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Exhibit
10.38
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN
REQUESTED FOR THE REDACTED PORTIONS. THE CONFIDENTIAL REDACTED
PORTIONS HAVE BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION. ASTERISKS DENOTE SUCH REDACTIONS.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
of
HHR EURO CV
Dated as of
December 8, 2006
TABLE OF
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ARTICLE 1
G ENERAL P
ROVISIONS
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Section 1.01
. Definitions;
Interpretation
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Section 1.02
. Partnership Name
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Section 1.03
. Seat
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Section 1.04
. Formation of the
Partnership
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Section 1.05
. Purposes of the
Partnership
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Section 1.06
. Liability of the Partners
Generally
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Section 1.07
. Admission of Limited Partners;
Additional Limited Partners; Increase of Capital
Commitments
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Section 1.08.
Transparency
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| ARTICLE 2 |
| M ANAGEMENT
AND O PERATIONS OF
THE P ARTNERSHIP |
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Section 2.01
. Management Generally
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Section 2.02
. Authority and Duties of the General
Partner
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Section 2.03
. Other Authority; Major Decisions,
Etc
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Section 2.04
. Exclusivity
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Section 2.05
. Books and Records; Fiscal
Year
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Section 2.06
. Partnership Tax Returns
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Section 2.07
. Confidentiality; Press
Release
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Section 2.08
. Meetings of the Partners
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Section 2.09
. Reliance by Third
Parties
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Section 2.10
. Temporary Investment of
Funds
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Section 2.11
. Removal of the General
Partner
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Section 2.12.
Business Plan and Budgets
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Section 2.13
. Credit Facility
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| ARTICLE 3 |
| I NVESTMENTS |
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Section 3.01
. Partnership Investments Generally;
Initial Hotel Properties
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Section 3.02
. Investment and Leverage
Limitations
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Section 3.03
. Structuring of Investments
Generally
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Section 3.04
. Parallel Investments
Generally
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| ARTICLE 4 |
| E XPENSES |
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Section 4.01
. Definition and Payment of General
Partner Expenses
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Section 4.02
. Definition and Payment of Partnership
Expenses
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Section 4.03
. Responsibility for Partnership Expenses
Among the Partners
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Section 4.04
. Sources of Funds for Funding by the
Partners of Partnership Expenses
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| ARTICLE 5 |
| C APITAL C
OMMITMENTS AND C
APITAL C ONTRIBUTIONS |
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Section 5.01
. Capital Commitments
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Section 5.02
. Drawdown Procedures
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Section 5.03
. Default by Limited
Partners
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Section 5.04
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Section 5.05
. Extraordinary Loans
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| ARTICLE 6 |
| D ISTRIBUTIONS ; A
LLOCATIONS ; C APITAL A
CCOUNTS |
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Section 6.01
. Distributions Generally
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Section 6.02
. Distributions of Proceeds of
Partnership Investments
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Section 6.03
. Early Promote
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Section 6.04
. Other Distributions
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Section 6.05
. Other General Principles of
Distribution
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Section 6.06
. Capital Accounts
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Section 6.07
. Allocations of Income and
Loss.
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Section 6.08
. Tax Allocations
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Section 6.09
. U.S. Taxation of Limited
Partners
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| ARTICLE 7 |
| R EPORTS
TO L IMITED P ARTNERS
; O PERATIONAL A UDIT |
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Section 7.01
. Reports
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Section 7.02
. Operational Audit
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| ARTICLE 8 |
| I
NDEMNIFICATION |
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Section 8.01
. Indemnification
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| ARTICLE 9 |
| D URATION
AND D ISSOLUTION OF
THE P ARTNERSHIP |
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Section 9.01
. Duration
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Section 9.02.
Dissolution
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Section 9.03
. Liquidation of
Partnership
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Section 9.04
. Distribution Upon Dissolution of the
Partnership
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| ARTICLE 10 |
| T RANSFERABILITY
OF A P ARTNER ’
S I NTEREST ; W
ITHDRAWAL BY A P
ARTNER |
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Section 10.01
. Transferability of General
Partner’s Interest
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Section 10.02
. Transferability of a Limited
Partner’s Interest
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Section 10.04
. Expenses of Transfer;
Indemnification
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Section 10.05
. Recognition of Transfer; Substituted
Limited Partners
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Section 10.06
. Transfers During a Fiscal
Year
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Section 10.07
. Withdrawal of a Limited
Partner
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Section 10.08
. Transfer and Admission
Restrictions
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| ARTICLE 11 |
| M
ISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 11.01
. Amendments; Waivers
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Section 11.02
. Appraisal; Appraisal Procedure;
Arbitration Procedure.
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Section 11.03
. Successors; Counterparts;
Beneficiaries.
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Section 11.04
. Governing Law; Severability;
Jurisdiction; Jury Trial
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Section 11.05. Certain Matters
Relating to Partners
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Section 11.06
. Further Assurance
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Section 11.07
. Power of Attorney
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Section 11.08
. Goodwill
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Section 11.09
. Notices
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Section 11.10
. Headings
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Section 11.11
. Tax Election
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Section 11.12
. Interest
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Section 11.13
. Liquidation Value Safe Harbor
Election
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Section 11.14
. Follow-on Ventures
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Appendix A –
Definitions
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Appendix B – Approved
Accountants
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Appendix C – Approved
Appraisers
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Appendix D – Approved Industry
Consultants
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Appendix E – Approved Investment
Banks
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Appendix F – Certain
Representations and Warranties
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Appendix G – Form of Limited
Partner Questionnaire
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Schedule A – Capital
Commitments
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Schedule B – Initial Hotel
Properties
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Schedule C – Addresses for
Notices
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AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
OF
HHR EURO CV
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP dated as of December 8, 2006
(this “ Agreement ”) of HHR Euro CV (the “
Partnership ”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the parties are
party to that certain Agreement of Limited Partnership dated as of
March 24, 2006 (the “ Original Partnership
Agreement ”), as amended by that certain First Amendment
to Agreement of Limited Partnership dated as of July 21, 2006
(“ Amendment No. 1 ”) and that certain
Second Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership dated as of
December 8, 2006 but effective July 21, 2006 (“
Amendment No. 2 ”);
WHEREAS, the parties desire
to enter into this Agreement to continue the Partnership and to
make certain amendments to the Original Partnership Agreement,
including to Schedule A (Capital Commitments) and to certain other
provisions, including those relating to the governance of the
operations of the Partnership; and
WHEREAS, HST GP Euro B.V., a
private company with limited liability ( besloten vennootschap
met beperkte aansprakelijkheid ) with its corporate seat in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is the general partner of the
Partnership.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
G ENERAL P
ROVISIONS
Section 1.01 .
Definitions; Interpretation. (a) Capitalized terms used
herein without definition have the meanings assigned to them in
Appendix A hereto.
(b) In construing this
Agreement, unless otherwise specified:
(i) references
to sections, parties, schedules and recitals
are to sections of, and the parties, schedules and recitals
to, this Agreement;
(ii) use of any gender
includes the other genders;
(iii) words denoting the
singular include the plural and vice versa;
(iv) a reference to any
statute or statutory provision shall be construed as a reference to
the same as it may have been, or may from time to time be, amended,
modified or re-enacted;
(v) a reference to a date
which is not a Business Day is to be construed as a reference to
the next succeeding Business Day;
(vi) a reference to an
agreement or other document is a reference to that agreement or
document as supplemented, amended or novated from time to
time;
(vii) headings and titles are
for convenience only and do not affect the interpretation of this
Agreement;
(viii) the rule known as the
ejusdem generis rule shall not apply and accordingly general
words introduced by the word “other” shall not be given
a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact that they are preceded
by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or
things;
(ix) general words shall not
be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact that they are
followed by particular examples intended to be embraced by the
general words (and accordingly “including” means
including without limitation); and
(x) references to
“writing” include fax transmission and, include email
and similar electronic means of communication.
Section 1.02 .
Partnership Name. The name of the Partnership is HHR Euro
CV.
Section 1.03 .
Seat. (a) The seat of the Partnership will be located in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. To the extent necessary, the parties
declare that when the Partnership was formed, the center of its
external activities ( centrum van optreden naar buiten ) was
located in the Netherlands.
(b) The address of the
Partnership and of the General Partner shall be Rokin 55, 1012 KK
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, or such other place in The Netherlands
as the General Partner shall determine in its discretion. If the
General Partner shall determine to change its business address, it
shall notify the Limited Partners in advance in writing.
Section 1.04 .
Formation of the Partnership. The parties hereby agree to
continue the Partnership as a limited partnership (
commanditaire vennootschap ) under and pursuant to Dutch
law. This Agreement amends and restates the
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Original Partnership Agreement, as
amended by Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2. Legal
title to assets of the Partnership shall be formally held (
goederenrechtelijk ) by the General Partner for the benefit
of all the Partners. All Partners are beneficially entitled to the
assets. This Agreement is to be construed such that the Partnership
does not qualify as an open limited partnership ( open
commanditaire vennootschap ) as defined in article 2, paragraph
3, sub c of the General Tax Act ( Algemene wet inzake
rijksbelastingen ). The Partnership is a closed limited
partnership ( besloten commanditaire vennootschap ) for
Dutch tax purposes.
Section 1.05 .
Purposes of the Partnership. The purposes of the Partnership
are (a) to identify potential Partnership Investments,
(b) to acquire, improve, maintain, hold, operate, manage,
supervise, lease, finance, mortgage, pledge, exchange, divide,
combine, sell, transfer, convey, assign, grant options with respect
to, dispose of or otherwise deal in and transact business with
respect to Partnership Investments, (c) pending utilization or
disbursement of funds, to invest such funds in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, (d) to participate in and to
otherwise acquire or maintain an interest in the management of
other business enterprises that deal in and transact business with
respect to Real Estate Assets, (e) to provide financing to
affiliates and third parties in connection with Real Estate Assets,
(f) to provide security, guaranty or otherwise undertake the
obligations of third parties in connection with Real Estate Assets,
and (g) to conduct all activities which are incidental to any
of the foregoing. The Partnership shall have the power to do any
and all acts necessary, appropriate, desirable, incidental or
convenient to or for the furtherance of the purposes described in
this Section 1.05, including any and all of the powers that
may be exercised on behalf of the Partnership by the General
Partner pursuant to this Agreement.
Section 1.06 .
Liability of the Partners Generally. (a) The General
Partner shall have unlimited liability to third parties for any and
all liabilities of the Partnership as its general partner (
beherend vennoot ). All obligations of the Partnership to
third parties shall be in the General Partner’s
name.
