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Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
BEHRINGER HARVARD OPPORTUNITY OP I, LP
January 1, 2007
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
BEHRINGER HARVARD OPPORTUNITY OP I, LP
January 1, 2007
This Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (this
" Agreement ") is entered into effective as of the 1
st day of January, 2007
by and among BHO, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the " General
Partner "), BHO Business Trust, a Maryland business trust (the
" Original Limited Partner "), Behringer Harvard Opportunity
REIT I, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the " Company" ) and
the Limited Partner(s) set forth or which may, in the future, be
set forth on Exhibit A hereto, as amended from time to time,
with respect to Behringer Harvard Opportunity OP I, LP (the "
Partnership "), a limited partnership formed under the laws
of the State of Texas, pursuant to a Certificate of Limited
Partnership filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Texas effective as of November 24, 2004.
RECITALS
WHEREAS , an Agreement of Limited Partnership was entered into
effective as of the 24 th day of November, 2004 (the " Original Agreement ")
by and among the Company as the general partner and BHO Partners,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the original limited
partner, in order to set forth the terms and conditions under which
the Partnership will be operated as well as the rights,
obligations, and limitations of the parties thereto and any
additional Limited Partners with respect to each other and the
Partnership as a whole; and
WHEREAS , simultaneously with the execution of this
Agreement, Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I, Inc. transferred
100% of its General Partnership Interest to its wholly-owned
subsidiary, BHO, Inc.; and
WHEREAS , simultaneously with the execution of this
Agreement, BHO Partners, LLC merged with and into BHO Business
Trust; and
WHEREAS , BHO, Inc. has executed any and all documents
necessary to be admitted as a Partner in the Partnership in
substitution of Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I, Inc.; and
WHEREAS , BHO Business Trust has executed any and all
documents necessary to be admitted as a Partner in the Partnership
in substitution of BHO Partners, LLC; and
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing, of
mutual covenants between the parties hereto, and of other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged by the parties, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
AGREEMENT
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
The following defined terms used in this Agreement shall have
the meanings specified below:
" Act " means the Texas Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act, as it may be amended from time to time.
" Additional Funds " has the meaning set forth in Section
4.03 hereof.
" Additional Limited Partner " means a Person admitted to
the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 4.02
hereof and who is shown as such on the books and records of the
Partnership.
" Additional Securities " means any additional REIT
Shares (other than REIT Shares issued in connection with an
exchange pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof) or rights, options,
warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities containing the
right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, as set forth in
Section 4.02(a)(ii).
" Administrative Expenses " means (i) all administrative
and operating costs and expenses incurred by the Partnership, (ii)
those administrative costs and expenses of the General Partner,
including any salaries or other payments to directors, officers or
employees of the General Partner, any expenses of the Company that
are paid or incurred by the Company or any of its Affiliates on
behalf of the General Partner and reimbursable by the General
Partner, and any accounting and legal expenses of the General
Partner, which expenses, the Partners have agreed, are expenses of
the Partnership and not the General Partner, and (iii) to the
extent not included in clause (ii) above, REIT Expenses; provided,
however, that Administrative Expenses shall not include any
administrative costs and expenses incurred by the General Partner
that are attributable to Properties or partnership interests in a
Subsidiary Partnership that are owned by the Company directly.
" Advisor " or " Advisors " means the Person or
Persons, if any, appointed, employed or contracted with by the
Company pursuant to its Articles of Incorporation and responsible
for directing or performing the day-to-day business affairs of the
Company, including any Person to whom the Advisor subcontracts all
or substantially all of such functions.
" Affiliate " or " Affiliated " means, with
respect to any Person, (i) any Person directly or indirectly
owning, controlling or holding, with the power to vote, 10% or more
of the outstanding voting securities of such other Person; (ii) any
Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities are
directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held, with the power to
vote, by such other Person; (iii) any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such other
Person; (iv) any executive officer, director, trustee or general
partner of such other Person; and (v) any legal entity for which
such Person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee or
general partner.
" Agreed Value " means (i) the fair market value of a
Partner’s non-cash Capital Contribution as of the date of
contribution as agreed to by such Partner and the General Partner
as of the date of contribution as set forth on Exhibit A
hereto, as it may be amended from time to time, or (ii) in the case
of any contribution or distribution of property other than cash not
set forth on Exhibit A , the fair market value of such
property as determined by the General Partner at the time such
property is contributed or distributed, reduced by liabilities
either assumed by the Partnership or Partner upon such contribution
or distribution or to which such property is subject when the
property is contributed or distributed.
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" Agreement " means this Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, as it may be amended or
restated from time to time.
" Articles of Incorporation " means the Articles of
Incorporation of the Company filed with the Maryland State
Department of Assessments and Taxation, as amended or restated from
time to time.
" Call Notice " means a Call Notice, as defined in
Section 8.06(a) hereof and substantially in the form of Exhibit
C hereto.
" Call Right " has the meaning provided in Section
8.06(a) hereof.
" Capital Account " has the meaning provided in Section
4.04 hereof.
" Capital Contribution " means the total amount of cash,
cash equivalents, and the Agreed Value of any Property or other
asset contributed or agreed to be contributed, as the context
requires, to the Partnership by each Partner pursuant to the terms
of the Agreement. Any reference to the Capital Contribution
of a Partner shall include the Capital Contribution made by a
predecessor holder of the Partnership Interest of such Partner.
" Cash Amount " means an amount of cash equal to the
Value of the REIT Shares Amount on the date of receipt by the
General Partner of an Exchange Notice.
" Certificate " means any instrument or document that is
required under the laws of the State of Texas, or any other
jurisdiction in which the Partnership conducts business, to be
signed and sworn to by the Partners of the Partnership (either by
themselves or pursuant to the power-of-attorney granted to the
General Partner in Section 8.02 hereof) and filed for recording in
the appropriate public offices within the State of Texas or such
other jurisdiction to perfect or maintain the Partnership as a
limited partnership, to effect the admission, withdrawal, or
substitution of any Partner from or to the Partnership, or to
protect the limited liability of the Limited Partners as limited
partners under the laws of the State of Texas or such other
jurisdiction.
" Code " means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and as hereafter amended from time to time.
Reference to any particular provision of the Code shall mean that
provision in the Code at the date hereof and any successor
provision of the Code.
" Commission " means the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
" Company " means Behringer Harvard Opportunity REIT I,
Inc., a Maryland corporation.
" Competent Independent Expert " shall mean a Person with
no material current or prior business or personal relationship with
the Advisor, the General Partner or the Partnership who is engaged
to a substantial extent in the business of rendering opinions
regarding the value of the assets of the type held by the
Partnership and who is qualified to perform such work.
Membership in a nationally recognized appraisal society such as the
American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers or the Society of Real
Estate Appraisers shall be conclusive evidence of such
qualification.
