AMENDMENT NO. 9 TO MASTER REPURCHASE AND SECURITIES CONTRACT

Exhibit 10.11

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDMENT NO. 9 TO MASTER REPURCHASE AND SECURITIES CONTRACT

AMENDMENT NO. 9 TO MASTER REPURCHASE AND SECURITIES CONTRACT, dated as of May 12, 2022 (this “Amendment”), between and among FS CREIT FINANCE WF-1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Seller”), FS CREDIT REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST, INC., a Maryland corporation (“Guarantor”) and ▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (“Buyer”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Repurchase Agreement (as defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Seller and Buyer are parties to that certain Master Repurchase and Securities Contract, dated as of August 30, 2017 (as amended by (i) Amendment No. 1 to Master Repurchase and Securities Contract, dated as of April 26, 2018, between and among Seller, Buyer and Guarantor, (ii) Amendment No. 2 to Master Repurchase and Securities Contract, dated as of July 24, 2018, between and among Seller, Buyer and Guarantor, (iii) Amendment No. 3 to Master Repurchase and Securities Contract, dated as of November 30, 2018, between and among Seller, Buyer and Guarantor, (iv) Amendment No. 4 to Master Repurchase and Securities Contract, dated as of August 1, 2019, between and among Seller, Buyer and Guarantor, (v) Amendment No. 5 to Master Repurchase and Securities Contract, dated as of August 29, 2019, (vi) Amendment No. 6 to Master Repurchase and Securities Contract, dated as of August 27, 2020, (vii) Amendment No. 7 to Master Repurchase and Securities Contract, dated as of July 30, 2021, (viii) Amendment No. 8 to Master Repurchase and Securities Contract, dated as of February 11, 2022, and (ix) this Amendment, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Repurchase Agreement”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Repurchase Agreement, Seller and ▇▇▇▇▇ entered into that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Fee and Pricing Letter, dated as of February 11, 2022 (as amended and restated pursuant to that certain Sixth Amended and Restated Fee and Pricing Letter, dated as of the date hereof, the “Fee Letter Amendment”), by and between Seller and Buyer, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Fee Letter”);

WHEREAS, also in connection with the Repurchase Agreement, Guarantor executed and delivered to Buyer that certain Guarantee Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2017 (as amended pursuant to the terms of Amendment No. 1 to Guarantee Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2018, by and between Guarantor and Buyer, Amendment No. 2 to Guarantee Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2019, by and between Guarantor and Buyer, Amendment No. 3 to Guarantee Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2020, by and between Guarantor and Buyer, Amendment No. 4 to Guarantee Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2021, by and between Guarantor and Buyer, and Amendment No. 5 to Guarantee Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2021, by and between Guarantor and Buyer, and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “Guarantee Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ have agreed to further amend certain provisions of the Repurchase Agreement in the manner set forth herein, and Guarantor hereby agrees to make the acknowledgements set forth herein.

Therefore, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Seller, Buyer and Guarantor hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1.    Repurchase Agreement Amendments. The Repurchase Agreement is hereby amended to delete the red, stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example:) and to add the blue, double underlined text (indicated in the same manner as the following example: underlined text) as attached hereto on Exhibit A. The Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes to the Repurchase Agreement shall not be modified by this Amendment and shall remain Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes to the Repurchase Agreement.

SECTION 2.    Conditions Precedent. This Amendment and its provisions shall become effective on the first date (the “Amendment Effective Date”) on which (a) this Amendment is executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each of Seller, Buyer and Guarantor, along with such other documents as Buyer or counsel to Buyer may reasonably request, (b) Buyer shall have received a duly executed copy of the Fee Letter Amendment and (c) Seller shall have paid to Buyer (x) the applicable Extension Fee in an amount equal to $437,500 in connection with the extensions described in Section 3 hereof and (y) an upsize extension fee in an amount equal to $146,875, which upsize extension fee shall be fully earned by Buyer on the date hereof and shall be in addition to, and not creditable against, any other fee, cost or expense payable under the Repurchase Documents.

SECTION 3.    Extension of Maturity Date and Funding Expiration Date. ▇▇▇▇▇ and Seller hereby acknowledge and agree that (i) Seller has requested, pursuant to Sections 3.06(a) and 3.06(b) of the Repurchase Agreement, an extension of each of the Maturity Date and the Funding Expiration Date, in each case, from August 30, 2022 to August 30, 2023, and (ii) Buyer has approved such requests. Therefore, from and after the Amendment Effective Date, (A) the new Maturity Date (as determined pursuant to clause (a) of such definition) under the Repurchase Agreement shall be August 30, 2023, (B) there shall be three (3) remaining options to further extend the Maturity Date, subject to, and in accordance with the terms of, Section 3.06(a) of the Repurchase Agreement, (C) the new Funding Expiration Date under the Repurchase Agreement shall be August 30, 2023, and (D) there shall be one (1) remaining option to further extend the Funding Expiration Date, subject to, and in accordance with the terms of, Section 3.06(b) of the Repurchase Agreement. ▇▇▇▇▇ and Seller further acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding anything in Sections 3.06(a) or 3.06(b) of the Repurchase Agreement to the contrary, the exercise by Seller, and the granting by ▇▇▇▇▇, of the extensions described in this Section 3 shall be deemed to comply with the timing requirements specified in Sections 3.06(a) and 3.06(b) of the Repurchase Agreement.

SECTION 4.    Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Each of Seller and Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to Buyer, as of the date hereof and as of the Amendment Effective Date, that (i) it is in full compliance with all of the terms and provisions set forth in each Repurchase Document to which it is a party on its part to be observed or performed, and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing. Each of Seller and Guarantor hereby confirms and reaffirms its representations, warranties and covenants contained in each Repurchase Document to which it is a party.

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SECTION 5.    Acknowledgements of Seller. Seller hereby acknowledges that (a) Buyer is in compliance with its undertakings and obligations under the Repurchase Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents, and (b) Seller has no defenses, counterclaims or set-offs with respect to any of its obligations under any of the Repurchase Documents.

SECTION 6.    Acknowledgments of Guarantor. Guarantor hereby acknowledges (a) the execution and delivery of this Amendment and agrees that it continues to be bound by the Guarantee Agreement to the extent of the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined therein), and (b) that Buyer is in compliance with its undertakings and obligations under the Repurchase Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement and each of the other Repurchase Documents.

SECTION 7.    Limited Effect. Except as expressly amended and modified by this Amendment, the Repurchase Agreement and each of the other Repurchase Documents shall continue to be, and shall remain, in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms; provided, however, that upon the Amendment Effective Date, each (x) reference therein and herein to the “Repurchase Documents” shall be deemed to include, in any event, this Amendment, (y) each reference to the “Repurchase Agreement” in any of the Repurchase Documents shall be deemed to be a reference to the Repurchase Agreement, as amended hereby, and (z) each reference in the Repurchase Agreement to “this Agreement”, this “Repurchase Agreement”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of similar effect in referring to the Repurchase Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Repurchase Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.

SECTION 8.    No Novation, Effect of Agreement. The parties hereto have entered into this Amendment solely to amend the terms of the Repurchase Agreement and do not intend this Amendment or the transactions contemplated hereby to be, and this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall not be construed to be, a novation of any of the obligations owning by Seller, Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates (the “Repurchase Parties”) under or in connection with the Repurchase Agreement or any of the other Repurchase Documents. It is the intention of each of the parties hereto that (i) the perfection and priority of all security interests securing the payment of the Repurchase Obligations of the Repurchase Parties under the Repurchase Agreement are preserved, (ii) the liens and security interests granted under the Repurchase Agreement continue in full force and effect, and (iii) any reference to the Repurchase Agreement in any such Repurchase Document shall be deemed to also reference this Amendment.

SECTION 9.    Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by each of the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment in Portable Document Format (PDF) or by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart thereof.

SECTION 10.    Expenses. Seller and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ agree to pay and reimburse Buyer for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Buyer in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of Cadwalader, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel to Buyer.

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SECTION 11.    GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AMENDMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

[SIGNATURES FOLLOW]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

Amendment No. 9 to FS CREIT MRA

Amendment No. 9 to FS CREIT MRA

EXHIBIT A

MASTER REPURCHASE AND SECURITIES CONTRACT

Dated as of August 30, 2017

among

FS CREIT FINANCE WF-1 LLC,

as Seller

and

▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Buyer

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THIS MASTER REPURCHASE AND SECURITIES CONTRACT, dated as of August 30, 2017 (this “Agreement”), is made by and between FS CREIT FINANCE WF-1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Seller”) and ▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (as more specifically defined below, “Buyer”). Seller and ▇▇▇▇▇ (each also a “Party”) hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1.

APPLICABILITY

SECTION 2.

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

“Accelerated Repurchase Date”: Defined in Section 10.02.

“Account Control Agreement”: A deposit account control agreement in favor of Buyer with respect to any bank account related to a Purchased Asset, in form and substance of Exhibit C hereto.

“Actual Knowledge”: With respect to any Person, the actual knowledge of such Person without further inquiry or investigation; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, such actual knowledge shall include the actual knowledge of such Person and each of its employees, officers and directors.

“Additional Advance”: Defined in Section 3.11.

“Advisor”: FS Real Estate Advisor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

“Advisory Agreement”: The Advisory Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2017, by and between Advisor and Guarantor.

“Affiliate”: With respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with, such Person.

“Aggregate Amount Outstanding”: On each date of the determination thereof, the total amount due and payable to Buyer by Seller in connection with all Transactions under this Agreement outstanding on such date.

“Agreement”: The meaning set forth in the initial paragraph hereof.

“Anti-Corruption Law”: The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act, the Canadian Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act or any other law applicable to Seller or any of its Affiliates that prohibits the bribery of foreign officials to gain a business advantage.

“Anti-Money Laundering Laws”: The applicable laws or regulations in any jurisdiction in which Seller, Pledgor, Originator, Guarantor or any Affiliates of Seller, Pledgor, Originator or Guarantor are located or doing business that relate to money laundering, any predicate crime to money laundering or any financial record keeping and reporting requirements related thereto.

“Applicable Percentage”: For each Purchased Asset, the applicable percentage determined by Buyer for such Purchased Asset on the Purchase Date therefor as specified in the most recent Confirmation entered into in respect of such Purchased Asset, but in no event greater than the Maximum Applicable Percentage for such Purchased Asset.

“Applicable SOFR”: With respect to each SOFR Based Transaction, either the SOFR Average or Term SOFR, as applicable, as designated in the related Confirmation therefor, or if such Applicable SOFR is not specified in the related Confirmation for such SOFR Based Transaction, as specified with respect to such Transaction in the related notice of Rate Conversion delivered by Buyer in accordance with Section 12.01(d).

“Appraisal”: An appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property conducted by an Independent Appraiser in accordance with the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended, and, in addition, certified by such Independent Appraiser as having been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice of the Appraisal Foundation, addressed to (either directly or pursuant to a reliance letter in favor of Buyer or reliance language in such Appraisal running to the benefit of ▇▇▇▇▇ as a successor and/or assign) and reasonably satisfactory to Buyer.

“Approved Representation Exception”: Any Representation Exception furnished by Seller to Buyer and approved in writing by Buyer in its discretion prior to the related Purchase Date, or to the extent expressly waived in writing by Buyer at any time after the related Purchase Date.

“Asset”: Any Whole Loan or Senior Interest, the Mortgaged Property for which is included in the categories for Types of Mortgaged Property, but excluding (i) any distressed debt or (ii) any Equity Interest issued by a single purpose entity organized to issue collateralized debt or loan obligations.

“Assignment and Acceptance”: Defined in Section 18.08(c).

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“Bailee”: With respect to any Transaction involving a Wet Mortgage Asset, (i) a national title insurance company or nationally-recognized real estate counsel acceptable to Buyer or (ii) any other entity approved by Buyer, in its sole discretion, which may be a title company, escrow company or attorney in accordance with local law and practice in the appropriate jurisdiction of the related Wet Mortgage Asset. ▇▇▇▇▇ and Seller each agree that each of Stroock & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Bird LLP, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, P.C., ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇, P.C. and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP is an approved Bailee hereunder.

“Bankruptcy Code”: Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.

“Basic Mortgage Asset Documents”: Means the following original (except as otherwise permitted in Section 2.01 of the Custodial Agreement), fully executed and complete documents (in each case together with an original general assignment, an original assignment or allonge, as applicable, of each such Basic Mortgage Asset Document, executed in blank and, as applicable, an original assignment and assumption agreement or any similar document required by the terms of the applicable Purchased Asset Documents to effectuate an assignment of such Asset, executed by Seller in blank): the Mortgage Note (or, in the case of a Senior Interest consisting of a participation interest, the related participation certificate, with a certified true and correct copy of the related Mortgage Note), the Mortgage, the assignment of Mortgage, the assignment of leases and rents, if any, the assignment of assignment of leases and rents (if applicable) and the related security agreement (if applicable).

“Benchmark”: (A) With respect to any LIBOR Based Transaction, subject to Section 12.01(a) hereof, USD LIBOR, (B) with respect to any SOFR Based Transaction for which the Applicable SOFR is initially the SOFR Average (including, without limitation, any such SOFR Based Transaction resulting from a Rate Conversion pursuant to Section 12.01(a) for which the Applicable SOFR designated in the related notice of Rate Conversion is the SOFR Average), initially, 30-Day SOFR Average; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to 30-Day SOFR Average or the then-current Benchmark in accordance with Section 12.01(b) for purposes of this clause (B), then, for purposes of this clause (B), “Benchmark” shall mean the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (b) of Section 12.01, and (C) with respect to any SOFR Based Transaction for which the Applicable SOFR is initially Term SOFR (including, without limitation, any such SOFR Based Transaction resulting from a Rate Conversion pursuant to Section 12.01(a) for which the Applicable SOFR designated in the related notice of Rate Conversion is Term SOFR), initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark in accordance with Section 12.01(b) for purposes of this clause (C), then, for purposes of this clause (C), “Benchmark” shall mean the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (b) of Section 12.01.

“Benchmark Replacement”: With respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by Buyer as a replacement of the applicable then-current Benchmark as of the Benchmark Replacement Date:

(1)    (A) if such then-current Benchmark is the 30-Day SOFR Average, the sum of: (i) Term SOFR and (ii) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; or

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(B) if such then-current Benchmark is the Term SOFR Reference Rate, the sum of: (i) SOFR Average and (ii) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; or

(2)    the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by Buyer as the replacement for the then-current Benchmark and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment;

provided that, in each case, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents.

“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment”: With respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark (as determined pursuant to clause (B) and/or clause (C) of such definition, as applicable) with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by Buyer.

“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes”: With respect to any Benchmark Replacement or Rate Conversion, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Business Day”, “Pricing Rate,” the definition of “Pricing Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of Price Differential, prepayment provisions, early repurchases, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that Buyer decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement or Rate Conversion, and to permit the administration thereof by Buyer in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if Buyer decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if Buyer determines that no market practice for the administration of the Benchmark Replacement or Rate Conversion exists, in such other manner of administration as Buyer decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents).

