BFC FINANCIAL CORP
10-K/A, 2000-05-01
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                   FORM 10-K/A

                    Amendment No. 1 to Application or Report
                    Filed Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                      For the Year Ended December 31, 1999

                             Commission File Number
                                     0-9811

                            BFC FINANCIAL CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                 Florida                                 59-2022148
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         (State of Organization)            (IRS Employer Identification Number)

        1750 E. Sunrise Boulevard
         Ft. Lauderdale, Florida                           33304
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 (Address of Principal Executive Office)                 (Zip Code)

                                 (954) 760-5200
               Registrant's telephone number, including area code

          Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

    Class A Common Stock $.01 Par Value                   None
    Class B Common Stock $.01 par Value                   None
   ------------------------------------  --------------------------------------
              (Title of Class)           (Name of Exchange on Which Registered)

        Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the Registrant's classes of
common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

     Class A Common stock of $.01 par value, 6,453,994 shares outstanding.
     Class B Common stock of $.01 par value, 2,355,407 shares outstanding.



<PAGE>


The undersigned Registrant hereby amends the following items, financial
statements, exhibits or other portions of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1999, as set forth in the pages attached hereto:

Add the following items to Part III:

     Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.
     Item 11. Executive Compensation.
     Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.
     Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.

Such items are attached hereto.
<PAGE>

                   BFC Financial Corporation and Subsidiaries

                                    PART III

ITEM 10.  Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant

(a)  Identification of Directors.

              Name               Age     Director Since          Term Expires
              ----               ---     --------------          ------------
       Alan B. Levan             54           1978                   2001
       Earl Pertnoy              72           1978                   2002
       Carl E.B. McKenry, Jr.    69           1981                   2000
       John E. Abdo              55           1988                   2002

All directors are to serve until the election and qualification of their
respective successors.

(b)  Identification of Executive Officers.

              Name                 Age      Position
              ----                 ---      --------
       Alan B. Levan               54    President, Chairman of the Board,
                                             Director
       John E. Abdo                55    Vice Chairman of the Board, Director
       Glen R. Gilbert             54    Executive Vice President, Chief
                                             Financial Officer, Secretary

All officers are to serve until they resign or are replaced by the Board of
Directors.

(c)  Identification of Certain Significant Employees.

Not applicable.

(d)  Family Relationships.

None.

(e)  Business Experience.

ALAN B. LEVAN formed the I.R.E. Group (predecessor companies to BFC) in 1972.
Since 1978, he has been the Chairman of the Board, President, and Chief
Executive Officer of BFC or its predecessors. He is Chairman of the Board and
President of I.R.E. Realty Advisors, Inc., I.R.E. Properties, Inc., I.R.E.
Realty Advisory Group, Inc., U.S. Capital Securities, Inc., and Florida Partners
Corporation. He is President, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
of BBC, the holding company for BankAtlantic, A Federal Savings Bank
("BankAtlantic"). He is an individual general partner and an officer and a
director of the corporate general partner of a public limited partnership that
is affiliated with BFC.

EARL PERTNOY has been for more than the past five years a real estate investor
and developer. He has been a director of BFC and its predecessor companies since
1978 and is also a director of the corporate general partner of a public limited
partnership that is affiliated with BFC.

CARL E. B. McKENRY, JR. is the Director of the Small Business Institute at the
University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. He has been associated in various
capacities with the University since 1955. He has been a director of BFC since
1981 and is also a director of the corporate general partner of a public limited
partnership that is affiliated with BFC.

JOHN E. ABDO has been principally employed as President and Chief Executive
Officer of The Abdo Companies, Inc., a real estate development, construction and
brokerage firm, for more than five years. He has been a director of the Company
since 1989 and Vice Chairman of the Board of the Company since 1993. He has been
a director of BankAtlantic since 1984, Chairman of the Executive Committee of
BankAtlantic since October 1985 and President of Levitt Corporation (f/k/a
BankAtlantic Development Corporation), a wholly owned subsidiary of
BankAtlantic, since 1985. He has been Vice Chairman of the Board of BankAtlantic
since April 1987. In 1994, he became a director of BBC. He is also a director of
Benihana, Inc., a national restaurant chain.

