AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
ALGATEC EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Page No.
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ARTICLE I
ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS
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1
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Section
1 .1.
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Definitions.
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1
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ARTICLE II
FORMATION; NAME AND OFFICE; PURPOSE
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9
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Section
2 .1.
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Formation of
the Partnership.
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9
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Section
2 .2.
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Name and
Office.
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9
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Section
2 .3.
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Registered
Agent and Office.
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9
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Section
2 .4.
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Office for
Records.
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10
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Section
2 .5.
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Purpose.
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10
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Section
2 .6.
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Authority of
the Partnership.
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10
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Section
2 .7.
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Authorization
of Transactions.
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10
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ARTICLE III
TERM
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12
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Section
3 .1.
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Term.
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12
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ARTICLE IV
GENERAL PARTNER AND LIMITED PARTNERS
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13
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Section
4 .1.
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General
Partner.
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13
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Section
4 .2.
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Limited
Partners.
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13
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ARTICLE V
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
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14
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Section
5 .1.
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Contributions
of Partners.
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14
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Section
5 .2.
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Partner
Loans.
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14
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Section
5 .3.
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No Right to
Return or Withdrawal of Capital Contributions.
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14
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Section
5 .4.
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Additional
Capital Contributions. Error! Bookmark not defined.
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Section
5 .5.
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Capital
Accounts.
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15
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Section
5 .6.
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Interest.
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16
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ARTICLE VI
LIMITED PARTNERS
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16
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Section
6 .1.
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Powers.
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16
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Section
6 .2.
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Limitation of
Liability.
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16
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Section
6 .3.
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Competing
Business.
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16
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ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PARTNER
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17
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Section
7 .1.
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Powers;
Actions.
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17
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Section
7 .2.
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General Duties
and Obligations of the General Partner.
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19
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Section
7 .3.
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Restrictions on
General Partner.
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20
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Section
7 .4.
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Management Fee;
Expenses.
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20
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Section
7 .5.
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Liability;
Indemnification.
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21
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ARTICLE VIII
REPRESENTATIONS; WARRANTIES; COVENANTS
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Section
8 .1.
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Representations
and Warranties of Limited Partners.
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21
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Section
8 .2.
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Indemnification
for Breach of Representation or Warranty.
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ARTICLE IX
ALLOCATIONS OF PROFITS; LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS
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23
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Section
9 .1.
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Allocations of
Profits and Losses.
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23
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Section
9 .2.
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Distributions.
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Section
9 .3.
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Division and
Treatment of Allocations and Distributions.
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ARTICLE X
DISPOSITION OF A LIMITED PARTNER'S INTEREST AND
WITHDRAWAL
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28
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Section
10 .1.
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Restrictions on
Transfer.
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28
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Section
10 .2.
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Substitute
Limited Partners; Other Transferees; Transferor.
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28
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Section
10 .3.
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Death or
Divorce of a Limited Partner.
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Section
10 .4
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Tag-Along
Rights.
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ARTICLE XI
DISPOSITION OF GENERAL PARTNER'S INTEREST AND WITHDRAWAL
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Section
11 .1.
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Limitations on
Transfer.
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Section
11 .2.
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Events of
Withdrawal.
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Section
11 .3.
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Continuing
Obligation.
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ARTICLE XII
DISPOSITION OF ANY PARTNER'S INTEREST; PROCEDURES; EFFECT;
POWERS
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Section
12 .1.
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Procedures.
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Section
12 .2.
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Effects of
Transfers.
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Section
12 .3.
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Effectuating
Action.
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ARTICLE XIII
DISSOLUTION
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Section
13 .1.
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Liquidation of
Partnership.
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Section
13 .2.
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Procedures on
Liquidation.
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Section
13 .3.
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No
Release.
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35
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ARTICLE XIV
ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTANTS; REPORTS
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Section
14 .1.
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Accounting
Methods; Fiscal Year.
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35
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Section
14 .2.
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Records and
Books of Account.
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Section
14 .3.
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Elections and
Adjustments.
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36
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Section
14 .4.
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Tax
Returns.
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36
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Section
14 .5.
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Reports.
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Section
14 .6.
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Tax Matters
Partner.
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37
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Section
14 .7.
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Partnership
Funds.
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ARTICLE XV
CONSENT OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS
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ARTICLE XVI
MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
16 .1.
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Recipient of
Distributions and Payments.
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Section
16 .2.
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Communications.
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Section
16 .3.
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Dispute
Resolution; Arbitration.
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38
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Section
16 .4.
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Entire
Agreement; Applicable Law; Effect.
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Section
16 .5.
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Modification;
Waiver or Termination.
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Section
16 .6.
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Counterparts.
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Section
16 .7.
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Separability.
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Section
16 .8.
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Article and
Section Headings.
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Section
16 .9.
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Word
Meanings.
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Section
16 .10.
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Exhibits.
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Section
16 .11.
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Survival of
Covenants, Etc.
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Section
16 .12.
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Further
Actions.
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Section
16 .13.
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Deadlines.
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Section
16 .14.
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Consent to
Multi-Party Representation.
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AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
OF
ALGATEC EQUITY PARTNERS,
L.P.
This Agreement of Limited Partnership (this
“ Agreement ”) is made as of October 30, 2008
(the “ Effective Date ”), by and among
ALGATEC MANAGEMENT, LLC , a Delaware limited
liability company (together with any successor general partner of
the Partnership, the “ General Partner ”), and
the Limited Partners (as hereinafter defined). The General Partner
and the Limited Partners are collectively referred to herein as the
“ Partners .” Certain capitalized terms used
herein are defined in Article I .
