Exhibit 10.4

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

WAREHOUSING CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

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LIST OF EXHIBITS

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

- Warehouse Borrowing Base Formula

 

 

 

Exhibit B

 

- Covenant Compliance Certificate

 

 

 

Exhibit C-1

 

- National City Amended and Restated Warehouse Promissory Note

 

 

 

Exhibit C-2

 

- Comerica Amended and Restated Warehouse Promissory Note

 

 

 

Exhibit C-3

 

- Colonial Warehouse Promissory Note

 

 

 

Exhibit D

 

- Second Amended and Restated Pledge, Security and Collateral Agency Agreement

 

 

 

Exhibit E

 

- Amended and Restated Swing Promissory Note

 

 

 

Exhibit F

 

- Form of Opinion of Counsel

 

 

 

Exhibit G

 

- Form of Additional Lender Agreement

 

 

 

Exhibit H

 

- Form of Commitment Schedule and Allocation Notice

 

 

 

Exhibit I

 

- Form of Monthly Servicing Portfolio Report

 

 

 

SCHEDULES

 

 

 

Schedule 1.1

 

- Approved Investor List

 

 

 

Schedule 2.1

 

- Warehouse Pro Rata Shares and Warehouse Line Commitments

 

 

 

Schedule 6.1

 

- Information Relating to Company Representations and Warranties

 

 

 

Schedule 6.13

 

- Affiliates

 

 

 

 

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED WAREHOUSING CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED WAREHOUSING CREDIT AGREEMENT (as amended,
modified and restated from time to time, this “Credit Agreement”) is made and
effective as of the 30th day of August, 2004, by and among (i) WASHTENAW
MORTGAGE COMPANY, a Michigan corporation with its principal place of business
located at 3767 Ranchero Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 (the “Company”),
(ii)(a) NATIONAL CITY BANK OF KENTUCKY, a national banking association with a
place of business located at 101 South Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202
(“National City”), (b) COMERICA BANK, a Michigan banking corporation with its
principal place of business located at 500 Woodward Avenue, MC:3256, Detroit,
Michigan 48226 (“Comerica”), and COLONIAL BANK, N.A., a national banking
association with its principal place of business located at 201 East Pine
Street, Suite 730, Orlando, Florida 32801 (“Colonial”) (National City, Comerica
and Colonial are hereinafter referred to individually as a “Bank” and
collectively as the “Banks”), and (iii) NATIONAL CITY BANK OF KENTUCKY, in its
capacity as Agent for the Banks party hereto from time to time (in such
capacity, the “Agent”).

 

P R E L I M I N A R Y   S T A T E M E N T :

 

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore obtained from National City and Comerica a
warehouse line of credit in the current maximum principal amount of Eighty
Million Dollars ($80,000,000.00), and the Banks now desire to renew and increase
such warehouse line of credit in the maximum principal amount of One Hundred
Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00), subject to the terms and conditions set forth
in this Credit Agreement, including without limitation, the right of the Company
and the Agent in their sole, joint discretion to increase such maximum principal
amount (without amendment to this Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents) by adding one or more additional lenders, each as a “Bank” hereunder,
by approving each such additional lender as an Applicant Financial Institution
pursuant to Section 11.1 hereof (the “Warehouse Line”);

 

WHEREAS, the Banks desire to establish the Warehouse Line in favor of the
Company upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Credit Agreement; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

 

1.1                                 Definitions.  In addition to the definitions
set forth in the opening paragraph and the preliminary statement of this Credit
Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below (such
meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural form of the
terms defined):

 

“Additional Lender Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 11.1 hereof.

 

“Adjusted Tangible Net Worth” shall mean, as of any date of determination, GAAP
Net Worth minus the sum of: (i) capitalized mortgage servicing rights of the
Company, (ii) capitalized excess servicing fees of the Company, (iii) the
aggregate book value of the intangible assets of the Company, (iv) all assets
pledged to secure the debts of Affiliates or other entities, (v) the aggregate
amount of advances

 

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and loans by the Company to its owners, officers, directors, employees or
Affiliates, (vi) investments in Affiliates, (vii) any other asset designated by
the Agent in writing to the Company to be unacceptable; provided, the Company
shall have ten (10) calendar days from receipt of such written designation to
respond thereto, and (viii) any recorded gains of the Company related to
adjustments required under FASB 133 for accrued hedging gains or losses that
have not been realized as actual contractual gains, and plus the sum of: (a) 
the lesser of [I] one and one-quarter of one percent (1.25%) of the unpaid
principal balance of the Net Servicing Portfolio or [II] the appraised value of
the Pledged Servicing Rights which are not designated as either Servicing Under
Contract for Sale or Servicing Held for Bulk Sale, (b) eighty percent (80%) of
the sales price of Servicing Under Contract for Sale (as calculated under the
terms of the Contract for Sale) not to exceed one and six-tenths of one percent
(1.60%) of the unpaid balance of the residential mortgages being serviced under
the designated Servicing Under Contract for Sale, and (c) any recorded losses of
the Company related to adjustments required under FASB 133 for accrued hedging
gains or losses that have not been realized as actual contractual losses.

 

“Adjusted Total Indebtedness” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the
Company’s Total Indebtedness minus the sum of (i) Notes and Drafts payable by
the Company pursuant to the various Loan Documents, and (ii) any accrued
liabilities related to FASB 140 adjustments for loans not actually repurchased
or required to be repurchased from the agencies.

 

“Adjustment Date” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 11.1
hereof.

 

“Advance” shall mean, as applicable, a Warehouse Advance, a Swing Advance or an
Excess Advance.

 

“Affiliate” shall mean (i) any Person that, directly or indirectly, is in
control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company,
including without limitation, , or (ii) any Person who is a director or officer
of the Company or of any Person described in clause (i) above.  For purposes of
this definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect,
to vote ten percent (10%) or more of the securities having ordinary voting power
for the election of directors of such Person or to direct the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, or
otherwise.

 

“Aged Loan” shall mean, as of any date:

 

(a)                                  Any Loan, which is not a Wet Loan, an
Extended Wet Loan, a Jumbo Loan or an Alternative Lending Loan, which has been
pledged as Collateral for more than one hundred eighty (180) calendar days
(calculated from the date upon which the Advance relating to such Loan is made
hereunder);

 

(b)                                 Any Servicing Under Contract for Sale or
Servicing Held for Bulk Sale, which has been pledged as Collateral for more than
one hundred fifty (150) calendar days (calculated from the date upon which the
Advance relating to such Loan is made hereunder);

 

(c)                                  Any Alternative Lending Loan which has been
pledged as Collateral for more than ninety (90) calendar days (calculated from
the date upon which the Advance relating to such Loan is made hereunder);

 

(d)                                 Any Jumbo Loan which has been pledged as
Collateral for more than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days (calculated from
the date upon which the Advance relating to such Loan is

 

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made hereunder);

 

(e)                                  Any Extended Wet Loan which has been
pledged as Collateral for more than fifteen (15) calendar days (calculated from
the date upon which the Advance relating to such Loan is made hereunder); and

 

(f)                                    Any Wet Loan which has been pledged as
Collateral for more than ten (10) calendar days (calculated from the date upon
which the Advance relating to such Loan is made hereunder).

 

“Aged Security” shall mean a Mortgage-backed Security which has been pledged as
Collateral for more than forty-five (45) calendar days (calculated from the
first date upon which the Agent obtained a security interest therein).

 

“Agency Qualified A Minus Advance” shall mean a Warehouse Advance requested to
fund an Agency Qualified A Minus Loan.

 

“Agency Qualified A Minus Advance Sublimit” shall mean an amount equal to four
and two-tenths of one percent (4.2%) of the Total Warehouse Line Commitment;
provided, however, that said sublimit shall be subject to the following further
limitations: (i) each Advance requested to fund Agency Qualified A Minus Loans
shall not exceed the maximum loan amount under applicable agency underwriting
criteria for loans which are commonly referred to in the secondary market as “A
Minus” loans; and (ii) all Agency Qualified A Minus Loans to the same borrower
shall be aggregated by the Company as a single Agency Qualified A Minus Loan for
purposes of this sublimit.

 

“Agency Qualified A Minus Collateral Usage” shall mean that percentage of
Eligible Collateral calculated by dividing the aggregate Collateral Value of all
Agency Qualified A Minus Loans by the sum of the aggregate Collateral Value of
all Eligible Collateral less the aggregate Collateral Value of all Servicing
Under Contract for Sale and all other Pledged Servicing Rights.

 

“Agency Qualified A Minus Loan” shall mean a Loan: (i) the entire interest of
which is owned by the Company and which is secured by a First Mortgage;
(ii) which is not an FHA or VA; (iii) which conforms to the underwriting
criteria of any or both of Fannie Mae or FHLMC for loans which are commonly
referred to in the secondary market as “A Minus” loans, as defined by the Agent
in its sole judgment and discretion, and (iv) which is subject to a Firm
Commitment or Standby Commitment, provided such Loan is not a Jumbo Loan.

 

“Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction of this
Credit Agreement, and includes any successor Agent under Section 10.12 hereof.

 

“Agent Fee” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.14B hereof.

 

“Agent’s Main Office” shall mean those offices of the Agent located at 101 South
Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

 

“Aggregate Outstanding Balance” shall mean the sum of the Aggregate Outstanding
Warehouse Balance plus the Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance.

 

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“Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance” shall mean the aggregate unpaid principal
balance of all Excess Advances, if any.

 

“Aggregate Outstanding Warehouse Balance” shall mean the aggregate unpaid
principal balance of all Warehouse Advances and Swing Advances.

 

“Alternative Lending Advance” shall mean an Advance requested to fund an
Alternative Lending Loan.

 

“Alternative Lending Advance Sublimit” shall mean an amount equal to twelve and
one-half of one percent (12.5%) of the Total Warehouse Line Commitment.

 

“Alternative Lending Collateral Usage” shall mean that percentage of Eligible
Collateral calculated by dividing the aggregate Collateral Value of all
Alternative Lending Loans by the sum of the aggregate Collateral Value of all
Eligible Collateral less the aggregate Collateral Value of all Servicing Under
Contract for Sale, Servicing Held for Bulk Sale and all other Pledged Servicing
Rights.

 

“Alternative Lending Loan” shall mean a Loan the entire interest of which is
owned by the Company and which is one of the following:  (i) a Second Mortgage
Loan, or (ii) a HELOC Loan, provided such Loan is not a Jumbo Loan.

 

“Applicant Financial Institution” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 11.1 hereof.

 

“Appraisal of Pledged Servicing Rights” shall mean an appraisal of the Pledged
Servicing Rights as determined in accordance with accepted methods of appraising
by a qualified appraiser who is reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

 

“Appraised Value” shall mean, with respect to an interest in real estate, the
then current fair market value thereof as of a recent date satisfactory to the
Agent, as determined by the FHA or the VA, if applicable, or, if there is no
such determination, then as determined in accordance with accepted methods of
appraising by a qualified appraiser who is a member of the American Institute of
Real Estate Appraisers or other group of professional appraisers and who is
reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

 

“Approved Investors” shall mean the financial institutions approved for the
shipment of Eligible Collateral by the Agent and listed on Schedule 1.1 attached
hereto and made a part hereof by this reference, which listing shall include the
address of each such Approved Investor, the name of the contact person for such
Approved Investor and the telephone number of such contact person.  The Agent
may from time to time, at its sole and absolute discretion, agree to add
financial institutions to the list of Approved Investors provided that a
financial institution shall not be deemed to be an Approved Investor until such
time as the Agent has notified the Company that such financial institution has
been approved by the Agent.  The Agent may from time to time remove any
financial institution from the list set forth in Schedule 1.1 for cause by
giving the Company prior notice of such removal; provided, however, the Agent
agrees to honor any commitment for delivery of Loans for purchase by any removed
investor if (i) such commitment was entered into prior to the Company’s receipt
of the related removal notification or (ii) such commitment was entered into
after the Company’s receipt of the related removal notification but such
commitment involved a rate lock decision made by the Company prior to the
Company’s receipt of such notification.  From and after the Company’s receipt of
notice removing an investor from the Approved Investor list, the

 

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Company shall not enter into any additional commitments for delivery of Loans
for purchase by that investor.

 

“Approved Servicing Purchaser” shall mean NationsBank, Chase Manhattan Mortgage
Corporation or such other purchaser of servicing rights approved in writing by
the Agent.

 

“Average Monthly Available Deposits” shall mean the monthly average of free
collected balances maintained in non-interest bearing accounts in the name the
Company (or held by the Company in trust for third parties) with a Bank, after
deducting any unpaid service charges or float required by such Bank under its
normal practices to compensate such Bank for the maintenance of such accounts
and taking into consideration reserve requirements and the other costs of
complying with applicable law (including but not limited to any FDIC premium
applicable to such accounts).

 

“Balance Funded Bank” shall mean National City.

 

“Balance Funded Base Rate” shall mean the per annum rate of one and one-quarter
of one percent (1.25%).

 

“Bank” and “Banks” shall mean each of Comerica, Colonial and National City in
its respective individual capacity and any other Applicant Financial Institution
which is added as a Bank hereunder by the Company and the Agent.

 

“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
“Bankruptcy” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

 

“Base Rate” shall mean the variable per annum rate equal to the Federal Funds
Effective Rate plus one and one-quarter of one percent (1.25%).

 

“Billing Statement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.9
hereof.

 

“Borrowing Base Report” shall mean the report prepared by the Agent to calculate
the Warehouse Borrowing Base in accordance with the formula set forth in
Exhibit A to this Credit Agreement.

 

“Business Day” shall mean for all purposes any day excluding Saturday, Sunday
and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the state in which the
Agent’s Main Office for purposes of performing its obligations under this Credit
Agreement as set forth on the signature pages of this Credit Agreement or is a
day on which (i) banking institutions located in such state are authorized or
required by law or other governmental action to close, or (ii) the United States
Federal Reserve Bank is closed.

 

“Closing Date” shall mean the date on which the initial Advance is made to the
Company and the conditions set forth in Article 4 hereof are satisfied.

 

“Collateral” shall mean the assets of the Company, as more particularly
described in Section 2.1 of the Security Agreement in which the Agent, for the
benefit of the Banks in proportion to their Pro Rata Shares, has a Security
Interest.

 

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“Collateral Documents” shall mean the Security Agreement and all other
agreements, instruments, documents, and other papers creating, evidencing, or
representing the Collateral or the Security Interests therein.

 

“Collateral Handling Fees” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2.14B hereof.

 

“Collateral Mortgage Documents” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the
Security Agreement.

 

“Collateral Proceeds Account” shall mean the “no access” deposit account
maintained by the Agent at the main office of the Agent in the name of the Agent
for the benefit of the Company and to which the Company shall have no access,
for the purposes of receiving the proceeds of the Collateral and other funds as
provided in this Credit Agreement and the Security Agreement.

 

“Collateral Value” shall mean as of any date:

 

(a)                                  With respect to a Loan which constitutes
Eligible Collateral on such date and which is not an Alternative Lending Loan,
ninety-eight percent (98%) of the least of (i) the net amount paid by the
Company for such Loan, (ii) the unpaid principal balance of such Loan less all
discounts collected by the Company in connection with such Loan, and (iii) if
available, the purchase price under the Commitment to which such Loan has been
assigned;

 

(b)                                 With respect to a Loan which constitutes
Eligible Collateral on such date and which is an Alternative Lending Loan,
ninety-five percent (95%) of the least of (i) the net amount paid by the Company
for such Loan, (ii) the unpaid principal balance of such Loan less all discount
points collected by the Company in connection with such Loan, and (iii) the
purchase price under the Commitment to which such Loan has been assigned;

 

(c)                                  With respect to Pledged Servicing Rights
which are not designated as Servicing Under Contract for Sale or Servicing Held
for Bulk Sale and which constitute Eligible Collateral on such date, an amount
equal to the amount by which the lesser of (i) sixty-five percent (65%) of the
appraised value of the Pledged Servicing Rights or (ii) one percent (1.0%) of
the unpaid principal balance of the residential mortgages relating to such
Pledged Servicing Rights.  For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term
“appraised value” shall mean the then current market valuation of the Pledged
Servicing Rights performed by a valuation firm acceptable to the Agent, such
valuation to be done semi-annually and dated during September and March of each
calendar year and delivered to the Agent by December 31 and June 30,
respectively, of such calendar year.  If such valuation provides a range of
economic value, the Borrowing Base calculation shall be based upon the midpoint
of such range; and

 

(d)                                 With respect to Servicing Under Contract for
Sale which constitutes Eligible Collateral on such date, and the contract sales
price is provided by the Company at the time of the Advance, an amount equal to
the lesser of (i) eighty percent (80%) of the sale price under the Contract for
Sale (as calculated under the terms of the Contract for Sale) or (ii) one and
three-quarters of one percent (1.75%) of the unpaid principal balance of the
residential mortgages relating to the Servicing Under Contract for Sale, and
with respect to Servicing Held for Bulk Sale which constitutes Eligible
Collateral on such date, or   Servicing Under Contract for Sale which
constitutes Eligible Collateral on such date, and the contract sales price is
not provided by the Company at the time of the Advance,  an amount equal to the
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(i) sixty-five percent (65%) of the appraised value of the Pledged Servicing
Rights which are not designated as Servicing Under Contract for Sale, (ii) one
percent (1.0%) of the unpaid principal balance of the residual mortgages related
to the Pledged Servicing Rights after subtracting any pledged servicing
designated as Servicing Under Contract for Sale.

 

Notwithstanding anything contained in (a) through (d) above to the contrary:

 

A.                                   The Collateral Value of all Wet Loans and
Extended Wet Loans shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the Wet Advance Sublimit;

 

B.                                     The Collateral Value of All Extended Wet
Loans shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the Extended Wet Advance Sublimit;

 

C.                                     The Collateral Value of all Jumbo Loans
shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the Jumbo Advance Sublimit;

 

D.                                    The Collateral Value of all Alternative
Lending Loans shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the Alternative Lending
Advance Sublimit;

 

E.                                      The Collateral Value of all Pledged
Servicing Rights (excluding the Servicing Under Contract for Sale and Servicing
Held for Bulk Sale) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the Working Capital
Advance Sublimit;

 

F.                                      The aggregate Collateral Value of all
Servicing Under Contract for Sale and Servicing Held for Bulk Sale shall not
exceed, in the aggregate, the Servicing Advance Sublimit; provided, further,
that the Collateral Value of all Servicing Under Contract for Sale shall not
exceed the Servicing Under Contract Advance Sublimit and the Collateral Value of
all Servicing Held for Bulk Sale shall not exceed the Servicing Held for Bulk
Sale Advance Sublimit;

 

G.                                     Each Wet Loan which the Agent determines
has not been funded by the Company on the date the Advance in respect of such
Wet Loan is made by the Banks to the Company, shall have a Collateral Value of
zero (0);

 

H.                                    Each Extended Wet Loan in respect of which
the Company shall not have delivered all of the Collateral Documents to the
Agent within fifteen (15) calendar days after the Advance in respect of such
Loan is made by the Banks to the Company, shall have a Collateral Value of zero
(0);

 

I.                                         Each Extended Wet Loan, which has
been designated by the Company to be funded under the Fannie Mae ASAP Programs
and in respect of which repayment-in-full has not been received by the Agent
within fifteen (15) calendar days after the Advance in respect of such Loan is
made by the Banks to the Company, shall have a Collateral Value of zero (0);

 

J.                                        Each Extended Wet Loan which the Agent
determines has not been funded by the Company on the date the Advance in respect
of such Extended Wet Loan is made by the Banks to the Company, shall have a
Collateral Value of zero (0);

 

K.                                    If the Agent shall reasonably determine
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assigned to an item of Eligible Collateral does not accurately reflect the value
thereof, then, upon notice to the Company such item of Collateral (i) if it is a
Loan which constitutes Eligible Collateral which is not an Alternative Lending
Loan, shall instead have a collateral value equal to ninety-eight percent (98%)
of the market value as determined by the Agent, (ii) if it is a Loan which
constitutes Eligible Collateral which is an Alternative Lending Loan, shall
instead have a Collateral Value equal to ninety-five percent (95%) of the market
value as determined by the Agent, (iii) if it is a Servicing Under Contract for
Sale  which constitutes Eligible Collateral, it shall instead have a Collateral
Value equal to eighty percent (80%) of the sale price as determined by the
Agent, and if it is a Servicing Held for Bulk Sale which constitutes Eligible
Collateral, it shall instead have a Collateral Value equal to sixty-five (65%)
of the anticipated sale price as determined by the Agent in its sole discretion
based upon information provided by the Company, and (iv) if it is Pledged
Servicing Rights which constitute Eligible Collateral but which are not
Servicing Under Contract for Sale or Servicing Held for Bulk Sale, it shall
instead have a Collateral Value equal to sixty-five percent (65%) of the market
value of such Pledged Servicing Rights as determined by the Agent; provided,
however, that in no event shall any mark to market with respect to any item of
Eligible Collateral under this subsection result in such item of Eligible
Collateral having a higher Collateral Value than such item would otherwise have;

 

L.                                      All Aged Loans shall have a Collateral
Value of zero (0);

 

M.                                 All Loans which are under trust receipt in
accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement which are not returned to
the Agent within the time specified in the Security Agreement shall have a
Collateral Value of zero (0);

 

N.                                    The Collateral Value of all Loans which
are under trust receipt in accordance with the terms of the Security Agreement
shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the principal amount permitted under the
Security Agreement; and

 

O.                                    The Collateral Value of any Jumbo Loan
constituting Eligible Collateral shall not exceed One Million Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($1,200,000.00).

