A.
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Buyer and Seller entered into that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement dated March 11, 2015, as amended by the First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement dated March 31, 2015, the Second Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement dated May 18, 2015 (“Second Amendment”) and the Third Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement dated June 18, 2015 (as amended, the “Agreement”) for the purchase and sale of real property and improvements located in the counties of Bent, Otero, and Prowers, State of Colorado, as more particularly described in the Agreement.
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B.
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Buyer and Seller desire to amend the Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth below.
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1.
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Defined Terms. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.
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2.
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Certified Water Rights and Water Companies.
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(a)
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Section 4 of the Second Amendment is deleted in its entirety.
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(b)
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Section 1(e) of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with:
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(c)
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The fourth sentence of Section 1 of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with:
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3.
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Exhibit A, Legal Description. Exhibit A is replaced with Exhibit A attached hereto, provided that Buyer and Seller will cooperate to correct to any errors or inconsistencies in the legal description set forth on revised Exhibit A.
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4.
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Exhibit B, Water Rights. Exhibit B is replaced with Exhibit B attached hereto.
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5.
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Exhibit D, Legal Description of Real Property Historically Irrigated with Dry-Up Shares. Exhibit D is replaced with Exhibit D attached hereto.
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6.
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Deed. The form of deed that Seller will execute to convey the Property to Buyer (excluding the Water Rights) is attached hereto as Exhibit C. Buyer and Seller agree that the Deed shall also constitute the Relinquishment.
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7.
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Termination of Leases. On or before July 8, 2015, Seller shall send notice of termination to all tenants under the Leases for any Leases that are terminable by Seller pursuant to the terms of the Lease, terminating such Leases effective as of December 31, 2015.
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8.
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Minerals. Seller will retain 100% of the Minerals associated with the Land and the Mineral Land (however, Buyer shall receive 100% of the Sand and Gravel associated with the Land).
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9.
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Taxes; Assessments; Rents. Section 8 of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with:
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10.
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Earnest Money; Delivery and Release of Closing Documents.
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(a)
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Closing Documents. Following the Effective Date of this Amendment, Seller shall deliver to the Title Company (collectively, the “Farm Closing Documents”) Seller-executed counterpart originals of all closing documents required to be delivered by Seller pursuant to the Agreement in order to effectuate the transfer of the Property to Buyer for the following farms: 56, 116, 141 (each as identified on Exhibit A, hereinafter referred to as the “Deposit Release Farms”). The Farm Closing Documents shall be subject to Buyer’s approval in its sole and absolute discretion. The Property included in the Farm Closing Documents shall not be subject to any liens or encumbrances.
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(b)
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Earnest Money Release. Within two (2) business days of the date that (i) Seller has delivered all of the Farm Closing Documents to Buyer and the Title Company and (ii) Buyer has approved all of the Farm Closing Documents in writing, Title Company shall release the remaining portion of the Deposit held by Title Company to Seller. If Buyer fails to respond to Seller’s request for approval of the Farm Closing Documents for all of the Deposit Release Farms within three (3) business days of the delivery of all of the Farm Closing Documents to Buyer, Buyer shall be deemed to have approved the Farm Closing Documents.
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(c)
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Return of Earnest Money and Release of Farm Closing Documents. If this Agreement is terminated and Buyer is entitled to the return of all or any portion of the Deposit in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, Seller will immediately deliver to Buyer any portion of the Deposit that is held by Seller and that is to be returned to Buyer pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. Upon Buyer’s written confirmation to Title Company and Seller that it has received all portions of the Deposit that are to be returned to Buyer pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the Farm Closing Documents shall be returned to Seller. If Buyer has not received all portions of the Deposit that are to be returned to Buyer within five (5) business days of the date that such amounts have become due to Buyer, the Farm Closing Documents shall be released to Buyer and Buyer, Seller and Title Company shall take all actions necessary to effectuate the transfer of the Deposit Release Farms to Buyer, including recording any documents that are required to be recorded to effectuate such transfer.
