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AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF ROME ACQUISITION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Limited Partnership Agreement

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Title: AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF ROME ACQUISITION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Governing Law: Delaware     Date: 11/30/2006
Industry: Casinos and Gaming     Law Firm: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP    

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF ROME ACQUISITION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Parties: american real estate partners l p , wh rome partners llc
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AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

OF ROME ACQUISITION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

This Agreement of Limited Partnership of Rome Acquisition Limited Partnership (the or this “ Agreement ”), a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), is entered into effective as of November 15, 2006 (the “ Effective Date ”) among WH Rome Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a General Partner (“ Macklowe ”, in its capacity as a General Partner) and as a Limited Partner (“ Macklowe Company ”, in its capacity as a Limited Partner), and Meadow Star LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as a General Partner (“ Icahn ”, in its capacity as a General Partner) and as a Limited Partner (“ Icahn Company ”, in its capacity as a Limited Partner). In consideration of the premises and covenants contained herein, the parties agree as of the Effective Date as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1   Certain Terms . The definitions set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto shall apply to this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE II

 

NAME, OFFICE, BUSINESS

 

Section 2.1   Name . The name of the Partnership is “Rome Acquisition Partnership”, or such other name or variations thereof as may, from time to time, be selected by the General Partners or as may be necessary to comply with laws, rules or regulations applicable to the business of the Partnership.

 

Section 2.2   Registered Office in the State of Delaware: Agent for Service . The address of the Partnership’s registered office in the State of Delaware is c/o The Corporation Service Company, Corporation Trust Center, 2711 Conterville Rd., Suite 400, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The name of the Partnership’s registered agent for service of process in the State of Delaware at such address is The Corporation Service Company or such other agent as may be designated from time to time by the General Partners.

 

Section 2.3   Business of the Partnership . The business of the Partnership shall be to engage in the acquisition of the Target and after the Closing Date to manage and/or sell certain properties as determined by the General Partners, and to do any and all other acts and things that the General Partners in their sole discretion may mutually decide.

 

Section 2.4   Location of Principal Place of Business . The location of the principal place of business of the Partnership is 445 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 1210, White Plains, NY 10601, or such other location as may from time to time be determined by the General Partners.

 

 

 


 

Section 2.5   Term . The term of the Partnership (the “ Term ”) shall commence with the filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership on November 15, 2006 and shall continue until December 31, 2011.

 

ARTICLE III

 

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Section 3.1   Initial Capital Contributions . By no later than November 27, 2006, the initial aggregate capital contributions of all of the Partners shall be U.S. $1,200,000,000.00 (the “ Initial Capital Commitment ”), subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 3.1. Each Partner hereby agrees to contribute to the Partnership by no later than November 27, 2006, a capital contribution (with respect to each Partner an “ Initial Capital Contribution ”) in cash in the amount set forth next to such Partner’s name on Schedule A hereto; provided, however, that (I) no such capital contributions shall be required and (II) to the extent that such capital contributions shall have been made, such capital contributions shall be returned to any Partner upon its request unless (x) the price to be paid per Target Security pursuant to the definitive agreement between the Partnership or its wholly-owned subsidiary and the Target providing for the acquisition of the Target (the “ Acquisition Agreement ”) does not exceed $49.00 per Target Security and (y) the aggregate amount of equity required to consummate the acquisition of Target pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement does not exceed (without taking into account any of the Shared Expenses) the Initial Capital Commitment. Any breach by a Partner of this Section 3.1 shall constitute a “ Failure to Contribute ” hereunder, and any Partner that so breaches this Agreement shall constitute a “ Non-Contributing Partner .” The General Partner that is a member of the General Partner Group that does not have the Non-Contributing Partner shall be entitled to collect from the other General Partner that is a member of the General Partner Group that does have the Non-Contributing Partner, and such General Partner shall pay to the General Partner that is so entitled to collect or its designee, an amount equal to $60,000,000 (the “ Failure to Contribute Amount ”). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Failure to Contribute Amount shall be the sole and exclusive remedy against a Non-Contributing Partner with respect to any Failure to Contribute.

