Exhibit 10.14 


[Note: Exhibits and schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K.] 


 


FIFTH
AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT


 


This
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 14, 2020 (this “Amendment”), is made and entered
into by and among LANDSEA HOMES- WAB LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), WESTERN ALLIANCE
BANK, an Arizona corporation, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), WESTERN
ALLIANCE BANK (“Incremental Lender”), the lenders party to the Credit Agreement, and the other Loan Parties
as of the date hereof.


 


RECITALS:


 


WHEREAS,
reference is made to the Senior Secured Credit Agreement dated as of February 1, 2018 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
to the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party
thereto and the Administrative Agent;


 


WHEREAS,
it is intended that (a) the Borrower will obtain the Incremental Commitments (as defined below) and (b) the proceeds of the borrowings
under the Incremental Commitments will be used (i) by Borrower and its Subsidiaries as provided in the Credit Agreement and (ii)
to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing (the transactions described in this paragraph, collectively,
the “Transactions”);


 


WHEREAS,
Borrower has requested that (a) the Lenders provide additional Commitments for Revolving Loans in an aggregate principal amount
of $60,000,000 (the “Revolving Commitment Increase”) and (b) the Credit Agreement be amended in the manner
provided for herein;


 


WHEREAS,
the Incremental Lender is willing to increase its Commitment to provide the Revolving Commitment Increase to the Borrower on the
Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), and the parties hereto wish to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth herein and in the Credit Agreement;


 


WHEREAS,
Landsea Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“LHC”), Landsea Homes Incorporated, a Delaware corporation
(“LHI”), LF Capital Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“LF Capital”), and LFCA Merger
Sub, Inc. (“LF Merger Sub”) entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 31, 2020
(the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, upon the Closing (as defined in the Merger
Agreement), LF Merger Sub will merge with and into LHI, with LHI being the surviving corporation, and 100% of the shares of LHI
will be owned by Landsea Homes Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as reflected in the organizational chart attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the “Merger”);


 


WHEREAS,
LHI intends to provide a Guaranty of the Borrower’s Obligations effective upon the Amendment Effective Date; and






     


     


    

WHEREAS,
upon the effectiveness of the Merger, LHC shall be released from its Guaranty under the Credit Agreement.


 


NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency
and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:


 


1.           Defined
Terms; Interpretation; Etc. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Credit Agreement.


 


 2.           Incremental Loans.




 


(a)       Incremental
Lender hereby agrees to increase its Commitment to the Borrower to make Revolving Loans from and after the Amendment Effective
Date in U.S. Dollars in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule
I attached hereto under the heading “Incremental Commitment” (the “Incremental Commitment”),
on the terms set forth herein and in the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby), and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
The Incremental Commitment shall be deemed to be a “Commitment” as defined in the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby)
for all purposes of the Loan Documents having terms and provisions identical to those applicable to the Commitments outstanding
immediately prior to the Amendment Effective Date (the “Existing Revolving Commitments”).


 


(b)       Each
Lender (i) confirms that a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other applicable Loan Documents, together with copies of the financial
statements referred to therein and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis
and decision to enter into this Amendment and make an Incremental Commitment, have been made available to such Lender; (ii) agrees
that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or agent 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 the Credit Agreement or the other applicable Loan Documents, including this Amendment; and (iii) appoints
and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers
as are reasonably incidental thereto.


 


3.           Effective
Date Reallocation. On the Amendment Effective Date, the Lenders holding Commitments immediately prior to the Revolving Commitment
Increase given effect pursuant to this Amendment shall automatically and without further act assign to certain Lenders, and certain
Lenders shall purchase from the assigning Lenders holding Commitments immediately prior to such Revolving Commitment Increase,
at the principal amount thereof, such interests in the Revolving Loans outstanding on the Amendment Effective Date as shall be
necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, such Revolving Loans are held by the Lenders
ratably in accordance with their Commitments after giving effect to the addition of







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such
Incremental Commitments to the Commitments. The requirements under Section 10.5(b) of the Credit Agreement and requirements in
respect of minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in the Credit Agreement
shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.


 


 4.            Amendments to Credit Agreement; Other Agreements.




 


  (a)            The Credit Agreement is hereby modified as follows:




 


    (i)          The
following definitions are hereby added to Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement:


 


“Fifth
Amendment Effective Date” means December 14, 2020.


