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EXHIBIT 10.2
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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WELLS TIMBER OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
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ARTICLE I DEFINED
TERMS............................................... 1
ARTICLE II PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND
IDENTIFICATION.................... 9
2.01 Formation..............................................
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2.02 Name, Office and Registered Agent......................
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2.03 Partners...............................................
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2.04 Term and Dissolution...................................
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2.05 Filing of Certificate and Perfection of Limited
Partnership.................................................
10
2.06 Certificates Describing Partnership Units and Special
Partnership Units...........................................
10
ARTICLE III BUSINESS OF THE
PARTNERSHIP................................. 10
ARTICLE IV CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND
ACCOUNTS.......................... 10
4.01 Capital Contributions..................................
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4.02 Additional Capital Contributions and Issuance of
Additional Partnership Interests............................
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4.03 Additional Funding.....................................
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4.04 Capital Accounts.......................................
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4.05 Percentage Interests...................................
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4.06 No Interest on Contributions...........................
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4.07 Return of Capital Contributions........................
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4.08 No Third Party Beneficiary.............................
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ARTICLE V PROFITS AND LOSSES;
DISTRIBUTIONS........................... 14
5.01 Allocation of Profit and Loss..........................
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5.02 Distribution of Cash...................................
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5.03 REIT Distribution Requirements.........................
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5.04 No Right to Distributions In Kind......................
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5.05 Limitations of Return of Capital Contributions.........
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5.06 Distributions Upon Liquidation.........................
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5.07 Substantial Economic Effect............................
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ARTICLE VI RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS OF THE GENERAL
PARTNER....... 18
6.01 Management of the Partnership..........................
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6.02 Delegation of Authority................................
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6.03 Indemnification and Exculpation of Indemnitees.........
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6.04 Liability of the General Partner.......................
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6.05 Reimbursement of General Partner.......................
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6.06 Outside Activities.....................................
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6.07 Employment or Retention of Affiliates..................
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6.08 General Partner Participation..........................
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6.09 Title to Partnership Assets............................
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6.10 Miscellaneous..........................................
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ARTICLE VII CHANGES IN GENERAL
PARTNER.................................. 24
7.01 Transfer of the General Partner's Partnership
Interest....................................................
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7.02 Admission of a Substitute or Additional General
Partner.....................................................
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7.03 Effect of Bankruptcy, Withdrawal, Death or
Dissolution of a General Partner............................
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7.04 Removal of a General Partner...........................
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ARTICLE VIII RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE LIMITED
PARTNERS.............. 28
8.01 Management of the Partnership..........................
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8.02 Power of Attorney......................................
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8.03 Limitation on Liability of Limited Partners............
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8.04 Ownership by Limited Partner of Corporate General
Partner or Affiliate........................................
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8.05 Redemption Right.......................................
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8.06 Registration...........................................
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8.07 Redemption of Special Partnership Units................
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ARTICLE IX TRANSFERS AND REDEMPTIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
INTERESTS.. 32
9.01 Purchase for Investment................................
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9.02 Restrictions on Transfer of Limited Partnership
Interests...................................................
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9.03 Admission of Substitute Limited Partner................
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9.04 Rights of Assignees of Partnership Interests...........
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9.05 Effect of Bankruptcy, Death, Incompetence or
Termination of a Limited Partner............................
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9.06 Joint Ownership of Interests...........................
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9.07 Redemption of Partnership Units........................
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ARTICLE X BOOKS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTING; TAX
MATTERS.................. 35
10.01 Books and Records.....................................
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10.02 Custody of Partnership Funds; Bank Accounts...........
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10.03 Fiscal and Taxable Year...............................
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10.04 Annual Tax Information and Report.....................
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10.05 Tax Matters Partner; Tax Elections; Special Basis
Adjustments.................................................
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10.06 Reports to Limited Partners...........................
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ARTICLE XI AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT;
MERGER.............................. 37
ARTICLE XII GENERAL
PROVISIONS.......................................... 37
12.01 Notices...............................................
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12.02 Survival of Rights....................................
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12.03 Additional Documents..................................
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12.04 Severability..........................................
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12.05 Entire Agreement......................................
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12.06 Pronouns and Plurals..................................
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12.07 Headings..............................................
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12.08 Counterparts..........................................
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12.09 Governing Law.........................................
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EXHIBIT A ALLOCATION OF PARTNERSHIP UNITS
EXHIBIT B NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF REDEMPTION RIGHT
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AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
WELLS TIMBER OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
RECITALS
Wells Timber Operating Partnership, L.P. (the "Partnership") was
formed as
a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware,
pursuant to a
Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Office of the
Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware effective as of November 9, 2005.
This Agreement
of Limited Partnership is entered into this 9th day of November,
2005 between
Wells Timber Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the
"General Partner") and the Limited Partner(s) set forth on
Exhibit A hereto (the
"Agreement").
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, of mutual
covenants
between the parties hereto, and of other good and valuable
consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
The following defined terms used in this Agreement shall have
the meanings
specified below:
"Act" means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership
Act, as it may
be amended from time to time.
"Additional Funds" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03
hereof.
"Additional Securities" means any additional REIT Shares (other
than REIT
Shares issued in connection with an exchange pursuant to Section
8.05 hereof) or
rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable
securities containing
the right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, as set forth
in Section
4.02(a)(ii).
"Administrative Expenses" means (i) all administrative and
operating costs
and expenses incurred by the Partnership, (ii) those
administrative costs and
expenses of the General Partner, including any salaries or other
payments to
directors, officers or employees of the General Partner, and any
accounting and
legal expenses of the General Partner, which expenses, the
Partners have agreed,
are expenses of the Partnership and not the General Partner, and
(iii) to the
extent not included in clause (ii) above, REIT Expenses;
provided, however, that
Administrative Expenses shall not include any administrative
costs and expenses
incurred by the General Partner that are attributable to
Properties or
partnership interests in a Subsidiary Partnership that are owned
by the General
Partner directly.