“Benchmark Replacement Date”: With respect to any Benchmark (as determined pursuant to clause (B) and/or clause (C) of such definition, as applicable), the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such Benchmark:

(1)    in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide such Benchmark; or

(2)    in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark to be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (3) even if such Benchmark continues to be provided on such date.

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“Benchmark Transition Event”: With respect to any Benchmark (as determined pursuant to clause (B) and/or clause (C) of such definition, as applicable), the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such Benchmark:

(1)     a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide such Benchmark, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark;

(2)     a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark, which states that the administrator of such Benchmark has ceased or will cease to provide such Benchmark permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide such Benchmark; or

(3)     a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark announcing that such Benchmark is not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.

“Beneficial Ownership Certification”: A certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation in a form as agreed to by Buyer.

“Beneficial Ownership Regulation”: Means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

“BHC Act Affiliate”: The meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

“Blank Assignment Documents”: Defined in Section 6.02(l).

“Book Value”: For each Purchased Asset, as of any date, an amount, as certified by Seller in the related Confirmation, equal to the lesser of (a) the outstanding principal amount or par value thereof as of such date, and (b) the price that Seller initially paid or advanced in respect thereof plus any additional amounts advanced by or on behalf of Seller that were funded in connection with Seller’s future funding obligations under the related Purchased Asset Documents and any write-ups of value to the extent such Purchased Asset was previously subject to a write down (but in no event more than the price initially paid by Seller for such Purchased Asset, as reduced to account for all Principal Payments received and applied in accordance with Article 5), minus Principal Payments received by Seller and as further reduced by losses realized and write-downs taken by Seller, together with all other reductions in the unpaid balance due in connection with the related Whole Loan (including, with respect to any Senior Interest that is a participation, any reduction in the principal balance of the related Whole Loan).

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“Business Day”: Any day other than (a) a Saturday or a Sunday, (b) a day on which banks in the States of New York, Minnesota or North Carolina are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed, (c) any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or Custodian is authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed, or (d) if the term “Business Day” is used in connection with the determination of LIBOR, a day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are not carried on in the London interbank market.

“Buyer”: ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as Buyer under this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

“Capital Lease Obligations”: With respect to any Person, the amount of all obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of property to the extent and in the amount that such obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person.

“Capital Stock”: Any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent equity ownership interests in a Person which is not a corporation, including, without limitation, any and all member or other equivalent interests (certificated or uncertificated) in any limited liability company, and any and all partnership or other equivalent interests in any partnership or limited partnership, and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

“Cause”: With respect to an Independent Director or Independent Manager, (i) acts or omissions by such Independent Director or Independent Manager that constitute willful disregard of, or bad faith or gross negligence with respect to, such Independent Director or Independent Manager’s duties under the applicable by-laws, limited partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement, (ii) that such Independent Director or Independent Manager has engaged in or has been charged with, or has been convicted of, fraud or other acts constituting a crime of moral turpitude or dishonesty under any law applicable to such Independent Director or Independent Manager, (iii) that such Independent Director or Independent Manager is unable to perform his or her duties as Independent Director or Independent Manager due to death, disability or incapacity, or (iv) that such Independent Director or Independent Manager no longer meets the definition of Independent Director or Independent Manager.

“Change of Control”: Means (a) a change in Control of Advisor from the Person or Persons who were directly or indirectly Controlling Advisor on the Closing Date; (b) (I) prior to the consummation of the Stone Point Sale, a change in Control of Sub-Advisor from the Person or Persons who were directly or indirectly Controlling Sub-Advisor on the Closing Date, and (II) from and after the consummation of the Stone Point Sale, a change in Control of Sub-Advisor from the Person or Persons who were directly or indirectly Controlling Sub-Advisor immediately after consummation of the Stone Point Sale; (c) if Advisor or a replacement advisor acceptable to Buyer in its sole discretion is no longer the advisor of Guarantor, or if the Advisory Agreement is modified in any way that materially affects Seller, Pledgor, Originator, Guarantor or any of the Purchased Assets, or that is material and adverse to the interests of Buyer, without the prior written consent of Buyer; (d) if Sub-Advisor or a replacement sub-advisor acceptable to Buyer in its sole discretion is no longer the sub-advisor of Guarantor, or if the Sub-Advisory Agreement is modified in any way that materially affects Seller, Pledgor, Originator, Guarantor or any of the Purchased

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Assets, or that is material and adverse to the interests of Buyer, without the prior consent of Buyer; (e) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than FS Shareholder or Rialto Shareholder shall become, or obtain rights (whether by means of warrants, options or otherwise) to become, the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d 3 and 13d 5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of a percentage of the total voting power of all classes of Capital Stock of Guarantor entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, of 20% or more; (f) if Guarantor shall cease to directly own and Control, of record and beneficially, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock of Pledgor; or (g) Pledgor shall cease to directly own and Control, of record and beneficially, 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock of either Seller or Originator.

“Class”: With respect to an Asset, such Asset’s classification as one of the following: Whole Loan or Senior Interest.

“Closing Certificate”: A true and correct certificate in the form of Exhibit D-1, executed by a Responsible Officer of Seller.

“Closing Date”: August 30, 2017.

“Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder, in each case as amended, modified or replaced from time to time.

“Collection Account”: Any account established by a Servicer in connection with the servicing of any Asset or Purchased Asset.

“Competitor”: Defined in the Fee Letter, which definition is incorporated herein by reference.

“Confirmation”: A purchase confirmation in the form of Exhibit B, duly completed, executed and delivered by Seller and Buyer in accordance with either Section 3.01 or Section 4.01(d).

“Connection Income Taxes”: Other Connection Taxes that are imposed or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

“Contractual Obligation”: With respect to any Person, any provision of any securities issued by such Person or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, contract, undertaking, agreement, instrument or other document to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property or assets are bound or are subject.

“Control”: With respect to any Person, the direct or indirect possession of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling,” “Controlled” and “under common Control” have correlative meanings.

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“Controlled Account Agreement”: A control agreement with respect to the Waterfall Account, dated as of the date of this Agreement, among Seller, Buyer and Deposit Account Bank.

“Core Purchased Asset”: Each Legacy Purchased Asset designated as a Core Purchased Asset on Schedule 3 of the Fee Letter.

“Corresponding Tenor”: With respect to a Benchmark Replacement, an approximately one-month tenor (including overnight) (disregarding Business Day adjustment).

“Current Mark-to-Market Value”: For any Purchased Asset as of any date, the market value for such Purchased Asset as of such date as determined by Buyer in its sole discretion, taking into account such criteria as and to the extent that Buyer deems appropriate, including as appropriate market conditions, credit quality, liquidity of position, decline in PPV or Debt Yield, eligibility for inclusion in structured finance or securitization transactions, subordination, delinquency status and aging, which market value, in each case, may be determined to be zero.

“Custodial Agreement”: The Custodial Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Buyer, Seller and Custodian, as the same may be amended, modified, waived, supplemented, extended, replaced or restated from time to time.

“Custodian”: ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association, or any successor permitted by the Custodial Agreement.

“Debt Yield”: With respect to any Purchased Asset and for any relevant time period, the percentage equivalent of the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the underwritten net cash flow for such period from the Mortgaged Properties securing such Purchased Asset, as determined by Buyer in its sole discretion, by (ii) the outstanding Purchase Price of such Purchased Asset on the last day of such time period.

“Debt Yield Test”: Defined in the Fee Letter, which definition is incorporated herein by reference.

“Decrease Option”: Defined in Section 3.06(d).

“Default”: Any event that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default.

“Default Rate”: Defined in the Fee Letter, which definition is incorporated herein by reference.

“Defaulted Asset”: Any Asset or Purchased Asset and, in the case of any Senior Interest, any related Whole Loan, as applicable, (a) that is thirty (30) or more days (or, in the case of payments due at maturity, one (1) day) delinquent in the payment of principal, interest, fees, distributions or any other amounts payable under the related Purchased Asset Documents, in each case, without regard to any waivers or modifications of, or amendments to, the related Purchased Asset Documents, other than those that were disclosed in writing to Buyer prior to the Purchase Date of the related Purchased Asset, unless consented to by Buyer in accordance with the terms of

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this Agreement, (b) for which there is a Representation Breach with respect to such Asset or Purchased Asset, other than an Approved Representation Exception, (c) for which there is a non-monetary default under the related Purchased Asset Documents beyond any applicable notice or cure period in each case, without regard to any waivers or modifications of, or amendments to, the related Purchased Asset Documents other than those that were disclosed in writing to Buyer prior to the Purchase Date of the related Purchased Asset, (d) an Insolvency Event has occurred with respect to the Underlying Obligor, (e) with respect to which there has been an extension, amendment, waiver, termination, rescission, cancellation, release or other modification to the terms of, or any collateral, guaranty or indemnity for, or the exercise of any material right or remedy of a holder (including all lending, corporate and voting rights, remedies, consents, approvals and waivers) of, any related loan or participation document (in each case including, without limitation, any such document with respect to any Whole Loan related to any Senior Interest) that, in each case, has a material adverse effect on the value or cash-flow of such asset, as determined by Buyer, or (f) for which Seller or a Servicer has received notice of the foreclosure or proposed foreclosure of any Lien on the related Mortgaged Property; provided that with respect to any Senior Interest, in addition to the foregoing such Senior Interest will also be considered a Defaulted Asset to the extent that the related Whole Loan would be considered a Defaulted Asset as described in this definition provided, further, in each case, without regard to any waivers or modifications of, or amendments to, the related Purchased Asset Documents.

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

“Delaware LLC Act”: means Chapter 18 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. §§ 18-101 et seq., as amended.

“Deposit Account Bank”: ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association, or any other bank reasonably approved by Buyer.

“Derivatives Contract”: Any rate swap transaction, basis swap, credit derivative transaction, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, forward commodity contract, equity or equity index swap or option, bond or bond price or bond index swap or option or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transaction, interest rate option, forward foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option, spot contract, or any other similar transaction or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, including any obligations or liabilities thereunder.

“Derivatives Termination Value”: With respect to any one or more Derivatives Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Derivatives Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Derivatives Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in the preceding clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark–to–market value(s) for such Derivatives Contracts, as determined based on one or more mid–market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Derivatives Contracts (which may include Buyer).

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“Dividing LLC”: means a Delaware limited liability company that is effecting a Division pursuant to and in accordance with Section 18-217 of the Delaware LLC Act.

“Division”: means the division of a Dividing LLC into two or more domestic limited liability companies pursuant to and in accordance with Section 18-217 of the Delaware LLC Act.

“Division LLC”: means a surviving company, if any, and each resulting company, in each case that is the result of a Division.

“Dollars” and “$”: Lawful money of the United States of America.

“Draw Fee”: Defined in the Fee Letter, which definition is incorporated herein by reference.

“Early Opt-in Effective Date”: With respect to any Early Opt-in Election, the sixth (6^th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Seller.

“Early Opt-in Election”: The election by ▇▇▇▇▇ to trigger a fallback from the then-current Benchmark and the provision by Buyer of written notice of such election to Seller.

“Early Repurchase Date”: Defined in Section 3.04.

“Eighth Amendment Effective Date”: February 11, 2022.

“Eligible Asset”: An Asset:

(a)    that has been approved as a Purchased Asset by Buyer and that accrues interest at a floating rate above LIBOR or SOFR;

(b)    with respect to which no Representation Breach exists other than an Approved Representation Exception;

(c)    that is not a Defaulted Asset;

(d)    with respect to which there are no future funding obligations on the part of Seller other than any future funding obligations expressly approved by Buyer which future funding obligations are and shall remain at all times, solely the obligations of Seller;

(e)    that, as of the related Purchase Date, does not result in the PPV Test failing to be satisfied;

(f)    whose Mortgaged Property is not a hospitality property, unless (i) ▇▇▇▇▇ has received a copy of the franchise agreement and related documents for operation of the hospitality property, all reports issued by the franchisor and a comfort letter from the franchisor running to the benefit of successors and assigns of the lender, and (ii) the hospitality property is managed by a third-party manager under a management agreement and subordination of management agreement, all of which are acceptable to Buyer;

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(g)    where the underlying Mortgaged Property is located in the United States, the Underlying Obligors are domiciled in the United States, and all obligations under the Asset and the Purchased Asset Documents are denominated and payable in Dollars;

(h)    with respect to such Asset, none of the Underlying Obligors (and any of their respective Affiliates) related to such Asset are Sanctioned Targets;

(i)    none of the related Equity Interests of any Underlying Obligor are held, directly or indirectly, by Seller, Guarantor, Sub-Advisor, any Relevant Company or any of their respective Affiliates, if either of the following would result: (i) an actual or potential conflict of interest, or (ii) an affiliation with an Underlying Obligor that results, or could reasonably be expected to result, in the loss or impairment of any material rights of the holder of the Asset; provided, Seller shall disclose to Buyer before the Purchase Date each such Equity Interest that is held or is expected to be held by Seller, Guarantor, Sub-Advisor, any Relevant Company or any of their respective Affiliates, whether or not, in respect of such holding, either of the circumstances set forth in the preceding clauses (i) or (ii) arise;

(j)    that is secured by a perfected, first priority security interest in a related Mortgaged Property, as determined by ▇▇▇▇▇;

(k)    for which all Purchased Asset Documents and all related assignment documents have been delivered to Custodian on a timely basis in accordance with the Custodial Agreement;

(l)    as to which each Underlying Obligor or Servicer has delivered an executed Irrevocable Redirection Notice to Buyer;

(m)    to the extent Servicer is not Buyer or one of its Affiliates, as to which all escrows, reserves and other collateral accounts maintained by Servicer are subject to Account Control Agreements in favor of Buyer;

(n)    that does not cause Seller to violate any of the Sub-Limits; and

(o)    that, in the case of any Hotel Asset that is a Legacy Purchased Asset, satisfies at all times the requirements for Core Purchased Assets as specified in the definition thereof;

provided, that notwithstanding the failure of an Asset or Purchased Asset to conform to the requirements of this definition, Buyer may, subject to such terms, conditions and requirements and Applicable Percentage adjustments as Buyer may require, designate in writing any such non-conforming Asset or Purchased Asset as an Eligible Asset, which designation (1) may include a temporary or permanent asset specific waiver of one or more Eligible Asset requirements, and (2) shall not be deemed a waiver of the requirement that all other Assets and Purchased Assets must be Eligible Assets (including any Assets that are similar or identical to the Asset or Purchased Asset subject to the waiver).

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“Eligible Assignee”: Any of the following Persons; (i) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (a) a bank, financial institution, pension fund, insurance company or similar Person or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing, (b) an Affiliate of Buyer that has a long term rating equivalent, at any time, of not less than investment grade, by any Rating Agency, excluding, solely for purposes of clauses (a) and (b) of this definition, any Competitor, and (c) any other Person to which Seller has consented; provided, that such consent of Seller shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, or (ii) at any time that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any Person designated by Buyer in Buyer’s sole discretion.

