Agreement for the Fourth Modification



EXHIBIT 10.14 
 
William Lyon Homes, Inc. 
Loan No. 906-0100 
 
AGREEMENT FOR FOURTH MODIFICATION OF DEEDS OF TRUST AND OTHER LOAN INSTRUMENTS 
 
This Agreement for Fourth Modification of Deeds of Trust and
Other Loan Instruments (this “Fourth Modification”) is made as of May 29, 2002 by and between WILLIAM LYON HOMES, INC., a California corporation (“Borrower”) and GUARANTY BANK, a federal savings bank organized and existing under
the laws of the United States (formerly known as “Guaranty Federal Bank, F.S.B.”) (“Lender”), with reference to the following facts: 
 
A. Borrower and Lender entered into a Master Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) dated August 31, 2000, which provides for a
loan of FIFTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($55,000,000.00) (the “Original Loan Amount”) to Borrower on the terms and conditions specified therein. The Loan is evidenced and secured by a revolving promissory note and other loan instruments
(collectively, the “Loan Instruments”). The Loan Instruments were modified by (i) that certain Agreement for First Modification of Deeds of Trust and Other Loan Instruments, executed by Borrower and Lender, dated June 8, 2001 (“First
Modification”); (ii) that certain Agreement of Second Modification of Deeds of Trust and Other Loan Instruments, executed by Borrower and Lender, dated July 23, 2001 (“Second Modification”); and (iii) that certain Agreement of Third
Modification of Deeds of Trust and Other Loan Instruments, executed by Borrower and Lender, dated December 19, 2001, (“Third Modification”). Pursuant to the terms and provisions of the First Modification, the Original Loan Amount was
increased, as evidenced by a certain Amended and Restated Revolving Promissory Note executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and dated June 8, 2001 to the maximum principal amount of SIXTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($65,000,000.00) (the
“Loan”). Upon full execution, this Fourth Modification shall constitute one of the Loan Instruments. All defined terms used in this Fourth Modification shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement unless the context
requires otherwise. 
 
B. At Borrower’s
request, Lender has agreed to modify one or more of the Loan Instruments, as herein provided. 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements herein, the parties hereby agree as follows: 
 
1. Modifications. The Loan Instruments specified in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated
herein by this reference are modified as set forth therein, effective upon timely satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2 below. As used in this Fourth Modification and the attached Exhibit “A,” the term “Deeds of
Trust” refers to the Construction Deeds of Trust (With Security Agreement, Fixture Filing and Assignment of Rents and Leases) (1) dated August 31, 2000 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of
Riverside County, California on September 27, 2000, as Instrument No. 379473; (2) dated August 31, 2000 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of Maricopa County, Arizona on September 27, 2000, as
Instrument No. 2000-0736812; (3) dated November 7, 2000 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of Maricopa County, Arizona on November 13, 2000, as Instrument No. 2000-0869149; (4) dated January 26, 2001
executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of Maricopa County, Arizona on January 31, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0074131; (5) dated February 21, 2001 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and
recorded in the Official Records of San Diego County, California on March 9, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0138486; (6) dated March 16, 2001 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of San Joaquin County,
California on March 23, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-01040420; (7) dated April 11, 2001 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of San Joaquin County, California on April 13, 2001, as Instrument No.
2001-01054051; each as modified by the First Modification and evidenced by the Memorandum of First Modification of Deeds of Trust and Other Loan Instruments dated June 8, 2001 and recorded in the Official Records of (a) Orange County, California on
July 20, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0492777; (b) San Diego County, California on July 20, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0505154; (c) San Joaquin County, California on July 24, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-01116593; (d) Riverside County, California
on August 6, 2001 as Instrument No. 368935; (e) Maricopa County, California on July 20, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0652927; (8) dated June 15, 2001 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of San Joaquin
County, California on June 20, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-01095461; (9) dated June 15, 2001 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of Orange County, California on June 21, 2001, as 

 

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Instrument No. 2001-0411667; (10) dated June 15, 2001 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of
San Diego County, California on July 9, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0466269; (11) dated July 18, 2001 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of Maricopa County, Arizona on July 31, 2001, as Instrument
No. 2001-0694716; each as modified by the Second Modification and evidenced by the Memorandum of Second Modification of Deeds of Trust and Other Loan Instruments dated July 23, 2001 and recorded in the Official Records of (f) Orange County,
California on August 31, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0614957; (g) San Diego County, California on August 31, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0626061; (h) San Joaquin County, California on August 31, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-01144060; (i) Riverside
County, California on August 31, 2001 as Instrument No. 426142; (j) Maricopa County, California on August 31, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0810003; (12) dated August 7, 2001 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official
Records of Orange County, California on August 16, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0569526; (13) dated August 29, 2001 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of Orange County, California on September 6,
2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0627414; (14) dated September 12, 2001 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of San Diego County, California on October 5, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0721956; (15) dated
September 10, 2001 executed by Borrower for the Benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of Stanislaus County, California on October 12, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0121877-00; (16) dated September 19, 2001 executed by Borrower for
the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of Maricopa County, Arizona, on September 28, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0904457; (17) dated October 5, 2001 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official
Records of San Joaquin County, California on October 19, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-1172300; (18) dated October 10, 2001 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of Clark County, Nevada on October 19,
2001 as Instrument No. 1893-20011019; (19) dated October 25, 2001 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of Maricopa County, Arizona on October 31, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-1014924; (20) dated
November 6, 2001 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of San Joaquin County, California on November 20, 2001 as Instrument No. 2001-01190496; (21) dated November 30, 2001 executed by Borrower for the
benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of Orange County, California on December 20, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0932543; (22) dated December 12, 2001 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official
Records of Maricopa County, Arizona on December 28, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-1230489; (23) dated January 9, 2002 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of Orange County, California on January 17,
2002, as Instrument No. 2002-0049189; (24) dated January 23, 2002 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of Maricopa County, Arizona on February 1, 2002, as Instrument No. 2002-0110386; (25) dated
February 5, 2002 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of Orange County, California on February 21, 2002, as Instrument No. 2002-0148413; (26) dated March 25, 2002 executed by Borrower for the benefit of
Lender and recorded in the Official Records of Clark County, Nevada on April 5, 2002, as Instrument No. 2444-20020405; and (27) dated May 13, 2002 executed by Borrower for the benefit of Lender and recorded in the Official Records of San Joaquin
County, California on May 21, 2002, as Instrument No. 2002-087151. 
 
