Document:

Exhibit 10.6

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT is entered into as of                           , 2012 by and among Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and the holders listed on Schedule I hereto (each an “Initial Holder” and, collectively, the “Initial Holders”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the initial public offering of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), the Company and Silver Bay Operating Partnership L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), have engaged in certain formation transactions (the “Formation Transactions”), pursuant to which the Initial Holders have received common units of limited partnership interests (“OP Units”) in the Operating Partnership for their respective interests in the entities participating in the Formation Transactions;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Operating Partnership Agreement (defined below), OP Units will be redeemable for cash or, at the option of the General Partner of the Operating Partnership, exchangeable for shares of Common Stock of the Company upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained therein; and

 

WHEREAS, as a condition to receiving the consent of the Initial Holders to the Formation Transactions, the Company has agreed to grant the Initial Holders and their permitted assignees and transferees the registration rights set forth in Article II hereof.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
 DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1                                   Definitions.     In addition to the definitions set forth above, the following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:

 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, a Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the specified Person.  For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

 

“Agreement” means this Registration Rights Agreement, as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in the State of Minnesota.

 

“Charter” means the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Maryland on                           , 2012 as the same may be amended, modified or restated from time to time.

 

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“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Exchangeable OP Units” means OP Units which may be redeemable for cash or, at the Company’s option, exchangeable for shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 15.1 of the Operating Partnership Agreement (without regard to any limitations on the exercise of such exchange right as a result of the Ownership Limit Provisions).

 

“General Partner” means Silver Bay Management Corp., a Delaware corporation, or its successors as general partner of the Operating Partnership.

 

“Holder” means any Initial Holder who is the record or beneficial owner of any Registrable Security or any assignee or transferee of such Initial Holder (including assignments or transfers of Registrable Securities to such assignees or transferees as a result of the foreclosure on any loans secured by such Registrable Securities) (x) to the extent permitted under the Operating Partnership Agreement or the Charter, as applicable, and (y) provided such assignee or transferee agrees in writing to be bound by all the provisions hereof, unless such owner, assignee or transferee acquires such Registrable Security in a public distribution pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act where securities sold in such transaction may be resold without subsequent registration under the Securities Act.

 

“Initial Period” means a period commencing on the date hereof and ending 365 days following the effective date of the first Resale Shelf Registration Statement (except that, if the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exchange of Exchangeable OP Units received in the Formation Transactions are not included in that Resale Shelf Registration Statement as a result of Section 2.1(b)), the 365 days shall not begin until the later of the effective date of (i) the first Resale Shelf Registration Statement and (ii) the first Issuer Shelf Registration Statement.

 

“Issuer Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

 

“Notice and Questionnaire” means a written notice, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A, delivered by a Holder to the Company (i) notifying the Company of such Holder’s desire to include Registrable Securities held by it in a Resale Shelf Registration Statement, (ii) containing all information about such Holder required to be included in such registration statement in accordance with applicable law, including Item 507 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule thereto, and (iii) pursuant to which such Holder agrees to bound by the terms and conditions hereof.

 

“Ownership Limit Provisions” mean the various provisions of the Company’s Charter set forth in Article VII thereof restricting the ownership of Common Stock by Persons to specified percentages of the outstanding Common Stock.

 

“Operating Partnership Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership dated as of                           , 2012, as the same may be amended, modified or restated from time to time.

 

“Person” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, or any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

 

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“Registrable Securities” means with respect to any Holder shares of Common Stock at any time owned, either of record or beneficially, by such Holder and issued or issuable upon exchange of Exchangeable OP Units received in the Formation Transactions and any additional shares of Common Stock issued as a dividend, distribution or exchange for, or in respect of such shares (including as a result of combinations, recapitalizations, mergers, consolidations, reorganizations or otherwise) until (i) a registration statement (including a Resale Shelf Registration Statement) covering such shares has been declared effective by the Commission and such shares have been disposed of pursuant to such effective registration statement or unless such shares (other than Restricted Shares) were issued pursuant to an effective registration statement (including an Issuer Shelf Registration Statement), (ii) such shares have been publicly sold under Rule 144, (iii) all such shares may be sold in one transaction pursuant to Rule 144 or (iv) such shares have been otherwise transferred in a transaction that constitutes a sale thereof under the Securities Act, the Company has delivered a new certificate or other evidence of ownership for such shares not bearing the Securities Act restricted stock legend and such shares may be resold or otherwise transferred by such transferee without subsequent registration under the Securities Act.

 

“Resale Shelf Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

“Resale Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

“Restricted Shares” means shares of Common Stock issued under an Issuer Shelf Registration Statement which if sold by the holder thereof would constitute “restricted securities” as defined under Rule 144.

 

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended from time to time, or any similar successor rule thereto that may be promulgated by the Commission.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Selling Holder” means a Holder who is selling Registrable Securities pursuant to a Resale Shelf Registration Statement under the Securities Act.

 

“Shelf Registration Statement” means a Resale Shelf Registration Statement and/or an Issuer Shelf Registration Statement.

