FIRST AMENDMENT TO REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.75
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is
entered into as of February 16, 2007 by and among Xxxxxx Street, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company and Lyme/Houston Development I, LP, a Delaware limited partnership and Xxxxxxx Square LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Seller”) and BioMed Realty, L.P.,
a Maryland limited partnership (the “Purchaser”), having an office at 00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, with a facsimile number of (000) 000-0000. The
Seller has an office c/o Lyme Properties LLC, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000 Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, with a facsimile number of (000) 000-0000. Any written consent or
approval given by Xxxxxxx Square LLC shall be deemed to have been given by Seller.
The parties desire to make certain amendments to a certain Real Estate Purchase and Sale
Agreement entered into by them with an Effective Date of January 29, 2007 (the “P&S”).
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given such
terms in the P&S.
In consideration of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agree
as follows:
1. Section 1.1. Section 1.1 of the P&S is hereby amended by:
(a) Deleting the definition of “Environmental Insurance Policies” in its entirety and
replacing it with the following:
““Environmental Insurance Policies” shall mean (i) the environmental insurance
policies listed on the attached Schedule 7.2(a) and (ii) Zurich Steadfast Insurance Co.
Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Insurance Policy No. PLC3677154-00.”
(b) Inserting the following definition immediately after the definition of “Microbia
Documents”:
““Microbia Letter of Credit” shall mean that certain irrevocable standby letter of
credit, No. SVB02IS4087, dated January 10, 2002, issued by Silicon Valley National Bank in favor of
Xxxxxx Street LLC, as beneficiary, as amended and extended.”
(c) Deleting the definition of “Parcel E East Development Rights” in its entirety and
replacing it with the following:
““Parcel E East Development Rights” shall mean the right to develop approximately
87,000 square feet (as defined in applicable Cambridge zoning ordinances) of space in accordance
with the Notice of Right of First Offer on so-called Parcel E East (as such term is defined in the
Special Permit).”
(d) Deleting the definition of Principal Guaranty in its entirety and replacing it with the
following:
““Principal Guaranties” shall mean (i) that Guaranty of Payment, dated November 5,
2003, given by Principal Life Insurance Company to Xxxxxxx Square LLC and related to a certain Site
Work Payment and (ii) that Guaranty of Completion, dated November 5, 2003, given by Principal Life
Insurance Company to Xxxxxxx Square LLC and related to Parcel E-1H.”
The P&S is hereby further amended by replacing the term “Principal Guaranty” wherever it occurs in
the P&S with the term “Principal Guaranties”.
(e) Deleting the definition of “Title Company” in its entirety and replacing it with the
following:
““Title Company” shall mean the Boston, Massachusetts office of Xxxxxxx Title Guaranty
Company, having an address of 00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.; except that, only with respect to the Title Commitment that has been provided,
and the Title Policy that will be provided, for the Houston Real Property, “Title Company” shall
mean Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company.”
2. Section 2.2(a). Section 2.2(a) of the P&S is hereby deleted in its entirety and
replaced with the following:
The purchase price for the Property shall be the sum of Four Hundred Eighty Nine Million
Dollars ($489,000,000), plus or minus the Reconciliation Amount described below (the “Purchase
Price”). Subject to the adjustments and apportionments set forth in this Agreement, the
Purchase Price shall be paid on the Closing Date by wire transfer of immediately available federal
funds to such account(s) of Seller as Seller designates in writing to Purchaser. Seller and
Purchaser agree that the Purchase Price shall be allocated as follows:
(1) |
Xxxxxx Street Real Property: | $348,000,000 | ||
(2) |
Houston Real Property | $9,000,000 and | ||
(3) |
Xxxxxxx Square Real Property | $132,000,000. |
With respect to the allocation of the Purchase Price to the Xxxxxxx Square Real Property, the
sum of Twelve Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($12,350,000) has been allocated to the
Parcel E East Development Rights and the sum of Six Million Dollars
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($6,000,000) has been allocated to Parcel E-1H. The foregoing allocation is not intended and
shall not be construed to allow Seller to sell or Purchaser to buy less than all of the Property.