" Conversion Factor " means 1.0, provided, that in the
event that the Company (i) declares or pays a dividend on its
outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares or makes a distribution to
all holders of its outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares, (ii)
subdivides its outstanding REIT Shares, or (iii) combines its
outstanding REIT Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares, the
Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion
Factor by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of
REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date for such
dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination (assuming for
such purposes that such dividend, distribution, subdivision or
combination has occurred as of such time), and the denominator of
which shall be the actual number of
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REIT Shares (determined without the above
assumption) issued and outstanding on such date, and provided
further, that in the event that an entity other than an Affiliate
of the Company shall become General Partner pursuant to any merger,
consolidation or combination of the Company with or into another
entity (the " Successor Entity "), the Conversion Factor
shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by the
number of shares of the Successor Entity into which one REIT Share
is converted pursuant to such merger, consolidation or combination,
determined as of the date of such merger, consolidation or
combination. Any adjustment to the Conversion Factor shall
become effective immediately after the effective date of such event
retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event; provided,
however, that if the General Partner receives an Exchange Notice
after the record date, but prior to the effective date of such
dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination, the Conversion
Factor shall be determined as if the General Partner had received
the Exchange Notice immediately prior to the record date for such
dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination; and provided
further, however, that if the General Partner, in its sole and
absolute discretion, causes the Partnership to make a distribution
of Partnership Units or to subdivide or combine the outstanding
Partnership Units in order to give equivalent effect to a dividend
or distribution of REIT Shares or a subdivision or combination or
REIT Shares, then the Conversion Factor shall remain the factor
which it was immediately prior to such dividend or distribution of
REIT Shares or subdivision or combination of REIT
Shares.
" Dissenting Limited Partner " has the meaning provided
in Section 12.03(a) hereof.
" Event of Bankruptcy " as to any Person means (i) the
filing of a petition for relief as to such Person as debtor or
bankrupt under the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 or similar provision of
law of any jurisdiction (except if such petition is contested by
such Person and has been dismissed within 90 days); (ii) the
insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person as finally determined by a
court proceeding; (iii) the filing by such Person of a petition or
application to accomplish the same or for the appointment of a
receiver or a trustee for such Person or a substantial part of his
assets; and (iv) the commencement of any proceedings relating to
such Person as a debtor under any other reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency, adjustment of debt or liquidation law of
any jurisdiction, whether now in existence or hereinafter in
effect, either by such Person or by another, provided, that if such
proceeding is commenced by another, such Person indicates his
approval of such proceeding, consents thereto or acquiesces
therein, or such proceeding is contested by such Person and has not
been finally dismissed within 90 days.
" Exchange Amount " means either the Cash Amount or the
REIT Shares Amount, as selected by the Company in its sole and
absolute discretion pursuant to Section 8.05(b) hereof.
" Exchange Notice " means a Notice of Exercise of
Exchange Right, as defined in Section 8.05(a) hereof and
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
" Exchange Right " has the meaning provided in Section
8.05(a) hereof.
" Exchanging Partner " has the meaning provided in
Section 8.05(a) hereof.
" General Partner " means BHO, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and any Person who becomes a substitute or additional
General Partner as provided herein, and any successors thereto.
" General Partnership Interest " means a Partnership
Interest held by the General Partner that is a general partnership
interest.
" GP Capital " means the aggregate of Capital
Contributions of cash made by the General Partner in accordance
with Sections 4.01 and 4.02 hereof.
" GP Minimum Return " means such amount as may be
necessary or required to allow the Company to meet its distribution
requirement for qualification as a REIT as set forth in Section 857
of the Code and to avoid any federal income or excise tax liability
imposed by the Code.
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" Holding Period " means, with respect to
Partnership Units acquired by Additional Limited Partners
hereunder, the period commencing on the date of issuance of such
Units through and including the fourth anniversary of such date of
acquisition.
" Indemnitee " means (i) any Person made a party to a
proceeding by reason of its status as the General Partner, as the
sole owner of all of the voting securities of the General Partner,
or a director, officer or employee of the General Partner or the
Partnership, and (ii) such other Persons (including Affiliates of
the General Partner or the Partnership) as the General Partner may
designate from time to time, in its sole and absolute
discretion.
" Independent Director " means a member of the board of
directors of the Company who is not on the date of determination,
and within the last two (2) years from the date of determination
has not been, directly or indirectly associated with the Company,
the Sponsor or the Advisor or any of their respective Affiliates by
virtue of (i) ownership of an interest in the Sponsor or the
Advisor or any of their respective Affiliates, other than the
Company, (ii) employment by the Company, the Sponsor or the Advisor
or any of their respective Affiliates, (iii) service as an officer
or director of the Sponsor or the Advisor or their respective
Affiliates, other than as a director of the Company, (iv)
performance of services, other than as a director of the Company,
(v) service as a director or trustee of more than three (3) real
estate investment trusts organized by the Sponsor or advised by the
Advisor, or (vi) maintenance of a material business or
professional relationship with the Company, the Sponsor or the
Advisor or any of their respective Affiliates. A business or
professional relationship is considered "material" if the gross
revenue derived by the director from the Sponsor and the Advisor
and their Affiliates exceeds five percent (5%) of either the
director’s annual gross income during either of the last two
(2) years or the director’s net worth on a fair market value
basis. An indirect relationship with the Sponsor or the
Advisor shall include circumstances in which a director’s
spouse, parent, child, sibling, mother- or father-in-law, son- or
daughter-in-law or brother- or sister-in-law is or has been
associated with the Sponsor or the Advisor, any of their respective
Affiliates or the Company.
" Joint Venture " means any joint venture or partnership
arrangement in which the Partnership is a co-venturer or general
partner established to acquire or hold Properties, Mortgages or
other investments of the Company.
" Limited Partner " means the Original Limited Partner,
any Person named as a Limited Partner on Exhibit A attached
hereto, and any Person who becomes a Substitute or Additional
Limited Partner in such person’s capacity as a Limited
Partner in the Partnership.
" Limited Partnership Interest " means the ownership
interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership at any particular
time, including the right of such Limited Partner to any and all
benefits to which such Limited Partner may be entitled as provided
in this Agreement and in the Act, together with the obligations of
such Limited Partner to comply with all the provisions of this
Agreement and of such Act.
" Liquidating Event " has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.04 hereof.
" Loss " has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(f)
hereof.
" LP Capital " means the aggregate of Capital
Contributions in cash or cash equivalents and the Agreed Value of
any non-cash contributions to the Partnership made by a Limited
Partner in accordance with Sections 4.01 and 4.02 hereof.
" LP Return " means, with regard to any Limited Partner,
an amount equal to the aggregate cash dividends that would have
been payable to such Limited Partner with respect to the applicable
fiscal period if such Limited Partner had owned REIT Shares equal
in number to the number of Partnership
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Units owned by such Limited Partner during such
fiscal period.
" Mortgage " means, in connection with mortgage financing
provided, invested in or purchased by the Partnership, any note,
deed of trust, security interest or other evidence of indebtedness
or obligations, which is secured or collateralized by real property
owned by the borrower under such note, deed of trust, security
interest or other evidence of indebtedness or obligations.