"Advisor" or "Advisors" means the Persons or Persons, if any,
appointed,
employed or contracted with by the General Partner and
responsible for directing
or performing the day-to-day business affairs of the General
Partner, including
any Person to whom the Advisor subcontracts substantially all of
such functions.
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"Advisory Agreement" means the agreement between the Partner,
the General
Partner and the Advisor pursuant to which the Advisor will
direct or perform the
day-to-day business affairs of the General Partner.
"Affiliate" means, (i) any Person that, directly or indirectly,
controls or
is controlled by or is under common control with such Person,
(ii) any other
Person that owns, beneficially, directly or indirectly, 10% or
more of the
outstanding capital stock, shares or equity interests of such
Person, or (iii)
any officer, director, employee, partner or trustee of such
Person or any Person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
Person (excluding
trustees and persons serving in similar capacities who are not
otherwise an
Affiliate of such Person). For the purposes of this definition,
"control"
(including the correlative meanings of the terms "controlled by"
and "under
common control with"), as used with respect to any Person, shall
mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, through
the ownership
of voting securities or partnership interests or otherwise.
"Agreed Value" means the fair market value of a Partner's
non-cash Capital
Contribution as of the date of contribution as agreed to by such
Partner and the
General Partner. The names and addresses of the Partners, number
of Partnership
Units or Special Partnership Units issued to each Partner, and
the Agreed Value
of non-cash Capital Contributions as of the date of contribution
is set forth on
Exhibit A.
"Agreement" means this Agreement of Limited Partnership.
"Articles of Incorporation" means the Articles of Incorporation
of the
General Partner filed with the Maryland State Department of
Assessments and
Taxation, as amended or restated from time to time.
"Capital Account" has the meaning provided in Section 4.04
hereof.
"Capital Contribution" means the total amount of cash, cash
equivalents,
and the Agreed Value of any Property or other asset contributed
or agreed to be
contributed, as the context requires, to the Partnership by each
Partner
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. Any reference to the
Capital
Contribution of a Partner shall include the Capital Contribution
made by a
predecessor holder of the Partnership Interest of such
Partner.
"Cash Amount" means an amount of cash per Partnership Unit equal
to the
Value of the REIT Shares Amount on the date of receipt by the
General Partner of
a Notice of Redemption.
"Certificate" means any instrument or document that is required
under the
laws of the State of Delaware, or any other jurisdiction in
which the
Partnership conducts business, to be signed and sworn to by the
Partners of the
Partnership (either by themselves or pursuant to the
power-of-attorney granted
to the General Partner in Section 8.02 hereof) and filed for
recording in the
appropriate public offices within the State of Delaware or such
other
jurisdiction to perfect or maintain the Partnership as a limited
partnership, to
effect the admission, withdrawal, or substitution of any Partner
of the
Partnership, or to protect the limited liability of the Limited
Partners as
limited partners under the laws of the State of Delaware or such
other
jurisdiction.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
as
hereafter amended from time to time. Reference to any particular
provision of
the Code shall mean that provision in the Code at the date
hereof and any
successor provision of the Code.
"Commission" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
"Conversion Factor" means 1.0, provided that in the event that
the General
Partner (i) declares or pays a dividend on its outstanding REIT
Shares in REIT
Shares or makes a
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distribution to all holders of its outstanding REIT Shares in
REIT Shares, (ii)
subdivides its outstanding REIT Shares, or (iii) combines its
outstanding REIT
Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares, the Conversion
Factor shall be
adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by a fraction, the
numerator of
which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding
on the record
date for such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination
(assuming for
such purposes that such dividend, distribution, subdivision or
combination has
occurred as of such time), and the denominator of which shall be
the actual
number of REIT Shares (determined without the above assumption)
issued and
outstanding on such date and, provided further, that in the
event that an entity
other than an Affiliate of the General Partner shall become
General Partner
pursuant to any merger, consolidation or combination of the
General Partner with
or into another entity (the "Successor Entity"), the Conversion
Factor shall be
adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by the number of
shares of the
Successor Entity into which one REIT Share is converted pursuant
to such merger,
consolidation or combination, determined as of the date of such
merger,
consolidation or combination. Any adjustment to the Conversion
Factor shall
become effective immediately after the effective date of such
event retroactive
to the record date, if any, for such event; provided, however,
that if the
General Partner receives a Notice of Redemption after the record
date, but prior
to the effective date of such dividend, distribution,
subdivision or
combination, the Conversion Factor shall be determined as if the
General Partner
had received the Notice of Redemption immediately prior to the
record date for
such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination.
"Event of Bankruptcy" as to any Person means the filing of a
petition for
relief as to such Person as debtor or bankrupt under the
Bankruptcy Code of 1978
or similar provision of law of any jurisdiction (except if such
petition is
contested by such Person and has been dismissed within 90 days);
insolvency or
bankruptcy of such Person as finally determined by a court
proceeding; filing by
such Person of a petition or application to accomplish the same
or for the
appointment of a receiver or a trustee for such Person or a
substantial part of
his assets; commencement of any proceedings relating to such
Person as a debtor
under any other reorganization, arrangement, insolvency,
adjustment of debtor
liquidation law of any jurisdiction, whether now in existence or
hereinafter in
effect, either by such Person or by another, provided that if
such proceeding is
commenced by another, such Person indicates his approval of such
proceeding,
consents thereto or acquiesces therein, or such proceeding is
contested by such
Person and has not been finally dismissed within 90 days.
"General Partner" means Wells Timber Real Estate Investment
Trust, Inc., a
Maryland corporation, and any Person who becomes a substitute or
additional
General Partner as provided herein, and any of their successors
as General
Partner.
