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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the fiscal year ended November 30, 1996
Commission file number 1-6643
LENNAR CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 59-1281887
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
700 NORTHWEST 107TH AVENUE, MIAMI, FLORIDA 33172
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE (305) 559-4000
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT:
NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE
TITLE OF EACH CLASS ON WHICH REGISTERED
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Common Stock, par value 10 /cents/ New York Stock Exchange
SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(G) OF THE ACT:
NONE
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES [X] NO [ ]
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Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to
Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained,
to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information
statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any
amendment to this Form 10-K. YES [X} NO [ ]
As of February 7, 1997, registrant had outstanding 25,990,827 shares of
common stock and 9,968,731 shares of Class B common stock (which can be
converted into common stock). Of the total shares outstanding, 25,545,984
shares of common stock and 38,701 shares of Class B common stock, having a
combined aggregate market value (assuming the Class B shares were converted) on
that date of $665,201,810, were held by non-affiliates of the registrant.
Documents incorporated by reference:
RELATED
SECTION DOCUMENTS
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II Pages 18 through 39 of the Annual Report to
Stockholders for the year ended November 30, 1996.
III Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed pursuant to
Regulation 14A on or before March 30, 1997.
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PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS.
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS
Lennar Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, the "Company") is a
diversified national real estate company with three principal businesses:
homebuilding, real estate investment and financial services. The Company's
homebuilding operations include the construction and sale of homes, as well as
the purchase, development and sale of residential land. The Investment Division
is involved in the ownership, development, management and leasing, as well as
the acquisition and sale, of commercial real estate and other real estate
related assets. The financial services operations arrange mortgage financing,
title insurance and closing services for Lennar homebuyers and others; acquire,
package and resell residential and commercial mortgage loans and mortgage-backed
securities and perform mortgage loan servicing activities. This division also
invests in partnerships and in issues of rated portions of commercial real
estate mortgage-backed securities for which Lennar's Investment Division is the
special servicer and an investor in the unrated portions of those securities.
For more than 25 years, the Company has owned and managed commercial and
residential rental properties. In 1992, the Company, through its Investment
Division, began acquiring portfolios of commercial real estate assets, including
real estate related loans, which it believed it could liquidate at a profit. As
of November 30, 1996, the Company had entered into a total of twelve
partnerships, all of which were formed to acquire and manage portfolios of
assets. One new partnership was formed during 1996. The Company shares in the
profits and losses of the partnerships and also receives fees for the management
and disposition of the partnerships' assets.
In 1994, the Company began acquiring, at a discount, portions of
commercial real estate mortgage-backed securities. The Company's Investment
Division invests in the unrated portions of these securities and the Financial
Services Division generally invests in the rated portions. The Company's
Investment Division partnerships also retain portions of these securities when
they are the issuer of the securities. The Company's Investment Division is the
special servicer on behalf of all the certificate holders (the majority of which
are not affiliates of the Company) of the commercial mortgage-backed securities
which are held by the Company and its partnerships.
Since 1991, the Company has expanded its homebuilding operations by
entering the following new markets: Dallas, Texas in 1991, Houston, Texas and
Port St. Lucie, Florida in 1992 and Sarasota, Florida in 1994. In addition, the
Company began the development of an adult-community in the Orlando, Florida area
in 1995. During 1996, the Company significantly expanded its operations in Texas
with the acquisition of the assets and operations of Houston-based Village
Builders (a homebuilder) and Friendswood Development Company (a developer of
master-planned communities). Additionally in 1996, the Company entered the
California homebuilding market through several acquisitions and partnerships.
These acquisitions included Bramalea California, Inc. (a Southern California
builder) and the assets of Renaissance Homes, Inc. (a Sacramento, California
builder). The partnerships in California are primarily involved in the
development of master-planned communities.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT INDUSTRY SEGMENTS
The Company operates in three industry segments - homebuilding, real
estate investment and financial services. The financial information related to
these industry segments is contained in the financial statements incorporated by
reference to pages 25 through 38 of the Company's 1996 Annual Report to
Stockholders.
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NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
HOMEBUILDING
The Company and its predecessor have been building homes since 1954. The
Company believes that since its acquisition of Development Corporation of
America in 1986, it has each year delivered more homes in Florida than any other
homebuilder. The Company has been building homes in Arizona since 1972, where it
currently is one of the leading homebuilders. In 1991, the Company began
building homes in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas. In 1992, it started
homebuilding operations in Houston, Texas and Port St. Lucie, Florida. In late
1994, the Company began homebuilding operations in Sarasota, Florida and in 1995
it started development of an adult-community in the Orlando, Florida area.
During 1996, the Company significantly expanded its operations in Texas with the
acquisition of the assets and operations of Houston-based Village Builders (a
homebuilder) and Friendswood Development Company (a developer of master-planned
communities). Additionally in 1996, the Company entered the California
homebuilding market through the acquisitions of Bramalea California, Inc. and
Renaissance Homes, Inc. and through several partnership investments. The Company
has constructed and sold over 130,000 homes to date.
The Company's homebuilding activities in Florida are principally
conducted through Lennar Homes, Inc. In Arizona, these activities are conducted
through Lennar Homes of Arizona, Inc. In Texas, these activities are conducted
through Lennar Homes of Texas, Inc., Friendswood Development Company and Houston
Village Builders, Inc. Homebuilding activities in California are principally
conducted through Lennar Homes of California, Inc., Bramalea California, LLC,
Lennar Renaissance, Inc. and Stevenson Ranch, LLC.
The Company is involved in all phases of planning and building in its
residential communities, including land acquisition, site planning, preparation
of land, improvement of undeveloped and partially developed acreage, and design,
construction and marketing of homes. The Company subcontracts virtually all
segments of development and construction to others.
The Company sells single-family attached and detached homes and
condominiums in buildings generally one to five stories in height. Homes sold by
the Company are primarily in the moderate price range for the areas in which
they are located. They are targeted primarily at first time homebuyers, move-up
homebuyers and, in some communities, retirees. The average sales price of a
Lennar home was $149,900 in fiscal 1996.
CURRENT HOMEBUILDING ACTIVITIES
The table on the following page summarizes information about the
Company's recent homebuilding activities:
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LENNAR CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
Real Estate Activities
NOVEMBER 30, 1996
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HOMES DELIVERED ESTIMATED NUMBER
IN YEARS ENDED HOMES COMPLETED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION OF HOMES THAT COULD
NOVEMBER 30, ------------------------------------- SOLD HOMES BE CONSTRUCTED ON
--------------------------- AVAILABLE FOR NOT YET LAND CURRENTLY
REGION AND TYPE OF PRODUCTS 1996 1995 1994 SOLD (1) SALE STARTED(1) OWNED(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
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Florida
Single-family detached 2,603 2,400 2,471 504 429 461 13,960
Single-family attached 270 437 426 71 84 74 1,090
Multi-family 490 558 820 66 117 29 6,670
Arizona
Single-family detached 706 466 586 180 71 67 1,650
Single-family attached 9 38 46 -- -- -- --
Multi-family -- -- -- -- -- -- 170
Texas
Single-family detached 1,832 781 616 394 336 44 6,130
Single-family attached -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Multi-family -- -- -- -- -- -- 490
California
Single-family detached 58 -- -- 39 60 -- 8,260
Single-family attached -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Multi-family -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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Totals 5,968 4,680 4,965 1,254 1,097 675 38,420
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Notes:
(1) Although firm contracts relating to these homes were executed, there
can be no assurance that purchasers will meet their obligations under
the contracts.
(2) Based on current management estimates, which are subject to change.
(3) The Company owns additional property, which it may decide to develop or
sell in the future.
(4) As of November 30, 1996, the Company had contracts or options to purchase
approximately 9,300 additional homesites.
(5) Includes homesites that are currently designated for sale to other builders.
(6) As of November 30, 1996, the Company's Homebuilding Division had investments
in partnerships which owned approximately 5,900 homesites for both sale to
the Company and sale to other builders.
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PROPERTY ACQUISITION
The Company continuously considers the purchase of, and from time to time
acquires, land for its development and sales programs. It generally does not
acquire land for speculation. In some instances, the Company acquires land by
acquiring options enabling it to purchase parcels as they are needed. Although
some of the Company's land is held subject to purchase money mortgages or is
mortgaged to secure $60 million of term loans, most of the Company's land
(including most of the land on which it is currently building or expects to
build during the next year) is not subject to mortgages. The Company believes
its land inventory gives it a competitive advantage, particularly in Florida.
CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
The Company supervises and controls the development and building of its
own residential communities. It employs subcontractors for site improvements and
virtually all of the work involved in the construction of homes. In almost all
instances, the arrangements between the Company and the subcontractors commit
the subcontractors to complete specified work in accordance with written price
schedules. These price schedules normally change to meet changes in labor and
material costs. The Company does not own heavy construction equipment and
generally has only a small labor force used to supervise development and
construction and perform routine maintenance and minor amounts of other work.
The Company generally finances construction with its own funds or
borrowings under its unsecured working capital lines, not with secured
construction loans.
MARKETING
The Company always has an inventory of homes under construction. A
majority of these homes are sold (I.E., the Company has received executed sales
contracts and deposits) before the Company starts construction.
The Company employs sales associates who are paid salaries, commissions
or both to make onsite sales of the Company's homes. The Company also sells
through independent brokers. The Company advertises its residential communities
through local media and sells primarily from models that it has designed and
constructed. In addition, the Company advertises its retirement communities in
areas where potential retirees live.
MORTGAGE FINANCING
The Company's financial services subsidiaries make conventional,
FHA-insured and VA-guaranteed mortgage loans available to qualified purchasers
of the Company's homes. Because of the availability of mortgage loans from the
Company's financial services subsidiaries, as well as independent mortgage
lenders, the Company believes access to financing has not been, and is not, a
significant problem for most purchasers of the Company's homes.
COMPETITION
The housing industry is highly competitive. In its activities, the
Company competes with numerous developers and builders in and near the areas
where the Company's communities are located, including homebuilders with
nationwide operations. The Company has for the past 26 years been one of the
largest homebuilders in South Florida and for the past several years has
delivered more homes in Florida than any other homebuilder. The Company is also
a leading homebuilder in Arizona and Texas and entered the California market in
1996. The Company's homebuilding operations account for less than 1% of all
deliveries of new single-family homes in the United States.
INVESTMENT
The Company has been engaged for more than 25 years in developing and
managing commercial and residential rental properties. Currently, through its
Investment Division, the Company owns and manages more than 2,600 rental
apartment units (which are approximately 87% occupied) and more than 2.7 million
square feet of office buildings, warehouses and neighborhood retail centers
(which are approximately 90% occupied), as well as two hotels consisting of 462
rooms,
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a mobile home park, and golf and other recreational facilities in various
communities. At times, when properties reach what the Company believes to be
optimum value, the Company sells them.
Since 1992, the Investment Division has been acquiring, by itself and
through partnerships, portfolios of real estate assets which it believes it can
liquidate at a profit and from which it can generate rental, interest and other
income during the liquidation process which can last several years. As of
November 30, 1996, the Investment Division had entered into twelve partnerships.
The Company's equity interests in these partnerships range from 15% to 50%
(which in one instance includes an investment by the Company's Financial
Services Division). In addition to the Company participating in the
partnerships' purchases of portfolios of real estate assets, the Investment
Division oversees the management of those portfolios, for which it receives
management fees. A portfolio may consist of a combination of performing loans,
non-performing loans and real estate. With regard to performing loans, principal
and interest payments are collected until the loans are paid in full, or the
loans are used as collateral for non-recourse debt (which has the effect of
accelerating the partnerships' cash realizations). With regard to non-performing
loans, the partnerships attempt to renegotiate the terms with the borrowers or
pursue other remedies, depending on the circumstances. These loans either become
performing, are paid off, or the partnerships become the owners of the
underlying real estate. This real estate is then managed and value enhanced
until it is sold.
In several instances, loans held by partnerships have been grouped into
pools, which have obtained funding by issuing rated and unrated securities
entitling the holders to the future proceeds of the loans. Often, the
partnerships retain the unrated portions of the securities issued. In 1994, the
Investment Division began acquiring, at substantial discounts from their face
amounts, unrated portions of commercial mortgage-backed securities issued by
others. The Investment Division is the special servicer on behalf of all
certificate holders of these securities, both those issued by the partnerships
and by others. The principal business of the special servicer is the management
of real estate loans requiring attention. The division earns interest on its
investment as well as fees for the special servicing activities.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
The Company's financial services subsidiaries arrange mortgage financing,
title insurance and closing services for Lennar homebuyers and others; acquire,
package and resell residential and commercial mortgage loans and mortgage-backed
securities and perform mortgage loan servicing activities. This division also
invests in partnerships and in issues of rated portions of commercial real
estate mortgage-backed securities for which Lennar's Investment Division is the
special servicer and an investor in the unrated portions of those securities.
MORTGAGE ORIGINATION
Through the financial services subsidiary, Universal American Mortgage
Company, the Company provides conventional, FHA-insured and VA-guaranteed
mortgage loans to buyers of the Company's homes and others from offices located
in Florida, California, Arizona, Texas, North Carolina and Maryland. In 1996,
loans to buyers of the Company's homes represented approximately 33% of the
Company's $527 million of loan originations.
The Company sells the loans it originates in the secondary mortgage
market, generally on a non-recourse basis, and retains most of the servicing
rights. The Company has an interest rate risk management policy under which it
hedges its interest rate locked loan commitments and loans held for sale against
exposure to interest rate fluctuations. The Company finances its loans held for
sale with borrowings under the financial services subsidiaries' $125 million
line of credit (secured by the loans and by certain servicing rights) or from
Lennar Corporation when, on a consolidated basis, this enables the Company to
minimize its overall cost of funds.
MORTGAGE SERVICING
The Company obtains significant earnings from servicing loans originated
or acquired by its financial services subsidiaries. The Company services loans
for the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), the Federal
National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation (Freddie Mac) and other mortgage investors. At November 30, 1996, it
had a servicing portfolio of approximately 42,100 loans with an unpaid principal
balance of approximately $3.3 billion.
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Revenues from servicing mortgage loans include servicing fees, late
charges and other ancillary fees and all, or in some states part, of the
interest on sums held in escrow for tax, insurance and other payments.
ASSET ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION
The Company, from time to time, purchases pools of mortgage loans
originated by financial institutions and then resells the loans in the secondary
market. The benefits to the Company from these transactions include gains from
the sales of the loans and retention of the right to service the loans after
they are sold in the secondary market. In 1994, the Financial Services Division
expanded its investment activities beginning to acquire rated portions of
commercial mortgage-backed securities for which Lennar's Investment Division is
the special servicer.
TITLE INSURANCE AND CLOSING SERVICES
The Company arranges title insurance for, and provides closing services
to, buyers of the Company's homes and others. It provided these services in
connection with approximately 7,300 real estate transactions during 1996. In
1994, the Company formed TitleAmerica Insurance Corporation, a title insurance
underwriter, which provides title insurance to buyers of the Company's homes and
others. In 1996, the Company acquired the assets and business of Regency Title
Company in Texas, and thereby, significantly expanded its title insurance and
closing business in that state.
STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES
During 1996, the Company formed Strategic Technologies, Inc. to provide
cable TV, alarm monitoring and telephone service to residents of Lennar
communities and possibly others.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
The Company has a number of limited-purpose finance subsidiaries which
have placed mortgages and other receivables as collateral for various long-term
financings. These subsidiaries pay the debt service on the long-term borrowings
primarily from the cash flows generated by the related pledged collateral. The
Company believes that the cash flows generated by these subsidiaries will be
adequate to meet the required debt payment schedules.
REGULATION
Homes and residential communities built by the Company must comply with
state and local regulations relating to, among other things, zoning, treatment
of waste, construction materials which must be used, certain aspects of building
design and minimum elevation of properties and other local ordinances. These
include laws requiring use of construction materials which reduce the need for
energy-consuming heating and cooling systems. These laws and regulations are
subject to frequent change. In some cases, there are laws which require that
commitments to provide roads and other offsite infrastructure be in place prior
to the commencement of new construction. The provisions of these laws are
usually implemented and administered by individual counties and municipalities
and may result in additional fees and assessments or building moratoriums. It is
difficult to predict the impact of these laws on future operations, or what
changes may take place in the law in the future. The Company believes that it
has the financial resources to provide for development of the balance of its
land in compliance with these laws.
Over the past few years, there have been changes to various building
codes within Florida. These changes have resulted in higher construction costs.
The Company believes these additional costs have generally been recoverable
through increased selling prices without any significant effect on sales volume.
Virtually all areas of the United States have adopted regulations
intended to assure that construction and other activities will not have an
adverse effect on local environmental conditions. These regulations have had an
effect on the manner in which the Company has developed certain properties and
may have a continuing influence on the Company's development activities in the
future.
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In order to make it possible for purchasers of some of the Company's
homes to obtain FHA-insured or VA-guaranteed mortgages, the Company must
construct those homes in compliance with regulations promulgated by those
agencies.
The Company has registered condominium communities with the appropriate
authorities in Florida. It has registered some of its Florida communities with
authorities in New Jersey and New York. Sales in other states would require
compliance with laws in those states regarding sales of condominium homes.
The Company's title insurance agency subsidiaries must comply with
applicable insurance laws and regulations.
The Company's subsidiaries which underwrite title insurance are licensed
in the states that they do business and must comply with laws and regulations
regarding title insurance companies. These laws and regulations include
provisions regarding capitalization, investments, forms of policies and
premiums.
EMPLOYEES
At November 30, 1996, the Company employed 1,894 individuals of whom 485
were management, supervisory and other professional personnel, 212 were
construction supervisory personnel, 364 were real estate salespersons, 158 were
hospitality personnel and 675 were professional support personnel, accounting,
office clerical and skilled workers.
Some of the subcontractors utilized by the Company may employ members of
labor unions. The Company does not have collective bargaining agreements
relating to its employees.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES.
For information about properties owned by the Company for use in its
residential and commercial activities, see Item 1.
The Company maintains its executive offices, financial services
subsidiary headquarters, Investment Division headquarters, Dade County
Homebuilding Division offices and Dade County mortgage and title company branch
offices at 700, 730 and 760 Northwest 107th Avenue, Miami, Florida in office
buildings built and owned by the Company. These offices occupy approximately
60,000 square feet. Other Company offices are located in Company-owned
communities or retail centers, or in leased space.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Company is a defendant in various lawsuits brought by condominium and
homeowner associations in communities constructed by the Company. Although the
specific allegations in the lawsuits differ, in general each of the lawsuits
asserts that the Company failed to construct buildings in the community involved
in accordance with plans and specifications and applicable construction codes,
and each of them seeks reimbursement for sums the plaintiff association claims
it will have to spend to remedy the alleged construction deficiencies.
Associations in other communities have threatened similar suits. Suits of this
type are common within the homebuilding industry. The Company does not believe
that these lawsuits or threatened lawsuits will have a material effect upon the
Company.
The Company had a number of claims for damages relating to a hurricane
which occurred in 1992. Most have been settled and to date, the Company's
insurers have made all payments required under settlements. Even if the Company
were required to make any payments with regard to the remaining hurricane
related claims, the Company believes that the amount it would pay would not be
material.
During 1996, there were claims made by homeowners and investigations by
governmental bodies commenced (but no lawsuits filed) regarding the presence of
construction debris in a common area at a community which had been developed by
the Company. The Company does not believe that the resolution of these claims
and the investigations will have a material adverse effect on it.
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ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth
quarter of fiscal 1996.
PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED SECURITY HOLDER
MATTERS.
Information concerning the market data for the Company's common stock and
related security holder matters is incorporated by reference to page 39 of the
Company's 1996 Annual Report to Stockholders.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.
Selected financial data is incorporated by reference to page 18 of the
Company's 1996 Annual Report to Stockholders.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results
of operations is incorporated by reference to pages 19 through 23 of the
Company's 1996 Annual Report to Stockholders.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
Consolidated financial statements and supplementary data about the
Company are incorporated by reference to pages 25 through 38 of the Company's
1996 Annual Report to Stockholders.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
Not applicable.
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT.
Information about the Company's directors is incorporated by reference to
the Company's definitive proxy statement, which will be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission not later than March 30, 1997 (120 days after
the end of the Company's fiscal year). The following people were the executive
officers of Lennar Corporation on February 7, 1997:
NAME/POSITION AGE YEAR OF ELECTION
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Leonard Miller,
Chairman of the Board and
President 64 1969
Robert B. Cole,
Secretary 86 1969
Irving Bolotin,
Senior Vice President 64 1969
Allan J. Pekor,
Financial Vice President 60 1979
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NAME/POSITION AGE YEAR OF ELECTION
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Sherman J. Kronick,
Vice President 71 1979
Marshall H. Ames,
Vice President 53 1982
Stuart A. Miller,
Vice President 39 1985
Jeffrey P. Krasnoff,
Vice President 41 1986
Jonathan M. Jaffe
Vice President 37 1994
M. Eugene Saleda,
Treasurer 61 1977
James T. Timmons,
Controller 31 1993
Steven J. Saiontz,
President, Lennar Financial
Services, Inc. 38 1987
Mr. Leonard Miller has been the Chief Executive Officer and a director of
the Company since it was founded.
Mr. Cole was formerly a member of Mershon, Sawyer, Johnston, Dunwody &
Cole, a firm of attorneys in Miami, Florida. Since 1983, he has been a
consultant to the Company on business and legal affairs, as well as Chairman of
the Company's Executive Committee and General Counsel.
Messrs. Bolotin, Pekor, Kronick, Ames, Krasnoff and Saleda have each held
substantially their present positions with the Company for more than five years.
Mr. Stuart Miller (who is the son of Leonard Miller) and Mr. Jaffe have
held various executive positions with the Company for more than five years. Mr.
Stuart Miller has been a Vice President since 1985, and currently heads the
Company's Homebuilding and Investment Divisions. Mr. Jaffe has been a Vice
President since 1994 and serves as a Regional President in the Company's
Homebuilding Division.
Mr. Timmons has been employed by the Company since 1992. He became its
Controller in 1993. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Timmons was employed as a
Financial Auditor with Burger King Corporation and, before that, was employed by
KPMG Peat Marwick.
Mr. Saiontz (who is the son-in-law of Leonard Miller) has been employed
by the Company since 1984 and has been the President of Lennar Financial
Services, Inc. since 1987.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
The information called for by this item is incorporated by reference to
the Company's definitive proxy statement, which will be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission not later than March 30, 1997 (120 days after
the end of the Company's fiscal year).
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT.
The information called for by this item is incorporated by reference to
the Company's definitive proxy statement, which will be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission not later than March 30, 1997 (120 days after
the end of the Company's fiscal year).
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.
The information called for by this item is incorporated by reference to
the Company's definitive proxy statement, which will be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission not later than March 30, 1997 (120 days after
the end of the Company's fiscal year).
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PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.
(a) Documents filed as part of this Report.
1. The following financial statements are incorporated by
reference in Item 8:
PAGE IN 1996 ANNUAL
FINANCIAL STATEMENT REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS
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Independent Auditors' Report 24
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of November 30,
1996 and 1995 25
Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the
years ended November 30, 1996, 1995 and 1994 26
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the
years ended November 30, 1996, 1995 and 1994 27
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity
for the years ended November 30, 1996, 1995
and 1994 28
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 29 - 38
2. The following financial statement schedules are included in
this Report:
FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE PAGE IN THIS REPORT
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Independent Auditors' Report on Schedules 14
VIII - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts 15
XI - Real Estate and Accumulated 16
Depreciation
Information required by other schedules has either been incorporated in
the financial statements and accompanying notes, or is not applicable to the
Company.
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3. The following exhibits are filed with this Report or
incorporated by reference:
3(a). Certificate of Incorporation - Incorporated by reference
to Registration Statement No. 2-36239 and definitive
proxy statements dated February 29, 1980, March 6, 1985,
March 24, 1987, March 1, 1989 and March 1, 1994.
3(b). Bylaws - Incorporated by reference to Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 1989.
10(a). Lennar Corporation 1991 Stock Option Plan - Incorporated
by reference to Registration Statement No. 33-45442.
10(b). Lennar Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and
Trust - Incorporated by reference to Registration
Statement No. 2-89104.
10(c). Amendment dated December 13, 1989 to Lennar Corporation
Employee Stock Ownership Plan - Incorporated by
reference to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended November 30, 1990.
10(d). Lennar Corporation Employee Stock Ownership/401k Trust
Agreement dated December 13, 1989 - Incorporated by
reference to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended November 30, 1990.
10(e). Amendment dated April 18, 1990 to Lennar Corporation
Employee Stock Ownership/401k Plan - Incorporated by
reference to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended November 30, 1990.
10(f). Revolving Credit Agreement dated July 29, 1994 between
The First National Bank of Chicago, as agent, and Lennar
Corporation and certain subsidiaries - Incorporated by
reference to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended November 30, 1994.
10(g). First Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated
January 31, 1995 amending the Revolving Credit Agreement
dated July 29, 1994 - Incorporated by reference to
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November
30, 1995.
10(h). Second Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated
April 6, 1995 amending the Revolving Credit Agreement
dated July 29, 1994 - Incorporated by reference to
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November
30, 1995.
10(i). Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated
March 13, 1996 between the First National Bank of
Chicago, as agent, and Lennar Corporation and certain
subsidiaries.
13. Pages 18 through 39 of the 1996 Annual Report to
Stockholders.
21. List of subsidiaries.
23. Independent Auditors' Consents.
27. Financial Data Schedule.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K filed during the quarter ended November 30,
1996. None.
(c) The exhibits to this Report are listed in Item 14(a)3.
11
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(d) The financial statement schedules required by Regulation S-X which
are excluded from the Annual Report to Stockholders as permitted
by Rule 14a-3(b)(1) are listed in Item 14(a)2.
12
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this Report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
LENNAR CORPORATION
Leonard Miller /s/ LEONARD MILLER
Chairman of the Board and President ----------------------------------
Date: February 26, 1997
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Company
and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Principal Executive Officer:
Leonard Miller /s/ LEONARD MILLER
Chairman of the Board and President ----------------------------------
Date: February 26, 1997
Principal Financial Officer:
Allan J. Pekor /s/ ALLAN J. PEKOR
Financial Vice President ----------------------------------
Date: February 26, 1997
Principal Accounting Officer:
James T. Timmons /s/ JAMES T. TIMMONS
Controller ----------------------------------
Date: February 26, 1997
Directors:
Charles I. Babcock, Jr. /s/ CHARLES I. BABCOCK, JR.
----------------------------------
Date: February 25, 1997
Irving Bolotin /s/ IRVING BOLOTIN
----------------------------------
Date: February 26, 1997
Robert B. Cole /s/ ROBERT B. COLE
----------------------------------
Date: February 26, 1997
Stuart A. Miller /s/ STUART A. MILLER
----------------------------------
Date: February 26, 1997
Arnold P. Rosen /s/ ARNOLD P. ROSEN
----------------------------------
Date: February 26, 1997
Steven J. Saiontz /s/ STEVEN J. SAIONTZ
----------------------------------
Date: February 26, 1997
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Lennar Corporation
We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Lennar Corporation (the
"Corporation") as of November 30, 1996 and 1995, and for the years then ended,
and have issued our report thereon dated January 16, 1997; such financial
statements and report are included in your 1996 Annual Report to Shareholders
and are incorporated herein by reference. Our audits also included the financial
statement schedules of Lennar Corporation, listed in Item 14. These financial
statement schedules are the responsibility of the Corporation's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion,
such financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the basic
financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all material respects
the information set forth therein.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Certified Public Accountants
Miami, Florida
January 16, 1997
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
LENNAR CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE VIII
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
Years ended November 30, 1996, 1995 and 1994
ADDITIONS
----------------------------
CHARGED CHARGED
BEGINNING TO COSTS (CREDITED) TO ENDING
DESCRIPTION BALANCE AND EXPENSES OTHER ACCOUNTS (DEDUCTIONS) BALANCE
- -------------------------------------------------- --------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Year ended November 30, 1996
Allowances deducted from assets to which they
apply:
Allowances for doubtful accounts and notes
receivable $ 2,372,000 1,202,000 97,000 (634,000) 3,037,000
============ ========= ========= ========== =========
Deferred income and unamortized discounts $ 601,000 116,000 (116,000) -- 601,000
============ ========= ========= ========== =========
Loan loss reserve $ 3,730,000 2,490,000 896,000 (1,276,000) 5,840,000
============ ========= ========= ========== =========
Valuation allowance $ 1,286,000 3,341,000 -- (1,882,000) 2,745,000
============ ========= ========= ========== =========
Year ended November 30, 1995
Allowances deducted from assets to which they
apply:
Allowances for doubtful accounts and notes
receivable $ 1,528,000 2,209,000 1,000 (1,366,000) 2,372,000
============ ========= ========= ========== =========
Deferred income and unamortized discounts $ 2,361,000 -- (681,000) (1,079,000) (A) 601,000
============ ========= ========= ========== =========
Loan loss reserve $ 3,534,000 1,271,000 -- (1,075,000) 3,730,000
============ ========= ========= ========== =========
Valuation allowance $ -- 1,581,000 -- (295,000) 1,286,000
============ ========= ========= ========== =========
Year ended November 30, 1994
Allowances deducted from assets to which they
apply:
Allowances for doubtful accounts and notes
receivable $ 1,323,000 1,091,000 (66,000) (820,000) 1,528,000
============ ========= ========= ========== =========
Deferred income and unamortized discounts $ 1,261,000 -- 1,137,000 (B) (37,000) (A) 2,361,000
============ ========= ========= ========== =========
Loan loss reserve $ 3,595,000 472,000 -- (533,000) 3,534,000
============ ========= ========= ========== =========
<FN>
Notes:
(A) Amortization of discounts and recognition of deferred income.
(B) Includes discounts on mortgages purchased.
</FN>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
LENNAR CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES Schedule XI
Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation (D)
Year ended November 30, 1996
COSTS CAPITALIZED
INITIAL COST SUBSEQUENT TO GROSS AMOUNT AT WHICH
TO COMPANY ACQUISITION CARRIED AT CLOSE OF PERIOD
---------------------- ---------------------- ------------------------------------
BUILDING AND CARRYING
DESCRIPTION ENCUMBRANCES LAND IMPROVEMENTS IMPROVEMENTS COSTS LAND(A) BUILDINGS(A) TOTAL(C)
- -------------- ------------ --------- ------------ ------------ --------- ---------- ------------ ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Rental
apartment
property:
Dade County,
Florida $21,032,000 1,872,000 9,063,000 4,623,000 360,000 2,046,000 13,872,000 15,918,000
Rental office
property:
Dade County,
Florida 16,839,000 1,779,000 -- 13,577,000 1,959,000 4,319,000 12,996,000 17,315,000
Hotel:
Broward
County,
Florida -- 1,000,000 3,478,000 8,850,000 367,000 1,367,000 12,328,000 13,695,000
Rental
apartment
property:
Dade County,
Florida -- 3,526,000 9,999,000 -- -- 3,526,000 9,999,000 13,525,000
Rental office
property:
Orange
County,
California -- 3,839,000 15,356,000 -- 120,000 3,862,000 15,453,000 19,315,000
Rental office
property:
Fulton
County,
Georgia 16,981,000 5,238,000 20,950,000 114,000 -- 5,238,000 21,064,000 26,302,000
Other
miscellaneous
properties
which are
individually
less than 5%
of total 33,770,000 39,870,000 77,894,000 23,697,000 2,191,000 43,684,000 99,968,000 143,652,000
----------- ---------- ----------- ---------- --------- ---------- ----------- -----------
$88,622,000 57,124,000 136,740,000 50,861,000 4,997,000 64,042,000 185,680,000 249,722,000
=========== ========== =========== ========== ========= ========== =========== ===========
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RESTUBBED TABLE CONTINUED FROM ABOVE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DATE OF
ACCUMULATED COMPLETION OF DATE
DESCRIPTION DEPRECIATION(B) CONSTRUCTION ACQUIRED
- -------------- --------------- ------------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Rental
apartment
property:
Dade County,
Florida 9,631,000 1979 1977
Rental office
property:
Dade County,
Florida 2,852,000 Various 1980
Hotel:
Broward
County,
Florida 2,709,000 Various 1987
Rental
apartment
property:
Dade County,
Florida 1,873,000 Various 1991
Rental office
property:
Orange
County,
California 825,000 1989 1994
Rental office
property:
Fulton
County,
Georgia 447,000 1973 1996
Other
miscellaneous
properties
which are
individually
less than 5%
of total 14,996,000 Various Various
----------
33,333,000
==========
<FN>
Notes:
(A) Includes related improvements and capitalized carrying costs.
(B) Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the
estimated useful lives which vary from 15 to 40 years.
(C) The aggregate cost of the listed property for federal income tax
purposes was $195,916,000 at November 30, 1996.
(D) The listed real estate includes operating properties completed or
under construction. Real estate inventories held for resale in the
ordinary course of business have been excluded from this schedule.
(E) Reference is made to Notes 1, 8 and 9 of the consolidated
financial statements.
(F) The changes in the total cost of investment properties and
accumulated depreciation for the years ended November 30, 1996,
1995 and 1994 are as follows (in thousands):
</FN>
</TABLE>
1996 1995 1994
----------- ----------- ----------
Cost:
Balance at beginning of year $ 214,910 215,856 175,144
Additions, at cost 40,045 7,103 53,340
Accounting change -- -- 7,482
Cost of real estate sold (9,051) (8,304) (11,802)
Transfers 3,818 255 (8,308)
----------- ----------- ----------
Balance at end of year $ 249,722 214,910 215,856
=========== =========== ==========
Accumulated depreciation:
Balance at beginning of year $ 29,646 26,423 22,508
Depreciation and amortization
charged against earnings 5,572 5,292 4,338
Accounting change -- -- 165
Depreciation on real estate sold (1,885) (2,069) (351)
Depreciation on transfers -- -- (237)
----------- ----------- ----------
Balance at end of year $ 33,333 29,646 26,423
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LENNAR CORPORATION
EXHIBITS TO
FORM 10K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FISCAL YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 1996
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBITS
3(a). Certificate of Incorporation - Incorporated by reference to Registration
Statement No. 2-36239 and definitive proxy statements dated February 29,
1980, March 6, 1985, March 24, 1987, March 1, 1989 and March 1, 1994.
3(b). Bylaws - Incorporated by reference to Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended November 30, 1989.
10(a). Lennar Corporation 1991 Stock Option Plan - Incorporated by reference to
Registration Statement No. 33-45442.
10(b). Lennar Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust -
Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement No. 2-89104.
10(c). Amendment dated December 13, 1989 to Lennar Corporation Employee Stock
Ownership Plan - Incorporated by reference to Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended November 30, 1990.
10(d). Lennar Corporation Employee Stock Ownership/401k Trust Agreement dated
December 13, 1989 - Incorporated by reference to Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended November 30, 1990.
10(e). Amendment dated April 18, 1990 to Lennar Corporation Employee Stock
Ownership/401k Plan - Incorporated by reference to Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended November 30, 1990.
10(f). Revolving Credit Agreement dated July 29, 1994 between The First
National Bank of Chicago, as agent, and Lennar Corporation and certain
subsidiaries - Incorporated by reference to Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended November 30, 1994.
10(g). First Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated January 31, 1995
amending the Revolving Credit Agreement dated July 29, 1994 -
Incorporated by reference to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended November 30, 1995.
10(h). Second Amendment to Revolving Credit Agreement dated April 6, 1995
amending the Revolving Credit Agreement dated July 29, 1994 -
Incorporated by reference to Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended November 30, 1995.
10(i). Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement dated March 13, 1996
between the First National Bank of Chicago, as agent, and Lennar
Corporation and certain subsidiaries.