“Environmental Laws”: Any federal, state, foreign or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, guideline, written policy and rule of common law now or hereafter in effect, and any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment, relating to the environment, employee health and safety or hazardous materials, including CERCLA, RCRA, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the Emergency Planning and the Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, the Hazardous Material Transportation Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and any state and local or foreign counterparts or equivalents.

“Equity Interests”: With respect to any Person, (a) any share, interest, participation and other equivalent (however denominated) of Capital Stock of (or other ownership, equity or profit interests in) such Person, (b) any warrant, option or other right for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of any of the foregoing, (c) any security convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing, and (d) any other ownership or profit interest in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such share, warrant, option, right or other interest is authorized but unissued on any date.

“ERISA”: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA, as in effect at the date of this Agreement and, as of the relevant date, any subsequent provisions of ERISA, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

“ERISA Affiliate”: Any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is a member of Seller’s, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s, Originator’s or Guarantor’s controlled group or under common control with Seller, Pledgor or Guarantor, within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code.

“Event of Default”: Defined in Section 10.01.

“Exchange Act”: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Excluded Taxes”: Any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to Buyer or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to Buyer: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of Buyer being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or the office from which it books the Transactions located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Taxes (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of Buyer with respect to an interest in the Repurchase Obligations pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which such

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Buyer (i) acquires such interest in the Repurchase Obligations or (ii) changes the office from which it books the Transactions, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 12.06, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Buyer’s assignor immediately before such Buyer became a Party hereto or to such Buyer immediately before it changed the office from which it books the Transactions, (c) Taxes attributable to Buyer’s failure to comply with Section 12.06(e) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

“Extension Conditions”: Defined in Section 3.06(a).

“Extension Fee”: Defined in the Fee Letter, which definition is incorporated herein by reference.

“Extension Period”: Defined in Section 3.06(a).

“Facility Debt Yield Test”: Defined in the Fee Letter, which definition is incorporated herein by reference.

“FATCA”: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

“FDIA”: Defined in Section 14.03.

“FDICIA”: Defined in Section 14.04.

“Fee Letter”: The Fourth Amended and Restated Fee and Pricing Letter, dated as of July 30, 2021, between Buyer and Seller, as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, extended, restated or replaced from time to time.

“Fitch”: Fitch, Inc. or, if Fitch, Inc. is no longer issuing ratings, another nationally recognized rating agency reasonably acceptable to Buyer.

“Flex Purchased Asset”: Each Legacy Purchased Asset designated as a Flex Purchased Asset on Schedule 3 of the Fee Letter.

“Floor”: The greater of (a) zero (0) and (b) such higher amount as may be specified with respect to any Transaction in the related Confirmation (or Amended and Restated Confirmation, as applicable).

“Foreign Buyer”: A Buyer that is not a U.S. Person.

“FS Shareholder”: Franklin Square Holdings, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

“Funding Expiration Date”: Initial Funding Expiration Date, as such date may be extended pursuant to Section 3.06(b).

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“Funding Period”: The period from the Closing Date to but excluding the Funding Expiration Date.

“Funding Period Extension Option”: Defined in Section 3.06(b).

“Future Funding Amount”: With respect to any Purchased Asset for which a Future Funding Transaction has been requested by Seller and approved by Buyer pursuant to Section 3.10, the product of (a) the amount that Seller is funding as a post-closing advance on the related Future Funding Date as required by the related Purchased Asset Documents relating to such Purchased Asset, and (b) the Applicable Percentage for such Purchased Asset; provided, in no event shall the aggregate amount so requested by Seller exceed the amount of future funding set forth on the related Confirmation for the initial Transaction relating to such Purchased Asset, minus all previous Future Funding Amounts funded by Buyer relating to such Purchased Asset.

“Future Funding Confirmation”: Defined in Section 3.10(i).

“Future Funding Date”: With respect to any Purchased Asset for which a Future Funding Transaction has been requested by Seller and approved by Buyer, the date on which Seller is required to fund a Future Funding Amount pursuant to the Purchased Asset Documents relating to such Purchased Asset.

“Future Funding Request Package”: With respect to one or more Future Funding Transactions, the following: (a) the related request for advance, executed by the related Underlying Obligor (which shall include either therein or separately evidence of Seller’s approval of the related Future Funding Transaction), and any other documents that are required to be delivered to Seller pursuant to the related Purchased Asset Documents in connection with such future funding advance; (b) certification by Seller that all conditions precedent to the future funding advance under the related Purchased Asset Documents have been satisfied in all material respects; and (c) to the extent available and requested by ▇▇▇▇▇, (i) updated financial statements, operating statements and rent rolls, (ii) engineering reports and updates to the engineering reports, and (iii) an updated Underwriting Package.

“Future Funding Transaction”: Any Transaction approved by Buyer pursuant to Section 3.10.

“GAAP”: Generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States, consistently applied.

“Governing Documents”: With respect to any Person, its articles or certificate of incorporation or formation, by-laws, partnership, limited liability company, memorandum and articles of association, operating or trust agreement and/or other organizational, charter or governing documents.

“Governmental Authority”: Any (a) national or federal government, (b) state, regional or local or other political subdivision thereof, (c) central bank or similar monetary or regulatory authority, (d) Person, agency, authority, instrumentality, court, regulatory body, central bank or other body or entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, quasi-judicial, quasi-legislative, regulatory or administrative functions or powers of or pertaining to government,

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(e) court or arbitrator having jurisdiction over such Person, its Affiliates or its assets or properties, (f) stock exchange on which shares of stock of such Person are listed or admitted for trading, (g) accounting board or authority that is responsible for the establishment or interpretation of national or international accounting principles, in each case, whether foreign or domestic, and (h) supra-national body such as the European Union or the European Central Bank.

“Ground Lease”: A ground lease containing the following terms and conditions: (a) a remaining term (exclusive of any unexercised extension options) of thirty (30) years or more from the Purchase Date of the related Asset, (b) the right of the lessee to mortgage and encumber its interest in the leased property without the consent of the lessor or with such consent given, (c) the obligation of the lessor to give the holder of any mortgage lien on such leased property written notice of any defaults on the part of the lessee and agreement of such lessor that such lease will not be terminated until such holder has had a reasonable opportunity to cure or complete foreclosures, and fails to do so, (d) reasonable transferability of the lessee’s interest under such lease, including ability to sublease, and (e) such other rights customarily required by mortgagees making a loan secured by the interest of the holder of the leasehold estate demised pursuant to a ground lease.

“Guarantee Agreement”: The Guarantee Agreement dated as of the date hereof, made by Guarantor in favor of Buyer.

“Guarantee Obligation”: With respect to any Person (the “guaranteeing person”), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of the obligations for which the guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness or any Contractual Obligations constituting Indebtedness (the “primary obligations”) of any other third Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation, or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation, or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term “Guarantee Obligation” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of the primary obligation relating to such Guarantee Obligation (or, if less, the maximum stated liability set forth in the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation); and provided, further, that in the absence of any such stated amount or stated liability, the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum anticipated liability in respect thereof as reasonably determined by such Person.

“Guarantor”: FS Credit Real Estate Income Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

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“Guarantor Materiality Threshold”: Defined in the Fee Letter, which definition is incorporated herein by reference.

“Homebuilder”: Any Person that is listed on the most recent Builder 100 list published by Builder magazine, ranked by revenues or closings (or if such list is no longer published, identified in such other published list or through such other means as is mutually agreed by ▇▇▇▇▇ and Seller).

“Hotel Asset”: An Asset, the underlying Mortgaged Property for which is primarily for use as a hotel (as determined by Buyer in its discretion in the case of mixed used property).

“Income”: With respect to any Purchased Asset, all of the following (in each case with respect to the entire par amount of the Asset represented by such Purchased Asset and not just with respect to the portion of the par amount represented by the Purchase Price advanced against such Asset) without duplication: (a) all Principal Payments, (b) all Interest Payments, and (c) all other income, distributions, receipts, payments, collections, prepayments, recoveries, proceeds (including insurance and condemnation proceeds) and other payments or amounts of any kind paid, received, collected, recovered or distributed on, in connection with or in respect of such Purchased Asset, including Principal Payments, Interest Payments, principal and interest payments, prepayment fees, extension fees, exit fees, defeasance fees, transfer fees, make whole fees, late charges, late fees and all other fees or charges of any kind or nature, premiums, yield maintenance charges, penalties, default interest, dividends, gains, receipts, allocations, rents, interests, profits, payments in kind, returns or repayment of contributions, net sale, foreclosure, liquidation, securitization or other disposition proceeds, insurance payments, settlements and proceeds; provided, that any amounts that under the applicable Purchased Asset Documents are required to be deposited into and held in escrow or reserve to be used for a specific purpose, such as taxes and insurance, shall not be included in the term “Income” unless and until (i) an event of default exists under such Purchased Asset Documents, (ii) the holder of the related Purchased Asset has exercised or is entitled to exercise rights and remedies with respect to such amounts, (iii) such amounts are no longer required to be held for such purpose under such Purchased Asset Documents, or (iv) such amounts may be applied to all or a portion of the outstanding indebtedness under such Purchased Asset Documents.

“Indebtedness”: With respect to any Person and any date, all of the following with respect to such Person as of such date, without duplication: (a) obligations in respect of money borrowed (including principal, interest, assumption fees, prepayment fees, yield maintenance charges, penalties, exit fees, contingent interest and other monetary obligations whether ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or inchoate and whether by loan, the issuance and sale of debt securities or the sale of property or assets to another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to repurchase such property or assets, or otherwise), (b) obligations, whether or not for money borrowed (i) represented by notes payable, letters of credit or drafts accepted, in each case representing extensions of credit, (ii) evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (iii) constituting purchase money indebtedness, conditional sales contracts, title retention debt instruments or other similar instruments, upon which interest charges are customarily paid or that are issued or assumed as full or partial payment for property or services rendered, or (iv) in connection with the issuance of Preferred Equity or trust preferred securities with a mandatory redemption or put feature, (c) Capital Lease Obligations, (d) reimbursement obligations under any

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letters of credit or acceptances (whether or not the same have been presented for payment), (e) Off-Balance Sheet Obligations, (f) obligations to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any mandatory redeemable stock issued by such Person or any other Person (inclusive of forward equity contracts), valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (g) as applicable, all obligations of such Person (but not the obligations of others) in respect of any keep well arrangements, credit enhancements, contingent or future funding obligations under any Purchased Asset or any obligation senior to any Purchased Asset, unfunded interest reserve amount under any Purchased Asset or any other obligation of such Person with respect to such Purchased Asset that is senior to such Purchased Asset, purchase obligation, repurchase obligation, sale/buy-back agreement, takeout commitment or forward equity commitment, in each case evidenced by a binding agreement (excluding any such obligation to the extent the obligation can be satisfied by the issuance of Equity Interests (other than mandatory redeemable stock)), (h) net obligations under any Derivatives Contract not entered into as a hedge against existing indebtedness, in an amount equal to the Derivatives Termination Value thereof, (i) all Non-Recourse Indebtedness, recourse indebtedness and all indebtedness of other Persons that such Person has guaranteed or is otherwise recourse to such Person, (j) all indebtedness of another Person secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien (other than, except with respect to any Purchased Asset, any Liens granted pursuant to the Repurchase Documents) on property or assets owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness or other payment obligation; provided, that if such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, then for the purposes of this definition the amount of such indebtedness shall not exceed the market value of the property subject to such Lien, (k) all Guarantee Obligations in respect of any Indebtedness described in any other clause of this definition and, (l) all obligations of such Person incurred in connection with the acquisition or carrying of fixed assets by such Person or obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase or acquisition price of property or assets, including contracts for the deferred purchase price of property or assets that include the procurement of services, and (m) indebtedness of general partnerships of which such Person is liable as a general partner (whether secondarily or contingently liable or otherwise). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness of a Person shall not include Non-Recourse Indebtedness of any Person arising pursuant to real estate mortgage investment conduits or other similar securitization transactions (“Securitization Indebtedness”) that are not issued by Guarantor, Affiliates of Guarantor, Advisor and/or Affiliates of Advisor (e.g., commercial real estate CLOs) where such Securitization Indebtedness would appear on such first Person’s consolidated balance sheet solely as a result of the consolidation of “variable interest entities” under the requirements of the Accounting Standards Codification Section 810, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time; provided that for purposes of this clause a Person shall not be considered an Affiliate of another Person solely as a result of owning the most subordinate class(es) of any Securitization Indebtedness issued by such other Person.

“Indemnified Amounts”: Defined in Section 13.01(a).

“Indemnified Persons”: Defined in Section 13.01(a).

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“Indemnified Taxes”: (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of Seller under any Repurchase Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.

“Independent Appraiser”: A professional real estate appraiser that (i) is approved by Buyer in its sole discretion; (ii) was not selected or identified by the Underlying Obligor and is not affiliated with the lender under the mortgage or the Underlying Obligor; (iii) if engaged by Seller or any of its Affiliates, Seller or such Affiliate, as applicable, is a “financial services institution” within the meaning of the Interagency Guidelines on Evaluations and Appraisals, (iv) is a member in good standing of the American Appraisal Institute; (v) is certified or licensed in the state where the subject Mortgaged Property is located and (vi) in each such case, has a minimum of seven years’ experience in the subject property type.

“Independent Director” or “Independent Manager”: An individual who has prior experience as an independent director, independent manager or independent member with at least three (3) years of employment experience and who is provided by CT Corporation, Corporation Service Company, National Registered Agents, Inc., Wilmington Trust Company, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Management Company, Lord Securities Corporation, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Associates or, if none of those companies is then providing professional Independent Directors or Independent Managers, another nationally recognized company approved by ▇▇▇▇▇, in each case that is not an Affiliate of Seller and that provides professional independent directors, independent managers and/or other corporate services in the ordinary course of its business, and which individual is duly appointed as Independent Director or Independent Manager and is not, has never been, and will not while serving as Independent Director or Independent Manager be, any of the following:

(a)    a member, partner, equity holder, manager, director, officer or employee of Seller, Pledgor, or any of their respective equity holders or Affiliates (other than as an Independent Director or Independent Manager of Seller or Pledgor or an Affiliate of Seller or Pledgor that does not own a direct or indirect ownership interest in Seller or Pledgor and that is required by a creditor to be a single purpose bankruptcy remote entity, provided, however, that such Independent Director or Independent Manager is employed by a company that routinely provides professional Independent Directors or Independent Managers);

(b)    a creditor, supplier or service provider (including provider of professional services) to Seller, Pledgor or any of their respective equity holders or Affiliates (other than through a nationally-recognized company that routinely provides professional Independent Directors, Independent Managers and/or other corporate services to Seller, Pledgor, or any of their respective equity holders or Affiliates in the ordinary course of business);

(c)    a family member of any such member, partner, equity holder, manager, director, officer, employee, creditor, supplier or service provider; or

(d)    a Person who controls (whether directly, indirectly or otherwise) any of the individuals described in the preceding clauses (a), (b) or (c).

