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Exhibit 99.1
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
OF
PACIFIC OFFICE PROPERTIES, L.P.
a Delaware limited partnership
dated as of
, 2007
TABLE OF
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DEFINITIONS
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ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
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Organization
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Name
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Registered
Office and Agent; Principal Office
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Power of
Attorney
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Term
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PURPOSE.
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Purpose and
Business
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Powers
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Partnership
Only for Partnership Purposes
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Representations and
Warranties by the Parties
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CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND
ISSUANCES OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
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Capital
Accounts
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General
Partnership Interests
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Class A
Convertible Preferred Units
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Issuances of
Additional Partnership Interests
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Additional
Funds and Capital Contributions.
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Stock
Incentive Plans
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No Interest;
No Return
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Other
Contribution Provisions
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Not Publicly
Traded
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DISTRIBUTIONS
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Requirement
and Characterization of Distributions
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Distributions
in Kind
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Amounts
Withheld
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Distributions
Upon Liquidation
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Distributions
to Reflect Issuance of Additional Partnership Units
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Restricted
Distributions
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ALLOCATIONS
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Timing and
Amount of Allocations of Income and Loss
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General
Allocations
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Additional
Allocation Provisions
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Tax
Allocations
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MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS
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Management
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Certificate
of Limited Partnership
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Reimbursement
of the General Partner
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Outside
Activities of the General Partner
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Contracts
with Affiliates
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Indemnification
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Liability of
the General Partner
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Other Matters
Concerning the General Partner
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Title to
Partnership Assets
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Reliance by
Third Parties
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RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED
PARTNERS
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Limitation of
Liability
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Management of
Business
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Outside
Activities of Limited Partners
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No Return of
Capital
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Redemption
Rights of Qualifying Parties
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Mergers
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BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS
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Records and
Accounting
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Fiscal
Year
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Reports
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TAX MATTERS
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Preparation
of Tax Returns
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Tax
Elections
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Tax Matters
Partner
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Withholding
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Organizational
Expenses
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TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS
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Transfer
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Transfer of
General Partner’s Partnership Interest
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Transfer of
Limited Partners’ Partnership Interests
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Substituted
Limited Partners
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Assignees
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General
Provisions
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ADMISSION OF PARTNERS
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Admission of
Successor General Partner
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Admission of
Additional Limited Partners
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Amendment of
Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership
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DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND
TERMINATION
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Dissolution
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Winding
Up
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Deemed
Distribution and Recontribution
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Rights of
Limited Partners
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Notice of
Dissolution
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Cancellation
of Certificate of Limited Partnership
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Reasonable
Time for Winding-Up
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PROCEDURES FOR ACTIONS AND CONSENTS OF PARTNERS;
AMENDMENTS; MEETINGS
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Procedures
for Actions and Consents of Partners
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Amendments
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Meetings of
the Partners
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Addresses and
Notice
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Entire
Agreement
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Governing Law
Jurisdiction
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Headings
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Pronouns and
Plurals
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Further
Action
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Binding
Effect
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Counterparts
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Fax
Signatures
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Partial
Invalidity
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Waiver
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Limitation to
Preserve REIT Status
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No
Partition
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No
Third-Party Rights Created Hereby
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No Rights as
Stockholders
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Construction
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iii
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
OF
PACIFIC OFFICE PROPERTIES, L.P.
THIS AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF PACIFIC OFFICE
PROPERTIES, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, effective as of
, 2007 (the " Effective Time "), is entered into by and
among Pacific Office Properties Trust, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (defined herein as the " General Partner "), as
the general partner of and a limited partner in the Partnership,
and POP Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the
initial limited partner of the Partnership, together with any other
Persons who become Partners in the Partnership as provided
herein.
RECITALS
A. The General Partner is
making a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in exchange for a
General Partner’s Interest.
B. The initial Limited
Partner is POP Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
which is contributing certain indirect interests in real property
pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
the Master Agreement.
C. The General Partner has
determined that it is in the best interest of the Partnership and
the Partners to enter into this Agreement.
AGREEMENTS
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set
forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
General Partner and each Person subsequently joining this Agreement
as a Partner hereby agree as follows:
As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shown have the meanings set forth in this Section 1
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" Act " means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any
successor to such statute.
" Actions " has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.6.1 hereof.
" Additional Funds " has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.5.1 .
" Additional Limited Partner " means a Person who is
admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to
Section 4.4 and Section 12.2 hereof and who
is shown as such on the books and records of the Partnership.
" Adjusted Capital Account " means, with
respect to any Partner, the balance in such Partner’s Capital
Account as of the end of the relevant Fiscal Year or any other
point of determination, after giving effect to the following
adjustments:
(i) credit to such Capital Account any amounts that such
Partner is obligated to restore pursuant to this Agreement or by
operation of law upon liquidation of such Partner’s
Partnership Interest or is deemed to be obligated to restore
pursuant to the penultimate sentence of each of Regulations
Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5); and
(ii) debit to such Capital Account the items described in
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and
(6).
The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account is intended
to comply with the requirements of the alternate test for economic
effect contained in Regulations Section 1.704-1(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.
" Advisor " means Pacific Office Management, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, or any successor-in-interest thereto or
permitted assignee of Pacific Office Management, Inc.’s
interest in and obligation under the Advisory Agreement.
" Advisory Agreement " means that certain Advisory
Agreement that the Partnership currently anticipates entering into
with the Advisor and the General Partner, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time.
" Affiliate " shall mean with respect to a specified
Person, a Person that directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with the Person specified and shall have such additional
meaning as such term has under Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange
Act.
" Agreement " means this Agreement of Limited Partnership
of Pacific Office Properties, L.P., as it may be amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
" Applicable Percentage " has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.5.4 .
" Articles of Incorporation " means the Articles of
Incorporation of the General Partner filed with the State
Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland, as amended,
supplemented or restated from time to time.
" Assignee " means a Person to whom one or more
Partnership Units have 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
Section 11.5 hereof.
" Business Day " means any day except a Saturday, Sunday
or other day on which commercial banks in Honolulu, Hawaii are
authorized or required by law to close.
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" Capital Account " means, with respect to
any Partner, the capital account established and maintained for
such Partner in accordance with Section 4 .
" Capital Account Deficit " has the meaning set forth in
Section 13.2.3 .
" Capital Contribution " means, with respect to any
Partner, the sum of (i) the cash, cash equivalents and
promissory obligations, plus (ii) the initial Gross Asset
Value of any Contributed Property, plus (iii) the Net Equity
Value of any Contributed Interests, in each such case, that such
Partner contributes to the Partnership or is deemed to have
contributed pursuant to Section 4 hereof.
" Cash Amount " has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.5.1 and Section 8.5.2 , as
applicable.
" Certificate " means the Certificate of Limited
Partnership of the Partnership filed in the office of the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof and the Act.
" Class A Conversion Price " means, as of any date of
determination, an amount equal to the quotient obtained by dividing
the Class A Convertible Preferred Unit Liquidation Preference
Amount by the Class A Convertible Preferred Unit Conversion
Factor. As of the date of this Agreement, the initial Class A
Conversion Price is $3.49 (i.e., $25.00 divided by 7.1717).
" Class A Convertible Preferred Unit " means a fractional
share of the Partnership Interests that has the rights and
designation, including distribution rights and rights upon
liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are superior or prior
to the Common Units, as more specifically described in
Section 4.3 .