13. Pages 18 through 39 of the 1996 Annual Report to Stockholders.
21. List of subsidiaries.
23. Independent Auditors' Consents.
27. Financial Data Schedule.
EXHIBIT 10(I)
AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
LENNAR CORPORATION
and
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES
and
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
BANK OF AMERICA ILLINOIS,
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON,
CREDIT LYONNAIS ATLANTA AGENCY,
CREDIT LYONNAIS CAYMAN ISLAND BRANCH,
COMERICA BANK,
NATIONSBANK, N.A. (SOUTH),
THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED, NEW YORK BRANCH,
BARNETT BANK OF SOUTH FLORIDA, N.A.,
THE DAI-ICHI KANGYO BANK, LTD., ATLANTA AGENCY,
THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN, LIMITED, ATLANTA AGENCY,
THE SAKURA BANK, LIMITED,
KREDIETBANK N.V.,
THE SANWA BANK LIMITED, ATLANTA AGENCY,
GUARANTY FEDERAL BANK, F.S.B.,
and
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
As Agent
Closing Date: March 13, 1996
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Certain Defined Terms................................................ 1
SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms......................................... 1
SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time Periods................................... 20
SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms.............................................. 20
ARTICLE II Amounts and Terms of the Advances.................................... 21
SECTION 2.01. Outstanding Loans; Loans Prior to the Termination
Date; Maximum Credit Facilities............................... 21
SECTION 2.02. Ratable Loans................................................. 21
SECTION 2.03. Types of Advances; Final Maturity............................. 22
SECTION 2.04. Mandatory Principal Payments.................................. 22
SECTION 2.05. Optional Principal Payments................................... 22
SECTION 2.06. Commitment Fee and Reduction of Commitments................... 22
SECTION 2.07. [INTENTIONALLY DELETED]....................................... 24
SECTION 2.08. Method of Borrowing........................................... 24
SECTION 2.09. Method of Selecting Types and Interest
Periods for Advances.......................................... 24
SECTION 2.10. Method of Selecting Types and Interest Periods for
Conversion and Continuation of Advances....................... 25
SECTION 2.11. Minimum Amount of Each Advance................................ 26
SECTION 2.12. Rate after Maturity........................................... 26
SECTION 2.13. Method of Payment............................................. 26
SECTION 2.14. Notes; Telephonic Notices..................................... 27
SECTION 2.15. Interest Payment Dates; Interest and Fee Basis................ 27
SECTION 2.16. Notification of Advances, Interest Rates, Prepay
ments and Commitment Reductions............................... 28
SECTION 2.17. Lending Installations......................................... 28
SECTION 2.18. Non-Receipt of Funds by the Agent............................. 28
SECTION 2.19. Withholding Tax Exemption..................................... 28
SECTION 2.20. Unconditional Obligation to Make Payments..................... 29
SECTION 2.21. Compensating Balances......................................... 29
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ARTICLE III Change In Circumstances.............................................. 30
SECTION 3.01. Yield-Protection.............................................. 30
SECTION 3.02. Changes in Capital Adequacy Regulations....................... 30
SECTION 3.03. Availability of Types of Advances............................. 31
SECTION 3.04. Funding Indemnification....................................... 31
SECTION 3.05. Lender Statements: Survival of Indemnity...................... 31
ARTICLE IV Representations and Warranties....................................... 32
SECTION 4.01. Organization, Powers, etc..................................... 32
SECTION 4.02. Authorization and Validity of this Agreement, etc............. 32
SECTION 4.03. Financial Statements.......................................... 33
SECTION 4.04. No Material Adverse Effect.................................... 33
SECTION 4.05. Title to Properties........................................... 33
SECTION 4.06. Litigation.................................................... 34
SECTION 4.07. Payment of Taxes.............................................. 34
SECTION 4.08. Agreements.................................................... 35
SECTION 4.09. Foreign Direct Investment Regulations......................... 35
SECTION 4.10. Federal Reserve Regulations................................... 35
SECTION 4.11. Consents, etc................................................. 35
SECTION 4.12. Compliance with Applicable Laws............................... 36
SECTION 4.13. Relationship of the Borrower.................................. 36
SECTION 4.14. Subsidiaries; Joint Ventures.................................. 36
SECTION 4.15. ERISA......................................................... 37
SECTION 4.16. Investment Company Act........................................ 37
SECTION 4.17. Public Utility Holding Company Act............................ 37
SECTION 4.18. Subordinated Debt............................................. 38
SECTION 4.19. Post-Retirement Benefits...................................... 38
SECTION 4.20. Insurance..................................................... 38
SECTION 4.21. Environmental Representations................................. 38
SECTION 4.22. No Misrepresentation.......................................... 38
ARTICLE V Conditions Precedent................................................. 39
SECTION 5.01. Conditions of Effectiveness................................... 39
SECTION 5.02. Conditions Precedent to All Borrowings........................ 42
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ARTICLE VI Affirmative Covenants................................................ 43
SECTION 6.01. Existence, Properties, etc.................................... 43
SECTION 6.02. Notice........................................................ 43
SECTION 6.03. Payments of Debts, Taxes, etc................................. 44
SECTION 6.04. Accounts and Reports.......................................... 44
SECTION 6.05. Access to Premises and Records................................ 49
SECTION 6.06. Maintenance of Properties and Insurance....................... 49
SECTION 6.07. Financing; New Investments.................................... 50
SECTION 6.08. Compliance with Applicable Laws............................... 50
SECTION 6.09. Change in Collateral.......................................... 51
SECTION 6.10. Advances to the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries................. 51
SECTION 6.11. Use of Proceeds............................................... 51
ARTICLE VII Negative Covenants................................................... 52
SECTION 7.01. Tangible Net Worth............................................ 52
SECTION 7.02. Ratio of Liabilities to Adjusted Tangible Net Worth........... 52
SECTION 7.03. Guaranties.................................................... 52
SECTION 7.04. Sale of Assets; Acquisitions; Merger.......................... 53
SECTION 7.05. Investments................................................... 54
SECTION 7.06. Disposition, Encumbrance or Issuance of Certain
Stock......................................................... 55
SECTION 7.07. Subordinated Debt............................................. 55
SECTION 7.08. Housing Unit. ............................................... 55
SECTION 7.09. Construction in Progress...................................... 55
SECTION 7.10. Limitation on Unsecured Debt.................................. 56
SECTION 7.11. No Margin Stock............................................... 56
SECTION 7.12. Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries' Capital Ratio.................. 56
SECTION 7.13. Transactions with Affiliates.................................. 56
SECTION 7.14. Restrictions on Advances to Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries.................................................. 56
SECTION 7.15. Adjusted Net Worth of Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries.................................................. 57
SECTION 7.16. Liens and Encumbrances........................................ 57
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ARTICLE VIII Collateral........................................................... 58
SECTION 8.01. Security for Obligations...................................... 58
SECTION 8.02. Collateral Value.............................................. 59
SECTION 8.03. Releases...................................................... 59
SECTION 8.04. Substitute or Additional Collateral........................... 60
SECTION 8.05. Collateral Documentation...................................... 60
SECTION 8.06. Powers and Duties of the Borrower with Respect to the
Collateral.................................................... 62
SECTION 8.07. Power of Attorney............................................. 63
ARTICLE IX Events of Default.................................................... 63
SECTION 9.01. Events of Default............................................. 63
SECTION 9.02. Right to Rescind Acceleration................................. 66
SECTION 9.03. Rights as to Collateral....................................... 66
SECTION 9.04. Application of Funds.......................................... 68
ARTICLE X The Agent............................................................ 69
SECTION 10.01. Appointment................................................... 69
SECTION 10.02. Powers........................................................ 69
SECTION 10.03. General Immunity.............................................. 70
SECTION 10.04. No Responsibility for Loans, Recitals, etc.................... 70
SECTION 10.05. Employment of Agents and Counsel.............................. 70
SECTION 10.06. Reliance on Documents; Counsel................................ 70
SECTION 10.07. No Waiver of Rights........................................... 71
SECTION 10.08. Knowledge of Event of Default................................. 71
SECTION 10.09. Agent's Reimbursement and Indemnification..................... 71
SECTION 10.10. Notices to the Borrower....................................... 72
SECTION 10.11. Action on Instructions of Lenders............................. 72
SECTION 10.12. Lender Credit Decision........................................ 72
SECTION 10.13. Resignation or Removal of the Agent........................... 72
SECTION 10.14. Benefits of Article X......................................... 73
ARTICLE XI Setoff; Ratable Payments............................................. 73
SECTION 11.01. Setoff........................................................ 73
SECTION 11.02. Ratable Payments.............................................. 73
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ARTICLE XII Benefit of Agreement; Assignments; Participations.................... 74
SECTION 12.01. Successors and Permitted Assigns.............................. 74
SECTION 12.02. Participations................................................ 74
SECTION 12.03. Assignments................................................... 75
ARTICLE XIII Miscellaneous........................................................ 77
SECTION 13.01. Notice........................................................ 77
SECTION 13.02. Survival of Representations................................... 77
SECTION 13.03. Expenses...................................................... 77
SECTION 13.04. Indemnification of the Lenders and the Agent.................. 78
SECTION 13.05. Maximum Interest Rate......................................... 78
SECTION 13.06. Modification of Agreement..................................... 79
SECTION 13.07. Preservation of Rights........................................ 79
SECTION 13.08. Joint and Several Obligations of Borrower; Several
Obligations of Lenders........................................ 80
SECTION 13.09. Severability.................................................. 80
SECTION 13.10. Counterparts.................................................. 80
SECTION 13.11. Representation and Warranty by the Lenders.................... 80
SECTION 13.12. The Company as Agent for Each Other Borrower.................. 80
SECTION 13.13. Loss, etc., Notes............................................. 81
SECTION 13.14. Governmental Regulation....................................... 81
SECTION 13.15. Taxes......................................................... 81
SECTION 13.16. Headings...................................................... 81
SECTION 13.17. Entire Agreement.............................................. 81
SECTION 13.18. CHOICE OF LAW................................................. 81
SECTION 13.19. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION....................................... 82
SECTION 13.20. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.......................................... 82
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AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 13,
1996, among LENNAR CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), the Subsidiaries of the Company
listed in Schedule I hereto (said Subsidiaries, together with the Company,
hereinafter individually and collectively referred to as the "Borrower"), the
lenders listed in Schedule II hereto (hereinafter collectively referred to as
the "Lenders"), and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, as Agent (the "Agent").
RECITALS
Certain entities comprising the Borrower, certain of the Lenders, and
the Agent are parties to a Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of July 29, 1994,
as amended through the Fourth Amendment dated July 31, 1995 ("Existing Credit
Agreement"). The Borrower has requested that the Lenders extend credit to the
Borrower by amending the Existing Credit Agreement to provide to the Borrower
revolving credit loans in an aggregate principal amount outstanding from time to
time not exceeding $450,000,000, and the Lenders are willing to extend such
credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter
set forth.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and
agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS
SECTION 1.01. CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS. CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS. As used
herein, each of the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to it below,
which meaning shall be applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the
terms defined:
"ADJUSTED TANGIBLE NET WORTH" means Tangible Net Worth plus the Net Cash
Invested in Pools, to the extent such amount is included in the Borrowing Base.
"ADVANCE" means a borrowing hereunder consisting of the aggregate amount
of the several Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower of the same Type and,
in the case of Fixed Rate Advances, for the same Interest Period.
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"AFFILIATE" of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person. A Person
shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person owns 10% or
more of any class of voting securities (or other ownership interests) of the
controlled Person or possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled Person,
whether through ownership of stock, by contract or otherwise.
"AFSI" means Ameristar Financial Services, Inc.
"AGENT" means The First National Bank of Chicago in its capacity as
agent for the Lenders pursuant to Article X, and not in its individual capacity
as a Lender, and any successor Agent appointed pursuant to Article X.
"AGGREGATE COMMITMENT" means the aggregate of the Commitments of all the
Lenders, as increased or reduced from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
"AGREEMENT" means this Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement,
as it may be further amended or modified and in effect from time to time.
"AGREEMENT ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES" means generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect from time to time in the United States, applied in a
manner consistent with those used in preparing the financial statements referred
to in Section 4.03.
"APPLICABLE MARGIN", in the event that the Company or the Company's
senior unsecured long-term debt is rated without regard to credit enhancement by
both Standard & Poor's and Moody's, shall be determined in accordance with the
following table, such Applicable Margin to remain in effect for each Interest
Period (with respect to Fixed Rate Loans) during all of which the applicable
rating Level shall remain in effect:
2
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LEVEL I LEVEL II LEVEL III LEVEL IV LEVEL V
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Credit If the Company If the Company If the Company If the Company All other
Quality or the Company's or the or the Company's or the ratings apply
senior unsecured Company's senior unsecured Company's or no ratings
long-term debt senior long-term debt senior exist
rating is equal unsecured rating is equal unsecured
to or better long-term debt to or better long-term debt
than BBB+ from rating is equal than BBB- from rating is equal
S&P or Baa1 from to or better S&P or Baa3 from to or better
Moody's than BBB from Moody's, but than BB+ from
S&P or Baa2 insufficient to S&P or Ba1 from
from Moody's, achieve Level II Moody's, but
but insufficient to
insufficient to achieve Level
achieve Level I III
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Applicable 0% per annum 0% per annum 0% per annum 0% per annum 0% per annum
Margin For
Floating
Rate
Loans
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Applicable .40% per annum .50% per annum .75% per annum 1.00% per annum 1.25% per annum
Margin For
Eurodollar
Loans
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Applicable .40% per annum .50% per annum .75% per annum 1.00% per annum 1.25% per annum
Margin For
Fixed CD
Rate
Loans
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such applicable rating Level by
Moody's is more than one Level different from the applicable rating Level by
Standard & Poor's, the Applicable Margin shall correspond to that of one Level
higher than the lower of such Levels (E.G., if Moody's rating is Baa1 (Level I)
and Standard & Poor's rating is BB+ (Level IV), the applicable rating Level
would be Level II). If the Company or the Company's senior unsecured long-term
debt is rated without regard to credit enhancement by either Standard & Poor's
or Moody's (but not both), the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans and Fixed
CD Rate Loans shall be determined in accordance with the foregoing table, but
increased by .125% if Levels I, II, III or IV are applicable and 0% if Level V
is applicable. If the Company or the Company's senior unsecured long-term debt
is not rated without regard to credit enhancement by either Moody's or Standard
& Poor's, the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans and Fixed CD Rate Loans
shall be determined in accordance with the foregoing table as if Level V was
applicable. Borrower acknowledges that the Company is currently rated BBB- by
Standard & Poor's and unrated by Moody's; and, accordingly, .875% per annum is
currently the Applicable Margin for Fixed Rate Loans. Any change in such ratings
shall result in a change in the Applicable Margin as of the beginning of the
next succeeding applicable Interest Period for Fixed Rate Loans, and Borrower
shall notify Agent of any such rate
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change within five days thereof. If, within sixty (60) days following any
anniversary of the Effective Date, the Company has not delivered to Agent
written confirmation by each such rating agency of such agency's rating of the
Company or the Company's senior unsecured long-term debt as of such anniversary,
then the Applicable Margin shall be calculated retroactively from such
anniversary as if neither the Company nor such debt were rated by such agency.
"APPRAISED VALUE" means, with respect to an interest in Real Estate as
of a given date, the then current fair market value of that interest as
determined in accordance with generally accepted methods of appraising by a
qualified appraiser, selected by the Agent (after application by the Agent of
the standards and procedures set forth in Section 8.01), who is a member of the
American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers or of another nationally recognized
group of professional appraisers.
"ARTICLE" means an article of this Agreement unless another document is
specifically referenced.
"ASSESSMENT RATE" means, for any CD Interest Period, the assessment rate
per annum (rounded upwards to the next higher multiple of 1/100 of 1% if the
rate is not such a multiple) payable to the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (or any successor) for the insurance of domestic deposits of First
Chicago, as estimated by First Chicago on the first day of such CD Interest
Period.
"AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS" is defined in Section 4.03.
"AUTHORIZED OFFICER" means any of Leonard Miller, Allan J. Pekor, M.E.
Saleda, Mary Raurell, or any other Person designated by the Borrower in writing
to act as an Authorized Officer hereunder, acting singly.
"BANKRUPTCY-REMOTE ENTITY" means an entity, the organizational documents
of which prohibit it from incurring any Indebtedness, including, without
limitation, the Obligations.
"BORROWER" has the meaning assigned to that term in the introductory
paragraph of this Agreement. Whenever used in this Agreement, the term
"Borrower" refers to and means each of the entities comprising the Borrower,
individually, and all of such entities, collectively. All of the entities
comprising the Borrower shall be jointly and severally liable as Borrower under
this Agreement, the Notes, and all other Loan Documents.
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"BORROWING BASE" means, from time to time, the sum of the following
amounts, all as reflected from time to time in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied in the
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower: (i) 100% of Borrower's unrestricted
cash up to a maximum of $10,000,000 (with any excess cash being excluded from
the Borrowing Base); (ii) 100% of the Net Proceeds due to Borrower at closing as
a result of the consummation of the sale of any Housing Unit, which Net Proceeds
have been paid to the closing agent handling such sale but which have not yet
been received by Borrower; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if, and to the extent that,
such Net Proceeds which are reported as outstanding on the last day of any
fiscal quarter of Borrower are not received by Borrower on or before the tenth
(10th) day following the end of any such fiscal quarter, such Net Proceeds shall
not be included in the Borrowing Base; (iii) 75% of the Net Book Value of all
Housing Units under Contract; (iv) 65% of the Net Book Value of all Housing
Units owned by Borrower (including, without limitation, model Housing Units)
that are not subject to a contract for sale, PROVIDED that the amount determined
pursuant to this clause (iv), shall not exceed 30% of the Aggregate Commitment
(with any excess being excluded from the Borrowing Base); (v) the lower of (A)
100% of the Net Book Value of all Income Producing Properties (on an
asset-by-asset basis), or (B) six and one-half (6 1/2) times the Net Operating
Income for the four fiscal quarters immediately preceding the date as of which
Net Operating Income is to be determined, PROVIDED that the amount determined
pursuant to this clause (v) shall not exceed 30% of the Aggregate Commitment
(with any excess being excluded from the Borrowing Base); (vi) 50% of the Net
Book Value of all substantially improved land (as hereinafter defined) owned by
the Borrower, PROVIDED that the amount determined pursuant to this clause (vi),
when combined with the amount determined pursuant to clause (vii) below, shall
not exceed 25% of the Aggregate Commitment (with any excess being excluded from
the Borrowing Base); (vii) 25% of the Net Book Value of all unimproved land
(i.e., land which is not substantially improved land) owned by the Borrower,
PROVIDED that the amount determined pursuant to this clause (vii) shall not
exceed $25,000,000 (with any excess being excluded from the Borrowing Base);
(viii) 50% of Borrower's Net Cash Invested, PROVIDED, that the amount determined
pursuant to this clause (viii) shall not exceed the lesser of (X) 20% of the
Aggregate Commitment, (Y) $60,000,000 or (Z) 10% of consolidated shareholders'
equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently
completed fiscal quarter next preceding the date as of which the Borrowing Base
is to be determined (with any excess being excluded from the Borrowing Base);
and (ix) 75% of Net Book Value of all first mortgages held by UAMC or a
subsidiary of UAMC for sale which are not pledged or otherwise assigned as
collateral for other obligations of the Borrower or held in a Bankruptcy-Remote
Entity, PROVIDED that the amount determined pursuant to this clause (ix) shall
not exceed $25,000,000 (with any excess being excluded from the Borrowing Base);
PROVIDED, FURTHER, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided
herein, any asset which is encum-
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bered by a Lien shall not be included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base
pursuant to clauses (i) through (ix) above and the Discontinued Assets shall
also be disregarded in computation of the Borrowing Base. For purposes of
clauses (vi) and (vii) above, "substantially improved land" shall mean land with
respect to which at least 80% of the standard improvements (including zoning and
platting, engineering design and permits, filling to grade, main water
distribution and sewage collection systems and drainage system installation, but
excluding sidewalks, landscaping and sodding, decorative and privacy walls,
recreation facilities, guardhouse and street lights) have been completed.
"BORROWING DATE" means a date on which an Advance is made hereunder.
"BORROWING NOTICE" is defined in Section 2.09.
"BRIDGE BORROWER" means the Company and the Subsidiaries of the Company
listed on Schedule I to the Bridge Credit Agreement.
"BRIDGE CREDIT AGREEMENT" means the Revolving Credit Agreement dated as
of January 9, 1996, among the Bridge Borrower, the Bridge Lenders and First
Chicago.
"BRIDGE LENDERS" are those Lenders listed on Schedule III.
"BRIDGE LOANS" means advances under the Bridge Credit Agreement from the
Bridge Lenders to the Bridge Borrower outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Date.
"BUSINESS DAY" means (i) with respect to any borrowing, payment or rate
selection of Eurodollar Advances, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on
which banks are open for business in Chicago and New York and on which dealings
in United States dollars are carried on in the London interbank market and (ii)
for all other purposes, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks
are open for business in Chicago.
"CAPITALIZED LEASE" of a Person means any lease of property by such
Person as lessee which would be capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles.
"CAPITALIZED LEASE OBLIGATIONS" of a Person means the amount of the
obligations of such Person under Capitalized Leases which would be shown as a
liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
Agreement Accounting Principles.
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"CD INTEREST PERIOD" means, with respect to a Fixed CD Rate Advance, a
period of 30, 60, 90 or 180 days, as available, commencing on a Business Day
selected by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. If such CD Interest Period
would end on a day which is not a Business Day, such CD Interest Period shall
end on the next succeeding Business Day.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or
otherwise modified from time to time.
"COLLATERAL" means, at any time, any assets owned by the Borrower that
then are subject to a Mortgage or security interest in favor of the Agent as
security for the Obligations.
"COLLATERAL VALUE" means (i) with respect to Real Estate that is (or is
to be) part of the Collateral, the Appraised Value thereof, less the aggregate
outstanding amount of all prior Mortgages and other prior liens or encumbrances
upon such Real Estate, and (ii) with respect to a Mortgage Receivable that is
(or is to be) part of the Collateral, (x) if it is not then in "default", the
outstanding principal balance thereof, and (y) if it is then in "default", zero.
For the purposes of this definition, a Mortgage Receivable shall be deemed to be
in "default" if the relevant mortgagor is in default beyond any applicable grace
period in any of its obligations under the provisions of the Mortgage
Receivable, as in effect on the date the same is pledged to the Agent hereunder,
subject only to subsequent modifications or waivers consented to by the Required
Lenders. The value, if any, of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note shall not
be included in the calculation of the Collateral Value.
"COMMITMENT" means, for each of the Lenders, the obligation of such
Lender to make Loans not exceeding the amount set forth opposite its signature
below, as such amount may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof.
"COMPANY" has the meaning assigned to that term in the introductory
paragraph of this Agreement.
"COMPLETED HOUSING UNIT" means, at any time, a Housing Unit the
construction of which was commenced more than 10 months, in the case of a single
family home, more than 12 months, in the case of a townhouse, or more than 18
months, in the case of a condominium, before that time.
"CONTINGENT OBLIGATION" of a Person means any agreement, undertaking or
arrangement by which such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently
agrees to purchase or provide funds for the payment of, or otherwise becomes or
is contin-
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gently liable upon, the obligation or liability of any other Person, or
agrees to maintain the net worth or working capital or other financial condition
of any other Person, or otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person
against loss, including, without limitation, any comfort letter, operating
agreement or take-or-pay contract. With respect to the Borrower, Contingent
Obligation includes, without limitation of the foregoing, obligations under
reimbursement agreements with financial institutions (including Lenders)
relating to letters of credit issued by such financial institutions for the
account of Borrower.
"CONVERSION/CONTINUATION NOTICE" is defined in Section 2.10(d).
"CONTROLLED GROUP" means all members of a controlled group of
corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under
common control which, together with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, are
treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
"CORPORATE BASE RATE" means a rate per annum equal to the corporate base
rate of interest announced by First Chicago from time to time, changing when and
as said corporate base rate changes.
"DCA" means Development Corporation of America.
"DISCONTINUED ASSETS" means all assets owned by DCA or any subsidiary of
DCA for use in any of its textile and mining operations.
"DOLLARS" and the sign "$" each means lawful money of the United States
of America.
"EFFECTIVE DATE" means March 13, 1996.
"ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS" means all federal, state and local environmental,
health or safety laws, regulations and rules of common law.
"EQUITY INVESTMENT" means the ownership of, or participation in the
ownership of, an equity interest in Real Estate or an equity interest in a
Person in the business of owning, developing, improving, operating or managing
Real Estate.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
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"EURODOLLAR ADVANCE" means an Advance which bears interest at a
Eurodollar Rate.
"EURODOLLAR BASE RATE" means, with respect to a Eurodollar Advance for
the relevant Eurodollar Interest Period, the rate determined by the Agent to be
the rate at which deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by First Chicago to
first-class banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11 a.m.
(London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Eurodollar
Interest Period, in the approximate amount of First Chicago's relevant
Eurodollar Loan and having a maturity approximately equal to such Eurodollar
Interest Period.
"EURODOLLAR INTEREST PERIOD" means, with respect to a Eurodollar
Advance, a period of one, two, three or six months, as available, commencing on
a Business Day selected by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement. Such
Eurodollar Interest Period shall end on (but exclude) the day which corresponds
numerically to such date one, two, three or six months thereafter, PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such next,
second, third or sixth succeeding month, such Eurodollar Interest Period shall
end on the last Business Day of such next, second, third or sixth succeeding
month. If a Eurodollar Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not
a Business Day, such Eurodollar Interest Period shall end on the next succeeding
Business Day, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if said next succeeding Business Day falls
in a new calendar month, such Eurodollar Interest Period shall end on the
immediately preceding Business Day.
"EURODOLLAR LOAN" means a Loan which bears interest at a Eurodollar
Rate.
"EURODOLLAR RATE" means, with respect to a Eurodollar Advance for the
relevant Eurodollar Interest Period, the sum of (i) the quotient of (a) the
Eurodollar Base Rate applicable to such Eurodollar Interest Period, divided by
(b) one minus the Reserve Requirement (expressed as a decimal) applicable to
such Eurodollar Interest Period, plus (ii) the Applicable Margin. The Eurodollar
Rate shall be rounded to the next higher multiple of 1/16 of 1% if the rate is
not such a multiple.
"EVENT" means an event, circumstance, condition or state of facts.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" is defined in Section 9.01 hereof.
"EXISTING CREDIT AGREEMENT" is defined in the Recitals to this
Agreement.
"EXISTING LENDERS" are those Lenders listed on Schedule IV.
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"EXISTING LOANS" means advances under the Existing Credit Agreement from
the Existing Lenders to certain entities comprising the Borrower outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Date.
"FEDERAL FUNDS EFFECTIVE RATE" means, for any day, an interest rate per
annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers on such day, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a
Business Day, the average of the quotations at approximately 10 a.m. (Chicago
time) on such day on such transactions received by the Agent from three Federal
funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Agent in its sole
discretion.
"FIRST CHICAGO" means The First National Bank of Chicago in its
individual capacity, and its successors.
"FIRST MORTGAGE" means a Mortgage that (i) creates a lien that covers
any Real Estate and all developments thereto and/or improvements thereon,
whether existing at the time the lien is created or thereafter made, (ii) takes
priority or precedence over all other liens and encumbrances to which the Real
Estate is subject, and (iii) must be satisfied before all other liens and
encumbrances to which the Real Estate is subject are entitled to participate in
the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of such Real Estate.
"FIXED CD BASE RATE" means, with respect to a Fixed CD Rate Advance for
the relevant CD Interest Period, the rate determined by the Agent to be the
arithmetic average of the prevailing bid rates quoted to the Agent at or before
10 a.m. (Chicago time) on the first day of such CD Interest Period by three New
York or Chicago certificate of deposit dealers of recognized standing selected
by the Agent in its sole discretion for the purchase at face value of
certificates of deposit of First Chicago in the approximate amount of First
Chicago's relevant Fixed CD Rate Loan and having a maturity approximately equal
to such CD Interest Period.
"FIXED CD RATE" means, with respect to a Fixed CD Rate Advance for the
relevant CD Interest Period, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the
quotient of (a) the Fixed CD Base Rate applicable to such CD Interest Period,
divided by (b) one minus the Reserve Requirement (expressed as a decimal)
applicable to such CD Interest Period, plus (ii) the Assessment Rate applicable
to such CD Interest Period, plus (iii) the Applicable Margin. The Fixed CD Rate
shall be rounded to the next higher multiple of 1/100 of 1% if the rate is not
such a multiple.
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"FIXED CD RATE ADVANCE" means an Advance which bears interest at a Fixed
CD Rate.
"FIXED CD RATE LOAN" means a Loan which bears interest at a Fixed CD
Rate.
"FIXED RATE" means the Fixed CD Rate or the Eurodollar Rate.
"FIXED RATE ADVANCE" means an Advance which bears interest at a Fixed
Rate.
"FIXED RATE LOAN" means a Loan which bears interest at a Fixed Rate.
"FLOATING RATE" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the higher
of (i) the Corporate Base Rate for such day or (ii) the sum of (X) the Federal
Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5%, in each case changing when and as the Corporate
Base Rate and the Federal Funds Effective Rate change.
"FLOATING RATE ADVANCE" means an Advance which bears interest at the
Floating Rate.
"FLOATING RATE LOAN" means a Loan which bears interest at the Floating
Rate.
"HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES" means any toxic or hazardous wastes, pollutants
or substances, including, without limitation, asbestos, PCBs, petroleum products
and by-products, substances defined or listed as "hazardous substances" or
"toxic substances" or similarly identified in or pursuant to the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42
U.S.C. ' 9061 ET SEQ., hazardous materials identified in or pursuant to the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act 49 U.S.C. ' 1802 ET SEQ., hazardous
wastes identified in or pursuant to The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
42 U.S.C. ' 6901 ET SEQ., any chemical substance or mixture regulated under the
Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976, as amended, 15 U.S.C. ' 2601 ET SEQ., any
"toxic pollutant" under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. ' 466 ET SEQ., as
amended, any hazardous air pollutant under the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. ' 7401
ET SEQ., and any hazardous or toxic substance or pollutant regulated under any
other applicable federal, state or local Environmental Laws.
"HOUSING UNIT" means a residential housing unit that is (or, upon
completion of construction thereof, will be) available for sale.
"HOUSING UNIT CLOSING" means a closing of the sale of a Housing Unit by
the Borrower to a bona fide purchaser for value that is not an Affiliate of the
Borrower.
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"HOUSING UNIT UNDER CONTRACT" means a Housing Unit owned by the Borrower
as to which the Borrower has a bona fide contract of sale, in a form customarily
employed by the Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, entered into
not more than 15 months prior to the date of determination with a Person who is
not an Affiliate of the Borrower, under which contract no defaults then exist
and not less than 10% of the purchase price has been paid; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that in the case of any Housing Unit the purchase of which is to be financed in
whole or in part by a loan insured by the Federal Housing Administration or
guaranteed by the Veterans Administration, the required minimum downpayment
shall be the amount (if any) required under the rules of the relevant agency.
"INCOME PRODUCING PROPERTIES" means all industrial Real Estate,
commercial Real Estate or multiple family dwellings owned and developed by the
Borrower, except for Real Estate developed for sale as condominium units
directly to individual purchasers for their residential use.
"INDEBTEDNESS" of a Person means such Person's (i) obligations for
borrowed money, (ii) obligations representing the deferred purchase price of
property or services (other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course
of such Person's business payable on terms customary in the trade), (iii)
obligations, whether or not assumed, secured by Liens or payable out of the
proceeds or production from property now or hereafter owned or acquired by such
Person, (iv) obligations which are evidenced by notes, acceptances, or other
instruments, (v) Capitalized Lease Obligations, and (vi) liabilities and
obligations under any sales/leaseback and receivable sales transactions. With
respect to the Borrower, Indebtedness includes, without limitation of the
foregoing, all Obligations.
"INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT" means the Amended and Restated Intercreditor
Agreement dated the Effective Date by and among the Borrower, the Agent, the
Lenders, UAMC, UAMC Asset Corp. and certain lenders to UAMC and UAMC Asset
Corp., as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
"INTEREST PERIOD" means a CD Interest Period or a Eurodollar Interest
Period.
"INVESTMENT" of a Person means any loan, advance (other than commission,
travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary
course of business), extension of credit (other than accounts receivable arising
in the ordinary course of business on terms customary in the trade), deposit
account or contribution of capital by such Person to any other Person or any
investment in, or purchase or other acquisition of, the stock, partnership
interests, notes, debentures or other securities of any other Person made by
such Person.
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"JUNIOR MORTGAGE" means a Mortgage which is a valid lien and encumbrance
on Real Estate that is subject to the priority of one or more other Mortgages.
"LENDERS" means the lending institutions listed on the signature pages
of this Agreement and the respective successors and permitted assigns of such
lending institutions.
"LENDING INSTALLATION" means, with respect to a Lender or the Agent, any
office, branch, subsidiary or affiliate of such Lender or the Agent.
"LFC" means Lennar Funding Corp.
"LFSI" means Lennar Financial Services, Inc.
"LIABILITIES" of a Person means all items included in the liability
section of a balance sheet of that Person prepared in accordance with United
States generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied as of the
date of calculation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term
"Liabilities" shall include, without limitation: (i) all Indebtedness secured by
any Mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon or in
property owned by that Person, to the extent attributable to that Person's
interest in the property, even though that Person has not assumed or become
liable for the payment of the Indebtedness; and (ii) the aggregate amount of the
reserves established on the books of that Person in respect of contingent
liabilities and other contingencies (except reserves which are properly treated
as deductions from assets) and in any event shall include with respect to the
Borrower the amount of all outstanding Loans.
"LIEN" means any lien (statutory or other), mortgage (including, without
limitation, purchase money mortgages), pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance or preference, priority or other security
agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including, without limitation, the interest of a vendor or lessor under any
conditional sale, Capitalized Lease or other title retention agreement).
"LIMITED PURPOSE FINANCE SUBSIDIARIES" means the limited purpose finance
subsidiaries as identified on the financial statements referred to in Section
4.03.
"LOAN" means, with respect to a Lender, such Lender's portion of any
Advance.
"LOAN DOCUMENTS" means this Agreement, the Notes, the Pledge Agreement,
any Mortgages and assignments of Mortgage Receivables delivered to the Agent
pursuant to
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Article VIII hereof and any and all other instruments or documents
delivered or to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant hereto and thereto, as
such documents may be amended or modified and in effect from time to time.
"MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT" means a material adverse effect on (i) the
business, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise), results of
operations, or prospects of (a) the Company and the other entities comprising
the Borrower, taken as a whole, or (b) if so specified, any entity comprising
the Borrower, (ii) the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under
the Loan Documents, or (iii) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan
Documents or the rights or remedies of the Agent or the Lenders thereunder.
"MATURITY DATE" means the date upon which the outstanding principal
amount of the Notes, all accrued but unpaid interest thereof, and all other
Obligations become due and payable, whether as a result of the occurrence of the
stated maturity date or the acceleration of maturity pursuant to the terms of
any of the Loan Documents.
"MOODY'S" means Moody's Investors Services, Inc. or any Person
succeeding to the securities rating business of such company.
"MONTHLY PAYMENT DATE" means the first day of each calendar month.
"MORTGAGE" means any mortgage, deed of trust or other security deed in
Real Estate, or in rights or interests, including leasehold interests, in Real
Estate.
"MORTGAGE BANKING SUBSIDIARY" means a Subsidiary of LFSI which is
engaged or hereafter engages in the mortgage banking business, including the
origination, servicing, packaging and/or selling of mortgages on residential
single- and multi-family dwellings and/or commercial property, and in any event
shall include AFSI, LFC and UAMC.
