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Exhibit 99.5
2233 WISCONSIN AVENUE, LLC
OPERATING AGREEMENT
TABLE OF
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINED TERMS
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§1.1 Definitions
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§1.2 Use of Certain Terms
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ARTICLE 2 FORMATION AND TERM
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§2.1 Formation; Capital
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§2.2 Name
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§2.3 Term
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§2.4 Registered Agent and Office
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§2.5 Principal Place of Business
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ARTICLE 3 PURPOSE AND POWERS OF THE
COMPANY
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§3.1 Purpose
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§3.2 Powers of the Company
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ARTICLE 4 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
AND PREFERRED CONTRIBUTIONS
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§4.1 Initial Capital
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§4.2 Additional Funding Request
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§4.3 Payment of Preferred Contributions and
Additional Preferred Contributions
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§4.4 Limitations Pertaining to Capital
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§4.5 Member’s Interest
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§4.6 Status of Capital
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§4.7 Capital Accounts
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§4.8 Third-Party Beneficiaries
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ARTICLE 5 MEMBERS
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§5.1 Powers of Members
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§5.2 Partition
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§5.3 Transfer and Admission of New
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§5.4 Special Purpose Entity
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ARTICLE 6 MANAGEMENT
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§6.1 Management of the Company
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§6.2 Day-to-Day Operations
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§6.3 Management Services and Other
Fees
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§6.4 No Management by Members
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§6.5 Arbitration
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§6.6 Buy/Sell Provision
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§6.7 Aetna’s Right to Acquire
Columbia’s and Corporate Member’s Interests and/or
Replace Corporate Member as Manager
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ARTICLE 7 AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS
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§7.1 Amendments
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§7.2 Meetings of the Members
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ARTICLE 8 ALLOCATION OF PROFITS AND
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§8.1 Profits and Losses
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§8.2 Special Allocations
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§8.3 Corrective Allocations
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§8.4 Allocation Rules
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§8.5 Tax Allocations; §704(c) and
Capital Account Revaluation Allocations
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§8.6 Intentions and Construction of
Allocations
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ARTICLE 9 DISTRIBUTIONS
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§9.1 Net Cash Flow Distributions
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§9.2 Proceeds of Capital
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§9.3 Limitations on Distributions
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ARTICLE 10 RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF
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§10.1 Transfer
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§10.2 Assignee of Member’s
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§10.3 Substituted Members
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§10.4 Withdrawal
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ARTICLE 11 BOOKS AND RECORDS; NOTICES FROM
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§11.1 Books, Records and Financial
Statements
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§11.2 Accounting Method
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§11.3 Annual Budget
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§11.4 Notices from Manager
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(continued)
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ARTICLE 12 TAX MATTERS
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§12.1 Tax Matters Member
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§12.2 Taxation as Partnership
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§12.3 Section 754 Election
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ARTICLE 13 LIABILITY; OTHER BUSINESSES
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§13.1 Liability
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§13.2 Indemnity
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§13.3 Other Businesses
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ARTICLE 14 DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND
TERMINATION
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§14.1 Dissolution
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§14.2 Liquidation
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§14.3 Termination
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ARTICLE 15 MISCELLANEOUS
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§15.1 Remedies
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§15.2 Notices
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§15.3 Binding Effect
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§15.4 Severability
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§15.5 Counterparts
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§15.6 Integration
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§15.7 Governing Law
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§15.8 Conflict with Mortgage Loan
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2233 WISCONSIN AVENUE, LLC
OPERATING AGREEMENT
This OPERATING AGREEMENT of
2233 WISCONSIN AVENUE, LLC (the " Company ") is made
as of September 28, 2006 (this " Agreement "), by and among
COLUMBIA EQUITY LP, a Virginia limited partnership ("
Columbia " ), 2233 WISCONSIN AVENUE SPE, INC. , a
Virginia corporation ("Corporate Member ") and AETNA LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY , a Connecticut corporation (" Aetna
"), as members of the Company (collectively, the " Members "
and each a " Member "), and, in the case of Corporate
Member, as the initial Manager (as hereinafter defined) of the
Company.
WHEREAS , the Company was
formed as a limited liability company pursuant to the Act (as
hereinafter defined) by the filing of a certain Articles of
Organization of a Domestic Limited Liability Company with the
Virginia State Corporation Commission on or about July 28,
2006, and the Members desire that the business and affairs of the
Company are to be governed by this Agreement, subject to the Act;
and
WHEREAS , the Members have
identified the Property (as hereinafter defined) as an attractive
investment and desire to invest in the Property through the
Company.
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Members hereby
agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINED TERMS
§1.1
Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires,
capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to
them as set forth below:
" Accountants " shall mean
such certified public accountants as the Manager shall designate
with the Consent of Aetna; provided , in the event the
Accountants do not provide service reasonably acceptable to Aetna,
Aetna shall have the right, upon thirty (30) days’ prior
written notice to Manager (which notice shall provide specifics of
unacceptable accounting services), to have the Company replace the
Accountants with another certified public accounting firm
designated by the Manager with the Consent of Aetna.
" Act " means the Virginia
Limited Liability Company Act, Annotated Code of Virginia,
§§13.1 - 1000 et seq ., as amended from
time to time.
" Additional Preferred
Contribution " has the meaning set forth in § 4.2
hereof.