(b) Except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement or under the CV Law, no Limited Partner
(or former Limited Partner) shall be obligated to make any
contribution to the Partnership or have any liability for the debts
and obligations of the Partnership.
(c) The General Partner shall
at all times act in good faith and in the best interests of the
Partnership. In managing the affairs of the Partnership, subject to
the rights of the Limited Partners, and in its dealing with the
Limited Partners, the General Partner shall be subject to the
standard of care a general partner is required to use with respect
to a limited partnership and its limited partners under the CV Law,
which standard of care shall include: (a) a duty of loyalty,
which requires the General Partner to carry out its
responsibilities with
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loyalty, honesty, good faith and
fairness toward the Partnership and the Limited Partners and
(b) a duty of care, which requires the General Partner to
discharge its duties with the diligence, care and skill that a
general partner would be required under the CV Law to exercise
under similar circumstances, including actions with respect to the
safekeeping of and use of all funds, assets and records of the
Partnership. Unless expressly stated otherwise, the standard of
performance applicable to the General Partner as set forth in this
Section 1.06(c) shall be applicable to the General Partner in
performing its obligations under each provision of this Agreement.
The General Partner has not engaged and will not engage in any
activities unrelated to the Partnership or the Partnership
Investments.
Section 1.07 .
Admission of Limited Partners; Additional Limited Partners;
Increase of Capital Commitments. (a) On the date of the
Original Partnership Agreement, counterparts of the Original
Partnership Agreement were executed and delivered by (or, pursuant
to a power of attorney, on behalf of) each of HST LP Euro B.V., a
private company with limited liability ( besloten vennootschap
met beperkte aansprakelijkheid ) with its corporate seat in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (“ Host ”), Stichting
Pensioenfonds ABP, a Dutch foundation ( stichting ) (“
ABP ”), and Jasmine Hotels Pte Ltd, a Singapore
private company limited by shares (“ JHPL ”),
each such party’s subscription for a limited partner interest
in the Partnership was accepted by the General Partner and approved
by the Limited Partners, and each such party became a Limited
Partner (and was shown as such on the books and records of the
Partnership).
(b) At any time, subject to
the prior written unanimous consent of the Partners, the General
Partner may cause the Partnership to admit additional Limited
Partners or to allow any existing Limited Partner to increase its
original Capital Commitment, and in connection therewith, shall
cause the value of the assets of the Partnership to be determined
pursuant to Section 11.02. The General Partner shall deliver
to each Limited Partner a notice (a “ NCP Notice
”) setting forth (i) the value of the
Partnership’s assets giving effect to the admission of the
New Commitment Partner or increase in Capital Commitment of an
existing Limited Partner, minus the Partnership’s liabilities
(the “ Partnership Net Asset Value ”),
(ii) the amount of the Capital Contribution to be made by the
New Commitment Partner, and (iii) the resulting Capital
Commitment, Investment Percentages, Commitment Percentages,
Available Commitment Percentages, Capital Commitments and Capital
Contributions taking into account the proposed admission of an
additional Limited Partner (or an increase in any existing Limited
Partner’s Capital Commitment). The resulting Investment
Percentage for the New Commitment Partner (defined below) is herein
referred to as the “ NCP Investment Percentage
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A Person shall become an additional Limited Partner (and shall be
shown as such on the books and records of the Partnership) upon
execution and delivery by (or, pursuant to a power of attorney, on
behalf of) such Person and the General Partner of counterparts of
this Agreement, subject to the terms of this
Section 1.07.
(c) Any Limited Partner
admitted to the Partnership pursuant to Section 1.07(b) on any
Closing Date other than the First Closing Date (and, including,
other than in the case of a pro rata increase by all Limited
Partners in their Commitments, any Limited Partner so increasing
its Capital Commitment to the extent of any increase in its Capital
Commitment on any such subsequent Closing Date) (each such Limited
Partner, a “ New Commitment Partner ”)
shall:
(i) make a Capital
Contribution in the amount set forth in the NCP Notice;
(ii) make a Capital
Contribution in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of Capital
Contributions that would have been made by such New Commitment
Partner pursuant to Section 4.02(a) in respect of
Organizational Expenses had such New Commitment Partner been
admitted to the Partnership on the First Closing Date
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(iii) make a Capital
Commitment equal to the Capital Commitment set forth in the NCP
Notice;
provided that, with respect to
any New Commitment Partner that is a Limited Partner increasing its
Capital Commitment on such Closing Date, the amount payable by such
New Commitment Partner pursuant to Section 1.07(c)(i) or
1.07(c)(ii) shall be decreased by the aggregate amount of Capital
Contributions theretofore made by such New Commitment
Partner.
(d) The amount contributed by
each New Commitment Partner pursuant to Section 1.07(c)(i) on
any Closing Date other than the First Closing Date shall not be
available for distribution to the Partners until the second
anniversary of such subsequent Closing Date but shall be available
to the General Partner for application to Partnership Expenses and
investment in Partnership Investments.
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(e) As promptly as
practicable after any Closing Date after the First Closing Date,
the Partnership shall distribute to the Limited Partners their pro
rata share of the aggregate amounts contributed by the New
Commitment Partners pursuant to Section 1.07(c)(ii) on such
subsequent Closing Date.
(f) It is a condition to the
admission of any New Commitment Partner that such New Commitment
Partner shall be simultaneously admitted to the TRS CV pursuant to
the Corresponding Provision.
Section 1.08.
Transparency . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary, each Partner represents, as of the date hereof, that
it is not an entity which is transparent for Dutch corporate
income and dividend tax purposes and covenants that it will not
transfer any interest to such an entity, it being agreed that no
partner in this Partnership may be an entity which is transparent
for Dutch corporate income and dividend tax purposes. Each Partner
agrees that in the event that, if, as a result of any change in
Dutch tax law or otherwise, it may become or becomes an entity that
is transparent for Dutch corporate income and dividend tax
purposes, it shall promptly take all necessary action to continue
to be or become again non-transparent, including a transfer of its
interest in the Partnership to a wholly-owned entity that is
non-transparent from a Dutch tax perspective. Prior to such
transfer, the Partner shall consult with the General Partner and
external Dutch tax counsel to review and confirm that this transfer
does not cause the Partnership to become non-transparent from a
Dutch tax perspective, it being understood that such transfer is
subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in this
Agreement.
ARTICLE 2
M ANAGEMENT
AND O PERATIONS OF
THE P ARTNERSHIP
Section 2.01 .
Management Generally. (a) The management and control of
the Partnership shall be vested in the General Partner; however,
the Limited Partners shall have certain rights with respect to
certain matters of the Partnership as described in this Agreement.
The Limited Partners shall have no authority or right to act on
behalf of the Partnership in connection with any matter and shall
not engage in any way in the day-to-day business of the
Partnership.
(b) The General Partner shall
have the right to delegate certain management and administrative
responsibilities set forth in Section 2.02 to one or more of
its Affiliates, which in no event shall be a Limited Partner. Any
delegation of management and administrative responsibilities by the
General Partner to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the General
Partner shall be subject to the unanimous consent of the Limited
Partners.
Section 2.02 .
Authority and Duties of the General Partner. The General
Partner shall have the power and, to the extent the following are
necessary or
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advisable to further the purposes of the
Partnership described in Section 1.05, the duty, on behalf of
and in the name of the Partnership, subject to the limitations
contained in this Agreement, to:
(a) identify, acquire,
improve, maintain, renovate, rehabilitate, reposition, own, hold,
operate, manage, lease, finance, mortgage, pledge, exchange,
divide, combine, sell, transfer, convey, assign, grant options with
respect to, dispose of or otherwise deal in and transact business
with respect to Partnership Investments;
(b) borrow money, issue (or
guarantee) evidences of recourse and non-recourse indebtedness and
obtain lines of credit, loan commitments and letters of credit for
the account of the Partnership, or any Person in which it has a
direct or indirect ownership interest; provided the
indebtedness incurred by the General Partner for the benefit of the
Partnership, by any Portfolio Company or by any Partnership
Investment Vehicle may be secured by pledges, mortgages or other
liens on any and all of the assets (excluding a pledge by the
General Partner of all or a portion of the aggregate Available
Capital Commitments of the Limited Partners, other than in
connection with a Credit Facility) held by the General Partner for
the benefit of the Partners, by any Portfolio Company or by any
Partnership Investment Vehicle, and may be supported by guarantees
made by the General Partner for the benefit of the Partners, by any
Portfolio Company or Partnership Investment Vehicle in accordance
with this Agreement;
(c) prepay in whole or in
part, refinance, recast, increase, modify or extend any existing
liabilities affecting any Partnership Investment (or any underlying
assets) and in connection therewith execute any extensions or
renewals of encumbrances on any or all of the Partnership
Investments (or any underlying assets);
(d) negotiate, execute and
take any action under any deed, lease, easement, mortgage, deed of
trust, mortgage note, promissory note, bill of sale, contract,
certificate or other instrument or undertaking in connection with
the acquisition, holding, financing, management, maintenance,
operation, lease, pledge, sale or other disposition of a
Partnership Investment (or any underlying assets) or as the General
Partner shall determine, in its discretion, to be necessary or
desirable to further the purposes of the Partnership, including
granting or refraining from granting any waivers, consents and
approvals with respect to any of the foregoing and any matters
incident thereto;
(e) subsequent to the
Partnership’s initial investment in any Partnership
Investment, make additional investments in the assets comprising
such Partnership Investment (including investments for capital
improvements or other improvements or alterations to any property
constituting a Partnership Investment or otherwise to protect the
Partnership’s investment in any Partnership Investment or to
provide working capital for any Partnership Investment) (the
“ Follow-On Investments ”);
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(f) hold Partnership
Investments in its name for the benefit of the Partnership and its
Partners;
(g) obtain representation in
the management of Portfolio Companies (and otherwise, if
applicable, in connection with other Partnership Investments),
which may involve, without limitation, securing representation on
boards of directors of Portfolio Companies, creditors’
committees, management committees of partnerships, property
owners’ associations or other entities or other similar
boards, committees or other governing bodies in respect of such
companies or investments, or the employment on behalf of the
Partnership of experts to render managerial assistance to such
companies or investments;
(h) lend money or other
assets of the Partnership upon such terms and with (or without)
such security as the General Partner shall deem appropriate to any
Portfolio Company or Partnership Investment Vehicle;
(i) use the services of any
and all persons providing legal, accounting, engineering,
brokerage, consulting, appraisal, investment advisory, financial
advisory, property management, leasing brokers, artisan,
construction, repair or custodian services to the Partnership, or
such other Persons as the General Partner deems necessary or
desirable for the management and operation of the Partnership and
its Partnership Investments (and any underlying assets), including
the General Partner and the Affiliates of the General Partner and
