Exhibit 10.4
WAREHOUSE CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
COMMUNITY RESOURCE MORTGAGE, INC.
AND
BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY
Dated as of October 5, 2004
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Guaranty Agreement
Exhibit B Form of Advance Request and Officer's Certification
Exhibit C Procedure for Requesting Advances and Collateral Documents
Exhibit D General Operational Guidelines
Exhibit E Form of Assignment of Notes and Mortgages
Exhibit F Additional Underwriting Guidelines
WAREHOUSE CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT ("Loan Agreement") dated as of
October 5, 2004 between COMMUNITY RESOURCE MORTGAGE, INC., a corporation
organized under the laws of South Carolina, having an address at 000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000 (the "Company") and BRANCH BANKING AND
TRUST COMPANY, a North Carolina banking corporation, having an address at Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000 (the "Bank").
WHEREAS, the Company has requested the Bank, and the Bank has agreed,
to extend a warehousing line of credit to the Company to finance the making of
Mortgage Loans (as hereinafter defined) as hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
I. DEFINITIONS.
1.1 Defined Terms.
Capitalized terms defined below or elsewhere in this Loan Agreement
(including the Exhibits hereto) shall have the following meanings:
"Adjusted LIBOR Rate" is a variable rate of interest and means the sum
obtained (rounded up, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1.0%) by
adding LIBOR-One Month (as defined below) plus 2.00% per year, which rate of
interest shall be determined and adjusted as of the first day of each calendar
month during the term hereof; provided, however, if the first day of any
calendar month shall fall on a day when the Bank is closed, the Adjusted LIBOR
Rate shall be determined as of the last preceding day on which the Bank was
opened for business (each of said dates, as appropriate, being referred to
herein as the "Determination Date"). "LIBOR-One Month" means the average rate
(rounded up, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1.0%) quoted on the
Determination Date for LIBOR-one month on page 3750 (or such replacement page)
of the Telerate Service or on Bloomberg Screen MMR2, or if the above methods for
determining LIBOR-One Month shall not be available, a rate determined by a
substitute method mutually agreed on by the Company and Bank; provided, however,
if such agreement is not reached within a reasonable period of time, as
determined solely by Bank, LIBOR-One Month shall be the rate reasonably
determined by Bank, in its sole discretion, as the average rate being paid, as
of the Determination Date, by leading banks (as determined solely by Bank) in
the London interbank market for U.S. Dollar deposits.
"Advance" means a disbursement by the Bank under the Commitment,
including readvances of funds previously advanced to the Company and repaid to
the Bank.
"Advance Request" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) hereof.
"Bank" has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Loan
Agreement
"Business Day" means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day
which is a legal holiday under the laws of the States of South Carolina or North
Carolina.
"Collateral" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 hereof.
"Collateral Documents" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b)
hereof.
"Collateral Value" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c) hereof.
"Commitment" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) hereof.
"Company" has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Loan
Agreement.
"Default" means the occurrence of any event or existence of any
condition which, but for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, would
constitute an Event of Default.
"Event of Default" means any of the conditions or events set forth in
Section 8.1 hereof.
"FHLMC" means the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and any
successor thereto.
"FNMA" means The Federal National Mortgage Bank and any successor
thereto.
"Funding Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c) hereof.
"GAAP" means generally accepted account principles set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Account Principles Board and the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of
the Financial Account Standards Board and such other statements by such other
entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession,
which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
"Guarantor" means Community Bankshares, Inc., a South Carolina
corporation.
"Guaranty" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8 hereof.
"Indemnified Liabilities" has the meaning set forth in Article X
hereof.
"Initial Request" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(d) hereof.
"Investor" means FNMA or FHLMC, the Bank, or other financially
responsible public or private lending institution which is deemed reasonably
acceptable by the Bank in its sole discretion.
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"Lien" means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security
interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and any
agreement to give any security interest).
"Loan Agreement" means this Warehouse Credit and Security Agreement, as
it may from time to time be supplemented, modified or amended.
"Mortgage" means a first priority mortgage on real property located in
the State of South Carolina to be improved to contain one to four family
residences securing a Mortgage Note.
"Mortgage Loan" means any combined home construction and permanent loan
evidenced by a Mortgage Note, acceptable to Bank in Bank's sole discretion.
"Mortgage Loan Maturity Date" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.5(b) hereof.
"Mortgage Note" means a note secured by a Mortgage.
"Mortgage Note Amount" means the outstanding unpaid principal amount of
a Mortgage Note at the time such Mortgage Note is pledged to the Bank.
"Non-Qualifying Mortgage Loan" means any Mortgage Loan that does not
comply with the Underwriting Guidelines set forth herein.
"Note" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 hereof.
"Notices" has the meaning set forth in Article IX hereof.
"Person" means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited
liability companies, limited partnerships, general partnerships, joint stack
companies, joint ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust
companies, land trusts, business trust or other organizations, whether or not
legal entities, and governments and agencies and political subdivisions thereof.
"Pledged Mortgages" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) hereof.
"Purchase Commitment" means a written commitment, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Bank, issued in favor of the Company by an
Investor, or by a mortgage insurance company on behalf of an Investor, pursuant
to which that Investor commits to purchase Mortgage Loans originated by the
Company.
"Qualifying Mortgage Loan" means any Mortgage Loan that complies with
the Underwriting Guidelines set forth herein.
"Redemption Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3 hereof.
"Statement Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(f) hereof.
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"Subsidiary" means any corporation, association or other business
entity in which more than 25% of the total voting power or shares of stock
entitled to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is
at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one
or more of the other Subsidiaries of the Company or a combination thereof.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code of South Carolina, as in effect
on the date hereof.
"Underwriting Guidelines" means those specific underwriting criteria
for Mortgage Loans set forth in the FNMA and/or FHLMC Seller's Guide, such other
underwriting guidelines of Investors as identified on Exhibit F attached hereto
or as mutually agreed to by the Bank and the Company from time to time.
1.2 Other Definition Provisions.
(a) Accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings given them under GAAP.
(b) Defined terms may be used in the singular or the plural,
as the context requires.
II. THE CREDIT.
2.1 The Commitment.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Loan Agreement
and provided no Default has occurred which has not been cured to the
satisfaction of the Bank, the Bank agrees, from time to time during the
period from the date hereof to and including September 24, 2005 (unless
such period is earlier terminated or extended pursuant hereto) to make
Advances to the Company, provided the total aggregate principal amount
outstanding at any one time of such Advances shall not exceed Twenty
Million and No/100 Dollars ($20,000,000.00). The obligation of the Bank
to make Advances hereunder up to such limit is hereinafter referred to
as the "Commitment." Within the limits of the Commitment, the Company
may borrow, repay and reborrow from the Bank.
(b) Advances shall be used by the Company solely for the
purpose of funding the Company's origination of Mortgage Loans which
shall have been presold by the Company to an Investor approved by the
Bank pursuant to a Purchase Commitment acceptable to the Bank. Advances
shall be made at the request of the Company, in the manner hereinafter
provided in Section 2.2, against the pledge to the Bank of the
Collateral Documents evidencing and securing such Mortgage Loans as
Collateral therefore.
(c) An Advance made against each Mortgage Loan pledged
hereunder shall be in an amount not to exceed the Collateral Value of
the Mortgage Loan. For this purpose, "Collateral Value" is defined as
the actual amount advanced by the Bank which is less than or equal to
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the lesser of (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the Mortgage Note
Amount; or (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the committed purchase
price thereof set forth in the Purchase Commitment.
2.2 Procedures for Obtaining Advances.
(a) The Company may obtain an Advance hereunder, subject to
the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.1 and 4.2
hereof, upon compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section
2.2. Requests for Advances shall be initiated by the Company by
delivering to the Bank a properly completed and signed Advance Request
and Officer's Certification on the then current forms therefor approved
by the Bank (together with Bank's completed inspection sheet if
construction has commenced) (collectively, an "Advance Request"). The
current form in use by the Bank as of the date hereof is set forth in
Exhibit B hereto. The Bank shall have the right to revise or supplement
approved forms of Advance Request by giving notice thereof to the
Company and providing to the Company in electronic format for use on a
going-forward basis the revised form Advance Request.
(b) The procedures to be followed by the Company in making an
Advance Request and the documents relating to the Collateral described
in the Advance Request (the "Collateral Documents") required to be
delivered to the Bank shall consist of those set forth in Exhibit C
hereto. The Bank shall have the right, by giving notice thereof to the
Company, to modify the procedures and Collateral Documents described in
Exhibit C to conform to current legal requirements or Bank's practices,
and, as so modified, said Exhibit C shall be deemed part hereof.