 

Section 3.2   Additional Capital Contributions . After the Effective Date, the General Partners may from time to time attempt to agree on additional capital commitments to the Partnership. If the General Partners agree on the amount of an additional capital commitment of each General Partner (in each case, and with respect to each General Partner, an “ Additional Capital Commitment ”), they will enter into such commitment by executing a commitment letter (in each case a “ Commitment Letter ”) and deliver it to the General Partners and the Partnership, and Icahn and Macklowe will each thereby become bound to make an additional capital contribution (in each case and with respect to each General Partner, an “ Additional Capital Contribution ”) to the Partnership up to the amount of an Additional Capital Commitment agreed upon in such Commitment Letter at the written request of one General Partner to the other General Partner (in each case a “ Capital Contribution Request Letter ”), which request shall set forth an amount of an Additional Capital Contribution that each General Partner shall contribute to the Partnership. Also, each of Icahn and Macklowe shall be entitled, from time to time, to make an Additional Capital Contribution to the Partnership (the “ Contribution Right ”), provided the aggregate of all Additional Capital Contributions contributed by such General Partner to the Partnership from the date of the last in time Commitment Letter does not exceed the Additional Capital Commitment of such General Partner set forth in such Commitment Letter. Each of Icahn and Macklowe may, in its sole and absolute discretion, choose to make an Additional Capital Contribution hereunder by causing each of Icahn Company and Macklowe Company, respectively, to make such Additional Capital Contribution.

 

 

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Section 3.3   Obligation to Contribute . Each of Icahn and Macklowe shall cause each of Icahn Company and Macklowe Company, respectively, to make an Additional Capital Contribution to the Partnership on the date, in the amount and otherwise in accordance with the terms prescribed by a Capital Contribution Request Letter, provided that such Additional Capital Contribution does not cause such General Partner to make an Additional Capital Contribution beyond its Additional Capital Commitment pursuant to the last in time Commitment Letter.

 

Section 3.4   No Right or Obligation . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or required by law, no Partner shall be obligated to or have a right to make an additional Capital Contribution to the Partnership.

 

Section 3.5   Form of Capital Contribution . Capital Contributions to the Partnership shall be made in cash only.

 

Section 3.6   No Interest on Capital Contributions . No Partner shall be entitled to interest on or with respect to any Capital Contribution or any amounts to be paid to such Partner pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Section 3.7   Distribution and Return on Capital Contributions . Except as otherwise unanimously agreed to by the General Partners, no Partner shall be entitled to a return of any part of its Capital Contributions or to receive any distributions from the Partnership.

 

Section 3.8   Expenses .

 

Internal Expenses . For avoidance of doubt, each Partner shall be responsible for its own internal expenses related to or arising out of its activities outside of the Partnership and shall not have any right of reimbursement by the Partnership of such expenses.

 

Shared Expenses . The Partners shall bear, pro rata in accordance with their respective Capital Accounts , (i) all fees and expenses of the financial advisors, legal advisor and accounting firm engaged by either General Partner on behalf of the Partnership in connection with the preparation and submission of a proposal with respect to the acquisition of Target, the negotiation and execution of the Acquisition Agreement and taking the other actions contemplated by this Agreement with respect to the proposed acquisition of Target and (ii) other third-party costs incurred by one General Partner on behalf of the Partnership in connection with the preparation and submission of a proposal with respect to the acquisition of Target, the negotiation and execution of the Acquisition Agreement and taking the other actions contemplated hereunder as unanimously approved by the General Partners, including any costs associated with structuring any debt financing for the acquisition of Target; provided that the fees and expenses described in both clauses (i) and (ii) above are incurred with the unanimous consent of each General Partner (the “ Shared Expenses ”); and provided, further and notwithstanding that Shared Expenses must be approved by the unanimous consent of each General Partner, that if Icahn (x) has paid to the Partnership its pro rata share (based on the amount set forth next to Icahn’s name on Schedule A) of any Shared Expenses and (y) requests that Macklowe pay to the Partnership its pro rata share (based on the amount set forth next to Macklowe’s name on Schedule A) of such Shared Expenses, then, within three (3) business days of such request, Macklowe shall pay to the Partnership its pro rata share of such Shared Expenses. In the event that Macklowe does not make the foregoing payment to the Partnership within such three (3) business days period, Icahn shall be entitled to collect from Macklowe, and Macklowe shall pay to Icahn or its designee, the Failure to Contribute Amount. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Failure to Contribute Amount shall be the sole and exclusive remedy against Macklowe with respect to any failure to pay to the Partnership its pro rata share of any Shared Expenses in accordance with this Section 3.8(b).