2. Conditions. The modifications of Section 1 above shall take effect only upon Borrower’s satisfaction, at its expense, of all of the following conditions not later than the date of this Fourth Modification:

 
(a) if required by Lender, delivery to Lender of
one or more endorsements to the Title Policy (whether one or more) insuring the lien of the Deeds of Trust as may be required by Lender, all in form and of content acceptable to Lender, insuring that, except as set forth in this Fourth Modification,
the priority of such lien is unaffected by the modifications set forth herein and that the Title Policy insuring the Deeds of Trust remains in full force and effect in the full amount of the Loan; 
 
(b) if required by Lender, delivery to Lender of one or more
duly executed recordable memorandums of this Fourth Modification (collectively, the “Fourth Memorandum”); 
 
(c) satisfaction of such other conditions as may be set forth on Exhibit “B” attached hereto and incorporated herein by this
reference, if any; and 
 
(d) if the Loan has been
guarantied (or indemnities given) or if there are junior liens encumbering the property which is encumbered by the Deeds of Trust, delivery to Lender of duly executed consents to the modifications set forth in this Fourth Modification by the
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applicable, as may be set forth in Exhibit “C” attached hereto or as may be attached to the Fourth Memorandum, each incorporated
herein by this reference. 
 
3. Representations and
Warranties. Borrower hereby represents and warrants that no default, event of default, breach or failure of condition has occurred, or would exist with notice or the lapse of time or both, under any of the Loan Instruments; and all representations
and warranties herein and in the other Loan Instruments are true and correct, which representations and warranties shall survive execution of this Fourth Modification. All parties who execute this Fourth Modification and any other documents required
hereunder on behalf of Borrower represent and warrant that they have full power and authority to execute and deliver such documents, and that all such documents are enforceable in accordance with their terms. As of the date of this Fourth
Modification, Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that it has no defenses, offsets or claims against Lender or the enforcement of the Loan Instruments and that Lender has not waived any of its rights or remedies under any such documents.

 
4. No Impairment. Except as expressly provided
herein, nothing in this Fourth Modification shall alter or affect any provision, condition or covenant contained in the Loan Instruments or affect or impair any of Lender’s rights, powers or remedies thereunder. It is the intent of the parties
hereto that the provisions of the Loan Instruments shall continue in full force and effect except as expressly modified hereby. 
 
5. Miscellaneous. This Fourth Modification and the other Loan Instruments shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws
of the State of California, except as they may be preempted by federal law. In any action brought or arising out of this Fourth Modification or the Loan Instruments, Borrower, and, if applicable, the general partners, members and joint venturers of
Borrower, hereby consent to the jurisdiction of any federal or state court having proper venue within the State of California and also consent to the service of process by any means authorized by California or federal law. The headings used in this
Fourth Modification are for convenience only and shall be disregarded in interpreting the substantive provisions of this Fourth Modification. Time is of the essence of each term of the Loan Instruments, including this Fourth Modification. If any
provision of this Fourth Modification or any of the other Loan Instruments shall be determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that portion shall be deemed severed therefrom and the remaining parts shall
remain in full force as though the invalid, illegal, or unenforceable portion had never been a part thereof. This Fourth Modification may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same Fourth
Modification. 
 
6. Integration; Interpretation.
The Loan Instruments, including this Fourth Modification, contain or expressly incorporate by reference the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the matters contemplated herein and supersede all prior negotiations. The Loan Instruments
shall not be modified except by written instrument executed by all parties. Any reference to the Loan Instruments in any of the Loan Instruments includes this Fourth Modification and any amendments, renewals or extensions approved by Lender
hereunder. 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement for Fourth Modification of Deeds of Trust and Other
Loan Instruments is executed as of the date first hereinabove written. 
 

	  LENDER:
	  	  	  	  GUARANTY BANK,
  a federal savings bank organized and existing
  under the laws of the United States

	
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  By:
	  	  /s/    JON M.
LARSON        


	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  Jon M. Larson
  Senior Vice President

	
	  BORROWER:
	  	  	  	  WILLIAM LYON HOMES, INC.,
  a California corporation

	
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  By:
	  	  /s/    MICHAEL D.
GRUBBS        


	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  Michael D. Grubbs
  Senior Vice President and
  Chief Financial
Officer

	
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  By:
	  	  /s/    RICHARD S.
ROBINSON        


	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  Richard S. Robinson
  Senior Vice President


 
 

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William Lyon Homes, Inc. 
Loan No. 906-0100 
 
EXHIBIT “A” 
AGREEMENT FOR FOURTH MODIFICATION OF DEEDS OF TRUST AND OTHER LOAN INSTRUMENTS 
(Modifications)

 

	  Loan Instrument Modified
	  	  	  	  Modification

	
	  1. Revolving Promissory Note
	  	  (i)     
	  	  The Note is hereby amended and restated in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “A-1”.

	
	  2. Loan Agreement
	  	  (i)     
	  	  The introductory paragraph is hereby amended so that all references to the “Loan Amount” shall be deemed to
refer to the amount of SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($75,000,000.00) and all references in the Loan Agreement to the maximum principal amount of the Loan shall be deemed to refer to such amount.

	
	  	  	  (ii)    
	  	  Paragraph 2.1(a). Paragraph 2.1(a) is hereby amended to refer to the Amended and Restated Promissory Note in the
principal amount of SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($75,000,000.00), in the form attached as Exhibit “A-1”.

	
	  	  	  (iii)  
	  	  Paragraph 8. The foregoing is hereby amended as follows:

	
	  	  	  	  	  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Paragraph 8, but subject to all other provisions of this Loan
Agreement, the aggregate amount of Loan Allocations for Properties included in the Borrowing Base may exceed the Loan Amount; provided, however, (i) in no event shall such aggregate amount of all Loan Allocations exceed an amount equal to ONE
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($100,000,000.00) at any time, and (ii) in no event shall the outstanding principal balance of the Loan exceed the Loan Amount.

