AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
SABINE PROPYLENE PIPELINE
L.P.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
SABINE PROPYLENE PIPELINE L.P.
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ARTICLE I: DEFINITIONS
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Certain
Definitions
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Other
Definitions
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Construction
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ARTICLE II: ORGANIZATION
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Formation and
Continuation
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Name
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Offices
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Purposes
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Certificate;
Foreign Qualification
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Term
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Merger
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ARTICLE III: PARTNERS AND
PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
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Partners
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No Dispositions
of Partnership Interests
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Additional
Partnership Interests
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ARTICLE IV: CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
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Initial
Contributions
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Subsequent
Contributions
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Advances by
Partners
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Capital
Accounts
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ARTICLE V: ALLOCATIONS AND
DISTRIBUTIONS
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Allocations
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Distributions
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ARTICLE VI: MANAGEMENT AND
OPERATION
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Management of
Partnership Affairs
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Compensation
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Standards and
Conflicts
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Indemnification
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Power of
Attorney
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ARTICLE VII: RIGHTS OF LIMITED
PARTNERS
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Information
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Withdrawal
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Consents and
Voting
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Meetings
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ARTICLE VIII: TAXES
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Tax
Returns
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Tax
Elections
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Tax Matters
Partner
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ARTICLE IX: BOOKS, RECORDS, REPORTS,
AND BANK ACCOUNTS
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Maintenance of
Books
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Reports
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Accounts
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ARTICLE X: WITHDRAWAL, BANKRUPTCY,
ETC. OF GENERAL PARTNER
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Withdrawal,
Bankruptcy, Etc. of General Partner
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Conversion of
Interest
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ARTICLE XI: DISSOLUTION,
LIQUIDATION, AND TERMINATION
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Dissolution
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Liquidation and
Termination
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Termination
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ARTICLE XII: GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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Offset
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Notices
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Entire
Agreement; Supersedure
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Effect of
Waiver or Consent
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Amendment or
Modification
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Binding
Effect
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Governing Law;
Severability
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Further
Assurances
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Waiver of
Certain Rights
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Indemnification
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Counterparts
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A Names,
Addresses and Sharing Ratios of Partners
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
SABINE PROPYLENE PIPELINE L.P.
This AMENDED AND
RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF SABINE PROPYLENE
PIPELINE L.P., a Texas limited partnership (the “
Partnership ”) is made and entered into as of
February 5, 2007, (the “ Effective Date ”)
by and among the Partners (as defined below).
WHEREAS, the
Partnership was formed under the laws of the State of Texas by the
Original General Partner’s filing with the Secretary of State
of Texas on August 10, 2000 an Original Certificate of Limited
Partnership and the execution by the Original General Partner and
Original Limited Partner of an Agreement of Limited Partnership (as
amended to date, the “ Original Agreement ”)
effective as of August 10, 2000 (the “ Organization
Date ”);
WHEREAS, the
Original General Partner entered into that certain Contribution,
Conveyance and Assumption Agreement by and among DEP Holdings, LLC,
Duncan Energy Partners L.P. (“ MLP ”), DEP
OLPGP, LLC and DEP Operating Partnership, L.P. on the Effective
Date (the “ Contribution Agreement ”) whereby
the Original General Partner contributed its 66% general partner
interest in the Partnership (the “ GP Interest
”) to MLP as consideration for the receipt of proceeds raised
in the initial public offering of MLP;
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the Contribution Agreement, MLP contributed the GP interest to
the General Partner as a capital contribution;
WHEREAS, the
General Partner and the Limited Partners now desire to amend the
Original Agreement to reflect (i) the contribution of the GP
Interest from the Original General Partner to the General Partner,
(ii) the withdrawal of the Original General Partner as general
partner of the Partnership, (iii) the conversion of the
Original General Partner’s remaining 33% of the General
Partner Interests into Limited Partner Interests and admittance of
EPD OLP to the Partnership as a limited partner and (iv) the
substitution of the General Partner as the general partner of the
Partnership; and
WHEREAS, the
parties now desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement to
set forth their agreements with respect to this Partnership as set
forth below and intend for this Agreement to supersede the Original
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants, rights, and obligations set
forth in this Agreement, the benefits to be derived from them, and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and the
sufficiency of which each Partner acknowledges and confesses, the
Partners agree as follows:
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1.01 Certain
Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the
following terms have the following meanings:
“
Act ” means the Texas Revised Limited
Partnership Act and any successor statute, as amended from time to
time.
