Exhibit 10.5

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

FOURTH AMENDMENT
 TO
 MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

FOURTH AMENDMENT, dated as of June 29, 2012 (the “Amendment”), to the Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of December 3, 2010, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of April 8, 2011, as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of June 30, 2011, as further amended by that certain Third Amendment to Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of April 13, 2012, and as further amended by that certain letter dated April 27, 2012 (the “Existing Master Repurchase Agreement”), by and among Excel Mortgage Servicing, Inc., a California corporation, with an address at 19500 Jamboree Road #400, Irvine, California 92612, as a seller (“Excel”), AmeriHome Mortgage Corporation, a Michigan corporation, with an address at 2141 W. Bristol Road, Flint, Michigan 48507, as a seller (“AmeriHome”) (Excel and AmeriHome are individually and collectively referred to herein as “Seller”), and Customers Bank, a Pennsylvania state-chartered bank, with an address at 99 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania 19460 (the “Buyer”).

 

RECITALS

 

The Seller has requested the Buyer to agree to amend the Existing Master Repurchase Agreement as set forth in this Amendment.  The Buyer is willing to agree to such amendment, but only on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Amendment.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Seller and the Buyer hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
 DEFINITIONS

 

Definitions.  Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms that are used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Existing Master Repurchase Agreement.

 

ARTICLE II
 AMENDMENT

 

1.             The following definitions contained in Section 1 (Definitions) of the Existing Master Repurchase Agreement are hereby deleted and replaced in their entirety by the following:

 

“Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price” means Forty Million and 00/100 Dollars ($40,000,000.00).

 

“Termination Date” means June 28, 2013, or such earlier date on which this Agreement shall terminate in accordance with the provisions hereof or by operation of law.

 











 

ARTICLE III
 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

All representations and warranties contained in the Existing Master Repurchase Agreement are true and correct as of the date of this Amendment (except to the extent that any of such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date).

 

ARTICLE IV
 MISCELLANEOUS

 

1.             Ratification.  Except as expressly affected by the provisions hereof, the Existing Master Repurchase Agreement, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and ratified and confirmed by the parties hereto.  On and after the date hereof, each reference in the Existing Master Repurchase Agreement to “the Agreement”, “hereunder”, “herein” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

 

2.             Limited Scope.  This Amendment is specific to the circumstances described above and does not imply any future amendment or waiver of rights of the Buyer and the Seller under the Existing Master Repurchase Agreement.

 

3.             Severability.  Any provisions of this Amendment which are prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

4.             Caption.  The captions in the Amendment are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

5.             Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

6.             Applicable Law.  THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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

 

 

	
ATTEST:
    	
 
    	
CUSTOMERS   BANK
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/   J. Christopher Black
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Glenn Hedde
    
	
Name:
    	
J.   Christopher Black
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Glenn   Hedde
    
	
Title:
    	
Senior   Vice President
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President,   Warehouse Lending
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ATTEST:
    	
 
    	
EXCEL   MORTGAGE SERVICING, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/   Ron Morrison
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   William Ashmore
    
	
Name:
    	
Ron   Morrison
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
William   Ashmore
    
	
Title:
    	
Executive   Vice President & 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President
    
	
 
    	
General   Counsel
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ATTEST:
    	
 
    	
AMERIHOME   MORTGAGE CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
/s/   Ron Morrison
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   William Ashmore
    
	
Name:
    	
Ron   Morrison
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
William   Ashmore
    
	
Title:
    	
Executive   Vice President &
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
President
    
	
 
    	
General   Counsel
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
							


 

 

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