	
	  3. Exhibit “A” to Master Loan Agreement
	  	  (i)     
	  	  Paragraph 4 – Lot/Residence Limitation. Paragraph 4(A)(i) is hereby amended and restated to read in full as
follows:

	
	  	  	  	  	  Maximum number of Residences at any one time in all Approved Subdivisions:

	
	  	  	  	  	  Five Hundred Fifty (550)

	
	  	  	  	  	  A new subsection B.(v) is hereby added to read in full as follows:

	
	  	  	  	  	  Spec Residences – Las Vegas, Nevada: Maximum number of Specs in any subdivision:
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	  	   	  E.(i)Maximum Loan Allocations

	  	   	  (i)     For Finished Lots and Lots Being Actively Developed
in any Subdivision: 

	
	  	   	  Maximum Loan Amount:
  $32,000,000.00

	
	  	   	  E.(ii) A new subsection E.(ii) is hereby added to read as
follows:

	
	  	   	  Maximum Loan Allocations – Las Vegas, Nevada

	  	   	  (ii)      For Finished Lots and Lots Being Developed
in any Subdivision in Las Vegas, Nevada:

	
	  	   	  Loan Amount Per Approved Subdivision: $14,000,000.00
  Maximum Loan Amount:
  $25,000,000.00

	
	  	   	  H.     A new subsection H is hereby added to read in full
as follows:

	
	  	   	  Lots – Las Vegas, Nevada. Maximum number in any Subdivision in Las Vegas, Nevada (subject to
phasing):

	  	   	  One Hundred Fifty (150)

	
	  	   	  Maximum number of projects in Las Vegas, Nevada:

	  	   	  Four ( 4)

	
	  	   	  (ii)    Paragraph 16. Additional Loan Covenants. Subsection B
and Subsection G are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read in full as follows:

	
	  	   	  B.     Guarantor covenants and agrees that the Tangible Net
Worth of Guarantor, at all times shall be not less than ONE HUNDRED TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS ($120,000,000.00), adjusted upwards quarterly by fifty percent (50%) of Guarantor’s net income earned commencing after March 31,
2002.

	
	  	   	  G.     Guarantor covenants and agrees to at all times
maintain a limitation on investments in joint ventures to sixty percent (60%) of Guarantor’s Tangible Net Worth.

	
	  4. Deeds of Trust
	   	  (i)     Section 1.1 of the Deeds of Trust is hereby
modified to provide that the reference therein to the “Note” shall refer to that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Promissory Note dated


 

	


	


	


	

 
 
 
 
 

	

 
 

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	  	   	  May 29, 2002, executed by Trustor in favor of Beneficiary in the stated principal amount of
SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($75,000,000.00). All other provisions of Section 1.1 shall remain the same.

	
	  5. Other Loan Instruments
	   	  (i)     All references to the Loan in all of the Loan
Instruments and in any other instruments or agreements evidencing or securing the Loan which are not expressly referenced as modified under this Fourth Modification, shall be deemed to refer to the principal amount of SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
($75,000,000.00) and all references to the Note therein shall be deemed to refer to the Amended and Restated Revolving Promissory Note dated May 29, 2002, executed by Borrower in favor of Lender in the stated principal amount of SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION
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William Lyon Homes, Inc. 
Loan No. 906-0100 
 
EXHIBIT “A-1” 
AGREEMENT FOR FOURTH MODIFICATION OF DEEDS OF TRUST AND OTHER LOAN INSTRUMENTS 
(Form of Amended and
Restated Note) 
 

	  $75,000,000.00
	   	  May 29, 2002


 
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, jointly and severally if more than one, promise to pay to the order of GUARANTY BANK, a federal savings bank organized and existing under the laws of the United States (formerly known as “Guaranty Federal Bank,
F.S.B.”), at its principal offices at 8333 Douglas Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75225, or at such other place as the holder hereof may from time to time designate, the principal sum of SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($75,000,000.00), or so much thereof
as may be disbursed, with interest on the maximum principal balance from time to time remaining unpaid prior to default or maturity at the rate hereinafter provided, interest only being payable on the first day of each month commencing July 1, 2002,
and continuing until and including the Maturity Date (defined below), when the unpaid principal balance of this Amended and Restated Revolving Promissory Note (this “Note”), together with all accrued and unpaid interest, shall be due and
payable. The “Maturity Date” shall be the date which is the Required Release Date for the final Residence or Lot located in the final Approved Subdivision whose construction was financed with proceeds of the Loan pursuant to the Loan
Agreement (as defined below). All terms with initially capitalized letters used in this Note shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement unless otherwise indicated in this Note. 
 
Borrower may from time to time during the term of this Note
borrow, partially or wholly repay its outstanding borrowings, and reborrow, subject to all of the limitations, terms and conditions of this Note and of the Loan Agreement, provided that the outstanding principal balance of this Note shall at no time
exceed the principal amount stated above, and Borrower shall have no right to borrow or reborrow amounts under this Note for the construction of Residences for which no prior Disbursements have been made under the Loan Agreement from and after June
13, 2003 (the “Facility Expiration Date”), subject to renewal as provided under the Loan Agreement. The unpaid principal balance of this obligation at any time shall be the total amounts disbursed hereunder by the holder hereof less the
amount of principal payments made hereon by or for Borrower, which principal balance may be endorsed hereon from time to time by the holder. 
 
Disbursements hereunder, to the total amount of the principal sum stated above, may be made by the holder at the written request of
Borrower or at the written request of those authorized by Borrower to request Disbursements and direct the disposition of any such Disbursements until written notice of the revocation of such authority is received by the holder at the office
designated above. Any such Disbursements shall be conclusively presumed to have been made to or for the benefit of Borrower when the holder believes in good faith that such requests and directions have been made by authorized persons or when said
Disbursements are deposited to the credit of any account of Borrower with the holder, regardless of the fact that persons other than those authorized hereunder may have authority to draw against such account. 
 
As herein provided, the unpaid Principal Amount (hereafter
defined) of this Note (or portions thereof) from time to time outstanding shall bear interest prior to the Maturity Date at a varying rate of interest per annum equal to, at Borrower’s option, (i) the Base Rate Spread (as hereafter defined) or
(ii) the applicable Euro-Dollar Base Rate (hereafter defined) (as elected in the manner specified in this Note), provided that in no event shall the Applicable Rate (hereafter defined) exceed the Maximum Rate (hereafter defined). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if at any time the Applicable Rate exceeds the Maximum Rate, the rate of interest payable under this Note shall be limited to the Maximum Rate, but any subsequent reductions in the Base Interest Rate or the Euro-Dollar Base Rate, as the
case may be, shall not reduce the Applicable Rate below the Maximum Rate until the total amount of interest accrued on this Note equals the total amount of interest which would have accrued at the Applicable Rate if the Applicable Rate had at all
times been in effect. Interest on this Note, shall be calculated at a daily rate equal to 1/360 of the annual percentage rate stated above, subject to the provisions hereof specifying the maximum amount of interest which may be charged or collected
hereunder. 
 

