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):   November 13, 2015

RAIT Financial Trust
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Maryland 1-14760 23-2919819
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
2929 Arch St., 17th Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   19104
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (215) 243-9000

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On November 13, 2015, RAIT CRE Conduit II, LLC, as seller, RAIT Financial Trust (as guarantor under the UBS MRA (defined below)) and UBS Real Estates Securities Inc., as buyer, entered into Amendment No. 4 (the " UBS Amendment ") to the Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of January 24, 2014 (as previously amended, the "UBS MRA ") among such parties. The UBS Amendment provides for a temporary increase to the maximum aggregate purchase price definition in the UBS MRA from $75.0 million to $100.0 million on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the UBS Amendment.

The summary in this report of the document referenced in Item 9.01(d) below and filed as an exhibit hereto does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such document which is incorporated herein by reference. The exhibit hereto has been filed solely to provide information regarding its terms. Such exhibit may contain representations and warranties that the parties thereto made solely for the benefit of the other parties. In addition, such representations and warranties (i) may have been qualified by confidential disclosures made to the other party in connection with such document, (ii) may be subject to a materiality standard which may differ from what may be viewed as material by investors, (iii) were made only as of the date of such document or such other date as is specified therein and (iv) may have been included in such document for the purpose of allocating risk between or among the parties thereto rather than establishing matters as facts.





Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this report is incorporated herein by reference.





Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The exhibits filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K are identified in the Exhibit Index immediately following the signature page of this report. Such Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.






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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
    RAIT Financial Trust
          
November 16, 2015   By:   /s/ James J. Sebra
       
        Name: James J. Sebra
        Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


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Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description

 
10.1
  Amendment No. 4, dated as of November 13, 2015 among RAIT CRE Conduit II, LLC (the “Seller”), RAIT Financial Trust (“RAIT”) (as guarantor under the UBS MRA (defined below)) and UBS Real Estates Securities Inc. (“UBS”), as buyer, under the Master Repurchase Agreement dated as of January 24, 2014 among Seller, RAIT and UBS (the “UBS MRA”).

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT

Amendment No. 4 to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of November 13, 2015 (this “ Amendment ”), among UBS Real Estate Securities Inc. (the “ Buyer ”), RAIT CRE Conduit II, LLC (the “ Seller ”) and RAIT Financial Trust (“ Guarantor ”).

RECITALS

The Buyer, Seller and Guarantor are parties to (a) that certain Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2014 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of March 17, 2014, Amendment No. 2, dated as of March 27, 2014 and Amendment No. 3, dated as of September 28, 2015, the “ Existing Repurchase Agreement ”; as further amended by this Amendment, the “ Repurchase Agreement ”) and (b) that certain Pricing Letter, dated as of January 24, 2014, (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Pricing Letter ”). The Guarantor is a party to that certain Guaranty (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Program Guaranty ”), dated as of January 24, 2014, made by Guarantor in favor of the Buyer. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Existing Repurchase Agreement, Pricing Letter and the Program Guaranty, as applicable.

The Buyer, Seller and Guarantor have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, that the Existing Repurchase Agreement be amended to reflect certain agreed upon revisions to the terms of the Existing Repurchase Agreement. As a condition precedent to amending the Existing Repurchase Agreement, Buyer has required Guarantor to ratify and affirm the Program Guaranty on the date hereof.

Accordingly, the Buyer, Seller and Guarantor hereby agree, in consideration of the mutual promises and mutual obligations set forth herein, that the Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

SECTION 1. Temporary Increase . This Section 1 will be effective solely during the period beginning on the date hereof through and including the earlier of (i) January 29, 2016 and (ii) the settlement date of RAIT 2015-FL5 or to the extent that the settlement date for such securitization transaction occurs on or after January 1, 2016, then on the settlement date of RAIT 2016-FL5 (the “ Temporary Increase Period ”).

1.1 The Existing Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the definition of “ Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price ” in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

Maximum Aggregate Purchase Price ” shall mean $100,000,000, which amount may be increased as mutually agreed by Buyer and Seller prior to the Termination Date.

