EXHIBIT 10.22
AGREEMENT
TO
INCREASE COMMITMENT AMOUNTS
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THIS AGREEMENT TO INCREASE COMMITMENT AMOUNTS (the "Agreement"), dated
as of September 28, 2001, is by and among NVR MORTGAGE FINANCE, INC.
("Borrower"), COMERICA BANK ("Comerica"), NATIONAL CITY BANK OF KENTUCKY
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("National City Bank"), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
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association, as a Lender ("U.S. Bank") and as agent (the "Agent") for the
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Lenders party to the Loan Agreement described below.
Recitals
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A. The Borrower, the Lenders and the Agent are parties to a Loan
Agreement dated as of September 7, 1999, as amended by a Consent, Waiver and
First Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of November 19, 1999, a Second
Amendment to Loan Agreement and Second Amendment to Pledge and Security
Agreement dated as of September 1, 2000, a Third Amendment to Loan Agreement
dated as of February 16, 2001, and a Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as
of August 31, 2001 (as so amended, the "Loan Agreement"), pursuant to which the
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Lenders provide the Borrower with a revolving mortgage warehousing credit
facility.
B. The Borrower, U.S. Bank, Comerica, National City Bank and the Agent
desire to increase temporarily the Commitment Amounts of U.S. Bank, Comerica,
and National City Bank to herein set forth.
C. This Agreement is delivered to the Agent by the Borrower, U.S. Bank,
Comerica, and National City Bank pursuant to Section 2.1(g) of the Loan
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein contained and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Article I
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Definitions
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Section 1.01. Incorporated Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this
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Agreement, to the extent not otherwise defined herein, shall have the same
meanings as in the Loan Agreement.
Article II
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Concerning the Increased Commitment Amount
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Section 2.01. Changes in Commitment Amount. Effective as of September 28,
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2001, (the "Increase Date"), the Commitment Amount of U.S. Bank shall be
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increased from $45 million to $70 million, the Commitment Amount of Comerica
shall be increased from $20 million to $28 million, and the Commitment Amount of
National City Bank shall be increased from $20 million to $25 million. Effective
as of January 1, 2002, (the "Reduction Date"), the Commitment Amount of U.S.
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Bank shall be reduced from $70 million to $45 million, the Commitment Amount of
Comerica shall be reduced from $28 million to $20 million, and the Commitment
Amount of National City Bank shall be reduced from $25 million to $20 million.
Section 2.02. Warehousing Advances. Each of U.S. Bank, Comerica and
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National City Bank shall make Warehousing advances on the Increase Date, as
requested by the Agent, so that in outstanding Warehousing Advances are equal to
its respective Commitment Percentage of all Warehousing Advances outstanding on
the Increase Date. If the outstanding principal balance of all Warehousing
Advances on the Reduction Date exceeds the sum of the Commitment Amounts, after
giving effect to the termination of such temporary increases in the Commitment
Amounts of U.S. Bank, Comerica, and National City Bank, the Borrower shall repay
the Warehousing Advances in the amount of such excess on the first Business Day
following the Reduction Date. Provided there is no Default or Event of Default
or any other failure to satisfy the Date, the Agent shall request that each of
the Lenders (other than U.S. Bank, Comerica, and National City Bank) make
Warehousing Advances on the first Business Day following the Reduction Date in
the amount, if any, required to increase its outstanding Warehousing Advances to
its Commitment Percentage of all outstanding Warehousing Advances, and shall
deliver the proceeds of such Warehousing Advances to the Agent; provided,
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however, that should any Lender fail to make such Warehousing Advances on the
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first Business Day following the Reduction Date, the Borrower shall repay the
Warehousing Advances in the amount that such Lender failed to deliver to the
Agent. The Agent shall distribute to U.S. Bank, Comerica, and National City Bank
on the first Business Day following the Reduction Date, out of any payments made
by the Borrower as set forth above and the proceeds of Warehousing Advances made
by the other lenders as set forth above, the amount required to reduce U.S.
Bank's, Comerica's, and National City Bank's outstanding Warehousing Advances to
its respective Commitment Percentage of all outstanding Warehouse Advances.
Section 2.03. Schedule1.1(a). Schedule 1.1(a) of the Loan Agreement is
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hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in Schedule
1.1(a) hereto.
Article III
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Conditions Precedent
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Section 3.01. Delivery of Documents. The obligation of U.S. Bank, Comerica
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and National City is to increase their respective Commitment Amounts as provided
hereunder shall be subject to the delivery to the Agent by the Borrower of the
following documents and the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) a new Committed Warehousing Promissory Note payable to U.S. Bank,
Comerica and National City, respectively, in the amount of such Lender's
respective increased Commitment Amount (each, a "New Note"), duly executed
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by the Borrower;
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(b) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the
Borrower certifying (i) resolutions of its Board of Directors authorizing
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the New
Notes, and identifying the officers of the Borrower authorized to sign such
instruments, and (ii) specimen signatures of the officers so authorized;
and
(c) such other documents as the Agent, U.S. Bank, Comerica and
National City may reasonably request.
Article IV
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Miscellaneous
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Section 4.01. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
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construed in accordance with the internal law, and not the law of conflicts, of
the State of Minnesota, but giving effect to federal laws applicable to national
banks.
Section 4.02. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
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counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original,
but all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this instrument to be
executed as of the date first above written.
NVR MORTGAGE FINANCE, INC.
By:____________________________
Its:___________________________
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Agent and Lender
By:____________________________
Its:___________________________
NATIONAL CITY BANK OF KENTUCKY
By:____________________________
Its:___________________________
COMERICA BANK
By:____________________________
Its:___________________________
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[Signature Page to Agreement to Increase Commitment Amount]
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