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Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 13, 2004 re. 7 5/8% Senior Notes

 EXHIBIT 4.7 
  

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 
  
 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of December 13, 2004 between Lyon East Garrison Company I, LLC, a
California limited liability company (the “Guarantor”), a direct subsidiary of William Lyon Homes, Inc., a California corporation (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the indenture
referred to below (the “Trustee”). 
  
 W I T N E S
S E T H 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and
delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of November 22, 2004, providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 of 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2012 (the “Notes”); and

  
 WHEREAS, Section 4.13 of the Indenture provides that under
certain circumstances the Company is required to cause the Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes
and the Indenture. 
  
 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows: 
  
 1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture, and the incorporation by reference of provisions of the TIA and rules of construction respectively set forth in Sections 1.03 and 1.04 of the Indenture shall govern this Supplemental
Indenture mutatis mutandis. 
  
 2. Agreement to Guarantee.
The Guarantor hereby guarantees, jointly and severally with all other Subsidiary Guarantors, the Company’s obligations under the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article Ten of the Indenture and agrees to be bound
by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture. From and after the date of this Supplemental Indenture, the Guarantor shall be a “Subsidiary Guarantor” for all purposes of the Indenture, and the Guarantor hereby expressly agrees to be
bound by each obligation of a Subsidiary Guarantor, as though such obligations were fully set forth herein. 
  
 3. No Recourse Against Others. No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, on any of the Notes, or for any
claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer or any Guarantor in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or in any other supplemental indenture, or in any
of the Notes, or because of the creation of any Indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, past, present or future, of the Guarantor or of any successor corporation or against the
property or assets of any such stockholder, officer, employee or director, either directly or through the Guarantor, or any successor corporation thereof, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes are solely obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or
is or shall be incurred by, any stockholder, officer, employee or director of the Guarantor, or any successor corporation thereof, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or
agreements contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or the Notes or implied therefrom, and that any and all such personal liability of, and any and all claims against every 

  

 
stockholder, officer, employee and director, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this
Supplemental Indenture. It is understood that this limitation on recourse is made expressly for the benefit of any such stockholder, employee, officer or director and may be enforced by any of them. 
  
 4. Effectiveness. This Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon
execution by the parties hereto. 
  
 5. Recitals. The
recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Guarantor and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity of this Supplemental Indenture.

  
 6. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 
  
 7. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies or counterparts of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original,
but all of them together shall represent the same agreement. 
  
 8. Effect Of Headings. The headings of the Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions
hereof. 
  
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	 LYON EAST GARRISON COMPANY I, LLC,
 a California limited liability company,
 as Guarantor

		
	By:	 	 William Lyon Homes, Inc.,
 its sole
member

  

			
		
	By:	 	 /s/    WADE H.
CABLE        

	 	 	 Name:  Wade H. Cable
 Title:    President

  

			
		
	By:	 	 /s/    MICHAEL D.
GRUBBS        

	 	 	 Name:  Michael D. Grubbs
 Title:    Senior Vice President

  

			
	 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as Trustee

		
	By:	 	 /s/    LORI ANNE
ROSENBERG

	 	 	Lori Anne Rosenberg
	 	 	Assistant Vice President

  

 - 3 -First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated August 27, 2004

  
 EXHIBIT 10.14 
  
 FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

  
 THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (herein called this
“Amendment”) made as of August 27, 2004 by and among DUXFORD FINANCIAL, INC., a California corporation (“Duxford”), and BAYPORT MORTGAGE, L.P., a California limited partnership (“Bayport”; Duxford and Bayport
collectively, “Borrower”), and GUARANTY BANK, a federal savings bank (“Lender”), 
  
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
  
 WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of August 29, 2003 (as heretofore amended, the “Original Credit Agreement”), for the purposes and consideration therein
expressed, pursuant to which Lender became obligated to make loans to Borrower as therein provided; and 
  
 WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender desire to amend the Original Credit Agreement as provided herein; 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein and in the Original Credit Agreement, in consideration of the loans which may hereafter be made by Lender to Borrower, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows: 
  
 ARTICLE I. 
  
 Definitions and References

  
 § 1.1. Terms Defined in the Original Credit
Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise expressly defined herein, the terms defined in the Original Credit Agreement shall have the same meanings whenever used in this Amendment. 
  
 § 1.2. Other Defined Terms. Unless the context otherwise
requires, the following terms when used in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to them in this § 1.2. 
  
 “Amendment” means this First Amendment to Credit Agreement. 
  
 “Amendment Documents” means, collectively,
this Amendment and the confirmation by Parent with respect to this Amendment. 
  