SECTION 2. Ineligible Assets .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Existing Repurchase Agreement, the Purchased Assets listed on Annex A hereto, other than the Purchased Asset listed as “Vista Shops” on Annex A hereto, shall be deemed to have an Asset Value of zero (0) at the end of the Temporary Increase Period; provided, however, that the Purchased Asset listed as “Vista Shops” on Annex A hereto shall be deemed to have an Asset Value of zero (0) on January 29, 2016. For the avoidance of doubt, if such “Vista Shops” Purchased Asset is repurchased and refinanced into a new Mortgage Loan and such new asset becomes subject to a new Transaction, such new Purchased Asset shall not be subject to this Section 2.

SECTION 3. Conditions Precedent . Section 1 of this Amendment shall become effective solely during the Temporary Increase Period and the remainder of this Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

3.1 Delivered Documents .  On or prior to the Temporary Increase Period, the Buyer shall have received the following documents, each of which shall be satisfactory to the Buyer in form and substance:

(a) this Amendment, executed and delivered by duly authorized officers of the Buyer, Seller and Guarantor; and

(b) such other documents as the Buyer or counsel to the Buyer may reasonably request.

SECTION 4. Ratification of Agreement . As amended by this Amendment, the Existing Repurchase Agreement is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Existing Repurchase Agreement as so modified by this Amendment shall be read, taken, and construed as one and the same instrument.

SECTION 5. Representations and Warranties .   Seller hereby represents and warrants to the Buyer that it is in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth in the Repurchase Agreement on its part to be observed or performed, and that no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, and hereby confirms and reaffirms the representations and warranties contained in Section 11 of the Repurchase Agreement.

SECTION 6. Limited Effect .  Except as expressly amended and modified by this Amendment, the Existing Repurchase Agreement shall continue to be, and shall remain, in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

SECTION 7. Severability . 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.

SECTION 8. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart. The parties agree that this Amendment, any documents to be delivered pursuant to this Amendment and any notices hereunder may be transmitted between them by email and/or by facsimile. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment in Portable Document Format (PDF) or by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Amendment. The original documents shall be promptly delivered, if requested.

SECTION 9. Binding Effect . This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

SECTION 10. GOVERNING LAW . THIS AMENDMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AMENDMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AMENDMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AMENDMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, THE EFFECTIVENESS, VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY OF ELECTRONIC CONTRACTS, OTHER RECORDS, ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION BETWEEN BUYER AND SELLER PARTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY E-SIGN.

SECTION 11. Reaffirmation of Program Guaranty . The Guarantor hereby (i) agrees that the liability of Guarantor or rights of Buyer under the Program Guaranty shall not be affected as a result of this Amendment, (ii) ratifies and affirms all of the terms, covenants, conditions and obligations of the Program Guaranty and (iii) acknowledges and agrees that such Program Guaranty is and shall continue to be in full force and effect.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

      UBS REAL ESTATE SECURITIES INC., as Buyer

      By: /s/ David Schell

    Name: David Schell
Title: Executive Director

      By : /s/ Siho Ham

    Name: Siho Ham
Title: Director

      RAIT CRE CONDUIT II, LLC, as Seller

      By: RAIT Partnership, L.P., its sole member and manager

      By: RAIT General, Inc., its sole general partner

      By: /s/ James J. Sebra

    Name: James J. Sebra
Title: Chief Financial Officer

      RAIT FINANCIAL TRUST, as Guarantor

      By: /s/ James J. Sebra

    Name: James J. Sebra
Title: Chief Financial Officer

ANNEX A TO AMENDMENT

LIST OF PURCHASED ASSETS

                         
    Principal   Purchase        
Purchased Asset   Balance   Price   City   State
460 Nixon Road
    11,400,000       8,550,000     Pittsburgh   PA
Chandler Airport Center I
    11,750,000       8,812,500     Chandler   AZ
Jupiter Medical and Technology Park
    10,138,186       2,838,692     Jupiter   FL
Shoppes of Perry
    7,000,000       5,250,000     Perry   GA
Vista Shops
    8,975,012       6,731,259     Frederick   MD
Woodforest Shopping Center
    5,700,000       4,275,000     Houston   TX
 
                       

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