 

“Commitment” shall mean a Firm Commitment or a Standby Commitment.

 

“Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.14A
hereof.

 

“Commitment Schedule and Allocation Notice” shall mean a notice in the form of
the Commitment Schedule and Allocation Notice in effect on the Effective Date
attached hereto as Exhibit H.

 

“Company” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the introduction to this
Credit Agreement.

 

“Conforming Loan” shall mean a Loan secured by a Conforming Mortgage.

 

“Conforming Mortgage” shall mean a mortgage securing a Loan which is eligible
for purchase by any or all of Fannie Mae or FHLMC or such other investors
acceptable to the Agent, which mortgage must be a First Mortgage.

 

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“Contract for Sale” shall mean any loan servicing purchaser and sale agreement
between the Company, as seller, and an Approved Servicing Purchaser, as buyer,
in form acceptable to the Agent.

 

“Covenant Compliance Certificate” shall mean the certificate to be furnished to
the Agent on behalf of the Banks in accordance with Sections 4.2(a) and
7.3(b) hereof and in the form of Exhibit B attached to this Credit Agreement,
together with a spreadsheet or other working papers showing the calculations
used to prepare such certificate.

 

“Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the introduction
of this Credit Agreement.

 

“Default Rate” shall mean: (i) with respect to the then or thereafter
outstanding principal balance of the Swing Note and the Notes bearing interest
at the Base Rate, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) three percent (3%)
per annum, plus (b) the Base Rate, or (ii) with respect to then or thereafter
outstanding principal balance of the Notes bearing interest at the Balance
Funded Base Rate, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) three percent (3%)
per annum, plus (b) the Balance Funded Base Rate.

 

“Document Custodian” shall mean National City acting as the custodian of the
Loans for purposes of facilitating the pool certification and issuance of
Mortgage-backed Securities.

 

“Drafts” shall mean those instruments drawn on National City for funding of
mortgage closings which have not yet been received by National City for payment
but which are reported as liabilities on the Company’s financial statements.

 

“Dry Balances” shall mean that portion of the aggregate outstanding principal
balance of Advances made to fund Loans for which the documentation identified in
Section 4.1 of the Security Agreement has been delivered to the Agent.

 

“Dry Collateral Usage” shall mean that percentage of Eligible Collateral
calculated by dividing the aggregate Collateral Value of all Dry Loans by the
sum of the aggregate Collateral Value of all Eligible Collateral less the
aggregate Collateral Value of all Servicing Under Contract for Sale, Servicing
Held for Bulk Sale and all other Pledged Servicing Rights.

 

“Dry Loan” shall mean a Loan the Collateral Documents for which have been
delivered to the Agent and the entire interest of which Loan is owned by the
Company.

 

“Electronic Tracking Agreement” shall mean that certain Electronic Tracking
Agreement by and among the Company, the Agent, MERS and MERSCORP, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit K and made a part hereof by this reference.

 

“Electronic Transmittals” shall mean the electronic delivery to the Agent of
collateral data and collateral transaction data in the format prescribed by the
Agent.

 

“Eligible Collateral” shall mean, collectively and as of any date, the
following:

 

(a)                                  Each Mortgage-backed Security (i) which
shall have been and remains pledged to the Agent as collateral agent (for the
benefit of the Banks) under and pursuant to the Security Agreement,

 

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(ii) which is not an Aged Security, and (iii) in respect of which the
representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Credit Agreement
and the Security Agreement are true and correct;

 

(b)                                 Each Loan (i) which is a Dry Loan, a Wet
Loan, Jumbo Loan, an Alternative Lending Loan, an Agency Qualified A Minus Loan
or an Extended Wet Loan, without duplication, (ii) which constitutes Collateral,
(iii) which is not an Aged Loan, (iv) which has not been shipped to an Approved
Investor for more than the maximum number of days allowed under the Security
Agreement and no purchase proceeds have been received by the Agent, (v) in
respect of which the representations, warranties and agreements contained in
this Credit Agreement, the Security Agreement and each of the other Loan
Documents are true and correct, and (vi) no default has occurred and is
continuing on such Loan;

 

(c)                                  Each Loan (i) that is a Discretionary Loan
(as defined in Section 9.20 hereof) without duplication, (ii) that constitutes
Collateral, and (iii) that is not subject to any lien or security interest other
than that granted under the Loan Documents; and

 

(d)                                 Pledged Servicing Rights, including all
Servicing Advances.

 

“ERISA” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 6.12 hereof.

 

“Event of Default” shall mean any of the events set forth in Section 8.1 hereof.

 

“Excess Advances” shall mean the cash amount advanced under the terms of
Section 2.2 hereof.

 

“Excess Pro Rata Share” shall mean the entire outstanding principal amount of
the Excess Advances, all as held by the Agent.

 

“Extended Wet Advance” shall mean a Warehouse Advance requested to fund an
Extended Wet Loan.

 

“Extended Wet Advance Sublimit” shall mean an amount equal to five percent
(5.0%) of the Total Warehouse Line Commitment.

 

“Extended Wet Balances” shall mean that portion of the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of Advances made to fund Extended Wet Loans.

 

“Extended Wet Loan” shall mean a Loan the entire interest of which is owned by
the Company and the Collateral Documents relating to such Loan have not been
delivered to the Agent in more than ten (10) calendar days but no more than
fifteen (15) calendar days have elapsed since the day the Advance relating to
such Loan is made by the Banks.

 

“Extended Wet Collateral Usage” shall mean that percentage of Eligible
Collateral calculated by dividing the aggregate Collateral Value of all Extended
Loans by the sum of the aggregate Collateral Value of all Eligible Collateral
less the aggregate Collateral Value of all Servicing Under Contract for Sale,
Servicing Held for Bulk Sale and all other Pledged Servicing Rights.

 

“Fannie Mae “ shall mean the Fannie Mae.

 

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“Fannie Mae ASAP Programs” shall mean, collectively, all of the relevant Fannie
Mae early funding programs set forth in the Fannie Mae Tri-Party Agreement.

 

“Fannie Mae Tri-Party Agreement” shall mean that certain letter agreement dated
as of November 1, 1996 among the Company, the Agent and Fannie Mae pursuant to
which Fannie Mae has agreed to wire transfer to the Collateral Proceeds Account
all cash proceeds for each Early Funding Transaction defined therein.

 

“FDIC” shall mean the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

 

“Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any period, a fluctuating
interest rate equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of
the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or,
if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any
day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such
transactions received by the Agent from three (3) federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by the Agent in its sole discretion.

 

“FHA” shall mean the Federal Housing Administration.

 

“FHA Loan” shall mean a Loan secured by a FHA Mortgage.

 

“FHA Mortgage” shall mean a first mortgage securing a FHA Loan which is
guaranteed by, or is eligible to be guaranteed by, the FHA pursuant to the
provisions of the National Housing Act, as amended.

 

“FHLMC” shall mean the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

 

“FICO Score” shall mean the credit score obtained by using the credit score
methodology provided by Fair Isaac Corporation.

 

“Firm Commitment” shall mean a commitment from a substantial and reputable
lending institution, investor, or security dealer, reasonably satisfactory to
the Agent, to purchase from the Company a Loan or Loans or a Mortgage-backed
Security or Securities under which commitment the Company is obligated to sell
such Loan, Loans, or Mortgage-backed Security or Securities.

 

“First Mortgage” shall mean a mortgage, deed of trust, or other security deed in
land and other interests in real property (including, without limitation,
leasehold interests) and the structures, improvements, fixtures, and buildings
located thereon, or in other rights and interests in real property which secures
a Loan and, which mortgage, deed of trust, or other security deed is subject to
no prior or superior mortgage, deed of trust or security deed in the land and
other interests in real property encumbered by such mortgage, deed of trust, or
other security deed.

 

“Funding Account” shall mean the “no access” deposit account in the name of the
Agent for the benefit of the Company and maintained by the Agent at the main
office of the Agent into which each Bank’s Warehouse Advance or Swing Advance is
to be funded.

 

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“Funding Date” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.4C hereof.

 

“GAAP” shall mean those generally accepted accounting principles set forth in
the opinions and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and
its predecessors and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or
those generally accepted principles of accounting which have other substantial
authoritative support and are applicable in the circumstances as of the date of
application, as such principles are from time to time supplemented and amended.

 

“GAAP Net Worth” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the Company’s net
worth as determined in conformity with GAAP.

 

“GNMA” shall mean the Government National Mortgage Association.

 

“HELOC Loan” shall mean an Alternative Lending Loan secured by a Home Equity
Mortgage.

 

“Highest Lawful Rate” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.8B
hereof.

 

“Home Equity Mortgage” shall mean a mortgage, deed of trust or other security
deed in land and other interests in real property (including, without
limitation, leasehold interests) and the structures, improvements, fixtures and
buildings located thereon, and in other rights and interests in real property,
which secures a Loan, and which mortgage, deed of trust or other security deed
which may be subject to a prior or superior mortgage, deed of trust or other
security deed in the land and other interest in real property encumbered by such
mortgage, deed of trust or other security deed.

 

“Jumbo Advance” shall mean an Advance requested to fund a Jumbo Loan, which
advance shall not exceed One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
($1,200,000.00).

 

“Jumbo Advance Sublimit” shall mean an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of
the Total Warehouse Line Commitment; provided, however, that said sublimit shall
be subject to the following further limitations: (i) Advances requested to fund
Jumbo Loans with an original principal amount in excess of Seven Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) shall be limited to twenty-four percent (24%) of
the Jumbo Advance Sublimit; and (ii) Advances requested to fund Jumbo Loans that
are also Wet Loans or Extended Wet Loans shall be limited to thirty percent
(30%) of the Jumbo Advance Sublimit.

 

“Jumbo Balances” shall mean that portion of the aggregate outstanding principal
balance of Advances made to fund Loans for which the documentation identified in
Section 4.1 of the Security Agreement has not been delivered to the Agent.

 

“Jumbo Collateral Usage” shall mean that percentage of Eligible Collateral
calculated by dividing the aggregate Collateral Value of all Jumbo Loans by the
sum of the aggregate Collateral Value of all Eligible Collateral less the
aggregate Collateral Value of all Servicing Under Contract for Sale, Servicing
Held for Bulk Sale and all other Pledged Servicing Rights.

 

“Jumbo Loan” shall mean a Loan, the amount of which exceeds Fannie Mae or FHLMC
guidelines for maximum eligible amount and the entire interest of which is owned
by the Company and which is secured by a Jumbo Mortgage covering a completed
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is underwritten to be eligible for purchase by an Approved Investor, provided
that such Loan does not have a loan-to-value ratio greater than one hundred
percent (100%).

 

“Jumbo Mortgage” shall mean a First Mortgage securing a Loan which meets all of
the requirements of a Conforming Mortgage except that the principal amount of
such Loan exceeds the maximum amount eligible for purchase by either Fannie Mae
or FHLMC.

 

“Kentucky Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code from
time to time in effect in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, as the same is revised,
amended, modified and supplemented from time to time.

 

“Loan” shall mean a residential real estate mortgage loan purchased, refinanced
or made by the Company, evidenced by a promissory note, and secured by a
mortgage or deed of trust or similar instrument creating an enforceable first or
second lien upon a completed one-to-four family residential property which was
financed with the proceeds of such loan.

 

“Loan Documents” shall mean, collectively, this Credit Agreement, the Notes, the
Security Agreement, the Electronic Tracking Agreement, the other Collateral
Documents and any and all other documents executed in connection therewith, each
as may be amended, modified, supplemented and restated from time to time.

 

“MERS” shall mean the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc.

 

“MERSCORP” shall mean MERSCORP, Inc.

 

“MERS Loan” shall mean any Loan made by the Company that is secured by a MERS
Mortgage.

 

“MERS Member” shall mean any entity which is a member of MERS, in good standing
and in compliance with all rules, regulations, procedures and requirements set
forth by MERS, including, but not limited to the payment of membership dues.

 

“MERS Mortgage” shall mean any first mortgage or second mortgage registered by
the Company on the MERS System.

 

“MERS System” shall mean the Mortgage Electronic Registration System established
by MERS.

 

“Net Income” shall mean, for the period in question, the net income (or loss) of
the Company for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in
accordance with GAAP.

 

“Net Servicing Portfolio” shall mean the Servicing Portfolio less (i) all loans
that are more than sixty (60) days past due, (ii) loans pledged to secure the
debts of Affiliates and (iii) servicing designated as Servicing Under Contract
for Sale or Servicing Held for Bulk Sale.

 

“Non-recourse Servicing Portfolio” shall mean the Servicing Portfolio minus all
Recourse Servicing Obligations included in the Servicing Portfolio.

 

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“Notes” shall mean, collectively, the Warehouse Notes and the Swing Note.

 

“Obligor” shall mean a person or other entity who now or hereafter is or becomes
liable to the Company with respect to any of the Collateral.

 

“Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint
venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, limited
liability company, institution, entity, party, or government (whether national,
federal, state, county, city, municipal, or otherwise, and including, without
limitation, any instrumentality, division, agency, body, or department thereof),
whether acting in an individual, fiduciary, or other capacity, including,
without limitation, any Affiliate.

 

“Plan” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.12 hereof.

 

“Pledged Servicing Rights” shall mean that portion of the Servicing Portfolio
pledged to the Agent, for the benefits of the Banks, as Collateral.

 

“Prevailing Time” shall mean the prevailing time in Louisville, Kentucky.

 

“Pro Rata Share” shall mean, as appropriate, a Bank’s Warehouse Pro Rata Share
or Excess Pro Rata Share.

 

“Recourse Servicing Obligation” shall mean any Fannie Mae, FHLMC, GNMA or
private investor recourse servicing obligation which specifically provides that
the Company must repurchase a Loan upon the occurrence of a default under such
Loan or any other program which specifically provides that the Company must
repurchase a Loan upon the occurrence of a default under such Loan.

 

“Regulation D” shall mean Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System as in effect from time to time.

 

“Request for Advance” shall mean a Request for Warehouse Advance or a Request
for Swing Advance, as appropriate.

 

“Request for Excess Advance” shall mean a written request for an Excess Advance
by the Company in a form acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion.

 

“Request for Swing Advance” shall mean a written request for a Swing Advance by
the Company in a form acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion.

 

“Request for Warehouse Advance” shall mean a written request for a Warehouse
Advance by the Company in the form prescribed from time to time by the Agent in
its sole discretion.

 

“Requisite Banks” shall mean either (i) when an Event of Default does not exist,
Banks holding more than sixty-six and sixty-seven hundredths of one percent
(66.67%) of the sum of the Total Warehouse Line Commitment, or (ii) when an
Event of Default does exist, Banks holding more than sixty-six and sixty-seven
hundredths of one percent (66.67%) of the sum of the Aggregate Outstanding
Warehouse Balance, as of the date of determination of the Requisite Banks.

 

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“Second Mortgage” shall mean a mortgage which is subject to only one prior or
superior mortgage, deed of trust, or other security deed in the land and other
interests in real property encumbered by such mortgage.

 

“Second Mortgage Loan” shall mean a Loan made by the Company, the interest of
which is owned by the Company and which is secured by a Second Mortgage.

 

“Secured Obligations” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Security
Agreement.

 

“Security Agreement” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Pledge, Security
and Collateral Agency Agreement of even date herewith by and between the Company
and the Agent for the benefit of the Banks in proportion to their Pro Rata Share
and substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached to this Credit Agreement, as
amended, modified, supplemented and restated from time to time.

 

“Security Interest” shall mean every security interest, pledge, lien,
hypothecation, and other encumbrance on or in any of the assets of the Company
now or hereafter granted by the Company to the Agent (for the ratable benefit of
the Banks) or any Bank, whether pursuant to this Credit Agreement, the Security
Agreement, or otherwise.

 

“Servicing Advance” shall mean an Advance requested to fund either a Servicing
Under Contract Advance or a Servicing Held for Bulk Sale Advance, as applicable.

 

“Servicing Advance Sublimit” shall mean an amount equal to thirteen percent
(13%) of the Total Warehouse Commitment; provided, however, that said sublimit
shall be subject to the Servicing Held for Bulk Sale Advance Sublimit and the
Servicing Under Contract Advance Sublimit.

 

“Servicing Held for Bulk Sale” shall mean a portion of the Servicing Portfolio
designated by the Seller as being accumulated for future bulk sale under a
Contract for Sale between the Company, as seller, and an Approved Servicing
Purchaser.

 

“Servicing Held for Bulk Sale Advance” shall mean an Advance requested to fund
that portion of the Servicing Portfolio that has been designated by the Company
to be accumulated for future sale to an Approved Servicing Purchaser under a
Contract for Sale.

 

“Servicing Held for Bulk Sale Advance Sublimit” shall mean an amount equal to
the least of (i) sixty-five percent (65%) of the appraised value of the Pledged
Servicing Rights which are not designated as Servicing Under Contract for Sale,
(ii) one percent (1.0%) of the unpaid principal balance of the residual
mortgages related to the Pledged Servicing Rights after subtracting any pledged
servicing designated as Servicing Under Contract for Sale, or (iii) the amount
of the overall Servicing Advance Sublimit less the aggregate amount of all
outstanding Servicing Under Contract Advances.

 

“Servicing Portfolio” shall mean, as of any particular date, the then aggregate
unpaid principal balance of the one-to-four family residential real estate
mortgage loans which are then being serviced by the Company pursuant to mortgage
selling and servicing contracts and mortgage pool purchasing contracts entered
into with Fannie Mae, GNMA, the FHLMC, or other investors acceptable to the
Agent.

 

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“Servicing Report” shall mean that certain monthly report prepared by the
Company showing, among other things, (i) the purchase price and sale date for
the Company’s Servicing Under Contract for Sale which are the subject of a
Contract for Sale with an Approved Servicing Purchaser, and (ii) the anticipated
sale date and purchase price for the Company’s Servicing Held for Bulk Sale
which in the future are to be the subject of a Contract for Sale with an
Approved Servicing Purchaser, such report to be in a form prescribed by the
Agent from time to time.

 

“Servicing Under Contract Advance” shall mean an Advance requested to fund that
portion of the Servicing Portfolio that has been designated to be sold to an
Approved Servicing Purchaser under a Contract for Sale.

 

“Servicing Under Contract Advance Sublimit” shall mean an amount equal to the
least of (i) eighty percent (80%) of the purchase price for the Servicing Under
Contract for Sale as set forth in the most recent Servicing Report delivered by
the Company to Agent, as calculated based upon the current Contract for Sale for
the related servicing rights designated by the Company to be delivered to the
related Approved Servicing Purchaser, (ii) one and three-quarters of one percent
(1.75%) of the unpaid principal balance of the residential mortgages being
serviced under the designated Servicing Under Contract for Sale, or (iii) the
amount of the overall Servicing Advance Sublimit less the aggregate principal
amount of all outstanding Servicing Held for Bulk Sale Advances.

 

“Servicing Under Contract for Sale” shall mean a portion of the Servicing
Portfolio specifically designated by the Seller as being delivered subject to a
current, executed Contract for Sale between the Company, as seller, and an
Approved Servicing Purchaser.

 

“Standby Commitment” shall mean a commitment from a substantial and reputable
lending institution, investor, or security dealer, reasonably satisfactory to
the Agent, to purchase from the Company within a specified time period a Loan or
Loans, or a Mortgage-backed Security or Securities, in an aggregate principal
amount which conforms to the criteria set forth therein, under which commitment
the Company has the right, but is not obligated, to sell such Loan, Loans, or
Mortgage-backed Security or Securities.

 

“Swing Advance” shall mean the cash amount advanced under the Warehouse Line by
the Agent to or for the account of the Company under the terms of Section 2.2A
of this Credit Agreement.

 

“Swing Advance Limitations” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2.2A hereof.

 

“Swing Line” shall mean the swing line of credit established by the Agent
pursuant to Article 2 hereof and in the maximum principal amount determined by
the Agent in its sole discretion.

 

“Swing Note” shall mean the Amended and Restated Swing Promissory Note in
substantially the form of Exhibit E attached hereto, and which shall evidence
all Swing Advances.

 

“Tangible Net Worth” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the sum of the
total shareholders’ equity in the Company (including capitalized servicing
rights and capitalized excess servicing fees and retained earnings) less the
aggregate book value of all intangible assets (as determined in accordance with
GAAP) including, without limitation, goodwill, trademarks,trade names, service
marks,

 

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copyrights, patents, licenses, franchises and unamortized debt discount and
expenses, but excluding in any event, servicing rights of the Company.

 

“Termination Date” shall mean the earlier of: (i) the date set forth in
Section 9.11 below; or (ii) the date the Agent declares this Credit Agreement to
be terminated, pursuant to Section 8.3 below; or (iii) such earlier date as may
be selected by the Company upon (a) at least forty-five (45) days prior written
notice to the Agent and each of the other Banks and (b) prepayment by the
Company of all amounts due and owing by the Company under this Credit Agreement
and each of the other Loan Documents.

 

“Total Indebtedness” shall mean, as of the date of any determination, all
indebtedness of the Company, as determined in accordance with GAAP, including,
without limitation, all unpaid Secured Obligations, all amounts due under all
capital leases, all accounts and trade payables, and all other liabilities and
obligations of the Company, excluding, however, all repurchase obligations.

 

“Total Warehouse Line Commitment” shall mean the total aggregate principal
amount of all Warehouse Line Commitments as determined from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of Article 2 and Article 11 of this Credit
Agreement and shall be equal to One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00),
unless such amount is increased pursuant to Section 11.1 of this Credit
Agreement.