3. Section 6.1. Section 6.1 of the P&S is hereby amended by:
(a) Deleting the first two sentences of Section 6.1(c) in their entirety and replacing them
with the following:
“Purchaser shall have received estoppel certificates (each, a “Tenant Estoppel
Certificate”) from the following Tenants of the Xxxxxx Street Real Property: Schering Plough
Research Institute, as tenant at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Microbia, Inc., as tenant at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, and
Microbia, Inc., as tenant at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, or shall have been provided with a Seller’s
Estoppel Certificate as permitted by the following sentence, in each case dated no earlier than the
Effective Date (the “Estoppel Requirement”). If Xxxxxx Street, LLC is unable to obtain an
estoppel certificate from Microbia, Inc., as tenant at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx or 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, in
order to meet the Estoppel Requirement, Xxxxxx Street, LLC shall provide to the Purchaser a
Seller’s Estoppel Certificate with respect to either such Lease.”
(b) Adding the following provisions to Section 6.1 as clauses (s), (t) and (u) thereof,
respectively:
“(s) Seller shall deliver to Purchaser, with respect to Xxxxxxx Square Corporation: (i) a
resignation of the incumbent directors of the corporation appointed by Seller with respect to its
interests in the Xxxxxxx Square Real Property, (ii) an appointment by Seller, as a member of the
corporation, as directors with respect to the interests in the Xxxxxxx Square Real Property those
individuals designated by Purchaser, (iii) a resignation of the existing officers of the
corporation, (iv) a certificate of the secretary of the corporation with complete copies of the
current articles of incorporation and bylaws of the corporation, and (v) a certificate of good
standing issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with respect to the
corporation.
(t) Seller shall have caused the words “Xxxxxx Street LLC” in paragraphs 2(A) and 2(B) of the
Microbia Letter of Credit to be replaced by the word “Beneficiary”.
(u) If (i) any condition to closing favoring either Purchaser or Seller is not satisfied on
the Closing Date (as the same may be adjourned or extended under any express right herein), (ii)
such party does not waive such condition and (iii) the failure of such condition does not result
from the breach of this Agreement by such party, then such party may terminate this Agreement by
delivery of written notice to the other party. Upon any such termination, without further action
of the parties, this Agreement shall become null and void and no party shall have any further
rights or obligations under this Agreement, except the return of the Deposit to the Purchaser and
the Surviving Obligations.”
4. Section 7.2(b). Section 7.2(b) of the P&S is hereby amended by adding the
following provision to Section 7.2(b) as clause (xi) thereof:
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(xi) As of the Closing Date, no more than Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) shall remain
to be paid by Xxxxxxx Square LLC under that certain construction contract dated as of March 8, 2006
between Xxxxxxx Square LLC and Xxxxx X. Xxxxx Co., Inc.
5. Section 8.2(j). Section 8.2(j) of the P&S is hereby amended by inserting the
words “including the Microbia Letter of Credit,” immediately following the third comma in such
section.
6. Schedule 6.1(h)-2. The P&S is hereby amended by deleting Schedule 6.1(h)-2 in its
entirety and replacing it with Exhibit A attached hereto.
7. Schedule 6.1(h)-3. The P&S is hereby amended by deleting Schedule 6.1(h)-3 in its
entirety and replacing it with Exhibit B attached hereto.
8. Schedule 6.1(j). The P&S is hereby amended by deleting Schedule 6.1(j) in its
entirety and replacing it with Exhibit C attached hereto.
9. Schedule 6.6. The P&S is hereby amended by deleting Schedule 6.6 in its entirety
and replacing it with Exhibit D attached hereto.
10. Schedule 7.2(a). The P&S is hereby amended by deleting Schedule 7.2(a) in its
entirety and replacing it with Exhibit E attached hereto.
11. Schedule 7.2(b)(iv)-6. The P&S is hereby amended by adding the permits listed on
Exhibit F attached hereto to the list of Permits for the Xxxxxxx Square Real Property
listed Schedule 7.2(b)(iv)-(6) attached to the P&S.