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An individual who otherwise satisfies the preceding definition and satisfies subparagraph (a) by reason of being the Independent Director or Independent Manager of a Single Purpose Entity affiliated with Seller or Pledgor that does not own a direct or indirect ownership interest in Seller or Pledgor shall be qualified to serve as an Independent Director or Independent Manager of Seller or Pledgor if the fees that such individual earns from serving as Independent Director or Independent Manager of Affiliates of Seller or Pledgor in any given year constitute in the aggregate less than five percent (5%) of such individual’s annual income for that year.

“Initial Funding Expiration Date”: August 30, 2022.

“Initial Maturity Date”: August 30, 2022.

“Insolvency Action”: With respect to any Person, the taking by such Person of any action resulting in an Insolvency Event, other than solely under clause (g) of the definition thereof.

“Insolvency Event”: With respect to any Person, (a) the filing of a decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises with respect to such Person or any substantial part of its assets or property in an involuntary case under any applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its assets or property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation of such Person’s affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) days, (b) the commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under any applicable Insolvency Law now or hereafter in effect, (c) the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any Insolvency Law, (d) the consent by such Person to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its assets or property, (e) the making by such Person of any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (f) the admission in a legal proceeding of the inability of such Person to pay its debts generally as they become due, (g) the failure by such Person generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (h) the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

“Insolvency Laws”: The Bankruptcy Code and all other applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, suspension of payments and similar debtor relief laws from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors generally.

“Insolvency Proceeding”: Any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to any Insolvency Event.

“Interest Expense”: With respect to any Person and for any relevant time period, the amount of total interest expense incurred by such Person, and its consolidated Subsidiaries, including capitalized or accruing interest (but excluding interest funded under a construction loan), plus such Person’s proportionate share of interest expense from the joint venture investments and unconsolidated Affiliates of such Person, all with respect to such period.

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“Interest Payments”: With respect to any Purchased Asset, all payments of interest, income, receipts, dividends, and any other collections and distributions received from time to time in connection with any such Purchased Asset.

“Internal Control Event”: Fraud that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in, the internal controls of Seller, Guarantor, Sub-Advisor or any Relevant Company over financial reporting.

“Interim Period”: The period from the Closing Date to, but not including, the Target Capital Trigger Date.

“Investment”: With respect to any Person, any acquisition or investment (whether or not of a controlling interest) by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of any Equity Interest in another Person, (b) a loan, advance or extension of credit to, capital contribution to, guaranty or credit enhancement of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any Indebtedness of, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute the business or a division or operating unit of another Person. Any binding commitment or option to make an Investment in any other Person shall constitute an Investment. Except as expressly provided otherwise, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant contained in this Agreement, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

“Investment Company Act”: The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, restated or modified from time to time, including all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Investor”: Any Person that is admitted to Seller as a member in accordance with its applicable operating agreement or limited liability company agreement.

“Irrevocable Redirection Notice”: A notice in form and substance acceptable to Buyer, sent by Seller, syndication agent or by Servicer on Seller’s behalf directing the remittance of all Income with respect to a Purchased Asset to the Waterfall Account and executed by the applicable Underlying Obligor, Servicer, syndication agent or such other Person with respect to such Purchased Asset as may be acceptable to Buyer.

“IRS”: The United States Internal Revenue Service.

“Knowledge”: With respect to any Person, means collectively (i) the Actual Knowledge of such Person, (ii) notice of any fact, event, condition or circumstance that would cause a reasonably prudent Person to conduct an inquiry that would give such Person Actual Knowledge, whether or not such Person actually undertook such an inquiry, and (iii) all knowledge that is imputed to a Person under any statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, or official decree or order.

“Legacy Purchased Assets”: Those Purchased Assets set forth on Schedule 3 of the Fee Letter.

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“LIBOR”: The rate of interest per annum determined by Buyer on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first (1st) day of each Pricing Period, for a one-month period commencing on (and including) the first day of such Pricing Period and ending on (but excluding) the same corresponding date in the following month, as reported on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor page) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Pricing Rate Determination Date (or if not so reported, then as determined by Buyer from another recognized source or interbank quotation); provided, that in no event shall LIBOR be less than the Floor. If the calculation of LIBOR results in a LIBOR rate of less than the Floor, LIBOR shall be deemed to be the Floor for all purposes of this Agreement. Each calculation by Buyer of LIBOR shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

“LIBOR Based Pricing Rate Determination Date”: (a) In the case of the first Pricing Period for any Purchased Asset, the related Purchase Date for such Purchased Asset, and (b) in the case of each subsequent Pricing Period, two (2) Business Days prior to the Remittance Date on which such Pricing Period begins or on any other date as determined by Buyer and communicated to Seller. The failure to communicate shall not impair ▇▇▇▇▇’s decision to reset the Pricing Rate on any date.

“LIBOR Based Transaction”: Subject to Section 12.01(a), any Transaction (A) for which the related Purchase Date occurred prior to the Eighth Amendment Effective Date (and with respect to which Buyer and Seller have not entered into a Confirmation or amended and restated Confirmation expressly designating such Transaction as a “SOFR Based Transaction”) or (B) that is expressly designated as a “LIBOR Based Transaction” in the related Confirmation therefor; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, from and after the Rate Conversion Effective Date, all Transactions under this Agreement shall be SOFR Based Transactions for all purposes of this Agreement and the Repurchase Documents, and no Transactions hereunder shall be LIBOR Based Transactions.

“LIBOR Reference Time”: Means, with respect to any Pricing Period, 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the LIBOR Based Pricing Rate Determination Date applicable thereto

“Lien”: Any mortgage, statutory or other lien, pledge, charge, right, claim, adverse claim, attachment, levy, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, UCC financing statement or encumbrance of any kind on or otherwise relating to any Person’s assets or properties in favor of any other Person or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind.

“Margin Call”: Defined in Section 4.01(a).

“Margin Deficit”: Defined in Section 4.01(a).

“Market Value”: For any Purchased Asset as of any date, the lower of the Current Mark-to-Market Value and Book Value for such Purchased Asset as determined by Buyer in its sole discretion; provided, that the Market Value may be set at zero for any Purchased Asset with respect to which:

(a)    the requirements of the definition of “Eligible Asset” are not satisfied, as determined by ▇▇▇▇▇;

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(b)    a Representation Breach exists (other than an Approved Representation Exception), as determined by ▇▇▇▇▇;

(c)    any statement, affirmation or certification made or information, document, agreement, report or notice delivered by Seller, Guarantor or any Relevant Company to Buyer is untrue in any material respect;

(d)    any Retained Interest, funding obligation or any other obligation of any kind has been transferred to Buyer;

(e)    Seller fails to repurchase such Purchased Asset by the Repurchase Date therefor;

(f)    an Insolvency Event has occurred with respect to any (i) Underlying Obligor, or (ii) co-participant or other Person having an interest in such Purchased Asset or any related Mortgaged Property which is pari passu with the rights of Buyer in such Purchased Asset;

(g)    a material adverse effect has occurred with respect to the related Mortgaged Property or that such Purchased Asset is otherwise unlikely to make payments of interest or principal on a timely basis;

(h)    all Purchased Asset Documents have not been delivered to Custodian within the time periods required by this Agreement and the Custodial Agreement and such failure results in a Material Adverse Effect;

(i)    any material Purchased Asset Document has been released from the possession of Custodian under the Custodial Agreement to Seller for more than ten (10) days; or

(j)    Seller fails to deliver any reports required hereunder where such failure adversely affects the Market Value thereof or Buyer’s ability to determine Market Value therefor.

“Master ▇▇▇▇ of Sale”: A Master Bill of Sale, dated as of the date hereof, between either (i) Originator as seller and Pledgor as purchaser, or (ii) Pledgor as seller and Seller as purchaser, as the case may be.

“Material Adverse Effect”: Any event, development or circumstance that has a material adverse effect on or material adverse change in or to (a) the property, assets, business, operations or financial condition of Guarantor and Seller taken together, (b) the ability of Guarantor and Seller taken together to pay and perform the Repurchase Obligations, (c) the validity, legality, binding effect or enforceability of any Repurchase Document, or security interest granted hereunder or thereunder, (d) the rights and remedies of Buyer or any Indemnified Person under any Repurchase Document, or (e) the perfection or priority of any Lien granted under any Repurchase Document.

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“Material Modification”: Any extension, amendment, waiver, termination, rescission, cancellation, release or any other material modification to the terms of, or any collateral, guaranty or indemnity for, or the exercise of any right or remedy of a holder (including all lending, corporate rights, remedies, consents, approvals and waivers) of, any Purchased Asset, or Purchased Asset Document.

“Materials of Environmental Concern”: Any hazardous, toxic or harmful substances, materials, wastes, pollutants or contaminants defined as such in or regulated under any Environmental Law.

“Maturity Date”: The earliest of (a) the Initial Maturity Date, as such date may be extended pursuant to Section 3.06(a), (b) any Accelerated Repurchase Date, and (c) any date on which the Maturity Date shall otherwise occur in accordance with the provisions hereof or Requirements of Law.

“Maximum Amount”: (A) From and after the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, but prior to September 30, 2022, $650,000,000 and (B) from and after September 30, 2022, $350,000,000, as such amount (as set forth in this clause (B)) may be decreased and (if applicable) increased subject to, and in accordance with, all of the terms and conditions of Sections 3.06(c) and 3.06(d), as applicable. The Maximum Amount shall not be increased by any Future Funding Transaction or reduced upon the repurchase of any Purchased Assets prior to the earlier to occur of the Funding Expiration Date or the Maturity Date; provided, that on and after the earlier to occur of the Funding Expiration Date and the Maturity Date, the Maximum Amount on any date shall be an amount equal to the sum of (a) the then-current Aggregate Amount Outstanding, and (b) the Applicable Percentage of those remaining future funding obligations that are scheduled and approved by Buyer in executed Future Funding Confirmation(s) for the related Purchased Asset(s), as such amounts decline as Future Funding Transactions under Section 3.10 are funded, Purchased Assets are repurchased and Margin Deficits are satisfied, all in accordance with the applicable terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no Transactions shall be entered into hereunder after the Funding Expiration Date other than scheduled Future Funding Transactions that have been approved by ▇▇▇▇▇, as evidenced by an executed Future Funding Confirmation.

“Maximum Applicable Percentage”: Defined in the Fee Letter, which definition is incorporated herein by reference.

“Moody’s”: ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. or, if ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. is no longer issuing ratings, another nationally recognized rating agency reasonably acceptable to Buyer and Seller.

“Mortgage”: Any mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of rents, security agreement and fixture filing, or other instruments creating and evidencing a lien on real property and other property and rights incidental thereto.

“Mortgage Asset File”: The meaning specified in the Custodial Agreement.

“Mortgage Loan Documents”: With respect to any Whole Loan, those documents executed in connection with and/or evidencing or governing such Whole Loan, including, without limitation those that are required to be delivered to Custodian under the Custodial Agreement.

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“Mortgage Note”: The original executed promissory note or other evidence of the indebtedness of a Mortgagor with respect to a commercial mortgage loan.

“Mortgaged Property” In the case of a Whole Loan or a Senior Interest, the real property (including all improvements, buildings, fixtures, building equipment and personal property thereon and all additions, alterations and replacements made at any time with respect to the foregoing) and all other collateral directly or indirectly securing repayment of the debt evidenced by (a) a Mortgage Note (in the case of a Whole Loan) or (b) the Mortgage Note evidencing an interest in the Whole Loan to which such Senior Interest relates (in the case of a Senior Interest), in each case securing such Whole Loan.

“Mortgagee”: The record holder of a Mortgage Note secured by a Mortgage.

“Mortgagor”: The obligor on a Mortgage Note, including any Person who has assumed or guaranteed the obligations of the obligor thereunder.

“Multiemployer Plan”: A Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

“Multifamily Asset”: An Asset with respect to which the underlying Mortgaged Property consists of real property with five or more residential rental units (including mixed use multifamily/office and multifamily retail) as to which the majority of the underwritten revenue is from residential rental units.

“Non-Controlling Participation”: The meaning set forth in the Fee Letter, which definition is incorporated by reference herein.

“Non-Recourse Indebtedness”: With respect to any Person and any date, indebtedness of such Person as of such date for borrowed money in respect of which recourse for payment (except for customary exceptions for fraud, misapplication of funds, environmental indemnities, Insolvency Events, non-approved transfers or other events) is contractually limited to specific assets of such Person encumbered by a Lien securing such Indebtedness.

“Off-Balance Sheet Obligations”: With respect to any Person and any date, to the extent not included as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person, all of the following with respect to such Person as of such date: (a) monetary obligations under any financing lease or so–called “synthetic,” tax retention or off-balance sheet lease transaction that, upon the application of any Insolvency Laws, would be characterized as indebtedness, (b) monetary obligations under any sale and leaseback transaction that does not create a liability on the balance sheet of such Person, or (c) any other monetary obligation arising with respect to any other transaction that (i) is characterized as indebtedness for tax purposes but not for accounting purposes, or (ii) is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but that does not constitute a liability on the balance sheet of such Person (for purposes of this clause (c), any transaction structured to provide Tax deductibility as Interest Expense of any dividend, coupon or other periodic payment will be deemed to be the functional equivalent of a borrowing).

“Originator”: FS CREIT Originator LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

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“Other Connection Taxes”: With respect to Buyer, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between Buyer and the jurisdiction imposing such Taxes (other than a connection arising from Buyer having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Repurchase Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Transaction or Repurchase Document).

“Other Taxes”: Any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under any Repurchase Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, or enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Repurchase Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment.

“Partial Repurchase”: Defined in Section 3.12.

“Participant”: Defined in Section 18.08(b).

“Participant Register”: Defined in Section 18.08(g).

“Party”: The meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

“PATRIOT Act”: The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, as amended, modified or replaced from time to time.

“Person”: An individual, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, joint stock company, sole proprietorship, joint venture, Governmental Authority or any other form of entity.

“Plan”: An employee benefit plan established or maintained by Seller or any ERISA Affiliate during the five year period ended prior to the date of this Agreement or to which Seller or any ERISA Affiliate makes, is obligated to make or has, within the five year period ended prior to the date of this Agreement, been required to make contributions and that is covered by Title IV of ERISA or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, other than a Multiemployer Plan.

“Plan Asset Regulation”: The regulation of the United States Department of Labor at 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3 101 (as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA).

“Pledge Agreement”: The Pledge Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between Buyer and Pledgor, as amended, modified, waived, supplemented, extended, restated or replaced from time to time.

“Pledged Collateral”: Defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.

“Pledgor”: FS CREIT Finance Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

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“Power of Attorney”: Defined in Section 18.19.

“PPV Ratio”: With respect to any Purchased Asset as of any date, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of the related Purchase Price to the market value of the related Mortgaged Property, as determined by Buyer in its sole discretion.

“PPV Test”: Defined in the Fee Letter, which definition is incorporated herein by reference.

