FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF
LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
CRESCENT REAL ESTATE EQUITIES
LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
Dated as of April 30,
2006
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ARTICLE II ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
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Section 2.1 Continuation of
Partnership
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Section 2.3 Principal Office and Registered
Agent
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Section 2.4 Power of Attorney
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Section 3.1 Purpose and Business
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ARTICLE IV CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
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Section 4.1 Capital Contributions of the
Partners
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Section 4.2 Additional Funding
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Section 4.3 Issuance of Additional
Partnership Interests
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Section 4.4 No Preemptive Rights
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Section 4.5 No Interest on
Capital
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Section 4.6 Stock Incentive
Plans
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Section 4.7 Other Equity Compensation
Plans
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Section 4.8 Series A Preferred
Partnership Units and Series B Redeemable Preferred
Partnership Units
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Section 4.9 Issuance of Partnership
Interests to Employees of the Crescent Group
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Section 5.1 Initial Partnership
Distributions
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(i)
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Section 5.2 Requirement and
Characterization of Distributions
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Section 5.3 Amounts Withheld
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Section 5.4 Distributions In
Kind
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Section 5.5 Distributions Upon
Liquidation
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Section 5.6 Distribution Rights of
Series A Preferred Shares and Series B Redeemable Preferred
Shares
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Section 6.1 Allocations For Capital Account
Purposes
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Section 6.2 Allocation of Nonrecourse
Debt
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Section 6.3 Allocations for Series A
Preferred Partnership Units and Series B Redeemable Preferred
Partnership Units
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ARTICLE VII MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF
BUSINESS
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Section 7.2 Certificate of Limited
Partnership
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Section 7.3 Restrictions on General
Partner’s Authority
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Section 7.4 Reimbursement of the Crescent
Group
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Section 7.5 Outside Activities of the
Crescent Group
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Section 7.6 Contracts with
Affiliates
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Section 7.7 Indemnification
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Section 7.8 Liability of the General
Partner
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Section 7.9 Other Matters Concerning the
General Partner
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Section 7.10 Title to Partnership
Assets
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Section 7.11 Reliance by Third
Parties
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Section 7.12 Limited Partner
Representatives
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ARTICLE VIII RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED
PARTNERS
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Section 8.1 Limitation of
Liability
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(ii)
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Section 8.2 Management of
Business
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Section 8.3 Outside Activities of Limited
Partners
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Section 8.4 Return of Capital
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Section 8.5 Rights of Limited Partners
Relating to the Partnership
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Section 8.6 Exchange Rights
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Section 8.7 Covenants Relating to the
Exchange Rights
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Section 8.8 Other Matters Relating to the
Exchange Rights
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ARTICLE IX BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND
REPORTS
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Section 9.1 Records and
Accounting
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Section 10.1 Preparation of Tax
Returns
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Section 10.2 Tax Elections
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Section 10.3 Tax Matters Partner
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Section 10.4 Organizational
Expenses
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ARTICLE XI TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS
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Section 11.2 Transfer of Partnership
Interests of the General Partner
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Section 11.3 Transfer of Partnership
Interests of Limited Partners Other Than Crescent
Equities
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Section 11.4 Substituted Limited
Partners
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Section 11.6 General Provisions
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Section 11.7 Acquisition of Partnership
Interest by Partnership
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(iii)
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ARTICLE XII ADMISSION OF PARTNERS
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Section 12.1 Admission of Substituted
General Partner
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Section 12.2 Admission of Additional or
Employee Limited Partners
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Section 12.3 Amendment of Agreement and
Certificate of Limited Partnership
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ARTICLE XIII DISSOLUTION AND
LIQUIDATION
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Section 13.3 Compliance with Timing
Requirements of Regulations
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Section 13.4 Deemed Contribution and
Distribution
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Section 13.5 Rights of Limited
Partners
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Section 13.6 Documentation of
Liquidation
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Section 13.7 Reasonable Time for
Winding-Up
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Section 13.8 Liability of the
Liquidator
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Section 13.9 Waiver of Partition
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ARTICLE XIV AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT
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ARTICLE XV PARTNER REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Section 15.1 Representations and
Warranties
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ARTICLE XVI ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES
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Section 16.3 Binding Character
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Section 16.5 No Alteration of
Agreement
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ARTICLE XVII GENERAL PROVISIONS
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(iv)
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Section 17.1 Addresses and
Notice
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Section 17.2 Titles and Captions
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Section 17.3 Pronouns and
Plurals
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Section 17.4 Further Action
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Section 17.5 Binding Effect
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Section 17.9 Entire
Understanding
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Section 17.10 Counterparts
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Section 17.11 Applicable Law
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Section 17.12 Invalidity of
Provisions
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Section 17.13 Guaranty by Crescent
Equities
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Section 17.14 Restriction on Sale of Sonoma
Property
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Exhibit A
— Partners, Partnership Units and Partnership Interests
Exhibit B — Capital Account Maintenance
Exhibit C — Special Tax Allocation Rules
Exhibit D — Notice of Exchange
Exhibit E — Listing of Approved Substituted Limited
Partners
(v)
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
CRESCENT REAL ESTATE EQUITIES
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
THIS FOURTH
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, dated as of
April 30, 2006, is entered into by and among Crescent Real
Estate Equities, Ltd., a Delaware corporation, as general partner
(the “General Partner”), and those parties who are
Limited Partners as listed on Exhibit A hereto or who are
admitted from time to time as Limited Partners as herein
provided.
WHEREAS, Crescent
Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited
partnership (the “Partnership”), was formed pursuant to
that certain Certificate of Limited Partnership dated
February 9, 1994 and filed on February 9, 1994 in the
office of the Secretary of State of Delaware, and that certain
Agreement of Limited Partnership dated as of February 9, 1994
(the “Initial Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the
Initial Agreement was amended and restated in its entirety by that
certain First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
of Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of
May 5, 1994, as amended by the First Amendment to the First
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crescent
Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of May 16,
1994, the Second Amendment to the First Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities
Limited Partnership, dated as of April 11, 1995, the Third
Amendment to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership,
dated as of April 11, 1995, the Fourth Amendment to the First
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crescent
Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of May 3,
1995, the Fifth Amendment to the First Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities
Limited Partnership, dated as of May 31, 1995, the Sixth
Amendment to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership,
dated as of June 1, 1995, the Seventh Amendment to the First
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crescent
Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of
August 23, 1995, the Eighth Amendment to the First Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate
Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of December 31, 1995,
the Restatement of Ninth Amendment to the First Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate
Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of February 16, 1996,
the Supplemental Amendment to the Restatement of Ninth Amendment to
the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of
June 30, 1996, the Tenth Amendment to the First Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate
Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of July 26, 1996, the
Eleventh Amendment to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited
Partnership, dated as of November 4, 1996, the Twelfth
Amendment to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited
Partnership, dated as of December 31, 1996, the Thirteenth
Amendment to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, dated as of April 29, 1997 and the Fourteenth
Amendment to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, dated as of April 30, 1997 (hereinafter referred
to collectively as the “First Amended
Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the First
Amended Agreement was amended and restated in its entirety by that
certain Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership,
dated as of November 1, 1997, as amended by the First
Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership,
dated as of February 19, 1998, the Second Amendment to the
Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of
March 2, 1998, the Third Amendment to the Second Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate
Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of April 27, 1998, the
Fourth Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited
Partnership, dated as of June 1, 1998, the Fifth Amendment to
the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of
June 30, 1998, the Sixth Amendment to the Second Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate
Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of July 15, 1998, the
Seventh Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited
Partnership, dated as of September 30, 1998, the Eighth
Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership,
dated as of January 31, 1999, the Ninth Amendment to the
Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of
April 15, 1999, the Tenth Amendment to the Second Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate
Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of May 3, 1999, the
Eleventh Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited
Partnership, dated as of June 1, 1999, the Twelfth Amendment
to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, dated as of June 3, 1999, the Thirteenth
Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, dated as of December 31, 1999, the Fourteenth
Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, dated as of January 31, 2000, the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, dated as of March 1, 2000, the Sixteenth
Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, dated as of July 31, 2001, the Seventeenth
Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, dated as of December 31, 2001, the Eighteenth
Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, dated as of April 26, 2002, the Nineteenth
Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, dated as of May 17, 2002, and the Twentieth
Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, dated as of January 1, 2003 (hereinafter referred
to collectively as the “Second Amended
Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the
Second Amended Agreement was amended and restated in its entirety
by that certain Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Crescent Real
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Estate Equities
Limited Partnership, dated as of January 2, 2003, as amended
by the First Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Agreement
of Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited
Partnership, dated as of September 9, 2003, the Second
Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership,
dated as of October 9, 2003, the Third Amendment to the Third
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crescent
Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of
January 15, 2004, the Fourth Amendment to the Third Amended
and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crescent Real
Estate Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of March 31,
2004, the Fifth Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities
Limited Partnership, dated as of July 15, 2004, the Sixth
Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership,
dated as of January 14, 2005, the Seventh Amendment to the
Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of
May 3, 2005, the Eighth Amendment to the Third Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate
Equities Limited Partnership, dated as of August 8, 2005, and
the Ninth Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership of Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited
Partnership, dated as of April 17, 2006 (hereinafter referred
to collectively as the “Third Amended
Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the
General Partner desires to amend and restate in its entirety the
Third Amended Agreement pursuant to its authority under
Sections 2.4 and 14.1.B of the Third Amended Agreement and the
powers of attorney granted to the General Partner by the Limited
Partners in order to combine all of the provisions of the Third
Amended Agreement into one document;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt,
adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto, intending legally to be bound, hereby agree as
follows:
Except as
otherwise herein expressly provided, the following terms and
phrases shall have the meanings set forth below:
“ 2005
Incentive Plan ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.9A hereof.