"General Partnership Interest" means a Partnership Interest held
by the
General Partner that is a general partnership interest.
"Indemnitee" means (i) any Person made a party to a proceeding
by reason of
its status as the General Partner, or a director, officer or
employee of the
General Partner or the Partnership, and (ii) such other Persons
(including
Affiliates of the General Partner or the Partnership) as the
General Partner may
designate from time to time, in its sole and absolute
discretion.
"Independent Director" means a director of the General Partner
who is not
an officer or employee of the General Partner, any Affiliate of
an officer or
employee or any Affiliate of (i) any lessee of any property of
the General
Partner or any Subsidiary of the General Partner, (ii) any
Subsidiary of the
General Partner, or (iii) any partnership that is an Affiliate
of the General
Partner.
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"Issue Price" means the per share price at which the applicable
REIT Shares
were offered in the General Partner's public offering pursuant
to which they
were issued, not reduced by any discounted selling commissions
or reduced fees
that the General Partner may pay to its Dealer Manager which may
have applied to
the purchase of such REIT Shares.
"Joint Venture" means any Person named as a Limited Partner on
Exhibit A
attached hereto, and any Person who becomes a Substitute Limited
Partner, in
such Person's capacity as a Limited Partner in the
Partnership.
"Limited Partner" means any Person named as a Limited Partner on
Exhibit A
attached hereto, and any Person who becomes a Substitute or
Additional Limited
Partner, in such Person's capacity as a Limited Partner in the
Partnership.
"Limited Partnership Interest" means the ownership interest of a
Limited
Partner in the Partnership at any particular time, including the
right of such
Limited Partner to any and all benefits to which such Limited
Partner may be
entitled as provided in this Agreement and in the Act, together
with the
obligations of such Limited Partner to comply with all the
provisions of this
Agreement and of such Act.
"Listing" means the approval of the REIT Shares, issued by the
General
Partner pursuant to an effective Registration Statement, for
trading on a
national securities exchange or included for quotation on a
national market
system. Upon such Listing, the shares shall be deemed
"Listed."
"Loss" has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(f) hereof.
"Market Value" has the meaning provided in Section 8.07(b)
"Minimum Limited Partnership Interest" means the lesser of (i)
1% or (ii)
if the total Capital Contributions to the Partnership exceed $50
million, 1%
divided by the ratio of the total Capital Contributions to the
Partnership to
$50 million; provided, however, that the Minimum Limited
Partnership Interest
shall not be less than 0.2% at any time.
"Mortgages" means, in connection with any mortgage financing
provided,
invested in, participated in or purchased by the Partnership,
all of the notes,
deeds of trust, mortgages, security interests or other evidences
of indebtedness
or obligations, which are secured by or, collateralized by, or
applicable to any
Property owned by the borrowers under such notes, deeds of
trust, mortgages,
security interests or other evidences of indebtedness or
obligations.
"Net Sales Proceeds" means (i) in the case of a transaction
described in
clause (A)(i) of the definition of Sale, the proceeds of any
such transaction
less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of
the Partnership,
including all real estate disposition fees, closings costs and
legal fees and
expenses; (A)(ii) in the case of a transaction described in
clause (ii) of the
definition of Sale, the proceeds of any such transaction less
the amount of
selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership,
including any
legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred in
connection with
such transaction; (iii) in the case of a transaction described
in clause
(A)(iii) of the definition of Sale, the proceeds of any such
transaction
actually distributed to the Partnership from the Joint Venture
less the amount
of any selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the
Partnership (other than
those paid by the Joint Venture); (iv) in the case of a
transaction described in
clause (A)(iv) of the definition of Sale, the proceeds of any
such transaction
(including the aggregate of all payment under a Mortgage on or
in satisfaction
thereof other than regularly schedule interests payments) less
the amount of
selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership,
including all
commissions, closing costs and legal fees and
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expenses; (v) in the case of a transaction described in clause
(A)(v) of the
definition of Sale, the proceeds of any such transaction less
the amount of
selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership,
including any
legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred in
connection with
such transaction; and (vi) in the case of a transaction
described in clause (B)
of the definition of Sale, the proceeds of such transaction or
series of
transactions less all amounts generated thereby which are
reinvested in one or
more assets as described in clause (B) of the definition of Sale
within 180 days
thereafter and less the amount of any real estate commissions,
closing costs,
and legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred
by or allocated
to the Partnership in connection with such transaction or series
of
transactions. Net Sales Proceeds shall also include any amounts
that the General
Partner determines, in its discretion, to be economically
equivalent to the
proceeds of a Sale. Net Sales Proceeds shall not include any
reserves
established by the Partnership in its sole discretion.
"Notice of Redemption" means the Notice of Exercise of
Redemption Right
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto.
"Offer" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(c) hereof.
"Offering" means the initial offer and sale by the General
Partner and the
purchase by the Dealer Manager (as defined in the Prospectus) of
REIT for sale
to the public.
"OP Unitholders" means all holders of Partnership Interests
other than the
Special OP Unitholders.
"Original Limited Partner" means the Limited Partner designated
as
"Original Limited Partner" on Exhibit A hereto.
"Partner" means any General Partner or Limited Partner.
"Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain" has the meaning set
forth in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). A Partner's share of Partner
Nonrecourse Debt
Minimum Gain shall be determined in accordance with Regulations
Section
1.704-2(i)(5).
"Partnership" means Wells Timber Operating Partnership, L.P., a
Delaware
limited partnership.
"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.
"Partnership Minimum Gain" has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section
1.704-2(d). In accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(d),
the amount of
Partnership Minimum Gain is determined by first computing, for
each Partnership
nonrecourse liability, any gain the Partnership would realize if
it disposed of
the property subject to that liability for no consideration
other than full
satisfaction of the liability, and then aggregating the
separately computed
gains. A Partner's share of Partnership Minimum Gain shall be
determined in
accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(1).