“Preferred Equity”: A performing current pay preferred equity position (with a put or synthetic maturity date structure replicating a debt instrument and excluding any perpetual preferred equity positions) evidenced by a stock share certificate or other similar ownership certificate representing the entire equity ownership interest in entities that own income producing commercial real estate.

“Price Differential”: For any Pricing Period or portion thereof and (a) for any Transaction outstanding, the sum of the products, for each day during such Pricing Period or portion thereof, of (i) 1/360th of the Pricing Rate in effect for each Purchased Asset subject to such Transaction during such Pricing Period, times (ii) the outstanding Purchase Price for such Purchased Asset on each such day, or (b) for all Transactions outstanding, the sum of the amounts calculated in accordance with the preceding clause (a) for all Transactions.

“Pricing Margin”: Defined in Schedule A to the Fee Letter, which definition is incorporated herein by reference.

“Pricing Period”: For any Purchased Asset, (a) in the case of the first Remittance Date for such Purchased Asset, the period from the Purchase Date for such Purchased Asset to but excluding such Remittance Date, and (b) in the case of any subsequent Remittance Date, the one-month period commencing on and including the prior Remittance Date and ending on but excluding such Remittance Date; provided, that no Pricing Period for a Purchased Asset shall end after the Repurchase Date for such Purchased Asset to the extent such Purchased Asset is actually repurchased on such Repurchase Date.

“Pricing Rate”: For any Pricing Period and any Transaction, (a) in the case of any LIBOR Based Transaction, LIBOR, and (b) in the case of any SOFR Based Transaction, the Applicable SOFR for such Transaction, in each case, for such Pricing Period plus the applicable Pricing Margin for such date; provided, that, in each case, while an Event of Default is continuing, the Pricing Rate shall be the Default Rate.

“Pricing Rate Determination Date”: (A) With respect to any LIBOR Based Transaction, subject to Section 12.01(a), the LIBOR Based Pricing Rate Determination Date and (B) with respect to any SOFR Based Transaction, the SOFR Based Pricing Rate Determination Date.

“Principal Payments”: For any Purchased Asset, all payments and prepayments of principal received for such Purchased Asset, including insurance and condemnation proceeds which are permitted by the terms of the Purchased Asset Documents to be applied to principal and are, in fact, so applied and recoveries of principal from liquidation or foreclosure which are permitted by the terms of the Purchased Asset Documents to be applied to principal and are, in fact, so applied.

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“Purchase Agreement”: Any purchase agreement between Seller and any Transferor pursuant to which Seller purchased or acquired an Asset which is subsequently sold to Buyer hereunder, which Purchase Agreement shall contain a grant of a security interest in favor of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and authorize the filing of UCC financing statements against the Transferor with respect to such Asset.

“Purchase Date”: For any Purchased Asset, the date on which such Purchased Asset is purchased by Buyer from Seller in connection with a Transaction as set forth in the related Confirmation.

“Purchase Price”: For any Purchased Asset, (a) as of the Purchase Date and, as initially set forth in the related Confirmation for such Purchased Asset, as such Confirmation may be updated by Buyer and Seller from time to time, an amount equal to the product of the Market Value of such Purchased Asset, times the Applicable Percentage for such Purchased Asset, and (b) as of any other date, the amount described in the preceding clause (a), (i) increased by any Future Funding Amounts disbursed by Buyer to Seller or the related borrower with respect to such Purchased Asset, (ii) increased by any Additional Advances made by Buyer pursuant to Section 3.11, (iii) reduced by any amount of Margin Deficit transferred by Seller to Buyer pursuant to Section 4.01 and applied to the Purchase Price of such Purchased Asset, (iv) reduced by any Principal Payments remitted to the Waterfall Account and which were applied to the Purchase Price of such Purchased Asset by Buyer pursuant to clause fifth of Section 5.02, and (v) reduced by any Partial Repurchases made by Seller in reduction of the outstanding Purchase Price pursuant to Section 3.12, in each case on such date of determination with respect to such Purchased Asset.

“Purchased Asset Documents”: Individually or collectively, as the context may require, the related Mortgage Loan Documents and/or the related Senior Interest Documents.

“Purchased Assets”: (a) For any Transaction, each Asset sold by Seller to Buyer in such Transaction, and (b) for the Transactions in general, all Assets sold by Seller to Buyer, in each case including, to the extent relating to such Asset or Assets, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to (i) Purchased Asset Documents, (ii) Servicing Rights, (iii) Servicing Files, (iv) mortgage guaranties and insurance (issued by Governmental Authorities or otherwise) and claims, payments and proceeds thereunder, (v) insurance policies, certificates of insurance and claims, payments and proceeds thereunder, (vi) the principal balance of such Assets, not just the amount advanced, (vii) amounts and property from time to time on deposit in the Waterfall Account and the Waterfall Account itself, (viii) collection, escrow, reserve, collateral or lock–box accounts and all amounts and property from time to time on deposit therein, to the extent of Seller’s or the holder’s interest therein, (ix) Income, (x) amounts and property from time to time on deposit in the Collection Accounts, together with the Collection Accounts themselves, (xi) any Derivatives Contract entered into by Seller and the security interests of Seller in Derivatives Contracts entered into by Underlying Obligors, (xii) rights of Seller under any letter of credit, guarantee, warranty, indemnity or other credit support or enhancement, (xiii) all of the Pledged Collateral and (xiv) all supporting obligations of any kind, and (xv) all proceeds related to the sale, securitization or other disposition thereof; provided, that (A) Purchased Assets shall not include any obligations of Seller

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or any Retained Interests, and (B) for purposes of the grant of security interest by Seller to Buyer set forth in Section 11.01, together with the other provisions of Article 11, Purchased Assets shall include all of the following: general intangibles, accounts, chattel paper, deposit accounts, securities accounts, instruments, securities, financial assets, uncertificated securities, security entitlements and investment property (as such terms are defined in the UCC) and replacements, substitutions, conversions, distributions or proceeds relating to or constituting any of the items described in the preceding clauses (i) through (xv).

“Quarterly Compliance Certificate”: A true and correct certificate in the form of Exhibit D-2, executed by a Responsible Officer of Guarantor.

“Rate Conversion”: Defined in Section 12.01(a)

“Rate Conversion Effective Date”: Defined in Section 12.01(a)

“Rating Agency” or “Rating Agencies”: Each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P.

“Reference Time”: With respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark (as determined pursuant to clause (B) and/or clause (C) of such definition, as applicable), (a) if such Benchmark is the SOFR Average or Term SOFR, with respect to any setting thereof, then two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such date and (b) if such Benchmark is not the SOFR Average or Term SOFR, then the time determined by Buyer in accordance with the Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.

“Register”: Defined in Section 18.08(f).

“REIT”: A Person satisfying the conditions and limitations set forth in Section 856(b), Section 856(c), and Section 857(a) of the Code and qualifying as a real estate investment trust, as defined in Section 856(a) of the Code.

“REIT Transaction Entity”: Each of Seller, Pledgor, Originator, Guarantor, Advisor and Sub-Advisor.

“Release”: Any generation, treatment, use, storage, transportation, manufacture, refinement, handling, production, removal, remediation, disposal, presence or migration of Materials of Environmental Concern on, about, under or within all or any portion of any property or Mortgaged Property.

“Release Amount”: With respect to any Purchased Asset, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Release Percentage multiplied by the unpaid Purchase Price of the related Purchased Asset, and (ii) the Aggregate Amount Outstanding.

“Release Percentage”: Defined in the Fee Letter, which definition is incorporated herein by reference.

“Relevant Company”: Each of Pledgor, Advisor and Originator.

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“Relevant Governmental Body”: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.

“Remedial Work”: Any investigation, inspection, site monitoring, containment, clean–up, removal, response, corrective action, mitigation, restoration or other remedial work of any kind or nature because of, or in connection with, the current or future presence, suspected presence, Release or threatened Release in or about the air, soil, ground water, surface water or soil vapor at, on, about, under or within all or any portion of any property or Mortgaged Property of any Materials of Environmental Concern, including any action to comply with any applicable Environmental Laws or directives of any Governmental Authority with regard to any Environmental Laws.

“Remittance Date”: The 16^th day of each month (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next following Business Day, or if such following Business Day would fall in the following month, the next preceding Business Day), or such other day as is mutually agreed to by Seller and Buyer.

“REOC”: A Real Estate Operating Company within the meaning of Regulation Section 2510.3-101(e) of the Plan Asset Regulations.

“Representation Breach”: Any representation, warranty, certification, statement or affirmation made or deemed made by Seller, Pledgor, Originator, Advisor, Sub-Advisor or Guarantor in any Repurchase Document (including in Schedule 1) or in any certificate, notice, report or other document delivered by Seller, Pledgor, Originator, Advisor, Sub-Advisor or Guarantor pursuant to any Repurchase Document, that proves to be incorrect, false or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made, without regard to any Knowledge or lack of Knowledge thereof by such Person; provided that no representation or warranty with respect to which a related Approved Representation Exception exists shall constitute a Representation Breach.

“Representation Exceptions”: With respect to each Purchased Asset, a written list prepared by Seller and delivered to Buyer prior to the Purchase Date of such Purchased Asset specifying, in reasonable detail, the representations and warranties (or portions thereof) set forth in this Agreement (including in Schedule 1) that are not satisfied with respect to an Asset or Purchased Asset.

“Repurchase Date”: For any Purchased Asset, the earliest to occur of (a) the Maturity Date, without giving effect to any unexercised extensions thereof, (b) any Early Repurchase Date therefor, (c) the Business Day on which Seller is to repurchase such Purchased Asset as specified by Seller and agreed to by Buyer in the related Confirmation, and (d) the date that is two (2) Business Days prior to the maturity date (under the related Purchased Asset Documents with respect to such Purchased Asset including, with respect to each Senior Interest that is a participation, the related Whole Loan) for such Purchased Asset, without giving effect to any extension of such maturity date, whether by modification, waiver, forbearance or otherwise (other than extensions at the Underlying Obligor’s option and which do not require consent of the

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lender(s) thereunder pursuant to the terms of the Purchased Asset Documents with respect to such Purchased Asset) other than extensions that have been approved by Buyer in writing in its sole discretion without giving effect to any amendments other than those which have been similarly approved by Buyer in writing in its sole discretion; provided that, solely with respect to this clause (d), the settlement date with respect to such Repurchase Date and Purchased Asset may occur two (2) Business Days thereafter as provided in Section 3.05).

“Repurchase Documents”: Collectively, this Agreement, the Custodial Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Controlled Account Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and any related sub servicing agreements, the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement, all Account Control Agreements, the Power of Attorney, all Confirmations, all UCC financing statements, amendments and continuation statements filed pursuant to any other Repurchase Document, and all additional documents, certificates, agreements or instruments, the execution of which is required, necessary or incidental to or desirable for performing or carrying out any other Repurchase Document.

“Repurchase Obligations”: All obligations of Seller to pay the Repurchase Price on the Repurchase Date and all other obligations and liabilities of Seller to Buyer arising under or in connection with the Repurchase Documents, together with, without duplication, all interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against Seller, Guarantor or any Relevant Company, or any Affiliate of Seller, Guarantor or any Relevant Company of any Insolvency Proceeding naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding (in each case, whether due or accrued).

“Repurchase Price”: For any Purchased Asset as of any date, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the outstanding Purchase Price as of such date (as increased by any Future Funding Amounts and any other additional funds advanced in connection with such Purchased Asset), (b) the accrued and unpaid Price Differential for such Purchased Asset as of such date, (c) all other amounts that are, or otherwise would be, due and payable as of such date by Seller to Buyer under this Agreement or any Repurchase Document, (d) any accrued and unpaid fees and expenses and accrued indemnity amounts, late fees, default interest, breakage costs and any other amounts owed by Seller or Guarantor to Buyer or any of its Affiliates under this Agreement, any Repurchase Document or otherwise and (e) unless, simultaneously with such repurchase, all other amounts otherwise due and payable under this Agreement are being repaid in full in connection with the termination of this Agreement, any Release Amounts payable in connection with such Purchased Asset.

“Required Cash Collateral”: Defined in the Fee Letter, which definition is incorporated herein by reference.

“Requirements of Law”: With respect to any Person or property or assets of such Person and as of any date, all of the following applicable thereto as of such date: all Governing Documents and existing and future laws, statutes, rules, regulations, treaties, codes, ordinances, permits, certificates, orders and licenses of and interpretations by any Governmental Authority (including Environmental Laws, ERISA, Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, Sanctions, regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and laws, rules and regulations relating to usury, licensing, truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy), judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs, awards or orders of any court, arbitrator or other Governmental Authority.

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“Responsible Officer”: With respect to any REIT Transaction Entity, the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, the chief accounting officer, the treasurer or the chief operating officer of the applicable REIT Transaction Entity, or such other officer designated as an authorized signatory in the Governing Documents of the applicable REIT Transaction Entity.

“Retained Interest”: (a) With respect to any Purchased Asset, (i) all duties, obligations and liabilities of Seller thereunder, including payment and indemnity obligations, (ii) all obligations of agents, trustees, servicers, administrators or other Persons under the documentation evidencing such Purchased Asset, and (iii) if any portion of the Indebtedness related to such Purchased Asset is owned by another lender or is being retained by Seller, the interests, rights and obligations under such documentation to the extent they relate to such portion, and (b) with respect to any Purchased Asset with an unfunded commitment on the part of Seller, all obligations to provide additional funding, contributions, payments or credits.

“Rialto Shareholder”: Rialto Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

“S&P”: Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc. or, if Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services is no longer issuing ratings, another nationally recognized rating agency reasonably acceptable to Buyer and Seller.

“Sanction” or “Sanctions”: Individually and collectively, any and all economic or financial sanctions, trade embargoes and anti-terrorism laws imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by: (a) the United States of America, including those administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Commerce, or through any existing or future Executive Order, (b) the United Nations Security Council, (c) the European Union, (d) the United Kingdom, or (e) any other Governmental Authorities with jurisdiction over Seller or Guarantor or any of their Affiliates.

“Sanctioned Target”: Any Person, group, sector, territory, or country that is the target of any Sanctions, including without limitation any legal entity that is deemed to be the target of any Sanctions based upon the direct or indirect ownership or control of such entity by any other Sanctioned Target(s).

“Seller”: The Seller named in the preamble of this Agreement, together with its permitted successors and assigns as permitted in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

“Senior Interest”: (a) A senior or a controlling pari passu participation interest in a Whole Loan or a Non-Controlling Participation (i) that is evidenced by a Senior Interest Note, (ii) that represents an undivided participation interest in part of the underlying Whole Loan and its proceeds, (iii) that represents a pass through of a portion of the payments made on the underlying Whole Loan which lasts for the same length of time as such Whole Loan, (iv) as to which there is no guaranty of payments to the holder of the Senior Interest Note or other form of credit support for such payments, and (v) as to which, except with respect to Non-Controlling Participations, the holder thereof maintains full control over all decisions with respect to the related Whole Loan

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(other than decision rights customarily granted to holders of junior interests), or (b) an “A note” in an “A/B structure” in a Whole Loan, in each case for which the Mortgaged Property has fully stabilized, as determined by Buyer.