 


“Landsea
Homes Corp.” means Landsea Homes Corporation, a Delaware corporation.


 


“LHC”
means Landsea Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation.


 


“LHC
Control Event” means LHC shall cease to directly own and Control 100% of the Equity Interests of LHI, free and clear
of all Liens and Encumbrances; provided, however, if the Merger Effective Date occurs on or prior to December 31,
2020, then from and after the Merger Effective Date, “LHC Control Event” will mean (a) LHC shall cease to
directly own and Control at least 50.1% of the Equity Interests of Landsea Homes Corp., free and clear of all Liens and Encumbrances,
or (b) Landsea Homes Corp. shall cease to directly own and Control 100% of the Equity Interests of LHI, free and clear of all
Liens and Encumbrances.


 


“LHI”
means Landsea Homes Incorporated, a Delaware corporation.


 


“Merger
Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of August 31, 2020, by and among Landsea Holdings
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Landsea Homes Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, LF Capital Acquisition Corp., a Delaware
corporation, and LFCA Merger Sub, Inc.


 


“Merger
Effective Date” means the effective date of the Closing (as defined in the Merger Agreement).


 


“Net
Income” means, for any Person, the net income (or loss) of the Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the
subject period in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that net income shall exclude (a) extraordinary gains and
extraordinary losses for such period, and (b) the









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net
income of any Subsidiary of Parent during such period to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions
by such subsidiary of such income is not permitted by operation of the terms of its organization documents or any agreement, instrument
or law applicable to such subsidiary during such period.


 


“Required
Tangible Net Worth” means (a) as of September 30, 2020, an amount equal to 50% of LHC’s Tangible Net Worth determined
as of December 31, 2019 (the “ Baseline Net Worth”); and (b) as of December 31, 2020, and the end of each Fiscal
Quarter thereafter, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Baseline Net Worth plus (ii) the cumulative amount of 50% of the Parent’s
Net Income for each Fiscal Year ending after December 31, 2019; provided, (a) if in any Fiscal Year, Parent’s Net Income
is less than $0, the Net Income amount for such Fiscal Year will be excluded from the Required Tangible Net Worth, and (b) if
the Merger Effective Date occurs on or prior to December 31, 2020, for purposes of the determining Parent’s Net Income during
the calendar year 2020, such Net Income will equal LHC’s Net Income from January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020, plus LHI’s
Net Income from July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. If the Merger Effective Date does not occur on or prior to December 31,
2020, then the adjustments in clause (b) will not be effective.


 


“Tangible
Net Worth” means the sum of (a) the Parent’s consolidated total assets; minus (b) intangible assets (goodwill,
patents, trademarks, trade names, organizational expense, treasury stock, monies due from affiliates, officers, directors or shareholders
of Parent and other intangibles); minus (c) Consolidated Debt of Parent, plus (d) for time periods occurring prior to the Merger
Effective Date, the Subordinated Debt pursuant to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement and (without duplication) accrued unpaid
interest on such Subordinated Debt.


 


(ii)           The
following definitions in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended in their entirety to read as follows:


 


“Commitment
Amount” means the aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Commitments, which as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date
is $195,000,000.


 


“Change
of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:


 


   (a)         The occurrence of an LHC Control Event;




 


(b)         LHI
shall cease to directly own and Control 100% of the Equity Interests of Borrower, free and clear of all Liens and Encumbrances;







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(c)       Borrower
shall cease to directly or indirectly wholly own and Control each Project Owner and each Intermediate Entity, free and clear of
all Liens and Encumbrances; or


 


(d)       an
event or series of events by which: (i) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its
Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any
such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such
person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time
(such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of 25% or more of the Equity Interests of the Parent
entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Parent on a fully-diluted basis
(and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option
right); or (ii) during any period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors
or other equivalent governing body of the Parent cease to be composed of individuals (A) who were members of that board or
equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (B) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent
governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (A) above constituting at the time of such election or
nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (C) whose election or nomination to that board
or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (A) and
(B)       above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a
majority of that board or equivalent governing body.


 


“Guarantor”
means, individually and collectively, Parent Guarantor, LHI and each Subsidiary Guarantor; provided, from and after the Merger
Effective Date, “Guarantor” will mean individually and collectively LHI and each Subsidiary Guarantor.