(c) Before funding, the Bank shall have (i) with respect to
any Advance Request received at or before 12:00 p.m., until the close
of business of the same Business Day and (ii) with respect to any
Advance Request received after 12:00 p.m., until the close of business
of the next Business Day (in each case, such Business Day to be
referred to as the "Funding Date"), to examine each Advance Request
and, if such Advance Request is the Initial Request, the Collateral
Documents to be delivered prior to the Advance as set forth in the
Exhibit C hereto and may reject such of them as do not meet the
requirements of this Loan Agreement. If the Advance Request is accepted
within the applicable timeframes specified above, the Bank shall fund
the Advance evidenced by the Advance Request no later than the close of
business on the applicable Funding Date. Bank at its option may, at any
time, require the Company to deliver to Bank all items and documents
referred to in Exhibit C (including without limitation those listed in
Parts C and and D thereof) as may be in the Company's possession at the
time the Advance Request is made together with the Advance Request and
in such event such delivery shall be a condition precedent to Bank's
obligation to make requested Advances.
(d) To make an Advance, the Bank shall wire transfer to the
Company's designated deposit account, in the case of an initial request
for an Advance under such Mortgage Loan ("Initial Request"), on or
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before the date of the Mortgage Loan or, for any requests after the
Initial Request for a Mortgage Loan, within the time periods set forth
in Section 2.2(c)(i) and (ii) hereinabove, as applicable. At the
Company's option, the Bank will wire transfer to the closing attorney's
Trust Account in advance of closing as reasonably determined by the
Company, the attorney and the Bank, to facilitate a timely closing, for
any Initial Requests.
(e) All Advances under this Loan Agreement shall constitute a
single indebtedness and all of the Collateral shall be security for the
Note and for all Advances made thereunder and for the performance of
all obligations of the Company to the Bank.
2.3 Note.
The Company's obligation to pay the principal of, and interest on, all
Advances made by the Bank is evidenced by the promissory note (the "Note") of
the Company dated as of the date hereof in the stated principal amount of Twenty
Million and No/100 Dollars ($20,000,000.00). The term "Note" shall include all
extensions, renewals and modifications of the Note and all substitutions
therefor. All terms and provisions of the Note are incorporated herein.
2.4 Interest.
(a) Each new Advance made after the date of this Loan
Agreement shall bear interest, from the date of crediting of the amount
of the Advance to the Company's designated deposit account (or from the
date a wire transfer for an Advance is made by the Bank upon Borrower's
request) until the date on which each such Advance is paid in full, at
a floating rate of interest which is equal to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
(b) For the purposes of this Loan Agreement, the Adjusted
LIBOR Rate at which all outstanding, unpaid Advances, including, as of
the date hereof, the outstanding principal balance of all Advances made
prior to the date hereof, shall accrue interest will be adjusted as of
the first day of each calendar month hereafter to give effect to
changes, if any, in the Adjusted LIBOR Rate and the Adjusted LIBOR Rate
in effect on such first day shall apply to all Advances then
outstanding as well as to subsequent Advances made prior to the next
rate change.
(c) Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
and applied to the actual number of days elapsed in each interest
calculation period and shall be payable in arrears, with the interest
on each Advance being payable monthly as billed by Bank.
2.5 Principal Payments.
(a) The Company shall have the right to prepay the outstanding
Advances in whole or in part, from time to time, without premium or
penalty.
(b) The Company shall be obligated to pay to the Bank, without
the necessity of prior demand or notice from the Bank, the amount of
any outstanding Advance, together with all interest due thereon against
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a specific Mortgage Loan, upon the occurrence of any of the following
events (in each case, a "Mortgage Loan Maturity Date"):
(1) Nine (9) months elapse from the date of the Initial
Request funded by the Bank against such Mortgage Loan, unless Bank
shall have consented to an extension to twelve (12) months from the
date of such Initial Request, in Bank's sole discretion, in which case,
twelve (12) months elapsing from the date of the funding of the Initial
Request shall constitute the Mortgage Loan Maturity Date;
(2) Ten (10) Business Days elapse from the date a Collateral
Document was delivered to the Company for correction or completion,
without being returned to the Bank;
(3) Forty-five (45) Business Days elapse from the completion
of the residence which secures the Mortgage Loan as evidenced by the
issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy or submission of the final
inspection sheet, in form and content acceptable to Bank;
(4) The expiration or termination of the Purchase Commitment
issued in connection with the Mortgage Loan;
(5) Upon the sale of the Mortgage Loan.
Upon making such payment to the Bank, the Company shall be deemed to
have redeemed the Mortgage Loan related to the Advance which has been paid, and
the Collateral Documents relating thereto which have been previously delivered
to the Investor shall be deemed released by the Bank to the Company.
2.6 Expiration and/or Termination.
Unless extended in the sole discretion of the Bank or terminated
earlier as permitted hereunder, the Commitment shall expire of its own term, and
without the necessity or action by the Bank, at the close of business on October
5, 2005 and the Bank shall not be obligated to make any Advances hereunder after
such date.
2.7 Method of Making Payments.
(a) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all
payments hereunder shall be made to the Bank not later than 2:00 p.m.
(Eastern Standard Time) on the date when due and shall be made in
lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available
funds at the office of the Bank, at Monroe, North Carolina or at such
other place as the Bank from time to time shall designate. Whenever any
payment to be made hereunder or under the Note shall be stated to be
due on a day which is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, with respect to
payments of principal, the interest thereon shall be payable at the
applicable rate during such extension. Funds received by the Bank after
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2:00 p.m. on a Business Day shall be deemed to have been paid by the
Company on the next succeeding Business Day.
(b) The Company authorizes the Bank, if and to the extent any
payment is not made when due and payable hereunder, or under the Note,
to charge and offset from time to time any amounts so due and unpaid
against any or all of the Company's accounts with the Bank; provided,
however, that the aforesaid right to charge the Company's accounts
shall not apply to any deposits of escrow or other moneys designated as
being held by the Company on behalf of third parties.
2.8 Default Interest and Fees.
(a) In the event the Company fails to make any payment
(whether of principal, interest or any other sum) on the date such
payment is due and payable hereunder or under the Note, and such
failure continues.
(i) for ten (10) days, the interest rate on such Advance shall
be increased to the Bank's then current Prime Rate plus one
(1) percent;
(ii) for twenty (20) days, the interest rate on such Advance
shall be increased to the Bank's then current Prime Rate plus
two (2) percent; and
(iii) for thirty (30) days, the Company shall pay to the Bank,
upon demand therefore, a late payment fee equal to five (5%)
of the amount of such payment.
(b) Company shall pay a fee equal to $10,000.00, in advance,
in consideration of Bank's agreement to lend hereunder. In addition,
Borrower shall pay Bank a fee equal to $100.00 for each Mortgage Loan
financed hereunder.
2.9 Guaranty.
The payment of all Advances made hereunder together with interest
thereon and the Company's performance of its obligations hereunder shall be
guaranteed pursuant to a Guaranty Agreement in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto (the "Guaranty").
III. COLLATERAL.
3.1 Grant of Security Interest.
As security for the payment of the Note and for all Advances made
thereunder and for the performance of all of the Company's obligations
hereunder, the Company hereby grants to the Bank a security interest in the
following described property (the "Collateral"):
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(a) All Mortgage Loans, including but not limited to all
Mortgage Notes and Mortgages evidencing Mortgage Loans, in respect of
which an Advance has been made by the Bank hereunder pursuant to an
Advance Request (collectively, the "Pledged Mortgages");
(b) All private mortgage insurance related to any Mortgage
Loans included in the Pledged Mortgages; all guaranties related to
Pledged Mortgages; all Purchase Commitments held by the Company
covering the Pledged Mortgages and all proceeds resulting from the sale
thereof to Investors pursuant thereto; guaranties related to Pledged
Mortgages; and all personal property, contract rights, servicing and
servicing fees and income, accounts and general intangibles of
whatsoever kind relating to the Pledged Mortgages, the Purchase
Commitments, and all other documents or instruments delivered to the
Bank in respect of the Pledged Mortgages, including, without
limitation, the right to receive all insurance proceeds and
condemnation awards which may be payable in respect of the premises
encumbered by any Mortgage, and all Supporting Obligations (as defined
in the UCC) of the Pledged Mortgages;
(c) All right, title and interest of the Company in and to all
files, surveys, certificates, correspondence, appraisals, computer
programs, tapes, discs, cards, accounting records, and other
information and data of the Company relating to the Collateral
described in the preceding paragraphs of Section 3.1; and
(d) All proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
3.2 [Reserved].
3.3 Right of Redemption from Pledge.
Provided no Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company may
redeem a Mortgage Loan from pledge, by either (i) paying to the Bank, for
application to prepayment of the principal balance of the Note, an amount (the
"Redemption Amount") equal to the then Collateral Value of the Mortgage Loan to
be released, but not less than the amount of the Advance made with respect to
such Mortgage Loan, or (ii) delivering substitute Collateral which, in addition
to being acceptable to the Bank in its sole discretion, will have a Collateral
Value equal to or greater than that of the released Mortgage Loan.
3.4 Collection and Servicing Right.
The Bank shall be entitled to service, receive and collect all sums
payable to the Company in respect of the Collateral, and in particular (a) the
Bank in its discretion may, in its own name or in the name of the Company or
otherwise, demand, xxx for, collect or receive any money or property at any time
payable or receivable on account of or in exchange for any of the Collateral,
but shall be under no obligation to do so, (b) the Company shall, if the Bank so
reasonably requests, forthwith pay to the Bank at its office designated herein
all amounts thereafter received by the Company upon or in respect to any of the
Collateral, advising the Bank as to the source of such funds, and (c) all
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amounts so received and collected by the Bank shall be held by it as part of the
Collateral and the Bank will account for any such amounts upon the reasonable
request of the Company.
