Exhibit 10.28
CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
between
CENTEX
HOMES
and
CORONA
REAL ESTATE HOLDING COMPANY, L.L.C.
Dated
as of March 29, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Definitions |
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Asset Transfer; Contribution of
Transferred Subsidiary Member Interests; Retained Assets |
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Contributed Stipulated Value |
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Assumed Liabilities; Retained
Liabilities |
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Conditions to the Company’s
Acceptance of the Contribution of the Transferred Subsidiary Member
Interests |
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Indemnity for Failure to Satisfy the
Conditions; Put |
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Condition to Centex’s
Contribution of the Transferred Subsidiary Member Interests |
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Inspection Rights of the Company;
Condition of the Properties |
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Title |
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Assignment of Contracts;
Consents |
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Operating Covenants; Other
Covenants |
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12.
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Closing of the Asset Transfer |
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Closing of the Transferred Subsidiary
Member Interests Contribution; Closing Actions |
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Closing Costs and Prorations |
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Condemnation |
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Centex Representations |
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Contribution Date Representations
Certificate |
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Assignment; Successors and
Assigns |
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Survival; Indemnification |
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Dispute Resolution |
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Notices |
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Entire Agreement |
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Severability |
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Waivers |
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Construction |
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Performance Due On Day Other Than
Business Day |
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Counterparts |
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Governing Law |
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Brokerage |
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Parties in Interest |
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Exhibit A-1
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Legal Descriptions of the
Properties |
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Exhibit A-2
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Schedule of Retained Assets |
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Exhibit A-3
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Schedule of Retained Liabilities |
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Exhibit A-4
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Schedule of Specified Transferred
Assets |
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Exhibit A-5
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Schedule of Specified Transferred
Liabilities |
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Exhibit A-6
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Schedule of Transferred Subsidiaries
and Corresponding Projects |
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Exhibit A-7
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Schedule of Contributed Lots |
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Exhibit B
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[Intentionally Left Blank] |
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Exhibit C
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Project Summaries References |
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Exhibit D-1
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Schedule of Title Insurance
Underwriters for the Title Policies |
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Exhibit D-2
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Schedule of Performance Bonds and
Letters of Credit |
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Exhibit D-3
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Schedule of Division individuals for
each Project for “Knowledge of Centex” |
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Exhibit D-4
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Schedule of Survey Standards by
Project |
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Exhibit D-5
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Plant 51 Deposits |
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Exhibit E-1
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[Intentionally Left Blank] |
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Exhibit E-2
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Form of Assignment and Bill of
Sale |
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Exhibit E-3
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Form of Non-Foreign Certificate |
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Exhibit E-4
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Form of Transferred Subsidiary Member
Interests Assignment |
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Exhibit E-5
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Form of Transferred Subsidiary
Agreement |
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Exhibit F
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State Specific Provisions in Respect
of the Projects or their Contribution |
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Exhibit G
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Claim Procedures |
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CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
This Contribution Agreement (this
“ Agreement ”) is entered into as of
March 29, 2008 (the " Effective Date ”) by and
between Corona Real Estate Holding Company, L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company (the “ Company ”), and
Centex Homes, a Nevada general partnership (“ Centex
”) with reference to the following facts:
A. Prior to the Asset Transfer,
Centex owned or owns the Assets other than Plant 51 and
Eastgate.
B. Plant 51 is owned by Plant 51
LLC (“ Plant 51 Sub ”) and Eastgate is owned by
EG Development LLC (“ Eastgate Sub ”).
C. Centex has formed the Newly
Formed Transferred Subsidiaries for the purposes of acquiring the
Assets (other than Plant 51 Sub and Eastgate Sub and other related
Assets) from Centex and developing the Properties.
D. Centex has formed the Company
to, among other things, acquire all of the Transferred Subsidiary
Member Interests.
E. Centex wishes to
(1) first, contribute to each Newly Formed Transferred
Subsidiary a Property and related other Assets and (2) second,
contribute to the Company all of the Transferred Subsidiary Member
Interests on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
The Company wishes to acquire from Centex all of the member
interests in the Transferred Subsidiaries, on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
F. As of the Effective Date,
Centex and Corona Associates, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ Investor ”), have entered or will
enter into that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability
Company Agreement (the “ Purchaser LLC Agreement
”) for Corona Land Company, LLC (“ Purchaser
”). As of the Effective Date, Purchaser is entering into the
Member Interests Purchase Agreement with Centex pursuant to which
Centex agrees to sell, and Purchaser agrees to buy, all of the
member interests in the Company at the Member Interests Purchase
Closing. At the Member Interests Purchase Closing, pursuant to the
terms of the Purchaser LLC Agreement, Centex and Investor will
contribute sufficient funds to Purchaser to acquire 100% of the
member interests in the Company for the Contribution Date Member
Interests Purchase Price.