" Adjusted Capital Account
Deficit " shall mean, at any time, the then balance in the
Capital Account of a Member, after giving effect to the following
adjustments:
(i) credit to such Capital Account
any amounts that such Member is deemed obligated to restore as
described in the penultimate sentences of Treasury Regulations
§1.704-2(g)(1) and Treasury Regulations §1.704-2(i)(5),
or any successor provisions; and
(ii) debit to such Capital Account
the items described in Treasury Regulations
§§1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6). The
foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is
intended to comply with the provisions of
§1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) of the Treasury Regulations and shall be
interpreted consistently therewith.
" Advancing Member " has
the meaning set forth in §4.2 hereof.
" Aetna " shall mean Aetna
Life Insurance Company, or its permitted successors or assigns in
interest as a Substitute Member.
" Affiliate " means with
respect to a specified Person, any Person that directly or
indirectly Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control
with, the specified Person.
" Agreement " means this
Agreement, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time
to time.
" Annual Budget " has the
meaning set forth in §11.3(a) hereof.
" Asset Management Fee "
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 6.3(a)
hereof.
" Asset Value " means, with
respect to any asset, such asset’s adjusted basis for federal
income tax purposes, except as follows:
(i) the initial Asset Value of any
asset contributed by a Member to the Company shall be the fair
market value of such asset, as agreed to by the contributing Member
and the Manager;
(ii) the Asset Value of all
Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective fair
market values, as determined by the Manager, as of the following
times: (a) the contribution of assets to the Company by a new
or existing Member as consideration for such Member’s
Interest; (b) the distribution by the Company to a Member of
more than a de minimis amount of Company assets as
consideration for such Member’s Interest; and (c) the
liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Treasury
Regulations §1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); provided , however,
that adjustments pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this
sentence shall be made only if the Manager reasonably determines
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adjustments are necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative
economic interests of the Members in the Company; and
(iii) the Asset Value of any
Company asset distributed to any Member shall be the fair market
value of such asset on the date of distribution (net of the amounts
of any liens thereon), as approved by the Manager.
If the Asset Value of any asset
has been determined or adjusted pursuant to Paragraph (i) or
Paragraph (ii) above, such Asset Value shall thereafter be
adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to
such asset for purposes of computing Profits and Losses.
" Bankruptcy " means the
voluntary or involuntary filing (which is not discharged within
ninety (90) days) under federal or state bankruptcy or
insolvency laws, or assignment for the benefit of creditors,
receivership or similar creditor reorganization proceedings.
" Business Day " means any
day on which commercial banks in the Commonwealth of Virginia and
the District of Columbia are open for the transaction of
business.
" Buy/Sell Event " shall
mean any event, action or condition which, pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement, would permit the initiation of the Buy/Sell
Provisions of §6.6.
" Capital Account " means,
with respect to any Member, the account maintained for such Member
in accordance with the provisions of Article IV hereof.
" Capital Contribution "
means with respect to any Member, the aggregate amount of money and
the initial Asset Value of any property (other than money)
contributed to the Company pursuant to Article IV hereof with
respect to such Member’s Interest, excluding Preferred
Contributions and Additional Preferred Contributions.
" Capital Transaction "
means any financing, refinancing, sale, exchange or any other
disposition or transfer of the Property or any part thereof,
including, without limitation, (i) a ground lease of any part
of the Property (but excluding space leases of any of the Property
in the ordinary course of business), (ii) any condemnation or
taking by eminent domain of all or any portion of the Property,
(iii) any casualty to the Property or any part thereof, or
(iv) any loss as a result of a title defect in the Property
covered by title insurance.
" Capital Transaction
Proceeds " means the net proceeds received by the Company from
any Capital Transaction after the payment of (i) all
reasonable and customary costs, expenses, charges, fees, including
collection expenses and taxes paid by the Company (other than taxes
imposed on Members in their individual capacities), and other
reasonable and customary expenses related thereto, (ii) any
costs of restoration or repair of the Property performed in
connection with such Capital Transaction, or any other capital
expenditures or other reasonable and customary expenses for which
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proceeds or awards are used, and/or (iii) any mortgage
loan, including debt service payments hereunder, or any other debts
or liabilities of the Company that are being refinanced, discharged
or paid with such proceeds.
" Certificate " means that
certain Articles of Organization of a Domestic Limited Liability
Company and any and all amendments thereto and restatements thereof
filed on behalf of the Company with the Virginia State Corporation
Commission.
" Closing " means the
effective date of the acquisition of the Property by the
Company.
" Code " means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any
corresponding federal tax statute enacted after the date of this
Agreement. A reference to a specific section (§) of the Code
refers not only to such specific section, but also to any
corresponding provision of any federal tax statute enacted after
the date of the Agreement, as such specific section or
corresponding provision is in effect on the date of application of
the provisions of this Agreement containing such reference.
" Columbia " means Columbia
Equity LP, a Virginia limited partnership or its permitted
successors or assigns in interest as a Substitute Member.
" Company " shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
" Consent of Aetna " means
the prior written consent of Aetna as may be required
hereunder.
" Control " means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
" Corporate Member " shall
mean 2233 Wisconsin Avenue SPE, Inc., a Virginia corporation, or
its permitted successors or assigns as a Substitute Member.
" Day-to-Day Management "
means the supervision, overseeing and management by Manager of the
day-to-day operations of the use, operation, leasing and
maintenance of the Property and compliance of the Property with
material Requirements, and any sale or other disposition of the
Property for which the Consent of Aetna has been given.
