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EXHIBIT 10.8
MORTGAGE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
FIRST STATE BANK MOULTON, TEXAS
AND
STARNET MORTGAGE, INC.
This mortgage purchase agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into by and
between FIRST STATE BANK MOULTON, TEXAS (the "Bank") and STARNET MORTGAGE, NC.
(the "Company") this 23rd day of December 1999. Pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, the Bank may, in its sole discretion, acquire from the Company
concurrently with or shortly after their respective original funding first
mortgage loans to finance the purchase of one-to-four family residential
dwellings, provided that such loans are conforming loans eligible for purchase
under Government National Mortgage Association ("GNMA"), Federal National
Mortgage Association ("FNMA"), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC"),
or approved institutional investor criteria and have an origination date not
more than 60 days prior to the date of purchase by the Bank. Each loan to be
purchased by the Bank hereunder must be secured by a first lien on the land on
which the dwelling is situated ("Mortgages"); in addition, and subject to the
terms of this Agreement, the Company shall have a written commitment (a
"Commitment") issued by a reputable investor or securities broker-dealer (the
"Investor") approved by the Bank to purchase such Mortgages as whole loans.
To be acceptable to the Bank for purposes of this Agreement, any Investor's
Commitment to purchase Mortgages as whole loans must be in writing, must
describe the types of Mortgages to be purchased and must state the price and
expiration date for the purchase, all of which, as well as all other aspects of
such Commitment, must be in form and substance approved by the Bank.
The Company and the Bank mutually contemplate that the Agreement describes
a revolving purchase facility (the "Facility") pursuant to which the outstanding
balance of the aggregate purchase prices paid to the Company, or otherwise
funded, by the Bank for Mortgages that have not yet been sold by the Bank to an
Investor can be as much as $4,000,000 from time-to-time outstanding, although
the Bank also reserves the right to reduce that limit by providing thirty (30)
days' prior written notice thereof to the Company. This outstanding balance
aggregate limit will also be subject to the Bank's liquidity and availability of
funds to purchase loans under this program. The Company will, in its discretion,
from time to time submit Mortgages for purchase under this Facility; and,
subject to the regulatory requirements of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (the "FDIC") and the Texas Department of Banking, and so long as
said Mortgages, as well as the Company are, in all respects, in compliance with
the terms of this Agreement, the Bank may, in its sole discretion, purchase such
Mortgages. The Bank shall reserve the right to terminate immediately this
Facility with the Company upon: (i) an order or directive from (a) the FDIC, (b)
the Texas Department of Banking, or (c) any other bank regulatory authority;
(ii) the loss of the Company's eligibility to participate in any FNMA, FHLMC,
GNMA or HUD program; (iii) the justifiable suspension of the
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Company by any of its institutional end-loan Investors, (iv) a material,
negative change in the Company's financial condition, (v) the Company's failure
to comply with the terms of this Agreement; or (vi) the Company's failure to
comply with the underwriting, closing, delivery and funding requirements of its
institutional end-loan Investors. Furthermore, the Bank reserves the right to
terminate this Agreement should the sale of any loan or loans scheduled for
purchase by the Investor fall to be consummated within forty-five (45) days
after the date on which the loan is purchased by the Bank The Company shall
promptly furnish the Bank with its year-end audited financial statements and the
quarterly unaudited financial statements during the period this Agreement
remains in effect.
This Facility is established and will operate upon and be subject to the
following terms and conditions:
1. Mortgage Purchased. The Company shall offer to sell each Mortgage to the Bank
under this Facility by submitting a written Offer to Sell Mortgages in the form
attached as Appendix 1 to this Agreement (an "Offer") with all required
enclosures and all blocks and blanks in it and its enclosures properly
completed. The Offer shall be submitted at least twenty four (24) hours prior to
the anticipated closing and funding of the loan. The Bank may accept any Offer
and become owner of the Mortgages by paying the Mortgage purchase price stated
in the Offer and by providing money for the original funding of the mortgages
directly to the title company or other person or entity handling the closing
(the "Closer) net of discount points, fees and other prepaid items.
