Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement



 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO 
 SECOND AMENDED AND 
 RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS AMENDMENT NO 2 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into at
Columbus, Ohio, as of February 1, 2005, by and among (a) Dominion Homes, Inc. (the “Company”), (b) the institutions from time to time party to the Credit Agreement (as defined below) signatory hereto (individually a “Lender” and
collectively the “Lenders”), and (c) The Huntington National Bank (“Huntington”) in its separate capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders and issuing banks under the Credit Agreement (with its successors in such capacity,
the “Administrative Agent”). This Amendment further amends and modifies a certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 3, 2003 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Credit Agreement”) by and among (a) the Company, as borrower, (b) the Lenders, as lenders, (c) KeyBank National Association, as Syndication Agent, (d) U. S. Bank National Association, as Documentation Agent, and (e) Huntington, as issuing
bank for any Letters of Credit issued pursuant to the Credit Agreement, a Lender and Administrative Agent. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 RECITALS: 
  
 A. As of December 3, 2003, the Company, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the other agents referred to therein
executed and delivered the Credit Agreement setting forth the terms of certain extensions of credit to the Company; and 
  
 B. As of December 3, 2003, and, subsequently, June 30, 2004, in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Company executed and delivered, inter
alia, revolving credit notes and replacement revolving credit notes in favor of the Lenders, in the aggregate original principal sum of Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300,000,000) and a swing note in favor of Huntington in the principal sum of
Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000) (hereinafter collectively, the “Notes”); and 
  
 C. In connection with the Credit Agreement and the Notes, the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent
certain other Loan Documents; and 
  
 D. The Company has requested
that the Lenders and the Administrative Agent amend and modify a certain covenant in the Loan Agreement in order to increase for a limited period of time the maximum permitted inventory of Speculative Homes, and the Required Lenders and the
Administrative Agent are willing to do so upon the terms and conditions contained herein. 







 NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 1. Section
8.21, “Speculative Homes,” of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to recite in its entirety as follows: 
  
 8.21 Speculative Homes. 
  
 The Company and its Subsidiaries will not have an inventory of Speculative Homes and other dwellings built for speculation, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, that exceeds (i) $35,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding for the period beginning December 31, 2004, through and including June 29, 2005, and (ii) $30,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding beginning June 30, 2005, and at
any time thereafter, valued the at the lesser of cost or market. 
  
 2. Conditions of Effectiveness. All provisions of this Amendment shall become effective as of February 1, 2005, upon satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent: 
  
 (a) The Administrative Agent shall have received: 
  
 (i) duly executed counterparts (with sufficient copies for the
Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Company) of this Amendment executed by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Company; 
  
 (ii) a Closing Certificate by the Company and each Guarantor; and 
  
 (iii) such other certificates, instruments, documents, agreements, and opinions of counsel as may be required by the
Administrative Agent, each of which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel; and 
  
 (b) The representations contained in the immediately following paragraph shall be true and accurate. 
  
 3. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender as follows: (a) that after giving effect to this Amendment, each representation and warranty made by or on behalf of the Company in the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents is true and correct
in all respects on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty expressly relates solely to a date prior hereto; (b) the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company and each Restricted Subsidiary, if applicable, of this Amendment and the Loan Documents, as the case may be, have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate or organizational action on the part of each such Person and will not violate
any Constituent Document of such Person; (c) each of this Amendment and the Loan Documents has been duly 
  

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 executed and delivered by the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, and each of this Amendment, the
Credit Agreement as amended hereby and Loan Document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person, enforceable against each such Person in accordance with the terms thereof; and (d) no event has occurred and is continuing, and
no condition exists which would constitute an Event of Default or a Potential Default. 
  