"MORTGAGE BANKING SUBSIDIARIES NOTE" means the promissory note dated
March 13, 1996, in the principal amount of $150,000,000 executed by the Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries as joint makers to the order of the Company which is to be
held by the Agent pursuant to Section 6.10. The Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries
Note shall be in form and substance as provided in Exhibit D attached hereto.
"MORTGAGE RECEIVABLE" means a note or other similar instrument
evidencing Indebtedness that is secured by a Mortgage in favor of the Borrower
on Real Estate sold by the Borrower to a bona fide purchaser for value that is
not an Affiliate of the Borrower, PROVIDED that (i) the sale is made pursuant to
a contract under which the purchaser has made a nonrefundable cash payment to
the Borrower in any amount not
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less than 20% of the total purchase price of the Real Estate so sold, (ii) the
note or other instrument and Mortgage are genuine, constitute legal, valid,
binding and enforceable obligations of the purchaser, are not subject to any
dispute, setoff, counterclaim or defense and are freely negotiable and
assignable to the Agent, and (iii) the maturity of the note or other instrument
is on or before the fifth anniversary of the date of execution and delivery
thereof. For the purposes of this definition, a note or other instrument and
Mortgage shall be deemed legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of
the maker thereof notwithstanding that the Borrower does not have the right to
enforce payment of the Indebtedness evidenced and secured thereby against the
maker thereof other than through foreclosure of the Mortgage or other recourse
to the Real Estate encumbered thereby.
"MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means a Plan maintained pursuant to a collective
bargaining agreement or any other arrangement to which the Borrower or any
member of the Controlled Group is a party to which more than one employer is
obligated to make contributions.
"NET BOOK VALUE" means, with respect to an asset owned by a Borrower,
the gross investment of that Borrower in the asset, less all reserves (including
loss reserves and reserves for depreciation) attributable to that asset, all
determined in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied.
"NET CASH INVESTED" means, with respect to any Pool, (i) the aggregate
amount of cash invested by the Borrower in such Pool and (ii) if applicable to a
non-distressed homebuilding partnership or joint venture, the aggregate Net Book
Value of real estate contributed by the Borrower to such Pool of the type
included in the Borrowing Base under clauses (iii) through (vi) in the
definition of "Borrowing Base", (but in no event more than $30,000,000 with
respect to each Pool) less the cumulative amount of distributions received by
the Borrower from such Pool, less Borrower's pro rata portion of cumulative net
losses, if any, of such Pool for the period during which Borrower or an
Unconsolidated Joint Venture Subsidiary was a partner in the Pool, but without
regard to the Borrower's equity in cumulative undistributed net earnings, if
any, of such Pool for the period during which Borrower or an Unconsolidated
Joint Venture Subsidiary was a partner in the Pool.
"NET OPERATING INCOME" means, for any period, the total rental and other
income of the Income Producing Properties for such period, less all related
operating expenses of those Properties for such period, and less all related
extraordinary reserves (including without limitation reserves for replacement
escrows, major repairs and capital expenditures) established for such Properties
for such period, all as reflected in the statement of operations for such
Properties provided to the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.04(o).
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"NET PROCEEDS" means, in connection with the sale of any asset by the
Borrower, the gross sales price less (A) all bona fide prorations and
adjustments to the sales price required to be made pursuant to the terms of the
sales contract and (B) the aggregate amount of bona fide closing costs due to
any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower.
"NONRECOURSE DEBT" means Indebtedness of the Borrower secured by a
Mortgage on Real Estate of the Borrower, as to which Indebtedness the sole
recourse of the holders thereof is to the Real Estate encumbered by that
Mortgage and none of such holders has the right (as a matter of law, by contract
or otherwise) to enforce payment thereof against the Borrower or any of the
Borrower's properties and assets other than the Real Estate encumbered by that
Mortgage.
"NOTE" means a promissory note in substantially the form of Exhibit A
hereto, completed, executed and delivered by the Borrower and payable to the
order of a Lender in the amount of its Commitment, including any amendment,
modification, renewal or replacement of such promissory note.
"NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT" is defined in Section 12.03(b).
"OBLIGATIONS" means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid
interest on the Notes, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses,
reimbursements, indemnities and other obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders
or to any Lender, the Agent or any indemnified party arising under the Loan
Documents.
"OUTSTANDING LOANS" means the Bridge Loans and the Existing Loans.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor
thereto.
"PARTICIPANTS" is defined in Section 12.02.
"PERSON" means any natural person, corporation, firm, enterprise, trust,
association, company, partnership, joint venture or other entity or
organization, or any government or political subdivision or any agency,
department, or instrumentality thereof.
"PLAN" means an employee pension benefit plan which is covered by Title
IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the
Code as to which the Borrower or any member of the Controlled Group may have any
liability.
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"PLEDGE AGREEMENT" means the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement
referred to in Section 7.05.
"POOLS" means partnerships and joint ventures in which the Borrower has
Net Cash Invested and the business of which is limited to either the ownership
of non-distressed home-building assets or investing in distressed real estate
properties and/or mortgage loans, PROVIDED that Pools shall not include any
joint venture or partnership the business of which is limited to investing in
distressed real estate properties and/or mortgage loans and which has either
been in existence for five or more years or not made distributions to its
venturers or partners for two (2) consecutive years.
"PROJECT" means a group of Housing Units of substantially the same type,
design and price range that have been constructed, are under construction or are
to be constructed in a specific geographical area, except that each building in
a multi-family condominium development having 24 or more housing units shall be
considered a "Project".
"PRO RATA SHARE" means, for each Lender, the ratio that such Lender's
Commitment bears to the Aggregate Commitment.
"PURCHASERS" is defined in Section 12.03(a).
"QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE" means the first day of each April, July,
October and January.
"REAL ESTATE" means land, rights in land and interests therein
(including, without limitation, leasehold interests), and equipment, structures,
improvements, furnishings, fixtures and buildings (including a mobile home of
the type usually installed on a developed site) located on or used in connection
with land, rights in land or interests therein (including leasehold interests),
but shall not include Mortgages or interests therein.
"RECENT BALANCE SHEET" is defined in Section 4.05.
"REGULATION D" means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor thereto
or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors
relating to reserve requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal
Reserve System.
"REGULATION U" means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor or other
regulation or
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official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to the
extension of credit by banks for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin
stocks applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
"REPORTABLE EVENT" means a reportable event as defined in Section 4043
of ERISA and the regulations issued under such section, with respect to a Plan,
excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC by regulation waived the
requirement of Section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of
the occurrence of such event, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a failure to meet the
minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code and of Section 302 of ERISA
shall be a Reportable Event regardless of the issuance of any such waiver of the
notice requirement in accordance with either Section 4043(a) of ERISA or Section
412(d) of the Code.
"REQUIRED LENDERS" means, at any time, Lenders then holding Notes having
outstanding principal balances aggregating not less than 66-2/3% of the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes, or if no such principal amount is
then outstanding, Lenders having at least 66-2/3% of the Aggregate Commitment.
"RESERVE REQUIREMENT" means, with respect to a CD Interest Period or a
Eurodollar Interest Period, the maximum aggregate reserve requirement (including
all basic, supplemental, marginal and other reserves) which is imposed under
Regulation D on new non-personal time deposits of $100,000 or more with a
maturity equal to that of such CD Interest Period (in the case of Fixed CD Rate
Advances) or on Eurocurrency liabilities (in the case of Eurodollar Advances).
"REVOLVING COLLATERAL VALUE" means, on any date, 125% of the sum of the
then aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Notes and the aggregate
amount of all accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes.
"SECTION" means a numbered section of this Agreement, unless another
document is specifically referenced.
"SECURITIES" of any Person means equity securities and debt securities
and any other instrument commonly understood to be a security issued by that
Person.
"SINGLE EMPLOYER PLAN" means a Plan maintained by the Borrower or any
member of the Controlled Group for employees of the Borrower or any member of
the Controlled Group.
"STANDARD & POOR'S" means Standard & Poor's Corporation and any Person
succeeding to the securities rating business of such company.
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"STI" means Strategic Technologies, Inc., a Florida corporation.
"SUBORDINATED DEBT" of a Person means any Indebtedness of that Person
which by its terms is subordinated, in form and substance and in a manner
satisfactory to the Agent, in lien and right of payment to the prior payment in
full of the Obligations.
"SUBSIDIARY" of a Person means (i) any corporation more than 50% of the
outstanding securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time
be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more
of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or
(ii) any partnership, association, joint venture or similar business
organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting
power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled.
"TANGIBLE NET WORTH" means the amount of consolidated stockholders'
equity of the Company as shown on its balance sheet less the aggregate amount of
all of the following: (i) goodwill and other assets that are properly classified
as "intangible assets", exclusive of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries, (ii) the
assets of the Limited Purpose Finance Subsidiaries, STI and TIC, less the
liabilities of the Limited Purpose Finance Subsidiaries, STI and TIC, as shown
on the Company's consolidated financial statements, and (iii) to the extent not
deducted pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (ii), the amount of
stockholders' equity of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries, STI and TIC as shown
on the separate consolidating financial statements for LFSI.
"TERMINATION DATE" means February 28, 2001, subject, however, to earlier
termination in whole of the Aggregate Commitment pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
"TIC" means TitleAmerica Insurance Corporation, a Florida corporation.
"TRANSFEREE" is defined in Section 12.03(c).
"TYPE" means, with respect to any Advance, its nature as a Floating Rate
Advance, Eurodollar Advance or Fixed CD Rate Advance.
"UAMC" means Universal American Mortgage Company.
"UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURE" shall mean a joint venture (whether in
the form of a corporation, a partnership or otherwise) (i) to which the Borrower
or an Unconsolidated Joint Venture Subsidiary is or becomes a party (other than
the tenancies in
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common listed in Schedule VIII annexed hereto), (ii) which Borrower is not
required to consolidate in its financial statements in accordance with United
States generally accepted accounting principles, and (iii) in which the Borrower
has or will have a total investment exceeding $25,000 or which has total assets
plus contingent liabilities exceeding $100,000. For the purposes of this
definition, the Borrower's investment in a joint venture shall be deemed to
include any Securities of the joint venture owned by the Borrower, any loans,
advances or accounts receivable by the Borrower from the joint venture, any
commitments, arrangement or other agreement by the Borrower to provide funds or
credit to the joint venture and the Borrower's share of the undistributed
profits of the joint venture.
"UNCONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURE SUBSIDIARY" means a Subsidiary of the
Company which is a partner, shareholder or other equity owner in an
Unconsolidated Joint Venture, which is not a Borrower.
"UNFUNDED LIABILITIES" means the amount (if any) by which the present
value of all vested nonforfeitable benefits under all Single Employer Plans
exceeds the fair market value of all such Plan assets allocable to such
benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such
Plans.
"UNMATURED DEFAULT" means an event which but for the lapse of time or
the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY" of a Person means (i) any Subsidiary all of
the outstanding voting securities of which shall at the time be owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries of such Person, or (ii) any partnership, association, joint venture
or similar business organization 100% of the ownership interests having ordinary
voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled.
SECTION 1.02. COMPUTATION OF TIME PERIODS.. For the purposes of this
Agreement, in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a
later specified date, the word "from" means "from and including", the words "to"
and "until" each means "to but excluding" and the word "through" means "to and
including".
SECTION 1.03. ACCOUNTING TERMS. All accounting terms used and not
specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with Agreement
Accounting Principles. All references herein to Agreement Accounting Principles
shall be deemed to refer to those principles; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
notwithstanding the requirements imposed by United States generally accepted
accounting principles which require the
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consolidation of the operations of LFSI with the operations of the Borrower, for
the purposes of the calculations set forth in Article VII hereof, the operations
of such Subsidiary shall be so included only as specifically provided for
herein.
ARTICLE II
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES
SECTION 2.01. OUTSTANDING LOANS; LOANS PRIOR TO THE TERMINATION
DATE; MAXIMUM CREDIT FACILITIES.
(a) The Borrower acknowledges that the Bridge Lenders and the Existing
Lenders have made the Outstanding Loans pursuant to the Bridge Credit Agreement
and the Existing Credit Agreement, respectively. The aggregate principal amounts
outstanding under the Bridge Loans and the Existing Loans as of the date hereof
are $13,400,000.00 and $310,000,000.00, respectively. The Bridge Loans are
payable in accordance with the terms of the Bridge Credit Agreement, subject to
no offsets, defenses, counterclaims or other claims. On the Effective Date, the
Lenders shall severally make an Advance to the Borrower in the aggregate amount
of the then outstanding principal amount of the Bridge Loans (but, as to each
Lender, not exceeding the amount of its Commitment), the proceeds of which shall
be applied by the Borrower to repay those loans in full.
(b) From and including the date of this Agreement and prior to the
Termination Date, each Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations and warranties
of Borrower herein set forth, to make Loans to the Borrower from time to time in
amounts not to exceed in the aggregate at any one time outstanding the amount of
its Commitment. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow,
repay and reborrow at any time prior to the Termination Date.
(c) The maximum principal amount of outstanding Advances shall not at
any time exceed $450,000,000.00.
SECTION 2.02. RATABLE LOANS. Each Advance hereunder shall consist of Loans made
from the several Lenders ratably in their respective Pro Rata Shares.
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SECTION 2.03. TYPES OF ADVANCES; FINAL MATURITY.3.
(i) The Advances may be Floating Rate Advances, Fixed CD Rate
Advances or Eurodollar Advances, or a combination thereof, selected by
the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.09.
(ii) All Obligations shall be fully repaid and satisfied by the
Borrower on the Termination Date or shall become due and payable
pursuant to Section 9.01 below.
SECTION 2.04. . MANDATORY PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS. The Borrower shall prepay
the principal of the Notes in the amount, and promptly upon its receipt, of (i)
the Net Proceeds of (or, in the case of a partially-financed sale, the net cash
down payment received in connection with) any sale of Real Estate constituting
part of the Collateral owned by the Borrower that is subject to a Mortgage in
favor of the Agent securing the Notes, (ii) any principal payment made with
respect to a Mortgage Receivable constituting part of the Collateral, and (iii)
any principal payment made with respect to the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries
Note from and after the date the Agent is granted a security interest therein
pursuant to Section 8.01; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that anything in the foregoing
clauses (i) and (ii) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower shall not be
required to prepay the Notes with the proceeds of the sale of Real Estate
constituting part of the Collateral once it has applied to the prepayment of the
Notes proceeds of that sale (including, in the case of a partially financed
sale, the proceeds of any principal payments with respect to Mortgage
Receivables received in connection therewith) in an aggregate amount equal to
the Appraised Value of the Real Estate sold.
SECTION 2.05. OPTIONAL PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS. The Borrower may from time to
time pay, without penalty or premium, all outstanding Floating Rate Advances,
or, in a minimum aggregate amount of $100,000 or any integral multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof, any portion of the outstanding Floating Rate
Advances upon one Business Day's prior notice to the Agent. A Fixed Rate Advance
may not be paid prior to the last day of the applicable Interest Period.
SECTION 2.06. COMMITMENT FEE AND REDUCTION OF COMMITMENTS. The Borrower
agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee per
annum on the daily unborrowed and unused portion of such Lender's Commitment
(i.e., after deducting from the Commitment of such Lender the outstanding amount
of all Loans made by such Lender) from the Effective Date to and including the
Termination Date, payable in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date thereafter
and on the Termination Date. Such commitment fee shall be determined on the
first day of each fiscal quarter in accordance with the following table, if the
Company or the Company's
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senior unsecured long-term debt is rated without regard to credit enhancement by
both Standard & Poor's and Moody's, such fee to remain in effect throughout such
quarter:
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LEVEL I LEVEL II LEVEL III LEVEL IV LEVEL V
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Credit If the Company If the Company If the Company If the Company All other
Quality or the Company's or the or the Company's or the ratings apply
senior unsecured Company's senior unsecured Company's or no ratings
long-term debt senior long-term debt senior exist
rating is equal unsecured rating is equal unsecured
to or better long-term debt to or better long-term debt
than BBB + from rating is equal than BBB- from rating is equal
S&P or Baa1 from to or better S&P or Baa3 from to or better
Moody's than BBB from Moody's, but than BB+ from
S&P or Baa2 insufficient to S&P or Ba1 from
from Moody's, achieve Level II Moody's, but
but insufficient to
insufficient to achieve Level
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such applicable rating Level by
Moody's is more than one Level different from the applicable rating Level by
Standard & Poor's, the applicable commitment fee shall correspond to that of one
Level higher than the lower of such Levels. If the Company or the Company's
senior unsecured long-term debt is rated without regard to credit enhancement by
either Standard & Poor's or Moody's (but not both), then the applicable
commitment fee shall be determined in accordance with the foregoing table, but
increased by .05% if Levels I, II, III or IV are applicable and by 0% if Level V
is applicable. If the Company or the Company's senior unsecured long-term debt
is not rated without regard to credit enhancement by either Standard & Poor's or
Moody's, the applicable commitment fee shall be determined in accordance with
the foregoing table as if Level V was applicable. Borrower acknowledges that the
Company is currently rated BBB- by Standard & Poor's and unrated by Moody's;
and, accordingly, .30% per annum is currently the applicable commitment fee. If,
within sixty (60) days following any anniversary of the Effective Date, the
Company has not delivered to the Agent written confirmation by each such rating
agency of such agency's rating of the Company or the Company's senior unsecured
long-term debt as of such anniversary, then the commitment fee shall be
calculated retroactively from such anniversary as if such debt were not rated by
such agency. The Borrower may permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitment in
whole, or in part ratably among the Lenders in integral multiples of $1,000,000,
upon at least three Business Days' written notice to the Agent, which notice
shall specify the amount of any such reduction, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
amount of the Aggregate Commitment may not be reduced below the aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Advances. All accrued commitment fees under
this Section 2.06 shall be payable on the effective date
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of any termination of the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder.
The fees payable under this Section 2.06, once paid, shall not be refundable for
any reason.
SECTION 2.07. [INTENTIONALLY DELETED]
SECTION 2.08. METHOD OF BORROWING. Not later than noon (Chicago time) on
each Borrowing Date, each Lender shall make available its Loan or Loans, in
funds immediately available in Chicago to the Agent at its address specified
pursuant to Article XIII. The Agent will make the funds so received from the
Lenders available to the Borrower by deposit into Account No. 5801117 maintained
by the Borrower at First Chicago.
SECTION 2.09. METHOD OF SELECTING TYPES AND INTERESTS AND INTEREST
PERIODS FOR ADVANCES.
(a) The Borrower shall select the Type of Advance and, in the case of
each Fixed Rate Advance, the Interest Period applicable to each Advance from
time to time. The Borrower shall give the Agent irrevocable notice (a "Borrowing
Notice") not later than 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the Borrowing Date for each
Floating Rate Advance or Fixed CD Rate Advance and at least two Business Days
before the Borrowing Date for each Eurodollar Advance, specifying:
(i) the Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day, of
such Advance,
(ii) the aggregate amount of such Advance,
(iii) the Type of Advance selected, and
(iv) in the case of each Fixed Rate Advance, the Interest
Period applicable thereto.
The Borrower shall be entitled to obtain only one Advance in any single Business
Day, which may be comprised in whole or in part of any Fixed Rate Advance.
Changes in the rate of interest on that portion of any Advance maintained as a
Floating Rate Advance will take effect simultaneously with each change in the
Floating Rate. Each Fixed Rate Advance shall bear interest from and including
the first day of the Interest Period applicable thereto to (but not including)
the last day of such Interest Period at the interest rate determined as
applicable to such Fixed Rate Advance. The Borrower shall select Interest
Periods with respect to Fixed Rate Advances so that it is not necessary to pay a
Fixed Rate Advance prior to the last day of the applicable Interest Period in
order
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to make any mandatory payment required to be made pursuant to Section 2.04
above or to repay the Obligations in full on the Maturity Date.
(b) Each Borrowing Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on the
Borrower and, in respect of the borrowing specified in the Borrowing Notice, the
Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against any loss or expense incurred by
that Lender as a result of any failure to fulfill the applicable conditions set
forth in Section 5.02 on or before the proposed Borrowing Date specified in the
Borrowing Notice, including, without limitation, any loss (including loss of
profit) or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of
deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund the Loan to be made by
that Lender as part of that borrowing when that Loan, as a result of that
failure, is not made on that date.
SECTION 2.10. METHOD OF SELECTING TYPES AND INTEREST PERIODS FOR CONVER-
SION AND CONTINUATION OF ADVANCES.
(a) RIGHT TO CONVERT. The Borrower may elect from time to time, subject
to the provisions of Section 2.10(c), to convert all or any part of an Advance
of any Type into any other Type or Types of Advances; PROVIDED that any
conversion of any Fixed Rate Advance shall be made on, and only on, the last day
of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
(b) AUTOMATIC CONVERSION AND CONTINUATION. Floating Rate Advances shall
continue as Floating Rate Advances unless and until such Floating Rate Advances
are converted into Fixed Rate Advances. Fixed Rate Advances of any Type shall
continue as Fixed Rate Advances of such Type until the end of the then
applicable Interest Period therefor, at which time such Fixed Rate Advance shall
be automatically converted into a Floating Rate Advance unless the Borrower
shall have given the Agent notice in accordance with Section 2.10(d) requesting
that, at the end of such Interest Period, such Fixed Rate Advance either
continue as a Fixed Rate Advance of such Type for the same or another Interest
Period or be converted into an Advance of another Type.
(c) NO CONVERSION IN CASE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT OR UNMATURED DEFAULT.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.10(a) or
2.10(b), no Advance may be converted into or continued as a Fixed Rate Advance
(except with the consent of the Required Lenders) when any Event of Default or
Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing.
(d) CONVERSION/CONTINUATION NOTICE. The Borrower shall give the Agent
irrevocable notice (a "Conversion/Continuation Notice") of each conversion of an
Advance or continuation of a Fixed Rate Advance not later than 10:00 a.m.
(Chicago
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time) on the day of any conversion into a Floating Rate Advance or
Fixed CD Rate Advance or at least two Business Days prior to the date of the
requested conversion into or continuation of a Eurodollar Advance, specifying:
(i) the requested date (which shall be a Business Day of Such
conversion or continuation;
(ii) the amount and Type of the Advance to be converted or
continued; and
(iii) the amount and Type(s) of Advance(s) into which such Advance is
to be converted or continued and, in the case of a conversion into or
continuation of a Fixed Rate Advance, the duration of the Interest
Period applicable thereto.
SECTION 2.11. MINIMUM AMOUNT OF EACH ADVANCE. Each Fixed Rate Advance
shall be in the minimum amount of $5,000,000 (and in multiples of $100,000 if in
excess thereof), and each Floating Rate Advance shall be in the minimum amount
of $500,000 and in multiples of $100,000 if in excess thereof), PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that any Floating Rate Advance may be in the amount of the unused
Aggregate Commitment.
SECTION 2.12. RATE AFTER MATURITY. Except as provided in the next
sentence, any Advance not paid at maturity, whether by acceleration or
otherwise, shall bear interest until paid in full at a rate per annum equal to
the Floating Rate plus 5% per annum. In the case of a Fixed Rate Advance the
maturity of which is accelerated, such Fixed Rate Advance shall bear interest at
the rate otherwise applicable to such Interest Period plus 5% per annum for the
remainder of the applicable Interest Period, and thereafter at the Floating Rate
plus 5% per annum.
SECTION 2.13. METHOD OF PAYMENT. All payments of principal, interest,
and fees hereunder shall be made, without setoff, deduction, or counterclaim, in
immediately available funds to the Agent at the Agent's address specified
pursuant to Article XIII, or at any other Lending Installation of the Agent
specified in writing by the Agent to the Borrower, by 11:00 a.m. (local time) on
the date when due and shall be made ratably among the Lenders. Each payment
delivered to the Agent for the account of any Lender shall be delivered promptly
by the Agent to such Lender in the same type of funds which the Agent received
at its address specified pursuant to Article XIII or at any Lending Installation
specified in a notice received by the Agent from such Lender. The Agent is
hereby authorized to charge any account of the Borrower maintained with First
Chicago for each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due
hereunder. The Agent shall endeavor in good faith to provide telephonic notice
to Borrower
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prior to any such charge, but the Agent shall not be liable to Borrower or any
other Person if Agent fails to provide any such notice. If and to the extent
payment owed to any Lender is not made by the Borrower to the Agent or that
Lender, as the case may be, when due hereunder or under the Note held by that
Lender, the Borrower further authorizes such Lender to charge from time to time
against any or all of the accounts maintained by the Borrower with the Lender,
its subsidiaries, affiliates or branches any amount so due, subject to the
provisions of Article XI.
SECTION 2.14. NOTES; TELEPHONIC NOTICES. Each Lender is hereby
authorized to record the principal amount of each of its Loans and each
repayment on the schedule attached to its Note; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
failure to so record shall not affect the Borrower's obligations under such
Note. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lenders and the Agent to extend,
convert or continue Advances, effect selections of Types of Advances and to
transfer funds based on telephonic notices made by any person or persons the
Agent or any Lender in good faith believes to be acting on behalf of the
Borrower. All actions taken by the Lenders and the Agent upon such telephonic
notices are hereby approved by the Borrower, and the Lenders and the Agent shall
incur no liability as a result of any such actions. The Borrower agrees to
deliver promptly to the Agent a written confirmation, if such confirmation is
requested by the Agent or any Lender, of each telephonic notice signed by an
Authorized Officer. If the written confirmation differs in any material respect
from the action taken by the Agent and the Lenders, the shall govern absent
manifest error.
SECTION 2.15. INTEREST PAYMENT DATES; INTEREST AND FEE BASIS. Interest
accrued on each Floating Rate Advance shall be payable on each Monthly Payment
Date, commencing with the first such date to occur after the date hereof, and on
the Maturity Date. Interest accrued on that portion of the outstanding principal
amount of any Floating Rate Advance converted into a Fixed Rate Advance on a day
other than a Monthly Payment Date shall be payable on the date of conversion.
Interest accrued on each Fixed Rate Advance shall be payable on the last day of
its applicable Interest Period, on any date on which the Fixed Rate Advance is
prepaid, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and at maturity. Interest accrued
on each Fixed Rate Advance having an Interest Period longer than three months
shall also be payable on the last day of each three-month interval during such
Interest Period. Interest on Floating Rate Loans and commitment fees shall be
calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a 365-day year; interest on
Fixed Rate Loans shall be calculated for actual days elapsed on the basis of a
360-day year. Interest shall be payable for the day an Advance is made but not
for the day of any payment on the amount paid if payment is received prior to
noon (local time) at the place of payment. If any payment of principal of or
interest on an Advance shall become due on a day which is not a Business Day,
such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and, in the case
of a principal payment, such
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extension of time shall be included in computing interest in connection with
such payment.
SECTION 2.16. NOTIFICATION OF ADVANCES, INTEREST RATES, PREPAYMENTS AND
COMMITMENT REDUCTIONS. Promptly after receipt thereof, the Agent will notify
each Lender of the contents of each Aggregate Commitment reduction notice,
Borrowing Notice, Conversion/Continuation Notice, and repayment notice received
by it hereunder. The Agent will notify each Lender of the interest rate
applicable to each Fixed Rate Advance promptly upon determination of such
interest rate.
SECTION 2.17. LENDING INSTALLATIONS. Each Lender may book its Loans at
any Lending Installation selected by such Lender and may change its Lending
Installation from time to time. All terms of this Agreement shall apply to any
such Lending Installation and the Notes shall be deemed held by each Lender for
the benefit of such Lending Installation. Each Lender may, by written or telex
notice to the Agent and the Borrower, designate a Lending Installation through
which Loans will be made by it and for whose account Loan payments are to be
made.
SECTION 2.18. NON-RECEIPT OF FUNDS BY THE AGENT. Unless the Borrower or
a Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Agent prior to the date on which it
is scheduled to make payment to the Agent of (i) in the case of a Lender, the
proceeds of a Loan or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, a payment of principal,
interest or fees to the Agent for the account of the Lenders, that it does not
intend to make such payment, the Agent may assume that such payment has been
made. The Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the amount of such
payment available to the intended recipient in reliance upon such assumption. If
such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, has not in fact made such
payment to the Agent, the recipient of such payment shall, on demand by the
Agent, repay to the Agent the amount so made available together with interest
thereon in respect of each day during the period commencing on the date such
amount was so made available by the Agent until the date the Agent recovers such
amount at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of payment by a Lender, the
Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day or (ii) in the case of payment by the
Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loan.
SECTION 2.19. WITHHOLDING TAX EXEMPTION.19. WITHHOLDING TAX EXEMPTION.
At least five Business Days prior to the first date on which interest or fees
are payable hereunder for the account of any Lender, each Lender that is not
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America, or a state thereof,
agrees that it will deliver to each of the Borrower and the Agent two duly
completed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form 1001 or 4224,
certifying in either case that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under
this Agreement and the Notes without deduction or withholding of any United
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federal income taxes. Each Lender which so delivers a Form 1001 or 4224 further
undertakes to deliver to each of the Borrower and the Agent two additional
copies of such form (or a successor form) on or before the date that such form
expires (currently, three successive calendar years for Form 1001 and one
calendar year for Form 4224) or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any
event requiring a change in the most recent forms so delivered by it, and such
amendments thereto or extensions or renewals thereof as may be reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Agent, in each case certifying that such Lender
is entitled to receive payments under this Agreement and the Notes without
deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, unless an
event (including without limitation any change in treaty, law or regulation) has
occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be
required which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent such
Lender from duly completing and delivering any such form with respect to it and
such Lender advises the Borrower and the Agent that it is not capable of
receiving payments without any deduction or withholding of United States federal
income tax.
SECTION 2.20. UNCONDITIONAL OBLIGATION TO MAKE PAYMENTS. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, the Borrower shall make all payments hereunder, under
the Notes and under all of the other Loan Documents regardless of any defense or
counterclaim, including any defense or counterclaim based on any law, rule or
policy which is now or hereafter promulgated by any governmental authority or
regulatory body and which may adversely affect the Borrower's obligations to
make, or the right of the holder of any Note to receive, those payments.
SECTION 2.21. COMPENSATING BALANCES. First Chicago shall have the right
(but no obligation) to enter into a separate agreement with the Borrower which
provides for the reduction of the interest rate payable to First Chicago
hereunder in the event that the Borrower maintains collected balances in
non-interest bearing accounts at First Chicago, but in no event shall such
agreement affect the amounts payable under this Agreement to any other Lender.
Similarly, each other Lender shall have the right (but no obligation) to enter
into a separate agreement with the Borrower which provides for the rebate to
Borrower of a portion of the interest paid to such Lender under this Agreement
in the event that the Borrower maintains collected balances in non-interest
bearing accounts at such Lender, but in no event shall any such agreement affect
the amounts payable under this Agreement to such Lender.
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ARTICLE III
CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES
SECTION 3.01. YIELD-PROTECTION. If any law or any governmental or
quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or
not having the force of law), or any interpretation thereof, or the compliance
of any Lender therewith,
(i) subjects any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation to
any tax, duty, charge or withholding on or from payments due from the
Borrower (excluding federal taxation of the overall net income of any
Lender or applicable Lending Installation), or changes the basis of
taxation of payments to any Lender in respect of its Loans or other
amounts due it hereunder, or
(ii) imposes or increases or deems applicable any reserve,
assessment, insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit
extended by, any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation (other
than reserves and assessments taken into account in determining the
interest rate applicable to Fixed Rate Advances), or
(iii) imposes any other condition the result of which is to increase
the cost to any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation of making,
funding or maintaining loans or reduces any amount receivable by any
Lender or any applicable Lending Installation in connection with loans,
or requires any Lender or any applicable Lending Installation to make
any payment calculated by reference to the amount of loans held or
interest received by it, by an amount deemed material by such Lender,
then, within 15 days of demand by such Lender, the Borrower shall pay such
Lender that portion of such increased expense incurred or reduction in an amount
received which such Lender determines is attributable to making, funding and
maintaining its Loans and its Commitment.
SECTION 3.02. CHANGES IN CAPITAL ADEQUACY REGULATIONS. If a Lender
determines the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such
Lender, any Lending Installation of such Lender or any corporation controlling
such Lender is increased as a result of a Change, then, within 15 days of demand
by such Lender, the Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount necessary to
compensate for any shortfall in the rate of return on the portion of such
increased capital which such Lender determines is attributable to this
Agreement, its Loans or its obligation to make Loans hereunder (after taking
into account such Lender's policies as to capital adequa-
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cy). "Change" means (i) any change after the date of this Agreement in the
Risk-Based Capital Guidelines or (ii) any adoption of or change in any other
law, governmental or quasi-governmental rule, regulation, policy, guideline,
interpretation, or directive (whether or not having the force of law) after the
date of this Agreement which affects the amount of capital required or expected
to be maintained by any Lender or any Lending Installation or any corporation
controlling any Lender or any Lending Institution. "Risk-Based Capital
Guidelines" means (i) the risk-based capital guidelines in effect in the United
States on the date of this Agreement, including transition rules, and (ii) the
corresponding capital regulations promulgated by regulatory authorities outside
the United States implementing the July 1988 report of the Basle Committee on
Banking Regulation and Supervisory Practices entitled "International Convergence
of Capital Measurements and Capital Standards," including transition rules, and
any amendments to such regulations adopted prior to the date of this Agreement.
SECTION 3.03. AVAILABILITY OF TYPES OF ADVANCES. If any Lender
determines that maintenance of its Eurodollar Loans at a suitable Lending
Installation would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive,
whether or not having the force of law, or if the Agent determines that (i)
deposits of a type and maturity appropriate to match fund Fixed Rate Advances
are not available or (ii) the interest rate applicable to a Type of Advance does
not accurately reflect the cost of making or maintaining such Advance, then the
Agent shall suspend the availability of the affected Type of Advance and require
any Fixed Rate Advances of the affected Type to be repaid or to be converted (in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement) to any Type of Advance which is not
affected and is then available under this Agreement.
SECTION 3.04. FUNDING INDEMNIFICATION. If any payment of a Fixed Rate
Advance occurs on a date which is not the last day of the applicable Interest
Period, whether because of acceleration, prepayment or otherwise, or a Fixed
Rate Advance is not made on the date specified by the Borrower for any reason
other than default by the Lenders, the Borrower will indemnify each Lender for
any loss or cost incurred by it resulting therefrom, including, without
limitation, any loss or cost in liquidating or employing deposits acquired to
fund or maintain the Fixed Rate Advance.
SECTION 3.05. LENDER STATEMENTS: SURVIVAL OF INDEMNITY. To the extent
reasonably possible, each Lender shall designate an alternate Lending
Installation with respect to its Fixed Rate Loans to reduce any liability of the
Borrower to such Lender under Sections 3.01 and 3.02 or to avoid the
unavailability of a Type of Advance under Section 3.03, so long as such
designation is not disadvantageous to such Lender. Each Lender shall deliver a
written statement of such Lender as to the amount due, if any, under Sections
3.01, 3.02 or 3.04. Such written statement shall set forth in reasonable detail
the calculations upon which such Lender determined such amount and shall be
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final, conclusive and binding on the Borrower in the absence of manifest error.
Determination of amounts payable under such Sections in connection with a Fixed
Rate Loan shall be calculated as though each Lender funded its Fixed Rate Loan
through the purchase of a deposit of the type and maturity corresponding to the
deposit used as a reference in determining the Fixed Rate applicable to such
Loan, whether in fact that is the case or not. Unless otherwise provided herein,
the amount specified in the written statement shall be payable on demand after
receipt by the Borrower of the written statement. The obligations of the
Borrower under Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 3.04 shall survive payment of the
Obligations and termination of this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The entities comprising the Borrower jointly and severally represent and
warrant to each of the Lenders that:
SECTION 4.01. ORGANIZATION, POWERS, ETC. Each Borrower (i) is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under laws of
its state of incorporation, (ii) has the power and authority to own or hold
under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease and to carry
on its business as now conducted, (iii) is duly qualified or licensed to
transact business in every jurisdiction in which such qualification or licensing
is necessary to enable it to enforce all of its material contracts and other
material rights and to avoid any material penalty or forfeiture.