" Decision Threshold Amount
" shall mean seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000).
" Default " shall mean the
material default of a Member or the Manager in respect of any of
such Member’s or such Manager’s obligations hereunder,
as applicable, including, without limitation, any failure by
Manager to obtain the Consent of Aetna prior to taking any action
constituting a Major Decision, which default remains uncured
(i) for a period of ten (10) days after receipt by the
defaulting Member or Manager as applicable, of notice thereof by
the other Member if such default is monetary in nature or
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(ii) for a period of thirty (30) days after receipt by
the defaulting Member or Manager of notice thereof by the other
Member if such default is not monetary in nature, provided ,
however , that if a default is not monetary in nature and
cannot reasonably be cured within such thirty (30) day period,
then such defaulting Member or Manager shall not be deemed to be in
Default hereunder so long as such Member or Manager shall both
commence to cure such default during such thirty (30) day
period and thereafter diligently pursue to completion the curing of
such default. In addition, the following shall constitute a
"Default" hereunder with respect to a Member or the Manager, as
applicable: (a) the dissolution or liquidation of such Member
or Manager, the Bankruptcy of such Member or Manager or any of its
principals, or any other event that results in such Member ceasing
to be a Member (other than as expressly provided in this
Agreement); (b) such Member becoming subject to any final order of
a court of competent jurisdiction requiring such Member to divest
itself of all or any portion of its interest in the Company;
(c) the failure of Manager to maintain the Company as a
"special purpose entity" as provided in §5.4 of this
Agreement; (d) the withdrawal or retirement of such Member
from the Company in breach of the covenant contained in §10.3;
(e) the transfer of all or any part of such Member’s
interest in the Company, or any interest therein, in breach of the
covenants contained in §5.3 or §10.1 of this
Agreement.
" Defaulting Member "
means, at any time, a Member which has committed or is the subject
of a Default which has not been cured or waived.
" Depreciation " means, for
each Fiscal Year or other period, an amount equal to the
depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction
allowable for federal income tax purposes with respect to an asset
for such Fiscal Year or other period; provided, however ,
that if the Asset Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis
for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such Fiscal
Year or other period, Depreciation shall be an amount that bears
the same ratio to such beginning Asset Value as the federal income
tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction
with respect to such asset for such Fiscal Year or other period
bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; and provided
further , that if the federal income tax depreciation,
amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such Fiscal Year
or other period is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with
reference to such beginning Asset Value using any reasonable method
selected by the Manager.
" Electing Member " has the
meaning set forth in §6.6(a) hereof.
" First Mortgage " means
the mortgage securing the Mortgage Loan, held by Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., as Trustee for the benefit of Certificate Holders of
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series Wachovia
Bank 2003-C-5, or its successors or assigns as holder of the
Mortgage Loan.
" Fiscal Year " means the
calendar year.
" Funding Notice " has the
meaning set forth in § 4.2 hereof.
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" Ground Lease " means that
certain Amended and Restated Ground Lease dated as of
, 2006 between Thomas W. Holland, Robert M. Holland, Mary Charlotte
Parr and Margaret W. Krull, as "Ground Lessor", and the Company, as
"Ground Lessee", pursuant to which the Company has leased the
Property, and all amendments, modifications, restatements,
extensions, renewals, supplements and replacements thereof.
" Hazardous Materials "
means (i) asbestos in any form; (ii) urea formaldehyde
foam insulation; (iii) polychlorinated biphenyls;
(iv) any other "hazardous waste", as that term is defined by
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C.
§6903(5), "hazardous substances", as that term is defined by
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act of 1980 (" CERCLA "), 42 U.S.C.
§9601(14), "pollutants" or "contaminants", as those terms are
defined by CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §9601(33), (v) volatile
organic compounds, including oil and petroleum products, or
(vi) any other substance, compound or material whose use,
storage, manufacture, transportation or disposal is proscribed or
conditioned by the documents evidencing or securing the Mortgage
Loan or other indebtedness secured by the Property.
" Interest " means a
Member’s entire interest as a Member in the Company,
including without limitation, such Member’s rights under this
Agreement, such Member’s share of the Profits and Losses of
the Company and such Member’s rights to receive distributions
of Net Cash Flow and the Company’s assets in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement and the Act.
" IRR " means, as to any
Member as of any date (an " IRR Determination Date "), the
rate of return at which, as of the IRR Determination Date:
(i) the then present value of all distributions made from time
to time with respect to such Member’s Capital Contributions
equals, (ii) the then present value of all Capital
Contributions made from time to time by such Member. For purposes
of the foregoing: (a) present values shall be calculated from
the time of the making of each Capital Contribution and based on a
monthly accrual at a rate equal to the IRR for which the equation
is being solved; (b) a Member’s reinvestment rate shall
be assumed to equal the IRR for which the equation is being solved;
(c) subject to the provisions of clause (d), all of the
present value calculations are to be made as of the date when
Capital Contributions were contributed to the Company; (d) all
Capital Contributions after the date hereof shall be treated as
having been contributed to the Company on the first day of the
month during which a Member’s funds were actually delivered
(or deemed delivered) to the Company; (e) all distributions
shall be treated as if received on the last day of the month in
which the distribution was made; (f) the rates of return shall
be per annum rates and all amounts shall be calculated on a monthly
basis and compounded on a monthly basis on the basis of a
12 month year; and (g) solely for purposes of computing
an IRR, Capital Contribution of the Members set forth on
Schedule A shall be treated, subject to the
provisions of clause (d), as having been made on the date of this
Agreement.