 “Credit Agreement” means the Original Credit Agreement as amended hereby. 
  
 “Original Omnibus Certificate” means the Omnibus Certificate dated September 11, 2003 executed and delivered by officers
of Duxford pursuant to the Original Credit Agreement. 
  

  

  
 ARTICLE II. 
  
 Amendments to
Original Credit Agreement 
  
 § 2.1. Definitions.

  
 (a) The following definitions in Section 1.1 of the Original
Credit Agreement are hereby amended in their entirety to read as follows: 
  
 “‘Drawdown Termination Date’ means the earlier of August 26, 2005, or the day on which the Note first becomes due and payable in full.” 
  
 “‘First Tier Rate’ means the
per annum rate of interest equal to the Eurodollar Rate plus 2.00% per annum, but in no event shall the First Tier Rate exceed the Maximum Rate.” 
  
 “‘Jumbo Sublimit’ means 100%.” 
  
 “‘Second Tier Rate’ means the per annum rate of interest equal to the
Eurodollar Rate plus 2.10% per annum, but in no event shall the Second Tier Rate exceed the Maximum Rate.” 
  
 “‘Third Tier Rate’ means the per annum rate of interest equal to the Eurodollar Rate plus 2.25% per annum,
but in no event shall the Third Tier Rate exceed the Maximum Rate.” 
  
 “‘Wet Warehousing Sublimit’ means 40% of the Commitment, except for the first and last 5 days of the month, which shall mean 60% of the Commitment.” 
  
 (b) Subsections (j) and (o) of the definition of “Eligible
Mortgage Loans” in Section 1.1 of the Original Credit Agreement are hereby amended in their entirety to read as follows: 
  
 “(j) Such Mortgage Loan is secured by a first or second Mortgage, provided that Mortgage Loans secured by a second Mortgage shall not
exceed the Second Lien Sublimit;” 
  
 “(o) Such Mortgage Loan conforms to Agency guidelines in regards to credit quality or has a credit score of at least 620 from a repository acceptable to the Lender, and if such Mortgage Loan is a Jumbo Loan, the Unit Collateral Value
of such Mortgage Loan when added to the Unit Collateral Value of all other Jumbo Loans does not exceed the Jumbo Sublimit, and if such Mortgage Loan is an Alt A Loan, the Unit Collateral Value of such Mortgage Loan when added to the Unit Collateral
Value of all other Alt A Loans does not exceed the Alt A Sublimit; and” 
  
 (c) The following new definitions are hereby added to Section 1.1 of the Original Credit Agreement: 
  
 “‘Alt A Loan’ means a Mortgage Loan which does not conform to Agency guidelines in regards to credit quality,
but does conform to underwriting guidelines of Borrower for Alt A Loans, which guidelines have been approved by Lender.” 
  
 “‘Alt A Sublimit’ means fifty percent (50%) of the Commitment.” 
  
 “‘Second Lien Sublimit’ means
twenty-five percent (25%) of the Commitment.” 
  
 § 2.2.
Individual Mortgage Loans. Subsection (e) of Section 4.21 of the Original Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: 
  
 “(e) Each Mortgage Loan is a first or second lien one-to-four family loan, and has been underwritten by the originator thereof in
accordance with such originator’s then current underwriting guidelines;” 
  

  

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 ARTICLE III. 
  
 Conditions of
Effectiveness 
  
 § 3.1. Effective Date. This
Amendment shall become effective as of the date first above written when and only when Lender shall have received, at Lender’s office, 
  
 (a) a duly executed counterpart of this Amendment, 
  
 (b) a duly executed Consent and Agreement in the form of Exhibit A hereto, 
  
 (c) a duly executed certificate of the president—chief executive officer and secretary of Duxford certifying that (i)
resolutions of its board of directors attached to the Original Omnibus Certificate authorizing the execution, delivery, and performance of this Amendment and identifying the officers authorized to sign such instrument are in full force and effect,
(ii) the specimen signatures of the officers so authorized which were attached to the Original Omnibus Certificate are true and correct, (iii) the charter and bylaws of Duxford attached to the Original Omnibus Certificate have not been amended since
the date of such Certificate, and (iv) the Certificate and Agreement of Limited Partnership of Bayport attached to the Original Omnibus Certificate have not been amended since the date of such Certificate, and 
  
 (d) each other document to be executed and delivered by Borrower pursuant
hereto or thereto. 
  
 ARTICLE IV. 
  