SECTION 4.02. AUTHORIZATION AND VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT, ETC. The
Borrower has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the
Notes and the other Loan Documents and to perform all its obligations
thereunder. The execution and delivery by each of the entities comprising the
Borrower of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents and the
performance by the Borrower of all its obligations thereunder and any and all
actions taken by the Borrower (i) have been duly authorized by all requisite
corporate action, (ii) will not violate or be in conflict with (a) any
provisions of law (including, without limitation, any applicable usury or
similar law), (b) any order, rule, regulation, writ, judgment, injunction,
decree or award of any court or other agency of government, or (c) any provision
of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws, (iii) will not violate, be in
conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with or without the giving
of notice or the passage of time or both) a default under any material
indenture, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it
or any of its properties or assets is or may be bound, and (iv) except as
otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, will not result in the creation or
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imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon, or any security interest in,
any of its properties or assets. Each of this Agreement, the Notes and the other
Loan Documents has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower. The Loan
Documents constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower
enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally.
SECTION 4.03. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The Borrower heretofore has provided
to the Lenders the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of November 30, 1995, and the related consolidated statements of
earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows for the 12-minth period ended on
that date, audited and reported upon by KPMG Peat Marwick, independent certified
public accountants (the "Audited Financial Statements"). Those financial
statements and reports, and the related notes and schedules (if any), (a) were
prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied throughout the respective periods covered
thereby, (b) present fairly the consolidated financial condition of the Company
and its Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof, (c) show all material
liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of
those dates (including, without limitation, liabilities for taxes and material
commitments), and (d) present fairly the consolidated results of operations of
the Company and its Subsidiaries for the respective periods covered thereby.
SECTION 4.04. NO MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT Since the date of the Audited
Financial Statements, no Event has occurred which has had or could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no material unrealized or
expected losses in connection with loans, advances and other commitments of the
Borrower.
SECTION 4.05. TITLE TO PROPERTIES. Schedule V hereto contains a complete
and accurate list of all Real Estate owned by the Borrower, except those
properties (i) acquired or disposed of by the Borrower after November 30, 1994
in the ordinary course of business or (ii) the loss or forfeiture of which
individually or in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect. The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable fee title, or title
insurable by a reputable and nationally recognized title insurance company, to
the Real Estate owned by it listed in Schedule V hereto, and to all the other
assets owned by it and either reflected on the balance sheet and related notes
and schedules most recently delivered by the Borrower to the Lenders (the
"Recent Balance Sheet") or acquired by it after the date of that balance sheet
and prior to the date hereof, except (x) for those properties and assets which
have been disposed of since the date of that balance sheet or which no longer
are used or useful in the
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conduct of its business and (y) that good and marketable fee title, or title
insurable by a reputable and nationally recognized title insurance company, to
the properties designated as "Arbor Lake," "Park View Apartments," "Oak Tree
Apartments," and "Tree House Apartments" in Schedule V and to certain of the
properties located in Arizona listed in Schedule V is held by the Persons and in
the manner described in Schedule V hereto. All such Real Estate and other assets
owned by the Borrower (including the properties referred to in clause (y) above)
are free and clear of all Mortgages, pledges, liens, charges and other
encumbrances, except (i) in the case of Real Estate, as reflected on title
insurance policies insuring the interest of the Borrower in the Real Estate or
in title insurance binders issued with respect to the Real Estate (some of which
title insurance binders have expired but were valid at the time of acquisition
of the relevant Real Estate), (ii) as reflected in the Recent Balance Sheet, and
none of those Mortgages, pledges, liens, charges or other encumbrances,
individually or in the aggregate, prevents or has a Material Adverse Effect upon
the use by the Borrower of any of their respective properties or assets as
currently conducted or as planned for the future.
SECTION 4.06. LITIGATION There is no action, suit, proceeding,
arbitration, inquiry or investigation (whether or not purportedly on behalf of
the Borrower) pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened
against or affecting the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower is not in
default with respect to any final judgment, writ, injunction, decree, rule or
regulation of any court or federal, state, municipal or other governmental
department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or
foreign, which default would or could have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Borrower. The Borrower has no material contingent obligations not provided for
or disclosed in the Audited Financial Statements.
SECTION 4.07. PAYMENT OF TAXES. There have been filed all federal, state
and local tax returns with respect to the operations of the Borrower which are
required to be filed, including federal tax returns for the fiscal year ended
November 30, 1995 and all prior fiscal years of the Borrower, except where
extensions of time to make those filings have been granted by the appropriate
taxing authorities and the extensions have not expired. The Borrower has paid or
caused to be paid to the appropriate taxing authorities all taxes as shown on
those returns and on any assessment received by any of them, to the extent that
those taxes have become due, except for taxes the failure to pay which do not
violate the provisions of Section 6.03 hereof. The Internal Revenue Service has
completed an examination of the Company's federal income tax returns for the
years ended 1980 through 1991, and Borrower has paid all additional taxes,
assessments, interest and penalties with respect to such years.
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SECTION 4.08. AGREEMENTS Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is a
party to any agreement or instrument or is subject to any charter or other
restriction that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on it. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in material default in the
performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or
conditions contained in any material agreement or instrument to which it is a
party and consummation of the transactions will not cause any Borrower to be in
material default thereof.
SECTION 4.09. FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT REGULATIONS. Neither the making
of the Advances nor the repayment thereof nor any other transaction contemplated
hereby will involve or constitute a violation by the Borrower of any provision
of the Foreign Direct Investment Regulations of the United States Department of
Commerce or of any license, ruling, order, or direction of the Secretary of
Commerce thereunder.
SECTION 4.10. FEDERAL RESERVE REGULATIONS
(a) The Borrower is not engaged principally, or as one of its important
activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying any margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U or Regulation X of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States).
Margin stock (as defined in Regulation U) constitutes less than 25% of those
assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which are subject to any limitation
on sale, pledge, or other restriction hereunder.
(b) No part of the proceeds of any of the Advances will be used to
purchase or carry any such margin stock or to extend credit to others for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock. If requested by the
Lenders, the Borrower shall furnish to the Lenders a statement in conformity
with the requirements of Federal Reserve Form U-l referred to in Regulation U of
said Board of Governors. No part of the proceeds of the Advances will be used
for any purpose that violates, or which is inconsistent with, the provisions of
Regulation X of said Board of Governors.
SECTION 4.11. CONSENTS, ETC.. Except as set forth on Schedule VI, no
order, license, consent, approval, authorization of, or registration,
declaration, recording or filing (except for the filing of a Current Report on
Form 8-K, and a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in each case with the Securities
and Exchange Commission) with, or validation of, or exemption by, any
governmental or public authority (whether federal, state or local, domestic or
foreign) or any subdivision thereof is required in connection with, or as a
condition precedent to, the due and valid execution, delivery and performance by
Borrower of this Agreement, the Notes or the other Loan Documents, or the
legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any of the respective
terms, provi-
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sions or conditions thereof. To the extent that any franchises, licenses,
certificates, authorizations, approvals or consents from any federal, state or
local (domestic or foreign) government, commission, bureau or agency are
required for the acquisition, ownership, operation or maintenance by the
Borrower of properties now owned, operated or maintained by it, those
franchises, licenses, certificates, authorizations, approvals and consents have
been validly granted, are in full force and effect and constitute valid and
sufficient authorization therefor.
SECTION 4.12. COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS. The Borrower and its
Subsidiaries are in compliance with and conform to all statutes, laws,
ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, restrictions and all other legal
requirements of all domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality
thereof having jurisdiction over the conduct of their respective businesses or
the ownership of their respective properties, the violation of which would have
a Material Adverse Effect on it, including, without limitation, regulations of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Interstate
Land Sales Full Disclosure Act and the Florida Land Sales Act. Neither the
Borrower nor any Subsidiary has received any notice to the effect that its
operations are not in material compliance with any of the requirements of
applicable federal, state and local environmental, health and safety statutes
and regulations or the subject of any federal or state investigation evaluating
whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any toxic or
hazardous waste or substance into the environment, which non-compliance or
remedial action could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.13. RELATIONSHIP OF THE BORROWER. The entities comprising the
Borrower are engaged as an integrated group in the business of owning,
developing and selling Real Estate and of providing the required services,
credit and other facilities for those integrated operations. The Borrower
requires financing on such a basis that funds can be made available from time to
time to such entities, to the extent required for the continued successful
operation of their integrated operations. The Advances to be made to the
Borrower under this Agreement are for the purpose of financing the integrated
operations of the Borrower, and each of the entities comprising the Borrower
expects to derive benefit, directly or indirectly, from the Advances, both
individually and as a member of the integrated group, since the financial
success of the operations of each Borrower is dependent upon the continued
successful performance of the integrated group as a whole.
SECTION 4.14. SUBSIDIARIES; JOINT VENTURES. Schedule VII hereto contains
a complete and accurate list of (i) all Subsidiaries, including, with respect of
each Subsidiary, (a) its state of incorporation, (b) all jurisdictions (if any)
in which it is qualified as a foreign corporation, (c) the number of shares of
its capital stock outstanding, and
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(d) the number and percentage of those shares owned by the Company and/or by any
other Subsidiary, and (ii) each Unconsolidated Joint Venture, including, with
respect to each such Unconsolidated Joint Venture, (a) its jurisdiction of
organization, (b) all other jurisdictions in which it is qualified as a foreign
entity and (c) all Persons other than the Borrower that are parties thereto. All
the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary are validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, except as otherwise provided by state wage claim
laws of general applicability. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of
each Subsidiary owned by the Borrower as specified in Schedule VII are owned
free and clear of all liens, pledges, security interests, equity or other
beneficial interests, charges and encumbrances of any kind whatsoever. None of
the entities comprising the Borrower owns of record or beneficially any shares
of the capital stock of any corporation (other than UAMC, LFC, AFSI, STI, TIC,
the Limited Purpose Finance Subsidiaries and the other Subsidiaries the equity
Securities of which have been pledged to the Agent pursuant to the terms of
Section 7.05) that is not a Borrower.
SECTION 4.15. ERISA. The Borrower is not executing or delivering any of
the Loan Documents or entering into any of the transactions contemplated hereby,
directly or indirectly, in connection with any arrangement or understanding in
any respect involving any "employee benefit plan" with respect to which the
Borrower is a "party in interest" within the meaning of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, or a "disqualified person", within the meaning of
the Internal Revenue Code 1986, as amended. No Unfunded Liabilities exist with
respect to any Single Employer Plans. Each Plan complies in all material
respects with all applicable requirements of law and regulations, no Reportable
Event has occurred with respect to any Plan, neither the Borrower nor any other
members of the Controlled Group has withdrawn from any Plan or initiated steps
to do so, and no steps have been taken to reorganize or terminate any Plan.
SECTION 4.16. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT. Neither the Borrower nor any
Subsidiary thereof is an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an
"investment company", within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
SECTION 4.17. PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT. Neither the Borrower
nor any Subsidiary is a "holding company" or a "subsidiary company" of a
"holding company", or an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or of a "subsidiary
company" of a "holding company", within the meaning of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
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SECTION 4.18. SUBORDINATED DEBT. The Obligations constitute senior
indebtedness which is entitled to the benefits of the subordination provisions
of all outstanding Subordinated Debt.
SECTION 4.19. POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS. The present value of the
expected cost of post-retirement medical and insurance benefits payable by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries to its employees and former employees, as
estimated by the Borrower in accordance with procedures and assumptions deemed
reasonable by the Required Lenders, does not exceed $ -0- .
SECTION 4.20. INSURANCE. The certificate signed by the President or
Chief Financial Officer of the Company, that attests to the existence and
adequacy of, and summarizes, the property, casualty, and liability insurance
programs carried by the Borrower and that has been furnished by the Borrower to
the Agent and the Lenders, is complete and accurate. This summary includes the
insurer's or insurers' name(s), policy number(s), expiration date(s), amount(s)
of coverage, type(s) of coverage, exclusion(s), and deductibles. This summary
also includes similar information, and describes any reserves, relating to any
self-insurance program that is in effect.
SECTION 4.21. ENVIRONMENTAL REPRESENTATIONS To the best of the
Borrower's knowledge and belief, no Hazardous Substances in violation of any
Environmental Laws are present upon any of the Real Estate owned by Borrower or
any Real Estate which is encumbered by any Mortgage held by Borrower, and the
Borrower has not received any notice to the effect that any of the Real Estate
owned by Borrower or any its operations are not in compliance with any of the
requirements of applicable Environmental Laws or are the subject of any federal
or state investigation evaluating whether any remedial organization is needed to
respond to a release of any Hazardous Substance into the environment which, in
either case, could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.22. NO MISREPRESENTATION No representation or warranty
contained herein or made hereunder and no certificate, schedule, exhibit, report
or other document provided or to be provided in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the negotiation of and
compliance with the Loan Documents) contains or will contain a misstatement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein in
order to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which made, not misleading.
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ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
SECTION 5.01. CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS. This Agreement shall become
effective when the Agent shall have received counterparts of this Agreement
executed by the Borrower and each of the Lenders; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Lenders shall not be required to make the initial Advance hereunder, unless and
until the Agent shall have received each of the documents specified in
subsections (a) - (l) below (with all documents required below, except as
otherwise specified, to be dated the date of receipt thereof by the Agent, which
date shall be the same for all such documents, and each of such documents to be
in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, and (except for the Notes) to
be in sufficient copies for each Lender), and the conditions specified in
subsections (m) and (n) below shall have been satisfied:
(a) Estoppel letters from the Bridge Lenders which set forth all amounts
owed by the Bridge Borrower under the Bridge Loans.
(b) The Notes evidencing the Loans to be made hereunder.
(c) The favorable written opinion by Rubin Baum Levin Constant Friedman
& Bilzin, counsel for the Borrower, dated the Effective Date, addressed to the
Lenders and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, (i) confirming the
accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 4.01
(excluding clause (ii) thereof, and limited, in the case of clause (iii)
thereof, to the jurisdictions listed under the heading "Where Qualified" in
Schedule VII hereto), 4.02, 4.06, 4.11, 4.12 and the second sentence of Section
4.08 hereof, (which opinion, as to the representations set forth in clauses
(ii)(b), (iii) and (iv) of Section 4.02, Sections 4.06, 4.11, 4.12 and the
second sentence of Section 4.08 hereof, may be to the best knowledge of such
counsel, and may in its entirety be limited to Florida, Arizona, Delaware,
Texas, California, and United States federal law); and (ii) to the effect that
this Agreement, the Notes and the Pledge Agreement have been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Borrower. Such counsel may rely, in its opinion,
on the opinions of special counsel to the Borrower referred to in Section
5.01(d) below, as to matters of law of the State of Illinois, and on the opinion
of Fennemore, Craig of Phoenix, Arizona as to matters of law of the State of
Arizona, and the opinions of Arter & Hadden and Ronquillo & DeWolf, P.C. as to
matters of law of the State of Texas, and the opinion of Palmieri, Tyler,
Wiener, Wilhelm & Waldron as to matters of law of the State of California. The
Borrower hereby instructs its counsel to prepare its opinion and deliver it to
Lenders for their benefit, and such opinion shall contain a statement to such
effect.
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(d) The favorable written opinion of Rudnick & Wolfe, special counsel to
the Borrower, that (i) no authorization, consent, approval, license or exemption
of, or filing nor registration with or other action by any Illinois, United
States federal or Delaware governmental department, commission, board, bureau,
regulatory body, agency or instrumentality or to the best knowledge of such
counsel, any court is or will be necessary for the execution, delivery and
performance by the Borrower of this Agreement, the Notes and the Pledge
Agreement and (ii) this Agreement, the Notes and the Pledge Agreement constitute
the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms, except as the rights and remedies of the
Lenders thereunder may be limited by (A) applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency and other laws effecting creditors' rights generally from time to
time in effect, (B) the exercise of the discretionary powers of the court before
which any proceeding seeking equitable remedies (including, without limitation,
specific performance and injunctive relief) may be brought, and (C) such other
qualifications expressed in the opinion PROVIDED that such qualifications are
acceptable to Agent. Such counsel may rely on the opinion of counsel to the
Borrower delivered pursuant to subsection (c) above relating to the
representations set forth in Sections 4.01 and 4.02 hereof. The Borrower hereby
instructs its special counsel to prepare its opinion and deliver it to Lenders
for their benefit, and such opinion shall contain a statement to such effect.
(e) The favorable written opinion of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler
Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., special counsel to the Agent and the Lenders, dated
the Effective Date, addressed to the Lenders to the effect that: while it has
not independently considered the matters covered by the opinions provided
pursuant to Sections 5.01(c) and (d) to the extent necessary to enable it to
express the conclusions stated therein, those opinions of counsel and the other
documents provided pursuant to this Section 5.01 are substantially responsive to
the requirements of this Agreement.
(f) The following supporting documents with respect to each Borrower:
(i) a copy of its certificate of incorporation, certified as of a date
reasonably close to the Effective Date to be a true and accurate copy by the
Secretary of State of its state of incorporation, or a certificate of its
Secretary or Assistant Secretary to the effect that there have been no
amendments to its certificate of incorporation since December 29, 1986; (ii) a
certificate of that Secretary of State, dated as of a date reasonably close to
the Effective Date, as to its existence and (if available) good standing; (iii)
a certificate of the Secretary of State of each jurisdiction, other than its
state of incorporation, in which it does business, as to its qualification as a
foreign corporation; (iv) a copy of its by-laws, certified by its Secretary or
Assistant Secretary to be a true and accurate copy of its by-laws in effect on
the Effective Date; (v) a certificate of its Secretary or Assistant Secretary,
dated the Effective Date, as to the incumbency and signatures of its officers
who have executed any documents in connection with the transactions contem-
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plated by this Agreement; (vi) a copy of resolutions of the Executive Committee
of its Board of Directors, certified by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary to
be a true and accurate copy of resolutions duly adopted by such Executive
Committee that are in full force and effect on the Effective Date, authorizing
the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan
Documents and the performance by it of all its obligations thereunder; and (vii)
such additional supporting documents and other information with respect to its
operations and affairs as the Agent may reasonably request.
(g) A certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of each Borrower
stating that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained
in Article IV hereof are correct and accurate on and as of the date of that
certificate as though made on and as of that date and (ii) no event has occurred
and is continuing which constitutes an Event of Default or Unmatured Default
hereunder.
(h) The Borrowing Base report for the fiscal year end November 30, 1995,
as required pursuant to Section 6.04(j).
(i) A report from the Borrower with respect to all Income Producing
Properties included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base that provides all
such information as the Agent may require with respect to each such property,
including, without limitation, the name, type and size (square feet, number of
units or number of rooms, as applicable), the current leasing or occupancy
status, the year-to-date average daily rate and year-to-date occupancy for each
hotel property, and the operating cash flow (operating revenues less appropriate
market rate management fees and all other operating expenses except depreciation
and capital expenditures) for the most recently completed four fiscal quarters.
(j) Written money transfer instructions, in substantially the form of
Exhibit B hereto, signed by an Authorized Officer, together with such other
related money transfer authorizations as the Agent may reasonably request.
(k) The Intercreditor Agreement.
(l) Such other documents as any Lender or its counsel may reasonably
request.
(m) There shall not have occurred any changes in the consolidated
financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower from that reflected
in the financial statements dated November 30, 1995 which has or reasonably
could be expected to
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have, in the judgment of the Required Lenders, a Material Adverse Effect on the
Borrower's operations, taken as a whole.
(n) The Bridge Loans shall have been simultaneously repaid in full from
the proceeds of the initial Advance hereunder and the Bridge Credit Agreement
terminated in accordance with the terms thereof.
SECTION 5.02. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO ALL BORROWINGS
(a) The Lenders shall not be required to make any Loan, unless on the
applicable Borrowing Date:
(i) the Agent shall have received notice of Borrower's request for
the Advance with respect thereto as provided in Section 2.09(a) and such
other approvals, opinions or documents as the Agent may reasonably
request; and
(ii) the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in
Article IV hereof are true and correct as of such Borrowing Date;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for the purposes hereof, (A) from and after the
date of delivery by the Borrower pursuant to Section 6.04(a) of their
consolidated financial statements for the year ended November 30, 1995,
the references in Section 4.03 to "Audited Financial Statements" shall
be deemed to be references to the annual audited financial statements
most recently delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 6.04(a) as
of the date of the request for an Advance; and (B) from and after that
date of delivery by the Borrower pursuant to Section 6.04(b) of its
consolidated financial statements for the quarter ended August 31, 1995,
the references in Section 4.03 to "Unaudited Financial Statements" shall
be deemed to be references to the quarterly unaudited financial
statements most recently delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section
6.04(b) as of the date of that request for an Advance; and
(iii) All legal matters incident to the making of such Advance shall
be satisfactory to the Lenders and their counsel; and
(iv) There exists no Event of Default or Unmatured Default; and
(v) The making of the Advance will not cause the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes to exceed the Borrowing Base, nor will the
making of the Advance result in any Event of Default or Unmatured
Default.
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(b) Each Borrowing Notice with respect to each such Advance shall
constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that all of the
conditions contained in Section 5.02 have been satisfied.
ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that from the date hereof until
payment in full of all the Obligations, unless the Required Lenders otherwise
shall consent in writing as provided in Section 13.06 hereof, the Borrower will,
and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 6.01. EXISTENCE, PROPERTIES, ETC. Do or cause to be done all
things or proceed with due diligence with any actions or courses of action which
may be necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence
under the laws of their respective states of incorporation and all
qualifications or licenses in jurisdictions in which such qualification or
licensing is required for the conduct of its business or in which the Lenders
shall request such qualification; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing herein shall
be deemed to prohibit any Borrower other than the Company from (i) merging into
or consolidating with any other Borrower (including the Company, if the Company
is the surviving entity) or (ii) declaring and paying dividends in complete
liquidation. The Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, carry on and
conduct its business in substantially the same manner and in substantially the
same fields of enterprise as it is presently conducted and maintain all
requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its
business is conducted. The primary business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries
shall at all times be the acquisition, development, management, rental and/or
sale of real estate assets and/or the provision of financial services.
SECTION 6.02. NOTICE of (i) any proceeding instituted by or against the
Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in any federal or state court or before any
commission or other regulatory body, federal, state or local, or any such
proceedings threatened against the Borrower in writing by any federal, state or
other governmental agency, which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Borrower, and (ii) any other
Event which may lead to or result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Borrower,
or which, with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both,
would constitute an Event of Default or a default under any material agreement
other than this
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Agreement to which the Borrower is a party or by which any of its properties or
assets is or may be bound.
SECTION 6.03. PAYMENTS OF DEBTS, TAXES, ETC Pay all its debts and
perform all its obligations promptly and in accordance with the respective terms
thereof, and pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged promptly all
taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Borrower
or upon its incomes or receipts or upon any of its properties before the same
shall become in default or past due, as well as all lawful claims for labor,
materials and supplies or otherwise which, if unpaid, might result in the
imposition of a lien or charge upon such properties or any part thereof;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that it shall not constitute a violation of the provisions of
this Section 6.03 if the Borrower shall fail to perform any such obligation or
to pay any such debt (except for obligations for money borrowed), tax,
assessment, governmental charge or levy or claim for labor, materials or
supplies which is being contested in good faith, by proper proceedings
diligently pursued, and as to which adequate reserves have been provided.
SECTION 6.04. ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS Maintain a standard system of
accounting established and administered in accordance with Agreement Accounting
Principles, and provide to the Lenders the following:
(a) as soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing with the fiscal year ending
November 30, 1995), a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of that fiscal year and the related consolidated
statements of earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows for that fiscal
year, all with accompanying notes and schedules, prepared in accordance with
United States generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and
audited and reported upon by KPMG Peat Marwick or another firm of independent
certified public accountants of recognized standing selected by the Borrower and
acceptable to the Agent (such audit report shall be unqualified except for
qualifications relating to changes in United States generally accepted
principles of accounts and required or approved by the Borrower's independent
certified public accountants);
(b) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end
of each of the first three quarters, and within 120 days after the end of the
fourth quarter, of each fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing with the quarter
ending November 30, 1995), a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of that quarter, and the related consolidated
statement of earnings of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the period from
the beginning of the fiscal year to the end of that quarter, all prepared in
accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
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principles consistently applied, unaudited but certified to be true and
accurate, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments, by the chief financial
officer of the Company;
(c) within 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarters,
and within 120 days after the end of the fourth quarter, of each fiscal year of
the Borrower (commencing with the quarter ending November 30, 1995), (i) a
consolidating balance sheet of the Borrower (in a form acceptable to the Agent)
as of the end of that quarter and the related consolidating statement of
earnings of the Borrower (in a form acceptable to the Agent) for the period from
the beginning of the fiscal year to the end of that quarter, and (ii) a
consolidating balance sheet of LFSI (in a form acceptable to the Agent) as of
the end of that quarter and the related consolidating statement of earnings of
LFSI (in a form acceptable to the Agent) for the period from the beginning of
the fiscal year to the end of that quarter, all prepared in accordance with
United States generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied,
unaudited but certified to be true and accurate, subject to normal year-end
audit adjustments, by the chief financial officer of the Company;
(d) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements described
in subsection (a) above, a letter signed by that firm of independent certified
public accountants to the effect that, during the course of their examination,
nothing came to their attention which caused them to believe that any Event of
Default or Unmatured Default has occurred, or if such Event of Default or
Unmatured Default has occurred, specifying the facts with respect thereto; and
concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements described in
subsections (b) and (c) above, a certificate signed by the President or
Executive Vice President and the chief financial officer of the Company to the
effect that, having read this Agreement, and based upon an examination which
they deemed sufficient to enable them to make an informed statement, there does
not exist any Event of Default or Unmatured Default, or if such Event of Default
or Unmatured Default has occurred, specifying the facts with respect thereto;
(e) within 30 days after the end of each calendar month (commencing with
the month ending February 29, 1996), a report, in reasonable detail and in form
and substance satisfactory to the Agent, setting forth, as of the end of the
month, with respect to each Project owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries,
(i) the number of Housing Unit Closings, (ii) the number of Housing Units either
completed or under construction, specifying the number thereof that are
Completed Housing Units, (iii) the number of Housing Units Under Contract;
(f) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower
(commencing with the fiscal year ending November 30, 1995), (i) a schedule of
all Real Estate owned by the Borrower in the form of Schedule V annexed hereto
or as other-
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wise required by Agent, which schedule, in addition to providing all
the categories of information specified in Schedule V, shall specify those
properties the interest and carrying charges attributable to which are being
deducted, for financial reporting purposes, for the fiscal year in which they
are paid and shall contain all such other information as Agent shall require,
(ii) a schedule listing each Mortgage Receivable held by the Borrower having an
outstanding principal balance exceeding $100,000 as of the end of that fiscal
year, setting forth, in reasonable detail and in form and substance satisfactory
to the Agent, with respect to each such Mortgage Receivable, (A) the name and
address of the Debtor, (B) a description of the Real Estate encumbered by the
Mortgage granted as security therefor, (C) the original sales price of the Real
Estate, (D) the original principal amount of the receivable, (E) the terms of
payment of, and the interest payable on, the receivable and (F) the outstanding
principal balance thereof and the accrued and unpaid interest thereon as of the
end of that fiscal year; and (iii) a report, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to Agent, with respect to all Income Producing Properties included in
the calculation of the Borrowing Base that provides all such information as the
Agent may require with respect to each such property, including, without
limitation, the name, type and size (square feet, number of units or number of
rooms, as applicable) of the property, the year-to-date average daily rate and
year-to-date occupancy for each hotel property, leasing or occupancy reports for
such fiscal year, and operating reports for such fiscal year;
(g) within 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the
Borrower (commencing with the fiscal year beginning December 1, 1995), a
projection, in reasonable detail and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent, on a quarterly basis of the cash flow and of the earnings of the Company
and its Subsidiaries for that fiscal year and for the immediately succeeding
fiscal year;
(h) promptly upon becoming available, copies of all financial
statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent by the Borrower to its
stockholders, and of all regular and periodic reports and other material
(including copies of all registration statements and reports under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended) filed by the Borrower with any securities exchange or any governmental
authority or commission, except material filed with governmental authorities or
commissions relating to the development of Real Estate in the ordinary course of
the business of the Borrower and which does not relate to or disclose any
Material Adverse Effect to the affairs of the Borrower;
(i) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end
of each of the first three quarters, and within 120 days after the end of the
fourth quarter, of each fiscal year of each Unconsolidated Joint Venture, a
balance sheet of that Unconsolidated Joint Venture as of the end of that quarter
and a statement of earnings of that
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Unconsolidated Joint Venture for the period from the beginning of the fiscal
year to the end of that quarter, prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, unaudited but
certified to be true and accurate, subject (in the case of the financial
statements delivered for the first three quarter of each fiscal year) to normal
year-end adjustments, by the chief financial officer of the Company;
(j) within 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarters,
and within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing
with the quarter ending February 29, 1996), a report, in reasonable detail and
in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, with calculations indicating
that the Borrower is in compliance with the provisions of Article VII and, if
the Borrower shall have been required to provide Collateral, Article VIII of
this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Borrower shall
provide to the Lenders (i) a report calculating the Borrowing Base in form and
substance satisfactory to Agent, in which report the Borrower shall include (a)
a report of all accounts receivable from the sales of Housing Units included in
the Borrowing Base, showing all such receivables which remain uncollected on the
tenth (10th) day after the end of the quarter or fiscal year, as the case may
be, and (b) a general description of all Income Producing Properties included in
the calculation of the Borrowing Base and with respect to each of such
properties the Net Book Value and the Net Operating Income for the most recently
completed four fiscal quarters, (ii) a report containing the calculations
necessary to indicate that the Borrower is in compliance with the provisions of
Sections 6.10 and 7.14, including a certification of the outstanding principal
amount of all loans and advances made by the Company to each of the Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and that all such loans and advances
are duly evidenced by the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note in the possession
of Agent, and (iii) a report on investments substantially in the form attached
as Exhibit E hereto. The reports furnished pursuant to this subsection (j) shall
be certified to be true and correct by the Chief Financial Officer of the
Company and shall also contain a representation and warranty by the Borrower
that it is in full compliance with the provisions of Article VII and, if
applicable, Article VIII of this Agreement;
(k) within 270 days after the close of each fiscal year, a statement of
the Unfunded Liabilities of each Single Employer Plan, certified as correct by
an actuary enrolled under ERISA, but the foregoing statement shall be required
only if any Single Employer Plan shall exist;
(l) as soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after the
Borrower knows that any Reportable Event has occurred with respect to any Plan,
a statement, signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, describing
said Reportable Event and the action which the Borrower proposes to take with
respect thereto;
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(m) as soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after receipt by
the Borrower, a copy of (a) any notice or claim to the effect that the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be liable to any Person as a result of the
release by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, or any other Person of any
toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment, and (b) any notice
alleging any violation of any federal, state or local environmental, health or
safety law or regulation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which, in
either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(n) promptly upon the request of the Agent or any Lender, an accurate
legal description with respect to any Real Estate (including, without
limitation, all Income Producing Property) included in the calculation of the
Borrowing Base;
(o) promptly upon the request of the Agent or any Lender, quarterly
operating statements for any Income Producing Property included in the
calculation of the Borrowing Base;
(p) such supplements to the aforementioned documents and additional
information (including, but not limited to, leasing, occupancy and non-financial
information) and reports as the Agent or any Lender may from time to time
reasonably require;
(q) as soon available and in any event within 120 days after the end of
each fiscal year of each Pool (as defined in the definition of "Borrowing
Base"), a balance sheet of such Pool as of the end of such fiscal year and the
related statements of earnings, partners' equity and cash flows for such fiscal
year, all with accompanying notes and schedules, prepared in accordance with
United States generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and
either (i) audited and reported on by an independent firm of certified public
accountants of national standing or (ii) unaudited but certified to be true and
accurate by the chief financial officer of the Company to the best of his
knowledge;
(r) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end
of each of the first three fiscal quarters and within 120 days after the end of
the fourth fiscal quarter of each fiscal year of each Pool, a balance sheet of
each such Pool as of the end of such quarter and the related statements of
earnings and partners' equity of each such Pool for the period from the
beginning of the fiscal year to the end of such quarter, certified to be true
and accurate, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments, by the chief
financial officer of the Company to the best of his knowledge;
(s) prior to or contemporaneously with the making of any investment in
any Unconsolidated Joint Venture, copies of each proposed shareholders'
agreement,
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certificate or articles of incorporation, partnership agreement,
joint venture agreement or similar organizational instrument or agreement,
relating to the formation of each Unconsolidated Joint Venture, and each
material restatement, modification, amendment or supplement thereto; and
(t) concurrently with the quarterly financial statements described in
subsection (b) above following the end of any quarter in which each new
Subsidiary that is to become a Borrower under Section 6.07 hereof was formed,
the Company shall deliver to the Agent (i) revised copies of Schedule I to this
Agreement and Schedule I to the Note, adding thereto the name of such new
Subsidiary, (ii) a revised copy of Schedule VII to this Agreement, adding
thereto the information with respect to such new Subsidiary required by Section
4.14 hereof, (iii) a joinder, in form and content satisfactory to the Agent,
executed by a duly authorized officer of such new Subsidiary, pursuant to which
such Subsidiary agrees to become a Borrower hereunder, assumes all of the
Obligations, and agrees that Schedule I hereto and Schedule I to the Note shall
be amended to include the name of such Subsidiary; (iv) a copy of the
certificate of incorporation or other organizational document of such new
Subsidiary, certified by the secretary of state or other official of the state
or other jurisdiction of its incorporation; and (v) a copy of the bylaws of such
new Subsidiary, certified by the secretary or other appropriate officer or
partner of such Subsidiary.
SECTION 6.05. ACCESS TO PREMISES AND RECORDS. At all reasonable times
and as often as any Lender may reasonably request, permit authorized
representatives and agents designated by that Lender to (i) have access to the
premises of the Borrower and each Subsidiary and to their respective corporate
books and financial records, and all other records relating to their respective
operations and procedures, (ii) make copies of or excerpts from those books and
records and (iii) upon reasonable notice to the Company, discuss the respective
affairs, finances and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with, and
to be advised as to the same by, their respective officers and directors.
SECTION 6.06. MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES AND INSURANCE. Maintain all its
properties and assets in good working order and condition and make all necessary
repairs, renewals and replacements thereof so that its business carried on in
connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times; and maintain or
require to be maintained (i) adequate insurance, by financially sound and
reputable insurers, on all properties of the Borrower which are of character
usually insured by Persons engaged in the same or a similar business (including,
without limitation, all Real Estate encumbered by Mortgages securing mortgage
loans made by the Borrower, to the extent normally required by prudent
mortgagees, and all Real Estate which is subject of an Equity Investment by the
Borrower, to the extent normally carried by prudent builder-develop-
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ers) against loss or damage resulting from fire, defects in title or other risks
insured against by extended coverage and of the kind customarily insured against
by those Persons, (ii) adequate public liability insurance against tort claims
which may be incurred by the Borrower, and (iii) such other insurance as may be
required by law. Upon the request of the Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the
Lenders full information as to the insurance carried. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 6.06, Borrower shall be permitted to
self-insure against all property and casualty risks associated with its
construction of single-family dwelling units up to a maximum aggregate exposure
not to exceed at any time 25% of Tangible Net Worth.
