Execution Copy
AMENDED AND RESTATED
SERVICING AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICING AGREEMENT
(“Agreement”) is effective as of the 31st day of
December, of 2007, and is made and entered into by and among
BLUEGREEN CORPORATION, a Massachusetts corporation (“
Servicer ”), BLUEGREEN/BIG CEDAR VACATIONS, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company
”) and Big Cedar, L.L.C., a Missouri limited liability
company (“ Big Cedar ”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, Servicer, the Company, and Big Cedar previously
entered into that certain Servicing Agreement dated as of June 16,
2000 (the “ Original Servicing Agreement ”),
which provided for an arrangement by which Servicer provided
servicing of timeshare receivables, specifically in respect to
promissory notes, purchase documents and related deeds of trust
received by the Company from certain purchasers of timeshare
interests at the Big Cedar Timeshare Project, on the terms set
forth therein; and
WHEREAS, Servicer, the Company, and Big Cedar now desire to
amend and restate the Original Servicing Agreement in its entirety
on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and the
mutual promises contained herein, the Original Servicing Agreement
is hereby amended by striking said Original Servicing Agreement in
its entirety and substituting therefore the following Amended and
Restated Servicing Agreement:
1.
Definitions .
(a)
Big Cedar Timeshare Project shall mean that certain
timeshare project developed by the Company known as the Wilderness
Club at Big Cedar and located contiguous to the Big Cedar Lodge in
Ridgedale, Taney County, Missouri, including that portion of the
Big Cedar Timeshare Project known as the “Building 3000
Project,” which timeshare project is located on that certain
property described on Exhibit “B” to the Operating
Agreement and incorporated herein by this reference.
(b)
Contracts shall mean collectively all promissory notes,
purchase documents and related deeds of trust received by the
Company from certain purchasers of timeshare interests at the
Timeshare Projects secured by timeshare interest(s) at the
Timeshare Project(s).
(c)
Operating Agreement shall mean that certain Amended and
Restated Operating Agreement of Bluegreen/Big Cedar Vacations, LLC,
dated as of the date hereof, by and between Bluegreen Vacations
Unlimited, Inc. (“ Bluegreen Vacations ”), an
affiliate of Servicer, and Big Cedar.
(d)
Red Rock Bluff Timeshare Project shall mean that certain
timeshare project to be developed by the Company, located in Taney
County, Missouri, which timeshare project shall be located on that
certain property described on Exhibit “C” attached to
the Operating Agreement and incorporated herein by this
reference.
(e)
Timeshare Projects shall mean collectively the Big Cedar
Timeshare Project and the Red Rock Bluff Timeshare Project,
together with such other timeshare projects as may be owned,
developed and sold by the Company from time to time.
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Application . This Agreement shall apply to all
Contracts received from purchasers of timeshare interests at the
Timeshare Projects secured by timeshare interest(s) at the
Timeshare Project(s).
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Appointment of Servicer as an Independent Contractor
. The Company hereby appoints Servicer as an independent
contractor to collect, for the account of the Company, all periodic
and other payments under the Contracts. Servicer hereby accepts
such appointment and agrees to act in accordance with the terms
hereof. Servicer shall have only the authority that is expressly
conferred upon it by this Agreement.
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Lockbox Bank . The Servicer has engaged and shall
engage the services of Bank of America, N.A. (the “
Lockbox Bank ”) that will govern the terms of the
Account (as defined below), such Lockbox Bank having been deemed to
be acceptable to the Company. The Servicer has entered and will
enter into agreements with the Lockbox Bank (the “ Lockbox
Agreement ”) setting forth the obligations of the Lockbox
Bank described in this Agreement, which prior agreements contain no
terms or conditions that conflict with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and have been deemed to be reasonably acceptable to
the Company and any such future agreements shall likewise contain
no terms or conditions that conflict with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and shall be shall be reasonably acceptable to
the Company.
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Payments.
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(a)
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Collection of Payments . With respect to all
Contracts serviced under this Agreement, Servicer covenants and
agrees that during the entire term of this Agreement, Servicer will
seek, at its sole cost and expense, to collect promptly all
payments due under the Contracts.
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(b)
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Authorization to accept Payments . Servicer is
only authorized to accept payments as provided in the Contracts or
as required by law.
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(c)
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Default under Contract . Subject to any
reinstatement of the defaulted Contracts as may take place,
Servicer shall, on behalf of and at the direction of the Company,
in case of default of any of the Contracts, take reasonable and
customary actions to forfeit or cancel the rights of the obligor(s)
under such Contracts, or institute or assist in instituting,
possessory, forfeiture, foreclosure or other proceedings to acquire
or terminate the rights of the obligor(s) in and to the
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timeshare interest; such actions of the Servicer in so
proceeding to be at the total cost and expense of the
Company.
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(d)
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Post Office Box. Servicer agrees that it shall
establish through the Lockbox Bank a post office box depository to
which payments by obligors under the Contracts may be made. Such
post office box shall be opened in the name of the Company/Servicer
(or if required by a hypothecation lender to the Company, then
Servicer may open the lockbox in the name determined by such
hypothecation lender). Each obligor, as applicable, will be, as
soon as possible after the date of this Agreement, and thereafter
periodically as determined by Servicer, instructed to mail their
remittances under the Contracts to the above described post office
box. The Company agrees to take all steps necessary or, in
Servicer’s opinion, desirable to cause the applicable
obligors under the Contracts to mail their remittances to the post
office box.
