-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, UXLTYE4xZwtnPuaX5GvLX7Xi9hsT/4wvTjCK1IIJAV+NoUbHGQc/xbBtkBWXnH6g XR0LGLcZgMQ3gOxyvDcOTQ== 0001144204-07-044555.txt : 20070816 0001144204-07-044555.hdr.sgml : 20070816 20070816152515 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-07-044555 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070810 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070816 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070816 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HANOVER CAPITAL MORTGAGE HOLDINGS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001040719 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 133950486 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-13417 FILM NUMBER: 071062407 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 METROPLEX DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: EDISON STATE: NJ ZIP: 08817 BUSINESS PHONE: 732-548-0101 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 METROPLEX DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: EDISON STATE: NJ ZIP: 08817 8-K 1 v084455_8k.htm Unassociated Document
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 10, 2007
 
HANOVER CAPITAL MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Maryland
 
001-13417
 
13-3950486
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
200 Metroplex Drive, Suite 100, Edison, New Jersey 08817
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (732) 548-0101
 
N/A
 (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) 

 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 

 
SECTION 1 — REGISTRANT’S BUSINESS AND OPERATIONS
ITEM 1.01. ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

On August 10, 2007, Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Master Repurchase Agreement (the “Master Agreement”) and related Annex I thereto (“Annex I” and, together with the “Master Agreement,” the “MRA”) with RCG PB, Ltd, an affiliate of Ramius Capital Group, LLC (“Ramius”), in connection with a repurchase transaction with respect to its portfolio of subordinate mortgage-backed securities (the “Repurchase Transaction”). The initial purchase price of the securities in the Repurchase Transaction was $80,932,928. The fixed term of the MRA is one (1) year and contains no margin or call features. The MRA replaces substantially all of the Company’s outstanding repurchase agreements, both committed and non-committed, which previously financed the Company’s subordinate mortgage-backed securities. However, while paid in full, the Amended and Restated Master Loan and Security Agreement by and between Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc. and the Company dated March 27, 2000, as amended, remains in place, as does the Company’s Master Repurchase Agreement dated June 22, 2006, by and among the Company and Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main Company.

Pursuant to the Repurchase Transaction, Ramius will retain the principal and interest payments received on the underlying mortgage securities during the term of the Repurchase Transaction.  The Company will receive, in addition to the initial purchase price of $80,932,928, “Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payments” on each “Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment Date.” The term “Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment” means, for each “Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment Date,” defined as the second Business day following the 25th calendar day of each month prior to the Repurchase Date, an amount equal to the excess of (A) all interest collections actually received by Ramius on the purchased securities, net of any applicable U.S. federal income tax withholding tax imposed on such interest collections, since the preceding Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment Date (or in the case of the first Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment Date, August 10, 2007) over (B) $810,000. In addition to the principal payments to be retained by Ramius, other consideration to be received by Ramius includes a premium payment at the termination of the Repurchase Transaction and an agreement to issue 600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (equal to approximately 7.4% of the Company’s outstanding equity) upon the approval of such shares for listing on the American Stock Exchange.

If the Company defaults under the MRA, Ramius has customary remedies, including the right to demand that all assets (which could consist of the securities purchased from the Company or substantially similar securities held by Ramius at such time) be repurchased by the Company and to retain and/or sell such assets.


SECTION 2 - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 2.03. CREATION OF FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT

As noted in Item 1.01 above, on August 10, 2007, the Company entered into the Repurchase Transaction with Ramius. The initial purchase price of the securities in the Repurchase Transaction was $80,932,928.

See Item 1.01 above, which is incorporated herein by reference, for a description of the Repurchase Transaction.

Per the terms of the MRA, the repurchase price for the securities (or the substantially similar securities held by Ramius at such time) on the repurchase date of August 9, 2008, assuming no event of default has occurred prior thereto, shall be an amount equal to the excess of (A) the sum of (i) the original initial purchase price of $80,932,928, (ii) $9,720,000, and (iii) $4,000,000 over (B) the excess of (i) all interest collections actually received by Ramius on the purchased securities, net of any applicable U.S. federal income tax withholding tax imposed on such interest collections, since August 10, 2007, over (ii) the sum of the “Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payments” (as defined in Item 1.01 above) paid by Ramius to the Company since August 10, 2007.

SECTION 3 — SECURITIES AND TRADING MARKETS
ITEM 3.02 UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

In connection with the Repurchase Transaction, the Company, pursuant to the terms of a Stock Purchase Agreement between Ramius and the Company dated August 10, 2007 (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) agreed to issue 600,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (equal to approximately 7.4% of the Company’s outstanding equity) upon the approval of such shares for listing on the American Stock Exchange. The issuance will take place upon the approval of the American Stock Exchange of the Company’s additional share listing application relative to the issuance. The shares of common stock are being issued to Ramius pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) registering such shares of its common stock for resale under the Securities Act within 120 days of August 10, 2007, and to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC no later than 180 days from August 10, 2007. The failure of the American Stock Exchange to approve the Company’s additional share listing application relating to such shares would be an event of default under the MRA. A copy of the Stock Purchase Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.38.9 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
 
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ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
 
 
(c)
 
Exhibits.
 
 
10.38.8
 
Master Repurchase Agreement and Annex I thereto between RCG, Ltd, as Buyer, and Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc., as Seller, dated as of August 10, 2007.

 
10.38.9
 
Stock Purchase Agreement between RCG, Ltd and Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc. dated August 10, 2007.

 
99.1
 
Press Release of the Company, dated August 10, 2007, announcing entry into the Master Repurchase Agreement.
 
[signature on following page]
 
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SIGNATURE
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
     
  HANOVER CAPITAL MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: August 16, 2007 
By:  
/s/ Harold F. McElraft
 
Harold F. McElraft, Chief Financial 
 
Officer and Treasurer 
 
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EXHIBIT NO.
 
DESCRIPTION
 
 
Exhibit 10.38.8
 
Master Repurchase Agreement and Annex I thereto between RCG, Ltd, as Buyer, and Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc., as Seller, dated as of August 10, 2007.
 
 
Exhibit 10.38.9
 
Stock Purchase Agreement between RCG, Ltd and Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc. dated August 10, 2007.
     
Exhibit 99.1
 
Press Release of the Company, dated August 10, 2007, announcing entry into the Master Repurchase Agreement.
 
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EX-10.38.8 2 v084455_ex10-388.htm Unassociated Document
 
  
Master Repurchase
Agreement

September 1996 Version


Dated as of    August 10, 2007 

 
Between:        RCG PB, Ltd, as Buyer (the “Buyer”)

 
and          Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc., as Seller (the “Seller”) 


1.
Applicability
 
From time to time the parties hereto may enter into transactions in which one party (“Seller”) agrees to transfer to the other (“Buyer”) securities or other assets (“Securities”) against the transfer of funds by Buyer, with a simultaneous agreement by Buyer to transfer to Seller such Securities at a date certain or on demand, against the transfer of funds by Seller. Each such transaction shall be referred to herein as a “Transaction” and, unless otherwise agreed in writing, shall be governed by this Agreement, including any supplemental terms or conditions contained in Annex I hereto and in any other annexes identified herein or therein as applicable hereunder.
2.
Definitions
   
 
(a)
“Act of Insolvency”, with respect to any party, (i) the commencement by such party as debtor of any case or proceeding under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium, dissolution, delinquency or similar law, or such party seeking the appointment or election of a receiver, conservator, trustee, custodian or similar official for such party or any substantial part of its property, or the convening of any meeting of creditors for purposes of commencing any such case or proceeding or seeking such an appointment or election, (ii) the commencement of any such case or proceeding against such party, or another seeking such an appointment or election, or the filing against a party of an application for a protective decree under the provisions of the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970, which (A) is consented to or not timely contested by such party, (B) results in the entry of an order for relief, such an appointment or election, the issuance of such a protective decree or the entry of an order having a similar effect, or (C) is not dismissed within 15 days, (iii) the making by such party of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (iv) the admission in writing by such party of such party’s inability to pay such party’s debts as they become due;
 

 
 
(b)
“Additional Purchased Securities”, Securities provided by Seller to Buyer pursuant to Paragraph 4 (a) hereof;

 
(c)
“Buyer’s Margin Amount”, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, the amount obtained by application of the Buyer’s Margin Percentage to the Repurchase Price for such Transaction as of such date;

 
(d)
“Buyer’s Margin Percentage”, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, a percentage (which may be equal to the Seller’s Margin Percentage) agreed to by Buyer and Seller or, in the absence of any such agreement, the percentage obtained by dividing the Market Value of the Purchased Securities on the Purchase Date by the Purchase Price on the Purchase Date for such Transaction;

 
(e)
“Confirmation”, the meaning specified in Paragraph 3(b) hereof;

 
(f)
“Income”, with respect to any Security at any time, any principal thereof and all interest, dividends or other distributions thereon;

 
(g)
“Margin Deficit”, the meaning specified in Paragraph 4(a) hereof;

 
(h)
“Margin Excess”, the meaning specified in Paragraph 4(b) hereof;

 
(i)
“Margin Notice Deadline”, the time agreed to by the parties in the relevant Confirmation, Annex I hereto or otherwise as the deadline for giving notice requiring same-day satisfaction of margin maintenance obligations as provided in Paragraph 4 hereof (or, in the absence of any such agreement, the deadline for such purposes established in accordance with market practice);

 
(j)
“Market Value”, with respect to any Securities as of any date, the price for such Securities on such date obtained from a generally recognized source agreed to by the parties or the most recent closing bid quotation from such a source, plus accrued Income to the extent not included therein (other than any Income credited or transferred to, or applied to the obligations of, Seller pursuant to Paragraph 5 hereof) as of such date (unless contrary to market practice for such Securities);

 
(k)
“Price Differential”, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, the aggregate amount obtained by daily application of the Pricing Rate for such Transaction to the Purchase Price for such Transaction on a 360 day per year basis for the actual number of days during the period commencing on (and including) the Purchase Date for such Transaction and ending on (but excluding) the date of determination (reduced by any amount of such Price Differential previously paid by Seller to Buyer with respect to such Transaction);

 
(l)
“Pricing Rate”, the per annum percentage rate for determination of the Price Differential;

 
(m)
“Prime Rate”, the prime rate of U.S. commercial banks as published in The Wall Street Journal (or, if more than one such rate is published, the average of such rates);
 
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(n)
“Purchase Date”, the date on which Purchased Securities are to be transferred by Seller to Buyer;

 
(o)
“Purchase Price”, (i) on the Purchase Date, the price at which Purchased Securities are transferred by Seller to Buyer, and (ii) thereafter, except where Buyer and Seller agree otherwise, such price increased by the amount of any cash transferred by Buyer to Seller pursuant to Paragraph 4(b) hereof and decreased by the amount of any cash transferred by Seller to Buyer pursuant to Paragraph 4 (a) hereof or applied to reduce Seller’s obligations under clause (ii) of Paragraph 5 hereof;

 
(p)
“Purchased Securities”, the Securities transferred by Seller to Buyer in a Transaction hereunder, and any Securities substituted therefor in accordance with Paragraph 9 hereof. The term “Purchased Securities” with respect to any Transaction at any time also shall include Additional Purchased Securities delivered pursuant to Paragraph 4(a) hereof and shall exclude Securities returned pursuant to Paragraph 4 (b) hereof;

 
(q)
“Repurchase Date”, the date on which Seller is to repurchase the Purchased Securities from Buyer, including any date determined by application of the provisions of Paragraph 3(c) or 11 hereof;

 
(r)
“Repurchase Price”, the price at which Purchased Securities are to be transferred from Buyer to Seller upon termination of a Transaction, which will be determined in each case (including Transactions terminable upon demand) as the sum of the Purchase Price and the Price Differential as of the date of such determination;

 
(s)
“Seller’s Margin Amount”, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, the amount obtained by application of the Seller’s Margin Percentage to the Repurchase Price for such Transaction as of such date;

 
(t)
“Seller’s Margin Percentage”, with respect to any Transaction as of any date, a percentage (which may be equal to the Buyer’s Margin Percentage) agreed to by Buyer and Seller or, in the absence of any such agreement, the percentage obtained by dividing the Market Value of the Purchased Securities on the Purchase Date by the Purchase Price on the Purchase Date for such Transaction.


3.
Initiation; Confirmation; Termination
   
 
(a)
An agreement to enter into a Transaction may be made orally or in writing at the initiation of either Buyer or Seller. On the Purchase Date for the Transaction, the Purchased Securities shall be transferred to Buyer or its agent against the transfer of the Purchase Price to an account of Seller.

 
(b)
Upon agreeing to enter into a Transaction hereunder, Buyer or Seller (or both), as shall be agreed, shall promptly deliver to the other party a written confirmation of each Transaction (a “Confirmation”). The Confirmation shall describe the Purchased Securities (including CUSIP number, if any), identify Buyer and Seller and set forth (i) the Purchase Date, (ii) the Purchase Price, (iii) the Repurchase Date, unless the Transaction is to be terminable on demand, (iv) the Pricing Rate or Repurchase Price applicable to the Transaction, and (v) any additional terms or conditions of the Transaction not inconsistent with this Agreement. The Confirmation, together with this Agreement, shall constitute conclusive evidence of the terms agreed between Buyer and Seller with respect to the Transaction to which the Confirmation relates, unless with respect to the Confirmation specific objection is made promptly after receipt thereof. In the event of any conflict between the terms of such Confirmation and this Agreement, this Agreement shall prevail.
 
