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Communication from Certain Limited Partners and Straw Poll Results
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
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Communication from Certain Limited Partners and Straw Poll Results

NOTE 8 – COMMUNICATION FROM CERTAIN LIMITED PARTNERS AND STRAW POLL RESULTS

During the third quarter of 2014, several limited partners communicated to the General Partner their desire to potentially sell all of the properties and then dissolve the Partnership. Pursuant to the Partnership agreement, any decision to sell all of the properties and to dissolve the Partnership would require approval from a majority in interest of limited partners. On October 1, 2014 the General Partner initiated a “straw poll” of all limited partners to determine if there is sufficient interest to support a potential sale of the properties and dissolution of the Partnership, as disclosed in Form 8-K filed on October 1, 2014. Limited partner responses to the straw poll were received during the fourth quarter of 2014 and on December 17, 2014, Del Taco filed a Form 8-K to disclose the results of the poll. The poll was intended to gauge interest level only and the results indicate a strong majority of the units responded either “open to” or “strongly in favor of” Del Taco testing the market and presenting a sale proposal to the limited partners for a vote. Accordingly, Del Taco filed a Form 8-K on January 12, 2015 indicating its intention to initiate a sale process to market the properties owned by the Partnership that may result in the presentation of a sale transaction to the limited partners for approval.

Del Taco intended to appoint a special committee comprised of a small group of qualified limited partners to facilitate the sale process and to manage any potential conflicts of interest with respect to Del Taco that may arise during the sale process, however, only one timely application was received. Del Taco does not believe one committee member could adequately perform the role required by the committee, and therefore, the sale process has commenced without a special committee and Del Taco will resolve any potential conflicts of interest pursuant to the Partnership’s partnership agreement and applicable law.

On February 17, 2015, MacKenzie Realty Capital, Inc. (“MacKenzie”), a limited partner, filed a schedule TO initiating a tender offer to purchase all units of the Partnership. The MacKenzie tender offer is unrelated to the sale process that Del Taco has initiated. On February 27, 2015, the Partnership filed a Schedule 14D-9 solicitation/recommendation statement in response to the Schedule TO.

On March 16, 2015, after evaluating several alternatives the General Partner engaged CBRE, Inc. (“CBRE”) as its commercial real estate broker to conduct a broad sale process to market the properties owned by the Partnership. This sale process has commenced and the General Partner expects to evaluate offers received during the second quarter of 2015 which may result in the presentation of a sale transaction to the limited partners for approval; however, there are no assurances that Del Taco will receive any acceptable offers or will be successful in entering into a binding agreement to sell the properties.