 

“Suspension Notice” means any written notice delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 2.9 with respect to the suspension of rights under a Resale Shelf Registration Statement or any prospectus contained therein.

 

ARTICLE II
 REGISTRATION RIGHTS

 

Section 2.1                                   Shelf Registration.

 

(a)                     Subject to Section 2.9, the Company shall prepare and file not later than 12 months after the consummation date of the Company’s initial public offering, a “shelf” registration statement with respect to the resale of the Registrable Securities (“Resale Shelf Registration”) by the Holders thereof on an appropriate form for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (the “Resale Shelf Registration Statement”) and permitting registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by such Holders in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by the Holders and set forth in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement.  The Company shall use its

 

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commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Resale Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as promptly as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof, and, subject to Sections 2.1(c) and 2.9, to keep such Resale Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for a period ending when all shares of Common Stock covered by the Resale Shelf Registration Statement are no longer Registrable Securities.  In addition, if the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is not on Form S-3 (or any similar or successor form) and during the period that the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is effective the Company becomes eligible to use Form S-3 (or any similar or successor form), the Company shall be entitled to amend the Resale Shelf Registration Statement so that it becomes a registration statement on Form S-3 (or any similar or successor form); provided, however, that the Company shall use its best efforts to have such amendment declared effective as soon as practicable after filing.

 

At the time the Resale Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, each Holder that has delivered a duly completed and executed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company on or prior to the date ten (10) Business Days prior to such time of effectiveness shall be named as a selling securityholder in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus in such a manner as to permit such Holder to deliver such prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable law.  If required by applicable law, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, after effectiveness of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall file a supplement to such prospectus or amendment to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement not less than once a quarter as necessary to name as selling securityholders therein any Holders that provide to the Company a duly completed and executed Notice and Questionnaire and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any post-effective amendment to such Resale Shelf Registration Statement filed for such purpose to be declared effective by the Commission as promptly as reasonably practicable after the filing thereof.

 

(b)                     The Company may, at its option, satisfy its obligation to prepare and file a Resale Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.1(a) with respect to shares of Common Stock issuable upon exchange of Exchangeable OP Units received in the Formation Transactions by preparing and filing with the Commission a registration statement on an appropriate form for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (an “Issuer Shelf Registration Statement”) providing for the issuance by the Company, from time to time, to the Holders of such Exchangeable OP Units shares of Common Stock registered under the Securities Act (the “Primary Shares”) in lieu of the Operating Partnership’s obligation to pay cash for such Exchangeable OP Units.  The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Issuer Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as promptly as reasonably practicable after filing thereof.  The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts, subject to Sections 2.1(c) and 2.9, to keep the Issuer Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for a period (the “Effectiveness Period”) expiring on the date all of the shares of Common Stock covered by such Issuer Shelf Registration Statement have been issued by the Company pursuant thereto.  In addition, if the Issuer Shelf Registration Statement is not on Form S-3 (or any similar or successor form) and during the period that the Issuer Shelf Registration Statement is effective the Company becomes eligible to use Form S-3 (or any similar or successor form), the Company shall be entitled to amend the Issuer Shelf Registration Statement so that it becomes a registration statement on Form S-3 (or any similar or successor form); provided, however, that the Company shall use its best efforts to have such amendment declared effective as soon as practicable after filing.   If the Company shall exercise its rights under this Section 2.1(b), Holders (other than Holders of Restricted Shares) shall have no right to have shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exchange of Exchangeable OP Units included in a Resale Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2.1(a).

 

(c)                      The Company shall prepare and file such additional registration statements as necessary every three years and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statements to be declared effective by the Commission so that a shelf registration statement remains

 

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continuously effective, subject to Section 2.9, with respect to resales of Registrable Securities as and for the periods required under Section 2.1(a) or (b), as applicable, such subsequent registration statements to constitute a Issuer Shelf Registration Statement or a Resale Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, hereunder.

 

(d)                     Each Holder acknowledges that by participating in its registration rights pursuant to this Agreement, such Holder will be deemed a party to this Agreement and will be bound by its terms, notwithstanding such Holder’s failure to deliver a Notice and Questionnaire; provided, that any Holder that has not delivered a duly completed and executed Notice and Questionnaire shall not be entitled to be named as a Selling Holder in, or have the Registrable Securities held by it covered by, a Resale Shelf Registration Statement.

 

Section 2.2                                   Registration Procedures; Filings; Information.      Subject to Section 2.9 hereof, in connection with any Resale Shelf Registration Statement under Section 2.1(a), the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities covered thereby in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof as quickly as reasonably practicable, and, in connection with any Issuer Shelf Registration Statement under Section 2.1(b), the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of the Primary Shares as quickly as reasonably practicable.  In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement:

 

(a)                     The Company will, if requested, prior to filing a Resale Shelf Registration Statement or prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish to each Selling Holder of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement copies of such registration statement as proposed to be filed, and thereafter furnish to such Selling Holder such number of conformed copies of such registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the prospectus included in such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus) and such other documents as such Selling Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Selling Holder.