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(c)
In the case of Transactions terminable upon demand, such demand shall be made by Buyer or Seller, no later than such time as is customary in accordance with market practice, by telephone or otherwise on or prior to the business day on which such termination will be effective. On the date specified in such demand, or on the date fixed for termination in the case of Transactions having a fixed term, termination of the Transaction will be effected by transfer to Seller or its agent of the Purchased Securities and any Income in respect thereof received by Buyer (and not previously credited or transferred to, or applied to the obligations of, Seller pursuant to Paragraph 5 hereof) against the transfer of the Repurchase Price to an account of Buyer.


4.
Margin Maintenance
   
 
(a)
If at any time the aggregate Market Value of all Purchased Securities subject to all Transactions in which a particular party hereto is acting as Buyer is less than the aggregate Buyer’s Margin Amount for all such Transactions (a “Margin Deficit”), then Buyer may by notice to Seller require Seller in such Transactions, at Seller’s option, to transfer to Buyer cash or additional Securities reasonably acceptable to Buyer (“Additional Purchased Securities”), so that the cash and aggregate Market Value of the Purchased Securities, including any such Additional Purchased Securities, will thereupon equal or exceed such aggregate Buyer’s Margin Amount (decreased by the amount of any Margin Deficit as of such date arising from any Transactions in which such Buyer is acting as Seller).

 
(b)
If at any time the aggregate Market Value of all Purchased Securities subject to all Transactions in which a particular party hereto is acting as Seller exceeds the aggregate Seller’s Margin Amount for all such Transactions at such time (a “Margin Excess”), then Seller may by notice to Buyer require Buyer in such Transactions, at Buyer’s option, to transfer cash or Purchased Securities to Seller, so that the aggregate Market Value of the Purchased Securities, after deduction of any such cash or any Purchased Securities so transferred, will thereupon not exceed such aggregate Seller’s Margin Amount (increased by the amount of any Margin Excess as of such date arising from any Transactions in which such Seller is acting as Buyer).

 
(c)
If any notice is given by Buyer or Seller under subparagraph (a) or (b) of this Paragraph at or before the Margin Notice Deadline on any business day, the party receiving such notice shall transfer cash or Additional Purchased Securities as provided in such subparagraph no later than the close of business in the relevant market on such day. If any such notice is given after the Margin Notice Deadline, the party receiving such notice shall transfer such cash or Securities no later than the close of business in the relevant market on the next business day following such notice.
 
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(d)
Any cash transferred pursuant to this Paragraph shall be attributed to such Transactions as shall be agreed upon by Buyer and Seller.

 
(e)
Seller and Buyer may agree, with respect to any or all Transactions hereunder, that the respective rights of Buyer or Seller (or both) under subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph may be exercised only where a Margin Deficit or Margin Excess, as the case may be, exceeds a specified dollar amount or a specified percentage of the Repurchase Prices for such Transactions (which amount or percentage shall be agreed to by Buyer and Seller prior to entering into any such Transactions).

 
(f)
Seller and Buyer may agree, with respect to any or all Transactions hereunder, that the respective rights of Buyer and Seller under subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph to require the elimination of a Margin Deficit or a Margin Excess, as the case may be, may be exercised whenever such a Margin Deficit or Margin Excess exists with respect to any single Transaction hereunder (calculated without regard to any other Transaction outstanding under this Agreement).


5.
Income Payments
 
Seller shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to all Income paid or distributed on or in respect of the Securities that is not otherwise received by Seller, to the full extent it would be so entitled if the Securities had not been sold to Buyer. Buyer shall, as the parties may agree with respect to any Transaction (or, in the absence of any such agreement, as Buyer shall reasonably determine in its discretion), on the date such Income is paid or distributed either (i) transfer to or credit to the account of Seller such Income with respect to any Purchased Securities subject to such Transaction or (ii) with respect to Income paid in cash, apply the Income payment or payments to reduce the amount, if any, to be transferred to Buyer by Seller upon termination of such Transaction. Buyer shall not be obligated to take any action pursuant to the preceding sentence (A) to the extent that such action would result in the creation of a Margin Deficit, unless prior thereto or simultaneously therewith Seller transfers to Buyer cash or Additional Purchased Securities sufficient to eliminate such Margin Deficit, or (B) if an Event of Default with respect to Seller has occurred and is then continuing at the time such Income is paid or distributed.


6.
Security Interest
Although the parties intend that all Transactions hereunder be sales and purchases and not loans, in the event any such Transactions are deemed to be loans, Seller shall be deemed to have pledged to Buyer as security for the performance by Seller of its obligations under each such Transaction, and shall be deemed to have granted to Buyer a security interest in, all of the Purchased Securities with respect to all Transactions hereunder and all Income thereon and other proceeds thereof.

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7.
Payment and Transfer
 
Unless otherwise mutually agreed, all transfers of funds hereunder shall be in immediately available funds. All Securities transferred by one party hereto to the other party (i) shall be in suitable form for transfer or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank and such other documentation as the party receiving possession may reasonably request, (ii) shall be transferred on the book-entry system of a Federal Reserve Bank, or (iii) shall be transferred by any other method mutually acceptable to Seller and Buyer.


8.
Segregation of Purchased Securities
 
To the extent required by applicable law, all Purchased Securities in the possession of Seller shall be segregated from other securities in its possession and shall be identified as subject to this Agreement. Segregation may be accomplished by appropriate identification on the books and records of the holder, including a financial or securities intermediary or a clearing corporation. All of Seller’s interest in the Purchased Securities shall pass to Buyer on the Purchase Date and, unless otherwise agreed by Buyer and Seller, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude Buyer from engaging in repurchase transactions with the Purchased Securities or otherwise selling, transferring, pledging or hypothecating the Purchased Securities, but no such transaction shall relieve Buyer of its obligations to transfer Purchased Securities to Seller pursuant to Paragraph 3, 4 or 11 hereof, or of Buyer’s obligation to credit or pay Income to, or apply Income to the obligations of, Seller pursuant to Paragraph 5 hereof.
 
Required Disclosure for Transactions in Which the Seller Retains Custody of the Purchased Securities

Seller is not permitted to substitute other securities for those subject to this Agreement and therefore must keep Buyer’s securities segregated at all times, unless in this Agreement Buyer grants Seller the right to substitute other securities. If Buyer grants the right to substitute, this means that Buyer’s securities will likely be commingled with Seller’s own securities during the trading day. Buyer is advised that, during any trading day that Buyer’s securities are commingled with Seller’s securities, they [will] * [may] ** be subject to liens granted by Seller to [its clearing bank] * [third parties] ** and may be used by Seller for deliveries on other securities transactions. Whenever the securities are commingled, Seller’s ability to resegregate substitute securities for Buyer will be subject to Seller’s ability to satisfy [the clearing] * [any] ** lien or to obtain substitute securities.

* Language to be used under 17 C.F.R. 13403.4(e) if Seller is a government securities broker or dealer other than a financial institution.
** Language to be used under 17 C.F.R. 13403.5(d) if Seller is a financial institution.
 
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9.
Substitution
   
 
(a)
Seller may, subject to agreement with and acceptance by Buyer, substitute other Securities for any Purchased Securities. Such substitution shall be made by transfer to Buyer of such other Securities and transfer to Seller of such Purchased Securities. After substitution, the substituted Securities shall be deemed to be Purchased Securities.

 
(b)
In Transactions in which Seller retains custody of Purchased Securities, the parties expressly agree that Buyer shall be deemed, for purposes of subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, to have agreed to and accepted in this Agreement substitution by Seller of other Securities for Purchased Securities; provided, however, that such other Securities shall have a Market Value at least equal to the Market Value of the Purchased Securities for which they are substituted.
 

10.
Representations
 
Each of Buyer and Seller represents and warrants to the other that (i) it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement, to enter into Transactions contemplated hereunder and to perform its obligations hereunder and has taken all necessary action to authorize such execution, delivery and performance, (ii) it will engage in such Transactions as principal (or, if agreed in writing, in the form of an annex hereto or otherwise, in advance of any Transaction by the other party hereto, as agent for a disclosed principal), (iii) the person signing this Agreement on its behalf is duly authorized to do so on its behalf (or on behalf of any such disclosed principal), (iv) it has obtained all authorizations of any governmental body required in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions hereunder and such authorizations are in full force and effect and (v) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Transactions hereunder will not violate any law, ordinance, charter, bylaw or rule applicable to it or any agreement by which it is bound or by which any of its assets are affected. On the Purchase Date for any Transaction Buyer and Seller shall each be deemed to repeat all the foregoing representations made by it.

 
11.
Events of Default
 
In the event that (i) Seller fails to transfer or Buyer fails to purchase Purchased Securities upon the applicable Purchase Date, (ii) Seller fails to repurchase or Buyer fails to transfer Purchased Securities upon the applicable Repurchase Date, (iii) Seller or Buyer fails to comply with Paragraph 4 hereof, (iv) Buyer fails, after one business day’s notice, to comply with Paragraph 5 hereof, (v) an Act of Insolvency occurs with respect to Seller or Buyer, (vi) any representation made by Seller or Buyer shall have been incorrect or untrue in any material respect when made or repeated or deemed to have been made or repeated, or (vii) Seller or Buyer shall admit to the other its inability to, or its intention not to, perform any of its obligations hereunder (each an “Event of Default”):

 
(a)
The nondefaulting party may, at its option (which option shall be deemed to have been exercised immediately upon the occurrence of an Act of Insolvency), declare an Event of Default to have occurred hereunder and, upon the exercise or deemed exercise of such option, the Repurchase Date for each Transaction hereunder shall, if it has not already occurred, be deemed immediately to occur (except that, in the event that the Purchase Date for any Transaction has not yet occurred as of the date of such exercise or deemed exercise, such Transaction shall be deemed immediately canceled). The nondefaulting party shall (except upon the occurrence of an Act of Insolvency) give notice to the defaulting party of the exercise of such option as promptly as practicable.
 
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(b)
In all Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Seller, if the nondefaulting party exercises or is deemed to have exercised the option referred to in subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, (i) the defaulting party’s obligations in such Transactions to repurchase all Purchased Securities, at the Repurchase Price therefor on the Repurchase Date determined in accordance with subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, shall thereupon become immediately due and payable, (ii) all Income paid after such exercise or deemed exercise shall be retained by the nondefaulting party and applied to the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Prices and any other amounts owing by the defaulting party hereunder, and (iii) the defaulting party shall immediately deliver to the nondefaulting party any Purchased Securities subject to such Transactions then in the defaulting party’s possession or control.

 
(c)
In all Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Buyer, upon tender by the nondefaulting party of payment of the aggregate Repurchase Prices for all such Transactions, all right, title and interest in and entitlement to all Purchased Securities subject to such Transactions shall be deemed transferred to the nondefaulting party, and the defaulting party shall deliver all such Purchased Securities to the nondefaulting party.

 
(d)
If the nondefaulting party exercises or is deemed to have exercised the option referred to in subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, the nondefaulting party, without prior notice to the defaulting party, may:

 
(i)
as to Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Seller, (A) immediately sell, in a recognized market (or otherwise in a commercially reasonable manner) at such price or prices as the nondefaulting party may reasonably deem satisfactory, any or all Purchased Securities subject to such Transactions and apply the proceeds thereof to the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Prices and any other amounts owing by the defaulting party hereunder or (B) in its sole discretion elect, in lieu of selling all or a portion of such Purchased Securities, to give the defaulting party credit for such Purchased Securities in an amount equal to the price therefor on such date, obtained from a generally recognized source or the most recent closing bid quotation from such a source, against the aggregate unpaid Repurchase Prices and any other amounts owing by the defaulting party hereunder; and

 
(ii)
as to Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Buyer, (A) immediately purchase, in a recognized market (or otherwise in a commercially reasonable manner) at such price or prices as the nondefaulting party may reasonably deem satisfactory, securities (“Replacement Securities”) of the same class and amount as any Purchased Securities that are not delivered by the defaulting party to the nondefaulting party as required hereunder or (B) in its sole discretion elect, in lieu of purchasing Replacement Securities, to be deemed to have purchased Replacement Securities at the price therefor on such date, obtained from a generally recognized source or the most recent closing offer quotation from such a source.
 
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Unless otherwise provided in Annex I, the parties acknowledge and agree that (1) the Securities subject to any Transaction hereunder are instruments traded in a recognized market, (2) in the absence of a generally recognized source for prices or bid or offer quotations for any Security, the nondefaulting party may establish the source therefor in its sole discretion and (3) all prices, bids and offers shall be determined together with accrued Income (except to the extent contrary to market practice with respect to the relevant Securities).

 
(e)
As to Transactions in which the defaulting party is acting as Buyer, the defaulting party shall be liable to the nondefaulting party for any excess of the price paid (or deemed paid) by the nondefaulting party for Replacement Securities over the Repurchase Price for the Purchased Securities replaced thereby and for any amounts payable by the defaulting party under Paragraph 5 hereof or otherwise hereunder.