" Liquidation " has the
meaning set forth in §14.2 hereof.
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" Major Decision " shall
mean any of the following decisions or actions to be made or taken,
as the case may be, that is not provided for in the Annual
Budget:
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A decision to sell, transfer, pledge,
hypothecate, grant a mortgage on or security interest in, or
dispose of any part of the Property, other than personal property
of the Company having a fair market value less than the Decision
Threshold Amount;
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Except as otherwise described in §4.3(c) of
this Agreement, a decision to borrow any sums on behalf of the
Company which, individually or in the aggregate, are in excess of
the Decision Threshold Amount, excluding any debt incurred in the
ordinary course of business for goods, materials, services or
supplies;
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Approval of the Annual Budget;
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A decision to exceed or deviate from the
applicable Annual Budget and the schedule of expenditures on a line
item basis set forth therein, in excess of 10% of any line item or
in excess of 5% of an aggregate of all line items of the applicable
Annual Budget, other than with respect to Non-Discretionary
Expenses;
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Subject to the requirements of any mortgage
lender to the Company, a decision to retain any cash or cash
equivalents of the Company in excess of the reserve amounts
specified in the Annual Budget, other than as otherwise provided
herein;
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A decision to institute any litigation or pursue
any claims or remedies on behalf of the Company, other than with
respect to: (i) disputes encountered in the course of the
Day-to-Day Management of the Property; (ii) claims on or for
insurance coverage; or (iii) delivering notices of default,
applying security deposits and commencing enforcement and eviction
proceedings in the Company’s ordinary course of business in
connection with the leasing of space at the Property, or
(iv) real estate tax appeals, provided , however
, that at the time that any of the foregoing actions are commenced,
Manager in good faith believes that such action would not result in
the Company incurring costs or liabilities in excess of the
Decision Threshold Amount and provided further that if at any time
subsequent to the commencement of any such action Manager has
reason to believe that the Company likely may incur or has already
incurred costs or liabilities in excess of the Decision Threshold
Amount, Manager at such time promptly shall seek the Consent of
Aetna with regard to the continued pursuit of such action, which
consent shall not be unreasonably delayed, withheld or
conditioned;
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A decision to enter into any dispute, settlement,
consent decree, stipulated court order or other resolution on
behalf of the Company with any third
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party or any governmental or regulatory agency
pursuant to which the Company would incur costs or liabilities in
excess of the Decision Threshold Amount;
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A decision to select or change the banks,
accountants, brokers, tax advisors, managing agents (other than in
accordance with the Management Agreement) or auditors;
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A decision to submit the Property to the
condominium form of ownership or the use of the Property for a
purpose other than its current use;
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A decision to enter into any lease of the
Property, other than space leases entered into in the ordinary
course of business on arm’s length terms;
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A decision for the Company to acquire or to
contract to acquire (i) any additional land, or (ii) any
other real property or development rights;
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A decision to demolish or abandon the Property or
any material portion thereof;
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A decision under the Management Agreement that
would otherwise be a Major Decision hereunder;
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A decision to require each Member to make an
additional Capital Contribution to the Company;
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A decision to change the Company’s
depreciation or accounting methods or other methods with respect to
treatment of various Company transactions for income tax purposes
or other financial purposes;
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A decision to retain or employ any individuals or
entities on behalf of the Company to perform or assist Manager in
the performance of Manager’s duties hereunder that would
obligate the Company for more than the Decision Threshold
Amount;
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A decision to make any material amendment to or
terminate any contract, agreement or arrangement between the
Company and any third party or any individual or entity Affiliated
with or controlled by Manager (including, specifically, but not
limited to, any contract, agreement or arrangement to reimburse the
expenses of or otherwise compensate any individual or entity),
except as contemplated in the Annual Budget or the Management
Agreement, and any market-rate leasing and construction contracts
with Manager’s Affiliates;
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termination of the Management Agreement or change or permit the
Property Manager to
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Management Agreement, except as permitted hereunder or
thereunder;
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A decision to make, execute or deliver any
assignment for the benefit of creditors or file a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy by or on behalf of the Company, or to
acquiesce in the filing against the Company of a petition in
bankruptcy;
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members to the Company, except as provided for in this
Agreement;
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A decision to voluntarily dissolve, directly or
indirectly, the Company or liquidate the assets of the
Company;
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A decision to institute any merger, consolidation
or incorporation of the Company (or the assets or business
thereof);
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A decision to amend any provision of this
Agreement, and/or any provision of any loan documents relating to
the Mortgage Loan and any refinancing thereof, except as permitted
hereunder or thereunder;
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A decision to amend, surrender, cancel,
terminate, renew or extend the Ground Lease.
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A decision to use any portion of any Capital
Transaction Proceeds except in accordance with Article IX
hereof;
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except in accordance with Article IX hereof; or
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A decision to decrease the amount of any
liability, hazard, rent or other insurance coverage existing with
respect to the Property unless such insurance coverage is
unavailable from the Company’s existing insurer at the cost
provided for in the Annual Budget.
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" Management
Agreement " shall mean that certain Management Agreement dated
as of September 21, 2006 between the Company and Trammel Crow
Services, Inc. or such other agreement providing for the management
of the Property by Property Manager entered into with the Consent
of Aetna.
