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Sep. 30, 2020
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Debt 5. Debt

Notes Payable and Other Borrowings

Bluegreen has outstanding borrowings with various financial institutions and other lenders. Financial data related to Bluegreen’s lines of credit and notes payable (other than receivable-backed notes payable, which are discussed below) as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, was as follows (dollars in thousands):

September 30, 2020

December 31, 2019

Carrying

Carrying

Amount of

Amount of

Debt

Interest

Pledged

Debt

Interest

Pledged

Balance

Rate

Assets

Balance

Rate

Assets

Bluegreen:

NBA Éilan Loan

$

16,973 

3.50%

$

28,235 

$

18,820 

4.95%

$

31,259 

Fifth Third Syndicated Line of Credit

50,000 

2.39%

74,028 

30,000 

3.85%

49,062 

Fifth Third Syndicated Term Loan

95,000 

2.56%

140,654 

98,750 

3.71%

161,497 

Unamortized debt issuance costs

(1,302)

(1,410)

Total notes payable and other borrowings

$

160,671 

$

146,160 

Except as described below, there were no new debt issuances or significant changes related to the above listed notes payable and other borrowings during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Fifth Third Syndicated Line of Credit and Fifth Third Syndicated Term Loan. During March 2020, in an effort to assure adequate liquidity for a sustained period given the effect and uncertainties associated with of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bluegreen drew down $60.0 million under its line of credit. Bluegreen repaid the $60 million borrowed as of September 30, 2020. Further, in October 2020, Bluegreen repaid an additional $20.0 million on its line-of-credit. to modify the definition of certain customary covenants. As of September 30, 2020, outstanding borrowings under the facility totaled $145.0 million, including $95.0 million under the Fifth Third Syndicated Term Loan with an interest rate of 2.56%, and $50.0 million under the Fifth Third Syndicated Line of Credit with an interest rate of 2.39%.

Iberia Revolving Line of Credit. BVH previously had a $50.0 million revolving line of credit with IberiaBank. Effective September 30, 2020, the loan agreement was terminated at the request of BVH in connection with the completion of the spin-off of BBX Capital. In connection with termination, IberiaBank released the security interest over all collateral granted to the lenders under the facility. No amounts were outstanding under the loan agreement at September 30, 2020.

Receivable-Backed Notes Payable

The table below sets forth information regarding Bluegreen’s receivable-backed notes payable facilities (dollars in thousands):

September 30, 2020

December 31, 2019

Principal

Principal

Balance of

Balance of

Pledged/

Pledged/

Debt

Interest

Secured

Debt

Interest

Secured

Balance

Rate

Receivables

Balance

Rate

Receivables

Receivable-backed notes

payable - recourse:

Liberty Bank Facility (1)

$

19,715

3.40%

$

26,263

$

25,860 

4.75%

$

31,681 

NBA Receivables Facility(2)

33,389

3.35%

42,792

32,405 

4.55%

39,787 

Pacific Western Facility (1)

24,313

3.03%

31,241

30,304 

4.68%

37,809 

Total

$

77,417

$

100,296

$

88,569 

$

109,277 

Receivable-backed notes

payable - non-recourse:

KeyBank/DZ Purchase Facility

60,981

2.50%

77,140

31,708 

3.99%

39,448 

Quorum Purchase Facility

34,240

4.75-5.50%

39,876

44,525 

4.75-5.50%

49,981 

2012 Term Securitization

5,025

2.94%

6,162

8,638 

2.94%

9,878 

2013 Term Securitization

13,286

3.20%

15,139

18,219 

3.20%

19,995 

2015 Term Securitization

24,302

3.02%

26,998

31,188 

3.02%

33,765 

2016 Term Securitization

37,952

3.35%

43,794

48,529 

3.35%

54,067 

2017 Term Securitization

54,507

3.12%

62,877

65,333 

3.12%

74,219 

2018 Term Securitization

77,148

4.02%

90,088

91,231 

4.02%

103,974 

Unamortized debt issuance costs

(4,140)

(5,125)

Total

$

303,301

$

362,074

$

334,246 

$

385,327 

Total receivable-backed debt

$

380,718

$

462,370

$

422,815 

$

494,604 

(1)Recourse on these facilities is in each case limited to $10 million, subject to certain exceptions.

(2)Pursuant to the September 25, 2020 amendment described below, recourse to Bluegreen/Big Cedar Vacations under this amended facility was reduced to $23.8 million and will be reduced by $1.3 million per month starting October 31, 2020 until it reaches a floor of $10.0 million.