 
(f)
For purposes of this Paragraph 11, the Repurchase Price for each Transaction hereunder in respect of which the defaulting party is acting as Buyer shall not increase above the amount of such Repurchase Price for such Transaction determined as of the date of the exercise or deemed exercise by the nondefaulting party of the option referred to in subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph.

 
(g)
The defaulting party shall be liable to the nondefaulting party for (i) the amount of all reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by the nondefaulting party in connection with or as a result of an Event of Default, (ii) damages in an amount equal to the cost (including all fees, expenses and commissions) of entering into replacement transactions and entering into or terminating hedge transactions in connection with or as a result of an Event of Default, and (iii) any other loss, damage, cost or expense directly arising or resulting from the occurrence of an Event of Default in respect of a Transaction.

 
(h)
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the defaulting party shall be liable to the nondefaulting party for interest on any amounts owing by the defaulting party hereunder, from the date the defaulting party becomes liable for such amounts hereunder until such amounts are (i) paid in full by the defaulting party or (ii) satisfied in full by the exercise of the nondefaulting party’s rights hereunder. Interest on any sum payable by the defaulting party to the nondefaulting party under this Paragraph 11(h) shall be at a rate equal to the greater of the Pricing Rate for the relevant Transaction or the Prime Rate.

 
(i)
The nondefaulting party shall have, in addition to its rights hereunder, any rights otherwise available to it under any other agreement or applicable law.


12.
Single Agreement
 
Buyer and Seller acknowledge that, and have entered hereinto and will enter into each Transaction hereunder in consideration of and in reliance upon the fact that, all Transactions hereunder constitute a single business and contractual relationship and have been made in consideration of each other. Accordingly, each of Buyer and Seller agrees (i) to perform all of its obligations in respect of each Transaction hereunder, and that a default in the performance of any such obligations shall constitute a default by it in respect of all Transactions hereunder, (ii) that each of them shall be entitled to set off claims and apply property held by them in respect of any Transaction against obligations owing to them in respect of any other Transactions hereunder and (iii) that payments, deliveries and other transfers made by either of them in respect of any Transaction shall be deemed to have been made in consideration of payments, deliveries and other transfers in respect of any other Transactions hereunder, and the obligations to make any such payments, deliveries and other transfers may be applied against each other and netted.
 
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13.
Notices and Other Communications
 
Any and all notices, statements, demands or other communications hereunder may be given by a party to the other by mail, facsimile, telegraph, messenger or otherwise to the address specified in Annex II hereto, or so sent to such party at any other place specified in a notice of change of address hereafter received by the other. All notices, demands and requests hereunder may be made orally, to be confirmed promptly in writing, or by other communication as specified in the preceding sentence.
 

14.
Entire Agreement; Severability
 
This Agreement shall supersede any existing agreements between the parties containing general terms and conditions for repurchase transactions. Each provision and agreement herein shall be treated as separate and independent from any other provision or agreement herein and shall be enforceable notwithstanding the unenforceability of any such other provision or agreement.
 

15.
Non-assignability; Termination
   
 
(a)
The rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement and under any Transaction shall not be assigned by either party without the prior written consent of the other party, and any such assignment without the prior written consent of the other party shall be null and void. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement and any Transactions shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement may be terminated by either party upon giving written notice to the other, except that this Agreement shall, notwithstanding such notice, remain applicable to any Transactions then outstanding.

 
(b)
Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph 15 shall not preclude a party from assigning, charging or otherwise dealing with all or any part of its interest in any sum payable to it under Paragraph 11 hereof.

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16.
Governing Law
 
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof.


17.
No Waivers, Etc.
 
No express or implied waiver of any Event of Default by either party shall constitute a waiver of any other Event of Default and no exercise of any remedy hereunder by any party shall constitute a waiver of its right to exercise any other remedy hereunder. No modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and no consent by any party to a departure herefrom shall be effective unless and until such shall be in writing and duly executed by both of the parties hereto. Without limitation on any of the foregoing, the failure to give a notice pursuant to Paragraph 4(a) or 4(b) hereof will not constitute a waiver of any right to do so at a later date.


18.
Use of Employee Plan Assets
   
 
(a)
If assets of an employee benefit plan subject to any provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) are intended to be used by either party hereto (the “Plan Party”) in a Transaction, the Plan Party shall so notify the other party prior to the Transaction. The Plan Party shall represent in writing to the other party that the Transaction does not constitute a prohibited transaction under ERISA or is otherwise exempt therefrom, and the other party may proceed in reliance thereon but shall not be required so to proceed.

 
(b)
Subject to the last sentence of subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph, any such Transaction shall proceed only if Seller furnishes or has furnished to Buyer its most recent available audited statement of its financial condition and its most recent subsequent unaudited statement of its financial condition.

 
(c)
By entering into a Transaction pursuant to this Paragraph, Seller shall be deemed (i) to represent to Buyer that since the date of Seller’s latest such financial statements, there has been no material adverse change in Seller’s financial condition which Seller has not disclosed to Buyer, and (ii) to agree to provide Buyer with future audited and unaudited statements of its financial condition as they are issued, so long as it is a Seller in any outstanding Transaction involving a Plan Party.


19.
Intent
   
 
(a)
The parties recognize that each Transaction is a “repurchase agreement” as that term is defined in Section 101 of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended (except insofar as the type of Securities subject to such Transaction or the term of such Transaction would render such definition inapplicable), and a “securities contract” as that term is defined in Section 741 of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended (except insofar as the type of assets subject to such Transaction would render such definition inapplicable).
 
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(b)
It is understood that either party’s right to liquidate Securities delivered to it in connection with Transactions hereunder or to exercise any other remedies pursuant to Paragraph 11 hereof is a contractual right to liquidate such Transaction as described in Sections 555 and 559 of Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.

 
(c)
The parties agree and acknowledge that if a party hereto is an “insured depository institution,” as such term is defined in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, as amended (“FDIA”), then each Transaction hereunder is a “qualified financial contract,” as that term is defined in FDIA and any rules, orders or policy statements thereunder (except insofar as the type of assets subject to such Transaction would render such definition inapplicable).

 
(d)
It is understood that this Agreement constitutes a “netting contract” as defined in and subject to Title IV of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (“FDICIA”) and each payment entitlement and payment obligation under any Transaction hereunder shall constitute a “covered contractual payment entitlement” or “covered contractual payment obligation”, respectively, as defined in and subject to FDICIA (except insofar as one or both of the parties is not a “financial institution” as that term is defined in FDICIA).


20.
Disclosure Relating to Certain Federal Protections
 
The parties acknowledge that they have been advised that:

 
(a)
in the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a broker or dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“1934 Act”), the Securities Investor Protection Corporation has taken the position that the provisions of the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 (“SIPA”) do not protect the other party with respect to any Transaction hereunder;

 
(b)
in the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a government securities broker or a government securities dealer registered with the SEC under Section 15C of the 1934 Act, SIPA will not provide protection to the other party with respect to any Transaction hereunder; and

 
(c)
in the case of Transactions in which one of the parties is a financial institution, funds held by the financial institution pursuant to a Transaction hereunder are not a deposit and therefore are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, as applicable.

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RCG PB, LTD, as Buyer
 
 
By:  /s/ Jeffrey M. Solomon                                             
Name: Jeffrey M. Solomon    
Title: Authorized Signatory
 

HANOVER CAPITAL MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC., as Seller
 
 
 
By: /s/ John A. Burchett                                                   
Name: John A. Burchett
Title: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

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ANNEX I

SUPPLEMENTAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS


This Annex I (this “Annex I”), dated as of August 10, 2007, forms a part of the TBMA Master Repurchase Agreement (September 1996 Version) dated as of August 10, 2007 (the “Master Agreement” and, together with this Annex I, Annex II and any schedules and exhibits hereto or thereto, this “Agreement”), between Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc., as the Seller (the “Seller”) and RCG PB, Ltd, as buyer (the “Buyer”). Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Annex I shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Master Agreement. To the extent that this Annex I conflicts with the terms of the Master Agreement, this Annex I shall control.

All references to Buyer in the Agreement shall be deemed to be references to RCG PB, Ltd, and except as is otherwise expressly provided in this Annex I to the contrary, any reference to “Seller” in the Master Agreement shall be construed to mean a reference to Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc.
 
1. DEFINITIONS.
 
(a) For purposes of the Agreement and this Annex I, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Act of Insolvency” means the occurrence of either of the following with respect to any Person:

(a) (i) any case, proceeding, petition or action shall be commenced or filed, without such Person’s application or consent, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment or relief of debts of such Person, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or the like for such Person or all or substantially all of such Person’s assets, or any assignment for the benefit of the creditors of such Person, or (ii) any similar case, proceeding, petition or action with respect to such Person under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts shall be commenced or filed against such Person, and such case, proceeding, petition or action shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of 15 consecutive days; or an order for relief in respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect; or

(b) such Person shall commence or file a voluntary case or other proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other similar law now or hereafter in effect (including, without limitation, under Section 301 of the Bankruptcy Code), or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) for, such Person or for substantially all of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail to, or admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts generally as they become due, or its board of directors or managers shall vote to implement any of the foregoing.
 

 
Affiliate” when used with respect to a Person means any other Person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities (including, without limitation, partnership interests), by contract or otherwise and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day when banks are authorized or required by law to close in New York, New York.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, in each case as in effect from time to time. References to sections of the Code also refer to any successor sections.

Default” means any event, that, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute of similar import, in each case as in effect from time to time. References to sections of ERISA also refer to any successor sections.

Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11 of this Annex I.

Investment Company Act” means the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Lien” means any lien (statutory or other), security interest, assignment, mortgage, charge, pledge, hypothecation, deposit arrangement, encumbrance or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease involving substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing and the filing of any financing statement under the UCC or any comparable law of any jurisdiction).

Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment Date” means the second Business Day following the 25th calendar day of each month prior to the Repurchase Date.

Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment” means, for each Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess of (A) all interest collections actually received by the Buyer on the Purchased Securities, net of any applicable U.S. federal income tax withholding tax imposed on such interest collections, since the preceding Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment Date, the Purchase Date) over (B) $810,000.
 
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Person” means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

Proposal” means a written notice setting forth the following information with respect to the portfolio of securities that the Seller desires to transfer to the Buyer: (i) the CUSIP for each such Security; and (ii) the unpaid principal balance for each such Security. A Proposal shall not include any Additional Purchased Securities.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Securities Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the applicable jurisdiction or jurisdictions.

(b) The following capitalized terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below, in lieu of the meanings for such terms set forth in the Master Agreement:

Confirmation” means a confirmation substantially in the form of Exhibit A delivered pursuant to Paragraph 3 of the Master Agreement.

Purchase Date” means August 10, 2007.

Purchase Price” means $80,932,928.35

Repurchase Date” means August 9, 2008; provided, further, that, upon the declaration or deemed declaration of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 11 hereof, the Repurchase Date shall be accelerated pursuant to Section 11(b).

Repurchase Price” means an amount equal to the excess of (A) the sum of (i) the Purchase Price, (ii) $9,720,000, and (iii) $4,000,000, over (B) the excess of (i) all interest collections actually received by the Buyer on the Purchased Securities, net of any applicable U.S. federal income tax withholding tax imposed on such interest collections, since the Purchase Date, over (ii) the sum of the Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payments paid by the Buyer to the Seller since the Purchase Date.
 
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(c) This Annex I is intended to supplement the Master Agreement and shall, wherever possible, be interpreted so as to be consistent with the Master Agreement; however, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Annex I and the provisions of the Master Agreement, the provisions of this Annex I shall govern and control. For purposes of this Annex I and each Confirmation, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) references to any amount as on deposit or outstanding on any particular date means such amount at the close of business on such day; (b) the term “including” means “including without limitation”; (c) references to any law or regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor law or regulation; (d) references to any agreement refer to that agreement as from time to time amended, restated or supplemented or as the terms of such agreement are waived or modified in accordance with its terms; (e) references to any Person include that Person’s successors and assigns; and (f) headings are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.
 
2. DELIVERY. All Purchased Securities shall be transferred to the Buyer by the Seller delivering (or causing to be delivered) to the Buyer, on or prior to the Purchase Date, the security certificate for each Purchased Security, indorsed to the Buyer by an effective indorsement whereupon ownership of the Purchased Securities shall pass to the Buyer.
 
3. FUNDING REQUESTS; CONFIRMATIONS.

Paragraph 3 of the Master Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

(a) The Seller agrees to do such further acts and things and to execute and deliver to Buyer such additional assignments, acknowledgments, agreements, powers and instruments as are reasonably required by Buyer to carry into effect the purposes of this Agreement, to perfect the interests of Buyer in the Purchased Securities, or to better assure and confirm unto Buyer its rights, powers and remedies hereunder.
 
(b) On or prior to 7:00 a.m. New York City time on the date hereof, the Seller shall deliver to the Buyer the Proposal.
 