"Partnership Record Date" means the record date established by
the General
Partner for the distribution of cash pursuant to Section 5.02
hereof, which
record date shall be the same as the record date established by
the General
Partner for a distribution to its shareholders of some or all of
its portion of
such distribution.
"Partnership Unit" means a fractional, undivided share of the
Partnership
Interests of all Partners issued hereunder excluding the
Partnership Interests
represented by Special Partnership
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Units. The allocation of Partnership Units among the Partners
shall be as set
forth on Exhibit A, as may be amended from time to time.
"Percentage Interest" means the percentage ownership interest in
the
Partnership of each Partner, as determined by dividing the
Partnership Units
owned by a Partner by the total number of Partnership Units then
outstanding.
The Percentage Interest of each Partner shall be as set forth on
Exhibit A, as
may be amended from time to time.
"Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint
venture,
trust or other entity.
"Profit" has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(g) hereof.
"Property" means any timberland or related property or other
investment in
which the Partnership holds an ownership interest.
"Prospectus" means the final prospectus delivered to purchasers
of REIT
Shares in the Offering.
"Redemption Amount" means either the Cash Amount or the REIT
Shares Amount,
as selected by the General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion pursuant
to Section 8.05(b) hereof.
"Redemption Note" has the meaning set forth in Section
8.07(b)(i)
"Redemption Right" has the meaning provided in Section 8.05(a)
hereof.
"Redeeming Partner" has the meaning provided in Section 8.05(a)
hereof.
"Regulations" means the Federal Income Tax Regulations issued
under the
Code, as amended and as hereafter amended from time to time.
Reference to any
particular provision of the Regulations shall mean that
provision of the
Regulations on the date hereof and any successor provision of
the Regulations.
"REIT" means a real estate investment trust under Sections 856
through 860
of the Code.
"REIT Expenses" means (i) costs and expenses relating to the
formation and
continuity of existence and operation of the General Partner and
any
Subsidiaries thereof (which Subsidiaries shall, for purposes
hereof, be included
within the definition of General Partner), including taxes, fees
and assessments
associated therewith, any and all costs, expenses or fees
payable to any
director, officer, or employee of the General Partner, (ii)
costs and expenses
relating to any public offering and registration of securities
by the General
Partner and all statements, reports, fees and expenses
incidental thereto,
including, without limitation, underwriting discounts and
selling commissions
applicable to any such offering of securities, and any costs and
expenses
associated with any claims made by any holders of such
securities or any
underwriters or placement agents thereof, (iii) costs and
expenses associated
with any repurchase of any securities by the General Partner,
(iv) costs and
expenses associated with the preparation and filing of any
periodic or other
reports and communications by the General Partner under federal,
state or local
laws or regulations, including filings with the Commission, (v)
costs and
expenses associated with compliance by the General Partner with
laws, rules and
regulations promulgated by any regulatory body, including the
Commission and any
securities exchange, (vi) costs and expenses associated with any
401(k) plan,
incentive plan, bonus plan or other plan providing for
compensation for the
employees of the General Partner, (vii) costs and expenses
incurred by the
General Partner relating to any issuing or redemption of
Partnership Interests,
and (viii) all other operating or administrative costs of the
General Partner
incurred in the ordinary course of its business on behalf of or
in connection
with the Partnership.
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"REIT Share" means a share of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, in
the General Partner (or successor entity, as the case may
be).
"REIT Shares Amount" means a number of REIT Shares equal to the
product of
the number of Partnership Units offered for exchange by a
Redeeming Partner,
multiplied by the Conversion Factor as adjusted to and including
the Specified
Redemption Date; provided that in the event the General Partner
issues to all
holders of REIT Shares rights, options, warrants or convertible
or exchangeable
securities entitling the shareholders to subscribe for or
purchase REIT Shares,
or any other securities or property (collectively, the
"rights"), and the rights
have not expired at the Specified Redemption Date, then the REIT
Shares Amount
shall also include the rights issuable to a holder of the REIT
Shares Amount of
REIT Shares on the record date fixed for purposes of determining
the holders of
REIT Shares entitled to rights.
"Sale" means (A) any transaction or series of transactions
whereby: (i) the
Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other
subsections of
this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or
relinquishes its
ownership or any Property or portion thereof, including the
lease of any
Property and including any event with respect to any Real
Property which gives
rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or
condemnation awards; (ii)
the Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in
other subsections
of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or
relinquishes its
ownership of all or substantially all of the interest of the
Partnership in any
Joint Venture; (iii) any Joint Venture directly or indirectly
(except as
described in other subsections of this definition) in which the
Partnership as a
co-venturer or partner sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or
relinquishes its
ownership of any Real Property or portion thereof, including any
event with
respect to any Real Property which gives rise to insurance
claims or
condemnation awards; (iv) the Partnership directly or indirectly
(except as
described in other subsections of this definition) sells,
grants, conveys, or
relinquishes its interest in any Mortgage or portion thereof
(including with
respect to any Mortgage, all payments thereunder or in
satisfaction thereof
other than regularly scheduled interest payments) of amounts
owed pursuant to
such Mortgage and any event which gives rise to a significant
amount of
insurance proceeds or similar awards; or (v) the Partnership
directly or
indirectly (except as described in any other subsections of this
definition)
sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership
of any other
Real Property, Mortgage or other investment owner by the
Partnership, directly
or indirectly through one or more of its Affiliates, and any
other investment
made, directly or indirectly through one or more of its
Affiliates, not
previously described in this definition of any portion thereof,
but (B) not
including any transaction or series of transactions specified in
clause (A)(i)
through (v) above in which the proceeds of such transaction or
series of
transactions are reinvested by the Partnership in one or more
such assets within
180 days thereafter.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
"Service" means the Internal Revenue Service.