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As used in
this Note, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated opposite them: 
 
“Additional Costs”: As defined below in this Note. 
 
“Applicable Rate”: The Base Interest Rate (as to that portion of Principal Amount bearing interest at the Base Interest Rate)
and the Euro-Dollar Base Rate (as to each Euro-Dollar Amount) as elected in the manner specified in this Note. 
 
“Assessments”: Any impositions or assessments imposed on Lender with respect to any Euro-Dollar Amount for insurance or other
fees, assessments and/or surcharges. 
 
“Base
Interest Rate”: The Base Rate plus the Base Rate Spread, expressed as a per annum rate of interest. 
 
“Base Rate”: The base rate announced or published from time to time by Guaranty Bank, which rate may not be the lowest rate
charged by Guaranty Bank; it being understood and agreed that the Base Rate shall increase or decrease, as the case may be, from time to time as of the effective date of each change in such rate, and may not correspond with future increases or
decreases in interest rates charged by other lenders or market rates in general. 
 
“Base Rate Spread”: The percentage rate to be added to the Base Rate to determine the Base Interest Rate, calculated as follows, and effective on the first (1st) day of the month following
Lender’s receipt of Borrower’s quarterly Financial Statement pursuant to the Loan Agreement, which receipt shall be not later than fifteen (15) days prior to an applicable change to the Base Rate Spread, keyed to Borrower’s then ratio
of total liabilities to Tangible Net Worth: 
 

	  Ratio of Total Liabilities
  To Tangible Net Worth

	   	  Base Rate
  Spread

	  
	  3.25 – 3.00 to 1
	   	  0.10
	  %

	  2.99 – 2.50 to 1
	   	  0.00
	  %

	  2.49 – 2.00 to 1
	   	  0.00
	  %


 
“Default Rate”: As defined below in this Note. 
 
“Euro-Dollar Amount”: Each portion of the Principal Amount bearing interest at the applicable Euro-Dollar Base Rate pursuant to a Euro-Dollar Rate Request. There shall be no more than three (3) portions of the
Principal Amount bearing interest at an applicable Euro-Dollar Base Rate outstanding at any time. 
 
“Euro-Dollar Business Day”: Any day on which commercial banks are open for domestic and international business (including
dealings in U.S. Dollar deposits) in New York City and Dallas, Texas. 
 
“Euro-Dollar Rate Request”: Borrower’s telephonic notice (to be promptly confirmed in a written notice which must be received by Lender before such Euro-Dollar Rate Request will be put into effect by Lender),
to be received by Lender by twelve o’clock noon (Dallas, Texas time) three (3) Euro-Dollar Business Days prior to the last day of the relevant Interest Period specified in the Euro-Dollar Rate Request for the commencement of the Interest
Period, of (a) its intention to have (1) all or any portion of the Principal Amount which is not then the subject of an Interest Period (other than an Interest Period which is terminating on such Euro-Dollar Business Day), and/or (2) all or any
portion of any Disbursement of Loan proceeds which is to be made on such Euro-Dollar Business Day, bear interest at the Euro-Dollar Base Rate and (b) the Interest Period desired by Borrower in respect to the amount specified. There shall be no more
than three (3) such requests for an election outstanding at any time. 
 
“Euro-Dollar Rate Request Amount”: The amount, to be specified by Borrower in each Euro-Dollar Rate Request and stated in increments of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000.00), which Borrower desires to bear interest
at the Euro-Dollar Base Rate; provided, however, in no event shall any such amount be less than FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000.00) in each instance. 
 

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“Euro-Dollar Reference Source”: The display for Euro-Dollar rates provided on The Bloomberg (a data service), viewed by accessing Page One (1) of the global deposits segment of money market rates (or such other page as may
replace Page One (1) for the purposes of displaying Euro-Dollar rates); or, at the option of Lender the display for Euro-Dollar rates on such other service selected from time to time by Lender and determined by Lender to be comparable to The
Bloomberg, which other service may include Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service. 
 
“Euro-Dollar Base Rate”: With respect to any Euro-Dollar Amount, the rate per annum (expressed as a percentage) determined by Lender to be equal to the sum of (a) the quotient of the
Euro-Dollar Rate for the applicable Euro-Dollar Amount and the applicable Interest Period, divided by (1 minus the applicable Reserve Requirement), rounded up to the nearest 1/100 of 1%, plus (b) the applicable Assessments, plus (c) a percentage
rate calculated as follows, and effective on the first (1st) day of the month following Lender’s receipt of
Borrower’s quarterly Financial Statement pursuant to the Loan Agreement, which receipt shall be not later than fifteen (15) days prior to an applicable change to the Euro-Dollar Base Rate, keyed to Borrower’s then ratio of total
liabilities to Tangible Net Worth: 
 

	  Rate of Total Liabilities
  To Tangible Net Worth

	   	  Rate

	  
	  3.25 – 3.00 to 1
	   	  2.60
	  %

	  2.99 – 2.50 to 1
	   	  2.50
	  %

	  2.49 – 2.00 to 1
	   	  2.40
	  %


 
“Euro-Dollar Rate”: The rate determined by Lender (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/16 of 1%) equal to the offered rate (and not the bid rate) for deposits in U.S. Dollars of amounts comparable to the
Euro-Dollar Rate Request Amount for the same period of time as the Interest Period selected by Borrower in the Euro-Dollar Rate Request, as set forth on the Euro-Dollar Reference Source at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Dallas, Texas time) on the first
day of the applicable Interest Period. 
 