(c) On the Purchase Date specified in the Proposal, the Seller and Buyer shall agree, in writing through the execution of the Confirmation, on the Securities to be purchased by the Buyer, which shall be identified by CUSIP in the Confirmation. Seller shall, as soon as practicable (but no later than 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the Purchase Date), deliver to the Buyer the Confirmation, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, and if such Confirmation has been delivered in form acceptable to the Buyer and all other conditions precedent set forth in Section 12 have been satisfied to the Buyer’s satisfaction, the Buyer shall execute and return such Confirmation to the Seller.

(d) In the event of any conflict between the terms of such Confirmation and this Agreement, this Agreement shall prevail. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereby agree that there shall be only one Confirmation and only one Transaction under this Agreement.
 
4. MARGIN MAINTENANCE.
 
Paragraph 4 of the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.
 
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5. INCOME PAYMENTS; ADDITIONAL PURCHASE PRICE.

Paragraph 5 of the Master Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

The Buyer shall be entitled to all Income and other proceeds received on the Purchased Securities. On each Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment Date, the Buyer shall pay to the Seller the Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment for such Monthly Additional Purchase Price Payment Date by 11:30 a.m. New York City time, unless an Event of Default or Default shall have occurred or be continuing.

6. SECURITY INTEREST.

Paragraph 6 of the Master Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Although the parties intend that the Transaction hereunder be a sale and purchase and not a loan, in the event the Transaction is deemed to be a loan, the Seller shall be deemed to have pledged to the Buyer as security for the performance by the Seller of its obligations under the Transaction, and shall be deemed to have granted to the Buyer a security interest in, all of the Purchased Securities and all Income thereon and other proceeds thereof. The Seller hereby authorizes the Buyer to file such financing statements relating to the Purchased Securities as it may deem appropriate in its sole discretion. The Seller shall pay the filing costs for any financing statements prepared pursuant hereto.

7. PURCHASE PRICE; REPURCHASE PRICE.

Paragraph 7 of the Master Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

(a) On the Purchase Date for the Transaction, the Buyer shall pay the Seller the Purchase Price to or at the direction of the Seller.

(b) The Seller shall pay the Repurchase Price on the Repurchase Date in immediately available funds by 11:30 a.m. New York City time on the Repurchase Date to the Buyer.

(c) The Seller may elect to repay all or any portion of the Repurchase Price on the Repurchase Date to the Buyer in kind and not in immediately available funds by delivering to the Buyer written notice of such election at least two Business days preceding the Repurchase Date. If the Seller makes such an election, the Buyer shall provide to Seller a schedule of each of the Purchased Securities or substantially similar securities and the market value (determined by Buyer in its sole discretion) with respect thereto; and Seller shall be entitled to select, by written notice to Buyer, the amount of Repurchase Price it wishes to settle in kind and which Purchased Securities or substantially similar securities to use for that purpose.
 
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8. ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER.

In addition to the representations and warranties appearing in Paragraph 10 of the Master Agreement, the Seller represents and warrants to the Buyer that as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Purchase Date for the purchase of the Purchased Securities by Buyer from the Seller hereunder:
 
(a) It (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation, and (ii) has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted in all material respects and to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
 
(b) Its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (i) are within its organic powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and (iii) do not contravene (A) its organizational documents or (B) any law or any contractual restriction binding on the Seller, except with respect to the contravention of law or contractual restrictions which would not result in any material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties, or assets of the Seller, or which may have an adverse effect on the validity of this Agreement or the Purchased Securities or the Seller’s ability to timely perform its obligations under this Agreement.
 
(c) No authorization, consent, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body, domestic or foreign (which has not been obtained or made) is or will be necessary for the Seller’s valid execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
 
(d) This Agreement when executed, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Seller enforceable against the Seller in accordance with their respective terms; except that the enforcement of each such agreement may be subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
 
(e) There is no action, suit, proceeding, investigation, or arbitration pending or threatened against the Seller or any of its assets, which may result in any material adverse change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties, or which may have an adverse effect on the validity of this Agreement or the Purchased Securities or the Seller’s ability to timely perform its obligations under this Agreement or requires filing with the SEC in accordance with its rules and regulations. This Seller is in compliance in all material respects with all requirements of applicable law. The Seller is not in default in any material respect with respect to any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, rule or regulation of any arbitrator or governmental authority.
 
(f) The Seller has not dealt with any broker, investment banker, agent, or other Person who may be entitled to any commission or compensation in connection with the sale of Purchased Securities pursuant to this Agreement.
 
(g) No Event of Default or Default exists hereunder.
 
(h) The Seller is generally able to pay, and as of the date hereof is paying, its debts as they come due. The Seller has not become, or is presently, financially insolvent nor will the Seller be made insolvent by virtue of its execution of or performance under this Agreement within the meaning of the bankruptcy laws or the insolvency laws of any jurisdiction. The Seller has not entered into this Agreement or the Transaction pursuant thereto in contemplation of insolvency or with intent to hinder, delay or defraud any creditor.
 
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(i) The Seller is not (A) an “investment company,” or a company “controlled by an investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (B) a “holding company,” or a “subsidiary company of a holding company,” or an “affiliate” of either a “holding company” or a “subsidiary company of a holding company,” as such terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
 
(j) The Seller has filed or caused to be filed all tax returns which to its knowledge would be delinquent if they had not been filed on or before the date hereof and has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on or before the date hereof on such returns or on any assessments made against it or any of its property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it and any of its assets by any governmental authority, except for such taxes as are being appropriately contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; no tax liens have been filed against any of the Seller’s assets and, to its knowledge, no claims are being asserted with respect to any such taxes, fees or other charges.
 
(k) The Seller does not sponsor, contribute to, or maintain a “single employer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, and is not a member of an ERISA Group, any member of which sponsors, contributes to, or maintains a “single employer plan.”
 
(l) The Seller represents and warrants (i) that the Transaction contemplated hereunder is a “repurchase agreement” as that term is defined in Section 101(47) of the Bankruptcy Code, eligible for relief under Section 559 of the Bankruptcy Code (except insofar as the Purchased Securities subject to the Transaction, or the term of the Transaction, would render such definition inapplicable), a “forward contract” as that term is defined in Section 101(25) of the Bankruptcy Code (except insofar as the Purchased Securities subject to the Transaction would render such definition inapplicable), a “securities contract” as that term is defined in Section 741(7) of the Bankruptcy Code, and/or a “master netting agreement” as that term is defined in Section 101(38A) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (ii) that each assignment, transfer or payment of Purchased Securities or Repurchase Price is a “margin payment” as that term is defined in Sections 101(38), 741(5) and 761(15) of the Bankruptcy Code, or a “settlement payment” as that term is defined in Sections 101(51A) and 741(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.
 
(m) The provisions of this Agreement are effective to either constitute a sale of the Purchased Securities transferred by the Seller to the Buyer or to create in favor of the Buyer a valid security interest in all right, title and interest of the Seller in, to and under such Purchased Securities.
 
(n) The Seller’s jurisdiction of organization is Maryland and its chief executive office is, and has been, located at 200 Metroplex, Suite 100, Edison, New Jersey 08817.
 
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(o) As of the date hereof, the Seller has not changed its jurisdiction of formation since such entity was formed.
 
(p) The Seller keeps its books and records, including all computer tapes and records related to the Purchased Securities transferred by it hereunder at its chief executive office and its offices at 1 Exchange Plaza, 55 Broadway, Ste 3002, New York, New York 10006.
 
(q) The Seller does not believe, nor does it have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot perform each and every covenant contained in this Agreement in all material respects.
 
(r) The Seller has not selected and will not select the Purchased Securities transferred by it hereunder in a manner so as to adversely affect the Buyer’s interests.
 
(s) There is no UCC filing jurisdiction for filing of a financing statement in order to establish perfection with respect the Seller’s interest in the Purchased Securities other than Maryland.
 
(t) The information, reports, financial statements, exhibits and schedules furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Seller to the Buyer in connection with the negotiation, preparation or delivery of this Agreement or included herein or delivered pursuant hereto, when taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. All written information furnished after the date hereof by or on behalf of the Seller to the Buyer in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will be true, complete and accurate in every material respect, or (in the case of projections) based on reasonable estimates, on the date as of which such information is stated or certified.
 
(u) The use of all funds acquired by the Seller under this Agreement will not conflict with or contravene any of Regulations T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
 
(v) As of the date hereof, the exact legal name of the Seller is, and since the Seller was formed has been, the name set forth for it on the signature page hereto and the Seller has not had (i) any prior name or (ii) any trade names.
 
(w) The consideration received by the Seller in connection with the transfer of the Purchased Securities by the Seller under this Agreement constitutes fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value for such Purchased Securities.
 
(x) The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the ordinary course of business of the Seller.
 
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9. NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE SELLER.

The Seller shall not without the prior written consent of Buyer:
 
(a) take any action which would directly or indirectly impair or adversely affect Buyer’s title to the Purchased Securities;
 
(b) move its chief executive office from the address or change its jurisdiction of organization from the jurisdiction referred to in Section 8(p) of this Annex I unless it shall have provided the Buyer 30 days’ prior written notice of such change;
 
(c) engage in any conduct or activity that could subject its assets to forfeiture or seizure;
 
(d) make any material change in the nature of its business as carried on at the date hereof;
 
(e) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens of any nature whatsoever on any of the Purchased Securities, whether real, personal or mixed, now or hereafter owned, other than the Liens created in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; nor shall such Seller cause any of the Purchased Securities to be sold, pledged, assigned or transferred; or
 
(f) transfer, assign, convey, grant, bargain, sell, set over, deliver or otherwise dispose of, or pledge or hypothecate, directly or indirectly, any interest in the Purchased Securities (or any of them) to any Person other than Buyer, or engage in repurchase transactions or similar transactions with respect to the Purchased Securities (or any of them) with any Person other than Buyer so long as such Purchased Securities are subject to the Agreement.
 
10. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE SELLER.
 
(a) The Seller shall promptly notify Buyer of any material adverse change in its business operations and/or financial condition; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 10 shall relieve the Seller of its obligations under the Agreement.
 
(b) The Seller (1) shall defend the right, title and interest of Buyer in and to the Purchased Securities against, and take such other action as is necessary to remove, the Liens, security interests, claims and demands of all Persons (other than security interests by or through Buyer) and (2) shall take all action reasonably requested by the Buyer to ensure that Buyer will have a first priority security interest in the Purchased Securities subject to the Transaction in the event the Transaction is recharacterized as a secured financing.
 
(c) The Seller will permit Buyer, or any designated representative thereof, to inspect such Seller’s records with respect to the Purchased Securities and the conduct and operation of its business related thereto upon reasonable prior written notice from Buyer, or any designated representative thereof, at such reasonable times and with reasonable frequency, and to make copies of extracts of any and all thereof.
 
(d) If the Seller shall at any time become entitled to receive or shall receive any rights, whether in addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for the Purchased Securities, or otherwise in respect thereof, the Seller shall accept the same as Buyer’s agent, hold the same in trust for Buyer and deliver the same forthwith to Buyer in the exact form received, duly endorsed by the Seller to Buyer, if required, together with an undated bond or other securities power covering such certificate duly executed in blank to be held by Buyer hereunder as additional collateral security for the Transaction. If any sums of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of the Purchased Securities shall be received by the Seller, the Seller shall promptly deliver such amounts to the Buyer.
 
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(e) At any time from time to time upon prior written request of Buyer, at the sole expense of the Seller, the Seller will promptly and duly execute and deliver such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as Buyer may reasonably request for the purposes of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement including the first priority security interest granted hereunder and of the rights and powers herein granted (including, among other things, filing such UCC financing statements as Buyer may reasonably request). If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Purchased Securities shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note, other instrument or chattel paper, such note, instrument or chattel paper shall be promptly delivered to Buyer, duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to Buyer, to be held as a Purchased Security under the Transaction pursuant to this Agreement, and the documents delivered in connection herewith.
 
(f) If any amounts are required to be withheld for U.S. federal income tax purposes with respect to any payments to Buyer in connection with the Transaction effected by this Agreement, Seller shall so withhold (if so required) and shall make payments to Buyer so that the net amount received by Buyer after such withholding equals the amount Buyer would have received if such withholding were not required. The Buyer will deliver such form or forms as the Seller reasonably requests to minimize or avoid any such withholding.

(g) The Seller shall provide Buyer with the following financial and reporting information:
 
(i) Within 45 days after the last day of the first three fiscal quarters in any fiscal year, an unaudited statement of the Seller’s income and expenses for such quarter and assets and liabilities as of the end of such quarter; and
 
(ii) Within 90 days after the last day of its fiscal year, an audited statement of the Seller’s income and expenses for such year and assets and liabilities as of the end of such year.
 
(h) The Seller shall timely file all tax returns that are required to be filed by them and shall timely pay all taxes due, except for any such taxes as are being appropriately contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate reserves have been provided.
 
(i) The Seller shall give notice to the Buyer immediately after a responsible officer of the Seller has any knowledge of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Default.
 