2. Purchase Price. Purchase price means the maximum price at which Bank shall
purchase a Mortgage loan, which shall not exceed the lesser of 99% of the
Investor purchase price or lOO% of the correspondent's "buy price" less all
prepaid items. The Company will not receive its compensation until the loan is
purchased and paid for by the Investor. On all loans purchased from a
correspondent, a signed purchase confirmation must support the buy price from
the correspondent.
3. Servicing After Purchase. For so long as the Bank owns Mortgages, the Company
agrees to remit to the Bank by the fifth (5th) day following their receipt all
principal and interest payments and principal prepayments received by the
Company, for the account of the Bank. All funds not remitted to the Bank as
provided for above shall be held by the Company as trustee for the Bank and
shall bear interest at the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate plus 1 (one) percent
from the date received by the Company until remitted to the Bank. All escrow
amounts relating to all Mortgages purchased by the Bank shall be maintained on
deposit in an individual custodial account at the Bank or its designee for so
long as the Bank has not fully recovered both its investment in all such
Mortgages purchased and the return on its investment provided for in this
Agreement.
4. Payment for Sold or Securitized Mortgages. The Company will take all steps
necessary to:
a. correctly close, fund, document and complete all Mortgages acquired by
the Bank under this Agreement and their related mortgage files;
b. assist in the timely completion of the sale as whole loans of all such
Mortgages in accordance with the related Commitments;
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c. cause the entire sale price due from such Mortgages sold to be
transferred by Fed funds wire directly to the Bank or its designated bank, and
d. cause the Investor to provide directly to the Bank written confirmation
of its purchase of the Mortgages.
Without limitation of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, promptly after
Mortgages are purchased by the Bank, the Company shall (1) direct the Investor
which issued the Commitment to pay the entire amount of the purchase
consideration for those Mortgages directly to the Bank and to confirm receipt of
that direction directly to the Bank and (2) not cause or permit any cash
proceeds of any such Mortgages to be issued to, registered in the name of or
paid to anyone other than the Bank. If the Company, or any entity controlled by
or under common control with the Company shall receive the proceeds from an
Investor's purchase of Mortgages, then such funds shall be held by the Company
in trust for the benefit of the Bank and shall be remitted to the Bank as soon
as possible, but in no event later than two business days after receipt by the
Company or any entity controlled by or under common control with the Company. If
for any reason (other than the negligent acts or omissions of the Bank), any
such Commitment is not completed on or before two (2) business days after its
specified Expiration Date, then the Company agrees to promptly obtain and
furnish the Bank a replacement Commitment acceptable (and issued by an investor
acceptable) to the Bank and having characteristics all of which can be satisfied
by those Mortgages (a "Qualified Substitute Takeout").
5. Loans Outstanding. Loans that have not been purchased by the intended end
loan investor due to incomplete or deficient documentation, will be governed by
the following provisions:
a. Loans Outstanding Over 45 Days. For loans purchased and outstanding on
the Bank's books in excess of 45 days, beginning with the 46th day, the Bank
will increase by 1 (one) percent the return on the Bank's investment from the
amount stated in section 6 ii. This increase will be retroactive to the initial
date of funding. Company will remit all payments and interest differential for
the initial 45-day period in addition to a $50.00 custodial fee. This custodial
fee is in addition to the regular custodial fee to be paid upon purchase by the
end loan investor. Company will also furnish Bank with a copy of the closed loan
file with all documents available for each loan in this category in excess of 45
days.
b. Loans Outstanding Over 60 Days. For loans purchased and outstanding
on the Bank's books in excess of 60 days, beginning with the 61st day, the Bank
will require Company to reduce the original purchase price paid by the Bank for
the original loan purchase by 2.5 (two and one-half) percent of the original
purchase price.
c. Loans Outstanding Over 90 Days. For loans purchased and outstanding on
the Bank's books in excess of 90 days, beginning with the 91st day, the Bank
will require Company to reduce the original purchase price paid by an additional
5 (five) percent of the original purchase price. In addition, Company will
continue to remit immediately to Bank all monthly payments received from the
borrower as well as the interest differential. Also, an additional $50.00
custodial fee will be charged.
