-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Hnw6ULAOHFcBeXsdQpEEYnL4wH2Ugv13gy4EJq9skfjTWhKGHIhBi8RgwEA/K4o6 HdPl6s8vrxcKfwLoZzmEyA== 0000950137-07-004146.txt : 20070321 0000950137-07-004146.hdr.sgml : 20070321 20070321154833 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-07-004146 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20070316 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20070321 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070321 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRUBB & ELLIS CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000216039 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE AGENTS & MANAGERS (FOR OTHERS) [6531] IRS NUMBER: 941424307 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-08122 FILM NUMBER: 07709171 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 WEST MONROE STREET STREET 2: SUITE 2800 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60661 BUSINESS PHONE: 3126986700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 WEST MONROE STREET STREET 2: SUITE 2800 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60661 8-K 1 c13507e8vk.htm CURRENT REPORT e8vk
 

 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 16, 2007
GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   1-8122   94-1424307
         
(State or other
jurisdiction of
formation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
500 West Monroe Street, Suite 2800, Chicago, Illinois 60661
 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (312) 698-6700
Not Applicable
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
     On March 16, 2007, Grubb & Ellis Company (the “Company”), through GERA Property Acquisition LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary, in a letter agreement with Danbury Buildings Co., L.P., amended its agreement to purchase that certain property located at 39 Old Ridgebury Road and 55 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury, Connecticut (collectively, the “Danbury Property”) to extend the expiration date of the “inspection period” (the period during which the Company may elect to terminate the agreement without penalty) from March 16, 2007 to May 1, 2007. The March 16, 2007 letter agreement also extended the closing date with respect to the Danbury Property from April 17, 2007 to a mutually agreed upon date not later than July 31, 2007.
     The foregoing is only intended to be a summary of the terms of the Letter Agreement and is not intended to be a complete discussion of such document. Accordingly, the following is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Letter Agreement, which is annexed as an Exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
     
(d)
  The following are filed as Exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K:
 
   
 
  99.1 Letter Agreement dated March 16, 2007, by and between Danbury Buildings Co., L.P. & GERA Property Acquisition LLC.

 


 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly authorized and caused the undersigned to sign this Report on the Registrant’s behalf.
         
  GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY
 
 
  By:   /s/ Robert Z. Slaughter    
    Robert Z. Slaughter   
    Executive Vice President and General Counsel   
 
Dated: March 21, 2007

 

EX-99.1 2 c13507exv99w1.htm LETTER AGREEMENT exv99w1
 

Exhibit 99.1
March 16, 2007
Danbury Buildings Co., L.P
c/o Sunbelt Management Co.
220 Congress Park Drive, Suite 215
Delray Beach, Florida 33445
Facsimile. (561) 265-1308
  Re:   39 and 55 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury, Connecticut
Dear Mr. Reeves:
     This letter relates to that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of February 20, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), whereby Danbury Buildings, Inc., a Florida corporation, as agent for and general partner of Danbury Buildings Co., L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (collectively, "DBI”), collectively, as seller, agreed to sell to GERA Property Acquisition LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“GERA”), as purchaser, those certain properties located at 39 Old Ridgebury Road and 55 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury, Connecticut (collectively, the “Property”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
     The purpose of this letter is to amend the Purchase Agreement in order to extend the expiration date of the Inspection Period, extend the Closing Date and set forth certain other understandings of the parties.
     DBI and GERA hereby agree that (a) the expiration date of the Inspection Period is hereby extended from March 16, 2007 to May 1, 2007 and (b) the Closing Date is hereby extended from April 17, 2007 to July 31, 2007 or such earlier date as the parties may mutually agree.
     In addition, DBI and GERA agree to the matters set forth on Schedule 1, attached hereto and made a part hereof.
     Except as amended hereby, the parties agree that the Purchase Agreement remains in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

 


 

Richard M. Reeves
March 16, 2007
Page 2
     Please execute below to acknowledge DBI’s agreement to the terms and conditions of this letter agreement, and return the fully executed letter to GERA at the address listed above.
         
  Yours truly,

GERA PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
 
 
  By:   /s/ Mark W. Chrisman    
    Mark W. Chrisman   
    Executive Vice President   
 
THE UNDERSIGNED AGREES TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LETTER AGREEMENT.

       
DANBURY BUILDINGS, INC.,
a Florida corporation

 
 
By:   /s/ Richard M. Reeves    
  Name:   Richard M. Reeves   
  Its: Authorized Signatory  
 
   
By:   /s/ William J. Ghory    
  Name:   William J. Ghory   
  Its: Authorized Signatory  
 
       
DANBURY BUILDINGS CO., L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
 
 
By:   Danbury Buildings, Inc.,    
  a Florida corporation, its general partner   
 
   
By:   /s/ Richard M. Reeves    
  Name:   Richard M. Reeves   
  Its:  Authorized Signatory  
 
   
By:   /s/ William J. Ghory    
  Name:   William J. Ghory   
  Its:  Authorized Signatory  
 


 

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