“ Act
” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act,
as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor to such
statute.
“
Additional Funds ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.2.A hereof.
“
Additional Limited Partner ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 4.3 hereof.
“
Adjusted Capital Account ” means the Capital Account
maintained for each Partner as of the end of each fiscal year
(i) increased by any amounts which such Partner is obligated
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restore
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or is treated as being
obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or is deemed to be obligated to
restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Regulations
Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5) and
(ii) decreased by the items described in Regulations
Sections 1.704-1 (b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5),
and 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6). The foregoing definition of Adjusted
Capital Account is intended to comply with the provisions of
Regulations Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted
consistently therewith.
“
Adjusted Capital Account Deficit ” means, with respect
to any Partner, the deficit balance, if any, in such
Partner’s Adjusted Capital Account as of the end of the
relevant fiscal year.
“
Adjusted Property ” means any property the Carrying
Value of which has been adjusted pursuant to Section 1.D of
Exhibit B hereof.
“
Adjustment Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.2.A(2) hereof.
“
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any
Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under
common control with such Person.
“
Agreement ” means this Fourth Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership, as it may be amended,
supplemented or restated from time to time.
“
Amstar ” means Amstar Continental Plaza Limited
Partnership, a Colorado limited partnership.
“ Amstar
Required Cash Payment ” means the “Required Cash
Payment” as defined in Article III of that certain
Contribution Agreement dated February 8, 1994 between Amstar
and the Partnership.
“
Assignee ” means a Person to whom a Limited
Partnership Interest has been transferred in a manner permitted
under this Agreement, but who has not become a Substituted Limited
Partner, and who has the rights set forth in Sections 8.6,
11.3.A and 11.5.
“
Available Cash ” means, with respect to any period for
which such calculation is being made, (i) the sum
of:
A. the
Partnership’s Net Income or Net Loss, as the case may be, for
such period (without regard to adjustments resulting from
allocations described in Section 1.A-E of
Exhibit C),
B. Depreciation
and all other noncash charges deducted in determining Net Income or
Net Loss for such period,
C. the amount of
any reduction in reserves of the Partnership referred to in clause
(ii)(f) below (including, without limitation, reductions resulting
because the General Partner determines such amounts are no longer
necessary),
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D. the excess of
proceeds from the sale, exchange, disposition, or refinancing of
Partnership property during such period over the gain (or loss, as
the case may be) recognized from such sale, exchange, disposition,
or refinancing during such period (excluding Terminating Capital
Transactions) as such items of gain or loss are determined in
accordance with Section 1.B of Exhibit B, and
E. all other cash
received by the Partnership for such period, including cash
contributions and loan proceeds (other than refinancing proceeds
described in (d) above), that was not included in determining
Net Income or Net Loss for such period;
(a) all principal
debt payments made during such period by the
Partnership,
(b) capital
expenditures made by the Partnership during such period,
(c) investments in
any entity (including loans made thereto) to the extent that such
investments are not otherwise described in clauses (ii)(a) or
(b),
(d) all other
expenditures and payments not deducted in determining Net Income or
Net Loss for such period,
(e) any amount
included in determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period that
was not received by the Partnership during such period,
and
(f) the amount of
any increase in reserves (including, without limitation, working
capital accounts or other cash or similar balances) established
during such period which the General Partner determines are
necessary or appropriate in its sole and absolute
discretion.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Available Cash shall not include any cash received
or reductions in reserves, or take into account any disbursements
made or reserves established, after commencement of the dissolution
and liquidation of the Partnership.
“
Bankruptcy ” of a Person shall be deemed to have
occurred when (a) the Person commences a voluntary proceeding
seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, (b) the Person is adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent,
or a final and nonappealable order for relief under any bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect has been
entered against the Person, (c) the Person executes and
delivers a general assignment for the benefit of the Person’s
creditors, (d) the Person files an answer or other pleading
admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a
petition filed against the Person in any proceeding of the nature
described in clause (b) above, (e) the Person seeks,
consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver
or liquidator for the Person or for all or any substantial part of
the Person’s properties, (f) any proceeding seeking
liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect has not
been dismissed within one hundred twenty (120) days after the
commencement thereof, (g) the appointment without the
Person’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or
liquidator has not been vacated or
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stayed within
ninety (90) days of such appointment, or (h) an
appointment referred to in clause (g) is not vacated within
ninety (90) days after the expiration of any such
stay.
“
Book-Tax Disparities ” means, with respect to any item
of Contributed Property or Adjusted Property, as of the date of any
determination, the difference between the Carrying Value of such
Contributed Property or Adjusted Property and the adjusted basis
thereof for federal income tax purposes as of such date. A
Partner’s share of the Partnership’s Book-Tax
Disparities in all of its Contributed Property and Adjusted
Property will be reflected by the difference between such
Partner’s Capital Account balance as maintained pursuant to
Exhibit B and the hypothetical balance of such Partner’s
Capital Account computed as if it had been maintained strictly in
accordance with federal income tax accounting
principles.
“
Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday
or other day on which banking institutions in the State of New York
are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
“ Canyon
Contribution Agreement ” means that certain Contribution
Agreement, dated July 26, 1996, by and between the Partnership and
Canyon Ranch.
“ Canyon
Ranch ” means Canyon Ranch, Inc. an Arizona
corporation.
“ Canyon
Ranch Property ” means the property and assets specified
in the Canyon Contribution Agreement.
“ Capital
Account ” means the capital account maintained for a
Partner pursuant to Exhibit B hereof.
“ Capital
Contribution ” means, with respect to any Partner, any
cash, cash equivalents or the Net Asset Value of Contributed
Property which such Partner contributes to the
Partnership.
“
Carrying Value ” means (i) with respect to a
Contributed Property or Adjusted Property, the Gross Asset Value of
such property reduced (but not below zero) by all Depreciation with
respect to such property charged to the Partners’ Capital
Accounts and (ii) with respect to any other Partnership
property, the adjusted basis of such property for federal income
tax purposes, all as of the time of determination. The Carrying
Value of any property shall be adjusted from time to time in
accordance with Exhibit B hereof, and to reflect changes,
additions or other adjustments to the Carrying Value for
improvements and dispositions and acquisitions of Partnership
properties, as deemed appropriate by the General
Partner.
“ Cash
Amount ” means an amount of cash equal to the Value, as
of the date of receipt by Crescent Equities of a Notice of
Exchange, of the REIT Shares Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
if the Crescent Group raises the Cash Amount through an offering of
securities, borrowings or otherwise, the Cash Amount shall be
reduced by an amount equal to the expenses incurred by the Crescent
Group in connection with raising such funds (to the extent that
such expenses are allocable to funds used to pay the Cash Amount);
provided , however , that the total reduction of the
Cash Amount for such expenses shall not exceed five percent (5%) of
the total Cash Amount as determined prior to reduction for such
expenses.
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“
Certificate ” means the Certificate of Limited
Partnership of the Partnership filed in the office of the Secretary
of State of Delaware, as amended from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof and the Act.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended and in effect from time to time, as interpreted by the
applicable regulations thereunder. Any reference herein to a
specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to include
a reference to any corresponding provision of future
law.
“
Consultant Unit Agreement ” means that certain
Consultant Unit Agreement, dated August 15, 1995, by and between
Greenbrier and the Partnership.
“
Contributed Funds ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.2.A(2) hereof
“
Contributed Property ” means each property or other
asset (but excluding cash), in such form as may be permitted by the
Act, contributed to the Partnership. Once the Carrying Value of a
Contributed Property is adjusted pursuant to Section 1.D of
Exhibit B hereof, such property shall no longer constitute a
Contributed Property for purposes of Exhibit B hereof, but
shall be deemed an Adjusted Property for such purposes.
“
Contribution Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3 hereof.
“
Crescent Equities ” means Crescent Real Estate
Equities Company, a Texas real estate investment trust.
“
Crescent Group ” means Crescent Equities, the General
Partner, and any wholly owned subsidiaries of Crescent Equities or
the General Partner.
“
Crescent Loan ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.2.A(1) hereof.
“
Declaration of Trust ” means the Declaration of Trust
of Crescent Equities, as it may be amended, supplemented or
restated from time to time.
“ Deemed
Partnership Interest Value ” as of any date shall mean,
with respect to a Partner, the product of (i) the Deemed Value
of the Partnership as of such date, multiplied by (ii) such
Partner’s Partnership Interest as of such date.
“ Deemed
Value of the Partnership ” as of any date shall mean the
quotient of the following amounts:
(i) the
product of (a) the Value of a REIT Share as of such date,
multiplied by (b) the total number of REIT Shares issued and
outstanding as of the close of business on such date (excluding
treasury shares and, for purposes of Section 4.2 hereof,
excluding any REIT Shares issued in exchange for Contributed Funds
to be contributed to the Partnership by Crescent Equities on the
Adjustment Date for which the calculation is being made), divided
by
(ii) the
aggregate Partnership Interest of Crescent Equities and the General
Partner as of such date.
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“
Deferred Distribution Amount ” of a Grantee as of a
particular date means the payment, if any, due to the Grantee under
the last sentence of Section 4.9.G as of such date (or, to the
extent that all or a portion of a Grantee’s Partnership
Interest is unvested, the payment, if any, that would be due to the
Grantee under the last sentence of Section 4.9.G if the
Partnership Interest were vested as of such date).