G. At the Member Interest
Purchase Closing immediately following the contribution of the
Transferred Subsidiary Member Interests by Centex to the Company,
Purchaser will make a cash payment to Centex pursuant to the terms
of the Member Interests Purchase Agreement equal to the
Contribution Date Member Interests Purchase Price to acquire all of
the member interests in the Company.
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AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE, for and in
consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained, and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties intending to be
legally bound, agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
(a) “ Adjustments
” is defined in the Member Interests Purchase
Agreement.
(b) “ Affiliate
” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person
directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by or under common
Control with such Person; provided, however, that for purposes of
this Agreement, Purchaser shall not be deemed an Affiliate of
Centex.
(c) “ Agreement
” is defined in the preamble.
(d) “ Assets
” means, collectively, as of the Contribution Date, but
excluding the Retained Assets, (a) the Projects; (b) the
right, title and interest of Centex in and to all utilities, sewage
treatment capacity and water capacity, if any, which will serve the
Projects; (c) rights to prepaid expenditures and deposits and
reimbursements from Governmental Authorities, Financing Districts
and other Persons related to the Projects, including in respect of
utilities and connection fees; (d) the Assigned Contracts; and
(e) any other tangible or intangible personal property related
to the Projects.
(e) “ Asset
Transfer ” is defined in Section 2(a) .
(f) “ Asset Transfer
Date ” is defined in Section 2(a) .
(g) “ Assigned
Contracts ” is defined in Section 10(a)
.
(h) “ Association
” means, as to each Project where applicable, the legal
Entity formed to control aspects of the development, management and
operation of a subdivision in which a Project is located,
(including where applicable a master association and the applicable
Sub-Association).
(i) “ Association
Document ” is defined in Section 16(l)
.
(j) “ Authorized
Action ” is defined in Section 11(a) .
(k) “ Baseline Date
” means February 29, 2008.
(l) “ Bill of Sale
” is defined in Section 12(a) .
(m) “ Business Day
” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a legal
holiday on which commercial banks are closed in Dallas,
Texas.
(n) “ Centex
” is defined in the preamble.
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(o) “ Centex
Indemnification Basket ” is defined in
Exhibit G .
(p) “ Centex
Indemnification Cap ” is defined in Exhibit G
.
(q) “ Centex Security
Instruments ” means performance bonds and standby letters
of credit for various obligations in connection with the
development of the Projects.
(r) “ Claim ”
means any suit, proceeding, investigation, demand, claim, cause of
action or chose in action, right of recovery or right of
set-off.
(s) “ Claim Notice
” is defined in Exhibit G .
(t) “ Closing
” is defined in Section 2(b) .
(u) “ Company
” is defined in the preamble.
(v) “ Condition
” and “ Conditions ” are defined in
Section 6(a) .
(w) “ Condition
Indemnity ” is defined in Section 6(a)
.
(x) “ Condition Not
Satisfied Notice ” is defined in Section 6(d)
.
(y) “ Condition
Satisfaction Period ” is defined in
Section 6(c) .
(z) “ Consents
” means any material consent, authorization or approval
required in connection with the contribution of the Assets to the
Transferred Subsidiaries, the contribution of the Transferred
Subsidiary Member Interests to the Company or the sale of the
member interests in the Company to the Purchaser under any
Entitlement or any Assigned Contract.
(aa) “ Contract
” means any binding agreement, contract, instrument, lease or
undertaking of any kind or character, oral or written, to which an
Owner is a party that creates rights or obligations with respect to
a Project.
(bb) “ Contributed
Lots ” means the Lots that are part of the Properties
that are being contributed as part of the Assets, the number of
which for each Property is set forth in Exhibit A-7
.
(cc) “ Contribution
Date ” is defined in Section 2(b) .
(dd) “ Contribution
Date Member Interests Purchase Price ” is defined in
Section 3(b) .
(ee) “ Contribution
Date Representations Certificate ” is defined in
Section 17 .
(ff) “ Control
” (including its correlative meanings “controlled
by” and “under common control with”) means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of an Entity, whether
through the ownership of interests, by contract or otherwise.
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(gg) “ Cost-Sharing
Arrangements ” is defined in Section 16(s)
.
(hh) “ Data Site
” means the “Project Corona” Workspace on
Intralinks.com, as last updated on or before noon, CST,
March 24, 2008, except (1) as to Title Commitments (and
related title documents), Surveys and Environmental Reports, which
may be uploaded at any time prior to the Closing and (2) all
documents on the Data Site under the heading “Additional
Documents Requested During Due Diligence” will be deemed to
have been not included on the Data Site.
(ii) “ Deeds
” is defined in Section 12(a) .
(jj) “ Disclosure
Schedule ” means that disclosure schedule delivered by
Centex to the Company concurrently with the execution of this
Agreement, setting forth items for which disclosure is necessary or
appropriate as an exception to one or more representations or
warranties contained herein; provided, however, that the inclusion
of an item in the Disclosure Schedule as an exception to a
representation or warranty shall not be deemed an admission by
Centex that such item represents a material exception or fact,
event or circumstance with respect to Centex. A disclosure against
any representation or warranty is a disclosure against all
representations and warranties.