 


“Guaranty
” means collectively (a) with respect to LHC, a payment guaranty dated as of the Effective Date on Administrative Agent’s
form; (b) with respect to LHI, a payment guaranty dated as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date on Administrative Agent’s
form; (c) with respect to each Person other than Parent that is a Loan Party as of the Effective Date payment and completion guaranties,
dated as of the Effective Date, on Administrative Agent’s form; and (d) with respect to each Person, other than LHI, that
becomes a Loan Party after the Effective Date, payment and completion guaranties on Administrative Agent’s form or, at Administrative
Agent’s option, a Guarantor Joinder Agreement; provided,








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however,
from and after the Merger Effective Date, clause (a) of this definition of Guaranty will be replaced with “[Reserved]”.


 


“Intercompany
Subordination Agreement” means a Subordination Agreement with respect to all Indebtedness of LHC owing to any Affiliate
of LHC in form and content approved by Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion.


 


“Maturity
Date” means February 1, 2024, as such date may be extended pursuant to Section 2.6(a).


 


“Parent”
means (a) prior to the Merger Effective Date, LHC; and (b) from and after the Merger Effective Date, LHI.


 


“Permitted
Subordinated Debt” means (a) prior to the Merger Effective Date, the Indebtedness subject to subordination in the Intercompany
Subordination Agreement; and (b) from and after the Merger Effective Date, such Indebtedness as approved by Administrative Agent,
in its sole discretion, that is subordinated to the applicable Person’s obligations under the Loan Documents pursuant to
a subordination agreement acceptable to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.


 


(iii)          Section
2.13(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety and restated to provide as follows:


 


  (a)        Request
for Increase. Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the Lenders), request an increase
in the Commitments (each such increase, an “Incremental Commitment”) by an aggregate amount (for all such requests)
not exceeding $60,000,000 (i.e. for a total Commitment Amount of $195,000,000.00) to be effective on the Fifth Amendment Effective
Date; provided that unless otherwise agreed by Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and the Required Lenders, no increase in the
Commitments will increase the L/C Sublimit.


 


  (iv)        Section
3.5(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety and restated to provide as follows:


 


  (b)       Lot
Limit; Reductions in Lot Limit. The aggregate Maximum Allowed Advance with respect to all Lots included in the Borrowing Base
will not at any one time exceed the lesser of (i) the Applicable Land Percentage of the total Maximum Allowed Advances of the
Eligible Collateral in the Borrowing Base, or (ii) 50% of the Commitment. In addition, the aggregate Maximum Allowed Advance with
respect to A&D Lots and Finished Lots in each Approved Subdivision shall not be greater than the amount designated by Administrative
Agent







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in
the applicable Subdivision Approval Letter (the “Lot Limit”) . On each Borrowing Base Report following each
Lot Limit Reduction Date, the applicable Lot Limit will be reduced, and the amount of each such reduction shall be the corresponding
amount (the “Lot Reduction Amount”) based on Administrative Agent’s determination of 75% of Appraised
Absorption, as set forth in the applicable Subdivision Approval Letter. As used herein, “Applicable Land Percentage” means (a) 75% from November 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021; (b) 65% from October 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022; (c)
55% from April 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022; and (d) 50% from and after October 1, 2022.


 


(v)         Section
5.2(r) of the Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety and restated to provide as follows:


 


  (r)            Sanctions; Anti-Corruption.




 


(i)       None
of Borrower, LHC, LHI, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any director, officer, employee, agent, or Affiliate of LHI, LHC,
Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“person”) that is, or is owned
or controlled by persons that are: (A) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council,
the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”),
or (B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions (including
Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).


 


(ii)       LHC,
LHI, Borrower, their respective Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees and, to the knowledge of Borrower,
the agents of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, are in compliance with all applicable Sanctions and with the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”) and any other applicable anti-corruption
law, in all material respects. Parent, Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures
designed to ensure continued compliance with applicable Sanctions, the FCPA and any other applicable anti-corruption laws.


 


(vi)        Section
6.4(b) of the Credit of the Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety and restated to provide as follows:


 


(b)         Annual
Statements – Parent. Within one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of each Fiscal Year of Parent, unqualified,
audited annual financial statements of Parent, certified and signed by the chief financial officer of Parent, respectively, in
form satisfactory to







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Administrative
Agent, and audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers or another nationally recognized independent certified public accountants reasonably
acceptable to Administrative Agent, prepared in accordance with GAAP in each case on a consolidated and consolidating basis, including
balance sheets as of the end of such Fiscal Year and statements of income and retained earnings and a statement of cash flows,
and setting forth in comparative form the balance sheet, income statement, retained earnings and cash flow figures for the preceding
Fiscal Year.


