Note Purchase Agreements, dated as of June 5, 2007



 Exhibit 10.3 
 NEWSTAR COMMERCIAL LOAN TRUST 2007-1 NOTES 
 $336,500,000 CLASS A-1 NOTES 
 $24,000,000 CLASS B NOTES 
 $58,500,000 CLASS C NOTES 
 $27,000,000 CLASS D NOTES 
 PURCHASE AGREEMENT 
 June 5, 2007 
 Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 
 Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, 

ABN AMRO Incorporated, 
 BMO Capital Markets Corp. and 
 J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 
 as the Initial Purchasers (the “Initial
Purchasers”) 

	c/o	Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as 


	  	representative of the Initial Purchasers 


	  	(the “Representative”) 


	  	390 Greenwich Street 


	  	New York, New York 10013 

 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 Section 1. Authorization of Notes. 
 NewStar Financial, Inc. (the “Company”), as designated manager of NewStar Commercial Loan LLC 2007-1 (the “Trust Depositor”), has duly authorized the sale of the NewStar Commercial Loan Trust 2007-1 Notes,
consisting of the Class A-1 Notes (the “Class A-1 Notes”), the Class A-2 Notes (the “Class A-2 Notes”), the Class B Notes (the “Class B Notes”), the Class C Notes (the “Class C
Notes”), the Class D Notes (the “Class D Notes” and together with the Class A-1 Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class C Notes, the “Offered Notes”), the Class E Note (the “Class E
Note”) and the Class F Note (the “Class F Note” and together with the Class A-2 Notes, the Class E Note and the Offered Notes, the “Notes”) of NewStar Commercial Loan Trust 2007-1, a Delaware statutory
trust (the “Trust”). The Trust was formed pursuant to (i) a Trust Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2007 and amended and restated on June 5, 2007 (the “Trust Agreement”) between the Trust Depositor and
Wilmington Trust Company, as the owner trustee (the “Owner Trustee”) and (ii) a Certificate of Trust filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 15, 2007. The Class A-1 Notes will be issued in an
aggregate principal amount of $336,500,000, the Class A-2 Notes will be issued in an aggregate principal amount of up to $100,000,000, the Class B Notes will be issued in an aggregate principal amount of $24,000,000, the Class C Notes will be
issued in an aggregate principal amount of $58,500,000, the Class D Notes will be issued in an aggregate 