(kk) “ Dwelling
” means a single family home, town home, condominium unit or
other residential unit that is permitted by the Entitlements to be
constructed within a Project.
(ll) “ Eastgate
” means the Project known to Centex as Eastgate, located in
Loudon County, Virginia.
(mm) “ Eastgate Sub
” is defined in the Recitals.
(nn) “ Effective
Date ” is defined in the preamble.
(oo) “ Encumbrance
” means any lien (statutory or otherwise), mortgage, deed of
trust, pledge, lease, hypothecation, assignment, charge, security
interest, option to purchase, easement, restrictive covenant, right
of first refusal, deposit arrangement, preemptive right, adverse
claim or right, restriction on transfer, encroachment, conditional
sale or other title retention agreement, or any other encumbrance
or restriction, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by
operation of law.
(pp) “ Entity
” means any partnership (including any limited partnership,
limited liability limited partnership and limited liability
partnership), corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trustee, estate,
unincorporated organization, real estate investment trust, business
trust, Governmental Authority or other legal entity.
(qq) “ Entitlements
” means discretionary material approvals, consents,
certificates, licenses, permits, entitlements (including required
easements) and other authorizations from each Governmental
Authority or other Person having or asserting jurisdiction as are
necessary for the (a) ownership, use and operation of the
existing improvements located at the Properties, and (b) the
development of the Properties in accordance with the Development
Plans including (to the
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extent
falling within the foregoing definition) zoning, land use and
environmental entitlements and permits, flood plain map amendments,
preliminary/tentative plats or maps, final plats or maps.
(rr) “ Environmental
Law ” means any applicable Law in effect and, in each
case, as amended as of or prior to the Contribution Date relating
to or concerning the protection of the environment, natural
resources, human health, or environmental quality including those
relating to the presence, use, production, generation, handling,
transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, distribution,
labeling, testing, processing, discharge, release, threatened
release, control, or cleanup of any Hazardous Materials, substances
or wastes, chemical substances or mixtures, pesticides, pollutants,
contaminants, toxic chemicals, petroleum products or byproducts,
asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls or radiation (including the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (42 U.S.C. § 9106 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. App. § 1801 et seq.), the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901
ester.), the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 ester.), the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 ester.), the Toxic Substances
Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 ester.), and the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. § 136
ester.), as each has been amended and regulations promulgated
pursuant thereto).
(ss) “ Environmental
Reports ” means the most recent “Phase 1” and
if applicable other environmental reports for each Project that
have been posted on the Data Site prior to the Effective Date and
any environmental report provided by Centex pursuant to
Section 6 .
(tt) “ Financing
District ” means any public or quasi-public body that is
established to finance utility, road, transportation, school and
certain other infrastructure and improvement costs through the sale
of bonds which are repaid through assessments on land within the
Financing District.
(uu) “ Future LD Spend
Schedule ” means for each Project, the “Future LD
Spend” cash flow schedule posted to the Data Site on
February 24, 2008.
(vv) “ Governmental
Authority ” means any court, government (federal, state,
local, foreign or multinational), department, commission, board,
bureau, agency, official or other regulatory, administrative,
authority or political subdivision thereof.
(ww) “ Governmental
Order ” means any order, writ, injunction, decree, award,
judgment or ruling entered by or with any Governmental
Authority.
(xx) “ Hazardous
Materials ” means any substance that is listed, defined,
designated, or classified as, or otherwise determined to be,
hazardous, radioactive, or toxic or a pollutant or a contaminant
under or pursuant to any Environmental Law.
(yy) “ Improvements
” means, for each Project to the extent applicable, storm
water drainage, wastewater and sewer, other utilities, roads,
paving, landscaping and other infrastructure, and any recreation
center, pool, park, playground or other amenity or entry gates and
other entrance improvements from time to time constructed within a
Project and that are owned by Centex prior to the Contribution Date
or by the Company following the Contribution Date. With respect to
the Project identified on Exhibit A-1 as Plant 51,
Improvements also
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include
the Dwellings listed for Plant 51 as listed on
Exhibit A-1 in their state of completion as of the
relevant date.
(zz) “ Incurred
Ownership Development Costs ” is defined in the Member
Interests Purchase Agreement.
(aaa) “ Indebtedness
” means promissory notes, bonds, indentures and any other
obligation to repay borrowed money that is secured in whole or in
part by the Assets, other than indebtedness with respect to the
Centex Security Instruments and other indebtedness with respect to
Financing Districts.
(bbb) “ Indemnified
Party ” is defined in Section 19(c).
(ccc) “ Indemnifying
Party ” is defined in Section 19(c).
(ddd) “ Individual Claim
Threshold ” is defined in Exhibit G.