" Class A Convertible Preferred Unit Conversion Factor "
means the number equal to 7.1717; provided ,
however , if at any time:
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(i) the General Partner
(a) declares or pays a distribution on its Common Units in
Common Units or makes a distribution to all holders of its Common
Units in Common Units, (b) splits or subdivides its Common
Units or (c) effects a reverse stock split or otherwise
combines its Common Units into a smaller number of Common Units,
then the Class A Convertible Preferred Unit Conversion Factor
shall be adjusted by multiplying the Class A Convertible
Preferred Unit Conversion Factor previously in effect by a fraction
(A) the numerator of which shall be the number of Common Units
on the record date for such dividend, distribution, split,
subdivision, reverse split or combination (assuming for such
purposes that such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision,
reverse split or combination has occurred as of such time) and
(B) the denominator of which shall be the actual number of
Common Units (determined without the above assumption) on the
record date for such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision,
reverse split or combination;
(ii) the General Partner
distributes any rights, options or warrants to all holders of its
Common Units to subscribe for or to purchase or to otherwise
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acquire Common Units (or other securities or
rights convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for Common
Units) at a price per share less than the Value of a Common Unit on
the record date for such distribution (each a " Distributed
Right "), then the Class A Convertible Preferred Unit
Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Class A
Convertible Preferred Unit Conversion Factor previously in effect
by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the sum of
(A) the number of Common Units issued and on the record date
plus (B) the maximum number of Common Units purchasable under
such Distributed Rights, and the denominator of which shall be the
sum of (1) the number of Common Units on the record date, plus
(2) a fraction, the numerator of which equals the product of
(x) the maximum number of Common Units purchasable under such
Distributed Rights multiplied by (y) the minimum purchase
price per Common Unit under such Distributed Rights, and the
denominator of which is the Value of a Common Unit as of the record
date; provided , however , that, if any
such Distributed Rights expire or become no longer exercisable,
then the Class A Convertible Preferred Unit Conversion Factor
shall be adjusted, effective retroactively to the date of
distribution of the Distributed Rights, to reflect a reduced
maximum number of Common Units or any change in the minimum
purchase price for the purposes of the above fraction;
(iii) the General Partner
shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its
Common Units evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including
securities, but excluding any dividend or distribution referred to
in subsection (i) above), which evidences of indebtedness
or assets relate to assets not received by the General Partner
pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the Partnership, then the
Class A Convertible Preferred Unit Conversion Factor shall be
adjusted to equal the amount determined by multiplying the
Class A Convertible Preferred Unit Conversion Factor in effect
immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for
determination of shareholders entitled to receive such distribution
by a fraction (a) the numerator of which shall be such Value
of a Common Unit on the date fixed for such determination and
(b) the denominator of which shall be the amount of the
numerator less the then-fair market value (as determined by the
General Partner, whose determination shall be conclusive) of the
portion of the evidences of indebtedness or assets so distributed
applicable to one Common Unit;
(iv) the General Partner
declares or pays a cash dividend or other cash distribution on its
outstanding Common Shares or a cash distribution on its outstanding
Common Units during any quarterly fiscal period, (excluding any
dividend or distribution in connection with a liquidation,
dissolution or wind up of the Partnership or the General Partner),
in either case, in excess of the Reference Dividend multiplied by
the number of shares of Common Stock or Common Units outstanding on
the record date for dividend or distribution, then the Class A
Convertible Preferred Unit Conversion Factor shall be adjusted to
equal the amount determined by multiplying the Class A
Convertible Preferred Unit Conversion Factor in effect immediately
prior to the close of business on the date fixed for
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determination of shareholders or unit holders
entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction (i) the
numerator of which shall be the average of the daily Market Prices
for the five (5) consecutive trading days prior to the trading
day immediately preceding the earlier of the record date or
ex-dividend date for the distribution, and (ii) the
denominator of which is the difference of the amount equal to the
numerator minus the amount in cash per Common Share or Common Unit
(as the case may be) distributed (or to be distributed) to the
holders of its outstanding Common Shares or Common Unit (as the
case may be) in excess of the Reference Dividend. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, no adjustment shall be
made to the Class A Convertible Preferred Unit Conversion
Factor if such adjustments would reduce the amount of the
Class A Convertible Preferred Unit Conversion Factor;
and
(v) the Partnership (a)
declares or pays a distribution on the outstanding Class A
Convertible Preferred Units in Class A Convertible Preferred Units
or makes a distribution to all Partners in Class A Convertible
Preferred Units, (b) subdivides the outstanding Class A Convertible
Preferred Units or (c) combines the outstanding Class A Convertible
Preferred Units into a smaller number of Class A Convertible
Preferred Units, then the Class A Convertible Preferred Unit
Redemption Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Class A
Convertible Preferred Unit Redemption Factor by a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the actual number of Class A
Convertible Preferred Units issued and outstanding on the record
date (determined without giving effect to such dividend,
distribution, subdivision or combination), and the denominator of
which shall be the actual number of Class A Convertible Preferred
Units (determined after giving effect to such dividend,
distribution, subdivision or combination) issued and outstanding on
such record date.
Any adjustments to the Class A Convertible Preferred Unit
Conversion Factor shall become effective immediately after the
effective date of such event, retroactive to the record date, if
any, it being intended that if a Specified Redemption Date shall
fall between the record date and the effective date of any event of
the type described above, then the Class A Convertible
Preferred Unit Conversion Factor applicable to such redemption
shall be adjusted to take into account such event,
provided , however , that any Limited
Partner may waive, by written notice to the General Partner, the
effect of any adjustment to the Class A Convertible Preferred
Unit Conversion Factor applicable to the Class A Convertible
Preferred Units held by such Limited Partner, and, thereafter, such
adjustment will not be effective as to such Class A
Convertible Preferred Units.
" Class A Convertible Preferred Unit Liquidation Preference
Amount " means $25.00 per Class A Convertible Preferred
Unit.
" Class A Preferred Distribution " has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.3.2 .
" Class A Unlock Date " means, unless otherwise agreed by
the Partnership and a Limited Partner, the date at which both of
the following have occurred: (i) the two (2)-year anniversary
of the Effective Time and (ii) the consummation of a Qualified
Public Offering.
" Closing Price " means on any date the last sale price
for such Common Shares, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes
place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices,
regular way, for such Common Shares, in either case as reported in
the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with
respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the American
Stock Exchange or, if such Common Shares are not listed or admitted
to trading on the American Stock Exchange, as reported on the
principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to
securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on
which such Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if
such Common Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any
national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or the
principal automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if
such Common Shares are not quoted by any such organization, the
average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a
professional market maker making a market in such Common Shares
selected by the Board of Directors of the General Partner or, in
the event that no trading price is available for such
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Common Shares, the fair market value of the
Common Shares as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors
of the General Partner.
" Code " means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended and in effect from time to time or any successor statute
thereto, 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.
" Common Shares " means, together, the shares of the
General Partner’s common stock, $.0001 par value per share,
and the shares of General Partner’s Class B common stock,
$.0001 par value per share. Where relevant in this Agreement,
"Common Shares" includes shares of the General Partner’s
common stock, $.0001 par value per share, issued upon conversion of
Preferred Shares or Junior Shares.
" Common Shares Amount " means a number of Common Shares
equal to the product of (a) the number of Tendered Units,
multiplied by (b) the Common Unit Redemption Factor in effect
on the Specified Redemption Date with respect to such Tendered
Units; provided , however , that, in
the event that the General Partner issues to all holders of Common
Shares as of a certain record date rights, options, warrants or
convertible or exchangeable securities entitling such holders to
subscribe for or purchase Common Shares or any other securities or
property (collectively, the " Rights "), with the record
date for such Rights issuance falling within the period starting on
the date of the Notice of Redemption and ending on the day
immediately preceding the Specified Redemption Date but which
Rights will not be distributed before the relevant Specified
Redemption Date, then the Common Shares Amount shall also include
such Rights that a holder of that number of Common Shares would be
entitled to receive, expressed, where relevant hereunder, in a
number of Common Shares determined by the General Partner in good
faith.
" Common Unit " means a fractional share of the
Partnership Interests of all Partners issued pursuant to
Sections 4.1 and 4.3 hereof, but does not include any
Class A Convertible Preferred Unit, Preferred Unit, Junior
Unit or any other Partnership Unit specified in a Partnership Unit
Designation or this Agreement as being other than a Common Unit;
provided , however , that the General
Partner Interest and the Limited Partner Interests shall have the
differences in rights and privileges as specified in this
Agreement. The ownership of Common Units may be (but need not be,
in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner)
evidenced by the form of certificate for Common Units attached
hereto as Exhibit B .
" Common Unit Redemption Factor " means 1.0;
provided , however , if, at any
time:
(i) the General Partner
(a) declares or pays a dividend on its outstanding Common
Shares in Common Shares or makes a distribution to all holders of
its outstanding Common Shares in Common Shares, (b) splits or
subdivides its outstanding Common Shares or (c) effects a
reverse stock split or otherwise combines its outstanding Common
Shares into a smaller number of Common Shares, then the Common Unit
Redemption Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Common Unit
Redemption Factor previously in effect by a fraction (A) the
numerator of which shall be the number of Common Shares issued and
outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution,
split, subdivision, reverse split or combination (assuming for
such
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purposes that such dividend, distribution, split,
subdivision, reverse split or combination has occurred as of such
time) and (B) the denominator of which shall be the actual
number of Common Shares (determined without the above assumption)
issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend,
distribution, split, subdivision, reverse split or
combination;
(ii) the General Partner
distributes any rights, options or warrants to all holders of its
Common Shares to subscribe for or to purchase or to otherwise
acquire Common Shares (or other securities or rights convertible
into, exchangeable for or exercisable for Common Shares) at a price
per share less than the Value of a Common Share on the record date
for such distribution (each a " Distributed Right "), then
the Common Unit Redemption Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying
the Common Unit Redemption Factor previously in effect by a
fraction the numerator of which shall be the sum of (A) the
number of Common Shares issued and outstanding on the record date
plus (B) the maximum number of Common Shares purchasable under
such Distributed Rights, and the denominator of which shall be the
sum of (1) the number of Common Shares issued and outstanding
on the record date, plus (2) a fraction, the numerator of
which equals the product of (x) the maximum number of Common
Shares purchasable under such Distributed Rights multiplied by
(y) the minimum purchase price per Common Share under such
Distributed Rights, and the denominator of which is the Value of a
Common Share as of the record date; provided ,
however , that, if any such Distributed Rights expire
or become no longer exercisable, then the Common Unit Redemption
Factor shall be adjusted, effective retroactively to the date of
distribution of the Distributed Rights, to reflect a reduced
maximum number of Common Shares or any change in the minimum
purchase price for the purposes of the above fraction;
(iii) the General Partner
shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its
Common Shares evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including
securities, but excluding any dividend or distribution referred to
in subsection (i) above), which evidences of indebtedness
or assets relate to assets not received by the General Partner
pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the Partnership, then the
Common Unit Redemption Factor shall be adjusted to equal the amount
determined by multiplying the Common Unit Redemption Factor in
effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed
for determination of shareholders entitled to receive such
distribution by a fraction (a) the numerator of which shall be
such Value of a Common Share on the date fixed for such
determination and (b) the denominator of which shall be the
amount of the numerator less the then-fair market value (as
determined by the General Partner, whose determination shall be
conclusive) of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness or
assets so distributed applicable to one Common Share; and
(iv) the Partnership (a)
declares or pays a distribution on the outstanding Common Units in
Common Units or makes a distribution to all Partners in Common
Units, (b) subdivides the outstanding Common Units or (c) combines
the outstanding Common Units into a smaller number of Common Units,
then the Common Unit Redemption Factor shall be adjusted by
multiplying the Common Unit Redemption Factor by a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the actual number of Common Units
issued and outstanding on the record date (determined without
giving effect to such dividend, distribution, subdivision or
combination), and the denominator of which shall be the actual
number of Common Units (determined after giving effect to such
dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination) issued and
outstanding on such record date.