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Agreement ” means this Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of Sabine Propylene Pipeline L.P.,
as it may be amended, modified or supplemented in accordance with
the provisions below.
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Allocation Regulations ” means Treas. Reg.
§§ 1.704-1(b), 1.704-2 and 1.703-3 (including any
temporary regulations) as such regulations may be amended and in
effect from time to time and any corresponding provision of
succeeding regulations.
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Bankrupt Partner ” means any Partner (whether
the General Partner or a Limited Partner) with respect to which an
event of the type described in Section 4.02(a)(4) or (5) of
the Act has occurred, subject to the lapsing of any period of time
therein specified.
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Business Day ” means any day other than a
Saturday, a Sunday, or a holiday on which banks in the State of
Texas generally are closed.
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Capital Contribution ” means any contribution
by a Partner to the capital of the Partnership.
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Carrying Value ” means (a) with respect to
property contributed to the Partnership, the fair market value of
such property at the time of contribution reduced (but not below
zero) by all depreciation, depletion (computed as a separate item
of deduction), amortization and cost recovery deductions charged to
the Partners’ capital accounts, (b) with respect to any
property whose value is adjusted pursuant to the Allocation
Regulations, the adjusted value of such property reduced (but not
below zero) by all depreciation and cost recovery deductions
charged to the Partners’ capital accounts and (c) with
respect to any other Partnership property, the adjusted basis of
such property for federal income tax purposes, all as of the time
of determination.
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Certificate ” means the Certificate of
Amendment of Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership,
as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas on
February 5, 2007, and as amended or restated from time to
time.
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Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
and any successor statute, as amended from time to time.
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Contribution Agreement ” has the meaning set forth
in the recitals.
“DEP
OLP” means DEP Operating Partnership, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership.
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Dispose ” or “ Disposition
” means a sale, assignment, transfer, exchange, mortgage,
pledge, grant of a security interest, or other disposition or
encumbrance, or the acts of the foregoing.
“Effective Date” has the meaning set
forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“ EPD
OLP ” means Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership.
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General Partner ” means (a) DEP OLP or
(b) any other Person subsequently admitted to the Partnership
as the general partner as provided in this Agreement, but does not
include any Person who has ceased to be the general partner in the
Partnership.
“ GP
Interest ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
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Limited Partner ” means EPD OLP, PPP or any
other Person subsequently admitted to the Partnership as a limited
partner as provided in this Agreement, but does not include any
Person who has ceased to be a limited partner in the
Partnership.
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MLP ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“Omnibus Agreement” means the Omnibus
Agreement between EPD OLP, DEP Holdings, LLC, MLP, DEP OLPGP, LLC,
DEP OLP, Enterprise Lou-Tex Propylene Pipeline L.P., Acadian Gas,
LLC, Mont Belvieu Caverns, LLC, South Texas NGL Pipelines, LLC and
the Partnership, dated February 5, 2007, as amended or
restated from time to time.
“Original Agreement” means the Agreement
of Limited Partnership of the Partnership as of the Organization
Date.
“Organization Date” has the meaning given
that term in the recitals.
“Original Certificate” means the
Certificate of Limited Partnership as filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Texas on August 10, 2000.
“Original General Partner” means EPD
OLP.
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Original Limited Partner ” means
PPP.
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Partner ” means the General Partner or any
Limited Partner.
“
Partnership ” has the meaning given that term
in the first paragraph.
“
Partnership Interest ” means the interest of a
Partner in the Partnership, including, without limitation, rights
to distributions (liquidating or otherwise), allocations,
information, and to consent or approve.
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Person ” means an individual or a corporation,
firm, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
unincorporated organization, association, government agency or
political subdivision thereof or other entity.
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PPP ” means Propylene Pipeline Partnership,
L.P., a Texas limited partnership.
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Required Interest ” means one or more Limited
Partners having among them more than 50% of the Sharing Ratios of
all Limited Partners in their capacities as such.
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Sharing Ratio ” means (a) in the case of a
Partner executing this Agreement as of the date of this Agreement,
the percentage specified for that Partner as its Sharing Ratio on
Exhibit A, and (b) in the case of a Partnership Interest
issued under Section 10.01(c) or 10.02, the Sharing Ratio
established in that provision.
1.02 Other
Definitions . Other terms defined in this Agreement have
the meanings so given them.