GLEN R. GILBERT has been Executive Vice President of BFC Financial Corporation
since July 1997. Prior to that date he served in the position of Senior Vice
President of the Company. In May 1987, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer
and in October 1988, was appointed Secretary. He joined BFC in November 1980 as
Vice President and Chief Accountant. He has been a certified public accountant
since 1970. He serves as an officer of Florida Partners Corporation and of the
corporate general partner of a public limited partnership that is affiliated
with the Company. He has been Vice President and a director of Levitt
Corporation (f/k/a BankAtlantic Development Corporation), a wholly owned
subsidiary of BankAtlantic, since 1997.

(f)  Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings.

Not applicable.

(g)  Promoters and Control Persons.

Not applicable.


ITEM 11.  Executive Compensation

(b)  Summary Compensation Table.

The following table and the notes thereto set forth information with respect to
annual compensation paid by BFC and its subsidiaries, excluding BBC and
BankAtlantic, for services rendered in all capacities during the year ended
December 31, 1999, to each of the executive officers of BFC as well as total
annual compensation paid to each of those individuals for the prior two years.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                               Annual Compensation (1)                 Long-Term Compensation
                                               -----------------------                 ----------------------
                                                                       Other             Awards            Payouts        All
              Name and                                                Annual    Restricted      Stock                    Other
             Principal                                                Compen-      Stock       Option        LTIP       Compen-
              Position        Year        Salary          Bonus       sation     Award(s)     Award(s)     Payouts    sation (2)
              --------        ----        ------          -----       ------     --------     --------     -------    ----------
                                            ($)            ($)          ($)         (#)          (#)         ($)          ($)
<S>                           <C>           <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>     <C>             <C>          <C>
Alan B. Levan                 1999          497,406           --          --          --      75,000        4,898        93,000
 Chairman of the Board,       1998          515,753           --          --          --     225,000        2,926        74,653
  President and Chief         1997          509,910           --          --          --     375,000        1,628        80,495
  Executive Officer

John E. Abdo                  1999               --           --          --          --      75,000           --            --
 Vice Chairman of the         1998               --           --          --          --     225,000           --            --
  Board                       1997               --           --          --          --     375,000           --            --

Glen R. Gilbert               1999          210,625       62,945          --          --      10,000        4,898            --
 Executive Vice President,    1998          210,625       12,105          --          --      30,000        2,926            --
  Chief Financial Officer     1997          210,625        8,070          --          --      93,750        1,628            --
  and Secretary
</TABLE>
~~~~~~~~~~~
     (1)  Excludes salary, bonuses and other compensation, respectively, paid by
          BankAtlantic to Mr. Levan in the amount of $372,705, $20,000 and $0
          for 1999, $370,639, $0 and $151,847 for 1998 and $350,574, $0 and
          $156,432 for 1997. Excludes salary, bonuses and other compensation,
          respectively, paid by BankAtlantic to Mr. Abdo in the amount of
          $189,192, $10,000 and $9,600 for 1999, $190,997, $0 and $2,100 for
          1998 and $175,000, $0 and $ 14,700 for 1997. BBC paid no additional
          amounts to Mr. Levan or Mr. Abdo. Both Mr. Levan and Mr. Abdo were
          granted options to acquire BBC stock in each of the periods.

     (2)  Represents   reimbursements   or  payments  for  life  and  disability
          insurance.

Other than Mr. Levan and Mr. Abdo, executive officers of BBC and BankAtlantic do
not have significant executive responsibilities with respect to key policy
decisions of BFC.

(c)  Options/SAR Grants Table.

The following table sets forth information concerning individual grants of stock
options to the named executives in the Summary Compensation Table pursuant to
BFC's Stock Option Plan during the year ended December 31, 1999. BFC has not
granted and does not currently grant stock appreciation rights.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                           Individual Grants
                        -------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                         Potential Realizable
                                                                                           Value at Assumed
                       Number of           % of                                             Annual Rates of
                       Securities      Total Options                                          Stock Price
                       Underlying       Granted to        Exercise                         Appreciation for
                        Options        Employees in      Price Per     Expiration             Option Term
        Name          Granted (1)       Fiscal Year        Share          Date          5% ($)          10% ($)
        ----          -----------       -----------        -----          ----          ------          -------
<S>                        <C>            <C>             <C>           <C>           <C>             <C>
Alan B. Levan              75,000         41.10%          $ 6.00        4/6/2009      $ 283,003       $ 717,184
John E. Abdo               75,000         41.10%            6.00        4/6/2009        283,003         717,184
Glen R. Gilbert            10,000          5.48%            6.00        4/6/2009         37,734          95,625
</TABLE>

