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Exhibit
10.13
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
OF
OZ ADVISORS II LP
Dated as of November 13,
2007
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.1
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Definitions
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ARTICLE II GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Section 2.1
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Continuation of Limited
Partnership
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Section 2.2
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Partnership Name
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Section 2.3
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Registered Office, Registered
Agent
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Section 2.4
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Certificates
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Section 2.5
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Nature of Business; Permitted
Powers
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Section 2.6
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Fiscal Year
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Section 2.7
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Perpetual Existence
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Section 2.8
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Limitation on Partner
Liability
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Section 2.9
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Indemnification
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Section 2.10
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Exculpation
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Section 2.11
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Fiduciary Duty
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Section 2.12
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Confidentiality; Intellectual
Property
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Section 2.13
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Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation;
Non-Disparagement; Non-Interference; and Remedies.
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Section 2.14
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Insurance
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Section 2.15
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Representations and
Warranties
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Section 2.16
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Devotion of Time
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Section 2.17
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Partnership Property; Partnership
Interest
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Section 2.18
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Short Selling and Hedging
Transactions
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Section 2.19
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Compliance with Policies
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ARTICLE III INTERESTS AND ADMISSION OF
PARTNERS
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Section 3.1
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Units and other Interests
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Section 3.2
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Issuance of Additional Units and other
Interests
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ARTICLE IV VOTING AND
MANAGEMENT
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Section 4.1
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General Partner: Power and
Authority
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Section 4.2
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Partner Management Committee.
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Section 4.3
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Partner Performance
Committee.
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Section 4.4
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Books and Records; Accounting
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Section 4.5
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Expenses
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Section 4.6
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Partnership Tax and Information
Returns
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ARTICLE V CONTRIBUTIONS AND CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS
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Section 5.1
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Capital Contributions
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Section 5.2
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Capital Accounts
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Section 5.3
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Determinations by General
Partner
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ARTICLE VI ALLOCATIONS
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Section 6.1
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Allocations for Capital Account
Purposes
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Section 6.2
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Allocations for Tax Purposes
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ARTICLE VII DISTRIBUTIONS
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Section 7.1
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Distributions
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Section 7.2
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Distributions in Kind
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Section 7.3
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Tax Distributions
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Section 7.4
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Expense Amount Distributions
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Section 7.5
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Borrowing
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Section 7.6
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Restrictions on Distributions
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ARTICLE VIII TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT OF
INTEREST; CESSATION OF PARTNER STATUS
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Section 8.1
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Transfer and Assignment of
Interest
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Section 8.2
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Withdrawal by General Partner
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Section 8.3
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Withdrawal and Special Withdrawal of
Limited Partners
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Section 8.4
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Vesting.
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Section 8.5
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Tag-Along Rights.
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Section 8.6
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Drag-Along Rights.
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ARTICLE IX DISSOLUTION
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Section 9.1
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Duration and Dissolution
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Section 9.2
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Notice of Liquidation
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Section 9.3
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Liquidator
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Section 9.4
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Liquidation
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Section 9.5
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Capital Account Restoration
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 10.1
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Incorporation of Agreements
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Section 10.2
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Amendment to the Agreement.
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Section 10.3
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Successors, Counterparts
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Section 10.4
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Applicable Law; Submission to
Jurisdiction; Severability
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Section 10.5
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Arbitration.
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Section 10.6
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Filings
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Section 10.7
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Power of Attorney
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Section 10.8
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Headings and Interpretation
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Section 10.9
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Additional Documents
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Section 10.10
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Notices
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Section 10.11
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Waiver of Right to Partition
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Section 10.12
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Partnership Counsel
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Section 10.13
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Survival
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Section 10.14
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Ownership and Use of Name
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Section 10.15
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Remedies
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Section 10.16
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Entire Agreement
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ii
This AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF OZ ADVISORS II LP, a Delaware
limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), is
made as of November 13, 2007, by and among Och-Ziff Holding
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as general partner (the
“ Initial General Partner ”) and the Limited
Partners (as defined below).
WHEREAS, on June 13,
2007, the Partnership was originally formed as a Delaware limited
partnership pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Revised
Uniform Limited Partnership Act, 6 Del. C. §17-101, et seq.
(the “ Act ”), and an Agreement of Limited
Partnership of OZ Advisors II LP dated as of June 13, 2007,
which Agreement of Limited Partnership was amended and restated on
August 28, 2007 (such amended and restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership, the “ Original Partnership
Agreement ”); and
WHEREAS, the Initial General
Partner and the Limited Partners as of the date hereof have agreed
among themselves to amend and restate the Original Partnership
Agreement on the terms set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual promises and agreements herein made and
intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1
Definitions . As used herein, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
“ Act ”
has the meaning specified in the Preamble to this
Agreement.
“ Additional Limited
Partner ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.2(a) of this Agreement.
“ Adjusted Capital
Account ” means the Capital Account maintained for each
Partner as of the end of each Fiscal Year, (a) increased by
any amounts that such Partner is obligated to restore under the
standards set by Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) (or is deemed obligated to
restore under Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(g) and
1.704-2(i)(5)) and (b) decreased by (i) the amount of all
losses and deductions that, as of the end of such Fiscal Year, are
reasonably expected to be allocated to such Partner in subsequent
years under Sections 704(e)(2) and 706(d) of the Code and Treasury
Regulation Section 1.751-1(b)(2)(ii), and (ii) the amount
of all distributions that, as of the end of such Fiscal Year, are
reasonably expected to be made to such Partner in subsequent years
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or otherwise to the
extent they exceed offsetting increases to such Partner’s
Capital Account that are reasonably expected to occur during (or
prior to) the year in which such distributions are reasonably
expected to be made (other than increases as a result of a minimum
gain chargeback pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i) or
Section 6.1(c)(ii)). The foregoing definition of Adjusted
Capital Account is intended to comply with the provisions of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be
interpreted consistently therewith.