Liberty Bank Facility. Since 2008, Bluegreen has maintained a revolving VOI notes receivable hypothecation facility (the “Liberty Bank Facility”) with Liberty Bank which provides for advances on eligible receivables pledged under the Liberty Bank Facility, subject to specified terms and conditions, during the revolving credit period. On June 25, 2020, Bluegreen amended the Liberty Bank Facility to extend the revolving credit period from June 2020 to June 2021, and the maturity from March 2023 to June 2024. In addition, the amendment decreased the advance rate with respect to Qualified Timeshare Loans from 85% to 80% of the unpaid principal balance of the Qualified Timeshare Loans. The advance rate with respect to Nonconforming Qualified Timeshare Loans remained 60% of the unpaid principal balance of Non-Conforming Qualified Timeshare Loans. The amendment also reduced the maximum permitted outstanding borrowings from $50.0 million to $40.0 million, subject to the terms of the facility, and commencing on July 1, 2020, decreased the interest rate to the Wall Street Journal (“WSJ”) Prime Rate minus 0.10% with a floor of 3.40% from the Prime Rate with a floor of 4.00%. In addition, recourse to Bluegreen under the amended facility was reduced to $10.0 million, with certain exceptions set forth in the facility. Subject to the terms of the facility, principal and interest due under the Liberty Bank Facility are paid as cash is collected on the pledged receivables, with the remaining balance being due at maturity. See “2020 Term Securitization” below for information regarding repayments under this facility during October 2020.

NBA Receivables Facility. Bluegreen/Big Cedar Vacations has a revolving VOI hypothecation facility (the “NBA Receivables Facility”) with National Bank of Arizona (“NBA”) which was amended and restated on September 25, 2020. The Amended and Restated NBA Receivables Facility extended the revolving advance period from September 2020 to September 2023 and the maturity date from March 2025 to March 2028. In addition, the interest rate on all new advances made under the facility will be one month LIBOR plus 2.25% (with an interest rate floor of 3.00%). Further, if new advances of at least $25.0 million are made by June 30, 2021, the interest rate on borrowings under the facility at September 25, 2020, to the extent then remaining outstanding, will be reduced from the current rate of one month LIBOR plus 2.75% (with an interest rate floor of 3.50%) to one month LIBOR plus 2.25% (with an interest rate floor of 3.00%). The Amended and Restated NBA Receivables Facility provides for advances at a rate of 80% on eligible receivables pledged under the facility (decreased from the prior rate of 85%), subject to eligible collateral and specified terms and conditions, during the revolving credit period. The maximum borrowings allowed under the

facility remains at $70.0 million. In addition, recourse to Bluegreen/Big Cedar under the amended facility was reduced to $23.8 million as of September 25, 2020 and will be reduced by $1.3 million per month starting October 31, 2020 until it reaches a floor of $10 million. Subject to the terms of the facility, principal and interest payments received on pledged receivables are applied to principal and interest due under the facility, with the remaining outstanding balance being due by maturity.

Quorum Purchase Facility. Bluegreen/Big Cedar Vacations has a VOI notes receivable purchase facility (the “Quorum Purchase Facility”) with Quorum Federal Credit Union (“Quorum”), pursuant to which Quorum has agreed to purchase eligible VOI notes receivable in an amount of up to an aggregate $50.0 million purchase price, subject to certain conditions precedent and other terms of the facility. On March 17, 2020, the Quorum Purchase Facility was amended to extend the advance period to December 2020 from June 2020. The interest rate on each advance is set at the time of funding based on rates mutually agreed upon by the parties. The maturity of the Quorum Purchase Facility is December 2032. The Quorum Purchase Facility provides for an 85% advance rate on eligible receivables sold under the facility; however, Quorum can modify this advance rate on future purchases subject to the terms and conditions of the Quorum Purchase Facility.

2012 Term Securitization. In October 2020, Bluegreen repaid in full the notes payable issued in connection with the 2012 Term Securitization. Accordingly, the related unamortized debt issuance costs of $0.1 million were written off during the fourth quarter of 2020.

Except as described above, there were no new debt issuances or significant changes related to the above listed facilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. See Note 13 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in our 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information regarding the receivable-backed notes payable facilities.

2020 Term Securitization. In October 2020, Bluegreen completed the 2020-A Term Securitization, a private offering and sale of approximately $131.0 million of investment-grade, VOI receivable backed notes (the “Notes”), including approximately $48.6 million of Class A Notes, approximately $47.9 million of Class B Notes and approximately $34.5 million of Class C Notes with interest rates of 1.55%, 2.49%, and 4.22%, respectively, which blends to an overall interest rate of approximately 2.60%. The gross advance rate for this transaction was 88.0%. The Notes mature in February 2036. KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (“KeyCM”) and Barclays Capital Inc. acted as co-lead managers and were the initial purchasers of the Notes. KeyCM also acted as structuring agent for the transaction.