 
principal amount of $27,000,000, the Class E Notes will be issued in an aggregate principal amount of $29,100,000 and the Class F Note will be issued in an
aggregate principal amount of $24,900,000. In addition to the Notes, the Trust is issuing a Trust Certificate (the “Certificate”). The Notes will be secured by the assets of the Trust. The Certificate will represent a fractional
undivided beneficial interest in the Trust. The Certificate will be issued pursuant to the Trust Agreement. The Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, to be dated as of June 5, 2007 (the “Indenture”), between the Trust
and U.S. Bank National Association, as the Trustee (the “Trustee”). The primary assets of the Trust will be a pool of commercial loans, or interests thereon, originated or purchased by the Company (collectively, the
“Commercial Loans”). The Trust Depositor will acquire the Commercial Loans from the Company pursuant to a Commercial Loan Sale Agreement, to be dated as of June 5, 2007 (the “Loan Sale Agreement”), between the
Company and the Trust Depositor. Pursuant to a Sale and Servicing Agreement, to be dated as of June 5, 2007 (the “Sale and Servicing Agreement”), among the Trust, the Company, the Trust Depositor, Lyon Financial Services, Inc.
(d/b/a U.S. Bank Portfolio Services), as the Backup Servicer, the Trustee and Wilmington Trust Company, as the Owner Trustee (the “Owner Trustee”), the Trust Depositor will sell, transfer and convey to the Trust, without recourse,
all of its right, title and interest in the Commercial Loans. Pursuant to the Indenture, as security for the indebtedness represented by the Notes, the Trust will pledge and grant to the Trustee a security interest in the Commercial Loans, and its
rights under the Loan Sale Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement. This Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”), the Trust Agreement, the Loan Sale Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, the Indenture and the
Class A-2 Note Purchase Agreement are referred to collectively as the “Transaction Documents.” 
 Capitalized terms
used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
 The Offered Notes are to be
offered without being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to “qualified institutional buyers” in compliance with the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the
Securities Act (“QIBs”), in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”), and to institutional “accredited investors” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2),
(3) or (7) under the Securities Act) (“Institutional Accredited Investors”) who, in each case, are “qualified purchasers” (“Qualified Purchasers”) for purposes of Section 3(c)(7) under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). 
 In connection with the sale of the Offered Notes, the
Company has prepared a preliminary confidential offering memorandum dated May 7, 2007 (including any exhibits thereto and all information incorporated therein by reference, the “Preliminary Memorandum”), as supplemented by a
further preliminary confidential offering memorandum dated May 24, 2007 (including any exhibits thereto and all information incorporated therein by reference, the “Preliminary Memorandum Supplement”), and a final confidential
offering memorandum to be dated prior to the Closing Date (including any exhibits, amendments or supplements thereto and all information incorporated therein by reference, the “Final Memorandum”, and each of the Preliminary
Memorandum, the Preliminary Memorandum Supplement and the Final Memorandum, a “Memorandum”) including a description of the terms of the Offered Notes, the terms of the offering, and a description of the Trust. It is understood and
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May 29, 2007 constitutes the time of the contract of sale for each purchaser of the Offered Notes offered to the investors for purposes of Rule 159
under the Securities Act (the “Time of Sale”) and that (i) the Preliminary Memorandum Supplement, which supplements, amends and restates the Preliminary Memorandum and (ii) the information set forth on Schedule II
hereto constitute the entirety of the information conveyed to investors as of the Time of Sale (the “Time of Sale Information”). 
 It is understood and agreed that nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Initial Purchasers from entering into any agency agreements, underwriting agreements or other similar agreements governing the offer and sale of securities with
any issuer or issuers of securities, and nothing contained herein shall be construed in any way as precluding or restricting the Initial Purchasers’ right to sell or offer for sale any securities issued by any person, including securities
similar to, or competing with, the Notes. 
 During each Interest Period, the Class A-1 Notes shall bear interest at a per annum
rate equal to the then applicable LIBOR plus 0.24% per annum, the Class B Notes shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the then applicable LIBOR plus 0.55% per annum, the Class C Notes shall bear interest at
a per annum rate equal to the then applicable LIBOR plus 1.30% per annum and the Class D Notes shall bear interest at a rate equal to the then applicable LIBOR plus 2.30% per annum. 
 Each of the Company, the Trust Depositor and the Trust, as applicable, hereby agrees with you, as the Initial Purchasers, as follows: 
 Section 2. Purchase and Sale of Offered Notes. 
 Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth herein, the Trust agrees to sell to the Initial Purchasers the Offered Notes (other than the Class A-2 Notes), and the Representative
on behalf of the several Initial Purchasers has agreed to use their commercially reasonable efforts to place their respective allotment of the aggregate principal amount of Offered Notes set forth on Schedule I hereto with investors in
accordance with the terms hereof. It is understood and agreed that the allotments of the aggregate principal amount of Offered Notes of each of ABN AMRO Incorporated, BMO Capital Markets Corp. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. is zero. It is further
understood and agreed that the Initial Purchasers are not acquiring, and have no obligation to acquire, the Class A-2 Notes (which will be acquired by the respective Holder of the Class A-2 Notes pursuant to the Class A-2 Purchase
Agreement), the Class E Note, the Class F Note or the Certificate (which Class E Note, Class F Note and Certificate will be acquired by the Trust Depositor on the Closing Date pursuant to the Sale and Servicing Agreement). It is further understood
and agreed that the Representative may convey all or a portion of the Offered Notes to the other Initial Purchasers, each of which (including the Representative) may retain the Offered Notes, purchase the Offered Notes for their own account, or sell
the Offered Notes to their affiliates or to any other investor in accordance with the applicable provisions hereof and of the Indenture. 
 (a) In addition, whether or not the transaction contemplated hereby shall be consummated, the Company agrees to pay or cause to be paid by the Issuer all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations
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(the “Documents”), including, without limitation or duplication, (i) the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Company;
(ii) the fees and expenses of any trustees or custodian due to such trustees’ or custodian’s initial expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of the Offered Notes and its counsel; (iii) the fees and expenses of any bank
establishing and maintaining accounts on behalf of the holders of the Offered Notes or in connection with the transaction; (iv) the fees and expenses of the accountants for the Company, including the fees for the “comfort letters” or
“agreed–upon procedures letters” required by the Initial Purchasers, any rating agency or any purchaser in connection with the offering, sale, issuance and delivery of the Offered Notes; (v) all expenses incurred in connection
with the preparation and distribution of one or more preliminary offering memoranda and the Final Memorandum and other disclosure materials prepared and distributed and all expenses incurred in connection with the preparation and distribution of the
Transaction Documents; (vi) the fees charged by any securities rating agency for rating the Offered Notes; (vii) the fees for any securities identification service for any CUSIP or similar identification number required by the purchasers
or requested by the Initial Purchasers; (viii) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Initial Purchasers; (ix) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Offered Notes for offering and sale under state
securities laws, including the fees and disbursements of counsel and, if requested by the Initial Purchasers, the cost of the preparation and reproduction of any “blue sky” or legal investment memoranda; (x) any federal, state or
local taxes, registration or filing fees (including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements) or other similar payments to any federal, state or local governmental authority in connection with the offering, sale, issuance and delivery of the
Offered Notes; and (xi) the reasonable fees and expenses of any special counsel or other experts required to be retained to provide advice, opinions or assistance in connection with the offering, issuance, sale and delivery of the Offered
Notes. 
 Section 3. Delivery. 
 Delivery of the Offered Notes shall be made in the form of one or more global certificates delivered to The Depository Trust Company, except that any Offered Note to be sold by an Initial Purchaser to an Institutional
Accredited Investor that is also a Qualified Purchaser for purposes of Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act, but that is not a QIB (as such terms are defined herein) shall be delivered in fully registered, certificated form in the minimum
denominations set forth in the Memorandum at the offices of Dechert LLP at 10:00 a.m. Boston, Massachusetts time, on June 5, 2007, or such other place, time or date as may be mutually agreed upon by the Initial Purchasers and the Company
(the “Closing Date”). Subject to the foregoing, the Offered Notes will be registered in such names and such denominations as the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers shall specify in writing to the Company and the
Trustee. The Class A-2 Notes, the Class E Notes, the Class F Note and the Certificate shall be delivered on the Closing Date in fully registered, certificated form in the minimum denominations and the required proportions set forth in the
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 Section 4. Representations and Warranties of the Company. 
 The Company represents and warrants to the Initial Purchasers, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, that: 
  