" Net Capital Proceeds " means the net cash proceeds
received by the Partnership in connection with (i) any Sale,
(ii) any borrowing or refinancing of borrowing(s) by the
Partnership, (iii) any condemnation or deeding in lieu of
condemnation of all or a portion of any Property, (iv) any
collection in respect of property, hazard, or casualty insurance
(but not business interruption insurance) or any damage award; or
(v) any other transaction the proceeds of which, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, are considered to be
capital in nature, in each case, after deduction of (a) all costs
and expenses incurred by the Partnership with regard to such
transactions (including, without limitation, any repayment of any
indebtedness required to be repaid as a result of such transaction
or which the General Partner elects to pay out of the proceeds of
such transaction, together with accrued interest and premium, if
any, thereon and any sales commissions or other costs or expenses
due and payable to any Person in connection therewith, including to
a Partner or its Affiliates), and (b) all amounts expended by the
Partnership for the acquisition of additional Properties, Mortgages
or other investments or for capital repairs or improvements to any
Property with such cash proceeds.
" Offer " has the meaning set forth in Section
7.01(c)(ii) hereof.
" Offering " means the offer and sale of REIT Shares to
the public by the Company.
" Original Limited Partner " means the Limited Partner
designated as such on Exhibit A hereto.
" Partner " means any General Partner or Limited
Partner.
" Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain " has the meaning
set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). A
Partner’s share of Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain
shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-2(i)(5).
" Partnership " means Behringer Harvard Opportunity OP I,
LP, a Texas limited partnership.
" Partnership Interest " means an ownership interest in
the Partnership held by either a Limited Partner or the General
Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of
such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this
Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply
with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
" Partnership Minimum Gain " has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2). In accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-2(d), the amount of Partnership Minimum
Gain is determined by first computing, for each Partnership
nonrecourse liability, any gain the Partnership would realize if it
disposed of the property subject to that liability for no
consideration other than full satisfaction of the liability, and
then aggregating the separately computed gains. A
Partner’s share of Partnership Minimum Gain shall be
determined in accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-2(g)(1).
" Partnership Record Date " means the record date
established by the General Partner for the distribution of cash
pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof, which record date shall be the
same as the record date established by the General Partner for a
distribution to its stockholders.
" Partnership Unit " means a fractional, undivided share
of the Partnership Interests of all Partners issued
hereunder. The number of Partnership Units held by the
Original Limited Partner will, as of any relevant date, equal the
difference between (a) the product of the number of shares of the
Company
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issued since the formation of the Company through
such relevant date (adjusted to reflect any subdivisions or
combinations of shares of the Company through such relevant date),
multiplied by the inverse of the Conversion Factor as of such
relevant date (i.e., one (1) divided by the Conversion Factor as of
such relevant date), and (b) the sum of (i) the number of
Partnership Units of the Original Limited Partner deemed purchased
or redeemed pursuant to Section 6.10 since the inception of the
Partnership through such relevant date and (ii) all Partnership
Units held by the General Partner. It is acknowledged that
the Original Limited Partner will contribute the proceeds from the
sale of shares in the Company to the Partnership and the
Partnership Units resulting from the contribution of such proceeds
by the Original Limited Partner to the Partnership will be issued
by the Partnership to the Original Limited Partner.
Furthermore, it is acknowledged that if the Partnership makes a
distribution of Partnership Units or subdivides or combines the
outstanding Partnership Units in order to give equivalent effect to
a dividend or distribution of the Company’s shares or a
subdivision or combination of the Company’s shares, then the
Partnership Units held by the Original Limited Partner will not be
entitled to any such distribution of Partnership Units or affected
by any such subdivision or combination of Partnership Units because
the number of the Original Limited Partner’s Partnership
Units will have already been adjusted by virtue of the dividend or
distribution of the Company’s shares or the subdivision or
combination of the Company’s shares.
" Percentage Interest " means the percentage ownership
interest in the Partnership of each Partner, as determined by
dividing the number of Partnership Units owned by a Partner by the
aggregate number of Partnership Units owned by all Partners.
" Person " means any individual, partnership,
corporation, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or
other entity.
" Profit " has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(f)
hereof.
" Property " means any office, industrial or other
commercial real property in which the Partnership holds an
ownership interest, either directly or pursuant to the
Partnership’s ownership of an interest in a subsidiary which
owns an interest in any such office, industrial or other commercial
real property.
" Prospectus " means the final prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, that is delivered to purchasers of REIT Shares in the
Offering.
" Regulations " means the Federal Income Tax Regulations,
including temporary or proposed regulations, issued under the Code,
as amended and as hereafter amended from time to time.
Reference to any particular provision of the Regulations shall mean
that provision of the Regulations on the date hereof and any
successor provision of the Regulations.
" REIT " means a real estate investment trust under
Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.
" REIT Expenses " means (i) costs and expenses relating
to the formation and continuity of existence and operation of the
Company and any Subsidiaries thereof (which Subsidiaries shall, for
purposes hereof, be included within the definition of "Company"),
including taxes, fees and assessments associated therewith, any and
all costs, expenses or fees payable to any director, officer, or
employee of the Company, (ii) costs and expenses relating to (A)
any registration and public offering of securities by the Company,
the net proceeds of which were used to make a contribution to the
Partnership, and (B) all statements and reports incidental thereto,
including, without limitation, underwriting discounts and selling
commissions applicable to any such offering of securities, and any
costs and expenses associated with any claims made by any holders
of such securities or any underwriters or placement agents thereof,
(iii) costs and expenses associated with any repurchase of any
securities by the Company, (iv) costs and expenses associated with
the preparation and filing, of any periodic or other reports and
communications by the
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Company under federal, state or local laws or
regulations, including filings with the Commission, (v) costs and
expenses associated with compliance by the Company with laws, rules
and regulations promulgated by any regulatory body, including the
Commission and any securities exchange, (vi) costs and expenses
associated with any section 401(k) plan, incentive plan, bonus plan
or other plan providing for compensation for the employees of the
Company, (vii) costs and expenses incurred by the Company
relating to any issuance or redemption of Partnership Interests or
REIT Shares, and (viii) all other operating or administrative costs
of the Company incurred in the ordinary course of its business on
behalf of or in connection with the Partnership.
" REIT Share " means a share of common stock in the
Company (or Successor Entity, as the case may be).
" REIT Shares Amount " means a number of REIT Shares
equal to the product of the number of Partnership Units offered for
exchange by an Exchanging Partner, multiplied by the Conversion
Factor as adjusted to and including the Specified Exchange Date;
provided that in the event the Company issues to all holders of
REIT Shares rights, options, warrants or convertible or
exchangeable securities entitling the stockholders to subscribe for
or purchase REIT Shares, or any other securities or property
(collectively, the " Rights "), and the rights have not
expired at the Specified Exchange Date, then the REIT Shares Amount
shall also include the rights issuable to a holder of the REIT
Shares on the record date fixed for purposes of determining the
holders of REIT Shares entitled to Rights.