 


(vii)       Section
6.4(d) of the Credit of the Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety and restated to provide as follows:


 


(d)         Quarterly
Financial Statements – Parent. Within sixty (60) days after the close of each quarterly period of each Fiscal Year of
Parent, financial statements for Parent on a consolidated and consolidating basis, including balance sheets as of the end of such
period, statements of income and retained earnings and a statement of cash flows, in each case for the portion of the Fiscal Year
ending with such fiscal period, all certified and signed by the chief financial officer of Parent, respectively, in form satisfactory
to Administrative Agent. The financial statements may be company-prepared, but Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent
copies of any audited financial statements for the relevant period which may be prepared, as soon as they are available. All consolidated
and consolidating balance sheets shall set forth in comparative form figures for the preceding year end and the corresponding
period in the preceding Fiscal Year. All such income statements shall reflect year-to-date figures. Such quarterly financial statements
of Parent shall also include a list of all outstanding Guarantees by Parent (including, without limitation, payment, completion,
and so-called “bad boy” guaranties) and such information regarding such Guarantees (including copies thereof and any
actual or potential claims or demands thereon) as Administrative Agent may reasonably request.


 


(viii)       Section
7.11 of the Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety and restated to provide as follows:


 


 7.11      
Subordinated Debt. Borrower shall not make or permit to be made any payments, prepayments or other distributions in respect
of Subordinated Debt or principal, interest of other amounts outstanding thereon except to the extent expressly permitted by the
subordination agreement executed by Administrative Agent with respect to such Subordinated Debt.


 


(ix)          Section
7.13(a) of the Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety and restated to provide as follows:







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  (a)       Liquidity.
At all times during the term of the Loan, Parent, the consolidated Subsidiaries of Parent, and the other Loan Parties shall maintain
Liquidity at a minimum of $40,000,000, tested by Administrative Agent on a quarterly basis, as verified by Administrative Agent
pursuant to bank and/or brokerage statements furnished to Administrative Agent by Borrower and/or Parent. The first quarterly
testing period shall commence on December 31, 2017. As used herein, minimum Liquidity will only be measured based on bank or brokerage
accounts held in their own name by Parent and the other Loan Parties. “Liquidity” means an amount equal to the sum
of: (i) Parent’s, its consolidated Subsidiaries’, and the other Loan Parties’ aggregate unencumbered and unrestricted
cash (including (x) cash deposited with Western Alliance Bank to cash collateralize letters of credit issued by Western Alliance
Bank for the account of Borrower or another Loan Party to the extent such cash has not been applied to reimbursement and other
obligations in respect of such letters of credit and (y) other deposit accounts maintained pursuant to Section 7.13(b)), (ii)
Parent’s, its consolidated Subsidiaries’, and the other Loan Parties’ aggregate unencumbered and unrestricted
cash equivalents (to the extent consisting of readily marketable securities, excluding “margin stock” [within the
meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System], restricted stock and stock subject to the provisions
of Rule 144 of the Securities and Exchange Commission), deemed by Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion to
be liquid, and (iii) the Undrawn Availability; provided, however, Liquidity shall only include such cash and other assets held
with financial institutions in the United States and shall not include cash or other assets held by Parent’s Subsidiaries
that are not formed pursuant to the laws of the United States (or a State of the United States) and with operations exclusively
in the United States.


 


(x)           Section
7.13(b) of the Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety and restated to provide as follows:


 


 (b)       Minimum
Deposits. Parent shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, average daily free collected balances on deposit at all of the
Lenders in the aggregate amount of at least $27,500,000, and of such amount, not less than $25,000,000 must be held at Western
Alliance Bank, this covenant to be tested by Administrative Agent as of the end of each fiscal quarter of Parent (commencing with
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020) for the fiscal quarter then ended. Such deposits shall be maintained by Parent, another
Loan Party or other Subsidiaries of Parent designated in writing by Parent to Administrative Agent in such form as Administrative
Agent may reasonably request. For clarity and for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.13(b), such free
collected balances shall include Cash Collateral held by the Issuing Bank (or the Administrative Agent) in order to Cash Collateralize
L/C Obligations pursuant to Section 2.05 or Section 2.19 to the extent that such Cash







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Collateral
has not been applied to the payment of L/C Obligations or other Obligations and without limiting any Loan Party’s obligation
with respect to the pledge and maintenance of such Cash Collateral.