"Special OP Unitholders" mean the holders of Special Partnership
Units.
"Special Partnership Unit" means a unit of a series of
Partnership
Interests, designated as Special Partnership Units, issued
pursuant to Section
4.02. The number of Special Partnership Units outstanding and
the Special
Percentage Interests in the Partnership represented by such
Special Partnership
Units are set forth on Exhibit A, as such Exhibit may be amended
from time to
time. A holder of a Special Partnership Unit shall have the same
rights and
preferences as a holder of a Partnership Unit under this
Agreement that is a
Limited Partner except as set forth in Section 7.01(c), 8.05,
8.06 and 8.07.
"Special Percentage Interest" shall mean the percentage
ownership interest
in the Partnership of each Special OP Unitholder, as determined
by dividing the
Special Partnership
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Units owned by each Special OP Unitholder by the total number of
Special
Partnership Units then outstanding. The Special Percentage
Interest of each
Partner shall be as set forth on Exhibit A, as such Exhibit may
be amended from
time to time.
"Specified Redemption Date" means the first business day of the
month that
is at least 60 business days after the receipt by the General
Partner of the
Notice of Redemption.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation
or other
entity 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.
"Subsidiary Partnership" means any partnership of which the
partnership
interests therein are owned by the General Partner or a
wholly-owned subsidiary
of the General Partner.
"Substitute Limited Partner" means any Person admitted to the
Partnership
as a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 9.03 hereof. "Successor
Entity" has the
meaning provided in the definition of "Conversion Factor"
contained herein.
"Surviving General Partner" has the meaning set forth in Section
7.01(d)
hereof.
"Termination Event" means the termination or non-renewal of the
Advisory
Agreement other than for "cause" as defined in the Advisory
Agreement.
"Termination Redemption Amount" means the aggregate amount equal
to the Net
Sales Proceeds that would have been distributed to the Special
OP Unitholders
under Section 5.02(b) if, on the date of the occurrence of a
Termination Event
or a Listing, as applicable, all assets of the Partnership had
been sold for
their fair market value and all liabilities of the Partnership
had been
satisfied in full according to their terms.
"Transaction" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(c)
hereof.
"Transfer" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02(a)
hereof.
"Value" means, except as provided in Section 8.07(d), with
respect to any
security, the average of the daily market price of such security
for the ten
consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of such
valuation. The
market price for each such trading day shall be: (i) if the
security is Listed,
the sale price, regular way, on such day, or if no such sale
takes place on such
day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular
way, on such day,
(ii) if the security is not Listed, the last reported sale price
on such day or,
if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing
bid and asked
prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source
designated by the
General Partner, or (iii) if the security is not Listed and no
such last
reported sale price or closing bid and asked prices are
available, the average
of the reported high bid and low asked prices on such day, as
reported by a
reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or
if there shall
be no bid and asked prices on such day, the average of the high
bid and low
asked prices, as so reported, on the most recent day (not more
than ten days
prior to the date in question) for which prices have been so
reported; provided
that if there are no bid and asked prices reported during the
ten days prior to
the date in question, the value of the security shall be
determined by the
General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such
quotations and other
information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment,
appropriate. In the
event the security includes any additional rights, then the
value of such rights
shall be determined by the General Partner acting in good faith
on the basis of
such quotations and other information as it considers, in its
reasonable
judgment, appropriate. When the Value of a security is being
determined for
purposes of issuance to an Affiliated Advisor, such Value as
determined by the
General Partner is required to be approved a majority of the
General Partner's
"Independent Directors" (as defined in the charter of the
General Partner).
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ARTICLE II
PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION
2.01 Formation. The Partners hereby agree to form the
Partnership pursuant
to the Act and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
2.02 Name, Office and Registered Agent. The name of the
Partnership is
Wells Timber Operating Partnership, L.P. The specified office
and place of
business of the Partnership shall be 6200 The Corners Parkway,
Suite 250,
Norcross, Georgia 30092. The General Partner may at any time
change the location
of such office, provided the General Partner gives notice to the
Partners of any
such change. The name and address of the Partnership's
registered agent is The
Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange
Street,
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801. The sole duty of
the registered
agent as such is to forward to the Partnership any notice that
is served on him
as registered agent.
2.03 Partners.
(a) The General Partner of the Partnership is Wells Timber Real
Estate
Investment Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation. Its principal
place of business
is the same as that of the Partnership.
(b) The Limited Partners are those Persons identified as Limited
Partners
on Exhibit A hereto, as amended from time to time.
2.04 Term and Dissolution.
(a) The term of the Partnership shall continue in full force and
effect
until December 31, 2053, except that the Partnership shall be
dissolved upon the
first to occur of any of the following events:
(i) The occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a General
Partner
or the dissolution, death, removal or withdrawal of a General
Partner
unless the business of the Partnership is continued pursuant to
Section
7.03(b) hereof; provided that if a General Partner is on the
date of such
occurrence a partnership, the dissolution of such General
Partner as a
result of the dissolution, death, withdrawal, removal or Event
of
Bankruptcy of a partner in such partnership shall not be an
event of
dissolution of the Partnership if the business of such General
Partner is
continued by the remaining partner or partners, either alone or
with
additional partners, and such General Partner and such partners
comply with
any other applicable requirements of this Agreement;
(ii) The passage of 90 days after the sale or other disposition
of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (provided
that if the
Partnership receives an installment obligation as consideration
for such
sale or other disposition, the Partnership shall continue,
unless sooner
dissolved under the provisions of this Agreement, until such
time as such
note or notes are paid in full);
(iii) The exchange of all Limited Partnership Interests (other
than
any of such interests held by the General Partner or Affiliates
of the
General Partner); or
(iv) The election by the General Partner that the Partnership
should
be dissolved.