 

(b)                     After the filing of a Resale Shelf Registration Statement, the Company will promptly notify each Selling Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement of any stop order issued or threatened by the Commission and take all reasonable actions required to prevent the entry of such stop order or to remove it if entered.

 

(c)                      The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States (where an exemption does not apply) as any Selling Holder reasonably (in light of such Selling Holder’s intended plan of distribution) requests and (ii) cause such Registrable Securities to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Selling Holder to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Selling Holder; provided that the Company will not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this paragraph (c), (B) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (C) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction.

 

(d)                     The Company will immediately notify each Selling Holder of such Registrable Securities, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of (i) the Company’s receipt of any notification of the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities covered by a Resale Shelf Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction; or (ii)

 

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the occurrence of an event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to such prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any 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 promptly make available to each Selling Holder any such supplement or amendment.

 

(e)                                  The Company will otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to its securityholders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering a period of 12 months, beginning within three months after the effective date of the registration statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder (or any successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission).

 

(f)                       The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by such Resale Shelf Registration Statement or Primary Shares covered by such Issuer Shelf Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed.

 

(g)                      In addition to the Notice and Questionnaire, the Company may require each Selling Holder of Registrable Securities to promptly furnish in writing to the Company such information regarding such selling Holder, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of distribution of the Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request and such other information as may be legally required in connection with such registration.  No Holder may include Registrable Securities in any registration statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder has furnished to the Company such information.  Each Holder further agrees to furnish as soon as reasonably practicable to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.

 

(h)                     Each Selling Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 2.2(b) or 2.2(d) or upon receipt of a Suspension Notice, such Selling Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement covering such Registrable Securities until such Selling Holder’s receipt of written notice from the Company that such disposition may be made and, in the case of clause (ii) of Section 2.2(d) or, if applicable, Section 2.9, copies of any supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 2.2(d) or, if applicable, prepared under Section 2.9, and, if so directed by the Company, such Selling Holder will deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Selling Holder’s possession, of the most recent prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice.  Each Selling Holder of Registrable Securities agrees that it will immediately notify the Company at any time when a prospectus relating to the registration of such Registrable Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of an event as a result of which information previously furnished by such Selling Holder to the Company in writing for inclusion in such prospectus contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made.

 

Section 2.3                                   Registration Expenses.     In connection with any registration statement required to be filed hereunder, the Company shall pay the following registration expenses incurred in connection with the registration hereunder (the “Registration Expenses”): (i) all registration and filing fees, (ii) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or “blue sky” laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities), (iii) printing expenses,

 

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(iv) internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities, (vi) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and customary fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by the Company, and (vii) the reasonable fees and expenses of any special experts retained by the Company in connection with such registration.  The Company shall have no obligation to pay any fees, discounts or commissions attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities, or any out-of-pocket expenses of the Holders (or the agents who manage their accounts) or any transfer taxes relating to the registration or sale of the Registrable Securities.

 

Section 2.4                                   Indemnification by the Company.    The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Selling Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers, directors and agents, and each Person, if any, who controls such Selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities that arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any registration statement or prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or that arise out of or are based upon any 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, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of or are based upon any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission included in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Selling Holder or on such Selling Holder’s behalf expressly for inclusion therein.

 

Section 2.5                                   Indemnification by Holders of Registrable Securities.     Each Selling Holder agrees, severally but not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers, directors and agents and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Selling Holder, but only with respect to information relating to such Selling Holder included in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing by such Selling Holder or on such Selling Holder’s behalf expressly for use in any registration statement or prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus.  In case any action or proceeding shall be brought against the Company or its officers, directors or agents or any such controlling person, in respect of which indemnity may be sought against such Selling Holder, such Selling Holder shall have the rights and duties given to the Company, and the Company or its officers, directors or agents or such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to such Selling Holder, by Section 2.6; provided, however, that the obligations of such Selling Holder hereunder will be limited to an amount equal to the net proceeds to such Selling Holder (after deducting any discounts and commissions) from the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration.

 

Section 2.6                                   Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings.     In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 2.4 or 2.5, such person (an “Indemnified Party”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (an “Indemnifying Party”) in writing and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, and shall assume the payment of all fees and expenses; provided, however, that the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice will not relieve such Indemnified Party of any obligations under this Article II, except to the extent such Indemnified Party is materially prejudiced by such failure.  In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party

 

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unless (i) the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) representation of the Indemnified Party by the counsel retained by the Indemnifying Party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between the Indemnified Party and the Indemnified Party.  It is understood that the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for all such Indemnified Parties, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred.  In the case of any such separate firm for the Indemnified Parties, such firm shall be designated in writing by (i) in the case of Persons indemnified pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof, the Selling Holders which owned a majority of the Registrable Securities sold under the applicable registration statement and (ii) in the case of Persons indemnified pursuant to Section 2.5, the Company.  The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Party shall indemnify and hold harmless such Indemnified Parties from and against any loss or liability (to the extent stated above) by reason of such settlement or judgment.  No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, 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 includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such proceeding.