" Manager " shall mean the
Corporate Member, unless and until (a) a successor Manager is
designated pursuant to §6.1(d), (b) Corporate Member is
removed as Manager pursuant to §6.6(e), or (c) Aetna
exercises its right to replace the Corporate Member as Manager
pursuant to §6.7, in any of which case " Manager "
shall mean and refer to such successor or replacement Manager on
and after such date.
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" Member Nonrecourse
Deductions " means an item of loss, expense or deduction
attributable to a nonrecourse liability of the Company for which a
Member bears the economic risk of loss within the meaning of
Treasury Regulations §1.704-2(b)(4).
" Members " means Columbia,
the Corporate Member and Aetna collectively, or their respective
permitted successors or assigns in interest as a substitute
Member.
" Membership Percentage "
means, with respect to any Member at any time, its proportionate
ownership interest in the Company at such time, expressed as a
percentage. The Membership Percentage for each Member is, as of the
date of this Agreement, set forth on Schedule A
, which shall be updated by Manager from time to time as necessary
to reflect any changes in such Membership Percentages in accordance
with this Agreement.
" Minimum Gain " means "
partnership minimum gain ", as that term is defined in
Treasury Regulations §1.704-2(d). The amount of Minimum Gain
equals the total amount of gain the Company would realize for
federal income tax purposes if it disposed of all assets subject to
Nonrecourse Debts for no consideration other than full satisfaction
thereof.
" Mortgage Loan " means
that certain mortgage loan in the original principal amount of
$16,500,000.00, made by Suburban Capital Markets, Inc. to Unicorn
Wisconsin, LLC (the Company’s predecessor-in-interest as
ground lessee of the Property), as assumed by the Company and
amended, secured by the First Mortgage.
" Mortgage Loan Documents "
means the documents evidencing or securing the Mortgage Loan or
executed by the Company for the benefit of the holder of the
Mortgage Loan in connection therewith.
" Net Cash Flow " means,
with respect to any Fiscal Year or other period of the Company, the
net income of the Company, calculated in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, plus the amount of
depreciation and other non-cash items that were deducted for the
purpose of calculating net income, minus the amount of
capital expenditures, principal payments upon indebtedness for
money borrowed and other cash expenditures that were not deducted
for the purpose of calculating net income (excluding any repayments
of Preferred Contributions or Additional Preferred Contributions or
the payment of any returns thereon) and minus amounts
deposited for the establishment or replenishment of any Company
reserves established and maintained in accordance with the then
applicable Annual Budget or required under the terms of the
Mortgage Loan.
" Non-Defaulting Member "
at any time mean a Member who is not a Defaulting Member at such
time.
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" Non-Discretionary
Expenses " means the following:
(i) real estate taxes and
assessments on the Property;
(ii) payments required to be made
pursuant to the Mortgage Loan and any other mortgage loan secured
by the Property and approved by all Members or any other
indebtedness of the Company approved by the Members or permitted
hereunder, as well as any costs of curing any default under any
such mortgage or other indebtedness;
(iii) utility costs and insurance
premiums directly related to the Property;
(iv) any costs of any alteration,
repair or replacement necessary to comply with any
Requirements;
(v) any amount required to be paid
by the Company pursuant to any final order, judgment, or decree of
any court or governmental body having jurisdiction;
(vi) any amount required to
fulfill any contractual obligation of the Company, including any
contracts with any Affiliates of Members; and
any amount required for the safety of tenants, occupants or
invitees of the Property or to avoid the suspension of any services
necessary to such tenants, occupants or invitees.
" Non-Electing Member " has
the meaning set forth in §6.6(a) hereof.
" Non-Participating Member
" has the meaning set forth in § 4.2 hereof.
" Nonrecourse Debt " means
debt of the Company or any partnership (or other entity treated as
a partnership for federal income tax purposes) in which the Company
holds an interest, directly or indirectly through other
partnerships (or other such entities), as to which no partner or
member of the applicable partnership or other entity is personally
liable, as determined under §752 of the Code and Treasury
Regulations §1.752-1(a)(2).
" Nonrecourse Deductions "
has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations §1.704-2(c).
The amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a Fiscal Year equals the
net increase, if any, in the amount of Company Minimum Gain during
the fiscal year, reduced (but not below zero) by the aggregate
distributions made during the year of proceeds of a nonrecourse
liability that are allocable to an increase in Company Minimum
Gain.
" Percentage Interest "
means, at any time, (a) in determining the distribution of Net
Cash Flow pursuant to §9.1 of this Agreement, Aetna’s
Percentage Interest shall be 60%, Columbia’s Percentage
Interest shall be 39.5% and Corporate Member’s percentage
interest shall be 0.5%; and (b) in determining the
distribution of Capital Transaction
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Proceeds and any other cash pursuant to §9.2 of this
Agreement, as follows: (i) from the date hereof, Aetna 60%,
Columbia 39.5% and Corporate Member 0.5%, until such time as all
Members have received Capital Transaction Proceeds equal to their
respective Capital Contributions, and then (ii) Aetna 60%,
Columbia 39.5% and Corporate Member 0.5% until such time as Aetna
has received an IRR on its Capital contribution of 10% per annum,
and then (iii) Aetna 35%, Columbia 64.5% and Corporate Member
0.5%. For purposes of determining the distribution of Net Cash Flow
and the annual returns of the Members in respect of their Capital
Contributions, (x) subject to the provisions of clause
(y) of this sentence, all of the annual return calculations
are to be made as of the date when Capital Contributions were
contributed to the Company; and (y) the initial Capital
Contributions made by the Members shall be deemed to have been made
as of the date of the Closing.