“ Demand
Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 16.2
hereof.
“
Depreciation ” means, for each fiscal year, an amount
equal to the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or
other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset
for such year, except that if the Carrying Value of an asset
differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at
the beginning of such year or other period, Depreciation shall be
an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Carrying
Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or
other cost recovery deduction for such year bears to such beginning
adjusted tax basis; provided , however , that if the
federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost
recovery deduction for such year is zero, Depreciation shall be
determined with reference to such beginning Carrying Value using
any reasonable method selected by the General Partner.
“
Employee Limited Partner ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 4.7.C hereof.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or any successor statute.
“
Exchange Factor ” means, effective as of
March 20, 1997 (the record date on which the two-for-one stock
split of Crescent Equities common shares was effected in the form
of a 100% share dividend), 2.0, provided that in the
event that Crescent Equities (i) pays a dividend on its
outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares or makes a distribution to
all holders of its outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares,
(ii) subdivides its outstanding REIT Shares, or (iii) combines
its outstanding REIT Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares,
the Exchange Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exchange
Factor by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of
REIT Shares that would be issued and outstanding on the record date
for such event if such dividend, distribution, subdivision or
combination had occurred as of such date, and the denominator of
which shall be the actual number of REIT Shares issued and
outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution,
subdivision or combination. Any adjustment of the Exchange Factor
shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such
event retroactive to the record date for such event;
provided , however , that if Crescent Equities
receives a Notice of Exchange after the record date, but prior to
the effective date, of any such event, the Exchange Factor shall be
determined as if Crescent Equities had received the Notice of
Exchange immediately prior to the record date for such event. From
the date of inception of the Partnership, until March 26,
1997, the Exchange Factor was 1.0.
“
Exchange Right ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6 hereof.
“
Exchanging Person ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.A hereof.
“ Falcon
Point Property ” means the Falcon Point single family
residential development located in Houston, Texas.
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“ First
Amended Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals to this Agreement.
“ Funding
Loan Proceeds ” means the net cash proceeds received by
the Crescent Group in Connection with any Funding Loan, after
deduction of all costs and expenses incurred by the Crescent Group
in connection with such Funding Loan.
“ Funding
Loan(s) ” means any borrowing or refinancing of
borrowings by or on behalf of the Crescent Group from any lender
for the purpose of causing Crescent Equities to advance the
proceeds thereof to the Partnership as a loan pursuant to
Section 4.2.A(1) hereof.
“ General
Partner ” means Crescent Real Estate Equities, Ltd.
(formerly known as CRE General Partner, Inc.), a Delaware
corporation which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crescent
Equities, its duly admitted successors and assigns and any other
Person who is a General Partner at the time of reference
thereto.
“ General
Partnership Interest ” means the Partnership Interest
held by the General Partner.
“ Grant
Agreement(s) ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.9.A hereof.
“
Grantee(s) ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.9.A hereof.
“
Greenbrier ” means Texas Greenbrier Associates, Inc.,
a Texas corporation.
“
Greenbrier Agreement ” means that certain Agreement of
Acceptance of the Partnership Agreement executed by Greenbrier and
delivered to the General Partner.
“ Gross
Asset Value ” of any Contributed Property or Properties
contributed by a Partner to the Partnership in connection with the
execution of the First Amended Agreement means the Net Asset Value
of such Contributed Property or Properties as set forth in
Exhibit A thereof, increased by any liabilities either treated
as assumed by the Partnership upon the contribution of such
property or properties or to which such property or properties are
treated as subject when contributed pursuant to the provisions of
Section 752 of the Code. The Gross Asset Value of any other
Contributed Property or Properties means the fair market value of
such property or properties at the time of contribution as
determined by the General Partner using such reasonable method of
valuation as it may adopt. The General Partner shall, in its sole
and absolute discretion, use such method as it deems reasonable and
appropriate to allocate the aggregate of the Gross Asset Value of
Contributed Properties contributed in a single or integrated
transaction among the separate properties on a basis proportional
to their respective fair market values.
“ HA
Development Corporation ” means Houston Area Development
Corp., a Texas corporation that will own the Falcon Point Property
and the Huntington Woods Property.
“ High
Performance Plan ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.9.A hereof.
“
Huntington Woods Property ” means the Huntington Woods
single family residential development located in Houston,
Texas.
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“
Incapacity ” or “ Incapacitated ”
means, (i) as to any individual Partner, death, total physical
disability or entry of an order by a court of competent
jurisdiction adjudicating him incompetent to manage his Person or
his estate; (ii) as to any corporation which is a Partner, the
filing of a certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, for the
corporation or the revocation of its charter; (iii) as to any
partnership which is a Partner, the dissolution and commencement of
winding up of the partnership; (iv) as to any estate which is
a Partner, the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate’s
entire interest in the Partnership; (v) as to any trustee of a
trust which is a Partner, the termination of the trust (but not the
substitution of a new trustee); or (vi) as to any Partner, the
Bankruptcy of such Partner.
“
Indemnitee ” means (i) any Person made a party to
a proceeding by reason of his status as (A) a member of the
Crescent Group, (B) a director or officer of the Partnership
or of a member of the Crescent Group, or (C) an
attorney-in-fact of the General Partner acting pursuant to Section
7.9.C, and (ii) such other Persons (including Affiliates of
the General Partner or the Partnership) as the General Partner may
designate from time to time, in its sole and absolute
discretion.
“ Initial
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to
this Agreement.
“ IRS
” means the Internal Revenue Service, which administers the
internal revenue laws of the United States.
“
Lien ” means any liens, security interests, mortgages,
deeds of trust, charges, claims, encumbrances, pledges, options,
rights of first offer or first refusal and any other rights or
interests of any kind or nature, actual or contingent, or other
similar encumbrances of any nature whatsoever.
“ Limited
Partner ” means any Person named as a Limited Partner in
Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended from
time to time, or any Substituted Limited Partner, Additional
Limited Partner, or Employee Limited Partner, in such
Person’s capacity as a Limited Partner in the
Partnership.
“ Limited
Partnership Interest ” means a Partnership Interest of a
Limited Partner in the Partnership and includes any and all
benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be
entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all
obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions
of this Agreement.
“
Liquidating Event(s) ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13.1 hereof.
“
Liquidation Preferences ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.3.B hereof.
“
Liquidator ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13.2 hereof.
“
Management Company ” means Crescent Development
Management Corp., a Texas corporation that will provide management
services to the Mira Vista Property, the Falcon Point Property, the
Huntington Woods Property, and certain other properties that may be
acquired by the Partnership in the future. The Partnership will own
one (1) share of voting common stock and
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nine thousand
eight hundred and ninety-nine (9,899) shares of nonvoting common
stock of the Management Company.
“ Mira
Vista Property ” means the single family residential
development located in Fort Worth, Texas, and a ninety-eight
percent (98%) interest in the limited liability company that owns
the adjacent Mira Visa Golf Club.
“ MV
Development Corporation ” means Mira Vista Development
Corp., a Texas corporation that will own the Mira Vista
Property.
“ Net
Asset Value ” in the case of any Contributed Property
contributed by a Partner to the Partnership in connection with the
execution of this Agreement shall be determined on an aggregate
basis with respect to all of the properties contributed by such
Partner to the Partnership, and means the aggregate Gross Asset
Values of such properties, reduced by any liabilities either
treated as assumed by the Partnership upon the contribution of such
properties or to which such properties are treated as subject when
contributed pursuant to the provisions of Section 752 of the
Code. The aggregate Net Asset Values of the properties contributed
by each Partner to the Partnership in connection with the execution
of the First Amended Agreement are set forth in Exhibit A
thereof. In the case of any other Contributed Property and as of
the time of its contribution to the Partnership, Net Asset Value
means the Gross Asset Value of such property, reduced by any
liabilities either treated as assumed by the Partnership upon such
contribution or to which such property is treated as subject when
contributed pursuant to Section 752 of the Code.
“ Net
Income ” means, for any taxable period, the excess, if
any, of the Partnership’s items of income and gain for such
taxable period over the Partnership’s items of loss and
deduction for such taxable period. The items included in the
calculation of Net Income shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.B of Exhibit B. Once an item of income, gain,
loss or deduction that has been included in the initial computation
of Net Income is subjected to the special allocation rules in
Exhibit C, Net Income or the resulting Net Loss, whichever the
case may be, shall be recomputed without regard to such
item.
“ Net
Loss ” means, for any taxable period, the excess, if any,
of the Partnership’s items of loss and deduction for such
taxable period over the Partnership’s items of income and
gain for such taxable period. The items included in the calculation
of Net Loss shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.B
of Exhibit B. Once an item of income, gain, loss or deduction
that has been included in the initial computation of Net Loss is
subjected to the special allocation rules in Exhibit C, Net
Loss or the resulting Net Income, whichever the case may be, shall
be recomputed without regard to such items.
“ New
Interests ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.7.C hereof.
“ New
Securities ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.7.C hereof.
“
Nonrecourse Built-in Gain ” means, with respect to any
Contributed Properties or Adjusted Properties that are subject to a
mortgage or negative pledge securing a Nonrecourse Liability, the
amount of any taxable gain that would be allocated to the Partners
pursuant to
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Section 2.B of Exhibit C if such
properties were disposed of in a taxable transaction in full
satisfaction of such liabilities and for no other
consideration.
“
Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1), and the amount of Nonrecourse
Deductions for a fiscal year shall be determined in accordance with
the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(c).
“
Nonrecourse Liability ” has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2).
