Amendment No. Six to Loan and Security Agreement

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EX-10.146 15 g90526exv10w146.txt AMENDMENT NO. SIX TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 10.146 AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT This Amendment Number Six to Loan and Security Agreement ("Amendment") is entered into as of April 2, 2004, by and between BLUEGREEN CORPORATION, f/k/a Patten Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation ("Borrower"), and WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC., a California corporation, f/k/a/ Foothill Capital Corporation ("Foothill"), in light of the following: FACT ONE: Borrower and Foothill have previously entered into that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of September 23, 1997, as Amended by that certain Amendment Number One to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 1, 2000, as further amended by that certain Amendment Number Two to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of November 9, 2001, that certain Amendment Number Three to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 28, 2002, that certain Amendment Number Four to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 26, 2003, and that certain Amendment Number 5 to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 1, 2003 (as amended, the "Agreement"). FACT TWO: Borrower and Foothill desire to amend the Agreement as provided for and on the conditions herein. NOW, THEREFORE, Borrower and Foothill hereby amend and supplement the Agreement as follows: 1. DEFINITIONS. All initially capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement unless specifically defined herein. 2. AMENDMENTS. (a) The following new definitions are added to Section 1.1 of the Agreement: ""Sixth Amendment" means that certain Amendment Number Six to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of April 2, 2004, executed by Borrower and Foothill." (b) The definition of Land Inventory Borrowing Base in Section 1.1 of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and the following substituted in its place and stead: ""Land Inventory Borrowing Base" means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) Ten Million dollars ($10,000,000.00), (b) fifty-five percent (55%) of the Orderly Liquidation Value, valued as of January 31, 2004, of each project, or (c) Foothill's in-house appraisal (or third-party appraisal, if Foothill, in its sole absolute discretion, desires) of the Real Property." 1 (c) The definition of Mulberry Note in Section 1.1 of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and the following substituted in its place and stead: ""Mulberry Note" means that certain "Amended and Restated Land Inventory Advance Note (Secured) ($10,000,000.00) executed by Borrower and Bluegreen Communities dated contemporaneously to the date of the Sixth Amendment and Secured by the Mulberry Deed to Secure Debt." (d) Section 2.7(b) of the Loan Agreement is amended by adding the following sentence at the conclusion thereof: "Accordingly, with the funding of the Land Inventory Advance evidenced by the Mulberry Note, a one time funding fee of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) shall be owing, which such fee is fully earned and payable and which shall be added to the Obligations." 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Borrower hereby affirms to Foothill that all of Borrower's representations and warranties set forth in the Agreement are true, complete and accurate in all respects as of the date hereof. 4. NO DEFAULTS. Borrower hereby affirms to Foothill that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof. 5. CONDITION PRECEDENT. The effectiveness of this Amendment is expressly conditioned upon receipt by Foothill of an executed copy of this Amendment. 6. COSTS AND EXPENSES. Borrower shall pay to Foothill all of Foothill's out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including, without limitation, title fees, search fees, filing and recording fees, documentation fees, appraisal fees, travel expenses, and other fees, and the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) arising in connection with the preparation, execution, and delivery of this Amendment and all related documents. 7. LIMITED EFFECT. In the event of a conflict between the terms and provisions of this Amendment and the terms and provisions of the Agreement, the terms and provisions of this Amendment shall govern. In all other respects, the Agreement, as amended and supplemented hereby, shall remain in full force and effect. 2 8. COUNTERPARTS; EFFECTIVENESS. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original. All such counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective upon the execution of a counterpart of this Amendment by each of the parties hereto. This Agreement may be executed and the signature pages telecopied between the parties. A telefacsimile signature is deemed an original for all purposes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above. WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC., a California corporation, f/k/a FOOTHILL CAPITAL CORPORATION By: /s/ Victor Barwig ------------------------------------ Title: Senior Vice President BLUEGREEN CORPORATION, a Massachusetts corporation By: /s/ John F. Chiste ------------------------------------ Title: Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer 3