" Sale " means any transaction or series of transactions
whereby (i) the Partnership directly or indirectly (except as
described in other subsections of this definitions) sells, grants,
transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any Property or
portion thereof, including the lease of any Property consisting of
a building only, and including any event with respect to any
Property which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance
proceeds or condemnation awards; (ii) the Partnership directly or
indirectly (except as described in other subsections of this
definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its
ownership of all or substantially all the interest of the
Partnership in any Joint Venture in which it is a co-venturer or
partner; (iii) any Joint Venture directly or indirectly (except as
described in other subsections of this definition) in which the
Partnership as a co-venturer or partner sells, grants, transfers,
conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any Property or portion
thereof, including any event with respect to any Property which
gives rise to insurance claims or condemnation awards; (iv) the
Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other
subsections of this definition) sells, grants, conveys or
relinquishes its interest in any Mortgage or portion thereof
(including with respect to any Mortgage, all payments thereunder or
in satisfaction thereof other than regularly scheduled interest
payments) of amounts owed pursuant to such Mortgage and any event
with respect to a Mortgage which gives rise to a significant amount
of insurance proceeds or similar awards, or (v) the Partnership
directly or indirectly (except as described in other subsections of
this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes
its ownership of any other asset (other than investments in bank
accounts, money market funds or other current assets) not
previously described in this definition or any portion thereof.
" Securities Act " means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
" Service " means the Internal Revenue Service.
" Specified Exchange Date " means the first business day
of the month first occurring after the expiration of 60 business
days from the date of receipt by the General Partner of the
Exchange Notice.
" Sponsor " means any Person which (i) is directly or
indirectly instrumental in organizing, wholly or in part, the
Company, (ii) will manage or participate in the management of the
Company, and any Affiliate of any such Person, other than a Person
whose only relationship with the Company is that of an independent
property manager and whose only compensation is as such, (iii)
takes the initiative, directly or indirectly, in founding or
organizing the Company, either alone or in conjunction with one or
more
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other Persons, (iv) receives a material
participation in the Company in connection with the founding or
organizing of the business of the Company, in consideration of
services or property, or both services and property, (v) has a
substantial number of relationships and contacts with the Company,
(vi) possesses significant rights to control Properties, (vii)
receives fees for providing services to the Company which are paid
on a basis that is not customary in the industry, or (viii)
provides goods or services to the Company on a basis which was not
negotiated at arm’s-length with the Company.
" Subsidiary " means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation or other entity of which a majority of (i) the
voting power of the voting equity securities or (ii) the
outstanding equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by
such Person.
" Subsidiary Partnership " means any partnership, limited
liability company or other entity taxed as a partnership for
federal income tax purposes in which interests are owned by the
Company or by a wholly-owned Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the
Company.
" Substitute Limited Partner " means any Person admitted
to the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 9.03
hereof.
" Successor Entity " has the meaning provided in the
definition of "Conversion Factor" contained herein.
" Survivor " has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(d)
hereof.
" Transaction " has the meaning set forth in Section
7.01(c) hereof.
" Transfer " has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02(a)
hereof.
" Transfer Restriction Date " means the effective date
upon which Behringer Harvard Opportunity Advisors I LP, a Texas
limited partnership, shall cease acting as the advisor to the
Company under the terms of an advisory agreement entered into
between Behringer Harvard Opportunity Advisors I LP and the
Company.
" Unaffiliated Percentage Interest " means a Percentage
Interest held by a Limited Partner that is not an Affiliate of the
Company.
" Unpaid Return " means any accrued but unpaid LP Return
or GP Minimum Return less all amounts distributed by the
Partnership to a Limited Partner or the General Partner in
reduction thereof.
" Value " means, with respect to any security, the
average of the daily market price of such security for the ten
consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date as of which
such Value is to be determined. The market price for each
such trading day shall be: (i) if the security is listed or
admitted to trading on any securities exchange, the sale price,
regular way, on such day, or if no such sale takes place on such
day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way,
on such day; (ii) if the security is not listed or admitted to
trading on any securities exchange, the last reported sale price on
such day or, if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the
closing bid and asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable
quotation source designated by the Company; or (iii) if the
security is not listed or admitted to trading on any securities
exchange and no such last reported sale price or closing bid and
asked prices are available, the average of the reported high bid
and low asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable
quotation source designated by the Company, or if there shall be no
bid and asked prices on such day, the average of the high bid and
low asked prices, as so reported, on the most recent day (not more
than ten days prior to the date in question) for which prices have
been so reported; provided, that if there are no bid and asked
prices reported during the ten days prior to the date in question,
the value of the security shall be determined by the Company acting
in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information
as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate. In
the event the security includes any additional rights, then the
value of such rights shall be determined by the
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Company acting in good faith on the basis of such
quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable
judgment, appropriate.
ARTICLE II
PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION
2.01
Formation . The Partnership is a limited
partnership formed pursuant to the Act and upon the terms and
conditions set forth in the Original Agreement. The
Partnership shall continue upon the execution of this
Agreement.
2.02 Name,
Office and Registered Agent . The name of the
Partnership is "Behringer Harvard Opportunity OP I, LP." The
registered office and principal place of business of the
Partnership shall be 15601 Dallas Pkwy., Suite 600, Addison, Texas
75001. The General Partner may at any time change the
location of such office, provided the General Partner gives notice
to the Partners of any such change. The name and address of
the Partnership’s registered agent is CT Corporation System,
350 North St. Paul Street, Dallas, Texas 75201. The sole duty
of the registered agent as such is to forward to the Partnership
any notice that is served on it as registered agent.
2.03
Partners .
(a)
The General Partner of the Partnership is BHO, Inc., a Delaware
corporation. Its principal place of business is the same as
that of the Partnership.
(b)
The Limited Partners are those Persons identified as Limited
Partners (including the Original Limited Partner) on Exhibit
A hereto, as it may be amended from time to time.
2.04 Term
and Dissolution .
(a)
The term of the Partnership shall continue in full force and effect
until December 31, 2054, except that the Partnership shall be
dissolved earlier upon the first to occur of any of the following
events (" Liquidating Events "):
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the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a General Partner or
the dissolution, death, removal or withdrawal of a General Partner
unless the business of the Partnership is continued pursuant to
Section 7.03(b) hereof, provided, that if a General Partner is on
the date of such occurrence a partnership, the dissolution of such
General Partner as a result of the dissolution, death, withdrawal,
removal or Event of Bankruptcy of a partner in such partnership
shall not be an event of dissolution of the Partnership if the
business of such General Partner is continued by the remaining
partner or partners thereof, either alone or with additional
partners, and such General Partner and such partners comply with
any other applicable requirements of this Agreement;
(ii)
the passage of 90 days after the sale or other disposition of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (provided,
that if the Partnership receives an installment obligation as
consideration for such sale or other disposition, the Partnership
shall continue, unless sooner dissolved under the provisions of
this Agreement, until such time as such obligation is paid in
full);
(iii) the
exchange of all Limited Partnership Interests (other than any of
such interests held by the General Partner or Affiliates of the
General Partner); or
(iv) the
election by the General Partner that the Partnership should be
dissolved.
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(b)
Upon dissolution of the Partnership (unless the business of the
Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.03(b) hereof), the
General Partner (or its trustee, receiver, successor or legal
representative) shall amend or cancel the Certificate and liquidate
the Partnership’s assets and apply and distribute the
proceeds thereof in accordance with Section 5.06 hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liquidating General Partner may
either (i) defer liquidation of, or withhold from distribution for
a reasonable time, any assets of the Partnership (including those
necessary to satisfy the Partnership’s debts and
obligations), or (ii) distribute the assets to the Partners in
kind.