 

 

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Repayment of Debt . If the General Partners unanimously elect, or are required by one or more third parties, to repay or repurchase at the Closing Date (or thereafter in connection with the sale of properties) any indebtedness of Target or any subsidiary of Target, at the Closing Date (or thereafter in connection with the sale of properties), the Partners shall pay in cash such indebtedness plus any costs, expenses or fees associated with such repayment or repurchase, including without limitation any prepayment fees or penalties, to be repaid, pro   rata in accordance with their respective Capital Accounts. For these purposes, “indebtedness” shall be deemed to include the costs of unwinding any interest rate swaps, caps, treasury locks and other derivatives and hedges associated with the indebtedness that is being repaid.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

ALLOCATION OF PROFITS AND LOSSES

 

Section 4.1   Allocation of Profits and Losses .

 

Allocation of Profits . Profits for each Accounting Period shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance with the positive balances of their Capital Accounts as of the beginning of such Accounting Period.

 

Allocation of Losses . Losses for each Accounting Period shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance with the positive balances of their Capital Accounts as of the beginning of the Accounting Period.

 

Timing of Allocations . Allocations of Profits and Losses as provided in this Section 4.1 shall be made as of the end of each Accounting Period.

 

Section 4.2   Additional Allocation Provisions .

 

 

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Except as provided below in this Section 4.2, the net profits and net losses of the Partnership, as determined for Federal income tax purposes, shall be allocated in the same manner as Profits and Losses are allocated under Sections 4.1 hereof.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article IV hereof, the aggregate General Partner’s interest in each item of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction or credit shall equal at least 1% of each of those items at all times during the existence of the Partnership. In determining each General Partner’s interest in those items, any Limited Partner’s interest owned by such General Partner shall not be taken into account.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article IV hereof, items of Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction, as determined for Federal income tax purposes, shall be specially allocated to the Partners to eliminate the difference between the adjusted tax basis and the book value of such Target Securities, in accordance with the principles of Code § 704(c), the Treasury Regulations there-under, and Treasury Regulations § 1.704-1(b)(4)(i); provided , however , that in the event of a withdrawal of a Partner, the General Partners other than a withdrawing Partner, acting together by unanimous agreement, shall have reasonable discretion to specially allocate items of Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction, as determined for Federal income tax purposes, first to the withdrawing Partner in order to eliminate any disparity between such withdrawing Partner’s adjusted tax basis in its Partnership Interest and its Capital Account immediately prior to such withdrawal.

 

ARTICLE V

 

DISTRIBUTION, WITHDRAWAL AND BUY-SELL OFFER

 

Section 5.1   Distribution of Available Cash and Property . The General Partners may from time to time, in their sole discretion, acting together by unanimous agreement, distribute to the General Partners and the Limited Partners, pro rata in accordance with the relative positive balances of their Capital Accounts, cash or other property held by the Partnership, determined by the General Partners, in their sole discretion, acting together by unanimous agreement, to be available for distribution. Any withholding tax imposed with respect to a distribution to a Partner shall be deemed to be a distribution.

 

Section 5.2   Withdrawal . Except pursuant to Section 5.3 (“ Buy-Sell Offer ”) or Article VII (“TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS BY PARTNERS”), no Partner shall have the right to withdraw from the Partnership and no Partner shall withdraw from the Partnership under any circumstances or make a demand for withdrawal of any or all of its Capital Contributions.

 

Section 5.3   Buy-Sell Offer . Any General Partner Group (the “ Initiating Partners ”) may at any time (i) after the ninetieth (90 th ) day after the Closing Date and (ii) after notice to the other General Partner Group that the General Partners fail to unanimously agree pursuant to Section 6.2 on any action under this Agreement, deliver to Icahn, with respect to Icahn Group, or Macklowe, with respect to Macklowe Group (with respect to either Icahn Group or Macklowe Group, as the case may be, the “ Non-Initiating Partners ”) an offer (the “ Buy-Sell Offer ”) in writing stating the purchase price on a per unit or percentage basis at which the Initiating Partners and/or their Affiliate(s) designated by the Initiating Partners in the Buy-Sell Offer (each an “ Initiating Designee ” and collectively “ Initiating Designees ”) are willing to purchase from the Non-Initiating Partners or sell to the Non-Initiating Partners all (but not less than all) Interests in the Partnership held in the case of a purchase by the Non-Initiating Partners, and in the case of a sale by the Initiating Partners.

 

 

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Icahn or Macklowe, as the case may be, on behalf of the Non-Initiating Partners, shall then be obligated to elect to:

 

 

(i)

sell to the Initiating Partners and/or Initiating Designees, as the case may be, all (but not less than all) Interests in the Partnership then owned by the Non-Initiating Partners at the purchase price and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Buy-Sell Offer; or

 

 

(ii)

purchase from the Initiating Partners on their own and/or through their Affiliate(s) designated by the Non-Initiating Partners and disclosed to the Initiating Partners in writing (each a “ Non-Initiating Designee ” and collectively “ Non-Initiating Designees ”) all (but not less than all) Interests in the Partnership at the purchase price and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Buy-Sell Offer.