 Representations and Warranties 
  
 § 4.1. Representations and Warranties of Borrower. In order to
induce Lender to enter into this Amendment, Borrower represents and warrants to Lender that: 
  
 (a) The representations and warranties contained in Article IV of the Original Credit Agreement are true and correct at and as of the time of the effectiveness hereof; 
  
 (b) Borrower is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Amendment and the
other Amendment Documents and is and will continue to be duly authorized to borrow and to perform its obligations under the Credit Agreement. Borrower has duly taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this
Amendment and the other Amendment Documents and to authorize the performance of the obligations of Borrower hereunder and thereunder; 
  
 (c) The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the other Amendment Documents, the performance by Borrower of its obligations hereunder
and thereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not conflict with any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation or of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of Duxford or of the certificate and
agreement of limited partnership of Bayport, or of any material agreement, judgment, license, order or permit applicable to or binding upon Borrower, or result in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets or properties of
Borrower. Except for those which have been duly obtained, no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental authority or third party is required in connection with the execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and
the other Amendment Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; 
  

  

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 (d) When duly executed and delivered, each of this Amendment and the other Amendment Documents will be a legal and binding instrument and agreement of Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws applying to creditors’ rights generally and by principles of equity applying to creditors’ rights generally; and 
  
 (e) The audited annual Consolidated financial statements of Borrower dated as of December 31, 2003 and the unaudited monthly
Consolidated financial statements of Borrower dated as of June 30, 2004 fairly present the Consolidated financial position at such dates and the Consolidated statement of operations and the changes in Consolidated financial position for the periods
ending on such dates for Borrower. Copies of such financial statements have heretofore been delivered to Bank. Since such dates no material adverse change has occurred in the financial condition or businesses or in the Consolidated financial
condition or businesses of Borrower. 
  
 ARTICLE V. 
  
 Miscellaneous 
  
 § 5.1. Ratification of Agreement. The Original Credit Agreement
as hereby amended is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. Any reference to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document shall be deemed to refer to this Amendment also. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment and the other
Amendment Documents shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of Lender under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or
any other Loan Document. 
  
 § 5.2. Survival of
Agreements. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of Borrower herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the performance hereof, and shall further survive until all of the Obligations are paid in
full. All statements and agreements contained in any certificate or instrument delivered by Borrower hereunder or under the Credit Agreement to Lender shall be deemed to constitute representations and warranties by, or agreements and covenants of,
Borrower under this Amendment and under the Credit Agreement. 
  
 § 5.3. Loan Documents. This Amendment and the other Amendment Documents are each a Loan Document, and all provisions in the Credit Agreement pertaining to Loan Documents apply hereto and thereto. 
  
 § 5.4. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and any applicable laws of the United States of America in all respects, including construction, validity and performance. 
  
 § 5.5. Counterparts; Fax. This Amendment may be separately executed in counterparts and by the different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to constitute one and the same Amendment. This Amendment may be duly executed by facsimile or other electronic transmission. 
  
 THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. 
  
 THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. 
  

  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment is executed as of the date first above written. 
  

			
	DUXFORD FINANCIAL, INC., a California corporation
		
	By:	 	/S/    MARK A. CARVER        
	 	 	 Name:  Mark A. Carver
 Title:    President

  

			
		
	By:	 	/S/    CHERIE L. EDBORG        
	 	 	 Name:  Cherie L. Edborg
 Title:    Controller and Assistant Secretary

  

			
	BAYPORT MORTGAGE, L.P., a California Limited Partnership
		
	By:	 	Duxford Financial, Inc., a California corporation, its general partner

  

			
		
	By:	 	/S/    MARK A. CARVER        
	 	 	 Name:  Mark A. Carver
 Title:    President

  
  

			
		
	By:	 	/S/    CHERIE L. EDBORG        
	 	 	 Name:  Cherie L. Edborg
 Title:    Controller and Assistant Secretary

  

			
	
	GUARANTY BANK
		
	By:	 	/S/    KENT NEWBERRY        
	 	 	 Name:  Kent Newberry
 Title:    Vice President

  

  

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 EXHIBIT A 
  
 CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

  
 WILLIAM LYON HOMES (“Parent”) hereby consents to the
provisions of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated herein, and hereby ratifies and confirms the Keep-Well Agreement dated as of August 29, 2003 made by it for the benefit of Lender, and agrees that its obligations and covenants
thereunder are unimpaired hereby and shall remain in full force and effect. 
  

			
	WILLIAM LYON HOMES, a Delaware corporation
		
	By:	 	/S/    RICHARD S. ROBINSON
	 	 	 Name:  Richard S. Robinson
 Title:    Senior Vice President

  

			
		
	By:	 	/S/    W. DOUGLASS HARRIS
	 	 	 Name:  W. Douglass Harris
 Title:    Vice President

  

  

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