Bluegreen Corporation Completes $177.0 Million Term Securitization
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Bluegreen Corporation (NYSE: BXG), a leading provider of Colorful
Places to Live and Play®,
announced today that on September 28, 2007, the Company completed a
private offering and sale of $177.0 million of timeshare loan-backed
securities (the "2007 Term Securitization").
Approximately $200.0 million in aggregate principal of timeshare loans
were securitized and sold in this transaction, including: (1) $115.5
million in aggregate principal of timeshare loans that were previously
transferred under an existing timeshare loans purchase facility (the
"Purchase Facility"); and (2) $35.8 million of timeshare loans owned by
the Company immediately prior to the 2007 Term Securitization. An
additional $48.7 million in aggregate principal of the Company’s
qualifying timeshare loans can be sold by Bluegreen®
through December 28, 2007 (the "Pre-funded
Timeshare Loans”).
The $177.0 million of proceeds from the 2007 Term Securitization were
used to: (1) pay all amounts outstanding under the Purchase Facility;
(2) provide net cash proceeds of $24.8 million to Bluegreen, which will
be used for general corporate purposes and debt service; (3) deposit
initial amounts in a required cash reserve account; (4) pay certain
transaction fees and expenses; and (5) acquire certain eligible
investments in order to fund an escrow account with the indenture
trustee pending the future sale of the Pre-funded Timeshare Loans.
Bluegreen also received a retained interest in the future cash flows
from the 2007 Term Securitization.
The timeshare loans were sold and the Pre-funded Timeshare Loans are
expected to be sold to BRF Corporation 2007-A, the Company’s
wholly-owned, special purpose finance subsidiary. BRF Corporation 2007-A
then sold the timeshare loans and is expected to sell the Pre-funded
Timeshare Loans to BXG Receivables Note Trust 2007-A, a Delaware
statutory trust (a qualified special purpose entity), without recourse
to Bluegreen or BRF Corporation 2007-A except for breaches of certain
representations and warranties at the time of sale. The Company expects
to account for this transaction as an "off-balance
sheet” sale of receivables.
As a result of the repayment of the outstanding balance of the Purchase
Facility using proceeds from the 2007 Term Securitization, Bluegreen
Timeshare Finance Corporation I, the Company’s
wholly-owned, special purpose finance subsidiary, may transfer
additional timeshare loans for a cumulative purchase price of up to
$137.5 million under the Purchase Facility, on a revolving basis,
through May 2008 at approximately 83% of the principal balance, subject
to the eligibility requirements and certain conditions precedent.
The securities sold in the 2007 Term Securitization have not been
registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold
except in reliance on an exemption from such registration requirements.
ABOUT BLUEGREEN CORPORATION
Bluegreen Corporation (NYSE:BXG) is a leading provider of Colorful
Places to Live and Play® through two
principal operating divisions. With approximately 178,000 owners,
Bluegreen Resorts markets a flexible, real estate-based vacation
ownership plan that provides access to over 40 resorts and an exchange
network of over 4,000 resorts and other vacation experiences such as
cruises and hotel stays. Bluegreen Communities has sold over 55,000
planned residential and golf community homesites in 32 states since
1985. Founded in 1966, Bluegreen is headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla.,
and currently employs over 6,200 associates. In 2005, Bluegreen ranked
No. 57 on Forbes' list of The 200 Best Small Companies and No. 48 on
FORTUNE'S list of America's 100 Fastest Growing Companies. More
information about Bluegreen is available at www.bluegreencorp.com.
Statements in this release may constitute forward looking statements and
are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provision of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward looking statements are based
largely on expectations and are subject to a number of risks and
uncertainties, including but not limited to the risk that the Purchase
Facility may not be available pursuant to its terms or at all, that the
Company may not successfully sell the additional timeshare loans in the
fourth quarter, the risk that the Company may not be able to
successfully continue to securitize its timeshare loans in the future,
and the risks and other factors detailed in the Company’s
SEC filings, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed
on March 16, 2007, its Form 10-K/A filed on July 3, 2007 and its Form
10-Q filed on August 9, 2007.