 

Section 2.7                                   Contribution.     If the indemnification provided for in Section 2.4 or 2.5 hereof is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to herein, then each such Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company and of each Selling Holder in connection with such statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of each Selling Holder on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

The Company and the Selling Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 2.7 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.  The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, 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 Section 2.7, no Selling Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the securities of such Selling Holder were sold to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Selling Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.  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.  The Selling Holder’s obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 2.7 are several in proportion to the proceeds of the offering received by such Selling Holder bears to the total proceeds of the offering received by all the Selling Holders and not joint.

 

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Section 2.8                                   Rule 144.     The Company covenants that it will (a) make and keep public information regarding the Company available as those terms are defined in Rule 144, (b) file in a timely manner any reports and documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act , (c) furnish to any Holder forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by the Company as to its compliance with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any time more than 90 days after the effective date of the registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering), the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements), and (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (d) take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable Holders to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144.

 

Section 2.9                                   Suspension of Use of Registration Statement.

 

(a)                     If the Board of Directors of the Company determines in its good faith judgment that the filing of a Resale Shelf Registration Statement under Section 2.1(a) or the use of any related prospectus would be materially detrimental to the Company because such action would require the disclosure of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving as confidential or the disclosure of which would materially impede the Company’s ability to consummate a significant transaction, and that the Company is not otherwise required by applicable securities laws or regulations to disclose, upon written notice of such determination by the Company to the Holders which shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President or any Executive Vice President of the Company certifying thereto, the rights of the Holders to offer, sell or distribute any Registrable Securities pursuant to a Resale Shelf Registration or to require the Company to take action with respect to the registration or sale of any Registrable Securities pursuant to a Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall be suspended until the earliest of (i) the date upon which the Company notifies the Holders in writing that suspension of such rights for the grounds set forth in this Section 2.9(a) is no longer necessary and they may resume use of the applicable prospectus, (ii) the date upon which copies of the applicable supplemented or amended prospectus is distributed to the Holders, and (iii) (x) up to 30 consecutive days after the notice to the Holders if that notice is given during the Initial Period or (y) 90 consecutive days after the notice to the Holders if that notice is given after the Initial Period; provided, that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any such right more than two times in any 12-month period or less than 30 days from the termination of the prior such suspension period.  The Company agrees to give the notice under (i) above as promptly as practicable following the date that such suspension of rights is no longer necessary.

 

(b)                     If all reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to the Exchange Act have not been filed by the required date without regard to any extension, or if the consummation of any business combination by the Company has occurred or is probable for purposes of Rule 3-05 or Article 11 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act or any similar successor rule, upon written notice thereof by the Company to the Holders, the rights of the Holders to offer, sell or distribute any Registrable Securities pursuant to a Resale Shelf Registration Statement or to require the Company to take action with respect to the registration or sale of any Registrable Securities pursuant to a Resale Shelf Registration Statement shall be suspended until the date on which the Company has filed such reports or obtained and filed the financial information required by Rule 3-05 or Article 11 of Regulation S-X to be included or incorporated by reference, as applicable, in a Resale Shelf Registration Statement, and the Company shall notify the Holders as promptly as practicable when such suspension is no longer required.

 

Section 2.10                            Additional Shares.     The Company, at its option, may register under a Shelf Registration Statement and any filings with any state securities commissions filed pursuant to this

 

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Agreement, any number of unissued shares of Common Stock or any shares of Common Stock owned by any other stockholder or stockholders of the Company.

 

ARTICLE III
 MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 3.1                                   Remedies.     In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein and granted by law, including recovery of damages, the Holders shall be entitled to specific performance of the rights under this Agreement.  The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

Section 3.2                                   Amendments and Waivers.     The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, in each case without the written consent of the Company and the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities (with Holders of Exchangeable OP Units deemed to be Holders, for purposes of this Section, of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Exchangeable OP Units would be exchangeable for as of the date on which consent is requested); provided, however, that the effect of any such amendment will be that the consenting Holders will not be treated more favorably than all other Holders (without regard to any differences in effect that such amendment or waiver may have on the Holders due to the differing amounts of Registrable Shares held by such Holders).  No failure or delay by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon any breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

 

Section 3.3                                   Notices.     All notices and other communications in connection with this Agreement shall be made in writing by hand delivery, registered first-class mail, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

 

(1)                                 if to any Holder, initially to the address indicated in such Holder’s Notice and Questionnaire or, if no Notice and Questionnaire has been delivered, c/o Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp., 601 Carlson Parkway, Suite 250, Minnetonka, Minnesota 55305 Attention: Chief Executive Officer, or to such other address and to such other Persons as any Holder may hereafter specify in writing; and

 

(2)                                 if to the Company, initially at 601 Carlson Parkway, Suite 250, Minnetonka, Minnesota 55305, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, or to such other address as the Company may hereafter specify in writing.

