Exhibit 10.4
AGREEMENT REGARDING
ACQUISITION
THIS AGREEMENT REGARDING ACQUISITION (this
“ Agreement ”) is executed to be effective as of
the 10 th day
of May 2007, between CORDILLERA PARTNERS, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“ CP ”) and BEHRINGER HARVARD
OPPORTUNITY OP I, LP, a Texas limited partnership (“ BH
Investor ”).
WITNESSETH
:
A.
CP, as “Purchaser,” previously entered into that
certain Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Joint Escrow
Instructions dated as of September 25, 2006, with Colorado Hotel
Holding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Cordillera
Lodge & Spa, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
Colorado Hotel Operator, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and
Cordillera Land, LLC (each, a “ Seller ” and
collectively, “ Sellers ”), as amended by that
certain First Amendment to Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Joint
Escrow Instructions between Seller and CP dated as of January 5,
2007, and as amended by those certain letter agreements for the
sole purpose of extending the Due Diligence Period (collectively,
the “ Contract ”), a copy of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit C , for the Property described therein,
pursuant to the terms of which CP has agreed to purchase from
Sellers certain property (the “ Property ”),
including interests in certain real property located in Eagle
County, Colorado, as more particularly described in the
Contract. The Contract was terminated in accordance with its
terms on March 26, 2007.
B.
CP and BH Investor have agreed to pursue the purchase of the
Property on a joint basis, as more specifically set forth in this
Agreement and to attempt to reinstate and further amend the
Contract.
NOW, THEREFORE,
for and in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and confessed, CP and
BH Investor hereby agree as follows:
1.
Formation of
Entity . BH Investor and CP agree to participate
jointly in the acquisition of the Property. Concurrently with
the execution of this Agreement, BH Investor (or a wholly-owned
subsidiary) and CP shall execute the Limited Liability Company
Agreement of Behringer Harvard Cordillera, LLC in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “
LLC
Agreement ”), pursuant to which there shall be
formed a Delaware limited liability company named Behringer Harvard
Cordillera, LLC (the “ Acquiring Entity
”).
2.
Assignment of
Contract . Concurrently with the execution of the
LLC Agreement, CP shall execute an Assignment of Purchase Agreement
(the “ Assignment ”) in
the form of Exhibit
B attached hereto, whereby all right, title and interest
of CP under the Contract and under any agreements, approvals,
licenses, permits or other entitlement documents held by CP or its
affiliate or principals in connection with the Property are
assigned to the Acquiring Entity. In the event that BH
Investor determines that the consent of Sellers is necessary with
respect to the Assignment, CP and BH Investor shall cooperate in
obtaining such consent. Prior to executing the Assignment, CP
shall not reinstate, amend or modify the Contract without the prior
written consent of BH Investor.
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3.
Payment and Assignment
of Earnest Money . If the Reinstatement and Second
Amendment to Agreement of Purchase and Sale and Joint Escrow
Instructions (the “ Amendment ”), the LLC
Agreement and the Assignment are executed, then BH Investor shall
be responsible for the payment of the Amendment Deposit of earnest
money as such term is defined in the Contract in the amount of One
Million Three Hundred Sixty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Thirty
Dollars ($1,367,230.00). Within three (3) business days after
the execution of the Amendment, BH Investor shall pay to CP in
immediately available funds the amount of Seventy-Seven Thousand
Seven Hundred Seventy Dollars ($77,770.00), representing the
remainder of BH Investor’s pro-rata share of the First
$50,000 Deposit, the Initial Deposit and the Amendment Deposit of
earnest money as such terms are defined in the Amendment. CP
shall assign its rights in and to the Deposit, as such term is
defined in the Amendment, to the Acquiring Entity. If the
Amendment, the LLC Agreement and the Assignment are not executed,
BH Investor shall have no obligation to make either of the payments
referenced herein in this Section 3 and this Agreement shall be of
no further force or effect.
4.
Representations of
CP . CP hereby represents and warrants to BH
Investor as follows:
Attached hereto as
Exhibit C is a true, correct and complete copy of the
Contract and all amendments thereto, as it existed at the time of
termination, and the Contract will be in full force and effect upon
the execution of the Amendment and has not been amended or modified
except as set forth on Exhibit C . To CP’s
knowledge, CP was not in default under the Contract at the time of
termination.
5.
Time of
Essence . Seller and Purchaser agree that time is
of the essence of this Agreement.
6.
Assignment
. Neither CP no
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