“Interest Period”: The period during which interest at the Euro-Dollar Base Rate, determined as provided in this Note, shall be applicable to the applicable Euro-Dollar Rate Request Amount; provided however, that each such
period shall be either one (1), thirty (30), sixty (60), ninety (90), one hundred eighty (180) or three hundred sixty (360) days (30 day increments), which shall be measured from the date specified by Borrower in each Euro-Dollar Rate Request for
the commencement of the computation of interest at the Euro-Dollar Base Rate, to the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which such period terminates (or, if there be no numerical correspondent in such month, or if the date
selected by Borrower for such commencement is the last Euro-Dollar Business Day of a calendar month, then the last Euro-Dollar Business Day of the calendar month in which such period terminates, or, if the numerically corresponding day is not a
Euro-Dollar Business Day then the next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day, unless such next succeeding Euro-Business Day enters a new calendar month, in which case such period shall end on the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day); and in no
event shall any such period be elected which extends beyond the Maturity Date. 
 
“Loan”: The SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLAR ($75,000,000.00) loan evidenced hereby. 
 
“Loan Agreement”: That certain Master Loan Agreement dated August 31, 2000 between the undersigned and the payee named herein,
as amended from time to time. 
 
“Maturity
Date”: Is defined in the first paragraph of this Note and is the date on which this Note becomes due and payable in its entirety. 
 
“Maximum Rate”: The lesser of (i) the maximum interest rate permitted under applicable law, or (ii) the per annum rate of thirty
percent (30%). 
 
“Principal Amount”:
That portion of the Loan evidenced hereby as is from time to time outstanding. 
 
“Regulation D”: Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as from time to time amended or supplemented. 
 

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“Regulation”: With respect to the charging and collecting of interest at the Euro-Dollar Base Rate, any United States federal, state or foreign laws, treaties, rules or regulations whether now in effect or hereinafter
enacted or promulgated (including Regulation D) or any interpretations, directives or requests applying to a class of depository institutions including Payee or Lender under any United State federal, state or foreign laws or regulations (whether or
not having the force of law) by any court or governmental or monetary authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof excluding any change the effect of which is determined by Lender to be reflected in a change in the Euro-Dollar
Base Rate. 
 
“Reserve Requirement”: The
average maximum rate at which reserves (including any marginal, supplemental or emergency reserves) are required to be maintained under Regulation D by member banks of the Federal Reserve System in New York City with deposits exceeding one billion
U.S. Dollars against “Eurocurrency Liability”, as such quoted term is used in Regulation D. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves required to be maintained by such member
banks by reason of any regulatory change against (a) any category of liability which includes deposits by reference to which the Euro-Dollar Rate is to be determined as provided in this Note, or (b) any category of extensions of credit or other
assets which includes loans the interest rate on which is determined on the basis of rates referred to in the definition of “Euro-Dollar Rate” set forth above. 
 
If Borrower desires the application of the Euro-Dollar Base Rate, it shall submit a Euro-Dollar Rate Request
to Lender. Such Euro-Dollar Rate Request shall specify the Interest Period and the Euro-Dollar Amount and shall be irrevocable, subject to Lender’s right to convert the rate of interest payable hereunder with respect to any Euro-Dollar Amount
from the Euro-Dollar Base Rate to the Base Interest Rate as hereinafter provided. In the event that Borrower fails to submit a Euro-Dollar Rate Request with respect to an existing Euro-Dollar Amount not later than twelve o’clock noon (New York
time) three (3) Euro-Dollar Business Days prior to the last day of the relevant Interest Period, then the applicable Euro-Dollar Amount shall bear interest, commencing at the end of such Interest Period, at the Base Interest Rate. 
 
In no event shall Borrower have the right to have more than
three (3) Interest Periods involving Euro-Dollar Amounts in effect at any one time, whether or not any portion of the Loan is then bearing interest at the Base Interest Rate. 
 
Any portion of the Principal Amount to which the Euro-Dollar Base Rate is not (or cannot pursuant to the
terms hereof be) applicable shall bear interest at the Base Interest Rate. 
 
Borrower shall pay to Lender, promptly upon demand, such amounts as are necessary to compensate Lender for additional costs (“Additional Costs”) resulting from any Regulation which (i)
subjects Lender to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to the Loan or this Note, or changes the basis of taxation of any amounts payable to Lender under the Loan or this Note (other than taxes imposed on the overall net income of Lender or of
its applicable lending office by the jurisdiction in which Lender’s principal office or such applicable lending office is located), (ii) imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirements relating to any
extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with or other liabilities of, Lender, or (iii) imposes on Lender or on the interbank Euro-Dollar market any other conditions affecting the Loan or this Note, or any of such extensions of
credit or liabilities. Lender will notify Borrower of any event which would entitle Lender to compensation pursuant to this paragraph as promptly as practicable after Lender obtains knowledge thereof and determines to request such compensation.

 
Without limiting the effect of the immediately
preceding paragraph, in the event that, by reason of any Regulation, (i) Lender incurs Additional Costs based on or measured by the amount of (1) a category of deposits or other liabilities of Lender which include deposits by reference to which the
Euro-Dollar Rate is determined as provided in this Note and/or (2) a category of extensions of credit or other assets of Lender which includes loans the interest on which is determined on the basis of rates referred to in the definition of
“Euro-Dollar Rate” set forth above, (ii) Lender becomes subject to restrictions on the amount of such a category of liabilities or assets which it may hold, or (iii) it shall be unlawful or impractical for Lender to make or maintain the
Loan (or any portion thereof) at the Euro-Dollar Base Rate, then Lender’s obligation to make or maintain the Loan (or portions thereof) at the Euro-Dollar Base Rate (and Borrower’s right to request the same) shall be suspended and Lender
shall give notice thereof to Borrower and, upon the giving of such notice, interest payable hereunder at the Euro-Dollar Base Rate shall be converted to the Base Interest Rate, unless Lender may lawfully continue to maintain the Loan (or any portion
thereof) then bearing interest at the Euro-Dollar Base Rate to the end of the current Interest Period(s), at which time the interest rate shall convert to the Base 

 

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Interest Rate. If subsequently Lender determines that such Regulation has ceased to be in
effect, Lender will so advise Borrower and Borrower may convert the rate of interest payable hereunder with respect to those portions of the Principal Amount bearing interest at the Base Interest Rate to the Euro-Dollar Base Rate by submitting a
Euro-Dollar Rate Request in respect thereof and otherwise complying with the provisions of this Note with respect thereto. 
 