If the General Partner has in effect a rights plan, then the
Common Unit Redemption Factor shall not be adjusted to reflect the
issuance of rights under the General Partner’s stockholder
rights agreement except as set forth in the next following
sentence. If the rights provided for in the rights plan adopted by
the General Partner have separated from the Common Shares in
accordance with the provisions of the applicable stockholder rights
agreement so that holders of Common Units would not be entitled to
receive any rights in respect of any shares of Common Shares
delivered upon receipt of any REIT Consideration an exchange of
Common Units, the Common Unit Redemption Factor will be adjusted at
the time of separation as if the General Partner had distributed,
to all holders of Common Shares, capital stock, evidences of
indebtedness or other assets or property pursuant hereto. Any
adjustments to the Common Unit
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Redemption Factor shall become effective
immediately after the effective date of such event, retroactive to
the record date, if any, it being intended that
(x) adjustments to the Common Unit Redemption Factor are to be
made to avoid unintended dilution or anti-dilution as a result of
transactions in which Common Shares are issued, redeemed or
exchanged without a corresponding issuance, redemption or exchange
of Common Units and (y) if a Specified Redemption Date shall
fall between the record date and the effective date of any event of
the type described above, then the Common Unit Redemption Factor
applicable to such redemption shall be adjusted to take into
account such event, provided , however
, that any Limited Partner may waive, by written notice to the
General Partner, the effect of any adjustment to the Common Unit
Redemption Factor applicable to the Common Units held by such
Limited Partner, and, thereafter, such adjustment will not be
effective as to such Common Units.
" Consent " means the consent to, approval of, or vote in
favor of a proposed action by a Partner given in accordance with
Section 14 hereof.
" Consent of the Limited Partners " means the Consent of
a Majority of the Limited Partners, which Consent shall be obtained
prior to the taking of any action for which it is required by this
Agreement and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, may
be given or withheld by a Majority of the Limited Partners.
" Contributed Interest " shall mean an equity interest
(whether in shares of capital stock, limited liability company
membership interests, partnership interests, trust interests or
otherwise) in an entity (whether corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, limited partnership, statutory business
trust, trust or otherwise) which holds (on a direct or an indirect
basis) holds fee simple or leasehold title (in whole or in part) to
a Contributed Property.
" Contributed Property " means each item of Property or
other non-cash asset contributed to the Partnership.
" Conversion Time " has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3.7 .
" Cut-Off Date " means the fifth (5th) Business Day
after the General Partner’s receipt of a Notice of
Redemption.
" Debt " means, as to any Person, as of any date of
determination, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for
borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or
services; (ii) all amounts owed by such Person to banks or
other Persons in respect of reimbursement obligations under letters
of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments guaranteeing
payment or other performance of obligations by such Person;
(iii) all indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred
purchase price of property or services secured by any lien on any
property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such
Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person
has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof; and
(iv) lease obligations of such Person that, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, should be
capitalized.
" Depreciation " means, for each Fiscal Year or other
applicable period, an amount equal to the federal income tax
depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction
allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period,
except that if the Gross Asset Value of an
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asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal
income tax purposes at the beginning of such year or period,
Depreciation shall be in an amount that bears the same ratio to
such beginning Gross Asset 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; provided , howeve r , that if
the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost
recovery deduction for such year or period is zero, Depreciation
shall be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset
Value using any reasonable method selected by the General
Partner.
" Distributed Right " has the meaning set forth in the
definitions of "Common Unit Redemption Factor" and "Class A
Convertible Preferred Unit Conversion Factor," as applicable, set
forth in this Section 1 .
" Domestic Partner " of any Partner shall mean an
individual who (i) has reached the age of 18 and is competent
to consent to a contract, (ii) is of the same gender of the
Partner, (iii) is not married to and/or is not the domestic
partner of anyone other than the Partner; (iv) is not related
by blood to the Partner in any way that would prohibit marriage in
their state of residence, and (v) has shared a principal place
of residence with the Partner for a period of at least eighteen
(18) months and has a current intention to continue sharing a
principal place of residence with the Partner and intends to do so
indefinitely.
" Effective Time " has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble to this Agreement.
" ERISA " means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended, and as it may be amended from time to time
and any successor statute.
" Exchange Act " means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
each as may be amended from time to time and any successor
statute.
" Family Members " means, as to a Person that is an
individual, such Person’s spouse, Domestic Partner,
ancestors, descendants (whether by blood or by adoption), brothers
and sisters and inter vivos or testamentary trusts of which only
such Person and/or his spouse, Domestic Partner, ancestors,
descendants (whether by blood or by adoption), brothers and sisters
are beneficiaries.
" Fiscal Year " means the fiscal year of the Partnership,
which shall be the calendar year unless otherwise determined by the
General Partner.
" Funding Debt " means any Debt incurred by or on behalf
of the General Partner for the purpose, in whole or in part, of
providing funds to the Partnership.
" General Partner " means Pacific Office Properties
Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and its successors and
assigns, as the general partner of the Partnership in its capacity
as general partner of the Partnership.
" General Partner Interest " means the Partnership
Interest held by the General Partner, which Partnership Interest is
an interest as a general partner under the Act. A General Partner
Interest may be expressed as a number of Common Units, Preferred
Units or any other Partnership Units. Initially, the General
Partner Interest shall be denominated as a number of Common Units
equal to the number of Common Shares outstanding as of the
Effective Time.
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" General Partner Loan " has the meaning
set forth in Section 4.5.4 .
"Gross Asset Value" means, with respect to any asset of
the Partnership, the asset’s adjusted basis for federal
income tax purposes, except as follows:
(a) the initial Gross Asset
Value of any asset contributed by a Partner to the Partnership
shall be the gross fair market value of such asset, as reasonably
determined by the General Partner or as otherwise agreed to by the
General Partner and the contributing Partner;
(b) if the General Partner
reasonably determines that such adjustment is necessary or
appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the
Partners in the Partnership, the Gross Asset Values of all
Partnership assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective
gross fair market values, as reasonably determined by the General
Partner, as of the following times: (i) the acquisition of an
additional Partnership Interest by any new or existing Partner in
exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution;
(ii) the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more
than a de minimis amount of cash or other Partnership
property as consideration for a Partnership Interest;
(iii) the liquidation of the Partnership within the meaning of
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); (iv) the grant
of more than a de minimis Partnership Interest as
consideration for the provision of services to or for the benefit
of the Partnership by an existing Partner acting in his capacity as
a Partner, or by a new Partner acting in his capacity as such or in
anticipation of becoming a Partner; and (v) at any other time
(A) specified in Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)(5) or (B) if reasonably
determined by the General Partner to be necessary or advisable in
order to comply with Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and
1.704-2;
(c) the Gross Asset Values of
Partnership assets distributed to any Partner shall be the gross
fair market values of such assets (taking Code Section 7701(g)
into account) as reasonably determined by the General Partner as of
the date of distribution; and
(d) the Gross Asset Values of
Partnership assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any
adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Code
Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the
extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining
Capital Accounts pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m) and
Section 6.3.2(vii) ; provided ,
however , that Gross Asset Values shall not be
adjusted pursuant to this paragraph to the extent the General
Partner reasonably determines that an adjustment pursuant to clause
(b) above is necessary or appropriate in connection with a
transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant
to this paragraph.
At all times, Gross Asset Values shall be adjusted by
Depreciation, which Depreciation is taken into account with respect
to the Partnership’s assets for purposes of computing Income
or Loss. Any adjustment to the Gross Asset Values of Partnership
property shall require an adjustment to the Partners’ Capital
Accounts; as for the manner in which such adjustments are allocated
to the Capital Accounts, see paragraph (d) of the definition
of Income or Loss in the case of adjustments by Depreciation, and
see paragraph (e) of said definition in all other cases.
" Holder " means any Partner, and any Assignee which is
treated as a partner in the Partnership for federal income tax
purposes.