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties, intending to be
legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
ADDITIONAL
DEFINITIONS
Section 1 .1.
Definitions
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The defined terms used in this Agreement shall,
unless the context otherwise requires, have the respective meanings
specified in this Section 1.1 .
“ Accounting Period ” means
the twelve (12) consecutive month period ending December 31
st , except that the initial Accounting Period shall
commence on the Effective Date of the Partnership and shall end
December 31, 2008.
“ Additional Capital Contribution
” means any one or more cash investments made by a Limited
Partner in accordance with this Agreement following the expiration
of the Offering Period.
“ Adjusted Capital Account Deficit
” means, with respect to any Partner, the deficit balance, if
any, in such Partner's Capital Account as of the end of the
relevant fiscal period, after giving effect to the following
adjustments:
(a) Credit to such Capital Account any amounts
which such Partner is deemed to be obligated to restore for
purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c),
including such Partner's share of the Partner Minimum Gain;
and
(b) Debit to such Capital Account the items
described in Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4),
(5) and (6).
The foregoing definition of “ Adjusted
Capital Account Deficit ” is intended to comply with the
provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and
shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
“ Affiliate ” means with
respect to any Person, a Person that directly or indirectly,
through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or
is under common control with the Person in question. As used
herein, the term “control” means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through ownership of voting securities or interests, by contract,
or otherwise.
“ Algatec ” - shall mean
ALGATEC SOLAR AG, a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft)
organized under the laws of Germany, registered with the commercial
register (Handelsregister) of the local court (Amtsgericht) of
Cottbus under registration number HRB 8146 CB and having its
registered office (Sitz) in Röderland, Germany
“ Algatec Capital Contribution
” - shall mean the €2,475,000 capital contribution to
be made by the Partnership to the capital reserves of Algatec on
the First Closing Date under the Share Purchase
Agreement.
“ Algatec Financing ” - shall
mean any form of senior secured debt or equity financing that
contains terms and conditions that are acceptable to both the
Partnership (acting through the General Partner), and the
Management Stockholders, pursuant to which up to €36,500,000
(USD $50,000,000) shall be made available to Algatec to (A)
construct the Plant Addition, and (B) purchase the Equipment
Additions..
“ Algatec Shares ” - shall mean such amount and number of
shares of capital stock of Algatec to be issued to the Partnership
under the Securities Purchase Agreement as shall represent exactly
forty-nine percent (49%) of the issued and outstanding share
capital of Algatec, after giving effect to (i) such
purchase by the Partnership, and (ii) the potential issuance of any
additional Algatec Shares under any options, warrants or other
rights to purchase Algatec Shares or any other loans, preferred
stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for
Algatec Shares, that are or may be outstanding as at the First
Closing Date or the Second Closing Date (the “
Adjustments ”); provided, however ,
that if the Partnership shall fail or refuse to make the Loan on
the Second Closing Date, the Algatec Shares shall be limited to
exactly twenty-seven and one-half percent (27.5%) of the issued and
outstanding share capital of Algatec, after giving effect to the
Adjustments.
“
Algatec Stockholders ” - shall mean the collective
reference to the Management Stockholders, the Partnership and any
other Person owning shares of capital stock of Algatec as at the
First Closing Date.
“ Agreement ” means this
Agreement of Limited Partnership, as originally executed and as
hereafter amended or modified from time to time.
“ Allocable Share ” as
applied to each of the Limited Partners, means the percentage
interest of such Limited Partner in all Partnership Profits and
Losses and Property Available for Distribution, determined as at
any period of time by dividing (a) the positive Capital Account
balance of such Limited Partner, by (b) the aggregate positive
Capital Account balances of all Limited Partners.
“ Bankruptcy ” shall be
deemed to have occurred as to any Person when (a) such Person makes
a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (b) such Person
files a voluntary bankruptcy petition; (c) such Person becomes the
subject of an order for relief or is declared insolvent in any
federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding; (d) such
Person files a petition or answer seeking its reorganization,
arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution,
or similar relief under any law; (e) such Person files an answer or
other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material
allegations of a petition filed against such Person in a proceeding
of the types described in clauses (a) through (d) above; (f) such
Person seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment of a
trustee, receiver, or liquidator of such Person or of all or any
substantial part of such Person's properties; (g) 60 days expire
after the date of the commencement against such Person of a
proceeding seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition,
readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any
law if the proceeding has not been previously dismissed; or (h) 60
days expire after the date of the appointment, without such
Person's consent or acquiescence, of a trustee, receiver, or
liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of such
Person's properties if the appointment has not previously been
vacated or stayed, or 60 days expire after the date of expiration
of a stay, if the appointment has not previously been
vacated.
“ Base Rate ” means, as of
any date, a variable rate per annum equal to the rate of interest
most recently published by The Wall Street Journal as the
“prime rate” at large U.S. money center banks;
provided, however, if The Wall Street Journal is not being
published as of the date of determination, then as reported by any
U.S. money center bank reasonably selected by the General
Partner.