12. Schedule 8.2(a)-1. The P&S is hereby amended by deleting Schedule 8.2(a)-1 in
its entirety and replacing it with Exhibit G attached hereto.
13. Schedule 8.2(a)-2. The P&S is hereby amended by deleting Schedule 8.2(a)-2 in
its entirety and replacing it with Exhibit H attached hereto.
14. Schedule 8.2(b). The P&S is hereby amended by deleting Schedule 8.2(b) in its
entirety and replacing it with Exhibit I attached hereto.
15. Schedule 8.2(e). The P&S is hereby amended by deleting Schedule 8.2(e) in its
entirety and replacing it with Exhibit J attached hereto.
16. Constellation. Seller shall use reasonable efforts, and Purchaser shall
cooperate and assist in such efforts, to obtain from Constellation Charitable Foundation a certain
$1,000,000 “Grantee Letter of Credit” referred to in Section 1.6.2 of Exhibit B to that certain
deed from Xxxxxxx Square LLC to Constellation Charitable Foundation dated as of September 27, 2002
and recorded in Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 36539, Page 513. In no event
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shall the obtaining of such Grantee Letter of Credit be a condition of Closing under the P&S,
as the same has been amended hereby.
17. Phase III Draft. Reference is made to that certain “DRAFT Addendum to Phase
III-Identification, Evaluation and Selection of Comprehensive Remedial Action Alternatives,
Off-Property Area, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, XXX 0-0000 dated February 2007”
included among the Reports in Schedule 7.2(b)(iv)-5 to the P&S (“Phase III Draft”).
Until the Closing Seller will cooperate with and assist Purchaser in pursuing applicable
regulatory approvals with respect to the matters referred to in the Phase III Draft and will
cooperate with and assist Purchaser with making appropriate claims under applicable environmental
insurance policies. Such cooperation and assistance will include, without limitation, filing the
Phase III Draft with applicable regulatory authorities in such form as Purchaser authorizes in
writing, conducting applicable public meetings and reviews with respect thereto, filing claims
under applicable environmental insurance policies in such form as Purchaser authorizes in writing,
and making recommendations to Purchaser with respect to all of the foregoing. No such filings
shall be Updates under this Agreement. Neither the obtaining of any regulatory approvals nor the
recognition of any environmental claims under environmental insurance policies shall be conditions
to Closing under the P&S.
18. Study Period/Section 4.1. Upon the execution of this Amendment by Purchaser, the
Study Period shall be deemed expired, Purchaser shall be deemed to have waived any right to give a
Title Objection Notice or to make any Purchaser Title Objections under Section 4.1 of the P&S, and
the P&S (including, without limitation, the Updates distributed to Purchaser on February 13, 2007),
as amended hereby, shall be ratified and confirmed.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Seller and Purchaser hereto have executed this Amendment as of the date
first written above.
SELLER: | ||
XXXXXX STREET, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company | ||
By: The Lyme Timber Company, a New Hampshire limited partnership, its sole Manager |
By: Woodland Management Associates LLC, a New Hampshire limited liability company, Its General Partner |
By: /s/ XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX | ||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Its: CFO | ||
Date: 2/16 , 2007 |
LYME/HOUSTON DEVELOPMENT I, LP, a Delaware limited partnership |
By: Lyme/Houston I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, its General Partner |
By: Lyme Properties LLC, a New Hampshire limited liability company, its Manager |
By: /s/ XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX | ||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Its: CFO | ||
Date: 2/16 , 0000 |
XXXXXXX XXXXXX LLC |
By: Lyme Properties LLC, a New Hampshire limited liability company, its Manager |
By: /s/ XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX | ||
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Its: CFO | ||
Date: 2/16 , 2007 |
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PURCHASER: | ||
BIOMED REALTY, L.P. | ||
By: /s/ XXXX X. GOLD | ||
Name: Xxxx X. Gold | ||
Title: CEO & President | ||
Date: 2-16 , 2007 |
By: /s/ XXXX X. XXXXXXXX | ||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Executive Vice President | ||
Date: 2-16 , 2007 |
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