“ Adjusted
Property ” means any property the Carrying Value of which
has been adjusted pursuant to Section 5.2(b)(iii).
“ Affiliate
” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that
directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries,
Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, the
Person in question.
“ Agreed Value
” of any Contributed Property means the fair market value of
such property or other consideration at the time of contribution as
determined by the General Partner, without taking into account any
liabilities to which such Contributed Property was subject at such
time. The General Partner shall use such method as it determines to
be appropriate to allocate the aggregate Agreed Value of
Contributed Properties contributed to the Partnership in a single
or integrated transaction among each separate property on a basis
proportional to the fair market value of each Contributed
Property.
“ Agreement
” means this Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of the Partnership, as amended, modified, supplemented
or restated from time to time.
“ Book-Tax
Disparity ” means, with respect to any item of
Contributed Property or Adjusted Property, as of the date of any
determination, the difference between the Carrying Value of such
Contributed Property or Adjusted Property and the adjusted basis
thereof for U.S. federal income tax purposes as of such
date.
“ Business Day
” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day
on which commercial banks in the State of New York are authorized
or required by law or executive order to remain closed.
“ Capital
Account ” means the capital account maintained for a
Partner pursuant to Section 5.2.
“ Capital
Contribution ” means any cash, cash equivalents or the
Net Agreed Value of Contributed Property that a Partner contributes
to the Partnership pursuant to this Agreement.
“ Carrying Value
” means (a) with respect to a Contributed Property, the
Agreed Value of such property reduced (but not below zero) by all
depreciation, amortization and cost recovery deductions charged to
the Partners’ Capital Accounts in respect of such Contributed
Property, and (b) with respect to any other Partnership
property, the adjusted basis of such property for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, all as of the time of determination. The
Carrying Value of any property shall be adjusted to equal its
respective gross fair market value (taking Section 7701(g) of
the Code into account) upon an adjustment to the Capital Accounts
of the Partners in accordance with Section 5.2(b)(iii) and to
reflect changes, additions or other adjustments to the Carrying
Value for dispositions and acquisitions of Partnership properties,
in the sole and absolute discretion of the General
Partner.
“ Cause ”
means, in respect of an Individual Limited Partner, that such
Partner (i) has committed an act of fraud, dishonesty,
misrepresentation or breach of trust; (ii) has been convicted
of a felony or any offense involving moral turpitude;
(iii) has been found by any regulatory body or self-regulatory
organization having jurisdiction over the Och-Ziff Group
to
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have, or has entered into a consent
decree determining that such Partner, violated any applicable
regulatory requirement or a rule of a self regulatory organization;
(iv) has committed an act constituting gross negligence or
willful misconduct; (v) has violated in any material respect
any agreement relating to the Och-Ziff Group; (vi) has become
subject to any proceeding seeking to adjudicate such Partner
bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief or composition of the
debts of such Partner under any law relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the
entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver,
trustee or other similar official for such Partner or for any
substantial part of the property of such Partner, or such Partner
has taken any action authorizing such proceeding; or (vii) has
breached any of the non-competition, non-solicitation or
non-disparagement covenants in Section 2.13 or, if applicable,
any of those provided in such Partner’s Partner Agreement,
the breach of any of which shall be deemed to be a material breach
of this Agreement.
“ Certificate of
Limited Partnership ” means the Certificate of Limited
Partnership executed and filed in the office of the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware on June 13, 2007 (and any and
all amendments thereto and restatements thereof) on behalf of the
Partnership pursuant to the Act.
“ Certificate of
Ownership ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1.
“ Class A Common
Units ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1.
“ Class A Share
” means a common share representing a limited liability
company interest in Och-Ziff designated as a “Class A
Share.”
“ Class B Common
Units ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1.
“ Class B Share
” means a common share representing a limited liability
company interest in Och-Ziff designated as a “Class B
Share.”
“ Class B
Shareholder Committee ” means the Class B Shareholder
Committee established pursuant to the Class B Shareholders
Agreement.
“ Class B
Shareholders Agreement ” means the Class B Shareholders
Agreement to be entered into by and among Och-Ziff and the holders
of Class B Shares on or prior to the Closing Date in connection
with the IPO, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from
time to time.
“ Class C
Approval ” means, in respect of the determinations to be
made in Sections 6.1(a) and 7.1(b)(iii), a prior determination made
in writing at the sole and absolute discretion: (i) of the
Chairman of the Partner Management Committee (or, with respect to
distributions to such Chairman or in the event there is no such
Chairman, the full Partner Management Committee acting by majority
vote); or (ii) of the General Partner in the event that the
Class B Shareholders collectively Beneficially Own Voting
Securities (as each such term is defined in the Class B
Shareholders Agreement) representing less than 40% of the Total
Voting Power of Och-Ziff; provided, however, in the case of each of
the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), that any such
determination with respect to distributions to a Partner who is
also the Chief
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Executive Officer or other executive
officer of Och-Ziff in respect of such Partner’s Class C
Non-Equity Interests shall be made by the compensation committee of
Och-Ziff in its sole and absolute discretion after consultation
with the Partner Management Committee.
“ Class C Non-Equity
Interests ” means a fractional non-equity share of the
Interests in the Partnership that may be issued to a Limited
Partner as consideration for the provision of services to the
Partnership solely for the purpose of making future allocations of
Net Income to such Limited Partner. Class C Non-Equity Interests
shall not constitute Common Units or other Units of the
Partnership.
“ Closing Date
” means the first date on which Class A Shares are
delivered by Och-Ziff to the Underwriters pursuant to the
provisions of the Underwriting Agreement.
“ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect
from time to time. Any reference herein to a specific section or
sections of the Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any
corresponding provision of any successor law.