“Senior Interest Documents”: For any Senior Interest, the Senior Interest Note, together with any co-lender agreements, participation agreements and/or other intercreditor agreements or other documents governing or otherwise relating to such Senior Interest, and the Mortgage Loan Documents for the related Whole Loan, and including, without limitation, those documents which are required to be delivered to Custodian under the Custodial Agreement (which documents so required to be delivered to Custodian shall only be required to include, for the avoidance of doubt, copies of the Mortgage Loan Documents for the related Whole Loan).

“Senior Interest Note”: (a) The original executed promissory note, participation or other certificate or other tangible evidence of a Senior Interest, (b) the related original Mortgage Note (or, if Seller cannot obtain the original, then a certified copy thereof), and (c) the related original participation and/or intercreditor agreement, as applicable (or, if Seller cannot obtain the original, then a certified copy thereof with a lost note affidavit signed by a senior officer of Seller in such form as is acceptable to Buyer in its discretion).

“Servicer”: For each Purchased Asset, as determined in accordance with Article 17, either (a) ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, National Association, or its designee or, (b) a servicer acceptable to Buyer, servicing such Purchased Asset under a Servicing Agreement.

“Servicer Event of Default”: With respect to a Servicer, any default or event of default (however defined) by such Servicer under the Servicing Agreement.

“Servicing Agreement”: An agreement entered into by Buyer (if applicable), Seller and a Servicer for the servicing of Purchased Assets, acceptable to Buyer.

“Servicing File”: With respect to any Purchased Asset, the file retained and maintained by Seller or the related Servicer, including the originals or copies of all Purchased Asset Documents and other documents and agreements (i) relating to such Purchased Asset and/or the related Whole Loan, (ii) relating to the origination and/or servicing and administration of such Purchased Asset and/or the related Whole Loan, or (iii) that are otherwise reasonably necessary for the ongoing administration and/or servicing of such Purchased Asset and/or the related Whole Loan or for evidencing or enforcing any of the rights of the holder of such Purchased Asset or holders of interests therein, including, to the extent applicable, all servicing agreements, files, documents, records, databases, computer tapes, insurance policies and certificates, appraisals, other closing documentation, payment history and other records relating to or evidencing the servicing of such Purchased Asset, which file shall be held by or on behalf of Seller and/or a Servicer for and on behalf of Buyer.

“Servicing Rights”: With respect to any Purchased Asset, all right, title and interest of Seller, Pledgor, Originator, Guarantor or any Affiliate of Seller, Pledgor, Originator, Guarantor or any other Person, in and to any and all of the following: (a) rights to service and/or sub-service, and collect and make all decisions with respect to, the Purchased Assets and/or any related Whole Loans, (b) amounts received by Seller, Pledgor, Originator, Guarantor or any other Person, for

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servicing and/or sub-servicing the Purchased Assets and/or any related Whole Loans, (c) late fees, penalties or similar payments as compensation with respect to the Purchased Assets and/or any related Whole Loans, (d) agreements and documents creating or evidencing any such rights to service and/or sub-service (including, without limitation, all Servicing Agreements), together with all documents, files and records relating to the servicing and/or sub-servicing of the Purchased Assets and/or any related Whole Loans, and rights of Seller, Pledgor, Originator, Guarantor or any other Person thereunder, (e) escrow, reserve and similar amounts with respect to the Purchased Assets and/or any related Whole Loans, (f) rights to appoint, designate and retain any other servicers, sub-servicers, special servicers, agents, custodians, trustees and liquidators with respect to the Purchased Assets and/or any related Whole Loans, and (g) accounts and other rights to payment related to the Purchased Assets and/or any related Whole Loans.

“Seventh Amendment Effective Date”: July 30, 2021.

“Single Purpose Entity”: A corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company that, since the date of its formation (unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement) and at all times on and after the date hereof, has complied with and shall at all times comply with the provisions of Article 9.

“Solvent”: With respect to any Person at any time, having a state of affairs such that all of the following conditions are met at such time: (a) the fair value of the assets and property of such Person is greater than the amount of such Person’s liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is established and liabilities evaluated for purposes of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets and property of such Person in an orderly liquidation of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person is able to realize upon its assets and property and pay its debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of business, (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and (e) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s assets and property would constitute unreasonably small capital.

“SOFR”: A rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.

“SOFR Adjustment”: 0.11448% per annum.

“SOFR Administrator”: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

“SOFR Administrator’s Website”: The website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.

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“SOFR Average”: For any Pricing Period, the rate per annum determined by ▇▇▇▇▇ as the compounded average of SOFR over a rolling calendar day period of thirty (30) days (“30-Day SOFR Average”), for the SOFR Based Pricing Rate Determination Date as such rate is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided, however, that (i) if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any SOFR Based Pricing Rate Determination Date, such 30-Day SOFR Average has not been published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to SOFR Average has not occurred, then SOFR Average will be the 30-Day SOFR Average as published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website for the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such 30-Day SOFR Average was published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such SOFR Based Pricing Rate Determination Date and (ii) if the calculation of SOFR Average as determined as provided above (including pursuant to clause (i) of this proviso) results in a SOFR Average rate of less than the Floor, SOFR Average shall be deemed to be the Floor for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents. Each calculation by Buyer of SOFR Average shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

“SOFR Based Pricing Rate Determination Date”: (a) In the case of the first Pricing Period for any Purchased Asset, two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the related Purchase Date for such Purchased Asset, and (b) in the case of each subsequent Pricing Period, two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the Remittance Date on which such Pricing Period begins or on any other date as determined by Buyer and communicated to Seller. The failure to communicate shall not impair ▇▇▇▇▇’s decision to reset the Pricing Rate on any date.

“SOFR Based Transaction”: Any Transaction that is not a LIBOR Based Transaction.

“Stone Point Sale”: The sale of 100% of the Capital Stock of Rialto Investment Management, LLC and Rialto Capital Management, LLC to Rialto Capital Group Holdings, Inc.

“Sub-Advisor”: Rialto Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

“Sub-Advisory Agreement”: The Sub-Advisory Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2017, by and between Advisor and Sub-Advisor.

“Sub-Limit”: Defined in the Fee Letter, which definition is incorporated herein by reference.

“Subsidiary”: With respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity (heretofore, now or hereafter established) of which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, and shall include all Persons the accounts of which are consolidated with those of such Person pursuant to GAAP.

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“Taxes”: All present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

“Term SOFR”: For any calculation with respect to a SOFR Based Transaction, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the related Pricing Period on the day (such day, for purposes of this definition, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Pricing Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day; provided, further, that if Term SOFR determined as provided above shall ever be less than the Floor, then Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Floor.

“Term SOFR Administrator”: CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).

“Term SOFR Reference Rate”: The forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.

“Transaction”: With respect to any Asset, the sale and transfer of such Asset from Seller to Buyer pursuant to the Repurchase Documents against the transfer of funds from Buyer to Seller representing the Purchase Price or any additional Purchase Price for such Asset.

“Transaction Request”: Defined in Section 3.01(a).

“Transferor”: The seller of an Asset under a Purchase Agreement.

“Type”: With respect to a Mortgaged Property underlying any Purchased Asset, such Mortgaged Property’s classification as one of the following, as designated by Buyer in its sole discretion on the related Confirmation: multifamily, retail, office, industrial, hospitality or self-storage.

“UCC”: The Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided, that, if, by reason of a Requirement of Law, the perfection, effect on perfection or non-perfection or priority of the security interest in any Purchased Asset is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, then “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority.

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“Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement”: The applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

“Underlying Obligor”: Individually and collectively, as the context may require, in the case of a Purchased Asset that is a Whole Loan, the Mortgagor and each obligor and guarantor under such Purchased Asset, including (i) any Person who has not signed the related Mortgage Note but owns an interest in the related Mortgaged Property, which interest has been encumbered to secure such Purchased Asset, and (ii) any other Person who has assumed or guaranteed the obligations of such Mortgagor under the Purchased Asset Documents relating to a Purchased Asset.

“Underwriting Package”: With respect to one or more Assets, the internal document or credit committee memorandum (redacted to protect confidential information) setting forth all material information relating to an Asset which is known and prepared by any REIT Transaction Entity for the evaluation of such Asset, to include at a minimum all the information required to be set forth in the relevant Confirmation. In addition, the Underwriting Package shall include all of the following, to the extent applicable and available:

(a)    all Purchased Asset Documents required to be delivered to Custodian under Section 2.01 of the Custodial Agreement;

(b)    an Appraisal, together with a property condition report, a Phase I environmental report and, if appropriate, a seismic report;

(c)    the current occupancy report, tenant stack and rent roll;

(d)    at least two (2) years of property-level financial statements;

(e)    the current financial statement of the Underlying Obligor;

(f)    the Mortgage Asset File;

(g)    third-party reports and agreed-upon procedures, letters and reports (whether drafts or final forms), site inspection reports, market studies and other due diligence materials prepared by or on behalf of or delivered to Seller, Guarantor or any Relevant Company;

(h)    aging of accounts receivable and accounts payable;

(i)    copies of all Purchased Asset Documents not otherwise required to be delivered pursuant to clause (a) above;

(j)    such further documents or information as Buyer may request;

(k)    any and all agreements, documents, reports, or other information concerning the Purchased Assets (including, without limitation, all of the related Purchased Asset Documents) received or obtained in connection with the origination of the Purchased Assets;

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(l)    any other material documents or reports concerning the Purchased Assets prepared or executed by or on behalf of Seller, any Relevant Company or Guarantor; and

(m)    if the related Asset was acquired by Seller from a third party, all documents, instruments and agreements received in respect of the closing of the acquisition transaction under the related Purchase Agreement.

“Upsize Fee”: Defined in the Fee Letter, which definition is incorporated herein by reference.

“Upsize Option”: Defined in Section 3.06(c).

“USD LIBOR”: The London interbank offered rate for U.S. dollars with a tenor of one month.

“USD LIBOR Transition Date”: Means the earlier of (a) the date that USD LIBOR has either (i) permanently or indefinitely ceased to be provided by the administrator of USD LIBOR; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide an USD LIBOR or (ii) been announced by the regulatory supervisor of the administrator of USD LIBOR pursuant to public statement or publication of information to be no longer representative, (b) the Early Opt-in Effective Date and (c) such other date as Buyer and Seller may mutually agree.

“U.S. Government Securities Business Day”: Any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, or any successor thereto, recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.

“U.S. Person”: Any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

“U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”: Defined in Section 12.06(e).

“VCOC”: A “venture capital operating company” within the meaning of Section 2510.3-101(d) of the Plan Asset Regulations.

“Waterfall Account”: A segregated non-interest bearing account established at Deposit Account Bank, in the name of Seller, pledged to Buyer and subject to a Controlled Account Agreement.

“Wet Mortgage Asset”: An Eligible Asset for which (i) the scheduled origination date of the related Whole Loan is the proposed Purchase Date for such Eligible Asset, (ii) Seller has delivered a Transaction Request pursuant to Section 3.01(g) hereof, and (iii) a complete Mortgage Asset File has not been delivered to Custodian prior to the related Purchase Date.

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“Whole Loan”: A LIBOR based floating rate performing commercial real estate whole loan made to the related Underlying Obligor and secured primarily by a perfected, first priority Lien in the related underlying Mortgaged Property, including, without limitation with respect to any Senior Interest, the whole loan in which Seller owns a Senior Interest.

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SECTION 3.

THE TRANSACTIONS

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall any LIBOR Based Transaction be entered into on or after the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, unless otherwise agreed by Buyer in its sole discretion.

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In addition to other rights and remedies of Buyer under any Repurchase Document, Seller shall, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.05, within two (2) Business Days, repurchase any Purchased Asset (A) that no longer qualifies as an Eligible Asset, as determined by Buyer, or (B) with respect to which, in the case of any Non-Controlling Participation, any material consent, waiver, forbearance, modification, supplement or amendment has been made to the related Whole Loan.

No additional advance, future funding or any other additional funding shall be permitted in connection with any Purchased Asset, other than pursuant to either (i) a new Transaction Request submitted in accordance with the terms of Section 3.01 or (ii) a new Future Funding Confirmation submitted in accordance with the terms of Section 3.10.

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(z)    Maturity Date, Maximum Amount and Funding Period Extension Options.

(a) Maturity Date Extension Options. At the request of Seller delivered to Buyer in writing no earlier than ninety (90) days and no later than thirty (30) days before the then-current Maturity Date, provided that the Extension Conditions set forth below are fully satisfied as of the then-current Maturity Date, Buyer may extend the then-current Maturity Date for an additional one-year period, which requests and extensions may be made by Seller on four (4) successive occasions (each such one-year extension period, an “Extension Period”). Any extension of the then-current Maturity Date shall be subject to

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the satisfaction of all of the following conditions, as determined by Buyer in its sole discretion (each, an “Extension Condition”): (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of the request to extend or on the then-current Maturity Date, (ii) no Margin Deficit shall have accrued and be outstanding, (iii) Seller shall have made a timely written request to extend the then-current Maturity Date as provided in this Section 3.06(a), (iv) Seller shall be in compliance with the Facility Debt Yield Test, (v) Seller has paid to Buyer the applicable Extension Fee on or before the then-current Maturity Date and (vi) if requested by Buyer, Seller shall have delivered to Buyer a new or updated Beneficial Ownership Certification, as applicable, in relation to Seller to the extent that Seller qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation; provided, however, if Seller is not in compliance with the Facility Debt Yield Test (but is in compliance with each of the other Extension Conditions set forth herein), and Seller makes a payment to Buyer in an amount sufficient, as determined by Buyer in its sole discretion, to cause Seller to be in compliance with the Facility Debt Yield Test on the then-current Maturity Date, clause (iv) of the preceding Extension Conditions shall be satisfied. If the Extension Conditions are not fully satisfied as of the then-current Maturity Date, then notwithstanding any prior approval by Buyer of Seller’s request to extend the then-current Maturity Date, Seller shall have no right to extend the then-current Maturity Date and any pending request to extend the then-current Maturity Date shall be deemed to be denied.

(b)    Funding Period Extension Option. Seller may request to extend the Funding Period for an additional one-year period on two (2) successive occasions (each, a “Funding Period Extension Option”), in each case, simultaneously with the request by Seller of the first Extension Period or second Extension Period (as applicable) in the manner set forth in Section 3.06(a) by the delivery of written notice from Seller to Buyer of such request no earlier than ninety (90) days and no later than thirty (30) days prior to the last day of the then-current Funding Period; provided, that if the Funding Period is not extended through the term of the first Extension Period, Seller may not request an extension of the Funding Period in connection with a request by Seller to extend the Maturity Date for a second Extension Period, if any. Any request of Seller to exercise a Funding Period Extension Option may be approved or denied by ▇▇▇▇▇, in ▇▇▇▇▇’s sole and absolute discretion and any failure of Buyer to respond in writing to any such request shall be deemed to be a denial thereof by ▇▇▇▇▇. Seller’s request to exercise a Funding Period Extension Option will be deemed to be denied if any of the Extension Conditions set forth in Section 3.06(a) are not satisfied with respect to the first Extension Period or second Extension Period, as applicable, as determined by Buyer in Buyer’s sole and absolute discretion.