3.5 Return of Collateral at End of Commitment.
If (i) the Commitment shall have expired or been terminated, and (ii)
no Advances, interest or other amounts evidenced by the Note or due under this
Loan Agreement shall be outstanding and unpaid, the Bank shall deliver promptly
or release all Collateral then pledged hereunder to the Company. The receipt of
the Company for any Collateral released or delivered to the Company pursuant to
any provision of this Loan Agreement shall be a complete and full acquittance
for the Collateral so returned, and the Bank shall thereafter be discharged from
any liability or responsibility therefor. At the request and sole expense of the
Company following any such termination or release, the Bank shall deliver to the
Company any Collateral held by the Bank hereunder and execute and deliver to the
Company such documents as the Company shall reasonably request to evidence such
termination and release.
IV. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
4.1 Initial Advance.
The obligation of the Bank to make any Advance under this Loan
Agreement for a Mortgage Loan is subject to the Bank's receipt of the following,
all of which must be reasonably satisfactory in form and content to the Bank, in
its sole discretion:
(a) The Note duly executed by the Company;
(b) The Guaranty, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A,
duly executed by the Guarantor;
(c) Executed Assignments of Notes and Mortgages in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit E, to be recorded upon the occurrence of any
Event of Default hereunder or a mutually agreed upon electronic
alternative thereto;
(d) Certified copies of the Company's articles of
incorporation and bylaws, and certificates of existence delivered to
the Bank prior to the date of closing;
(e) A resolution of the board of directors of the Company,
certified as of a date prior to the initial Advance by its Secretary,
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Loan
Agreement and the Note, and all other instruments or documents to be
delivered by the Company pursuant to this Loan Agreement;
(f) A certificate of the Company's corporate secretary as to
the incumbency and authenticity of the signatures of the officers of
the Company executing this Loan Agreement and the Note and each Advance
Request and all other instruments or documents to be delivered pursuant
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hereto (the Bank being entitled to rely thereon until a new such
certificate has been furnished to the Bank);
(g) Audited financial statements of the Company (and its
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis) prepared by a Certified Public
Accountant in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Bank,
which shall include, but not be limited to, a statement of income for
the period ending on December 31, 2003 (the "Statement Date");
(h) A certificate of insurance evidencing the Company's errors
and omissions insurance policy in an amount of at least $500,000.00,
each loss and aggregate;
(i) An executed, original opinion of the Company's counsel, in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to Bank, opining, among other
things, as to the enforceability of the Loan Agreement, the Note and
the financing statements, against the Company, and as to the
enforceability of the guaranties against the Guarantor; and
4.2 Each Advance.
The obligation of the Bank to fund the Initial Request and each
subsequent Advance on a Mortgage Loan under this Loan Agreement is subject to
the satisfaction, in the sole discretion of the Bank, as of the date of each
such Initial Request or subsequent Advance, as appropriate, of the following
additional conditions precedent:
(a) The Company shall have delivered to the Bank the Advance
Request and Collateral Documents called for hereunder, and shall have
satisfied the procedures set forth in Sections 2.2(a) through 2.2(c)
hereof and the applicable Exhibits hereto described in these Sections.
All items delivered to the Bank shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Bank in form and content, and the Bank may reject such of them as do
not meet the requirements of this Loan Agreement.
(b) The Bank shall have received evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it as to the making and/or continuation of any book
entry or the due filing and recording in all appropriate offices of all
financing statements and other instruments as may be necessary to
perfect the security interest of the Bank in the Collateral under the
South Carolina Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law.
(c) The representations and warranties of the Company
contained in Article V hereof shall be true and correct in all material
respects as if made on and as of the date of each Advance, except for
any representation and warranty made as of an earlier date, which
representation and warranty shall remain true and correct in all
material respects as of such earlier date.
(d) The Company and the Guarantor shall have performed all
agreements to be performed by them hereunder and under the Guaranty,
respectively.
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(e) There shall exist no Default or condition or event which
with the passage of time might constitute a Default hereunder and the
making of the requested Advance shall not give rise to a Default
hereunder.
(f) The Company shall not have incurred any material
liabilities, direct or contingent, other than in the ordinary course of
its business, since the dates of the Company's most recent financial
statements theretofore delivered to the Bank.
(g) The Company shall have provided Bank with updated
inspection reports for all Mortgage Loans and shall have allowed Bank
to make any on-sight inspections Bank shall reasonably request.
Acceptance of the proceeds of the requested Advance by the Company
shall be deemed a representation by the Company that all conditions set forth in
this Section 4.2 shall have been satisfied as of the date of such Advance.
V. REPRESENTATIONS.
The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Bank, as of the date
of this Loan Agreement and as of the date of each Advance Request, that:
5.1 Organization; Good Standing.
The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the
full legal power and authority to own its property and to carry on its business
as currently conducted and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the transaction
of its business makes such qualification necessary.
5.2 Authorization and Enforceability.
The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver
and perform this Loan Agreement, the Note and all other documents contemplated
hereby or thereby. Each Guarantor has the power and capacity to execute, deliver
and perform the Guaranty. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of this Loan Agreement, the Note and all other documents contemplated hereby or
thereby and the making of the borrowing hereunder and thereunder, have been duly
and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company (none of which actions have been modified or rescinded, and all of which
actions are in full force and effect) and do not and will not conflict with or
violate any provision of law or of the articles of incorporation or by-laws of
the Company, conflict with or result in a breach of or constitute a default or
require any consent under, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any
property or assets of the Company, or result in or require the acceleration of
any indebtedness of the Company pursuant to, any agreement, instrument or
indenture to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or its
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property may be bound or affected. This Loan Agreement, the Note and all other
documents contemplated hereby or thereby and the Guaranty constitute legal,
valid, and binding obligations of the Company or of the Guarantor, respectively,
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as limited by
reorganization, bankruptcy, insolvency or other such laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights.
5.3 Approvals.
The Company has procured and is in possession of all licenses, permits,
consents or approvals, and has taken such other actions, which are required by
Federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations for the transaction of
its business, including, without limitation, (i) the execution and delivery of
this Loan Agreement, the Note and all other documents contemplated hereby or
thereby and the performance of the Company's obligations hereunder and
thereunder; (ii) the making of residential mortgage loans to consumers in South
Carolina upon the security of the consumer's principal residences; and (iii) the
ownership of its properties.
5.4 Financial Condition.
The balance sheet of the Company as of the Statement Date, and the
related statement of income, heretofore furnished to the Bank, fairly present
the financial condition of the Company as at the Statement Date and the results
of its operations for the fiscal period ended on the Statement Date. The Company
had, on the Statement Date, no liabilities, direct or indirect, fixed or
contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown, or liabilities for taxes,
long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments not disclosed by,
or reserved against in, said balance sheet and related statements, and at the
present time there are no material unrealized or anticipated losses from any
loans, advances or other commitments of the Company except as heretofore
disclosed to the Bank in writing. Said financial statements were prepared in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved. Since the Statement Date, there has been no material adverse changes
in the business, operations, assets or financial condition of the Company, nor
is the Company aware of any state of facts which (with or without notice or
lapse of time or both) would or could result in any such material adverse
change.
5.5 Litigation.
There are no actions, claims, suits or proceedings pending, or to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated against or
affecting the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in any court or before
any arbitrator or before any government commission, board, bureau or other
administrative agency which, if adversely determined, may reasonably be expected
to result in any material and adverse change in the business, operations, assets
or financial condition of the Company as a whole.
5.6 Compliance with Laws.
The Company is not in violation of any provision of any law, or of any
judgment, award, rule, regulation, order, decree, writ or injunction of any
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court or public regulatory body or authority which might have a material adverse
effect on the business, operations, assets or financial condition of the Company
as a whole.
5.7 Payment of Taxes.
The Company has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state and
local income, excise, property and other tax returns with respect to the
operations of the Company which are required to be filed, all such returns are
true and correct, and the Company has paid or caused to be paid all taxes as
shown on such returns or on any assessment, to the extent that such taxes have
become due, including, but not limited to, all Federal Insurance Contributions
Act payments and withholding taxes, if appropriate. The amounts reserved, as a
liability for income and other taxes payable, in the financial statements
described in Section 5.4 hereof are sufficient for payment of all unpaid
federal, state and local income, excise, property and other taxes, whether or
not disputed, of the Company accrued for or applicable to the period and on the
dates of such financial statements and all years and periods prior thereto and
for which the Company may be liable in its own right or as transferee of the
assets of, or as successor to, any other person or entity.