(b) Upon dissolution of the Partnership (unless the business of
the
Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.03(b) hereof),
the General
Partner (or its trustee, receiver,
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successor or legal representative) shall amend or cancel the
Certificate and
liquidate the Partnership's assets and apply and distribute the
proceeds thereof
in accordance with Section 5.06 hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the
liquidating General Partner may either (i) defer liquidation of,
or withhold
from distribution for a reasonable time, any assets of the
Partnership
(including those necessary to satisfy the Partnership's debts
and obligations),
or (ii) distribute the assets to the Partners in kind.
2.05 Filing of Certificate and Perfection of Limited
Partnership. The
General Partner shall execute, acknowledge, record and file at
the expense of
the Partnership, the Certificate and any and all amendments
thereto and all
requisite fictitious name statements and notices in such places
and
jurisdictions as may be necessary to cause the Partnership to be
treated as a
limited partnership under, and otherwise to comply with, the
laws of each state
or other jurisdiction in which the Partnership conducts
business.
2.06 Certificates Describing Partnership Units and Special
Partnership
Units. At the request of a Limited Partner, the General Partner,
at its option,
may issue a certificate summarizing the terms of such Limited
Partner's interest
in the Partnership, including the number of Partnership Units
and Special
Partnership Units owned and the Percentage Interest and the
Special Percentage
Interest represented by such Partnership Units and Special
Partnership Units as
of the date of such certificate. Any such certificate (i) shall
be in form and
substance as approved by the General Partner, (ii) shall not be
negotiable and
(iii) shall bear a legend to the following effect:
This certificate is not negotiable. The Partnership Units and
the Special
Partnership Units represented by this certificate are governed
by and
transferable only in accordance with the provisions of the
Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Wells Timber Operating Partnership, L.P., as
amended from time to
time.
ARTICLE III
BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP
The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the
Partnership
is (i) to conduct any business that may be lawfully conducted by
a limited
partnership organized pursuant to the Act, 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 qualify as a REIT, unless the General
Partner otherwise
ceases to qualify as a REIT, (ii) to enter into any partnership,
joint venture
or other similar arrangement to engage in any of the foregoing
or the ownership
of interests in any entity engaged in any of the foregoing and
(iii) to do
anything necessary or incidental to the foregoing. In connection
with the
foregoing, and without limiting the General Partner's right in
its sole and
absolute discretion to cease qualifying as a REIT, the Partners
acknowledge that
the General Partner's current status as a REIT and the avoidance
of income and
excise taxes on the General Partner inures to the benefit of all
the Partners
and not solely to the General Partner. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the
Limited Partners agree that the General Partner may terminate
its status as a
REIT under the Code at any time to the full extent permitted
under the Articles
of Incorporation. The General Partner shall also be empowered to
do any and all
acts and things necessary or prudent to ensure that the
Partnership will not be
classified as a "publicly traded partnership" for purposes of
Section 7704 of
the Code.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS
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4.01 Capital Contributions. The General Partner and the Limited
Partner
have made capital contributions to the Partnership in exchange
for the
Partnership Interests set forth opposite their names on Exhibit
A, as amended
from time to time.
4.02 Additional Capital Contributions and Issuance of
Additional
Partnership Interests. Except as provided in this Section 4.02
or in Section
4.03, the Partners shall have no right or obligation to make any
additional
Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership. The General
Partner may
contribute additional capital to the Partnership, from time to
time, and receive
additional Partnership Interests in respect thereof, in the
manner contemplated
in this Section 4.02.
(a) Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests.
(i) General. The General Partner is hereby authorized to cause
the
Partnership to issue such 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
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. Any additional
Partnership
Interests issued thereby 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, including rights, powers and duties senior to Limited
Partnership
Interests, all as shall be determined by the General Partner in
its sole
and absolute discretion and without the approval of any Limited
Partner,
subject to Delaware law, including, without limitation, (i) the
allocations
of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit
to each
such class or series of Partnership Interests; (ii) the right of
each such
class or series of Partnership Interests to share in
Partnership
distributions; and (iii) the rights of each such class or series
of
Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation of the
Partnership;
provided, however, that no additional Partnership Interests
shall be issued
to the General Partner unless:
(1) (A) the additional Partnership Interests are issued in
connection with an issuance of REIT Shares of or other interests
in
the General Partner, which shares or interests have
designations,
preferences and other rights, all such that the economic
interests are
substantially similar to the designations, preferences and
other
rights of the additional Partnership Interests issued to the
General
Partner by the Partnership in accordance with this Section 4.02
and
(B) the General Partner shall make a Capital Contribution to
the
Partnership in an amount equal to the proceeds raised in
connection
with the issuance of such shares of stock of or other interests
in the
General Partner;
(2) the additional Partnership Interests are issued in
exchange
for property owned by the General Partner with a fair market
value, as
determined by the General Partner, in good faith, equal to the
value
of the Partnership Interests; or
(3) the additional Partnership Interests are issued to all
Partners in proportion to their respective Percentage
Interests.
In addition, the General Partner may acquire Partnership
Interests
from other Partners pursuant to this Agreement. In the event
that the
Partnership issues Partnership Interests pursuant to this
Section 4.02(a),
the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Agreement
(without
any requirement of receiving approval of the Limited
Partners)
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as it deems necessary to reflect the issuance of such
additional
Partnership Interests and any special rights, powers, and duties
associated
therewith.
Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is
expressly
authorized to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Units
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.