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(d)
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any portion of the Deposit or the Farm Closing Documents held by Title Company be released to Seller or Buyer, as applicable, until Buyer and Seller have executed joint-escrow instructions to Title Company instructing Title Company to deliver the Deposit and the Farm Closing Documents in accordance with the terms of this Amendment. Buyer and Seller agree to work in good faith to execute the joint-escrow instructions and will not unreasonably withhold approval of or signatures to the same.
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(e)
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The rights and obligations set forth in this Section 10 of this Amendment shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
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11.
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Purchase Price.
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(a)
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Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) of the Agreement (as modified by Section 5 of the Second Amendment) are deleted.
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(b)
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The Purchase Price shall be $45,776,979.45.
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12.
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Dry Up Shares. Section 2(c) is deleted and replaced with:
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Arbitration. Any dispute to be submitted to arbitration under Section 12 shall be settled by binding arbitration before a single arbitrator in Denver, Colorado, in accordance with the Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association, except as otherwise provided herein or agreed to by the parties. The arbitrator shall have at least ten (10) years of experience with water rights law in Colorado and may, but need not, be affiliated with the American Arbitration Association. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Buyer shall respond to the Arbitration Notice within the five (5) days, after which the parties shall proceed to select an arbitrator within twenty (20) days. If the parties are unable within twenty (20) days to agree on an arbitrator, each shall appoint one arbitrator, who together shall appoint a third person who shall serve as the arbitrator. If a party fails to appoint an arbitrator within twenty (20) days, an arbitrator shall be appointed for such party by the American Arbitration Association upon the request of the other party. Arbitration shall be concluded and a decision entered within 90 days of the completion of selection of the arbitrator.
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14.
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Additional Condition to Closing. It shall be an additional condition to Buyer’s obligation to close that on or before Closing, Seller shall provide evidence to Buyer that the liens and encumbrances described on Exhibit E attached to this Amendment that may affect portions of the Certificated Water Rights have been released, with such evidence to be acceptable to Buyer in its sole and absolute discretion. If Seller fails to satisfy the foregoing condition on or before Closing, Buyer shall have the right to terminate this Agreement, in which event Buyer shall receive a return of the Deposit, including any amounts previously disbursed to Seller, which Seller shall immediately deliver to Buyer. The obligations set forth in this Section 14 shall survive the termination of the Agreement.
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15.
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Seller’s Warranties. Section 10 of the Agreement is amended by adding a new subsection (o) as follows:
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16.
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Default; Remedies; Liability. Section 9(b) of the Agreement, as amended by the Second Amendment, is deleted and replaced with:
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Counterparts; Signatures. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Executed copies hereof may be delivered by facsimile or email of a PDF document, and, upon receipt, shall be deemed originals and binding upon the parties hereto. Signature pages may be detached and reattached to physically form one document.
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Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns of the respective parties hereto.
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Applicable Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado.
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Effectiveness. Buyer and Seller agree that the notice of termination of the Agreement dated July 2, 2015, delivered on behalf of Buyer to Seller is hereby revoked, and shall be of no force and effect. Except as modified by this Amendment, the parties acknowledge and agree that the Agreement is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.
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Farm
Number
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Farm
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15
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Farm
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61
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Farm
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62*
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Farm
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63
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Farm
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85
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Farm
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110
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Farm
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117
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Farm
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132
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Farm #
[DOT#]
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Subject Document
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2
[381/834]
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Tommy L. Allard and Mary K. Allard/Public Trustee, for the benefit of United States of America, acting through the Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture
Deed of Trust covering 2 tracts, subject being a part of Tract 1: the SE/4 of Section 23, Township 22 South, Range 51 West of the 6th P.M., Bent County, Colorado, together with 144 shares of the capital stock of the Fort Lyon Canal Company.
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2
[438/362]
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Tommy L. Allard and Mary K. Allard/Public Trustee, for the benefit of United States of America, acting through the Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture
Deed of Trust covering 2 tracts, subject being a part of Tract 1: the SE/4 of Section 23, Township 22 South, Range 51 West of the 6th P.M., Bent County, Colorado, together with 144 shares of the capital stock of the Fort Lyon Canal Company.
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[intentionally deleted]
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9
[20140215]
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PCY Holdings, LLC/The Public Trustee of Bent County, Colorado; for the benefit of Harry E. Blackburn, Jr.