Persons who are also otherwise employed or hired by any Affiliate
of the General Partner; provided , however, this shall not
include the power to employ or hire persons for or on behalf of the
Partnership, provided, further , nothing herein shall
preclude any Portfolio Company from hiring employees, including as
may be necessary or recommended in any jurisdiction in which a
Hotel Property is located or such Portfolio Company is a resident,
including in order to establish tax residency in a
jurisdiction;
(j) incur and pay all
expenses, fees and obligations incident to the operation and
management of the Partnership, any Portfolio Company or Partnership
Investment Vehicle or that may be applicable in connection with any
transactions entered into by or on behalf of the Partnership, any
Portfolio Company or Partnership Investment Vehicle, including the
services referred to in clause (i), taxes, interest, travel, rent,
insurance and supplies;
(k) make interim investments
(which may be made through an agent) of cash reserves and other
liquid assets of the Partnership as provided in Section 2.10
prior to their use for Partnership purposes or distribution to the
Partners;
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(l) acquire and enter into
any contract of insurance necessary or desirable for the protection
or conservation of the Partnership and its assets or otherwise in
the interest of the Partnership as the General Partner shall
determine, in respect of any liabilities for which the General
Partner or any other Indemnified Person would be entitled to
indemnification under this Agreement;
(m) open and close accounts
and deposit, maintain and withdraw funds in the name of the
Partnership, any Portfolio Company and any Partnership Investment
Vehicle in banks, savings and loan associations, brokerage firms or
other financial institutions and draw checks or other orders for
the payment of monies;
(n) distribute funds to the
General Partner and the Limited Partners by way of cash or
otherwise, all in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement;
(o) bring and defend actions
and proceedings at law or equity before any court or governmental,
administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission or
otherwise;
(p) prepare and cause to be
prepared reports, statements and other relevant information for
distribution to the General Partner and the Limited
Partners;
(q) prepare and file all
necessary tax returns, elections and statements and pay all taxes,
assessments and other impositions applicable to the assets of the
Partnership and withhold amounts with respect thereto from funds
otherwise distributable to the General Partner or any Limited
Partner;
(r) effect a dissolution of
the Partnership and carry out the liquidation of the Partnership
following such dissolution;
(s) make all elections,
investigations, evaluations and decisions, binding the Partnership
thereby, that may, in the discretion of the General Partner, be
necessary or desirable for the acquisition, management or
disposition of investments by the Partnership;
(t) maintain records and
accounts of all operations and expenditures of the
Partnership;
(u) determine the accounting
methods and conventions to be used in the preparation of any
accounting or financial records of the Partnership, provided
that such records shall be maintained in Euros and in accordance
with international financial reporting standards (“
IFRS ”);
(v) convene meetings of the
Limited Partners for any purpose;
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(w) form and structure
Partnership Investments through Partnership Investment Vehicles
pursuant to Section 3.03 and incorporate or form additional
subsidiaries and transfer the shares or interests in any existing
subsidiary or subsidiaries to such newly-formed subsidiaries,
provided that without the prior written consent of the
Limited Partners, no transfer of shares or interests in any
existing subsidiary shall be made to any subsidiary that is not
wholly owned (directly or indirectly) by the Partnership (or the
General Partner on behalf of the Partners);
(x) enter into any hedging
transaction for interest rate risk as the General Partner shall
determine to be necessary or desirable to further the purposes of
the Partnership;
(y) enter into any hedging
transaction, including any forward contracts, for currency risk as
is necessary or desirable to further the purposes of the
Partnership;
(z) assume liabilities on
behalf of the Partnership in respect of Real Estate
Assets;
(aa) enforce the Asset
Management Agreement on behalf of the Partners; and
(bb) act for and on behalf of
the Partnership in all matters incidental to the
foregoing.
Section 2.03 . Other
Authority; Major Decisions, Etc. (a) The General Partner
agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to operate the
Partnership in such a way that (i) the Partnership will not be
an “investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act (except for purposes of Sections
12(d)(1)(A)(i) and (B)(i) thereunder), (ii) the General
Partner will be in compliance with the Advisers Act,
(iii) none of the Partnership’s assets would be deemed
“plan assets” for purposes of ERISA, and (iv) each
of the Partnership and the General Partner will be in compliance
with any applicable law, regulation or guideline, issued by a
regulatory authority, government body or recognized securities
exchange, in each case a violation of which would have a material
adverse effect on the Partnership. The General Partner is hereby
authorized to take any action it has determined to be necessary or
desirable in order for (i) the Partnership not to be in
violation of the Investment Company Act, (ii) the General
Partner not to be in violation of the Advisers Act, (iii) the
Partnership’s assets not to be deemed “plan
assets” for purposes of ERISA, or (iv) each of the
Partnership and the General Partner not to be in violation of any
applicable material law, regulation or guideline, issued by a
regulatory authority, government body or recognized securities
exchange, including (A) making structural, operating or other
changes in the Partnership by amending this Agreement or otherwise,
(B) requiring the sale in whole or in part
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of any Partnership Investment or other
asset or (C) dissolving the Partnership ( provided that
any such amendment, sale or dissolution to cure any violation of
such law, regulation or guideline of the Partnership may only be
made if such amendment, sale or dissolution of the Partnership is
necessary or advisable to cure the items described in clauses
(i)-(iv) above and such amendment, sale or dissolution of the
Partnership does not (x) increase or lead to violation of the
obligations (including regulatory obligations) or liabilities
(including with respect to tax exposure) of any Limited Partner,
(y) adversely affect any Limited Partner’s economic
rights hereunder or (z) adversely affect its status as a
tax-exempt entity or pension fund (if appropriate); provided,
further, that the General Partner shall consult with the
Limited Partners (other than any Host Limited Partner) to determine
if the consequences described in the foregoing clauses
(x)-(z) would result). The General Partner shall notify the
Limited Partners of any action taken pursuant to this
Section 2.03(a).
(b) In addition to any other
matters for which the Partners are provided with voting rights
under this Agreement, the following powers of the Partnership shall
be exercised by the General Partner only with the required vote of
the Partners:
(i) the following decisions,
which decisions shall require the prior written unanimous consent
of the Partners:
(A) the recapitalization of
the Partnership;
(B) entering into a financing
transaction that is either (1) a “cash-out”
financing (i.e., the loan proceeds realized are in an aggregate
amount in excess of the principal amount of the debt being
refinanced) but is not entered into as part of the acquisition of a
Real Estate Asset or contemplated by the relevant approved Budget,
or (2) as described in Section 3.02, with respect to any
Real Estate Asset that is not incurred in connection with the
acquisition of such Real Estate Asset and is not a refinancing of
any such acquisition financing;
(C) causing the merger of the
Partnership with or into another entity, or otherwise reorganizing
or restructuring the Partnership;
(D) causing an initial public
offering of interest in the Partnership;
(E) repositioning a
Partnership Investment which will result in the closing of an
entire Hotel Property (unless a Consolidation Event shall have
occurred, in which case the vote of the Required Limited Partners
shall be required);
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(F) causing in one or more
transactions a Disposition of all or substantially all of the
Partnership Investments (including shares of any Portfolio Company
or Partnership Investment Vehicle);
(G) the General Partner
commencing (on its own behalf or on behalf of the Partnership) a
voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation,
reorganization or other relief with respect to the General Partner,
the Partnership or debts of the General Partner or the Partnership
under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
law; or the appointment of a trustee, administrator, receiver or
other entity for the purpose of disposing of the Partnership
Investments for the benefit of creditors; or any other transfer of
Partnership Investments, whether voluntary or involuntary, for the
benefit of creditors;
(H) transfers of limited
partnership interests as described in Section 5.03,
Section 5.04, Section 10.01, Section 10.02 and
Section 10.05 of this Agreement (it being understood that any
admission or substitution, whether in full or in part, absolute or
relative, of a limited partnership interest requires the prior
written consent of all Partners (except for the consent of a
Defaulting Limited Partner pursuant to Section 5.03), and
transactions not compliant with this approval requirement are
void);
(I) the admission of New
Commitment Partners as described in Section 1.07(b) (it being
understood that any such admission requires the prior written
consent of all Partners (except for the consent of a Defaulting
Limited Partner pursuant to Section 5.03), and transactions
not compliant with this approval requirement are void);
(J) the deviation from
investment and/or leverage limitations and guidelines as described
in Section 3.02;
(K) the acquisition of real
property that is not a Real Estate Asset;
(L) confessing, consenting to
or appealing against a judgment against the Partnership in
connection with any threatened or pending Proceeding; or commencing
or settling any Proceeding in the name of the Partnership or with
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(M) the extension of the
Commitment Period as described in Section 5.01(d);
(N) any amendment or waiver
of provisions in the Asset Management Agreement;
(O) the extension of the term
of this Agreement as described in Section 9.01;
(P) any amendment of this
Agreement, except as provided in Section 11.01(a);
(Q) the development of a
Hotel Property;
(R) the payment of the early
promote to the General Partner from capital contributions pursuant
to Section 6.03(c)(i); and
(S) other than in connection
with a Credit Facility, any agreement pursuant to which all or a
portion of the aggregate Available Capital Commitments of all
Limited Partners is pledged, assigned or otherwise provided as
security by the General Partner.
(ii) the following decisions,
which decisions shall require the consent or approval of the
Required Limited Partners:
(A) provided no Consolidation
Event shall have occurred, the acquisitions of Real Estate
Assets;
(B) provided no Consolidation
Event shall have occurred, as described in Section 3.02,
entering into financing transactions related to the acquisition of
Real Estate Assets and any refinancing thereof (except for
financing transactions contemplated by
Section 2.03(b)(i)(B));
(C) adoption of the Business
Plan and the Budgets, in each case, as contemplated by
Section 2.12;
(D) provided no Consolidation
Event shall have occurred, Dispositions of Partnership Investments
(except for Dispositions of all or substantially all of the
Partnership Investments, in which case Section 2.03(b)(i)(F)
shall control), provided that the General Partner shall be
authorized to transfer the shares in HHR Euro Funding B.V. to a
newly-formed private company with limited liability ( besloten
vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid ) with its
corporate seat in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, that is owned and
continues to be owned by the General Partner;
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(E) approval or disapproval
of an Approved Accountant, Approved Appraiser, Approved Industry
Consultant or Approved Investment Bank; and
(F) the dissolution of the
Partnership as described in Section 9.02(a), provided
if a Consolidation Event shall occur, the dissolution of the
Partnership shall require the prior written unanimous consent of
the Partners pursuant to clause (i) above; and
(G) any currency hedging
transaction, other than as required by a third-party lender to
(1) the Partnership, (2) any Portfolio Company or
(3) any Partnership Investment Vehicle.