 


  (xi)         Section
7.13(c) of the Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety and restated to provide as follows:


 


  (c)         Minimum
Tangible Net Worth. At all times during the term of the Loan, Parent shall maintain a minimum Tangible Net Worth equal or
greater than the applicable Required Tangible Net Worth, to be tested by Administrative Agent on a quarterly basis, beginning
on September 30, 2020.


 


  (xii)        Section
7.13(d) of the Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety and restated to provide as follows:


 


   (d)       Maximum
Leverage Ratio. At all times during the term of the Loan, Parent shall maintain a Leverage Ratio not greater that the ratios
set forth in the table below for the applicable periods. The Leverage Ratio shall be tested by Administrative Agent on a quarterly
basis, beginning with the fiscal quarter ending on September 30, 2020. The “Leverage Ratio” means the ratio
determined by Administrative Agent and calculated by taking (a) the sum of (i) Consolidated Debt minus (ii) the Permitted Subordinated
Debt, divided by (b) Total Capitalization. “Total Capitalization” means the sum (without duplication) of (a)
Tangible Net Worth, plus (b) the Permitted Subordinated Debt, and plus (c) Consolidated Debt. The maximum Leverage Ratio shall
be as follows:


 


	 	MAXIMUM
    LEVERAGE
	FISCAL
    QUARTER END	RATIO
	September
    30, 2020	0.75:1.00
	December
    31, 2020	0.75:1.00
	March
    31, 2021	0.65:1.00
	June
    30, 2021	0.65:1.00
	September
    30, 2021	0.65:1.00
	December
    31, 2021	0.65:1.00
	March
    31, 2022 and each	0.60:1.00
	Fiscal
    Quarter thereafter	 


 


  (xiii)       Section
7.13(e) of the Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety and restated to provide as follows:


 


  (e)       Interest
Coverage. Commencing with (a) the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2020, Parent shall maintain a ratio of Consolidated
EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense in an amount greater than or







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equal
to 1.00 to 1.00; and (b) the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2020, continuing at the end of each calendar quarter thereafter,
Parent shall maintain a ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense in an amount greater than or equal to 1.50
to 1.00. The interest only coverage ratio shall be calculated by Administrative Agent based upon the Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated
Interest Expense for the applicable preceding consecutive four (4) quarter period.


 


(b)          Reference
to Commitment Amounts. Each of the Loan Documents is hereby modified such that any reference to the maximum principal amount
of the Revolving Loans is amended to refer to $195,000,000.


 


(c)           Consent
to Merger. Administrative Agent and Lenders hereby consent to the Merger in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement;
provided that such Merger must be completed by no later than December 31, 2020 and the Merger Effective Date must occur on or
before December 31, 2020. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties acknowledge that certain modifications to the Loan Documents
provided herein are dependent upon the Merger Effective Date occurring. Accordingly, if the Merger is not completed by December
31, 2020, (i) the consent to the Merger provided herein will be void ab initio, and (b) Borrower, LHC and LHI will not
cause or permit the Merger to become effective without again obtaining the written consent of Administrative Agent and Lenders.
Within 5 Business Days of the completion of the Merger, Borrower will provide written notice thereof to Administrative Agent and
provide Administrative Agent with copies of the certificate of incorporation of LHI and Landsea Homes Corp., the bylaws of LHI
and Landsea Homes Corp., and all other documents pertaining to the authority of LHI to transact business.


 


(d)          Release
of LHC Obligations. Provided the Merger Effective Date occurs on or before December 31, 2020, then effective upon the Merger
Effective Date, LHC is released from its obligations under (a) the Guaranty dated as of February 1, 2018, by LHC, in favor of
Administrative Agent and Lenders (the “LHC Guaranty”); and (b) the Environmental Indemnity Agreement dated
February 1, 2018, by Borrower, LHC and certain other Persons, in favor of Administrative Agent and Lenders (the “EIA”).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) the foregoing release of LHC does not, and will not, terminate
or otherwise impair the indemnification and other provisions of the LHC Guaranty or EIA that are expressly stated to survive the
termination thereof and the payment of all amounts owing thereunder; (ii) no Person, other than LHC, is released from any obligations
pursuant to the terms of this Section 4(d); and (iii) if the Merger Effective Date does not occur on or before December
31, 2020, the release of LHC provided in this Section 4(d) will not become effective and will be void ab initio.