(ii) Upon Issuance of Additional Securities. The General Partner
shall
not issue any additional REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares
issued in
connection with an exchange pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof) or
rights,
options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities
containing the
right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares (collectively,
"Additional
Securities") other than to all holders of REIT Shares, unless
(A) the
General Partner shall cause the Partnership to issue to the
General
Partner, as the General Partner may designate, Partnership
Interests or
rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable
securities of the
Partnership having designations, preferences and other rights,
all such
that the economic interests are substantially similar to those
of the
Additional Securities, and (B) the General Partner contributes
the proceeds
from the issuance of such Additional Securities and from any
exercise of
rights contained in such Additional Securities, directly and
through the
General Partner, to the Partnership; provided, however, that the
General
Partner is allowed to issue Additional Securities in connection
with an
acquisition of a property to be held directly by the General
Partner, but
if and only if, such direct acquisition and issuance of
Additional
Securities have been approved and determined to be in the best
interests of
the General Partner and the Partnership by a majority of the
Independent
Directors (as defined in the General Partner's Amended and
Restated
Articles of Incorporation). Without limiting the foregoing, the
General
Partner is expressly authorized to issue Additional Securities
for less
than fair market value, and to cause the Partnership to issue to
the
General Partner corresponding Partnership Interests, so long as
(x) the
General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is in
the best
interests of the General Partner and the Partnership, including
without
limitation, the issuance of REIT Shares and corresponding
Partnership Units
pursuant to an employee share purchase plan providing for
employee
purchases of REIT Shares at a discount from fair market value or
employee
stock options that have an exercise price that is less than the
fair market
value of the REIT Shares, either at the time of issuance or at
the time of
exercise, and (y) the General Partner contributes all proceeds
from such
issuance to the Partnership. For example, in the event the
General Partner
issues REIT Shares for a cash purchase price and contributes all
of the
proceeds of such issuance to the Partnership as required
hereunder, the
General Partner shall be issued a number of additional
Partnership Units
equal to the product of (A) the number of such REIT Shares
issued by the
General Partner, the proceeds of which were so contributed,
multiplied by
(B) a fraction, the numerator of which is 100%, and the
denominator of
which is the Conversion Factor in effect on the date of such
contribution.
(b) Certain Deemed Contributions of Proceeds of Issuance of REIT
Shares. In
connection with any and all issuances of REIT Shares, the
General Partner shall
make Capital Contributions to the Partnership of the proceeds
therefrom,
provided that if the proceeds actually received and contributed
by the General
Partner are less than the gross proceeds of such issuance as a
result of any
underwriter's discount or other expenses paid or incurred in
connection with
such issuance, then the General Partner shall be deemed to have
made Capital
Contributions to the Partnership in the aggregate amount of the
gross proceeds
of such issuance and the Partnership shall be deemed
simultaneously to have paid
such offering expenses in accordance
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with Section 6.05 hereof and in connection with the required
issuance of
additional Partnership Units to the General Partner for such
Capital
Contributions pursuant to Section 4.02(a) hereof.
(c) Minimum Limited Partnership Interest. In the event that
either an
exchange pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof or additional Capital
Contributions by
the General Partner would result in the Limited Partners, in the
aggregate,
owning less than the Minimum Limited Partnership Interest, the
General Partner
and the Limited Partners shall form another partnership and
contribute
sufficient Limited Partnership Interests (other than Special
Partnership Units)
together with such other Limited Partners so that the limited
partners of such
partnership own at least the Minimum Limited Partnership
Interest.
4.03 Additional Funding. If the General Partner determines that
it is in
the best interests of the Partnership to provide for additional
Partnership
funds ("Additional Funds") for any Partnership purpose, the
General Partner may
(i) cause the Partnership to obtain such funds from outside
borrowings, or (ii)
elect to have the General Partner or any of its Affiliates
provide such
Additional Funds to the Partnership through loans or
otherwise.
4.04 Capital Accounts. A separate capital account (a "Capital
Account")
shall be established and maintained for each Partner in
accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). If (i) a new or existing
Partner acquires
an additional Partnership Interest in exchange for more than a
de minimis
Capital Contribution, (ii) the Partnership distributes to a
Partner more than a
de minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration for a
Partnership
Interest, or (iii) the Partnership is liquidated within the
meaning of
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), the General Partner
shall revalue the
property of the Partnership to its fair market value (as
determined by the
General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and taking
into account
Section 7701(g) of the Code) in accordance with Regulations
Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f). When the Partnership's property is
revalued by the General
Partner, the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be adjusted
in accordance
with Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and (g), which
generally require
such Capital Accounts to be adjusted to reflect the manner in
which the
unrealized gain or loss inherent in such property (that has not
been reflected
in the Capital Accounts previously) would be allocated among the
Partners
pursuant to Section 5.01 if there were a taxable disposition of
such property
for its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner,
in its sole and
absolute discretion, and taking into account Section 7701(g) of
the Code) on the
date of the revaluation.
4.05 Percentage Interests. If the number of outstanding
Partnership Units
increases or decreases during a taxable year, each Partner's
Percentage Interest
shall be adjusted by the General Partner effective as of the
effective date of
each such increase or decrease to a percentage equal to the
number of
Partnership Units held by such Partner divided by the aggregate
number of
Partnership Units outstanding after giving effect to such
increase or decrease.
If the Partners' Percentage Interests are adjusted pursuant to
this Section
4.05, the Profits and Losses for the taxable year in which the
adjustment occurs
shall be allocated between the part of the year ending on the
day when the
Partnership's property is revalued by the General Partner and
the part of the
year beginning on the following day either (i) as if the taxable
year had ended
on the date of the adjustment or (ii) based on the number of
days in each part.
The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall
determine which
method shall be used to allocate Profits and Losses for the
taxable year in
which the adjustment occurs. The allocation of Profits and
Losses for the
earlier part of the year shall be based on the Percentage
Interests before
adjustment, and the allocation of Profits and Losses for the
later part shall be
based on the adjusted Percentage Interests.
