Purchase and Sale Agreement	9 Months Ended
Purchase and Sale Agreement	Sep. 30, 2015
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Purchase and Sale Agreement	NOTE 9 - PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT On July 24, 2015, the Partnership entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the “Agreement”) with Orion Buying Corp. (“Orion”), an unrelated party, which is subject to approval as described below. Pursuant to the Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions described therein, Orion agreed to purchase all eight properties owned by the Partnership (the “Properties”) on an “as is, where is” basis for a total purchase price of $15,809,000 in cash. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, Orion is obligated to deposit funds in escrow in an aggregate amount of $375,000. If the Partnership is in default, and Orion is not in default, in the performance of any of its representations, warranties or covenants under the Agreement, and Orion has satisfied all of its obligations, then Orion may either (i) terminate the Agreement and receive a refund of its deposits and also recover from the Partnership its reasonable out-of-pocket costs in connection with the Agreement (but not to exceed $50,000) as liquidated damages, or (ii) bring a suit for specific performance. If a contingency to the Partnership closing set forth in the Agreement is not satisfied by December 17, 2015, then the Partnership may terminate the Agreement and Orion will be refunded its deposits. However, if Orion is in default, and the Partnership is not in default, in the performance of any of its representations, warranties or covenants under the Agreement, and the Partnership has satisfied all of its obligations, then the Partnership may terminate the Agreement and receive Orion’s deposits as liquidated damages. Following completion of the transaction, the current leases on the Properties will be terminated and the General Partner will lease the Properties from Orion. The sale of the Properties pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Agreement is subject to approval of a majority interest of the limited partners of the Partnership and other customary closing conditions related to the sale of real property. A Special Meeting of the limited partners is scheduled for November 23, 2015 for the purpose of considering a proposal to sell all of the properties owned by the partnership. If the transaction is consummated, CBRE, Inc., the real estate broker for the sale of the properties by the Partnership, will receive a commission of 1.5% of the purchase price. If the sale is approved by the majority interest of limited partners of the Partnership, the sale is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2015. On September 18, 2015, MacKenzie Realty Capital, Inc. (“MacKenzie”), a limited partner, filed a Schedule TO initiating a tender offer to purchase all units of the Partnership. This MacKenzie tender offer is unrelated to purchase and sale agreement with Orion. On September 25, 2015, the Partnership filed a Schedule 14D-9 solicitation/recommendation statements in response to the Schedule TO. On November 5, 2015 MacKenzie filed an amendment to its Schedule TO reporting that 472 units have been tendered and following purchase of all the tendered units, the purchasers will own an aggregate of approximately 3,218 units, or approximately 6.8% of the total outstanding units.

DEL TACO RESTAURANT PROPERTIES III 10-Q