Voa trust-2
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings::
“Accommodation” means a Vacation Unit that has been, or the Use Rights with respect to which have been, subjected to this Trust Agreement. If a Property Interest (or the Use Rights therein) that has been subjected to this Trust Agreement (either directly or through an assignment to the Trust of the Use Rights therein), constitutes something other than a Vacation Unit (or the Use Rights therein) (such as, for example, a Property Interest that is a membership in a multi-site Vacation Plan), then “Accommodation” shall mean a Vacation Unit available through the Property Interest or Use Rights therein that has been so subjected to this Trust Agreement.
“Amended and Restated Trust Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Fairshare Vacation Plan Use Management Trust Agreement dated as of January 1, 1996 by and among Wyndham, the Association and Third Parties, as amended by a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Fairshare Vacation Plan Use Management Trust Agreement dated as of February 29, 2000 and a Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Fairshare Vacation Plan Use Management Trust Agreement dated as of February 19, 2003.
“Annual Lodging Point Value” means the sum of the Points required for occupancy of an Accommodation for an entire year.
“Assignment Agreement” shall mean that provision in a Member’s Purchase Agreement, the FairShare Vacation Ownership Assignment Agreement or other document whereby a Property Interest is, or the Use Rights in a Property Interest are, subjected to the conditions and restrictions of this Trust Agreement (by an assignment or other conveyance to the Trust of the Use Rights in such Property Interest) and assigned a number of Points.
“Association” means the Fairshare Vacation Owners Association, an Arkansas non-profit corporation.
“Beneficiaries” means the beneficiaries of this Trust Agreement, which beneficiaries shall include the Members, the Association, the Plan Manager, Wyndham and the Third Parties.
“Board” or “Board of Directors” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Association.
“Directory” means the FairShare Plus Member’s Directory which describes the Trust Properties and the terms and conditions of the FairShare Vacation Plan, as may be amended, supplemented, updated and/or replaced from time to time. Subject to the right of Wyndham under Section 11.01 below, the Plan Manager, with the consent of the Trustee, will, from time to time, issue the Directory and revisions thereof and supplements thereto.
“Escrow Account” means the account established by the Trustee into which the OA Fees paid by the Members are deposited.
“FairShare Plus Assessment” means the annual fee paid to the Trustee by a Member. The FairShare Plus Assessment consists of the Program Fee and the OA Fee.
“Governing Instruments” means the documents and instruments that create a Vacation Plan and the Property Interests therein and govern the use of Property Interests and the occupancy of Accommodations pursuant to said Vacation Plan and may include, without limitation, articles of incorporation for any OA; by-laws for the OA; rules and regulations concerning operation of the Vacation Plan, the use of Proerty Interests therein and/or the occupancy of Accommodations thereunder; any declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions and grant of easements encumbering the Property Interests in the Vacation Plan and any master trust agreement to which any Property Interest (or the Use Rights therein) subject to this Trust Agreement is also subject.
“Member” means Wyndham and the holder of a right to occupy an Accommodation as a consequence of such holder having his Property Interests (or the Use Rights therein) subjected to this Trust Agreement, and such holder’s heirs, and permitted successors and assigns. Wyndham may also be a Member to the extent it has subjected Property Interests (or the Use Rights therein) to this Trust Agreement which have not yet been sold; provided, however, Wyndham is not required to pay any OA Fees or Program Fees except as provided by Section 11.08 of this Trust Agreement. Each Member of the FairShare Vacation Plan shall also be a “Member” of the Association with the voting and other rights in the Association as are established and governed by the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Association.
“Membership” means the relationship of a Member to the FairShare Vacation Plan and the bundle of rights, duties and benefits, including, without limitation, the Points, a Member receives by reason of his Property Interest (or the Use Rights therein) having being subjected to this Trust Agreement. It also means the relationship of a Member to the Association and the bundle of rights, duties and benefits a Member receives by reason of being a “Member” in the Association.
“OA” means an underlying condominium, townhouse or timeshare homeowners association, master association or community club/association in which the owners of Property Interest therein become members, as well as any other type of association (whether or not incorporated) of owners of Property Interests and includes, without limitation, the owners association for a multi-site real or personal property based Vacation Plan. If the Governing Instrument(s) for a Vacation Plan do not require the establishment of an association or similar owners organization for the owners of Property Interests therein, then “OA” shall mean the operator and/or manager of that Vacation Plan.
POA Fees” means the annual fee or fees due from each Member in respect of his Property Interest which fees shall be paid by the Member to, and held in escrow in accordance
with the terms of this Trust Agreement by, the Trustee and which fees include all recreation, maintenance and reserve fees and assessments that a Member is obligated to pay on an annual basis in respect of his Property Interest that was subjected (either directly or by reason of the assignment to the Trust of the Use Rights in such Property Interest) to this Trust Agreement. “OA Fees” also mean all amounts due to the operator or manager of a Vacation Plan where no association of owners therein has been or is intended to be established representing fees and assessments that are imposed on an annual basis to cover the cost of operation of such Vacation Plan, including maintenance, repair and/or replacement of the Vacation Units in that Vacation Plan.
