Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

 

THIRD AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This THIRD AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment” or the “Third Amendment”) is dated as of September 29, 2026, is entered into by STAR HOLDINGS, a Maryland statutory trust (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Borrower”) and SAFEHOLD INC., a Maryland corporation (together with its successors and permitted assigns, “Lender”), and is made with reference to that certain AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 31, 2023 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”, and as amended by this Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”), by and among the Borrower and the Lender. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings herein as set forth in the Credit Agreement after giving effect to this Amendment.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested the Lender’s consent to make one or more voluntary prepayments of the Margin Loan Facility from and after the Third Amendment Effective Date of up to $50.0 million in the aggregate plus the amount of restricted cash held by the lender under the Margin Loan Facility from time to time (the “Third Amendment Consent Request”);

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested, pursuant to Section 9.02(b) of the Credit Agreement, that certain provisions of the Credit Agreement be amended as set forth in this Amendment; and

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lender desire to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms as set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows effective as of the Third Amendment Effective Date (as defined below):

 

SECTION I. Consent; AMENDMENTS

 

A.   Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section II below, the Lender hereby irrevocably agrees to the terms of the Third Amendment Consent Request. Such agreement and authorization by the Lender shall be irrevocably binding on any of the Lender’s subsequent transferees, participants, successors and assigns with respect to the Lender’s Loans or unused Commitments.

 

B.    The parties hereto further agree that the Credit Agreement shall hereby be amended as follows:

 

(a)   Each of the following definitions appearing in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby added or amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

"Applicable Rate" means (a) 8.00% per annum at any time other than during the Extension Period, (b) 9.00% per annum at any time during the Extension Period, or (c) to the extent any Loan remains outstanding under an Incremental Facility at such time, 10.00% per annum.

 

“Extension Option” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.

 

 

 

 

"Extension Period" means the period from and including April 1, 2029 to and including September 30, 2029.

 

“Maturity Date” means March 31, 2029; provided, however, that if the Extension Option is exercised by the Borrower, “Maturity Date” shall mean September 30, 2029 (except that, in each case if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day).

 

"Notice to Extend" has the meaning specified in Section 2.15.

 

(b)   Section 2.06(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

(a)      Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Lender, at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty, subject to the requirements of this Section; provided, however, that each prepayment may not be in an amount less than the lesser of (i) $20.0 million or (ii) the then Outstanding Amount of the Loans.

 

(c)   A new Section 2.15 is hereby added to the Credit Agreement to read as follows:

 

SECTION 2.15      Extension of Maturity Date. The Borrower shall have the option (the "Extension Option") to extend the Maturity Date. Subject to the conditions set forth below, the Borrower may exercise the Extension Option by delivering a written notice to the Lender not more than (90) days and not less than thirty (30) days prior to March 31, 2029 (a "Notice to Extend"), stating that the Borrower has elected to extend the Maturity Date to September 30, 2029. The Borrower's right to exercise the Extension Option shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: (i) there shall exist no Default or Event of Default on both (x) the date the Borrower delivers the Notice to Extend to the Lender and (y) on March 31, 2029, (ii) the Borrower shall have paid to Lender not less than five days before March 31, 2029 an extension fee equal to 0.5% of the then Outstanding Amount of the Loans, and (iii) without limiting the conditions set forth in the foregoing clause (i), the Borrower shall have delivered to the Lender a duly completed certificate signed by a Responsible Officer, dated as of the date of the Notice to Extend, certifying that no Default or Event of Default exists on such date.

 

(d)   Section 6.11(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following subclause (z) to the end of the Section to read as follows:

 

or (z) the Third Amendment;

 

(e)   Section 6.01(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

(b).     Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 6.01 and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof; provided, however, that (i) after the Third Amendment Effective Date, Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, request or receive any additional Advances under the Margin Loan Facility (including Delayed Draw Advances), as such terms are defined under the Margin Loan Facility; and (ii) the amount of such Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing in connection with such refinancing; provided further that, for the avoidance of doubt, the capitalization of accrued interest as principal under the Margin Loan Facility pursuant to any payment-in-kind election permitted by the terms of the Margin Loan Facility as in effect on the Third Amendment Effective Date shall not constitute an Advance or an increase in Indebtedness prohibited by this Section 6.01(b).