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" Incapacity" or "Incapacitated " means,
(i) as to any Partner who is an individual, death, total
physical disability or entry by a court of competent jurisdiction
adjudicating such Partner incompetent to manage his or her person
or his or her estate; (ii) as to any Partner that is a
corporation or limited liability company, the filing of a
certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, or the revocation of
the corporation’s charter; (iii) as to any Partner that
is a partnership, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of
the partnership; (iv) as to any Partner that is an estate, the
distribution by the fiduciary of the estate’s entire interest
in the Partnership; (v) as to any trustee of a trust that 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. For purposes of this definition, "bankruptcy" of a
Partner shall be deemed to have occurred when (a) the Partner
commences a voluntary proceeding seeking liquidation,
reorganization or other relief of or against such Partner under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, (b) the Partner 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 Partner, (c) the Partner executes and
delivers a general assignment for the benefit of the
Partner’s creditors, (d) the Partner files an answer or
other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material
allegations of a petition filed against the Partner in any
proceeding of the nature described in clause (b) above,
(e) the Partner seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the
appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator for the Partner or
for all or any substantial part of the Partner’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 Partner’s consent or
acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator has not been
vacated or stayed within ninety (90) days of such appointment,
or (h) an appointment referred to in
clause (g) above is not vacated within ninety
(90) days after the expiration of any such stay.
" Income" or "Loss " means, for each Fiscal Year of the
Partnership, the Partnership’s taxable income or loss, as the
case may be, for such year for federal income tax purposes,
determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a), inclusive
of all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be
separately taxable pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1), 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 Income (or Loss) shall be
added to (or subtracted from, as the case may be) such taxable
income (or loss);
(b) Any expenditure of the
Partnership described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(b) or
treated as a Code Section 705(a)(2)(b) expenditure under
Code Section 704(b), and not otherwise taken into account in
computing Income (or Loss) shall be subtracted from (or added to,
as the case may be) 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 Partnership Gross Asset Value of the
property disposed of, rather than its adjusted tax basis;
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(d) In lieu of
the depletion, 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 the
period;
(e) In the event of an
adjustment of the book value of any Partnership asset which
requires that the Capital Accounts of the Partners be adjusted
pursuant to Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e),
(f) and (m), the amount of such adjustments are, in the case
of Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) (e) and (f), to
be taken into account as gain or loss from a taxable disposition of
Partnership property pursuant to paragraph (c) above, and, in
the case of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be
taken into account as additional Income or Loss but subject to the
special allocations set forth in Section 6.3 hereof;
and
(f) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this definition of "Income" or "Loss," any item that
is specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof
shall not be taken into account in computing Income or Loss.
" Indemnitee " means (i) any Person made a party to
a proceeding by reason of its status as (a) the General
Partner, or (b) a director of the General Partner or an
officer or employee of the Partnership or the General Partner and
(ii) such other Persons (including Affiliates of the General
Partner or the Partnership) as the General Partner may designate
from time to time (whether before or after the event giving rise to
potential liability), in its sole and absolute discretion.
" Independent Director " means a director of the General
Partner who is not an employee of the General Partner and who is
not an employee or an Affiliate of the Advisor.
" IRS " means the Internal Revenue Service.
" Junior Share " means a share of capital stock of the
General Partner now or hereafter authorized or reclassified that
has dividend rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and
dissolution, that are inferior or junior to the Common Shares.
" Junior Unit " means a fractional share of the
Partnership Interests that the General Partner hereafter authorizes
pursuant to Section 4.1 , Section 4.3 or
Section 4.5 hereof that has distribution rights, or
rights upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are
inferior or junior to the Common Units.
" Limited Partner " means any Person reflected as a
limited partner on the books and records of the Partnership,
including any Substituted Limited Partner or Additional Limited
Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a limited partner in
the Partnership.
" Limited Partner Interest " means a Partnership Interest
of a Limited Partner in the Partnership representing a fractional
part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners 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. A Limited Partner Interest
may be expressed as a number of Common Units, Class A
Convertible Preferred Units, Preferred Units, Junior Units or other
Partnership Units.
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" Liquidating Event " has the meaning set
forth in Section 13.1 .
" Liquidator " has the meaning set forth in
Section 13.2.1 .
" Lock-Out Date " means the Class A Unlock Date and
any other date specified as a restriction on the rights of Partner
to convert its Partnership Units into any other class or series of
Partnership Units or to otherwise exercise such Partner’s
rights of redemption with respect to its Partnership Units.
" LP Direction Votes " has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1.1(f) .
" Majority of the Limited Partners " means Limited
Partners holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the Common
Shares that would be obtained by exchanging all of the Partnership
Units outstanding at such time and each exchangeable by their terms
for Common Shares (ignoring for purposes hereof the impact of any
Lock-Out Date).
" Market Price " means on any date, with respect to any
class or series of outstanding Common Shares, the Closing Price for
such Common Shares on such date.
" Master Agreement " means that certain Master Formation
and Contribution Agreement by and between Arizona Land Income
Corporation, an Arizona corporation, and POP Venture, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, dated as of October 3,
2006.
" Net Equity Value " shall mean, for any Contributed
Interest, the product of (a) the percentage ownership
represented by such Contributed Interest, multiplied by
(b) the amount equal to the difference between (i) the
Gross Asset Value of the Contributed Property, minus (ii) the
amount, including accrued and unpaid interest, of any unpaid
mortgage debt secured by such Contributed Property (whether by lien
encumbering fee simple title, a leasehold estate or an ownership
interest in a condominium).
" Nonrecourse Deductions " means, for a Fiscal Year, the
net increase, if any, in the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain
during that Fiscal Year, reduced (but not below zero) by the
aggregate amount of any distributions made during such taxable year
of proceeds of a nonrecourse liability (other than a Partner
Nonrecourse Debt) that are allocable to an increase in Partnership
Minimum Gain, determined according to the principles of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(c).
" Nonrecourse Liability " has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2).
" Notice of Conversion " has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3.7 .
" Notice of Redemption " means the Notice of Redemption
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached to this
Agreement.
" Optional Liquidation Preference Event " has the meaning
set forth in Section 4.3.3 .
" Other Securities " means (i) any rights, options,
warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities having the right
to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares or
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Preferred Shares, excluding Preferred Shares,
Junior Shares and grants under any Stock Incentive Plans, or
(ii) any Debt issued by the General Partner that provides any
of the rights described in clause (i).
" Ownership Limit " means the applicable restriction or
restrictions on ownership of shares of the General Partner imposed
under the Articles of Incorporation.
" Pari Passu Units " has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3.1 .
" Partner " means the General Partner or a Limited
Partner, and "Partners" means the General Partner and the Limited
Partners.
"Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain" means "partner
nonrecourse debt minimum gain" as such term is defined in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2). A Partner’s share of
Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain (and any net decrease
thereof) at any time shall be determined in accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i).
" 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 Fiscal 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, and any successor
thereto.
" Partnership Employees " means the employees of the
Partnership, the General Partner and any of their subsidiaries.
" Partnership Interest " means an ownership interest in
the Partnership held 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. A Partnership
Interest may be expressed as a number of Common Units, Class A
Convertible Preferred Units, Preferred Units, Junior Units or other
Partnership Units.
" 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 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 a record date
established by the General Partner for a distribution pursuant to
Section 5.1 hereof, which record date shall generally
be the same as the record date established by the General Partner
for a distribution to its shareholders of some or all of its share
of such distribution.
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" Partnership Unit " shall mean a Common
Unit, a Class A Convertible Preferred Unit, a Preferred Unit,
a Junior Unit or any other fractional share of the Partnership
Interests that the General Partner has authorized pursuant to
Section 4.1 , Section 4.3 or
Section 4.5 hereof.
" Partnership Unit Designation " shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 4.3 hereof.
"Percentage Interest" means, as to each Partner
(including the General Partner), its interest, if any, in the
Common Units as determined by dividing (a) the product of
(i) the number of Common Units then-held by such Partner,
multiplied by (ii) the Common Unit Redemption Factor, by
(b) the product of (i) the total number of Common Units
outstanding as of such time, multiplied by (ii) the Common
Unit Redemption Factor. To the extent that the Partnership issues
more than one class or series of Partnership Interests, the
interest of such class or series shall be determined as set forth
in this Agreement or any amendment hereto.
" Person " means an individual or a corporation,
partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
limited liability company or other entity.
" Preferred Share " means a share of capital stock of the
General Partner now or hereafter authorized or reclassified that
has dividend rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and
dissolution, that are superior or prior to the Common Shares.
" Preferred Unit " means a fractional share of the
Partnership Interests that the General Partner hereafter authorizes
pursuant to Section 4.1, Section 4.3 or Section 4.5
hereof that has distribution rights, or rights upon liquidation,
winding up and dissolution, that are superior or prior to the
Common Units. For the avoidance of doubt, Class A Convertible
Preferred Units shall not be deemed to be, and are not, "Preferred
Units" for purposes of this Agreement.
" Property " or " Properties " means any assets
and property of the Partnership such as, but not limited to,
interests in real property and personal property, including fee
interests, interests in ground leases, interests in limited
liability companies, joint ventures or partnerships, interests in
mortgages, and Debt instruments as the Partnership may hold from
time to time, and "Property" shall mean any one such asset or
property.