(j) All information, reports, exhibits, schedules, financial statements or certificates of the Seller or any of its officers furnished to the Buyer hereunder and during the Buyer’s diligence of the Seller is and will be true and complete and not fail to disclose any material facts or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein or therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading. All required financial statements delivered by the Seller to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, or as applicable, in the case of SEC filings, the appropriate SEC accounting requirements.
 
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(k) If an Event of Default has been declared or deemed declared, the Seller shall cooperate reasonably with the Buyer.
 
11. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; INDEMNITY.

Paragraph 11 of the Master Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
 
(a) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, the Seller hereby appoints the Buyer as its attorney-in-fact for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing or endorsing any instruments that Buyer may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment as attorney-in-fact is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Each of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder:
 
(i) the Seller fails to transfer the Purchased Securities to Buyer upon payment of the Purchase Price on the Purchase Date;
 
(ii) the Seller fails to repurchase the Purchased Securities or substantially similar securities held by the Buyer on the Repurchase Date by paying the Repurchase Price and such failure continues unremedied for two consecutive Business Days;
 
(iii) an Act of Insolvency occurs with respect to the Seller or any Affiliate thereof;
 
(iv) the Seller shall have defaulted in any of its obligations under the Stock Purchase Agreement;

(v) any representation made by the Seller (other than any representations regarding the eligibility of the Purchased Securities set forth in Section 19 of this Annex I), shall have been incorrect or untrue in any material respect when made or repeated or deemed to have been made or repeated and shall not have been cured within 5 days of the date the Seller has actual knowledge or has received written notice of such breach;

(vi) the Seller shall admit its inability to, or its intention not to, perform any of its obligations hereunder;
 
(vii) the Seller shall have assigned or purported to assign this Agreement, or any of its rights hereunder, except to an Affiliate, without obtaining the prior written consent of Buyer; or
 
(viii) the Seller fails to comply with any of its other agreements or covenants in, or provisions of, this Agreement and such failure continues for a period of 5 days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the Seller obtains knowledge thereof or (ii) the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Seller by Buyer.
 
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(b) Provided an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Buyer may, at its option (which option shall be deemed to have been exercised immediately upon the occurrence of an event described in clause (iii) of Section 11(a)), declare an Event of Default to have occurred hereunder and, upon the exercise or deemed exercise of such option, the Transaction shall terminate, meaning that the Repurchase Date hereunder shall, if it has not already occurred, be deemed immediately to occur. The Buyer shall (except upon the occurrence of any event deemed to have been declared an Event of Default pursuant to the preceding sentence) give notice to the Seller of the exercise of such option as promptly as practicable.
 
(c) If the Buyer exercises or is deemed to have exercised the option referred to in clause (b) of this Section, (i) the Seller’s obligation to repurchase all Purchased Securities or substantially similar securities held by Buyer, at the Repurchase Price, shall thereupon become immediately due and payable, and (ii) all Income paid after such exercise or deemed exercise shall be retained by Buyer applied to the unpaid Repurchase Price and any other amounts owing by the Seller hereunder.
 
(d) If the Buyer exercises or is deemed to have exercised the option referred to in clause (b) of this Section, the Seller hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Purchased Securities (A) may be sold by the Buyer, or (B) in Buyer’s sole discretion, in lieu of selling all or a portion of the Purchased Securities, may give the Seller credit for such Purchased Securities in an amount equal to the price therefor obtained from a generally recognized source or the most recent closing bid quotation from such a source.
 
(e) The parties acknowledge and agree that (1) the Purchased Securities are instruments traded in a recognized market, (2) in the absence of a generally recognized source for prices or bid or offer quotations for any Security, Buyer may establish the source therefor in its sole discretion, (3) all prices, bids and offers shall be determined together with accrued Income (except to the extent contrary to market practice with respect to the relevant Securities), and (4) any sale of the Securities by the Buyer shall be deemed to have been conducted in a commercially reasonable manner for all purposes under applicable law.
 
(f) Buyer shall pay to the Seller an amount equal to the excess of the aggregate purchase price paid by the purchasers in any sale of the Purchased Securities (or an amount equal to the excess of such credit as determined in Section 11(d)(B) above) following the declaration or deemed declaration of an Event of Default, as reduced by any expenses incurred by Buyer in connection with such sale or liquidation, over the aggregate Repurchase Price hereunder and any other amounts payable by the Seller hereunder.
 
(g) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Seller shall be liable to Buyer for interest on any amounts owing by the Seller hereunder, from the date the Seller become liable for such amounts hereunder until such amounts are (i) paid in full by the Seller or (ii) satisfied in full by the exercise of the rights hereunder. Interest on any sum payable by the Seller to Buyer under this Section 11 shall be at a rate equal to 14% per annum.
 
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(h) Subject to the notice and grace periods set forth herein, each party to this Agreement may exercise any or all of the remedies available to such party immediately upon the declaration or deemed declaration of an Event of Default and at any time during the continuance thereof. Neither any failure nor any delay on the part of any party to this Agreement in insisting upon strict performance of any term, condition, covenant or agreement, or exercising any right, power, remedy or privilege hereunder shall operate as or constitute a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other future exercise, or the exercise of any other right, power, remedy or privilege.
 
(i) Buyer may enforce its rights and remedies hereunder without prior judicial process or hearing, and the Seller hereby expressly waives any defenses the Seller might otherwise have to require Buyer to enforce its rights by judicial process. Seller also waives any defense the Seller might otherwise have arising from the use of nonjudicial process, disposition of any or all of the Purchased Securities, or from any other election of remedies. The Seller recognizes that nonjudicial remedies are consistent with the usages of the trade, are responsive to commercial necessity and are the result of a bargain at arm’s length.
 
(j) The Seller hereby agree to indemnify Buyer and its Affiliates and each of their officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, taxes (including stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Purchased Securities or in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the documents delivered in connection herewith), fees, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and disbursements actually incurred to external counsel) or disbursements (all of the foregoing, collectively “Indemnified Amounts”) which may at any time (including, without limitation, such time as this Agreement shall no longer be in effect and the Transaction shall have been repaid in full) be imposed on or asserted against any Indemnified Party in any way whatsoever arising out of or in connection with, or relating to, this Agreement or the Transaction hereunder or any action taken or omitted to be taken by any Indemnified Party under or in connection with any of the foregoing, including without limitation in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement or any other agreement evidencing the Transaction, whether in action, suit or litigation or bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceeding affecting creditors’ rights generally; provided, that the Seller shall not be liable for Indemnified Amounts resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Indemnified Party.
 
(k) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any payment made by the Seller, within the applicable grace period described above, to cure any failure by the Seller to repurchase the Purchased Securities or substantially similar securities held by Buyer on the Repurchase Date, shall be made by it on or before 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date such failure is so cured. Any such payment received by or on behalf of the Buyer after 2:00 p.m. (New York time) shall be deemed to be received on (the next succeeding Business Day.

12. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

The Buyer’s agreement to enter into the initial Transaction under the Agreement is subject to the prior or contemporaneous satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent (the first date on which all such conditions precedent shall have been satisfied, the “Effective Date”):
 
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(a) Agreements. The Buyer shall have received the Agreement, duly executed and delivered by each of the parties hereto. In addition, the Seller and the Buyer shall have received the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by the Seller and the Buyer. The Buyer shall have received one or more cross receipts, satisfactory to the Buyer in its sole discretion and duly executed and delivered by the applicable repo lender(s) for the Seller, to the effect that upon its receipt of the payment of certain amounts by the Buyer, such repo lender(s) shall deliver the Purchased Securities in its possession to the Buyer or the Buyer shall have previously received the Purchased Securities held by any repo lender which has not provided such a cross receipt.

(b) Seller’s Certificate. The Buyer shall have received a certificate from the secretary of the Seller, in form and substance satisfactory to the Buyer, attaching a good standing certificate and certified copies of the Seller’s charter and by-laws (or equivalent documents) and of all corporate or other authority of the Seller with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement and each other document to be delivered by it from time to time in connection herewith and certifying as to the incumbency of each person authorized to execute on behalf of the Seller the Agreement or any related document on behalf (and the Buyer may conclusively rely on such certificate until it receives notice in writing from the Seller to the contrary).

(c) Opinions of Counsel. The Buyer shall have received opinions of legal counsel to the Seller with respect to the Agreement and the matters contemplated hereunder, including, without limitation, a customary due authority opinion, which opinions shall be satisfactory to the Buyer in form and substance.

(d) Other Documents. The Buyer shall have received such other documents as the Buyer, or its counsel, may reasonably request.

(e) Representations and Warranties. Both immediately before and after giving effect to such Transaction, all of the representations and warranties made by the Seller pursuant to the Agreement shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of the Purchase Date for such Transaction with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (or, if any representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, or with respect to a specific period, as of such specific date or period).

(f) Fees and Expenses. The Buyer shall have received payment from Seller of an amount equal to the actual costs and expenses incurred by the Buyer in connection with the development, preparation and execution of the Agreement, and any other documents prepared in connection herewith, including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, counsel to the Buyer, provided that a statement of such fees shall have been delivered prior to 11:00 A.M. New York City time on the date hereof.
 
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13. USE OF EMPLOYEE PLAN ASSETS.
 
Paragraph 18 of the Master Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Both the Buyer and the Seller represent, warrant and covenant to the other with respect to the Transaction that it is not, and is not acting on behalf of, (i) an “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code, or (iii) an entity deemed to hold plan assets of any of the foregoing.
 
14. BUYER AS ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT. The Buyer is hereby appointed to act after the declaration or deemed declaration of a Default or Event of Default as the attorney-in-fact of the Seller for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instruments that Buyer may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment as attorney-in-fact is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Buyer shall have the right and power after the declaration or deemed declaration of any Default or Event of Default to receive, endorse and collect all checks made payable to the order of the Seller representing any payment on account of the principal of or interest on any of the Purchased Securities and to give full discharge for the same.
 
15. REPURCHASE TRANSACTIONS. Buyer may engage in repurchase transactions with the Purchased Securities or otherwise pledge, transfer, hypothecate or rehypothecate the Purchased Securities, but no such transaction shall relieve the Buyer of its obligations to resell and transfer securities that, in the reasonable discretion of the Buyer, are substantially similar to the Purchased Securities (based on weighted average coupon, weighted average life, weighted average FICO of the underlying mortgagors, weighted average loan to value of the underlying mortgage loans, occupancy status and documentation type) to the Seller pursuant to the terms hereof.
 
16. NOTICES AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS.

Paragraph 13 of the Master Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices or communications shall be in writing (including, without limitation, by e-mail, facsimile or telex communication) or confirmed in writing and such notices and other communications shall, when mailed, e-mailed, communicated by facsimile transmission or telexed, be effective when received at the address for notices for the party to whom such notice or communications is to be given as set forth in Annex II hereto.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a facsimile transmission shall be deemed to be received when transmitted so long as the transmitting machine has provided an electronic confirmation of such transmission. Any notices or communications sent via e-mail shall be followed with a telephone call on the same day to confirm receipt of such e-mail. Either party may revise any information relating to it by notice in writing to the other party, which notice shall be effective on the third Business Day following receipt thereof.
 
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17. EXPENSES. The Seller shall pay its own expenses and all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) of Buyer incident to the enforcement of payment of amounts due under the Agreement, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, including, without limitation, in connection with bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, moratorium or other similar proceedings involving the Seller. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, the obligations of the Seller under this Section 17 shall be effective and enforceable whether or not the Transaction remains outstanding and shall survive payment of all other obligations owed by the Seller to Buyer.
 
18. COUNTERPARTS. The Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
 
19. REPRESENTATIONS RELATING TO THE PURCHASED SECURITIES. The Seller hereby represents and warrants, with respect to each Purchased Security, as follows:
 
(a) Upon payment of the Purchase Price as directed by Seller pursuant hereto, such Purchased Securities are free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or impediment to transfer (including any “adverse claim” as defined in Section 8-102(a)(1) of the UCC), and Seller is the recordholder and beneficial owner of and has good and marketable title to and the right to sell and transfer such Purchased Securities to Buyer and, upon transfer of such Purchased Securities to Buyer, Buyer shall be the owner of such Purchased Securities free of any adverse claim. In the event the Transaction is recharacterized as a secured financing of the Purchased Securities, the provisions of the Agreement are effective to create in favor of Buyer a valid security interest in all rights, title and interest of Seller in, to and under the Purchased Securities and Buyer shall have a valid, perfected first priority security interest in the Purchased Securities;
 
(b) information set forth in the Confirmation is true and correct in all material respects;
 
(c) no payment under such Security is currently past its contractual due date or has been past its contractual due date since its issuance date;
 
(d) the Seller has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of such Security to the transfer to Buyer of its interest and rights in such Security; and
 
(e) Buyer’s purchase of such Security shall not constitute a violation of any restriction on transfer applicable to such Security pursuant to its terms, or a breach of Section 5 of the Securities Act.
 
20. AMENDMENT/WAIVERS.
 
(a) Amendments. Any amendment, modification or supplement to this Annex I or the Agreement shall be in writing signed by the parties hereto.
 
(b) Waiver. Any waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and any consent to any departure by the Buyer from the terms of any provision of this Agreement, shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No notice to or demand upon the Buyer in any instance hereunder shall entitle the Buyer to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstance.
 