(eee) “ Interest Rate
” means annual rate of interest published in The Wall
Street Journal from time to time as the “Prime
Rate” for JPMorgan Chase, N.A., plus 2%. If The Wall
Street Journal ceases to publish the “Prime Rate”
for JPMorgan Chase, N.A., but publishes the “Prime
Rate” for another financial institution, the “Prime
Rate” shall be such rate as published in The Wall Street
Journal . If The Wall Street Journal ceases to publish a
“Prime Rate”, the parties shall select an equivalent
publication that publishes such “Prime Rate.”
(fff) “ Investor ”
is defined in the Recitals.
(ggg) “ Investor Knowledge
Persons ” means Chris Mahowald, Steve Millham, Steve
Heath, Josh Dapice, Tony Koeijmans and Ryland Lucie.
(hhh) “ Investor
Representative ” means Chris Mahowald.
(iii) “ IRC ”
means the Internal Revenue Code.
(jjj) “ Knowledge of
Centex ,” “ Centex’s Knowledge ”
and words of similar import mean the current actual knowledge of
David Barclay and Donald Westfall and as to each Project, the
corresponding person listed on Exhibit D-3 listed for
such Project, and shall not be construed, by imputation or
otherwise, to refer to the knowledge of any Affiliate or to any
other officer, manager, or employee of Centex or any Affiliate
thereof or to impose upon such individuals any duty to investigate
the matter to which such actual knowledge or absence thereof
pertains.
(kkk) “ Law ”
means any federal, state or local statute, code, regulation, rule
or ordinance applicable to a Person or its assets, liabilities or
business.
(lll) “ Lompoc Seller
” means LD/L-DS Venture Lompoc, LLC.
(mmm) “ Lompoc Sub
” means Lompoc Seabreeze LLC, one of the Transferred
Subsidiaries.
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(nnn) “ Loss ”
means any damage, injury, loss, debt, penalty, fine, award,
judgment, liability, cost and/or expenses resulting from any Claim
(including damages, injuries, losses, debts, penalties, fines,
awards, judgments, fees, liabilities, costs and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’, accountants’ and other
professionals’ fees, costs and expenses incurred in
investigating, preparing and/or defending any Claim). “
Loss ” includes actual damages only and does not
include any lost profit, consequential, special, punitive or
exemplary damage.
(ooo) “ Lots ”
means individually platted lots within a Project on which
individual Dwellings are permitted or intended to be
constructed.
(ppp) “ Material Adverse
Effect ” means any change, event, effect, fact or
circumstance that is or is reasonably likely to be material and
adverse to the ownership, use, value and/or development of, as
applicable, any individual Project or to the Projects taken as a
whole, provided, however, that “ Material Adverse
Effect ” does not include the impact of (a) changes
in the economy or residential property market of, as applicable,
the United States or the competitive market area in which a Project
is located, (b) changes in generally accepted accounting
principles, (c) changes in Law, and/or (d) Authorized
Actions.
(qqq) “ Material
Contract ” means any Contract that (1) obligates an
Owner to make payments, or obligates an Owner to perform work or
provide services in either case requiring a total expenditure by
the Owner in excess of $100,000; (2) provides for total
payment to an Owner in excess of $100,000; or (3) which is an
Option.
(rrr) “ Member Interests
Purchase Agreement ” means the Agreement dated as of the
Effective Date between the Purchaser, as purchaser, and Centex, as
seller, pursuant to which the Purchaser will acquire 100% of the
member interests in the Company at the Member Interests Purchase
Closing.
(sss) “ Member Interests
Purchase Closing ” means the consummation of the purchase
by the Purchaser of 100% of the member interests in the Company
from Centex in consideration of paying in cash in the amount of the
Contribution Date Member Interests Purchase Price.
(ttt) “ Miramonte Barker
Tracts ” is defined in Exhibit A-3 .
(uuu) “ Miramonte
Construction License ” is defined in
Exhibit A-3 .
(vvv) “ Miramonte
Option Agreement ” is defined in Exhibit A-3
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(www) “ Newly Formed
Transferred Subsidiaries ” means all of the Transferred
Subsidiaries other than Plant 51 Sub and Eastgate Sub.
(xxx) “ Obtained
Entitlements ” is defined in Section 16(i)
.
(yyy) “ Option
Agreements ” means those certain Option Agreements dated
as of the Effective Date between certain of the Transferred
Subsidiaries as Developer and Centex as Builder.
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(zzz) “ Organizational
Documents ” means, with respect to any Entity, its
certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate or articles
of limited partnership or organization and bylaws, charter,
operating agreement, shareholder agreements, regulations,
partnership agreement, trust agreement and similar organizational
charter or agreement and all other organizational documents, in
each case, as amended and/or restated as of the Contribution
Date.
(aaaa) “ Other Transaction
Documents ” means the Purchaser LLC Agreement, the Member
Interests Purchase Agreement, the Property Services Agreement and
the Option Agreements.
(bbbb) “ Owner ”
means Centex and the Transferred Subsidiaries.
(cccc) “ Parties
” means Centex and the Company, with each sometimes being
referred to as a " Party .”