" Proportionate Voting Preferred Stock " means shares of
Proportionate Voting Preferred Stock, $.0001 par value per share,
of the General Partner.
" Qualified Public Offering " means the sale by the
General Partner of Common Shares in a bona fide, firm commitment
fully underwritten offering pursuant to an effective registration
statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission on Form S-1 (or any success form thereto) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in which the Company receives
net proceeds of more than $75 million (i.e. following deduction of
underwriting discounts, expenses of sale and other costs), provided
that immediately following the
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consummation of such offering the Common Shares
sold in such offering are listed for trading on any national
securities exchange.
" Qualified REIT Subsidiary " means a qualified REIT
subsidiary of the General Partner within the meaning of Code
Section 856(i)(2).
" Qualified Transferee " means an "accredited investor"
as defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities
Act.
" Qualifying Party " means (a) a Limited Partner
(other than the General Partner to the extent it is also a Limited
Partner), (b) an Additional Limited Partner, or (c) a
Substituted Limited Partner succeeding to all or part of a Limited
Partner Interest of a Limited Partner or an Additional Limited
Partner.
" Redemption " has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.5 .
" Reference Dividend " means the per quarter amount set
by the Board of Directors of the General Partner for the first
quarterly dividend on Common Shares declared following the
Effective Time (which shall be a minimum of $0.06); provided
, however , that this amount shall be adjusted in a manner
inversely proportionate to adjustments to the Common Unit
Redemption Factor upon the same events as for Common Unit
Redemption Factor.
" Regulations " means the applicable income tax
regulations under the Code, whether such regulations are in
proposed, temporary or final form, 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 6.3.1(viii) .
" REIT " means a real estate investment trust qualifying
under Code Section 856.
" REIT Consideration " means the aggregate number of
Common Shares equal to the product of the Common Shares Amount
multiplied by the Applicable Percentage. No fractional Common
Shares shall be issued as REIT Consideration. In lieu of any
fractional shares to which the holder would otherwise be entitled,
the General Partner shall pay cash equal to such fraction
multiplied by the Value of a Common Share. If the General Partner
has in effect a rights plan, the REIT Consideration shall include,
in addition to Common Shares, rights under the General
Partner’s stockholder rights agreement unless such rights
have expired, terminated or been redeemed or unless the rights have
separated from the Common Shares.
" REIT Expenses " means (i) costs and expenses
relating to the continuity of existence of the General Partner and
any Person (other than the Partnership) in which the General
Partner owns an equity interest, to the extent not prohibited by
Section 7.4 (which Persons shall, for purposes of this
definition, be included within the definition of "General
Partner"), including taxes, fees and assessments associated
therewith (other than federal, state or local income taxes imposed
upon the General Partner as a result of the General Partner’s
failure to distribute to its shareholders an amount equal to its
taxable income), any and all costs, expenses or fees payable to any
trustee or director of the General Partner, (ii) costs and
expenses relating to any offer or registration of securities by the
General Partner (the proceeds of which will be contributed or
advanced to the Partnership) and all statements, reports, fees and
expenses incidental thereto, including underwriting discounts and
selling commissions applicable to any such offer of
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securities, (iii) costs and expenses
associated with the preparation and filing of any periodic reports
by the General Partner under federal, state or local laws or
regulations, including filings with the SEC, (iv) costs and
expenses associated with compliance by the General Partner with
laws, rules and regulations promulgated by any regulatory
body, including the SEC, and (v) all other operating or
administrative costs of the General Partner incurred in the
ordinary course of its business; provided ,
however , that any of the foregoing expenses that are
determined by the General Partner to be expenses relating to the
ownership and operation of, or for the benefit of, the Partnership
shall be treated as reimbursable expenses under
Section 7.3.2 hereof rather than as "REIT
Expenses."
" REIT Partner " means (a) a Partner, including the
General Partner, that is a REIT, (b) any qualified REIT
subsidiary (as defined in Code Section 856(i)(2)) of any
Partner that is a REIT and (c) any Partner that is a qualified
REIT subsidiary (as defined in Code Section 856(i)(2)) of a
REIT.
" REIT Payment " has the meaning set forth in
Section 15.12 .
" REIT Requirements " means the requirements for
qualification as a REIT under the Code and Regulations, including
the distribution requirements contained in
Section 857(a) of the Code.
" Related Party " means, with respect to any Person, any
other Person whose ownership of shares of the General
Partner’s capital stock would be attributed to the first such
Person under Code Section 544 (as modified by Code
Section 856(h)(1)(b)).
" Restricted Common Units " has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.6.2 .
" Rights " has the meaning set forth in the definition of
"Common Shares Amount."
" SARs " means stock or Unit appreciation rights, whether
payable in cash or stock (or Units), including SARs payable in
cash, stock or Units at the election of the recipient.
" SEC " means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or
any successor agency thereto.
" Securities Act " means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
each as may be amended from time to time and any successor
statute.
" Senior Units " has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3.1 .
" Services Agreement " means any management, development
or advisory agreement with a property and/or asset manager for the
provision of property management, asset management, leasing,
development and/or similar services with respect to the Properties
and any agreement for the provision of services of accountants,
legal counsel, appraisers, insurers, brokers, transfer agents,
registrars, developers, financial advisors and other professional
services, including the Advisory Agreement.
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" Specified Redemption Date " means the
tenth (10th) Business Day after the receipt by the General
Partner of a Notice of Redemption; provided ,
however , that a Specified Redemption Date, as well
as the closing of a Redemption or an acquisition of Tendered Units
by a REIT Partner pursuant to Section 8.5.4 hereof on
any Specified Redemption Date, may be deferred, in the General
Partner’s sole and absolute discretion, for such time (but in
any event not more than one hundred fifty (150) days in the
aggregate) as may reasonably be required to effect, as applicable,
(i) compliance with the Securities Act or other laws
(including, but not limited to, (a) state "blue sky" or other
securities laws and (b) the expiration or termination of the
applicable waiting period, if any, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended), or
(ii) satisfaction or waiver of other commercially reasonable
and customary closing conditions and requirements for a transaction
of such nature.
" Stock Incentive Plan " means any plan, contract,
authorization or arrangement, whether or not set forth in any
formal documents, pursuant to which the following may be received:
cash, stock or Units, restricted stock or Units, phantom stock or
Units, stock or Unit options, SARs, stock or Unit options in tandem
with SARs, warrants, convertible securities, performance units and
performance shares, and similar instruments, hereafter adopted by
the Partnership or the General Partner.
" Subsidiary " means, with respect to any Person, any
other Person (which is not an individual) of which a majority of
(i) the voting power of the voting equity securities or
(ii) the outstanding equity interests is owned, directly or
indirectly, by such Person.
" Substituted Limited Partner " means a Person who is
admitted as a Limited Partner to the Partnership pursuant to
Section 11.4 hereof.
" Taxable REIT Subsidiary " has the meaning set forth in
Section 856(l) of the Code.
" Tax Items " has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.4.1 .
" Tenant List " has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.4.1 .
" Tendered Units " has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.5 .
" Tendering Party " has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.5 .
" Terminating Capital Transaction " means any sale or
other disposition of all or all but a de minimis amount 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 all but a de minimis amount of the assets of the
Partnership; except that sales or other dispositions of assets to a
Subsidiary will not be deemed a Terminating Capital
Transaction.
" Transfer , " when used with respect to a
Partnership Unit, or all or any portion of a Partnership Interest,
means any sale, assignment, bequest, conveyance, devise, gift
(outright or in trust), pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation,
mortgage, exchange, transfer or other disposition or act of
alienation, whether voluntary or involuntary or by operation of
law; provided , however , that except
as otherwise provided in Section 11 , when the term is
used in Section 11 hereof, "Transfer" does not include
(a) any Redemption of Partnership Units by the Partnership,
or
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acquisition of Tendered Units by a REIT Partner,
pursuant to Section 8.5 hereof or (b) any
redemption of Partnership Units pursuant to any Partnership Unit
Designation. The terms "Transferred" and "Transferring" have
correlative meanings.
" Transfer Agent " means, for any class of Partnership
Interests, the transfer agent engaged by the Partnership, or if
none is so engaged, the Partnership.
" Unitholder " means the General Partner or any Holder of
Partnership Units.
" Value " means, on any date of determination with
respect to a Common Share, the average of the daily Market Prices
for ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding
the date of determination except that, as provided in
Section 4.6.1(d) hereof, the Market Price for the
trading day immediately preceding the date of exercise of a stock
option (or other similar incentive exercisable by the recipient)
under any Stock Incentive Plan shall be substituted for such
average of daily Market Prices for purposes of
Section 4.6 hereof. For purposes of
Section 8.5 , the " date of determination "
shall be the date of receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of
Redemption or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately
preceding Business Day. In the event that the Common Shares Amount
includes Rights (as defined in the definition of "Common Shares
Amount") that a holder of Common Shares would be entitled to
receive, then the Value of such Rights shall be determined by the
General Partner acting in good faith. "Value" means, on any date of
determination with respect to a Common Unit, the Value of a Common
Share multiplied by the Common Unit Redemption Factor.
" Voting Direction Provision " has the meaning set forth
in Section 7.1.1(f) .