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; when received if deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

 

Section 3.4                                   Successors and Assigns; Assignment of Registration Rights.    This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties.  Any Holder may assign its rights under this Agreement without the consent of the Company in connection with a transfer of such Holder’s Registrable Securities; provided, that the Holder notifies the

 

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Company of such proposed transfer and assignment and the transferee or assignee of such rights assumes in writing the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement.

 

Section 3.5                                   Counterparts.    This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Each party shall become bound by this Agreement immediately upon affixing its signature hereto.

 

Section 3.6                                   Governing Law.     This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware.

 

Section 3.7                                   Severability.     In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 3.8                                   Entire Agreement.     This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein.  There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Registrable Securities.  This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

Section 3.9                                   Headings.     The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

Section 3.10                            Termination.     The obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate with respect to a Holder when it no longer holds Registerable Securities and with respect to the Company upon the end of the Effectiveness Period with respect to any Issuer Shelf Registration Statement and with respect to Resale Shelf Registration Statement when there are no longer Registrable Securities with respect to a Resale Shelf Registration Statement, except, in each case, for any obligations under Sections 2.1(c), 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 and Article III.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

	
 
    	
SILVER BAY REALTY TRUST CORP.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement — OP Units]

 

 

	
 
    	
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[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement — OP Units]

 

 

Schedule I

 

[LIST OF HOLDERS]

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Notice and Questionnaire

 

The undersigned beneficial holder of shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (“Common Stock”), of Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. (the “Company”) and/or common units of limited partnership interests (“OP Units” and, together with the Common Stock, the “Registrable Securities”) of Silver Bay Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) one or more registration statements (collectively, the “Resale Shelf Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), dated                           , 2012, among the Company and the holders listed on Schedule I thereto. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Each beneficial owner of Registrable Securities is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement. In order to sell or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, a beneficial owner of Registrable Securities generally will be required to be named as a selling security holder in the related prospectus, deliver a prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities and be bound by those provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement applicable to such beneficial owner (including certain indemnification provisions as described below). To be included in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, this Notice and Questionnaire must be completed, executed and delivered to the Company at the address set forth herein on or prior to the tenth business day before the effectiveness of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement. We will give notice of the filing and effectiveness of the initial Resale Shelf Registration Statement by issuing a press release and by mailing a notice to the holders at their addresses set forth in the register of the registrar.

 

Beneficial owners that do not complete this Notice and Questionnaire and deliver it to the Company as provided below will not be named as selling security holders in the prospectus and therefore will not be permitted to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Resale Shelf Registration Statement. Beneficial owners are encouraged to complete and deliver this Notice and Questionnaire prior to the effectiveness of the initial Resale Shelf Registration Statement so that such beneficial owners may be named as selling security holders in the related prospectus at the time of effectiveness. Upon receipt of a completed Notice and Questionnaire from a beneficial owner following the effectiveness of the initial Resale Shelf Registration Statement, in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will file such amendments to the initial Resale Shelf Registration Statement or additional shelf registration statements or supplements to the related prospectus as are necessary to permit such holder to deliver such prospectus to purchasers of Registrable Securities.

 

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as selling security holders in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling security holder in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

 

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NOTICE

 

The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Security Holder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include in the prospectus forming a part of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it and listed below in Item 3 (unless otherwise specified under Item 3). The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire, understands that it will be bound by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the undersigned has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors, officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against certain losses arising in connection with statements concerning the undersigned made in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement or the related prospectus in reliance upon the information provided in this Notice and Questionnaire.

 

The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants to the Company that such information is accurate and complete:

 

QUESTIONNAIRE

 

	
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(a)
    	
Full Legal Name of Selling Security Holder:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the   Company Owned by the Selling Security Holder:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Except as set forth below in this Item (4), the   undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of 
    
				

 

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any securities of the Company, other than the Registrable Securities   listed above in Item (3).
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Relationship with the Company
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Except as set forth below, neither the   undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal   equity holders (5% or more) has held any position or office or has had any   other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or   affiliates) during the past three years.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Plan of Distribution
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Except as set forth below, the undersigned   (including its donees or pledgees) intends to distribute the Registrable   Securities listed above in Item (3) pursuant to the Resale Shelf   Registration Statement only as follows and will not be offering any of such   Registrable Securities pursuant to an agreement, arrangement or understanding   entered into with a broker or dealer prior to the effective date of   the Resale Shelf Registration Statement. Such Registrable Securities may be   sold from time to time directly by the undersigned or, alternatively, through   broker-dealers or agents. If the Registrable Securities are sold through   broker-dealers, the Selling Security Holder will be responsible for discounts   or commissions or agent’s commissions. Such Registrable Securities may be   sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices, at prevailing market prices   at the time of sale, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at   negotiated prices. Such sales may be effected in transactions (which may   involve crosses or block transactions)
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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(iii)  in transactions otherwise than on   such exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market; or
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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In connection with sales of the Registrable   Securities or otherwise, the undersigned may enter into hedging transactions   with broker-dealers, which may in turn engage in short sales of the   Registrable Securities and deliver Registrable Securities to close out such short   positions, or loan or pledge Registrable Securities to broker-dealers that in   turn may sell such securities.