 

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(f)    Section 6.05(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

 

(c)      the Borrower may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire Equity Interests issued by it for aggregate payments in cash not to exceed $10,000,000 beginning after the date on which the Margin Loan Borrower has paid down the amounts outstanding on the Margin Loan Facility by at least $40.0 million (in addition to, and exclusive of, any restricted cash held by the lender under the Margin Loan Facility applied to such paydown) pursuant to the Third Amendment Consent Request; provided that, following such prepayment, such amounts may not be re-borrowed.

 

SECTION II. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS

 

The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Lender of the following conditions (the date upon which all of such conditions are satisfied or waived, the “Third Amendment Effective Date”):

 

(a)   the Lender (or its counsel) shall have received a counterpart signature page to this Amendment, duly executed by the Borrower;

 

(b)   the Lender shall have received payment in full of a maturity extension fee of $2.4 million.

 

(c)   the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Section III below and ‎Article III of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality) on and as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality) as of such earlier date; and

 

(d)   no Default or Event of Default shall exist, or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

The undersigned, in his capacity as a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and not in any individual capacity, hereby certifies that, as of the date first written above, the conditions set forth in the foregoing are satisfied.

 

SECTION III. Representations and Warranties.

 

By its execution of this Amendment, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants that:

 

(a)   the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of its Organizational Documents, (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any material Contractual Obligation to which the Borrower is a party or affecting the Borrower or the properties of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (ii) any material order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary or its property is subject or (c) violate any Law in any material respect; and

 

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(b)   this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

 

SECTION IV. MISCELLANEOUS

 

A. Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the Other Loan Documents.

 

(i)       On and after the Third Amendment Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby.

 

(ii)      Except for the consent, waiver, amendments and modifications expressly set forth herein, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed and this Amendment shall not be considered a novation. The consent, waiver, amendments and modifications set forth herein are limited to the specifics hereof (including facts or occurrences on which the same are based), shall not apply with respect to any facts or occurrences other than those on which the same are based, shall neither excuse any future non-compliance with the Loan Documents nor operate as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, shall not operate as a consent to any further waiver, consent or amendment or other matter under the Loan Documents, and shall not be construed as an indication that any future waiver or amendment of covenants or any other provision of the Credit Agreement will be agreed to, it being understood that the granting or denying of any waiver or amendment which may hereafter be requested by the Borrower remains subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

(iii)     The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, constitute a waiver of any provision of, or operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Lender under, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

(iv)     The Borrower hereby (a) affirms and confirms its guarantees, pledges, grants and other undertakings under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (b) agrees that (i) each Loan Document to which it is a party shall continue to be in full force and effect and (ii) all guarantees, pledges, grants and other undertakings thereunder shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall accrue to the benefit of the Lender.

 

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(v)     This Amendment shall be deemed to be a Loan Document as defined in the Credit Agreement.

 

B.    Headings. Section and subsection headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.

 

C.    Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

D.    Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. The provisions of Sections 9.09 and 9.10 of the Credit Agreement pertaining to consent to jurisdiction, service of process and waiver of jury trial are hereby incorporated by reference herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

E.     Indemnification. The Borrower hereby confirms that the indemnification provisions set forth in Section 9.03(b) of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

F.     Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature pages are deemed attached to the same document. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or in electronic format (e.g. “pdf” or “tif” file format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

 

G.    Entire Agreement. This Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

H.    Severability. Any term or provision of this Amendment which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Amendment or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Amendment in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Amendment is so broad as to be unenforceable, such provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.

 

  STAR HOLDINGS
  as Borrower
   
  By: /s/Brett Asnas
  Name: Brett Asnas
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
   
  SAFEHOLD INC.,
  as Lender
   
  By: /s/Michael Trachtenberg
  Name: Michael Trachtenberg
  Title: President

 

[Signature Page to First Incremental Amendment]