1.03
Construction . Whenever the context requires, the
gender of all words used in this Agreement includes the masculine,
feminine, and neuter. All references to Articles and Sections refer
to articles and sections of this Agreement, and all references to
Exhibits are to Exhibits attached to this Agreement, each of which
is made a part of this Agreement for all purposes.
2.01
Formation and Continuation . The Partnership has been
previously formed as a limited partnership pursuant to the
provisions of the Act. The General Partner and the Limited Partners
hereby amend and restate in its entirety the Original Agreement.
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the General Partner
and the Limited Partners hereby continue the Partnership as a
limited partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Act. This
amendment and restatement shall become effective on the date of
this Agreement.
2.02
Name . The name of the Partnership is “Sabine
Propylene Pipeline L.P.” and all Partnership business must be
conducted in that name or such other names that comply with
applicable law as the General Partner may select from time to
time.
2.03
Offices . The registered office of the Partnership in
the State of Texas shall be at such place as the General Partner
may designate from time to time. The registered agent for service
of process on the Partnership in the State of Texas or any other
jurisdiction shall be such Person or Persons as the General Partner
may designate from time to time. The principal office of the
Partnership in the United States shall be at such place as the
General Partner may designate from time to time, which need not be
in the State of Texas, and the Partnership shall maintain records
there as required by the Act. The Partnership may have such other
offices as the General Partner may designate from time to
time.
2.04
Purposes . The purposes of the Partnership are to
engage in any business or activity that now or in the future may be
necessary, incidental, proper, advisable, or convenient to
accomplish the foregoing purpose (including, without limitation,
obtaining appropriate
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financing) and
that is not forbidden by the law of the jurisdiction in which the
Partnership engages in that business.
2.05
Certificate; Foreign Qualification . The General
Partner has executed and caused to be filed with the Secretary of
State of Texas a Certificate, amending the Original Certificate
filed on August 10, 2000 and containing information required
by the Act. Prior to the Partnership’s conducting business in
any jurisdiction other than Texas, the General Partner shall cause
the Partnership to comply, to the extent those matters are
reasonably within the control of the General Partner, with all
requirements necessary to qualify the Partnership as a foreign
limited partnership (or a partnership in which the Limited Partners
have limited liability) in that jurisdiction. At the request of the
General Partner, each Limited Partner shall execute, acknowledge,
swear to, and deliver all certificates and other instruments
conforming with this Agreement that are necessary or appropriate to
form, qualify, continue, and terminate the Partnership as a limited
partnership under the law of the State of Texas and to qualify,
continue, and terminate the Partnership as a foreign limited
partnership (or a partnership in which the Limited Partners have
limited liability) in all other jurisdictions in which the
Partnership may conduct business, and to this end the General
Partner may use the power of attorney described in
Section 6.05.
2.06
Term . The Partnership commenced on August 10,
2000, when the Original Certificate first was properly filed with
the Secretary of State of Texas and shall continue in existence
until its business and affairs are wound up following dissolution
automatically at the close of Partnership business on
December 31, 2050 unless (i) the Partners unanimously
agree to extend the term of the Partnership for a longer duration
or (ii) the Partnership is earlier dissolved pursuant to the
provisions hereof.
2.07
Merger . The Partnership may engage in mergers, but
only with the unanimous consent of the Partners.
ARTICLE III: PARTNERS AND
PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
3.01
Partners . The general partner is DEP OLP, which is
admitted to the Partnership as a general partner effective with the
filing of the Certificate with the Secretary of State of the State
of Texas. The limited partners are EPD OLP, which is admitted to
the Partnership as a limited partner effective with the filing of
the Certificate with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas
and PPP, which was admitted to the Partnership as a limited partner
effective with the commencement of the Partnership.
3.02 No
Dispositions of Partnership Interests . Except as set forth
in Article 4 of the Omnibus Agreement, the Partnership
Interests may not be Disposed of, and any purported Disposition of
the Partnership Interests shall be null and void.
3.03
Additional Partnership Interests . Additional
Partnership Interests may be created and issued to new or existing
Partners only in compliance with the provisions in Article 5
of the Omnibus Agreement. The Partnership shall be bound by the
terms of such Omnibus Agreement.
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ARTICLE IV: CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
4.01 Initial
Contributions . The Partners have previously contributed
(whether through actual contributions or as a result of their
acquisition of their Partnership Interests from MLP) to the
Partnership those assets which are currently listed as assets of
the Partnership on the Partnership’s books and records
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4.02
Subsequent Contributions . Additional Capital
Contributions shall be made only with the unanimous consent of the
Partners.