“ Common Units
” means Class A Common Units, Class B Common Units and
any other class of Units hereafter designated as Common Units by
the General Partner, but shall not include the Class C Non-Equity
Interests.
“ Company
Securities ” means outstanding Class A Shares and
Related Securities, as applicable.
“ Competing
Business ” means any Person, or distinct portion thereof,
that engages in: (a) the alternative asset management business
(including, without limitation, any hedge or private equity fund
management business) or (b) any other business in which the
Och-Ziff Group or any member thereof (1) is actively involved,
or (2) in the twelve-month period prior to the relevant
Individual Limited Partner’s Withdrawal or Special
Withdrawal, planned, developed, or undertook efforts to become
actively involved and, in the case of the foregoing clause (b), in
which the relevant Individual Limited Partner actively participated
or was materially involved or about which the relevant Individual
Limited Partner possesses Confidential Information.
“ Confidential
Information ” means the confidential matters and
information described in Section 2.12.
“ Continuing
Partners ” means the group of Partners comprised of each
Individual Original Partner (or, where applicable, his estate or
legal or personal representative) who has not Withdrawn, been
subject to a Special Withdrawal or breached
Section 2.13(b).
“ Contributed
Property ” means each property or other asset, in such
form as may be permitted by the Act, but excluding cash,
contributed to the Partnership. If the Carrying Value of a
Contributed Property is adjusted pursuant to
Section 5.2(b)(iii), such property shall no longer constitute
a Contributed Property, but shall be deemed an Adjusted
Property.
“ Control
” means, in respect of a Person, the possession, direct or
indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. “Controlled
by,” “Controls” and “under common Control
with” have the correlative meanings.
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“ Covered Person
” means (a) the General Partner and its Affiliates and
the directors, officers, shareholders, members, partners,
employees, representatives and agents of the General Partner and
its Affiliates and any Person who was at the time of any act or
omission described in Section 2.9 or 2.10 such a Person, and
(b) any other Person the General Partner designates as a
“Covered Person” for the purposes of this
Agreement.
“ Damages
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.9(a).
“ DIC Sahir
” means DIC Sahir Limited, a corporation organized under the
laws of the Cayman Islands.
“ DIC Sahir
Transaction ” means the sale of Class A Shares to
DIC Sahir on or about the date of the IPO, in accordance with the
DIC Sahir Transaction Agreement.
“ DIC Sahir
Transaction Agreement ” means the Securities Purchase and
Investment Agreement entered into as of October 29, 2007 among
Och-Ziff, Dubai International Capital LLC and DIC Sahir, as
amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to
time.
“ Disability
” means that a Person is unable to engage in any substantial
gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical
or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or
can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12
months, as determined by the General Partner with PMC Approval in
its sole and absolute discretion and in accordance with applicable
law.
“ Disabling
Conduct ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.9(a).
“ Drag-Along
Purchaser ” means, in respect of a Drag-Along Sale, the
third-party purchaser or purchasers proposing to acquire the
Company Securities to be transferred in such Drag-Along
Sale.
“ Drag-Along
Right ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6(a).
“ Drag-Along
Sale ” means any proposed transfer (other than a pledge,
hypothecation, mortgage or encumbrance) pursuant to a bona fide
offer from a Drag-Along Purchaser, in one or a series of related
transactions, by any OZ Limited Partner or a group of OZ Limited
Partners of Company Securities representing in the aggregate at
least 50% of all then-outstanding Company Securities (calculated as
if all Related Securities had been converted into, exercised or
exchanged for, or repaid with, Class A Shares).
“ Drag-Along
Securities ” means, with respect to an OZ Limited
Partner, that number of Company Securities equal to the product of
(A) the total number of Company Securities to be acquired by
the Drag-Along Purchaser pursuant to a Drag-Along Sale and
(B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
Company Securities then held by such OZ Limited Partner and the
denominator of which is the total number of Company Securities then
held by all OZ Limited Partners and, if applicable as a result of
the application of the “Drag-Along Rights”
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pursuant to the DIC Sahir Transaction
Agreement, DIC Sahir and its Permitted Transferees (as defined in
the DIC Sahir Transaction Agreement) (calculated, in the case of
both the numerator and denominator, as if all Related Securities
held by the relevant OZ Limited Partners had been converted into,
exercised or exchanged for, or repaid with, Class A
Shares).
“ Drag-Along
Sellers ” means the OZ Limited Partner or group of OZ
Limited Partners proposing to dispose of or sell Company Securities
in a Drag-Along Sale in accordance with
Section 8.6.
“ Economic Risk of
Loss ” has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.752-2(a).
“ Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
supplemented or restated from time to time and any successor to
such statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“ Exchange
Agreement ” means one or more exchange agreements
providing for the exchange of Class A Common Units (or other
securities issued by the Operating Group Entities) for Class A
Shares and/or cash, and the corresponding cancellation of
applicable Class B Shares, if any, as contemplated by the
Registration Statement, as such agreements are amended, modified,
supplemented or restated from time to time.
“ Expense Allocation
Agreement ” means any agreement entered into among the
Operating Group Entities, Och-Ziff and the Intermediate Holding
Companies that provides for allocations of certain expense amounts,
as such agreement is amended, modified, supplemented or restated
from time to time.
“ Expense Amount
” means any amount allocated to the Partnership pursuant to
an Expense Allocation Agreement.
“ Expense Amount
Distribution ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.4.
“ Final Closing
Date ” means the Closing Date or, if the Underwriter
Option is exercised by the Underwriters after the Closing Date, the
final Option Closing Date.
“ First Quarterly
Period ” means, with respect to any Fiscal Year, the
period commencing on and including January 1 and ending on and
including March 31 of such Fiscal Year unless and until
otherwise determined by the General Partner.
“ Fiscal Year
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.
“ Fourth Quarterly
Period ” means, with respect to any Fiscal Year, the
period commencing on and including January 1 and ending on and
including December 31 of such Fiscal Year unless and until
otherwise determined by the General Partner.