 (i) The Final Memorandum does not and will not and any amendments
thereof or supplement thereto and any additional information and documents concerning the Offered Notes, including but not limited to one or more marketing books, delivered by or on behalf of the Company to prospective purchasers of the Offered
Notes (collectively, such information and documents, the “Additional Offering Documents”), did not or will not, each as of their respective dates or date on which such statement was made and as of the Closing Date, do not and will
not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements in each, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes
no representation or warranty as to the information contained in or omitted from the Final Memorandum or the Additional Offering Documents in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the
Initial Purchasers referenced in the last sentence of Section 8(a) herein. 
 (ii) The Time of Sale Information,
as of the Time of Sale, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty as to the information contained in or omitted from the Time of Sale Information in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on
behalf of the Initial Purchasers referenced in the last sentence of Section 8(a) herein. 
 (iii) The Company is a
Delaware corporation, duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has all corporate power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and conduct its business in which it is engaged as described in each
Memorandum and has all licenses necessary to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and is licensed and qualified in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business (including, without limitation, the origination and acquisition
of Loans and Related Property and performing its obligations hereunder and under the Transaction Documents) requires such licensing or qualification and in which the failure so to qualify would have a material adverse effect on the business,
properties, assets, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company. 
 (iv) This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company, and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms, subject, as to enforcement only, to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or the application of equitable principles in any
proceeding, whether at law or in equity. 
 (v) The Loan Sale Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, constitute valid and binding agreements of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
with their respective terms, subject, as to enforcement only, to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or the application of equitable
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 (vi) The Offered Notes have been duly authorized, and when executed and authenticated in
accordance with the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchasers in accordance with this Agreement, the Offered Notes will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Trust, enforceable against the Trust in accordance with
their terms, subject, as to enforcement only, to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or the application of equitable principles in any
proceeding, whether at law or in equity, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. 
 (vii) Other than as set
forth in or contemplated by each Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company are the subject of which, if determined adversely to the Company,
would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company or on the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or under the
Transaction Documents; and to the knowledge of the Company no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others. 
 (viii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated herein and therein and in all documents relating to the Notes will not result in any breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to which the Company
is a party or to which any of its properties or assets are subject, except for such of the foregoing as to which relevant waivers, consents or amendments have been obtained and are in full force and effect or which would not reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse effect on the financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company or on the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or under the Transaction Documents, nor will any such
action result in a violation of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any Applicable Law. 
 (ix)
Neither the Trust nor the pool of Commercial Loans is, nor after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will be, required to be registered as an “investment company” under the 1940 Act. 
 (x) Assuming the Initial Purchasers’ representations are true and accurate, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale
and delivery of the Offered Notes in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and each Memorandum to register the Offered Notes under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. 
 (xi) The Offered Notes satisfy the requirements set forth in Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Securities Act. 
  

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 (xii) At the time of execution and delivery of the Sale and Servicing Agreement and after
giving effect to any contemporaneous releases under the Warehouse Facilities, the Trust Depositor owned the Commercial Loans conveyed to it on the Closing Date free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, adverse claims or security interests
(“Liens”) other than Liens permitted by the Transaction Documents, and the Trust Depositor had the power and authority to transfer such Commercial Loans to the Trust. 
 (xiii) Upon the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, payment by the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Depositor for the
Offered Notes and delivery to the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Depositor of the Offered Notes, the Trust will own the Commercial Loans conveyed to it on the Closing Date and the Initial Purchasers will acquire title to the Offered Notes, in each
case free of Liens except such Liens as may be created or granted by the Initial Purchasers and those permitted in the Transaction Documents. 
 (xiv) No consent, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency is required for the issuance and sale of the Offered Notes or the execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, except such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as have been obtained or as may be required under state securities or blue sky
laws in connection with the sale and delivery of the Offered Notes in the manner contemplated herein. 
 (xv) The Commercial
Loans in all material respects have the characteristics described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum. 
 (xvi) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Trust Depositor set forth in each of the other Transaction Documents is true and correct in all material respects. 
 (xvii) Any taxes, fees and other governmental charges payable in connection with the execution, delivery and issuance of this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents and the Notes have been or will be paid by the Company prior to the Closing Date. 
 (xviii) No adverse selection procedures were used in selecting the Commercial Loans from among the loans that meet the representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Loan Sale Agreement and that are included in the Loan
Assets. 
 (xix) Neither the Company nor any affiliate (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D under the Securities Act
(“Regulation D”)) of the Company nor anyone acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly (except to or through the Initial Purchasers), sold or offered, or attempted to offer or sell, or solicited any offers to buy, or
otherwise approached or negotiated in respect of, any of the Offered Notes and neither the Company nor any of its affiliates will do any of the foregoing. As used herein, the terms “offer” and “sale” have the meanings specified
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 (xx) Neither the Company nor any affiliate (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) of
the Company has directly, or through any agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which is or will be integrated with the sale of the Offered Notes
in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the offering contemplated by each Memorandum or engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising in connection with the offering of the Offered Notes.

 (xxi) With respect to any Offered Notes subject to the provisions of Regulation S of the Securities Act, the Company has
not offered or sold such Offered Notes during the Distribution Compliance Period to a person (other than the Initial Purchasers) who is within the United States or its possessions or to a United States person. For this purpose, the term
“Distribution Compliance Period” is defined as such term is defined in Regulation S and the terms “United States or its possessions” and “United States person” are defined as such terms are defined for purposes of
Treas. Reg. § 1.163–5(c)(2)(i)(D). 
 (xxii) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements of the
Company, there has been no change nor any development or event involving a prospective change which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse change in or effect on (i) the business, operations, properties, assets,
liabilities, stockholders’ equity, earnings, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or management of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, whether or not in the ordinary course of business except for
the impact on the Company’s earnings due to the $14.9 million impairment on investments related to the writedown of a RMBS security as disclosed in the Company’s report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2007, or
(ii) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder or under the Transaction Documents. 
 Section 5. Sale of
Offered Notes to the Initial Purchasers. 
 The sale of the Offered Notes to the Representative on behalf of the several Initial
Purchasers and the Trust Depositor will be made without registration of the Offered Notes under the Securities Act, in reliance upon the exemption therefrom provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. 
 (a) The Company, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Depositor hereby agree that the Offered Notes will be offered and sold only in transactions exempt
from registration under the Securities Act. The Company, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Depositor will each reasonably believe at the time of any sale of the Offered Notes by the Trust through the Initial Purchasers (i) that either
(A) each purchaser of the Offered Notes is an institutional investor that is (1) a QIB who is a Qualified Purchaser purchasing for its own account (or for the accounts of QIBs to whom notice has been given that the resale, pledge or other
transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A) in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, or (2) an Institutional Accredited Investor who is a Qualified Purchaser who purchases for its own account and provides the applicable
Initial Purchasers or the Trust Depositor with a written certification in substantially the form of Exhibit D-1 to the Indenture, or (B) each purchaser is acquiring the Offered Notes in an offshore transaction meeting the requirements of
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Notes will be made in a manner it reasonably believes will enable the offer and sale of the Offered Notes to be exempt from registration under state
securities or Blue Sky laws; and each such party understands that no action has been taken to permit a public offering in any jurisdiction where action would be required for such purpose. The Company, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Depositor
each further agree not to (i) engage (and represents that it has not engaged) in any activity that would constitute a public offering of the Offered Notes within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) offer or sell
the Offered Notes by (and represents that it has not engaged in) any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D), including the methods described in Rule 502(c) of Regulation D, in connection with
any offer or sale of the Offered Notes. 
 (b) Each Initial Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to and agrees with the Company, that
(i) it is a QIB and a Qualified Purchaser and (ii) it will offer the Offered Notes only (A) to persons who it reasonably believes are QIBs who are Qualified Purchasers in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (B) to
institutional investors who it reasonably believes are Institutional Accredited Investors who are Qualified Purchasers or (C) to persons it reasonably believes are Qualified Purchasers in offshore transactions in accordance with Regulation S.
Each Initial Purchaser further agrees that it will (i) deliver to each purchaser of the Offered Notes, at or prior to the Time of Sale, a copy of the Time of Sale Information, as then amended or supplemented, which Time of Sale Information will
include a Notice to Investors in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and (ii) prior to any sale of the Offered Notes to an Institutional Accredited Investor that it does not reasonably believe is a QIB who is a Qualified Purchaser, it
will receive from such Institutional Accredited Investor a written certification in substantially the form attached as Exhibit D-1 to the Indenture. 
 (c) Each Initial Purchaser hereby represents that it is duly authorized and possesses the requisite corporate power to enter into this Agreement. 
 (d) Each Initial Purchaser hereby represents there is no action, suit or proceeding pending against or, to the knowledge of such Initial Purchasers,
threatened against or affecting, such Initial Purchasers before any court or arbitrator or any government body, agency, or official which could materially adversely affect the ability of such Initial Purchasers to perform its obligations under this
Agreement. 
 (e) Each Initial Purchaser hereby represents and agrees that all offers and sales of the Offered Notes to non–United
States persons, prior to the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, will be made only in accordance with the provisions of Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S (except to the extent of any beneficial owners thereof who acquired an
interest therein pursuant to another exemption from registration under the Securities Act and who will take delivery of a beneficial ownership interest in a Global Note, as contemplated in the Indenture) and only upon the receipt of the
certification of beneficial ownership of the securities by a non–United States person in the form provided in the Indenture. For this purpose, the term “Distribution Compliance Period” is defined as such term is defined in Regulation
S and the term “United States person” is defined as such term is defined for purposes of Treas. Reg. §1.163–5(c)(2)(i)(D). 
  