(c) In this Agreement, the
words “approval” and “consent” shall mean
the prior written consent or approval of the Partners having the
right to consent or approve, which consent or approval shall not
be, other than as provided in this Agreement, unreasonably withheld
or delayed, unless in connection with any transfer of limited
partnership interest, (relative or absolute) substitution of a
limited partner, deemed capital contribution or forced sale of a
limited partnership interest or admission of a New Commitment
Partner or Substituted Limited Partner. It is understood that in
determining whether to withhold or delay its consent or approval, a
Limited Partner shall be entitled to consider its own interest as a
partner in the Partnership.
(d) The General Partner shall
cause the Manager to employ or cause its sub-asset manager to
employ a managing director, or an individual in such capacity,
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the employment of the managing director ends or terminates, the
General Partner shall cause the Manager to engage or cause its
sub-asset manager to engage a replacement managing director within
ninety (90) days of such time, provided without the
prior written consent of the Limited Partners, no sub-asset manager
shall be other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Manager.
(e) The Partners acknowledge
that each of Host and the General Partner is or will be an indirect
subsidiary or Affiliate of Host Euro Business Trust, Host Holding
Corporation and Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (each, a
“ Host REIT ”), each a “real estate
investment trust” under the Code (a “ REIT
”). The Partnership will conduct its activities in a manner
consistent with each Host REIT’s status as a REIT and so as
to permit such Host REIT (i) to maintain continuous compliance
with the requirements of REIT status and (ii) to minimize any
U.S. federal income or excise tax in respect of operations. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is understood that the
Partnership’s hotel properties will generally be
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leased to separate entities that will
constitute “taxable REIT subsidiaries” for purposes of
the REIT requirements (each, a “ TRS ” and
collectively, the “ TRS ”) and will be operated
in a manner consistent with those requirements.
(f) As between the General
Partner, on the one hand, and the Partnership, on the other hand,
the General Partner shall be solely responsible for and shall pay
any and all expenses incurred by Host or by the General Partner
(whether or not on behalf of the Partnership) to maintain the REIT
status of any Host REIT.
(g) In the event of a change
in law, regulation or other form of binding guidance with respect
to REITs, issued by a regulatory authority or governmental body,
the General Partner shall have the right to restructure the
Partnership and any Partnership Investment consistent with the
purposes of the Partnership described in Section 1.05,
provided such restructuring does not (i) increase or
lead to violation of the obligations (including regulatory
obligations) or liabilities (including with respect to tax
exposure) of any Limited Partner, (ii) adversely affect any
Limited Partner’s economic rights hereunder,
(iii) adversely affect its status as a tax-exempt entity or
pension fund (if appropriate), or (iv) lead to the involuntary
substitution or removal of any Limited Partner. The Limited
Partners agree to cooperate reasonably with the General Partner in
effecting such a restructuring. The General Partner shall pay any
expenses incurred by the Partnership or the Limited Partners in
connection with such a restructuring. To the extent such
restructuring entails the (absolute or relative) substitution of a
Limited Partner or the admission of a New Commitment Partner or
Substituted Limited Partner, the prior written unanimous consent of
all Partners is required.
Section 2.04 .
Exclusivity. (a) The General Partner shall devote such
time and attention to the business or affairs of the Partnership as
is necessary effectively to carry out the operations of the
Partnership and perform its duties to the Partnership.
(b) The General Partner and
each Limited Partner acknowledge and agree that:
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(ii) except in connection
with the transactions contemplated by the Implementation Agreement,
the Asset Management Agreement or in connection with the
acquisition of the Initial Hotel Properties pursuant to the Master
Agreement, without the unanimous consent of the Partners, the
Partnership and the General Partner shall not purchase property or
obtain services from, sell property or provide services to, or
otherwise enter into any transaction, with the General Partner, any
Affiliate of the General Partner, any Limited Partner, any
Portfolio Company, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing
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(c) Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall be deemed to limit in any respect the ability of
any Limited Partner (or Affiliate thereof), in its individual
capacity, from making investments in any Portfolio Company or in
any Person in which Investments are proposed to be made or in any
Affiliate of any such Person or from providing financing thereto,
in addition to such Limited Partner’s Capital Contributions,
if any, pursuant to this Agreement.
(d) Each of the parties to
this Agreement shall use commercially reasonable efforts to advise
each other on all potential transactions covered by
Section 2.04(b)(i)(A), Section 2.04(b)(i)(C),
Section 2.04(b)(i)(D), Section 2.04(b)(i)(E) and
Section 2.04(b)(i)(F) subject to any confidentiality
requirements then binding on such party.
Section 2.05 . Books
and Records; Fiscal Year. (a) The General Partner shall
keep or cause to be kept at the address of the General Partner (or
at such other place as the General Partner shall advise the other
Partners in writing) the books and records of the Partnership. Each
Limited Partner shall be shown as a limited partner of the
Partnership on such books and records. Such books and records shall
be available, upon five (5) Business Days’ notice to the
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Partner, for inspection at the offices
of the General Partner (or such other location designated by the
General Partner, in its reasonable discretion) at reasonable times
during business hours on any Business Day by each Limited Partner
for a purpose reasonably related to such Limited Partner’s
interest in the Partnership. Each Limited Partner agrees that such
books and records contain confidential information relating to the
Partnership and its affairs and the affairs of each Limited
Partner.
(b) Unless otherwise required
by law, the taxable year of the Partnership shall end on
December 31st. Except as otherwise determined by the General
Partner in its reasonable discretion, the fiscal year of the
Partnership (the “ Fiscal Year ”) for purposes
of its financial statements shall be the same as the taxable year
of the Partnership.
Section 2.06 .
Partnership Tax Returns. (a) The General Partner shall
cause to be prepared and filed on a timely basis all tax returns
required to be filed for the Partnership. The General Partner shall
send such information as a Limited Partner may reasonably request
for the filing of any required tax returns or reports in respect of
such Limited Partner’s interest in the Partnership and the
Partnership Investments, including the French three percent
(3%) annual tax imposed pursuant to Sections 990D et seq. of
the French General Tax Code. As part of its investigation of any
proposed Partnership Investment, the General Partner shall
investigate with reasonable diligence any tax filing requirements
imposed on the Partners solely as a result of investing in such
proposed Partnership Investment and shall furnish to the Limited
Partners any such information acquired.
(b) The Limited Partners
agree to cooperate reasonably with the General Partner regarding
the filing of forms (including, without limitation, Forms 8832 and
8875) and U.S. partnership returns with the Internal Revenue
Service, provided that, in connection with the foregoing,
(i) the General Partner shall bear all out-of-pocket costs of
preparing and filing such documents and (ii) no Limited
Partner will be required to disclose any proprietary information (
provided that the Limited Partners’ name, address, and
other identifying information shall not be considered proprietary
for purposes of this Section 2.06(b)).
(c) Each Partner shall cause
to be prepared and filed on a timely basis all tax returns required
by law to be filed by such Partner. Each Partner shall, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, indemnify and hold
harmless the other Partners against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities arising from, related to or in connection with such
Partner’s failure to make such filings.
(d) The General Partner is
hereby designated as the Partnership’s “tax matters
partner.” The General Partner is specifically directed and
authorized to take whatever steps the General Partner, in its
discretion, deems necessary or desirable to perfect such
designation, including filing any forms or documents and taking
such other action as may from time to time be required under
applicable
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tax law. Expenses of any administrative
proceedings undertaken by the Tax Matters Partner shall be
Partnership Expenses. Each Limited Partner who elects to
participate in such proceedings shall be responsible for any
expenses incurred by such Limited Partner in connection with such
participation. The cost of any resulting audits or adjustments of a
Limited Partner’s tax return shall be borne solely by the
affected Limited Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
General Partner shall not bind any Limited Partner to an extension
of such Limited Partner’s statute of limitations or to a
closing agreement or settlement agreement for tax purposes without
such Limited Partner’s prior written consent.
Section 2.07 .
Confidentiality; Press Release. (a) Each Partner agrees to
keep confidential, and not to make any use of (other than for
purposes reasonably related to its interest in the Partnership or
for purposes of filing such Partner’s tax returns or for
other routine matters required by law) nor to disclose to or
discuss with any Person (including any co-venturers or managers of
other investments in real property but other than Affiliates of
such Partner), any information or matter relating to the
Partnership, the TRS CV, the Partners and their affairs, or any
information obtained in relation to the other Partners, and any
information or matter related to any Partnership Investment,
including, among other things, the estimated value or terms and
conditions of any potential transaction which the Partnership is
actively pursuing (other than disclosure to such Partner’s
employees, agents, accountants, advisors (including financial
advisors) or representatives responsible for matters relating to
the Partnership (each such Person being hereinafter referred to as
an “ Authorized Representative ”));
provided that such Partner and its Authorized
Representatives may make such disclosure to the extent that
(i) the information being disclosed is publicly known at the
time of proposed disclosure by such Partner or Authorized
Representative, (ii) such disclosure is required by law or
regulation or (iii) such disclosure is required by any
regulatory authority or self-regulatory organization having
jurisdiction over such Partner, including filings with the trade
register at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Amsterdam, the
Netherlands (the “ Chamber of Commerce ”). Prior
to making any disclosure required by law, regulation, regulatory
authority or self-regulatory organization, each Partner shall (to
the extent permitted by applicable law) use its commercially
reasonable efforts to promptly notify the General Partner (and the
affected Partner, if any) of such disclosure. Prior to any
disclosure to any Authorized Representative, each Partner shall
advise such Authorized Representative of the obligations set forth
in this Section 2.07. Each Partner shall be liable for any
breach of such obligations by an Authorized Representative, unless
such Authorized Representative has executed an agreement, for the
benefit of the General Partner, to be bound by the terms of such
obligations.
(b) Without obtaining the
consent of the other Partners, a Partner will not issue any press
release or make any public statement relating to any of the matters
provided for or referred to in this Agreement or any ancillary
matter, unless required by law or by any regulatory authority,
government body or recognized securities exchange.