4.06 No Interest on Contributions. No Partner shall be entitled
to interest
on its Capital Contribution.
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4.07 Return of Capital Contributions. No Partner shall be
entitled to
withdraw any part of its Capital Contribution or its Capital
Account or to
receive any distribution from the Partnership, except as
specifically provided
in this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, there
shall be no
obligation to return to any Partner or withdrawn Partner any
part of such
Partner's Capital Contribution for so long as the Partnership
continues in
existence.
4.08 No Third Party Beneficiary. No creditor or other third
party having
dealings with the Partnership shall have the right to enforce
the right or
obligation of any Partner to make Capital Contributions or loans
or to pursue
any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity, it
being understood
and agreed that the provisions of this Agreement shall be solely
for the benefit
of, and may be enforced solely by, the parties hereto and their
respective
successors and assigns. None of the rights or obligations of the
Partners herein
set forth to make Capital Contributions or loans to the
Partnership shall be
deemed an asset of the Partnership for any purpose by any
creditor or other
third party, nor may such rights or obligations be sold,
transferred or assigned
by the Partnership or pledged or encumbered by the Partnership
to secure any
debt or other obligation of the Partnership or of any of the
Partners. In
addition, it is the intent of the parties hereto that no
distribution to any
Limited Partner shall be deemed a return of money or other
property in violation
of the Act. However, if any court of competent jurisdiction
holds that,
notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, any Limited
Partner is
obligated to return such money or property, such obligation
shall be the
obligation of such Limited Partner and not of the General
Partner. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, a deficit Capital
Account of a Partner
shall not be deemed to be a liability of such Partner nor an
asset or property
of the Partnership.
ARTICLE V
PROFITS AND LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS
5.01 Allocation of Profit and Loss.
(a) General. Profits (and items thereof) and Losses (and items
thereof) for
each fiscal year or other applicable period shall be allocated
among the OP
Unitholders in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests.
(b) Special Allocation with Respect to Sales. Profits (and items
thereof)
and Losses (and items thereof) for each fiscal year or other
applicable period
from Sales shall be allocated among the Partners such that the
ending Capital
Account of each Partner, immediately after giving effect to such
allocations and
giving effect to any distributions to which such Partner is
entitled to pursuant
to 5.02(b), is, as nearly as possible, equal to the amount of
the distributions
that would be made to such Partner pursuant to Section 5.06 if
(i) the
Partnership were dissolved and terminated at the end of the
fiscal year or other
applicable period, (ii) its affairs were wound up and each asset
on hand at the
end of the fiscal year or other applicable period were sold for
cash equal to
its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, in
its sole and
absolute discretion, and taking into account Section 7701(g) of
the Code) in
accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), (iii)
all liabilities
of the Partnership were satisfied (limited with respect to each
nonrecourse
liability to the fair market value of the assets securing such
liability); and
(iv) the net assets of the Partnership were distributed to the
Partners in
accordance with Section 5.06. For purposes of the preceding
allocations only, a
Partner holding more than one class or series of Partnership
Interests or units
shall be deemed to be a separate Partner with respect to each
such class, series
or units.
(c) Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary,
(i) any expense of the Partnership that is a "nonrecourse
deduction" within the
meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1) shall be allocated
in accordance
with the Partners' respective
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Percentage Interests, (ii) any expense of the Partnership that
is a "partner
nonrecourse deduction" within the meaning of Regulations Section
1.704-2(i)(2)
shall be allocated to the Partner that bears the "economic risk
of loss" of such
deduction in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1),
(iii) if there
is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain within the meaning
of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(f)(1) for any Partnership taxable year, then,
subject to the
exceptions set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(2), (3),
(4) and (5),
items of gain and income shall be allocated among the Partners
in accordance
with Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and the ordering rules
contained in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(j), and (iv) if there is a net
decrease in Partner
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain within the meaning of Regulations
Section
1.704-2(i)(4) for any Partnership taxable year, then, subject to
the exceptions
set forth in Regulations Section 1.704(2)(g), items of gain and
income shall be
allocated among the Partners in accordance with Regulations
Section
1.704-2(i)(4) and the ordering rules contained in Regulations
Section
1.704-2(j). A Partner's "interest in partnership profits" for
purposes of
determining its share of the nonrecourse liabilities of the
Partnership within
the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3) shall be such
Partner's
Percentage Interest.
(d) Qualified Income Offset. If a Partner receives in any
taxable year an
adjustment, allocation, or distribution described in
subparagraphs (4), (5), or
(6) of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) that causes or
increases a
deficit balance in such Partner's Capital Account that exceeds
the sum of such
Partner's shares of Partnership Minimum Gain and Partner
Nonrecourse Debt
Minimum Gain, as determined in accordance with Regulations
Sections 1.704-2(g)
and 1.704-2(i), such Partner shall be allocated specially for
such taxable year
(and, if necessary, later taxable years) items of income and
gain in an amount
and manner sufficient to eliminate such deficit Capital Account
balance as
quickly as possible as provided in Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d).
After the occurrence of an allocation of income or gain to a
Partner in
accordance with this Section 5.01(d), to the extent permitted by
Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b), items of expense or loss shall be allocated
to such Partner
in an amount necessary to offset the income or gain previously
allocated to such
Partner under this Section 5.01(d).
(e) Capital Account Deficits. Loss shall not be allocated to a
Limited
Partner to the extent that such allocation would cause a deficit
in such
Partner's Capital Account (after reduction to reflect the items
described in
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6)) to
exceed the sum of
such Partner's shares of Partnership Minimum Gain and Partner
Nonrecourse Debt
Minimum Gain. Any Loss in excess of that limitation shall be
allocated to the
General Partner. After the occurrence of an allocation of Loss
to the General
Partner in accorda
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