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 (f) Each Initial Purchaser hereby represents that it (i) has not offered or sold, and it will not
offer or sell, any Offered Notes to any Person in the United Kingdom except to (A) investment professionals as defined in Article 19 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”)
and investment personnel of the foregoing, (B) persons who fall within any of the categories of persons described in Articles 49(2)(A) to 49(2)(E) of the Order (high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.) and investment
personnel of the foregoing and (C) any person to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made, or otherwise in circumstances that have not resulted and will not result in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of
Section 102B of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”); (ii) has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to any Offered Notes
in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom; and (iii) has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the
meaning of Section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Offered Notes in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Issuer, or to persons to whom such communication may
otherwise lawfully be made. 
 (g) In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus
Directive (as defined below) (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each Initial Purchaser hereby represents and agrees that effective from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member
State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of the Offered Notes to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Offered Notes which
has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus
Directive, except that it may, effective from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of the Offered Notes to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time: 
 (i) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose
corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities: 
 (ii) to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average
of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (3) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated financial
statements; or 
 (iii) in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by the issuer of a prospectus pursuant
to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive. 
 For the purposes of this Section 5(g), the expression “offer of Offered Notes
to the public” in relation to any Offered Notes in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Offered Notes so as to enable an investor to decide to
purchase or subscribe the Offered Notes, as the same may be varied in that Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Member State and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC and
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 Section 6. Certain Agreements of the Company. 
 The Company covenants and agrees with the Initial Purchasers as follows: 
 (a) If, at any time prior to the 90th day following the Closing Date, any event involving the Company shall occur as a result of which the Final Memorandum (as then amended or supplemented) would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company will immediately notify the Representative on behalf of
the Initial Purchasers and prepare and furnish to the Initial Purchasers an amendment or supplement to the Final Memorandum that will correct such statement or omission. The Company will not at any time amend or supplement the Final Memorandum
(i) prior to having furnished the Initial Purchasers with a copy of the proposed form of the amendment or supplement and giving the Initial Purchasers a reasonable opportunity to review the same or (ii) in a manner to which the
Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers or its counsel shall object. 
 (b) During the period referred to in
Section 6(a), the Company will furnish to the Initial Purchasers, without charge, copies of the Final Memorandum (including all exhibits and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Transaction Documents, and all amendments or
supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as reasonably available and in such quantities as the Initial Purchasers may from time to time reasonably request. 
 (c) At all times during the course of the private placement contemplated hereby and prior to the Closing Date, (i) the Company will make available to each offeree the Additional Offering Documents and information
concerning any other relevant matters, as they or any of their affiliates possess or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense, as determined in good faith by them, (ii) the Company will provide each offeree the opportunity to ask
questions of, and receive answers from, them concerning the terms and conditions of the offering and to obtain any additional information, to the extent they or any of their affiliates possess such information or can acquire it without unreasonable
effort or expense (as determined in good faith by them), necessary to verify the accuracy of the information furnished to the offeree, (iii) the Company will not publish or disseminate any material in connection with the offering of the Offered
Notes except as contemplated herein or as consented to by the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers or except in connection with the Company’s disclosure obligations under the Exchange Act provided that no such disclosure under the
Exchange Act would result in a requirement that the offering of the Notes be registered under §5 of the Securities Act, (iv) the Company will advise the Initial Purchasers promptly of the receipt by the Company of any communication from
the SEC or any state securities authority concerning the offering or sale of the Offered Notes, (v) the Company will advise the Initial Purchasers promptly of the commencement of any lawsuit or proceeding to which the Company is a party
relating to the offering or sale of the Offered Notes, and (vi) the Company will advise the Initial Purchasers of the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Notes for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threat of
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 (d) The Company will furnish, upon the written request of any Noteholder or of any owner of a beneficial
interest therein, such information as is specified in paragraph (d)(4) of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (i) to such Noteholder or beneficial owner, (ii) to a prospective purchaser of such Note or interest therein who is a QIB and a
Qualified Purchaser designated by such Noteholder or beneficial owner, or (iii) to the Trustee for delivery to such Noteholder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser, in order to permit compliance by such Noteholder or beneficial owner with
Rule 144A in connection with the resale of such Note or beneficial interest therein by such holder or beneficial owner in reliance on Rule 144A unless, at the time of such request, the Issuer is subject to the reporting requirements of
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or is exempt from such reporting requirements pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 12g3-2(b). 
 (e) Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, each Offered Note will contain a legend to the effect set forth in the form of Notice to Investors attached as Exhibit A hereto. 
 (f) In connection with the application to list the Listed Notes on the Irish Stock Exchange, the Company will furnish from time to time any and all
documents, instruments, information and commercially reasonable undertakings and publish all advertisements or other material that may be necessary in order to effect such listing and use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain such listing
until none of such Notes is outstanding or until such time as payment of principal, interest and any additional amounts (if any) in respect of all such Notes have been duly provided for, whichever is earlier; provided that if such listing can
no longer be reasonably maintained, the Company will use its best efforts to obtain and maintain the quotation for, or listing of, such Notes on such other stock exchange or exchanges in the European Union as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably
request. 
 Section 7. Conditions of the Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. 
 The obligations of the Representative on behalf of the several Initial Purchasers to purchase the Offered Notes on the Closing Date will be subject to the
accuracy, in all material respects, of the representations and warranties of the Company herein, to the performance, in all material respects, by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