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ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS .
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2.1
Organization . The Partnership
is a limited partnership organized pursuant to the provisions of
the Act and upon the terms and subject to the 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.
2.2
Name . The name of the
Partnership is "Pacific Office Properties, L.P." 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 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 Partners of such change in the next regular communication to
the Partners. !
2.3 Registered
Office and Agent; Principal Office
. The address of the registered office of
the Partnership in the State of Delaware is located at 2711
Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, New Castle County,
Delaware 19808, and the registered agent for service of process on
the Partnership in the State of Delaware at such registered office
is Corporation Service Company. The principal office of the
Partnership is located at 841 Bishop Street, Suite 1700, Honolulu,
Hawaii 96813, or such other place as the General Partner may from
time to time designate by notice to the Limited Partners. 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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2.4.1 Each
Limited Partner hereby 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 this Agreement and the
Certificate and all amendments, supplements or restatements
thereof) that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems
appropriate or necessary to form, 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 or plans to 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 in accordance with its terms;
(c) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that
the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or
necessary to reflect the dissolution and liquidation of the
Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including a
certificate of cancellation; (d) all instruments relating to
the admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner
pursuant to, or other events described in, Section 11 ,
Section 12 or Section 13 hereof or the
Capital Contribution of any Partner; and (e) all certificates,
documents and other instruments relating to the determination of
the rights, preferences and privileges relating to Partnership
Interests; 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 or any Liquidator, 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 and absolute discretion of
the General Partner or any Liquidator, to effectuate the terms or
intent of this Agreement.
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Nothing contained herein shall be construed as
authorizing the General Partner or any Liquidator to amend this
Agreement except in accordance with Section 14 hereof
or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this
Agreement.
2.4.2 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
Limited Partners and Assignees will be relying upon the power of
the General Partner and any Liquidator 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
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Limited Partner or Assignee and the Transfer of
all or any portion of such Limited Partner’s or
Assignee’s Partnership Units or Partnership Interest and
shall extend to such Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s
heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. Each such
Limited Partner or Assignee hereby agrees to be bound by any
representation made by the General Partner or any Liquidator,
acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney; and each
such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby waives any and all defenses
that may be available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of
the General Partner or any Liquidator, taken in good faith under
such power of attorney. Each Limited Partner or Assignee shall
execute and deliver to the General Partner or the Liquidator,
within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the General
Partner’s or the 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.
2.5
Term . Pursuant to
Section 17-201 of the Act, the term of the Partnership
commenced on January __, 2007 and shall continue until the
Partnership is dissolved pursuant to the provisions of
Section 13 hereof or as otherwise provided by law.
3.1
Purpose and Business . The
purpose and nature of the Partnership is (i) to conduct any
business that may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership
organized pursuant to the Act; provided ,
however , that such business shall be limited to and
conducted in such a manner as to permit the General Partner at all
times to be classified as a REIT and avoid the imposition of
federal income and excise taxes on the General Partner, unless the
General Partner ceases to qualify, or is not qualified, as a REIT
for any reason or reasons; (ii) to enter into any partnership,
joint venture, limited liability company or other similar
arrangement to engage in any of the foregoing or the ownership of
interests in any entity engaged, directly or indirectly, in any of
the foregoing; and (iii) to do anything necessary or
incidental to the foregoing. Nothing in this Section 3.1
shall prevent the General Partner from terminating its status as a
REIT under the Code at any time (following which the proviso
contained in clause of (i) above shall no longer be
applicable).
3.2
Powers . The Partnership shall
have full power and authority to do any and all acts and things
necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, 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, directly or through its ownership
interest in other Persons, the power to (i) enter into,
perform and carry out contracts of any kind, (ii) borrow money
and issue evidences of indebtedness, whether or not secured by
mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien, (iii) acquire,
own, manage, improve and develop real property, and
(iv) lease, sell, transfer and dispose of real property;
provided , however , that the
Partnership shall not take, or refrain from taking, any action
which, in the judgment of the General Partner, in its sole and
absolute discretion, (i) could adversely affect the ability of
the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT,
(ii) could subject the General Partner to any additional taxes
under Section 857 or Section 4981 of the Code,(iii) could
violate any law or regulation of any governmental body or agency
having jurisdiction over the General Partner, its securities or the
Partnership; or (iv) could violate in any material respects
any of the covenants, conditions or
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restrictions now or hereafter placed upon or
adopted by the General Partner pursuant to any of our agreements or
applicable laws and regulations.
3.3
Partnership Only for Partnership Purposes
. This Agreement shall not be deemed to
create a company, venture or partnership between or among the
Partners with respect to any activities whatsoever other than the
activities within the purposes of the Partnership as specified in
Section 3.1 hereof. Except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement, no Partner shall have any authority to act for,
bind, commit or assume any obligation or responsibility on behalf
of the Partnership, its properties or any other Partner. No
Partner, in its capacity as a Partner under this Agreement, shall
be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of
another Partner, and the Partnership shall not be responsible or
liable for any indebtedness or obligation of any Partner, incurred
either before or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by such Partner, except as to those responsibilities, liabilities,
indebtedness or obligations incurred pursuant to and as limited by
the provisions of this Agreement and the Act.
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3.4
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Representations and Warranties by the
Parties .
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3.4.1 Each
Additional Limited Partner and Substituted Limited Partner that is
an individual, as a condition to becoming a Limited Partner, shall,
by executing this Agreement or a counterpart thereof, represent and
warrant to the Partnership and each other Partner that (i) the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to
be performed by such Partner will not result in a breach or
violation of, or a default under, any material agreement by which
such Partner or any of such Partner’s property is bound, or
any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner
is subject, (ii) subject to the last sentence of this
Section 3.4.1 , such Partner is neither a "foreign person"
within the meaning of Code Section 1445(f) nor a "foreign
partner" within the meaning of Code Section 1446(e),
(iii) such Partner does not own, directly or indirectly,
(a) nine and eight tenths percent (9.8%) or more of the
total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to
vote, or nine and eight tenths percent (9.8%) or more of the
total value of shares of all classes of stock, of any corporation
that is a tenant of any of (A) the General Partner or any
Qualified REIT Subsidiary, (B) the Partnership or (C) any
partnership, venture or limited liability company of which the
General Partner or any Qualified REIT Subsidiary or the Partnership
is a member, as reflected on the then current tenant list to be
maintained by the General Partner (the " Tenant List ") or
(b) an interest of nine and eight tenths percent
(9.8%) or more in the assets or net profits of any tenant of
any of (A) the General Partner or any Qualified REIT
Subsidiary, (B) the Partnership or (C) any partnership,
venture, or limited liability company of which the General Partner
or any Qualified REIT Subsidiary or the Partnership is a member, as
reflected on the Tenant List and (iv) this Agreement is
binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in accordance
with its terms. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, in the event that the representation contained in the
foregoing clause (ii) would be inaccurate if given by a
Partner, such Partner (w) shall not be required to make and
shall not be deemed to have made such representation, if it
delivers to the General Partner in connection with or prior to its
execution of this Agreement written notice that it may not
truthfully make such representation, (x) hereby agrees that it
is subject to the withholding provisions of the Code applicable to
a "foreign person" or "foreign partner," as applicable, and hereby
authorizes the General Partner to withhold any and all amounts it
is required to withhold pursuant to the Code with respect to such
"foreign person" or "foreign partner," as applicable, and
(y) hereby agrees to cooperate fully
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with the General Partner with respect to such
withholdings, including by effecting the timely completion and
delivery to the General Partner of all forms reasonably determined
to be required by the General Partner in connection
therewith.
3.4.2 Each Additional Limited
Partner and Substituted Limited Partner that is not an individual,
as a condition to becoming an Additional Limited Partner or a
Substituted Limited Partner, respectively, shall, by executing this
Agreement or a counterpart thereof, represent and warrant to the
Partnership and each other Partner(s) that (i) all
transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by it
have been duly authorized by all necessary action, including that
of its general partner(s), committee(s), trustee(s), beneficiaries,
directors and/or shareholder(s), as the case may be, as required,
(ii) the consummation of such transactions shall not result in
a breach or violation of, or a default under, its partnership or
operating agreement, trust agreement, articles, charter, bylaws or
similar organizational document, as the case may be, any material
agreement by which such Partner or any of such Partner’s
properties or any of its partners, members, beneficiaries, trustees
or shareholders, as the case may be, is or are bound, or any
statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner or
any of its partners, members, trustees, beneficiaries or
shareholders, as the case may be, is or are subject,
(iii) subject to the last sentence of this
Section 3.4.2 , such Partner is neither a "foreign
person" within the meaning of Code Section 1445(f) nor a
"foreign partner" within the meaning of Code Section 1446(e),
(iv) such Partner does not own, directly or indirectly,
(a) except as otherwise disclosed by the Partner in writing to
the Partnership, nine and eight tenths percent (9.8%) or more
of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled
to vote, or nine and eight tenths percent (9.8%) or more of
the total value of shares of all classes of stock, of any
corporation that is a tenant of any of (A) the General Partner
or any Qualified REIT Subsidiary, (B) the Partnership or
(C) any partnership, venture or limited liability company of
which the General Partner, any Qualified REIT Subsidiary or the
Partnership is a member, as reflected on the Tenant List or
(b) except as otherwise identified by the Partner in writing
to the Partnership, an interest of nine and eight tenths percent
(9.8%) or more in the assets or net profits of any tenant of
any of (A) the General Partner or any Qualified REIT
Subsidiary, (B) the Partnership or (C) any partnership,
venture or limited liability company for which the General Partner,
any Qualified REIT Subsidiary or the Partnership is a member, as
reflected on the Tenant List and (vi) this Agreement is
binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in accordance
with its terms. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, in the event that the representation contained in the
foregoing clause (iii) would be inaccurate if given by a
Partner, such Partner (w) shall not be required to make and
shall not be deemed to have made such representation, if it
delivers to the General Partner in connection with or prior to its
execution of this Agreement written notice that it may not
truthfully make such representation, (x) hereby agrees that it
is subject to the withholding provisions of the Code applicable to
a "foreign person" or "foreign partner," as applicable, and hereby
authorizes the General Partner to withhold any and all amounts it
is required to withhold pursuant to the Code with respect to such
"foreign person" or "foreign partner," as applicable, and
(y) hereby agrees to cooperate fully with the General Partner
with respect to such withholdings, including by effecting the
timely completion and delivery to the General Partner of all forms
reasonably determined to be required by the General Partner in
connection therewith.