 

Two Harbors may distribute its Registrable   Securities to its stockholders and sell, or cause an agent to sell, any   shares not so distributed on the open market in connection with the payment   of cash for fractional shares resulting from such distribution.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Note:  In no event may such method(s) of distribution take the form of an underwritten offering of the Registrable Securities.

 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

The undersigned acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder relating to stock manipulation, particularly Regulation M thereunder (or any successor rules or regulations), in connection with any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. The undersigned agrees that neither it nor any person acting on its behalf will engage in any transaction in violation of such provisions.

 

The Selling Security Holder hereby acknowledges its obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement to indemnify and hold harmless certain persons set forth therein. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has agreed under certain circumstances to indemnify the Selling Security Holders against certain liabilities.

 

In accordance with the undersigned’s obligation under the Registration Rights Agreement to provide such information as may be required by law for inclusion in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement, the undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Resale Shelf Registration Statement remains effective. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall be made in writing at the address set forth below.

 

In the event that the undersigned transfers all or any portion of the Registrable Securities listed in Item 3 above after the date on which such information is provided to the Company, the undersigned agrees to notify the transferee(s) at the time of transfer of its rights and obligations under this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

By signing this Notice and Questionnaire, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items (1) through (6) above and the inclusion of such information in the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Resale Shelf Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

 

Once this Notice and Questionnaire is executed by the Selling Security Holder and received by the Company, the terms of this Notice and Questionnaire and the representations and warranties contained herein shall be binding on, shall insure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the respective successors, heirs, personal representatives and assigns of the Company and the Selling Security Holder with respect to the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Selling Security Holder and listed in Item 3 above.

 

This Notice and Questionnaire shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
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Please return the completed and executed Notice and Questionnaire to:

 

Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp.
 601 Carlson Parkway, Suite 250
 Minnetonka, Minnesota 55305
 Tel: (952) 358-4400
 Attention:  Chief Executive Officer

 

A-5Exhibit 10.7

 

DIRECTOR DESIGNATION AGREEMENT

 

This DIRECTOR DESIGNATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of                           , 2012, is entered into by and among Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and Two Harbors Investment Corp., a Maryland corporation (“Two Harbors”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Two Harbors and its Affiliates (as defined below) own interests in certain properties that will be transferred to the Company and/or its Affiliates pursuant to one or more contribution agreements (the “Contribution Agreements”), in connection with the initial public offering of shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”);

 

WHEREAS, Two Harbors and its Affiliates will receive shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for such property interests;

 

WHEREAS, a majority of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) must be Independent Directors (as defined under the Listing Rules of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. and as defined in the Exchange Act (as defined below));

 

WHEREAS, the Company and Two Harbors, acting through and at the direction of its committee of independent directors, desire that Two Harbors shall have the right to designate two individuals for nomination for election to the Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

Article I

 

DEFINED TERMS

 

In addition to the definitions set forth above or otherwise herein, the following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in this Agreement:

 

“Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

 

“Agreement” means this Agreement, as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, together with rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

“Initial Designees” means William W. Johnson and Stephen G. Kasnet.

 

“IPO Date” means the closing date of the initial public offering of shares of Common Stock of the Company pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

“Person” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust, or any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentally thereof.

 

“Registration Statement” means the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No: 333-183838), as filed by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on September 11, 2012, and as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

“Termination Effective Time” means the date and time at which the 2014 Annual Meeting is called to order.

 

“2013 Annual Meeting” means the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company to be held, or held, during calendar year 2013.

 

“2014 Annual Meeting” means the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company to be held, or held, during calendar year 2014.

 

Article II

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

1.                                      Two Harbors Right to Designate Director Nominees.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Two Harbors shall have the right to designate from time to time two individuals qualifying as Independent Directors as nominees for election to the Board of Directors, provided that such individuals shall commence their service on the Board of Directors as of the IPO Date and shall terminate their service on the Board of Directors (unless re-nominated by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion) not later than the Termination Effective Time, and provided further that at no time shall the right provided for hereinabove be exercisable if it would lead to or result in more than two nominees of Two Harbors serving on the Board of Directors at any time.

 

2.                                      Nomination.  The Company agrees to nominate for election to the Board of Directors the individual(s) designated by Two Harbors to be nominated for election as directors pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.  Nothing herein shall affect the rights of the Company or any stockholder or director of the Company to nominate for election to the Board of Directors individuals in addition to those designated by Two Harbors (provided, however, that the Board of Directors shall not nominate more individuals for election

 

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as directors than there are director positions to be filled), to solicit votes or proxies for or on behalf of such individuals or to otherwise take such action in connection with the nomination or election of directors as in the opinion of the Company or such stockholder or director may be in the best interests of the Company.  Nothing herein shall obligate the Company or the Board of Directors to nominate or cause to be nominated for election to the Board of Directors any designee of Two Harbors, or to take any other action, if the Board of Directors (or nominating committee) determines in good faith that so doing would constitute a breach of its duties under applicable law.