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Section 2.08 .
Meetings of the Partners. (a) The General Partner shall
meet with the Limited Partners at least twice annually on dates
convenient to the Limited Partners. Each meeting shall take place
in Amsterdam or such other place as unanimously agreed by the
Partners. For any meeting of the Partners, the General Partner
shall cause a written notice to be sent to the Partners at least
ten (10) Business Days prior to the meeting. Such notice shall
contain a detailed list of the items on the agenda. The General
Partner shall cause to be delivered to the other Partners any
materials material to the discussion of the items on the agenda at
least five (5) Business Days prior to the meeting.
(b) Meetings of the Partners
to vote upon any matters which the Partners are authorized to vote
on under this Agreement may be called at any time by a Partner by
delivering written notice to the General Partner. Within ten
(10) days following receipt of such request, the General
Partner shall cause a written notice of a meeting to be given to
the Partners entitled to vote, such meeting to be held at a place
and time fixed by the General Partner on a date convenient to the
Limited Partners. This meeting shall take place in Amsterdam or
such other place as unanimously agreed to by the Partners. Any
Partner may participate in any meeting called in accordance with
this Section 2.08(b) by telephone or other form of telephonic
communication. A detailed statement of the proposed action,
including a verbatim statement of the wording of any resolution
proposed for adoption by the Partners, shall be included with the
notice of a meeting.
(c) In lieu of a meeting
called in accordance with Section 2.08(b) to vote on any
matter which the Partners are authorized to vote under this
Agreement, the General Partner shall submit the proposed action in
writing to each of the Partners entitled to vote. Each such Partner
shall give its written response to the proposed action to the
General Partner within fifteen (15) days of the date of the
giving of the General Partner’s notice to such Partner of
such proposal. Any such notice shall specify the date upon which
such fifteen (15)-day period for response ends. Any Partner failing
to respond within such fifteen (15)-day period shall be deemed to
have disapproved such proposed action.
Section 2.09 .
Reliance by Third Parties. Persons dealing with the Partnership
are entitled to rely conclusively upon the power and authority of
the General Partner as set forth in this Agreement and as a summary
of such power and authority is registered with the trade register
of the Chamber of Commerce.
Section 2.10 .
Temporary Investment of Funds. Subject to a determination by
the General Partner in its discretion as to the amount of cash
required in connection with the conduct of the Partnership’s
business, the General Partner shall invest all cash held by the
Partnership in interest bearing instruments or accounts as
contemplated by the Budget or as otherwise reasonably selected
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the General Partner. Cash held by the
Partnership includes all amounts being held by the Partnership for
future investment in Partnership Investments, payment of
Partnership Expenses or distribution to the Partners.
Section 2.11 .
Removal of the General Partner. (a) The Required Limited
Partners (other than any Defaulting Limited Partner or any Limited
Partner that is an Affiliate of the General Partner) may remove the
General Partner if a final order of a court of competent
jurisdiction has been entered determining that a Cause Event has
occurred by delivering written notice to the General Partner of
their election pursuant to this Section 2.11(a). The General
Partner shall notify the Limited Partners of any removal notice it
receives pursuant to this Section 2.11(a). In connection with
the removal of the General Partner pursuant to this
Section 2.11(a), the Required Limited Partners (other than any
Defaulting Limited Partner or any Limited Partner that is an
Affiliate of the General Partner) shall appoint a replacement
general partner of the Partnership. Such replacement general
partner shall be admitted as a general partner of the Partnership
prior to the effective date of the removal of the General Partner
upon its execution of a counterpart to this Agreement and shall
continue the Partnership without dissolution.
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(b) In the event that the
General Partner is removed pursuant to Section 2.11(a), the
removed General Partner shall cease to have any rights, powers,
obligations or duties provided to it under this Agreement (except
for its rights, powers, obligations and duties under Article 8) and
under applicable law after the effective date of such removal. In
connection with the removal of the General Partner, the Limited
Partners shall have the right to either (A) purchase the
partnership interest of the General Partner at a price equal to
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effective date of such removal, such
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date of its removal as the General Partner and following the
admission of the replacement general partner as described above,
the General Partner shall no longer be a Partner in the
Partnership, or (B) following the admission of the replacement
general partner as described above, convert the General
Partner’s interest in the Partnership into a limited partner
interest in the Partnership with a Capital Account equal to the
value set forth in clause (A) above. It is understood that the
unanimous written consent of the Partners is required in the event
the purchase of the partnership interest of the General Partner
causes a relative substitution among the Limited Partners. It is
moreover understood that the unanimous written consent of the
Partners is required in respect of the conversion of the general
partner’s interest into a limited partner interest and the
admission of the general partner as a Limited Partner. It shall be
a condition to any purchase of the General Partner’s interest
that the entire interest of the general partner under the TRS CV
Agreement shall have been simultaneously purchased under
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Corresponding Provision. Any amount paid
to the General Partner pursuant to clause (A) above shall be
paid in cash. In the event the General Partner’s interest is
converted into a limited partner interest, the General Partner
shall be treated for all purposes as a Limited Partner from the
date of conversion with respect to future distributions made by the
Partnership and all other rights to which the Limited Partners are
entitled under this Agreement.
Section 2.12.
Business Plan and Budgets . (a) The General Partner
shall submit the draft business plan for the operation of the
Partnership Investments to the Limited Partners for approval no
later than sixty (60) days after the First Closing Date. No
later than December 15 of each Fiscal Year the General Partner
shall submit to the Limited Partners for approval a revised and
updated business plan for the period ending on the last day of the
next succeeding Fiscal Year. The business plan shall include the
following:
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(clauses (i)-(iv) collectively, the “ Business
Plan ”).
(b) The General Partner shall
prepare and present to the Limited Partners for each Fiscal Year
for their approval the following budgets: (i) a consolidated
capital budget for the Partnership, any Partnership Investment
Vehicle and any Portfolio Company, setting forth in reasonable
detail the estimated Capital Expenses with respect to each
Partnership Investment for such Fiscal Year (the “
Partnership Capital Budget ”) and (ii) a
consolidated operating budget for the Partnership, any Partnership
Investment Vehicle and any Portfolio Company, setting forth in
reasonable detail the estimated operating costs and expenses with
respect to each Partnership Investment, including estimated
Partnership Investment Expenses and Partnership Administrative
Expenses (the “ Partnership Operating Budget ”;
together with the Partnership Capital Budget, each a “
Budget ” and collectively, the “ Budgets
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Fiscal Year Fiscal Year shall be presented to the
Limited
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Partners for approval prior to sixty
(60) days after the First Closing Date. Each Budget for each
subsequent Fiscal Year shall be in the form of the Budget for the
prior Fiscal Year. A first draft of each Budget for the subsequent
years shall be presented to the Limited Partners prior to
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presented to the Limited Partners prior to February 15 of such
Fiscal Year. Within twenty (20) days of its receipt of each of
the initial draft and the final draft of a Budget, each Limited
Partner shall deliver a notice to the General Partner approving or
objecting to such Budget. Any notice objecting to a proposed Budget
shall include a detailed explanation of the items to which such
Limited Partner objects. If at any time the General Partner has not
obtained the approval of the Required Limited Partners with respect
to any proposed Budget, the parties shall meet and work in good
faith to resolve such disagreement. If within thirty (30) days
a resolution to such disagreement is not reached, the dispute shall
be resolved by an Approved Industry Consultant in accordance with
Section 11.02.
(c) The Partners agree that
any Business Plan or Budget required to be delivered by the General
Partner under this Agreement may be combined with the business plan
and budgets required to be delivered pursuant to the TRS CV
Agreement. The Partnership Capital Budget and the Partnership
Operating Budget shall each be updated by the General Partner and
presented to the Limited Partner for approval in accordance with
the above provisions of Section 2.12(b) within ************ of
the acquisition of a Partnership Investment.
(d) With respect to any
Budget, if the General Partner determines at any time during a
Fiscal Year that it is in the best interests of the Partnership to
incur any discretionary cost or obligation with respect to an item
of expense, contemplated by such Budget, in an amount in excess of
*** above the budgeted item of expense, the General Partner shall,
subject to Section 2.12(e), obtain the approval of the
Required Limited Partners prior to incurring any such discretionary
cost or obligation. In addition, the General Partner shall obtain
the approval of the Required Limited Partners prior to incurring
any discretionary costs or obligations if the aggregate of the
expenses incurred is in an amount in excess of *** above the
expenses contemplated by the Budget.
(e) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the General Partner shall be authorized to incur on
behalf of the Partnership any non-discretionary item of expense,
which shall include, without limitation, (i) an expense
arising in the event of an emergency (life-threatening or
otherwise) or is necessary to comply with legal requirements or to
avoid criminal liability, civil liability or the imposition of a
fine or other penalty, (ii) any expense required to be
incurred pursuant to any Hotel Operating Agreement or lease with a
third party for any Partnership Investment, other than in
connection with any obligation to maintain “brand”
standards (which the Partners agree will need to be approved by the
Partners in a Budget or otherwise) and (iii) any expense
required to be incurred
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pursuant to a budget included as part of
an acquisition proposal approved by the Partners. For the purposes
of this Section 2.12, an “item of expense” shall
refer to each category of expense identified in the applicable
Budget.
Section 2.13 . Credit
Facility. (a) The General Partner is authorized to enter
into one or more credit facilities (each, a “ Credit
Facility ”) to pay expenses and fees, to finance the
acquisition and ownership of Partnership Investments, including,
without limitation, in lieu of, in advance of, or contemporaneously
with, Capital Contributions and otherwise to carry out the business
and activities permitted under this Agreement. Such Credit
Facilities may be secured by an assignment and pledge by the
General Partner of all or a portion of the aggregate Available
Capital Commitments of all Limited Partners, including upon the
continuance of an event of default (as defined in a Credit
Facility), the right of the lender to deliver Drawdown Notices and
enforce all remedies against any Limited Partner that fails to fund
their respective Capital Commitments pursuant to Drawdown Notices
and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In connection
with any such Credit Facility, all such Capital Contributions shall
be payable to the account designated by the lender.