 

Icahn or Macklowe, as the case may be, on behalf of the Non-Initiating Partners, shall give written notice of such election to the Initiating Partners within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Buy-Sell Offer. Failure of Icahn or Macklowe, as the case may be, on behalf of the Non-Initiating Partners, to give the Initiating Partners notice of their election within said 30-day period shall conclusively be deemed to be an election under clause (i) above.

 

The closing of any purchase and sale of Interests in the Partnership pursuant hereto shall occur no later than ten (10) days following the delivery of the notice of election set forth above or such earlier date as shall be specified in writing by the Purchasing Partners, unless an approval for the consummation of the foregoing transaction is required from any Regulatory Authority, in which case such closing shall take place no later than 10 days following such approval. At any closing pursuant to this section, a General Partner Group which is selling Interests in the Partnership, whether such General Partner Group shall be of the Initiating Partners or the Non-Initiating Partners who elect to sell (the “ Exiting Partners ”), shall sell, transfer and assign to the other General Partner Group purchasing such Interests and the Target Securities (the “ Purchasing Partners ”) all right, title and interest in and to the Exiting Partners’ Interests in the Partnership free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances, the Purchasing Partners shall pay for such interests and Interests in cash or immediately available Federal funds and, at the request of the Purchasing Partners, the Exiting Partners shall execute all other documents and take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to effectuate the transfer of the Interests in the Partnership and to carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

 

 

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In the event, the Exiting Partners fail to comply with the closing procedure set forth above, the Purchasing Partners may, in their discretion, chose to deliver to the Partnership and the Exiting Partners a Payment Notice (as defined below), and the Partnership and the Exiting Partners shall abide by the procedure set forth in the Payment Notice.

 

Section 5.4   Material Breaches of Section 5.3 . Any breach by a Partner of Section 5.3 (“Buy-Sell Offer”) shall constitute a “ Material Breach ” hereunder, and any Partner that is in “Material Breach” shall constitute a “ Subject Partner .” The General Partner, that is a member of the General Partner Group that does not have the Subject Partner as its member, and/or its Affiliate(s) designated by such General Partner shall be entitled to purchase (without any obligation to do so) (the “ Purchase Option ”) all (but not less than all) of the Interests of the General Partner Group that has the Subject Partner as its member at price equal to seventy five percent (75%) of the Capital Account of that General Partner Group on the date of the Material Breach by tendering to the Partnership and such Subject Partner a payment notice (a “ Payment Notice ”) at any time after the Material Breach, which Payment Notice shall set forth the procedure for the payment for the Interest in immediately available Federal funds, and the Partnership and the Subject Partner shall abide by such procedure. The Subject Partner shall be deemed to have waived any defenses it may have to the purchase of its Interest pursuant to the Purchase Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be construed as a waiver of any other rights or remedies that the Partnership and/or each of its Partners may have against the Subject Partner at law or in equity, including damages for any breach of this Agreement, whether or not the Purchase Option is exercised.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

POWERS RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE GENERAL PARTNER

 

Section 6.1   Authority . Except as otherwise specifically stated herein, the General Partners, acting together by unanimous agreement, shall have exclusive and complete authority and discretion to manage the operations and affairs of the Partnership and to make all decisions regarding the business of the Partnership.

 