2.05
Filing of Certificate and Perfection of Limited
Partnership . The General Partner shall execute,
acknowledge, record and file, at the expense of the Partnership,
the Certificate and any and all amendments thereto and all
requisite fictitious name statements and notices in such places and
jurisdictions as may be necessary to cause the Partnership to be
treated as a limited partnership under, and otherwise to comply
with, the laws of each state or other jurisdiction in which the
Partnership conducts business.
2.06
Certificates Describing Partnership Units
. At the request of a Limited Partner, the General
Partner may, at its option and in its discretion, issue a
certificate summarizing the terms of such Limited Partner’s
interest in the Partnership, including the number of Partnership
Units owned as of the date of such certificate. If issued,
any such certificates (a) shall be in form and substance as
approved by the General Partner, (b) shall not be negotiable, and
(c) shall bear a legend substantially similar to the following:
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Units represented by this certificate are governed by and
transferable only in accordance with the provisions of the
Agreement of Limited Partnership of Behringer Harvard Opportunity
OP I, LP, as amended from time to time. "
ARTICLE III
BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP
The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the
Partnership is (a) to conduct any business that may be lawfully
conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Act,
provided, however, that such business shall be limited to and
conducted in such a manner as to permit the General Partner at all
times to qualify as a REIT, unless the General Partner otherwise
ceases to qualify as a REIT, (b) to enter into any partnership,
joint venture or other similar arrangement to engage in any of the
foregoing or the ownership of interests in any entity engaged in
any of the foregoing, and (c) to do anything necessary or
incidental to the foregoing. In connection with the
foregoing, and without limiting the Company’s right in its
sole and absolute discretion to cease qualifying as a REIT, the
Partners acknowledge that the Company’s current status as a
REIT and the avoidance of income and excise taxes on the Company
inures to the benefit of all the Partners and not solely to the
Company and the General Partner. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Limited Partners agree that the Company may
terminate its status as a REIT under the Code at any time to the
full extent permitted under its Articles of Incorporation.
The General Partner shall be empowered to do any and all acts and
things necessary or prudent to ensure that the Partnership will not
be classified as a "publicly traded partnership" for purposes of
Section 7704 of the Code.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS
4.01
Capital Contributions . As of January 1,
2007, the parties hereto, or their respective predecessors in
interest as the case may be, have made Capital Contributions to the
Partnership in exchange for the number of Partnership Units
(estimated as of January 1, 2007 with respect to the Original
Limited Partner
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only) set forth opposite their names on
Exhibit A . After the Company has filed its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006
with the Commission, the General Partner shall, without the
approval of any other Partner, attach an amended Exhibit A
to this Agreement to reflect the actual number of Partnership Units
held by the Original Limited Partner as of January 1, 2007.
At such time as Additional Limited Partners are admitted to the
Partnership, each shall make Capital Contributions as set forth
opposite their names on Exhibit A , as it may be amended
from time to time. Exhibit A shall be deemed amended
upon, and the General Partner may, without the approval of any
other Partner, attach an amended Exhibit A to this Agreement
to reflect: (a) the issuance of Partnership Units issued to
Additional Limited Partners or to any existing Limited Partner
pursuant to Section 4.02 (including the Original Limited Partner),
(b) any Partnership Units purchased or redeemed pursuant to Section
6.10, (c) any redemption or purchase of Partnership Units by the
Partnership or the Company by reason of the exercise by a Limited
Partner of the Exchange Right, (d) any purchase by the Company (or
any of its Affiliates) of Partnership Units pursuant to the Call
Right and (e) any changes required pursuant to the second sentence
of this Section 4.01.
4.02
Additional Capital Contributions and Issuances of Additional
Partnership Interests . Except as provided in
this Section 4.02 or in Section 4.03, the Partners shall have no
right or obligation to make any additional Capital Contributions or
loans to the Partnership. The General Partner may contribute
additional capital to the Partnership, from time to time, and
receive additional Partnership Units in respect thereof in the
manner contemplated by this Section 4.02.
(a)
Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests.
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General . The General Partner is hereby authorized to
cause the Partnership to issue additional Partnership Interests in
the form of Partnership Units for any Partnership purpose, at any
time or from time to time, to the Partners (including the General
Partner) or to other Persons for such consideration and on such
terms and conditions as shall be established by the General Partner
in its sole and absolute discretion, all without the approval of
any Limited Partners. Any additional Partnership Interests
issued thereby may be issued in one or more classes, or one or more
series of any of such classes, with such designations, preferences
and relative participating, optional or other special rights,
powers and duties, including rights, powers and duties senior to
Limited Partnership Interests, all as shall be determined by the
General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion and without the
approval of any Limited Partner, subject to Texas law, including,
without limitation, (A) the allocations of items of Partnership
income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each such class or
series of Partnership Interests; (B) the right of each such
class or series of Partnership Interests to share in Partnership
distributions; and (C) the rights of each such class or series of
Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation of the
Partnership; provided, however, that no additional Partnership
Interests shall be issued to the General Partner or the Original
Limited Partner unless:
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the additional Partnership Interests are issued in connection with
an issuance of REIT Shares or other interests in, the Company,
which shares or interests have designations, preferences and other
rights such that the economic interests are substantially similar
to the designations, preferences and other rights of the additional
Partnership Interests issued to the General Partner or Original
Limited Partner by the Partnership in accordance with this Section
4.02, and the General Partner, on its own or with the Original
Limited Partner, shall make a Capital Contribution to the
Partnership in an amount equal to the aggregate proceeds raised in
connection with the issuance of such shares of stock of or other
interests in the Company;
(2)
the additional Partnership Interests are issued in exchange for
property or other assets owned by the General Partner or Original
Limited Partner with a fair market value,
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faith, equal to the value of the Partnership Interests;
or
(3)
the additional Partnership Interests are issued to all Partners in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.
Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly
authorized to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Units for
less than fair market value, so long as the General Partner
concludes in good faith that such issuance is in the best interests
of the Company and the Partnership.
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Issuance of Additional Securities . The Company shall
not issue any additional REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares issued
in connection with an exchange made pursuant to Section 8.05
hereof) or rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable
securities containing the right to subscribe for or purchase REIT
Shares (collectively, "Additional Securities") other than to all
holders of REIT Shares or pursuant to an Offering, unless (A) the
General Partner shall cause the Partnership to issue to the General
Partner (or to the General Partner and/or the Original Limited
Partner), as the General Partner may designate, Partnership
Interests or rights, options, warrants or convertible or
exchangeable securities of the Partnership having designations,
preferences and other rights such that the economic interests are
substantially similar to those of the Additional Securities, and
(B) the Company through the General Partner (or the General Partner
and/or the Original Limited Partner) contributes the proceeds from
the issuance of such Additional Securities and from any exercise of
rights contained in such Additional Securities to the Partnership;
provided, however, that the Company is allowed to issue Additional
Securities in connection with an acquisition of a Property or other
asset to be held directly by the General Partner, but if and only
if, such direct acquisition and issuance of Additional Securities
have been approved and determined to be in the best interests of
the Company and the Partnership by a majority of the Independent
Directors and Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the
Unaffiliated Percentage Interests, if any. Without limiting
the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized to issue
Additional Securities for less than fair market value, and to cause
the Partnership to issue to the General Partner (or to the General
Partner and/or the Original Limited Partner) corresponding
Partnership Interests, so long as (1) the Company concludes in good
faith that such issuance is in the best interests of the Company
and the Partnership, including without limitation, the issuance of
REIT Shares and corresponding Partnership Units pursuant to an
employee share purchase plan providing for employee purchases of
REIT Shares at a discount from fair market value or employee stock
options that have an exercise price that is less than the fair
market value of the REIT Shares, either at the time of issuance or
at the time of exercise, and (2) the Company through the General
Partner (or the General Partner and/or the Original Limited
Partner) contributes all proceeds from such issuance to the
Partnership.