 

“Unmatured Event of Default” shall mean any event which, with the lapse of time,
or with notice to the Company, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

“Unqualified Amount” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.8B
hereof.

 

“Usage Fee” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.14C hereof.

 

“VA” shall mean the Veterans Administration.

 

“VA Loan” shall mean a Loan secured by a VA Mortgage.

 

“VA Mortgage” shall mean a First Mortgage securing a VA Loan which is guaranteed
by, or is eligible to be guaranteed by, the VA pursuant to the provisions of the
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended.

 

“Warehouse Advance” shall mean the cash amount advanced under the Warehouse Line
by the Banks to or for the account of the Company under the terms of Section 2.1
of this Credit Agreement.

 

“Warehouse Borrowing Base” shall mean that amount which is determined according
to the formula set forth in Exhibit A to this Credit Agreement.

 

“Warehouse Commitment Pro Rata Share” shall mean with respect to each Bank, the
percentage set forth opposite that Bank’s name on Schedule 2.1 to this Credit
Agreement, as the same shall be amended from time to time as provided herein.

 

“Warehouse Line” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Preliminary
Statement.

 

“Warehouse Line Commitment” or “Warehouse Line Commitments” shall mean the
commitment of each Bank to maintain or make Warehouse Advances as set forth in
Section 2.1 hereof.

 

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“Warehouse Notes” shall mean, collectively, (i) that certain Amended and
Restated Warehouse Promissory Note of even date herewith, made by the Company,
payable to the order of National City, and in the face principal amount of
Forty-Five Million Dollars ($45,000,000.00), a form of which is annexed hereto
as Exhibit C-1, as the same may hereafter be amended, modified, renewed,
replaced and/or restated from time to time, (ii) that certain Amended and
Restated Warehouse Promissory Note of even date herewith, made by the Company,
payable to the order of Comerica, and in the face principal amount of
Thirty-Five Million Dollars ($35,000,000.00), a form of which is annexed hereto
as Exhibit C-2, as the same may hereafter be amended, modified, renewed,
replaced and/or restated from time to time, (iii) that certain Warehouse
Promissory Note of even date herewith, made by the Company, payable to the order
of Colonial, and in the face principal amount of Twenty Million Dollars
($20,000,000.00), a form of which is annexed hereto as Exhibit C-3, as the same
may hereafter be amended, modified, renewed, replaced and/or restated from time
to time, and (iv) when executed and delivered, any such additional Warehouse
Promissory Note, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit C-1 made by
the Company, payable to the order of any respective Applicant Financial
Institution as shall be added as a “Bank” hereunder, and in the face principal
amount of such Applicant Financial Institution’s Warehouse Line Commitment, as
the same may thereafter be amended, modified, renewed, replaced and/or restated
from time to time.

 

“Warehouse Pro Rata Share” shall mean, with respect to each Bank, the percentage
calculated by dividing the average monthly sum of the Aggregate Outstanding
Warehouse Balance plus the Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance attributable to
such Bank by the average monthly total of the Aggregate Outstanding Warehouse
Balance plus the Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance.

 

“Wet Advance” shall mean an Advance requested to fund a Wet Loan.

 

“Wet Advance Sublimit” shall mean, as applicable, (i) during the first five
(5) Business Days and the last five (5) Business Days of each calendar month, an
amount equal to fifty-five percent (55%) of the Total Warehouse Line Commitment,
and (ii) during all other periods of time in any calendar month, an amount equal
to fifty percent (50%) of the Total Warehouse Line Commitment.

 

“Wet Balances” shall mean that portion of the aggregate outstanding principal
balance of Advances made to fund Loans for which the documentation identified in
Section 4.1 of the Security Agreement has not been delivered to the Agent.

 

“Wet Collateral Usage” shall mean that percentage of Eligible Collateral
calculated by dividing the aggregate Collateral Value of all Wet Loans by the
sum of the aggregate Collateral Value of all Eligible Collateral less the
aggregate Collateral Value of all Servicing Under Contract for Sale, Servicing
Held for Bulk Sale and all other Pledged Servicing Rights.

 

“Wet Loan” shall mean a Loan the entire interest of which is owned by the
Company and the Collateral Documents relating to such Loan have not been
delivered to the Agent and not more than ten (10) calendar days have elapsed
since the day the Advance relating to such Loan is made by the Banks.

 

“Working Capital Advance” shall mean an Advance requested to fund the general
operating needs of the Company in the normal course of business.

 

“Working Capital Advance Sublimit” shall mean the lesser of: (i) sixty-five
percent (65%) of the appraised value of the Pledged Servicing Rights which are
not designated as Servicing Under Contract for Sale or Servicing Held for Bulk
Sale, (ii) one percent (1.0%) of the unpaid principal balance of

 

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the residential mortgages related to the Pledged Servicing Rights after
subtracting any pledged servicing designated as Servicing Under Contract for
Sale or Servicing Held for Bulk Sale, or (iii) an amount equal to seven and
two-tenths of one percent (7.2%) of the Total Warehouse Line Commitment.

 

1.2                                 Accounting Terms.  All accounting terms,
except as their meanings may be modified by this Credit Agreement, shall have
the meanings given them in accordance with GAAP.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

THE WAREHOUSE LINE

 

2.1                                 Warehouse Advances. Each Bank severally
agrees to lend to the Company, and the Company agrees to borrow from each Bank,
on the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement, an aggregate amount not
exceeding such Bank’s respective Warehouse Line Commitment, and the aggregate
amount of all such Warehouse Line Commitments shall equal the Total Warehouse
Line Commitment; provided, however the Total Warehouse Line Commitment includes
a Wet Advance Sublimit, an Extended Wet Advance Sublimit, a Working Capital
Advance Sublimit, a Jumbo Advance Sublimit, an Alternative Lending Advance
Sublimit, a Sublimit, a Servicing Held for Bulk Sale Advance Sublimit and a
Servicing Under Contract Advance Sublimit. Subject to the terms and conditions
contained herein, Warehouse Advances may be repaid and reborrowed until the
Termination Date. Each Bank’s commitment to make Warehouse Advances under this
Section 2.1 is herein called its “Warehouse Line Commitment” and such
commitments of all Banks in the aggregate are herein called the “Total Warehouse
Line Commitment”. The Total Warehouse Line Commitment is equal to One Hundred
Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) to and until the Termination Date, and shall
be available to the Company as Advances, subject to the right of the Agent and
the Company in their sole, joint discretion to increase such amount by adding
one or more Applicant Financial Institutions as a “Bank” or “Banks” hereunder
pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.1 hereof.  The principal amount set
forth above (as the same may be increased pursuant to the terms hereof) shall be
available to the Company as Warehouse Advances, Excess Advances and Swing
Advances, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at such times prior to the
Termination Date and in such sums, as the Company may request.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Banks shall not be obligated to make a
Warehouse Advance which, (a) when added to the sum of the Aggregate Outstanding
Warehouse Balance plus the Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance, would cause the
Aggregate Outstanding Warehouse Balance plus the Aggregate Outstanding Excess
Balance to exceed the Warehouse Borrowing Base at such time; (b) when added to
the sum of the Aggregate Outstanding Warehouse Balance plus the Aggregate
Outstanding Excess Balance, would cause or result in a violation of the
financial covenants set forth in Article 6 hereof; (c) if such Advance is a Wet
Advance, when added to the aggregate outstanding balance of all Wet Advances and
Extended Wet Advances would cause or result in a violation of the Wet Advance
Sublimit; (d) if such Advance is an Extended Wet Advance, when added to the
outstanding balance of all Extended Wet Advances would cause or result in a
violation of the Wet Advance Sublimit or the Extended Wet Advance Sublimit;
(e) if such Advance is a Working Capital Advance, when added to the outstanding
balance of all Working Capital Advances would cause or result in a violation of
the Working Capital Advance Sublimit; (f) if such Advance is a, when added to
the outstanding balance of all s would cause or result in a violation of the
Sublimit; (g) if such Advance is a Jumbo Advance, when added to the outstanding
of all Jumbo Advances would cause or result in a violation of the Jumbo Advance
Sublimit; (h) if such Advance is an Alternative Lending Advance, when added to
the outstanding balance of all Alternative Lending Advances would cause or
result in a violation of the Alternative Lending Advance Sublimit; (i) if such
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Servicing Under Contract Advance or a Servicing Held for Bulk Sale Advance, when
added to the outstanding balance of all Servicing Under Contract Advances or
Servicing Held for Bulk Sale Advances, respectively, would cause or result in a
violation of any or all of the Servicing Under Contract Advance Sublimit, the
Servicing Held for Bulk Sale Advance Sublimit or the Servicing Advance Sublimit;
(j) if such Advance would cause or result in the Aggregate Outstanding Warehouse
Balance plus the Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance to exceed the Total
Warehouse Line Commitment; or (k) if such Advance is an Agency Qualified A Minus
Advance, when added to the outstanding balance of all Agency Qualified A Minus
Advances, would cause or result in a violation of the Agency Qualified A Minus
Advance Sublimit. The Banks shall not be obligated to honor any Request for
Warehouse Advance if the disbursement of funds thereunder would occur on or
after the Termination Date, or if an Event of Default has occurred and has not
been cured within the specified grace period, or if such disbursement would
cause or result in an Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default.

 

2.2                                 Swing Advances and Excess Advances by Agent.

 

A.                                   Swing Advances.  Upon the terms and subject
to the conditions contained in this Credit Agreement, the Agent may for its own
account and at its own discretion, make one or more Swing Advances to the
Company, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of which at any time, including
those then to be made, shall not exceed the least of (i) the sum of the Total
Warehouse Line Commitment at such time less the sum of the Aggregate Outstanding
Warehouse Balance plus the Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance at such time,
(ii) the sum of the Agent’s Warehouse Line Commitment at such time less the
amount of the Aggregate Outstanding Warehouse Balance plus the Aggregate
Outstanding Excess Balance then allocated to the Agent, and (iii) Twenty Million
Dollars ($20,000,000.00); provided, that, the sum of the Aggregate Outstanding
Warehouse Balance plus the Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance plus the Swing
Advance to be made by the Agent, shall not exceed the Warehouse Borrowing Base
as set forth in the most recent Borrowing Base Report prepared by the Agent on
the day of the making of such Swing Advance plus the Collateral Value of the
Eligible Collateral delivered to the Agent on that day and which is not included
in the most recent Borrowing Base Report (the “Swing Advance Limitations”). 
Subsequent to a Swing Advance being made by the Agent, the Agent may at any time
(and in any event shall no less frequently than one (1) time each week) in its
sole and absolute discretion, demand the Banks (including the Bank serving as
the Agent) to advance under their respective Warehouse Notes and pay the Agent
an amount equal to their respective Warehouse Commitment Pro Rata Share of the
Warehouse Advance necessary to repay the then current aggregate outstanding
balance of all Swing Advances.  On each day on which the Agent makes a demand
for payment before 2:00 p.m. Prevailing Time, on any particular Business Day,
whether before or after the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Bank shall
irrevocably and unconditionally purchase from the Agent, without recourse or
warranty, an undivided interest and participation in the Swing Advances then
outstanding, by paying to the Agent, in same day funds available to the Agent at
the Agent’s Main Office, in an amount equal to such Bank’s Warehouse Commitment
Pro Rata Share of all Swing Advances then outstanding, and thereafter, the
Banks’ respective interest in such Swing Advance, shall in all respects be
treated as a Warehouse Advance, but such Advance shall continue to be evidenced
by the Swing Note.  In the event the Agent makes such demand of the Banks after
2:00 p.m. Prevailing Time on any particular Business Day, the Banks shall be
required to make their respective payments to the Agent before 12:00 noon
Prevailing Time on the immediately succeeding Business Day.

 

B.                                     Excess Advances by Agent.  Upon the terms
and subject to the conditions contained in this Credit Agreement, in the event
the Agent is prevented from making a Swing Advance hereunder as a result of the
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its own account and at its sole discretion, make one or more Excess Advances to
the Company, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of which at any time,
including those to be made, shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the sum of the
Total Warehouse Line Commitment at such time minus the sum of the Aggregate
Outstanding Warehouse Balance plus the Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance at
such time, and (ii) the amount of the Agent’s Warehouse Line Commitment at such
time minus the sum of the Agent’s Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Outstanding
Warehouse Balance plus the Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance at such time;
provided, that, the sum of the Aggregate Outstanding Warehouse Balance plus the
Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance plus the Excess Advance to be made by the
Agent, shall not exceed the Warehouse Borrowing Base as set forth in the most
recent Borrowing Base Report prepared by the Agent on the day of the making of
the Excess Advance plus the Collateral Value of the Eligible Collateral
delivered to the Agent on that day and which is not included in the most recent
Borrowing Base Report.  Subsequent to an Excess Advance being made by the Agent,
the Agent may at any time (and in any event no less frequently than one (1) time
each week) in its sole and absolute discretion request the other Banks to pay
their Warehouse Commitment Pro Rata Share of the Warehouse Advance necessary to
repay all or any portion of the Excess Advances then outstanding.  On each
Business Day on which the Agent makes a demand for payment before 2:00 p.m.
Prevailing Time, whether before or after the occurrence of an Event of Default,
each Bank shall pay to the Agent its Warehouse Commitment Pro Rata Share of the
Warehouse Advance necessary to pay the Excess Advances designated by the Agent
to be reallocated and paid by the Banks, such payments shall be wired to the
Agent, in same day funds available to the Agent at the Agent’s Main Office, in
an amount equal to such Bank’s Warehouse Commitment Pro Rata Share of all Excess
Advances then designated by the Agent to be reallocated and paid by the Banks. 
In the event the Agent makes such demand of the Banks after 2:00 p.m. Prevailing
Time on any particular Business Day, the Banks shall be required to make their
respective payments to the Agent before 12:00 noon Prevailing Time on the
immediately succeeding Business Day.

 

2.3                                 Notes.

 

A.                                   Warehouse Advances. The lending described
above, to be made through Warehouse Advances made by the Banks in accordance
with the terms set forth herein, shall be evidenced by the Warehouse Notes of
the Company substantially in the form of Exhibits C-1, C-2 and C-3 to this
Credit Agreement.  The aggregate amount of the Warehouse Advances made under the
Warehouse Notes, less repayments of principal, shall be the principal amount
owing and unpaid on such Warehouse Notes. The Warehouse Notes shall be payable
in the manner, and shall bear interest at the rates, specified therein and in
this Credit Agreement.

 

B.                                     Swing Advances.  The lending described
above, to be made through Swing Advances made by the Agent for its own account
in accordance with the terms set forth herein, shall be evidenced by the Swing
Note made by the Company payable to the order of the Agent substantially in the
form of Exhibit E to this Credit Agreement.  The aggregate amount of Swing
Advances made under the Swing Note, less repayments of principal, shall be the
principal amount owing and unpaid on the Swing Note.  The Swing Note shall be
payable in the manner, and shall bear interest at the rates, specified in this
Credit Agreement.

 

C.                                     Excess Advances.  The lending described
above, to be made through Excess Advances by the Agent for its own account in
accordance with the terms set forth herein, shall be evidenced by the Warehouse
Note made by the Company made payable to National City substantially in the form
of Exhibit C-1 to this Credit Agreement.  The aggregate amount of the Warehouse
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Excess Advances made under the Warehouse Note referenced above, less repayments
of principal, shall be the principal amount owing and unpaid on such Warehouse
Note.

 

2.4                                 Manner of Borrowing.

 

A.                                   Request for Advance.  The Company shall
deliver to the Agent, not later than 1:00 p.m. Prevailing Time on the Business
Day on which the Company desires to obtain an Advance, an original (or facsimile
copy) executed Request for Advance (which shall be irrevocable) specifying the
amount of the Advance which it desires to borrow.  Agent in its sole discretion
can treat any Request for Advance as either (i) a Request for Advance, (ii) a
Request for Swing Advance, or (iii) a Request for Excess Advance, as
applicable.  On the date of the Agent’s receipt of a Request for Advance if:
(a) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is then
existing; (b) all terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement required to be
satisfied prior to the making of the particular type of Advance, including
without limitation, all conditions precedent specified in Article 4 hereof, are
in fact satisfied; (c) all terms and conditions of the Security Agreement
required to be satisfied prior to the making of a Warehouse Advance are in fact
satisfied; and (d) the making of such Advance shall not cause or result in
either a violation of any of the terms of this Credit Agreement or of the
Security Agreement, an Event of Default, or an Unmatured Event of Default, the
Agent shall (xx) in the case of a Warehouse Advance, credit each Bank’s Pro Rata
Share of such Warehouse Advance received by the Agent to the Company in
accordance with the terms set forth below, (yy) in the case of a Swing Advance,
credit the amount of such Swing Advance to the Company, and (zz) in the case of
an Excess Advance, credit the amount of such Excess Advance to the Company. 
Requests for a Warehouse Advance received by the Agent after 1:00 p.m.
Prevailing Time will not be processed as a Warehouse Advance, but may be
treated, at the Agent’s sole discretion, as a Swing Advance.  Requests for
Advance received by the Agent after 4:00 p.m. Prevailing Time will not be
processed by the Agent as a Request for Warehouse Advance until the immediately
succeeding Business Day.

 

B.                                     Disbursement of Bank’s Warehouse Pro Rata
Share.  All Warehouse Advances requested by the Agent under this Credit
Agreement shall be made by the Banks simultaneously and proportionately to their
respective Warehouse Pro Rata Shares of each such Warehouse Advance, it being
understood that, except as provided in Section 2.4C below, no Bank shall be
responsible for any default by any other Bank of that other Bank’s obligation to
fund its Warehouse Pro Rata Share of a Warehouse Advance requested hereunder nor
shall the Warehouse Line Commitment of any Bank be increased or decreased as a
result of the default by any other Bank of that other Bank’s obligation to fund
its Warehouse Pro Rata Share of a Warehouse Advance requested hereunder. 
Promptly after receipt by the Agent of a Request for Advance pursuant to this
Section 2.4, the Agent shall notify each Bank of the Warehouse Advance requested
by the Company pursuant thereto and each Bank’s Warehouse Pro Rata Share of such
Warehouse Advance.  Each Bank shall make its Warehouse Pro Rata Share of each
Warehouse Advance (other than a Swing Advance or an Excess Advance) to be made
to the Company available to the Agent, in same day funds, at the Agent’s Main
Office not later than 3:00 p.m. Prevailing Time on the date the Request for
Advance from the Company is received by the Agent.  The time of the Agent’s
receipt of same day funds from the Banks which are wire transferred through the
Federal Reserve System shall be based upon the Federal Reference Number and the
“time out” for any such wire transfer.  Upon satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions precedent specified in Section 4.1 hereof in the case of the initial
Advance and Section 4.2 hereof in the case of any subsequent Advance, the Agent
shall make the proceeds of each Advance requested by the Company available to
the Company on the date specified above by causing an amount of same day funds
equal to the proceeds of the Banks’ respective Pro Rata Shares of such Warehouse
Advance received by the Agent at its office located at the address set forth in
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sentence to be credited to the Company; provided, however, with respect to each
Wet Advance or Extended Wet Advance (whether in the Form of a Warehouse Advance,
Swing Advance or Excess Advance), the proceeds thereof shall be deposited into
the Funding Account, and at the option of the Agent, be (i) transferred to the
Company’s operating account to be wire transfers initiated by the Company via
the Agent’s mechanism for accessing the Federal Reserve Wire Transfer System
directly to the Company’s agent responsible for closing the related Wet Loan, or
if the Company closes its own Wet Loan, then directly to the Company or the
Company’s agent, (ii) funded by a draft or check on the Agent or one of its
affiliates, which draft or check shall be made payable to the Company’s agent
responsible for closing the related Wet Loan, or if the Company closes its own
Wet Loan, then directly to the Company or the Company’s agent, (iii) funded by
an cashiers check issued by the Agent on behalf of the Company and made payable
to the Company’s agent responsible for closing the related Wet Loan or Extended
Wet Loan, or (iv) disbursed in such other manner as is acceptable to the Company
and the Agent.