“
Non-Unitholder Partnership Interest ” means a Limited
Partnership Interest that does not have Partnership Units
associated therewith.
“ Notice
of Exchange ” means the Notice of Exchange substantially
in the form of Exhibit D to this Agreement.
“
Partner ” means a General Partner or a Limited
Partner, and “ Partners ” means the General
Partner and the Limited Partners.
“ Partner
Minimum Gain ” means an amount, with respect to each
Partner Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Partnership Minimum Gain
that would result if such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as
a Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(3).
“ Partner
Nonrecourse Debt ” has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
“ Partner
Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2), and the amount of Partner
Nonrecourse Deductions with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt
for a Partnership year shall be determined in accordance with the
rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).
“
Partnership ” means the limited partnership formed
under the Act and pursuant to this Agreement.
“
Partnership Interest ” means an ownership interest in
the Partnership representing a Capital Contribution by either a
Limited Partner or the General Partner and includes any and all
benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be
entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all
obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions
of this Agreement. The Partnership Interest of each Partner shall
be expressed as a percentage of the total Partnership Interests
owned by all of the Partners, as specified in Exhibit A
attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time.
All Partnership Interests shall be calculated to the nearest one
millionth of one percent (0.000000%), with amounts equal to or
greater than 0.0000005% being rounded up to the next one millionth
of one percent, and with amounts less than 0.0000005% being rounded
down to the next one millionth of one percent.
“
Partnership Minimum Gain ” has the meaning set forth
in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2), and the amount of Partnership
Minimum Gain, as well as any net increase or decrease in
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Partnership
Minimum Gain, for a fiscal year shall be determined in accordance
with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).
“
Partnership Record Date ” means the record date
established by the General Partner for the distribution of
Available Cash pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof, which record
date shall be the same as the record date established by Crescent
Equities or otherwise pursuant to the Texas Act for a distribution
to its shareholders of some or all of its portion of such
distribution.
“
Partnership Unit ” means a unit representing the
Exchange Rights associated with the Partnership Interests issued to
certain of the Limited Partners pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, which unit may be exchanged for REIT Shares or cash
through the exercise of the Exchange Rights set forth in
Sections 8.6. The number of Partnership Units of each Limited
Partner shall be as specified in Exhibit A attached hereto, as
such Exhibit may be amended from time to time. The Partnership
Units may be evidenced by certificates as set forth in
Section 4.1.C hereof.
“
Person ” means an individual or a corporation,
partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, association or
other entity.
“
Qualified Individual ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 16.2 hereof.
“ RainAm
Investors ” means RainAm Investment Properties Ltd., a
Texas limited partnership.
“
Recapture Income ” means any gain recognized by the
Partnership (computed without regard to any adjustment required by
Section 734 or Section 743 of the Code) upon the
disposition of any property or asset of the Partnership, which gain
is characterized as ordinary income because it represents the
recapture of deductions previously taken with respect to such
property or asset.
“
Regulations ” means the income tax regulations
promulgated under the Code, as such regulations may be amended from
time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding
regulations).
“
Regulatory Allocations ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.H of Exhibit C hereof.
“
REIT ” means a real estate investment trust under
Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.
“ REIT
Share ” means a common share of beneficial interest of
Crescent Equities.
“ REIT
Shares Amount ” means a number of REIT Shares equal to
the product of (i) the number of Partnership Units to be
exchanged by an Exchanging Person pursuant to Section 8.6,
multiplied by (ii) the Exchange Factor; provided
that in the event Crescent Equities issues to all holders of
REIT Shares rights, options, warrants or convertible or
exchangeable securities entitling the shareholders to subscribe for
or purchase REIT Shares, or any other securities or property
(collectively, the “rights”), then the REIT Shares
Amount shall also include such rights that a holder of that number
of REIT Shares would be entitled to receive.
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“
Representative ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.12 hereof.
“
Requesting Party ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 16.2 hereof.
“
Residual Gain ” or “ Residual Loss
” means any item of gain or loss, as the case may be, of the
Partnership recognized for federal income tax purposes resulting
from a sale, exchange or other disposition of Contributed Property
or Adjusted Property, to the extent such item of gain or loss is
not allocable pursuant to Section 2.B.1(a) or 2.B.2(a) of
Exhibit C to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities.
“ SEC
” means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“ Second
Amended Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals to this Agreement.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or any successor statute.
“
Series A Preferred Partnership Units ” means the
preferred equity ownership interests in the Partnership issued to
Crescent Equities by the Partnership in connection with the
issuance by Crescent Equities of the Series A Preferred
Shares.
“
Series A Preferred Shares ” means the 6-3/4%
Series A Convertible Cumulative Preferred Shares issued by
Crescent Equities.
“
Series B Redeemable Preferred Partnership Units ”
means the preferred equity ownership interests in the Partnership
issued to Crescent Equities by the Partnership in connection with
the issuance by Crescent Equities of the Series B Redeemable
Preferred Shares.
“
Series B Redeemable Preferred Shares ” means the
Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares issued by
Crescent Equities.
“
Sonoma ” means Rahn Sonoma, Ltd., a Florida limited
partnership.
“ Sonoma
Contribution Agreement ” means that certain Contribution
Agreement, dated September 13, 1996, by and among Crescent
Real Estate Equities, Inc., the Partnership, Sonoma, Peter H.
Roberts and John H. Anderson.
“ Sonoma
Property ” means the property and assets specified in the
Sonoma Contribution Agreement.
“
Specified Exchange Date ” means the tenth Business Day
after receipt by Crescent Equities of a Notice of Exchange, unless
applicable law requires a later date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if Crescent Equities elects to pay all or any portion of
the consideration to an Exchanging Person in cash, the Specified
Exchange Date may be extended for an additional period to the
extent required for the Crescent Group to raise the funds required
to pay the cash consideration to the Exchanging Person.
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“ Stock
Incentive Plan ” means The 1994 Crescent Real Estate
Equities, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time,
or any other stock incentive plan adopted by Crescent
Equities.
“
Subsidiary Development Corporation(s )” means MV
Development Corporation and HA Development Corporation, and either
of them.
“
Substituted Limited Partner ” means a Person who is
admitted as a Limited Partner to the Partnership pursuant to
Section 11.4.
“
Terminating Capital Transaction ” means any sale or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Partnership or a related series of transactions that, taken
together, result in the sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Partnership.
“ Texas
Act ” means the Texas Real Estate Investment Trust Act,
as the same may be amended from time to time, or any successor
statute thereto.
“ Trading
Day ” means a day on which the principal national
securities exchange on which the REIT Shares are listed or admitted
to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the REIT
Shares are not listed or admitted to trading, means a Business
Day.
“
Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 11.2.B hereof.
“
Unrealized Gain ” attributable to any item of
Partnership property means, as of any date of determination, the
excess, if any, of (i) the fair market value of such property
(as determined under Exhibit B hereof) as of such date, over
(ii) the Carrying Value of such property (prior to any
adjustment to be made on such date pursuant to Exhibit B
hereof) as of such date.
“
Unrealized Loss ” attributable to any item of
Partnership property means, as of any date of determination, the
excess, if any, of (i) the Carrying Value of such property
(prior to any adjustment to be made on such date pursuant to
Exhibit B hereof) as of such date, over (ii) the fair
market value of such property (as determined under Exhibit B
hereof) as of such date.
“
Value ” means, with respect to a REIT Share as of any
date, the average of the “closing price” for the ten
(10) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding such date
(except as provided to the contrary in Sections 4.2, 4.3 and
4.6 hereof). The “closing price” for each such Trading
Day means the last sale price, regular way on such day, or, if no
such sale takes place on that day, the average of the closing bid
and asked prices on that day, regular way, in either case as
reported on the principal consolidated transaction reporting system
with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the New
York Stock Exchange, or if the REIT Shares are not so listed or
admitted to trading, as reported in the principal consolidated
transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on
the principal national securities exchange (including the National
Market System of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. Automated Quotation System) on which the REIT Shares are
listed or admitted to trading or, if the REIT Shares are not so
listed or admitted to trading, the last quoted price or, if not
quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the
over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or, if such
system is no
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longer in use,
the principal automated quotation system then in use or, if the
REIT Shares are not so quoted by any such system, the average of
the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional
market maker selected by the board of directors of the General
Partner making a market in the REIT Shares, or, if there is no such
market maker or such closing prices otherwise are not available,
the fair market value of the REIT Shares as of such day, as
determined by the board of directors of the General Partner in its
sole discretion. In the event Crescent Equities issues to all
holders of REIT Shares rights, options, warrants or convertible or
exchangeable securities entitling the shareholders to subscribe for
or purchase REIT Shares or any other property, then the Value of a
REIT Share shall include the value of such rights, as determined by
the board of directors of the General Partner acting in good faith
on the basis of such quotations and other information as it
considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
Section 2.1
Continuation of Partnership
The Partners
hereby continue the Partnership as a limited partnership pursuant
to the provisions of the Act and upon the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein to the
contrary, the rights and obligations of the Partners and the
administration and termination of the Partnership shall be governed
by the Act. The Partnership Interest of each Partner shall be
personal property for all purposes.
The name of the
Partnership is Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership.
The Partnership’s business may be conducted under any other
name or names deemed advisable by the General Partner, including
the name of the General Partner or any Affiliate thereof. The words
“Limited Partnership,” “L.P.”
“Ltd.” or similar words or letters shall be included in
the Partnership’s name where necessary for purposes of
complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The
General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion may change the
name of the Partnership at any time and from time to time and shall
notify the Limited Partners of such change in the regular
communication to the Limited Partners next succeeding the
effectiveness of the change of name.