SECTION 6.07. FINANCING; NEW INVESTMENTS. Give the Agent (i) written
notice of any serious negotiations for debt or equity financing or for the
placement of the Borrower's Securities in either a private or public financing,
if any of the foregoing transactions are to be in excess of $1,000,000 in any
one transaction or series of related transactions, (ii) advance written notice
of the formation of any new Significant Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined), the
establishment of any new joint venture or the commencement of any new project or
work-out involving Real Estate not owned by the Borrower as of the Effective
Date, which such new Significant Subsidiary shall become a party to this
Agreement as a Borrower hereunder, effective upon the date of such Subsidiary's
formation, unless all of the issued and outstanding equity Securities of such
Subsidiary are pledged to the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.05 hereof, and (iii)
written notice of the formation of any new Subsidiary which is not a Significant
Subsidiary given not later than ten (10) days after such formation, which new
Subsidiary shall become a party to this Agreement as a Borrower hereunder
effective upon such Subsidiary's formation; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in
this Section 6.07 shall be deemed to authorize the Borrower to enter into any
such transaction if the same would violate any of the limitations set forth in
Article VII hereof. As used in this Section 6.07, the term "Significant
Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of one or more entities comprising the Borrower
in which the Borrower makes investments (whether through the purchase of capital
stock or instruments evidencing debt, advances or loans to such Subsidiary or by
the guaranty of indebtedness of such Subsidiary) in a cumulative amount in
excess of $1,000,000.
SECTION 6.08. COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS. Promptly and fully comply
with, conform to and obey all present and future laws, ordinances, rules,
regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees, awards and all
other legal requirements applicable to the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their
respective properties, including Regulation Z of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, the Federal Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act
and the Florida Land Sales Act, the violation of which would have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Borrower.
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SECTION 6.09. CHANGE IN COLLATERAL. Give the Agent immediate notice of
any material change in the status of any of the Collateral which may be required
hereunder.
SECTION 6.10. ADVANCES TO THE MORTGAGE BANKING SUBSIDIARIES. Cause the
Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries to execute and deliver the Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries Note in order to evidence all loans and advances that now exist or
are hereafter made by the Company to any of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries,
respectively; deposit the original Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note with
Agent; and obtain, prior to or contemporaneously with the execution of this
Agreement, written acknowledgments from each Mortgage Banking Subsidiary that
the aggregate of all loans and advances hereafter made by the Company to such
Mortgage Banking Subsidiary shall be evidenced and governed by the Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries Note held by Agent. At all times the principal amount of
the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note held by Agent must equal or exceed the
aggregate principal amount of all loans and advances made by the Company to
Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries, and upon the request of Agent (but no more
frequently than monthly), the Company shall obtain and deliver to the Agent
specific written acknowledgments from each of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries
to the effect that loans and advances theretofore made by the Company to the
Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries are evidenced by the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries
Note. In the event that after the Effective Date the Borrower organizes or
acquires any Mortgage Banking Subsidiary, such Mortgage Banking Subsidiary
shall, upon such organization or acquisition, join in and become a maker of a
replacement Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note, such new Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries Note shall be deposited with the Agent pursuant to this Section
6.10, and all references in this Agreement to Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries
shall thereafter be deemed references to all such Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries.
SECTION 6.11. USE OF PROCEEDS. Use the proceeds of the Advances for
working capital and general corporate purposes and to finance acquisitions
consummated with the prior approval of the Board of Directors of the Person to
be acquired, and use the initial Advance to repay the amounts outstanding under
the Bridge Loans.
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ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower covenants and agrees that from the date hereof until
payment in full of all the Obligations, unless the Lenders otherwise shall
consent in writing as provided in Section 13.06 hereof, Borrower will not,
either directly or indirectly:
SECTION 7.01. TANGIBLE NET WORTH. Permit the consolidated Tangible Net
Worth of (i) the Borrower and (ii) each Subsidiary whose equity Securities are
pledged to the Lenders pursuant to the Pledge Agreement referred to in Section
7.05 hereof at any time to be less than the sum of (a) $425,000,000, and (b) an
amount equal to 50% of the result obtained by subtracting the after tax net
income of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries, the Limited Purpose Finance
Subsidiaries, STI and TIC from the aggregate net income of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, for each fiscal quarter of the Company ending after August 31,
1994 for which the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, had net
income, and (c) the aggregate net proceeds received by the Borrower after August
31, 1994 from the sale of any of its equity Securities.
SECTION 7.02. RATIO OF LIABILITIES TO ADJUSTED TANGIBLE NET WORTH.
Permit the consolidated Liabilities of the Borrower less the Liabilities of the
Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries, the Limited Purpose Finance Subsidiaries, STI and
TIC (unless such Liabilities are guaranteed by the Borrower), as shown on the
Company's consolidated financial statements, at any time to exceed 200% of the
consolidated Adjusted Tangible Net Worth of the Borrower.
SECTION 7.03. GUARANTIES. Make or suffer to exist any Contingent
Obligation (including, without limitation, any Contingent Obligation with
respect to the obligations of a Subsidiary or joint venture) or otherwise
assume, guarantee or in any way become contingently liable or responsible for
obligations of any other Person, whether by agreement to purchase those
obligations of any other Person, or by agreement for the furnishing of funds
through the purchase of goods, supplies or services (whether by way of stock
purchase, capital contribution, advance or loan) for the purpose of paying or
discharging the obligations of any other Person, except for: (a) guaranties of
obligations of another Borrower issued in the ordinary course of business; (b)
the endorsement of negotiable instruments in the ordinary course of business;
(c) guaranties of performance and completion and performance and completion
bonds issued in connection with the construction of Real Estate developments
owned by the Borrower; (d) guaranties of liabilities incurred by Unconsolidated
Joint Ventures to which the Borrower or an Unconsolidated Joint Venture
Subsidiary is a party, PROVIDED that all such guaranties outstanding at any one
time, when aggregated with all then
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outstanding investments in and loans or advances to Unconsolidated Joint
Ventures of the type referred to in clause (i) of Section 7.05 hereof, do not
exceed $50,000,000 for any single Unconsolidated Joint Venture or, in the
aggregate for all Unconsolidated Joint Ventures, a sum equal to the lesser of
either (i) 33% of the consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Borrower, or (ii)
100% of the net worth of Lennar Homes, Inc. and the other home building
companies indicated by an asterisk on Schedule I, but not less than
$200,000,000. None of the foregoing clauses, however, shall be deemed to permit
the Borrower to guaranty any obligations of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries,
Limited Purpose Finance Subsidiaries, STI or TIC, if any such guaranty would
cause the Borrower to be in violation of Section 7.02 hereof.
SECTION 7.04. SALE OF ASSETS; ACQUISITIONS; MERGER.
(a) Do either of the following: (i) sell any single asset with a book
value of $5,000,000 or more for a sales price which is less than the book value
of that asset, or (ii) sell any single asset with a book value of $10,000,000 or
more; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no event shall the aggregate sales price of all
assets sold or disposed of by the Borrower, other than those sold in the
ordinary course of business, exceed $25,000,000 in any single calendar year.
(b) Do any of the following:
(i) sell, assign, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one
transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of
the assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) of the Company and
the Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) except for the sale of
inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) merge into or consolidate with any other Person or permit any
other Person to merge into or consolidate with it; or
(iii) dissolve, liquidate or wind up its business by operation of law
or otherwise;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Subsidiary or any other Person may merge into or
consolidate with or may dissolve and liquidate into any Borrower, if (and only
if), (1) in the case of a merger or consolidation, a Borrower is the surviving
Person, (2) in the case of a merger or consolidation involving the Company, the
Company is the surviving Person, (3) the character of the business of the
Company and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not be materially
changed by such occurrence, and (4) such occurrence shall not constitute or give
rise to an Event of Default or Unmatured Default
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or a default in respect of any of the covenants contained in any agreement to
which the Company or such Subsidiary is a party or by which its property may be
bound.
(c) Acquire another company unless such company is involved in the
acquisition, development, management, rental and/or sale of real estate assets
and/or the provision of financial services as its primary business.
Nothing contained in this Section 7.04, however, shall restrict any sale
of assets between the entities comprising the Borrower which is in compliance
with all other provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.05. INVESTMENTS. Purchase or otherwise acquire, hold or invest
in the Securities (whether capital stock or instruments evidencing debt) of,
make loans or advances to, enter into any arrangements for the purpose of
providing funds or credit to, or make any Equity Investment in, any Person which
is not either a Borrower on the Effective Date or a Subsidiary which becomes a
Borrower upon the making of the investment, except for: (i) investments in or
loans or advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures to which the Borrower or a
Subsidiary is a party, PROVIDED that (A) all such investments, loans and
advances outstanding at any time, when aggregated with all then outstanding
guaranties of the obligations of Unconsolidated Joint Ventures of the type
referred to in clause (d) of Section 7.03 hereof, do not exceed $50,000,000 for
any single Unconsolidated Joint Venture or, in the aggregate for all
Unconsolidated Joint Ventures, a sum equal to the lesser of either (i) 33% of
the consolidated Tangible Net Worth of the Borrower, or (ii) 100% of the net
worth of Lennar Homes, Inc. and the other home building companies indicated with
an asterisk on Schedule I, but not less than $200,000,000, and (B) with respect
to investments in, or loans and advances to each Unconsolidated Joint Venture
Subsidiary which is not a Borrower, all of the issued and outstanding equity
Securities of such Unconsolidated Joint Venture Subsidiary shall have been
pledged to the Agent pursuant to the terms and provisions of a Pledge Agreement,
substantially in the form of the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement attached
as Exhibit F hereto, and such pledge shall not be prohibited by, or result in a
breach or violation of, any agreement, indenture or other instrument to which
the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or is bound; (ii) advances to or
investments in the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries or the Limited Purpose Finance
Subsidiaries outstanding at any time not exceeding $150,000,000 in the
aggregate; (iii) advances to or investments in STI and TIC outstanding at any
time not exceeding $10,000,000 in the aggregate; and (iv)(A) purchases of direct
obligations of the government of the United States of America, or any agency
thereof, or obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of
America; (B) certificates of deposit of any bank organized or licensed to
conduct a banking business under the laws of the United States or any state
thereof having capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than
$100,000,000; (C) invest-
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ments in commercial paper which, at the time of acquisition by the Borrower, is
accorded an "A" or equivalent rating by Standard & Poor's, Moody's or any other
nationally recognized credit rating agency of similar standing; (D) investments
in publicly traded, readily marketable securities, traded on a recognized
national exchange or over-the-counter, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no more than an
aggregate of $15,000,000, (excluding investments in Sunrise Lakes Phase I Bonds,
Coupon at 7 1/2%, Aggregate face value $4,215,000) may be invested in such
securities; (E) investments in collateralized mortgage obligations and
commercial mortgage-backed securities not exceeding $150,000,000 in the
aggregate, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such $150,000,000 limitation shall not be
applicable to investments to the extent such investments are financed with
Indebtedness other than the Obligations; and (F) Indebtedness of a homebuilding
company to be acquired by the Borrower for the purpose of obtaining control or
specific homebuilding assets of that homebuilding company, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that such Indebtedness is secured by land, homes under construction and/or homes
inventory of such homebuilding company.
SECTION 7.06. DISPOSITION, ENCUMBRANCE OR ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN STOCK.
Sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or pledge, grant a security interest,
equity interest or other beneficial interest in or otherwise encumber any of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of any Mortgage Banking Subsidiary, or
permit any Mortgage Banking Subsidiary to sell, issue or otherwise transfer any
shares of its capital stock to any Person other than the Borrower.
SECTION 7.07. SUBORDINATED DEBT. Directly or indirectly make any payment
of principal or interest with respect to any Subordinated Debt prior to the date
the same is due, or amend or modify the terms of any Subordinated Debt except
for extensions of the due date thereof, or directly or indirectly redeem,
retire, defease, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Subordinated Debt.
SECTION 7.08. HOUSING UNIT. Permit the total number of Housing Units
owned by the Borrower, including Housing Units under construction but excluding
model housing units and Housing Units Under Contract, at any time to exceed the
greater of (i) 50% of the total number of Housing Unit Closings during the
immediately preceding 12-month period, or (ii) 110% of the total number of
Housing Unit Closings during the immediately preceding six-month period.
SECTION 7.09. CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS. Cause, suffer or permit to exist
any Mortgage, security interest or other encumbrance to secure Indebtedness on
any Housing Unit or other building or structure (including, without limitation,
any asset reported as "Construction in Progress" in the financial statements of
the Borrower, but excluding any Income Producing Property and any part thereof)
that is under construc-
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tion on any land owned or leased by the Borrower; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Borrower may cause, suffer or permit to exist purchase money Mortgages having an
aggregate outstanding principal balance not exceeding $10,000,000 at any time on
assets so reported as "Construction in Progress".
SECTION 7.10. LIMITATION ON UNSECURED DEBT. At any time, permit the
aggregate outstanding amount of the sum of (i) all outstanding Indebtedness
under the Notes plus (ii) all other unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower in
excess of $20,000,000, to exceed the Borrowing Base at such time.
SECTION 7.11. NO MARGIN STOCK. Use any of the proceeds of the Advances
to purchase or carry any "margin stock" (as defined in Regulation U).
SECTION 7.12. MORTGAGE BANKING SUBSIDIARIES' CAPITAL RATIO. Permit the
"Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries' Capital Ratio" to exceed, at any time, eight (8)
to one (1). As used in this Section 7.12, the term "Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries' Capital Ratio" shall mean the ratio of the combined total
indebtedness of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries to Adjusted Net Worth (as
defined in Section 7.15 below).
SECTION 7.13. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Enter into any transaction
(including, without limitation, the purchase or sale of any property or service)
with, or make any payment or transfer to, any Affiliate, except in the ordinary
course of business and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Borrower's
or a Subsidiary's business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable
to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than the Borrower or such Subsidiary would
obtain in a comparable arms-length transaction.
SECTION 7.14. RESTRICTIONS ON ADVANCES TO MORTGAGE BANKING SUBSIDIARIES.
(i) Permit any loan or advance to be made by the Borrower to a Mortgage Banking
Subsidiary except for loans and advances from the Company to the Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries which are made under, and evidenced by, the Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries Note that is in the possession of Agent and for which the
Company shall have obtained a written acknowledgment from each Mortgage Banking
Subsidiary that the same are evidenced and governed by the Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries Note; (ii) permit the aggregate amount of all loans and advances
made by the Company to any Mortgage Banking Subsidiary outstanding at any time
to exceed the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all mortgage loans
held for sale by such Mortgage Banking Subsidiary, less the aggregate principal
amount of all promissory notes payable by such Mortgage Banking Subsidiary to
banks or other lenders, and less the aggregate principal amount of all mortgage
loans held for sale by such Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries which are pledged,
assigned or otherwise encumbered, to the extent that said aggregate
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amount exceeds the aggregate principal amount of notes payable by such Mortgage
Banking Subsidiary to banks or other lenders, and (b) 1.5% of the principal
amount of all mortgages serviced by such Mortgage Banking Subsidiary, less any
loans or other financing to such Mortgage Banking Subsidiary associated with the
servicing portfolio (exclusive of those amounts deducted in the calculation
required under clause (a) above) if, and to the extent that, the servicing
rights with respect to such mortgages are not subject to any Lien; (iii) assign,
transfer, pledge, hypothecate or encumber in any way the Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries Note, any interest therein or any sums due or to become due
thereunder; (iv) modify, amend, extend or in any way change the terms of the
Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note; (v) make any principal advances to any
Mortgage Banking Subsidiary, under the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note or
otherwise, at any time after the Agent has been granted a security interest in
the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note except to the extent of any principal
prepayments under the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note in excess of the
mandatory principal payments required thereunder; or (vi) permit a Mortgage
Banking Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or agreements which (a) in any
way restrict the payment of dividends by such Mortgage Banking Subsidiary or (b)
individually, or in the aggregate, impose any restriction on the repayment of
any indebtedness of a Mortgage Banking Subsidiary to any Person (including,
without limitation, the indebtedness payable under the Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries Note) other than a restriction on the payment of the last
$5,000,000 of principal indebtedness of UAMC (i.e., such permitted restriction
shall be applicable only after the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness
owed by UAMC to any Person shall be less than or equal to $5,000,000).
SECTION 7.15. ADJUSTED NET WORTH OF MORTGAGE BANKING SUBSIDIARIES.
Permit the Adjusted Net Worth of the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries at any time
to be less than $40,000,000. For purposes of this Section 7.15, the term
"Adjusted Net Worth" shall mean the combined net worth of the Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries as computed in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles reduced by the amount of intangibles of the Mortgage
Banking Subsidiaries (such as goodwill, purchased servicing, excess servicing,
trademarks), plus two and one-half (2-1/2) times the combined Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries' annualized gross servicing revenue (including service fees, late
fees and other ancillary servicing fees). If and when the Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries cannot maintain Adjusted Net Worth of $40,000,000 as a result of
acquiring servicing, the above computation of Adjusted Net Worth shall be
modified to provide for a multiple of three (3) times annualized gross servicing
revenue (as defined above).
SECTION 7.16. LIENS AND ENCUMBRANCES. Agree with any third party not to
create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien securing a charge or obligation, on
or of any of its property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired.
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ARTICLE VIII
COLLATERAL
SECTION 8.01. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS. Upon the request of the Agent
(which may not be made without the prior written or telegraphic consent from the
Required Lenders and which shall be made upon the written or telegraphic request
of the Required Lenders), the Borrower shall grant the Agent, on behalf of the
Lenders, as security for the payment in full of all the Obligations, (i) First
Mortgages on Real Estate owned by the Borrower and selected by the Agent having
an aggregate Collateral Value not less than the Revolving Collateral Value, and
(ii) a first lien and security interest in the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries
Note; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no event shall the Agent request a security
interest in the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note under clause (ii) above prior
to requesting the First Mortgages under clause (i) above. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary provided in this Agreement, the Borrower agrees that
the security agreement relating to the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note shall
require all principal payments payable under the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries
Note to be made directly to the Agent and applied to the principal outstanding
under the Notes as required under Section 2.04. The Appraised Value of all Real
Estate so selected by the Agent shall be determined by an independent MAI
appraiser selected by the Agent as of a date reasonably close to the date the
particular Collateral is required to be delivered to Agent pursuant to an
appraisal which has been reviewed and approved by the Agent. In selecting any
appraiser and reviewing any appraisal, the Agent shall follow the same
procedures as used in connection with loans held by the Agent for its own
account, and the Agent agrees to communicate and, as appropriate, consult with
the Lenders in connection therewith. Notwithstanding such communication and
consultation, the final determination of the Agent shall govern and control. To
the extent that, in its review of any appraisal, the Agent determines that any
clarifications or corrections are necessary, the Agent shall communicate its
comments to the appraiser and require the appraiser to revise or supplement its
appraisal report, as appropriate. Currently, the selection of appraisers and
review of appraisals by the Agent is performed by the Real Estate Valuation
Services Unit of the Agent and appraisals are reviewed to determine compliance
with the appraisal requirements of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery
and Enforcement Act of 1989 and the regulations promulgated thereunder. However,
the department or unit of the Agent selecting appraisers and reviewing
appraisals and the nature of the review of appraisals is subject to change.
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SECTION 8.02. COLLATERAL VALUE.
(a) From the date that the Agent requests collateralization pursuant to
Section 8.01 hereof until payment in full of all the Obligations, the Borrower
at all times shall cause the Obligations to be secured by Mortgages on or
security interests in Collateral that has an aggregate Collateral Value not less
than the Revolving Collateral Value.
(b) The Agent shall have the right (which it may exercise at any time it
deems appropriate, but which it in any event shall exercise at the written
request of the Required Lenders), not more than once during each 12-month period
following the Effective Date, to retain one or more independent MAI appraisers
to determine the Appraised Value of all Real Estate owned by the Borrower that
is part of the Collateral.
(c) If, as a result of those appraisals or any principal payment made
with respect to one or more Mortgage Receivables that is part of the Collateral,
the Agent shall determine that the aggregate Collateral Value of all the
Collateral is less than the Revolving Collateral Value, the Agent shall so
advise the Borrower in writing and the Borrower shall, promptly (and in any
event within 30 days) after receipt of that notice, grant the Agent, as security
for the payment in full of all the Obligations, First Mortgages on Real Estate
owned by the Borrower and selected by the Agent having an aggregate Collateral
Value sufficient to remedy the deficiency. In the event that the Agent fails to
take any of the actions required in this subsection (c), the Required Lenders
shall have the right to take such actions.
SECTION 8.03. RELEASES.
(a) Each Mortgage executed and delivered by the Borrower to the Agent
hereunder shall provide that, so long as no Event of Default or any Unmatured
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent shall execute and
deliver to the Borrower a release of the lien of the Mortgage from all or any
part of the Real Estate subject thereto upon (i) the sale of the Real Estate to
be released either for (a) cash in an amount not less than 100% of the Appraised
Value of the Real Estate, PROVIDED that the cash proceeds of the sale are
applied to the prepayment of the Notes to the extent (if any) required by
Section 2.04 hereof, or (b) a cash downpayment and a Mortgage Receivable in an
aggregate amount equal to 100% of the Appraised Value of the Real Estate,
PROVIDED that the cash downpayment is applied to the prepayment of the Notes to
the extent (if any) required by Section 2.04 hereof and the Mortgage Receivable
is assigned to the Agent as additional security for the payment in full of the
Obligations, and (ii) the Borrower's granting to the Agent, on or before the
date of the release, First Mortgages on Real Estate owned by the Borrower and
selected by the Agent having an aggregate Collateral Value not less than the
Collateral Value of the released Collateral.
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(b) So long as no Event of Default or Unmatured Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Agent shall deliver to the appropriate Borrower
a duly executed assignment of each Mortgage Receivable assigned to the Agent as
security for the Obligations, together with the relevant promissory note and
Mortgage documents, at such time as, pursuant to the proviso to Section 2.04,
the Borrower no longer is required to apply the proceeds of principal payments
made under the Mortgage Receivable to the payment of the principal of the Notes.
SECTION 8.04. SUBSTITUTE OR ADDITIONAL COLLATERAL. Anything in Section
8.01, Section 8.02 or Section 8.03 hereof to the contrary notwithstanding, in
any instance that the Borrower is required, pursuant to one of those Sections,
to grant the Agent First Mortgages on Real Estate owned by the Borrower and
selected by the Agent, the Borrower may, subject to the consent of the Required
Lenders (which may be granted or denied in their sole and absolute discretion),
grant the Agent, in lieu of or in addition to those First Mortgages, a security
interest in Mortgage Receivables owned by the Borrower and selected by the
Agent, and/or Junior Mortgages of highest available priority on Real Estate
owned by the Borrower and selected by the Agent (with the approval of the
Required Lenders), having an aggregate Collateral Value sufficient to satisfy
the requirements of the relevant Section.
SECTION 8.05. COLLATERAL DOCUMENTATION. In each instance that the
Borrower is required to grant the Agent a Mortgage on or security interest in
one of its assets pursuant to any of the foregoing provisions of this Article
VIII, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent the following documentation:
(a) If the asset is Real Estate:
(i) a duly executed and acknowledged instrument, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent, granting the Agent, on behalf of
the Lenders, a First Mortgage or Junior Mortgage, as the case may be, on
the Real Estate;
(ii) a mortgagee's title insurance policy, issued by a substantial
and reputable title insurance company satisfactory to the Agent,
insuring the lien of the Mortgage and listing the Agent as the insured
party and containing such endorsements as shall be requested by the
Agent;
(iii) a phase I environmental report issued in favor of the Agent by
an environmental engineering firm which is fully satisfactory to the
Agent indicating the that property is free from all hazardous substances
and environmental concerns; and
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(iv) such other documentation as the Agent may reasonably request
(including, without limitation, an Assignment of Leases, Rents and
Profits, UCC-1 Financing Statements, collateral assignments of
agreements relating to the relevant property, a survey of the property,
and insurance certificates naming the Agent under a mortgagee
endorsement which is acceptable to Agent).
(b) If the asset is a Mortgage Receivable:
(i) a duly executed and acknowledged assignment, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent, of such Mortgage Receivable to the
Agent on behalf of the Lenders;
(ii) the original promissory note (duly endorsed to the Agent, on
behalf of the Lenders) and the original Mortgage documents;
(iii) either (x) an existing title insurance policy insuring the lien
of the Mortgage and listing the Borrower as the insured party, together
with an endorsement thereof to the Agent, or (y) a mortgagee's title
insurance policy, issued by a substantial and reputable title insurance
company satisfactory to the Agent, insuring the lien of the Mortgage and
listing the Agent as insured party;
(iv) an opinion of counsel to the Borrower, dated the date of
execution and delivery of the assignment and addressed to the Lenders,
to the effect that, subject to due compliance with the recording and/or
filing requirements of applicable law, the Agent has a valid and
perfected security interest in the Mortgage Receivable. The Borrower
shall instruct its counsel to prepare its opinion and deliver it to
Lenders for their benefit, and such opinion shall contain a statement to
such effect;
(v) a phase I environmental report issued in favor of the Agent by
an environmental engineering firm which is fully satisfactory to the
Agent indicating that the property is free from all hazardous substances
and environmental concerns; and
(vi) such additional documentation as the Agent may reasonably
request.
(c) If the asset is the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note:
(i) a duly executed pledge and security agreement, in form and
substance satisfactory to Agent, granting the Agent on behalf of the
Lenders, a first lien on, and security interest in, the Mortgage Banking
Subsidiaries Note;
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(ii) an endorsement or allonge to the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries
Note, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, transferring the
Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note to Agent on behalf of the Lenders;
and
(iii) a written acknowledgment from the Company that the Agent holds
the Mortgage Banking Subsidiaries Note as Collateral for the
Obligations.
(d) If the asset is unrestricted cash and/or Net Proceeds referred to in
clauses (i) or (ii) of the definition of "Borrowing Base" in Section 2.01, the
Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Agent such collateral assignments,
security agreements, cash collateral agreements and financing statements in
respect thereof as shall be requested by the Agent from time to time.
All the foregoing documents shall be delivered to the Agent on or before the
date that the Borrower is required to grant the Agent the relevant Mortgage or
security interest, except that the items specified in clauses (a)(ii) and
(b)(iii) above shall be delivered to the Agent as soon as available, but in no
event more than 30 days after the date of recording of the relevant Mortgage or
assignment. All of the documentation and other items required under this Section
8.05 must be fully satisfactory, both in form and substance, to the Agent. In
addition to the foregoing, the Borrower shall, at the request of the Agent,
execute and deliver to the Agent such assignments, pledges, deeds, Mortgages,
financing statements and other documents, and cause to be done such further
acts, all as the Agent from time to time may deem necessary or appropriate to
evidence, confirm, perfect or protect any Mortgage or security interest required
to be granted to the Agent hereunder.
SECTION 8.06. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BORROWER WITH RESPECT TO THE
COLLATERAL.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, so long as no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall have the right
to deal with, manage and administer the Collateral and to collect and use the
proceeds thereof in such manner as it shall deem appropriate (subject to the
provisions of Section 2.04), including, without limitation, the right to engage
in development and/or construction activities with respect to any Real Estate
constituting part of the Collateral; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Borrower shall
not be entitled to exercise that right in any manner that would conflict with or
prejudice the continued validity or perfection of any Mortgage or security
interest in any Collateral held by the Agent pursuant to this Agreement. Subject
to the foregoing provision, the Agent shall, at the reasonable request of the
Borrower, consent to and, when necessary, join in such plats, zoning
applications, utility easements and similar instruments (all of which shall be
in form and substance
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satisfactory to the Agent) as may be required in connection with the Borrower's
management or administration of any item of Collateral.
(b) Unless the Borrower shall have been notified, pursuant to Section
9.03 hereof, that it has been discharged from its right to deal with, manage and
administer all items of the Collateral, the Borrower shall, subject to the
provisions of this Agreement, manage and administer all the Collateral in such
manner as they shall deem appropriate, without charge to the Lenders; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Borrower shall remain fully responsible for all its
obligations as owner, creditor or otherwise with respect to the Collateral.
SECTION 8.07. POWER OF ATTORNEY. With respect to the Collateral which
the Agent may from time to time hold and/or be entitled to obtain hereunder, the
Agent hereby is irrevocably appointed by the Borrower as Borrower's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact with full power, from time to time, to (i) take
possession of and endorse in Borrower's name any Mortgages, deeds, pledges,
assignments and other documents and any notes, checks, drafts, bills of
exchange, money orders and any other documents received in payment for or on
account of those assets and properties, (ii) to collect, sue for and give
acquittance for moneys due on account of those assets and properties, (ii) to
withdraw any claims, suits or proceedings pertaining to or arising out of those
assets and properties. The foregoing appointment is with full power of
substitution and is coupled with an interest. The Agent shall not be liable for
any failure to collect or enforce the payment of any of those assets and
properties.
ARTICLE IX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 9.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT. In case of the happening of any of the
following events (hereinafter called "Events of Default"):
(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf
of the Borrower to the Lenders or the Agent under or in connection with this
Agreement shall be false or misleading in any material respect when made;
(b) any report, certificate, financial statement or other document or
instrument furnished in connection with this Agreement or the Loans hereunder
shall be false or misleading in any material respect when furnished;
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(c) default shall be made in the payment of (i) the principal of any of
the Notes when and as due and payable, or (ii) the interest on any of the Notes,
any fees or any other sums due pursuant to Article II, within 5 days after the
same becomes due and payable;
(d) default shall be made with respect to any Indebtedness or Contingent
Obligations of the Borrower (other than the Indebtedness evidenced by the
Notes), or in any net liabilities under interest rate swap, exchange or cap
agreements, beyond any applicable period of grace, or default shall be made with
respect to the performance of any other obligation incurred in connection with
any such Indebtedness or liabilities beyond any applicable period of grace, or
default shall be made with respect to any other liability of $10,000 or more, if
the effect of any such default is to accelerate the maturity of such
Indebtedness or liability or to cause any other liability to become due prior to
its stated maturity, or any such Indebtedness or liability shall not be paid
when due and such default shall not have been remedied or cured by the Borrower
or waived by the obligor;
(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance of any of
the provisions of Article VII or Article VIII of this Agreement;
(f) default shall be made in the due observance or performance of any
other covenant, agreement or condition on the part of the Borrower to be
performed, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days after
the occurrence thereof;
(g) the Borrower shall (i) petition or apply for, seek, consent to, or
acquiesce in, the appointment of a receiver, trustee, examiner, custodian,
liquidator or similar official of the Borrower or any of its properties or
assets, (ii) be unable, or admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts as
they mature, (iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of or a composition
with its creditors, (iv) have an order for relief entered with respect to it
under the Federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect, (v) institute
any proceeding seeking an order for relief under the Federal bankruptcy laws as
now or hereafter in effect, or file a petition or an answer seeking dissolution,
winding up, liquidation or reorganization or an arrangement with creditors or a
composition of its debts or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, readjustment of debts, dissolution or liquidation law or statute or
other statute or law for the relief of debtors, or file any answer admitting the
material allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceeding under such
law, or fail to file an answer or other pleading denying the material
allegations of any such proceeding filed against it, or if corporate or other
action shall be taken by the Borrower for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing, or (vi) fail to contest in good faith any appointment or proceeding
described in Section 9.01(h);
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(h) an order, judgment, or decree shall be entered without the
application, approval, or consent of the Borrower by any court of competent
jurisdiction appointing a receiver, trustee or liquidator of the Borrower or a
proceeding described in Section 9.01(g) shall be instituted against the
Borrower, and such appointment shall continue undischarged or such proceeding
continues undismissed or unstayed for any period of 45 days;
(i) final judgment for the payment of money in excess of $25,000 shall
be rendered against the Borrower and the same shall remain undischarged for a
period of 30 days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed or
contested in good faith;
(j) final judgment(s) for the payment of money in excess of an aggregate
of $250,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower (or any of them) after the
Effective Date and shall remain undischarged for a period of ten days;
(k) there shall occur any Event or Events which, individually or in the
aggregate, shall be deemed by the Required Lenders to have had a Material
Adverse Effect;
(l) The Borrower shall be the subject of any proceeding or investigation
pertaining to the release by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any other
Person of any toxic or hazardous waste or substance into the environment, or any
violation of any federal, state or local environmental, health or safety law or
regulation, which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; or
(m) The occurrence of any "default", as defined in any Loan Document
(other than this Agreement or the Notes) or the breach of any of the terms or
provisions of any Loan Document (other than this Agreement or the Notes), which
default or breach continues beyond any period of grace therein provided;
then, or at any time thereafter during the continuance of any such event, the
Required Lenders (or the Agent on their behalf) may, by written or telegraphic
notice to the Borrower, (i) terminate the Aggregate Commitment and/or (ii)
declare all the Obligations to be forthwith due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which the
Borrower hereby expressly waives, anything contained herein or in the Notes to
the contrary notwithstanding; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that upon the happening of any
of the events set forth in subsection (g) or subsection (h) above the
obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall automatically terminate
and the Obligations shall immediately become due and payable without any
election or action on the part of the Agent or any Lender and without
presentment,
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demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which the Borrower hereby
expressly waives.
SECTION 9.02. RIGHT TO RESCIND ACCELERATION. If, within 30 days after
acceleration of the maturity of the Obligations or termination of the
obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder as a result of any Event of
Default (other than any Event of Default as described in Section 9.01(g) or (h)
with respect to the Borrower) and before any judgment or decree for the payment
of the Obligations due shall have been obtained or entered, the Required Lenders
(in their sole discretion) shall so direct, the Agent shall, by notice to the
Borrower, rescind and annul such acceleration and/or termination.
SECTION 9.03. RIGHTS AS TO COLLATERAL.
(a) If, on the Maturity Date, the Borrower shall not have paid in full
all the Obligations, the Agent, with the consent of the Required Lenders, shall
take (and/or shall cause one or more of its designees to take) any or all of the
following actions, after giving at least three Business Days' (which notice
period the Borrower acknowledges to be adequate and reasonable) written notice
to the Borrower (a single such notice being sufficient to entitle the Agent to
take one or more of the actions described below):
(i) prohibit the Borrower from taking any action otherwise permitted
by Section 8.06(a) hereof, and/or discharge the Borrower from their
right to manage and administer the items of Collateral as provided in
Section 8.06(b) hereof;
(ii) notify the mortgagors, obligors, lessees or other parties
interested in any item of the Collateral of the interest of the Lenders
therein and of any action proposed to be taken with respect thereto, and
inform any of those parties that all payments otherwise payable to the
Borrower with respect thereto thereafter shall be made to the Agent
until all the Obligations have been paid in full;
(iii) receive and retain all payments and all other distributions of
any kind with respect to any and all of the Collateral;
(iv) exercise any rights of voting or consent pertaining to any item
of Collateral to the same extent as if the Agent were the outright owner
thereof for the benefit of the Lenders, or cause any item of the
Collateral to be transferred to its own name and have such transfer
recorded in any place or places deemed appropriate by the Agent;
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(v) deal with the Collateral in all respects as if it were the
outright owner thereof for the benefit of the Lenders;
(vi) take such action as directed by the Required Lenders with
respect to the sale, assignment and delivery of the whole of, or from
time to time any one or more items of, the Collateral, including,
without limitation: to sell, assign and deliver the whole of, or from
time to time any part of, the Collateral at any broker's board or at any
private sale or at public auction, with or without demand on the
Borrower or advertisement of the time or place of sale or adjournment
thereof or otherwise, for cash, for credit or for other property, for
immediate or future delivery, and for such price or prices and on such
terms as the Required Lenders in their discretion may determine, and the
Agent or any of the other Lenders may bid for and purchase the whole or
any one or more items of the Collateral so sold free from any right or
equity of redemption; to adjourn any such sale or cause the same to be
adjourned from time to time to a subsequent time and place announced at
the time and place fixed for the sale; and to carry out any agreement to
sell any item or items of Collateral in accordance with the terms of
such agreement, notwithstanding that after the Agent shall have entered
into such agreement, all the Obligations may have been paid in full; and
(vii) in addition to, and not by way of limitation of, any of the
rights specified above, exercise any and all rights and remedies
afforded to it, as a secured party in possession of collateral or
otherwise, under any and all applicable provisions of laws.