Determinations by Lender of the existence or effect of any Regulation on its costs of making or maintaining the Loan, or portions thereof,
at the Euro-Dollar Base Rate, or on amounts receivable by it in respect thereof, and of the additional amounts required to compensate Lender with respect to Additional Costs and/or Assessments, shall be conclusive; provided, however, that such
determinations are made without manifest error. 
 
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if, at the time of or prior to the determination of the Euro-Dollar Base Rate in respect of any Euro-Dollar Rate Request Amount as herein provided, Lender determines (which
determination shall be conclusive, provided that such determination is made on a reasonable basis, absent manifest error) that (i) by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank Euro-Dollar market generally, adequate and fair means do not or
will not exist for determining the Euro-Dollar Base Rate applicable to an Interest Period, or (ii) the Euro-Dollar Rate, as determined by Lender, will not accurately reflect the cost to Lender of making or maintaining the Loan (or any portion
thereof) at the Euro-Dollar Base Rate, then Lender shall give Borrower prompt notice thereof, and the applicable Euro-Dollar Rate Request Amount shall bear interest, or continue to bear interest, as the case may be, at the Base Interest Rate. If at
any time subsequent to the giving of such notice Lender determines that because of a change in circumstances the Euro-Dollar Base Rate is again available to Borrower hereunder, Lender shall so advise Borrower and Borrower may convert the rate of
interest payable hereunder from the Base Interest Rate to the Euro-Dollar Base Rate by submitting a Euro-Dollar Rate Request to Lender and otherwise complying with the provisions of this Note with respect thereto. 
 
Borrower shall pay to Lender, immediately upon request and
notwithstanding contrary provisions contained in the Mortgage (as hereafter defined) or other Loan Instruments, such amounts as shall, in the conclusive judgment of Lender reasonably exercised, compensate Lender for any loss, cost or expense
incurred by it as a result of (i) any payment or prepayment, under any circumstances whatsoever, of any portion of the Principal Amount bearing interest at the Euro-Dollar Base Rate on a date other than the last day of an applicable Interest Period,
(ii) the conversion, for any reason whatsoever, of the rate of interest payable hereunder from the Euro-Dollar Base Rate to the Base Interest Rate with respect to any portion of the Principal Amount then bearing interest at the Euro-Dollar Base Rate
on a date other than the last day of an applicable Interest Period, (iii) the failure of all or a portion of an Disbursement, which was to have borne interest at the Euro-Dollar Base Rate pursuant to a Euro-Dollar Rate Request, to be made under the
Loan Agreement, or (iv) the failure of Borrower to borrow in accordance with a Euro-Dollar Rate Request submitted by it to Lender, which amounts shall include, without limitation, lost profits. 
 
Borrower shall have the right to prepay, in whole or in part,
the Principal Amount of this Note accruing interest at the Base Interest Rate, without premium or penalty upon the payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid (and any interest which has accrued at the Default Rate and other sums that may
be payable hereunder); provided, however, that any Euro-Dollar Amount may be prepaid only on the last day of the applicable Interest Period. 
 
All payments of principal shall be credited first against principal amounts bearing interest at the Base Interest Rate and then toward the
payment of Euro-Dollar Amounts. Payments of Euro-Dollar Amounts shall be applied in such manner as Borrower shall select; provided, however, that Borrower shall select Euro-Dollar Amounts to be repaid in a manner designed to minimize any losses
incurred by virtue of such payment. If Borrower shall fail to select the Euro-Dollar Amounts to which such payments are to be applied, or if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of payment, then Lender shall be entitled to
apply the payment to such Euro-Dollar Amounts in the manner it deems appropriate. Borrower shall compensate Lender for any losses incurred by virtue of any payment of those portions of the Loan accruing interest at the Euro-Dollar Base Rate prior to
the last day of the relevant Interest Period, which compensation shall be determined in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Note, and any payment received pursuant to this paragraph shall be applied first to losses incurred by Lender by
reason of such payment. 
 

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If a default
shall occur under the Mortgage, interest on the Principal Amount shall, at the option of Lender, immediately and without notice to Borrower, be converted to the Base Interest Rate. The foregoing provision shall not be construed as a waiver by Lender
of its right to pursue any other remedies available to it under the Mortgage or any other instrument evidencing or securing the Loan, nor shall it be construed to limit in any way the application of the Default Rate. 
 
Borrower hereby agrees that it shall be bound by any agreement
extending the time or modifying the above terms of payment, made by Lender and the owner of owners of the Property whether with or without notice to Borrower, and Borrower shall continue to be liable to pay the amount due hereunder, but with
interest at a rate no greater than the Euro-Dollar Base Rate or the Base Interest Rate, as the case may be, according to the terms of any such agreement of extension or modification. 
 
At the option of the holder hereof, the entire principal balance and accrued interest owing hereon shall,
subject to applicable laws, at once become due and payable without notice or demand upon the occurrence at any time of any default under any of the Loan Instruments, including this Note (each, an “Event of Default”). 
 

	  	 1.	  	 (a) Default in the payment of any installment of principal due hereunder; (b) default in the payment of any installment of interest within ten (10) days of the
first day of the month in which such installment is due; (c) default in the payment of any other amount due (other than principal or interest) hereunder which is not cured within fifteen (15) days of written notice thereof; or (d) default in the
performance of any of the covenants or provisions hereunder which is not cured within thirty (30) days of written notice thereof. 

 

	  	 2.	  	 Subject to applicable cure periods, if any, set forth in the Loan Agreement (as defined below), the liquidation, termination, dissolution or (if any of the
undersigned is a natural person) the death of any of the undersigned or any guarantor hereof. 

 

	  	 3.	  	 Subject to applicable cure periods, if any, set forth in the Loan Agreement (as defined below), the bankruptcy or insolvency of, the assignment for the benefit of
creditors by, or the appointment of a receiver for any of the property of any party liable for the payment of this Note, whether as maker, endorser, guarantor, surety or otherwise. 

 

	  	 4.	  	 Default in the payment of any other indebtedness due the holder hereof, or default in the performance of any other obligation to the holder hereof by the
undersigned or any other party liable for the payment hereof, whether as endorser, guarantor, surety or otherwise currently existing or incurred in the future, it being reasonably contemplated by the undersigned that it may incur additional
indebtedness owing to the holder hereof, from time to time, subsequent to the date hereof. 