Member’s Membership in the Plan and is based upon the Property Interest (or Use Rights in such Property Interest) which such Member caused to be subjected to this Trust Agreement. “Points” also means the symbolic value assigned to the right to occupy an Accommodation.
“Program Fee(s)” shall mean the fees payable to the Trustee under Article X below by the Members for the expenses incurred in connection with the operation and administration of the Plan which includes, among other things, operation and administration of the Trust and the Association and operation, maintenance, repair and replacement of the Trust Properties.
“Program Fund” means the account or accounts in which the Program Fee is deposited to pay the expenses incurred in connection with the operation and administration of the Plan.
“Property Interest” means an interest in a Vacation Unit or in a Vacation Plan or an undivided interest in one or more Vacation Units, each of which interests or the Use Rights therein is/are subjected to this Trust Agreement and such interest is (i) a fixed or floating timeshare interval, as defined in the applicable Governing Instrument(s), (ii) an estate for years, with or without a remainder over with other owners, (iii) a leasehold “right to use” interest, (iv) an interest in a multi-site Vacation Plan, or (v) such other type of interest as Trustee may elect to accept from time to time, in Trustee’s sole discretion. A “Property Interest” may be an interest in any type of property, including real, personal, mixed or otherwise.
“Purchase Agreement” means any documents evidencing the purchase of a Property Interest by a Member.
“Recording Office” means the appropriate local clerk’s office in any county in which any of the Property Interests which constitute real property are located.
“Third Party” or “Third Parties” means all individuals or entities not affiliated with Wyndham who develop Property Interests for sale to the public and who subject such Property Interests (or the Use Rights in such Property Interests) to this Trust Agreement.
“Trust” means the trust established by this Trust Agreement, as amended from time to time.
“Trust Properties” means all Property Interests subjected to this Trust Agreement and all Use Rights in Property Interests conveyed, assigned or subjected to this Trust Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement, which conveyance/assignment includes all rights and privileges appurtenant to each such Property Interest. Trust Properties may further include personal property and/or services used in connection with the Property Interests or the Use Rights therein or otherwise made available to the Members and all substitutions, replacements and/or proceeds therefrom. Property Interests(and/or the Use Rights in such Property Interests) may be added to the Trust Properties from time to time by Wyndham, the Plan Manager or the Trustee. Among other things, the Trust Properties shall not include the Program Fees, the OA Fees or the Plan Manager’s reservation system.
“Trustee” means Fairshare Vacation Owners Association, any substitute trustee, or its successors and assigns.
“Use Rights” shall mean those rights a Member has to use, occupy and/or possess a Vacation Unit as a consequence of the ownership of a Property Interest in a Vacation Plan which includes that Vacation Unit.
“Vacation Plan” means any arrangement, plan, or similar device, other than an exchange program, whether by membership, agreement, tenancy in common, sale, lease, deed, rental agreement, license, right to use agreement, shareholders agreement, partnership or joint venture agreement, or limited liability company/operating agreement or by any other means, whereby a purchaser, for consideration, receives ownership rights in or a right to use a Vacation Unit or a group of Vacation Units (which may be located in one site or at a number of sites) and in any
event, the facilities, if any, that are appurtenant to each such Vacation Unit, for a period of time less than a full year during any given year, but not necessarily for consecutive years.
“Vacation Unit” means (i) an apartment, condominium or cooperative unit, townhouse unit, house, cabin, lodge, hotel or motel room, mobile home, recreational vehicle, houseboat, cabin of a ship, pleasure yacht or other private or commercial vessel, vehicle or structure designed and available for use and suitable for overnight lodging for one or more
individuals or (ii) a campsite designed and suitable for providing overnight parking and utility services for a recreational vehicle.
“Voting Designee” means the person or entity, its successors or assigns, who has been designated by a Member, to exercise such Member’s voting privileges in his OA.
“Voting Member” is the person or entity designated on behalf of multiple owners of a Membership to exercise the vote of such multiple owners in the Association.
“Wyndham” means Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc., a Delaware corporation, formerly known as Fairfield Resorts, Inc. and before that, as Fairfield Communities, Inc.; Fairfield Myrtle Beach, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and such other subsidiaries and affiliates of Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc. that may from time to time desire to subject Property Interests or the Use Rights therein to this Trust Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein. Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc., f/k/a Fairfield Resorts, Inc., is the successor by merger to Fairfield Harbor, Inc., Fairfield in the Carolina’s, Inc., Fairfield Ocean Ridge, Inc., Fairfield Pagosa, Inc., Fairfield Plantation, Inc., Fairfield Williamsburg, Inc., and Fairfield Ventura, Inc.
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