5.8 Agreements.
The Company is not a party to any agreement, instrument or indenture or
subject to any restrictions materially and adversely affecting its business,
operations, assets or financial condition, except as disclosed in the financial
statements described in Section 5.4 hereof. The execution and performance of
this Loan Agreement will not cause a default, violate or conflict with the terms
of any material agreement to which the Company is a party or by which it is
bound. The Company is not in default in the performance, observance or
fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any
agreement, instrument, or indenture which default could have a material adverse
effect on the business, operations, properties or financial condition of the
Company as a whole. No holder of any indebtedness of the Company has given
notice of any asserted default thereunder, and no liquidation or dissolution of
the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries and no receivership, insolvency,
bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceedings relative to the Company
or any of its properties is pending, or to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened.
5.9 Special Representations Concerning Collateral.
The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Bank, as of the date
of this Loan Agreement and as of the date of each Advance Request, that:
(a) The Company is the legal and equitable owner and holder,
free and clear of all Liens, of the Pledged Mortgages. All Pledged
Mortgages and Purchase Commitments have been duly authorized and
validly issued to the Company, and all of the foregoing items of
Collateral comply with all of the requirements of this Loan Agreement,
and have been and will continue to be validly pledged or assigned to
the Bank, subject to no other Liens.
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(b) The Company has, and will continue to have, the full
right, power and authority to pledge the Collateral pledged and to be
pledged by it hereunder.
(c) All Mortgage Loans and related documents included in the
Pledged Mortgages (1) as of any date of determination, have been duly
executed and delivered by the parties named in such Mortgage Loan at a
closing held not more than five (5) Business Days prior to such date,
(2) have been made in compliance with all requirements of the Real
Estate Settlement Procedures Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the
Federal Truth-In-Lending Act and all other applicable federal and state
laws and regulations, (3) are and will continue to be valid and
enforceable in accordance with their terms, without defense or offset,
except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal debtor relief
laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of
creditors' rights in general and the availability of equitable
remedies, (4) have not been modified or amended nor any requirements
thereof waived, and (5) comply and will continue to comply with the
terms of this Loan Agreement and with the related Purchase Commitment
held by the Company. Each Mortgage Loan included in the Pledged
Mortgages will be a first Lien on the premises described therein.
(d) No default, nor any event which, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would become a default, has occurred and is continuing
under any Mortgage Loan included in the Pledged Mortgages.
(e) The Company has complied and will continue to comply with
all laws, rules and regulations related to and/or governing each
Mortgage Loan included in the Pledged Mortgages. All Mortgage Loans
comply with and will continue to comply in all respects with all
applicable requirements for purchase under the FNMA standard form of
selling contract and any supplement thereto then in effect.
(f) All insurance policies covering the premises encumbered by
each Mortgage included in the Pledged Mortgages (1) name and will
continue to name the Company as the insured under a standard mortgagee
clause, (2) are and will continue to be in full force and effect, and
(3) afford and will continue to afford insurance against builders'
risk, fire and such other risks as are usually insured against in the
broad form of extended coverage insurance from time to time available.
(g) Pledged Mortgages secured by premises located in a special
flood hazard area designated as such by the Secretary of HUD are and
shall continue to be covered by special flood insurance under the
National Flood Insurance Program.
(h) Each insured Mortgage Loan pledged hereunder meets all
applicable requirements for such insurance. Each Pledged Mortgage meets
all requirements of the Purchase Commitment identified in the Advance
Request pursuant to which an Advance is made.
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VI. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.
The Company agrees that so long as the Commitment is outstanding or
there remain any obligations of the Company to be paid or performed under this
Loan Agreement or under the Note, the Company shall:
6.1 Payment of Note.
Punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, interest on and
all other amounts payable hereunder and under the Note in accordance with the
terms thereof.
6.2 Financial Statements and Other Reports.
Deliver to the Bank:
(a) As soon as available and in any event within one
hundred-twenty (120) days after the close of each fiscal year of the
Company: statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and cash
flows of the Company (and, if applicable, its Subsidiaries, on a
consolidated basis) for such year and the related balance sheet at the
end of such year (setting forth in comparative form the corresponding
figures for the preceding fiscal year), all in reasonable detail, in
accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by an audit opinion of an
accounting firm reasonably satisfactory to the Bank, or other
independent certified public accountants of recognized standing
selected by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Bank, as to
said financial statements and a certificate signed by the chief
financial officer of the Company stating that said financial statements
fairly present the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company (and, if applicable, its Subsidiaries) at the end of, and for,
such year.
(b) As soon as available and in any event within one
hundred-twenty (120) days after the close of each fiscal year of the
Guarantor: statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and
cash flows of the Guarantor for such year and the related balance sheet
at the end of such year (setting forth in comparative form the
corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year), all in reasonable
detail, in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by an audit opinion of
an accounting firm reasonably satisfactory to the Bank, or other
independent certified public accountants of recognized standing
selected by the Guarantor and reasonably acceptable to the Bank, as to
said financial statements and a certificate signed by the chief
financial officer of the Guarantor stating that said financial
statements fairly present the financial condition and results of
operations of the Guarantor at the end of, and for, such year.
(c) As soon as available and no later than forty-five (45)
days after the end of the quarter for which they are prepared:
internally generated quarterly financial statements of the Company
which shall include but shall not be limited to an income statement.
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(d) Reports in respect of the Pledged Mortgages, in such
detail and at such times as the Bank in its discretion may reasonably
request at any time or from time to time.
(e) From time to time, with reasonable promptness, such
further information regarding the business, operations, properties or
financial condition of the Company as the Bank may reasonably request.
6.3 Maintenance of Existence; Conduct of Business.
Preserve and maintain its corporate existence in good standing and all
of its rights, privileges, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the
normal conduct of its business; conduct its business in an orderly and efficient
manner; and make no change in the nature or character of its business.
6.4 Compliance with Applicable Laws.
Comply with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations
and orders of any governmental authority, a breach of which could materially
adversely affect its business, operations, assets, or financial condition,
except where contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.
6.5 Inspection of Properties and Books.
Permit authorized representatives of the Bank to discuss the business,
operations, assets and financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries
with their officers, employees and accountants and to examine their books of
account, as such relate to this Loan Agreement, and make copies or extracts
thereof, and visit any properties which secure Mortgage Loans, all at such
reasonable times as the Bank may reasonably request.
6.6 Notice.
Give prompt written notice (and the details thereof, if applicable) to
the Bank of (a) any action, suit or proceeding instituted by or against the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any federal or state court or before any
arbitration or dispute resolution organization, any commission or other
regulatory body (federal, state or local, domestic or foreign), or any such
proceedings threatened against the Company, (b) the filing, recording or
assignment of any federal, state or local tax lien against it, or any of its
assets or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) the occurrence of any Event of Default
hereunder or the occurrence of any Default and continuation thereof for five (5)
days, or (d) any other action, event or condition of any nature which may lead
to or result in a material adverse effect upon the business, operations, assets,
or financial condition of the Company or which, with or without notice or lapse
of time or both, would constitute a default under any other agreement,
instrument or indenture to which the Company is a party or to which the Company,
its properties or assets may be subject.
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6.7 Payment of Debt, Taxes etc.
Pay and perform all obligations of the Company promptly and in
accordance with the terms thereof and pay and discharge or cause to be paid and
discharged promptly all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies
imposed upon the Company or upon its income, receipts or properties before the
same shall become past due, as well as all lawful claims for labor, materials
and supplies or otherwise which, if unpaid, might become a Lien or charge upon
such properties or any part thereof; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to pay taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies or
claims for labor, materials or supplies for which the Company shall have
obtained an adequate bond or adequate insurance or which are being contested in
good faith and by proper proceedings which are being reasonably and diligently
pursued.
6.8 Insurance.
Maintain (a) errors and omissions insurance or mortgage impairment
insurance and blanket bond coverage, with such companies and in such amounts as
shall satisfy prevailing Investor requirements applicable to a qualified
mortgage originating institution and in a minimum amount of $500,000.00 and (b)
liability insurance and fire and other hazard insurance on its properties, with
responsible insurance companies approved by the Bank, in such amounts and
against such risks as are customarily carried by similar businesses operating in
the same vicinity; and (c) within thirty (30) days after notice from the Bank,
obtain such additional insurance as the Bank shall reasonably require, all at
the sole expense of the Company. Copies of such policies shall be furnished to
the Bank without charge upon request of the Bank.
6.9 Insured Closings.
Obtain and maintain in effect at all times an insured closing letter
from each title insurance company from which mortgagee title insurance is
procured, indemnifying and holding the Company harmless from and against the
failure of the agents and approved title attorneys of such title insurance
companies to comply with the written closing instructions of the Company as to
the Mortgage Loans included in the Pledged Mortgages and provide the Bank with
evidence of the same from time to time upon request. The Company agrees to
indemnify and hold the Bank harmless from and against any loss, including
reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, attributable to the failure of such title
insurance company, agent or approved attorney to comply with the disbursement or
instruction letter or letters of the Company or of the Bank relating to such
Mortgage Loans included in the Pledged Mortgages.
6.10 [Reserved].
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6.11 Other Loan Obligations.