~~~~~~~~~~
     (1)  Options vest 100% on April 6, 2004. All option grants are in Class B
          Common Stock.

     (2)  Amounts for the named executive have been calculated by multiplying
          the exercise price by the annual appreciation rate shown (compounded
          for the remaining term of the options), subtracting the exercise price
          per share and multiplying the gain per share by the number of shares
          covered by the options. The dollar amounts under these columns are the
          result of calculations based upon assumed rates of annual compounded
          stock price appreciation specified by regulation and are not intended
          to forecast actual future appreciation rates of the Company's stock
          price.

(d)  Aggregated Option/SAR Exercises and Fiscal Year End Option/SAR Value Table.

The following table sets forth as to each of the named executive officers
information with respect to the number of shares of Class B Common Stock
acquired upon exercise of options during 1999 and underlying unexercised options
at December 31, 1999. BFC has not granted and does not currently grant stock
appreciation rights.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                Number of Securities               Value of Unexercised
                          Number of          Value             Underlying Unexercised              In-The-Money Options
                           Shares           Realized            Options at 12/31/1999                 On 12/31/99 (1)
                         Acquired or          Upon           -------------------------          -------------------------
         Name             Exercised         Exercise       Exercisable      Unexercisable     Exercisable     Unexercisable
         ----             ---------         --------       -----------      -------------     -----------     -------------
<S>                         <C>               <C>           <C>                   <C>          <C>                    <C>
 Alan B. Levan               --                 --          1,270,407             75,000       $ 1,405,174            $ 0
 John E. Abdo                --                 --          1,350,000             75,000         1,568,738              0
 Glen R. Gilbert             --                 --            142,500             10,000            42,030              0
</TABLE>

     (1)  Based upon a price of $3.375, which was the price of the last sale as
          reported by the National Quotation Bureau for 1999.

(e)  Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP") Awards Table

BFC has made available a profit-sharing plan to all employees (other than BBC
employees) who meet certain minimum requirements. BFC is not required to make
any contribution and the amount of BFC's contribution is determined each year by
the Board of Directors. It requires a uniform allocation to each employee of 0%
to 15% of compensation (maximum compensation considered is $50,000). Vesting is
in increments over a 7-year period to 100%. Alan B. Levan and Glen R. Gilbert
are 100% vested.

                                    Performance Period    Threshold,
                        Amount of    Until Maturation       Target
     Name                 Award         or Payment        and Maximum
     ----                 -----         ----------        -----------
     Alan B. Levan      $  4,898        100% Vested        $131,049
     Glen R. Gilbert    $  4,898        100% Vested        $108,253

(f)  Defined Benefit or Actuarial Plan Disclosure

Not applicable.