 


5.           Conditions
Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date on which the following conditions precedent are satisfied
(such date, the “Amendment Effective Date”):







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(a)           The
Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower, each other Loan Party and each Lender a counterpart of this Amendment
duly executed and delivered on behalf of such party.


 


(b)           The
Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed consent and reaffirmation of the Intercompany Subordination Agreement,
by the parties thereto, in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent.


 


(c)           The
Administrative Agent shall have received a guaranty of Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Documents, and an Environmental
Agreement, each executed by LHI.


 


(d)           The
Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including,
without limitation, the Lenders) and dated the Amendment Effective Date) of counsel for the Loan Parties in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.


 


(e)            The
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of Borrower, dated the Amendment Effective Date and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed by any Responsible Officer of Borrower, including or attaching (i)
copies of resolutions of the board of directors and/or similar governing bodies of Borrower approving and authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, certified as of the Amendment Effective Date by a secretary,
an assistant secretary or a Responsible Officer of Borrower as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment,
and (ii) the documents or certifications, as applicable, referred to in paragraph (d) of this Section, or otherwise certifying
such documents provided to Administrative Agent in connection with the closing of the Credit Agreement or subsequent Subsidiary
Guarantees by Subsidiary Guarantors (as applicable) remain in full force and effect, and without amendment or modification.


 


(f)            The
Administrative Agent shall have received (i) as to each Loan Party, either (x) a copy of each certificate or articles of incorporation
or organization or other applicable constitutive documents of such Loan Party certified, to the extent applicable, as of a recent
date by the applicable Governmental Authority or (y) written certification by such Loan Party’s secretary, assistant secretary
or other Responsible Officer that such Loan Party’s certificate or articles of incorporation or organization or other applicable
constitutive documents most recently certified and delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Amendment Effective Date
pursuant to the Loan Documents remain in full force and effect on the Amendment Effective Date without modification or amendment
since such original delivery, (ii) as to each Loan Party, either (x) signature and incumbency certificates of the Responsible
Officers of such Loan Party executing the Loan Documents to which it is a party or (y) written certification by such Loan Party’s
secretary, assistant secretary or other Responsible Officer that such Loan Party’s signature and incumbency certificates
most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Amendment Effective Date pursuant to the Loan Documents remain
true and correct as of the Amendment Effective Date, and (iii) a certificate of existence or good standing (to the







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extent
such concept exists) from the applicable Governmental Authority of each Loan Party’s jurisdiction of incorporation, organization
or formation as of a reasonably recent date.


 


(g)           The
Administrative Agent shall have received for each Lender, that shall have requested a promissory note, a duly completed and executed
promissory note payable to such Lender.


 


(h)           The
Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Amendment Effective Date,
including amounts due pursuant to the Fee Letter and reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable
fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) required to be reimbursed or paid by any Loan Party.


 


(i)            The
Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents and agreements as required by Administrative Agent in connection
with this Amendment, including, without limitation, any amendments to the Deeds of Trust.


 


(j)             The
Administrative Agent shall have received such UCC search results, title reports, title policies, and title insurance endorsements
as Administrative Agent shall require evidencing the continuing first priority of Administrative Agent’s Liens in the Collateral
as security for the payment and performance of all of the Obligations.


 


(k)            The
Administrative Agent and each Lender shall have received, at least three Business Days prior to the Amendment Effective Date,
all documentation and other information about the Borrower and the other Loan Parties as shall have been requested prior to the
Amendment Effective Date by the Administrative Agent or such Lender that they shall have reasonably determined is required by
regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including
without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act.


 


(l)             Upon
the effectiveness of this Amendment and both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default
or Event of Default shall exist.


 


(m)           The
representations and warranties in Section 6 of this Amendment shall be true and correct in all material respects.


 


The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Amendment Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive
and binding.


 


6.           Representations
and Warranties. In order to induce the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to enter into this Amendment and to induce each
Lender to provide the Incremental Commitments hereunder, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative
Agent on and as of the Amendment Effective Date that:







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(a)            Existence,
Qualification and Power. The Borrower and each Loan Party (i) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and, as applicable,
in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority
and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (x) own or lease its assets and carry on its
business and (y) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Amendment and the other Loan Documents to which it is
a party, and (iii) is duly qualified and is licensed and, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction
where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license, except
to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.