Perform all obligations under the terms of each loan agreement, note,
mortgage, security agreement or debt instrument by which the Company is bound or
to which any of its property is subject, and promptly notify the Bank in writing
of the cancellation or reduction of any of its other mortgage warehousing lines
of credit or agreements with any other lender.
6.12 Use of Proceeds of Advances.
Use the proceeds of each Advance solely for the purpose of financing
the origination by the Company of the Pledged Mortgages.
6.13 Special Affirmative Covenants Concerning Collateral.
(a) The Company warrants and will defend the right, title and
interest of the Bank in and to the Pledged Mortgages against the claims
and demands of all persons whomsoever.
(b) The Company shall service or cause to be serviced all
Pledged Mortgages in accordance with standard requirements of the
issuers of Purchase Commitments covering the same and all relating to
residential construction mortgages, including without limitation taking
all actions necessary to enforce the obligations of the obligors under
such Mortgage Loans included in the Pledged Mortgages. The Company
shall hold all escrow funds collected in respect of Pledged Mortgages,
without co-mingling the same with non-custodial funds, and apply the
same for the purposes for which such funds were collected.
(c) The Company shall execute and deliver to the Bank such
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements with respect to the
Collateral as the Bank may reasonably request. The Company shall also
execute and deliver to the Bank such further instruments of sale,
pledge or assignment or transfer, as reasonably required by the Bank,
and shall do and perform all matters and things reasonably necessary or
desirable to be done or observed, for the purpose of effectively
creating, maintaining and preserving the security and benefits intended
to be afforded the Bank under this Loan Agreement. The Bank shall have
all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the South Carolina
Uniform Commercial Code, or any other applicable law, in addition to
all rights provided for herein.
(d) The Company shall notify the Bank within two (2) Business
Days of any default under, or of the termination of, any Purchase
Commitment relating to any Pledged Mortgage.
(e) The Company will promptly comply in all respects with the
terms and conditions of all Purchase Commitments, and all extensions,
renewals and modifications or substitutions thereof or thereto.
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(f) The Company shall maintain, at its principal office or in
a regional office approved by the Bank, or in the office of a computer
service bureau engaged by the Company and approved by the Bank, and,
upon request, shall make available to the Bank the following documents
or instruments entered into and/or delivered in connection with the
Pledged Mortgages: (i) the originals of its Mortgage Notes and
Mortgages, (ii) copies of all related Mortgage Loan documents and
instruments, and (iii) all files, surveys, certificates,
correspondence, appraisals, computer programs, tapes, discs, cards,
accounting records and other information and data relating to the
Collateral, in each case, which the Company has not previously provided
to the Bank in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.2
or Exhibit C hereof.
6.14 Reserved.
6.15 Deposit Account.
At all times during the term hereof and while any Advance made
hereunder remains outstanding, the Company shall maintain a deposit account with
the Bank in order to facilitate the making of Advances and the repayment
thereof. The Company shall cause all sales proceeds due it from Investors who
have purchased Mortgage Loans and all principal and fee repayments received on
Mortgage Loans which have been pledged to the Bank hereunder to be deposited
into a deposit account with the Bank.
VII. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.
The Company agrees that so long as the Commitment is outstanding or
there remains any obligation of the Company to be paid or performed hereunder or
under the Note, the Company shall not, either directly or indirectly, without
the prior written consent of the Bank:
7.1 Merger; Sale of Assets; Acquisitions.
Liquidate, dissolve, consolidate or merge or sell any substantial part
of its assets (except as otherwise permitted by this Loan Agreement), nor
acquire substantially all of the assets of another.
7.2 Special Negative Covenants Concerning Collateral.
(a) The Company shall not amend or modify, or waive any of the
terms and conditions of, or settle or compromise any claim in respect
of, any Pledged Mortgages.
(b) The Company shall not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise
dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, or pledge or otherwise
encumber (except as otherwise permitted by this Loan Agreement) any of
the Collateral or any interest therein.
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(c) The Company shall not make any compromise, adjustment or
settlement in respect of any of the Collateral or accept other than
cash in payment or liquidation of the Collateral.
7.3 ADDITIONAL INDEBTEDNESS
The Company shall not incur any indebtedness (other than
indebtedness owed to affiliates of Company) without the Bank's prior
consent which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
VIII. DEFAULTS; REMEDIES.
8.1 Events of Default.
The occurrence of any of the following conditions or events shall be an
event of default ("Event of Default"):
(a) Failure to pay the principal of or interest on any Advance
when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, under Section
2.5(b) hereof, or otherwise, or failure to pay any other amount due
under this Loan Agreement within three days after written notification
by the Bank stating that Borrower has failed to make such other payment
under the terms of this Loan Agreement; or failure to pay, beyond any
applicable grace period, the principal or interest on any other
indebtedness due the Bank; or
(b) Failure of the Company to pay, or any default in the
payment of any principal or interest on, any other indebtedness or in
the payment of any contingent obligation beyond any period of grace
provided; or breach or default with respect to any other material term
of any other indebtedness or of any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture
or other agreement relating thereto, if the effect of such failure,
default or breach is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders
thereof (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause,
indebtedness of the Company to become or be declared due prior to its
stated maturity (upon the giving or receiving of notice, lapse of time,
both, or otherwise); or
(c) Failure of the Company, or the attorney closing any
Mortgage Loan included in the Pledged Mortgages, to deliver to the Bank
within four (4) Business Days of such Mortgage Loan closing for which
the Bank has made an Advance to the Company, the original Mortgage Note
executed by the borrower(s), the Collateral Assignment of Note and
Mortgage or a mutually agreed upon electronic alternative thereto, and
either the original, executed and recorded mortgage evidencing the
mortgage, or, if such mortgage is not then available, a copy of the
executed mortgage evidencing the mortgage with recording information
noted thereon, and such default shall not have been remedied within
three (3) Business Days after receipt of written notice from the Bank
of such default; or
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(d) Failure of the Company to perform, or comply with any term
or condition applicable to it contained in Sections 6.3, 6.12, 6.13,
6.14 or Article VII of this Loan Agreement; or
(e) Any of the Company's representations or warranties made
herein or in any statement or certificate at any time given by the
Company in writing pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall be
false in any material respect on the date as of which made; or
(f) The Company shall default in the performance of or
compliance with any term contained in this Loan Agreement other than
those referred to above in subsections (a), (c) or (d) and such default
shall not have been remedied or waived within thirty (30) days after
receipt of notice from the Bank of such default; or
(g) (1) A court having jurisdiction shall enter a decree or
order for relief in respect of the Company or of any Guarantor in an
involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not
stayed; or (2) any other similar relief shall be granted under any
applicable federal or state law; or a decree or order of a court having
jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,
sequestrator, trustee, custodian, or other officer having similar
powers over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or of any Guarantor,
or over all or a substantial part of their respective property, shall
have been entered; or the involuntary appointment of an interim
receiver, trustee or other custodian of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or of any Guarantor for all or a substantial part of their
respective property; or the issuance of a warrant of attachment,
execution or similar process against any substantial part of the
property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or of any Guarantor,
and the continuance of any such events in (2) above for sixty (60) days
unless dismissed, bonded off or discharged; or
(h) The Company or any Guarantor shall have an order for
relief entered with respect to it, or shall commence a voluntary case
under any applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry
of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion to
an involuntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other
custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; the making by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Guarantor of any
assignment for the benefit of creditors; or the inability or failure of
the Company or of any Guarantor, or the admission by the Company or any
Guarantor in writing of its inability to pay its debts as such debts
become due; or
(i) Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment, or
similar process shall be entered or filed against the Company or any of
its respective assets and shall remain undischarged, unvacated,
unbonded or unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days or in any event
later than five (5) days prior to the date of any proposed sale
thereunder; or
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(j) Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against the
Company decreeing the dissolution or split up of the Company and such
order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of
thirty (30) days; or
(k) The Company shall purport to disavow its obligations
hereunder or shall contest the validity or enforceability hereof; or
the Bank's security interest on any portion of the Collateral shall
become unenforceable or otherwise impaired; provided that, subject to
the Bank's approval, no Event of Default shall occur as a result of
such impairment if all Advances made against any such Collateral shall
be paid in full within ten (10) days of the date of such impairment.
8.2 Remedies.
(a) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in
Section 8.1(g) or (h), the Commitment shall be terminated and the
unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on the Note shall
automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand or
other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by the Company.
(b) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default other than
those specified in 8.2(a) above, the Bank may, by written notice to the
Company, terminate the Commitment and/or declare all or any portion of
the Advances to be due and payable whereupon the same shall forthwith
become due and payable, together with all accrued interest thereon, and
the obligation of the Bank to make Advances shall thereupon terminate.
(c) Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Bank may
also do any of the following:
(1) Foreclose upon or otherwise enforce its security
interest in and Lien on the Collateral to secure all payments and
performance of obligations owed by the Company under this Loan
Agreement.
