16.    Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions



The Company may be deemed to be controlled by Alan B. Levan, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and John E. Abdo, the Company’s Vice Chairman. Together, Mr. Alan B. Levan and Mr. Abdo may be deemed to beneficially own shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock representing approximately 78% of the Company’s total voting power. Mr. Alan B. Levan and Mr. Abdo serve as Chairman and Vice Chairman, respectively, of Bluegreen’s Board of Directors. Jarett S. Levan, the Company’s President and son of Alan B. Levan, and Seth M. Wise, the Company’s Executive Vice President, also serve as directors of the Company and Bluegreen.



Woodbridge is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and owned 90.3% of Bluegreen as of March 31, 2019. 



Bluegreen paid or reimbursed the Company for management advisory, risk management, administrative and other services in the amounts of $0.4 million during both of the three months ended March  31, 2019  and 2018.



The Company received $11.4 million and $10.1 million of dividends from Bluegreen during the three months ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018, respectively.



In April 2015, pursuant to a Loan Agreement and Promissory Note, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bluegreen provided an $80.0 million loan to BBX Capital. Amounts outstanding on the loan bear interest at a rate of 6% per annum. Payments of interest are required on a quarterly basis, and all outstanding amounts are due and payable in April 2020. BBX Capital is permitted to prepay the loan in whole or in part at any time, and prepayments will be required, to the extent necessary, in order for Bluegreen or its subsidiaries to remain in compliance with covenants under outstanding indebtedness. During each of the three months ended March  31, 2019 and 2018, BBX Capital recognized $1.2 million of interest expense on the loan to Bluegreen. The interest expense was eliminated in consolidation in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.



In May 2015, the Company, Woodbridge, Bluegreen and their respective subsidiaries entered into an Agreement to Allocate Consolidated Income Tax Liability and Benefits pursuant to which, among other customary terms and conditions, the parties agreed to file consolidated federal tax returns. Under the agreement, the parties calculate their respective income tax liabilities and attributes as if each of them were a separate filer. If any tax attributes of one party to the agreement are used by another party to the agreement to offset such other party’s tax liability, the party providing the benefit will receive an amount for the tax benefits realized. During the three months ended March  31, 2018, BBX Capital received $4.0 million of tax sharing payments from Bluegreen, and on April 1, 2019, BBX Capital received $2.3 million of tax sharing payments from Bluegreen.  



During each of the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company paid Abdo Companies, Inc. approximately $77,000, in exchange for certain management services. John E. Abdo, the Company’s Vice Chairman, is the principal shareholder and Chief Executive Officer of Abdo Companies, Inc.



Certain of the Company’s affiliates, including its executive officers, have independently made investments with their own funds in investments that the Company has sponsored or in which the Company holds investments.