 (a) The Offered Notes shall have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated, delivered and issued, the Transaction Documents shall have
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto and shall be in full force and effect, and the Required Loan Documents in respect of the Commercial Loans shall have been delivered to the Trustee pursuant to and as
required by the Sale and Servicing Agreement. 
 (b) The Initial Purchasers shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date,
of the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or any Managing Director of the Company to the effect that such officer has carefully examined this Agreement, each Memorandum and the Transaction Documents and that, to
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(i) since the date information is given in each Memorandum, there has not been any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or
in the earnings, results of operations, business affairs or business prospects of the Company, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder or under the Transaction
Documents or in the characteristics of the Commercial Loans except as contemplated by each Memorandum or as described in such certificates, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein are true and correct in all
material respects as of the Closing Date, as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such date, (iii) the Company has complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part
to be performed or satisfied hereunder and under the Transaction Documents, at or prior to the Closing Date, (iv) the representations and warranties of the Company and the Trust Depositor in the Transaction Documents are true and correct in all
material respects, as of the Closing Date, as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of such date, and (v) nothing has come to the attention of such officer that would lead such officer to believe that (A) the
Time of Sale Information, as of the Time of Sale, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, and (B) the Final Memorandum, and any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, as of its date and as of the Closing Date, or any Additional Offering Document contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 
 (c) The Class A-1 Notes and the Class A-2 Notes shall each have been rated no less than “Aaa” by Moody’s, “AAA” by S&P, and “AAA” by Fitch, the Class B Notes shall have
been rated no less than “Aa2” by Moody’s, “AA” by S&P, and “AA” by Fitch, the Class C Notes shall have been rated no less than “A2” by Moody’s, “A” by S&P and “A” by
Fitch, and the Class D Notes shall have been rated no less than “Baa1” by Moody’s, “BBB” by S&P and “BBB+” by Fitch, such ratings shall not have been rescinded, and no public announcement shall have been made
by the respective rating agencies that the rating of the Offered Notes have been placed under review. 
 (d) On the date of the Final
Memorandum, KPMG International shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers an “agreed upon procedures” letter, dated the date of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative on behalf of the Initial
Purchasers, with respect to certain financial and statistical information contained in the Final Memorandum. 
 (e) Initial Purchasers shall
have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of in-house counsel to the Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers. 
 (f) The Initial Purchasers shall have received legal opinions of Winston & Strawn LLP, counsel to the Company and the Trust Depositor,
(i) with respect to certain corporate, federal tax, securities law and investment company matters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers and (ii) with respect to certain “true
sale” and “non–consolidation” issues in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers. 
  