3.4.3 Each Partner (including
each Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a
condition to becoming a Limited Partner) represents, warrants
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and agrees that it has acquired its interest in
the Partnership for its own account for investment purposes only
and not for the purpose of, or with a view toward, the resale or
distribution of all or any part thereof, and not with a view toward
selling or otherwise distributing such interest or any part thereof
at any particular time or under any predetermined circumstances.
Each Partner further represents and warrants that it is a
sophisticated investor, able and accustomed to handling
sophisticated financial matters for itself, particularly real
estate investments, and that it has a sufficiently high net worth
that it does not anticipate a need for the funds that it has
invested in the Partnership in what it understands to be a highly
speculative and illiquid investment.
3.4.4 The representations and
warranties contained in Sections 3.4.1 , 3.4.2
and 3.4.3 hereof shall survive the execution and delivery of
this Agreement by each Partner (and, in the case of an Additional
Limited Partner or a Substituted Limited Partner, the admission of
such Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a
Limited Partner in the Partnership) and the dissolution,
liquidation and termination of the Partnership.
3.4.5 Each Partner (including
each Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a
condition to becoming a Limited Partner) hereby acknowledges that
no representations as to potential profit, cash flows, funds from
operations or yield, if any, in respect of the Partnership or the
General Partner have been made by the Partnership, any Partner or
any employee or representative or Affiliate of any Partner to such
Partner, and that projections and any other information, including
financial and descriptive information and documentation, that may
have been in any manner submitted to such Partner shall not
constitute any representation or warranty of any kind or nature,
express or implied.
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4.
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CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND
ISSUANCES OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS .
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4.1
Capital Accounts . A separate
capital account shall be maintained for each Partner in accordance
with the provisions of Regulations Section 1.704-1. No Partner
shall be entitled to receive interest on its Capital Account or any
portion thereof. Subject to Section 6 below, each
Partner’s Capital Account shall be equal to:
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(i) The amount of cash or the
Gross Asset Value of property contributed by such Partner to the
Partnership (net of liabilities encumbering the contributed
property that the Partnership is considered to assume or take
subject to under Section 752 of the Code); plus
(ii) The amount of any
Profits or other items of taxable income or gain, or tax exempt
income or gain, and items in the nature of income or gain allocated
to the Partner pursuant to Section 6 ; less
(iii) The amount of any
Losses and items in the nature of Loss or deduction allocated to
the Partner pursuant to Section 6 ; and less
(iv) All distributions of
cash of other property distributed to the Partner.
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4.2
General Partnership Interests
. At or about the Effective Time,
the General Partner shall make a Capital Contribution to the
Partnership in exchange for Partnership Units as contemplated by
the Master Agreement.
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4.3
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Class A Convertible Preferred
Units .
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4.3.1 Rank
. The Class A Convertible Preferred
Units shall rank in a Liquidating Event (a) prior to the
Common Units; (b) prior to any class or series of Junior Units
hereafter created; (c) pari passu with any class or series of
Partnership Units of the Partnership currently existing or
hereafter created specifically ranking on parity with the
Class A Convertible Preferred Units (collectively, " Pari
Passu Units "), and (d) junior to any class or series of
Partnership Units of the Partnership hereafter created specifically
ranking senior to the Class A Convertible Preferred Units
(collectively, " Senior Units "). The Class A
Convertible Preferred Units shall rank pari passu with the Common
Units with respect to distributions as set forth in
Section 4.3.2 below.
4.3.2 Cumulative
Distributions . Upon the payment of any
distribution to the holders of any Junior Units or Common Units
(but subject to the rights of any applicable Senior Units), each
Class A Convertible Preferred Unit shall be entitled to
distributions at an annual rate of (a) 1.0% of the
Class A Convertible Preferred Unit Liquidation Preference
Amount per annum from the date of issuance of such Class A
Convertible Preferred Unit (adjusted for any stock split, stock
dividend or distribution, reclassification, reorganization,
consolidation or similar change or event) up to (but not including)
January ,
2008, (b) 2.0% of the Class A Convertible Preferred Unit
Liquidation Preference Amount per annum from January
, 2008
(adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend or distribution,
reclassification, reorganization, consolidation or similar change
or event) up to (but not including)
January , 2009, (c) 3.0% of the
Class A Convertible Preferred Unit Liquidation Preference
Amount per annum from January
, 2009
(adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend or distribution,
reclassification, reorganization, consolidation or similar change
or event) up to (but not including) the third anniversary of such
date of issuance, and (d) 4.0% of the Class A Convertible
Preferred Unit Liquidation Preference Amount per annum from and
after January
, 2010
(adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend or distribution,
reclassification, reorganization, consolidation or similar change
or event) (collectively, the " Class A Preferred
Distributions "). Such distributions shall accumulate (accrue)
from day to day, and shall be paid in cash on each anniversary of
the date of issuance of such Class A Convertible Preferred
Unit. All Class A Preferred Distributions under this
Section 4.3.2 shall be cumulative so that if such
Distributions in respect of any distribution period shall not have
been paid on or declared and set apart for all Class A
Convertible Preferred Units at the time outstanding, the deficiency
shall be fully paid on or declared and set apart for such
Class A Convertible Preferred Units before the Partnership
makes any distribution (as hereinafter defined) to the holders of
any other Partnership Units (other than Senior Units and other than
Pari Passu Units (provided Class A Preferred Distributions
shall be paid simultaneously with distributions to Pari Passu Units
pro rata in accordance with their aggregate accumulated and unpaid
distributions)).
4.3.3 Liquidation
Preference . Subject to the rights of
any applicable Senior Units, in the event of (i) a Liquidating
Event, or (ii) the merger, consolidation, reorganization or
other combination of the Partnership with or into another entity
(any such
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event, an " Optional Liquidation Preference
Event "), the holders of Class A Convertible Preferred
Units shall be entitled to receive, out of the assets of the
Partnership, an amount per Class A Convertible Preferred Unit
equal to the Class A Convertible Preferred Unit Liquidation
Preference Amount plus all accumulated or declared but unpaid
Class A Preferred Distributions, before any payment shall be
made or any assets distributed to the holders of Common Units or
Junior Units but following any payment to be made or any assets to
be distributed to any Senior Units and concurrent with any Pari
Passu Units. With respect to an Optional Liquidation Preference
Event, each holder of Class A Convertible Preferred Units will
have the option, in such holder’s sole discretion, to
exercise its right to receive the Class A Preferred
Liquidation Preference plus all declared but unpaid Class A
Preferred Distributions by delivering written notice to the
Partnership of such election. If, in the event of a Liquidating
Event or an Optional Liquidation Preference Event, the assets of
the Partnership are insufficient to pay the total aggregate
Class A Convertible Preferred Unit Liquidation Preference
Amount plus any accumulated and declared and unpaid Class A
Preferred Distributions (in the case of an Optional Liquidation
Preference Event, to those electing holders) and aggregate amounts,
if any, to which the Pari Passu Units would be entitled upon such
Liquidating Event, the holders of such Class A Convertible
Preferred Units shall share pro rata with all Pari Passu Units
outstanding in any such distribution in proportion to the full
amounts to which they would otherwise be respectively entitled
(i.e., the amount to be distributed to the holders of the
Class A Convertible Preferred Units shall be equal to the
product of (i) the amount available for distribution,
multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
aggregate Class A Convertible Preferred Unit Liquidation
Preference Amount plus any accumulated and declared and unpaid
Class A Preferred Distributions (in the case of an Optional
Liquidation Preference Event, the aggregate Class A
Convertible Preferred Unit Liquidation Preference Amount plus any
accumulated and declared and unpaid Class A Preferred
Distributions of the electing holders) and the denominator of which
is the sum of the aggregate Class A Convertible Preferred Unit
Liquidation Preference Amounts plus any accumulated and declared
and unpaid Class A Preferred Distributions (in the case of an
Optional Liquidation Preference Event, the aggregate Class A
Convertible Preferred Unit Liquidation Preference Amount of the
electing holders plus any accumulated and declared and unpaid
Class A Preferred Distributions) and the aggregate amounts, if
any, to which the Pari Passu Units would be entitled upon such
Liquidating Event). All amounts distributed to any holder of
Class A Convertible Preferred Units shall be in cash to the
extent cash is available, unless otherwise previously consented to
in writing by such holder.