 

C.                                     Assumptions by Agent for Advances;
Failure to Fund by a Bank.  Unless the Agent shall have been notified by any
Bank prior to the date that such Bank’s Warehouse Pro Rata Share of a Warehouse
Advance is to be made (the “Funding Date”) that such Bank does not intend to
make available to the Agent such Bank’s Warehouse Pro Rata Share of such
Warehouse Advance requested on such Funding Date, the Agent may assume that such
Bank has made such amount available to the Agent on such Funding Date and the
Agent may, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated to, make available
to the Company a corresponding amount on such Funding Date.  If such
corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Agent by such Bank,
the Agent shall be entitled to recover a Two Hundred Dollar ($200.00) processing
fee plus such corresponding amount owed on demand from such Bank together with
interest thereon, for each day from such Funding Date until the date such amount
is paid to the Agent, at the customary rate set by the Agent for the correction
of errors among banks for three (3) Business Days and thereafter at the Default
Rate. If such Bank does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the
Agent’s demand therefor, the Agent shall notify the other Banks and each of the
other Banks shall immediately pay to the Agent a pro rata share (excluding in
such calculation the Bank which failed to fund) of such amount not funded by a
Bank; provided, however, no Bank shall be obligated to fund any amount under
this Credit Agreement in excess of that Bank’s Warehouse Line Commitment, as
applicable.  If any portion of the amount not funded by a Bank is not paid to
the Agent by the other Banks in accordance with the immediately preceding
sentence, the Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the Company shall
immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Agent and shall pay interest on
such amount for each day from such Funding Date until the date such amount is
paid to the Agent, at the applicable interest rate borne by the particular
Advance, which amount shall be paid to the Agent at the next monthly billing. 
Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to relieve any Bank from its
obligation to fulfill its Warehouse Line Commitment hereunder or to prejudice
any rights that the Company may have against any Bank as a result of any default
by such Bank hereunder.  In the event any Bank gives notice to the Agent that
such Bank does not intend to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Warehouse Advance to
be made to the Company or in the event any Bank otherwise fails to fund its Pro
Rata Share of any Warehouse Advance to be made to the Company, the Agent shall
promptly notify the other Banks of the occurrence of any such event and the
other Banks shall each fund a pro rata share (excluding in the calculation the
nonfunding Bank) of the nonfunding Bank’s Warehouse Pro Rata Share of each
Advance not funded by such Bank; provided, however, no Bank shall be obligated
to fund any amount under this Credit Agreement in excess of its Warehouse Line
Commitment.  In the event any Bank gives notice to the Agent that such Bank does
not intend to fund its Pro Rata Share of any Warehouse Advance to be made to the
Company or in the event any Bank otherwise fails to fund its Pro Rata Share of
any Advance to be made to the Company, the Agent shall telephonically notify the
Company of the occurrence of any such event.  The Warehouse Pro Rata Share of
principal payments (from any source whatsoever) payable hereunder to a Bank
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its Pro Rata Share of any Warehouse Advance, Swing Advance or Excess Advance,
shall be paid on a pro rata basis to the Banks which funded that Bank’s Pro Rata
Share of such Warehouse Advance, Swing Advance or Excess Advance, as applicable
until the amount which those Banks funded for the Bank which failed to fund, has
been repaid in full (the “Repayment Date”).  Notwithstanding anything contained
hereunto the contrary, in the event that any Bank fails to fund its Pro Rata
Share of any Warehouse Advance on a Funding Date, on such Funding Date all
conditions precedent to such Warehouse Advance have been satisfied, such Bank
shall forfeit all consent and voting rights for all purposes hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents for the entire period of time commencing upon its
failure to fund on the Funding Date and ending on the Repayment Date; provided,
however, such forfeiture shall not apply to the right of a Bank to consent to
any amendment or modification of this Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Documents which require the consent of the Agent and all of the Banks pursuant
to the terms of Section 9.20 hereof.

 

2.5                                 Records.

 

A.                                   Advances.  The Agent shall record the names
and addresses of the Banks and the Warehouse Pro Rata Shares of the Advances of
each Bank from time to time in the records of the Agent.  The Company, the Agent
and the Banks may treat each Person whose name is so recorded in the records of
the Agent as a Bank hereunder for all purposes of this Credit Agreement.  The
Agent’s records maintained pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be available for
inspection by the Company or any Bank at any reasonable time and from time to
time upon reasonable prior notice to the Agent.

 

B.                                     Payments.  The Agent shall record each
repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal amount of the Banks’
Warehouse Pro Rata Shares in the Advances in the Agent’s records.  Any such
recordation in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement shall be
conclusive and binding on the Company absent demonstrable error; provided, that
failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall
not affect the Company’s obligation to repay all Advances to the Banks in
accordance with this Credit Agreement, the Warehouse Notes and the Swing Note.

 

C.                                     Bank’s Records.  Each Bank shall record
on its internal records its Warehouse Pro Rata Share of each Advance made by it
to the Company and each payment in respect thereof.  Any such recordation in
accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement shall be conclusive and
binding on the Company absent demonstrable error; provided, that failure to make
any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect the
Company’s obligation to repay all Warehouse Advances to the Banks in accordance
with this Credit Agreement, the Warehouse Notes and the Swing Note; provided
further, that in the event of any inconsistency between the Agent’s records and
any Bank’s records, the Agent’s records shall govern in the absence of
demonstrable or demonstrable error.

 

2.6                                 Certain Representations.  Each Request for
Advance shall be deemed to be the representation of the Company and of the
officer making such request that: (a) all conditions precedent set forth in
Article 4 hereof have been satisfied; (b) the Company is in compliance with all
financial covenants set forth in Article 5 hereof; (c) the representations and
warranties contained in Article 6 hereof remain true and correct; and (d) no
Event of Default and no Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is then
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2.7                                 Payment of the Warehouse Notes.

 

A.                                   Termination Date.  On the Termination Date,
without necessity of notice or demand, the Company shall pay to the Agent for
the account of the Banks the full amount of the outstanding principal balance
of, and all accrued but unpaid interest on, the Warehouse Notes and the Swing
Note.

 

B.                                     Borrowing Base Deficiency.  If, at any
time, and for any reason, including without limitation a reduction in the
Collateral Value or any part thereof by virtue of such value being marked to
market, the sum of the Aggregate Outstanding Warehouse Balance plus the
Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance exceeds the Warehouse Borrowing Base, as
determined by the Agent, then the Company shall immediately pay to the Agent an
amount equal to the amount by which the sum of the Aggregate Outstanding
Warehouse Balance plus the Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance exceeds the
Warehouse Borrowing Base.

 

C.                                     Proceeds of Collateral.  The proceeds
from the Collateral shall be payable to the Agent for application to the
Warehouse Notes and other Secured Obligations under and in accordance with the
terms of the Security Agreement.

 

2.8                                 Rates of Interest.

 

A.                                   Applicable Rates of Interest.  Each Advance
shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made
through maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) at a rate determined by
reference to the Base Rate or the Balance Funded Base Rate, as the case may be. 
The outstanding principal balance of the Swing Note and each Warehouse Note
shall bear interest as follows: (i) at the Balance Funded Base Rate for that
portion of the average monthly aggregate principal balance of a Balance Funded
Bank’s Warehouse Note which does not exceed the Average Monthly Available
Deposits maintained by the Company with such Bank, and (ii) at the Base Rate for
that portion of the average monthly aggregate principal balance of a Bank’s
Warehouse Note which exceeds such Average Monthly Available Deposits maintained
by the Company with such Bank.

 

B.                                     Highest Lawful Rate.  Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Credit Agreement or the Notes, at no
time shall the interest rate payable on the Warehouse Advances, together with
all fees and other amounts payable hereunder to the extent the same constitute
or are deemed to constitute interest, exceed the maximum rate of interest
allowed by applicable law (the “Highest Lawful Rate”).  In respect of any period
during the term of this Credit Agreement, any amount paid to any Bank, to the
extent the same shall (but for the provisions of this Section 2.8B) constitute
or be deemed to constitute interest, would exceed the maximum amount of interest
permitted by the Highest Lawful Rate during such period (such amount being
hereinafter referred to as an “Unqualified Amount”), then, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.8, such Unqualified Amount
shall be applied or shall be deemed to have been applied as a prepayment on the
Advances.

 

2.9                                 Interest Payments.  As soon as reasonably
possible subsequent to the availability of the account analysis statement, the
Agent shall deliver to the Company and each Bank an interest billing statement
(the “Billing Statement”), which Billing Statement shall set forth the interest
accrued with respect to the outstanding principal balance of the Warehouse Notes
and the Swing Note bearing interest from and including the first day of the
preceding month through the last day of such month computed in the manner set
forth in Section 2.8A; provided, that any failure or delay in delivering such
interest billing statement or any inaccuracy therein shall not affect any of the
Company’s obligations and liabilities hereunder.  Interest shall be payable,
(i) in the case of the outstanding principal balance of the Warehouse Notes and
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Note on the fifth (5th) calendar day after receipt of the Billing Statement
referred to above and (ii) upon repayment of any of the outstanding principal
balance of the Warehouse Notes and the Swing Note at maturity (by reason of
acceleration or otherwise).  Any interest accruing at the Default Rate shall be
payable on demand.

 

2.10                           Post-Maturity Interest.  Any principal payments
on the Swing Note and the Warehouse Notes not paid when due and, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, any interest payments on the Swing Note and
Warehouse Notes or any fees or other amounts owed hereunder not paid when due,
in each case whether at stated maturity, by notice of prepayment, by
acceleration or otherwise, shall thereafter bear interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or other
applicable bankruptcy laws) payable on demand at a rate equal to the applicable
Default Rate.  Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided
for in this Section 2.10 is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and
shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or
limit any rights or remedies of the Agent or any Bank.

 

2.11                           Computation of Interest.  Interest on the Notes
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual
number of calendar days elapsed in the period during which it accrues.

 

2.12                           General Provisions Regarding Prepayments and
Payments.

 

A.                                   Prepayments.  The Company may, at any time
and from time to time, prepay all or any portion of the outstanding principal
balance of the Notes without premium or penalty.  All prepayments (whether
voluntary or involuntary, at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the
outstanding principal balance of the Notes shall be applied, first, to the
repayment of the accrued and unpaid interest on and outstanding principal
balance of the Swing Note to the full extent thereof, second, to any delinquent
fees, costs or expenses, third, to the repayment of the accrued and unpaid
interest on and outstanding principal balance of all Excess Advances, and
fourth, to the repayment of the outstanding principal balance of all Warehouse
Advances.  All prepayments of the outstanding principal balance of the Warehouse
Notes shall be applied first to principal bearing interest at the Base Rate to
the full extent thereof, then to principal bearing interest at the Balance
Funded Base Rate to the full extent thereof, in a manner which minimizes the
amount of any payments required to be made by the Company pursuant to
Section 2.12 hereof.

 

B.                                     Manner and Time of Payment.  All payments
of principal, interest and fees hereunder, under the Swing Note and under the
Warehouse Notes by the Company shall be made without defense, setoff and
counterclaim and upon the Agent’s receipt of notice from the Company, which
notice shall not be given later than the fifth (5th) calendar day after the
Company’s receipt of the Billing Statement under Section 2.9 hereof, the Agent
shall be authorized to charge the Company’s “DDA Account” maintained at National
City (Account #71435776) to pay all principal (to the extent that the funds in
the Collateral Proceeds Account are not sufficient to make a payment of
principal), interest and fees due hereunder, provided there are sufficient funds
available in such account for that purpose.  If there are not sufficient funds
available in such account for that purpose or if the Agent has not received
notice from the Company authorizing the Agent to charge the Company’s “DDA
Account”, the Company shall make such payments in same day funds and delivered
to the Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. Prevailing Time on the date due at the
Agent’s Main Office, for the account of the Banks; funds received by the Agent
after that time shall be deemed to have been paid by the Company on the next
succeeding Business Day.

 

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C.                                     Apportionment of Payments.  Except as
otherwise provided herein, the Agent shall apportion all principal and interest
payments on the Warehouse Notes, in each case proportionately to the Banks’
respective Warehouse Pro Rata Shares.  The Agent shall promptly distribute to
each Bank at its primary address set forth below its name on the appropriate
signature page hereof or such other address as any Bank may request, its
Warehouse Pro Rata Share of (i) all such payments when received by the Agent,
and (ii) the usage fees and commitment fees under Section 2.14 hereof when
received by the Agent.

 

D.                                    Payments on a Business Day.  Whenever any
payment to be made hereunder or under the Warehouse Notes or the Swing Note
shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment
shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time
shall be included in the computation of the payment of interest on the
underlying principal payment due hereunder, under the Swing Note or under the
Warehouse Notes or of the fees hereunder, as the case may be.

 

2.13                           Set-Off.  The Company hereby irrevocably
authorizes each Bank, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default to set off the
liability of the Company on the Warehouse Notes and the Swing Note, without
notice, against all deposits and credits of the Company with, and any and all
claims of the Company against, such Bank at any time outstanding provided,
however, that the Banks shall not offset against deposits and credits of the
Company held in trust or in a custodial capacity for third parties.

 

2.14                           Fees.

 

A.                                   Commitment.  The Company agrees to pay to
each of the Banks, a monthly commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”), in arrears,
computed at the rate of one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) per annum on the
amount of such Bank’s Warehouse Line Commitment.

 

B.                                     Collateral Handling/Agent’s Fee.  The
Company agrees to pay to the Agent such collateral handling fees (collectively,
the “Collateral Handling Fees”) and the agent fee (the “Agent Fee”) in the
amounts and at the times set forth in the fee letter issued by the Agent to the
Company.  As provided in such fee letter, the full amount of the applicable
Agent Fee shall be due and payable in advance.

 

C.                                     Usage Fee.  In addition to the Base Rates
paid by the Company on the Notes, the Company agrees to pay the following usage
fees (the “Usage Fees”):

 

(i)                                     A usage fee computed at the rate of
one-quarter of one percent (.25%) per annum times the Extended Wet Collateral
Usage multiplied by the sum of the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all
Warehouse Advances less the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Working
Capital Advances, Servicing Held for Bulk Sale Advances and Servicing Under
Contract Advances;

 

(ii)                                  A usage fee computed at the rate of
one-quarter of one percent (.25%) per annum times the Wet Collateral Usage
multiplied by the sum of the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Warehouse
Advances less the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Working Capital
Advances, Servicing Held for Bulk Sale Advances and Servicing Under Contract
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(iii)                               A usage fee computed at the rate of one
percent (1.00%) per annum multiplied by the aggregate unpaid principal balance
of all Working Capital Advances;

 

(iv)                              A usage fee computed at the rate of one-half
of one percent (.50%) per annum times the Alternative Lending Collateral Usage
multiplied by the sum of the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Warehouse
Advances less the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Working Capital
Advances, Servicing Held for Bulk Sale Advances and Servicing Under Contract
Advances; and

 

(v)                                 A usage fee computed at the rate of
fifty-five one hundredths of one percent (.55%) per annum multiplied by the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Servicing Under Contract Advances and
Servicing Held for Bulk Sale Advances.

 

There shall be no usage fee payable on Agency Qualified A Minus Advances.

 

D.                                    Amendment Fees; Documentation Review
Fees.  The Company agrees to (i) reimburse the Agent for all legal fees
reasonably incurred in connection with any amendment to the Loan Documents and
(ii) pay to each of the Banks and the Agent an amendment fee equal to Three
Hundred Seventy Five Dollars ($375.00) for each amendment to the Loan Documents;
provided, however, the Company shall not be required to pay such $375.00
amendment fee to any of the Banks in connection with any amendment of the Loan
Documents which is executed (either individually or as part of a series of
amendments) for the sole purpose of extending the Termination Date for not more
than an aggregate of one hundred twenty (120) days.  Nothing contained in this
Section 2.14 shall compel the Agent or the Banks to authorize or execute any
amendment to the Loan Documents, all such amendments being subject to the
compete discretion of the Agent and the Banks. Further, the Company agrees to
pay to each of the Banks and the Agent a document review fee equal to Seven
Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00) for reasonable expenses incurred in reviewing
the initial documentation required to add any Applicant Financial Institution as
a “Bank” hereunder.

 

E.                                      Payment of Fees.  The Usage Fees and the
Collateral Handling Fees shall be payable in arrears each month and all such
fees together with the Agent fee shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year, in each case for the actual number of calendar days elapsed during the
period during which it accrues.  The Agent shall compute the amounts of the
Usage Fees and the Collateral Handling Fees and include such fees on the Billing
Statement to be delivered to the Company each month under Section 2.9 hereof. 
The Company shall pay to the Agent the Usage Fees and the Collateral Handling
Fees set forth in such Billing Statement within five (5) calendar days of its
receipt of a Billing Statement.

 

F.                                      Fees Non-Refundable.  The fees payable
under this Section 2.14 once paid shall be non-refundable, in whole or in part
under any circumstances, absent demonstrable error in the calculation of such
fees.

 

2.15                           Commitments.  The Company shall obtain and
maintain Commitments which, in the aggregate, equal or exceed the aggregate
amount of the Advances for all Pledged Loans financed and outstanding under this
Credit Agreement. If an Event of Default shall occur hereunder or under the
other Loan Documents, at the option of the Agent or the Requisite Banks, such
Commitments shall be assigned by the Company to the Agent, for the benefit of
the Banks in proportion to their Pro Rata Shares.

 

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2.16                           Special Provisions Governing Rates.

 

(a)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Credit Agreement to the contrary, the Agent’s determination of LIBOR shall be
final, conclusive and binding upon all parties in the absence of manifest
error.  In the event that (i) it becomes unlawful for Agent or any Bank to make
or maintain LIBOR loans, or (ii) by reasons of circumstances occurring after the
date of this Credit Agreement affecting the London Interbank Market, adequate
and fair means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR on the basis provided for in
the definition thereof, the Agent or such Banks shall promptly notify Company,
and during such time, the Agent’s and such Bank’s obligation to offer the base
rates set forth in Section 2.8 hereof shall be suspended during such period of
time.

 

(b)                                 In the event any applicable law, order,
regulation, treaty or directive issued by any central bank or other governmental
authority, or in the governmental or judicial interpretation thereof, or
compliance by the Agent with any request or directive (whether or not having the
force of law) issued subsequent to the date hereof by any central bank or other
governmental authority:

 

(i)                                     does or shall subject the Agent or any
Bank to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Credit Agreement or
any Advances made hereunder, or change the basis of taxation of payments to the
Agent or any Bank of principal, fee, interest or any other amount payable
hereunder except for the change in the rate of tax on the overall net income of
the Agent or any Bank imposed by the jurisdiction in which Agent or any Bank
maintains its principal office; or

 

(ii)                                  does or shall impose on the Agent or any
Bank any other condition;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the Agent or
any Bank of making any Advance or  renewing or maintaining this Credit Agreement
or reduce any amount receivable in respect thereof or to reduce the rate of
return on the capital of the Agent or any Bank or any Person controlling the
Agent or any Bank, then in any such case, the Company shall promptly pay to the
Agent or any Bank upon its written demand any additional amounts necessary to
compensate the Agent or any Bank for such additional cost or reduced amounts
receivable or rate of return as reasonably determined by Agent with respect to
this Credit Agreement or Advances made hereunder.  If the Agent or any Bank
becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this section, it
shall promptly notify the Company of the event by reason of which it has become
so entitled and provide the Company with a certificate specifying any additional
amounts payable and how they are calculated.  The provisions of this
section shall survive the termination of this Credit Agreement and payment of
all other Secured Obligations.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

COLLATERAL SECURITY

 

3.1                                 Collateral.  To secure the payment of the
Warehouse Notes, the Swing Note and all other Secured Obligations, the Company
shall grant to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Banks in proportion to
their Pro Rata Shares, Security Interests in such of its Loans, Mortgage-backed
Securities, and other assets constituting Collateral as may be required under
the terms of the Security Agreement.

 

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3.2                                 Security Agreement.  The Company shall
execute and deliver to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Banks in
proportion to their Pro Rata Shares, the Security Agreement.

 

3.3                                 Priority of Security Interests.  The
Security Interests shall be first and prior security interests subject to the
limitations set forth in the Loan Documents.  The Company, the Agent and the
Banks hereby acknowledge and agree that the Agent, on behalf of and for the
ratable benefit of the Banks, now has, and shall continue to have, a first and
prior pledge and security interest in and to the Collateral, as collateral
security for the Advances, the other Secured Obligations, and any other
obligations and/or liabilities due and owing by the Company pursuant to this
Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, without priority,
distinction or preference of any kind whatsoever.

 

3.4                                 Release of Security Interest.  If no Event
of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing,
the Agent, for and on behalf of the Banks, at the request of the Company, shall
release its Security Interest in any item of Collateral so long as after giving
effect to any such requested release the Warehouse Borrowing Base shall not be
less than the sum of the Aggregate Outstanding Warehouse Balance plus the
Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance, and provided that any such release of
Collateral shall occur only if expressly permitted by the terms of the Security
Agreement, and then only strictly in compliance with the terms thereof.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

4.1                                 Closing; Initial Advance.  The obligation of
the Agent and the Banks to close the financing contemplated hereunder and make
the initial Warehouse Advance under this Credit Agreement shall be subject to
the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)                                  Evidence of Corporate Existence of the
Company.  The Company shall have furnished the Agent with a copy of the
Company’s Articles of Incorporation and all amendments thereto, certified by the
Secretary of State of Michigan, together with an original certificate from said
Secretary of State, dated not more than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the
date of this Credit Agreement, stating that the Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of such state,
and a copy of the Bylaws of the Company and all amendments thereto, certified by
the secretary of the Company to be true, accurate and complete.  The Company
shall also provide the Agent with a Certificate of Qualification and a
Certificate of Good Standing/Existence from each state where the Company is
required to be qualified as a foreign corporation.

 

(b)                                 Corporate Resolutions.  The Company shall
have furnished to the Agent copies of resolutions reflecting all necessary
corporate action taken by the Company to authorize the execution, delivery, and
performance of this Credit Agreement, the Warehouse Notes and all other Loan
Documents to which the Company is a party, certified by the secretary of the
Company to be true, correct, and in full force and effect as of the date of this
Credit Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Incumbency Certificate.  The Company shall
have furnished the Agent with incumbency certificates with respect to the
officers of the Company, as applicable, authorized to execute and deliver this
Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which the Company is a
party on behalf of the Company.

 

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(d)                                 Credit Agreement.  This Credit Agreement
shall have been duly executed by the Company, the Agent and the Banks and
delivered to the Agent.

 

(e)                                  Loan Documents.  Each of the other Loan
Documents not otherwise specifically referenced in this Section 4.1 shall have
been duly executed by the Company and delivered to the Agent.

 

(f)                                    Warehouse Notes and the Swing Note.  The
Warehouse Notes and the Swing Note shall have been duly executed by the Company
and delivered to the Banks or the Agent, as applicable.