Section 2.3
Principal Office and Registered Agent
The principal
office of the Partnership is 777 Main Street, Suite 2100, Fort
Worth, Texas 76102, or such other place as the General Partner may
from time to time designate. The registered agent of the
Partnership is The Prentice-Hall Corporation System, Inc., located
at 1013 Centre Road, in the city of Wilmington, County of New
Castle, Delaware 19805, or such other Person as the General Partner
may from time to time designate. The Partnership may maintain
offices at such other place or places within or outside the State
of Delaware as the General Partner deems advisable.
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Section 2.4
Power of Attorney
A.
Each Limited Partner constitutes and appoints the General Partner,
any Liquidator, and authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact of
each, and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power
of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact,
with full power and authority in its name, place and stead
to:
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execute, swear to, acknowledge,
deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices
(a) all certificates, documents and other instruments
(including, without limitation, the Certificate and all amendments
or restatements of this Agreement or the Certificate) that the
General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to
qualify or continue the existence or qualification of the
Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the
limited partners have limited liability) in the State of Delaware
and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct
business or own property; (b) all instruments that the General
Partner deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment,
change, modification or restatement of this Agreement made in
accordance with its terms; (c) all conveyances and other
instruments or documents that the General Partner or Liquidator, as
the case may be, deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the
dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a
certificate of cancellation; and (d) all instruments relating
to the Capital Contribution of any Partner or the admission,
withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner made pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement; and
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execute, swear to, acknowledge and
file all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and
other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the sole and
absolute discretion of the General Partner, to make, evidence,
give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or
other action which is made or given by the Partners hereunder or is
consistent with the terms of this Agreement or appropriate or
necessary, in the sole discretion of the General Partner, to
effectuate the terms or intent of this Agreement.
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Nothing
contained herein shall be construed as authorizing the General
Partner to amend this Agreement except in accordance with
Article 14 hereof or as may be otherwise expressly provided
for in this Agreement.
B.
The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be
irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, in recognition of
the fact that each of the Partners will be relying upon the power
of the General Partner to act as contemplated by this Agreement in
any filing or other action by it on behalf of the Partnership, and
it shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent Incapacity
of any Limited Partner or the transfer of all or any portion of
such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest and shall extend
to such Limited Partner’s heirs, successors, assigns and
personal representatives. Each such Limited Partner hereby agrees
to be bound by
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any
representation made by the General Partner, acting in good faith
pursuant to such power of attorney; and each such Limited Partner
hereby waives any and all defenses which may be available to
contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the General Partner,
taken in good faith under such power of attorney. Each Limited
Partner shall execute and deliver to the General Partner or the
Liquidator, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the
General Partner’s or Liquidator’s request therefor,
such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments
as the General Partner or the Liquidator, as the case may be, deems
necessary to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the
Partnership.
The term of the
Partnership commenced on February 9, 1994, and shall continue
in perpetuity unless it is dissolved and required to be wound up
pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, or as required by
the Act.
Section 3.1
Purpose and Business
The purpose and
nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership is
(i) to conduct any business that may be lawfully conducted by
a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Act, including,
without limitation, to acquire, hold, own, develop, construct,
improve, maintain, operate, sell, lease, transfer, encumber,
convey, exchange, and otherwise dispose of or deal with real and
personal property of all kinds; to acquire stock ownership
interests in and to exercise all of the powers of a stockholder in
the Subsidiary Development Corporations and the Management Company;
(ii) to enter into any partnership, joint venture or other
similar arrangement to engage in any of the foregoing or the
ownership of interests in any entity engaged in any of the
foregoing; and to exercise all of the powers of an owner in any
such entity; and (iii) to do anything necessary, appropriate,
proper, advisable, desirable, convenient or incidental to the
foregoing; provided , however , that such business
shall be limited to and conducted in such a manner as to permit
Crescent Equities at all times to qualify as a REIT, unless
Crescent Equities voluntarily terminates its REIT status pursuant
to its Declaration of Trust. In connection with the foregoing, and
without limiting Crescent Equities’ right in its sole
discretion to cease qualifying as a REIT, the Partners acknowledge
that Crescent Equities’ current status as a REIT inures to
the benefit of all the Partners and not solely the Crescent
Group.
Subject to all of
the terms, covenants, conditions and limitations contained in this
Agreement and any other agreement entered into by the Partnership,
the Partnership shall have full power and authority to do any and
all acts and things necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable,
desirable, incidental to or convenient for the furtherance and
accomplishment of the purposes and business described herein and
for the protection and benefit of the Partnership, including,
without limitation, full power and authority, directly or through
its ownership interest in other entities, to enter into, perform
and carry out contracts of any kind, borrow money and
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issue evidences
of indebtedness, whether or not secured by mortgage, deed of trust,
pledge or other lien, acquire and develop real property, and lease,
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of real property;
provided , however , that the Partnership shall not
take, or refrain from taking, any action which, in the judgment of
General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion,
(i) could adversely affect the ability of Crescent Equities to
achieve or maintain qualification as a REIT, (ii) could
subject Crescent Equities to any additional taxes under Section 857
or Section 4981 of the Code, or (iii) could violate any
law or regulation of any governmental body or agency having
jurisdiction over Crescent Equities or its securities, unless such
action (or inaction) shall have been specifically consented to by
the General Partner in writing.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Section 4.1 Capital Contributions of the
Partners
A.
Each Partner listed in Exhibit A has previously made a Capital
Contribution to the Partnership as specified in the First Amended
Agreement or in the Second Amended Agreement, as the case may be,
in exchange for its Partnership Units and Partnership Interest set
forth in Exhibit A.
B.
The Partners shall own Partnership Units in the amounts set forth
in Exhibit A and shall have Partnership Interests in the
Partnership as set forth in Exhibit A, which Partnership Units
and Partnership Interests shall be adjusted in Exhibit A from
time to time by the General Partner to the extent necessary to
reflect accurately the exercise of Exchange Rights, Capital
Contributions, transfers of Partnership Interests, admissions of
Additional Limited Partners or Employee Limited Partners, or
similar events. Except as provided in Section 10.5, or as a
result of directly paying any Partnership debt, the Partners shall
have no obligation to make any additional Capital Contributions or
loans to the Partnership.
C.
The interest of each Limited Partner in Partnership Units may be
evidenced by one or more certificates in such form as the General
Partner may from time to time prescribe. Upon surrender to the
General Partner of a certificate evidencing the ownership of
Partnership Units accompanied by proper evidence of authority to
transfer, the General Partner shall cancel the old certificate,
issue a new certificate to the Person entitled thereto and record
the transaction upon its books. The transfer of Partnership Units
may be effectuated only in connection with a transfer of a Limited
Partnership Interest pursuant to the terms of Section 8.6 or
Article 11 hereof. The General Partner may issue a new
certificate or certificates in place of any certificate or
certificates previously issued, which previously-issued certificate
or certificates are alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed,
upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the owner claiming
the certificate or certificates to be lost, stolen or destroyed.
When issuing such new certificate or certificates, the General
Partner may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the
issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or
destroyed certificate or certificates, or its legal representative,
to give the Partnership a bond in such sum as the General Partner
may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against
the Partnership with respect to the certificate or certificates
alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
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Section 4.2
Additional Funding
A.
If the General Partner determines that it is in the best interests
of the Partnership to provide for additional Partnership funds
(“Additional Funds”) for any Partnership purpose in
excess of any other funds determined by the General Partner to be
available to the Partnership, the General Partner (i) may
cause the Partnership to obtain such funds from outside borrowings,
(ii) may cause the Partnership to obtain such funds by the
admission of Additional Limited Partners pursuant to
Section 4.3 hereof, or (iii) may elect to have Crescent
Equities provide such Additional Funds to the Partnership. On any
date that Crescent Equities provides Additional Funds to the
Partnership (the “Funding Date”):
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to
the extent the General Partner elects to borrow all or any portion
of the Additional Funds through a Funding Loan, the General Partner
shall cause Crescent Equities to lend (the “Crescent
Loan”) to the Partnership the Funding Loan Proceeds on
comparable terms and conditions, including interest rate, repayment
schedule and costs and expenses, as shall be applicable with
respect to or incurred in connection with the Funding Loan;
or
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to
the extent the General Partner does not elect to borrow all or any
portion of the Additional Funds by entering into a Funding Loan,
the General Partner shall cause Crescent Equities to contribute to
the Partnership as an additional Capital Contribution the amount of
the Additional Funds not loaned to the Partnership as a Crescent
Loan (the “Contributed Funds”) (hereinafter, each
Funding Date on which Crescent Equities so contributes Contributed
Funds pursuant to this subparagraph (2) is referred to as an
“Adjustment Date”). The Crescent Group may raise such
Contributed Funds through a private placement or public offering of
REIT Shares or otherwise. The Partnership shall assume or pay the
expenses, including any applicable underwriting discounts incurred
by the Crescent Group in connection with raising such Contributed
Funds through a private placement or public offering of its
securities or otherwise (i.e., Crescent Equities shall be treated
as contributing to the Partnership as Contributed Funds the gross
amount of funds raised, and the Partnership shall be charged with
the cost of raising such funds, with such cost allocated to all of
the Partners in accordance with Article VI of the
Agreement).
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B.