The amount of the VOI receivables sold or to be sold to BXG Receivables Note Trust 2020-A (the “Trust”) in the transaction is approximately $148.9 million, approximately $138.9 million of which was sold to the Trust at closing and approximately $10.0 million of which (the “Prefunded Receivables”) is expected to be sold to the Trust by February 5, 2021. The gross proceeds of such sales to the Trust are anticipated to be approximately $131.0 million. A portion of the proceeds received to date were used to: repay KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank”) and DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main (“DZ Bank”) approximately $61.1 million, representing all amounts outstanding (including accrued interest) under Bluegreen’s existing purchase facility with KeyBank and DZ Bank (the "KeyBank/DZ Purchase Facility"); repay Liberty Bank approximately $6.4 million the Liberty Bank Facility; repay Pacific Western Bank approximately $14.6 million under Bluegreen’s existing facility with Pacific Western Bank (the “Pacific Western Bank Facility”); capitalize a reserve fund; and pay fees and expenses associated with the transaction. Prior to the closing of the 2020-A Term Securitization, Bluegreen, as servicer, funded approximately $5.0 million in connection with the servicer redemption of the notes related to the BXG Receivables Note Trust 2012-A, and certain of the VOI notes in such trust were sold to the Trust in connection with the 2020-A Term Securitization. The remainder of the gross proceeds from the 2020-A Term Securitization are expected to be used by Bluegreen for general corporate purposes. As a result of the facility repayments described above, (i) there currently are no amounts outstanding under the KeyBank/DZ Purchase Facility, which allows for maximum outstanding receivable-backed borrowings of $80.0 million on a revolving basis through December 31, 2022, (ii) there is currently approximately $13.3 million outstanding under the Liberty Bank Facility, which permits maximum outstanding receivable-backed borrowings of $40.0 million on a revolving basis through June 30, 2021, and (iii) there is currently approximately $9.7 million outstanding under the Pacific Western Bank Facility, which permits maximum outstanding receivable-backed borrowings of $40.0 million on a revolving basis through September 20, 2021. Thus, additional availability of approximately $82.1 million in the aggregate was created under the KeyBank/DZ Purchase Facility, Liberty Bank Facility and Pacific Western Facility as a result of the repayments. With respect to each of the KeyBank/DZ Purchase Facility, the Liberty Bank Facility and the Pacific Western Bank Facility, the maximum outstanding receivable-backed borrowings permitted as set forth above is subject to eligible collateral and the other terms and conditions of the facility.

Subject to performance of the collateral, we will receive any excess cash flows generated by the receivables transferred under the 2020-A Term Securitization (excess meaning after payments of customary fees, interest, and principal under the 2020-A Term Securitization) on a pro-rata basis as borrowers make payments on their VOI loans.

 

While ownership of the VOI receivables included in the 2020-A Term Securitization is transferred and sold for legal purposes, the transfer of these receivables is accounted for as a secured borrowing for financial accounting purposes. Accordingly, no gain or loss was recognized as a result of this transaction.

Junior Subordinated Debentures

The table below sets forth information regarding the Company’s junior subordinated debentures (dollars in thousands):

September 30, 2020

December 31, 2019

Effective

Effective

Carrying

Interest

Carrying

Interest

Amounts

Rates (1)

Amounts

Rates (1)

Woodbridge - Levitt Capital Trusts I - IV

$

66,302

4.11 - 4.16%

$

66,302

5.74 - 5.95%

Bluegreen Statutory Trusts I - VI

110,827

5.07 - 5.21%

110,827

6.74 - 6.86%

Unamortized debt issuance costs

(1,075)

(1,129)

Unamortized purchase discount

(38,117)

(38,746)

Total junior subordinated debentures

$

137,937

$

137,254

(1)The Company’s junior subordinated debentures bear interest at 3-month LIBOR (subject to quarterly adjustment) plus a spread ranging from 3.80% to 4.90%.

All of the junior subordinated debentures were eligible for redemption by Woodbridge and Bluegreen, as applicable, as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

See Note 13 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in the 2019 Annual Report for additional information regarding the Company’s junior subordinated debentures.

Debt Compliance and Amounts Available under Credit Facilities

As of September 30, 2020, BVH and its subsidiaries were in compliance with all material financial covenants under their debt instruments. As of September 30, 2020, Bluegreen had availability of approximately $182.4 million under its receivable-backed purchase and credit facilities and corporate credit line, subject to eligible collateral and the terms of the facilities, as applicable.