“ Book Value ” means, with
respect to any asset, the asset's adjusted basis for federal income
tax purposes, except (a) the initial Book Value of any asset
contributed by a Partner to the Partnership shall be the fair
market value of such asset; (b) the Book Value of all Partnership
assets shall be adjusted in the event of a revaluation as provided
in Section 5.5(d) ; (c) the Book Value of any Partnership
asset distributed to any Partner shall be the fair market value of
such asset on the date of distribution as determined by the General
Partner; and (d) such Book Value shall be adjusted by the
Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for
purposes of computing Profits and Losses.
“ Capital Account ” means,
with respect to any Partner, the account maintained for such
Partner in a manner which the General Partner determines is in
accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and
Section 5.5 .
“ Capital Contribution ” or
“ Capital Contributions ” means, with respect to
any Partner, the amount of money and the initial Book Value of any
asset (other than money) contributed (or deemed contributed) to the
Partnership by such Partner.
“ Property Available for
Distribution ” means, for any period or at any time, such
portion of the cash on hand or in bank accounts of the Partnership
that: (a) has been derived from and in connection with: (i) one or
more sales of the assets or securities of a Portfolio Investment or
portions thereof by the Partnership or any direct or indirect
Operating Subsidiary of the Partnership, (ii) any financing or
refinancing of indebtedness (including Acquisition Financing) of
any direct or indirect Operating Subsidiary of the Partnership
owning title to a Portfolio Investment, or (iii) any other assets
or activities of the Partnership; and (b) in the reasonable
judgment of the General Partner, is available for distribution to
the Partners after reasonable provision has been made for the
current liabilities, obligations, and operating expenses of the
Partnership and reasonable reserves (in the reasonable judgment of
the General Partner) have been established for Partnership
operating expenses, obligations, and liabilities.
“ Cash Portfolio Investment ”
means the aggregate amount of cash invested on any one or more
occasions by the Partnership in any one specific Portfolio
Investment, whether such cash investment by the Partnership shall
be in the form of equity and/or debt securities or any combination
of the foregoing.
“ Certificate ” means the
Certificate of Limited Partnership for the Partnership to be filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, as such
Certificate shall be amended and filed from time to
time.
“ Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (or any
corresponding provision or provisions of succeeding
law).
“ Cumulative Net Loss ” means
the amount, if any, by which the aggregate amount of Losses and
other items of loss or deduction allocated to a Partner (or
predecessor in interest) in the current and all prior Fiscal Years
exceeds the aggregate amount of Profits and other items of income
or gain allocated to such Partner (or predecessor in interest) in
such period.
“ Depreciation ” means, for
each Fiscal Year or other period, an amount equal to the
depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction
allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period;
provided , however , except that if the Book Value of
an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax
purposes at the beginning of such year or other period (as a result
of property contributions or adjustments to such values pursuant to
Section 5.5(d) ), Depreciation shall be adjusted as
necessary so as to be an amount which bears the same ratio to such
beginning Book Value as the federal income tax depreciation,
amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such year or
other period bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; and
provided further, that if the federal income tax depreciation,
amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such year or
other period is zero, Depreciation for such year or other period
shall be determined with reference to such beginning Book Value
using any reasonable method selected by the General
Partner.
“ Disposition ” means any
transfer, pledge, mortgage, granting of a security interest or
other encumbrance or any other disposition of all or any portion of
an Interest whatsoever, whether voluntary or involuntary, including
any disposition of an ownership interest in such
Partner.
“ Distribution Event ” shall
mean any one or more of the following events: (a) a Loan Repayment,
(b) consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Share
Exchange Agreement, (c) consummation of a Liquidity Event
contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement, or (d) consummation
of a Liquidation of the Partnership.
“ DRLPA ” means the Delaware
Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, 6 Del. C. §§
17-101 et seq., as adopted and from time to time amended by the
State of Delaware.
“ Effective Date ” means that
date when (i) the Partnership shall have received cash
subscriptions for not less than $3,200,000 of Partnership
Interests, (ii) the General Partner shall have accepted such
subscribers as Limited Partners the Partnership, and (iii) the
General Partner shall have commenced the business of the
Partnership; such date being the Effective Date of this
Agreement.
“ Equipment Additions ” shall
have the meaning set forth in the Share Purchase
Agreement.
“ Event of Withdrawal ” means
(a) the assignment by a General Partner of all of its rights as a
General Partner, (b) the death of a General Partner that is a
natural person, (c) the dissolution or termination of a General
Partner that is not a natural person, (d) resignation or
withdrawal of a General Partner, (e) the entry by a court of
competent jurisdiction adjudicating a General Partner who is a
natural person incompetent to manage the General Partner's person
or property, (f) the Bankruptcy of a General Partner, or (g) the
removal of the General Partner after the occurrence of any of the
General Partner defaults.
“ Fiscal Year ” means the
fiscal year of the Partnership as established in Section
14.1 .
“ General Partner ” means
Algatec Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in
its capacity as general partner of the Partnership, its permitted
successors and assigns, and any replacement General
Partner.
“ General Partner’s Interest
” means the Interest of the General Partner in Partnership
Profits and Losses and Property Available for Distribution,
representing five percent (5%) of such Profits and Losses and
Property Available for Distribution.
“ IRS ” means the Internal
Revenue Service.
“ Initial Capital Contribution
” means the aggregate cash investment made by each of the
General Partner and each of the Limited Partners listed on
Exhibit “A ” hereto as of the expiration of the
Offering Period, representing the initial Capital Account of the
General Partner and such Limited Partner(s).