(2) Notify all obligors of Collateral that the Collateral
has been assigned to the Bank and that all payments thereon are to be
made directly to the Bank or such other party as may be designated by
the Bank; settle, compromise, or release, in whole or in part, any
amounts owing on the Collateral, any such obligor or Investor or any
portion of the Collateral, on terms acceptable to the Bank; enforce
payment and prosecute any action or proceeding with respect to any and
all Collateral; and where any such Collateral is in default, foreclose
on and enforce security interests in, such Collateral by any available
judicial procedure or without judicial process and sell property
acquired as a result of any such foreclosure.
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(3) Act, or contract with a third party to act, as
servicer of each item of Collateral requiring servicing and perform all
obligations required in connection with Purchase Commitments, such
third party's fees to be paid by the Company.
(4) Exercise all rights and remedies of a secured creditor
under the South Carolina Uniform Commercial Code, including but not
limited to selling the Collateral at public or private sale, including
sale pursuant to any applicable Purchase Commitment. The Bank shall
give the Company not less than ten (10) days' notice of any such public
sale or of the date after which private sale may be held. The Company
agrees that ten (10) days' notice shall be reasonable notice. At any
such sale the Collateral may be sold as an entirety or in separate
parts, as the Bank may determine. The Bank may, without notice or
publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be
adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed
for the sale, and such sale may be made at any time or place to which
the same may be so adjourned. In case of any sale of all or any part of
the Collateral on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold
may be retained by the Bank until the selling price is paid by the
purchaser thereof, but the Bank shall not incur any liability in case
of the failure of such purchaser to take up and pay for the Collateral
so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may again be
sold upon like notice. The Bank may, however, instead of exercising the
power of sale herein conferred upon it, proceed by a suit or suits at
law or in equity to collect all amounts due upon the Collateral or to
foreclose the pledge and sell the Collateral or any portion thereof
under a judgment or decree of a court or courts of competent
jurisdiction, or both.
(5) Proceed against the Company on the Note or against the
Guarantor under the Guaranty or both.
(d) Any private sale of the Collateral held by or on behalf of
the Bank shall be conducted in a commercially reasonable manner.
(e) The Company waives any right to require the Bank to (1)
proceed against any person, (2) proceed against or exhaust any of the
Collateral or pursue its rights and remedies as against the Collateral
in any particular order, or (3) pursue any other remedy in its power.
The Bank shall not be required to take any steps necessary to preserve
any rights of the Company against holders of mortgages prior in lien to
the lien of any Mortgage included in the Collateral or to preserve
rights against prior parties.
(f) The Bank may, but shall not be obligated to, advance any
sums or do any act or thing necessary to uphold and enforce the Lien
and priority of, or the security intended to be afforded by any
Mortgage included in the Collateral including, without limitation,
payment of delinquent taxes or assessments and insurance premiums. All
advances, charges, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys'
fees and disbursements, incurred or paid by the Bank in exercising any
right, power or remedy conferred by this Loan Agreement, or in the
enforcement hereof, together with interest thereon, at the rate of
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interest specified in the Note, from the time of payment until repaid,
shall become a part of principal balance outstanding under the Note.
(g) No failure on the part of the Bank to exercise, and no
delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy provided hereunder, at
law or in equity shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any
single or partial exercise by the Bank of any right, power or remedy
provided hereunder, at law or in equity preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.
Without intending to limit the foregoing, all defenses based on the
statute of limitations are hereby waived by the Company. The remedies
herein provided are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies
provided at law or in equity.
8.3 Application of Proceeds.
The proceeds of any sale or other enforcement of the Bank's security
interest in all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied by the Bank:
First, to the payment of the costs and expenses of such sale or
enforcement, including reasonable compensation to the Bank's agents and counsel,
and all expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by or on behalf of
the Bank in connection therewith;
Second, to the payment of any other amounts due (other than principal
and interest) under the Note or this Loan Agreement;
Third, to the payment of interest accrued and unpaid on the Note;
Fourth, to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the
Note; and
Fifth, to the payment to the Company, or to its successors or assigns,
or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct, of any surplus then
remaining from such proceeds. If the proceeds of any such sale are insufficient
to cover the costs and expenses of such sale, as aforesaid, and the payment in
full of the Note and all other amounts due hereunder, the Company shall remain
liable for any deficiency.
8.4 Bank Appointed Attorney-in-Fact.
The Bank is hereby appointed the attorney-in-fact of the Company, with
full power of substitution, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions
hereof and taking any action and executing any instruments which the Bank may
deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes, hereof, which
appointment as attorney-in-fact is irrevocable and coupled with an interest.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Bank shall have the right
and power to give notices of its security interest in the Collateral to any
person, either in the name of the Company or in its own name, to receive,
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collect, demand, and xxx for all payments and sums of money which may now be or
hereafter become due and owing, to the Company, on, for, or by reason of any
Pledged Mortgages, to endorse all Pledged Mortgages payable to the order of the
Company, to receive, endorse and collect all checks made payable to the order of
the Company representing any payment on account of the principal of or interest
on, or the proceeds of sale of, any of the Pledged Mortgages, to endorse all
Pledged Mortgages payable to the order of the Company, or to give full discharge
for the same, to attach to the Assignments of Notes and Mortgages executed by
the Company lists of all Mortgage Loans and to record same in any and all
necessary or applicable recording offices in order to perfect Bank's security
interest in the Collateral.
8.5 Right of Set-Off.
If the Company shall default in the payment of the Note, any interest
accrued thereon, or any other sums which may become payable hereunder when due,
or in the performance of any of its other obligations or liabilities under this
Loan Agreement, the Bank, shall have the right but not the obligation, at any
time and from time to time, without notice, to set-off and to appropriate or
apply any and all deposits of money or property or any other indebtedness at any
time held or owing by the Bank to or for the credit of the account of the
Company against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of the Company
under the Note and this Loan Agreement, irrespective of whether or not the Bank
shall have made any demand hereunder and whether or not said obligations and
liabilities shall have matured, provided, however, that the aforesaid right of
set-off shall not apply to any deposits of escrow monies being held on behalf of
the mortgagors under Mortgage Loans or other third parties.
IX. NOTICES.
All notices, demands, consents, requests and other communications
required or permitted to be given or made hereunder (collectively, "Notices")
shall, except as otherwise expressly provided hereunder, be in writing and shall
be delivered in person or telegraphed or mailed, first class, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective parties hereto at their
respective addresses hereinafter set forth or, as to any such party, at such
other address as may be designated by it in a Notice to the other. All Notices
shall be conclusively deemed to have been properly given or made when duly
delivered, in person, or if mailed on the third Business Day after being
deposited in the mails or when delivered to the telegraph company, addressed as
follows:
If to the Company:
Community Resource Mortgage, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: President
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with a copy to:
Community Bankshares, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
If to the Bank:
Branch Banking and Trust Company
Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxx E. Sell, Jr.
X. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES; INDEMNITY.
The Company shall (a) pay all out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the
Bank, including reasonable attorney's fees actually incurred at normal hourly
rates, in connection with the enforcement of this Loan Agreement, the Note, and
other documents and instruments related hereto and the making and repayment of
the Advances and the payment of interest thereon; (b) pay, and hold the Bank and
any holder of the Note harmless from and against, any and all present and future
stamp, documentary and other similar taxes with respect to the foregoing matters
and save the Bank and the holder or holders of the Note harmless from and
against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay or
omission to pay such taxes; (c) indemnify, pay and hold harmless the Bank and
any of its officers, directors, employees or agents and any subsequent holder of
the Note from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind
whatsoever (the "Indemnified Liabilities") (excluding any such Indemnified
Liabilities resulting from failure by the Bank to perform any of its obligations
under this Loan Agreement, the Note, or any other document referred to herein as
established in a suit between the Company and the Bank which may be the same
suit in which indemnification is being sought hereunder by the Bank) which may
be imposed upon, incurred by or asserted against the Bank or such holder in any
way relating to or arising out of this Loan Agreement, the Note, the Mortgage
Notes, or any other document referred to herein or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby to the extent that any such Indemnified
Liabilities result (directly or indirectly) from any claims made, or any
actions, suits or proceedings commenced or threatened, by or on behalf of any
creditor (excluding the Bank and the holder or holders of the Note), security
holder, shareholder, customer (including, without limitation, any person or
entity having any dealings of any kind with the Company), trustee, director,
officer, employee and/or agent of the Company acting in such capacity, the
Company or any governmental regulatory body or authority (excluding the Federal
Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the
Currency and any other banking regulatory body or authority having jurisdiction
over the Bank).
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XI. DELIVERIES OF COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS.
The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the Bank all
Pledged Mortgages and related documents, in accordance with the General
Operational Guidelines set forth on Exhibit D attached hereto or, as applicable
all Pledged Mortgages to (1) an Investor which has issued a Purchase Commitment
with respect thereto for its examination and purchase, against a bailee letter
in form approved by the Bank or the applicable FNMA or FHLMC delivery form,
completed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Bank, or (2) FNMA for its
examination and purchase against a properly executed FNMA "Mortgage Submission
Voucher" designating the Bank as the payee or for the account of the Bank. The
Bank may deliver any document relating to the Collateral to the Company for
correction or completion against a properly executed trust receipt in the form
approved by the Bank with instructions to the Company to return the corrected
document to the Bank or the Investor, as appropriate, within ten (10) Business
Days after such delivery or redeem the Mortgage Loan from pledge.