" Person " means any
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust (including
any beneficiary thereof), unincorporated organization, or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
" Personal Representative "
means the successor or legal representative (including, without
limitation, a guardian, executor, administrator or conservator) of
a dead or incompetent Member.
" Preferred Contribution "
has the meaning set forth in § 4.2 hereof.
" Prime Rate " means, with
respect to any Preferred Contribution or Additional Preferred
Contribution the prime rate of interest announced as such (for U.S.
money center commercial banks) from time to time in The Wall Street
Journal, on the most recent business day preceding the day such
Preferred Contribution or Additional Preferred Contribution was
made.
" Profits " and "
Losses " means, for each Fiscal Year an amount equal to the
Company’s taxable income or loss for such Fiscal Year,
determined in accordance with §703(a) of the Code (but
including in taxable income or loss, for this purpose, all items of
income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately
pursuant to §703(a)(1) of the Code), with the following
adjustments:
(i) any income of the Company
exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account
in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this definition shall be
added to such taxable income or loss;
(ii) any expenditures of the
Company described in §705(a)(2)(B) of the Code (or treated as
expenditures described in §705(a)(2)(B) of the Code pursuant
to Treasury Regulations §1.704-1 (b)(2)(iv)(i)) and not
otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses
pursuant to the definition shall be subtracted from such taxable
income or loss;
(iii) in the event the Asset Value
of any Company asset is adjusted in accordance with Paragraph
(ii) or Paragraph (iii) of the definition of "
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Value " above, the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into
account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for
purposes of computing Profits or Losses;
(iv) gain or loss resulting from
any disposition of any asset of the Company with respect to which
gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be
computed by reference to the Asset Value of the asset disposed of,
notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such asset differs
from its Asset Value; and
(v) in lieu of the depreciation,
amortization and other cost recovery deductions taken into account
in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into
account Depreciation for such Fiscal Year or other period, computed
in accordance with the definition of " Depreciation " above;
and
(vi) notwithstanding any other
provision hereof, any items which are specially allocated pursuant
to Article VIII shall not be taken into account in computing
Profit or Losses.
" Property " means the real
property and improvements thereon commonly known as Georgetown
Plaza, consisting of a five-story office and retail building and
parking structure located at 2233 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C..
" Property Manager " shall
mean Trammel Crow Services, Inc. or other property management
company selected by Manager with the consent of Aetna.
" Proposed Budget " has the
meaning set forth in §11.3(a) hereof.
" Purchase Agreement "
means that certain Agreement for Purchase and Sale, dated
December 6, 2005, by and between, Unicorn Wisconsin, LLC and
Columbia Equity Trust, Inc., as amended by the First Amendment to
Agreement for Purchase and Sale dated as of December 30, 2005,
the Second Amendment to Agreement for Purchase and Sale dated as of
January 26, 2006, the Third Amendment to Agreement for
Purchase and Sale dated as of February 15, 2006, the Fourth
Amendment to Agreement for Purchase and Sale dated as of
March 1, 2006, the Fifth Amendment to Agreement for Purchase
and Sale dated as of March 15, 2006, the Sixth Amendment to
Agreement for Purchase and Sale dated as of March 21, 2006,
the Seventh Amendment to Agreement for Purchase and Sale dated as
of March 31, 2006, the Eighth Amendment to Agreement for
Purchase and Sale dated as of April 20, 2006, the
Reaffirmation and Ninth Amendment to Agreement for Purchase and
Sale, dated as of July 20, 2006 and the Reaffirmation and
Tenth Amendment to Agreement for Purchase and Sale, dated as of
September 14, 2006, and as assigned to the Company by
Assignment and Assumption Agreement of even date herewith by and
between Columbia Equity Trust, Inc. and the Company.
" Real Estate Operating
Company " shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Department of Labor Regulation §2510.3-101(e) (29 CFR
§2510.3-101(e)).
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" Recourse Debt " means
debt of the Company or any partnership (or other entity treated as
a partnership for federal income tax purposes) in which the Company
holds an interest, directly or through other partnerships (or other
such entities), as to which a partner or member or any related
person bears the economic risk of loss, as determined under
§752 of the Code and Treasury Regulations §1.752-1
(a)(1).
" Requirements " shall mean
all present and future laws, rules, orders, ordinances,
regulations, statutes, requirements, codes and executive orders, of
all governmental authorities having jurisdiction over the Property,
or the National Board of Fire Underwriters, affecting the
maintenance, use or occupation of the Property.
" State " shall mean the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
" Tax Matters Partner " has
the meaning set forth in §12.1 hereof.
" Transfer " has the
meaning set forth in §10.1 hereof.
" Treasury Regulations "
means the income tax regulations, including temporary regulations,
promulgated under the Code, as such regulations may be amended from
time to time (including corresponding provision of succeeding
regulations).
§1.2 Use of Certain
Terms . The terms " approve ", " approval ",
or " authorized ", as well as any derivations of such terms,
when used in reference to any Person, shall refer to the approval
or authorization of such Person, as signified in writing from such
Person.
ARTICLE 2
FORMATION AND TERM
§2.1 Formation;
Capital Contributions .