(b) The Agent, any Person designated by the Agent to take any of the
action as enumerated in subsection (a) above, any of the Lenders, and their
respective officers, directors, employees, agents and counsel shall not incur
any liability (other than for acts or omissions amounting to gross negligence or
willful misconduct) as a result of the sale of the Collateral, or any part
thereof, in a commercially reasonable manner in accordance with the provisions
of subsection (a)(vi) above or of applicable law, or for the failure to sell or
offer for sale the Collateral, for any reason whatsoever. The Borrower waives
any claims (other than those attributable to acts or omissions amounting to
gross negligence or willful misconduct) against the Agent, any Person designated
by the Agent to take any action, the Lenders, and their respective officers,
directors, employees, agents and counsel arising with respect to the price at
which the Collateral, or any part thereof, may have been sold or by reason of
the fact that such price was less than the aggregate of all the Obligations,
PROVIDED that all such sales have been effected in a commercially reasonable
manner.
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(c) The Agent shall collect the cash proceeds received from any sale or
other disposition or from any other source contemplated by subsection (a) above
and, after deducting all costs and expenses incurred by the Agent, any person
designated by the Agent to take any of the actions enumerated in subsection (a)
above, and the Lenders (other than in connection with the purchase by any of the
Lenders of any item of the Collateral) in connection with such collection and
sale (including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses),
shall apply the same in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.04 below.
Noncash proceeds received by the Agent shall be held by it, unless and until
instructions are received from the Required Lenders to distribute those
proceeds. Upon any such distribution in the order set forth in Section 9.04
below, the Obligations shall be reduced by the fair market value of any such
noncash proceeds.
(d) If the amount of all proceeds received in liquidation of the
Collateral which shall be applied to payment of the Obligations shall be
insufficient to pay all the Obligations in full, the Borrower acknowledges that
it shall continue to remain liable for any deficiency, together with any
interest thereon and costs of collection thereof (including reasonable counsel
fees and legal expenses), in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents. The Agent shall account to the Borrower as to all
applications of the proceeds of the Collateral in reduction of the Obligations.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the provisions of this
Section 9.03 shall confer on the Agent or any of the Lenders any rights or
privileges not permissible under applicable law; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that to the
extent the Borrower may waive any provisions of applicable law which would or
could be in conflict with the terms of this Section 9.03, the Borrower hereby
expressly waives the application of any such laws and provisions.
(f) In connection with the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.03,
the Borrower from time to time promptly shall execute and deliver, or cause to
be executed and delivered, to the Agent such reasonable documents and
instruments, and take or cause to be taken other reasonable and lawful action,
as the Agent reasonably shall deem necessary or desirable to enable it to
exercise any of the rights with respect to the Collateral granted to it pursuant
to this Section 9.03.
SECTION 9.04. APPLICATION OF FUNDS. In the event that all the
Obligations shall have become or been declared due and payable pursuant to the
terms of Section 9.01 hereof, the Lenders agree, by and among themselves (and,
with respect to subsection (f) below, with the Borrower), that any funds
received from or on behalf of the Borrower (pursuant to the provisions of
Section 9.03 or otherwise) by the Agent or any of the Lenders (except funds
retained by any Lender pursuant to the terms of Section
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11.01 hereof) shall be remitted to the Agent, if received by any Lender, and
applied by the Agent (in the case of subsections (c), (d) and (e) below), on a
pro rata basis among the Lenders in accordance with their respective percentages
of the Aggregate Commitment in the following manner and order:
(a) first, to pay to or reimburse the Agent for any out-of-pocket
expenses for which it is entitled to be paid or reimbursed pursuant to the
provisions of Section 13.03 hereof;
(b) second, to reimburse any of the Lenders pursuant to the provisions
of Section 13.03 hereof;
(c) third, to payment of accrued and unpaid interest due on the Notes;
(d) fourth, to payment of the outstanding principal of the Notes;
(e) fifth, to payment in full of all the remaining Obligations; and
(f) sixth, any remainder shall be returned to the Borrower or as
otherwise required by applicable law.
ARTICLE X
THE AGENT
SECTION 10.01. APPOINTMENT. The First National Bank of Chicago is hereby
appointed Agent hereunder and under each other Loan Document and, subject to the
provisions of Section 10.13 below, each of the Lenders irrevocably authorizes
the Agent to act as the agent of such Lender. The Agent agrees to act as such
upon the express conditions contained in this Article X. The Agent shall not
have a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender by reason of this
Agreement.
SECTION 10.02. POWERS. The Agent shall have and may exercise such powers
under the Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to the Agent by the terms
of each thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
The Agent shall have no implied duties to the Lenders, or any obligation to the
Lenders to take any action thereunder except any action specifically provided by
the Loan Documents to be taken by the Agent.
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SECTION 10.03. GENERAL IMMUNITY. Neither the Agent nor any of its
directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable to the Borrower, the
Lenders or any Lender for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them
hereunder or under any other Loan Document or in connection herewith or
therewith except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
SECTION 10.04. NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOANS, RECITALS, ETC. Neither the
Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be
responsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, or verify (i) any
statement, warranty or representation made in connection with any Loan Document
or any borrowing hereunder; (ii) the performance or observance of any of the
covenants or agreements of any obligor under any Loan Document; (iii) the
satisfaction of any condition specified in Article IV, except receipt of items
required to be delivered to the Agent; or (iv) the validity, effectiveness or
genuineness (except its own due execution thereof) of any Loan Document or any
other instrument or writing furnished in connection therewith. Further, the
Agent assumes no obligation to any other Lender as to the collectibility of any
Loans made by any Lender to the Borrower. Each Lender expressly acknowledges
that the Agent has not made any representations or warranties to it on or prior
to the date hereof and that no act by the Agent hereafter taken shall be deemed
to constitute any representation or warranty by the Agent to any other Lender.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has taken and will take such action and make
such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the affairs and
creditworthiness of the Borrower.
SECTION 10.05. EMPLOYMENT OF AGENTS AND COUNSEL. The Agent may execute
any of its duties as Agent hereunder and under any other Loan Document by or
through employees, agents, and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be answerable to
the Lenders, except as to money or securities received by it or its authorized
agents, for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact
selected by it with reasonable care. The Agent shall be entitled to advice of
counsel concerning all matters pertaining to the agency hereby created and its
duties hereunder and under any other Loan Document.
SECTION 10.06. RELIANCE ON DOCUMENTS; COUNSEL. The Agent shall not be
under a duty to examine into or pass upon the validity, effectiveness,
genuineness or value of this Agreement, the Notes or any other document
furnished pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith, and the Agent
shall be entitled to assume that the same are valid, effective and genuine and
what they purport to be. The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any Note,
notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, statement, paper or
document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been
signed or sent by the proper person or persons, and, in respect to legal
matters, upon the opinion of counsel selected by the Agent, which counsel may be
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employees of the Agent. The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or
suffered in good faith by it based on or in accordance with any of the
foregoing.
SECTION 10.07. NO WAIVER OF RIGHTS. With respect to its Commitment,
Loans made by it and the Note issued to it, the Agent shall have the same rights
and powers hereunder and under any other Loan Document as any Lender and may
exercise the same as though it was not the Agent, and the term "Lender" or
"Lenders" shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, include the Agent in
its individual capacity. The Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to and
issue letters of credit for the account of, and generally engage in any kind of
business with the Borrower or its Affiliates (including, without limitation,
trust, debt, equity and other transactions) in addition to the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document; it being expressly
understood and agreed that neither the Agent nor any other Lender shall be
deemed by the execution hereof to have waived any rights under any term loan or
other agreement with the Borrower relating to any other business or loans to the
Borrower not a part of the Aggregate Commitment under this Agreement.
SECTION 10.08. KNOWLEDGE OF EVENT OF DEFAULT. It is expressly understood
and agreed that the Agent shall be entitled to assume that no Event of Default
or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing, unless the officers of the
Agent active on the Borrower's account have actual knowledge of such occurrence
or have been notified by a Lender that such Lender considers that an Event of
Default or Unmatured Default has occurred and is continuing and specifying the
nature thereof.
SECTION 10.09. AGENT'S REIMBURSEMENT AND INDEMNIFICATION. The Lenders
agree to reimburse and indemnify the Agent ratably in accordance with their
respective Pro Rata Shares (i) for any amounts not reimbursed by the Borrower
for which the Agent is entitled to reimbursement by the Borrower under the Loan
Documents, (ii) for any other expenses incurred by the Agent on behalf of the
Lenders, in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration
and enforcement of the Loan Documents and (iii) for any liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever which may be imposed
on, incurred by or asserted against the Agent in any way relating to or arising
out of the Loan Documents or any other document delivered in connection
therewith or the transactions contemplated thereby, or the enforcement of any of
the terms thereof or of any such other documents, PROVIDED that no Lender shall
be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent they arise from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent.
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SECTION 10.10. NOTICES TO THE BORROWER. In each instance that a notice
is required, pursuant to the terms hereof, to be given by one or more of the
Lenders to the Borrower, the Lenders desiring that such notice be given shall so
advise the Agent (which advice, if given by telephone, shall be promptly
confirmed by telex or letter to the Agent at its address listed in the signature
pages hereto), which shall transmit such notice to the Borrower promptly after
its having been so advised by the appropriate number of Lenders; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that subject to the provisions of Section 10.14 hereof, if the Agent
shall fail to transmit such notice to the Borrower within a reasonable period of
time after its having been so advised by the appropriate number of Lenders, the
Lenders desiring that such notice be given may transmit such notice directly to
the Borrower.
SECTION 10.11. ACTION ON INSTRUCTIONS OF LENDERS. The Agent shall in all
cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder and
under any other Loan Document in accordance with written instructions signed by
the Required Lenders, and such instructions and any action taken or failure to
act pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the Lenders and on all holders
of Notes. The Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any
action hereunder and under any other Loan Document unless it shall first be
indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders pro rata against any and all
liability, cost and expense that it may incur by reason of taking or continuing
to take any such action.
SECTION 10.12. LENDER CREDIT DECISION. Each Lender acknowledges that it
has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Lender and
based on the financial statements prepared by the Borrower and such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance
upon the Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information
as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit
decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
SECTION 10.13. RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF THE AGENT. If, at any time,
Lenders holding Notes having aggregate outstanding principal balances equal to
at least 75% of the then outstanding amount of the Aggregate Commitment
(excluding from such computation the Agent and its Notes) shall deem it
advisable, those Lenders may submit to the Agent notification by certified mail,
return receipt requested of its removal as Agent under this Agreement, which
removal shall be effective as of the date of receipt of such notice by the
Agent. If, at any time, the Agent shall deem it advisable, in its sole
discretion, it may submit to each of the Lenders written notification, by
certified mail, return receipt requested, of its resignation as Agent under this
Agree-
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ment, which resignation shall be effective as of thirty days after the date
of such notice. In the event of any such removal or resignation, the Required
Lenders may appoint a successor to the Agent. In the event the Agent shall have
resigned and/or have been removed and so long as no successor shall have been
appointed, the Borrower shall make all payments due each Lender hereunder
directly to that Lender and all powers specifically delegated to the Agent by
the terms hereof may be exercised by the Required Lenders. Upon the removal or
resignation of the Agent, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties
and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. After the removal
or resignation of the Agent, the provisions of this Article X shall continue in
effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken
while it was acting as the Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 10.14. BENEFITS OF ARTICLE X. None of the provisions of this
Article X shall inure to the benefit of the Borrower or of any Person other than
Agent and each of the Lenders and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. Accordingly, neither the Borrower nor any Person other than Agent and
the Lenders (and their respective successors and permitted assigns) shall be
entitled to rely upon, or to raise as a defense, the failure of the Agent or any
Lenders to comply with the provisions of this Article X.
ARTICLE XI
SETOFF; RATABLE PAYMENTS
SECTION 11.01. SETOFF. In addition to, and without limitation of, any
rights of the Lenders under applicable law, if the Borrower becomes insolvent,
however evidenced, or any Event of Default or Unmatured Default occurs, any
indebtedness from any Lender to the Borrower (including all account balances,
whether provisional or final and whether or not collected or available) may be
offset and applied toward the payment of the Obligations owing to such Lender,
whether or not the Obligations, or any part hereof, shall then be due. Each
Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower after any such set-off and
application made by such Lender; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the failure to give
such notice shall not affect the validity of any such set-off and application.
The rights of each Lender under this Section 11.01 are in addition to any other
rights and remedies which that Lender may have under this Agreement or
otherwise.
SECTION 11.02. RATABLE PAYMENTS. If any Lender, whether by setoff or
otherwise, has payment made to it upon its Loans (other than payments received
pursuant to Sections 3.01, 3.02 or 3.04) in a greater proportion than that
received by any other Lender, such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to
purchase a portion of
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the Loans held by the other Lenders so that after such purchase each Lender
will hold its Pro Rata Share of Loans. If any Lender, whether in connection
with setoff or amounts which might be subject to setoff or otherwise, receives
collateral or other protection for its Obligations or such amounts which may be
subject to setoff, such Lender agrees, promptly upon demand, to take such
action necessary such that all Lenders share in the benefits of such collateral
ratably in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares. In case any such
payment is disturbed by legal process, or otherwise, appropriate further
adjustments shall be made.
ARTICLE XII
BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
SECTION 12.01. SUCCESSORS AND PERMITTED ASSIGNS. The terms and
provisions of the Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the Borrower and the Lenders and their respective successors and permitted
assigns, except that (i) the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its
rights or obligations under the Loan Documents and (ii) any assignment by any
Lender must be made in compliance with Section 12.03. Notwithstanding clause
(ii) of this Section, any Lender may at any time, without the consent of the
Borrower or the Agent, assign all or any portion of its rights under this
Agreement and its Notes to a Federal Reserve Bank; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no
such assignment shall release the transferor Lender from its obligations
hereunder. The Agent may treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for
all purposes hereof unless and until such payee complies with Section 12.03 in
the case of an assignment thereof or, in the case of any other transfer, a
written notice of the transfer is filed with the Agent. Any assignee or
transferee of a Note agrees by acceptance thereof to be bound by all the terms
and provisions of the Loan Documents. Any request, authority or consent of any
Person, who at the time of making such request or giving such authority or
consent is the holder of any Note, shall be conclusive and binding on any
subsequent holder, transferee or assignee of such Note or of any Note or Notes
issued in exchange therefor. A Lender may not assign less than the lesser of its
Commitment or $10,000,000.
SECTION 12.02. PARTICIPATIONS.
(a) PERMITTED PARTICIPANTS; EFFECT. Any Lender may, in the ordinary
course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell
to one or more banks or other entities ("Participants") participating interests
in any Loan owing to such Lender, any Note held by such Lender, any Commitment
of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender under the Loan Documents. In
the event of any such sale by a
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Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender's obligations
under the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations,
such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Note for all purposes under the
Loan Documents, all amounts payable by the Borrower under this Agreement shall
be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participating interests, and
the Borrower and the Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under the Loan
Documents.
(b) VOTING RIGHTS. Each Lender shall retain the sole right to approve,
without the consent of any Participant, any amendment, modification or waiver of
any provision of the Loan Documents other than any amendment, modification or
waiver with respect to any Loan or Commitment in which such Participant has an
interest which forgives principal, interest or fees or reduces the interest rate
or fees payable with respect to any such Loan or Commitment, postpones any date
fixed for any regularly-scheduled payment of principal of, or interest or fees
on, any such Loan or Commitment, releases any guarantor of any such Loan or
releases any substantial portion of collateral, if any, securing any such Loan.
(c) BENEFIT OF SETOFF. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall
be deemed to have the right of setoff provided in Section 11.01 in respect of
its participating interest in amounts owing under the Loan Documents to the same
extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it
as a Lender under the Loan Documents, PROVIDED that each Lender shall retain the
right of setoff provided in Section 11.01 with respect to the amount of
participating interests sold to each Participant. The Lenders agree to share
with each Participant, and each Participant, by exercising the right of setoff
provided in Section 11.01, agrees to share with each Lender, any amount received
pursuant to the exercise of its right of setoff, such amounts to be shared in
accordance with Section 11.02 as if each Participant were a Lender.
SECTION 12.03. ASSIGNMENTS.
(a) PERMITTED ASSIGNMENTS. Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of its
business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time assign to one or
more banks or other entities ("Purchasers") all or any part of its rights and
obligations under the Loan Documents. Such assignment shall be substantially in
the form of Exhibit C hereto. Unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the consent of the Borrower and the Agent shall be required prior to
an assignment becoming effective with respect to a Purchaser which is not a
Lender or an Affiliate thereof. Such consent
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shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C-2 hereto and shall not
be unreasonably withheld.
(b) EFFECT; EFFECTIVE DATE. Upon (i) delivery to the Agent of a notice
of assignment, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C-1 hereto (a
"Notice of Assignment"), together with any consents required by Section
12.03(a), and (ii) payment of a $4,000 fee to the Agent for processing such
assignment, such assignment shall become effective on the effective date
specified in such Notice of Assignment. On and after the effective date of such
assignment, such Purchaser shall for all purposes be a Lender party to this
Agreement and any other Loan Document executed by the Lenders and shall have all
the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents, to the same
extent as if it were an original party hereto, and no further consent or action
by the Borrower, the Lenders or the Agent shall be required to release the
transferor Lender with respect to the percentage of the Aggregate Commitment and
Loans assigned to such Purchaser. Upon the consummation of any assignment to a
Purchaser pursuant to this Section 12.03(b), the transferor Lender, the Agent
and the Borrower shall make appropriate arrangements so that replacement Notes
are issued to such transferor Lender and new Notes or, as appropriate,
replacement Notes, are issued to such Purchaser, in each case in principal
amounts reflecting their Commitment, as adjusted pursuant to such assignment.
(c) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION. The Borrower authorizes each Lender to
disclose to any Participant or Purchaser or any other Person acquiring an
interest in the Loan Documents by operation of law (each a "Transferee") and any
prospective Transferee any and all information in such Lender's possession
concerning the creditworthiness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
(d) TAX TREATMENT. If any interest in any Loan Document is transferred
to any Transferee which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other
than the United States or any state thereof, the transferor Lender shall cause
such Transferee, concurrently with the effectiveness of such transfer, to comply
with the provisions of Section 2.19.
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ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 13.01. NOTICE.
(a) Except as otherwise permitted by Section 2.14 with respect to
borrowing notices, all notices and other communications provided to any party
hereto under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in writing or by
telex or by facsimile and addressed or delivered to such party at its address
set forth below its signature hereto or at such other address as may be
designated by such party in a notice to the other parties. Any notice, if mailed
and properly addressed with postage prepaid, shall be deemed given when received
(or when delivery is refused); any notice, if transmitted by telex or facsimile,
shall be deemed given when transmitted (answerback confirmed in the case of
telexes).
(b) The Borrower, the Agent and any Lender may each change the address
for service of notice upon it by a notice in writing to the other parties
hereto.
SECTION 13.02. SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS. All covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties made herein and in the certificates delivered
pursuant hereto shall survive the making by the Lenders of any Loans herein
contemplated and the execution and delivery to the Lenders of the Notes
evidencing the Commitments, and shall continue in full force and effect until
all of the Obligations have been paid in full and the Aggregate Commitment has
been terminated.
SECTION 13.03. EXPENSES. The Borrower shall pay (i) all expenses,
including attorneys' fees and disbursements (which attorneys may be employees of
the Agent or any Lender), incurred by the Agent and any Lender in connection
with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, any
amendments, modifications or waivers with respect to any of the provisions
thereof and the enforcement and protection of the rights of the Lenders and the
Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including all
recording and filing fees, documentary stamp, intangibles and similar taxes,
title insurance premiums, appraisal fees and other costs and disbursements
incurred in connection with the taking of collateral and the perfection and
preservation of the Lenders' security therein, and (ii) the reasonable fees and
the disbursements of Agent's attorneys (which attorneys may be employees of the
Agent) in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and
review of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents (whether or not
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be consummated) and the
closing of the transactions contemplated hereby. Expenses being reimbursed by
the Borrower under this
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Section include, without limitation, the cost and expense of obtaining an
appraisal of each parcel of real property or interest in real property which
serves or is proposed as Collateral, which appraisals shall be in conformity
with the applicable requirements of any law or any governmental rule,
regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of
law), or any interpretation thereof, including, without limitation, the
provisions of Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and
Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to
time, and any rules promulgated to implement such provisions.
SECTION 13.04. INDEMNIFICATION OF THE LENDERS AND THE AGENT. The
Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and each Lender, and their
respective directors, officers and employees against all losses, claims,
damages, penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including, without
limitation, all expenses of litigation or preparation therefor whether or not
the Agent or any Lender is a party thereto) which any of them may pay or incur
arising out of or relating to, directly or indirectly, this Agreement, the other
Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated hereby or the direct or indirect
application or proposed application of the proceeds of any Loan hereunder;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no event shall the Agent or a Lender have the right
to be indemnified hereunder for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct
nor shall the Agent be indemnified against any liabilities which arise as a
result of any claims made or actions, suits or proceedings commenced or
maintained against any Lender (including the Agent, in its capacity as such) (i)
by that Lender's shareholders or any governmental regulatory body or authority
asserting that such Lender or any of its directors, officers, employees or
agents violated any banking or securities law or regulation or any duty to its
own shareholders, customers (excluding the Borrower) or creditors in any manner
whatsoever in entering into or performing any of its obligations contemplated by
this Agreement or (ii) by any other Lender. The obligations of the Borrower
under this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 13.05. MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE. It is the intention of the Lenders
and the Borrower that the interest (as defined under applicable law) on the
Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes which may be charged to, or collected or
received from the Borrower shall not exceed the maximum rate permissible under
applicable law. Accordingly, anything herein or in any of the Notes to the
contrary notwithstanding, should any interest (as so defined) be charged to, or
collected or received from the Borrower by the Lenders pursuant hereto or
thereto in excess of the maximum legal rate, then the excess payment shall be
applied to the reduction of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the
Obligations, and any portion of the excess payment remaining after payment in
full thereof shall be returned by the Lenders to the Borrower.
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SECTION 13.06. MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENT. No modification, amendment or
waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Notes, nor any consent to any
departure by the Borrower therefrom, in any event shall be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by the Borrower (or by the Company on their
behalf) and by the Required Lenders (or by the Agent on their behalf if the
Required Lenders have so authorized the Agent), and then the waiver or consent
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which
given; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no such modification, amendment or waiver shall,
without the consent of each Lender affected thereby:
(i) extend the maturity of any Loan or Note or reduce or forgive the
principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of
payment of interest or fees thereon;
(ii) reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Required
Lenders;
(iii) extend the Termination Date, or reduce the amount or extend the
payment date for, the mandatory payments required under Section 2.04, or
increase the amount of the Commitment of any Lender hereunder, or permit
the Borrower to assign its rights under this Agreement; or
(iv) amend this Section 13.06.
No amendment of any provision of this Agreement relating to the Agent shall be
effective without the written consent of the Agent. No notice to or demand of
the Borrower in any case shall entitle the Borrower to any other or further
notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
SECTION 13.07. PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS. No delay or omission of the
Lenders or the Agent to exercise any right under the Loan Documents shall impair
such right or be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein, and the making of a Loan notwithstanding the existence of
an Event of Default or Unmatured Default, or the inability of the Borrower to
satisfy the conditions precedent to such Loan shall not constitute any waiver or
acquiescence. Any single or partial exercise of any such right shall not
preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
and no waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or
provisions of the Loan Documents whatsoever shall be valid unless in writing
signed by the Lenders required pursuant to Section 13.06, and then only to the
extent in such writing specifically set forth. All remedies contained in the
Loan Documents or by law
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afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the Agent and the
Lenders until the Obligations have been paid in full.
SECTION 13.08. JOINT AND SEVERAL OBLIGATIONS OF BORROWER; SEVERAL
OBLIGATIONS OF LENDERS.
All obligations, representations and warranties hereunder and under any of the
Loan Documents, unless otherwise expressly stated, shall be the joint and
several liability of all of the entities comprising the Borrower. The respective
obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and no Lender
shall be the partner or agent of any other (except to the extent to which the
Agent is authorized to act as such). The failure of any Lender to perform any of
its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from any of its
obligations hereunder. This Agreement shall not be construed so as to confer any
right or benefit upon any Person other than the parties to this Agreement and
their respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 13.09. SEVERABILITY. If any one or more of the provisions
contained in this Agreement or the Notes is held invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality or enforceability of the
remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 13.10. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts, each of which may be executed by one or more of the parties
hereto, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute a single
agreement binding on all the parties hereto.
SECTION 13.11. REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY BY THE LENDERS. The Lenders
represent and warrant to the Borrower that the Notes to be acquired by them
hereunder will evidence loans made in the ordinary course of their respective
commercial banking or real estate lending businesses.
SECTION 13.12. THE COMPANY AS AGENT FOR EACH OTHER BORROWER. Each of the
entities comprising the Borrower hereby appoints the Company as their agent and
attorney-in-fact to execute and deliver any and all documents for an on behalf
of the Borrower in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or in connection with the
amendment, modification or termination of any thereof, and hereby agree that
upon execution of any such documents or instruments they shall be binding upon
each of the Borrower. The Borrower further agrees that the Lenders may rely upon
written representations from the Company that it is acting on behalf of the
Borrower in accordance with the provisions of this Section
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13.12 until such time as it receives notice in writing from the Borrower of the
termination of the designation of the Company as agent an attorney-in-fact for
each Borrower.
SECTION 13.13. LOSS, ETC., NOTES. Upon receipt by the Borrower of
reasonably satisfactory evidence of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation
of any of the Notes, upon reimbursement to the Borrower of all reasonable
expenses incidental thereto and upon surrender and cancellation of the relevant
Note, if mutilated, the Borrower shall make and deliver in lieu of that Note
(the "Prior Note") a new Note of like tenor, except that no reference need be
made in the new Note to any installment or installments of principal, if any,
previously due and paid upon the Prior Note. Any Note made and delivered in
accordance with the provisions of this Section shall be dated as of the date to
which interest has been paid on the unpaid principal amount of the Prior Note.
SECTION 13.14. GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION. Anything contained in this
Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender shall be obligated to
extend credit to the Borrower in violation of any limitation or prohibition
provided by any applicable statute or regulation.
SECTION 13.15. TAXES. Any taxes (excluding federal income taxes on the
overall net income of any Lender) or other similar assessments or charges
payable or ruled payable by any governmental authority in respect of the Loan
Documents shall be paid by the Borrower, together with interest and penalties,
if any.
SECTION 13.16. HEADINGS. Section headings in the Loan Documents are for
convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of
the provisions of the Loan Documents.
SECTION 13.17. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement sets forth the entire
agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the fees payable by Borrower to First Chicago in
consideration of its agreement to serve as Agent hereunder are set forth in a
separate letter agreement between Borrower and First Chicago. The parties hereto
agree that on the Effective Date the commitments of the Bridge Lenders under the
Bridge Credit Agreement shall be terminated and of no further force and effect.
This Agreement amends and restates, in its entirety, the Existing Credit
Agreement.
SECTION 13.18. CHOICE OF LAW. THE LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN THOSE
CONTAINING A CONTRARY EXPRESS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISION) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF
THE
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STATE OF ILLINOIS, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL
BANKS.
SECTION 13.19. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR
ILLINOIS STATE COURT SITTING IN CHICAGO IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT
OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES
THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN
SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL
LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE
BORROWER IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY THE
BORROWER AGAINST THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE AGENT OR ANY
LENDER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF,
RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT
IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
SECTION 13.20. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE AGENT AND EACH
LENDER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN
ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE
RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED THEREUNDER.
[Signatures appear on the following pages]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower and the Lenders have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
BORROWER:
LENNAR CORPORATION AND EACH OF THE
SUBSIDIARIES LISTED ON SCHEDULE I
By: /S/ ALLAN J. PEKOR
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Allan J. Pekor as Vice President or authorized
signatory of each of such corporations
Address:
Lennar Corporation
700 Northwest 107th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33172
Attention: Leonard Miller, President
[SIGNATURES CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE]
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COMMITMENTS: LENDERS:
$45,000,000 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, Individually
and as Agent
By: /S/ JAMES BENKO
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James Benko, Assistant Vice President
Address:
The First National Bank of Chicago
One First National Plaza
14th Floor, Suite 0151
Chicago, Illinois 60670-0151
Attention: James Benko, Assistant Vice President
with a copy to:
The First National Bank of Chicago
One First National Plaza
Suite 0801
Chicago, Illinois 60670-0801
Attention: Law Department
$43,750,000 BANK OF AMERICA ILLINOIS
By: /S/ MARK W. LARIVIERE
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Mark W. Lariviere, Vice President
Address:
231 S. LaSalle, 15th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60697
Attention: Mark Lariviere, Vice President
[SIGNATURES CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE]
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$43,750,000 CREDIT LYONNAIS ATLANTA AGENCY
By: /S/ DAVID M. CAWRSE
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David M. Cawrse, Vice President & Manager
Address:
One Peachtree Center, Suite 4400
303 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Attention: Pascal Seris, Vice President
CREDIT LYONNAIS CAYMAN ISLAND BRANCH
By: /S/ DAVID M. CAWRSE
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David M. Cawrse, Authorized Signature
Address:
c/o Credit Lyonnais Atlanta Agency
One Peachtree Center, Suite 4400
303 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Attention: Pascal Seris, Vice President
$43,750,000 COMERICA BANK
By: /S/ BRADLEY A. TERRYN
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Bradley A. Terryn, Vice President
Address:
One Detroit Center
500 Woodward Avenue, 9th Floor
Detroit, Michigan 48226
Attention: Bradley A. Terryn, Vice President
[SIGNATURES CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE]
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$43,750,000 NATIONSBANK, N.A. (SOUTH)
By: /S/ DESPINA Z. SIBLEY
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Despina Z. Sibley, Vice President
Address:
100 S.E. 2nd Street
Miami, Florida 33131
Attention: Despina Z. Sibley, Vice President
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$35,000,000 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
By: /S/ LINDA J. CARTER
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Linda J. Carter, Vice President
Address:
115 Perimeter Center Terrace
Suite 500
Atlanta, Georgia 30346
Attention: Linda Carter, Vice President
$25,000,000 THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED
NEW YORK BRANCH
By: /S/ KATSUNORI NOZAWA
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Katsunori Nozawa, Vice President and Manager
Address:
Two World Trade Center, 79th Floor
New York, New York 10048
Attention: Vincent Ingato, Vice President
$25,000,000 BARNETT BANK OF SOUTH FLORIDA, N.A.
By: /S/ CLAY F. WILSON
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Clay F. Wilson, Group Sr. Vice President
Address:
701 Brickell Avenue, 6th Floor
Miami, Florida 33131
Attention: Clay F. Wilson, Group Senior
Vice President
[SIGNATURES CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE]
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$25,000,000 THE DAI-ICHI KANGYO BANK, LTD.,
ATLANTA AGENCY
By: /S/ TOSHIAKI KURIHARA
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Toshiaki Kurihara, Joint General Manager
Address:
Marquis Two Tower, Suite 2400
285 Peachtree Center Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Attention: David Smith, First Vice President
$25,000,000 THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN, LIMITED,
ATLANTA AGENCY
By: /S/ JUNYA FUJIWARA
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Junya Fujiwara, Senior Vice President
Address:
191 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Suite 3600
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Attention: James H. Medders, Vice President
$25,000,000 THE SAKURA BANK, LIMITED
By: /S/ HIROYASU JMANISHI
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Hiroyasu Jmanishi, Vice President &
Sr. Manager
Address:
Marquis 1 Tower
245 Peachtree Center Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Attention:
Title:
[SIGNATURES CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE]
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$15,000,000 KREDIETBANK N.V.
By: /S/ ROBERT SNAUFFER
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Robert Snauffer, Vice President
Address:
125 West 55th Street
New York, New York 10019
Attention:
Title:
$20,000,000 THE SANWA BANK LIMITED, ATLANTA AGENCY
By: /S/ P. J. PAWLAU
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P.J. Pawlau, Vice President & Senior Manager
Address:
133 Peach Street, Suite 4750
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Attention: P. J. Pawlau
Title: Vice President & Senior Manager
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$35,000,000 GUARANTY FEDERAL BANK, F.S.B.
By: /S/ RICHARD V. THOMPSON
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Richard V. Thompson, Vice President
Address:
8333 Douglas Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75225
Attention: Richard V. Thompson
Title: Vice President
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FIVE YEAR SUMMARY OF SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Lennar Corporation and Subsidiaries
Years Ended November 30,
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS) 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS:
Revenues:
Homebuilding $ 952,648 665,510 647,750 532,150 308,983
Investment $ 139,500 139,482 106,343 58,955 40,164
Financial services $ 82,577 57,787 54,348 59,204 56,723
Limited-purpose finance subsidiaries $ 6,436 7,689 9,485 14,355 21,164
Total revenues $1,181,161 870,468 817,926 664,664 427,034
Operating earnings - business segments:
Homebuilding $ 91,066 58,530 70,645 60,207 38,063
Investment $ 67,952 67,688 51,904 28,497 16,992
Financial services $ 28,653 19,013 14,844 15,104 16,411
Corporate general and administrative
expenses $ 12,396 10,523 10,309 8,670 8,833
Earnings before income taxes and
cumulative effect of changes in
accounting principles $ 144,239 115,455 111,746 82,054 45,363
Net earnings $ 87,986 70,427 69,126 52,511 29,146
Per share amounts:
Earnings before cumulative effect of
changes in accounting principles $ 2.43 1.95 1.89 1.51 .95
Net earnings $ 2.43 1.95 1.92 1.51 .95
Cash dividends - common stock $ .10 .10 .095 .08 .08
Cash dividends - Class B common stock $ .09 .09 .084 .067 .067
FINANCIAL POSITION:
Total assets $1,766,026 1,442,362 1,293,223 1,195,490 980,261
Total debt $ 837,498 635,761 566,312 531,480 496,205
Stockholders' equity $ 695,456 607,794 534,088 467,473 319,330
Shares outstanding (000's) 35,928 35,864 35,768 35,716 30,440
Stockholders' equity per share $ 19.36 16.95 14.93 13.09 10.49
DELIVERY AND BACKLOG INFORMATION:
Number of homes delivered 5,968 4,680 4,965 4,634 3,039
Backlog of home sales contracts 1,929 1,802 1,703 2,105 1,788
Dollar value of backlog $ 312,000 255,141 247,006 264,342 190,722
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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
CERTAIN STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THE FOLLOWING MANGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND
ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS MAY BE
"FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS" AS DEFINED IN THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION
REFORM ACT OF 1995. SUCH STATEMENTS INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS,
UNCERTAINTIES AND OTHER FACTORS THAT MAY CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER
MATERIALLY. SUCH FACTORS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, CHANGES IN GENERAL
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, MATERIALS PRICES, LABOR COSTS, INTEREST RATES, CONSUMER
CONFIDENCE, COMPETITION, ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
AFFECTING THE COMPANY'S OPERATIONS.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
OVERVIEW
Lennar's earnings increased in 1996 to $88.0 million ($2.43 per share) from
1995 earnings of $70.4 million ($1.95 per share) on total revenues in 1996 of
$1.2 billion, compared to $870.5 million of revenues in 1995. Fiscal 1995
earnings had increased from 1994 earnings of $69.1 million ($1.92 per share) and
revenues in 1995 had increased from 1994 revenues of $817.9 million.