(dddd) “ Permitted
Encumbrances ” means, with respect to each Property,
(a) all matters shown as exceptions in the Title Commitment
for such Property; (b) other exceptions shown on the Survey
for such Property, or recorded subdivision maps and or plats that
are referenced in the Title Commitment for such Property;
(c) and Permitted Tax Liens.
(eeee) “ Permitted Tax
Liens ” means (a) liens securing the payment of
taxes other than income taxes which are either not delinquent or
those disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule as being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings for which the Company has
received proration credit pursuant to Section 14(c) ,
and (b) liens for current taxes not yet payable.
(ffff) “ Person ”
means any individual or any Entity.
(gggg) “ Planned Community
Names ” is defined in Section 11(e) .
(hhhh) “ Plant 51
” means the Project known to Centex as “Plant 51”
or “Fifty-One” located in San Jose, California.
(iiii) “ Plant 51
Sub ” is defined in the Recitals.
(jjjj) “ Prevailing
Party ” is defined in Section 21 .
(kkkk) “ Project ”
means a Property, together with (a) all Improvements from time
to time located thereon that are owned by Centex (prior to the
Contribution Date) or the Company (after the Contribution Date);
and (b) the Entitlements pertaining to such Property and
Improvements.
(llll) “ Project
Summaries ” means the “Supplemental
Questionnaires” for the Projects that are referenced on
Exhibit C .
(mmmm) “ Property
” means the land within each of the residential subdivision
projects is listed on Exhibit A-1 that is owned (in the
case of Plant 51 and Eastgate) or is being contributed to a
Transferred Subsidiary, as more fully described by metes and bounds
in the corresponding Title Commitment, together with the right,
title and interest in Centex in and to all
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strips,
gores, easements, streets, alleys and other rights-of-way adjacent
to such land, and rights appurtenant to such land, other than
Retained Assets.
(nnnn) “ Property Services
Agreement ” means that certain Property Services
Agreement entered into between the Company on behalf of itself and
the Transferred Subsidiaries and Centex as Service Provider dated
as of the Effective Date.
(oooo) “ Purchaser
” is defined in the Recitals.
(pppp) “ Purchaser LLC
Agreement ” is defined in the Recitals.
(qqqq) “ Recognized
Environmental Condition ” is defined by ASTM Standard E
1527-05.
(rrrr) “ Reserve at
Mayflower ” means the Project known to Centex as the
“Mayflower” project located in Thousand Oaks,
California.
(ssss) “ Reserve at
Mayflower SPA ” is defined in Exhibit A-5
.
(tttt) “ Retained Assets
” is defined in Section 2(d) .
Exhibit A-2 states the Retained Assets.
(uuuu) “ Retained
Liabilities ” means Claims (actual or potential) that
Centex retains for its own account and are not assumed by the
Company. Exhibit A-3 states the Retained Liabilities of
Centex.
(vvvv) “ Riverpark
” means the Project included in the master planned community
known as Riverpark located in Oxnard, California.
(wwww) “ Riverpark
Development Agreement ” means that certain Development
Agreement dated as of August 27, 2002, by and between the City
of Oxnard, Riverpark A, LLC and Riverpark B, LLC.
(xxxx) “ Riverpark JV
Agreement ” means the limited liability company agreement
for the Riverpark Joint Venture, as amended.
(yyyy) “ Riverpark Joint
Venture ” means Riverpark Legacy LLC.
(zzzz) “ Riverpark LD
Date ” is defined in Section 11(f) .
(aaaaa) “ Riverpark Purchase
Agreement ” means that certain Purchase and Sale
Agreement dated as of June 23, 2005, among Centex Homes,
Riverpark A, L.L.C., Riverpark B, L.L.C. and Riverpark Legacy LLC,
as amended by that certain First Amendment to Purchase and Sale
Agreement dated as of November 28, 2005, that certain Second
Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of April 26,
2006, that certain Third Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement
dated as of November 27, 2006, that certain Fourth Amendment
to Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of December 22, 2006,
that certain Fifth Amendment to Purchase and Sale
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Agreement dated as of August 29, 2007, that certain Sixth
Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of
January 10, 2008 and as the same may be further amended,
subject to and in accordance with the limitations of
Section 11(f) .
(bbbbb) “ Riverpark Sub
” means Corona Riverpark LLC, one of the Transferred
Subsidiaries.
(ccccc) “ Shea
” means Shea Properties II, LLC.
(ddddd) “ Survival
Period ” is defined in Section 19(a) .
(eeeee) “ Survey
Standard ” means (i) with respect to all Properties
a survey that satisfies, in all material respects, the 2005 Minimum
Standard Detail Requirements for Class A ALTA/ACSM Land Title
Surveys, as adopted by the American Land Title Association and
National Society of Professional Surveyors, certified with the
Table A items as set forth for each Property in
Exhibit D-4 .
(fffff) “ Surveys
” is defined in Section 9(a) .