“ General
Partner ” means the Initial General Partner and any
successor general partner admitted to the Partnership in accordance
with this Agreement.
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“ incur ”
means to issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable
for.
“ Individual Limited
Partner ” means each of the OZ Limited Partners that is a
natural person.
“ Individual
Original Partner ” means each of the Original Partners
that is a natural person.
“ Initial General
Partner ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to
this Agreement.
“ Intellectual
Property ” means any of the following that are conceived
of, developed, reduced to practice, created, modified, or improved
by a Partner, either solely or with others, in whole or in part,
whether or not in the course of, or as a result of, such Partner
carrying out his responsibilities to the Partnership, whether at
the place of business of the Partnership or any of its Affiliates
or otherwise, and whether on the Partner’s own time or on the
time of the Partnership or any of its Affiliates:
(i) trademarks, service marks, brand names, certification
marks, trade dress, assumed names, trade names, Internet domain
names, and all other indications of source or origin, including,
without limitation, all registrations and applications to register
any of the foregoing; (ii) inventions, discoveries (whether or
not patentable or reduced to practice), patents, including, without
limitation, design patents and utility patents, provisional
applications, reissues, reexaminations, divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, and extensions thereof, in each case
including, without limitation, all applications therefore and
equivalent foreign applications and patents corresponding, or
claiming priority, thereto; (iii) works of authorship, whether
copyrightable or not, copyrights, registrations and applications
for copyrights, and all renewals, modifications and extensions
thereof, moral rights, and design rights, (iv) computer
systems and software; and (v) trade secrets, know-how, and
other confidential and protectable information.
“ Interest
” means a Partner’s interest in the Partnership,
including the right of the holder thereof to any and all benefits
to which a Partner may be entitled as provided in this Agreement,
together with the obligations of a Partner to comply with all of
the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
“ Intermediate
Holding Companies ” means Och-Ziff Holding Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, and Och-Ziff Holding LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.
“ International
Dispute ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.5(a).
“ International
Partner ” means each Individual Limited Partner who
either (i) has or had his principal business address outside
the United States at the time any International Dispute arises or
arose; or (ii) has his principal residence or business address
outside of the United States at the time any proceeding with
respect to such International Dispute is commenced.
“ Investment Company
Act ” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, supplemented or restated from time to time and any
successor to such statute, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
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“ Investor
” means any client, shareholder, limited partner, member or
other beneficial owner of the Och-Ziff Group, other than holders of
Class A Shares solely in their capacity as such shareholders
thereof.
“ IPO ”
means the initial offering and sale of Class A Shares by
Och-Ziff to the public, as described in the Registration
Statement.
“ Limited
Partner ” means each of the Persons from time to time
listed as a limited partner in the books and records of the
Partnership.
“ Liquidator
” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3.
“ Minimum Retained
Ownership Requirements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.1(a).
“ Net Agreed
Value ” means, (a) in the case of any Contributed
Property, the Agreed Value of such property reduced by any
liabilities either assumed by the Partnership upon such
contribution or to which such property is subject when contributed,
and (b) in the case of any property distributed to a Partner
by the Partnership, the fair market value of such property at the
time such property is distributed, reduced by any indebtedness
either assumed by such Partner upon such distribution or to which
such property is subject at the time of distribution, in either
case, as determined under Section 752 of the Code.
“ Net Income
” means, for any taxable year, the excess, if any, of the
Partnership’s items of income and gain for such taxable year
over the Partnership’s items of loss and deduction for such
taxable year. The items included in the calculation of Net Income
shall be determined in accordance with Section 5.2(b) and
shall not include any items specially allocated under
Section 6.1(c).
“ Net Loss
” means, for any taxable year, the excess, if any, of the
Partnership’s items of loss and deduction for such taxable
year over the Partnership’s items of income and gain for such
taxable year. The items included in the calculation of Net Loss
shall be determined in accordance with Section 5.2(b) and
shall not include any items specially allocated under
Section 6.1(c).
“ Nonrecourse
Deductions ” means any and all items of loss, deduction,
or expenditure (including, without limitation, any expenditure
described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code) that, in
accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-2(b), are attributable to a Nonrecourse
Liability.
“ Nonrecourse
Liability ” has the meaning set forth in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.752-1(a)(2).
“ Notice ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(a).
“ Och-Ziff
” means Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company.
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“ Och-Ziff Group
” means Och-Ziff and its Subsidiaries (including the
Operating Group Entities), their respective Affiliates, and any
investment funds and accounts managed by any of the
foregoing.
“ Och-Ziff LLC
Agreement ” means the Second Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Agreement of Och-Ziff, dated the date hereof, as
amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to
time.
“ Operating Group
Entity ” means any Person that is directly Controlled by
any of the Intermediate Holding Companies.
“ Option Closing
Date ” means the date or dates on which any Class A
Shares are sold by Och-Ziff to the Underwriters upon exercise of
the Underwriter Option.
“ Original
Class A Common Units ” means the Class A Common
Units held by the Original Partners and the Ziff Partner upon the
Final Closing Date.
“ Original
Partners ” means, collectively, (i) Daniel S. Och,
David Windreich, Joel Frank, Arnaud Achache, Massimo Bertoli,
James-Keith (JK) Brown, Michael Cohen, Anthony Fobel, Kaushik
Ghosh, Harold Kelly, Richard Lyon, Dan Manor, James O’Connor,
Joshua Ross, Raaj Shah, Boaz Sidikaro, David Stonehill and Zoltan
Varga and (ii) the Original Related Trusts; and each,
individually, is an “Original Partner.”
“ Original
Partnership Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble to this Agreement.
“ Original Related
Trust ” means any Related Trust of an Individual Original
Partner that was a Limited Partner on the Final Closing
Date.