Effective on each Adjustment Date, Crescent Equities shall receive
an additional Partnership Interest (and the Partnership Interest of
each Limited Partner other than Crescent Equities shall be reduced)
such that:
(1) the
Partnership Interest of each Limited Partner not owning Partnership
Units (other than Crescent Equities) shall be equal to a fraction,
the numerator of which is equal to the Deemed Partnership Interest
Value of such Limited Partner (computed as of the Business Day
immediately preceding the Adjustment Date) and the denominator of
which is equal to the sum of (i) the Deemed Value of the
Partnership (computed as of the Business Day
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immediately
preceding the Adjustment Date) and (ii) the amount of
Contributed Funds contributed by Crescent Equities on such
Adjustment Date;
(2) the
combined Partnership Interest of Crescent Equities and the General
Partner shall be equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is
equal to the sum of (i) the combined Deemed Partnership
Interest Value of Crescent Equities and the General Partner
(computed as of the Business Day immediately preceding the
Adjustment Date) and (ii) the amount of the Contributed Funds
contributed by Crescent Equities on such Adjustment Date and the
denominator of which is equal to the sum of (x) the Deemed
Value of the Partnership (computed as of the Business Day
immediately preceding the Adjustment Date) and (y) the amount
of the Contributed Funds contributed by Crescent Equities on such
Adjustment Date. The Partnership Interest of the General Partner
shall remain one percent (1%), and the Partnership Interest of
Crescent Equities shall be equal to the combined Partnership
Interest determined in clause (2) of the preceding sentence,
reduced by one percentage point (1%); and
(3) the
Partnership Interest of each Limited Partner owning Partnership
Units shall be equal to the product of the following: (i) the
difference obtained from subtracting (x) the sum of the
combined Partnership Interest of Crescent Equities and the General
Partner as calculated in Section 4.2.B(2) hereof, plus the
aggregate Non-Unitholder Partnership Interests as calculated in
Section 4.2.B(1) hereof, from (y) one hundred percent (100%),
and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the
number of Partnership Units held by such Limited Partner on such
Adjustment Date, and the denominator of which is equal to the total
number of Partnership Units held by all Limited Partners on such
Adjustment Date.
The General
Partner shall be authorized on behalf of each of the Partners to
amend this Agreement to reflect the increase in the Partnership
Interest of Crescent Equities and the corresponding reduction of
the Partnership Interests of the other Limited Partners in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.2. The number
of Partnership Units owned by the Limited Partners and Assignees
shall not be decreased in connection with any additional
contribution of funds to the Partnership by Crescent Equities
pursuant to this Section 4.2. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, for purposes of calculating
the “Deemed Value of the Partnership” and the
“Deemed Partnership Interest Value” under this
Section 4.2.B with respect to cash amounts raised by Crescent
in a private placement or public offering of REIT Shares and
contributed to the Partnership as Contributed Funds, the
Value” of a REIT Share shall be the gross offering price
(prior to deduction of any expenses, including without limitation
selling commissions or underwriting discounts) per REIT Share sold
in the private placement or public offering.
C.
The Partners hereby acknowledge and agree that any Additional Funds
provided by the Crescent Group (through Crescent Equities) to the
Partnership pursuant to this Section 4.2 may be in the form of
real property or an interest therein rather than cash. In the event
that real property or an interest therein is contributed by
Crescent Equities to the Partnership pursuant to this
Section 4.2:
(1) to
the extent that the consideration given in exchange for such real
property or interest therein is in the form of indebtedness,
Crescent Equities shall be deemed to
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have made a
Crescent Loan to the Partnership pursuant to Section 4.2.A(1)
hereof in an amount equal to the amount of such indebtedness;
and
(2) to
the extent that the consideration given in exchange for such real
property or interest therein is in the form of cash or REIT Shares,
(i) Crescent Equities shall be deemed to have contributed
Contributed Funds to the Partnership pursuant to
Section 4.2.A(2) hereof in an amount equal to the amount of
cash or the Value (computed as of the Business Day immediately
preceding the date on which such real property or interest therein
is contributed to the Partnership) of the REIT Shares given as
consideration, and (ii) the Partnership Interests of the
Limited Partners shall be adjusted as set forth in
Section 4.2.B hereof.
To the extent
that the consideration given for such real property or interest
therein is New Securities, the provisions of Section 8.7.C
hereof shall apply to the contribution of the real property or
interest therein by Crescent Equities to the
Partnership.
Section 4.3
Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests
At any time after
the date hereof, without the consent of any Partner, but subject to
the provisions of Section 12.2 hereof, the General Partner
may, upon its determination that the issuance of additional
Partnership Interests is in the best interests of the Partnership,
cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Interests to and admit
as a limited partner in the Partnership, any Person (the
“Additional Limited Partner”) in exchange for the
contribution by such Person of cash and/or property in such amounts
as is determined appropriate by the General Partner to further the
purposes of the Partnership under Section 3.1 hereof. In the
event that an Additional Limited Partner is admitted to the
Partnership pursuant to this Section 4.3:
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the Additional Limited Partner does not receive any Partnership
Units in connection with the receipt of his or its Partnership
Interest, the Partnership Interest of such Additional Limited
Partner shall be equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is
equal to the total dollar amount of the cash contributed and/or the
Net Asset Value of the property contributed by the Additional
Limited Partner as of the date of contribution to the Partnership
(the “Contribution Date”) and the denominator of which
is equal to the sum of (i) the Deemed Value of the Partnership
(computed as of the Business Day immediately preceding the
Contribution Date) and (ii) the total dollar amount of the
cash contributed and/or the Net Asset Value of the property
contributed by the Additional Partner as of the Contribution
Date;
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the
Partnership Interest of Crescent Equities shall be reduced, as of
the Contribution Date, such that the combined Partnership Interest
of Crescent Equities and the General Partner shall be equal to a
fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the combined Deemed
Partnership Interest Value of Crescent Equities and the General
Partner (computed as of the Business Day immediately preceding the
Contribution Date) and the denominator of which is equal to the sum
of (i) the Deemed Value of the Partnership (computed as of the
Business Day immediately preceding the Contribution
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Date) and (ii) the total dollar
amount of the cash contributed and/or the Net Asset Value of the
property contributed by the Additional Limited Partner as of the
Contribution Date (with the Partnership Interest of the General
Partner remaining at one percent (1%), and the Partnership Interest
of Crescent Equities equal to the combined Partnership Interest
determined above in this Section 4.3(2), reduced by one
percentage point (1%));
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the
Partnership Interest of each existing Limited Partner not owning
Partnership Units (other than Crescent Equities) shall be reduced,
as of the Contribution Date, such that the Partnership Interest of
each such Limited Partner shall be equal to a fraction, the
numerator of which is equal to the Deemed Partnership Interest
Value of such Limited Partner (computed as of the Business Day
immediately preceding the Contribution Date) and the denominator of
which is equal to the sum of (i) the Deemed Value of the
Partnership (computed as of the Business Day immediately preceding
the Contribution Date) and (ii) the total dollar amount of the
cash contributed and/or the Net Asset Value of the property
contributed by the Additional Limited Partner as of the
Contribution Date; and
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The
Partnership Interest of each existing Limited Partner owning
Partnership Units and of the Additional Limited Partner, if such
Additional Partner receives Partnership Units in connection with
the receipt of his or its Partnership Interest, shall be equal to
the product of the following: (i) the difference obtained from
subtracting (x) the sum of the combined Partnership Interest
of Crescent Equities and the General Partner as calculated in
Section 4.3(2) hereof, plus the aggregate Non-Unitholder
Partnership Interests as calculated in Sections 4.2(1) and
(3) hereof, from (y) one hundred percent (100%), and
(ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the number
of Partnership Units held by such Limited Partner on such
Contribution Date, and the denominator of which is equal to the
total number of Partnership Units held by all Limited Partners
(including the Additional Limited Partner) on such Contribution
Date.
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The General
Partner shall be authorized on behalf of each of the Partners to
amend this Agreement to reflect the admission of any Additional
Limited Partner and any reduction of the Partnership Interests of
the other Limited Partners in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 4.3.
The number of
Partnership Units owned by the Limited Partners and Assignees shall
not be decreased in connection with any admission of an Additional
Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 4.3. The General
Partner may (but is not required to) grant to an Additional Limited
Partner Partnership Units, which Partnership Units shall enable the
Additional Limited Partner to participate in the Exchange Rights,
upon such terms and conditions as are deemed appropriate by the
General Partner. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in this Agreement, if the value of the Partnership Units granted to
an Additional Limited Partner is determined based on
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the average of
the “closing price” of a REIT Share for a period of
time other than the ten (10)-day period specified in the
Article I definition of “Value” (including,
without limitation, a determination based on the “closing
price” of a REIT Share for the Trading Day immediately
preceding the admission of such Additional Limited Partner), then
such other time period shall be used in calculating the
“Value” of a REIT Share for purposes of calculating the
“Deemed Value of the Partnership” and the “Deemed
Partnership Interest Value” under this Section 4.3 with
respect to the admission of such Additional Limited
Partner.
Section 4.4
No Preemptive Rights
Except as
otherwise set forth in Section 4.2.A, no Person shall have any
preemptive, preferential or other similar right with respect to the
making of additional Capital Contributions or loans to the
Partnership.
Section 4.5
No Interest on Capital
No Partner shall
be entitled to interest on its Capital Contribution or its Capital
Account.
Section 4.6
Stock Incentive Plans
A.