(b)
Certain Deemed Contributions of Proceeds of Issuance of REIT
Shares . In connection with any and all issuances of REIT
Shares, the Company through the General Partner (or the General
Partner and/or the Original Limited Partner) shall make Capital
Contributions to the Partnership of the proceeds therefrom,
provided, that if the proceeds actually received and contributed by
the Company are less than the gross proceeds of such issuance as a
result of any underwriter’s discount or other fees or
expenses paid or incurred in connection with such issuance, then
the General Partner (or the General Partner together with the
Original Limited Partner, as applicable) shall be deemed to have
made Capital Contributions to the Partnership in the aggregate
amount of the gross proceeds of such issuance and the Partnership
shall be deemed simultaneously to have paid such offering expenses
in accordance with Section 6.05 hereof and in connection with the
required issuance of additional Partnership Units for such Capital
Contributions pursuant to Section 4.02(a) hereof.
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(c)
Original Limited Partner Deemed Contributions . In the
event the Original Limited Partner elects to defer any distribution
of cash hereunder to be made to it pursuant to Section 5.02(a)
hereof, then such amount shall be deemed to be an additional
contribution of capital to the Partnership by the Original Limited
Partner, which shall be added to the Original Limited
Partner’s Capital Contribution to the Partnership and the
Original Limited Partner’s Capital Account as established and
maintained under Section 4.04 hereof.
4.03
Additional Funding . If the General
Partner determines that it is in the best interests of the
Partnership to provide for additional Partnership funds ("
Additional Funds ") for any Partnership purpose, the General
Partner may (a) cause the Partnership to obtain such funds from
outside borrowings, or (b) elect to have the General Partner or any
of its Affiliates provide such Additional Funds to the Partnership
through loans or otherwise.
4.04
Capital Accounts . A separate capital
account (a " Capital Account ") shall be established and
maintained for each Partner in accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). If (a) a new or existing Partner acquires
an additional Partnership Interest in exchange for more than a de
minimis Capital Contribution, (b) the Partnership distributes to a
Partner more than a de minimis amount of Partnership property as
consideration for the redemption of a Partnership Interest, or (c)
the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), the General Partner shall revalue the
property of the Partnership to its fair market value (as determined
by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and
taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) in accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(f). When the
Partnership’s property is revalued by the General Partner,
the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be adjusted in
accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and
(g), which generally require such Capital Accounts to be adjusted
to reflect the manner in which the unrealized gain or loss inherent
in such property (that has not been reflected in the Capital
Accounts previously) would be allocated among the Partners pursuant
to Section 5.01 hereof if there were a taxable disposition of
such property for its fair market value (as determined by the
General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and taking
into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) on the date of the
revaluation.
4.05
Percentage Interests . If the number of
outstanding Partnership Units increases or decreases during a
taxable year, each Partner’s Percentage Interest shall be
adjusted by the General Partner effective as of the date of each
such increase or decrease to a percentage equal to the number of
Partnership Units held by such Partner divided by the aggregate
number of Partnership Units outstanding after giving effect to such
increase or decrease. In such event, the General Partner
shall revalue the property of the Partnership and the Capital
Account for each Partner shall be adjusted as set forth in Section
4.04 hereof. If the Partners’ Percentage Interests are
adjusted pursuant to this Section 4.05, the Profit and Loss for the
taxable year in which the adjustment occurs shall be prorated
between the part of the year ending on the day when the
Partnership’s property is revalued by the General Partner and
the part of the year beginning on the following day and, as so
divided, shall be allocated to the Partners based on their
Percentage Interests before adjustment, and their adjusted
Percentage Interests, respectively, either (a) as if the taxable
year had ended on the date of the adjustment or (b) based on the
number of days in each part. The General Partner, in its sole
and absolute discretion, shall determine which method shall be used
to allocate Profit and Loss for the taxable year in which an
adjustment occurs, as may be required or permitted under Section
706 of the Code.
4.06 No
Interest on Contributions . No Partner shall be
entitled to interest on its Capital Contribution, except as
specifically provided in this Agreement.
4.07
Return of Capital Contributions . No
Partner shall be entitled to withdraw any part of its Capital
Contribution or its Capital Account or to receive any distribution
from the Partnership, except as specifically provided in this
Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, there shall
be no obligation
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to return to any Partner or withdrawn Partner any
part of such Partner’s Capital Contribution for so long as
the Partnership continues in existence.
4.08 No
Third-Party Beneficiary . No creditor or other
third party having dealings with the Partnership shall have the
right to enforce the right or obligation of any Partner to make
Capital Contributions or loans or to pursue any other right or
remedy hereunder or at law or in equity, it being understood and
agreed that the provisions of this Agreement shall be solely for
the benefit of, and may be enforced solely by, the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns. None of the
rights or obligations of the Partners herein set forth to make
Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership shall be deemed
an asset of the Partnership for any purpose by any creditor or
other third party, nor may such rights or obligations be sold,
transferred or assigned by the Partnership or pledged or encumbered
by the Partnership to secure any debt or other obligation of the
Partnership or of any of the Partners. In addition, it is the
intent of the parties hereto that no distribution to any Limited
Partner shall be deemed a return of money or other property in
violation of the Act. However, if any court of competent
jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the provisions of this
Agreement, any Limited Partner is obligated to return such money or
property, such obligation shall be the obligation of such Limited
Partner and not of the General Partner. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, a deficit Capital Account of a Partner
shall not be deemed to be a liability of such Partner nor an asset
or property of the Partnership.
ARTICLE V
PROFIT AND LOSS; DISTRIBUTIONS
5.01
Allocation of Profit and Loss .