(b) Each Limited Partner
understands, acknowledges and agrees, in connection with any Credit
Facility and for the benefit of any lender thereunder,
(i) that the General Partner may from time to time request
delivery, within ninety (90) days after the end of such
Limited Partner’s fiscal year, of a copy of such Limited
Partner’s annual report, if publicly available, or such
Limited Partner’s balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal
year and the related statements of operations for such fiscal year,
in each case to the extent publicly available, prepared or reviewed
by independent public accountants in connection with such Limited
Partner’s annual reporting requirements; (ii) that the
General Partner may from time to time request a certificate
confirming (x) the remaining amount of such Limited
Partner’s Available Capital Commitment and/or (y) that
the Limited Partner has not and will not pledge, collaterally
assign, encumber or otherwise grant a security interest in its
rights and obligations against the General Partner or the
Partnership; and (iii) that such Limited Partner’s
obligation to fund its Available Capital Commitment is without
defense, counterclaim or offset of any kind, other than any rights
or claims available to such Limited Partner under this Agreement.
In addition, each Limited Partner agrees (A) to deliver to the
lender under any Credit Facility an acknowledgement of such Limited
Partner’s Capital Commitment in such lender’s customary
form as may be negotiated between such lender and such Limited
Partner, and (B) to deliver, upon the request of the General
Partner or lender, an opinion of counsel to the effect that this
Agreement is a valid and binding agreement of such Limited Partner
(and/or an appropriate corporate or similar resolution authorizing
such Limited Partner’s investment in the
Partnership).
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ARTICLE 3
I
NVESTMENTS
Section 3.01 .
Partnership Investments Generally; Initial Hotel Properties.
(a) Subject to Section 3.02 and Article 6, the General
Partner may cause the Partnership to invest, directly or
indirectly, in such Partnership Investments as the General Partner
shall identify based on an objective that at the termination of the
Commitment Period, the Partnership shall not have invested
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(b) The Limited Partners
acknowledge and agree that an Affiliate of the General Partner has
entered into an agreement to acquire certain hotel properties,
including those properties identified on Schedule B (the “
Initial Hotel Properties ”), and that such properties
are suitable Partnership Investments for the Partnership and
acceptable to the Limited Partners notwithstanding any investment
limitations or parameters set forth in this Agreement. The General
Partner shall have the right to, or cause its Affiliate or a
third-party seller (as applicable) to, transfer the Initial Hotel
Properties to the General Partner for the benefit of the Partners
at the respective prices set forth in Schedule B (each such price,
the “ Initial Hotel Property Price ”);
provided that the Poland Hotel Property shall be contributed
to the Partnership pursuant to Section 5.01(b).
Section 3.02 .
Investment and Leverage Limitations. (a) With the approval
of the Required Limited Partners, the Partnership or any
Partnership Investment Vehicle or any Portfolio Company may incur
debt in connection with and in order to finance the acquisition of
Partnership Investments (as well as to refinance such debt),
provided the approval of the Partners is not required for
the assumption of debt by the Partnership, any Partnership
Investment Vehicle or any Portfolio Company to the extent all
associated rights to receive payment in respect of such debt is
held by the Partnership, any Partnership Investment Vehicle or any
Portfolio Company (as applicable). With the unanimous consent of
the Partners, the Partnership, any Partnership Investment Vehicle
or any Portfolio Company may incur any other debt with respect to
Partnership Investments.
(b) Without the unanimous
consent of the Limited Partners, the aggregate amount of debt
incurred by the Partnership, any Partnership Investment Vehicle and
any Portfolio Company attributable to a single Investment shall not
exceed 75% of the fair market value on the date of such Partnership
Investment based on an appraisal by an independent third party;
provided the intent of the Partners is that the amount of
debt incurred by the Partnership, any Partnership Investment
Vehicle and any Portfolio Company to finance, operate or own
Partnership Investments shall not exceed, as of the last day of the
Commitment Period and thereafter, 65% of the aggregate fair market
value of the Partnership
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Investments taken as a whole (without
deduction for any debt to which such Investments are subject) based
on the last annual appraisal; provided further , if such 65%
limit is exceeded, the Partners shall confer and agree on the
course of action with respect to such debt.
(c) Unless otherwise agreed
to by the unanimous consent of the Limited Partners, with respect
to a Partnership Investment in a single asset, the minimum gross
asset value of such Partnership Investment shall not be less than
************ Unless otherwise agreed to by the unanimous consent of
the Partners, with respect to a Partnership Investment consisting
of a portfolio of assets, the minimum gross asset value of such
portfolio shall not be less than ************ (with no minimum
gross asset value required for any single asset within such
portfolio).
(d) Without the unanimous
consent of the Limited Partners, the Partnership shall not invest
in Real Estate Assets with (i) a projected stabilized Yield of
less than *** per annum or (ii) a projected IRR of less than
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in each case as reasonably projected by the General Partner. For
the purpose of this Section 3.02(d), a Hotel Property shall be
considered operating on a “stabilized” basis when the
cash flow from operations (on a pro forma basis) is projected to
increase at an annual rate that is not materially greater than the
applicable rate of inflation.
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Section 3.03 .
Structuring of Investments Generally . Except as expressly
provided otherwise in this Agreement, any Partnership Investment
under this Agreement pursuant to any investment opportunity shall
be made by the Partnership directly or through one or more
Partnership Investment Vehicles.
Section 3.04 .
Parallel Investments Generally. With the unanimous consent of
the Limited Partners, the General Partner may structure an
investment outside the Partnership as a parallel or co-investment
either directly or indirectly through any entity formed for such
purpose (a “ Parallel Investment Vehicle ”). The
specific terms applicable to each parallel investment shall be set
forth in an agreement or agreements among the Partnership, the
General Partner and any investors participating in such parallel
investment.
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ARTICLE 4
E
XPENSES
Section 4.01 .
Definition and Payment of General Partner Expenses. As between
the General Partner, on the one hand, and the Partnership, on the
other hand, the General Partner shall be solely responsible for and
shall pay all General Partner Expenses pursuant to this Agreement.
As used herein, the term “ General Partner Expenses
” means:
(a) all Organizational
Expenses and Partnership Investment Expenses in excess of the
amount payable by the Partnership pursuant to Sections 4.02(a)(i)
and 4.02(a)(ii), respectively;
(b) all salaries and employee
benefit expenses of employees caused by the General Partner to be
hired by the Manager and related overhead expenses (including rent,
utilities, office equipment, necessary administrative and clerical
functions and other similar overhead expenses, including internal
costs associated with the preparation of reports required
hereunder) and travel expenses (excluding travel expenses described
in Section 4.02(b)(i)) resulting from the activities of such
employees on behalf of the Partnership or in connection with this
Agreement;
(c) costs payable by the
General Partner pursuant to Section 7.02(b);
(d) any expenses to be paid
by the General Partner pursuant to Section 2.03(f),
Section 2.03(g) and Section 2.06(b);
(e) with respect to any
contemplated financing, to the extent required by a lender to the
Partnership, any Partnership Investment Vehicle or any Portfolio
Company, any currency hedging costs in connection with any hedge
relating to the currency exchange risk due to the fact that such
loan would be denominated in Euros but the cash to be received from
hotel operations will be in the currency of the country in which
such Hotel Property is located; and
(f) Partnership Investment
Expenses to the extent directly attributable to the Initial Hotel
Properties and incurred by the General Partner or any Affiliate of
the General Partner prior to the date hereof.
Section 4.02 .
Definition and Payment of Partnership Expenses. (a) The
Partnership shall be responsible for and shall pay all Partnership
Expenses. As used herein, the term “ Partnership
Expenses ” means all expenses or obligations of the
Partnership or otherwise reasonably incurred by the General Partner
in connection with this Agreement (other than General Partner
Expenses and the obligation of the Partnership to pay the purchase
price for any Partnership Investment), including:
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(i) all expenses of
organizing, registering, qualifying, exempting and otherwise in
connection with the Partnership, the General Partner, and any
Partnership Investment Vehicle and any Portfolio Company related to
the acquisition of the Initial Properties (the “
Organizational Expenses ”), *********************
(aggregated with any expenses under any Corresponding
Provision);
(ii) all expenses directly
attributable to, and reasonably incurred in respect of,
(A) any Partnership Investment and (B) any proposed
Partnership Investment that is ultimately not made by the
Partnership, including, in each case, all expenses incurred in
connection with the making (including sales commissions, brokerage
fees and legal and diligence costs), structuring, holding,
managing, financing, refinancing, pledging, hedging, sale or other
disposition or proposed financing, refinancing, pledging, hedging,
sale or other disposition of all or any portion of such Partnership
Investment, and any Borrowing Costs, Partnership Investment Vehicle
Expenses, and Indemnification Obligations arising with respect to
such Partnership Investment (collectively, “ Partnership
Investment Expenses ”), not to exceed,
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(iii) all other expenses of
the Partnership reasonably incurred in connection with the ongoing
operation and administration of the Partnership (collectively,
“ Partnership Administrative Expenses ”),
including (A) expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
the maintenance of the Partnership’s books and records; the
preparation and delivery to the Limited Partners of financial
reports and other information pursuant to this Agreement; and the
holding of annual meetings of the Partnership, (B) expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with the dissolution and
liquidation of the Partnership, (C) any Indemnification
Obligation arising other than with respect to any Partnership
Investment, (D) the Management Fee, (E) Borrowing Costs
that do not constitute Partnership Investment Expenses,
(F) amounts of principal and other amounts, if any, due and
owing under any loan to the Partnership, any Portfolio Company or
any Partnership Investment Vehicle, including under a Credit
Facility, (G) subject to approval by the Required Limited
Partners any extraordinary expenses that would not otherwise be
Partnership Investment Expenses, (H) expenses consisting of
salaries of employees of any Portfolio Company as may be necessary
or recommended pursuant to the applicable laws of any jurisdiction
in which such Portfolio Company is a resident, as approved by
the Required
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Limited Partners or as
contemplated in the Budgets, and (I) any expense identified as
a Partnership Expense in a Budget approved by the Limited Partners
in accordance with Section 2.12; and
(iv) any costs payable by the
Partnership pursuant to Section 7.02(b).