 

(g)                                 Financing Statements.  The Company shall
have executed and delivered, in appropriate form for filing in all appropriate
governmental offices, such Uniform Commercial Code financing statements with
respect to the Collateral as the Agent shall reasonably request.

 

(h)                                 Evidence of Insurance.  The Company shall
have furnished the Agent with evidence of the insurance coverage required to be
maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 7.1(i) hereof.

 

(i)                                     Financial Statements.  The Company shall
have furnished the Banks with a copy of its audited financial statements as of
December 31, 2003, and a copy of its unaudited financial statements as of
June 30, 2004.

 

(j)                                     Termination Statements and Releases. 
All Uniform Commercial Code Termination Statements and mortgage releases
necessary to release of record all existing liens and security interests
encumbering any of the Collateral other than those in favor of the Agent on
behalf of and for the benefit of the Banks, shall have been duly executed and
delivered by all appropriate or necessary parties.

 

(k)                                  UCC Search Reports.  UCC Search Reports in
the name of the Company obtained from all appropriate government offices.

 

(l)                                     Agency Audits.  The Company shall have
furnished the Agent with a copy of the results of any field audit of the
Company’s business and/or records performed by GNMA, Fannie Mae, FHLMC, for the
Department of Housing and Urban Development within two (2) years prior to the
date of this Credit Agreement, together with a copy of all subsequent
correspondence relating to such audit between the Company and such agency, to
the extent copies of such field audits have not been heretofore delivered to the
Agent.

 

(m)                               Fannie Mae Tri-Party Agreement.  The Fannie
Mae Tri-Party Agreement shall be duly executed and delivered by the Company, the
Agent and Fannie Mae.

 

(n)                                 Other Documents.  Such other documents or
instruments or reports as the Agent, at the request and direction of the
Requisite Banks, may reasonably request.

 

(o)                                 Other Loans.  The Company shall furnish the
Agent with a summary description of any and all existing loan agreements for
amounts of One Hundred Thousand Dollars

 

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($100,000.00) or more to which the Company is a party, such summary shall be
provided as a part of Schedule 6.1.

 

(p)                                 Loan Fees.  The Company shall pay Three
Hundred Seventy Five Dollars ($375.00) to each of the Banks other than Colonial
and Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00) to Colonial as compensation for the
Banks for consummation of closing of the financing and as full reimbursement for
all costs and expenses incurred by each Bank in connection therewith, which
costs and expenses shall not otherwise be reimbursable hereunder.

 

(q)                                 Authorized Signer Letter.  The Authorized
Signer Letter in form acceptable to the Agent in its sole discretion.

 

(r)                                    Power of Attorney.  The Power of
Attorney, substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Security Agreement,
shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company.

 

(s)                                  Representation and Warranty Disclosures. 
The Company shall have provided the Agent with the representation and warranty
disclosures to be attached as Schedule 6.1 hereof.

 

(t)                                    Reimbursement for Closing Expenses.  The
Company shall have reimbursed the Agent for all costs incurred by the Agent in
connection with the implementation of the Warehouse Line, including without
limitation, reasonable costs and expenses of Agent’s legal counsel and the cost
of any field exam ordered by Agent.

 

4.2                                 All Advances.  The obligation of the Banks
to make their Pro Rata Share of any Warehouse Advance (including the initial
Warehouse Advance), and the Agent’s election to make any Swing Advance or Excess
Advance hereunder shall be subject to each of the following conditions
precedent:

 

(a)                                  Covenant Compliance Certificate.  In
accordance with the provisions of Section 7.3(b) below, the Company shall have
executed and delivered to the Agent a completed Covenant Compliance Certificate,
together with a spread sheet or other working papers showing the calculations
used to prepare such certificate.

 

(b)                                 No Default or Unmatured Event of Default. 
As of the date of the making of such Advance, no Event of Default or Unmatured
Event of Default shall have occurred and be then existing.

 

(c)                                  Compliance with Loan Documents.  The
Company shall be in full compliance with all conditions and provisions of this
Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and all related instruments and
documents.

 

(d)                                 No Adverse Change.  No material adverse
change shall have occurred in the condition of the Company, financial or
otherwise, or in the earnings, affairs, or business prospects of the Company,
since the date of this Credit Agreement.

 

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(e)                                  Representations and Warranties.  The
representations and warranties contained in Article 6 of this Credit Agreement
and in the Security Agreement shall be true in all material respects on the date
of such Advance with the same force and effect as though made on and as of that
date.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

FINANCIAL COVENANTS

 

So long as any portion of the Advances made under this Credit Agreement remains
unpaid or this Credit Agreement continues in effect, unless all of the Banks
otherwise consent in writing, the Company shall abide by each of the following
covenants:

 

5.1                                 Borrowing Bases.  The sum of the Aggregate
Outstanding Warehouse Balance plus the Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance
shall not exceed the Warehouse Borrowing Base.

 

5.2                                 Adjusted Tangible Net Worth. The Adjusted
Tangible Net Worth of the Company shall at all times be greater than the sum of
Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($17,500,000.00) plus fifty
percent (50%) of the cumulative sum of GAAP net income after January 1, 2004;
provided, however, in no event shall the Company be required to maintain a
minimum Adjusted Tangible Net Worth in excess of Twenty Million Dollars
($20,000,000.00).

 

5.3                                 Leverage Ratio.  The ratio of Total
Indebtedness to Adjusted Tangible Net Worth shall not exceed 12 to 1.

 

5.4                                 Servicing Portfolio.  The Company’s
Non-recourse Servicing Portfolio shall at all times be greater than One Billion
Dollars ($1,000,000,000.00).

 

5.5                                 Adjusted Leverage Ratio.  The ratio of
Adjusted Total Indebtedness to Adjusted Tangible Net Worth shall not exceed one
to one.

 

5.6                                 GAAP Net Worth.   The GAAP Net Worth of the
Company shall at all times be greater than the sum of Fourteen Million Dollars
($14,000,000.00) plus fifty percent (50%) of the cumulative sum of GAAP net
income after January 1, 2004; provided, however, in no event shall the Company
be required to maintain a minimum GAAP Net Worth in excess of Sixteen Million
Dollars ($16,000,000.00).

 

The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that in the event that any of the
foregoing covenants are materially changed as a result of a change in GAAP, the
Banks, the Agent and the Company will amend the terms of this Article 5 to
accurately reflect the agreement between the Banks and the Company with respect
to such financial covenants.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

To induce the Agent and the Banks to enter into this Credit Agreement and to
make Advances pursuant thereto, the Company represents and warrants to the Agent
and Banks as follows, which

 

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representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Credit Agreement and shall be deemed to be continuing representations and
warranties until the Warehouse Notes, the Swing Note, and the other obligations
herein have been respectively paid in full to the Banks and this Credit
Agreement has been fully terminated:

 

6.1                                 Corporate Organization and Good Standing. 
The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good
standing under the laws of its state of incorporation, and it has the requisite
power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business in the
manner in which such business is presently conducted. The correct legal name of
the Company, its state of incorporation, and the correct address of its
principal place of business are set forth in Schedule 6.1 to this Credit
Agreement.

 

6.2                                 Qualification.  The Company is duly
qualified to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation
in every foreign jurisdiction where the failure to so qualify would materially
and adversely affect the Company’s business or its properties.

 

6.3                                 Power and Authority.  The Company has the
requisite power and authority, corporate and otherwise, to enter into this
Credit Agreement, to make the borrowings herein contemplated, to execute and
deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder, all of which have been duly authorized by
all proper and necessary corporate action, and the same do not and will not:

 

(a)                                  violate or conflict with any provision of
the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Company;

 

(b)                                 violate or conflict with the provisions of
any agreement, law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
determination or award to which the Company is a party or by which it or its
property is bound;

 

(c)                                  result in, or require the creation or
imposition of, any lien, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any
nature upon or with respect to any property now or hereafter owned by the
Company, other than such liens and security interests as contemplated by the
Security Agreement;

 

(d)                                 conflict with, result in a breach of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, loan agreement, credit agreement, or
any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it
or its property is bound.

 

6.4                                 Binding Effect.  This Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to which the Company is a party are valid, binding, and
legally enforceable obligations of the Company in accordance with their
respective terms (subject only to limitations as to enforceability which might
result from bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally).

 

6.5                                 Financial Condition.  The Company’s audited
financial statements as of December 31, 2003 (which have been prepared in
conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding
fiscal year), and its unaudited financial statements as of June 30, 2004, copies
of which have been furnished to the Banks, pursuant to Section 4.1(j) of this
Credit Agreement, present fairly the financial condition of the Company as at
such date and the results of their operations for the period then ended. There
has been no material adverse change in said financial condition except as
disclosed in Schedule 6.1

 

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to this Credit Agreement. The Company does not have any contingent obligations,
liabilities, taxes, or other outstanding financial obligations which are
material in the aggregate, except as described in Schedule 6.1 to this Credit
Agreement.

 

6.6                                 Properties.  The Company has good and
marketable title to all of its properties and assets, and none of its assets are
subject to any mortgage, pledge, title retention lien, security interest, or
encumbrance, except for those permitted by Section 7.2(i) hereof and those
described in Schedule 6.1 to this Credit Agreement.

 

6.7                                 Litigation.  No litigation, tax claim,
proceeding, dispute, or governmental proceeding is pending or, to its knowledge,
threatened against the Company, which (a) involves an uninsured claim of over
Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) against the Company, or (b) in
the opinion of the Company, may have a material adverse effect on the business
or condition (financial or other), affairs, or operations of the Company, or
(c) involves or may affect the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document
or the perfection or priority of any lien created thereby, except those matters
described in Schedule 6.1 to this Credit Agreement.

 

6.8                                 Regulations U and X.   No part of the
proceeds of the borrowings hereunder will be used for any purpose other than
financing Loans.  No part of the proceeds of the borrowings hereunder will be
used to purchase or carry any margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or to extend credit to
others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock, and the
Company is not engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in
the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
such margin stock.  If requested by the Agent or any Bank, the Company will
furnish the Agent or such Bank with a statement in conformity with the
requirements of Federal Reserve Form U-1 referred to in said Regulation.  The
Company also warrants that no part of the proceeds of the borrowings hereunder
will be used by it for any purpose which violates, or which is inconsistent
with, the provisions of Regulation X of said Board of Governors.

 

6.9                                 Investment Company Act.  The Company is not
an investment company or a company controlled by an investment company within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

6.10                           Securities Act.  The Company has not issued any
unregistered securities in violation of the registration requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or of any other law, and is not violating
any rule, regulation, or requirement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company is
not required to qualify an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, in connection with its execution and delivery of the Warehouse Notes or
the Swing Note.

 

6.11                           Permits; Consents, Etc6.11Permits; Consents,
etc.; Compliance.  The Company has all necessary certificates, licenses,
authorizations, registrations, permits and approvals necessary to own and
operate its property and to conduct its business as it is currently being
conducted.  No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration,
declaration, or filing with, any governmental authority is required on the part
of the Company or either Guarantor in connection with the execution and delivery
of this Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents (other than filings to
perfect the Security Interests), or in connection with the performance of or
compliance with the terms, provisions, and conditions hereof except for those
that have been obtained.  The Company and each Affiliate is in compliance with
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and all applicable restrictions imposed by, all governmental bodies and agencies
in respect of the conduct of its or his business and the ownership of its or his
property.  Each Loan at the time it was originated complied in all material
respects with applicable local, state and federal laws, including, but not
limited to, all applicable predatory and abusive lending laws.  None of the
Loans are “high cost”, “high rate”, “high fee” or “predatory” as defined by the
applicable predatory and abusive lending laws.

 

6.12                           ERISA.  No fact or circumstance, including but
not limited to any Reportable Event within the meaning of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), exists in
connection with any Plan of the Company (“Plan” shall mean an employee pension
benefit plan or pension covered by ERISA which is guaranteed by the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto which might constitute
grounds for the termination of any such Plan by the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation or any successor thereto or for the appointment of a trustee to
administer any such Plan. For purposes of this representation and warranty, the
Company shall be deemed to have knowledge of all facts attributable to any
administrator of any such Plan.

 

6.13                           Affiliates.  The correct legal name of each
Affiliate, the state of its organization (or, if a natural person, of his or her
domicile), and the percentage of its capital stock or equity that is directly or
indirectly owned by the Company, where the percentage of the Company’s stock
which is directly or indirectly owned by each Affiliate, are set forth in
Schedule 6.13 to this Credit Agreement.

 

6.14                           Tax Returns and Payments.  The Company has filed
all tax returns required by law to be filed by it and has paid all taxes,
assessments and other governmental charges levied upon its properties, assets,
income and franchisees, other than those not yet delinquent and those, not
substantial in aggregate amount, which are being contested in good faith by the
Company.  The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company in
respect of their taxes are adequate in the opinion of the Company.  The Company
knows of no material unpaid assessment for additional taxes or any basis for
such assessment.

 

6.15                           No Defaults.  The Company is not in default in
the payment or performance of any of its obligations or in the performance of
any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or
undertaking to which it is a party or by which it or any of its assets may be
bound, which default would have a material adverse effect on the business,
operations, assets or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company, taken
as a whole.  No Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default hereunder or
under the other Loan Documents has occurred and is continuing.  The Company is
not in default under any order, award or decree of any court, arbitrator or
governmental authority binding upon or affecting it or by which any of its
assets may be bound or affected which default would have a material adverse
effect on the business of the Company.  The Company is not subject to any order,
award or decree which is likely to materially adversely affect the ability of
the Company to carry on its business as currently conducted or the ability of
the Company to perform its obligations under this Credit Agreement, the Notes or
the other Loan Documents to which it is a party.

 

6.16                           Holding Company.  The Company is not a “holding
company” or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company”, within the meaning of
the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.

 

6.17                           Contingent Obligations.  The Company does not
have on the date hereof any material contingent obligations, material
liabilities for taxes, material long-term leases or unusual material forward or
long-term commitments, which have not been disclosed to the Agent in writing
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of this Credit Agreement.

 

6.18                           No Violations.  The Company is not a party to any
contract or agreement or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction
which materially and adversely affects its business, property or financial
condition.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Credit Agreement,
the Notes and the other Loan Documents to which the Company is a party will not
result in the violation of or be in conflict with or constitute a default under
the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or any term or provision
of any mortgage, loan agreement or other instrument, or any judgment, decree,
governmental order, statute, rule or regulation, by which the Company is bound
or to which any of its assets is subject and will not result in the creation or
imposition of any lien on the assets of the Company except as contemplated by
this Credit Agreement.  The Company is not a party to, or otherwise subject to
any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing indebtedness of the
Company, any agreement relating thereto or any other contract or agreement
(including its Articles of Incorporation) which restricts or otherwise limits
the incurring of the indebtedness to be represented by this Credit Agreement,
the Notes and the other Loan Documents.

 

6.19                           Disclosure; Solvency.  Neither this Credit
Agreement nor any other document furnished to the Agent or any Bank by or on
behalf of the Company in connection with the credit facilities contemplated
herein contains any statement of any material fact which is untrue or misstates
a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or
therein not misleading.  There is no fact known to the Company which materially
adversely affects or in the future will (so far as the Company can now foresee)
materially adversely affect the business, operations, affairs or condition of
the Company or any of its properties which has not been set forth in this Credit
Agreement or in the other documents furnished to the Agent or any Bank by or on
behalf of the Company in connection with the credit facilities contemplated
herein.  The Company is currently solvent; and neither the issuance and delivery
of the Warehouse Notes, or the Swing Note, nor the performance of the
transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder, will render the Company
insolvent, inadequately capitalized to undertake the transactions contemplated
hereunder or to undertake the businesses in which it is presently engaged or
about to engage or render the Company unable to pay its debts as they become
due; the Company is not contemplating either the filing of a petition by it or
the commencement of a case by it under any state or federal bankruptcy or
insolvency laws or the liquidation of all or a major portion of its property;
and the Company has no knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any
such petition or commencement of any such case against the Company.

 

ARTICLE 7

 

COVENANTS

 

7.1                                 Affirmative Covenants.  So long as any
portion of the Secured Obligations under this Credit Agreement, including the
Notes, remains unpaid or this Credit Agreement continues in effect, unless the
Agent and all of the Banks otherwise consent in writing, the Company shall abide
by each of the following covenants and agreements:

 

(a)                                  Payment and Performance of Obligations. 
The Company will pay all principal, interest, fees, and other charges with
respect to the Notes and any other obligations when and as the same become due
and payable, will strictly observe and perform all covenants, agreements, terms,
conditions, and limitations contained in this Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, and will do all things necessary to prevent any forfeiture or
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Bank’s rights hereunder or thereunder, and to prevent the occurrence of any
Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default.

 

(b)                                 Notice of Default.  The Company shall
promptly notify the Agent in writing of the occurrence of any Event of Default
or Unmatured Event of Default, specifying in connection with such notification
all actions proposed to be taken to remedy such circumstance.

 

(c)                                  Notice of Non-Payment.  The Company shall
notify the Agent in writing of the occurrence of any failure or refusal by the
Company to pay any amount in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
($250,000.00) payable under any agreement to which it is a party (other than
trade payables less than sixty (60) calendar days past due), within ten
(10) calendar days of such failure or refusal, unless the Company is diligently
and in good faith contesting its obligations to make such payment by appropriate
action.

 

(d)                                 Notice of Legal Proceedings.  The Company
shall, promptly upon becoming aware of the existence thereof, notify the Agent
in writing of the institution of any litigation, legal proceeding, or dispute
with any person or tribunal, that might materially and adversely affect the
condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, affairs, business prospects,
or properties of the Company, or that involves or may affect the validity of
enforceability of any Loan Document or the perfection or priority of any lien
created thereby.

 

(e)                                  Continuation of Primary Business.  The
Company shall continue to maintain the character of its primary business as
currently conducted.

 

(f)                                    Maintenance of Corporate Existence,
Qualification and Assets.  The Company shall at all times maintain (i) its legal
existence as a corporation; (ii) its qualification to transact business and good
standing as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions where the failure to so
qualify would materially and adversely affect the nature of its properties or
the conduct of its businesses; and (iii) all franchises, licenses, rights, and
privileges necessary for the proper conduct of its businesses.

 

(g)                                 Maintenance of Security.  The Company shall
execute and deliver to the Agent for the benefit of the Banks all mortgages,
security agreements, financing statements, assignments, and such other documents
and instruments, and all supplements thereto, and continuation statements
thereof, and take such other actions as the Agent deems reasonably necessary in
order to maintain as the valid, enforceable, and first priority liens and
Security Interests granted to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Banks.

 

(h)                                 Payment of Taxes and Claims.  The Company
shall pay all taxes imposed upon it or upon any of its properties or with
respect to its franchises, business, income, or profits before any material
penalty or interest accrues thereon. The Company shall also pay all material
claims (including without limitation claims for labor, services, materials, and
supplies) for sums which have or shall become due and payable and which by law
have or might become a vendor’s lien or a mechanics’, laborers’, materialmen’s,
statutory, or other lien affecting any of its properties; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to pay any such taxes or claims if
(i) the amount, applicability, or validity thereof is being contested in good
faith by appropriate legal proceedings promptly initiated and diligently
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shall have set aside on its books reserves (segregated to the extent required by
generally accepted accounting principles) adequate with respect thereto.

 

(i)                                     Maintenance of Insurance.  The Company
shall at all times maintain, or cause to be maintained, insurance covering such
risks as is customarily carried by prudent businesses similarly situated,
including, without limitation, hazard and general liability coverages, and
fidelity bond and mortgagee errors and omissions coverages in conformity with
the requirements set forth in Section 2.7 if the GNMA Mortgage-backed Securities
Guide, Handbook 5500.3. All such insurance shall be written by such insurers and
in such form, amount, and coverage as may be satisfactory to the Agent, naming
the Agent, for the benefit of the Banks, as additional insured or loss payee, as
applicable.  The Company shall provide the Agent with a certificate from one or
more reputable insurance companies setting forth the amount or amounts of
coverage and containing an agreement from each such insurance company that no
termination, expiration, cancellation, or lapse of any such insurance policy
shall occur without at least thirty (30) calendar days advance written notice to
the Agent.

 

(j)                                     Compliance with Laws and Agreements. 
The Company shall comply with the provisions of any laws and the provisions of
any agreements material to its businesses and operations and shall maintain its
abilities to perform its obligations under all agreements material to its
businesses and operations.

 

(k)                                  Inspections.  The Company shall, at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon prior notice, permit any agents or
representatives of the Agent and/or Banks to inspect, examine, and make copies
of and abstracts from its records and books of account, and to discuss its
affairs, finances, and accounts with any of its officers, management employees,
or independent public accountants (and by this provision the Company hereby
authorizes said accountants to discuss with the Agent and/or Banks and their
respective agents or representatives the Company’s affairs, finances, and
accounts).  The Company shall have the right to have a representative present at
any of the inspections, examinations or discussions conducted by the Agent
and/or Banks; provided, however, the Agent and/or Banks shall not be required to
delay any of such inspections, examinations or discussions to accommodate the
presence of such representative or representatives.

 

(l)                                     Records.  The Company shall keep
accurate records and books of account reflecting all of its financial
transactions, in which complete entries shall be made in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied.

 

(m)                               ERISA.  With respect to any Plan maintained or
adopted by the Company, the Company shall (i) at all times make prompt payments
of contributions required to be made to meet the minimum funding standards of
ERISA; (ii) promptly, after the filing thereof, furnish to the Agent copies of
all reports of prohibited transactions and accumulated funding deficiencies
required to be made pursuant to the provisions of ERISA; and (iii) notify the
Agent promptly of the occurrence of any Reportable Event (as defined in ERISA).