Deed of Trust covering all that part of the SW/4 of Section 24 lying South and West of the Fort Lyon Canal, Township 22 South, Range 53 West of the 6th P.M., Bent County, Colorado, together with 140 shares of the Capital Stock of the Fort Lyon Canal Company and all other water and water rights appurtenant to the real property described above.
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22
[20021005]
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High Plains A & M, LLC/The Public Trustee of Bent County, Colorado, for the benefit of William J. Elder and Audra Jean Elder
Deed of Trust covering the NE/4 SE/4; the fractional SE/4 NE/4; the fractional NW/4 SE/4; the fractional NE/4 SW/4; and a tract described as the NE corner of the Frank Beck Plot, all in Section 31, Township 22 South, Range 51 West of the 6th PM, Bent County, Colorado, together with 331.2 shares of The Fort Lyon Canal Company and all other water and water rights appurtenant to the real property described above.
Assigned by 20110125 & 20122201
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30
[20140496]
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PCY Holdings, LLC/Hudson and Persyn, Ltd.
“Deed of Trust covering 1 tract: the NW/4, and SW/4 of Section 1, Township 22 South, Range 48 West, Bent County, CO. together with 232 shares of The Fort Lyon Canal Company and all other water and water rights appurtenant to the real property described on Exhibit A. including, but not limited to, tributary, not non-tributary, and non-tributary water and water rights.
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32
[20021380]
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High Plains A&M, LLC/ The Public Trustee of the County of Bent, trustee, Charles O. Jones and Ruby L. Jones, beneficiaries
DOT covering Multiple tracts: Subject tract being Lot 1, Section 6, Township 23 South, Range 52 West, Bent County, Colorado.
Maturity date: Not listed; together with 120 shares of The Fort Lyon Canal Company and all other water and water rights appurtenant to subject tract including tributary, not non-tributary, and non-tributary water and water rights.
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35
[20011137]
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George E. Fazekas/State Bank of Wiley
Deed of trust covering 1 tract: part of the NE/4 of Section 36, Township 22 South, Range 52 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian.
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35
[20020849]
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High Plains A & M LLC/Public Trustee of the County of Bent; for the Benefit of Irl A. Miller and Hazel A. Miller
Deed of trust covering 376 shares of The Fort Lyon Canal Company and all other water and water rights appurtenant to the real property described on Exhibit A, including, but not limited to, tributary, not not-tributary, and non-tributary water and water rights under 1 tract: E/2 of Section 36, Township 22 South, Range 52 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian.
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39
[20010203]
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Robert G. Reyher and Mary K. Reyher/Public Trustee, for the benefit of the United States of America, acting through the Farm Service Agency, United States Department of Agriculture
Deed of Trust covering Multiple tracts, including the following described lands: W/2 of Section 12, Township 22 South, Range 49 West of the 6th P.M., Bent County, Colorado, and together with 1,318 shares of the capital stock of The Fort Lyon Canal Company; Well Permit Nos. 9010-RF, 9011-F, 9012-F, 9013-F, 6299-F, 9007-F, 9008-F and 9009-F; as well as irrigation equipment, pumps, and motors.
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[intentionally deleted]
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56
[20021388]
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136th and Colorado, LLC d/b/a High Plains 1031/The Public Trustee of Bent County; for the benefit of Daniel G. DiRezza and Katrena L. DiRezza
Deed of Trust covering a tract of land lying in multiple sections, including the E/2 of Section 23, and W/2 NW/4 of Sec. 24 Township 22 South, Range 53 West of the 6th P.M., Bent County, Colorado, together with 372 shares of the Capital Stock of the Fort Lyon Canal Company and all other water and water rights appurtenant to the above described property.
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67
[20030393]
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H. Hunter White, III/The Public Trustee of Bent County, Colorado, for the benefit of Joseph F. Hawkins, Jr.
Deed of Trust covering the W/2 SW/4 of Section 20, Township 22 South, Range 51 West of the 6th PM, Bent County, Colorado, together with 144 shares of The Fort Lyon Canal Company and all other water and water rights appurtenant to the real property described above
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