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Receipt of Payments. On the day received, the
Lockbox Bank will open all mail addressed to the post office box
referred to herein and remove and inspect enclosures. All Checks
(as defined below) and other collection remittances and all return
items will be processed by the Lockbox Bank according to the terms
hereof and of the Lockbox Agreement.
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(f)
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PAC Arrangements. If payors of Contracts are
offered the opportunity to pay such Contracts by electronic funds
transfer, pre-authorized checking (“ PAC ”)
arrangements or credit card payments, then Servicer shall process
such payments through the appropriate accounts as opposed to
processing by check collection. Such payments shall, otherwise, be
subject to the terms hereof.
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6.
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Bluegreen/Big Cedar Vacations, LLC Contracts
Account.
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(a)
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Deposit of Payments . All money orders, checks,
drafts and other orders of payment (“ Checks ”)
respecting payment on Contracts, and all money and other funds
(“ Monies ”) (including electronic fund
transfer, PACs, credit card payments or similar arrangements)
respecting payment on Contracts received by Servicer or the Lockbox
Bank, in accordance with its usual and customary procedures, will
be deposited by Servicer or the Lockbox Bank into the appropriate
account at the Lockbox Bank maintained in the name of
“Bluegreen/Big Cedar Vacations, LLC” or a related
variation thereof (hereinafter the “ Accounts
”), it being recognized as of the date of this Agreement that
there are a total of three (3) such Accounts. In addition to
Servicer’s or Lockbox Bank’s deposit of all Checks and
Monies received by it or in the post office box, respectively, to
the Accounts, the Company agrees that it will make or cause the
obligors under the respective Contracts who are unable or unwilling
to remit payments due to the post office box or by electronic fund
transfer, PAC arrangements or credit card payments, to instead pay
the Company directly or by way of transfers to an account of the
Company, which the Company shall then deposit into the applicable
Account. Charges respecting the Accounts or the post office box and
any other charges, costs or fees incurred pursuant to this
Agreement will be billed to and paid
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directly by the Company, and Servicer will not be liable for
any such charges, costs or fees. Servicer may deduct from the
foregoing payments its Fee, pursuant to Paragraph 7, and
costs as set forth in Paragraph 5(c) and the preceding
sentence (if Servicer pays such charges, costs or fees on behalf of
the Company), provided, that the Servicer shall only be
permitted to make such deductions if the Company has not timely
paid such amounts as provided in Section 7 . The Accounts
have been and/or shall be opened as interest-bearing accounts, if
possible, and all such interest shall accrue to the benefit of the
Company. If an interest-bearing account is not possible, Servicer
shall seek to have amounts in the Accounts, as applicable, swept
into to an interest-bearing account on a daily or other periodic
and routine basis no less frequently than three times per week,
which interest shall accrue to the benefit of the Company, or swept
directly to an account as directed by any hypothecation
lender.
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Monies to be held in Trust . All Checks and
Monies received by Servicer are to be segregated from all other
funds of Servicer and shall be held in trust for the Company until
deposited. All Checks and Monies received by Servicer and/or
deposited into the Accounts are the property of the Company, and
Servicer will have no interest in or control over the Checks and
Monies, excepting for its rights set forth in Paragraph 6(a)
and its obligations set forth herein, as applicable.
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Withdrawals. Withdrawals from the Accounts are
restricted, and may be made only by way of draft, wire transfer or
electronic funds transfer payable to the Company or pursuant to
Paragraph 6(a). To the extent that a hypothecation lender
does not otherwise direct, Servicer will arrange to wire transfer
to the Company all collected funds received in the applicable
Account to the Company’s account number 2020000449306 at
Wachovia Bank in Boca Raton, Florida, bank transit number
063000021, reference Bluegreen/Big Cedar Vacations, LLC, or as may
otherwise be specifically directed by the Company. The Servicer
shall seek to set up an automated repetitive wire agreement (daily
or other periodic and routine basis not less frequently than three
times per week) in respect to the foregoing transfers, subject to
the terms of this Agreement.
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(d)
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Acceptable Payee. Servicer or Lockbox Bank will
deposit into the applicable Account all Checks on which the payee
or endorsee is the Company or a reasonable variation of the
Company’s name (“ Acceptable Payee ”).
Servicer or Lockbox Bank has the right, in its sole discretion, to
determine what a reasonable variation of Acceptable Payee is. If
the payee is not an Acceptable Payee, Servicer or Lockbox Bank will
not deposit the Check in the Account and the Check will be referred
to the Servicer. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold Servicer
harmless from and against all losses, costs, attorney’s fees,
claims or suits suffered by Servicer arising out of, or in
connection with, its depositing Checks payable to or endorsed in
favor of Acceptable Payees, except to the extent such damages and
losses are as a result of Servicer’s violation of laws,
breach of this Agreement, bad faith, gross negligence or willful
acts or omissions.
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(e)
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Payments received by the Company. The Company
shall cause all payments on Contracts to be made to the applicable
Account, and any payment on
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