(c)    Maximum Amount Upsize Option. Provided that the current Maximum Amount has been reduced to an amount less than $350,000,000 in accordance with Section 3.06(d) below, at the request of Seller at any time from and after September 30, 2022, Buyer may agree in its sole discretion, on one or more occasions but not more frequently than two (2) times during any calendar year, to increase the Maximum Amount (the exercise of any such increase option, an “Upsize Option”), in each case, by giving written notice thereof to Seller approving such requested increase; provided, that (i) no Upsize Option shall be allowed on or after the Funding Expiration Date and (ii) in no event shall the Maximum Amount be increased pursuant to any Upsize Option to an amount greater

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than $350,000,000. Any such request by Seller shall specify the requested increase amount, which shall be in minimum increments of $50,000,000, and the proposed effective date for such increase. Buyer may approve or deny any such request in its sole discretion, and any failure of Buyer to respond in writing to such request on a timely basis shall be deemed to be a denial thereof by Buyer. Any request for increase of the Maximum Amount will be deemed to be denied if any of the following has occurred and is continuing as of the proposed effective date of the related increase in the Maximum Amount: (i) a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) an accrued and unpaid Margin Deficit exists or (iii) Buyer has requested a new or updated Beneficial Ownership Certification, as applicable, in relation to Seller (to the extent Seller qualifies as a “legal entity customer”), and Seller has failed to provide such new or updated Beneficial Ownership Certification to Buyer. In connection with any exercise of an Upsize Option, Seller shall pay to Buyer the Upsize Fee on or before the effective date of each related increase in the Maximum Amount.

(d)    Maximum Amount Decrease Option. From and after September 30, 2022 but prior to the Funding Expiration Date, Seller may, on one or more occasions but not more frequently than two (2) times during any calendar year, elect to decrease the Maximum Amount (the exercise of any such decrease option, a “Decrease Option”), in each case, by giving written notice thereof to Buyer; provided, that no Decrease Option shall be effective unless each of the following conditions are satisfied both before and after giving effect to such decrease: (i) Seller shall have delivered written notice of such decrease to Buyer at least three (3) Business Days’ prior to the proposed effective date therefor, which notice shall be signed by a Responsible Officer of Seller and shall specify the requested decrease amount; (ii) any such requested decrease shall be in minimum increments of $50,000,000, and (iii) after giving effect to such decrease, the Maximum Amount will not be an amount less than the greater of (x) $150,000,000 and (y) the then-current Aggregate Amount Outstanding.

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(ii)    [reserved];

(iii)    the Extension Fee and the Upsize Fee, each of which shall be due and payable by Seller as set forth in Section 3.06; and

(iv)    the Exit Fee, which shall be due and payable by Seller in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in Section 3 of the Fee Letter, which are hereby incorporated by reference.

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall any Future Funding Transaction be entered into with respect to any LIBOR Based Transaction on or after the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, unless otherwise agreed by Buyer in its sole discretion.

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SECTION 4.

MARGIN MAINTENANCE

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SECTION 5.

APPLICATION OF INCOME

first, to pay to Buyer an amount equal to the Price Differential accrued with respect to all Purchased Assets as of such Remittance Date;

second, to pay to Buyer an amount equal to all default interest, late fees, fees, expenses and Indemnified Amounts then due and payable from Seller and other applicable Persons to Buyer under the Repurchase Documents;

third, to pay to Buyer an amount sufficient to eliminate any outstanding Margin Deficit or to cure existing breaches of the Facility Debt Yield Test (without limiting Seller’s obligation to satisfy a Margin Deficit in a timely manner as required by Section 4.01 or to cure the existing breaches of either the Debt Yield Test (with respect to Legacy Purchased Assets) or the PPV Test);

fourth, to pay any custodial and servicing fees and expenses due and payable under the Custodial Agreement and any Servicing Agreement;

fifth, to pay to Buyer, the Applicable Percentage of any Principal Payments (to the extent actually deposited into the Waterfall Account), to be applied to reduce the outstanding Purchase Price of Purchased Assets, as Buyer shall determine;

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sixth, to pay to Buyer all Release Amounts, to be applied by Buyer to reduce the then-current unpaid Repurchase Prices of one or more of the remaining Purchased Assets, as Buyer shall determine in its discretion;

seventh, to pay to Buyer any other amounts due and payable from Seller to Buyer under the Repurchase Documents; and

eighth, to pay to Seller any remainder, if any, for Seller’s own account, subject, however, to the covenants and other requirements of the Repurchase Documents; provided that, if any Default has occurred and is continuing on such Remittance Date, all amounts otherwise payable to Seller hereunder shall be retained in the Waterfall Account until the earlier of (x) the day on which Buyer provides written notice to the Deposit Account Bank that such Default has been cured to the satisfaction of Buyer, and no other Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, at which time the Deposit Account Bank shall apply all such amounts pursuant to Section 5.02, without regard for the proviso in this priority eighth; and (y) the day that is ten (10) Business Days after the occurrence of the applicable Default, at which time the Deposit Account Bank shall apply all such amounts pursuant to Section 5.03.

first, to pay to Buyer an amount equal to the Price Differential accrued with respect to all Purchased Assets as of such date;

second, to pay to Buyer an amount equal to all default interest, late fees, fees, expenses and Indemnified Amounts then due and payable from Seller and other applicable Persons to Buyer under the Repurchase Documents;

third, to pay any custodial and servicing fees and expenses due and payable under the Custodial Agreement and any Servicing Agreement;

fourth, to pay to Buyer an amount equal to the aggregate Repurchase Price of all Purchased Assets (to be applied in such order and in such amounts as determined by Buyer, until the Aggregate Amount Outstanding has been reduced to zero); and

fifth, to pay to Buyer all other Repurchase Obligations due to Buyer.

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SECTION 6.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

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Each Confirmation delivered by Seller shall constitute a certification by Seller that all of the conditions precedent in this Article 6 have been satisfied (or expressly waived by ▇▇▇▇▇ in writing) other than those set forth in Sections 6.01(a)(viii), (d) and (e) and Sections 6.02(c) and (d).

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The failure of Seller to satisfy (or obtain an express waiver in writing of) any of the conditions precedent in this Article 6 with respect to any Transaction or Purchased Asset shall, unless such failure was set forth in an exceptions schedule to the relevant Confirmation or otherwise waived in writing by Buyer on or before the related Purchase Date, give rise to the right of Buyer at any time to rescind the related Transaction, whereupon Seller shall, within two (2) Business Days, pay to Buyer the Repurchase Price of such Purchased Asset.

SECTION 7.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER

Seller represents and warrants, on and as of the date of this Agreement, each Purchase Date, and at all times when any Repurchase Document or Transaction is in full force and effect, as follows:

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(ll)    Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws. The operations of each of Seller, Pledgor, Originator and Guarantor are, and have been, conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws. No litigation, regulatory or administrative proceedings of or before any court, tribunal or agency with respect to any Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Anti-Corruption Laws have been started or (to the best of its knowledge and belief) threatened against each of Seller and Guarantor or to the knowledge of Seller or Guarantor, any Affiliates of Seller or Guarantor.

(mm)    Sanctions. None of Seller, Guarantor, any Subsidiaries of Seller or Guarantor and, to the knowledge of Seller or Guarantor, no Affiliates of Seller or Guarantor (a) is a Sanctioned Target, (b) is controlled by or is acting on behalf of a Sanctioned Target, or (c) to the best knowledge of Seller or Guarantor after due inquiry, is under investigation for an alleged breach of Sanctions by a Governmental Authority that enforces Sanctions. To Seller’s knowledge, no Investor is a Sanctioned Target.

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(nn)    Beneficial Ownership Certification. The information included in each Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.

(oo)    Financial Covenants. Guarantor is in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 9 of the Guarantee Agreement.

SECTION 8.

COVENANTS OF SELLER

From the date hereof until the Repurchase Obligations (other than indemnities and other contingent obligations) are indefeasibly paid in full and the Repurchase Documents are terminated, Seller shall perform and observe the following covenants, which shall be given independent effect (so that if a particular action or condition is prohibited by any covenant, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to or be otherwise within the limitations of another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists):

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(ff)    Taxes. Following its initial election to be treated as a REIT, Guarantor will continue to be a REIT. Seller will continue to be a disregarded entity of Guarantor for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Seller and Guarantor will each timely file all required federal tax returns and all other material tax returns, domestic and foreign, required to be filed by them and will timely pay all federal and other material taxes (including mortgage recording taxes), assessments, fees, and other governmental charges (whether imposed with respect to their income or any of their properties or assets) which become due and payable, other than any such taxes, assessments, fees,

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or other governmental charges that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which appropriate reserves are established in accordance with GAAP. Seller will provide Buyer with written notice of any material suit or claim relating to any such taxes, whether pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened by any Governmental Authority.

(gg)    Transaction with Affiliates. None of Seller, Pledgor, Originator or Guarantor will, directly or indirectly, (i) make any investment in an Affiliate (whether by means of share purchase; capital contribution; loan, advance or any other extension of credit, including repurchase agreements, securities lending transactions or any transaction involving a Derivatives Contract; deposit, or otherwise including any agreement or commitment to enter into any of the foregoing) or (ii) transfer, sell, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of any tangible or intangible property to an Affiliate or enter into any other transaction, directly or indirectly, with or for the benefit of any Affiliate (including, without limitation, guarantees and assumptions of obligations of an Affiliate) except, in each case, (a) in compliance with the Repurchase Documents, the Investment Company Act and any other Requirements of Law and (b) otherwise on arms’-length terms, including pursuant to a Master Bill of Sale or other Purchase Agreement.

(hh)    Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions.

(a)    The proceeds of any Transaction shall not be used, directly or indirectly, for any purpose which would breach any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions.

(b)    Seller, Pledgor, Originator and Guarantor shall (i) conduct its business in compliance with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions; and (ii) maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions.

(c)    The repurchase of any Purchased Asset or any other payment due to Buyer under this Agreement or any other Repurchase Document shall not be funded, directly or indirectly, with proceeds derived from a transaction that would be prohibited by Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions, or in any manner that would cause Seller or Guarantor or, to the knowledge of Seller or Guarantor, any Affiliates of Seller or Guarantor to be in breach of any Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Sanctions.

(d)    With respect to the Purchased Assets that were originated by Seller or any Affiliate of Seller, Seller has conducted the customer identification and customer due diligence required in connection with the origination of each Purchased Asset for purposes of complying with all Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and will maintain sufficient information to identify each such customer for purposes of such Anti-Money Laundering Laws.

(ii)    Compliance with Sanctions. The proceeds of any Transaction hereunder will not, directly or indirectly, be used to lend, contribute, or otherwise be made available (i) to fund any activities or business of or with a Sanctioned Target, or (ii) be used in any manner that

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would be prohibited by Sanctions or would otherwise cause Buyer to be in breach of any Sanctions. Seller or Guarantor shall notify the Buyer in writing not more than three (3) Business Day(s) after becoming aware of any breach of Section 7.19 or this Section 8.15.

(jj)    Beneficial Ownership. To the extent that Seller is a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, Seller shall promptly give notice to Buyer of any change in the information provided in any Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified therein and shall promptly deliver an updated Beneficial Ownership Certification to Buyer.

SECTION 9.

Single-PURPOSE ENTITY

(u)    Covenants Applicable to Seller. Seller shall (a) own no assets, and shall not engage in any business, other than the assets and transactions specifically contemplated by this Agreement and any other Repurchase Document; (b) not incur any Indebtedness or other obligation, secured or unsecured, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent (including guaranteeing any obligation), other than (I) with respect to the Purchased Asset Documents and the Retained Interests, (II) commitments to make loans which may become Eligible Assets, and (III) as otherwise permitted under this Agreement; (c) not make any loans or advances to any Affiliate or any other Person and shall not acquire obligations or securities of its Affiliates, in each case other than in connection with the origination or acquisition of Assets for purchase under the Repurchase Documents; (d) pay its debts and liabilities (including, as applicable, shared personnel and overhead expenses) only from its own assets; (e) comply with the provisions of its Governing Documents; (f) do all things necessary to observe organizational formalities and to preserve its existence, and shall not amend, modify, waive provisions of or otherwise change its Governing Documents with respect to the matters set forth in this Article 9; (g) maintain all of its books, records and bank accounts separate from those of any other Person; (h) maintain separate financial statements, showing its assets and liabilities separate and apart from those of any other Person and not have its assets listed on any financial statement of any other Person; provided, however, that Seller’s assets may be included in a consolidated financial statement of its Affiliate provided that (I) appropriate notation shall be made on such consolidated financial statements to indicate the separateness of Seller from such Affiliate and to indicate that Seller’s assets and credit are not available to satisfy the debts and other obligations of such Affiliate or any other Person and (II) such assets shall also be listed on Seller’s own separate balance sheet; (i) file its own tax returns separate from those of any other Person, except to the extent that Seller is treated as a “disregarded entity” for tax purposes and is not required to file tax returns under Requirements of Law; (j) be, and at all times shall hold itself out to the public as, a legal entity separate and distinct from any other entity (including any Affiliate), shall correct any known misunderstanding regarding its status as a separate entity, shall conduct business in its own name, and shall not identify itself or any of its Affiliates as a division of the other; (k) maintain adequate capital for the normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and character and in light of its contemplated business operations; (l) to the fullest extent permitted by law, not engage in or suffer any Change of Control, dissolution, winding up, liquidation, consolidation or merger in whole or in part or convey or transfer all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person (except as contemplated herein) nor shall Seller adopt, file, or effect a Division; (m) not commingle its

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funds or other assets with those of any Affiliate or any other Person; (n) maintain its properties, assets and accounts separate from those of any Affiliate or any other Person, (o) not guarantee any obligation of any Person, including any Affiliate, become obligated for the debts of any other Person, or hold out its credit or assets as being available pay the obligations of any other Person, (p) not, without the prior unanimous written consent of all of its Independent Directors or Independent Managers, take any Insolvency Action, (q) (I) have at all times at least one (1) Independent Director or Independent Manager whose vote is required to take any Insolvency Action, and (II) provide Buyer with up-to-date contact information for each such Independent Director or Independent Manager; (r) have Governing Documents that provide that for so long as any Repurchase Obligations remain outstanding, (I) the Independent Manager or Independent Director may be removed only for Cause, (II) that Buyer be given at least five (5) Business Days prior notice of the removal and/or replacement of any Independent Director or Independent Manager, together with the name and contact information of the replacement Independent Director or Independent Manager and evidence of the replacement’s satisfaction of the definition of Independent Director or Independent Manager, (III) that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and notwithstanding any duty otherwise existing at law or in equity, any Independent Director or Independent Manager shall consider only the interests of Seller, including its respective creditors, in acting or otherwise voting on the Insolvency Action, and (IV) that, except for duties to Seller as set forth in the immediately preceding clause (including duties to the holders of the Equity Interests in Seller or Seller’s respective creditors solely to the extent of their respective economic interests in Seller, but excluding (A) all other interests of the holders of the Equity Interests in Seller, (B) the interests of other Affiliates of Seller, and (C) the interests of any group of Affiliates of which Seller is a part), the Independent Directors or Independent Managers shall not have any fiduciary duties to the holders of the Equity Interests in Seller, any officer or any other Person bound by the Governing Documents; provided, however, the foregoing shall not eliminate the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing; provided, further, in each case under this sub-clause 9.01(r), that Seller shall not be in breach of this covenant if an Independent Director or Independent Manager resigns, is unable to serve as an Independent Manager or is otherwise incapacitated so long as Seller and/or its governing body replaces such Independent Director or Independent Manager as soon as practicable thereafter; (s) except for capital contributions or capital distributions permitted under the terms and conditions of its Governing Documents and properly reflected on the books and records of Seller, not enter into any transaction with an Affiliate of Seller except on commercially reasonable terms similar to those available to unaffiliated parties in an arm’s-length transaction; (t) maintain a sufficient number of employees in light of contemplated business operations and pay the salaries of its own employees, if any, only from its own funds; (u) use separate stationary, invoices and checks bearing its own name; (v) allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead expenses that are shared with an Affiliate, including for shared office space and for services performed by an employee of an Affiliate; (w) except pursuant to the Repurchase Documents, not pledge its assets to secure the obligations of any other Person; and (x) not form, acquire or hold any Subsidiary or own any Equity Interest in any other entity. Seller has complied with the covenants set forth in this Section 9.01 since the date of its formation.