“ Interest ” means the
interest of a Partner in the Profits and Losses and Property
Available for Distribution by the Partnership at any particular
time, including the right of such Partner to any and all benefits
to which a Partner may be entitled as provided in this Agreement,
together with the obligations of such Partner to comply with all
the terms and provisions of this Agreement, but excluding any
rights as a creditor of the Partnership.
“ Limited Partner ” means the
individual reference to each of the Limited Partners listed on
Exhibit A annexed hereto, and their Permitted Transferees,
successors and assigns, and any other Person who becomes a Limited
Partner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“ Limited Partners ” means
the collective reference to all of the Limited Partners; being the
Persons who have executed this Agreement and who are listed on
Exhibit “A” hereto, and their Permitted
Transferees, successors and assigns, and any other Person who
becomes a Limited Partner pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
“ Limited Partner’s Interest
” means the Interest of each Limited Partner in Partnership
Profits and Losses and Property Available for Distribution,
representing such Limited Partner’s Allocable Share of
ninety-five percent (95%) of such Profits and Losses and Property
Available for Distribution.
“ Liquidity Event ” shall
have the meaning as defined in the Share Purchsae
Agreement.
“ Liquidation ” means the
liquidation of the Partnership or the sale of all or substantially
all of the assets or securities of the Partnership, including all
Algatec Shares in one or more transactions; in each case, followed
by the distribution of the assets of this Partnership in accordance
with Article XIII of this Partnership Agreement.
“ Loan ” - shall mean a loan to be made by the
Partnership under the Loan Agreement to Algatec in the principal
amount of €2,000,000 (bearing interest at a rate of 6% per
annum) (the “ Loan Amount ”); which Loan Amount
shall be due on the earlier to occur of (y) consummation of the
Algatec Financing, or (z) December 31, 2011.
“ Loan
Agreement ” shall mean the loan agreement, dated October
28, 2008 between Algatec, as borrower, and the Partnership, as
lender, under which the Partnership has agreed to make the Loan to
Algatec by November 30, 2008.
“ Highland Group - shall mean the collective reference to The
Rubin Family Stock Trust, Sage Management LLC (“Sage”),
Barry Pomerantz and their respective Affiliates and business
associates, who own 100% of the members interests of the General
Partner.
“ Management Stockholders ”-
shall mean the collective reference to Rainer Ruschke, Ullrich
Jank, Stefan Malik and Andre Freud.
“ Minimum Capital Contribution
” means, with respect to each Limited Partner the sum of
$50,000 as such Limited Partner’s Initial Capital
Contribution; provided that the General Partner may, in the
exercise of its sole discretion, accept a smaller Initial Capital
Contribution from a Limited Partner of not less than
$25,000.
“ Minimum Gain ” means, with
respect to all nonrecourse liabilities of the Partnership, the
minimum amount of gain that would be realized by the Partnership if
the Partnership disposed of the Partnership property subject to
such liability in full satisfaction thereof computed strictly in
accordance with Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(b) and
1.704-2(c).
“ Minimum Gain Share ” means,
for each Partner, such Partner's share of Minimum Gain for the
Fiscal Year (after taking into account any decrease in Minimum Gain
for such year), as determined under Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-2(b)(2).
“ Minimum Offering Completion Date
” shall mean Thursday, October 30, 2008, unless such date
shall be extended by mutual agreement of the General Partner and
Algatec.
“ New Allocation ” shall mean
an amendment to allocations of items as described in Section
9.1(e) .
“ Nonrecourse Deductions ”
means, for each Fiscal Year or other period, an amount of
Partnership deductions that is characterized as “nonrecourse
deductions” under Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-2(b)(1). The amount of Nonrecourse Deductions
for a Partnership Fiscal Year equals the net increase, if any, in
the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain during that Fiscal Year,
determined according to the provisions of Section 1.704-2(b)(2) of
the Treasury Regulations.
“ Offering Period ” means the
period that commenced on the Effective Date of this Agreement and
ended on the earliest to occur of (a) the receipt
by the Partnership of Initial Capital Contributions from Limited
Partners aggregating $6,000,000, (b) December 31, 2008, or (c) the
election of the General Partner to terminate the offering of
Limited Partners’ Interests in the Partnership.
“ Partner Minimum Gain ”
means an amount determined by computing, with respect to each
Partner Nonrecourse Debt, the Minimum Gain that would result if
such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a nonrecourse
liability, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-2(b).
“ Partner Nonrecourse Debt ”
means nonrecourse Partnership debt for which one or more Partners
bears an economic risk of loss, as defined in Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
“ Partner Nonrecourse Deductions
” means, for each Fiscal Year, the Partnership deductions
which are attributable to Partner Nonrecourse Debt and are
characterized as “partner nonrecourse deductions” under
Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b).
“ Partners ” means the
General Partner and the Limited Partners.
“ Partnership ” means this
limited partnership, as the same may from time to time be
constituted and, if necessary, reconstituted.
“ Partnership Interest ”
means the percentage interest of each Partner in the profits,
losses and capital of the Partnership. For the avoidance of doubt,
(a) the Partnership Interest of the General Partner shall be five
(5%) percent, and (b) the Partnership Interest of all Limited
Partners shall be ninety-five (95%), and each $50,000 Capital
Contribution by a Limited Partner shall represent a 0.791666%
percentage interest in the profits, losses and capital of the
Partnership.