“ OZ Limited
Partner ” means each of the Limited Partners other than
the Ziff Partner and its transferees.
“ Partner
” means any Person that is admitted as a general partner or
limited partner of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of
this Agreement and named as a general partner or limited partner of
the Partnership in the books of the Partnership and includes any
Person admitted as an Additional Limited Partner pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement, in each case, in such Person’s
capacity as a partner of the Partnership.
“ Partner
Agreement ” means, with respect to one or more Partners,
any separate written agreement entered into between such Partner(s)
and the Partnership or one of its Affiliates regarding the rights
and obligations of such Partner(s) with respect to the Partnership
or such Affiliate, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated
from time to time.
“ Partner Management
Committee ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.2(a).
“ Partner
Nonrecourse Debt ” has the meaning set forth in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
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“ Partner
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain ” has the meaning set forth
in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(2).
“ Partner
Nonrecourse Deductions ” means any and all items of loss,
deduction or expenditure (including, without limitation, any
expenditure described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code)
that, in accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-2(i), are attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse
Debt.
“ Partner
Performance Committee ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3(a).
“ Partnership
” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this
Agreement.
“ Partnership
Minimum Gain ” means that amount determined in accordance
with the principles of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-2(d).
“ Percentage
Interest ” means, with respect to any Partner as of any
date of determination, (a) as to any Common Units, the product
obtained by multiplying (i) 100% less the aggregate percentage
applicable to all Units referred to in clause (b) by
(ii) the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the number of
such Units held by such Partner by (y) the total number of all
outstanding Common Units, and (b) as to any other Units, the
percentage established for such Units by the General Partner as a
part of such issuance, which percentage could be zero. References
in this definition to the Common Units of a Partner shall refer to
all of the Common Units of such Partner, whether or not such Common
Units have vested pursuant to Section 8.4.
“ Permitted
Transferee ” means, with respect to each Limited Partner
and his Permitted Transferees, (a) a Charitable Institution
(as defined below) Controlled by such Partner, (b) a trust
(whether inter vivos or testamentary) or other estate
planning vehicle, all of the current beneficiaries and presumptive
remaindermen (as defined below) of which are lineal descendents (as
defined below) of such Partner and his spouse, (c) a
corporation, limited liability company or partnership, of which all
of the outstanding shares of capital stock or interests therein are
owned by no one other than such Partner, his spouse and his lineal
descendents and (d) a legal or personal representative of such
Partner in the event of his Disability. For purpose of this
definition: (i) “lineal descendants” shall not
include natural persons adopted after attaining the age of eighteen
(18) years and such adopted Person’s descendants;
(ii) “Charitable Institution” shall refer to an
organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Code (or any
corresponding provision of a future United State Internal Revenue
law) which is exempt from income taxation under section 501(a)
thereof; and (iii) “presumptive remaindermen”
shall refer to those Persons entitled to a share of a trust’s
assets if it were then to terminate.
“ Person ”
means a natural person or a corporation, limited liability company,
firm, partnership, joint venture, trust, estate, unincorporated
organization, association (including any group, organization,
co-tenancy, plan, board, council or committee), governmental entity
or other entity (or series thereof).
“ PMC Approval
” means the prior written approval of (a) the Chairman
of the Partner Management Committee or (b) if (i) there
is no such Chairman, or (ii) in any case other than in respect
of Section 8.4, on and after the fifth anniversary of the
Final Closing Date, by majority vote of the Partner Management
Committee; provided, however, that “PMC
Approval”
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shall mean the prior written approval by
majority vote of the Partner Management Committee in the case of
Transfers (and waivers of the requirements thereof), vesting
requirements, the Minimum Retained Ownership Requirements, and the
determination described in the definition of “Reallocation
Date,” each by or with respect to the Chairman of the Partner
Management Committee.
“ Potential
Tag-Along Seller ” means each Limited Partner not
constituting a Tag-Along Seller.
“ Presumed Tax
Liability ” means, with respect to the Capital Account of
any Partner for any Quarterly Period ending after the date hereof,
an amount equal to the product of (x) the amount of taxable
income that, in the good faith judgment of the General Partner,
would have been allocated to such Partner in respect of such
Partner’s Units if allocations pursuant to the provisions of
Article VI hereof were made in respect of such Quarterly Period and
(y) the Presumed Tax Rate as of the end of such Quarterly
Period.
“ Presumed Tax
Rate ” means the effective combined federal, state and
local income tax rate applicable to either a natural person or
corporation, whichever is higher, residing in New York, New York,
taxable at the highest marginal federal income tax rate and the
highest marginal New York State and New York City income tax rates
(taking into account the character of the income) and after giving
effect to the federal income tax deduction for such state and local
income taxes and taking into account the effects of Sections 67 and
68 of the Code (or successor provisions thereto).
“ Prior
Distributions ” means distributions made to the Partners
pursuant to Section 7.1 or 7.3.
“ Quarterly
Period ” means any of the First Quarterly Period, the
Second Quarterly Period, the Third Quarterly Period and the Fourth
Quarterly Period; provided, however, that if there is a change in
the periods applicable to payments of estimated federal income
taxes by natural persons, then the Quarterly Period determinations
hereunder shall change correspondingly such that the Partnership is
required to make periodic Tax Distributions under Section 7.3
at the times and in the amounts sufficient to enable a Partner to
satisfy such payments in full with respect to amounts allocated
pursuant to the provisions of Article VI (other than
Section 6.2(d)), treating the Partner’s Presumed Tax
Liability with respect to the relevant Quarterly Period (as such
Quarterly Period is changed as provided above) as the amount of the
Partner’s actual liability for the payment of estimated
federal income taxes with respect to such Quarterly Period (as so
changed).