(a)
After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in
Sections 5.01(b), (c) and (d), Profit for each fiscal year of the
Partnership shall be allocated as follows: (i) first to the
Partners, pro rata, in accordance with and in proportion to their
respective Partnership Interests, in amounts equal to the amount of
cash distributed to the Partners pursuant to Section 5.02(a) hereof
with respect to such fiscal year; (ii) second, to the extent the
amount of Profit for such fiscal year exceeds the amount of cash
distributed to the Partners pursuant to Section 5.02(a) hereof,
such excess shall be allocated to the General Partner and the
Limited Partners in amounts and in proportion to the cumulative
Loss allocated to the General Partner pursuant to clause (y) of
this Section 5.01(a) and the cumulative Loss allocated to the
Limited Partners pursuant to clause (x) of this Section 5.01(a),
respectively; and (iii) finally, the balance, if any, of Profit
shall be allocated to the Partners in accordance with and in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, it is the intent of the
Partners that allocations of Profit to the Limited Partners be such
that the amount of Profit allocated to each Limited Partner be
equal to the amount of income that would have been allocated to
such Limited Partner with respect to the applicable fiscal period
if such Limited Partner had owned REIT Shares equal in number to
the number of Partnership Units owned by such Limited Partner
during such fiscal period, and if, for any reason, the foregoing
allocations of Profit result in any material variation from this
concept, Profit shall be allocated to each Limited Partner in an
amount equal to the aggregate amount of income that would have been
allocated to such Limited Partner with respect to the applicable
fiscal period if such Limited Partner had owned REIT Shares equal
in number to the number of Partnership Units owned by such Limited
Partner during such fiscal period. After giving effect to the
special allocations set forth in Sections 5.01(b), (c) and
(d), Loss for a fiscal year of the Partnership shall be allocated
as follows: (w) first, to the Partners, pro rata, in accordance
with and in proportion to their respective Partnership Interests,
until the cumulative Loss allocated to each Partner under this
clause (w) equals the cumulative Profit allocated to each Partner
under clause (ii) of this Section 5.01(a); (x) second, to the
Limited Partners in an amount equal to each such Limited
Partner’s Capital Account balance prior to the allocation
made under this clause (x); (y) third, to the General Partner in an
amount equal to the General Partner’s Capital Account balance
prior to the allocation made under this clause (y); and (z) fourth,
to the General Partner to the extent that any further allocation of
Loss to Limited Partners would result in any such Limited Partners
having a deficit balance in their Capital Accounts.
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(b)
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, (i) any
expense of the Partnership that is a "nonrecourse deduction" within
the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1) shall be allocated
in accordance with the Partners’ respective Percentage
Interests, (ii) any expense of the Partnership that is a "partner
nonrecourse deduction" within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(2) shall be allocated to the Partner that
bears the "economic risk of loss" of such deduction in accordance
with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1), (iii) if there is a net
decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain within the meaning of
Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(1) for any Partnership taxable year,
then, subject to the exceptions set forth in Regulations Section
1.704-2(f)(2), (3), (4) and (5), items of gain and income shall be
allocated among the Partners in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(f) and the ordering rules contained in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(j), and (iv) if there is a net decrease
in Partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain within the meaning of
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) for any Partnership taxable
year, then, subject to the exceptions set forth in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(g), items of gain and income shall be allocated
among the Partners, in accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-2(i)(4) and the ordering rules contained in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(j). A Partner’s "interest in
partnership profits" for purposes of determining its share of the
nonrecourse liabilities of the Partnership within the meaning of
Regulations Section 1.752- 3(a)(3) shall be such Partner’s
Percentage Interest.
(c)
If a Partner receives in any taxable year an adjustment,
allocation, or distribution described in subparagraphs (4), (5), or
(6) of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) that causes or
increases a deficit balance in such Partner’s Capital Account
that exceeds the sum of such Partner’s shares of Partnership
Minimum Gain and Partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain, as
determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g) and
1.704-2(i), such Partner shall be allocated specially for such
taxable year (and, if necessary, later taxable years) items of
income and gain in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate
such deficit Capital Account balance as quickly as possible as
provided in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d). After
the occurrence of an allocation of income or gain to a Partner in
accordance with this Section 5.01(c), to the extent permitted by
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b), items of expense or loss shall be
allocated to such Partner in an amount necessary to offset the
income or gain previously allocated to such Partner under this
Section 5.01(c).
(d)
Loss shall not be allocated to a Limited Partner to the extent that
such allocation would cause a deficit in such Partner’s
Capital Account (after reduction to reflect the items described in
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6)) to exceed
the sum of such Partner’s shares of Partnership Minimum Gain
and Partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain. Any Loss in excess
of that limitation shall be allocated to the General Partner.
After the occurrence of an allocation of Loss to the General
Partner in accordance with this Section 5.01(d), to the extent
permitted by Regulations Section 1.704-1(b), Profit shall be
allocated to the General Partner in an amount necessary to offset
the Loss previously allocated to the General Partner under this
Section 5.01(d).
(e)
If a Partner transfers any part or all of its Partnership Interest,
the distributive shares of the various items of Profit and Loss
allocable among the Partners during such fiscal year of the
Partnership shall be allocated between the transferor and the
transferee Partner either (i) as if the Partnership’s fiscal
year had ended on the date of the transfer, or (ii) based on the
number of days of such fiscal year that each was a Partner without
regard to the results of Partnership activities in the respective
portions of such fiscal year in which the transferor and the
transferee were Partners. The General Partner, in its sole
and absolute discretion, shall determine which method shall be used
to allocate the distributive shares of the various items of Profit
and Loss between the transferor and the transferee Partner.
(f)
" Profit " and " Loss " and any items of income,
gain, expense, or loss referred to in this Agreement shall be
determined in accordance with federal income tax accounting
principles, as modified by Regulations Section 1.704-(b)(2)(iv),
except that Profit and Loss shall not include items of income, gain
and expense that are specially allocated pursuant to Sections
5.01(b), 5.01(c), or 5.01(d). All allocations of income,
Profit, gain, Loss, and expense (and all items contained therein)
for federal income
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tax purposes shall be identical to all
allocations of such items set forth in this Section 5.01, except as
otherwise required by Section 704(c) of the Code and Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(4). The General Partner shall have the
authority, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the need
for consent from any Partner, to elect the method or methods to be
used by the Partnership for allocating items of income, gain,
expense and deductions as required by Section 704(c) of the Code,
including election of a method that may result in one or more
Partners receiving or being allocated a disproportionately larger
share of items of Partnership income, gain, expense or deduction,
and any such election shall be binding on all Partners.
(g)
If the General Partner determines that is advantageous to the
business of the Partnership to amend the allocation provisions of
this Agreement so as to permit the Partnership to avoid the
characterization of Partnership income allocable to various
qualified plans, IRAs and other entities which are exempt from
federal income taxation (" Tax Exempt Partners ") as
constituting Unrelated Business Taxable Income (" UBTI ")
within the meaning of the Code, specifically including, but not
limited to, amendments to satisfy the so-called "fractions rule"
contained in Code Section 514(c)(9), the General Partner is
authorized, in its discretion, to amend this Agreement so as to
allocate income, gain, loss, deduction or credit (or items thereof)
arising in any year differently than as provided for in this
Section if, and to the extent, that such amendments will achieve
such result or otherwise permit the avoidance of characterization
of Partnership income as UBTI to Tax Exempt Partners. Any
allocation made pursuant to this Section 5.01(g) shall be
deemed to be a complete substitute for any allocation otherwise
provided for in this Agreement, and no further amendment of this
Agreement or approval by any Limited Partner shall be required to
effectuate such allocation. In making any such allocations
under this Section 5.01(g) (" New Allocations "), the
General Partner is authorized to act in reliance upon advice of
counsel to the Partnership or the Partnership’s regular
certified public accountants that, in their opinion, after
examining the relevant provisions of the Code and any current or
future proposed or final Treasury Regulations thereunder, the New
Allocation will achieve the intended result of this
Section 5.01(g).