“ Permitted Transfer ” means
any of the following:
(a) any sale or assignment to any entity, a
substantial part of the equity of which or voting control of which
is owned, directly or indirectly, by a Partner and/or anyone
related to such Partner by marriage, blood within the second degree
of consanguinity or affinity or a trust for same;
(b) any sale or assignment to any trust, the
beneficiaries of which are a Partner and/or anyone related to such
Partner by marriage or blood within the second degree of
consanguinity or affinity; or
(c) any sale, assignment, transfer or pledge of any
Interest of a Partner (i) to an Affiliate of such Partner, or (ii)
to another Partner or to an Affiliate of another
Partner;
“ Permitted Transferee ” is
any Person who receives an Interest in the Partnership pursuant to
a Permitted Transfer.
“ Person ” means an
individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, trust or other legal entity.
“ Profits ” and “
Losses ” mean, for each Fiscal Year or other period,
an amount equal to the Partnership's taxable income or loss for
such year or period, determined in accordance with Code Section
703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss, or
deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section
703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the
following adjustments:
(a) Any income of the Partnership that is exempt
from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in
computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this definition shall be
added to such taxable income or loss;
(b) Any expenditures of the Partnership described
in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code Section
705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account in
computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this definition, shall be
subtracted from such taxable income or loss;
(c) Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of
Partnership property with respect to which gain or loss is
recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by
reference to the Book Value of the property disposed of,
notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property
differs from such Book Value;
(d) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and
other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such
taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account
Depreciation for such Fiscal Year or other period, computed in
accordance with the definition of “ Depreciation
” herein; and
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
definition, any items which are specially allocated pursuant to
Sections 9.1(b)(ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) shall
not be taken into account in computing Profits or
Losses.
“ Plant Add ition” means the
construction of an additional plant facility adjacent to
Algatec’s existing plant facility in Prosen, Germany, as
contemplated by the Algatec Financing and the Share Purchase
Agreement.
“ Property Available for
Distribution ” means any and all cash, marketable
securities or other property available for distribution to the
Partners, including, without limitation, any Algatec Shares, shares
of capital stock of Solar Thin or securities of any other
Person.
“ Required Approval ” means
the written approval or written consent of those Limited Partners
holding in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the
Limited Partnership Interests in the Partnership.
“ Share Exchange Agreement ”
- means the share exchange agreement, dated as of October 28, 2008
among the Partnership, Solar Thin and the Management
Stockholders.
“ Share Purchase Agreement ”
- means the share purchase agreement, dated as of October 28, 2008
among the Partnership, Algatec, the Management Stockholders and
Roland Richter, Esq., as trustee, pursuant to which, inter alia,
the Partnership has agreed to purchase the Algatec Shares, make the
Algatec Capital Contribution and the Loan.
“ Solar Thin ” - means Solar
Thin Films, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“ Subsidiary ” means any
Person, 50% or more of the issued and outstanding capital stock,
members interests or other equity of which shall be owned directly
by the Partnership or indirectly by the Partnership through one or
more Subsidiaries.
“ Substitute Limited Partner
” means any Person admitted to the Partnership as a Limited
Partner pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.2
.
“ Treasury 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).
“ Total Capital Contribution
” means, with respect to any Limited Partner, the sum of (a)
the Initial Capital Contribution and (b) any Additional Capital
Contribution made by such Limited Partner.
“ Unpaid Capital Contributions
” means the Total Capital Contribution of each of the
Partners which have not been repaid to such Partner pursuant to
Section 9.2(a) or Section 13.2(b) , for the periods
commencing on the date such Total Capital Contributions are
provided to the Partnership and ending on the date such Total
Capital Contributions (or portion thereof) are repaid to the
respective Partner, less all amounts paid to
the Partner pursuant to Section 5.3(b) Section
9.2(a) and Section 13.2(b) .
ARTICLE
II
FORMATION; NAME AND
OFFICE; PURPOSE
Section 2 .1.
Formation of the
Partnership . The
Partnership will be formed in accordance with and pursuant to DRLPA
for the purpose and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth
when this Agreement is executed by the Partners.
Section 2 .2.
Name and Office
. The name of the Partnership is
Algatec Strategic Opportunity Fund, L.P., or such other name as the
General Partner shall hereafter designate by notice to the Limited
Partners and by amendment to the Certificate. The principal place
of business of the Partnership shall be c/o Algatec Capital
Management, LLC, 445 Central Avenue, Suite 108, Cedarhurst, New
York 11516, or such other place as the General Partner may from
time to time designate in a notice to the Limited
Partners.
Section 2 .3.
Registered Agent and
Office . The address of
the registered office of the Partnership is c/o Algatec Capital
Management, LLC, 445 Central Avenue, Suite 108, Cedarhurst, New
York 11516, and the name and address of the registered agent for
service of process required to be maintained by DRLPA is: Barry
Pomerantz. The General Partner may designate a new registered agent
and/or office of the Partnership by giving notice to the Limited
Partners and filing a proper amendment to the Certificate with the
Secretary of State of Delaware.
Section 2 .4.
Office for Records
. The address of the principal
office of the Partnership where records are to be kept or made
available is c/o Algatec Capital Management, LLC, 445 Central
Avenue, Suite 108, Cedarhurst, New York 11516, or such other
address as the General Partner may determine by giving notice to
the Limited Partners and filing a proper amendment to the
Certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware.
Section 2 .5.
Purpose . The Partnership's business and purpose shall
consist solely of acquiring, owning and selling or otherwise
disposing of the Algatec Shares, making the Algatec Capital
Contribution and the Loan to Algatec, and engaging in such other
activities as may be reasonably related or incident thereto, and
for no other purpose.