(a) The
Company was formed pursuant to the filing of the Certificate
pursuant to the provisions of the Act. The Members hereby agree
that, effective upon the date of this Agreement, the rights, duties
and liabilities of the Members shall be governed by this Agreement,
subject to the Act.
(b) The
name and mailing address of each Member and the Capital
Contributions to the Company of each Member as of the date hereof
are listed on Schedule A attached hereto. The Manager
shall update Schedule A from time to time as necessary
to accurately reflect the information therein, including, without
limitation, to reflect any Capital Contributions after the date
hereof, any Transfers of Interests and any admissions of new
Members pursuant to Article X hereof. Any reference in this
Agreement to Schedule A shall be deemed to be a
reference to Schedule A as amended and in effect from
time to time.
(c) Any
of Manager or any other officer of the Company, duly authorized by
the Manager as an authorized person within the meaning of the Act,
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execute, deliver and file any and all amendments to the
Certificate and any restatements thereof.
§2.2 Name. The name
of the limited liability company formed by the filing of the
Certificate and governed by this Agreement is 2233 Wisconsin
Avenue, LLC. The business of the Company may be conducted upon
compliance with all applicable laws under any other name approved
by the Manager and Aetna, provided, such name shall not include "
Aetna " or any phonetic equivalent thereto.
§2.3 Term. The term
of the Company commenced on the date of the filing of the
Certificate with the Virginia State Corporation Commission and
shall continue until dissolved in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement.
§2.4 Registered Agent
and Office . The Company’s registered agent and
office in the State shall be Colin J. Smith, Watt, Tieder, Hoffar
& Fitzgerald, 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 100, McLean, VA
22102. At any time, the Manager may approve another registered
agent and/or registered office.
§2.5 Principal Place
of Business . The principal place of business of the
Company shall be located at 1750 H Street, N.W., Suite 500,
Washington, D.C. 20006. At any time, Manager may change the
location of the Company’s principal place of business,
provided Manager provides all other Members with prior written
notice of such change.
ARTICLE 3
PURPOSE AND POWERS OF THE COMPANY
§3.1 Purpose .
Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, the following
shall govern: The nature of the business and of the purposes to be
conducted and promoted by the Company, is to engage solely in the
following activities:
(a) To
acquire the Property pursuant to the Purchase Agreement;
(b) To
own, hold, sell, assign, transfer, operate, lease, mortgage, pledge
and otherwise deal with the Property;
(c) To
exercise all powers enumerated in the Act necessary or convenient
to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business or purposes
otherwise set forth herein. The Company shall not carry on or
engage in any other activity.
§3.2 Powers of the
Company .
(a) The
Company shall have the power and authority to take any and all
actions necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, convenient or
incidental to or for the furtherance of the purposes set forth in
§3.1, including, but not limited to, the power:
(i) to conduct its business, carry
on its operations and have and exercise the powers granted to a
limited liability company by the Act in any state,
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territory, district or possession of the United States, or in
any foreign country that may be necessary, convenient or incidental
to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;
(ii) to acquire by purchase,
lease, contribution of property or otherwise, own, hold, operate,
maintain, finance, improve, lease, sell, convey, mortgage,
transfer, demolish or dispose of any real or personal property that
may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment or
the purposes of the Company;
(iii) to enter into, perform and
carry out contracts of any kind, including, without limitation, the
Purchase Agreement, contracts with any Member, Manager or any
officer of the Company or any Affiliate thereof, or any agent of
the Company necessary to, in connection with, convenient to, or
incidental to the accomplishment of the purpose of the Company;
(iv) to purchase, take, receive,
subscribe for or otherwise acquire, own, hold, vote, use, employ,
sell, mortgage, lend, pledge or otherwise dispose of, and otherwise
use and deal in and with, shares or other interests in or
obligations of domestic or foreign corporations, associations,
general or limited partnerships (including, without limitation, the
power to be admitted as a partner thereof and to exercise the
rights and perform the duties created thereby), trusts, limited
liability companies (including, without limitation, the power to be
admitted as a member or appointed as a manager thereof and to
exercise the rights and perform the duties created thereby), or
direct or indirect obligations of the United States or of any
foreign government, or of any state, territory, governmental
district or municipality or instrumentality or any of them;
(v) to lend money for any proper
purpose, to invest and reinvest its funds, and to take and hold
real and personal property for the payment of funds so loaned or
invested;
(vi) to sue and be sued, complain
and defend, and participate in administrative or other proceedings,
in its name;
(vii) to appoint employees and
agents of the Company, and define their duties and fix their
compensation;
(viii) to indemnify any Person in
accordance with the Act and to obtain any and all types of
insurance;
(ix) to cease its activities and
cancel its Certificate;
(x) to negotiate, enter into,
renegotiate, extend, renew, terminate, modify, amend, waive,
execute, acknowledge or take any other action with respect to any
lease, contract or security agreement in respect of any assets of
the Company;
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(xi) to borrow money and issue
evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the same by a mortgage,
pledge or other lien on the assets of the Company;
(xii) to pay, collect, compromise,
litigate, arbitrate or otherwise adjust or settle any and all
claims or demands of or against the Company; and
(xiii) to make, execute,
acknowledge and file any and all documents or instruments
necessary, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment of the
purpose of the Company.
(b) The
Manager may authorize any Person (including, without limitation,
any Member) to enter into and perform any document, instrument or
agreement on behalf of, and in the name of the Company.