 

	  	 5.	  	 As Section 7.6 of the Mortgage (defined below) provides: “Title to all or any part of the Mortgaged Property (other than obsolete or worn Personal Property
replaced by adequate substitutes of equal or greater value than the replaced items when new) shall become vested in any party other than Trustor, whether by operation of law or otherwise, except as permitted under the release provisions of this Deed
of Trust”. 

 

	  	 6.	  	 Under any of the Loan Instruments, an Event of Default or default (as defined in that document) occurs. 

 

	  	 7.	  	 Notwithstanding any other provision, if Lender determines in its reasonable judgment that the default complained of, other than a default for the payment of monies,
cannot be cured within the period requiring curing as specified in Lender’s written notice of default, then the default shall be deemed to be cured if Borrower within the notice period shall have commenced the curing of the default and shall
thereafter diligently prosecute the same to completion. If in Lender’s reasonable judgment Borrower fails to diligently prosecute the curing of the default or Lender determines that such default is incurable, then this default shall constitute
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The failure to
exercise the option to accelerate the maturity of this Note upon the happening of any one or more of the Events of Default hereunder shall not constitute a waiver of the right of the holder hereof to exercise the same or any other option at that
time or at any subsequent time with respect to such uncured default or any other event of uncured default hereunder or under any other of the Loan Instruments. The remedies of the holder hereof, as provided in this Note and in any other of the Loan
Instruments, shall be cumulative and concurrent and may be pursued separately, successively or together, as often as occasion therefor shall arise, at the sole discretion of the holder hereof. The acceptance by the holder hereof of any payment under
this Note which is less than payment in full of all amounts due and payable at the time of such payment shall not constitute a waiver of the rights of the holder to exercise the foregoing option or any other option granted to the holder hereof or in
any other of the Loan Instruments, at that time or at any subsequent time, or nullify any prior exercise of any such option. The acceptance by holder of any payment under this Note after the date that such payment is due shall not constitute a
waiver of the right to require prompt payment when due of future or succeeding payments or to declare a default as herein provided for any failure to so pay. The acceptance by holder of the payment of a portion of any installment at any time that
such installment is due and payable in its entirety shall neither cure nor excuse the default caused by the failure to pay the whole of such installment and shall not constitute a waiver of holder’s right to require full payment when due of all
future or succeeding installments. 
 
After any
Event of Default or upon maturity, if permitted by applicable law, principal and past-due interest shall bear interest at the lesser of the Applicable Rate plus five percent (5%) per annum or the maximum amount permitted by applicable law (the
“Default Rate”). The undersigned acknowledges that late payment to holder of any sums due hereunder will cause holder to incur costs not contemplated hereunder, the exact amount of which will be impracticable or extremely difficult to
ascertain. Such costs include, but are not limited to, processing and accounting charges. Accordingly, if any installment, payment or any other sum due from the undersigned shall not be received by holder or holder’s designee within ten (10)
calendar days after it is due, the undersigned shall then pay to holder a late payment charge equal to five percent (5%) of such overdue amount. The parties hereby agree that such late charge represents a fair and reasonable estimate of the costs
holder will incur by reason of late payment. This provision shall not, however, be construed as extending the time for payment of any amount hereunder, and the acceptance of such late charge by holder shall in no event constitute a waiver of the
undersigned’s default with respect to such overdue amount nor prevent holder from exercising any of the other rights and remedies with respect to such default. 
 
The undersigned and all other parties now or hereafter liable for the payment hereof, whether as endorser,
guarantor, surety or otherwise, severally waive demand, presentment, notice of dishonor, notice of intention to accelerate the indebtedness evidenced hereby, diligence in collecting, grace, notice and protest, and consent to all extensions which
from time to time may be granted by the holder hereof and to all partial payments hereon, whether before or after maturity. 
 
If this Note is not paid when due, whether at maturity or by acceleration, or if it is collected through a bankruptcy, probate or other
court, whether before or after maturity, the undersigned agrees to pay all costs of collections, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the holder hereof. 
 
This Note is executed pursuant to the Loan Agreement, which
Loan Agreement contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events, and all Disbursements made hereunder shall be made pursuant to the Loan Agreement. This Note is secured by one or more Construction
Deeds of Trust (With Security Agreement, Fixture Filing and Assignment of Rents and Leases) (collectively, the “Mortgage” or “Deed of Trust”) covering certain property more particularly described in such Mortgage. The proceeds of
this Note are to be used for business, commercial, investment or other similar purposes and no portion thereof will be used for personal, family or household use. 
 
All agreements between the undersigned and the holder hereof, whether now existing or hereafter arising and
whether written or oral, are hereby limited so that in no contingency, whether by reason of acceleration of the maturity hereof or otherwise, shall the interest contracted for, charged, received, paid or agreed to be paid to the holder hereof exceed
the maximum amount permissible under applicable law. If, from any circumstance whatsoever, interest would otherwise be payable to the holder hereof in excess of the maximum lawful amount, the interest payable to the holder hereof shall be reduced to
the maximum amount permitted under applicable law; and if from any circumstance the holder hereof shall ever receive anything of value deemed interest by applicable law in excess of the maximum lawful amount, an amount equal to any excessive
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if such excessive interest exceeds the unpaid balance of principal hereof, such excess shall be refunded to the undersigned. All interest
paid or agreed to be paid to the holder hereof shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated, and spread throughout the full period until payment in full of the principal (including the period of any renewal or
extension hereof) so that the interest hereon for such full period shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. This paragraph shall control all agreements between the undersigned and the holder hereof. 
 
The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the holder hereof
may, from time to time, sell or offer to sell interests in the Loan evidenced by this Note as secured by the Mortgage to one or more participants. The undersigned authorizes the holder hereof to disseminate any information it has pertaining to the
Loan, including, without limitation, complete and current credit information on the undersigned, any of its principals and any guarantor of this Note, to any such participant or prospective participant. 
 
This Note may be prepaid in whole or in part, at any time,
without premium or penalty. All payments on the indebtedness evidenced hereby, other than regularly scheduled payments, shall be applied to such indebtedness in such order and manner as the holder hereof may elect in its sole discretion.

 
This Note amends, restates, and supersedes in
its entirety a certain Amended and Restated Revolving Promissory Note dated June 8, 2001 executed by the undersigned in favor of the payee named herein in the principal amount of SIXTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($65,000,000.00), and shall constitute a
renewal thereof for purposes of the Mortgage and otherwise, and all obligations of the undersigned under this Note shall continue to be secured in full under the Mortgage. 
 