Section 2 .6.
Authority of the
Partnership . To carry
out its purpose as set forth in Section 2.5 and not in
limitation thereof, the Partnership is empowered and authorized to
do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate, proper,
advisable, incidental to or convenient for the furtherance and
accomplishment of its purpose, and for the protection and benefit
of the Partnership, in accordance with and subject to the
limitations in this Agreement and in accordance with the
DRLPA.
Section 2 .7.
Authorization of
Transactions .
(a) Sale of Partnership Interests; Authority of
General Partner .
(i) During the Offering Period, the General Partner
is hereby authorized to effect sales of Partnership Interests in
the Partnership at $50,000 per full Partnership Interest, or such
lesser amount for fractional Partnership Interests as the General
Partner shall determine, in the exercise of its sole discretion;
provided , that the minimum Partnership Interest to
be sold to each Limited Partner shall be one-half Partnership
Interest for $25,000. In connection with such sales, the General
Partner is authorized to admit additional Limited Partners to the
Partnership until an aggregate of 120 full Partnership Interests
shall have been sold for an aggregate amount not to exceed
$6,000,000.
(ii) On or before 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on
the Minimum Offering Completion Date, not less than a minimum of 64
full Partnership Interests aggregating $3,200,000 (the “
Minimum Offering ”) shall have been sold and Limited
Partners subscribing to such Minimum Offering shall have been
admitted to the Partnership by the General Partner. Pending
completion of the Minimum Offering, all subscriptions shall be
placed in escrow pursuant to an escrow agreement among the
Partnership, Hodgson Russ LLP, as escrow agent and each subscribing
Limited Partner (the “ Escrow Agreement ”). In
the event that proceeds constituting the Minimum Offering shall not
be deposited under the Escrow Agreement by the expiration of the
Minimum Offering Completion Date, the escrow agent shall refund all
such proceeds to subscribing Limited Partners, without interest or
deduction.
(iii) In the event that proceeds constituting the
Minimum Offering shall have been deposited under the Escrow
Agreement by the expiration of the Minimum Offering Completion
Date, the General Partner is hereby expressly authorized and
directed to unilaterally instruct the escrow agent to remit all of
the Minimum Offering proceeds to Algatec or as otherwise provided
under the Share Purchase Agreement if, in the sole discretion of
the General Partner, the transactions required to be consummated at
the “First Closing” (as defined in the Share Purchase
Agreement) shall have been duly and validly completed. No further
consent or other approval of Limited Partners shall be required in
order for the escrow agent to remit such Minimum Offering proceeds
to Algatec.
(iv) The Effective Date and the business of the
Partnership shall not commence until the Minimum Offering of 64
full Partnership Interests aggregating $3,200,000 shall have been
sold and such Limited Partners shall have been admitted to the
Partnership by the General Partner. The General Partner is further
authorized to pay to registered broker/dealers or other Persons
legally entitled to receive compensation, sales commissions and
finders fees not exceeding nine percent (9%) of the price of each
full Partnership Interest; provided, that no such fees, commissions
or other compensation relating to sale of Partnership Interests may
be paid to employees, members or other Affiliates of the General
Partner.
(v)
Following completion of the First
Closing under the Share Purchase Agreement, the General Partner
shall continue to offer Limited Partnership Interests in the
Partnership until an additional $2,800,000 of subscriptions to
Limited Partners Interests shall have been received by the
Partnership (the “ Additional Subscriptions ”).
Such Additional Subscriptions, as received, shall be placed in
escrow under the Escrow Agreement until an aggregate of $2,800,000
of Additional Subscriptions shall have been received by the
“Second Closing Date” as defined in the Share Purchase
Agreement. In the event that proceeds constituting the Additional
Subscriptions shall have been deposited under the Escrow Agreement
by the Second Closing Date, the General Partner is expressly
authorized and directed to unilaterally instruct the Escrow Agent
to remit all of the Additional Subscription proceeds to Algatec or
as otherwise provided under the Share Purchase Agreement and the
Loan Agreement, if, in the sole discretion of the General Partner,
the transactions required to be consummated at the “Second
Closing” (as defined in the Share Purchase Agreement) shall
have been duly and validly completed.
(vi)
Pending the November 30, 2008
Second Closing Date under the Share Purchase Agreement, the Escrow
Agent shall hold the Additional Subscriptions funds such Second
Closing Date. In the event that proceeds constituting the
$2,800,000 of Additional Subscriptions shall not
have been deposited under the Escrow Agreement by the Second
Closing Date, unless otherwise advised in writing by both the
General Partner and Algatec that either:
(A)
the Second Closing Date has been
extended and the Escrow Agent is instructed to retain such funds
under the Escrow Agreement to a date not to exceed 5:00 p.m. (New
York City time) on December 31, 2008, or
(B)
the Loan Amount under the Loan
Agreement has been reduced to the amount of Additional
Subscriptions then held as escrow funds and the Escrow Agent is
instructed to release such funds under this Escrow Agreement to
Algatec,
the Escrow
Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable following such
Second Closing Date Date, refund all Additional Subscriptions to
the Limited Partners who have executed this Agreement and the
Escrow Agreement and deposited funds under the Escrow Agreement,
without interest or deduction.