(ggggg) “ Tierra Del Rio
Joint Development Agreement ” is defined in
Exhibit A-2 .
(hhhhh) “ Third Party
Claim ” is defined in Exhibit G .
(iiiii) “ Title
Commitment ” means the commitment for the issuance of an
ALTA Form B Owner’s Title Insurance Policy, with
extended coverage (or other form as required based on state law
requirements with respect to the applicable Property) issued by the
Title Company as of the Contribution Date relating to a Property as
most recently marked by Investor’s counsel prior to the
Effective Date provided such markups reflect commercially
reasonable positions consistent with understandings agreed between
the Parties.
(jjjjj) “ Title Company
” means Commerce Title Insurance Company, 2828 N. Harwood,
11th Floor, Dallas, Texas 75201, Attention: Andy Lydick, Phone:
(214) 758-7444, E-mail: andy.lydick@titlemail.com.
(kkkkk) “ Title Policies
” is defined in Section 9(d) .
(lllll) “ Title Policy
Underwriter ” means the underwriter for the Title Policy
applicable to each Project as referenced on Exhibit D-1
.
(mmmmm) “ Transferred Centex
Property ” is defined in Section 11(c)
.
(nnnnn) “ Transferred
Subsidiaries ” means the Entities referenced on
Exhibit A-6 .
(ooooo) “ Transferred
Subsidiary Member Interests ” means as to each
Transferred Subsidiary, one hundred percent (100%) of the member
interests in such Transferred Subsidiary.
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(ppppp) “ Transferred
Subsidiary Member Interest Assignment ” is defined in
Section 12(a) ;
(qqqqq) “ Unadjusted
Contributed Stipulated Value ” is defined in
Section 3(a) .
(rrrrr) “ Unsatisfied
Condition Property ” is defined in
Section 6(a) .
(sssss) “ Unsatisfied
Condition Property Member Interests Re-transfer Date ” is
defined in Section 6(e) .
(ttttt) “ Warranty Claim
” is defined in Exhibit G .
2. Asset Transfer;
Contribution of Transferred Subsidiary Member Interests; Retained
Assets.
(a) On or prior to the
Contribution Date, Centex will cause the Assets constituting a
Project and any other Assets pertaining to such Project to be
conveyed and transferred to the corresponding Newly Formed
Transferred Subsidiaries listed on Exhibit A-5 other
than Plant 51 and any other Assets pertaining to Plant 51 and
Eastgate and any other Assets pertaining to Eastgate, which will
not be transferred (the “ Asset Transfer ”; the
date on which the Asset Transfer occurs is called herein the
“ Asset Transfer Date ”). Centex will perform
the acts and deliver the documents, and will cause the Newly Formed
Subsidiaries to perform the acts and deliver the documents,
specified in Section 12 in connection with the Asset
Transfer.
(b) Subject to
Section 5(d) and other terms and conditions of this
Agreement, on a date selected by the Parties, which date (the
“ Contribution Date ”) will be on or prior to
March 31, 2008, Centex shall contribute (or cause to be
contributed) to the Company and the Company shall acquire the
Transferred Subsidiary Member Interests. The closing of the
contribution (the " Closing ”) will, unless otherwise
agreed by the Parties, take place at the offices of Baker Botts
L.L.P., 2001 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75201, at 11:00 A.M.
on the Contribution Date.
(c) Whether or not such assets
would otherwise fall within the definition of Assets under this
Agreement, the Assets contributed to the Newly Formed Transferred
Subsidiaries will include the rights specified on
Exhibit A-4 .
(d) Centex is to retain, and the
Assets contributed will not include, cash, bank accounts, certain
cash escrows, certain reimbursement rights and certain other assets
and rights pertaining to certain of the Projects if and to the
extent as listed on Exhibit A-2 (the “
Retained Assets ”).
3. Contributed Stipulated
Value.
(a) The stipulated value of the
Assets as of the Baseline Date is $161,162,117 (the " Unadjusted
Contributed Stipulated Value ”). The Unadjusted
Contributed Stipulated Value will be adjusted for the prorations to
be made pursuant to Section 14 . The Unadjusted
Contributed Stipulated Value, adjusted by the prorations, is called
herein the “ Contribution Date Member Interests Purchase
Price .”
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(b) Pursuant to the Member
Interests Purchase Agreement, the Purchaser will acquire 100% of
the member interests from Centex for the Contribution Date Member
Interests Purchase Price. The Member Interests Purchase Agreement
provides for adjustments in the Contribution Date Member Interests
Purchase Price for reconciliation of the March, 2008, projected
Incurred Ownership Development Costs compared to the actual
Incurred Ownership Development Costs for March, 2008.
4. Assumed Liabilities;
Retained Liabilities.
(a) The Retained Liabilities
will be and remain the sole responsibility of Centex.
(b) Without limiting
Centex’s express indemnification obligations under
Section 19 , Section 6 and other provisions
of this Agreement, the Transferred Subsidiaries shall assume all
Claims and obligations of the Owners with respect to the Assets,
fixed or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether
arising before or after the Contribution Date.