New Allocations made by the General Partner in reliance upon the
advice of counsel or accountants as described above shall be deemed
to be made in the best interests of the Partnership and all of the
Partners, and any such New Allocations shall not give rise to any
claim or cause of action by any Partner against the Partnership or
any General Partner. Nothing herein shall require or obligate
the General Partner, by implication or otherwise, to make any such
amendments or undertake any such action.
5.02
Distributions of Cash .
(a)
The Partnership shall distribute cash on a quarterly (or, at the
election of the General Partner, more frequent) basis, in an amount
determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion, to the Partners who are Partners on the Partnership
Record Date with respect to such quarter (or other distribution
period) in the following manner: (i) first, to the General Partner
in an amount equal to the GP Minimum Return with respect to the
fiscal year of the General Partner; (ii) second, to the Limited
Partners pro rata among them in proportion to the their respective
Unpaid Return, if any, owing to each such Limited Partners with
respect to prior fiscal years, in an amount equal to their
respective Unpaid Return for such prior fiscal years owing to each
such Limited Partner; (iii) third, after the establishment of
reasonable cash reserves to meet REIT Expenses and other
obligations of the Partnership, as determined in the sole and
absolute discretion of the General Partner, to the General Partner
and the Limited Partners in such aggregate amount as may be
determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion to be allocated among the General Partner and the
Limited Partners such that each Limited Partner will receive an
amount equal to its LP Return for such fiscal year; and
(iv) finally, to the Partners in accordance with and in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests; provided,
however, that if a new or existing Partner acquires an additional
Partnership Interest in exchange for a Capital Contribution on any
date other than a Partnership Record Date, the cash distribution
attributable to such additional Partnership Interest relating to
the Partnership Record Date
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next following the issuance of such additional
Partnership Interest shall be reduced to the proportion thereof
which equals (i) the number of days that such additional
Partnership Interest is held by such Partner divided by (ii) the
number of days between such Partnership Record Date and the
immediately preceding Partnership Record Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the Original Limited
Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect to defer
any distribution to be made to it, in which case the amount so
deferred shall be deemed to be an additional Capital Contribution
made on behalf of the Original Limited Partner under Section
4.02(c) hereof, to be distributed to the Original Limited Partner
upon liquidation of the Partnership under Section 5.06 hereof, or
at such time as the Original Limited Partner may otherwise be
allowed to withdraw from the Partnership after the Transfer
Restriction Date.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General
Partner is authorized to take any action that it determines to be
necessary or appropriate to cause the Partnership to comply with
any withholding requirements established under the Code or any
other federal, state or local law including, without limitation,
the requirements of Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 and 1446 of the
Code. To the extent that the Partnership is required to
withhold and pay over to any taxing authority any amount resulting
from the allocation or distribution of income to a Partner or its
assignee (including by reason of Section 1446 of the Code), either
(i) if the actual amount to be distributed to the Partner or
assignee equals or exceeds the amount required to be withheld by
the Partnership, the amount withheld shall be treated as a
distribution of cash in the amount of such withholding to such
Partner or assignee, or (ii) if the actual amount to be distributed
to the Partner or assignee is less than the amount required to be
withheld by the Partnership, the amount required to be withheld
shall be treated as a loan (a " Partnership Loan ") from the
Partnership to the Partner or assignee on the day the Partnership
pays over such amount to a taxing authority. A Partnership
Loan shall be repaid through withholding by the Partnership with
respect to subsequent distributions to the applicable Partner or
assignee. In the event that a Limited Partner (a "
Defaulting Limited Partner ") fails to pay any amount owed
to the Partnership with respect to the Partnership Loan within 15
days after demand for payment thereof is made by the Partnership on
the Limited Partner, the General Partner, in its sole and absolute
discretion, may elect to make the payment to the Partnership on
behalf of such Defaulting Limited Partner. In such event, on
the date of payment, the General Partner shall be deemed to have
extended a loan (a " General Partner Loan ") to the
Defaulting Limited Partner in the amount of the payment made by the
General Partner and shall succeed to all rights and remedies of the
Partnership against the Defaulting Limited Partner as to that
amount. Without limitation, the General Partner shall have
the right to receive any distributions that otherwise would be made
by the Partnership to the Defaulting Limited Partner until such
time as the General Partner Loan has been paid in full, and any
such distributions so received by the General Partner shall be
treated as having been received by the Defaulting Limited Partner
and immediately paid to the General Partner. Any amounts
treated as a Partnership Loan or a General Partner Loan pursuant to
this Section 5.02(b) shall bear interest at the lesser of (A) the
base rate on corporate loans at large United States money center
commercial banks, as published from time to time in The Wall Street
Journal, or (B) the maximum lawful rate of interest on such
obligation, such interest to accrue from the date the Partnership
or the General Partner, as applicable, is deemed to extend the loan
until such loan is repaid in full.
(c)
To the extent not utilized for expenses of the Partnership or for
investment in additional Properties, the General Partner may, in
its discretion, cause the Partnership to distribute Net Capital
Proceeds in such amount as shall be determined by the General
Partner in its discretion in accordance with the provisions of
Section 5.02(a) hereof.
(d)
In no event may a Partner receive a distribution of cash with
respect to a Partnership Unit if such Partner is entitled to
receive a cash dividend as the holder of record of a REIT Share for
which all or part of such Partnership Unit has been or will be
exchanged, and the Unpaid Return with respect to such Partnership
Unit shall be deemed to be reduced by the amount of any such cash
dividend.
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5.03 REIT
Distribution Requirements . The General Partner
shall use its reasonable efforts to cause the Partnership to
distribute amounts sufficient to enable the Company to pay
stockholder dividends that will allow the Company to (a) meet its
distribution requirement for qualification as a REIT as set forth
in Section 857 of the Code and (b) avoid any federal income or
excise tax liability imposed by the Code.
5.04 No
Right to Distributions in Kind . No Partner
shall be entitled to demand property other than cash in connection
with any distributions by the Partnership.
5.05
Limitations on Return of Capital Contributions
. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Article
V, no Partner shall have the right to receive and the General
Partner shall not have the right to make a distribution that
includes a return of all or part of a Partner’s Capital
Contributions, unless after giving effect to the return of a
Capital Contribution, the sum of all Partnership liabilities, other
than the liabilities to a Partner for the return of its Capital
Contribution, does not exceed the fair market value of the
Partnership’s assets.
5.06
Distributions Upon Liquidation . Upon
liquidation of the Partnership, after payment of, or adequate
provision for, debts and obligations of the Partnership, including
any Partner loans, any remaining assets of the Partnership shall be
distributed to all Partners with positive Capital Accounts in
accordance with their respective positive Capital Account
balances. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the Capital
Account of each Partner shall be determined after all adjustments
made in accordance with Sections 5.01 and 5.02 resulting from
Partnership operations and from all sales and dispositions of
all
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