“ Reallocation
Date ” means, as to the Class A Common Units
(including all distributions received thereon after the relevant
date of Withdrawal) to be reallocated pursuant to
Section 2.13(g) or Section 8.3(a) to the Continuing
Partners, the date which is the earlier of (a) the date that
is six months after the date of the applicable breach of
Section 2.13(b) or Withdrawal, as the case may be, and
(b) the date on or after such date of breach or Withdrawal
that is six months after the date of the latest publicly reported
disposition of equity securities of Och-Ziff by any such Continuing
Partner which disposition is not exempt from the application of the
provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, unless
otherwise determined with PMC Approval.
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“ Registration
Rights Agreement ” means one or more Registration Rights
Agreements providing for the registration of Class A Shares to
be entered into among Och-Ziff and certain holders of Units on or
prior to the Closing Date, as amended, modified, supplemented or
restated from time to time.
“ Registration
Statement ” means the Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-144256) as it has been or as it may be
amended or supplemented from time to time, filed by Och-Ziff with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act to register the offering and sale of the
Class A Shares in the IPO.
“ Related
Security ” means any security convertible into,
exercisable or exchangeable for or repayable with Class A
Shares including, without limitation, any Class A Common Units
that may be exchangeable for Class A Shares pursuant to the
Exchange Agreement.
“ Related Trust
” means, in respect of any Individual Limited Partner, any
other Limited Partner that is an estate, family limited liability
company, family limited partnership of such Individual Limited
Partner, a trust the grantor of which is such Individual Limited
Partner, or any other estate planning vehicle or family member
relating to such Individual Limited Partner.
“ Related Trust
Supplementary Agreement ” means, in respect of any
Original Related Trust, the Supplementary Agreement to which such
Original Related Trust is a party.
“ Required
Allocations ” means (a) any limitation imposed on
any allocation of Net Loss under Section 6.1(b) and
(b) any allocation of an item of income, gain, loss or
deduction pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(i) - (viii).
“ Residual Gain
” or “ Residual Loss ” means any item of
gain or loss, as the case may be, of the Partnership recognized for
federal income tax purposes resulting from a sale, exchange or
other disposition of a Contributed Property or Adjusted Property,
to the extent such item of gain or loss is not allocated pursuant
to Section 6.2(b)(i)(A) or 6.2(b)(ii), respectively, to
eliminate Book-Tax Disparities.
“ Restricted
Period ” means, with respect to any Partner, the period
commencing on the later of the date hereof and the date of such
Partner’s admission to the Partnership, and concluding on the
last day of the 24-month period immediately following the date of
Special Withdrawal or Withdrawal of such Partner.
“ Rules ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 10.5(a).
“ Second Quarterly
Period ” means, with respect to any Fiscal Year, the
period commencing on and including January 1 and ending on and
including May 31 of such Fiscal Year, unless and until
otherwise determined by the General Partner.
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“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, supplemented
or restated from time to time and any successor to such statute,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Special
Withdrawal ” (a) in respect of an Individual Limited
Partner, has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(b), and
(b) in respect of any Related Trust, means the Special
Withdrawal of such Related Trust in accordance with
Section 8.3(b).
“ Subsequent Related
Trust ” means, in respect of an Original Related Trust of
an Individual Original Partner, the Related Trust of such Original
Partner to which the Interest of such Original Related Trust shall
be Transferred in accordance with its Related Trust Supplementary
Agreement.
“ Subsidiary
” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of
determination, any other Person as to which such Person owns,
directly or indirectly, or otherwise Controls more than 50% of the
voting shares or other similar interests or a general partner
interest or managing member or similar interest of such
Person.
“ Substitute Limited
Partner ” means each Person who acquires an Interest of
any Limited Partner in connection with a Transfer by a Limited
Partner whose admission as a Limited Partner is approved by the
General Partner.
“ Supplementary
Agreement ” means, with respect to one or more Limited
Partners, any supplementary agreement entered into prior to the
date hereof between the Partnership and such Limited Partners
regarding their rights and obligations with respect to the
Partnership, as the same may be amended, supplemented, modified or
replaced from time to time.
“ Tag-Along
Offer ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.5(b).
“ Tag-Along
Purchaser ” means, in respect of a Tag-Along Sale, the
Person or group of Persons proposing to acquire the Class A
Shares and/or Class A Common Units to be transferred in such
Tag-Along Sale.
“ Tag-Along Sale
” means any transfer (other than a pledge, hypothecation,
mortgage or encumbrance), in one or a series of related
transactions, by any OZ Limited Partner or group of OZ Limited
Partners to a single Person or group of Persons (other than Related
Trusts or Permitted Transferees of such OZ Limited Partners)
pursuant to any transaction exempt from registration under the
Securities Act and any similar applicable state securities laws of
Class A Shares and/or Class A Common Units representing
in the aggregate at least 5% of the Class A Shares (calculated
as if all Class A Common Units held by each Limited Partner
had been exchanged for Class A Shares) then held by all of the
Limited Partners, but only in the event that (i) such Person
or group of Persons to which such transfer is made is a strategic
buyer, or (ii) the OZ Limited Partners participating in such
transfer include Daniel S. Och or any of his Related Trusts. For
the avoidance of doubt, sales of Class A Shares pursuant to
the provisions of Rule 144 shall not constitute a Tag-Along Sale or
any part thereof.
“ Tag-Along
Securities ” means, with respect to a Potential Tag-Along
Seller, such number of Class A Shares and/or vested
Class A Common Units, as applicable, equal to the
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product of (i) the total number of
Class A Shares (assuming the exchange for Class A Shares
of any vested Class A Common Units) to be acquired by the
Tag-Along Purchaser in a Tag-Along Sale and (ii) a fraction,
the numerator of which is the total number of Class A Shares
(assuming the exchange for Class A Shares of any vested
Class A Common Units) then held by such Potential Tag-Along
Seller and the denominator of which is the total number of
Class A Shares (assuming the exchange for Class A Shares
of any vested Class A Common Units) then held by all Limited
Partners. If any other Potential Tag-Along Sellers do not accept
the Tag-Along Offer, the foregoing shall also include each
accepting Potential Tag-Along Seller’s pro rata share of the
non-accepting Potential Tag-Along Sellers’ Class A
Shares and/or vested Class A Common Units, determined as set
forth in the preceding sentence.