EXCEPT WHERE FEDERAL LAW IS APPLICABLE (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY FEDERAL USURY CEILING OR OTHER
FEDERAL LAW WHICH, FROM TIME TO TIME, IS APPLICABLE TO THE INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED HEREIN AND PREEMPTS STATE USURY LAWS), THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. 
 

	  BORROWER:
   
  WILLIAM LYON HOMES, INC.,
  a California corporation

	
	  By:
	  	

	  	  	  Name: Michael D. Grubbs
  Title: Senior Vice President and
  Chief Financial Officer

	
	  By:
	  	

	  	  	  Name: Richard S. Robinson
  Title: Senior Vice President


 

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William Lyon Homes, Inc. 
Loan No. 906-0100 
 
EXHIBIT “B” 
AGREEMENT FOR FOURTH MODIFICATION OF DEEDS OF TRUST AND OTHER LOAN INSTRUMENTS 
(Other Conditions to
Modifications) 
 

	 1.	  	 Legal Fees. Borrower shall pay all legal fees and costs incurred by Lender in connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Fourth Modification.


 

	 2.	  	 Title Endorsements/Recording Fees. Borrower shall pay all title charges and recording fees and costs incurred by Lender in connection with the requirements of
Paragraphs 2(a) and 2(b) of this Fourth Modification. 

 

	 3.	  	 Consent of Guarantor(s). Guarantors of the Loan shall execute and deliver the attached Consent of Guarantor to Lender and the attached Consent to the Fourth
Memorandum hereof described in Paragraph 2(b) of this Fourth Modification (suitable for recording). 

 

	 4.	  	 Consent of Junior Lienholder(s). If indicated on the attached Exhibit “C” or otherwise required by Lender, Junior Lienholders shall execute and deliver
the attached Consent of Junior Lienholder and the attached Consent to the Fourth Memorandum hereof described in Paragraph 2(b) of this Fourth Modification (suitable for recording). 

 

	 5.	  	 Extension Fee. Borrower shall pay to Lender a non-refundable extension fee equal to THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($375,000.00) as a condition
precedent to the effectiveness of this Fourth Modification, which fee shall not be applicable to payment of principal or interest due under the Note, or otherwise, and shall be retained by Lender in all events. 

 

	 6.	  	 Execution of Amended and Restated Note. Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender an Amended and Restated Revolving Promissory Note in favor of Lender, in the
form attached to this Fourth Modification as Exhibit “A-1”, providing for a maximum stated principal amount of SEVENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($75,000,000.00). 

 

	 7.	  	 Corporate Resolution. Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender a Corporate Resolution providing for the execution of the Amended and Restated Revolving
Promissory Note. 


	

 

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William Lyon Homes, Inc. 
Loan No. 906-0100 
 
EXHIBIT “C” 
AGREEMENT FOR FOURTH MODIFICATION OF DEEDS OF TRUST AND OTHER LOAN INSTRUMENTS 
(Consents to
Modifications) 
 
CONSENT OF GUARANTOR

 
The undersigned Guarantor confirms its
guaranties of Borrower’s obligations to, and indemnities in favor of, Lender under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Instruments referenced in, and as modified by the foregoing Fourth Modification and Fourth Memorandum described therein,
and consents to and accepts the foregoing modifications. 
 

	  GUARANTOR:
	  	  	  	  WILLIAM LYON HOMES,
 
a Delaware corporation

	
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  By:
	  	  /s/    MICHAEL D.
GRUBBS        


	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  Michael D. Grubbs
  Senior Vice President and
  Chief Financial
Officer

	  	  	  	  	  
	
	  	  	  	  	  	  	  By:
	  	  /s/    RICHARD S.
ROBINSON        


	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  Richard S. Robinson
  Senior Vice President


 

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William Lyon Homes, Inc. 
Loan No. 906-0100 
 
EXHIBIT “C” 
AGREEMENT FOR FOURTH MODIFICATION OF DEEDS OF TRUST AND OTHER LOAN INSTRUMENTS 
(Consents to
Modifications) 
 
CONSENT OF JUNIOR LIENHOLDER

 
The undersigned is the holder of an
obligation secured by a lien (the “Junior Lienholder”) against the same property, which secures, in a senior priority position, Borrower’s obligations to Lender under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Instruments. The undersigned
consents to and accepts the modifications set forth in the foregoing Fourth Memorandum and the Fourth Modification described therein, and agrees that, notwithstanding such modifications, the undersigned’s lien shall be and remain junior and
subordinate to the lien of Lender to secure Borrower’s obligations, as modified herein, to the extent provided in and subject to all of the terms of the following Subordination Agreements, which Agreements remain in effect: 
 
A) Andover @ West Irvine: i) (1056) dated August 7, 2001 and
recorded in the Official Records of Orange County, California on August 16, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0659527; ii) (1062) dated August 29, 2001 and recorded in the Official Records of Orange County, California on September 6, 2001, as Instrument
No. 2001-0627415; and iii) (1073) dated November 30, 2001 and recorded in the Official Records of Orange County, California on December 20, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0932544. 
 
B) Monticello @ Irvine Ranch: i) (1046) dated June 15, 2001 and recorded in the Official Records of Orange
County, California on June 21, 2001, as Instrument No. 2001-0411668; ii) (1074) dated January 9, 2002 and recorded in the Official Records of Orange County, California on January 17, 2002, as Instrument No. 2002-0049190; and iii) (1080) dated
February 5, 2002 and recorded in the Official Records of Orange County, California on February 21, 2002, as Instrument No. 2002-0148414 
 
The undersigned agrees to execute a separate Subordination Agreement confirming the foregoing if requested by Lender. The undersigned
confirms to Lender that, to the undersigned’s actual knowledge without investigation, Borrower is not in default of any obligation secured by the Junior Lien and that the Junior Lien and the obligations secured thereby have not been modified.

 

	  IRVINE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,
  a Delaware corporation

	
	  By:
	  	  /s/    CHICK C.
WILLETTE        


	  	  	  Chick C. Willette
  Executive Vice President,
  Land Sales and
Management

	
	  By:
	  	  /s/    MARY K.
WESTBROOK        


	  	  	  Mary K. Westbrook
  Vice President



 

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