(g)  Compensation of Directors

Members of the Board of Directors of BFC who are not employees of BFC or its
subsidiaries receive $1,750 per month for serving on BFC's Board. Additionally,
members of the Audit Committee receive a fee of $1,000 per Audit Committee
meeting attended. Other than such compensation, there are no other arrangements
pursuant to which any director is compensated for his services.

(h)  Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and Change of Control
     Arrangements

Not applicable.

(i)  Report on repricing of options/SARs

Not applicable.

(j)  Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

Not applicable.

ITEM 12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners & Management

(a)(b)     Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

Listed in the table below are the beneficial owners known by the Company to hold
as of April 20, 2000 more than 5% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock. In
addition, this table includes the outstanding securities beneficially owned by
the executive officers and directors and the number of shares owned by directors
and executive officers as a group.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                             Class A           Class B
                                                          Common Stock       Common Stock
                                                            Ownership         Ownership         Percent of         Percent of
                                                              as of             as of             Class A           Class B
Name of Beneficial Owner                                 April 20, 2000     April 20, 2000     Common Stock       Common Stock
- ------------------------                                 --------------     --------------     ------------       ------------
<S>                                         <C>             <C>               <C>                  <C>               <C>
I.R.E. Realty Advisory Group, Inc.            (2)(5)        1,375,000           500,000            21.30%             9.52%
I.R.E. Properties, Inc.                        (5)            375,832           136,666             5.82%             2.60%
I.R.E. Realty Advisors, Inc.                   (5)            666,108           242,221            10.32%             4.61%
Florida Partners, Corporation                  (5)            366,614           133,314             5.68%             2.54%
Levan Enterprises, Ltd.                     (2)(3)(5)         153,629            55,865             2.38%             1.06%
Alan B. Levan                               (1)(3)(5)       2,940,483         2,339,673            45.56%            44.55%
John E. Abdo                                  (1)(5)        1,019,563         1,720,750            15.80%            32.76%
Dr. Herbert A. Wertheim                        (4)          1,145,232           416,448            17.74%             7.93%
Glen R. Gilbert                               (1)(5)            2,690           143,478             0.04%             2.73%
Earl Pertnoy                                  (1)(5)           18,975            78,150             0.29%             1.49%
Carl E.B. McKenry, Jr.                        (1)(5)              688            63,000             0.01%             1.20%
All directors and executive officers
  of the Company as a group
  (5 persons, including the
  Individuals identified above)             (1)(2)(3)       3,982,399         4,345,051            61.70%            82.73%
</TABLE>
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     (1)  Amount and nature of beneficial ownership and percent of class include
          shares that may be acquired within 60 days pursuant to exercise of
          stock options to purchase Class B Common Stock as follows:

                                                      Number of
                          Name                         Shares
                          ----                         ------
                      Alan B. Levan                   1,270,407
                      John E. Abdo                    1,350,000
                      Glen R. Gilbert                   142,500
                      Earl Pertnoy                       71,250
                      Carl E.B. McKenry                  62,750
                                                      ---------
                        Total                         2,896,907
                                                      =========

     (2)  BFC owns 45.5% of I.R.E. Realty Advisory Group, Inc.

     (3)  Levan Enterprises, Ltd. is a controlling and majority shareholder of
          I.R.E. Realty Advisors, Inc., I.R.E. Properties, Inc. and may be
          deemed to be the controlling shareholder of I.R.E. Realty Advisory
          Group, Inc. and Florida Partners Corporation. Levan Enterprises, Ltd.
          is a limited partnership whose sole general partner is Levan General
          Corp., a corporation 100% owned by Alan B. Levan. Therefore, Mr. Levan
          may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock
          owned by such entities. Additionally, Mr. Levan may be deemed to be
          the beneficial owner of 3,300 shares of Class A Common Stock and 1,200
          shares of Class B Common Stock held of record by Mr. Levan's wife in
          addition to his personal holdings of Common Stock, for an aggregate
          beneficial ownership of 2,940,483 shares of Class A Common Stock
          (45.56%) and 2,339,673 shares of Class B Common Stock (44.55%).