HOMEBUILDING
The Homebuilding Division constructs and sells single-family and
multi-family homes. These activities also include the purchase, development and
sale of residential land. During 1996, the Homebuilding Division significantly
expanded its operations in Texas with the acquisition of the assets and
businesses of Houston-based Village Builders (a homebuilder) and Friendswood
Development Company (a developer of master-planned communities). In addition,
the division entered the California market during 1996 through several
acquisitions and partnership investments. The following tables set forth
selected financial and operational information for the periods indicated:
SELECTED HOMEBUILDING DIVISION FINANCIAL DATA
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, Years Ended November 30,
EXCEPT AVERAGE SALES PRICES) 1996 1995 1994
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Sales of homes $894,663 646,986 626,341
Other 57,985 18,524 21,409
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Total revenues $952,648 665,510 647,750
Gross profit - home sales $171,513 123,958 128,209
Gross profit percentage 19.2% 19.2% 20.5%
Selling, general &
administrative expenses $ 99,301 70,004 63,204
S,G&A as a percentage of
homebuilding revenues 10.4% 10.5% 9.8%
Operating earnings $ 91,066 58,530 70,645
Average sales price $149,900 138,200 126,200
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SUMMARY OF HOME AND BACKLOG DATA
DELIVERIES 1996 1995 1994
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Florida 3,363 3,395 3,717
Arizona 715 504 632
Texas 1,832 781 616
California 58 - -
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5,968 4,680 4,965
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New Orders
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Florida 3,251 3,390 3,361
Arizona 660 568 530
Texas 1,884 821 672
California 52 - -
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5,847 4,779 4,563
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Backlog - Homes
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Florida 1,205 1,317 1,322
Arizona 247 302 238
Texas 438 183 143
California 39 - -
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1,929 1,802 1,703
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Backlog - Dollar Value
(IN THOUSANDS) $312,000 255,141 247,006
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Revenues from homebuilding operations were $952.6 million in 1996, $665.5
million in 1995 and $647.8 million in 1994. Revenues from the sale of homes
increased 38% in 1996 and 3% in 1995. In 1996, the increase was attributable to
both an increase in the number of new home deliveries (primarily as a result of
the Company's expansion in Texas) and an increase in the average sales price.
The increase in 1995 was due to an increase in the average price of a home
delivered partially offset by a decrease in the number of deliveries. The higher
average sales prices in 1996 and 1995 were due to price increases for existing
products, as well as a proportionately greater number of sales of higher-priced
homes. Other Homebuilding Division revenues consisted primarily of residential
land sales. In 1996, 1995 and 1994, sales of residential land totaled $50.8
million, $16.2 million and $18.8 million, respectively. The increase in 1996 is
primarily attributed to the Company's expansion in Texas which increased the
Company's involvement in sales of residential land to other builders.
New orders increased by 22% and 5% for 1996 and 1995, respectively. The
growth in new orders for 1996 was attributed primarily to the Company's
expansion in Texas. The Company's backlog of home sales contracts increased 7%
to 1,929 at November 30, 1996, as compared to a backlog of 1,802 contracts a
year earlier. The dollar value of contracts in backlog increased 22% to $312.0
million at November 30, 1996 from $255.1 million a year ago. The increase in
backlog is attributable to the Company's Texas operations.
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The gross profit percentages from the sales of homes were 19.2% in both
1996 and 1995 and 20.5% in 1994. The decrease in the gross profit percentages
from 1994 was mainly attributable to increased competition in many of the
division's markets combined with higher construction costs due to additional
building code requirements in several counties throughout Florida, as well as
increased land costs related to the mix of homes delivered. Gross profit
percentages are not significantly different for the various types of homes which
the division builds.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $29.3 million in
1996 and $6.8 million in 1995. The higher level of expenses in 1996 was
primarily attributable to the division's expansion in Texas and additional
expenses associated with the increased sales revenues. Also contributing to the
increase, were additional expenses relating to the division's expansion into
California and the opening of a new adult community in the Orlando area. The
higher level of expenses in 1995 was primarily attributable to general increases
in operating costs. As a result of these factors, selling, general and
administrative expenses as a percentage of total homebuilding revenues decreased
to 10.4% in 1996 from 10.5% in 1995 and was 9.8% in 1994.
INVESTMENT
The Investment Division is involved in the development, management and
leasing, as well as the acquisition and sale, of commercial and residential
rental properties and land. During the past five years, this division became a
participant and manager in 12 partnerships which acquired portfolios of
commercial mortgage loans and real estate. The division shares in the profits or
losses of the partnerships and also receives fees for the management and
disposition of the partnerships' assets. The division's interest in these
partnerships range from 9.9% to 50%. These partnerships are capitalized
primarily by long-term debt, which is not guaranteed by the Company. During
1994, this division also began acquiring, at a discount, the unrated portions of
debt securities which are collateralized by commercial real estate loans. The
division has only invested in securities for which it is the special servicer on
behalf of all the holders of the securities. The division earns interest on its
investment (included in other revenues) as well as fees for the special
servicing activities. The following table provides selected financial
information regarding the Investment Division:
Years Ended November 30,
(IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995 1994
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REVENUES
Rental income $ 56,686 49,439 43,487
Equity in earnings of
partnerships 36,382 30,852 20,710
Management fees 18,229 10,274 12,390
Sales of real estate 15,925 38,173 21,518
Other 12,278 10,744 8,238
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Total revenues 139,500 139,482 106,343
COST OF SALES AND EXPENSES 71,548 71,794 54,439
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OPERATING EARNINGS $ 67,952 67,688 51,904
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Investment Division revenues in 1996 and 1995 were $139.5 million. In 1996,
rental income, equity in earnings of partnerships and management fees all
increased over 1995. In addition, other revenues increased as a result of the
division's additional investment in commercial mortgage-backed securities. These
increases were offset by lower sales of real estate which were $15.9 million in
1996, compared to $38.2 million in 1995. This decrease was primarily
attributable to the sale of a recreational facility in 1995 for $16.5 million.
There were no sales of comparable size in 1996. Investment Division revenues
increased to $139.5 million in 1995 from $106.3 million in 1994 primarily as a
result of increases in sales of real estate, earnings from partnerships, rental
income and other revenues.
Operating earnings for the Investment Division increased to $68.0 million
in 1996 from $67.7 million in 1995 and $51.9 million in 1994. These increases
were due primarily to increases in equity in earnings of partnerships and rental
income, in both 1995 and 1996, and increases in management fees from the
division's partnerships in 1996. Operating earnings in each of the three years
were also impacted by gains on sales of real estate which totaled $4.1 million,
$15.8 million and $9.3 million in 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Financial services activities are conducted primarily through Lennar
Financial Services, Inc. ("LFS") and its subsidiaries. These companies arrange
mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services for Lennar homebuyers
and others; acquire, package and resell residential and commercial mortgage
loans and mortgage-backed securities and perform mortgage loan servicing
activities. This division also invests in issues of rated portions of commercial
real estate mortgage-backed securities for which Lennar's Investment Division is
the special servicer and an investor in the unrated portion of those securities.
The following table sets forth selected financial and operational information
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relating to the Financial Services Division:
Years Ended November 30,
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995 1994
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REVENUES $ 82,577 57,787 54,348
COSTS AND EXPENSES 53,924 38,774 39,504
INTERCOMPANY INTEREST EXPENSE 233 2,313 3,144
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OPERATING EARNINGS $ 28,420 16,700 11,700
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Dollar volume of
mortgages originated $ 527,036 650,074 941,351
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Number of mortgages
originated 4,600 5,900 9,000
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Principal balance of
servicing portfolio $3,286,225 3,400,120 3,392,071
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Number of loans serviced 42,100 44,300 45,200
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Operating earnings of the Financial Services Division in 1996 increased to
$28.4 million from $16.7 million in 1995. The increase in earnings was primarily
the result of earnings from the division's investment in issues of the rated
portion of commercial mortgage-backed securities, partnerships and commercial
loans. Additionally, earnings from the division's title and closing services
operations increased during 1996 due to the acquisition of Regency Title Company
in Houston. The increases in operating earnings during 1996 were partially
offset by lower gains from bulk sales of mortgage servicing rights which were
$.4 million in 1996, compared to $1.1 million in 1995. Mortgage loan
originations were lower in 1996, when compared to 1995 and 1994, due to both a
decrease in the level of customer refinancings and a reduction in the division's
involvement in the less profitable wholesale loan origination business.
Financial services' operating earnings increased to $16.7 million in 1995
from $11.7 million in 1994. The increase in earnings was primarily the result of
earnings from the division's investment in issues of the rated portion of
commercial mortgage-backed securities. The division began investing in
commercial mortgage-backed securities in the latter part of 1994. Consequently,
earnings from these investments were significantly greater than earnings from
these activities in 1994. Additionally, earnings from the division's title and
closing services operations increased during 1995 due to the expansion of
services provided by the division. The increases in operating earnings were
partially offset by lower gains from bulk sales of mortgage servicing rights
which were $1.1 million in 1995, compared to $2.5 million in 1994.
INTEREST EXPENSE
During 1996, 1995 and 1994, interest costs of $50.1 million, $35.8 million
and $25.0 million, respectively, were incurred by the Company (excluding the
limited-purpose finance subsidiaries) and $24.9 million, $23.4 million and $22.1
million, respectively, were capitalized by the Company's homebuilding and
investment operations. Previously capitalized interest charged to expense was
$20.9 million in 1996, $17.8 million in 1995 and $15.4 million in 1994.
Interest amounts incurred and charged to expense in 1996 were greater than
those of 1995 and 1994 due to higher debt levels. The higher debt levels at
November 30, 1996 and 1995 are a reflection of the expansion in each of the
Company's business segments. The amount of interest capitalized by the Company's
real estate operations in any one year is a function of the assets under
development, outstanding debt levels and interest rates.
IMPACT OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
The Company finances its land acquisition and development, construction
costs, Investment Division activities, mortgage banking operations and general
operating needs primarily from its own base of $695.5 million of equity at
November 30, 1996, as well as borrowings from financial institutions. The
Company has maintained strong relationships with the financial institutions
participating in its financing arrangements and has no reason to believe that
such relationships will not continue in the future. The Company anticipates that
there will be adequate mortgage financing available for the purchasers of its
homes during 1997 through the Company's own financial services subsidiaries as
well as from external sources.
Total revenues and earnings in 1997 will be affected by both the new home
sales order rate during the year and the backlog of home sales contracts at the
beginning of the year. The Company is entering fiscal 1997 with a backlog of
$312.0 million, which is 22% higher than at the beginning of the prior fiscal
year. Revenues and earnings should be positively affected in 1997 by the
Company's expansion into California.
Inflation can have a long-term impact on the Company because increasing
costs of land, materials and labor result in a need to increase the sales prices
of homes. In addition, inflation is often accompanied by higher interest rates,
which can have a negative impact on housing demand and the costs of financing
land development activities and housing construction. In recent years the
increases in these costs have generally followed the rate of inflation and hence
have not had a significant adverse impact on the Company.
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
Governmental bodies in the areas where the Company conducts its business
have at times imposed laws and other regulations that affect the development of
real estate. These laws and regulations are subject to frequent change. In some
cases, there are laws which require that commitments to provide roads and other
offsite infrastructure be in place prior to
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the commencement of new construction. These laws are usually administered by
individual counties and municipalities and may result in additional fees and
assessments or building moratoriums. It is difficult to predict the impact of
these laws on future operations, or what changes may take place in the law in
the future. The Company believes that it has the financial resources to provide
for development of the balance of its land in compliance with these laws.
Over the last few years, there have been changes to the various building
codes within Florida which have resulted in higher construction costs. The
Company believes these additional costs have been recoverable through increased
selling prices without any significant effect on sales volume.
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company meets most of its short-term financing needs with cash
generated from operations and funds available under its unsecured revolving
credit agreement. During 1996, the Company amended and increased its revolving
credit agreement. The agreement, which is with 14 banks, provides a financing
commitment of $450.0 million for five years. At November 30, 1996, there was
$324.9 million outstanding under the Company's revolving credit agreement,
compared to $171.2 million outstanding under the agreement as of the same date
last year.
During 1996, $12.2 million in cash was provided by the Company's
operations, compared to $13.1 million used during 1995. In addition to higher
earnings, cash flow from operations increased primarily as a result of $29.2
million of cash provided by an increase in accounts payable and other
liabilities and a $21.5 million reduction in loans held for sale or disposition
by the Company's Financial Services Division. The primary use of cash for
operating activities in 1996 was $62.0 million used to increase inventories
through land purchases, land development and construction. In 1995, $35.6
million in cash was used to increase inventories through land purchases, land
development and construction and $17.0 million was used to increase receivables.
These uses of cash in 1995 were partially offset by $13.3 million in cash
provided by an increase in accounts payable and other liabilities.
Cash used in investing activities totaled $175.4 million in 1996, compared
to $31.2 million in 1995. During 1996, $133.8 million was used in the
acquisitions of businesses and $119.5 million was used to purchase investment
securities (commercial mortgage-backed securities) by both the Investment and
Financial Services Divisions. Additionally, $26.3 million was used to increase
the Company's investment in operating properties and equipment. These uses of
cash were partially offset by $48.1 million of sales and principal payments
provided by the Company's portfolio of investment securities. In addition, $42.8
million of cash was provided by the Company's partnerships. This was comprised
of $77.3 million of distributions from partnerships, partially offset by
investments in new partnerships in both the Homebuilding and Investment
Divisions. In 1995, the primary use of cash for investing activities was $57.5
million to purchase investment securities (commercial mortgage-backed
securities). In addition, $10.1 million was used to increase operating
properties and equipment, $7.4 million was used to increase financial services'
loans held for investment and $3.7 million was used to increase the Company's
investment in partnerships. These uses of cash were partially offset by $38.2
million provided by the sale of operating properties and land held for
investment, as well as $16.3 million provided by receipts from investment
securities.
HOMEBUILDING AND INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
The Company finances its land acquisitions with its revolving lines of
credit or purchase money mortgages or buys land under option agreements. Option
agreements permit the Company to acquire portions of properties when it is ready
to build homes on them. The financial risk of adverse market conditions
associated with longer term land holdings is managed by strategic purchasing in
areas that the Company has identified as desirable growth markets along with
careful management of the land development process. The Company believes that
its land inventories give it a competitive advantage, especially in Florida and
California, where developers face government constraints and regulations which
will limit the number of available homesites in future years. Based on its
current financing capabilities, the Company does not believe that its land
holdings have an adverse effect on its liquidity.
The Company has supplemented its lines of credit with secured term loans.
Total secured borrowings, which include term loan debt, repurchase agreements on
investment securities, as well as mortgage notes payable on certain operating
properties and land, were $230.4 million and $177.5 million at November 30, 1996
and 1995, respectively. A significant portion of inventories, land held for
investment, model homes and operating properties remained unencumbered at the
end of the current fiscal year. Total non-financial services borrowings
increased to $509.7 million at November 30, 1996 from $336.6 million at November
30, 1995. This increase was attributable to the Homebuilding Division's
expansion in Texas and into California, as well as, increases in construction in
progress, land inventories and investment securities.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Lennar Financial Services subsidiaries finance their residential mortgage
loans held for sale on a short-term basis by either pledging them as collateral
for borrowings under a line of credit totaling $125.0 million or borrowing funds
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from Lennar Corporation in instances where, on a consolidated basis, this
minimizes the overall cost of funds. Total borrowings under the line of credit
were $48.3 million and $54.9 million at November 30, 1996 and 1995,
respectively.
The Financial Services Division utilizes revolving credit lines and
repurchase agreements to finance certain mortgage-backed securities. The
revolving credit lines total $75.0 million with total borrowings as of November
30, 1996 and 1995 of $74.4 million and $67.4, respectively. During 1996, the
division entered into two revolving credit agreements to finance certain
commercial assets which provide for borrowings up to $60.0 million. Borrowings
under these agreements were $23.1 million at November 30, 1996.
Certain subsidiaries of the Financial Services Division are co-borrowers in
the Company's revolving credit agreement. As of November 30, 1996 and 1995, the
division's allocated borrowings under this agreement amounted to $67.0 million
and $54.0 million, respectively.
LFS subsidiaries generally sell the mortgage loans they originate within
thirty to sixty days of origination. At November 30, 1996, the balance of loans
held for sale or disposition was $127.6 million, compared with $123.8 million
one year earlier.
LIMITED-PURPOSE FINANCE SUBSIDIARIES
Limited-purpose finance subsidiaries of LFS have placed mortgage loans and
other receivables as collateral for various long-term financings. These
subsidiaries pay the debt service on the long-term borrowings primarily from the
cash flows generated by the related pledged collateral. Therefore, the related
interest income and interest expense, for the most part, offset one another in
each of the years in the three year period ended November 30, 1996. The Company
believes that the cash flows generated by these subsidiaries will be adequate to
meet the required debt payment schedules.
Based on the Company's current financial condition and credit
relationships, Lennar believes that its operations and borrowing resources will
provide for its current and long-term capital requirements at the Company's
anticipated levels of growth.
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In March 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment
of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of". SFAS No. 121
requires companies to evaluate long-lived assets for impairment based on the
undiscounted future cash flows of the asset. If a long-lived asset is identified
as impaired, the value of the asset must be reduced to its fair value. The
Company's land holdings and operating properties are considered long-lived
assets under this pronouncement.
In May 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 122,
"Accounting for Mortgage Servicing Rights". SFAS No. 122, among other
provisions, requires the recognition of originated mortgage servicing rights as
assets by allocating total costs incurred in originating a loan between the loan
and the servicing rights based on their relative fair values. Presently, the
cost of originated mortgage servicing rights is included with the costs of the
related loans and written off against income when the loans are sold. Also under
SFAS No. 122, all capitalized mortgage servicing rights are evaluated for
impairment based on the excess of the carrying amount of the mortgage servicing
rights over their fair value.
These statements are effective for fiscal years beginning after December
15, 1995. The Company plans to adopt these statements in the first quarter of
its fiscal year ending November 30, 1997. The actual effects of implementing
these new standards are not expected to have any material affect on the
Company's financial position or results of operations.
In October 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No.
123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation". This statement encourages, but
does not require, a fair value based method of accounting for employee stock
options or similar equity instruments. Entities which elect not to adopt the
fair value method of accounting are required to make pro-forma disclosures of
net income and earnings per share as if the fair value method were adopted. This
statement is also effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1995.
The Company does not intend to adopt the fair value method of accounting.
Accordingly, adoption of the statement in 1997 will result in the Company making
pro-forma disclosures.
In June 1996, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 125,
"Accounting for Servicing and Transfers of Financial Assets and Extinguishments
of Liabilities". This statement supersedes SFAS No. 122 in establishing
standards for resolving issues relating to the accounting for continuing
involvement arising from the transfer of financial assets. Under SFAS No. 125,
each time an entity undertakes an obligation to service financial assets it
shall recognize a financial asset or servicing liability for that servicing
contract. A servicing asset or liability shall be amortized in proportion to and
over the period of estimated net servicing income or loss. A servicing asset or
liability shall be assessed for impairment or increased obligation based on its
fair value. This statement is effective for transfers and servicing of financial
assets occurring after December 31, 1996. The actual effects of implementing
this new standard is not expected to have any material affect on the Company's
financial position or results of operations.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Lennar Corporation:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Lennar
Corporation and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of November 30, 1996 and 1995
and the related consolidated statements of earnings, cash flows and
stockholders' equity for each of the three years in the period ended November
30, 1996. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Lennar Corporation
and subsidiaries at November 30, 1996 and 1995, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
November 30, 1996, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
As discussed in Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements, effective
December 1, 1993, the Company changed its method of accounting for income taxes
to conform to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, "Accounting
for Income Taxes," and its method of evaluating purchased mortgage servicing
rights for impairment. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial
statements, effective December 1, 1994, the Company changed its method of
accounting for its investments in debt securities to conform with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 115, "Accounting for Certain Investments in
Debt and Equity Securities".
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
January 16, 1997
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REPORT OF MANAGEMENT
The accompanying consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of
management. The statements have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and include amounts that are based on
management's best judgments and estimates. Management relies on internal
accounting controls, among other things, to produce records suitable for the
preparation of financial statements. The Company employs internal auditors
whose work includes evaluating and resting internal accounting controls.
The responsibility of our independent auditors for the financial statements is
limited to their expressed opinion on the fairness of the consolidated financial
statements taken as a whole. Their examination is performed in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards which include tests of our accounting
records and internal accounting controls and evaluation of estimates and
judgments used to prepare the financial statements.
An Audit Committee of outside members of the Board of Directors periodically
meets with management, the external auditors and internal auditors to evaluate
the scope of auditing activities and review results. Both the external and
internal auditors have full and free access to the Committee, without management
present, to discuss any appropriate matters.
/s/ ALLAN J. PEKOR /s/ JAMES T. TIMMONS
Allan j. Pekor James T. Timmons
Financial Vice President Controller
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Lennar Corporation and Subsidiaries
November 30, 1996 and 1995
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS) 1996 1995
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ASSETS
HOMEBUILDING, INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL SERVICES:
Homebuilding and investment assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 12,960 21,870
Receivables, net 62,158 70,202
Inventories:
Construction in progress and model homes 259,747 199,774
Land held for development 440,136 304,630
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Total inventories 699,883 504,404
Land held for investment 63,615 72,976
Operating properties and equipment, net 221,312 189,341
Investments in and advances to partnerships 139,578 114,240
Other assets 124,539 40,792
Financial services assets 382,083 353,809
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Total assets - homebuilding, investment and
financial services 1,706,128 1,367,634
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LIMITED-PURPOSE FINANCE SUBSIDIARIES - COLLATERAL
FOR BONDS AND NOTES PAYABLE 59,898 74,728
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$1,766,026 1,442,362
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
HOMEBUILDING, INVESTMENT AND FINANCIAL SERVICES:
Homebuilding and investment liabilities:
Accounts payable and other liabilities $ 186,735 129,274
Income taxes:
Currently payable 26,045 12,219
Deferred - 42,611
Mortgage notes and other debts payable 509,672 336,633
Financial services liabilities 291,606 243,191
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Total liabilities - homebuilding, investment
and financial services 1,014,058 763,928
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LIMITED-PURPOSE FINANCE SUBSIDIARIES - BONDS AND
NOTES PAYABLE 56,512 70,640
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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Common stock of $.10 par value per share
Authorized 100,000 shares; issued and outstanding:
1996 - 25,943; 1995 - 25,878 2,594 2,588
Class B common stock of $.10 par value per share
Authorized 30,000 shares; issued and outstanding:
1996 - 9,985; 1995 - 9,986 999 999
Additional paid-in capital 171,618 170,586
Retained earnings 512,345 427,851
Unrealized gain on securities available-for-sale, net 7,900 5,770
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Total stockholders' equity 695,456 607,794
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$1,766,026 1,442,362
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
Lennar Corporation and Subsidiaries
Years Ended November 30, 1996, 1995 and 1994
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS) 1996 1995 1994
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REVENUES:
Homebuilding $ 952,648 665,510 647,750
Investment 139,500 139,482 106,343
Financial services 82,577 57,787 54,348
Limited-purpose finance subsidiaries 6,436 7,689 9,485
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Total revenues 1,181,161 870,468 817,926
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COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Homebuilding 861,582 606,980 577,105
Investment 71,548 71,794 54,439
Financial services 53,924 38,774 39,504
Limited-purpose finance subsidiaries 6,439 7,687 9,441
Corporate general and administrative 12,396 10,523 10,309
Interest 31,033 19,255 15,382
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Total costs and expenses 1,036,922 755,013 706,180
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EARNINGS BEFORE INCOME TAXES AND CUMULATIVE
EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES 144,239 115,455 111,746
INCOME TAXES 56,253 45,028 43,581
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EARNINGS BEFORE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHANGES
IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES 87,986 70,427 68,165
CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING
PRINCIPLES FOR:
Income taxes - - 4,745
Purchased mortgage servicing rights - - (3,784)
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NET EARNINGS $ 87,986 70,427 69,126
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NET EARNINGS PER SHARE:
BEFORE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES $ 2.43 1.95 1.89
CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES - - .03
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NET EARNINGS PER SHARE $ 2.43 1.95 1.92
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Lennar Corporation and Subsidiaries
Years Ended November 30, 1996, 1995 and 1994
(IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995 1994
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net earnings $ 87,986 70,427 69,126
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to
net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization 12,039 10,274 8,396
Equity in earnings of partnerships (52,278) (31,203) (20,710)
Gain on sales of other real estate (4,098) (15,776) (9,259)
Decrease in deferred income taxes (16,067) (8,185) (9,324)
Changes in assets and liabilities, net
of effects from acquisitions and
accounting changes:
Increase in receivables (17,936) (17,009) (7,861)
Increase in inventories (62,015) (35,581) (36,932)
Decrease in financial services' loans
held for sale or disposition 21,476 30 119,071
Increase (decrease) in accounts
payable and other liabilities 29,158 13,310 (15,415)
Increase in income taxes currently
payable 13,826 2,014 5,678
Other, net 89 (1,432) (961)
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Net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities 12,180 (13,131) 101,809
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Operating properties and equipment:
Additions (26,310) (10,053) (55,125)
Sales 10,840 21,813 20,007
Sales of land held for investment 11,515 16,365 1,530
Decrease (increase) in investments in and
advances to partnerships 42,812 (3,701) (43,639)
Increase in financial services' loans held
for investment (6,970) (7,416) (6,704)
Purchase of investment securities (119,525) (57,450) (46,884)
Receipts from investment securities 48,059 16,279 3,994
Acquisitions of businesses (133,792) - -
Other, net (2,054) (7,082) 2,631
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Net cash used in investing
activities (175,425) (31,245) (124,190)
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Net borrowings (repayments) under revolving
credit agreement 153,700 (4,500) 46,000
Net repayments under financial services'
short-term debt (45,058) (11,234) (113,447)
Mortgage notes and other debts payable:
Proceeds from borrowings 162,022 159,039 116,940
Principal payments (109,333) (85,377) (23,232)
Limited-purpose finance subsidiaries:
Principal reduction of mortgage loans and
other receivables 15,226 14,058 39,777
Principal reduction of bonds and notes
payable (14,581) (12,818) (37,429)
Common stock:
Issuance 1,038 991 778
Dividends (3,492) (3,482) (3,289)
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Net cash provided by financing
activities 159,522 56,677 26,098
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents (3,723) 12,301 3,717
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 30,243 17,942 14,225
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $ 26,520 30,243 17,942
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Summary of cash and cash equivalent balances:
Homebuilding and investment $ 12,960 21,870 16,801
Financial services 13,560 8,373 1,141
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$ 26,520 30,243 17,942
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Supplemental disclosures of cash flow
information:
Cash paid for interest, net of amounts
capitalized $ 31,921 20,815 12,303
Cash paid for income taxes $ 60,329 47,028 46,443
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing
and financing activities:
Purchases of investment securities financed
by sellers $ 25,619 24,162 47,016
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Lennar Corporation and Subsidiaries
Years Ended November 30, 1996, 1995 and 1994
(IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995 1994
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COMMON STOCK:
Beginning balance $ 2,588 2,578 1,715
Three-for-two stock split effected in the
form of a 50% stock dividend - - 859
Shares issued under employee stock plans 6 10 4
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Balance at November 30 2,594 2,588 2,578
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CLASS B COMMON STOCK:
Beginning balance 999 999 666
Three-for-two stock split effected in the
form of a 50% stock dividend - - 333
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Balance at November 30 999 999 999
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ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL:
Beginning balance 170,586 169,605 170,023
Three-for-two stock split effected in the
form of a 50% stock dividend - - (1,192)
Shares issued under employee stock plans 1,032 981 774
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Balance at November 30 171,618 170,586 169,605
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RETAINED EARNINGS:
Beginning balance 427,851 360,906 295,069
Net earnings 87,986 70,427 69,126
Cash dividends - common stock (2,593) (2,583) (2,448)
Cash dividends - Class B common stock (899) (899) (841)
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Balance at November 30 512,345 427,851 360,906
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UNREALIZED GAIN ON SECURITIES
AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE, NET:
Beginning balance 5,770 - -
Net unrealized gains for the year 2,130 5,770 -
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Balance at November 30 7,900 5,770 -
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Total stockholders' equity $695,456 607,794 534,088
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Lennar Corporation and Subsidiaries
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BASIS OF CONSOLIDATION
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of
Lennar Corporation, all wholly owned subsidiaries and partnerships in which a
controlling interest is held (the "Company"). The Company's investments in
partnerships (and similar entities) in which less than a controlling interest is
held are accounted for by the equity method. All significant intercompany
transactions and balances have been eliminated.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and
accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
Revenues from sales of homes are recognized when the sales are closed and
title passes to the new homeowners. Revenues from sales of other real estate
(including the sales of land and operating properties) are recognized when a
significant down payment is received, the earnings process is complete and the
collection of any remaining receivables is reasonably assured.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with a
maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Due to the short
maturity period of the cash equivalents, the carrying amount of these
instruments approximates their fair values.
INVENTORIES
Inventories are stated at the lower of accumulated costs or net realizable
value. Net realizable value is evaluated at the community level and is defined
as the estimated proceeds upon disposition less all future costs to complete and
sell. Inventory adjustments to net realizable value in 1996, 1995 and 1994 were
not material. Start-up costs, construction overhead and selling expenses are
expensed as incurred. Homes held for sale are classified as construction in
progress until delivered. Land, land development, amenities and other costs are
accumulated by specific area and allocated proportionately to homes within the
respective area.
INTEREST AND REAL ESTATE TAXES
Interest and real estate taxes attributable to land, homes and operating
properties are capitalized and added to the cost of those properties as long as
the properties are being actively developed. Interest expense relating to
financial services operations and limited-purpose finance subsidiaries is
included in their respective costs and expenses. Interest related to
homebuilding and investment operations, including interest costs relieved from
inventories, is included in interest expense.
During 1996, 1995 and 1994, interest costs of $50.1 million, $35.8 million
and $25.0 million, respectively (excluding the limited-purpose finance
subsidiaries), were incurred by the Company and $24.9 million, $23.4 million and
$22.1 million, respectively, were capitalized by the Company's homebuilding and
investment operations. Previously capitalized interest charged to expense in
1996, 1995 and 1994 was $20.9 million, $17.8 million and $15.4 million,
respectively.
OPERATING PROPERTIES AND EQUIPMENT
Operating properties and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation is
calculated to amortize the cost of depreciable assets over their estimated
useful lives using the straight-line method. The range of estimated useful lives
for operating properties is 15 to 40 years and for equipment is 2 to 10 years.
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
Effective December 1, 1994, the Company adopted Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 115, "Accounting for Certain Investments in
Debt and Equity Securities". This standard requires that debt and equity
securities that have determinable fair values be classified as
available-for-sale unless they are classified as held to maturity. Securities
classified as held to maturity are carried at amortized cost because they are
purchased with the intent and ability to hold to maturity. Available-for-sale
securities are recorded at fair value in the balance sheet. Any unrealized
holding gains or losses on available-for-sale securities are reported in a
separate component of stockholders' equity, net of tax effects, until realized.
WARRANTIES
Warranty liabilities are not significant as the Company subcontracts
virtually all segments of construction to others and its contracts call for the
subcontractors to repair or replace any deficient items related to their trade.
Extended warranties are offered in some communities through independent
homeowner warranty insurance companies. The costs of these extended warranties
are fixed to the Company and are expensed in the period the homes are delivered.
INCOME TAXES
Income taxes are accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 109, "Accounting
for Income Taxes". Under SFAS No. 109, deferred tax assets and liabilities are
determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of
assets and liabilities, and are measured by using enacted tax rates expected to
apply to taxable income in the years in which those differences are expected to
reverse.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Lennar Corporation and Subsidiaries
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE
Net earnings per share is calculated by dividing net earnings by the
weighted average number of the total of common shares, Class B common shares and
common share equivalents outstanding during each year. The weighted average
number of shares outstanding was 36,223,000, 36,100,000 and 36,086,000 in 1996,
1995 and 1994, respectively.
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Mortgage loans held for sale or disposition by the Financial Services
Division are recorded at the lower of cost or market, as determined on an
aggregate basis. Discounts recorded on these loans are presented as a reduction
of the carrying amount of the loans and are not amortized.
This division enters into forward sales and option contracts to protect the
value of loans held for sale or disposition from increases in market interest
rates. Adjustments are made to these loans based on changes in the market value
of these hedging contracts (see Note 14).
When the division sells loans or mortgage-backed securities in the
secondary market, a gain or loss is recognized to the extent that the sales
proceeds exceed, or are less than, the book value of the loans or the
securities. Loan origination fees, net of direct origination costs, are deferred
and recognized as a component of the gain or loss when loans are sold.
The division generally retains the servicing on the loans and
mortgage-backed securities it sells and recognizes servicing fee income as those
services are performed.
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In March 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No.
121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived
Assets to be Disposed Of". SFAS No. 121 requires companies to evaluate
long-lived assets for impairment based on the undiscounted future cash flows of
the asset. If a long-lived asset is identified as impaired, the value of the
asset must be reduced to its fair value. The Company's land holdings and
operating properties are considered long-lived assets under this pronouncement.
In May 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 122,
"Accounting for Mortgage Servicing Rights". SFAS No. 122, among other
provisions, requires the recognition of originated mortgage servicing rights as
assets by allocating total costs incurred in originating a loan between the loan
and the servicing rights based on their relative fair values. Presently, the
cost of originated mortgage servicing rights is included with the costs of the
related loans and written off against income when the loans are sold. Also under
SFAS No. 122, all capitalized mortgage servicing rights are evaluated for
impairment based on the excess of the carrying amount of the mortgage servicing
rights over their fair value.
These statements are effective for fiscal years beginning after December
15, 1995. The Company plans to adopt these statements in the first quarter of
its fiscal year ending November 30, 1997. The actual effects of implementing
these new standards are not expected to have any material affect on the
Company's financial position or results of operations.
In October 1995, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No.
123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation". This statement encourages, but
does not require, a fair value based method of accounting for employee stock
options or similar equity instruments. Entities which elect not to adopt the
fair value method of accounting are required to make pro-forma disclosures of
net income and earnings per share as if the fair value method were adopted. This
statement is also effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1995.
The Company does not intend to adopt the fair value method of accounting.
Accordingly, adoption of the statement in 1997 will result in the Company making
pro-forma disclosures.
In June 1996, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 125,
"Accounting for Servicing and Transfers of Financial Assets and Extinguishments
of Liabilities". This statement supersedes SFAS No. 122 in establishing
standards for resolving issues relating to the accounting for continuing
involvement arising from the transfer of financial assets. Under SFAS No. 125,
each time an entity undertakes an obligation to service financial assets it
shall recognize a financial asset or servicing liability for that servicing
contract. A servicing asset or liability shall be amortized in proportion to and
over the period of estimated net servicing income or loss. A servicing asset or
liability shall be assessed for impairment or increased obligation based on its
fair value. This statement is effective for transfers and servicing of financial
assets occurring after December 31, 1996. The actual effects of implementing
this new standard is not expected to have any material affect on the Company's
financial position or results of operations.
RECLASSIFICATION
Certain prior year amounts in the consolidated financial statements have
been reclassified to conform with the 1996 presentation.
2. BUSINESS SEGMENTS
The Company has three business segments: Homebuilding, Investment and
Financial Services. The limited-purpose finance subsidiaries are not considered
a business segment and are not included in the following tables.