(c) Without limiting the
generality of Section 4(b) , the liabilities assumed by
the Transferred Subsidiaries include those items specifically
listed on Exhibit A-5 .
5. Conditions to the
Company’s Acceptance of the Contribution of the Transferred
Subsidiary Member Interests.
The Company’s obligation to
accept the contribution of the Transferred Subsidiary Member
Interests on the Contribution Date is subject to the following
conditions, which may be waived by Investor, on behalf of the
Company in its sole discretion:
(a) Centex’s
representations contained in Section 16 of this
Agreement being correct in all material respects as of the
Contribution Date;
(b) The Asset Transfer having
taken place;
(c) Centex being prepared to
deliver all of the items required to be delivered by it pursuant to
Section 13(a);
(d) Centex performance in all
material respects of all of its covenants under this Agreement that
are to be performed at or before Closing;
(e) The Title Company being
irrevocably and unconditionally committed to issue the Title
Policies on the Contribution Date, subject only to the Permitted
Encumbrances;
(f) Surveys meeting the Survey
Standard being delivered for each of the Properties;
(g) Centex delivering an
Environmental Report for each Property on or before the Effective
Date;
(h) No order or injunction
restraining or preventing the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be in effect, and no action, suit or proceeding
challenging the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall
be pending before any court or government agency or be overtly
threatened by any government agency; and
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(i) At no time on or before the
Contribution Date has any of the following been done by, against or
with respect to Centex: (1) the commencement of a case under
Title 11 of the U.S. Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended,
or under any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy law or
other similar law; (2) the appointment of (or a proceeding to
appoint) a trustee or receiver for the benefit of creditors with
respect to any of the Properties; (4) a general assignment for
the benefit of creditors for any of the Properties; or (5) a
dissolution or liquidation.
6. Indemnity for Failure to
Satisfy the Conditions; Put.
(a) If not all of the conditions
set forth in Section 5 (collectively, the "
Conditions ” and, each, a “ Condition
”) are satisfied as to one or more of the Projects, then,
except with respect to the Condition in Section 5(c),
5(d) (but only with respect to Section 13(a)(i) and
(ii) ), 5 (i) and 5 (j) , as to which the
following provisions do not apply, (i) any Project and related
Assets as to which Conditions are not satisfied on the Contribution
Date (each such Property, an “ Unsatisfied Condition
Property ”) will, nonetheless be contributed on the
Contribution Date, (ii) there shall be no adjustment to the
Adjusted Contributed Stipulated Value based on the failure to
satisfy any Condition and (iii) subject to Section 6(d)
, Centex shall indemnify, defend and hold the Company harmless (the
" Condition Indemnity ”) from any Claims and Losses
arising from the facts and circumstances resulting in the
applicable Condition not being satisfied, as more particularly
defined with respect to certain types of Conditions in
Section 6(b) .
(b) If the unsatisfied Condition
relates to the failure of Centex to:
(i) provide a Title Policy
and/or a Survey meeting the Survey Standard for a Property, then
the Condition Indemnity will apply until a Title Policy reasonably
satisfactory to Investor and Survey meeting the Survey Standard is
delivered to the Company that is subject only to Permitted
Encumbrances for such Property. The Condition Indemnity will
provide indemnification against Claims or Losses arising from any
Encumbrance in respect of such Property that have a significant
adverse impact on an Owner’s ability to execute its business
plan with respect to that Property that is not a Permitted
Encumbrance unless such Encumbrance is disclosed pursuant to the
Disclosure Schedule.
(ii) deliver an Environmental
Report for the Property on or before the Effective Date, then the
Condition Indemnity will apply until an Environmental Report for
the Property is delivered that does not indicate a Recognized
Environmental Condition on that Property. The Condition Indemnity
will provide indemnification against Claims or Losses arising from
Recognized Environmental Conditions that have a significant adverse
impact on an Owner’s ability to execute its business plan
with respect to that Property, unless such Recognized Environmental
Condition is disclosed pursuant to the Disclosure Schedule.
(c) Centex will use commercially
reasonable efforts to satisfy the Conditions within ninety
(90) days after the Contribution Date (the “
Condition Satisfaction Period ”) and will immediately
notify the Company in writing when a Condition is satisfied. If the
Conditions are satisfied within the Condition Satisfaction Period
as to an Unsatisfied Condition Property, or such Conditions are
waived by the Company, then the Condition Indemnity with respect to
such applicable Condition is satisfied or waived but shall continue
in full force and effect as to any
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Claim or
Loss that is covered by the Condition Indemnity and is asserted
prior to the date that the condition is satisfied or waived.