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SECTION 10.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

(b)    Seller fails to observe or perform in any material respect any other Repurchase Obligation of Seller under the Repurchase Documents or Purchased Asset Documents to which Seller is a party, and (except in the case of a failure to perform or observe the Repurchase Obligations of Seller under Section 8.04 and 18.08(a)) such failure continues unremedied for five (5) Business Days after the earlier of receipt of notice thereof from Buyer or the discovery of such failure by Seller; provided, however, in the case of any such failure to observe or perform the obligations set forth in Sections 8.04, 8.07 or the first sentence of Section 8.02 that are susceptible to cure but cannot be cured within such five (5) Business Days through the exercise of reasonable diligence, if Seller commences such cure within the initial five (5) Business Day period and diligently prosecutes same to completion, such period of five (5) Business Days shall be extended for such additional period of time as may be reasonably necessary to cure same, but in no event shall such extended period exceed an additional twenty (20) days in total;

(c)    any Representation Breach (other than a Representation Breach arising out of the representations and warranties set forth in Schedule 1 which shall be considered solely for purposes of determining Market Value, whether a Purchased Asset qualifies as an Eligible Asset and whether or not Seller must repurchase a Purchased Asset pursuant to Section 3.04) exists and continues unremedied for five (5) Business Days after the earlier of receipt of notice thereof from Buyer or the discovery of such failure by Seller; provided, however, in the case of any such failure which is susceptible to cure but cannot be cured within such five (5) Business Days through the exercise of reasonable diligence, if Seller commences such cure within the initial five (5) Business Day period and diligently prosecutes same to completion, such period of five (5) Business Days shall be extended for such additional period of time as may be reasonably necessary to cure same, but in no event shall such extended period exceed an additional twenty (20) days in total;

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(r)    any Material Modification is made to any Purchased Asset or any Purchased Asset Document without the prior written consent of Buyer; and

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SECTION 11.

SECURITY INTEREST

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SECTION 12.

INCREASED COSTS; CAPITAL ADEQUACY

(a) Benchmark Replacement for LIBOR Based Transactions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Repurchase Document, with respect to any LIBOR Based Transaction, if the USD LIBOR Transition Date has occurred prior to the LIBOR Reference Time in respect of any setting of USD LIBOR for any Pricing Period of such LIBOR Based Transaction, then such LIBOR Based Transaction shall be permanently converted to being a SOFR Based Transaction as of the first day of such Pricing Period (such conversion, a “Rate Conversion”) without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Repurchase Document (such date on which the LIBOR Based Transactions are converted to SOFR Based Transactions, the “Rate Conversion Effective Date”); provided, that except as otherwise expressly specified in any Confirmation (or amended and restated Confirmation) entered into by Buyer and Seller following the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, from and after the Rate Conversion Effective Date, the Pricing Margin (as in effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of such Rate Conversion) for each such converted Transaction shall be increased by an amount equal to the SOFR Adjustment without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Repurchase Document.

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have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark (as determined pursuant to clause (B) and/or clause (C) of such definition, as applicable), then the Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark (as determined pursuant to clause (B) and/or clause (C) of such definition, applicable) with respect to each affected SOFR Based Transaction for all purposes hereunder or under any Repurchase Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Repurchase Document.

(c) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement or any Rate Conversion, Buyer will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Repurchase Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of Seller or any other party to this Agreement or any other Repurchase Document.

(d) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. Buyer will promptly notify Seller of (i) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement or Rate Conversion, as applicable, and (ii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by Buyer pursuant to this Section 12.01, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its sole discretion and without consent from Seller or any other party to this Agreement or any other Repurchase Document. Any notice of Rate Conversion delivered by Buyer as described in the preceding clause (i) shall specify the Applicable SOFR designated by Buyer with respect to each such converted Transaction, which designation shall be conclusive and binding on Seller for all purposes of this Agreement.

(e) Market Disruption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if prior to any Pricing Period, Buyer determines that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market (other than a Benchmark Transition Event), adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining any applicable current Benchmark for such Pricing Period, Buyer shall give prompt notice thereof to Seller, whereupon the Pricing Rate for such Pricing Period with respect to each Transaction based on such Benchmark, and for all subsequent Pricing Periods for Transactions based on such Benchmark until such notice has been withdrawn by Buyer, shall be the sum of (i) an alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by Buyer, (ii) the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by Buyer and (iii) the applicable Pricing Margin.

(f) In exercising its rights and remedies under this Section 12.01, Buyer shall treat Seller in a manner that is substantially similar to the manner it treats other similarly situated sellers in facilities with substantially similar assets.

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(x)    Increased Costs. If the adoption of, or any change in, any Requirements of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, or compliance by Buyer with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over Buyer made after the date of this Agreement, shall: (a) subject Buyer to any Taxes (other than (i) Indemnified Taxes, (ii) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes” or (iii) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto, (b) impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of Buyer, or (c) impose on Buyer (other than Taxes) any other condition; and the result of any of the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c) is to increase the cost to Buyer, by an amount that Buyer deems to be material, of entering into, continuing or maintaining Transactions, or to reduce any amount receivable under the Repurchase Documents in respect thereof, then, in any such case, upon not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Seller, Seller shall pay to Buyer such additional amount or amounts as reasonably necessary to fully compensate Buyer for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable; provided, however, that Buyer shall not treat Seller differently than other similarly situated customers in requiring the payment of such amount or amounts; provided, further, that Seller shall have no obligation for increased costs arising more than 18 months after the Maturity Date.

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(y)    Capital Adequacy. If Buyer determines that any change in a Requirement of Law or internal policy regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on Buyer’s capital as a consequence of this Agreement or its obligations under the Transactions hereunder to a level below that which Buyer could have achieved but for such change in a Requirement of Law or internal policy (taking into consideration Buyer’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ will promptly upon demand pay to Buyer such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Buyer for any such reduction suffered. In determining any additional amounts due under this Section 12.05, Buyer shall treat Seller in the same manner it treats other similarly situated sellers in facilities with substantially similar assets. Buyer will provide Seller with no less than thirty (30) days prior notice of the implementation of any change or event pursuant to which additional amounts are due or will become due under this Section 12.05; provided, further, that Seller shall have no obligation to pay additional amounts for any period more than 18 months after the Maturity Date.

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(i)    Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(I)    in the case of a Foreign Buyer claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party, (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Repurchase Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (as applicable) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Repurchase Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (as applicable) establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

(II)    executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;

(III)    in the case of a Foreign Buyer claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Buyer is not a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of Seller within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (as applicable); or

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(IV)    to the extent a Foreign Buyer is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate or IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Buyer is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Buyer are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Buyer may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

Buyer agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify Seller in writing of its legal inability to do so.

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(aa)    Payment and Survival of Obligations. Buyer may at any time send Seller a notice showing the calculation of any amounts payable pursuant to this Article 12, and Seller shall pay such amounts to Buyer within ten (10) Business Days after Seller receives such notice. Each Party’s obligations under this Article 12 shall survive any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of the Buyer, the termination of the Transactions and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Repurchase Document.

(bb)    Increased Costs Termination. If any of the events described in Article 12 result in ▇▇▇▇▇’s request for additional amounts, then Seller shall have the option to notify Buyer in writing of its intent to terminate this Agreement and all of the Transactions and repurchase all of the Purchased Assets without payment (except as provided in the Fee Letter) of any Exit Fees no later than five (5) Business Days after such notice is given to Buyer, and such repurchase by Seller shall be conducted pursuant to and in accordance with Section 3.05. The election by Seller to terminate the Transactions in accordance with this Section 12.08 shall not relieve Seller for liability with respect to any additional amounts or increased costs actually incurred by Buyer prior to the actual repurchase of the Purchased Assets.

SECTION 13.

INDEMNITY AND EXPENSES

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SECTION 14.

INTENT

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SECTION 15.

DISCLOSURE RELATING TO CERTAIN FEDERAL PROTECTIONS

The Parties acknowledge that they have been advised and understand that:

SECTION 16.

NO RELIANCE

Each Party acknowledges, represents and warrants to the other Party that, in connection with the negotiation of, entering into, and performance under, the Repurchase Documents and each Transaction:

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SECTION 17.

SERVICING

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(b)    Unless they have previously done so, contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement on the Closing Date, Buyer will enter into, and cause each Servicer to enter into, a Servicing Agreement. Each Servicing Agreement, where the Servicer is not Buyer or an Affiliate of Buyer, shall automatically terminate on the 30th day following its execution and at the end of each thirty (30) day period thereafter unless, in each case, Buyer shall agree, by prior written notice to the related Servicer to be delivered on or before the Remittance Date immediately preceding each such scheduled termination date, to extend the termination date an additional thirty (30) days, which extension notice may be provided by email. Neither Seller nor the related Servicer may assign its rights or obligations under the related Servicing Agreement without the prior written consent of Buyer.

(c)    Seller shall not and shall not direct or otherwise permit any Servicer to (i) make any Material Modification without the prior written consent of Buyer or (ii) take any action which would result in a violation of the obligations of any Person under the related Servicing Agreement, this Agreement or any other Repurchase Document, or which would otherwise be inconsistent with the rights of Buyer under the Repurchase Documents. Buyer, as owner of the Purchased Assets, shall own all related servicing and voting rights and, as owner, shall act as servicer with respect to the Purchased Assets, subject to an interim revocable option from Buyer in favor of Seller, which is hereby granted, to direct each related Servicer, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided, however, that Seller cannot give any direction or take any action that could materially adversely affect the value or collectability of any amounts due with respect to the Purchased Assets without the consent of Buyer. Such revocable option is not evidence of any ownership or other interest or right of Seller in any Purchased Asset.

(d)    The servicing fee payable to each Servicer shall be payable as a servicing fee in accordance with this Agreement and each Servicing Agreement, including without limitation pursuant to priority fourth of Section 5.02 or priority third of Section 5.03, as applicable.

(e)    Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under this Agreement, in addition to all of the other rights and remedies of Buyer and each related Servicer under each Servicing Agreement, this Agreement and the other Repurchase Documents (and in addition to the provisions of each Servicing Agreement providing for termination of each such Servicing Agreement pursuant to its terms), (i) for the avoidance of doubt, the right, if any, of each Servicer to direct the servicing of the Purchased Assets shall immediately and automatically cease to exist, and (ii) for each Servicing Agreement where Servicer is not Buyer or one of its Affiliates, Buyer may at any time terminate the related Servicing Agreement immediately upon the delivery of a written termination notice from either Buyer or the related Servicer to Seller. Seller shall pay all expenses associated with any such termination, including without limitation any fees and expenses required in connection with the transfer of servicing to the related Servicer and/or a replacement Servicer.

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SECTION 18.

MISCELLANEOUS

(u)    Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT 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 AGREEMENT.

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(c)    Buyer may at any time, without the consent of Seller, Pledgor, Originator or Guarantor, but upon notice to Seller, sell and assign to any Eligible Assignee (or, notwithstanding any other provision herein or in any other Repurchase Document, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to any Person, without any other restriction), all or any portion of all of the rights and obligations of Buyer under the Repurchase Documents. Each such assignment shall be made pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit F (an “Assignment and Acceptance”). From and after the effective date of such Assignment and Acceptance, (i) such Eligible Assignee shall be a Party and, to the extent provided therein, have the rights and obligations of Buyer under the Repurchase Documents with respect to the percentage and amount of the Repurchase Price allocated to it, (ii) Buyer shall, to the extent provided therein, be released from such obligations (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all or the remaining portion of Buyer’s rights and obligations under the Repurchase Documents, Buyer shall cease to be a Party), (iii) the obligations of Buyer shall be deemed to be so reduced, and (iv) Buyer will give prompt written notice thereof (including identification of the Eligible Assignee and the amount of Repurchase Price allocated to it) to each Party (but Buyer shall not have any liability for any failure to timely provide such notice). Any sale or assignment by Buyer of rights or obligations under the Repurchase Documents that does not comply with this Section 18.08(c) shall be treated for purposes of the Repurchase Documents as a sale by such Buyer of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 18.08(b).

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(b)    Seller will promptly at its expense execute and deliver such instruments and documents and take such other actions as ▇▇▇▇▇ may reasonably request from time to time in order to perfect, protect, evidence, exercise and enforce Buyer’s rights and remedies under and with respect to the Repurchase Documents, the Transactions and the Purchased Assets. Seller, Pledgor, Originator and Guarantor shall, promptly upon Buyer’s request, deliver documentation in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer which Buyer deems necessary or desirable to evidence compliance with all applicable “know your customer” due diligence checks, including, but not limited to, any information required to be obtained by Buyer pursuant to the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

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Buyer or any Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the affected Seller or Guarantor after any such set-off and application made by Buyer or such Indemnified Person, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set–off and application. If an amount or obligation is unascertained, Buyer may in good faith estimate that obligation and set-off in respect of the estimate, subject to the relevant party accounting to the other party when the amount or obligation is ascertained. Nothing in this Section 18.17 shall be effective to create a charge or other security interest. This Section 18.17 shall be without prejudice and in addition to any right of set-off, combination of accounts, Lien or other rights to which Buyer is at any time otherwise entitled.

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[ONE OR MORE UNNUMBERED SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

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