 


(b)           Authorization;
No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Amendment and each Loan Document to which
it is party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (i) contravene
the terms of its certificate or articles of incorporation or organization or other applicable constitutive documents, (ii) conflict
with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (x)
any material contractual obligation to which the Borrower is a party or affecting the Borrower or the properties of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary or (y) any material order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to
which the Borrower or any Subsidiary or its property is subject or (c) violate any law in any material respect.


 


(c)           Governmental
Authorization; Other Consents. No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing
with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance
by, or enforcement against, the Borrower of this Amendment or any other Loan Document, except for such approvals, consents, exemptions,
authorizations, actions or notices that have been duly obtained, taken or made and in full force and effect.


 


(d)           Execution
and Delivery; Binding Effect. This Amendment has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been,
duly executed and delivered by the Loan Parties party thereto. This Amendment constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so
delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against each such
Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
receivership, moratorium or other Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.


 


(e)            Credit
Agreement Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties set
forth in the Credit Agreement or in any other Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of
any such representation or warranty already qualified by materiality, in all respects) on and as of the Amendment Effective Date
(or, in the case of any such representation or warranty expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific
date).







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(f)             Merger
Agreement. Borrower has provided to Administrative Agent a true, correct and complete copy of the Merger Agreement, and such
Merger Agreement sets forth all of the material terms of the Merger. The organizational chart attached as Exhibit A accurately
reflects the ownership of the Loan Parties after giving effect to the Merger.


 


7.           Reaffirmation
of Guarantees and Security Interests. Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges its receipt of a copy of this Amendment and its
review of the terms and conditions hereof and consents to the terms and conditions of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated
thereby, including the extension of credit in the form of the Incremental Commitments. Each Loan Party hereby (a) affirms and
confirms its guarantees, pledges, grants and other undertakings under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which
it is a party, (b) agrees that (i) each Loan Document to which it is a party shall continue to be in full force and effect and
(ii) all guarantees, pledges, grants and other undertakings thereunder shall continue to be in full force and effect and shall
accrue to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and Lenders, and (c) acknowledges that from and after the date hereof, all Incremental
Commitments and Revolving Loans under the Credit Agreement from time to time outstanding shall be deemed to be Borrower Obligations.


 


 8.            Miscellaneous.




 


(a)            Release.
Each Loan Party fully, finally, and forever releases and discharges Administrative Agent, Lenders and their successors,
assigns, directors, officers, employees, agents, and representatives from any and all actions, causes of action, claims,
debts, demands, liabilities, obligations, and suits, of whatever kind or nature, in law or equity, that such Loan Party has
or in the future may have, whether known or unknown, (i) in respect of the Loan, the Loan Documents, or the actions or
omissions of Administrative Agent or Lenders in respect of the Loan or the Loan Documents and (ii) arising from events
occurring prior to the date of this Amendment. FURTHER, BORROWER AND EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY PROVISION
OF APPLICABLE LAW TO THE EFFECT THAT A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS THAT THE CREDITOR OR RELEASING PARTY DOES
NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, AND THAT, IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER,
WOULD HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR OR RELEASED PARTY.


 


(b)            Recordation
of the Incremental Loans. Upon execution and delivery hereof, the Administrative Agent will record in the Register the Incremental
Commitments made by the Lenders.


 


(c)            Amendment,
Modification and Waiver. This Amendment may not be amended and no provision hereof may be waived except pursuant to a writing
signed by each of the parties hereto.


 


(d)            Entire
Agreement. This Amendment, the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby) and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire
agreement among the parties







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with
respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and
verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof.


 


(e)            Governing
Law. This Amendment and any claims controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based
upon, arising out of or relating to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of Arizona.


 


(f)             Jurisdiction.
The Borrower and each other Loan Party irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation
or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative
Agent, any Lender, or any Related Party of the foregoing in any way relating to this Amendment, the Credit Agreement or any other
Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of Arizona sitting
in Maricopa County, and of the United States District Court of the District of Arizona, and any appellate court from any thereof,
and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all
claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such Arizona State court or, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment
in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment
or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the
Administrative Agent, any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other
Loan Document against Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.