“ Tag-Along
Seller ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.5(b).
“ Tax
Distributions ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.3.
“ Tax Matters
Partner ” means the Person designated as such in
Section 4.6(c).
“ Tax Receivable
Agreement ” means the Tax Receivable Agreement to be
entered into in connection with the IPO, by and among Och-Ziff, the
Intermediate Holding Companies, the Och-Ziff Operating Group
Entities and each partner of any Och-Ziff Operating Group Entity,
as the same may be amended, supplemented, modified or replaced from
time to time.
“ Third Quarterly
Period ” means, with respect to any Fiscal Year, the
period commencing on and including January 1 and ending on and
including August 31 of such Fiscal Year, unless and until
otherwise determined by the General Partner.
“ Total Voting
Power ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Class B Shareholders Agreement.
“ Transfer
” means, with respect to any Interest, any sale, exchange,
assignment, pledge, hypothecation, bequeath, creation of an
encumbrance, or any other transfer or disposition of any kind,
whether voluntary or involuntary, of such Interest.
“Transferred” shall have a correlative
meaning.
“ Transfer Agent
” means, with respect to any class of Units or the Class C
Non-Equity Interests, such bank, trust company or other Person
(including the Partnership or one of its Affiliates) as shall be
appointed from time to time by the Partnership to act as registrar
and transfer agent for such class of Units or the Class C
Non-Equity Interests; provided, however, that if no Transfer Agent
is specifically designated for such class of Units or the Class C
Non-Equity Interests, the Partnership shall act in such
capacity.
“ Treasury
Regulations ” means the regulations, including temporary
regulations, promulgated under the Code, as amended from time to
time, or any federal income tax regulations promulgated after the
date of this Agreement. A reference to a specific Treasury
Regulation refers not only to such specific Treasury Regulation but
also to any corresponding provision of any federal tax regulation
enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific Treasury
Regulation or corresponding provision is in effect and applicable
on the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement
containing such reference.
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“ Underwriter
” means each Person named as an underwriter in the
Underwriting Agreement who is obligated to purchase Class A
Shares pursuant thereto.
“ Underwriter
Option ” means the option to purchase additional
Class A Shares granted to the Underwriters by Och-Ziff
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
“ Underwriting
Agreement ” means the Underwriting Agreement to be
entered into by Och-Ziff and the Underwriters providing for the
sale of Class A Shares in the IPO, as amended, modified,
supplemented or restated from time to time.
“ Units ”
means a fractional share of the Interests in the Partnership that
entitles the holder thereof to such benefits as are specified in
this Agreement or any Unit Designation and shall include the Common
Units but not the Class C Non-Equity Interests.
“ Unit
Designation ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2(b).
“ Withdrawal
” (a) in respect of an Individual Limited Partner, has
the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(a), and (b) in
respect of any Related Trust, means the Withdrawal of such Related
Trust in accordance with Section 8.3(a).
“Withdrawn” has the correlative meaning.
“ Ziff Partner
” means Ziff Investors Partnership, L.P. IIA.
ARTICLE II
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 2.1
Continuation of Limited Partnership . The parties to this
Agreement hereby agree to continue the Partnership, which was
formed pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the
Act, and in accordance with the further terms and provisions of
this Agreement.
Section 2.2
Partnership Name . The name of the Partnership is “OZ
Advisors II LP.” The name of the Partnership may be changed
from time to time by the General Partner.
Section 2.3
Registered Office, Registered Agent . The Partnership shall
maintain a registered office in the State of Delaware at, and the
name and address of the Partnership’s registered agent in the
State of Delaware is, National Corporate Research, Ltd., 615 South
DuPont Highway, Dover, Delaware 19901. Such office and such agent
may be changed from time to time by the General Partner.
Section 2.4
Certificates . Any Person authorized by the General Partner
shall execute, deliver and file any amendment to or restatements of
the Certificate of Limited Partnership and any other certificates
(and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the
Partnership to qualify to do business in a jurisdiction in which
the Partnership may wish to conduct business.
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Section 2.5 Nature of
Business; Permitted Powers . The purposes of the Partnership
shall be to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited
partnerships may be formed under the Act.
Section 2.6 Fiscal
Year . Unless and until otherwise determined by the General
Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, the fiscal year of the
Partnership for federal income tax purposes shall, except as
otherwise required in accordance with the Code, end on
December 31 of each year (each, a “ Fiscal Year
”).
Section 2.7 Perpetual
Existence . The Partnership shall have a perpetual existence
unless dissolved in accordance with the provisions of Article IX of
this Agreement.
Section 2.8
Limitation on Partner Liability . Except as otherwise
expressly required by law, the debts, obligations and liabilities
of the Partnership, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise,
shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the
Partnership, and no Partner shall be obligated personally for any
such debt, obligation or liability of the Partnership solely by
reason of being a Partner. No Partner shall have any obligation to
restore any negative or deficit balance in its Capital Account,
including any negative or deficit balance in its Capital Account
upon liquidation and dissolution of the Partnership. For federal
income tax purposes, the rules of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.752-3 shall apply to determine a Partner’s
share of any debt or obligation the terms of which provide that, in
respect of the Partnership, the creditor has recourse only to the
Partnership and its assets and not to any Partner.
Section 2.9
Indemnification .