 4. Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents. (a) Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,” “Credit
Agreement,” “Agreement,” the prefix “herein,” “hereof,” or words of similar import, and each reference in the Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended
hereby. (b) Except to the extent amended or modified hereby, all of the representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents shall remain as written originally and in full force and effect in
accordance with their respective terms and are hereby ratified and confirmed, and nothing herein shall affect, modify, limit or impair any of the rights and powers which the Lenders or the Administrative Agent may have hereunder or thereunder. The
amendment set forth herein shall be limited precisely as provided for herein, and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of, amendment of, consent to or modification of any of the rights of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent under or of any other
term or provisions of the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document, or of any term or provision of any other instrument referred to therein or herein or of any transaction or future action on the part of the Company which would require the consent of
the Lenders or the Administrative Agent. 
  
 5.
Counterparts. This Amendment 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 an original, and all of which together will constitute
one and the same instrument. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a facsimile copy of an executed signature page hereof will constitute receipt by the Administrative Agent of an executed counterpart of this Amendment. 
  
 6. Costs and Expenses. The Company agrees to pay on demand in
accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement all reasonable costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, reproduction, execution and delivery of this Amendment and all other Loan Documents entered into in
connection herewith, including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent’s counsel with respect thereto. 
  
 7. Governing Law. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in
accordance with, the law of the State of Ohio. 
  
 8.
Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and will not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose. 
  

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 9. Patriot Act Notice. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby notify the Company that
pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub.L.10756 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), they are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Company, which information
includes the name and address of the Company and other information that will allow the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to identify the Company in accordance with the Act. 
  
 [Signature pages follow.] 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, the Administrative Agent and the following Lenders have hereunto set
their hands as of the date first set forth above. 
  

			
	COMPANY:
	
	DOMINION HOMES, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Terrence R. Thomas


	Its:	 	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	
	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
	
	THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Frederick G. Hadley


	Its:	 	Senior Vice President
	
	THE LENDERS:
	
	THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK,
	as Lender and Issuing Bank
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Frederick G. Hadley


	Its:	 	Senior Vice President
	
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (successor by merger to Bank One, NA (Main Office Columbus))
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David A. DeVictor


	Its:	 	First Vice President


  

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	KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Andrew D. Stickney


	Its:	 	Vice President
	
	NATIONAL CITY BANK
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Steven A. Smith


	Its:	 	Senior Vice President
	
	THE PROVIDENT BANK
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Martin


	Its:	 	Senior Vice President
	
	COMERICA BANK
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Charles Weddell


	Its:	 	Vice President
	
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Dean J. VandeWater


	Its:	 	Vice President
	
	FIFTH THIRD BANK (CENTRAL OHIO)
		
	By:	 	  


	Its:	 	  




  

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	FLEET NATIONAL BANK
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mark W. Lariviere


	Its:	 	Senior Vice President
	
	WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, a federal association
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Javier Barrera


	Its:	 	Vice President


  
  

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 CONSENT OF GUARANTORS 
  
 The undersigned, each being a guarantor of the Company’s indebtedness to the Lenders pursuant to certain guaranty
agreements executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent, hereby consents and agrees to be bound by the terms, conditions and execution of the above Amendment and hereby further agrees that (i) each of their obligations shall be continuing as
provided in said guaranty agreements, and (ii) said guaranty agreements shall remain as written originally and continue in full force and effect in all respects. 
  

											
	DOMINION HOMES OF KENTUCKY GP, LLC	 	DOMINION HOMES REALTY, LLC
				
	By:	 	 /s/ Terrence R. Thomas

	 	By:	 	 /s/ Terrence R. Thomas


	Its:	 	Vice President and Treasurer	 	Its:	 	Vice President and Treasurer
		
	ALLIANCE TITLE AGENCY OF KENTUCKY, LLC	 	RESOLUTION PROPERTY COMPANY, LLC
				
	By:	 	 /s/ Terrence R. Thomas

	 	By:	 	 /s/ Terrence R. Thomas


	Its:	 	Vice President and Treasurer	 	Its:	 	President	 	 
			
	 	 	 	 	DOMINION HOMES OF KENTUCKY, LTD., a Kentucky limited partnership
	 	 	By:	 	Dominion Homes of Kentucky GP, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company, its general partner
					
	 	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 /s/ Terrence R. Thomas


	 	 	 	 	 	 	Its:	 	Vice President and Treasurer

  

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