 

(n)                                 Further Assurances.  The Company shall
execute and deliver such other and further instruments, documents, or assurances
as in the judgment of the Agent or the Banks may be reasonably required to more
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or evidence the obligations imposed by the terms and provisions of this Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

(o)                                 Change in Name or Location.  The Company
shall notify the Agent in writing at least thirty (30) calendar days in advance
of any change in location of its principal place of business, chief executive
office, or place where records are kept, or of any proposed change of corporate
name. To the extent not in the physical possession of the Agent, the Collateral
and all books and records pertaining thereto shall be maintained and stored at
the location specified on Schedule 6.1 to this Credit Agreement, and the Company
shall not remove any part of the Collateral from such location, other than
temporarily in the ordinary course of business, unless the Company shall have
provided the Agent with prior written notification of such change in location in
accordance with the terms of this section and shall have assisted the Agent in
filing such security agreements, financing statements, or other notices deemed
necessary by the Agent to preserve and maintain the continued validity,
enforceability, and priority of the Banks’ lien on and Security Interest in the
Collateral.

 

(p)                                 Other Loan Agreements.  The Company shall
give written notice to the Agent at least five (5) calendar days prior to
entering into any other loan agreement similar in purpose or effect to this
Credit Agreement.

 

(q)                                 Senior Management.  The Company shall notify
the Agent in writing requesting Agent’s consent at least thirty (30) calendar
days prior to any proposed change in the Company’s senior management, i.e., the
chief financial officer and any other officers of the Company who hold positions
at or above senior vice president.

 

(r)                                    Change of Ownership.  The Company shall
notify the Agent in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to any proposed
change of control in the ownership of the capital stock of the Company promptly
upon obtaining knowledge of the same.

 

(s)                                  Sale of Servicing Rights.  The Company
shall give the Agent written notice at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to
consummating any sale, transfer, or other disposition of any servicing rights,
or any interest in its Servicing Portfolio which is not prohibited by
Section 7.2(h) hereof.

 

(t)                                    Insured Closing Letters.  The Company
shall cause all Loans financed with the proceeds of an Advance to be closed
under an insured closing letter issued by a major nationally recognized title
company acceptable to the Agent.

 

(u)                                 Appraisals.  The Company shall obtain not
less than on a semi-annual basis an appraisal of the Servicing Portfolio from an
independent appraiser acceptable to the Agent and shall provide a copy thereof
to the Agent within thirty (30) days following the minimum appraisal dates of
December 31 and June 30 of each calendar year.

 

(v)                                 Change in Laws; Increased Costs.  In the
event that any applicable law, order, regulation, treaty or directive issued by
any central bank or any other applicable governmental authority, or in the
governmental or judicial interpretation or application thereof, or compliance by
any Bank with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
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authority:  (i) does or shall subject any Bank to any tax of any kind whatsoever
with respect to this Credit Agreement or any Advances made hereunder, or change
the basis of taxation of payments to such Bank of principal, fee, interest or
any other amount payable hereunder (except for change in the rate of tax on the
overall net income of such Bank imposed by the jurisdiction in which such Bank
maintains its principal office); (ii) does or shall impose, modify or hold
applicable any reserve, capital requirement, special deposit, compulsory loan or
similar requirements against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in
or for the account of, advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any
other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Bank which are not otherwise
included in the determination of the Base Rate; or (iii) does or shall impose on
such Bank any other condition; and the result of any of the foregoing is to
increase the cost to such Bank of making, renewing or maintaining any Advance
hereunder or maintaining its respective Warehouse Line Commitment, or to reduce
any amount receivable in respect thereof or to reduce the rate of return on the
capital of such Bank or any Person controlling such Bank, then, in any such
case, the Company shall promptly pay to the Agent for remittance to such Bank,
upon its written demand made through the Agent, any additional amounts necessary
to compensate such Bank for such additional cost or reduced amounts receivable
or rate of return as reasonably determined by such Bank with respect to this
Credit Agreement or the Advances made hereunder.  If a Bank becomes entitled to
claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 7.1(v), it shall promptly
notify the Company through the Agent of the event by reason of which it has
become so entitled.  In conjunction with such notification, such Bank shall
provide the Company with a certificate specifying any additional amounts payable
pursuant to the foregoing sentence, which certificate shall set forth a
calculation of such amounts in sufficient detail and according to reasonable and
customary computation methods.  The provisions of this Section 7.1(w) shall
survive the termination of this Credit Agreement and the payment of all Secured
Obligations hereunder.

 

(w)                               MERS.  During any time during which the
Company is using the MERS System, the Company shall (a) at all times, maintain
its status as a MERS Member, (b) at all times, employ officers who have the
authority, pursuant to a corporate resolution from MERS, to execute assignments
of mortgage in the name of MERS in the event deregistration from the MERS System
is necessary or desirable, (c) at all times remain in full compliance all terms
and conditions of membership in MERS, including the MERSCORP, Inc. “Rules of
Membership” most recently promulgated by MERSCORP, Inc., the “MERS Procedures
Manual” most recently promulgated by MERS, and any and all other guidelines or
requirements set forth by MERS or MERSCORP, as each of the foregoing may be
modified from time to time, including, but in no way limited to compliance with
guidelines and procedures set forth with respect to technological capabilities,
drafting and recordation of mortgages, registration of mortgages on the MERS
System, including registration of the interest of the Agent in such mortgages
and membership requirements, (d) promptly, upon the request of the Agent,
execute and deliver to the Agent an assignment of mortgage, in blank, with
respect to any MERS Mortgage that the Agent determines shall be removed from the
MERS System, (e) immediately provide to Agent a copy of any notice received from
MERS or MERSCORP pursuant to Section 4(a) of the Electronic tracking Agreement,
and (f) at all times maintain an Electronic Tracking Agreement in full force and
effect.  The Company shall not de-register or attempt to de-register any
mortgage from the MERS System unless the Company has complied with the
requirements set forth in the Electronic Tracking Agreement and the requirements
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7.2                                 Negative Covenants.  So long as any portion
of the Secured Obligations remains unpaid or this Credit Agreement continues in
effect, unless the Agent and all of the Banks otherwise consent in writing, the
Company shall not violate any of the following covenants and agreements:

 

(a)                                  Limitation on Indebtedness.  The Company
shall not incur, create, assume, or otherwise be or become directly or
indirectly liable with respect to any indebtedness if, as a result thereof, the
Company is in violation of any of the covenants set forth in this Credit
Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Amendment of Corporate Documents.  The
Company shall not cause or permit any amendment of its Articles of Incorporation
or any material change in its Bylaws in effect as of the date hereof.

 

(c)                                  Redemption and Distributions.  Except as
permitted under Section 7.2(n) hereof, Company shall not: (i) apply any of its
property to the purchase, redemption, or other retirement of any shares of any
class of its capital stock; (ii) set apart any sum for the payment of or for any
dividends on, or for the purchase, redemption, or other retirement of any shares
of any class of its capital stock; or (iii) make any other distribution, by
reduction of capital or otherwise, in respect of any shares of any class of its
capital stock.

 

(d)                                 Mergers, Sales, Transfers or Other
Disposition of Assets.  The Company shall not: (i) dissolve or otherwise dispose
of all or any material portion of its assets, or acquire all or any material
portion of the assets or outstanding capital stock of any other business entity;
(ii) sell, lease, or otherwise transfer or dispose of any material assets for
less than the higher of book value or fair market value (except assets no longer
usable in Company’s business); (iii) consolidate with or merge into another
corporation or other legal entity or permit one or more other such entities to
consolidate with or merge into it; (iv) effect any material change in its
capitalization; or (v) sell, lease, transfer, lend, or convey any of its
material assets to an Affiliate.

 

(e)                                  VA Guaranties and FHA Insurance. The
Company shall not commit or suffer to be committed any act which would
invalidate the guarantee of the VA or insurance by the FHA or cause any
impairment to the validity of or priority of the mortgage lien which secures any
of the Loans, pledged to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Banks
hereunder and under the Security Agreement.  In the event that any such
guarantee or insurance should lapse or otherwise be invalidated, the Company
shall, within fifteen (15) days of such lapse or invalidation, cause the Loan
affected by such lapse or invalidation to be removed from Collateral, with
either (i) substitution of such other property constituting Collateral hereunder
of at least equal value, or (ii) payment of the Advance made by the Banks with
respect to such Loan.

 

(f)                                    Maintenance of Qualifications.  The
Company shall not commit or suffer to be committed any act which would adversely
affect (i) its eligibility to participate as an FHA approved mortgagee, as an
approved lender under the VA guarantee program, as an approved seller-servicer
by GNMA, as an approved seller-servicer of mortgage notes to Fannie Mae and to
FHLMC in the FHLMC regions in which it operates, or (ii) its eligibility to
issue Mortgage-backed Securities or to service the mortgage pools formed with
respect to Mortgage-backed Securities.

 

(g)                                 Servicing Portfolio.  The Company shall not
commit or suffer to be committed any act which would constitute a material
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now is or hereafter becomes a party under which the Company is obligated to
service Loans for another Person. The Company shall not pledge, assign, grant a
security interest in, or otherwise encumber any servicing rights or any other
interest in its Servicing Portfolio except as permitted in Section 7.2(i) below.
The Company shall not permit the Servicing Portfolio to include any Recourse
Servicing Obligations except those Recourse Servicing Obligations included in
the Servicing Portfolio at time of closing, without first obtaining the consent
of the Agent and the Requisite Banks, which will not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(h)                                 Sale of Servicing Rights.  Without the prior
written consent of all the Banks, the Company shall not sell, transfer, or
otherwise dispose of any servicing rights, or any other interest in its
Servicing Portfolio if, as a result of any such sale, transfer or other
disposition, (i) the Aggregate Outstanding Warehouse Balance plus Aggregate
Outstanding Excess Balance would exceed the Warehouse Borrowing Base, (ii) an
Event of Default would result hereunder, or (iii) the Servicing Portfolio would
be smaller than the amount specified in Section 5.4 of this Credit Agreement.

 

(i)                                     Liens.  The Company shall not create or
permit to exist, any mortgage, pledge, title retention, lien, lease purchase, or
other encumbrance or security interest, with respect to any assets now owned or
hereafter acquired by the Company except: (i) the Security Interests and the
liens and security interests created under the Collateral Documents;
(ii) materialmen’s, mechanics’, suppliers’, tax, or warehousemen’s liens,
statutory liens of landlords and other like liens arising in the ordinary course
of business which are not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings; (iii) liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary
course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment
compensation, and other types of social security, or to secure the performance
of other statutory obligations; (iv) encumbrances consisting of zoning
regulations, easements, rights of way, survey exceptions, and other similar
restrictions on the use of real property, and minor irregularities in titles
thereto which do not materially impair their use in the operation of its
business; (v) liens on Mortgage-backed Securities which are not pledged to the
Banks and liens on such Mortgage-backed Securities which secure the repurchase
obligations of the Company with respect to such Mortgage-backed Securities;
(vi) liens and security interests incurred or made in the purchase of property
or equipment in the ordinary course of business; (vii) existing liens and
security interests described in Schedule 6.1 to this Credit Agreement; and
(viii) the liens and security interests granted to Fannie Mae, GNMA and FHLMC
with respect to the Servicing Portfolio.

 

(j)                                     Guaranties.  The Company shall not
guaranty, endorse, assume, become surety for, indemnify, or otherwise become or
be responsible for the obligations of any Person except: (i) endorsements of
negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of
business and (ii) obligations incurred in connection with the sale of Loans and
servicing rights owned by the Company in the ordinary course of business of the
Company.

 

(k)                                  Use of Funds.  The Company shall not use
any funds provided by the Agent and the Banks under this Credit Agreement, or by
any Advance for any purpose other than funding or purchasing Loans.  The Company
shall not use the proceeds of any Working Capital Advance, Dry Advance, Extended
Wet Advance, Wet Advance, Jumbo Advance, Servicing Held for Bulk Sale Advance,
Servicing Under Contract Advance, Agency Qualified A Minus Advance or
Alternative Lending Advance for any purpose other than the purposes encompassed
by the definition of those terms in Article 1 of this Credit Agreement.  In
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Company shall not use any funds provided by the Banks under this Credit
Agreement or by any Warehouse Advance for the purpose of making any Loan that
would be subject to the provisions of the Home Ownership and Equity Protection
Act of 1994 or other federal or state legislation relating to “high cost”
mortgage lending.

 

(l)                                     Capital Expenditures.  The Company shall
not make, or incur obligations for, any capital expenditures in any fiscal year,
including, without limitation, capitalized lease obligations, in excess of Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for the Company determined on a
non-cumulative basis.

 

(m)                               Loans and Advances.  Other than existing loans
to shareholders, the Company shall not, other than in the ordinary course of its
business, make any loan or advance to any Person (including without limitation
Affiliates) if such loan or advance would cause the aggregate amount of all such
loans and advances to all such Persons to be in excess of Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($500,000.00), exclusive, however, of the amount of all reasonable
salaries, benefits, and occupational expenses that have traditionally been borne
by the Company.

 

(n)                                 Dividends, Redemption and Distributions. The
Company shall not do any of the following, if an Event of Default or an
Unmatured Event of Default then exists hereunder, or, if as a result of such
action or actions, an Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default would
exist hereunder: (i) declare or pay in any fiscal year cash dividends;
(ii) declare or pay any dividends payable in its capital stock on any shares of
any class of its capital stock; (iii) apply any of its property to the purchase,
redemption, or other retirement of any shares of any class of its capital stock;
(iv) set apart any sum for the payment of any dividends on, or for the purchase,
redemption, or other retirement of, any shares of any class of its capital
stock; or (v) make any other distribution, by reduction of capital or otherwise,
in respect of any shares of any class its capital stock.

 

(o)                                 Mortgage Loan Early Purchase and
Sale/Repurchase Facilities.  The Company shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Agent thereto, enter into any agreement providing facilities for
the early purchase or the sale and repurchase of mortgage loans and/or mortgage
backed securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Agent
consents to the Company entering into agreements for such facilities, at the
Agent’s request, the Company covenants and agrees to execute and deliver an
Intercreditor Agreement, fully executed by all of the Company’s then current and
proposed mortgage warehouse lenders and parties to such early purchase and
sale/repurchase facilities, substantially in a form prescribed by the Agent, on
or before the date of implementation of such facilities.

 

7.3                                 Reporting Requirements.  So long as any
portion of the Secured Obligations, including the Notes, remains unpaid or this
Credit Agreement remains in effect, unless the Agent and the Requisite Banks
otherwise consent in writing, the Company shall furnish to the Agent and the
Banks the following reports:

 

(a)                                  Annual Reports.  As soon as available, and
in any event within ninety (90) calendar days after the end of each fiscal year
of the Company, the Company shall furnish to each of the Banks (i) a complete
annual audited financial statement of the Company with consolidating statements
showing the annual financial statements of the Company, with all notes thereto,
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Agent, which shall contain at least a balance sheet, a statement of profit and
loss and stockholder’s equity, and a statement of cash flows, set forth in each
case in comparative form with corresponding figures from the preceding fiscal
year for and (ii) to the extent the same is prepared for, the management letter
prepared by the firm of independent certified public accountants in connection
with the certification of the annual audited financial statements of.  Each
annual audited financial statement of shall be duly certified by a firm of
independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing or
otherwise acceptable to the Requisite Banks.  The certified report of such firm
shall include a statement to the effect that the examination made in preparing
and certifying such annual audited financial statement has not disclosed the
existence of a condition or event at the end of the fiscal year which
constitutes an Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default hereunder, or a
statement specifying the nature and period of existence of any such condition or
event disclosed by such examination.

 

(b)                                 Operational Reports.  As soon as available,
and in any event within forty-five (45) calendar days after the end of each
quarter, shall furnish to each of the Banks financial statements for the
preceding quarter, prepared on a basis consistent with prior periods and in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, such quarterly
financial statements shall contain at least a balance sheet of as of the end of
such quarter and a statement of profit and loss for such quarter and for the
fiscal year to date.  As soon as available, and in any event within forty-five
(45) calendar days after the end of each month, the Company shall furnish to
each of the Banks (i) financial statements for the preceding month, prepared on
a basis consistent with prior periods and in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, such monthly statements shall contain at least a balance
sheet of the Company as of the end of such month and a statement of profit and
loss for such month and for the fiscal year to date, (ii) a duly executed
Covenant Compliance Certificate, (iii) production numbers for the quarter and
year-to-date, (iv) a duly executed and completed pledged servicing report, and
(v) a servicing portfolio report and analysis, including the servicing rights of
the Company, which shall show the status of all mortgages which are a part of
the Servicing Portfolio, including those which are delinquent, all in
substantially the same form and detail as set forth in Exhibit I attached hereto
and made a part hereof by this reference.

 

(c)                                  Servicing Report; Mortgage Position
Report.  As soon as available and in any event within fifteen (15) calendar days
after the end of each month, or more frequently if requested by the Agent, the
Servicing Report and a mortgage position report which details the Company’s
market and commitment positions relative to Loans in pipeline and closed Loans
in inventory, such mortgage position report to be in form as is reasonably
acceptable to the Agent.

 

(d)                                 Agency Audits.  Promptly upon delivery to
the Company, the Company shall furnish to the Agent a copy of the results of any
field audit of the Company’s business and/or records performed by GNMA, Fannie
Mae, FHLMC or the Department of Housing and Urban Development, together with a
copy of all subsequent correspondence relating to such audit between the Company
and such agency.

 

(e)                                  Updated List of Approved Investors.  The
Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent an updated list of
all Approved Investors, immediately upon any change in the same, which list must
include the (a) investor name, (b) contact person, (c) address, (d) phone
number, and (e) and upon request by the Agent, the financial statements for such
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(f)                                    Other Reports and Information.  The
Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent and/or the Banks
such information (not otherwise required to be furnished under this Credit
Agreement or the other Loan Documents) respecting its business, affairs, assets,
and liabilities, and such statements, lists of property and accounts, reports,
opinions, certifications, and documents as the Agent may from time to time
reasonably request.

 

ARTICLE 8

 

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

8.1                                 Events of Default. The occurrence of one or
more of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder
immediately upon the expiration of any grace or cure period which is
specifically set forth herein as being applicable with respect to such event:

 

(a)                                  Default under any Loan Documents.  The
occurrence of an Event of Default under this Credit Agreement or any other of
the Loan Documents.

 

(b)                                 Payments.  The Company shall fail to make
any payment of principal, interest, fees, or other amounts with respect to the
obligations or liabilities of the Company to the Agent or any Bank, whether
under this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, including without
limitation the obligations set forth in the Notes, or otherwise, on or before
the date such payment is due, and such failure shall continue for a period of
ten (10) calendar days.

 

(c)                                  Covenant Defaults.  The Company shall fail
to perform or observe any covenant, agreement, or provision contained in this
Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents by it to be performed or observed,
including without limitation the covenants set forth in Articles 5 and 7 of this
Credit Agreement and such failure with respect thereto shall continue for a
period of thirty (30) calendar days, except for the covenants contained in
Article 5 and Sections 7.l (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (i), (k), (o) and (s)
and Section 7.2 of this Credit Agreement, for which there shall be no grace
period except as specified in Section 8.l(b) hereof.

 

(d)                                 Representations and Warranties.  Any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Company herein or in any
other Loan Document, including without limitation the representations and
warranties set forth in Article 6 of this Credit Agreement, or in any
certificate, schedule, statement, report, notice or writing furnished by or on
behalf of the Company to the Agent or any Bank, whether furnished prior to,
contemporaneously with, or subsequent to the execution of this Credit Agreement,
is untrue or is breached in any material respect.

 

(e)                                  Default on Indebtedness.  Any creditor or
any representative of any creditor of the Company declares, or is or becomes
entitled to declare, any indebtedness of the Company which exceeds One Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), to be due and payable prior to its expressed
maturity by reason of any default by the Company in the performance or
observance of any obligation or condition, or any such indebtedness becomes due
by its terms and is not promptly paid or extended.

 

(f)                                    Insolvency.  The Company becomes
insolvent or generally does not or admits in writing its inability to pay its
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acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee or receiver of the Company or its
property; or in the absence of such application, consent, or acquiescence, a
trustee or receiver is appointed for the Company or for a substantial part of
its property and is not discharged within forty-five (45) calendar days; or any
bankruptcy, reorganization, debt arrangement, or other proceeding under any
bankruptcy or insolvency law is instituted by or against the Company and, if
instituted against the Company, is consented to or acquiesced in by the Company,
or remains for thirty (30) calendar days undismissed.

 

(g)                                 Dissolution or Liquidation.  Any dissolution
or liquidation proceeding is instituted by or against the Company and, if
instituted against the Company, is consented to or acquiesced in by the Company,
or remains for thirty (30) calendar days undismissed.

 

(h)                                 Termination or Suspension of Business.  The
transaction of the usual business of the Company is terminated or suspended.

 

(i)                                     Judgments.  The entry of a single
uninsured money judgment or multiple judgments against the Company which, either
singularly or in the aggregate, are in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000.00), unless such judgment shall be satisfied, discharged, or stayed
within thirty (30) calendar days after the entry thereof, and if stayed, within
ten (10) calendar days after the expiration or lapse of any such stay.

 

(j)                                     Material Adverse Change.  The occurrence
of any material adverse change in the condition of the Company, financial or
otherwise.