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6. Division and Distribution of Sale Proceeds. The Bank will earn and retain
from the sale proceeds received for and allocable to each Mortgage sold, an
amount (the "Bank's Minimum Net Share") equal to the sum of:
(i) the purchase price paid by the Bank for such Mortgage (the "Bank's
Mortgage Purchase Cost"); plus
(ii) a return on the Bank's investment calculated as the greater of the
rate of interest as provided by each note purchased or Wall Street Journal Prime
Rate plus 1 (one) percent for the actual number of days that the Mortgage is
held by the Bank. Interest Rate charged on loans outstanding (Greater of Note
rate or Wall Street Journal Prime plus 1%) will not adjust according to market
rate over the duration outstanding. The rate charged for the length outstanding
will be the current market rate as of the date of funding, plus
(iii) the custodial services, cost allocations for the Mortgages purchased
by the Bank calculated in accordance with the Bank's custodial services fee
schedule attached as Appendix 2.
The Bank may elect to increase or decrease the custodial service cast allocation
amounts set forth in Appendix 2 from time to time by giving the Company written
notice of the change(s) and by specifying a date when such change(s) will become
effective which is at least thirty (30) days after such notice, and any such
change(s) so made shall be effective only as to Mortgages acquired by the Bank
on or after the effective date of such change(s).
Provided that the Company is not then in default of any of its obligations under
this Agreement, the Bank will remit the balance of such sale proceeds to the
Company, as compensation to the Company for originating or acquiring the
Mortgages which shall have been acquired by the Bank under this Agreement,
servicing them while the Bank owns them and arranging for their sale to
Investors. The balance remaining of the sales proceeds after the Bank's Minimum
Net Share has been deducted shall be deposited in a demand deposit account in
the Company's name, which demand deposit account shall be maintained at the
Bank. The Bank will inform the Company of the deposit by a settlement letter in
the form attached as Appendix 3.
7. Security Agreement. To secure performance of all of the Company's obligations
under this Agreement and under each Offer, the Company hereby GRANTS the Bank a
security interest in all of the Company's present and future rights and
interests in and to the Company's share of all such Mortgage sale proceeds, if
any. All such security interests granted hereby shall be first and prior and
shall continue in full force and effect until all of the Company's obligations
to the Bank under this Agreement and every accepted Offer have been fully
performed and satisfied.
8. Obligation on any Transaction Failure. If it is determined that for any
reason an act of fraud has occurred in the origination of any loan sold to the
Bank or if any underwriting deficiencies have occurred which have prevented a
Mortgage from being purchased by the Investor, the Bank will have full legal and
financial recourse against the Company, as well as any originator from whom the
Company may have purchased the Mortgage for payment in full.
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9. Operational Matters. The following agreements relate to the operation of this
Facility:
a. Endorsement and Closing Instructions. The Company will endorse in blank
the promissory note, in a manner acceptable to the Investor, to evidence each
Mortgage which is the subject of an accepted Offer when (or before) the note is
executed by its maker, and the Company hereby declares its intent that each such
endorsement be effective as to each such note from such note's inception,
regardless of when the endorsement is actually made. The Company will (i) ensure
that the Closer of each such Mortgage has received from the Bank written
instructions for the closing of the Mortgage transaction in the form attached as
Appendix 4 to this Agreement and will not give any rescinding, inconsistent or
conflicting instructions unless and until the Bank notifies the Company that it
has declined to accept the Company's Offer to Sell the affected Mortgage and
(ii) take all other steps required to ensure that all such Mortgages are
assigned to the Bank by a written assignment in a form which is recordable in
the jurisdiction where the real property covered by the Mortgage is located, and
that the original note (endorsed as stated above) is actually delivered to the
Bank by the Closer immediately after the Mortgage is funded, and that the
Mortgage and all of its related documentation (including for each Mortgage,
without limitation, the documents listed on Appendix 5) are delivered to the
Bank to be physically held by the Bank until they are (1) sold to an Investor
pursuant to a Commitment approved by the Bank and (2) shipped by the Bank to
such Investor or its document custodian.
b. Bonding and Insurance Requirements. Company agrees to furnish the Bank
with evidence that the Company is covered by a fidelity bond acceptable to the
Bank.
c. Investor Agreements. Company agrees to furnish the Bank with copies of
all Investor Agreements. When new Investors are to be considered by the Bank,
Company must furnish the Bank with all required information about the proposed
Investor, including the Investor Agreement, at least 15 days prior to the
funding of a loan that is to be purchased from the Bank by the new Investor.
10. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Company represents, warrants
and covenants (and such representations and warranties shall be true at the time
any Mortgage is sold to the Bank under this Facility) as set forth below, and
further warrants that each Mortgage meets the underwriting requirements of the
Investor, FHLMC, GNMA and FNMA.
a. Blank Assignments' Validity. The written assignment of each Mortgage in
blank from the Company is valid and effective, and the Bank and its successors,
substitutes and assigns are each duly authorized to complete the blanks in each
such assignment and to take such other steps as are necessary or appropriate, in
the judgment of the party acting, to transfer the Mortgage, as contemplated by
the Power of Attorney form attached as Appendix 6 (one or more originals of
which and any supplement to which the Bank shall from time-to-time request the
Company to execute, and which the Company hereby agrees to execute).
b. Documents Genuine, Statements True. All documents submitted in
connection with each Offer are genuine, the statements contained in each
schedule of Mortgages submitted to the Bank and all other statements and
representations as to any such Mortgages are accurate, true and
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correct in all material respects and meet each of the requirements and
specifications of this Agreement.
c. Delivery Risk and Responsibility. All deliveries of all Mortgage
documents shall be at the Company's risk and the Company's responsibility, and
the Company agrees to indemnify the Bank and hold it harmless from all bona
fide and reasonable loss, cost or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees)
arising out of or incurred in connection therewith, except only for such loss,
cost or expense, if any, that results solely from the Bank's negligent acts or
omissions. The Company agrees to provide delivery instructions to the Bank for
all such document deliveries.
d. Each Mortgage Valid. Each Mortgage sold to the Bank has been duly
executed by the mortgagor(s), acknowledged and recorded (or duly sent by the
Closer to be recorded) and is valid and binding upon such mortgagor(s) and
enforceable in accordance with its terms.
e. Mortgage Guaranty and Insurance. Each Mortgage that the Company
represents to be insurable by FHA or by a private mortgage insurer, or
sufficient to be guaranteed by the VA, is so insured or guaranteed as
represented.
f. Mortgages' Characteristics. The full principal amount of each Mortgage
has been (or when funded by the Bank if so requested, will be) advanced to the
mortgagor under such Mortgage, either by payment directly to him or by payment
made on his request or approval; the unpaid principal balance is as stated in
the relevant Schedule enclosed with the Offer; all costs, fees and expenses
incurred in making, closing and recording such Mortgage have been paid or will
be paid at the closing; no part of the property covered by such Mortgage has
been or will be released from its lien; the terms of such Mortgage have in no
way been changed or modified; and such Mortgage is current and not in default.
g. Mortgages Comply with Law. As to each individual Mortgage offered to or
purchased by the Bank, all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and
regulations have been complied with, including, but not limited to, the Real
Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Flood
Disaster Protection Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Truth-in-Lending Act of 1968,
the Depository Institutions Deregulatory and Monetary Control Act of 1980, all
as amended, and regulations issued pursuant to each of them; all usury laws and
limitations; all conditions within the control of the Company as to the validity
of the insurance or guaranty required by the National Housing Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and the Servicemen's
Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder;
and all requirements of the mortgage insurance companies or other insurers have
been properly satisfied, and such insurance or guaranty is valid or enforceable.
h. Title Insurance. There is in force a paid-up title insurance policy on
each such Mortgage issued by an accredited title insurer in an amount at least
equal to the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage. This title
insurance policy has been issued by a title insurance underwriter duly
authorized to issue title insurance in the state where the real property covered
by such Mortgage is located.