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(c) Costs and Expenses. The costs and expenses associated with any amendment, modification or supplement pursuant to this Section 20 shall be borne by the party requesting such amendment, modification or supplement.
 
21. TAX TREATMENT. Each Party intends that the Transaction effected by this Agreement be treated as a sale of the Purchased Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and the Parties hereby agree to file all tax returns and otherwise treat the transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes consistently therewith. All provisions of the Agreement shall be construed to achieve the aforementioned treatment for U.S. federal, state, and local income and franchise tax purposes. None of the parties to this Agreement shall take any contrary position unless required by applicable law.
 
22. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION AND WAIVER OF IMMUNITY.
 
(a) Each Party irrevocably and unconditionally (i) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any United States federal or New York state court sitting in Manhattan, and any appellate court from any such court, solely for the purpose of any suit, action or proceeding brought to enforce its obligations under this Agreement or relating in any way to this Agreement or the Transaction under this Agreement and (ii) waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, any defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court and any right of jurisdiction on account of its place of residence or domicile.
 
(b) To the extent that either party has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set off or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, such party hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of any action brought to enforce its obligations under the Agreement or relating in any way to this Agreement or the Transaction under this Agreement.
 
23. CHARACTERIZATION OF THIS AGREEMENT. Each of the Seller and the Buyer hereby acknowledges and agrees:

(a) that the Transaction is a “repurchase agreement” as that term is defined in Section 101(47) of Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (except insofar as the Purchased Securities subject to such Transaction, or the term of such Transaction, would render such definition inapplicable), a “forward contract” as that term is defined in Section 101(25) of the Bankruptcy Code (except insofar as the Purchased Securities subject to such Transaction would render such definition inapplicable), a “securities contract” as that term is defined in Section 741(7) of the Bankruptcy Code, and/or a “master netting agreement” as that term is defined in Section 101(38A) of the Bankruptcy Code; and

(b) that each assignment, transfer or payment of Purchased Securities or Repurchase Price is a “margin payment” as that term is defined in Sections 101(38), 741(5) and 761(15) of the Bankruptcy Code, or a “settlement payment” as that term is defined in Sections 101(51A) and 741(8) of the Bankruptcy Code.
 
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Seller and Buyer further intend that Buyer’s right to liquidate, terminate or accelerate the Purchased Securities delivered to Buyer in connection with the Transaction hereunder, and to exercise any other remedies pursuant to Section 11 hereof, are contractual rights to liquidate, terminate or accelerate such Transaction as described in Sections 555, 556, 559 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Each of the Buyer and the Seller hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not challenge such characterizations of this Agreement, the Transaction hereunder or of any of the payments or actions referred to above.

24. NO RECOURSE. Except with respect to any indemnification rights the Buyer may have against the Seller, no recourse shall be had against the Seller with respect to any of the payment obligations, covenants, agreements, representations or warranties of the Seller contained in this Agreement, and the Buyer’s recourse shall be limited to its rights in the Purchased Securities.
 
25. BINDING TERMS. All of the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in the Agreement shall bind the successors and assigns of the parties hereto, whether expressed or not.
 
26. TERMINATION.

Paragraph 15(a) of the Master Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

The rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement and under the Transaction shall not be assigned by either party other than to one of its Affiliates without the prior written consent of the other party, and any such assignment without the prior written consent of the other party shall be null and void. The Seller shall maintain a register of the ownership of the Buyer’s rights hereunder, and in the event of any assignment of this agreement by the Buyer, the Buyer shall present a copy of such assignment to the Seller, and the Seller shall record the name(s) and address(es) of the assignee(s) in the register. The parties shall be entitled to rely upon the register as proof of the ownership of the Buyer’s rights hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement and the Transaction shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Buyer and the Seller have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
 
RCG PB, LTD, as Buyer
 
 
By: /s/ Jeffrey M. Solomon                                  
Name: Jeffrey M. Solomon
Title: Managing Member, Ramius Capital Group
 
 
HANOVER CAPITAL MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC., as Seller
 
 
By:  /s/ John A Burchett                              
Name: John A. Burchett
Title: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF CONFIRMATION
   
TO:
Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc.
200 Metroplex Drive
Edison, NJ  08817
Attention: Harold McElraft
Tel:  732-593-1044
Fax: 732-548-0286
 
 
and  
 
Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc.
1 Exchange Plaza/55 Broadway
Suite 3002
New York, NY  1006
Attention: James Strickler
Tel:  212-227-0075 ext 5003
Fax:  212-227-5434
   
FROM:
RCG PB, Ltd
c/o Ramius Advisors, LLC
666 Third Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Julian Vulliez / John Holmes / Owen Littman
Tel.: 212-845-7941 / 212-201-4851 / 212-201-4841
Fax: 212-845-7960 / 212-845-7999 / 212-845-7995
 
 
RE:

RCG PB, Ltd (the “Buyer”) is pleased to confirm your sale and our purchase of the Purchased Securities described below pursuant to the Master Repurchase Agreement (including the supplemental terms set forth in Annex I thereto dated as of August 10, 2007), dated as of August 10, 2007 (the “Agreement”).

DESCRIPTION OF PURCHASED SECURITIES:
 
CUSIP
Unpaid Principal Balance
   
   
   
   



The Agreement is incorporated by reference into this Confirmation and made a part hereof as if it were fully set forth herein. All capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings specified in the Agreement.
 
  BY: RCG PB, LTD   
 
 
 
 

 
 
  By:      
  Name:     
  Title:     
 



ANNEX II
Names and Addresses for Communications Between Parties

HANOVER CAPITAL MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC.
200 Metroplex Drive
Edison, NJ  08817
Attention: Suzette Berrios
Tel:  732-593-1038
Fax:  732-548-0286

RCG PG, LTD
c/o Ramius Advisors, LLC
666 Third Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Julian Vulliez / John Holmes / Owen Littman
Tel.: 212-845-7941 / 212-201-4851 / 212-201-4841
Fax: 212-845-7960 / 212-845-7999 / 212-845-7995

Annex II-1

 
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Stock Purchase Agreement

 
 
between
 

 
Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc.
 

 
and
 

 
RCG PB, Ltd.
 

 
August 10, 2007
 

 

 


 



Stock Purchase Agreement
 
This Stock Purchase Agreement (“Agreement”) is dated August 10, 2007 by and between Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland (the “Company”), and RCG PB, Ltd, a Cayman exempt company (the “Investor”).
 
Background
 
On the date hereof, the parties hereto entered into a repurchase agreement regarding mortgage-backed securities of the Company (the “Repurchase Agreement”). In consideration of Investor’s execution and performance of its respective obligations under the Repurchase Agreement and as a material inducement to the Investor entering into the Repurchase Agreement, the Company agrees, pursuant to the terms and conditions herein, to issue to Investor 600,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”), and to register such shares for resale under the Securities Act (as defined below).
 
Terms
 
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises set forth herein, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
 
1. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings for purposes of this Agreement:
 
(a) Additional Share Listing Application” shall mean any Additional Listing Application or similar document required by the American Stock Exchange relating to the Shares or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
 
(b) Affiliate” of any specified person means any other person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified person. For purposes of this definition, control of a person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person whether by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
 
(c) Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
(d) Entity” shall mean a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, trust, or any other entity or organization.
 
(e) Equity” shall mean shares of capital stock of the Company and any option, warrant, convertible security/debt or other right to acquire shares of capital stock of the Company.
 
 


 
(f) Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar federal statute enacted hereafter, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
 
(g) Managing Underwriter” means the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that administer an underwritten offering, if any, conducted pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof.
 
(h) Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event or effect which has or reasonably is expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, properties, affairs, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company.
 
(i) NASD” means The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
 
(j) Person” and “person” shall include any natural person, Entity or any governmental or regulatory authority whatsoever.
 
(k) Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Shelf Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such prospectus.
 
(l) Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute enacted hereafter, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.
 
(m) Shares” shall have the meaning given thereto in Section 2.
 
(n) Transfer” shall mean to sell, or in any other way directly or indirectly, to transfer, assign, distribute, encumber, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily (or a sale, or any other direct or indirect transfer, assignment, distribution, encumbrance or other voluntary or involuntary disposition), as the case may be.
 
(o) Transfer Restricted Securities” means each Share of Common Stock issued to Investor pursuant to this Agreement until the earliest of:
 
(i) the date on which such Share of Common Stock has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement;
 
(ii) the date on which such Share of Common Stock is transferred in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act or may be sold or transferred by the Investor pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any other similar provision then in force) without any volume or manner of sale restrictions thereunder; or
 
(iii) the date on which such Share of Common Stock ceases to be outstanding (whether as a result of redemption, repurchase and cancellation, conversion or otherwise).
 

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2. Sale and Purchase of Stock. Pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein, and in consideration for entering into, and performing its obligations under, the Repurchase Agreement, and upon the earlier of (i) the approval of the American Stock Exchange of the Additional Share Listing Application relating thereto and (ii) such time as the Common Stock of the Company is no longer listed on the American Stock Exchange, the Company shall sell to the Investor and the Investor shall purchase from the Company Six Hundred Thousand (600,000) shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.01 per share (collectively, the “Shares”). The Company shall deliver to the Investor one stock certificate, registered in its name, for the Shares purchased pursuant to the instructions and direction of the Investor. The Company hereby agrees to utilize its reasonable best efforts to have the Additional Share Listing Application approved by the American Stock Exchange. The issuance and delivery of the Shares shall be made on the earliest practicable date after the Company has received unconditional approval of the Additional Share Listing Application or upon such delisting; provided, however, if the Additional Share Listing Application has not been approved prior to the thirtieth (30th) day after the date hereof (with an automatic extension of thirty (30) days if the Company is in good faith pursuing an appeal with the American Stock Exchange to approve the Additional Listing Application) or the Company has not otherwise provided the Shares to the Investor, the Company acknowledges that it shall be in default of this Agreement, which such default shall also constitute an Event of Default under the Repurchase Agreement (as defined therein).
 
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Investor as follows: 
 
(a) Organization. The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own and lease its properties, to carry on its business as presently conducted and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company is qualified as a foreign corporation in good standing all such jurisdictions, if any, in which the conduct of its business as presently conducted or its present ownership, leasing or operation of property requires such qualification, except where the failure to qualify so would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not currently in breach of any provision of its Articles of Incorporation and By-laws.
 
(b) Authorization of the Company. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action by the Company; and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement by the Company will not (i) violate any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or any ruling, writ, injunction, order, judgment or decree of any court, administrative agency or other governmental body applicable to the Company or its properties or assets, except for such violations which are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) conflict with or result in any breach (with or without the giving of notice or passage of time) of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default, or result in the creation of any material lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company under any note, indenture, mortgage, lease agreement or other material contract, agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or affected (except for such conflicts or breaches as to which requisite waivers and consents have been obtained and except for such conflicts or breaches which are not reasonably likely, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect), or (iii) conflict with the Articles of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company (in each case as amended to the date hereof). No authorization, approval, consent or order of any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary in connection with the issuance of the Shares hereunder, except as may be required under Blue Sky laws or except for such as have been obtained. The Shares have duly authorized and upon the issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares, the Shares will be validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable, not subject to preemptive or any other rights of the stockholders of the Company, or others and free and clear of any and all liens and encumbrances. 
 

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(c) Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company immediately prior to the consummation of the purchase of the Shares at the Closing consists of 90,000,000 shares of common stock, of which 8,063,962 shares are validly issued and outstanding and are fully paid and nonassessable, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, none of which are issued or outstanding. In addition, 193,600 shares of Common Stock have been reserved for issuance upon exercise of all options and any other securities convertible into shares of Common Stock and pursuant to any other contractual obligation, and such Shares constitute approximately 7.27% of the total shares of Common Stock of the Company on a fully diluted basis after the issuance of the Shares hereunder. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports, (i) there is no existing option, warrant, call, commitment or other agreement to which the Company is a party requiring, and there are no convertible securities of the Company outstanding which upon conversion would require, the issuance of any additional Equity of the Company, and (ii) there are no agreements to which the Company is a party with any of the holders of Equity of the Company with respect to the registration rights, voting or Transfer of the Equity of the Company, or to the Company’s knowledge, among or between any Person other than the Company, other than as provided herein. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports (as defined below) and as may have been provided to the Investor herein, there are no preemptive or similar rights to purchase or otherwise acquire Equity of the Company pursuant to any provision of law, the Articles of Incorporation or By-laws of the Company, in each case as amended to the date hereof, or any agreement to which the Company is a party or otherwise. 
 
(d) SEC Reports. The Company has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file such material) (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
 
 

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(e) Financial Statements. Except as noted therein, the consolidated financial statements (including the related notes thereto) for the year ended December 31, 2006 and the three month period ended March 31, 2007 contained in the SEC Reports present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and changes in their consolidated cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States applied on a consistent basis.
 
(f) 1940 Act. The Company is not (A) an “investment company,” or a company “controlled by an investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (B) a “holding company,” or a “subsidiary company of a holding company,” or an “affiliate” of either a “holding company” or a “subsidiary company of a holding company,” as such terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
 
(g) REIT. The Company is organized and operates in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the Company’s current and proposed method of operation, as described in the SEC Reports, will enable the Company to meet the requirements for taxation as a real estate investment trust under the Code.
 