     (4)  Dr. Wertheim's ownership was reported in a Rebuttal of Control
          Agreement filed on December 20, 1996 with the Office of Thrift
          Supervision (as adjusted for stock splits since the date of filing).
          The Rebuttal of Control Agreement indicates that Dr. Wertheim has no
          intention to manage or control, directly or indirectly, BFC Financial
          Corporation. Dr. Wertheim's mailing address is 191 Leucadendra Drive,
          Coral Gables, Florida 33156.

     (5)  Mailing address is 1750 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale,
          Florida 33304.

BFC knows of no other persons who beneficially own 5% or more of its outstanding
Common Stock.

(c)  Changes in Control

None.

ITEM 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

(a)  Transactions with Management and Others

During 1999, BFC Financial Corporation entered into an agreement with John E.
Abdo, Jr., son of John E. Abdo, a Director and Vice Chairman of the Board.
Pursuant to the agreement, in the event that Mr. Abdo, Jr. identifies venture
capital investments for the Company, the Company will pay to him an amount equal
to 1% of the amount of the Company's investment and will grant him a profit
participation of 3-1/2% of the net profit realized by the Company. Additionally,
the Company has agreed to pay him an expense allowance of $300 per month
throughout the term of the agreement. During 1999, the Company paid Mr. Abdo,
Jr. acquisition fees of $62,000 and expense allowances of $3,000 pursuant to the
agreement.

(b)  Certain Business Relationships

Alan B. Levan, the President and a director of BFC, is also President and a
director of I.R.E. Properties, Inc., I.R.E. Realty Advisory Group, Inc., I.R.E.
Realty Advisors, Inc. and Florida Partners Corporation. Mr. Levan is also
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of BBC and BankAtlantic. Mr.
Levan is also a beneficial owner of I.R.E. Properties, Inc., I.R.E. Realty
Advisory Group, Inc., I.R.E. Advisors, Inc. and Florida Partners Corporation and
may be deemed controlling shareholder of BFC. Messrs. Levan, Pertnoy and McKenry
serve on the Board of Directors of the managing general partner of a public
limited partnership that is affiliated with BFC. John E. Abdo, a director of
BFC, is Vice Chairman of the Board of BBC and BankAtlantic and is President and
a director of Levitt Corporation. Glen R. Gilbert is Vice President and a
director of Levitt Corporation.

Management believes that all transactions between BFC and its affiliates were on
terms at least as favorable as could have been obtained from unaffiliated third
parties.

In 1994, the Company agreed to participate in certain real estate opportunities
with John E. Abdo, Vice Chairman of the Board, and certain of his affiliates
(the "Abdo Group"). Under the arrangement, the Company and the Abdo Group will
share equally in profits after any profit participation due to any other
partners in the ventures and after interest earned on advances made by the
Company. The Company bears the risk of loss, if any, under the arrangement. On
such basis, in December 1994, an entity controlled by the Company acquired from
an unaffiliated seller approximately 70 acres of unimproved land known as the
"Center Port" property in Pompano Beach, Florida. Through December 31, 1999, 50
acres had been sold from the Center Port property to unaffiliated third parties
for approximately $13.6 million and the Company recognized net gains from the
sale of real estate of approximately $3.4 million. Included in cost of sales is
approximately $2.4 million, representing the Abdo Group's profit participation
from the transactions. Payment of profit participation to the Abdo Group will be
deferred until the Company is repaid on advances and interest. The remainder of
the Center Port property is currently being marketed for sale.

(c)  Indebtedness of Management

Not applicable.


                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, BFC has
duly caused this amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.


                                      BFC Financial Corporation



                                      By:                  /S/
                                             ----------------------------
                                                 Alan B. Levan
                                                 President



                                      By:                  /S/
                                             ----------------------------
                                                 Glen R. Gilbert
                                                 Executive Vice President
April 26, 2000



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