CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO THE REGISTRANT IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED. [***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.

 

Exhibit 10.38

 

EXECUTION

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
 MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

 

Amendment No. 1 to Master Repurchase Agreement (the “Amendment”), dated as of October 15, 2015, between UBS Bank USA (the “Buyer”) and AmeriHome Mortgage Company, LLC (the “Seller”).

 

RECITALS

 

The Buyer and the Seller are parties to that certain (a) Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2015 (the “Existing Repurchase Agreement”; and as amended by this Amendment, the “Repurchase Agreement”) and (b) Pricing Letter, dated as of July 24, 2015 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pricing Letter”).  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 are hereby amended as follows:

 

SECTION 1  Covenants.  Section 12 of the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting subsection (o) in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

 

(o) Limitation on Dividends and Distributions.  Upon the  occurrence  of a Default or an Event of Default, Seller shall not make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for, a sinking or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of any equity interest of Seller, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution or dividend in respect of any of the foregoing or to any shareholder or equity owner of Seller, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of Seller or any of Seller’s consolidated Subsidiaries.  In addition, Seller shall provide notice to Buyer to the extent Seller makes any dividends or distributions in any rolling four calendar quarters in the amount of [***] or more of the Tangible Net Worth of Seller determined as of the prior calendar year end.

 

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SECTION 2  Conditions Precedent.  This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof (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 by duly authorized officers, as applicable, of the Buyer and the Seller;

 

(b)           Amendment No. 1 to Pricing Letter, executed and delivered by duly authorized officers, as applicable, of the Buyer and the Seller; and

 

(c)           such other documents as the Buyer or counsel to the Buyer may reasonably request.

 

SECTION 3  Ratification of Agreement.  As amended by this Amendment, the Existing Repurchase Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Existing Repurchase Agreement as so modified by this Amendment shall be read, taken, and construed as one and the same instrument.

 

SECTION 4  Representations and Warranties.  The Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Buyer that it is in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth in the Repurchase Agreement on its part to be observed or performed, and that no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, and hereby confirms and reaffirms the representations and warranties contained in Section 11 of the Repurchase Agreement.  The Seller hereby represents and warrants that this Amendment has been duly and validly executed and delivered by it, and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

 

SECTION 5  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 6  Severability.  Each provision and agreement herein shall be treated as separate and independent from any other provision or agreement herein and shall be enforceable notwithstanding the unenforceability of any such other provision or agreement.

 

SECTION 7  Counterparts.  This Amendment may be  executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart.  The parties agree that this Amendment, any documents to be delivered pursuant to this Amendment and any notices hereunder may be transmitted between them by email and/or by facsimile.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment in Portable Document Format (PDF) or by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Amendment.  The original documents shall be promptly delivered, if requested.

 

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SECTION 8  Binding Effect.  This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

 

SECTION 9  GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AMENDMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AMENDMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AMENDMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF.  THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AMENDMENT.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, THE EFFECTIVENESS, VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY OF ELECTRONIC CONTRACTS, OTHER RECORDS, ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION BETWEEN BUYER AND SELLER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY E-SIGN.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Buyer and the Seller have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
UBS BANK USA,   as Buyer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By
    	
/s/ Steve Stewart
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Steve Stewart
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: CCO
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By
    	
/s/ Matthew Child
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Matthew Child
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: E.D.
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
AMERIHOME MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC,   as Seller
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By
    	
/s/ Josh Adler
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Josh Adler
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Managing   Director, Secondary Marketing
    


 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Master Repurchase Agreement