Grants of REIT Shares . If grants of REIT Shares are made in
connection with a Stock Incentive Plan,
(1) Crescent
Equities shall, as soon as practicable after such grant, contribute
to the capital of the Partnership an amount equal to the price (if
any) paid to Crescent Equities by the party receiving the grant of
REIT Shares;
(2) Crescent
Equities shall, as of the date on which the grant of REIT Shares is
made, be deemed to have contributed to the Partnership as
Contributed Funds pursuant to Section 4.2.A(2) hereof an
amount equal to the fair market value (computed using the
“closing price” (as such term is defined in the
definition of the term “Value” in Article I
hereof) as of the date on which the grant of REIT Shares is made)
of the REIT Shares delivered by Crescent Equities to such party;
and
(3) the
General Partner’s Partnership Interest shall remain
unchanged, and the Partnership Interests of Crescent Equities and
the other Limited Partners shall be adjusted as set forth in
Section 4.2, based on the amount deemed to be contributed,
determined pursuant to Section 4.6.A(2); provided
that , for purposes of calculating the “Deemed Value
of the Partnership” and the “Deemed Partnership
Interest Value” under Section 4.2, the
“Value” of a REIT Share shall be the “closing
price” (as such term is defined in the definition of the term
Value” in Article I hereof) of a REIT Share as of the
date on which the grant of REIT Shares is made.
B.
Exercise of Stock Options. If stock options granted in connection
with a Stock Incentive Plan are exercised:
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(1) Crescent
Equities shall, as soon as practicable after such exercise,
contribute to the capital of the Partnership an amount equal to the
exercise price paid to Crescent Equities by the exercising
party;
(2) Crescent
Equities shall, as of the date on which the purchase of the REIT
Shares is consummated by such exercising party, be deemed to have
contributed to the Partnership as Contributed Funds pursuant to
Section 4.2.A(2) hereof an amount equal to the fair market
value (computed using the “closing price” (as such term
is defined in the definition of “Value” in
Article I hereof) as of the date on which such purchase of
REIT Shares is consummated by such exercising party) of the REIT
Shares delivered by Crescent Equities to such exercising party;
and
(3) the
General Partner’s Partnership Interest shall remain
unchanged, and the Partnership Interests of Crescent Equities and
the other Limited Partners shall be adjusted as set forth in
Section 4.2, based on the amount deemed to be contributed,
determined pursuant to Section 4.6.B(2); provided
that , for purposes of calculating the “Deemed Value
of the Partnership” and the “Deemed Partnership
Interest Value” under Section 4.2, the
“Value” of a REIT Share shall be the “closing
price” (as such term is defined in the definition of the term
“Value” in Article I hereof) of a REIT Share as of
the date on which the purchase of REIT Shares is consummated by the
exercising party.
Section 4.7
Other Equity Compensation Plans
A.
The Partnership may adopt a compensation plan for its employees,
agents or consultants pursuant to which the Partnership may grant
Limited Partnership Interests (including Partnership Units, which
Partnership Units shall enable the Limited Partner to participate
in the Exchange Rights), or options to acquire Limited Partnership
Interests (including Partnership Units, which Partnership Units
shall enable the Limited Partner to participate in the Exchange
Rights), to one or more of its employees, agents or consultants
upon such terns and conditions as may be deemed necessary or
appropriate by the General Partner.
B.
The Management Company may adopt a compensation plan for its
employees, agents or consultants pursuant to which the Management
Company may grant Limited Partnership Interests (including
Partnership Units, which Partnership Units shall enable the Limited
Partner to participate in the Exchange Rights), or options to
acquire Limited Partnership Interests (including Partnership Units,
which Partnership Units shall enable the Limited Partner to
participate in the Exchange Rights), to one or more of its
employees, agents or consultants. The Partnership may sell Limited
Partnership Interests (including Partnership Units, which
Partnership Units shall enable the Limited Partner to participate
in the Exchange Rights) to the Management Company for delivery to
its employees, agents or consultants. The price at which the
Partnership shall sell such Partnership Interests to the Management
Company shall be the fair market value of such Partnership
Interests, as determined by the General Partner in its reasonable
discretion.
C.
Upon any admission of an employee, agent or consultant of the
Partnership or the Management Company as an additional Limited
Partner (an “Employee Limited Partner”) pursuant to
Section 4.7.A or 4.7.B above, the Partnership Interests of the
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Partners shall
be diluted, on a pro rata basis, in proportion to their respective
Partnership Interests, to reflect the admission of the Employee
Limited Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Partnership
Interest of the General Partner shall not be diluted upon the
admission of the Employee Limited Partner; any dilution that would
otherwise occur with respect to the Partnership Interest of the
General Partner in accordance with the terms of the preceding
sentence shall be allocated instead to Crescent Equities. The
number of Partnership Units owned by the Limited Partners and
Assignees shall not be decreased in connection with any admission
of an Employee Limited Partner.
D.
In addition to the compensation plans described in
Sections 4.6, 4.7.A and 4.7.B hereof, the General Partner, in
its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of the
Limited Partners, may propose and adopt on behalf of the
Partnership employee benefit plans or other incentive compensation
plans (including, without limitation, plans granting REIT Shares or
options to purchase REIT Shares, plans granting Partnership
Interests (including Partnership Units) or options to purchase
Partnership Interests (including Partnership Units),
“phantom” equity plans or other plans in which
compensation is tied to revenue or income amounts, or based on
increases in the market value of equity ownership interests) for
the benefit of employees, agents or consultants of any member of
the Crescent Group, the Partnership, the Management Company, the
Subsidiary Development Corporation(s) or any Affiliate of the
foregoing in respect of services performed, directly or indirectly,
for the benefit of the Crescent Group, the Partnership, the
Management Company or the Subsidiary Development
Corporation(s).
E.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this
Section 4.7, upon any admission of an Employee Limited Partner
pursuant to Section 4.7.A or 4.7.B above:
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If
the admission is made in connection with a grant of Partnership
Units to an Employee Limited Partner, (a) the Employee Limited
Partner shall, as of the date on which the grant of the Partnership
Units is made, be deemed to have contributed to the Partnership
pursuant to Section 4.3 hereof an amount equal to the fair
market value of the Partnership Units delivered to such Employee
Limited Partner (computed by calculating the product of the
following three items: (i) the number of Partnership Units
delivered to such Employee Limited Partner, multiplied by
(ii) the Exchange Factor, multiplied by (iii) the
“closing price,” as such term is defined in the
definition of the term “Value” in Article I
hereof, of a REIT Share on the date on which the grant of
Partnership Units is made) and (b) the General Partner’s
Partnership Interest shall remain unchanged, and the Partnership
Interests of Crescent Equities and the other Limited Partners shall
be adjusted as set forth in Section 4.3, based on the amount
deemed to be contributed by the Employee Limited Partner as
determined pursuant to clause (a) above; provided that, for
purposes of calculating the “Deemed Value of the
Partnership” and the “Deemed Partnership Interest
Value” under Section 4.3, the “Value” of a
REIT Share shall be the “closing price” (as such term
is defined in the definition of the term “Value”
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Article I hereof) of a REIT
Share as of the date on which the grant of Partnership Units is
made.
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(2)
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If
the admission is made in connection with the exercise of an option
to purchase Partnership Units by an Employee Limited Partner,
(a) the Employee Limited Partner shall, as of the date on
which the option to purchase Partnership Units is exercised, be
deemed to have contributed to the Partnership pursuant to
Section 4.3 hereof an amount equal to the fair market value of
the Partnership Units delivered to such Employee Limited Partner
(computed by calculating the product of the following three items:
(i) the number of Partnership Units delivered to such Employee
Limited Partner, multiplied by (ii) the Exchange Factor,
multiplied by (iii) the “closing price,” as such
term is defined in the definition of the term “Value”
in Article I hereof, of a REIT Share on the date on which the
option to purchase Partnership Units is exercised) and (b) the
General Partner’s Partnership Interest shall remain
unchanged, and the Partnership Interests of Crescent Equities and
the other Limited Partners shall be adjusted as set forth in
Section 4.3, based on the amount deemed to be contributed by
the Employee Limited Partner as determined pursuant to clause
(a) above; provided that, for purposes of calculating the
“Deemed Value of the Partnership” and the “Deemed
Partnership Interest Value” under Section 4.3, the
“Value” of a REIT Share shall be the “closing
price” (as such term is defined in the definition of the term
“Value” in Article I hereof) of a REIT Share as of
the date on which the option to purchase Partnership Units is
exercised.
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Section 4.8
Series A Preferred Partnership Units and Series B
Redeemable Preferred Partnership Units
A.
Series A Preferred Partnership Units. Pursuant to
Section 8.7.C of the Agreement, effective on February 19,
1998, the issuance date of the Series A Preferred Shares by
Crescent Equities, the Partnership issued 8,000,000 Series A
Preferred Partnership Units to Crescent Equities. On April 26,
2002, Crescent Equities issued an additional 2,800,000
Series A Preferred Shares, and the Partnership issued an
additional 2,800,000 Series A Preferred Partnership Units to
Crescent Equities. Crescent Equities shall have a zero percentage
Partnership Interest with respect to such Series A Preferred
Partnership Units and shall have no voting rights other than the
right to vote on any amendment to this Agreement if such amendment
would (i) convert the Series A Preferred Partnership
Units into a general partner’s interest, (ii) modify the
limited liability of Crescent Equities with respect to the
Series A Preferred Partnership Units, or (iii) alter the
distribution, redemption, conversion or liquidation rights of the
Series A Preferred Partnership Units. The distribution rights
of the Series A Preferred Partnership Units are set forth in
Section 5.6 below, the tax allocations with respect to the
Series A Preferred Partnership Units are set forth in
Section 6.3 below, and the redemption and conversion rights of
the Series A Preferred Partnership Units are set forth in
Sections 4.8.C and D below.