Section 6.2   Powers and Duties of General Partner . The General Partners shall be solely responsible for the administration of the Partnership and any act by the Partnership shall, except as otherwise set forth in ARTICLE III (“CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS”) and Section 5.3 (“Buy-Sell Offer”) hereof, require the unanimous approval of the General Partners, including, without limitation, (i) admission of any other person as a Partner, (ii) any matter relating to any transaction between the Partnership or any entity controlled by the Partnership and any General Partner or Limited Partner, (iii) any distributions to the Partners (iv) determining to require any Capital Contribution from the Partners, (v) except as set forth in Section 5.3 hereof, the taking of any action by the Partnership prior to the acquisition of any Target Securities, (vi) a change in the purpose of the Partnership, (vii) the dissolution of the Partnership, (viii) the sale or purchase of Target Securities by the Partnership or the voting of Target Securities by the Partnership but not by any Partner or any of its Affiliates (other than the Partnership), (ix) appointment of and/or delegation of authority to one General Partner or any representative of any General Partner to represent the Partnership and/or each of the General Partners in any specific affairs, undertakings, matters or projects of the Partnership during a specific time or period, and in any event, until one General Partner objects to such appointment or delegation by giving written notice of such objection to the other General Partner and therefore revokes its consent (x) public disclosure of the plans, strategies or affairs of the Partnership and (xi) sales of any assets of the Partnership. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the General Partners, acting by unanimous agreement, shall have (x) all rights and powers of a general partner under the Uniform Act; (y) all authority, rights and powers in the management of the Partnership business to do any and all other acts and things necessary, proper, convenient or advisable to effectuate the purpose of this Agreement, to carry on the business of the Partnership and/or as permitted by law and (z) the sole power to approve a transfer, domestication, continuance, merger, consolidation or conversion of the Partnership. From time to time, the General Partners may, by unanimous consent, appoint one or more officers or agents (which may be a General Partner) to act on behalf of the Partnership with respect to such matters and affairs as shall have been specified in such appointment. Either General Partner may revoke such appointment at any time to be effective as set forth in written notice given by the General Partner desiring to make such revocation to the other General Partner and such appointee.

 

 

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Section 6.3   Liability . Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, no member of a General Partner Group or/and no Affiliate of a General Partner shall be personally liable for the return of any portion of the Capital Contributions of any of the General Partners or of the Limited Partners or shall be required to pay to the Partnership or any Limited Partner any deficit in any Partner’s Capital Account. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, no General Partner, former, present or future Partner, member, officer, director, stockholder, employee, agent or Affiliate of a General Partner shall be liable, responsible or accountable to the Partnership or any Limited Partner for (a) any act or omission performed or omitted by any of them, or for any costs, damages or liabilities arising therefrom, or by law, unless that act or omission was performed or omitted fraudulently or in bad faith or through negligence or gross negligence or intentional misconduct; or (b) except as provided in clause (a) of this Section 6.3 with respect to the Person who performed or omitted such acts, any costs, damages or liabilities due to the negligence, dishonesty or bad faith of any employee, officer, broker, consultant or other agent of the Partnership, selected, engaged and retained in good faith by a General Partner.

 

Section 6.4   Indemnification . (a) The Partnership shall:

 

(i)   indemnify and hold harmless each member of the General Partner Group and Affiliates of each General Partner and the respective personal representatives, heirs, successors in interest and assignees of any thereof (each, an “ Indemnified Party ”), from and against any and all damages incurred or suffered by any Indemnified Party arising out of or in connection with the Partnership’s business or affairs; provided , however , that the Partnership shall not indemnify or hold harmless any Indemnified Party with respect to any act or omission which was performed or omitted fraudulently or in bad faith by it; and

 

 

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(ii)   advance to any Indemnified Party expenses for which the Partnership is required to indemnify the Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 6.4 subject to the undertaking of the Indemnified Party to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to be indemnified.

 

Survival . The exculpation provided in Section 6.3 hereof and the indemnification provided in this Section 6.4 shall survive any termination of this Agreement. Any Person entitled to exculpation pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof and/or indemnification pursuant to this Section 6.4 shall remain entitled to such exculpation and/or indemnification to the same extent as prior to any of the following events with respect to any matter arising or occurring prior to such event and shall have no liability with respect to any matter arising after such event: (i) such Person ceases to be a partner, member, officer, director, stockholder, employee, agent or Affiliate of a General Partner or its Affiliates; or (ii) a General Partner ceases to be one of the general partners of the Partnership, unless such Person is a partner, member, officer, director, stockholder, employee, agent or Affiliate of a permitted hereunder successor to such General Partner.

 

Repayment . If it shall ultimately be determined that the Indemnified Party is not entitled to the indemnification provided by this Section 6.4, the Indemnified Party shall promptly repay to the Partnership the amount of any expenses advanced to such Indemnified Party and the amount of all costs of the Partnership in providing indemnification pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Section 6.5   Management of Acquired Assets . To the extent that customary property management services are required with respect to any property acquired under the Acquisition Agreement, services may be provided by Icahn, Macklowe or an outside manager in exchange for payment of customary management fees in amounts to be agreed to by the General Partners, acting together by unanimous agreement, provided, however that if Icahn desires to undertake such customary management services through one of its Affiliates, Icahn shall be entitled to do so in exchange for payment of customary management fees without any consent requirement from any other Partners. In the event Icahn undertakes such management servi


 
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