 

(k)                                  ERISA.  The occurrence of any Reportable
Event (as defined in ERISA) or any other fact or circumstance which constitutes
grounds for the termination of any Plan, as defined in Section 6.12 hereof, of
the Company by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto
or for the appointment by an appropriate United States District Court of a
trustee to administer any such Plan shall have occurred and be continuing for
thirty (30) calendar days; or any Plan of the Company shall be terminated within
the meaning of ERISA; or a trustee shall be appointed by the appropriate United
States District Court to administer any Plan of the Company; or the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto shall institute
proceedings to terminate any Plan of the Company or to appoint a trustee to
administer any such Plan; and, upon the occurrence of any of the foregoing, the
aggregate amount of the vested unfunded liability under all such Plans exceeds
ten percent (10%) of the stockholders’ equity of the Company, and such liability
is not covered by insurance.

 

(l)                                     Change of Management or Ownership.  The
Company implements any change in the senior management or ownership of the
Company without obtaining Agent’s prior written consent.

 

8.2                                 Remedies Not Exclusive.  The rights and
remedies provided in this Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral Documents
and all other Loan Documents are cumulative, may be exercised in such sequence
or combination as the Requisite Banks (or all of the Banks if the context so
requires pursuant to Section 9.20 hereof) may elect, and are not exclusive of
any rights or remedies otherwise provided by law.

 

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8.3                                 Remedies Upon Event of Default.  If an Event
of Default shall have occurred, subject to the provisions of Section 9.20
hereof, the Agent shall, at the request of all of the Banks, and may, with the
consent of the Requisite Banks, exercise any one or more of the other rights and
remedies, and any other remedies provided in any of the Loan Documents, as the
Requisite Banks in their sole discretion may deem necessary or appropriate;
(provided, however, that if any Event of Default specified in Sections 7.1(a),
7.1(f) or 7.1(g) hereof shall occur, the principal of, and all interest on, the
Notes and other liabilities hereunder shall thereupon become due and payable
concurrently therewith and the Banks’ obligations to make Advances hereunder
shall immediately terminate, without any further action by the Agent or any Bank
and without presentment, demand, protest, notice of default, notice of
acceleration or of intention to accelerate or other notice of any kind, all of
which the Company hereby expressly waives:

 

(a)                                  Acceleration.  Declare the unpaid balance
of the Notes, including principal, interest, and any fees or other obligations,
or any part thereof, to be immediately due and payable, without demand,
presentment, or further notice of any kind, the same being hereby expressly
waived by the Company, whereupon it shall be due and payable.

 

(b)                                 Advances; Termination.  Refuse to make any
further Advances or readvances under any of the Notes, and terminate the
Warehouse Line Commitments under this Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.

 

(c)                                  Judgment.  Reduce any claim to judgment.

 

(d)                                 Offset.  Exercise the rights of offset
and/or banker’s lien against the interests of the Company in and to every
property of the Company (other than escrow deposits or custodial trust accounts
managed by the Company) which is in the possession of a Bank to the extent of
the full amount of the Company’s obligations to such Bank.

 

(e)                                  Foreclosure/Repurchase.  Exercise all those
rights and remedies allowed to secured parties by all applicable laws, including
without limitation the Kentucky Uniform Commercial Code and the Uniform
Commercial Code as enacted in any other jurisdiction in which the Collateral or
any portion thereof may be located.

 

(f)                                    Possession.  Enter upon the premises of
the Company and take immediate possession of the Collateral, with or without
legal process, either personally or by means of a receiver appointed by a court
of competent jurisdiction.

 

(g)                                 Collection of Accounts.  Collect and receive
all accounts, rents, income, revenue, earnings, issues, and profits arising from
the Collateral or any part thereof.

 

(h)                                 Exercise of Rights.  Exercise any and all
other rights afforded by any applicable laws or by this Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents at law, in equity, or otherwise, including, but not limited
to, the rights to bring suits or other proceedings before any tribunal of
competent jurisdiction, either for specific performance of any covenant or
condition contained in the Loan Documents or in aid of the exercise of any right
granted to the Agent or a Bank in this Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document.

 

8.4                                 Performance by the Banks.  Should the
Company fail to observe or perform any covenant, duty, or promise by it to be
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the other Loan Documents, the Agent or the Banks may, in their discretion and
without any obligation to do so, perform or attempt to perform, such covenant,
duty, or promise on behalf of the Company, and, in the event the Agent or a Bank
should do so, the Company shall immediately upon demand reimburse the Agent or
such Bank for all its expenses, disbursements, fees, and costs incurred in
connection therewith, with interest thereon at the rate specified in the Notes.
The Agent and the Banks do not assume and shall never have, except by its
express written consent, any liability or responsibility for the performance of
any covenant, duty, or promise of the Company hereunder.

 

8.5                                 Attorneys; Accountants; Other Third
Parties.  In the exercise of their rights under this Credit Agreement, the
Notes, or the other Loan Documents, the Agent and the Banks may retain, consult
with, and otherwise utilize the services of counsel, accountants and other third
parties. Whenever attorneys or accountants are used by the Agent or a Bank in
the exercise of any of its remedies under this Credit Agreement, the Notes, or
the other Loan Documents, or otherwise, including collection or enforcement of
this Credit Agreement, the Notes, or the other Loan Documents, or to enforce,
defend, declare, or adjudicate any of the Agent’s or a Bank’s rights under any
of such instruments and documents or in any of the Collateral, whether by suit,
negotiation, or otherwise, such reasonable attorneys’, accountants’ and other
third parties’ fees as are incurred by the Agent or a Bank in connection
therewith shall be payable by the Company to the fullest extent allowed by law
provided that an Event of Default has occurred hereunder or it is otherwise
determined that the Company is liable to the Agent or a Bank hereunder or under
the other Loan Documents.

 

8.6                                 Appraisal of Servicing Portfolio.  In
addition to any other remedies provided hereunder, if an Event of Default shall
have occurred, the Requisite Banks may require the Company to have an
independent appraisal performed on the Servicing Portfolio at the sole cost and
expense of the Company.

 

ARTICLE 9

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

9.1                                 Expenses.  As agreed upon under a separate
letter, the Company agrees to reimburse the Agent, upon demand, for reasonable
attorneys’ fees and legal expenses, incurred in connection with the preparation,
review, and amendment of this Credit Agreement, and, if an Event of Default has
occurred hereunder or if it is otherwise determined that the Company is liable
to the Agent or a Bank, for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses), incurred in enforcing or
attempting to enforce the obligations of the Company hereunder and under the
Notes and the other Loan Documents, which obligations shall survive any
termination of this Credit Agreement.

 

9.2                                 Non-Liability of Banks.  The relationship
between the Company and the Banks is, and shall at all times remain, solely that
of debtor and creditor, and the Banks neither undertake nor assume any
responsibility or duty to review, inspect, supervise, pass judgment upon, or
inform the Company of any matter in connection with any aspect or phase of the
Company’s businesses, operations, or condition, financial or otherwise. The
Company shall rely entirely upon its own judgment with respect to all such
matters, and any review of, inspection of, supervision of, exercise of judgment
on, or supply of information to, the Company by the Agent or a Bank in
connection with any such matter is for the protection and benefit of the Banks,
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9.3                                 Waivers. Etc. No failure to exercise and no
delay in exercising, on the part of the Banks or the Agent or any holder of the
Notes, of any power or right hereunder or under the Notes or the other Loan
Documents and no course of dealing between the Company and the Agent or a Bank
or the holder of the Notes, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any power or right preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right.

 

9.4                                 Amendments.  Except as set forth in
Section 9.20 hereof, no amendment, modification, or supplement to this Credit
Agreement, the Notes, or the other Loan Documents, or to any other document or
instrument executed or issued by any of the parties hereto in connection with
the transactions contemplated herein, shall be binding unless executed in
writing by all parties hereto; and this provision of this Credit Agreement shall
not be subject to waiver by any party and shall be strictly enforced.

 

9.5                                 Taxes.  The Company agrees to pay, and save
the Agent and the Banks harmless from all liability for, any stamp or other
taxes (otherwise than by a change in taxation of a Bank’s overall net income)
which may be payable with respect to the execution or delivery of this Credit
Agreement, the Notes, and the other Loan Documents, which obligation of the
Company shall survive the termination of this Credit Agreement.

 

9.6                                 Governing Law.  This Credit Agreement shall
be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof.  Any
suit, action, or proceeding against the Company with respect to this Credit
Agreement, the Notes, the other Loan Documents or the Collateral or any part
thereof, may be brought in the courts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, or in the
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, as the Agent
and the Requisite Banks in their sole discretion may elect, and the Company
hereby consents to the jurisdiction of such courts for the purpose of any such
suit, action, or proceeding.  Any suit, action, or proceeding brought by the
Company against the Agent or a Bank with respect to this Credit Agreement, the
Notes, the other Loan Documents or the Collateral or any part thereof, shall be
brought in any of such courts; provided, however, that the Agent and the Banks
do not waive their right to petition for removal of any action brought in the
courts of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to a United States District Court should
it elect to do so.  The Company hereby irrevocably waives any and all objections
to the jurisdiction of said courts, including without limitation lack of
personal jurisdiction, lack of venue, and forum non conveniens.  Service of any
writ, process, summons, or complaint upon the Company may be made by mail upon
it at the address stated in this Credit Agreement, upon any registered agent for
service of process, or upon the Kentucky Secretary of State, or by any other
method provided by law.  Service by any such method shall be conclusively deemed
to be legally sufficient in all respects, and the Company hereby irrevocably
waives any objection to the service or sufficiency of service of any writ,
process, summons, or complaint which is served in accordance with the foregoing.

 

9.7                                 Section Titles; Table of Contents.  The
section titles and the table of contents contained in this Credit Agreement are
inserted for convenience only and shall not govern the interpretation of any of
the provisions of this Credit Agreement.

 

9.8                                 Reliance by the Agent and the Banks.  All
covenants, agreements, representations, and warranties made herein by the
Company shall, notwithstanding any investigation by the Agent and the Banks, be
deemed to be material to the Agent and the Banks and to have been relied upon by
the Agent and the Banks and shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Credit Agreement.

 

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9.9                                 Severability. The provisions of this Credit
Agreement are severable.  If any provision hereof shall be held invalid or
unenforceable in whole or in part by a court of competent jurisdiction, the
remainder of this Credit Agreement shall not thereby fail or be rendered void or
unenforceable, but shall continue in full force and effect, with only the
invalid or unenforceable provision rendered a nullity and severed from this
Credit Agreement.

 

9.10                           Survival of Representations and Warranties.  All
representations and warranties made by the Company in this Credit Agreement
shall survive the execution hereof, the delivery of the Notes and the making of
all Advances, and the Banks and the Agent shall be entitled to rely on such
representations and warranties at all times.

 

9.11                           Termination.  This Credit Agreement shall
terminate on the earlier of: (i) the close of business on August 29, 2005; or
(ii) the date this Credit Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.3 above;
or (iii) such earlier date as may be selected by the Company upon (a) at least
forty-five (45) days prior written notice to the Agent and each of the other
Banks, and (b) prepayment by the Company of all amounts due and owing by the
Company under this Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, at
which time no further Advances can be made hereunder and all Notes then
outstanding shall be immediately due and payable.

 

9.12                           Counterparts; Effectiveness.  This Credit
Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents, or supplements may be executed
in any number of counterparts, and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an
original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the
same instrument. This Credit Agreement shall become effective upon the later of:
(a) the receipt by the Agent of a counterpart hereof executed by the Company; or
(b) the delivery to the Company of a counterpart hereof executed by the Banks
and the Agent.

 

9.13                           Entire Agreement.  This Credit Agreement, the
Notes, the other Loan Documents and all other documents related to any of the
foregoing or otherwise contemplated hereunder embody the final and entire
agreement between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and
thereof and supersede any and all prior commitments, arrangements,
representations, understandings and agreements and any and all oral agreements
between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof.  There are no
unwritten, oral agreements between the parties.

 

9.14                           Exhibits and Schedules.  The Exhibits and
Schedules to this Credit Agreement are a part hereof, and are hereby
incorporated by reference as if fully set out where first mentioned herein.

 

9.15                           Indemnity.  The Company shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Banks, the Agent, their respective successors, assigns, agents and
employees, from and against any and all claims, actions, suits, proceedings,
costs, expenses, damages, fines, penalties and liabilities, including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, arising out of, connected with
or resulting from (a) this Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents,
(b) the operation of the business of the Company, (c) the Agent’s and/or any
Bank’s preservation or attempted preservation of the Collateral, or (d) any
failure of the Liens granted to the Agent in its capacity as agent for the Banks
in the Collateral to be or to remain perfected or to have the priority as
contemplated herein and in the Collateral Documents; provided, the Company shall
have no obligation to indemnify the Banks for any loss caused in whole or in
part by the Banks’ or the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  At
the Agent’s or any Bank’s request, the Company shall, at its own cost and
expense, defend or cause to be defended any and all such actions or suits that
may be brought against the Agent or any such Bank as a result of this Credit
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, unless the claim arose due to
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of the Agent or any such Bank and, in any event, shall satisfy, pay and
discharge any and all judgments, awards, penalties, costs and fines that may be
recovered against the Agent or applicable Bank in any such action, plus all
reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs related thereto to the extent permitted by
applicable law; provided, however, that the Agent or each Bank shall give the
Company, to the extent the Agent or such Bank seeks indemnification from the
Company under this Section 9.15, written notice of any such claim, demand or
suit as soon as practicable after the Agent or applicable Bank has received
written notice thereof, and the Agent or applicable Bank shall not settle any
such claim, demand or suit, if the Agent or such Bank seeks indemnification
therefor from the Company, without first giving notice to Company of the Agent’s
or such Bank’s desire to settle and obtaining the consent of Company to the
same, which consent Company hereby agrees not to unreasonably withhold or delay.

 

9.16                           Role of the Banks.  Notwithstanding any of the
terms or conditions hereof or of the other Loan Documents to the contrary, the
Banks shall not have, and by their execution and acceptance of this Credit
Agreement hereby expressly disclaim, any obligation or responsibility for the
management, conduct or operation of the business and affairs of the Company. 
Any term or condition hereof, or of any of the other Loan Documents, permitting
the Banks to take or refrain from taking any action with respect to the Company
or the Collateral shall be deemed solely to permit the Banks to audit and review
the management, operation and conduct of the business and affairs of the Company
and to maintain and preserve the security given by the Company to the Agent, in
its capacity as agent for the Banks, for the Secured Obligations, and may not be
relied upon by any other Person.  Further, the Banks shall not have, have not
assumed, and by their execution and acceptance of this Credit Agreement hereby
expressly disclaim, any liability or responsibility for the payment or
performance of any indebtedness or obligation of the Company, and no term or
condition hereof, or of any of the other Loan Documents, shall be construed
otherwise.

 

9.17                           Notices.  All notices required or permitted to be
given hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be personally delivered or
sent by telecopier, by express courier service or by registered or certified
United States mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as
follows (or to such other address as to which any party hereto shall have given
the other written notice):

 

If to the Company:

 

Washtenaw Mortgage Company

 

 

3767 Ranchero Drive

 

 

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108

 

 

Attn:

Nathan Howard

 

 

 

Controller and CFO

 

 

Ph:

734-662-9733 (x611)

 

 

Fax:

734-741-5663

 

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cc:

Andrew J. Broder, Esq.

 

 

 

Vicko, Lane, Payne & Broder, P.C.

 

 

 

32100 Telegraph Road

 

 

 

Suite 200

 

 

 

Bingham Farms, Michigan 48025

 

 

 

Ph:

(248) 642-7733

 

 

 

Fax:

(248) 642-7557

 

 

 

If to National City as a Bank or as the Agent:

 

At the telecopy number or address specified below the applicable signature of
National City.

 

 

 

 

 

cc:

Jeffrey A. Hamilton, Esq.

 

 

 

Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice PLLC

 

 

 

500 West Jefferson Street, Suite 2400

 

 

 

Louisville, KY 40202

 

 

 

Ph:

(502) 589-1000

 

 

 

Fax:

(502) 562-2200

 

 

 

If to the other Banks:

 

At the telecopy number or address specified below the signature of the
applicable Bank.

 

All notices hereunder shall be deemed given upon the earliest of (a) actual
delivery in person or by telecopier, (b) one (1) Business Day after delivery to
an express courier service, or (c) three (3) Business Days after having been
deposited in the United States mails, in accordance with the foregoing.  Any
notice of an Event of Default to the Company shall be sent by personal delivery,
express courier service or by registered or certified mail in accordance with
this Section 9.17.

 

9.18                           Ratable Sharing.  Except as otherwise
specifically set forth in this Credit Agreement, including without limitation,
in Article 2 hereof and this Section 9.18, each Bank agrees with each other Bank
that (i) with respect to all amounts received by them which are applicable to
the payment of principal of or interest on the Warehouse Advances or fees
relating thereto including, without limitation, all amounts received by such
Bank pursuant to the exercise of the right of set-off pursuant to this Credit
Agreement, equitable adjustment will be made so that all such amounts will be
shared among the Banks proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares
whether received by voluntary payment, by the exercise of the right of set-off
or banker’s lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by the enforcement of any
or all of the Secured Obligations owed by the Company to the Banks hereunder and
under the Notes, and (ii) if any of them shall exercise any right of
counterclaim, set-off, banker’s lien or similar right with respect to amounts
owed by the Company hereunder, that Bank shall apportion the amount recovered as
a result of the exercise of such right pro rata in accordance with (a) all
amounts outstanding at such time owed by the Company to it hereunder, and
(b) all amounts otherwise owed by the Company to it, and (iii) if any of them
shall thereby through the exercise of any right of counterclaim, set-off,
banker’s lien or otherwise, or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as
cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a
proportion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest due with respect to
the Warehouse Advances made by that Bank or any other amount payable hereunder
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“Aggregate Amount Due” to such Bank), which is greater than the proportion
received by any other Bank in respect of the Aggregate Amount Due to such other
Bank, then the Bank receiving such proportionately greater payment shall (y)
notify each other Bank and the Agent of such receipt and (z) purchase
participations (which it shall be deemed to have done simultaneously upon the
receipt of such payment) in the Aggregate Amount Due to the other Banks so that
all recoveries of Aggregate Amount Due shall be shared by the Banks in
proportion to their respective Pro Rata Shares; provided that if all of part of
such proportionately greater payment received by such purchasing Bank is
thereafter recovered from such Bank, those purchases shall be rescinded and the
purchase prices paid for such participations shall be returned to that Bank to
the extent of such recovery, but without interest.  The Company expressly
consents to the foregoing arrangements and agrees that any participant in
respect of any Advance may exercise any and all rights of banker’s lien, set-off
or counterclaim with respect to any and all rights of banker’s lien, set-off or
counterclaim with respect to any and all monies owing by the Company to that
participant as fully as if that participant were a Bank in the amount of such
participation held by that participant.  Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, immediately upon the occurrence of an Event of Default,
acceleration of the Secured Obligations and/or termination, the Banks hereby
absolutely and unconditionally agree to purchase or sell, as applicable, such
participation in the Warehouse Advances, Swing Advances and Excess Advances
outstanding as shall be required to assure that each Bank holds its Warehouse
Commitment Pro Rata Share of all such Advances.

 

9.19                           Assignment.  This Credit Agreement may not be
assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of the Banks.  All
rights of the Banks hereunder shall inure to the benefit of their respective
successors and assigns, and all obligations, covenants and agreements of the
Company shall bind its successors and assigns, if any.

 

9.20                           Consent of Banks.  Any amendment or modification
of this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, or waiver of any term or
provision hereof or thereof, shall require the affirmative written consent of
the Agent and the Requisite Banks; provided, notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the following shall require the affirmative written consent of the
Agent and all of the Banks:  (i) except as permitted under the terms of the
Security Agreement, the release of any part of the Collateral from the liens
respectively created by the Loan Documents, (ii) the termination, cancellation
or release of any Loan Documents, (iii) the decrease in the interest rate(s)
borne by the Advances, other than decreases in the interest rate(s) borne by the
Advances by virtue of any decreases or changes in the Federal Funds Effective
Rate as expressly contemplated herein, (iv) any reduction in the amount of the
installments of principal due under this Credit Agreement or the Notes or in the
aggregate principal amount of principal due thereunder, (v) any extension of the
Termination Date or the due dates of any installments of principal of and/or
accrued interest on the Notes, (vi) any change in the definition of the term
Requisite Banks, (vii) any change in the amount or the calculation of the
Non-Usage Fee or the Usage Fees, (viii) any change in the computation of
(including any change in the definition of any term used in) the Warehouse
Borrowing Base, or (ix) any amendment to Section 2.7 hereof or this Section 9.20
or any other section of this Credit Agreement that expressly requires the
consent of all of the Banks.  In addition to the foregoing, and notwithstanding
anything in this Credit Agreement to the contrary, no amendment, modification or
waiver shall increase a Bank’s Warehouse Line Commitment without the prior
written consent of the Company, the Agent and such Bank; provided, however, the
consent of the other Banks shall not be required to implement an increase to the
Total Warehouse Line Commitment whether such increase shall be on a temporary or
permanent basis. Further, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 9.20 or elsewhere in this Credit Agreement, (y) with the approval of the
Requisite Banks, the Agent may temporarily waive or suspend one or more of this
Credit Agreement’s eligibility requirements or conditions for a particular
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the Company’s reasonable control and if the Agent and the Requisite Banks
believe at the time of such temporary waiver or suspension that the factors
which apparently caused such disqualification will be eliminated in a reasonably
short time, and (z) in addition to the provisions of the foregoing subclause (y)
Agent may, in its sole discretion, warehouse or continue to warehouse Loans
(“Discretionary Loans”) which would otherwise fail to qualify as Eligible
Collateral or waive or temporarily suspend or delay any obligation of the
Company hereunder in connection with such Discretionary Loans, including,
without limitation, suspension of any mandatory prepayment due in connection
with such Discretionary Loans, so long as the aggregate Advances outstanding at
any one time against such Discretionary Loans shall not exceed Five Million
Dollars ($5,000,000.00).  Each Loan which the Agent warehouses or continues to
warehouse as a particular type of Loan pursuant to subclause (y) or (z) above,
shall, for the entire time such Loan is warehoused pursuant to such subclause,
be treated as such particular type of Loan for all purposes under this Credit
Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents.

