.
9. Waiver. Without in any way limiting the provisions of paragraph 1 above, the guarantor hereby
waives notice of acceptance hereof, notice of any liability of the guarantor hereunder, notice or
proof of reliance by each Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent upon the
obligations of the guarantor under this Guaranty, and diligence, presentment, demand for payment on
the Borrower, protest, notice of dishonor or non-payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or
other notice or formalities to the Borrower or the guarantor of any kind whatsoever.
10. No Obligation to Take Action Against the Borrower. None of any Lender, the Administrative
Agent or the Collateral Agent or any other Person shall have the obligation to enforce or exhaust
any rights or remedies or to take any other steps under any security for the Guaranteed Obligations
or against the Borrower or any other Person or any property of the Borrower or any other Person
before such Person is entitled to demand payment and performance by the guarantor of its
liabilities and obligations under this Guaranty or otherwise under the Agreement.
11. Dealing with the Borrower and Others. Each Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent, without releasing, discharging, limiting or otherwise affecting in whole or in part the
obligations and liabilities of the guarantor hereunder and without the consent of or notice to the
guarantor, may:
(a) grant time, renewals, extension, compromises, concessions, waivers, releases, discharges
and other indulgences to the Borrower or any other Person;
(b) take or abstain from taking security or collateral from the Borrower or from perfecting
security or collateral of the Borrower;
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(c) release, discharge, compromise, realize, enforce or otherwise deal with or do any act or
thing in respect of (with or without consideration) any and all collateral, mortgages or other
security given by the Borrower or any third party with respect to the obligations or matters
contemplated by the Agreement or the Notes;
(d) accept compromises or arrangements from the Borrower;
(e) apply all monies at any time received from the Borrower or from any security upon such
part of the Guaranteed Obligations as any of each Lender, the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent, as relevant, may see fit or change any such application in whole or in part from
time to time as any of each Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as relevant,
may see fit; and
(f) otherwise deal with, or waive or modify their right to deal with, the Borrower and all
other Persons and any security as each Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as
relevant, may see fit.
12. Default and Enforcement. If the guarantor fails to pay any amount in accordance with paragraph
1 above, each of any Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as relevant, may
proceed in its name hereunder in the enforcement of this Guaranty and the guarantors obligations
under this Guaranty by any remedy provided by law, whether by legal proceedings or otherwise, and
to recover from the guarantor the Guaranteed Obligations.