 

3.                                      Mechanics of Designation.  The Company shall give Two Harbors at least 20 days prior written notice of the date of the proposed mailing of proxy materials for the 2013 Annual Meeting and any other meeting of stockholders prior to the 2014 Annual Meeting at which there will be (or there is anticipated to be) the election of directors of the Company.  Promptly upon (and in any event within 10 days after) receipt of such notice from the Company, or upon the occurrence of any other event that gives rise to the exercise by Two Harbors of its rights hereunder to designate an individual for nomination for election to the Board, Two Harbors shall give written notice (a “Designation Notice”) to the Company of the name of each individual which Two Harbors designates under this Agreement to then be nominated for election or reelection to the Board of Directors, together with the following:  (i) all information relating to each such individual that is required to be provided under the Bylaws of the Company in respect of any individual who a stockholder proposes to nominate for election, including all information relating to such individual that is required to be disclosed in the solicitation of proxies for election of directors or is otherwise required pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, (ii) such individual’s or individuals’ written consent to serving as a director if elected, and if applicable, being named in the proxy statement for the 2013 Annual Meeting as a nominee, (iii) a certificate from each such individual as to the completeness and accuracy of such information so provided about him or her, and (iv) a fully executed Resignation Letter as described below.  In addition, Two Harbors will certify to the Company in such Designation Notice that each of the individual designees named therein qualifies as an Independent Director and shall provide all information relevant to the determination of such designees’ qualification as an Independent Director, provided, however that, subject to the provisions of Article III, Section 2 below, the ultimate determination as to the qualification of each such designee as an Independent Director shall nevertheless be made in good faith by the Board of Directors.  If the Designation Notice is not provided to the Company in proper form or on a timely basis as provided above, Two Harbors shall be deemed to have re-designated its existing designee(s) then serving on the Board of Directors except for any such designee who for any reason is unavailable to serve or has been determined for any reason to no longer qualify as an Independent Director, in respect of which such right hereunder will be deemed to have been waived if a qualifying replacement is not promptly named.  At the request of the Board of Directors, any individual so nominated for election or reelection as a director shall furnish to the Secretary of the Company that information required to be set forth in the Designation Notice.

 

4.                                      Certain Requirements.  Through the Termination Effective Date, (a) Two Harbors agrees to vote, and will cause its Affiliates to vote, all shares of Common Stock as to which it or they have voting rights, and to use its best efforts to cause all directors who are designees of Two Harbors designated or elected pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to vote, for the election of a slate of directors which shall (i) include the nominee(s) designated by Two Harbors pursuant to

 

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this Agreement and (ii) consist of a majority of Independent Directors (the “Approved Slate”), and (b) the Company will cause its Affiliates to vote all shares of Common Stock as to which they have voting rights, and to use its best efforts to cause all of its directors other than its directors who are designated by Two Harbors to vote, for the election of the Approved Slate.  Two Harbors acknowledges that the directors of the Company (including the Two Harbors designees), if and when elected by the stockholders of the Company, will be elected by the affirmative vote of the holders of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote at elections of directors, and that any designee who is nominated for election to the Board of Directors may fail to be elected by the stockholders of the Company.

 

5.                                      Actions By Two Harbors.  The parties acknowledge and consent that all decisions or actions permitted or required to be taken by Two Harbors under this Agreement shall be taken by Two Harbors at the direction of a majority of Two Harbors’ independent directors.  The Company shall, however, be entitled to assume, without inquiry, that all communications or notices given, and decisions made or actions taken, hereunder by or on behalf of Two Harbors shall have been given, made or taken at the direction of a majority of Two Harbors’ independent directors.

 

Article III

 

TERM OF DESIGNEES IN OFFICE

 

1.                                      Statement of Intent.  The Company and Two Harbors acknowledge that the purpose and intent of this Agreement is to allow for and provide a means whereby two (2) individuals designated for nomination by Two Harbors and qualifying as Independent Directors may if elected serve on the Board of Directors of the Company during the period commencing with the IPO Date and terminating at the Termination Effective Time.

 

2.                                      Initial Designees.  The Company agrees to cause the Initial Designees, to be elected by the Board of Directors effective as of the IPO Date, initially to serve on the Board of Directors until the 2013 Annual Meeting and until their respective successors are duly elected and shall qualify; it being acknowledged however that such designees will be designees of Two Harbors pursuant hereto, and that the term of office of any such director (or any director subsequently designated by Two Harbors pursuant hereto) may terminate upon the earlier death, resignation or removal of such individual.  Two Harbors represents to the Company, and based upon the information provided by Two Harbors to the Company with regard to each such individual named in the Registration Statement, the Company concurs, that each such individual qualifies as an Independent Director.