(vii)
Each Limited Partner executing this
Agreement, does hereby expressly and irrevocably authorize the
General Partner to unilaterally direct and authorize the Escrow
Agent to follow the written instructions and directions of the
General Partner and Algatec in respect of the foregoing matters as
provided in the Escrow Agreement, and does hereby acknowledge and
agree that no further consent or other approval of such Limited
Partner(s) shall be required in order for the Escrow Agent to remit
the proceeds of the Minimum Offering and any Additional
Subscriptions to Algatec at either the First Closing or the Second
Closing under the Share Purchase Agreement and/or the Loan
Agreement.
(b) Acquisition of Algatec Shares, Capital
Contribution, Loan and other Actions . The Partnership is authorized, to (i) purchase
the Algatec Shares, (ii) make the Algatec Capital Contribution,
(iii) enter into the Loan Agreement and make the Loan, (iv) sell or
otherwise deal with any or all of the Algatec Shares or any
portions thereof, (v) refinance on any one or more occasions any
one or more Algatec Shares, Loan or any other indebtedness whether
or not secured by liens on Algatec Shares, and (vi) take any and
all actions in connection therewith.
(c) In connection with any of the above
transactions, the General Partner is authorized and directed to
execute such agreements, documents, certificates, and other
documents or instruments as may be necessary or desirable in the
reasonable judgment of the General Partner in order to consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.7 . The
execution by the General Partner of such agreements shall be
conclusive proof that the General Partner has determined that such
agreements are in the best interests of the Partnership.
ARTICLE
III
TERM
Section 3 .1.
Term . The term of the Partnership commenced upon the
filing of the Certificate and shall continue until the occurrence
of any one of the following events of dissolution:
(a) consummation of the transactions contemplated
by the Share Exchange Agreement;
(b) a Liquidity Event, as contemplated by the Share
Purchase Agreement;
(c) the distribution by the General Partner of all
of the Algatec Shares to the Partners;
(d) an Event of Withdrawal of a General Partner,
unless the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section
11.2(a) ;
(e) the election by the General Partner and a
Required Approval to dissolve the Partnership;
(g) a Liquidation event; or
(h) in accordance with the provisions of DRLPA not
inconsistent with this Agreement.
ARTICLE
IV
GENERAL PARTNER AND
LIMITED PARTNERS
Section 4 .1.
General Partner
.
(a) The General Partner is and shall be Algatec
Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, whose
business address is 445 Central Avenue, Suite 108, Cedarhurst, New
York 11516.
(b) The General Partner’s Interest shall be
five percent (5%) of all Profits and Loss and Property Available
for Distribution of the Partnership.
Section 4 .2.
Limited Partners
.
(a)
The Limited Partners are and shall
be the Persons listed as Limited Partners on Exhibit
“A” attached hereto and made a part hereof, whose
address are set forth on Exhibit “A” attached
hereto and incorporated herein.
(b)
As at the Effective Date of this
Agreement, such Limited Partners’ Interests shall be
allocated among those Limited Partners as set forth on Exhibit
“A” attached hereto. Such Exhibit “A
” and the allocation of Profits and Loss and Property
Available for Distribution of the Partnership among the Limited
Partners supplemented and amended by the General Partner from time
to time as additional Limited Partners are admitted to the
Partnership.
(c)
As provided in Section
2.7(a) above, the General Partner is hereby authorized during
the Offering Period to admit additional Limited Partners and to
amend and supplement Exhibit “A” as such new and
additional Limited Partners are admitted to the Partnership. The
Interests of each Limited Partner in the Profits and Loss and
Property Available for Distribution shall be determined on any
given occasion based upon each Limited Partner’s Allocable
Share.
(d)
Each Limited Partner’s
Allocable Share of all Profits, Losses and Property Available for
Distribution shall be set forth from time to time on Exhibit
“A” hereto and shall represent, as to all Limited
Partners an aggregate of ninety-five percent (95%) of all
Partnership Profits, Loss and Property Available for
Distribution.
ARTICLE
V
CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
Section 5 .1.
Contributions of
Partners .
(a) Initial Capital Contribution of General
Partner . Upon its
execution of this Agreement, the General Partner shall make a
$165,000 initial Capital Contribution to the Partnership set forth
opposite its name in Exhibit “A” attached hereto
and such amount, when so contributed, shall constitute the initial
Capital Account of the General Partner. Such Capital Contribution
shall be evidenced by the General Partner’s 6% promissory
note due December 31, 2010 and guaranteed severally (not jointly
and severally) by the individual members of the General Partner, as
their individual members interests in the the General Partner bear
to the total outstanding members interest in the General Partner
(the “ General Partner’s Note
”).
(b) Initial Capital Contributions of Limited
Partners . Upon execution
of this Agreement, each Limited Partner shall make an Initial
Capital Contribution to the Partnership in cash, in the respective
amounts set opposite such Limited Partner’s name on
Exhibit “A” attached hereto and such amounts,
when so contributed, shall constitute the initial Capital Accounts
of such Limited Partners. The Initial Capital Contribution of each
Limited Partner shall entitle such Limited Partner to a pro
rata amount of Limited Partners’ Interest with other
Limited Partners and shall be identical in all respects to the
other Limited Partners’ Interests. Certain Affiliates of the
General Partner, including The Rubin Family Irrevocable Stock Trust
and Scott Galin, shall purchase Limited Partners’ Interests
and make a $2,800,000 Initial Capital Contribution to the
Partnership on the same terms and conditions as all of other
Limited Partners.