 


(g)           Waiver
of Venue. The Borrower and each other Loan Party irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by Applicable Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Amendment or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (e) of this Section. Each
of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the defense of an inconvenient
forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.


 


(h)           Service
of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 10.1
of the Credit Agreement. Nothing in this Amendment or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party hereto to serve
process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law.


 


(i)            WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT
MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED







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HEREBY
(WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY
OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK
TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
AMENDMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL, SECTION 10.12 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT IS HEREBY INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.


 


(j)            Severability.
Any term or provision of this Amendment that is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms
and provisions of this Amendment or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Amendment
in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Amendment is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted
to be only so broad as would be enforceable.


 


(k)           Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts),
each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Amendment
and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede
any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided
in Section 5 hereof, this Amendment shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when
the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the
other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or in electronic
(i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this
Amendment.


 


(l)            Headings.
The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.


 


(m)          Reference
to and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the Other Loan Documents. On and after the Amendment Effective Date, each reference
in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “herein” or words of like import
referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”,
“thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement
as amended by this Amendment. Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed and this Amendment shall not be considered a novation.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment shall not constitute a waiver of any provision of, or operate as a waiver
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Lender
under, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a Loan Document as defined
in the Credit Agreement.


 


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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as
of the day and year first above written.





	 	 	 
	 	BORROWER:
	 	 
	 	LANDSEA HOMES- WAB LLC, a Delaware
	 	limited liability company
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Bart Beasley
	 	 	Bart Beasley, Senior Vice President



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


  


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


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	 	GUARANTORS:
	 	 
	 	LANDSEA HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
	 	a Delaware corporation
	 	 	 
	 	By: 	/s/ John Ho
	 	 	John Ho, Chief Executive Officer
	 	 	 
	 	LANDSEA HOMES INCORPORATED, a
	 	Delaware corporation
	 	 	 
	 	By: 	/s/ John Ho
	 	 	John Ho, Chief Executive Officer



 


 


 



 


 


 


 


 


 




 


 



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


  


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


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	 	LS
    INVESTCO VALE LLC, a Delaware
	 	limited
    liability company
	 	 
	 	SF
    VALE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
	 	company
	 	 
	 	LS
    MANAGER VALE LLC, a Delaware
	 	limited
    liability company
	 	 
	 	LS-SUNNYVALE
    LLC, a California limited
	 	liability
    company
	 	 
	 	THE
    VALE PA-1 OWNER, LLC, a
	 	Delaware
    limited liability company
	 	 
	 	THE
    VALE PA-2 OWNER, LLC, a
	 	Delaware
    limited liability company
	 	 
	 	THE
    VALE PA-3 OWNER, LLC, a
	 	Delaware
    limited liability company
	 	 
	 	LS-MILPITAS
    LLC, a Delaware limited
	 	liability
    company
	 	 
	 	LS-LIDO
    LLC, a Delaware limited liability
	 	company
	 	 
	 	LS-CHANDLER
    LLC, a Delaware limited 
	 	liability
    company
	 	 
	 	LS-NEWARK
    LLC, a Delaware limited
	 	liability
    company
	 	 
	 	LS-CHATSWORTH
    LLC, a Delaware
	 	limited
    liability company
	 	 
	 	LS-ONTARIO
    LLC, a Delaware limited
	 	liability
    company
	 	 
	 	LS-ONTARIO
    II LLC, a Delaware limited
	 	liability
    company
	 	 
	 	LS-EASTMARK
    LLC, a Delaware limited
	 	liability
    company
	 	 
	 	PINNACLE
    WEST HOMES E92 LLC, an
	 	Arizona
    limited liability company
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Bart Beasley
	 	 	Bart
    Beasley, Senior Vice President



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


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	 	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
	 	 
	 	WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK, an Arizona
    corporation
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 	/s/ John
    Eldean	 
	 	Name:	 JOHN ELDEAN	 
	 	Title:	 SVP	 





 


 


 


 



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


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	 	LENDER:
	 	 
	 	WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK, an Arizona
    corporation
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 	/s/ John
    Eldean	 
	 	Name:	JOHN ELDEAN	 
	 	Title:	SVP	 





 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


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	 	LENDER:
	 	 
	 	FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 	/s/ Philip
    Trujillo	 
	 	Name:	PHILIP TRUJILLO	 
	 	Title:	VICE
    PRESIDENT