(b) The parties agree that
all of the following constitute Partnership Expenses, and are some,
but not necessarily all, of the types of expenses that may
constitute Partnership Investment Expenses, Partnership
Administrative Expenses or Organizational Expenses, depending upon
the context in which such expenses are incurred:
(i) reasonable travel
expenses directly attributable to (A) any Partnership
Investment and (B) any proposed Partnership Investment that is
ultimately not made by the Partnership, it
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(ii) expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with obtaining legal, tax, and accounting
advice and the advice of other consultants and experts on behalf of
the Partnership;
(iii) out-of-pocket expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with the collection of amounts
due to the Partnership from any Person;
(iv) expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with the preparation of amendments or
waivers to this Agreement;
(v) any taxes imposed on the
Partnership, excluding the taxes described in Section 6.02(c),
but including any taxes imposed on the Partnership or the General
Partner in the capacity of withholding agent with respect to a
Limited Partner (and any interest, penalties or expenses relating
to any such taxes), but only to the extent such Limited Partner has
not paid such amounts pursuant to Section 8.01 and the General
Partner has been unable to withhold such amounts pursuant to
Section 6.05(c) and any expenses incurred in connection with
tax proceedings that are not characterized as General Partner
Expenses pursuant to Section 2.06(b);
(vi) expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with any Proceeding involving the
Partnership (including the cost of any investigation and
preparation) and the amount of any judgment or settlement paid in
connection therewith; provided that any such expenses which,
if incurred by any Indemnified Person, would not be indemnifiable
under Article 8, shall not constitute Partnership
Expenses;
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(vii) any Indemnification
Obligation and any other indemnity, contribution, or reimbursement
obligations of the Partnership with respect to any Person, whether
payable in connection with a Proceeding involving the Partnership
or otherwise, unless such Indemnification Obligation arises as a
result of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of any
Indemnified Person or as a result of an Uncured Breach or an
Uncured Material Violation of Law by any Indemnified
Person;
(viii)
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(ix) any post-closing working
capital adjustment amount required to be paid in connection with
any Partnership Investment, including with respect to the Initial
Hotel Properties.
(c) If an audit is conducted
pursuant to Section 7.02 and such audit determines that there
has been an overcharge and/or overallocation of costs to the
Partnership, the General Partner shall pay or cause to be paid such
overcharge and/or overallocation in accordance with
Section 7.02(c). If such audit determines that there has been
an undercharge and/or underallocation of costs to the Partnership,
each Limited Partner shall pay to the General Partner or its
designee its pro rata share of such undercharge and/or
underallocation in accordance with Section 7.02(c).
Section 4.03 .
Responsibility for Partnership Expenses Among the Partners. The
Partners agree that, as among the Partners, responsibility for
Partnership Expenses shall be determined as set forth in this
Section 4.03 and shall be paid out of the funds set forth in
Section 4.04 at such time after such Partnership Expenses
arise as the General Partner determines in its
discretion:
(a) General Rule for
Funding of Partnership Expenses. Except as set forth in
Section 4.03(b), any Partnership Expense shall be funded by
the Partners pro rata in accordance with their respective
Commitment Percentages.
(b) Exceptions to the
General Rule for Funding of Partnership Expenses.
Notwithstanding Section 4.03(a):
(i) [intentionally
omitted]
(ii) in the event that any
Limited Partner initiates any Proceeding against the Partnership or
any Indemnified Person and a judgment or order not subject to
further appeal or discretionary review is
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rendered in respect of such
Proceeding in favor of the Partnership or such Indemnified Person,
as the case may be, such Limited Partner shall be solely liable for
all reasonable legal fees and expenses of the Partnership or such
Indemnified Person, as the case may be, attributable
thereto;
(iii) subject to clause (iv),
the Partners’ respective shares of Partnership Expenses shall
be adjusted to reflect the share of Partnership Expenses of any New
Commitment Partner pursuant to Section 1.07(c); and
(iv) with the unanimous
consent of the Limited Partners, the Limited Partners may agree
that any Partnership Expense shall be funded by the Partners on a
basis other than that set forth in the foregoing provisions of this
Section 4.03.
Section 4.04 .
Sources of Funds for Funding by the Partners of Partnership
Expenses. The Partners acknowledge that Partnership Expenses
shall be funded by or for the account of the Partners, to the
extent provided in Section 4.03, through any one or more of
the following sources of funds of the Partnership, determined by
the General Partner in its discretion:
(i) Capital Contributions by
the Partners in accordance with Article 5;
(ii) the withholding,
pursuant to Section 6.05(c), of amounts (whether realized
through the sale of Partnership assets or otherwise) distributable
to the Partners;
(iii) reserves set aside
pursuant to Section 6.05(e); and
(iv) amount borrowed by the
General Partner for the benefit of the Partners pursuant to a
Credit Facility in accordance with Section 2.13.
ARTICLE 5
C APITAL C
OMMITMENTS AND C
APITAL C ONTRIBUTIONS
Section 5.01 .
Capital Commitments. (a) Each Limited Partner hereby
agrees to make Capital Contributions required to be made in respect
of Partnership Investments and Partnership Expenses from time to
time as hereinafter set forth in this Article 5; provided
that the applicable Drawdown Notice with respect to any Capital
Contribution by a Limited Partner in respect of a Partnership
Investment is delivered to such Limited Partner prior to the
termination of the Commitment Period, except that such Drawdown
Notice may be delivered to such Limited Partner after the
termination of the Commitment Period if such Drawdown Notice
(A) relates to a Partnership Investment that the Partnership
committed to make prior to the termination of the
Commitment
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Period as evidenced by a letter of
intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement to invest or
(B) relates to Follow-On Investments to the extent such
Follow-On Investments have been disclosed to and approved by the
Limited Partners prior to the last day of the Commitment Period.
The General Partner shall not deliver any Drawdown Notice until the
First Closing Date other than with respect to the payment of
Organizational Expenses described in
Section 4.02(a)(i).
(b) Host contributed to the
Partnership (x) all of its interest in and to the Poland Hotel
Property, which contribution was effected through a transfer of the
beneficial interest in HHR Warsaw B.V., and (y) the Poland
Hotel Property Note, and in exchange therefore, Host received a
limited partner interest with a Capital Account equal to the
Initial Hotel Property Price for the Poland Hotel Property plus the
net asset value of HHR Warsaw B.V. equal to €18,151. Each of
the General Partner and each Limited Partner hereby consents to the
admission of Host as Limited Partner.
(c) Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Agreement, no Limited Partner shall be required
to make any Capital Contribution if, at the time such Capital
Contribution is to be made, such Capital Contribution exceeds such
Limited Partner’s then Available Capital
Commitment.
(d) Subject to the unanimous
consent of the Partners, the General Partner may extend the
Commitment Period for ******** period, provided it shall be
a condition to any extension by a Limited Partner of the Commitment
Period that such Limited Partner shall have simultaneously extended
the commitment period under the Corresponding Provision. Subject to
Section 10.03, a Limited Partner may terminate the Commitment
Period with respect to its Capital Commitment,
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by notice to the General Partner (the “ Commitment Period
Termination Notice ”), provided it shall be a
condition to any termination by a Limited Partner of the Commitment
Period as described above that such Limited Partner shall have
simultaneously terminated the commitment period of the TRS CV under
the Corresponding Provision.
(e) The General Partner shall
contribute to the Partnership the economic ownership of all shares
or ownership interests in the capital of any subsidiaries formed by
it and receive credit for such contribution (as a deemed capital
contribution) in an amount equal to the paid-up capital of each
such direct subsidiary as well as the paid-up capital of any
indirect subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, in connection with the financing of the Initial Hotel
Properties, the Limited Partners acknowledge that the General
Partner (A) formed HHR Euro Funding B.V., a private company
with limited liability ( besloten vennootschap met beperkte
aansprakelijkheid ) with a corporate
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seat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (the
“ Original Dutch Subsidiary Shares ”),
(B) incorporated an additional subsidiary, HHR Euro Holding
B.V., a private company with limited liability ( besloten
vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid ) with its
corporate seat in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (“ HHR
Holding ”), (C) contributed to the Partnership the
economic ownership of all shares in the share capital of HHR
Holding, and (D) transferred the Original Dutch Subsidiary
Shares to HHR Holding. For the avoidance of doubt, the General
Partner shall be deemed to have contributed to the Partnership the
nominal issued and paid-up capital of HHR Euro Funding B.V., HHR
Holding and of the following subsidiaries of HHR Euro Funding B.V.:
HHR Italy B.V., HHR U.K. B.V. and HHR Spain B.V. For the avoidance
of doubt, the foregoing shall not mean that the Original Dutch
Subsidiary Shares, the shares in HHR Holding after the transfers
referred to above, or the shares or interests in any other direct
or indirect subsidiary will be legally owned by the Limited
Partners. The Capital Commitment of the General Partner at any time
shall be equal to 0.100556% of the aggregate amount of the Capital
Commitments of the Partners at such time. The Capital Commitment of
the General Partner is set forth on Schedule A.
(f) The Capital Commitment of
each Partner is set forth on Schedule A (it being understood and
confirmed by all Partners that Schedule A is being amended and
restated to increase the Capital Commitments of the Partners,
correct certain typographical errors and set forth unrounded
Capital Commitments to the nearest Euro and the related unrounded
Commitment Percentages).
(g) Host shall be permitted
to reduce its initial Capital Commitment in accordance with
Section 5.04.
Section 5.02 .
Drawdown Procedures. (a) Generally . Each Limited
Partner shall make Capital Contributions in such amounts and at
such times as the General Partner shall specify in notices (“
Drawdown Notices ”) delivered from time to time to
such Limited Partner. All Capital Contributions shall be paid to
the Partnership in immediately available funds in Euros (and/or
U.S. Dollars with respect to the Initial Hotel Properties, as
specifically set forth in Schedule A) by noon (Amsterdam time) on
the date specified in the applicable Drawdown Notice (the “
Drawdown Date ”) which date shall be at least ten
(10) Business Days from and including the date of delivery of
the Drawdown Notice. If any Limited Partner fails to pay by the
Drawdown Date the required Capital Contribution to be made by such
Limited Partner, the General Partner shall provide notice of such
failure to such Limited Partner on the Drawdown Date. Capital
Contributions may include amounts that the General Partner
determines, in its reasonable discretion, are necessary or
desirable to establish reserves in respect of Partnership
Investments or Partnership Expenses. To the extent a Capital
Contribution made under this Article 5 will cause a relative change
(relative substitution) in the amount credited on the Limited
Partners’ Capital Accounts, the prior written unanimous
consent of all Partners is required.