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i. Hazard Insurance. Hazard insurance policies meeting the requirements of
each such Mortgage and of the relevant GNMA, FNMA or FHLMC Guide or the
Investor's requirements are in force.
j. Servicing Not Otherwise Pledged. The Company has not directly or
indirectly pledged any servicing rights with respect to any Mortgages offered to
or purchased by the Bank under this Agreement to any person or entity other than
the Bank, nor will the Company do so without the Bank's prior written approval.
k. Notification of Mortgage Defaults. The Company agrees to immediately
notify the Bank in writing upon learning of any default under any of the
Mortgages purchased (or agreed to be purchased) by the Bank, or of the
institution of any proceeding before any court or other government authority in
respect of a claimed violation by the Company or any other person of any
statute, rule or regulation relating to any such Mortgage or a claimed defense
of offset to any Mortgage.
l. Appraisals Satisfy Applicable Requirements. A written appraisal of
the real property securing each such Mortgage has been prepared by a
duly-licensed appraiser and satisfies all requirements for any applicable VA
guaranty, ERA insurance or private mortgage insurance and all requirements
imposed by the Investor which issued the Commitment covering such Mortgage.
m. Quality Control Reports. The Company agrees at its own cost to provide
periodic reports to the Bank as requested by the Bank from time to time, of the
Company's Mortgage loan origination, acquisition and servicing operations made
by a quality-control reviewer satisfactory to the applicable governing agency
and the Bank.
n. Eligibility. The Company is approved, qualified and in good standing as:
i. an FHA-approved mortgagee, eligible to originate, purchase, hold,
sell and service FHA Loans;
ii. a VA-approved (not VA automatic) mortgagee, eligible to originate,
purchase, hold, sell and service VA loans; and currently meets all requirements
applicable to its status as such; and
iii. the Company agrees not to take or omit to take any act which would
result in losing its status as an eligible mortgagee, seller and issuer as
described above. The Company agrees to give prompt written notice to the Bank of
any change in its status as such or in the relationship between the Company and
any Bank-approved Investor.
o. Organization; Good Standing. The Company (i) is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation; (ii) has the full legal power and authority
to own its property and to carry on its business as currently conducted; and
(iii) 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.
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p. Authorization; No Conflict. The Company has the power and authority to
execute, deliver and comply with the terms of this Agreement. The Company's
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the Company's part (none of
which action has been modified or rescinded and all of which is in full force
and effect).
q. Enforceability. This Agreement, as well as all other documents executed
and/or delivered herewith, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms.
r. Approvals. The Company's execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the Company's performance of its obligations do not require any license,
consent, approval or other action of any court or other governmental authority
other than those which have been obtained and remain in full force and effect.
s. Financial Condition. The Company's financial statements as of LAST AUDIT
DATE respectively, heretofore furnished to the Bank, fairly present the
Company's financial condition and the results of the Company's financial
condition and the results of the Company's operations as of and for the fiscal
period ended on the respective dates of such financial statements. On the dates
of such financial statements, the Company was solvent (i.e., able to pay its
debts as they mature and having assets with value greater than its liabilities).
Such financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. Since the date of such financial statements, nothing has
occurred which has had a material adverse effect on the Company's operations or
financial condition 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 such a
material adverse effect, and the Company is solvent as of the date of this
Agreement and will maintain its solvency on a continuing basis.
t. Litigation. There are no actions, claims, suits or proceedings pending
(or to the Company's knowledge, threatened or reasonably anticipated) against or
involving the Company or other governmental authority, which, if adversely
determined, may reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on
the Company's operations or financial condition.
u. Payment of Taxes. The Company has filed or caused to be filed all of the
Company's federal, state and other tax returns required to be filed, all such
returns are true and correct and the Company has paid (or caused to be paid) all
taxes that are due and payable as shown on such returns, including all
applicable FICA payments and withholding taxes, except only taxes being
contested in good faith. The amounts reserved as a liability for taxes payable
in the financial statements described above arc sufficient for payment of all
the Company's unpaid taxes, whether or not disputed, accrued for or applicable
to the period and on the dates of such financial statements and all years and
periods prior to them 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.