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HOMEBUILDING
Homebuilding operations include the construction and sale of single-family
and multi-family homes. These activities also include the purchase, development
and sale of residential land. The following table sets forth financial
information relating to the homebuilding operations:
Years Ended November 30,
(IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995 1994
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REVENUES:
Sales of homes $894,663 646,986 626,341
Other 57,985 18,524 21,409
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Total revenues 952,648 665,510 647,750
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COSTS AND EXPENSES:
Cost of homes sold 723,150 523,028 498,132
Cost of other revenues 39,131 13,948 15,769
Selling, general & administrative 99,301 70,004 63,204
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Total costs and expenses 861,582 606,980 577,105
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OPERATING EARNINGS $ 91,066 58,530 70,645
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IDENTIFIABLE ASSETS $813,472 541,266 531,330
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DEPRECIATION AND
AMORTIZATION $ 3,167 1,842 1,522
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INVESTMENT
The Investment Division is involved in the development, management and
leasing, as well as the acquisition and sale, of commercial and
residential-rental properties and land. This division also manages and
participates in partnerships with financial institutions. During 1994, this
division began acquiring, at a discount, the unrated portion of debt securities
which are collateralized by commercial real estate loans. The following table
sets forth financial information relating to the Investment Division's
operations:
Years Ended November 30,
(IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995 1994
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REVENUES:
Rental income $ 56,686 49,439 43,487
Equity in earnings
of partnerships 36,382 30,852 20,710
Management fees 18,229 10,274 12,390
Sales of real estate 15,925 38,173 21,518
Other 12,278 10,744 8,238
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Total revenues 139,500 139,482 106,343
COST OF SALES AND EXPENSES 71,548 71,794 54,439
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OPERATING EARNINGS $ 67,952 67,688 51,904
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IDENTIFIABLE ASSETS $461,990 453,483 411,366
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CAPITAL EXPENDITURES $ 36,286 7,867 53,646
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DEPRECIATION AND
AMORTIZATION $ 6,368 5,483 5,010
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FINANCIAL SERVICES
The Financial Services Division's activities are conducted primarily
through Lennar Financial Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries. These companies
arrange mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services for Lennar
homebuyers and others; acquire, package and resell residential and commercial
mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities and perform mortgage loan
servicing activities. This division also invests in issues of rated portions of
commercial real estate mortgage-backed securities for which Lennar's Investment
Division is the special servicer and an investor in the unrated portion of those
securities. The following table sets forth financial information relating to the
financial services operations:
Years Ended November 30,
(IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995 1994
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REVENUES $ 82,577 57,787 54,348
COSTS AND EXPENSES 53,924 38,774 39,504
INTERCOMPANY
INTEREST EXPENSE* 233 2,313 3,144
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OPERATING EARNINGS $ 28,420 16,700 11,700
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IDENTIFIABLE ASSETS $382,083 353,809 252,195
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DEPRECIATION AND
AMORTIZATION $ 1,416 2,196 1,450
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*Intercompany interest expense is reflected above to show interest expense on
intercompany debt of the financial services operations.
3. ACQUISITIONS
On December 29, 1995, the Company purchased the assets and operations of
the residential business of Houston-based Village Builders and Friendswood
Development Company, real estate subsidiaries of Exxon Corporation, for $110.5
million in cash (substantially all of which was allocated to inventories). The
Company financed this transaction through borrowings under its revolving credit
agreement. Revenues for 1995 would have increased to approximately $1.1 billion
on an unaudited pro-forma basis if the acquisition had occurred on December 1,
1994. The pro-forma effect of the acquisition on 1996 was not considered
significant since the acquisition occurred near the beginning of the year.
During 1995, the Company acquired virtually all of the secured debt of
Bramalea California, Inc. ("BCI") for approximately $50 million after BCI had
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Company acquired this debt, at a
significant discount from its face amount, in order to convert the debt into an
ownership interest when BCI was reorganized out of bankruptcy. During the third
quarter of 1996, the bankruptcy plan of BCI was confirmed and the Company
completed its acquisition. The total purchase price for the BCI assets (which
principally consisted of inventories) was approximately $60 million, this
included the $50 million paid to acquire BCI's debt and approximately $10
million of advances to BCI subsequent to the purchase of its debt. Substantially
all of the purchase price was allocated to a deferred tax benefit, which will be
realized as the Company disposes of the assets. BCI had no significant
operations in 1995 and 1996 through the date of acquisition.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Lennar Corporation and Subsidiaries
The acquisitions of these assets and operations have been accounted for
using the purchase method of accounting.
4. ACCOUNTING CHANGES
Effective December 1, 1993, the Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No.
109, "Accounting for Income Taxes". This change in accounting principle resulted
in an increase to net earnings of $4.7 million in the first quarter of 1994. The
change in accounting for income taxes did not have a significant effect on the
Company's results of operations.
The first quarter of 1994 also included a charge of $3.8 million (net of
income tax effect of $2.4 million) for the cumulative effect on prior years of a
change in accounting for purchased mortgage servicing rights. During the first
quarter of 1994, the Company changed the way in which it evaluates these assets
for impairment from an undiscounted and disaggregated cash flow basis to a
discounted and disaggregated cash flow basis.
5. RESTRICTED CASH
Cash includes restricted deposits of $2.5 million and $3.1 million as of
November 30, 1996 and 1995, respectively. These balances are comprised primarily
of escrow deposits held related to sales of homes and security deposits from
tenants of commercial and apartment properties.
6. RECEIVABLES
November 30,
(IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995
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Accounts receivable $47,824 24,516
Mortgages and notes receivable 17,322 48,659
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65,146 73,175
Allowance for doubtful accounts (2,387) (2,372)
Deferred income and unamortized discounts (601) (601)
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$62,158 70,202
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7. PARTNERSHIPS
Summarized financial information on a combined 100% basis related to the
Company's significant Homebuilding, Investment and Financial Services
partnerships accounted for by the equity method follows:
November 30,
(IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995
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ASSETS:
Cash $ 63,610 66,927
Land under development 148,797 -
Portfolio investments 828,215 1,078,841
Other assets 40,531 22,160
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$1,081,153 1,167,928
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LIABILITIES AND EQUITY:
Accounts payable and
other liabilities $ 74,230 77,424
Notes and mortgages payable 496,853 570,882
Equity of:
The Company 150,785 149,174
Others 359,285 370,448
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$1,081,153 1,167,928
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Portfolio investments consist primarily of mortgage loans and business
loans collateralized by real property, as well as commercial properties and land
held for investment or sale.
Years Ended November 30,
(IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995 1994
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Revenues $320,967 280,286 246,236
Costs and expenses 149,215 115,269 128,784
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Pre-tax earnings of
partnerships $171,752 165,017 117,452
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The Company's share of
pre-tax earnings $ 52,278 31,203 20,710
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At November 30, 1996, the Company's equity interest in these partnerships
ranged from 15% to 50%. These partnerships are involved in the acquisition and
management of portfolios of real estate loans and assets, and the development of
residential land. The Company shares in the profits and losses of these
partnerships and, when appointed the manager of the partnerships, receives fees
for the management and disposition of the assets. In most cases, when the
Company is involved in a partnership, it is through a subsidiary which is the
general partner and whose only asset is its interest in the partnership. The
outstanding debt of these partnerships is not guaranteed by the Company.
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8. OPERATING PROPERTIES AND EQUIPMENT
November 30,
(IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995
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Rental apartment properties $ 70,357 69,027
Office buildings 67,083 62,952
Retail centers 60,344 39,718
Hospitality 18,713 17,963
Community recreational facilities 12,653 9,693
Other 20,572 15,557
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Total land and buildings 249,722 214,910
Furniture, fixtures and equipment 13,098 10,615
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Total 262,820 225,525
Accumulated depreciation (41,508) (36,184)
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$221,312 189,341
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The Company leases retail, office and other facilities under non-cancelable
operating leases with terms in excess of twelve months. The future minimum
rental revenues under these leases for the five years subsequent to November 30,
1996 are as follows (in thousands): 1997 - $21,627; 1998 -$14,321; 1999 -
$12,301; 2000 - $10,107 and 2001 - $7,842.
9. MORTGAGE NOTES AND OTHER DEBTS PAYABLE
November 30,
(IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995
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Secured without recourse to the Company:
Mortgage notes on operating properties and land
with fixed interest rates from 6.8% to 9.5%,
due through 2003 $ 24,730 25,616
Other secured debt:
Term loan notes with floating interest rates
(5.9% to 6.4% at November 30, 1996), secured by
certain real estate and operating properties,
due through 2002 60,000 84,960
Mortgage notes on operating properties and land
with interest rates from 3.7% to 10.3%, due
through 2015 85,972 60,002
Repurchase agreements with floating interest rates
(6.4% to 6.6% at November 30, 1996), secured
by commercial mortgage-backed securities, due
through 1998 59,716 6,920
Unsecured revolving credit notes payable with
floating interest rates 257,900 117,225
Other notes payable with floating interest rates
(6.2% to 8.3% at November 30, 1996), due through
1998 21,354 41,910
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$509,672 336,633
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During 1996, the Company amended its unsecured revolving credit agreement
and increased the amount to $450.0 million. The term of the agreement is for
five years and the agreement is with 14 banks. Certain Financial Services
Division subsidiaries are co-borrowers under this facility and at November 30,
1996 and 1995, their allocated borrowings under this agreement amounted to $67.0
million and $54.0 million, respectively. The total amount outstanding under the
Company's revolving credit agreement at November 30, 1996 and 1995 was $324.9
million and $171.2 million, respectively. The interest rate under this agreement
was 6.4% at November 30, 1996.
The Company utilizes interest rate swap agreements to manage interest costs
and hedge against risks associated with changing interest rates (see Note 14).
The minimum aggregate principal maturities of mortgage notes and other
debts payable during the five years subsequent to November 30, 1996, are as
follows (in thousands): 1997 -$53,716; 1998 - $72,119; 1999 - $2,926; 2000 -
$1,584 and 2001 - $293,243. All of the notes secured by land contain collateral
release provisions for accelerated payment which may be made as necessary to
maintain construction schedules.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Lennar Corporation and Subsidiaries
10. FINANCIAL SERVICES
The assets and liabilities related to the Company's financial services
operations (as described in Note 2) are summarized as follows:
November 30,
(IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995
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ASSETS:
Loans held for sale or disposition, net $127,606 123,842
Investment securities available-for-sale 193,869 141,832
Loans and mortgage-backed securities
held for investment, net 21,323 43,506
Investments in and advances to partnerships 11,428 27,301
Cash and receivables, net 22,224 14,416
Servicing acquisition costs 1,201 2,329
Other 4,432 583
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$382,083 353,809
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LIABILITIES:
Notes and other debts payable $271,314 228,488
Other 20,292 14,703
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$291,606 243,191
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Investments in and advances to partnerships consist primarily of a 15.1%
equity interest, acquired in the fourth quarter of 1995, in a partnership in
which the Investment Division owns a 9.9% equity interest (see Note 7).
The Financial Services Division finances its activities through various
lines of credit, borrowings under short-term repurchase agreements or borrowings
from Lennar Corporation, when on a consolidated basis the Company can minimize
its cost of funds.
A warehouse line of credit is used to fund the division's mortgage loan
activities. Borrowings under this agreement were $48.3 million and $54.9 million
at November 30, 1996 and 1995, respectively, and were collateralized by mortgage
loans with outstanding principal balances of $53.9 million and $57.0 million,
respectively, and by servicing rights to approximately $1.0 billion and $1.5
billion, respectively, of loans serviced by the Financial Services Division.
There are several interest rate pricing options which fluctuate with market
rates. The borrowing rate has been reduced to the extent that custodial escrow
balances exceeded required compensating balance levels. The effective interest
rate on this agreement at November 30, 1996 was 1.5%. The warehouse line of
credit facility totaling $125.0 million expired on December 20, 1996 and was
reduced to $100.0 million by the Company and extended until April 30, 1997.
The division has two revolving lines of credit to finance certain
mortgage-backed securities which provide for aggregate borrowings of $75.0
million, expiring in 1998. Borrowings under these agreements were $74.4 million
and $67.4 million at November 30, 1996 and 1995, respectively, and were
collateralized by mortgage-backed securities with an aggregate carrying value of
$114.9 million and $101.1 million, respectively. The weighted average interest
rate of these borrowings at November 30, 1996 was 6.2%.
During 1996, the division entered into two revolving credit agreements to
finance certain commercial assets which provide for borrowings of $60.0 million,
expiring in 1997 and 1998. Borrowings under these agreements were $23.1 million
at November 30, 1996 and were collateralized by loans held for sale and
investments in and advances to partnerships with an aggregate carrying value of
$33.3 million. The weighted average interest rate of these borrowings at
November 30, 1996 was 6.5%.
The division also utilizes financing arrangements to sell mortgage-backed
securities under agreements to repurchase them with securities dealers in the
business of providing such financing. At November 30, 1996 and 1995, repurchase
agreements outstanding totaled $58.5 million and $17.2 million, respectively,
and had a weighted average borrowing rate of 6.2% and 6.8%, respectively, which
expire in 1998. The repurchase agreements were collateralized by mortgage-backed
securities with an aggregate carrying value of $76.2 million and $22.5 million
at November 30, 1996 and 1995, respectively.
Certain subsidiaries of the Financial Services Division are co-borrowers in
the Company's revolving credit agreement (see Note 9). As of November 30, 1996
and 1995, the division's allocated borrowings under this agreement amounted to
$67.0 million and $54.0 million, respectively.
Certain of the division's servicing agreements require it to pass through
payments on loans even though it is unable to collect such payments and, in
certain instances, be responsible for losses incurred through foreclosure.
Exposure to this credit risk is minimized through geographical diversification
and review of the mortgage loan servicing created or purchased. Management
believes that it has provided adequate reserves for expected losses based on the
net realizable value of the underlying collateral. Provisions for these losses
have not been material to the Company.
11. LIMITED-PURPOSE FINANCE SUBSIDIARIES
In prior years, limited-purpose finance subsidiaries of the Financial
Services Division placed mortgages and other receivables as collateral for
various long-term financings. These limited-purpose finance subsidiaries pay the
principal of, and interest on, these financings primarily from the cash flows
generated by the related pledged collateral which includes a combination of
mortgage notes, mortgage-backed securities and funds held by trustee.
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At November 30, 1996 and 1995, the balances outstanding for the bonds and
notes payable were $56.5 and $70.6 million, respectively. The borrowings mature
in years 2013 through 2018 and carry interest rates ranging from 6.7% to 14.3%.
The annual principal repayments are dependent upon collections on the underlying
mortgages, including prepayments, and cannot be reasonably determined.
12. INCOME TAXES
The provisions (benefits) for income taxes consist of the following:
Years Ended November 30,
(IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995 1994
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Current:
Federal $ 65,635 47,857 44,092
State 8,604 6,787 8,337
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74,239 54,644 52,429
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Deferred:
Federal (17,591) (9,982) (7,443)
State (395) 366 (1,405)
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(17,986) (9,616) (8,848)
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Total expense $ 56,253 45,028 43,581
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Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences
between the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities for financial
reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. The tax effects
of significant temporary differences of the Company's deferred tax assets and
liabilities are as follows:
November 30,
(IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995
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Deferred tax assets:
Acquisition adjustments $ 51,366 -
Reserves and accruals 22,812 18,404
Investment securities income 14,629 4,193
Investments in partnerships 10,928 14,086
Other 2,308 1,151
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Total deferred tax assets 102,043 37,834
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Deferred tax liabilities:
Capitalized expenses 30,393 36,818
Deferred gains 20,534 16,973
Acquisition adjustments - 15,154
Installment sales 3,898 4,649
Unrealized gain on securities available-for-sale 3,081 3,689
Other 4,368 3,531
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Total deferred tax liabilities 62,274 80,814
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Net deferred tax asset (liability) $ 39,769 (42,980)
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In 1996, the net deferred tax asset is included in other assets on the
consolidated balance sheet.
Based on management's assessment, it is more likely than not that the
deferred tax assets will be realized through future taxable earnings.
At November 30, 1996 and 1995, the Financial Services Division and the
limited-purpose finance subsidiaries had net deferred tax assets (liabilities)
of $.2 million and ($.4) million, respectively.
A reconciliation of the statutory rate with the effective tax rate follows:
% of Pre-tax Income
----------------------
1996 1995 1994
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Statutory rate 35.0 35.0 35.0
State income taxes, net of
federal income tax benefit 4.0 4.0 4.0
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Effective rate 39.0 39.0 39.0
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13. CAPITAL STOCK
COMMON STOCK
The Company has two classes of common stock. The common stockholders have
one vote for each share owned in matters requiring stockholder approval and
during 1996 received quarterly dividends of $.025 per share. Class B common
stockholders have ten votes for each share of stock owned and during 1996
received quarterly dividends of $.0225 per share. As of November 30, 1996, Mr.
Leonard Miller, Chairman of the Board and President of the Company, owned or
controlled 9.9 million shares of Class B common stock, which represents
approximately 79% voting control of the Company.
STOCK OPTION PLANS
The Lennar Corporation 1980 Stock Option Plan ("1980 Plan") expired on
December 8, 1990. However, under the terms of the 1980 Plan, certain options
granted prior to the plan termination date were still outstanding during the
periods presented. The last options granted under the 1980 Plan were exercised
in November 1995.
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Lennar Corporation and Subsidiaries
13. CAPITAL STOCK (CONTINUED)
The following table summarizes the status of the 1980 Plan:
1996 1995 1994
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Option shares exercised - 52,650 27,600
Option price per share exercised (range) $ - 4.33 - 6.57 4.33 - 7.09
Shares under option - - 52,650
Option price per share (range) $ - - 4.33 - 6.57
Shares under option - exercisable - - 34,650
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The Lennar Corporation 1991 Stock Option Plan ("1991 Plan") provides for
the granting of options to certain key employees of the Company to purchase
shares at prices not less than market value as of the date of the grant. No
options granted under the 1991 Plan may be exercisable until at least six months
after the date of the grant. Thereafter, exercises are permitted in varying
installments, on a cumulative basis. Each stock option granted will expire on a
date determined at the time of the grant, but not more than 10 years after the
date of the grant.
The following table summarizes the status of the 1991 Plan:
1996 1995 1994
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Option shares exercised 48,800 22,500 10,650
Option price per share exercised
(range) $6.54 - 19.67 6.54 - 14.33 7.71 - 14.37
Shares under option 1,056,350 995,250 958,750
Option price per share (range) $6.54 - 26.86 6.54 - 22.55 6.54 - 22.55
Shares under option - exercisable 232,912 203,600 147,187
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EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP/401(K) PLAN
The Employee Stock Ownership/401(k) Plan ("Plan") provides shares of stock
to employees who have completed one year of continuous service with the Company.
All contributions for employees with five years or more of service are fully
vested. The Plan was amended in 1989 to add a cash or deferred program under
Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the 401(k) portion of the
Plan, employees may make contributions which are invested on their behalf, and
the Company may also make contributions for the benefit of employees. The
Company records as compensation expense an amount which approximates the vesting
of the contributions to the Employee Stock Ownership portion of the Plan, as
well as the Company's contribution to the 401(k) portion of the Plan. This
amount was (in thousands): $1,090 in 1996, $847 in 1995 and $625 in 1994. In
1996, 1995 and 1994, 20,505, 15,332 and 22,249 shares, respectively, were
contributed to participants' accounts.
RESTRICTIONS ON PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS
Other than as required to maintain the financial ratios and net worth
requirements under the revolving credit and term loan agreements, there are no
restrictions on the payment of dividends on common stock by the Company. The
cash dividends paid with regard to a share of Class B common stock in a calendar
year may not be more than 90% of the cash dividends paid with regard to a share
of common stock in that calendar year. Furthermore, there are no agreements
which restrict the payment of dividends by subsidiaries to the Company.
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14. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The following table presents the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of
financial instruments held by the Company at November 30, 1996 and 1995, using
available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies.
Considerable judgment is required in interpreting market data to develop the
estimates of fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not
necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company could realize in a
current market exchange. The use of different market assumptions and/or
estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value
amounts. The table excludes cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and
accounts payable, which had fair values approximating their carrying values.
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14. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED)
November 30,
(IN THOUSANDS) 1996 1995
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CARRYING FAIR Carrying Fair
AMOUNT VALUE Amount Value
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ASSETS
HOMEBUILDING AND INVESTMENT:
Mortgages and notes receivable, net $ 16,721 16,721 48,058 48,058
Other assets - investment securities held
to maturity $ 66,668 86,158 21,460 21,460
FINANCIAL SERVICES:
Loans held for sale or disposition, net $127,606 135,786 123,842 123,842
Investment securities available-for-sale $193,869 193,869 141,832 141,832
Loans and mortgage-backed securities held
for investment, net $ 21,323 22,649 43,506 47,897
LIMITED-PURPOSE FINANCE SUBSIDIARIES:
Collateral for bonds and notes payable $ 59,898 63,186 74,728 78,932
LIABILITIES
HOMEBUILDING AND INVESTMENT:
Mortgage notes and other debts payable $509,672 509,672 336,633 336,633
FINANCIAL SERVICES:
Notes and other debts payable $271,314 271,314 228,488 228,488
LIMITED-PURPOSE FINANCE SUBSIDIARIES:
Bonds and notes payable $ 56,512 59,710 70,640 74,067
OFF-BALANCE SHEET FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
HOMEBUILDING AND INVESTMENT:
Interest rate swap agreements $ - (972) - (3,723)
FINANCIAL SERVICES:
Commitments to originate loans $ - 16 - 71
Commitments to sell loans $ - (196) - (531)
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The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in
estimating fair values:
Mortgages and notes receivable: The fair values are based on discounting
future cash flows using the current interest rates at which similar loans would
be made or are estimated by the Company on the basis of financial or other
information.
Notes, mortgages notes, and other debts payable: The fair value of fixed
rate borrowings is based on discounting future cash flows using the Company's
incremental borrowing rate. Variable rate borrowings are tied to market indices
and thereby approximate fair value.
Investment securities, loans held for sale or disposition, loans and
mortgage-backed securities held for investment, collateral for bonds and notes
payable, bonds and notes payable and loan commitments: The fair values are based
on quoted market prices if available. The fair values for instruments which do
not have quoted market prices are estimated by the Company on the basis of
financial and other information.
Interest rate swap agreements: The fair value is based on dealer quotes and
generally represents an estimate of the amount the Company would pay to
terminate the agreement at the reporting date.
The Company's investment securities available-for-sale consist of the
Financial Services Division's rated commercial mortgage-backed securities and
the investment securities held to maturity represent the Investment Division's
unrated commercial mortgage-backed securities. These investments represent
securities which are collateralized by pools of mortgage loans on commercial
real estate assets located across the country. Concentrations of credit risk
with respect to these securities are limited due to the diversity of the
underlying loans across geographical areas and among property types and to the
performance of significant due diligence analysis on the real estate supporting
the underlying loans. In addition, the Company only invests in these securities
when the Company's Investment Division is named special servicer for the entire
securitization. As special servicer, the Company monitors the performance of the
securitization and has the ability to impact the performance of the
securitization by having the ability to resolve non-performing loans using its
loan work-out and asset management expertise.
The Company utilizes interest rate swap agreements to manage interest costs
and hedge against risks associated with changing interest rates. The Company
designates interest rate swaps as hedges of specific debt instruments and
recognizes
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Lennar Corporation and Subsidiaries
interest differentials as adjustments to interest expense as the differentials
occur. Counterparties to these agreements are major financial institutions.
Credit loss from counterparty non-performance is not anticipated. A majority of
the Company's variable rate borrowings are based on the London Interbank
Offering Rate ("LIBOR") index. At November 30, 1996, Lennar had three interest
rate swap agreements outstanding with a total notional amount of $200.0 million,
which will mature in 2002. These agreements fixed the LIBOR index at 6.0% to
6.1%.
As of November 30, 1996, the Financial Services Division's pipeline of
loans in process totaled approximately $21.0 million. There is no exposure to
credit risk in this type of commitment until the loans are funded. However, the
division uses the same credit policies in the approval of the commitments as are
applied to all lending activities. Since a portion of these commitments is
expected to expire without being exercised by the borrower, the total
commitments do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. There is no
exposure to market risk until a rate commitment is extended by the Company to a
borrower. Loans in the pipeline of loans in process for which interest rates
were committed to the borrower totaled approximately $15.5 million as of
November 30, 1996. Substantially all of these commitments are for periods of 30
days or less.
Mandatory mortgage-backed securities ("MBS") forward commitments are used
by the Company to hedge its interest rate exposure during the period from when
the Company extends an interest rate lock to a loan applicant until the time in
which the loan is sold to an investor. These instruments involve, to varying
degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk. Credit risk is managed by
the Company by entering into agreements with investment bankers with primary
dealer status and with permanent investors meeting the credit standards of the
Company. At any time, the risk to the Company, in the event of default by the
purchaser, is the difference between the contract price and current market
value. At November 30, 1996, the Company had open commitments amounting to $27.9
million to sell MBS with varying settlement dates through January 23, 1997. The
mortgage loan inventory and pipeline will be used to form the MBS that will fill
the forward delivery contracts.
15. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
The Company and certain subsidiaries are parties to various claims, legal
actions and complaints arising in the ordinary course of business. In the
opinion of management, the disposition of these matters will not have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition of the Company.
The Company had a number of claims for damages relating to a hurricane
which occurred in 1992. Most have been settled and to date, the Company's
insurers have made all payments required under settlements. Even if the Company
were required to make any payments with regard to the remaining hurricane
related claims, the Company believes that the amount it would pay would not be
material.
The Company is subject to the usual obligations associated with entering
into contracts for the purchase, development, and sale of real estate in the
routine conduct of its business.
The Company is committed, under various letters of credit, to perform
certain development and construction activities and provide certain guarantees
in the normal course of business. Outstanding letters of credit under these
arrangements totaled approximately $110.5 million at November 30, 1996.
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16. QUARTERLY DATA (UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS) First Second Third Fourth
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1996
Revenues $226,524 258,253 320,078 376,306
Earnings before income taxes $ 28,201 29,989 39,155 46,894
Net earnings $ 17,203 18,293 23,884 28,606
Net earnings per share $ .48 .51 .66 .79
=============================================================================
1995
Revenues $181,183 210,532 204,730 274,023
Earnings before income taxes $ 24,602 32,257 25,761 32,835
Net earnings $ 15,007 19,677 15,714 20,029
Net earnings per share $ .42 .55 .44 .55
=============================================================================
Quarterly and year-to-date computations of per share amounts are made
independently. Therefore, the sum of per share amounts for the quarters may not
agree with per share amounts for the year.
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SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
Lennar Corporation and Subsidiaries
ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual Stockholders' Meeting will be
held at 11:00 a.m. on April 8, 1997
at the Doral Park Golf and Country Club,
5001 N.W. 104th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33178
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT
The First National Bank of Boston
150 Royall Street
Canton, Massachusetts 02021
LISTING
New York Stock Exchange (LEN)
GENERAL COUNSEL
Robert B. Cole, Esq.
700 N.W. 107th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33172
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Deloitte & Touche LLP
100 Southeast Second Street
Miami, Florida 33131
FORM 10-K AVAILABLE
A copy of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission is available without charge to any stockholder upon
written request to:
Corporate Relations
Lennar Corporation
700 N.W. 107th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33172
Telephone: (305) 559-4000
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COMMON STOCK PRICES CASH DIVIDENDS
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE PER SHARE
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FISCAL HIGH/LOW PRICE COMMON STOCK CLASS B
QUARTER 1996 1995 1996 1995 1996 1995
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First $27 - 22 $17 1/2 - 15 1/8 2 1/2(cents) 2 1/2(cents) 2 1/4(cents) 2 1/4(cents)
Second 26 1/8 - 22 7/8 20 7/8 - 15 3/8 2 1/2(cents) 2 1/2(cents) 2 1/4(cents) 2 1/4(cents)
Third 26 7/8 - 21 5/8 21 3/8 - 17 3/4 2 1/2(cents) 2 1/2(cents) 2 1/4(cents) 2 1/4(cents)
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As of November 30, 1996, there were approximately 900 holders of record of the
Company's common stock.
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EXHIBIT 21
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
STATE OF INCORPORATION
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LENNAR CORPORATION Delaware
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
SUBSIDIARIES:
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Adjustable Mortgage Finance Corporation Florida
Alexandria LP, Inc. Virginia
Ameristar Financial Services, Inc. California
Atlantic Holdings, Inc. Louisiana
Aurora LP, Inc. Colorado
BCDC Corp. California
Bert L. Smokler & Company Delaware
Boca Greens, Inc. Florida
Boca Isles Club, Inc. Florida
Boca Isles South Club, Inc. Florida
Bramalea California, Inc. California
Bramalea California Properties, Inc. California
Bramalea California Realty, Inc. California
Bramalea Mortgage, Inc. California
Bramalea California LLC California
Club Pembroke Isles, Inc. Florida
DCA Acceptance Corporation Florida
DCA at Banyan Tree, Inc. Florida
DCA at North Lauderdale, Inc. Florida
DCA at Pembroke Pointe, Inc. Florida
DCA at Wiggins Bay, Inc. Florida
DCA Builder Issuer, Inc. Florida
DCA CML Acceptance, Inc. Florida
DCA Financial Corporation Florida
DCA General Contractors, Inc. Florida
DCA Homes, Inc. Florida
DCA Homes of Central Florida, Inc Florida
DCA Management Corporation Florida
DCA NJ Realty, Inc. New Jersey
DCA of Broward County, Inc. Florida
DCA of Fort Worth, Inc. Texas
DCA of Hialeah, Inc. Florida
DCA of Lake Worth, Inc. Florida
DCA of New Jersey, Inc. New Jersey
DCA of Texas, Inc. Texas
DCA of West Virginia, Inc. West Virginia
DCA Oil of Texas, Inc. Texas
Devco Land Corp. Florida
Devco Shopping Centers, Inc. Florida
Development Corporation of America Florida
Dreyfus Interstate Development Corp., The Delaware
Dyeing & Finishing, Inc. Florida
Everett LP, Inc. Massachusetts
First Atlantic Building Corp. Florida
Friendswood Development Company Florida
H. Miller & Sons Inc. Florida
H. Miller & Sons of Florida, Inc. Florida
HMS Realty, Inc. Florida
Hillside, Inc. Florida
Houston Village Builders, Inc. Florida
Inactive Corporations, Inc. Florida
Institutional Mortgages, Inc. Florida
Kings Isle Recreation Corp. Florida
Kings Ridge Golf Corporation Florida
Kings Ridge Recreation Corporation Florida
L/Cleve, Inc. Florida
<PAGE>
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES, continued
SUBSIDIARY STATE OF INCORPORATION
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LC Financial Corporation Florida
LCP-II Holdings, Inc. Florida
Leisure Colony Management Corp. Florida
Leisure Communities Management, Inc. Florida
Len Acquisition Corporation Florida
Lennar Affiliate Purchaser Corporation Florida
Lennar Atlantic Holdings, Inc. Florida
Lennar Beverly Holdings, Inc. Nevada
Lennar Business Holdings, Inc. Florida
Lennar Capital Corporation Florida
Lennar-Carson, Inc.
Lennar Central Holdings, Inc. Florida
Lennar Commercial Properties, Inc. Florida
Lennar Communications, Inc. Florida
Lennar Communities Development, Inc. Delaware
Lennar Corporate Center, Inc. Florida
Lennar-Corry, Inc. Florida
Lennar Coto Holdings, Inc. California
Lennar Domestic Holdings, Inc. Florida
Lennar Eastern Holdings, Inc. Florida
Lennar Financial Services, Inc. Florida
Lennar Florida Holdings, Inc. Florida
Lennar Funding Corporation Florida
Lennar Gateway Center Holdings, Inc. Massachusetts
Lennar Homes of Arizona, Inc. Arizona
Lennar Homes of California, Inc. California
Lennar Homes of Texas, Inc. Texas
Lennar Homes, Inc. Florida
Lennar Huntington Beach, Inc. California
Lennar Kearny Holdings, Inc. Nevada
Lennar L.W. Assets, Inc. Florida
Lennar Legend Oaks Holdings, Inc. Colorado
Lennar Management Corporation Florida
Lennar Management, Inc. California
Lennar Marietta Holdings, Inc. Georgia
Lennar Mayfair Holdings, Inc. Florida
Lennar MBS, Inc. Nevada
Lennar Metro Holdings, Inc. Florida
Lennar Mortgage Holdings Corporation Florida
Lennar Mortgage Holdings I, Inc. Florida
Lennar Mote Ranch, Inc. Florida
Lennar MSW-II Holdings, Inc. Florida
Lennar Northeast Holdings, Inc. Florida
Lennar Pacific Holdings, Inc. California
Lennar Park Center III Holdings, Inc. Virginia
Lennar Park J.V., Inc. Florida
Lennar Partners, Inc. Florida
Lennar Partners of Los Angeles, Inc. California
Lennar Qualified Affiliate II Corporation Florida
Lennar Real Estate Holdings, Inc. Florida
Lennar Realty Inc. Florida
Lennar Renaissance, Inc. California
Lennar Rockland, Inc. Florida
Lennar Rolling Ridge, Inc. California
Lennar San Jose Holdings, Inc. California
Lennar Seaboard Holdings, Inc. Florida
Lennar Securities Holdings, Inc. Florida
<PAGE>
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES, continued
SUBSIDIARY STATE OF INCORPORATION
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Lennar Stevenson Holdings, Inc. California
Lennar Texas Properties, Inc. Texas
Lennar Transamerica Holdings, Inc. Florida
Lennar U. S. Holdings, Inc. Florida
Lennar Wilshire Holdings, Inc. Nevada
Lentex Development Corporation Texas
LFH Sub I, Inc. Florida
LFS Asset Corp. Nevada
LFS CMBS Investments, Inc. Nevada
LGP-II Holdings, Inc. Florida
Loan Funding, Inc. Florida
Lucerne Greens, Inc. Florida
Lucerne Merged Condominiums, Inc. Florida
MAP Builders, Inc. Florida
M.A.P. Vineyards of Plantation, Inc. Florida
Marlborough Development Corporation California
Marlborough Development Corporation Arizona
Marlborough Financial Corporation California
Marlborough Mortgage Corporation California
Marlborough Housing Industries Corp. California
Midland Housing Industries Corp. California
Midwest Management Company, Inc. Michigan
Miller's Plantation Development Company Florida
Monterey Village Development Corp. Florida
MSWH SUB I, Inc. Florida
Multi-Builder Acceptance Corp. Alabama
Nevada Securities Holdings, Inc. Nevada
NGMC Finance Corporation Florida
NGMC Finance Corporation, IV Florida
Parkview at Pembroke Pointe, Inc. Florida
P-G & H, Inc. West Virginia
Quality Roof Truss Company Florida
Regency Title Company Texas
Riviera Land Corp. Florida
Satisfaction, Inc. Florida
Silver Lakes-Gateway Clubhouse, Inc. Florida
South Dade Utilities, Inc. Florida
Springs Development Corporation Florida
State Home Acceptance Corporation Florida
Strategic Technologies, Inc. Florida
Sunrise Hotel Corp. Florida
Superior Realty & Marketing, Inc. Florida
Talladega Manufacturing, Inc. Alabama
TitleAmerica Insurance Corporation Florida
UAMC Asset Corp. Nevada
Universal American Finance Corp., I Florida
Universal American Mortgage Company Florida
Universal American Mortgage Co. of California California
Universal American Realty Corporation Delaware
Universal Title Insurors, Inc. Florida
Vista Del Lago Apartments, Inc. Florida
West Coast Mortgage Holdings, Inc. Florida
W. B. Homes, Inc. Florida
Western Funding Holdings Corporation Nevada
Western States Investors, Inc. Nevada
EXHIBIT 23
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No.
333-3017 of Lennar Corporation on Form S-3 of our reports dated January 16,
1997, appearing in and incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form
10-K of Lennar Corporation for the year ended November 30, 1996.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
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Deloitte & Touche LLP
Certified Public Accountants
Miami, Florida
February 26, 1997
<PAGE>
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
We consent to the incorporation be reference in Registration Statements No.
33-45442 and No. 2-89104 of Lennar Corporation on Form S-8 of our
report dated January 16, 1997, appearing in and incorporated by reference in
this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Lennar Corporation for the year ended
November 30, 1996.
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
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Deloitte & Touche LLP
Certified Public Accountants
Miami, Florida
February 26, 1997
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