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The Partners acknowledge and
agree that their respective initial Capital Commitments as set
forth on Schedule A are denominated in U.S. Dollars and will be
funded to the General Partner in U.S. Dollars, provided that ABP
may, at its option elect to contribute its cash contribution in
Euros notwithstanding that all or a portion of ABP’s Capital
Commitment is denominated in U.S. Dollars (any such actual
contribution of Euros, being referred to as an “ ABP Euro
Exchanged Contribution ”). With respect to any ABP Euro
Exchanged Contribution, ABP agrees that it shall contribute an
amount of Euros sufficient for the General Partner to immediately
exchange on such Drawdown Date for U.S. Dollars in the amount of
the Drawdown for ABP (the “ U.S. Dollar Equivalent
Contribution Amount ”). To the extent any Drawdown Notice
requires a Drawdown of a portion of a Limited Partner’s
Available Capital Commitment that is denominated in U.S. Dollars,
the Capital Contribution of U.S. Dollars by any Partner other than
ABP and the U.S. Dollar Equivalent Contribution Amount for ABP
shall be deemed converted to Euros upon contribution to the
Partnership using the exchange rate quoted on www.bloomberg.com as
of the close of trading in New York on the closing date of the
contribution to the Partnership or the acquisition by the
Partnership (as applicable) of the relevant Real Estate Asset (ie.,
May 3, 2006 for the contribution of the Poland Hotel Property
and for the acquisition by the Partnership of Sheraton Skyline,
Sheraton Roma, Westin Palace Madrid and Westin Palace Milan and
June 13, 2006 for the acquisition of Westin Europa &
Regina), provided that, for purposes of determining the
contributing Partner’s Available Capital Commitment, such
contribution shall be deemed converted to Euros upon contribution
to the Partnership using the exchange rate of €1.00 to U.S.
$1.195.
For the avoidance of doubt,
the Partners acknowledge that only the initial Capital Commitments
(set forth in the first column of Schedule A) were denominated in
U.S. Dollars and that as of the date of this Agreement, all
remaining Capital Commitments are denominated solely in
Euros.
The General Partner shall
make Capital Contributions in such amounts as hereinafter set forth
in this Article 5 and at the same times and in the same manner as
the Limited Partner who are required to make related Capital
Contributions.
(b) Regular Drawdowns
.
(i) Drawdown Notices .
Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.02(c), each Drawdown
Notice for a Drawdown shall specify:
(A) the manner in which, and
the expected date on which, such Drawdown is to be
applied;
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(B) if all or any portion of
such Drawdown is to be applied to make one or more Partnership
Investments, with respect to each proposed Partnership Investment,
(w) the name and business description of the Person (if any)
that is, directly or indirectly, the subject of such proposed
Partnership Investment, (x) the Investment Drawdown Amount in
respect of such Partnership Investment, and, as provided in
Section 5.02(a), whether such Capital Contribution shall be
made in U.S. Dollars or Euros, (y) a description of the Real
Estate Assets that are the subject of such Investment and
(z) the purpose of such Drawdown;
(C) if all or any portion of
such Drawdown is to be applied in respect of any Partnership
Expenses, the Expenses Drawdown Amount;
(D) the required Capital
Contribution to be made by such Limited Partner;
(E) the Drawdown Date;
and
(F) the Person and the
account to which such Capital Contribution shall be
paid.
(ii) Amount of Required
Capital Contribution in Respect of Partnership Investments
.
(A) As of the later to occur
of the General Partner contributing to the Partnership the economic
ownership of the shares in its subsidiaries as described in
Section 5.01(e) and Host contributing to the Partnership its
interest in the Poland Hotel Property and the Poland Hotel Property
Note pursuant to Section 5.01(b), the combined Investment
Percentage for the General Partner and Host was greater than
32.100556% (the “ Host Optimal Investment Percentage
”), however, as a result of subsequent Capital Contributions
of the Limited Partners other than Host, subject to
Section 5.02(c), Host’s Investment Percentage has been
reduced to equal the Host Optimal Investment Percentage. Subject to
the immediately preceding sentence and Section 5.02(c), with
respect to each Partnership Investment covered by any Drawdown, the
General Partner and each Limited Partner shall be required to make
a Capital Contribution equal to the product of (x) such
Person’s Available Commitment Percentage and (y) the
Investment Drawdown Amount.
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(B) With respect to each
Follow-On Investment covered by any Drawdown, each Partner in the
original Partnership Investment to which such Follow-On Investment
relates shall be required to make a Capital Contribution equal to
the product of (x) such Partner’s Commitment Percentage
in respect of such original Partnership Investment and
(y) the Investment Drawdown Amount in respect of such
Follow-On Investment.
(iii) Amount of Required
Capital Contributions in Respect of Expenses . With respect to
the portion of the Expenses Drawdown Amount to be applied to pay
Partnership Expenses, each Partner (including the General Partner)
shall be required to make a Capital Contribution equal to the
amount of such Partnership Expenses payable by such Partner as
determined pursuant to Section 4.03.
(iv) Limitation on
Drawdowns .
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(c) Intentionally
Omitted.
(d) Special Drawdowns
. If, in connection with the making of any Partnership Investment
or the payment of any Partnership Investment Expense in respect of
which a Drawdown Notice has been delivered, the General Partner
shall determine, in its discretion, that it is necessary or
desirable to increase the required Capital Contribution to be made
by any Limited Partner in connection therewith, the General Partner
shall deliver an additional Drawdown Notice to such Limited Partner
amending the original Drawdown Notice and specifying:
(i) the amount of any
increase in any Investment Drawdown Amount or in the Expenses
Drawdown Amount, as the case may be;
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(ii) the amount of the
increase in the required Capital Contribution to be made by such
Limited Partner;
(iii) the Drawdown Date with
respect to the amount of the increase in the required Capital
Contribution if different from the Drawdown Date specified in the
original Drawdown Notice; provided that the Drawdown Date
with respect to the amount of such increase shall be at least ten
Business Days after delivery of such additional Drawdown Notice;
and
(iv) the reason for such
increase.
For the avoidance of doubt,
the Partners agree that a Limited Partner shall never be required
to make Capital Contributions pursuant to this Section 5.02(c)
in excess of its then Available Capital Commitment. Any increase in
the required Capital Contribution of any Limited Partner pursuant
to Section 5.03 shall be calculated in the manner set forth
therein. Any increase in the required Capital Contribution of the
General Partner and each Limited Partner due to an increase in any
Investment Drawdown Amount or the Expenses Drawdown Amount, as the
case may be, specified in the original Drawdown Notice shall be
calculated in accordance with Section 5.02(b)(ii) and
Section 5.02(b)(iii) (after giving effect to
Section 5.03, as appropriate) with respect to the amount of
such increase.
Section 5.03 .
Default by Limited Partners. (a) Each of the General
Partner and each Limited Partner agrees that time is of the essence
as to the payment of its required Capital Contributions, that any
Default by any Limited Partner would cause injury to the
Partnership and to the General Partner and the Limited Partners and
that the amount of damages caused by any such injury would be
extremely difficult to calculate. Accordingly, the amount of such
Default (the “ Default Amount ”) shall accrue
interest commencing on the Drawdown Date at the Default Rate and
ending on the date paid or contributed as a Default Contribution or
loaned as a Total Drawdown Default Loan or Default Loan. Upon the
occurrence of any Default, the General Partner shall promptly
notify the Limited Partner who has committed such Default (the
“ Defaulting Limited Partner ”) of the
occurrence of such Default. Upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default, the General Partner shall promptly notify all Limited
Partners other than the Defaulting Limited Partner (the “
Non-Defaulting Limited Partners ”) of the occurrence
of such Event of Default and of the course or courses of action it
is electing to take as provided below.
(b) Upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default, the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may
elect to exercise one or more of the following remedies:
(i) cause the Defaulting
Limited Partner to forfeit all or any portion of distributions from
the Partnership made or to be made after such Event of Default that
relate to any Partnership Investments in respect of which such
Limited Partner made Capital Contributions prior to such Event of
Default;
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(ii) request the
Non-Defaulting Limited Partners to provide a loan to the
Partnership (each, a “ Total Drawdown Default Loan
”) in the aggregate amount of the Drawdown required in the
applicable Drawdown Notice (the “ Total Drawdown
Amount ”), and which shall bear interest from the date
the sum is paid into the Partnership until the date it is repaid at
the Default Rate (or such lower rate as is the maximum rate
permitted by law); provided that notwithstanding Article 6,
Proceeds shall be utilized first to pay any outstanding Total
Drawdown Default Loans (and any accrued interest thereon) and there
shall be no distributions to the Partners pursuant to Article 6
until the principal of and interest on all outstanding Total
Drawdown Default Loans have been paid in full by the Partnership;
provided further , to the extent a Non-Defaulting Limited
Partner has made a Capital Contribution prior to making a Total
Drawdown Default Loan, subject to such Non-Defaulting Limited
Partner’s consent, such Capital Contribution shall be deemed
to be its pro rata share of funding such Total Drawdown Default
Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, the Partners agree that a Limited
Partner shall never be required to make a loan to the
Partnership;
(iii) request the
Non-Defaulting Limited Partners to provide a loan to the
Partnership in the amount of the Default Amount (the “
Default Loan ”) and which shall bear interest from the
date the sum is paid into the Partnership until the date it is
repaid at the Default Rate (or such lower rate as is the maximum
rate permitted by law); provided that:
(A) subject to the prior
written unanimous consent of the Partners (other than the
Defaulting Limited Partner), such Non-Defaulting Limited Partners
shall be deemed to have purchased for their respective accounts (as
provided in Section 5.03(d)), a percentage of the Defaulting
Limited Partner’s partnership interest equal to the
percentage derived by dividing an amount equal to
*********************** (and any unpaid interest thereon accrued to
the date of such deemed purchase) by the aggregate
*********************** made by the Defaulting Limited Partner as
of such date plus the *************; provided that in no
instance shall the Defaulting Limited Partner be deemed to have
sold more than all of its partnership interest. For illustrative
purposes only, ********************************
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provided that in the event that there are more than one
Non-Defaulting Limited Partners making Default Loans, the purchased
Commitment Percentage shall be allocated among such Limited
Partners in proportion to loans made by such Limited Partners as
further described below in Section 5.03(d);
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(C) notwithstanding Article
6, Proceeds shall be utilized first to pay any outstanding Default
Loans (and any accrued interest thereon) and there shall be no
distributions to the Partners pursuant to Article 6 until the
principal of and interest on all outstanding Default Loans have
been paid in full by the Partnership;
For the avoidance of doubt,
the Partners agree that a Limited Partner shall never be required
to make a Default Loan;
(iv) request additional
contributions of capital from the Non-Defaulting Limited Partners
(pro rata based on their respective Commitment Percentages) in an
amount equal to the ************* (the “ Default
Contribution ”), in which event, subject to
Section 10.02 and the prior written unanimous consent of all
Partners (other than the Defaulting Limited Partner), the
Defaulting Limited Partner shall be deemed to have sold, and the
contributing Non-Defaulting Limited Partners shall be deemed to
have purchased for their respective accounts (as provided in
Section 5.03(d)), a
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