XII. FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
All certified financial statements and reports furnished to the Bank
hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis
consistent with that applied in preparing the certified financial statements as
at, and for the period ended (except to the extent otherwise required to conform
to good accounting practice). It is understood and agreed that the financial
reports to be provided by the Company pursuant to the Section 6.2(c) hereof may
be prepared by the Company internally and shall not be required to be certified
by the Company's independent public accountant.
XIII. MISCELLANEOUS.
13.1 Terms Binding Upon Successors; Survival of Representations.
The terms and provisions of this Loan Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors
and assigns. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein
contained on the part of the Company shall survive the making of any Advance and
the execution of the Note, and shall be effective so long as the Commitment is
outstanding or there remains any obligation of the Company hereunder or under
the Note to be paid or performed.
13.2 Assignment.
This Loan Agreement may not be assigned by the Company. This Loan
Agreement and the Note, along with the Bank's security interest in any or all of
the Collateral, may, at any time, be transferred or assigned, in whole or in
part, by the Bank, and any assignee thereof may enforce this Loan Agreement, the
Note and such security interest.
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13.3 Amendments.
Except as otherwise provided in this Loan Agreement, this Loan
Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented unless such amendment,
modification or supplement is set forth in a writing signed by the parties
hereto.
13.4 Governing Law.
This Loan Agreement and the Note shall be governed by the laws of the
State of South Carolina, without reference to its principles of conflicts of
laws.
13.5 Consent to Jurisdiction.
The Company hereby agrees that any action or proceeding under this Loan
Agreement or any document delivered pursuant hereto may be commenced against it
in any court of competent jurisdiction within the State of South Carolina, by
service of process upon the Company by first class registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, addressed to the Company at its address last known to
the Bank. The Company hereby waives any objection to the venue of any such suit,
action or proceeding. Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Bank to
accomplish service of process in any other manner permitted by law or to
commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Company in any other
jurisdiction or court.
13.6 Relationship of the Parties.
This Loan Agreement provides for the making of Advances by the Bank, in
its capacity as a lender, to the Company, in its capacity as a borrower, and for
the payment of interest and repayment of principal by the Company to the Bank.
The relationship between Bank and the Company is limited to that of
creditor/secured party, on the one hand, and debtor/pledgor, on the other hand.
The provisions herein for compliance with financial covenants and delivery of
financial statements are intended solely for the benefit of the Bank to protect
its interests as lender in assuring payments of interest and repayment of
principal, and nothing contained in this Loan Agreement shall be construed as
permitting or obligating the Bank to act as a financial or business advisor or
consultant to the Company, as permitting or obligating the Bank to control the
Company or to conduct the Company's operations, as creating any fiduciary
obligation on the part of the Bank to the Company, or as creating any joint
venture, agency, or other relationship between the parties other than as
explicitly and specifically stated in this Loan Agreement. The Company
acknowledges that it has had the opportunity to obtain the advice of experienced
counsel of its own choosing in connection with the negotiation and execution of
this Loan Agreement and to obtain the advice of such counsel with respect to all
matters contained herein. The Company further acknowledges that it is
experienced with respect to financial and credit matters and has made its own
independent decisions to apply to the Bank for credit and to execute and deliver
this Loan Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Loan Agreement
to be duly executed as a sealed instrument as of the date first above written.
COMMUNITY RESOURCE MORTGAGE, INC.
By: ---------------------------------------
ATTEST: A. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
President
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Secretary
(Corporate Seal)
BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY (Seal)
By: ---------------------------------------
Xxxxx E. Sell, Jr.
Senior Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF GUARANTY AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT B
ADVANCE REQUEST AND OFFICER'S CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to that certain Warehouse Credit and Security Agreement (the
"Loan Agreement") dated October 5, 2004, between BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST
COMPANY (the "Bank") and COMMUNITY RESOURCE MORTGAGE, INC. (the "Company"), and
pursuant to the Promissory Note of even date therewith given by the Company to
the Bank in the stated principal amount of $ 20,000,000.00 (the "Note"), the
undersigned, on behalf of the Company, hereby requests from the Bank an advance
in the amount of $ ___________ (the "Advance") to be made in accordance with and
subject to all the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement. All capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Loan Agreement.
DESCRIPTION OF THE MORTGAGE NOTES
Date for which Advance is requested: (must be a Business Day)
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Name and Address of Mortgage Loan:
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Loan Number:
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[For Initial Requests only:
Date and time of Closing: ----------------------@------------------
Name of Settlement Agent:
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Address of Settlement Agent:
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Settlement Agent Telephone Number:
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Settlement Agent Fax Number:]
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Bank to credit funds to Borrower's account no.----------------- at Branch
Banking and Trust Company.
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Total Credit Amount:
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PURCHASE COMMITMENT
Commitment
Issuer's Name Date of Issuance Commitment Total Amount
and Address of Commitment Expiration Date of Commitment
----------- ------------- --------------- -------------
The undersigned, presently ____________________________________ of the
Company, has personally examined the documents in the Company's possession
relating to the Mortgage Loan. Based on such examination, upon the closing of
the Mortgage Loan and upon the Bank's approval of the Mortgage Loan and
agreement to make the requested Advance, the Company (i) will have in its
possession with respect to the Mortgage Loan all of the items referred to in
Exhibit C of the Loan Agreement; (ii) shall hold all such items in trust for the
Bank as its Collateral; and (iii) shall place all of such items in a separate
loan file, segregated from other loan files of the Company and appropriately
marked to indicate the security interest given hereby to the Bank pursuant to
the terms of the Loan Agreement. The Company agrees at any time to deliver the
pledged Collateral Documents to the Bank or to any person designated by the
Bank, upon written instructions from the Bank.
Attached hereto is (a) an unrecorded but recordable original, executed
and acknowledged Collateral Assignment of Note and Mortgage, or a mutually
agreed upon electronic alternative thereto and (b) a true and correct copy of
the Purchase Commitment. The Company has satisfied all conditions precedent to
the Investor's obligations under the Purchase Commitment, which is in full force
and effect. There is no event of default, or condition which, with the giving of
notice or lapse of time or both could become an event of default, under the Loan
Agreement. The Mortgage Loan satisfies all applicable representations and
warranties set forth in the Loan Agreement, and after giving effect to the
Advance, the Collateral Value of all Mortgage Loans pledged under the Loan
Agreement shall not exceed the aggregate Advances made thereunder.
Given this ______day of _________________________, 200___.
________________________ (SEAL)
Name: _________________________
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EXHIBIT C
PROCEDURES FOR REQUESTING ADVANCES
AND COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS
These Procedures For Requesting Advances and Collateral Documents (the
"Procedures") are to describe the procedures for requesting advances under that
certain line of credit extended by Branch Banking and Trust Company ("Bank") to
Community Resource Mortgage, Inc. ("Company") pursuant to the terms of that
certain Warehouse Credit and Security Agreement dated October 5, 2004 ("Loan
Agreement") to which these Procedures are attached. All capitalized terms used
in these Procedures not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Loan Agreement. These procedures are intended to supplement the General
Operational Guidelines attached as Exhibit D to the Loan Agreement (the
"Guidelines") and are not meant to release the Company from, or be a
substitution for, any requirement set forth in the Guidelines. The Company is
expected to comply with these Procedures and the Guidelines, except in the event
of a conflict, in which event the Loan Agreement or, if not addressed in the
Loan Agreement, the written instructions of the Bank, shall control.
A. Procedures for Requesting Advances. The Company shall make requests
for Advances by submitting to the Bank an Advance Request and Officer's
Certification in the form of Exhibit B (the "Advance Request"). Each Advance
Request shall be executed in all indicated spaces by an authorized officer of
the Company and shall be properly completed to indicate: (i) the amount of the
Advance(s) requested; (ii) the date, the principal amount, the names of the
makers of each Mortgage Note offered as security for an Advance, and the address
of the residential property securing each of such Mortgage Note; and (iii) if
the Advance Request pertains to an Initial Request, the name, address and
telephone number of the closing attorney(s) responsible for closing the Mortgage
Loan(s) identified in the Advance Request; and, (iv) the Purchase Commitment
pursuant to which the Company intends to sell the identified Mortgage Loans by
showing the name and address of the Investor issuing the Purchase Commitment
(the "Committed Purchaser"), the date of the Purchase Commitment, the date the
Purchase Commitment expires and the committed purchase price set forth in the
Purchase Commitment.
B. Documents to be Submitted with Each Initial Request. The Company
shall submit together with each Initial Request submitted by it to the Bank the
following documents and items:
1. A mutually agreed upon electronic alternative to Assignment
of Note and Mortgage such as a MIN Number issued in connection with the
Mortgage Electronic Recording System (MERS) for all Mortgages in the
Bank's possession.
2. A complete photocopy of the Purchase Commitment identified
in the Advance Request certified by an authorized officer of the
Company to be a true, accurate and complete copy of such Commitment.