v. VA and FHA Loans. The Company has complied and will continue to comply
with all applicable laws concerning the FHA insurance or VA guaranty of each
Mortgage offered or sold
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to the Bank and designated by the Company as an FHA loan or a VA loan,
respectively, and such insurance or guaranty is and will continue to be in full
force and effect. All such FHA Loans or VA Loans comply and will continue to
comply in all respects with all applicable requirements for purchase under the
industry standard terms of selling contract for FHA Loans or VA Loans,
respectively, and any supplement to them then in effect. (All Mortgages offered
to the Bank under this Agreement that are represented to be (i) VA Loans are, in
fact guaranteeable by VA and (ii) FHA Loans are, in fact, currently insurable
by FHA.)
w. Fire and Casualty Policies. All fire and casualty policies covering the
premises encumbered by each Mortgage offered to or purchased by the Bank under
this Agreement (i) presently name and will continue to name the Company "and its
successors and/or assigns in interest as they may appear" as the insured under a
standard mortgagee clause or, for newly funded Mortgages, a notice for an
endorsement changing the named mortgagee has been submitted to the carrier and
will be pursued diligently until issued, (ii) are and will continue to be in
full force and effect, and (iii) afford and will continue to afford insurance
against fire and such other risks as are usually insured against in the broad
form of extended coverage insurance from time to time available, as well as
insurance against flood hazards if it is required by FHA, VA or any applicable
law, court or other governmental authority.
x. Flood Insurance. Mortgages offered to or purchased by the Bank under
this Agreement which are secured by premises requiring flood insurance due to
their location in a special flood hazard as designated by the Secretary of HUD,
are and shall continue to be covered by special flood insurance under the
National Flood Insurance Program.
y. Covenants Concerning Mortgages. The Company agrees to:
i. Service (or cause to be serviced) all Mortgages purchased by the
Bank under this Agreement that the Company has the right to service, in
accordance with standard industry requirements.
ii. Timely comply in all respects with all terms and conditions of all
Commitments covering such Mortgages (and any renewals, extensions, or
modifications of them or substitutions for them), and cause the Mortgages
covered by each Commitment to be sold in the manner and order contemplated by
the Commitment and before the expiration of each Commitment.
iii. Maintain (at the Company's principal office or in the office of a
computer service bureau engaged by the Company) the originals (or copies, in any
case where the original has been delivered to the Bank or Investor) of all
Mortgage notes and the Mortgage documents included in the Mortgages purchased by
the Bank under this Agreement, and all Commitments related to them, and all
related papers, as well as files, surveys, certificates, correspondence,
appraisals, computer programs, tapes, disks, cards, accounting records and other
information and data relating to such Mortgages. Upon the Bank's written
request, the Company will promptly make them conveniently available to the Bank.
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z. Indemnification of the Bank and Others. Company agrees to and does
hereby indemnify and hold harmless the Bank against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims,
cost, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever, that may be
imposed on, incurred by, or assessed against the Bank in any way related to, or
arising out of any of the loan papers or any of the transactions contemplated
therein, to the extent that any of the same results directly or indirectly from
any claims made or actions, suits or proceedings commenced by or on behalf of
any person other than the Bank, provided that Bank shall not have the right to
be indemnified hereunder for its own fraud, gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The indemnities contained in this section shall survive the
termination of the Agreement.
aa. Further Assurances. The Company agrees to do, execute, acknowledge
and deliver (or cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and delivered) at its
own cost and expense, all such further acts, documents and assurances as the
Bank in its discretion may reasonably request or require to more fully,
completely or effectively evidence or effect the intention of or to facilitate
the performance of the terms of this Agreement and all related papers.
11. Notices. All notices, demands, consents, requests and other communications
required or permitted to be given or made hereunder shall be in writing and
shall be delivered in person or telegraphed or telecopied (with an additional
copy to be mailed as provided herein) 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 given in the
manner provided in this Section. All notices shall be conclusively deemed to
have been properly given or made when duly delivered, in person, to a Vice
President or more senior officer of the addressee or if mailed on the first
business day after being deposited in the mails or if telegraphed when delivered
to the telegraph company or if telecopied when transmitted, addressed as
follows:
IF TO THE COMPANY: STARNET MORTGAGE, INC.