(d) If, at the expiration of the
Condition Satisfaction Period the Condition is not satisfied, or on
such earlier date when Centex determines that the Condition will
not be satisfied within the Condition Satisfaction Period, any of
the Conditions remain unsatisfied, then Centex shall so notify the
Company (the “ Condition Not Satisfied Notice
”). The Company shall have the option, by written notice to
Centex given within ten (10) days after Centex’s
delivery of the Condition Not Satisfied Notice or if no Conditioned
Not Satisfied Notice is given, then within five (5) days after
the expiration of the Condition Satisfaction Period to either
(i) waive the Condition or (ii) obligate Centex to purchase
from the Company 100% of the Transferred Subsidiary Member
Interests for the Transferred Subsidiary that owns the Unsatisfied
Condition Property. If the Company fails to timely make an
election, it will be deemed to have elected the option in clause
(i). If the Company timely elects to obligate Centex to purchase
the Transferred Subsidiary Member Interests for a Transferred
Subsidiary that owns an Unsatisfied Condition Property, then the
Company will sell and Centex will buy such Transferred Subsidiary
Member Interests on the date which is fifteen (15) days after
the Company’s delivery of its election notice, or such
earlier or later date as the Parties may agree (the “
Unsatisfied Condition Property Member Interests Re-transfer
Date ”). Centex will pay to the Company, on the
Unsatisfied Condition Property Member Interests Re-transfer Date,
by wire transfer in immediately available funds, an amount equal to
(1) the stipulated value of such Unsatisfied Condition
Property, as such value is set forth on Exhibit A-1 ,
subject to adjustment for (A) the Final Investment
Adjustments, as such term is defined in the Member Interests
Purchase Agreement and (B) the prorations applicable to such
Unsatisfied Condition Property made on the Contribution Date
pursuant to Section 14 increased, in the case of both
(A) and (B), by an interest factor equal to 17.5% per annum,
compounded quarterly. The Company will deliver to Centex on the
Unsatisfied Condition Member Interests Re-transfer Date a
Transferred Subsidiary Member Interest Assignment with respect to
such Transferred Subsidiary Member Interests, which will warrant
that all such member interests are sold free and clear of any
encumbrance. Centex will be responsible for any transfer taxes and
all third-party closing costs related to such transfer.
(e) This Section 6
shall survive Closing. The provisions of Section 19
(other than those related to time limitations as set forth in
Section 19(a) ) and Exhibit G (other than
the provisions of Paragraph 3 thereof relating to
Warranty Claims) shall apply to the Condition Indemnity. If the
existence of the unsatisfied Condition also gives rise to a breach
of representation or warranty under Article 16 , the
Company may assert a Warranty Claim with respect to such matter
(subject to all conditions and limitations of this Agreement) in
addition to is rights under this Section 6 . This
Section 6(e) does not limit Centex’s liability
for breach of covenant under this Agreement.
7. Condition to
Centex’s Contribution of the Transferred Subsidiary Member
Interests.
(a) Centex’s obligation to
contribute the Transferred Subsidiary Member Interests is subject
to there being no order or injunction restraining or preventing the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be in effect, and
no action, suit or proceeding challenging
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the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be pending before
any court or government agency or be overtly threatened by any
government agency.
(b) Centex has no obligation to
proceed with the transactions contemplated hereby if the
Contribution Date would occur after March 31, 2008 for any
reason, including Centex’s failure to satisfy any condition
precedent for either Party.
8. Inspection Rights of the
Company; Condition of the Properties.
(a) The Company on behalf of
itself and the Transferred Subsidiaries, acknowledges that, except
for the representations of Centex expressly stated in
Section 16 and as such representations are updated on
the Contribution Date pursuant to the Contribution Date
Representation Certificate (but without limiting representations of
Centex made in the Other Transaction Documents), neither the
Company nor any Transferred Subsidiary has relied upon and will not
rely upon any statements, representations or warranties by Centex
in connection with this Agreement or the Asset Transfer or transfer
of the Transferred Subsidiary Member Interests. Except for the
representations of Centex expressly stated in
Section 16 , Centex does not make any representation or
warranty as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of any
materials, data or information delivered by Centex to the Company
or the Investor or its constituent owners or investors in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company
acknowledges and agrees on behalf of itself and the Transferred
Subsidiaries that all materials, data and information delivered by
Centex to the Company in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby are provided to the Company as a convenience
only and that any reliance on or use of such materials, data or
information by the Company and the Transferred Subsidiaries shall
be at their sole risk, except as otherwise expressly stated herein
or in the Other Transaction Documents. Except for the
representations of Centex expressly stated herein, Centex shall not
have any liability to the Company or the Transferred Subsidiaries
for any inaccuracy in or omission from any report or reports
delivered by Centex to the Company.
(b) The Company has had an
opportunity to conduct, and has conducted, its own studies,
investigations and assessments of the Properties prior to the
Effective Date. The Company may continue with studies, tests,
investigations and assessments up to the Contribution Date. Without
limiting the foregoing, the Company agrees that it has conducted
its own assessment of the market value of the Projects and
acknowledges that the market value of Projects may be greater than
or less than the Unadjusted Contributed Stipulated
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