Amendment No.4 to Master Repurchase Agreement


 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 EXECUTION COPY 
  
 AMENDMENT NO. 4 
 TO MASTER REPURCHASE
AGREEMENT 
  
 Amendment No. 4 dated as of January 24, 2005
(this “Amendment”), by and between BEAR STEARNS MORTGAGE CAPITAL CORPORATION (the “Buyer”), ABETTERWAYHOME FINANCE, LLC II (“Finance”) and HOMEBANC FUNDING CORP. II (“Funding” and,
together with Finance, the “Seller”). 
  
 RECITALS 
  
 The Buyer and the Seller are parties
to that certain Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2004 and as amended by Amendment No. 1 and Joinder dated as of June 7, 2004, Amendment No. 2 dated as of June 25, 2004 and Amendment No. 3 dated as of December 27, 2004 (the
“Existing Repurchase Agreement”; as amended by this Amendment, the “Repurchase Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Existing Repurchase
Agreement. 
  
 The Buyer and the Seller have agreed, subject to
the terms and conditions of this Amendment, that the Existing Repurchase Agreement be amended to reflect certain agreed upon revisions to the terms of the Existing Repurchase Agreement. 
  
 Accordingly, the Buyer and the Seller hereby agree, in consideration of the mutual promises and mutual obligations set forth
herein, that the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 
  
 SECTION 1. Exhibits. Exhibit VIII to the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with Exhibit A to this Amendment. 
  
 SECTION 2. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective
as of December 31, 2004 (the “Amendment Effective Date”) subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent: 
  
 2.1 Delivered Documents. On the Amendment Effective Date, the Buyer shall have received the following documents, each of which shall be
satisfactory to the Buyer in form and substance: 
  
 (a) this Amendment, executed and delivered and duly authorized officers of the Buyer, Finance and Funding; 
  
 (b) Amendment No. 2 to the Limited Guaranty, executed and delivered and duly authorized officers of the Buyer and the Limited Guarantor;
and 
  
 (c) such other documents as the Buyer or
counsel to the Buyer may reasonably request. 
  
 SECTION 3.
Representations and Warranties. Each of Finance and Funding hereby represents and warrants to the Buyer that after giving effect to this Amendment it is in 







 
compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth in the Existing Repurchase Agreement on its part to be observed or performed, and that no Event of
Default has occurred or is continuing, and hereby confirms and reaffirms the representations and warranties contained in Section 11 of the Existing Repurchase Agreement. 
  
 SECTION 4. Fees. The Seller agrees to pay as and when billed by the Buyer all of the reasonable fees, disbursements
and expenses of counsel to the Buyer in connection with the development, preparation and execution of, this Amendment or any other documents prepared in connection herewith and receipt of payment thereof shall be a condition precedent to the Buyer
entering into any Transaction pursuant hereto. 
  
 SECTION 5.
Confidentiality. The parties hereto acknowledge that the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 29 of the Repurchase Agreement shall apply to this Amendment. 
  
 SECTION 6. Limited Effect. Except as expressly amended and modified by this Amendment, the Existing Repurchase
Agreement shall continue to be, and shall remain, in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. 
  
 SECTION 7. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. 
  
 SECTION 8. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each
of which, when so executed, shall constitute one and the same agreement. 
  
 SECTION 9. Conflicts. The parties hereto agree that in the event there is any conflict between the terms of this Amendment, and the terms of the Existing Repurchase Agreement, the provisions of this Amendment
shall control. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 BEAR STEARNS MORTGAGE CAPITAL
 CORPORATION,

	as Buyer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Joseph Jurkowski


	Name:	 	 Joseph Jurkowski

	Title:	 	 Vice President/Assistant Secretary

	
	 ABETTERWAYHOME FINANCE, LLC II
 as
Seller

		
	By:	 	 /s/ James L. Krakau


	Name:	 	James L. Krakau
	Title:	 	Treasurer
	
	 HOMEBANC FUNDING CORP. II,
 as
Seller

		
	By:	 	 /s/ James L. Krakau


	Name:	 	James L. Krakau
	Title:	 	Treasurer








 EXHIBIT A TO AMENDMENT NO. 4 
 TO MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT 
  
 Exhibit VIII 
  
 Limited
Guarantor’s Officer’s Certificate 
  
 I,
                    , do hereby certify that I am duly elected, qualified and authorized officer of HomeBanc Corp. (the “Limited
Guarantor”). This Certificate is delivered to you in connection with Section 12(d)(iv) of the Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of April 29, 2004, among Seller and Bear Stearns Mortgage Capital Corporation (the
“Agreement”). I hereby certify that, as of the date of the financial statements attached hereto and as of the date hereof, the Limited Guarantor is and has been in compliance with all the terms of the Agreement and, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, I certify that: 
  
 (i) Maintenance of Tangible Net Worth. The Limited Guarantor has maintained a Tangible Net Worth of not less than $180,000,000 plus 85% of the net proceeds of any issuance of common or preferred shareholder equity after the
completion of the IPO. 
  
 (ii) Maintenance of
Ratio of Total Liabilities to Tangible Net Worth. The Limited Guarantor has maintained the ratio of Total Liabilities to Tangible Net Worth no greater than 18:1. 
  
 (iii) Maintenance of Ratio of Total Recourse Liabilities to Adjusted Tangible Net Worth. The Limited
Guarantor has maintained the ratio of Adjusted Total Recourse Liabilities to Adjusted Tangible Net Worth no greater than 6:1. 
  
 (iv) Maintenance of Liquidity. The Limited Guarantor has maintained, as of the end of each calendar month, Liquidity in an amount
not less than $25,000,000. 
  
 (v) Maintenance
of Net Income. The Limited Guarantor (i) has not permitted, for the calendar quarter ending March 31, 2005, Net Income (on a consolidated basis) for such calendar quarter, to be a loss greater than $15 million; (ii) has not permitted, for the
calendar quarter ending June 30, 2005, Net Income (on a consolidated basis) for such calendar quarter, to be a loss greater than $10 million; (iii) has not permitted, for the calendar quarter ending September 30, 2005, Net Income (on a consolidated
basis) for such calendar quarter, to be a loss greater than $5 million and (iv) has maintained Net Income (on a consolidated basis) of at least (A) for the calendar quarter ending December 31, 2005, $1.00 and (B) for every two consecutive calendar
quarters thereafter, $2.00.” 






 (vi) No Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing. [If any Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Seller shall describe the same in reasonable detail and describe the action the Seller has taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.] 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand this
         day of             ,             . 
  

			
	By:	 	  


	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 


  

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