4.03
Advances by Partners . If the Partnership does not
have sufficient cash to pay its obligations, the General Partner,
or any Limited Partner(s) that may agree to do so with the General
Partner’s consent, may advance all or part of the needed
funds to or on behalf of the Partnership. Payment by the General
Partner on account of liability as a matter of law for Partnership
obligations is deemed to be an advance under this
Section 4.03. An advance described in this Section 4.03
constitutes a loan from the Partner to the Partnership, bears
interest at a rate determined by the General Partner (and, if
applicable, the Limited Partner making the advance) from the date
of the advance until the date of payment, and is not a Capital
Contribution.
4.04 Capital
Accounts . A capital account shall be established and
maintained for each Partner. Each Partner’s capital account
(a) shall be increased by (i) the amount of money
contributed by that Partner to the Partnership, (ii) the fair
market value of property contributed by that Partner to the
Partnership (net of liabilities secured by the contributed property
that the Partnership is considered to assume or take subject to
under section 752 of the Code), and (iii) allocations to that
Partner of Partnership income and gain (or items of income and
gain), including income and gain exempt from tax and income and
gain described in Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g), but
excluding income and gain described in Treas. Reg. §
1.704-1(b)(4)(i), and (b) shall be decreased by (i) the
amount of money distributed to that Partner by the Partnership,
(ii) the fair market value of property distributed to that
Partner by the Partnership (net of liabilities secured by the
distributed property that the Partner is considered to assume or
take subject to under section 752 of the Code),
(iii) allocations to that Partner of expenditures of the
Partnership described in section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code, and
(iv) allocations of Partnership loss and deduction (or items
of loss and deduction), including loss and deduction described in
Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g), but excluding items
described in clause (b)(iii) above and loss or deduction described
in Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(4)(i) or §
1.704-1(b)(4)(iii). The Partners’ capital accounts also shall
be maintained and adjusted as permitted by the provisions of Treas.
Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and as required by the other
provisions of Treas. Reg. §§ 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and
1.704-1(b)(4), including adjustments to reflect the allocations to
the Partners of depreciation, depletion, amortization, and gain or
loss as computed for book purposes rather than the allocation of
the corresponding items as computed for tax purposes, as required
by Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g). A Partner that has more
than one Partnership Interest shall have a single capital account
that reflects all its Partnership Interests, regardless of the
class of Partnership Interests owned by that Partner and regardless
of the time or manner in which those Partnership Interests were
acquired.
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ARTICLE V:ALLOCATIONS AND
DISTRIBUTIONS
(a) Except
as otherwise set forth in Section 5.01(b), for purposes of
maintaining the capital accounts and in determining the rights of
the Partners among themselves, all items of income, gain, loss,
deduction, and credit of the Partnership shall be allocated among
the Partners in accordance with their Sharing Ratios.
(b) The
following special allocations shall be made prior to making any
allocations provided for in 5.01(a) above:
(i) Minimum Gain Chargeback . Notwithstanding any other
provision hereof to the contrary, if there is a net decrease in
Minimum Gain (as generally defined under Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1
or § 1.704-2) for a taxable year (or if there was a net
decrease in Minimum Gain for a prior taxable year and the
Partnership did not have sufficient amounts of income and gain
during prior years to allocate among the Partners under this
subsection 5.01(b)(i), then items of income and gain shall be
allocated to each Partner in an amount equal to such
Partner’s share of the net decrease in such Minimum Gain (as
determined pursuant to Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(g)(2)). It is the
intent of the Partners that any allocation pursuant to this
subsection 5.01(b)(i) shall constitute a “minimum gain
chargeback” under Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(f) and shall be
interpreted consistently therewith.
(ii) Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain Chargeback .
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 5, except
subsection 5.01(b)(i), if there is a net decrease in Partner
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain (as generally defined under Treas.
Reg. § 1.704-1 or § 1.704-2), during any taxable year,
any Partner who has a share of the Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum
Gain shall be allocated such amount of income and gain for such
year (and subsequent years, if necessary) determined in the manner
required by Treas. Reg. § 1.704-2(i)(4) as is necessary to
meet the requirements for a chargeback of Partner Nonrecourse Debt
Minimum Gain.
(iii) Qualified Income Offset . Except as provided in
subsection 5.01(b)(i) and (ii) hereof, in the event any
Partner unexpectedly receives any
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