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 (g) The Initial Purchasers shall have received an opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP, counsel to
the Company and the Trust Depositor, with respect to certain “perfection issues” in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers. 
 (h) The Initial Purchasers shall have received opinions of Pepper Hamilton LLP, counsel to the Owner Trustee and the Trust, with respect to certain trust
matters and with respect to certain “perfection issues,” in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers. 
 (i) The Initial Purchasers shall have received from the Trustee a certificate signed by one or more duly authorized officers of the Trustee, dated the
Closing Date, in customary form. 
 (j) The Initial Purchasers shall have received from the Owner Trustee, a certificate signed by one or
more duly authorized officers of the Owner Trustee, dated the Closing Date, in customary form. 
 (k) The Company shall have furnished to the
Initial Purchasers and its counsel such further information, certificates and documents as the Initial Purchasers and its counsel may reasonably have requested, and all proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and all documents incident hereto shall be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers and its counsel. 
 (l) All documents incident hereto and to the Transaction Documents shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative on behalf
of the Initial Purchasers and its counsel, and the Initial Purchasers and its counsel shall have received such information, certificates and documents as they may reasonably request. 
 If any of the conditions specified in this Section 7 shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this
Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, this Agreement and all of the
Initial Purchasers’ obligations hereunder may be canceled by the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers at or prior to delivery of and payment for the Offered Notes. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in
writing, or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing. 
 Section 8. Indemnification and Contribution. 
 (a) The Company and the Trust, jointly and severally (each an “indemnifying party” as such term is used in this Agreement), shall indemnify and
hold harmless each Initial Purchaser (whether acting as an Initial Purchaser or as placement agent with respect to any of the Offered Notes), their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and each person, if any, who controls an Initial
Purchaser within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and the respective affiliates of each Initial Purchaser (each an “indemnified party” as such term is used in this Agreement) from and against any loss, claim,
damage or liability, joint or several, and any action in respect thereof, to which any indemnified party may become subject, under the Securities Act or Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out
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alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Final Memorandum, any Additional Offering Document or the Time of Sale Information or arises out
of, or is based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, and shall
reimburse any such indemnified party for any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action;
provided, however, that the indemnifying parties shall not be liable to any such indemnified party in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Time of Sale Information or the Final Memorandum in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such indemnified party
specifically for inclusion therein; provided, further, that the foregoing indemnity shall not inure to the benefit of any indemnified party from whom the person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability
purchased the Offered Notes which are the subject thereof if the indemnifying parties shall sustain the burden of proving that such indemnified party sold Offered Notes to or placed Offered Notes with the person alleging such loss, claim, damage or
liability without sending or giving a copy of the Time of Sale Information at or prior to the confirmation of the sale of the Offered Notes, if the Company shall have previously furnished copies thereof to such indemnified party and the loss, claim,
damage or liability of such person results from an untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Memorandum which was corrected in the Time of Sale Information. The foregoing indemnity is in addition to any liability
that the indemnifying parties may otherwise have to any indemnified party. The indemnifying parties acknowledges that the statements set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum (x) under the captions: “Plan of
Distribution” (but solely the fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, tenth and fourteenth paragraphs under such caption), with respect to each Initial Purchaser; and (y) relating to: (i) Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in the second paragraph
under the caption “Plan of Distribution”, and with respect to its address under the caption “Purchaser Inquiries” and (ii) Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC in the third full paragraph on page i of each Memorandum and in the
third paragraph under the caption “Plan of Distribution” constitute the only written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the indemnified parties specifically for inclusion in the Time of Sale Information, the Final
Memorandum or any Additional Offering Document. 
 (b) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of
notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify such indemnifying party in writing of the claim or
commencement of that action, provided, however, that the failure to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party under this
Section 8, except to the extent that such indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such failure and, provided, further, that the failure to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such
indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 8. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify an indemnifying party
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wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified
party. After notice from any such indemnifying party or parties to the indemnified party or parties of its or their election to assume the defense of such claim or action, any such indemnifying party or parties shall not be liable to the indemnified
party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party or parties in connection with the defense thereof; provided that the Initial Purchasers seeking such indemnity shall have the right
to employ counsel to represent them and any other indemnified party such indemnified party who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim or action in respect of which indemnity may be sought by such Initial Purchasers against an
indemnifying party under this Section 8, if (i) in the reasonable judgment of such Initial Purchasers, there may be legal defenses available to them and any other indemnified party different from or in addition to those available to
the Company or the Trust, or there is a conflict of interest between them and any other indemnified party, on one hand, and the Company or the Trust, on the other, or (ii) the Company or the Trust shall fail to select counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the indemnified party or parties, and in such event the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the Company and/or the Trust. In no event shall the Company or the Trust be liable for the fees and expenses of more
than one separate firm of attorneys for all indemnified parties in connection with any other action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying
party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought
hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (i) does not include a statement as to or admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any such indemnified party, and (ii) includes an unconditional
release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding. 
 (c) If the indemnification
provided for in Section 8 shall for any reason be unavailable to an indemnified party under subsection 8(a) hereof in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then
each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in such
proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Trust on the one hand (without duplication) and the Initial Purchasers on the other from the offering and sale of the Offered Notes or (ii) if
the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the
Company and the Trust on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other with respect to the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Trust on the one hand (without duplication) and the Initial Purchasers on the other with respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net
proceeds from the offering and sale of the Offered Notes (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Trust bear (without duplication) to the total fees actually received by the Initial Purchasers with respect to such offering and
sale (including, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the offering and sale of the Class A-2 Notes). The relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or
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access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Trust and the Initial Purchasers agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection 8(c) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to
herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this subsection 8(c) shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this
subsection 8(c), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection 8(c), no Initial
Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the aggregate fee actually paid to such Initial Purchaser with respect to the offering of the Offered Notes. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of
Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. 
 (d) The indemnity agreements contained in this Section 8 shall survive the delivery of the Offered Notes, and the provisions of this Section 8 shall remain in full force and effect, regardless
of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any indemnified party. 
 Section 9.
Termination. 
 This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representative on behalf of the
Initial Purchasers, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Offered Notes, if prior to such time (i) trading in securities generally in the New York Stock Exchange or the Irish Stock Exchange shall have been
suspended or materially limited or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange has occurred, (ii) there has been, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Information or the Final
Memorandum, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the properties (including, without limitation, the Commercial Loans) or the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company considered as one
enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall have been declared by either U.S. federal or New York State authorities, or (iv) there
shall have occurred any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other calamity or crises the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the Representative on behalf of
the Initial Purchasers, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Offered Notes on the terms and in the manner contemplated by each Memorandum as amended or supplemented. 
 Section 10. Severability Clause. 
 Any part, provision, representation, or warranty of this Agreement which is prohibited or is held to be void or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
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 Section 11. Notices. 
 All demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or mailed by
overnight mail, certified mail or registered mail, postage prepaid and effective only upon receipt and if sent to the Initial Purchasers, will be delivered to the Representative, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 390 Greenwich Street, New York, New
York 10013, Attention: Asset-Backed Finance – NewStar Commercial Loan Trust 2007-1, Facsimile No.: 212.723.8591; or if sent to the Company, the Trust Depositor or the Trust will be delivered to such party c/o Newstar Financial, Inc., 500
Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, Attention: David K. Roberts, facsimile (617) 848-4300. 
 Section 12.
Representations and Indemnities to Survive. 
 The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other
statements of the Company and its officers, and of the Initial Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, the
Company or any indemnified party referred to in Section 8 of this Agreement, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Notes. 
 Section 13. Successors. 
 This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors by merger, consolidation or acquisition of their assets substantially as an entity and each indemnified party referred to in Section 8 of this Agreement and, except as specifically set forth
herein, no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder. 
 Section 14. Applicable Law. 
 (a) THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES). 
 (b) EACH PARTY HERETO
HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY REQUIREMENTS OF LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO
(I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT
AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 14(b). 
  