3. A copy of the unsigned Mortgage Note.
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4. A copy of the Inspection Sheet, on Bank's pre-approved
form.
C. Documents to be Submitted within Four Business Days of Each Initial
Request. In addition to those items identified in Section B above, the Company
shall submit to the Bank within four (4) Business Days of each Initial Request
made by the Bank the following documents and items with respect to each Mortgage
Loan securing such Advance:
1. Each original executed Mortgage Note identified in the Initial
Request (together with any and all applicable executed allonges).
D. Documentation to be made available to the Bank upon Request. In
addition to those items identified in Sections B and C above, the Company shall
procure and, upon reasonable request, make available to the Bank the following
items with respect to each Mortgage Loan identified in the Advance Request (at
the Bank's option all items listed in Parts C and D hereof as may be in the
Company' s possession at the time the Advance Request is made shall be delivered
along with the Advance Request as a condition precedent to the making of the
requested Advance):
1. A complete photocopy of each executed Mortgage securing each
Mortgage Note identified in the Advance Request certified to be a true, accurate
and complete copy of such Mortgage by an authorized officer of the Company or by
the attorney or agent who closed the Mortgage Loan to which it relates. The
original recorded Mortgage shall be delivered to the Bank immediately upon
recordation unless the Mortgage Loan shall have been previously released by the
Bank and the Advance relating thereto shall have been paid;
2. A "clocked" copy or a copy of the recording receipt issued by the
appropriate public official for recording each recorded Mortgage identified in
the Advance Request;
3. A photocopy of a policy of title insurance issued by an insurer
reasonably acceptable to the Bank for each Mortgage identified in the Advance
Request insuring the Company, its successors and assigns that the Mortgage is a
lien on fee simple absolute title to the real property described in such
Mortgage, subject only to such exceptions as are reasonably acceptable to the
Bank. The Bank will accept in lieu of a photocopy of the original title policy
referred to in this Subparagraph C(4) a binder for such insurance provided such
binder remains effective for at least six (6) months after its issuance and
provided further that the Company procures such title insurance policy promptly
and promptly submits a copy thereof to the Bank;
4. A copy of the HUD Settlement Statement for each Mortgage Loan
identified in the Advance Request signed by the customer(s) receiving such loan
which shall have been provided by the Company to the customer(s) in accordance
with the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act and Regulation X thereof;
5. A copy of the Disclosure Statement required to be provided to the
customer by the Company pursuant to the Consumer Credit Protection Act and
Regulation Z thereof;
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6. The original of a policy of title insurance issued by an insurer
reasonably acceptable to the Bank insuring the Company, its successors and
assigns, that the Mortgage representing the Mortgage Loan identified in the
Advance Request is a first lien on the fee simple absolute title to the real
property described in such Mortgage, subject only to such exceptions as are
reasonably acceptable to the Bank;
7. A Certificate of Insurance signed by an insurance company or agent
reasonably acceptable to the Bank evidencing that the real property encumbered
by the Mortgage identified in the Advance Request is insured against builders'
risk, fire and other perils, as appropriate, with extended coverage in an amount
at least equal to the amount of such Mortgage, that the policy providing such
insurance contains a mortgagee clause on standard form naming the Company, its
successors and assigns, as the loss payee and that such insurance will not be
modified or canceled by the insurer except after thirty (30) days prior written
notice to each insured mortgagee;
8. A copy of the "subject to" appraisal of the real property described
in the Mortgage identified in the Advance Request, which appraisal shall have
been procured by the Company prior to making the Mortgage Loan evidenced by such
Mortgage and shall include pictures of such real property;
9. A Certificate of Flood Insurance if the encumbered property is
located in a flood plain hazard zone;
10. A copy of the Credit Application signed by the customer receiving
the Mortgage Loan identified in the Advance Request and submitted by such
customer to the Company in connection with such Mortgage Loan and a copy of the
Credit Report obtained by the Company with respect to such customer, all of
which shall be in such form as would be necessary to qualify the Mortgage Loan
for purchase by FNMA or FHLMC or other approved Investors identified on Exhibit
F pursuant to the Underwriting Guidelines; and
11. Such other documents or items as the Bank shall, after the date of
this Loan Agreement, reasonably require to be obtained by the Company with
respect to Mortgage Loans identified in the Advance Request and constituting
Collateral hereunder.
In the event the Bank does not approve the Advance Request, the Bank
hereby agrees to promptly return to the Company any and all documentation
delivered to the Bank in connection therewith.
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EXHIBIT D
GENERAL OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES
These General Operational Guidelines (the "Guidelines") are to
describe the procedures for making advances, and prepaying advances
made, under that certain line of credit extended by Branch Banking and
Trust Company ("Bank") to Community Resource Mortgage, Inc. ("Company")
pursuant to the terms of that certain Warehouse Credit and Security
Agreement dated as of October 5, 2004 ("Loan Agreement") to which these
Guidelines are attached. All capitalized terms used in these guidelines
not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Loan
Agreement. These Guidelines are intended to supplement the Procedures
for Requesting Advances and Collateral Documents (the "Procedures")
attached as Exhibit C to the Loan Agreement and are not meant to
release the Company from, or be a substitution for, any requirement set
forth in the Procedures. The Company is expected to comply with these
Guidelines and the Procedures, except in the event of a conflict, in
which event the Loan Agreement or, if not addressed in the Loan
Agreement, the written instructions of the Bank, shall control.
1. Consumer goes to the Company and applies for a combination
construction and permanent mortgage loan. The Company goes
through normal qualification procedures. If the Loan is
approved by the Company, the Company will submit an Advance
Request in the form of Exhibit B and any other documents
required by the Procedures to the Bank. If the Bank approves
the Advance Request and makes the Advance, the Company will
close the loan and use the Bank's line of credit. As long as
the Company complies with the terms of the Loan Agreement and
the Procedures, the Bank will make Advances with respect to
any Mortgage Loan. Any Advance made by the Bank in connection
with an Advance Request will be secured by the Mortgage Note,
the Mortgage and the other Collateral more particularly
described in the Loan Agreement (in each case, a "Pledged
Mortgage") delivered in connection with such Mortgage Loan.
2. As soon as the Mortgage Loan is committed, the Company faxes
to the Bank the information and documentation outlined in the
Procedures for Requesting Advances.
3. As soon as possible after closing, the closing attorney will
send to the Bank via express mail the original Mortgage Note
for such Pledged Mortgage. The following items are verified:
(1) the name of the borrower, (2) the amount of the Mortgage
Loan, (3) the original signature of the borrower and (4) the
property address. The rest of the loan package is sent from
the closing attorney to the Company.
4. Company will be responsible for packaging the Mortgage Loan
for shipment to Investor. Several days before the package is
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sent to Investor, Company will contact Bank via fax/phone and
let Bank know which original Mortgage Note Company will need
and Bank will ship the Mortgage Note to Company via courier.
Company will sign the Escrow Delivery and Notice of Bailment
which will state that Company is holding the documents on
Bank's behalf and these documents will be surrendered to Bank
upon our request. Company will provide Bank with a copy of the
following with regard to each Mortgage Loan:
*Copy of the Mortgage
*Copy of the Title Binder
*Copy of the Application
*Copy of the Settlement Statement
Company will then ship the package to Investor along with the
Escrow Delivery and Notice of Bailment which states that the
Investor is holding the documents on the Bank's behalf until
the Bank receives the wire for payoff.
5. Payoff: Within 18 days after receipt of the Mortgage Note from
the Bank, the Company's BB&T depository account should receive
a wire to pay-off the Mortgage Loan. The Company will notify
the Bank that this wire is expected via a fax with the name of
each borrower and the amount of such Mortgage Loan. The wire
may be a gross amount of several Mortgage Loans. If wire for
payoff is not received by the Bank within 18 days of shipment
of Mortgage Note to Company, original Mortgage Note will be
immediately returned to the Bank by hand delivery.
6. The Bank will check Company's BB&T depository account to
verify the receipt of the wire. The Bank will debit the
principal payment due, and any unpaid interest to be
calculated in accordance with Section 2.4(a) of the Loan
Agreement, a $100 fee per Mortgage Loan, and any overnight
delivery expenses actually incurred by Bank in sending the
Mortgage Note to the Company.
7. The Bank will send the Company the credit advice and a detail
sheet filled out on a weekly basis reflecting the payoffs
received, principal and fees debited and amounts over/short
delineated by the Mortgage Loan for such Pledged Mortgage.
Interest payments will be debited as and when a principal
payoff is received and shall reflect a total interest payment
calculated in accordance with Section 2.4(a). The credit
advice and detail sheet delivered to the Company on the first
Business Day following the date on which interest payments are
debited shall reflect the amount of such interest payments
debited by the Bank.
These Guidelines are subject to modification by written notice from the Bank
followed by a comprehensive written copy of the revised Guidelines.
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT OF
NOTES AND MORTGAGES
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EXHIBIT F
ADDITIONAL UNDERWRITING GUIDELINES
[to be agreed to by the Bank and the Company]
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