4.3.4 Optional
Conversion . Commencing on the
Class A Unlock Date, each Class A Convertible Preferred
Unit shall be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at
any time and from time to time, and without the payment of
additional consideration by the holder thereof, into such number of
fully paid and nonassessable Common Units equal to the Class A
Convertible Preferred Unit Conversion Factor.
4.3.5 Mandatory
Conversion . Commencing on the fourth
anniversary of the issuance of the Class A Convertible
Preferred Units, in the event that (i) the product of
(a) the Common Unit Redemption Factor multiplied by
(b) the Market Price of the Common Shares is greater than
(ii) one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the
Class A Conversion Price during twenty (20) days out of
any thirty (30) consecutive trading days then the Partnership
may require any holder of Class A Convertible Preferred Units
to convert each of his, her or its Class A
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Convertible Preferred Units into such number of
fully paid and nonassessable Common Units equal to the Class A
Convertible Preferred Unit Conversion Factor.
4.3.6 No
Fractional Units . No fractional Common
Units shall be issued upon conversion of the Class A
Convertible Preferred Unit. In lieu of any fractional shares to
which the holder would otherwise be entitled, the Partnership shall
pay cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the Class A
Conversion Price. Whether or not fractional Common Units would be
issuable upon such conversion shall be determined on the basis of
the total number of Class A Convertible Preferred Units the
holder is at the time converting into Common Units and the
aggregate number of Common Units issuable upon such conversion.
4.3.7 Notice of
Conversion (Optional) . In order for a
holder of Class A Convertible Preferred Units to voluntarily
convert shares of Class A Convertible Preferred Units into
Common Units, such holder shall deliver to the Partnership’s
Transfer Agent written notice (" Notice of Conversion ")
that such holder elects to convert all or any number of the shares
of the Class A Convertible Preferred Units represented by such
certificate or certificates and, if applicable, any event on which
such conversion is contingent. A Notice of Conversion shall state
such holder’s name or the names of the nominees in which such
holder wishes the certificate or certificates for Common Units to
be issued. The close of business on the date of receipt by the
Transfer Agent of such Notice of Conversion shall be the time of
conversion (the " Conversion Time "), and the Common Units
issuable upon conversion of the shares represented by such
certificate shall be deemed to be outstanding of record as of such
date. As soon as reasonably practicable following the Conversion
Time and in any event within three business days following the
Conversion Time, the holder of Class A Convertible Preferred
Units shall surrender the certificate or certificates for such
shares of Class A Convertible Preferred Units (or, if such
registered holder alleges that such certificate has been lost,
stolen or destroyed, a lost certificate affidavit and agreement
reasonably acceptable to the Partnership to indemnify the
Partnership against any claim that may be made against the
Partnership on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of
such certificate), at the office of the Transfer Agent. If required
by the Partnership, certificates surrendered for conversion shall
be endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument or written
instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Partnership,
duly executed by the registered holder or such holder’s
attorney duly authorized in writing. The Partnership shall, as soon
as practicable after the Conversion Time, and in no event later
than the third business day following the Conversion Time, issue
and deliver or cause its Transfer Agent to issue and deliver to
such holder of Class A Convertible Preferred Units, or to such
holder’s nominees, a certificate or certificates for the
number of full Common Units issuable upon such conversion in
accordance with the provisions hereof, a certificate for the number
(if any) of the Class A Convertible Preferred Units
represented by the surrendered certificate that were not converted
into Common Units, and cash as provided in
Section 4.3.6 above in lieu of any fraction of a Common
Unit otherwise issuable upon such conversion and payment of any
accumulated or declared but unpaid distributions on the
Class A Convertible Preferred Units converted.
4.3.8 Notice of
Conversion (Mandatory) . In the event
the Partnership exercises its right under Section 4.3.5
to require any holder of Class A Convertible Preferred Units
to convert each of his, her or its Class A Convertible
Preferred Units into Common Units, then the Partnership may provide
by notice to such Limited Partner that the Partnership has elected
to
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exercise its rights under
Section 4.3.5 and may treat such Limited Partner as a
party who has delivered a Notice of Conversion pursuant to
Section 4.3.7 above. Such notice given by the
Partnership to a Limited Partner pursuant to this
Section 4.3.8 shall be treated as if it were a Notice
of Conversion delivered to the General Partner by such Limited
Partner. For purposes of this Section 4.3.8 , other
than with respect to the delivery of the Notice of Conversion
(which is dealt with in the preceding two sentences), the
provisions of Section 4.3.7 shall apply, mutatis
mutandis, with the "Conversion Time" being the date that the
Partnership issues a Notice of Conversion.
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4.4
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Issuances of Additional Partnership
Interests .
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4.4.1 General
. The General Partner is hereby authorized
to cause the Partnership to issue additional Partnership Interests,
in the form of Partnership Units, for any Partnership purpose, at
any time or from time to time, to the Partners (including the
General Partner) or to other Persons, and to admit such Persons as
Additional Limited Partners, for such consideration and on such
terms and conditions as shall be established by the General Partner
in its sole and absolute discretion, all without the approval of
any Limited Partners. Without limiting the foregoing, the General
Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue
Partnership Units (i) upon the conversion, redemption or
exchange of any Debt, Partnership Units or other securities issued
by the Partnership, (ii) for less than fair market value, so
long as the General Partner concludes in good faith that such
issuance is in the best interests of the General Partner and the
Partnership, (iii) in connection with any merger of any other
Person into the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership if
the applicable merger agreement provides that Persons are to
receive Partnership Units in exchange for their interests in the
Person merging into the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the
Partnership, (iv) in connection with any acquisition of real
property or other assets and (v) that are Senior Units, Pari
Passu Units or Junior Units. Subject to the Act, any additional
Partnership Interests may be issued in one or more classes, or one
or more series of any of such classes, with such designations,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special
rights, powers and duties as shall be determined by the General
Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion without the approval
of any Limited Partner, and set forth in this Agreement or a
written document thereafter attached to and made an exhibit to this
Agreement (each, a " Partnership Unit Designation "). Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the General Partner shall
have authority to specify (a) the allocations of items of
Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each such
class or series of Partnership Interests; (b) the right of
each such class or series of Partnership Interests to share in
Partnership distributions; (c) the rights of each such class
or series of Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation
of the Partnership; (d) the voting rights, if any, of each
such class or series of Partnership Interests; and (e) the
conversion, redemption or exchange rights applicable to each such
class or series of Partnership Interests.
4.4.2 Issuances to
the General Partner . No additional
Partnership Units shall be issued to the General Partner unless
(i) the additional Partnership Units are issued to all
Partners in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests
with respect to the class of Partnership Units so issued,
(ii) (a) the additional Partnership Units are
(x) Common Units issued in connection with an issuance of
Common Shares, or (y) Partnership Units (other than Common
Units) issued in connection with an issuance, conversion or
exercise of Preferred Shares, Other Securities or other interests
in the General Partner (other than Common Shares), which
Preferred
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Shares, Other Securities or other interests have
designations, preferences and other rights, terms and provisions
that are substantially the same as the designations, preferences
and other rights, terms and provisions of the additional
Partnership Units issued to the General Partner, and (b) the
General Partner contributes or otherwise causes to be transferred
to the Partnership the cash proceeds or other consideration
received in connection with the issuance of such Common Shares,
Preferred Shares, Other Securities or other interests in the
General Partner, (iii) the additional Partnership Units are
issued upon the conversion, redemption or exchange of Debt,
Partnership Units or other securities issued by the Partnership, or
(iv) the additional Partnership Units are issued pursuant to
Section 4.5.2 or Section 4.6 .
4.4.3 No
Preemptive Rights . No Person, including
any Partner or Assignee, shall have any preemptive, preferential,
participation or similar right or rights to subscribe for or
acquire any Partnership Interest.
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4.5
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Additional Funds and Capital
Contributions .
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4.5.1 General
. The General Partner may, at any time and
from time to time, determine that the Partnership requires
additional funds (" Additional Funds ") for the acquisition or
development of additional Properties, for the redemption of
Partnership Units or for such other purposes as the General Partner
may determine in its sole and absolute discretion. Additional Funds
may be obtained by the Partnership, at the election of the General
Partner, in any manner provided in, and in accordance with, the
terms of this Section 4.5 without the approval of any
Limited Partners.
4.5.2 Additional
Capital Contributions . The General
Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional
Funds by accepting Capital Contributions from any Partners or other
Persons. In connection with any such Capital Contribution (of cash
or property), the General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the
Partnership from time to time to issue additional Partnership Units
(as set forth in Section 4.3 above) in consideration
therefor and the Percentage Interests of the General Partner and
the Limited Partners shall be adjusted appropriat
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