(c) Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Article III, Article IV or any
other provisions of this Agreement, all Major Decisions shall
require the prior approval of all Non-Defaulting Members. All
Members hereby approve the Company assuming the Mortgage Loan and
executing the Mortgage Loan Documents and hereby authorize the
Manager to execute and deliver the Mortgage Loan Documents for and
on behalf of the Company.
(d) Notwithstanding
any provision hereof to the contrary, the following shall govern:
The Company shall only incur indebtedness in an amount necessary to
acquire, operate and maintain the Property. For so long as the
First Mortgage exists on any portion of the Property, the Company
shall not incur, assume, or guaranty any other indebtedness. The
Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other
entity or convey or transfer its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any entity. For so long as the
First Mortgage exists on any portion of the Property, the Company
will not voluntarily commence a case with respect to itself, as
debtor, under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal or
state statute without the unanimous consent of all of the Members.
For so long as the First Mortgage exists on any portion of the
Property, no material amendment to this Agreement may be made
without first obtaining approval of the mortgagees holding first
mortgages on any portion of the Property.
ARTICLE 4
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, CAPITAL ACCOUNTS AND PREFERRED
CONTRIBUTIONS
§4.1 Initial Capital
Contributions . As of the date of this Agreement, the
Capital Contributions made by each Member to the Company are set
forth opposite its name on Schedule A hereto, such
Capital Contributions to be made not later than the date of the
Closing.
§4.2 Additional
Funding Request . If Manager determines, in its reasonable
discretion, that additional funds are required for the operation of
the Company or the Property, then Manager shall, if and only to the
extent permitted under the Mortgage Loan, first attempt to arrange
for the Company to borrow such funds from third party
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lenders at market rates. If it is not possible to borrow funds
from third party lenders, Manager shall give written notice (the "
Funding Notice ") thereof to all of the Members setting
forth (i) the amount of additional funds so required,
(ii) the proposed application of such funds, and
(iii) when any such additional funds are to be funded (which
funding date shall not be less than sixty (60) days following
the delivery of the notice pursuant to this Section;
provided that the time for such funding shall be determined
at Manager’s discretion in the event of an emergency). Upon
receipt of a Funding Notice, any Member shall have the right, but
not the obligation, to fund to the Company an amount (a "
Preferred Contribution ") equal to the product obtained by
multiplying its Membership Percentage by the additional funds
required. A Member’s failure to fund a Preferred Contribution
shall not be considered to be a Default hereunder. A Member shall
be entitled to a return on any Preferred Contribution made by such
Member at a rate equal to the Prime Rate plus two percent (2%) per
annum, and such Preferred Contributions and such return shall be
repaid as hereinafter provided. If any Member (the "
Non-Participating Member ") chooses not to make a Preferred
Contribution to the Company within the time period set forth in the
applicable Funding Notice, then the other Members, or any of them
(the " Advancing Member(s) ") may make such additional
Preferred Contributions (" Additional Preferred
Contributions ") to the Company which in the aggregate are
equal to the amount of the Preferred Contribution which the
Non-Participating Member elected not to make, in such proportion
(in the event there is more than one (1) Advancing Member)
between them as their Membership Percentages bear inter
se . A Member shall be entitled to a return on any
Additional Preferred Contribution made by such Member at a rate
equal to the Prime Rate plus four percent (4%) per annum, and such
Additional Preferred Contribution and return shall be repaid as
hereinafter provided.
§4.3 Payment of
Preferred Contributions and Additional Preferred Contributions
. Manager shall duly record among the Company’s books and
records the date and amount of each Preferred Contribution and
Additional Preferred Contribution made to the Company, and the name
of each Member making the same. Preferred Contributions shall be
payable from the first available Net Cash Flow. Additional
Preferred Contributions shall be repayable to the Advancing Member
solely from (i) payments received by the Non-Participating
Member on account of Preferred Contributions made by the
Non-Participating Member to the Company, and (ii) the
Non-Participating Member’s allocable share of the first
available Net Cash Flow after payments with respect to any
Preferred Contributions. In the event that distributions of Net
Cash Flow have been insufficient to fully repay any Preferred
Contributions or Additional Preferred Contributions, then any
remaining balance due (including any accrued return) shall be
repaid solely from distributions of Company assets pursuant to
Section 9.2 below.
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§4.4 Limitations
Pertaining to Capital Contributions .
(a)
Return of Capital . Except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement, no Capital Contributions or any money or other
property shall be withdrawn from or paid by the Company unless such
withdrawal or payment is approved by the unanimous consent of the
Members. Under circumstances requiring a return of any Capital
Contributions, no Member shall have the right to receive property
other than cash.
(b)
No Third Party Rights . Nothing in this Agreement is
intended or will be deemed to benefit any creditor of the Company,
and no creditor or the Company will be entitled to require any
Member to solicit or demand Capital Contributions or loans from any
other Member.
§4.5 Member’s
Interest . A Member’s Interest shall for all purposes
be personal property. A Member has no interest in specific Company
property.
§4.6 Status of Capital
Contributions . No Member, and no member of the Manager,
and no officer of the Company, shall receive any interest, salary
or drawing with respect to its Capital Contributions or its Capital
Account or for services rendered on behalf of the Company, the
Manager or otherwise in its capacity as a Member, Manager or
officer of the Company, as the case may be, except as otherwise
specificall
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