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B.
Series B Redeemable Preferred Partnership Units. Pursuant to
Section 8.7.C of the Second Amended Agreement, effective on
May 17, 2002, the issuance date of the Series B
Redeemable Preferred Shares by Crescent Equities, the Partnership
issued 3,000,000 Series B Redeemable Preferred Partnership
Units to Crescent Equities. Crescent Equities shall have a zero
percentage Partnership Interest with respect to such Series B
Redeemable Preferred Partnership Units and shall have no voting
rights other than the right to vote on any amendment to this
Agreement if such amendment would (i) convert the
Series B Redeemable Preferred Partnership Units into a general
partner’s interest, (ii) modify the limited liability of
Crescent Equities with respect to the Series B Redeemable
Preferred Partnership Units, or (iii) alter the distribution,
redemption, conversion or liquidation rights of the Series B
Redeemable Preferred Partnership Units. The distribution rights of
the Series B Redeemable Preferred Partnership Units are set
forth in Section 5.6 below, the tax allocations with respect to the
Series B Redeemable Preferred Partnership Units are set forth
in Section 6.3 below, and the redemption rights of the
Series B Redeemable Preferred Partnership Units are set forth
in Section 4.8.C below.
C.
Redemption Rights. In the event that Crescent Equities exercises
its redemption right with respect to the Series A Preferred
Shares, the Partnership shall concurrently redeem a corresponding
amount of Series A Preferred Partnership Units at the same
redemption price paid by Crescent Equities for the Series A
Preferred Shares ( i.e. , a redemption price of $25 per
Series A Preferred Share, plus any accrued, unpaid quarterly
distribution thereon). In the event that Crescent Equities
exercises its redemption right with respect to the Series B
Redeemable Preferred Shares, the Partnership shall concurrently
redeem a corresponding amount of Series B Redeemable Preferred
Partnership Units at the same redemption price paid by Crescent
Equities for the Series B Redeemable Preferred Shares (
i.e. , a redemption price of $25 per Series B
Redeemable Preferred Share, plus any accrued, unpaid quarterly
distribution thereon).
D.
Conversion Rights. Upon exercise of any conversion right with
respect to the Series A Preferred Shares, (i) Crescent
Equities shall, as of the date on which the conversion is
consummated, be deemed to have contributed to the Partnership as
Contributed Funds pursuant to Section 4.2.A(2) of the
Agreement an amount equal to the Value (computed as of the Business
Day immediately preceding the date on which such conversion is
consummated) of the REIT Shares delivered by Crescent Equities to
such holder of Series A Preferred Shares, (ii) the
Partnership Interests of Crescent Equities and the other Limited
Partners shall be adjusted as set forth in Section 4.2 of the
Agreement, and (iii) a corresponding portion of Series A
Preferred Partnership Units shall be retired. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, to the extent that Crescent Equities pays cash to the
holder of Series A Preferred Shares in lieu of fractional
shares upon conversion of such Series A Preferred Shares to
REIT Shares, such cash payment shall be treated as a redemption of
the corresponding portion of the Series A Preferred Shares and
the Partnership shall concurrently redeem a corresponding amount of
Series A Preferred Partnership Units at the same redemption
price paid by Crescent Equities for the Series A Preferred
Shares.
Section 4.9
Issuance of Partnership Interests to Employees of the Crescent
Group
A.
Pursuant to Section 4.7.D of the Agreement, the Partnership
has adopted that certain 2004 Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited
Partnership Special High Performance
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Long-Term
Incentive Plan (the “High Performance Plan”) and that
certain 2005 Crescent Real Estate Equities Limited Partnership
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2005 Incentive Plan”).
Under the High Performance Plan, the Partnership has issued (and
may from time to time in the future issue) Partnership Interests,
including Partnership Units, to certain officers of the General
Partner, and under the 2005 Incentive Plan, the Partnership has
issued (and may from time to time in the future issue) Partnership
Interests, including Partnership Units, to certain employees of the
General Partner or of Crescent Equities (such persons hereinafter
referred to individually as a “Grantee” and
collectively as the “Grantees”) pursuant to separate
grant agreements entitled “Grant Agreement for Partnership
Units and Partnership Interest” between the Partnership and
each Grantee (hereinafter referred to individually as a
“Grant Agreement” and collectively as the “Grant
Agreements”).
B.
The Partnership Interests and associated Partnership Units issued
to the Grantees shall have the same benefits and obligations as
other Partnership Interests and associated Partnership Units,
including without limitation voting rights and distribution rights,
except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement or the
Grant Agreements.
C.
Grantees may be subject to certain vesting requirements under the
Grant Agreements.
D.
Grantees may be subject to certain conditions on the exercise of
Exchange Rights with respect to their Partnership Units under the
Grant Agreements.
E.
Grantees may be subject to certain limitations on the amount
payable to the Grantees in connection with a transaction described
in Section 11.2.B(1) under the Grant Agreements.
F.
Unless otherwise provided in the Grant Agreement, the initial
Capital Contribution and initial Capital Account balance of each
Grantee with respect to the Partnership Interest awarded under the
Grant Agreement shall be zero.
G.
Each Grantee shall be entitled to receive distributions in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement (including without
limitation Article V and Section 13.2) with respect to
the vested portion of his or her Partnership Interest, commencing
as of the date on which the portion of the Partnership Interest is
vested. A Grantee shall not be entitled to receive cash or in-kind
distributions under Section 5.2 with respect to the unvested
portion of his or her Partnership Interest. Upon the vesting of a
Grantee’s Partnership Interest (or portion thereof),
including without limitation a vesting that occurs in connection
with a transaction described in Section 11.2.B hereof or a
dissolution of the Partnership, the Grantee shall be entitled to
receive a distribution from the Partnership in an amount equal to
the aggregate distributions that would have been payable to the
Grantee under Section 5.2 with respect to such Partnership
Interest (or portion thereof) during the period from the date of
grant to the vesting date if such Partnership Interest (or portion
thereof) had been vested on the date of grant.
H.
Each Grantee shall be allocated items of Partnership income, gain,
loss and deduction with respect to his or her Partnership Interest
in accordance with the provisions of Article VI, commencing as
of the date on which the grant of the Partnership Interest is made
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the Grantee. If
the unvested portion of a Grantee’s Partnership Interest
expires pursuant to the terms of the Grant Agreement or is
disclaimed by the Grantee, (1) the Grantee shall be allocated
items of gross deduction and loss in the taxable year during which
such expiration or disclaimer occurs in an amount sufficient to
reduce to zero the Capital Account allocable to the portion of the
Grantee’s Partnership Interest that has expired or been
disclaimed, and (2) the Grantee shall be allocated no other
items of Partnership income, gain, loss and deduction for such
taxable year or any future taxable year with respect to the expired
or disclaimed portion of his or her Partnership Interest. An
expired or disclaimed Partnership Interest shall be treated for all
purposes of this Agreement as if it had been redeemed by the
Partnership for no consideration, effective as of the expiration or
disclaimer date, as the case may be.
I.
The General Partner may (but shall not be required to) make tax
distributions to the Grantees with respect to the unvested portions
of their Partnership Interests. Any tax distributions to a Grantee
with respect to a particular taxable year shall not exceed the
lesser of (1) an amount equal to the product of (x) the
net taxable income allocated to such Grantee with respect to his or
her unvested Partnership Interest for such taxable year multiplied
by forty-five percent, and (2) the amount of distributions
that the Grantee would have received under Article V if his
Partnership Interest were vested. Any tax distributions shall be
made to the Grantees on a pro rata basis, in proportion to
the respective unvested Partnership Interests owned by each of the
Grantees. Tax distributions made under this Section 4.9.I
shall be treated as advance payments of the amounts that are
distributable to the Grantees under the other provisions of this
Agreement and shall be offset against any such other amounts
distributable to the Grantees.
J.
Upon any admission of a Grantee as an additional Limited Partner
pursuant to this Section 4.9, the General Partner’s
Partnership Interest shall remain unchanged, and the Partnership
Interests of Crescent Equities and the other Limited Partners shall
be adjusted as set forth in Section 4.3; provided that,
(1) for purposes of calculating the “Deemed Value of the
Partnership” and the “Deemed Partnership Interest
Value” under Section 4.3, the “Value” of a
REIT Share shall be the “closing price” (as such term
is defined in the definition of the term “Value” in
Article I hereof) of a REIT Share as of the date on which the
grant of the Partnership Interest is made to the Grantee, and
(2) the denominator used in the calculations under
Section 4.3 shall be the sum of (i) the Deemed Value of
the Partnership plus (ii) an amount equal to the product of
(x) the number of Partnership Units granted to the Grantee,
multiplied by (y) the Exchange Factor, multiplied by
(z) the “closing price” (as such term is defined
in the definition of the term “Value” in Article I
hereof) of a REIT Share on the date on which the grant of the
Partnership Interest is made to the Grantee.
K.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the
penultimate sentence of Section 12.2B, each Grantee that receives a
Partnership Interest under this Section 4.9 during December
2004 shall receive allocations under the second sentence of
Section 12.2B as if such Grantee had been admitted on the
first day of December, 2004.
L.
The Partnership Interests and associated Partnership Units issued
to Grantees shall be identified in Exhibit A to this
Agreement.
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M.
In addition to obtaining any required consent of the Grantees as
Limited Partners to certain amendments of the Agreement pursuant to
the provisions of Section 14.1.C, the General Partner shall be
required to obtain the prior written consent of each
Grant
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