(h) Proceedings. Other than as set forth in the SEC Reports, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its consolidated subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its consolidated subsidiaries is subject, which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others.
 
(i) Offering Exemption. Subject in part to and in reliance in part upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Investor set forth in Section 4 hereof, the offering and sale of the Shares are exempt from registration under the Securities Act; and the aforesaid offering and sale is and will be exempt from registration under applicable state securities and “Blue Sky” laws. The Company has made or will make all requisite filings and has taken or will take all action necessary to be taken to comply with such state securities or blue sky laws. 
 
(j) Registration Rights. Except as set forth in Section 5 below, the Investor has no right to cause the Company to effect the registration under the Securities Act of any shares of common stock or any other securities (including debt securities) of the Company. 

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4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Investor. The Investor represents and warrants or covenants (as the case may be) to the Company as follows:
 
(a) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not violate any provision of law, any order of any court or other agency of government, or any provision of any material indenture, agreement or other instrument to which the Investor or any of its properties or assets is bound.
 
(b) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Investor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Investor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.
 
(c) The Investor represents and warrants to the Company that the Investor is acquiring the Shares for its own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act.
 
(d) The Investor understands that the Shares are being issued and sold in transactions exempt from the registration or qualification requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and have not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act or any state securities laws. The Investor acknowledges that reliance on said exemptions is predicated in part on the accuracy of its Investor’s representations and warranties herein. The Investor acknowledges and agrees that the Shares being acquired by it hereunder, must be held by the Investor purchasing the same indefinitely unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered or qualified under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or is exempt from registration; and that the Company is not required so to register or qualify any such Shares, or to take any action to make such an exemption available except to the extent provided herein.
 
(e) The Investor further understands that the exemption from registration afforded by Rule 144 (the provisions of which are known to the Investor) promulgated under the Securities Act depends on the satisfaction of various conditions relating to the Investor and the Company and that, if applicable, Rule 144 affords the basis for sales under certain circumstances only in limited amounts.
 
(f) The Investor is an “accredited investor” (as that term is defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act) and by reason of its business and financial experience, it has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment, is able to bear the economic risk of such investment and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment.
 
(g) The Investor has received and reviewed all of the information that it considers necessary or appropriate for deciding whether to purchase the Shares, including the SEC Reports. The Investor has had an opportunity to ask questions and to receive answers from the Company regarding the terms and conditions of the issuance of the Shares and the business properties and financial condition of the Company.
 
(h) The Investor acknowledges that investment in the Company is speculative and involves a high degree of risk.
 

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(i) The Investor acknowledges that neither the Commission nor any state securities commission has approved the Shares or confirmed the accuracy or determined the adequacy of the information concerning the Company provided to the Investor.
 
(j) The Investor is unaware of, is in no way relying on, and did not become aware of the offering of the Shares through or as a result of, any form of general solicitation or general advertising including, without limitation, any article, notice, advertisement or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares and did not become aware of the offering of the Shares and is not purchasing the Shares through or as a result of any seminar or meeting to which the Investor was invited by, or any solicitation of a subscription by, a person not previously known to the Investor in connection with investments in securities generally.
 
(k) The Investor is not relying on the Company or any of its respective employees or agents with respect to the legal, tax, economic and related considerations of an investment in the Shares, and the Investor has relied on the advice of, or has consulted with, only its own attorney, accountant, representative and/or tax advisor.
 
(l) Any certificates representing the Shares will bear a legend substantially similar to the following:
 
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AS EVIDENCED BY A LEGAL OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE TRANSFEROR TO SUCH EFFECT, THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH SHALL BE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY.
 
5. Registration Rights.
 
(a) Demand Registration.
 
(i) The Company shall:
 
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(A) as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 120 days after the date hereof) (the “Shelf Filing Deadline”), cause to be filed a registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission (the “Shelf Registration Statement”), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for the registration and resale, on a continuous or delayed basis, of all of the Transfer Restricted Shares;
 
(B) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act by the Commission as promptly as practicable (but in no event later than 180 days after the date hereof) (the “Effectiveness Target Date”); and
 
(C) use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the Securities Act and by the provisions of Section 5(b)(ii) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement and the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder as announced from time to time, for a period (the “Effectiveness Period”) from the date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission until the earlier of:
(x) the date when Investor is able to sell all such Transfer Restricted Securities immediately without restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act; or
 
(y) the date when (i) all of such Transfer Restricted Securities of Investor are registered under the Shelf Registration Statement and disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission or (ii) the Transfer Restricted Securities cease to be outstanding.
 
The Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Effectiveness Period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Investor not being able to offer and sell such Transfer Restricted Securities at any time during the Effectiveness Period, unless such action is (x) required by applicable law, and (y) permitted by Section 5(b)(ii)(B) hereof.
 
(ii) If the Shelf Registration Statement or any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement (as defined below) ceases to be effective for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness Period (other than because all Transfer Restricted Securities registered thereunder shall have been resold pursuant thereto or shall have otherwise ceased to be Transfer Restricted Securities), the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness thereof or file an additional Shelf Registration Statement covering all of the securities that as of the date of such filing are Transfer Restricted Securities (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement”). If a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement is filed, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as is practicable after such filing and to keep such Shelf Registration Statement (or Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement) continuously effective until the end of the Effectiveness Period.
 
 

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(iii) The Company shall supplement and amend the Shelf Registration Statement if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement, if required by the Securities Act.
 
(iv) The Company shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
 
(v) Investor agrees it will only sell Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act.
 
(b) Registration Procedures.
 
(i) In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall comply with all the provisions of Section 5(b)(ii) hereof and shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities, and pursuant thereto, shall as promptly as practicable prepare and file with the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act.
 
(ii) In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Company shall:
 
(A) subject to any notice by the Company in accordance with this Section 5(b)(ii) of the existence of any fact or event of the kind described in Section 5(b)(ii)(D)(4), use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective during the Effectiveness Period; upon the occurrence of any event that would cause the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (i) to contain a material misstatement or omission, or (ii) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the Effectiveness Period, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, a supplement to the Prospectus or a report filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, in the case of clause (i), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), if such amendment does not become automatically effective upon filing with the Commission, use its reasonable best efforts to cause such amendment to be declared effective and the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purposes as soon as practicable thereafter;
 
(B) notwithstanding Section 5(b)(ii)(A) hereof, the Company may suspend the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement not more than two (2) times in any twelve (12) month period and in each case for as short a period as possible (but in no event shall any such period exceed 60 days) (each such period, a “Suspension Period”):
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(1) if an event occurs and is continuing as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein would, in the Company’s judgment, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and
 
(2) if the Company determines in good faith that the disclosure of a material event at such time would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its subsidiaries and the Company delivers a certificate to the Investor signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company stating that the Company’s board of directors in its good faith judgment has determined that effecting the sale at such time would require the Company to make public disclosure of information the public disclosure of which would have a material adverse effect upon the Company.
 
Upon the occurrence of any event described in clauses (1) and (2) of this Section 5(b)(ii)(B), the Company shall give notice to Investor that the availability of the Shelf Registration Statement is suspended and, upon actual receipt of any such notice, Investor agrees not to sell any Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until Investor’s receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus provided for in Section 5(b)(ii) hereof. The Company shall not be required to specify in the written notice to Investor the nature of the event giving rise to the Suspension Period;
 
(C) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Effectiveness Period; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply fully with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
 
(D) promptly advise Investor (which notice pursuant to clauses (1) through (4) below shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the Company shall have remedied the basis for such suspension):
 
(1) when the Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective,
 
(2) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto,

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(3) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the threatening or initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, or
 
(4) of the happening of any event or the failure of any event to occur or the discovery of any facts, during the Effectiveness Period, which makes any statement made in a Shelf Registration Statement, the related Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue in any material respect or which causes such document(s) to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading;
 
(E) if at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or Blue Sky laws, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time and shall provide to Investor prompt notice of the withdrawal of any such order;
 
(F) make available at reasonable times for inspection by Investor, and any attorney or accountant retained by Investor, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act, and cause the Company’s officers, directors, managers and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative or representatives of Investor or such attorney or accountant in connection therewith; provided that, subject to Section 5(b)(ii)(A), (x) appropriate safeguards are in place to protect the confidentiality of such information, and (y) in no event shall the Company be required to disclose any proprietary information to any competitor or agent thereof;
 
(G) if requested by Investor, promptly incorporate into the Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as Investor may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted Securities;
 
(H) deliver to Investor, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as it reasonably may request; subject to any notice by the Company in accordance with this Section 5(b)(ii) of the existence of any fact or event of the kind described in Section 5(b)(iv)(D)(4), the Company hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by Investor in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;
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(I) before any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with Investor and its counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as Investor may reasonably request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required (i) to register or qualify as a foreign corporation or a dealer of securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 5(b)(ii)(I) or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to such service of process, or (ii) to subject itself to general or unlimited service of process or to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not then so subject;
 
(J) unless any Transfer Restricted Securities shall be in book-entry form only, cooperate with Investor to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends (unless required by applicable securities laws); and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as Investor may request at least two business days before any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities;
 
(K) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other U.S. governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities;
 
(L) subject to Section 5(b)(ii)(B) hereof, if any fact or event contemplated by Section 5(b)(ii)(D)(1) through (4) hereof shall exist or have occurred, use its reasonable best efforts to prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the 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 in which they are made, not misleading;
 
(M) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the NASD and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter that is required to be undertaken in accordance with the rules and regulations of the NASD;
 
(N) otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and all reporting requirements under the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act;
 
(O) make generally available to its security holders an earning statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Securities Act as soon as practicable after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement;
 

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(P) cause all Shares covered by the Shelf Registration Statement to be listed or quoted, as the case may be, on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which Common Stock is then listed or quoted;
 
(Q) provide to Investor upon written request each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, unless such document is available through the Commission’s EDGAR system;
 
(R) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof, make such representations and warranties to Investor and the underwriters, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in this Agreement;
(S) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof, obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters) addressed to Investor and the underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by Investor and underwriters;
 
(T) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 5(f), hereof, obtain “comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Shelf Registration Statement), addressed to Investor and the underwriters, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings;
 
(U) in connection with any underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof, deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by Investor and the Managing Underwriters, including those to evidence compliance with Section 5(b)(ii)(B) and 5(b)(ii)(L) hereof and with any customary conditions contained in this Agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company;
 
(V) in connection with underwritten offering conducted pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof, the Company shall, if requested, promptly include or incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement such information as the Managing Underwriters reasonably agree should be included therein and to which the Company does not reasonably object and shall make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after it is notified of the matters to be included or incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;
 
 

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(W) use its reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Shares covered by the Shelf Registration Statement;
 
(X) enter into customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all other appropriate actions in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the Shares, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 6 hereof; and
 
(Y) The actions set forth in clauses (U), (V), (W) and (X) of this Section 5(b)(ii) shall be performed at (i) the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto, and (ii) each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder.
 
(iii) Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice (a “Suspension Notice”) from the Company under Section 5(b)(ii)(B) or the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 5(b)(ii)(D)(4) hereof, it will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until:
 
(A) it has received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(b)(ii)(L) hereof; or
 
(B) the end of the Suspension Period provided under Section 5(b)(ii)(B) or, if earlier, when it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus; provided, however, that any such document filed and publicly available through the Commission’s EDGAR system shall be deemed to have been received by it.
 
If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice of suspension.
 
(iv) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Investor agrees that it shall not be entitled to sell any of its Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, or to receive a Prospectus relating thereto, unless Investor has furnished the Company with such information regarding Investor and the distribution of such Transfer Restricted Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Shelf Registration Statement. Investor agrees promptly to furnish to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by Investor not misleading and any other information regarding Investor and the distribution of such Transfer Restricted Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing. Any sale of any Transfer Restricted Securities by Investor shall constitute a representation and warranty by Investor that the information relating to Investor and its plan of distribution is as set forth in the Prospectus delivered by Investor in connection with such disposition, that such Prospectus does not as of the time of such sale contain any untrue statement of a material fact relating to or provided by Investor or its plan of distribution and that such Prospectus does not as of the time of such sale omit to state any material fact relating to or provided by Investor or its plan of distribution necessary to make the statements in such Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading.
 

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(c) Registration Expenses. All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Section 5 shall be borne by the Company regardless of whether a Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation:
 
(1) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made with the NASD);
 
(2) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state Blue Sky or securities laws;
 
(3) all expenses of printing (including printing of Prospectuses) and the Company’s expenses for messenger and delivery services and telephone;
 
(4) all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Company;
 
(5) all application and filing fees in connection with listing (or authorizing for quotation) the Common Stock on a national securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements hereof; and
 
(6) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company.
 
The Company shall bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal, accounting or other duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company. The Company shall pay all expenses customarily borne by issuers in an underwritten offering to the extent set forth in Section 5(f) hereof.
 
(d) Indemnification and Contribution.
 