 

ARTICLE 10

 

THE AGENT

 

10.1                           Appointment.  Each Bank hereby irrevocably
designates, appoints and authorizes National City to act as Agent for such Bank
under this Credit Agreement, to act as collateral agent for such Bank under all
Loan Documents and all Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statements filed
pursuant thereto and to execute and deliver or accept on behalf of each of the
Banks the other Loan Documents.  Each Bank hereby irrevocably appoints,
designates and authorizes the Agent to act as the Agent under and in accordance
with the provisions of the Security Agreement.  Each Bank hereby irrevocably
authorizes, and each holder of any Note by the acceptance of such Note shall be
deemed irrevocably to authorize, the Agent to take such action on behalf of such
Bank and such holder under the provisions of this Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and any other instruments and agreements referred to herein, and
to exercise such powers and to perform such duties hereunder as are specifically
delegated to or required of the Agent by the terms hereof, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  National City agrees to act as the
Agent on behalf of the Banks to the extent provided in this Credit Agreement,
and National City expressly acknowledges and agrees that it is holding the other
Loan Documents for the benefit of the Banks to secure the payment and
performance of the Notes and the other obligations of the Company under the Loan
Documents.

 

10.2                           Delegation of Duties.  The Agent may perform any
of its duties hereunder by or through agents or employees and, subject to
Sections 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7 hereof, shall be entitled to engage and pay for the
advice or services of any attorneys, accountants or other experts concerning all
matters pertaining to its duties hereunder and to rely upon any advice so
obtained.

 

10.3                           Nature of Duties; Independent Credit
Investigation.  The Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those
expressly set forth in this Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and no
implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations, or
liabilities shall be read into this Credit Agreement or shall otherwise exist. 
National City agrees that it shall administer its responsibilities and duties as
Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents with at least the same degree
of care that it customarily employs in the administration of similar credit
facilities for its own account.  The duties of the Agent shall be mechanical and
administrative in nature and shall include the duty to provide to each Bank an
executed original of such Bank’s Note and an executed original of this Credit
Agreement and a copy of the other Loan Documents; the Agent shall not have by
reason of this Credit Agreement a fiduciary or trust relationship in respect of
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Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to
impose upon the Agent any obligations in respect of this Credit Agreement except
as expressly set forth herein. The Agent shall provide the Banks copies of all
notices and documents received by it in its capacity as Agent hereunder or under
any of the other Loan Documents except as otherwise specifically provided
herein.  Each Bank expressly acknowledges (i) that the Agent has not made any
representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Agent hereafter
taken, including any review of the affairs of the Company shall be deemed to
constitute any representation or warranty by the Agent to any Bank; (ii) that it
has made and will continue to make, without reliance upon the Agent, its own
independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs and its own
appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Company in connection with this Credit
Agreement and the making and continuance of the Warehouse Advances hereunder;
and (iii) except as expressly provided herein, that the Agent shall have no duty
or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any
Bank with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming
into its possession before the making of any Advance or at any time or times
thereafter.

 

10.4                           Actions in Discretion of the Agent; Instructions
from the Banks.  The Agent agrees, upon the written request of the Requisite
Banks, to take or refrain from taking any action of the type specified as being
within the Agent’s rights, powers or discretion herein, provided that the Agent
shall not be required to take any action which exposes the Agent to legal
liability or which is contrary to this Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Documents or applicable law.  In the absence of a request by the Requisite
Banks, the Agent shall have authority, in its sole discretion, to take or not to
take any such action, unless this Credit Agreement specifically requires the
consent of the Requisite Banks or all of the Banks.  Any action taken or failure
to act pursuant to such instructions or discretion shall be binding on the
Banks, subject to Section 10.6 hereof.  Subject to the provisions of
Section 10.6 hereof, no Bank shall have any right of action whatsoever against
the Agent as a result of the Agent acting or refraining from acting hereunder in
accordance with the instructions of the Requisite Banks or all of the Banks, as
applicable, or in the absence of such instructions, in the absolute discretion
of the Agent.

 

10.5                           Reimbursement and Indemnification of the Agent by
the Company.  The Company unconditionally agrees to pay or reimburse the Agent
and save the Agent harmless against (i) liability for the payment of all
reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket costs, expenses and disbursements,
including fees and expenses of counsel and consultants, incurred by the Agent
(a) in connection with the development, negotiation, preparation, printing,
execution, interpretation and performance of this Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, subject to the provisions of Sections 9.1 and 10.7 hereof,
(b) relating to any Company requested amendments, waivers or consents pursuant
to the provisions hereof, (c) in connection with the enforcement of this Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document or collection of amounts due hereunder or
thereunder or the proof and allowability of any claim arising under this Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document, whether in bankruptcy or receivership
proceedings or otherwise, and (d) in any workout or restructuring or in
connection with the protection, preservation, exercise or enforcement of any of
the terms hereof or of any rights hereunder or under any other Loan Document or
in connection with any foreclosure/repurchase, collection or bankruptcy
proceedings, and (ii) all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or
nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the
Agent, in its capacity as such, in any way relating to or arising out of this
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or any action taken or omitted by
the Agent hereunder or thereunder; provided that the Company shall not be liable
for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements (a) if the same
results from the Agent’s or the Banks’ gross negligence or willful misconduct,
or (b) if the Company was not given notice of the subject claim and the
opportunity to participate in the defense thereof, at its expense, or (c) if the
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agreement entered into without the consent of the Company which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld.

 

10.6                           Exculpatory Provisions.  Neither the Agent nor
any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or affiliates shall (i) be
liable to any Bank for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them
hereunder, or in connection herewith including pursuant to any other Loan
Documents, including without limitation, the provision of any notice or copies
of documents to the Banks, unless caused by its or their own gross negligence or
willful misconduct, (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Banks for
the effectiveness, enforceability, genuineness, validity or the due execution of
this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any recital,
representation, warranty, document, certificate, report or statement herein or
made or furnished under or in connection with this Credit Agreement or any other
Loan Document, or (iii) be under any obligation to any of the Banks to ascertain
or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants
or conditions hereof or thereof on the part of the Company, or the financial
condition of the Company, or the existence or possible existence of any Event of
Default or default under the Loan Documents.  Neither the Agent nor any Bank nor
any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys or
affiliates shall be liable to the Company or any other Person for consequential
damages resulting from any breach of contract, tort or other wrong in connection
with the negotiation, documentation or administration of the Loan Documents or
the collection of the Warehouse Advances, except for those caused by or
resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct thereof.

 

10.7                           Reimbursement and Indemnification of the Agent by
the Banks.  Each Bank agrees to reimburse and indemnify the Agent (to the extent
not reimbursed by the Company and without limiting the obligation of the Company
to do so) in proportion to its Warehouse Pro Rata Share from and against all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Agent, in its capacity as such,
in any way relating to or arising out of this Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document or any action taken or omitted by the Agent hereunder or thereunder,
provided that no such reimbursement shall be required with respect to expenses
incurred by the Agent during the time period through the date hereof and no Bank
shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
if the same relates to or arises out of the Agent’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct.

 

10.8                           Reliance by the Agent.  The Agent shall be
entitled to rely upon any writing, telegram, telex or teletype message,
facsimile, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, letter, cablegram,
statement, order or other document or conversation by telephone or otherwise
believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made
by the proper Person or Persons, and upon the advice and opinions of counsel and
other professional advisers selected by the Agent.  The Agent shall be fully
justified in failing or refusing to take any action hereunder unless it shall
first be indemnified to is satisfaction by the Banks against any and all
liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or
continuing to take any such action.

 

10.9                           Notice of Default.  The Agent shall not be deemed
to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any default under the Loan
Documents or Event of Default unless the Agent has received written notice from
a Bank or the Company referring to this Credit Agreement, specifically
describing such default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a
“notice of default.”  In the event that the Agent receives such a notice of an
occurrence of an Event of Default, the Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to
the Banks.  If an Event of Default shall occur, the Agent shall take such
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directed by the Requisite Banks or all of the Banks, as applicable.  Unless and
until the Agent shall have received such instructions, the Agent may (but shall
not be obligated to) take such action or refrain from taking such action, as it
shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Banks.

 

10.10                     The Banks in Their Individual Capacities.  With
respect to its Warehouse Line Commitment and the Warehouse Advances made by it,
the entity which is the Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as
any other Bank and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent, and
the term “Banks” shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, include the
entity which is the Agent in its individual capacity.  National City and its
affiliates and each of the Banks and their respective affiliates may, without
liability to account, except as prohibited herein, make loans to, accept
deposits from, discount drafts for, act as trustee under indentures of, and
generally engage in any kind of banking or trust business with, the Company and
its Affiliates, in the case of the entity which is the Agent, as though it were
not acting as Agent hereunder and in the case of each Bank, as though such Bank
were not a Bank hereunder.

 

10.11                     Holders of Notes.  The Agent may deem and treat any
payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until
written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof shall have been filed with
the Agent.  Any request, authority or consent of any Person who at the time of
making such request or giving such authority or consent is the holder of any
Note shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, transferee or
assignee of such Note or of any Note or Notes issued in exchange therefor.

 

10.12                     Successor Agent.  The Agent (i) may resign as Agent
with the consent of the Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld,
or (ii) shall resign if such resignation is requested by the Requisite Banks, in
either case (i) or (ii) by giving not less than sixty (60) calendar days prior
written notice to the Company and the Banks.  If the Agent shall resign under
this Credit Agreement, then either (a) the Requisite Banks shall appoint from
among the Banks a successor agent for the Banks, subject to the consent of such
successor agent by the Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, or
(b) if a successor agent shall not be so appointed and approved within the sixty
(60) calendar day period following the Agent’s notice to the Banks of its
resignation, then the Agent shall appoint, with the consent of the Company, such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld, a successor agent who shall serve as
Agent until such time as the Requisite Banks appoint, and the Company consents,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, to the appointment of, a
successor agent.  Upon its appointment pursuant to either clause (a) or
(b) above, such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties
of the Agent and the term “Agent” shall mean such successor agent, effective
upon its appointment, and the former Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Agent
shall be terminated without any other or further act or deed on the part of such
former Agent or any of the parties to this Credit Agreement.  After the
resignation of any Agent hereunder, the provisions of this Article 10 shall not
by reason of such resignation be deemed to be released from liability for any
actions taken or not taken by it while it was an Agent under this Credit
Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, during
the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, all actions may
be taken under this Section 10.12 without the necessity of obtaining the consent
of the Company.

 

10.13                     Calculations.  In the absence of gross negligence or
willful misconduct, the Agent shall not be liable for any error in computing the
amount payable to any Bank whether in respect of the Warehouse Advances or the
fees or other amounts due to the Banks under this Credit Agreement.  In the
event an error in computing any amount payable to any Bank is made, the Agent,
the Company and each affected Bank shall, forthwith upon discovery of such
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correct such error.  In no event, however, shall the Company be required to pay
more than the amount of error itself.

 

10.14                     Beneficiaries.  Except as set forth in Sections 10.5
and 10.12 hereof, the provisions of this Article 10 are solely for the benefit
of the Agent and the Banks, and the Company shall not have any rights to rely on
or enforce any of the provisions hereof.  In performing its functions and duties
under this Credit Agreement, the Agent shall act solely as agent of the Banks
and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation
toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for the Company or any other
Person.

 

ARTICLE 11

 

ADDITIONAL BANKS; ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS

 

11.1                           Additional Banks.  The Agent with the consent of
the Company may at any time propose that one or more commercial banks each of
which is organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or
organized under the laws of any other country, or a political subdivision
thereof (provided that such foreign bank is acting through a branch or agency
located in the United States, or is organized under the laws of a country that
is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or a
political subdivision of such country), is regularly engaged in the business of
mortgage warehouse lending, and has capital and surplus of at least Three
Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000.00) (each, an “Applicant Financial
Institution”) become an additional Bank hereunder. At such time, the Company or
the Agent, as applicable, shall notify the other parties hereto of the identity
of such Applicant Financial Institution and such Applicant Financial
Institution’s proposed Warehouse Line Commitment (which must not be less than
Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00)); provided, however, notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, without the prior written consent of
the Agent and the Requisite Banks, the Total Warehouse Line Commitment shall
never exceed One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($150,000,000.00).  The Agent and
the Company shall mutually agree on the effective date on which such Applicant
Financial Institution shall become a party hereto and a Bank hereunder (the
“Adjustment Date”).  On such Adjustment Date: (i) the Agent shall deliver to the
Company and each of the Banks a Commitment Schedule and Allocation Notice to be
effective from such Adjustment Date; (ii) such Applicant Financial Institution
shall pay to the Agent, no later than 12:00 noon Prevailing Time, an amount
equal to such Applicant Financial Institution’s Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate
Outstanding Warehouse Balance and the Aggregate Outstanding Excess Balance to be
funded on such Adjustment Date, as applicable, whereupon, the Agent shall
thereupon remit to the Banks their respective shares of such funds, as
applicable, and following such Adjustment Date, fees and interest accrued on
Loans to but not including such Adjustment Date shall be payable to the Banks in
accordance with their respective  Pro Rata Shares prior to such Adjustment Date
before giving effect to the readjustment thereof pursuant to the Commitment
Schedule and Allocation Notice provided by the Company on such Adjustment Date;
(iii)  the Agent, the Company and such Applicant Financial Institution shall
execute and deliver an agreement in the form of that attached hereto as
Exhibit G (an “Additional Lender Agreement”), which agreement shall constitute
an amendment to this Credit Agreement to the extent necessary to reflect the
inclusion of such Applicant Financial Institution as a Bank hereunder, and if in
connection with the inclusion of such Applicant Financial Institution as a Bank
hereunder, the Total Warehouse Line Commitment will be increased, the parties
hereto will execute any additional amendments to the Loan Documents as the 
Agent reasonably requests to reflect such increase; (iv)  the Company shall
execute and deliver new Notes, as applicable, to such Applicant Financial
Institution; (v) subject to the requirements described above, such Applicant
Financial Institution shall become a party hereto and a Bank hereunder and shall
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benefits and privileges accorded a Bank hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents and shall be subject to all obligations of a Bank hereunder and under
the other Loan Documents; and (vi)  the Applicant Financial Institution shall
pay to the Agent a registration fee in an amount determined by the Agent in its
sole discretion covering the admission of the Applicant Financial Institution
into this Credit Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, the Company may, with the prior written consent of the Agent and the
Requisite Banks, reduce the Total Warehouse Line Commitment in multiples of Two
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00); provided, however, any
such reduction (y) shall not reduce the ratio of the Total Warehouse Line
Commitment to the National City Line Commitment to less than 4:1, and (z) any
such reduction shall be prorated as to the Banks, except reductions which occur
during the annual renewal period which shall only require the consent of the
Company and the Agent.  Furthermore, the Company may, with the prior written
consent of the Agent, remove any financial institution as a Bank hereunder with
or without cause.  In addition to the foregoing and notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, the Agent and the Company may in their joint
discretion implement an increase in the Total Warehouse Line Commitment, on
either a temporary or permanent basis, by increasing any particular Bank’s
respective Warehouse Line Commitment; provided:  (i) no Bank’s Warehouse Line
Commitment may be increased without such Bank’s prior written consent, (ii) any
such increase must not be less than Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($2,500,000.00) and must be a multiple of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($2,500,000.00); (iii) the Total Warehouse Line Commitment shall never
exceed One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($150,000,000.00) without the prior
written consent of the Agent and the Requisite Banks; and (iv) the Agent, the
Company and the respective Bank whose Warehouse Line Commitment is increasing
(the “Increased Bank”) shall mutually agree on the Adjustment Date for such
increase and on such Adjustment Date [a] the Agent shall deliver to the Company
and each Bank a Commitment Schedule and Allocation Notice to be effective from
such Adjustment Date, [b] the Agent, the Company and the Increased Bank shall
execute and deliver to the other Banks an amendment document implementing such
increase, and [c] the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warehouse
Promissory Note to such Increased Bank reflecting such increase.

 

11.2                           Assignments and Participations.  Any Bank may,
with the prior written consent of the Agent and Company, which consent shall not
unreasonably be withheld, assign all or any portion of its interests, rights and
obligations under this Credit Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Warehouse Line Commitment, Loans, or its Warehouse Note) to one or more banks or
other financial institutions having experience as a co-bank in credit facilities
similar to the Agreement (each an “Assignee”), provided, however, (a) no such
consent by the Agent and Company shall be required in the case of any assignment
to another Bank or any Affiliate of such Bank or another Bank; (b) no such
consent by Agent and Company shall be required in the case of an assignment
while an Event of Default exists and is continuing; and (c) any partial
assignment shall be in an amount at least equal to Five Million Dollars
($5,000,000.00) and integral multiples of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000.00) in excess thereof, and (c) each such assignment shall be effected
by means of an assignment agreement reasonably acceptable to Agent, the
assigning Bank and the Assignee (an “Assignment and Acceptance Agreement”). 
From and after the effective date specified in the Assignment and Acceptance
Agreement approved by the Agent, the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto
and have the rights and obligations of the assigning Bank hereunder, the
assigning Bank shall be relieved from its obligations hereunder to a
corresponding extent, this Credit Agreement shall be amended to reflect such
assignment, and the Agent and the Company shall make appropriate arrangements so
that a new Note is issued to the Assignee and such assigning Bank, as
appropriate.  In connection with any such assignment, the assigning Bank shall
pay to the Agent an administration fee for processing such assignment in the
amount of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00). Each Bank may, at no
additional cost to the Company, grant participations in all or any part of the
outstanding principal balance of its Warehouse Notes and its Warehouse Line
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more Persons provided that (i) any such disposition shall not, without the
consent of the Company, require the Company to file a registration statement
with the Securities and Exchange Commission or apply to qualify the Warehouse
Advances or the Warehouse Notes under the blue sky law of any state; (ii) the
holder of any such participation shall not be entitled to require such Bank to
take or omit to take any action hereunder; and (iii) any Person to whom such
disposition has been made shall not be considered a “Bank” for purposes of this
Credit Agreement.  No Bank shall, as between the Company and that Bank, be
relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any granting of
participations in all or any part of the outstanding principal balance of its
Warehouse Notes or its Warehouse Line Commitment of or other obligations owed to
such Bank. Notwithstanding anything contained here and to the contrary, any Bank
may at any time pledge or sign or any portion of such Bank’s rights under this
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to a Federal Reserve Bank.

 

ARTICLE 12

 

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

THE COMPANY, THE BANKS AND THE AGENT HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A
JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS
CREDIT AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.  THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS
INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY
COURT THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
LIMITATION, CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER
COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS.  THE COMPANY, THE BANKS AND THE AGENT
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR EACH SUCH PARTY TO
ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT THE COMPANY, THE BANKS AND THE AGENT
HAVE ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS WITH THE
OTHERS.  THE COMPANY, THE BANKS AND THE AGENT FURTHER WARRANT AND REPRESENT THAT
EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT EACH KNOWINGLY
AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL.  THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER
ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS,
RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENTS.  IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED
AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

 

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

 

 

 

WASHTENAW MORTGAGE COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

Washtenaw Mortgage Company

 

 

3767 Ranchero Drive

 

 

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108

 

Attn:

Howard Nathan

 

 

Vice President and CFO

 

Fax:

734-741-5663

 

Ph:

734-662-9733 (x611)

 

 

 

 

 

(the “Company”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NATIONAL CITY BANK OF KENTUCKY

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

National City Bank of Kentucky

 

 

101 South Fifth Street

 

 

Louisville, KY 40202

 

Attn:

Gary Sieveking

 

 

Senior Vice President

 

Fax:

(502) 581-4154

 

Ph:

(502) 581-7660

 

 

 

 

 

(“National City”)

 

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COMERICA BANK

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

Comerica Bank

 

 

500 Woodward Ave., MC: 3256

 

 

Detroit, Michigan 48226

 

Attn:

Heather Hogle

 

 

Account Representative

 

Fax:

(313) 222-9295

 

Ph:

(313) 222-5740

 

 

 

 

 

(“Comerica”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COLONIAL BANK, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

Mortgage Warehouse Lending Division

 

 

201 East Pine Street, Suite 730

 

 

Orlando, Florida 32801

 

Attn:

Jennifer Branker

 

 

Vice President

 

Fax:

(407) 835-6690

 

Ph:

(407) 835-6700

 

 

 

 

 

(“Colonial”)

 

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NATIONAL CITY BANK OF KENTUCKY, in its

 

capacity as Agent for the Banks

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

National City Bank of Kentucky

 

 

101 South Fifth Street

 

 

Louisville, KY  40202

 

Attn:

Gary Sieveking

 

 

Senior Vice President

 

Fax:

(502) 581- 4154

 

Ph:

(502) 581-7660

 

 

 

 

 

(the “Agent”)

 

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