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Telephone:
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Fax:
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IF TO THE BANK: FIRST STATE BANK XXXXXXX, TEXAS
P.O. Box A
000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Faxes: 000-000-0000
000-000-0000
No notice to or demand on the Company or any other person shall entitle the
Company or any other person to any other or further notice or demand in similar
or other circumstances.
12. Jurisdiction and Venue. The Company hereby consents to personal jurisdiction
in Texas. Xxxxxxxxx County, Texas shall be the proper place of venue for any
litigation that arises in connection with this Agreement, and the Company hereby
waives the right to xxx or be sued elsewhere in any litigation that arises out
of or in connection with this Agreement. The Company irrevocably agrees that any
legal proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be
brought in the state district courts of County, or in the United States District
Court for the District in which such county is located.
13. Rights Cumulative. Each right, power and remedy herein given to the Bank
will be cumulative and not exclusive, and each right, power and remedy whether
specifically herein given or otherwise existing may be exercised from time to
time and as often and in such order as may be deemed expedient by the Bank. The
exercise, or the beginning of the exercise of any such right, power or remedy
will not be deemed a waiver of the right to exercise, at the same time or
thereafter, any other right, power or remedy. No delay or omission by the Bank
in the exercise of any right, power or remedy will impair any such right, power
or remedy or operate as a waiver thereof or of any other right, power or remedy
then or thereafter existing.
14. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
interpreted in accordance with the substantive, internal laws of the State of
Texas.
15. Costs and Expenses. All sums advanced or costs and expenses, including but
not limited to attorney's fees, incurred by the Bank in protecting and enforcing
its rights under the Agreement shall constitute a demand obligation owing by the
Company to the Bank. The Company hereby agrees to repay such sums on demand plus
interest thereon from the date of the advance or incurrence until reimbursement
of the Bank at Wall Street Journal Prime Rate plus 1 (one) percent.
16. Miscellaneous Agreement. This Agreement shall bind and benefit the Company,
the Bank and their respective successors, trustees, receivers and assigns. The
headings, captions and arrangements used in this Agreement are for convenience
only and shall not be deemed to limit, amplify or modify the terms of this
Agreement, nor shall they affect their meaning. Whenever the singular number is
used herein, it includes the plural where appropriate, and words of any gender
shall include each other gender where appropriate. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts each of which shall constitute an original instrument;
and, if any provision of the Agreement is held invalid,
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illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall be enforced and shall
not be affected or impaired thereby. Each reference made in this Agreement to
any Exhibit, Schedule or Annex shall be read as a reference to that Exhibit,
Schedule or Annex to this Agreement except where otherwise expressly specified,
and each Exhibit, Schedule, and Annex to this Agreement is hereby incorporated
into this Agreement as if set forth verbatim at each place in this Agreement
where it is referred to. Each Exhibit, Schedule or Annex which is a form to be
completed, executed and delivered pursuant to this Agreement may be completed in
accordance with this Agreement by either the Company or the Bank before, when or
after it is executed and delivered.
17. No Lending Relationship. It is understood by the Bank and the Company that
loan purchase transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not constitute
loans or extensions of credit by the Bank to the Company. In purchasing each
Loan, the Bank conducts its own analysis of each mortgagor's credit worthiness
and relies upon the mortgagor as the primary source of repayment.
18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with any exhibits and addenda
hereto contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and cannot be modified orally or otherwise in any respect
except by an agreement in writing between the parties.
STARNET MORTGAGE, INC. FIRST STATE BANK XXXXXXX, TEXAS
000 XXXXX XXXX XXXXXX
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BY: /s/ XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX BY: /s/ XXXXX XXXXXXX
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NAME: XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX NAME: XXXXX XXXXXXX
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TITLE: PRESIDENT TITLE: PRESIDENT
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DATE: 12/30/99 DATE: 12/31/91
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