Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
FIRST AMENDMENT TO LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT
This FIRST AMENDMENT TO LETTER OF CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT (this“Amendment”), made as of August 16, 2018, amongFORESTAR (USA) REAL ESTATE GROUP INC., a Delaware corporation, as borrower (“Borrower”),KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (“KeyBank”), as a Bank, and with the other lending institutions parties hereto as Banks (“Banks”),KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent and its successors and assigns (“Agent”) for itself, the other Banks and LC Issuers (as defined in the Facility Agreement defined below).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Borrower, Agent and Banks entered into that certain Letter of Credit Facility Agreement dated as of October 5, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the“Facility Agreement”), pursuant to which Banks and LC Issuers established a letter of credit facility for the benefit of Borrower (all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Facility Agreement); and
WHEREAS, Borrower and Synovus Bank are parties to that certain letter agreement dated as of October 5, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the“Letter Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, Synovus Bank as an LC Issuer has previously issued (or been deemed to have issued) the Synovus Letters of Credit (as hereinafter defined) under the Facility Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Borrower has informed Agent that Borrower is entering into a new revolving credit facility with various financial institutions (not including KeyBank, but including Synovus Bank among others) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for such revolving lenders (the “New Revolving Credit Facility”); and
WHEREAS, Borrower and Synovus Bank have informed Agent that, upon the closing of the New Revolving Credit Facility, the Letters of Credit issued by Synovus Bank under the Facility Agreement (or deemed to have been so issued) for the account of Borrower on behalf of itself, any of its Subsidiaries or any joint venture in which Borrower is a member, partner or similar entity, and which are outstanding on the First Amendment Effective Date (as hereinafter defined) as set forth onSchedule 2 attached hereto (collectively, the “Synovus Letters of Credit”), will be deemed to be letters of credit issued under the New Revolving Credit Facility and will no longer be considered Letters of Credit under the Facility Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Synovus Bank desires to (i) resign as an LC Issuer under the Facility Agreement (the “Synovus Bank Resignation”), (ii) be released from all of its past, present and future obligations under the Facility Agreement, including but not limited to any participation obligations in respect of the KeyBank Letters of Credit (as hereinafter defined), and to terminate all participation interests in the Synovus Letters of Credit (collectively, the “Synovus Bank Release”), and (iii) release KeyBank and Agent from all past, present and future obligations with respect to the Synovus Letters of Credit, including, but not limited to, all participation obligations in respect of the Synovus Letters of Credit, and terminate all participation interests of Synovus Bank in the KeyBank Letters of Credit; and