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 (c) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY HERETO CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON–EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH SUCH PARTY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO. 
 Section 15. Counterparts, Etc. 
 This Agreement supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any
term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated except by a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts each
of which shall be deemed an original, which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
 Section 16. Limitation of
Liability. 
 Notwithstanding any other provision herein or elsewhere, this Agreement has been executed and delivered on behalf of the
Trust by Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as Owner Trustee of the Trust, in no event shall Wilmington Trust Company, or the Owner Trustee have any liability in respect of the representations,
warranties, or obligations of the Trust hereunder or under any other document, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Trust, and for all purposes of this Agreement and each other document, the Owner Trustee and
Wilmington Trust Company, shall be entitled to the benefits of the Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Section 16 shall survive any termination of this Agreement. 
 Section 17. No Petition; Limited Recourse. 
 (a) The Initial Purchasers covenant and agree that, prior to the date that is one year and one day (or such longer preference period as shall then be in effect) after the payment in full of each Class of Notes rated
by any Rating Agency, they will not institute against the Issuer or join any other Person in instituting against the Issuer any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other similar proceedings under the
laws of the United States or any state of the United States. 
 (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the obligations of the
Issuer and the Trust Depositor hereunder are limited recourse obligations of the Issuer and the Trust Depositor, respectively, payable solely from the Collateral securing the Notes, and following the exhaustion of such Collateral, any claims of the
Initial Purchasers hereunder against the Issuer or the Trust Depositor shall be extinguished. All payments by the Issuer or the Trust Depositor to the Initial Purchasers hereunder shall be made subject to and in accordance with the Priority of
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 (c) This Section 17 will survive the termination of this Agreement. 
 Section 18. Arm’s-Length Transaction; Other Transactions. 
 (a) Each of the Company, the Trust Depositor and the Trust acknowledges and agrees that (i) the purchase and sale of the Offered Notes pursuant to
this Agreement, including the determination of the offering price of the Offered Notes and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Trust, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the
other hand, (ii) in connection with the offering contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction, each Initial Purchaser is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not an agent or fiduciary of the Trust, the Company or
the Trust Depositor or any of their respective members, creditors, employees or any other party, (iii) no Initial Purchaser has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Trust, the Company or the Trust
Depositor with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether any Initial Purchaser has advised or is currently advising any of the Trust, the Company or the Trust Depositor on other matters) and
no Initial Purchaser has any obligation to any of the Trust, the Company or the Trust Depositor with respect to the offering contemplated hereby, except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, and (iv) no Initial Purchaser has
provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby and each of the Trust, the Company and the Trust Depositor has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent
it deemed appropriate. 
 (b) Each of the Company, the Trust Depositor and the Trust acknowledges and agrees that the Initial Purchasers and
their respective Affiliates may have and may in the future have investment and commercial banking, trust and other relationships with parties other than the Company, the Trust Depositor and the Trust, which parties may have interests with respect to
the purchase and sale of the Offered Notes. Although the Initial Purchasers in the course of such other relationships may acquire information about the purchase and sale of the Offered Notes, potential purchasers of the Offered Notes or such other
parties, no Initial Purchaser shall have any obligation to disclose such information to any of the Company, the Trust Depositor or the Trust. Furthermore, each of the Company, the Trust Depositor and the Trust acknowledges that each Initial
Purchaser may have fiduciary or other relationships whereby such Initial Purchaser may exercise voting power over securities of various persons, which securities may from time to time include securities of any of the Company, the Trust Depositor or
the Trust or their respective Affiliates or of potential purchasers. Each of the Company, the Trust Depositor and the Trust acknowledges that each Initial Purchaser may exercise such powers and otherwise perform any functions in connection with such
fiduciary or other relationships without regard to its relationship to the Trust hereunder. 
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 If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the
undersigned a counterpart hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company, the Trust Depositor, the Trust and the Initial Purchasers. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	NEWSTAR FINANCIAL, INC.
		
	By:	 	/s/ John J. Frishkopf
	Name:	 	John J. Frishkopf
	Title:	 	Treasurer


  

			
	NEWSTAR COMMERCIAL LOAN LLC 2007-1
		
	By:	 	NewStar Financial, Inc., its designated manager
		
	By:	 	/s/ John J. Frishkopf
	Name:	 	John J. Frishkopf
	Title:	 	Treasurer


  

			
	NEWSTAR COMMERCIAL LOAN TRUST 2007-1
		
	By:	 	WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee on behalf of the Trust
		
	By:	 	/s/ J. Christopher Murphy
	Name:	 	J. Christopher Murphy
	Title:	 	Financial Services Officer


 NewStar Trust 2007-1 
 Purchase Agreement 








			
	The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
	
	 CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., 
 as
Representative for itself and on behalf of the Initial Purchasers

		
	By:	 	/s/ Steven Vierengel
	Name:	 	Steven Vierengel
	Title:	 	Director

 NewStar Commercial Loan Trust 2007-1 
 Purchase Agreement 







 SCHEDULE I 
  

					
	 Class Of Notes
	  	Principal Amount	  	Purchase Price (% of Par)
	 A-1
	  	$336,500,000	  	100%
	 B
	  	$  24,000,000	  	100%
	 C
	  	$  58,500,000	  	100%
	 D
	  	$  27,000,000	  	100%








 SCHEDULE II 
 TIME OF SALE INFORMATION 
 600MM NewStar Commercial Loan Trust 2007-1 **Priced** 144A/Reg S 
 Citi/Wachovia Joint Books                  Comgrs (on all but A-2):
ABN-BMO-JPM 
  

											
	 CLS
	  	SIZE	  	WAL	  	RATING	 	COUPON	  	PRICE
	 A-1
	  	336.5MM	  	8.00	  	AAA/Aaa/AAA	 	3ML+24	  	100-00
	 A-2
	  	100MM	  	8.00	  	AAA/Aaa/	 	PRE-MARKETED	  	100-00
	 B
	  	24MM	  	8.49	  	AA/Aa2/AA	 	3ML+55	  	100-00
	 C
	  	58.5MM	  	8.49	  	A/A2/A	 	3ML+130	  	100-00
	 D
	  	27MM	  	8.49	  	BBB/Baa1/BBB+	 	3ML+230	  	100-00
	 E
	  	29.1MM	  	8.49	  	BB/Ba2/BB	 	RETAINED	  	
	 F
	  	24.9MM	  	8.49	  	NA	 	RETAINED	  	