Section 5 .2.
Partner Loans
.
(a) Authorization . The Partnership shall be authorized to borrow
money, if necessary, from any Partner or any Affiliate of any
Partner for authorized Partnership purposes to the extent
reasonably deemed required by the General Partner. The amount of
any loan made to the Partnership by a Partner shall not be
considered an increase in such Partner's Capital Account or
otherwise a contribution to the Partnership, nor shall the making
of such loan affect the Interests of the Partners. No Partner shall
be obligated to make any loans to the Partnership.
(b) Terms . If a Partner makes a loan to the Partnership
as permitted by Section 5.2(a) , such Partner shall be
entitled to receive interest for such loan at a rate agreed by the
General Partner and such Partner, and if not so agreed shall bear
interest at a rate equal to the lesser of the Base Rate plus two
(2%) percent per annum or the maximum non-usurious rate. If the
General Partner or its Affiliate shall make a loan to the
Partnership, such loan shall bear interest equal to the Base Rate
plus two (2%) percent. A Partner may not receive any security from
the Partnership for such loan. All loans from a Partner, together
with interest thereon, shall be repaid prior to making any
distributions to Partners.
Section 5 .3.
Withdrawal of Capital
Contributions and Partial Return of Initial Capital
Contributions .
(a)
Except as set forth below in this
Section 5.3 , none of the Partners shall be entitled to
demand a refund or return of any Capital Contributions or to
withdraw any part of his, her or its Capital Account nor to receive
any distribution from the Partnership. The General Partner shall
not, under any circumstances, be personally liable for the return
of the Capital Contributions of the Limited Partners, or any
portion thereof, nor shall any Limited Partner be personally liable
to any Limited Partner for the payment of any Preferred Payments or
other Property Available for Distribution; it being expressly
understood that any such payments shall be made solely from
Partnership assets, nor shall the General Partner be required to
pay to the Partnership or any Partner any deficit in any Partner's
Capital Account upon dissolution or otherwise. No Partner shall
have the right to demand or receive property other than cash for
its Interest.
(b)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
the event and to the extent that the Partnership’s Loan shall
be repaid to the Partnership, whether in cash or in additional
shares of capital stock of Algatec, as provided in the Loan
Agreement (the “ Loan Repayment ”), the General
Partner shall return to each Limited Partner their Allocable Share
of such Loan Repayment as a partial return of the Initial Capital
Contributions.
Section 5 .4.
Capital Accounts
.
(a) A Capital Account shall be established and
maintained for each Partner. The initial Capital Accounts of the
Partners shall be determined in accordance with Section 5.1
and adjusted thereafter in accordance with this Section 5.4
.
(b) A Partner's Capital Account shall be credited
with (i) the amount of cash contributed (or in the case of the
Limited Partner deemed to have been contributed) and the initial
Book Value of any property contributed to the Partnership, (ii)
such Partner's allocable share of Profits, and (iii) the amount of
any Partnership liabilities that are expressly assumed by such
Partner or that are secured by any Partnership property distributed
to such Partner.
(c) A Partner's Capital Account shall be debited
with (i) the amount of cash and the fair market value of any
Partnership property distributed to such Partner pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement, (ii) such Partner's allocable share of
Losses, and (iii) the amount of any liabilities of such Partner
that are expressly assumed by the Partnership or that are secured
by any property contributed by such Partner to the
Partnership.
(d) Upon the occurrence of certain events as
described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), the
General Partner, in its sole discretion, may increase or decrease
the Capital Accounts of the Partners to reflect a revaluation of
the fair market value of the Partnership Algatec Shares on the
Partnership's books, provided such adjustment of the Capital
Accounts is made in accordance with the rules in Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f).
(e) In the event any Interest in the Partnership is
transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the
transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor
to the extent it relates to the Interest (or portion thereof)
transferred.
(f) From time to time as it reasonably deems
appropriate, the General Partner may make such modifications to the
manner in which the Capital Accounts are computed to comply with
Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b) provided that such
modification does not have a material affect on the amounts
distributable to any Partner pursuant to this Agreement.
(g) The foregoing provisions and the other
provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital
Accounts are intended to comply with Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b), and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner
consistent with such Treasury Regulations.
Section 5 .4.
Interest . No interest shall be paid to any other Partner
on its Capital Contributions.
ARTICLE
VI
LIMITED
PARTNERS
Section 6 .1.
Powers . Except to the extent provided herein, the
Limited Partners, as such, shall not participate in the management
or control of the Partnership's business, and shall not transact
any business for the Partnership or have the power to sign for or
bind the Partnership. Except as expressly provided herein, or as
required by law, the Limited Partners shall have no right to
participate in any decision affecting the Partnership or to approve
any actions of the General Partner or the Partnership.
Section 6 .2.
Limitation of
Liability .
Notwithstanding anything elsewhere provided in this Agreement to
the contrary:
(a) The Limited Partners shall not be liable for
any debts, liabilities, contracts, or any other obligations of the
Partnership or any Operating Subsidiary of the Partnership, except
as required by law.
(b) No Limited Partner shall be liable to the
Partnership or its creditors for an amount in excess of the amount
of the Capital Contributions such Limited Partner is obligated to
make to the Partnership pursuant to Section 5.1 . No Limited
Partner shall be required to lend any funds to the
Partnership.
(c) No Limited Partner shall be liable to repay to
the Partnership, any Partner or any creditor of the
Partne