(i) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Investor and its directors, officers, and employees, Affiliates and agents and each Person, if any, who controls Investor within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, an “Indemnified Person”), against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to resales of the Transfer Restricted Securities), to which such Indemnified Person may become subject, insofar as any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon:
 
(A) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in (i) the Shelf Registration Statement at the time that it becomes or is declared effective or in any amendment thereof, in any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or any issuer free writing prospectus in respect thereof, or (ii) any Blue Sky application or other document or any amendment or supplement thereto prepared or executed by the Company (or based upon written information furnished by or on behalf of the Company expressly for use in such Blue Sky application or other document or amendment or supplement) filed in any jurisdiction specifically for the purpose of qualifying any or all of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the securities law of any state or other jurisdiction (such application or document being hereinafter called a “Blue Sky Application”); or

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(B) the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each Indemnified Person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of Investor (or its related Indemnified Person) specifically for use therein. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
 
The Company also agrees to indemnify as provided in this Section 5(d)(i) or contribute as provided in Section 5(d)(v) hereof to Losses (as defined below) of each underwriter, if any, of Shares registered under a Shelf Registration Statement, their directors, officers, employees, Affiliates or agents and each Person who controls such underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of Investor provided in this Section 5(d)(i) and shall, if requested by Investor, enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section 5(b)(ii)(Z) hereof.
 
(ii) Investor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, employees and agents and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to Investor, but only with reference to written information relating to Investor furnished to the Company by or on behalf of Investor specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity; provided, however, that Investor shall not be liable for any indemnity claims hereunder in excess of the amount of net proceeds received by Investor from the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to such document(s). This indemnity agreement set forth in this Section shall be in addition to any liabilities which any such Holder may otherwise have.
 
(iii) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 5(d), notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying party (x) shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under paragraphs (i) or (ii) of this Section unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights and defenses) by such failure and (y) shall not, in any event, relieve it from any liability which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under paragraphs (i) or (ii) of this Section 5(d). If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section 5(d) for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.

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(iv) The indemnifying party under this Section 5(d) shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, which shall not be withheld unreasonably, but if settled with such consent or if there is a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by Section 5(d)(iii) hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (A) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (B) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into, and (C) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement effected without its consent if such indemnifying party (W) reimburses such indemnified party in accordance with such request to the extent it considers such request to be reasonable and (X) provides written notice to the indemnified party substantiating the unpaid balance as unreasonable, in each case prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement, compromise or consent to the entry of judgment in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity was or could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent (Y) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and (Z) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(v) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5(d) shall for any reason be unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 5(d)(i) or 5(d)(ii) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) referred to therein, each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, liability, damage or action) (collectively “Losses”) (or action in respect thereof):
 
 

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(A) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company from the offering and sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities on the one hand and Investor with respect to the sale by Investor of the Transfer Restricted Securities on the other, or
 
(B) if the allocation provided by Section 5(d)(v)(A) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in Section 5(d)(v)(A) but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and Investor on the other in connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements or alleged omissions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
 
The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and Investor on the other with respect to such offering and such sale shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Shares purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, on the one hand, bear to the total proceeds received by Investor with respect to its sale of Transfer Restricted Securities on the other. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to 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 the Company on the one hand or Investor on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and Investor agree that it would not be just and equitable if the amount of contribution pursuant to this Section 5(d)(v) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph (v).
 
The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 5(d) shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 5(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend any such action or claim.
 
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.
 
(vi) The provisions of this Section 5(d) shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of Investor or the Company or any of the officers, directors or controlling Persons referred to in Section 5(d) hereof, and will survive the sale by Investor of Transfer Restricted Securities.
 
(e) Rule 144. The Company agrees that, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding and during any period in which the Company is subject to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Exchange Act, to make all filings required thereby in a timely manner in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144.
 
(f) Underwritten Registrations.
 
 

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(i) Investor may sell Transfer Restricted Securities (in whole or in part) in an underwritten offering; provided, that the Company shall not be obligated to participate in more than one underwritten offering during the Effectiveness Period. If any of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be selected by Investor.
 
(ii) Investor may not participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement unless Investor (i) agrees to sell its Transfer Restricted Shares on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Company; (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements; and (iii) provides such information required under Section 4(b)(iv) within a reasonable amount of time before such underwritten offering.
 
(iii) Investor shall be responsible for any underwriting discounts and commissions and fees and, subject to Section 5(c) hereof, expenses of its own counsel. The Company shall pay all expenses customarily borne by issuers in an underwritten offering, including but not limited to filing fees, the fees and disbursements of its counsel and independent public accountants and any printing expenses incurred in connection with such underwritten offering.
 
(g) Additional Holders; Assignment of Registration Rights. For purposes of this Section 5, the term “Investor” shall mean the Investor and any holder of Transfer Restricted Shares that received Shares in a Transfer permitted hereunder (each a “Permitted Holder”), and to the extent that an affirmative action is to be taken by the “Investor” in this Section 5, such action shall be taken by the Investor and the Permitted Holders holding a majority of the Transfer Restricted Shares collectively held by the Investor and all such Permitted Holders. The rights set forth in this Section 5 may only be assigned by the Investor or a Permitted Holder to a third party in connection with, and as part of, the Transfer of at least 100,000 Transfer Restricted Shares.
 
6. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements; Fees and Expenses.
 
(a) All representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing until the end of the applicable statute of limitations period; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the representations of the Company set forth in Section 3(d) above shall survive only until the first anniversary of the date hereof. Any claim relating to the representations and warranties contained herein that has been made prior to the applicable survival date shall survive until such claim is resolved finally. All covenants contained herein shall survive indefinitely until, by their respective terms, they are no longer operative.
 
(b) The parties hereby agree to bear each of their own costs and expenses, including accounting fees, counsel fees and costs and filing fees, incurred by each party in connection with the development, preparation and execution of this Agreement and all other documents and instruments relating thereto. 
 

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7. Remedies. In case any one or more of the covenants and/or agreements set forth in this Agreement shall have been breached by the parties, the non-breaching party may proceed to protect and enforce its rights either by suit in equity and/or by action at law, including, but not limited to, an action for damages as a result of any such breach and/or an action for specific performance or injunctive relief with respect to any such covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement if applicable. 
 
8. Notices. All notices or requests provided for or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement must be in writing and may be given or served by (i) depositing the same in the United States mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage paid, and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (ii) delivering such notice in person to such party, (iii) delivering such notice by courier service, or (iv) delivering such notice by PDF or facsimile transmission. Notices so deposited in the mail shall be deemed to have been given or served on the date on which the party actually received or refused such written notice or request, as shown by the date or postmark of any return receipt indicating the date of delivery or attempted delivery to such receiving party. Notices so delivered in person, by courier or by PDF or facsimile transmission shall be deemed to have been given or served on the date on which the party actually received or refused such written notice or request, as shown by the date of any written receipt or facsimile confirmation indicating the date of delivery or attempted delivery to such receiving party. The addresses and facsimile numbers of the parties hereto for all purposes of this Agreement are:
 
Company   -                                  Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc.
200 Metroplex Drive, Suite 100
Edison, NJ 08817
Attention: Suzette Berrios, General Counsel
Facsimile: (732) 548-0286
with a copy to:

Pepper Hamilton LLP
3000 Two Logan Square
Eighteenth and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799
Attention: Brian M. Katz, Esq.
Facsimile: (215) 981-4750

Investor   -                                    RCG PB, Ltd.
c/o Ramius Capital Group, LLC
666 Third Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Attention: Owen S. Littman
Facsimile: (212) 845-7995

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with a copy to

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
71 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606
Attention: Edward J. Schneidman
Facsimile: (312) 701-7348

By giving the other parties at least five (5) days written notice thereof, any party hereto shall have the right from time to time and at any time during the term of this Agreement to change its respective address or facsimile number and each party shall have the right to specify as its address any other address within the United States of America or as its facsimile number any other facsimile number within the United States of America.
 
9. Binding Agreement; Assignment. This Agreement and each provision herein shall be binding upon and applicable to, and shall inure to the benefit of the parties, their permitted assigns and legal representatives. Except as set forth in Section 5(g) hereof with respect to the assignment of rights under Section 5 (which such assignment shall not require the consent, written or otherwise, of the Company), this Agreement and the rights and obligations herein may not be assigned by any party hereto (or its permitted assigns) without the written consent of the other party hereto.
 
10. Consents, Waivers and Amendments. No consent or waiver, express or implied, by any party hereto of the breach, default or violation by any other party hereto of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a consent or waiver to or of any other breach, default or violation of the same or any other obligations of such party hereunder. Failure on the part of any party hereto to complain of any act of any of the other parties or to declare any of the other parties hereto in default, irrespective or how long such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver by such party of its rights hereunder. No amendment to this Agreement shall be valid or binding upon the parties hereto unless the parties consent in writing to such amendment. 
 
11. Applicable Law. This Agreement and all questions relating to its validity, interpretation and performance shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
 
12. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Repurchase Agreement supersede any prior or contemporaneous understanding or agreement between parties with regard to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no arrangements, understandings or agreements, oral or written, among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter of this Agreement or the Repurchase Agreement, except those fully expressed herein or therein or in documents executed contemporaneously herewith or therewith. 
 
13. Captions. The captions used in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be construed in interpreting this Agreement. Whenever the context so required, the neuter shall include the feminine and masculine, and the singular shall include the plural, and conversely. 
 
14. Headings. All section headings herein have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. 
 
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15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original for all purposes, but all of which taken together shall constitute only one agreement. This Agreement shall become binding when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of all of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories.
 
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The parties hereto have executed this Stock Purchase Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
 
 
 
Company:
     
 
HANOVER CAPITAL MORTGAGE HOLDINGS, INC.
     
     
 
By:
/s/ John A. Burchett
   
Name: John A. Burchett
   
Title: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer


 
Investor:
     
 
RCG PB, LTD
     
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Jeffrey M. Solomon
   
Name: Jeffrey M. Solomon
   
Title: Authorized Signatory

EX-99.1 5 v084455_ex99-1.htm Unassociated Document
 

New York: 55 Broadway - Suite 3002 * New York, NY 10006 * Ph: (212) 227-0075 * Fax (212) 227-5434

For further information, contact: 
Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc.
John Burchett, CEO, Irma Tavares, COO, or Harold McElraft, CFO
732-593-1044

HANOVER CAPITAL MORTGAGE HOLDINGS ANNOUNCES
ENTRY INTO $81 MILLION ONE YEAR REPURCHASE TRANSACTION
WITH RAMIUS CAPITAL GROUP

Edison, New Jersey, August 10, 2007 - Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc. (AMEX: HCM) (the “Company” or “HCM”) announced that on August 10, 2007 the Company entered into a repurchase transaction with RCG PB, Ltd, an affiliate of Ramius Capital Group, LLC (“Ramius”), with respect to its seasoned, prime first lien residential mortgage-backed securities. The Ramius repurchase transaction replaces substantially all of the Company’s outstanding repurchase agreements, both committed and non-committed, which previously financed its subordinate mortgage-backed securities. The fixed term of the Ramius repurchase transaction is one (1) year and contains no margin or call features.

As part of the repurchase transaction, the Company will also issue to Ramius 600,000 shares of common stock of the Company, which represents an issuance of approximately 7.4% of the Company’s outstanding common stock.

A more complete description of the transaction, as well as the material transaction documents, will be filed with the Company’s Form 8-K reporting on the completion of the repurchase agreement transaction.

John Burchett, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We are extremely pleased that the Company has established this relationship with Ramius and entered into this repurchase transaction. The transaction will assist the Company by replacing substantially all of its uncommitted repo lines with a fixed one year repurchase agreement.”

“The completion of this transaction will enable the Company to finalize its second quarter Form 10-Q filing, and to reschedule the related earnings announcement and Investor Conference Call.”

Julian Vulliez, a Managing Director of Ramius Capital Group, stated “The Company has done an exceptional job in aggregating high quality prime residential mortgage pools and we look forward to our continued relationship with Hanover Capital.”

Hanover Capital Mortgage Holdings, Inc. is a mortgage REIT staffed by seasoned mortgage capital markets professionals. HCM invests in prime mortgage loans and mortgage securities backed by prime mortgage loans. For further information, visit HCM’s Web site at www.hanovercapitalholdings.com.


 
 

 

About Ramius Capital Group, L.L.C.

Ramius Capital Group is a registered investment advisor that manages assets of approximately $10 billion in a variety of alternative investment strategies. Ramius Capital Group is headquartered in New York with offices located in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Munich, and Vienna.

Certain statements in this press release may constitute “forward-looking” within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical fact are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements, to differ materially from future results, performance or achievements. The forward-looking statements are based on HCM’s current belief, intentions and expectations. These statements are not guarantees or indicative of future performance. Important assumptions and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those factors, risks and uncertainties that are described in Item 1A of HCM’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 and in other securities filings by HCM. HCM’s future financial condition and results of operations, as well as any forward-looking statements, are subject to change and inherent risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made only as of the date hereof and HCM undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this announcement whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or circumstances or otherwise, unless otherwise required by law.



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