 

3.                                      Loss of Independent Status; Death, Incapacity, Resignation.  In the event that any Two Harbors designee serving on, or nominated for election to, the Board of Directors pursuant hereto shall (i) be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors for any reason not to be or to cease to continue to be an Independent Director (in which event Two Harbors agrees to cause the immediate written resignation of such individual from the Board of Directors (or withdrawal of such individual’s name as a nominee for election or reelection, as the case may be)), or (ii) die, become incapacitated or resign, Two Harbors shall be free to exercise its rights hereunder in respect of the designation pursuant hereto of another individual, who qualifies as an Independent

 

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Director, for nomination for election to the Board of Directors instead of the resigning individual, for the remainder of his or her term of office (provided that Two Harbors and such substitute designee shall have complied with the terms of this Agreement in respect of his or her designation and election).  Such written resignation or withdrawal shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company under the circumstances.

 

4.                                      Termination Effective Time / Resignation.  In order to further the intention of the parties and to provide for the termination as of the Termination Effective Time of the term of office of each of the designees of Two Harbors then serving on the Board of Directors, Two Harbors agrees as follows:

 

(a)                                 As a condition to designating each individual for nomination for election to the Board of Directors as its designee pursuant hereto (whether elected by the stockholders or the Board of Directors at any time), Two Harbors will cause each such individual to deliver to the Board of Directors and Secretary of the Company an Irrevocable Advance Letter of Resignation, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “Resignation Letter”), providing for, among things, the irrevocable resignation of such individual from the Board of Directors (if then still serving on the Board of Directors) as of the Termination Effective Time.

 

(b)                                 Two Harbors will cause each individual designated by Two Harbors for nomination and who is serving on the Board of Directors to resign from the Board of Directors on or as of the Termination Effective Time, and will cause each such individual to confirm (and to reconfirm from time to time as reasonably requested by the Company), promptly and in any event within ten (10) days after request from the Company, his or her intention and irrevocable agreement to resign from the Board of Directors effective as of the Termination Effective Time.

 

Article IV

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

1.                                      Remedies.  In addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided herein and granted by law, including recovery of damages, each of the Company and Two Harbors shall be entitled to specific performance of the respective rights and obligations of the other party under this Agreement.  Each agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agrees to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

2.                                      Amendments and Waivers.  The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended or modified unless in writing, executed by the parties to this Agreement, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless in a writing executed on behalf of the party to be charged therewith.  No failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon any breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition.

 

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3.                                      Notices.  All notices and other communications in connection with this Agreement shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

 

(a)                                 if to Two Harbors, at:

 

Two Harbors Investment Corp.
 601 Carlson Parkway Suite 250
 Minnetonka, Minnesota 55305
 Attention:  General Counsel

 

and

 

(b)                                 if to the Company, at:

 

Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp.
 601 Carlson Parkway Suite 250
 Minnetonka, Minnesota 55305
 Attention:  General Counsel

 

or at such other address as such party shall notify the other of in accordance herewith from time to time.

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; when received if deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next business day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

 

4.                                      Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall not be assignable by Two Harbors but shall inure to the benefit of any successor by merger of Two Harbors.

 

5.                                      Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

6.                                      Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Maryland without regard to the choice of law provisions thereof.

 

7.                                      Severability.  In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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8.                                      Entire Agreement.  This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein.  This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

	
 
    	
SILVER   BAY REALTY TRUST CORP.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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President
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
TWO   HARBORS INVESTMENT CORP.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
President
    

 

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EXHIBIT A
  IRREVOCABLE ADVANCE LETTER OF RESIGNATION

 

                              , 201   

 

Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp.
 601 Carlson Parkway Suite 250
 Minnetonka, Minnesota 55305
 Attention :  Board of Directors and Secretary

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Please be advised that, in connection with my nomination for election (or reelection) to the Board of Directors of Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), as an individual designee of Two Harbors Investment Corp. pursuant that certain Director Designation Agreement dated as of               2012, and in order to induce the Board of Directors to nominate me for such election (or reelection), I hereby covenant, acknowledge and agree as follows:

 

1.                                            I understand that, if elected to the Board of Directors, my stated term of office will be until the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company and until my successor is duly elected and qualified; provided, however, that my term of office shall terminate effective upon my earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

2.                                            Notwithstanding such stated term of office, and assuming that I am elected and then serving on the Board of Directors, I do hereby resign from the Board of Directors effective as of the date and time at which the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company held in calendar year 2014 is called to order.

 

5.                                            My resignation from the Board of Directors pursuant to the foregoing is made to induce my election to the Board of Directors and is irrevocable.  Moreover, I do hereby waive acceptance, formally or informally, by the Board of Directors or the Secretary of the Company, or otherwise, of this Irrevocable Advance Letter of Resignation or my resignation provided for hereunder, and such resignation shall be effective as and when provided for hereinabove, notwithstanding any acceptance, or not, of this Irrevocable Advance Letter of Resignation or such resignation.

 

6.                                            This Irrevocable Advance Letter of Resignation, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended or modified unless in writing, executed by the individual named below and on behalf of the Company, and waivers or consents to departures from the

 

 

provisions hereof may not be given unless in a writing executed on behalf of the party to be charged therewith.  In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

 

	
 
    	
Very   truly yours,
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    

 

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