 First Coupon 11/30/2007 
 Legal Final 9/30/2022 
 Trade 5/29 Settle 6/5F 
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bill and deliver 
 NewStar Commercial Loan Trust 2007-1 
 Purchase Agreement 







 EXHIBIT A 
 FORM OF NOTICE TO INVESTORS 
 Because of the following restrictions, investors are advised to consult
legal counsel prior to making any offer, resale, pledge or other transfer of the Offered Notes. 
 Each purchaser of the Offered Notes
offered hereby will be deemed to have represented and/or agreed as follows (terms used in this “Notice to Investors” section that are defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”), Regulation S
under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”) or in Regulation D under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”) are used herein as defined therein): 
 (1) The purchaser (A) is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a
“Qualified Institutional Buyer”) or an institutional “accredited investor” (an “Institutional Accredited Investor”) (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1)–(3) or (7) under the Securities Act) who
in either case is a “qualified purchaser” (a “Qualified Purchaser”) for purposes of Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), (B) is acquiring the
Offered Notes for its own account or for the account of such a Qualified Institutional Buyer or an Institutional Accredited Investor who in either case is a Qualified Purchaser purchasing for investment and not for distribution in violation of the
Securities Act, (C) if such Person is such a Qualified Institutional Buyer who is a Qualified Purchaser, is aware that the sale of the Offered Notes to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (D) if such Person is an Institutional
Accredited Investor who is a Qualified Purchaser, will deliver a certificate in the form attached to the Indenture prior to receipt of Offered Notes or (E) is not a U.S. Person, is a Qualified Purchaser and is purchasing for its own account or
one or more accounts each of which is not a U.S. Person and is a Qualified Purchaser and is acquiring the Offered Notes in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S. 
 (2) The Offered Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, any state securities or “Blue Sky”
laws, and may not be reoffered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred except (A)(i) to a Person whom the seller reasonably believes is a Qualified Institutional Buyer who is a Qualified Purchaser that purchases for its own account or the account
of another Qualified Institutional Buyer to whom notice is given that the resale, pledge or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (ii) in certificated form to an Institutional Accredited Investor who is a Qualified Purchaser pursuant
to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject to (a) the receipt by the Trustee of a letter in the form attached to the Indenture and (b) the receipt by the Trustee of such other evidence
acceptable to the Trustee that such reoffer, resale, pledge or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and other Applicable Law, (iii) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S,
(iv) pursuant to another exemption available under the Securities Act or (v) pursuant to a valid registration statement and (B) in accordance with all applicable securities and “Blue Sky” laws of any States of the United
States or any other applicable jurisdictions. 







 (3) The Offered Notes will bear a legend to the following effect, unless the Originator
and the Trustee determine otherwise in accordance with applicable law: 
 “THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAW OF ANY STATE. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS NOTE, AGREES THAT THIS NOTE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR
OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAW AND ONLY (1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”) WHO IS A QUALIFIED PURCHASER FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 3(C)(7) OF THE 1940 ACT (A “QUALIFIED PURCHASER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN
ACCOUNT OR A QIB WHO IS A QUALIFIED PURCHASER PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB WHO IS A QUALIFIED PURCHASER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) IN
CERTIFICATED FORM TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501 (a)(1)–(3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) WHO IS A QUALIFIED PURCHASER PURCHASING FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION
OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE, SUBJECT TO (A) THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF A LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM PROVIDED IN THE INDENTURE AND (B) THE RECEIPT BY THE TRUSTEE OF SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO THE TRUSTEE THAT SUCH
REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAW OR IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND SECURITIES AND BLUE SKY LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED
STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION, (3) TO A QUALIFIED PURCHASER IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER EXEMPTION AVAILABLE UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (5) PURSUANT TO A VALID REGISTRATION STATEMENT. THE PURCHASE OF THIS NOTE WILL BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION BY THE ACQUIRER THAT EITHER: (I) IT IS NOT, AND IS NOT
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ACQUIRING OR HOLDING THE OFFERED NOTE OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN ON BEHALF OF OR WITH 








 
ANY ASSETS OF, AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
(“ERISA”), OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA, A “PLAN” DESCRIBED IN AND SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 (AS AMENDED, THE “CODE”);
(COLLECTIVELY, A “PLAN”), OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW OR REGULATION SUBSTANTIVELY SIMILAR OR OF SIMILAR EFFECT TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR
LAW”); OR (II) IN THE CASE OF A LISTED NOTE EITHER (A) ITS ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF SUCH OFFERED NOTE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE BY
REASON OF ANY OF SECTION 408(b)(17) OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975(d)(20) OF THE CODE, PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION (“PTCE”) 96-23, PTCE 95-60, PTCE 91-38, PTCE 90-1, PTCE 84-14, EACH AS AMENDED, OR AN EXEMPTION SIMILAR
TO THE FOREGOING EXEMPTIONS OR (B) IN THE CASE OF A PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW. SUCH REPRESENTATION SHALL BE DEEMED MADE ON EACH DAY FROM THE DATE ON WHICH
THE ACQUIRER ACQUIRES ITS INTEREST IN THE OFFERED NOTE THROUGH AND INCLUDING THE DATE ON WHICH THE ACQUIRER DISPOSES OF ITS INTEREST IN THE OFFERED NOTE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, NO PLAN OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW MAY PURCHASE
THIS NOTE IF IT IS A CLASS A-2 NOTE.” 
 (4) The Offered Notes will initially be represented by beneficial interests in a
single Global Note or certificated Notes as the case may be. Before any interest in a Global Note may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred to a Person who takes delivery other than through a beneficial interest in that Global Note, the
transferor will be required to provide the Trustee with a written certification, in the form provided in the Indenture, as to compliance with the applicable transfer restrictions. 
 (5) If it is acquiring any Offered Notes as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, it has sole investment discretion with
respect to each such account and that it has full power to make the acknowledgments, representations and agreements contained herein on behalf of such account.