(a) To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, each Covered Person shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Partnership for and from any
liabilities, demands, claims, actions or causes of action,
regulatory, legislative or judicial proceedings or investigations,
assessments, levies, judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement,
losses, fees, penalties, damages, costs and expenses, including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys’,
accountants’, investigators’, and experts’ fees
and expenses and interest on any of the foregoing (collectively,
“ Damages ”) sustained or incurred by such
Covered Person by reason of any act performed or omitted by such
Covered Person or by any other Covered Person in connection with
the affairs of the Partnership or the General Partner unless such
act or omission constitutes fraud, gross negligence or willful
misconduct (the “ Disabling Conduct ”);
provided, however, that any indemnity under this Section 2.9
shall be provided out of and to the extent of Partnership assets
only, and no Limited Partner or any Affiliate of any Limited
Partner shall have any personal liability on account thereof. The
right of indemnification pursuant to this Section 2.9 shall
include the right of a Covered Person to have paid on his behalf,
or be reimbursed by the Partnership for, the reasonable expenses
incurred by such Covered Person with respect to any Damages, in
each case in advance of a final disposition of any action, suit or
proceeding, including expenses incurred in collecting such amounts
from the Partnership; provided, however, that such Covered Person
shall have given a written undertaking to reimburse the Partnership
in the event it is subsequently determined that he is not entitled
to such indemnification.
(b) The right of any Covered
Person to the indemnification provided herein (i) shall be
cumulative of, and in addition to, any and all rights to which such
Covered
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Person may otherwise be entitled by
contract or as a matter of law or equity, (ii) in the case of
Covered Persons that are Partners, shall continue as to such
Covered Person after any Withdrawal or Special Withdrawal of such
Partner and after he has ceased to be a Partner, and
(iii) shall extend to such Covered Person’s successors,
assigns and legal representatives.
(c) The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding relating to or involving a Covered
Person by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea
of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create
a presumption that such Covered Person committed an act or omission
that constitutes Disabling Conduct.
(d) For purposes of this
Agreement, no action or failure to act on the part of any Covered
Person in connection with the management or conduct of the business
and affairs of such Covered Person and other activities of such
Covered Person which involve a conflict of interest with the
Partnership, any other Person in which the Partnership has a direct
or indirect interest or any Partner (or any of their respective
Affiliates) or in which such Covered Person realizes a profit or
has an interest shall constitute, per se, Disabling
Conduct.
Section 2.10
Exculpation .
(a) To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, no Covered Person shall be liable to
the Partnership or any Partner or any Affiliate of any Partner for
any Damages incurred by reason of any act performed or omitted by
such Covered Person unless such act or omission constitutes
Disabling Conduct. In addition, no Covered Person shall be liable
to the Partnership, any other Person in which the Partnership has a
direct or indirect interest or any Partner (or any Affiliate
thereof) for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any other
Covered Person.
(b) A Covered Person shall be
fully protected in relying upon the records of the Partnership and
upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to
the Partnership by any Person (other than such Covered Person) as
to matters the Covered Person reasonably believes are within such
other Person’s professional or expert competence and who has
been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the
Partnership, including information, opinions, reports or statements
as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits,
losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of
assets from which distributions to Partners might properly be
paid.
(c) The right of any Partner
that is a Covered Person to the exculpation provided in this
Section 2.10 shall continue as to such Covered Person after
any Withdrawal or Special Withdrawal of such Partner and after he
has ceased to be a Partner.
(d) The General Partner may
consult with legal counsel and accountants and any act or omission
suffered or taken by the General Partner on behalf of the
Partnership in reliance upon and in accordance with the advice of
such counsel or accountants will be full justification for any such
act or omission, and the General Partner will be fully protected in
so acting or omitting to act so long as such counsel or accountants
were selected with reasonable care.
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Section 2.11
Fiduciary Duty .
(a) To the extent that, at
law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary
duties) and liabilities relating to the Partnership or to any
Limited Partner or any Affiliate of any Limited Partner (or other
Person with any equity interest in the Partnership) or other Person
bound by (or having rights pursuant to) the terms of this
Agreement, a Covered Person acting pursuant to the terms,
conditions and limitations of this Agreement shall not be liable to
the Partnership or to any Limited Partner or any Affiliate of any
Limited Partner (or other Person) for its reliance on the
provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to
the extent that they expand or restrict the duties and liabilities
of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or equity, are agreed
by the Partners (and any other Person bound by or having rights
pursuant to this Agreement) to modify to that extent such other
duties and liabilities of the Covered Person to the extent
permitted by law.
(b) Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in the Agreement or under applicable law, whenever
in this Agreement the General Partner is permitted or required to
make a decision or take an action or omit to do any of the
foregoing acting solely in its capacity as the General Partner, the
General Partner shall, except where an express standard is set
forth, be entitled to make such decision in its sole and absolute
discretion (and the words “in its sole and absolute
discretion” should be deemed inserted therefor in each case
in association with the words “General Partner,”
whether or not the words “sole and absolute discretion”
are actually included in the specific provisions of this
Agreement), and in so acting in its sole and absolute discretion
the General Partner shall be entitled to consider only such
interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests,
and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to
any interest of or factors affecting the Partnership, any of the
Partnership’s Affiliates, any Limited Partner or any other
Person. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, if
pursuant to this Agreement the General Partner, acting solely in
its capacity as the General Partner, is permitted or required to
make a decision in its “good faith” or under another
express standard, the General Partner shall act under such express
standard and shall not be subject to any other or different
standard imposed by this Agreement or other applicable
law.
Section 2.12
Confidentiality; Intellectual Property .
(a) Confidentiality .
Each Partner acknowledges and agrees that the information contained
in the books and records of the Partnership is confidential and,
except in the course of such Partner performing such duties as are
necessary for the Partnership and its Affiliates, as required by
law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this Agreement, at
all times such Partner shall keep and retain in the strictest
confidence and shall not disclose to any Person any confidential
matters of the Partnership or any Person included within the
Och-Ziff Group and their respective Affiliates and successors and
the other Partners, including, without limitation, the identity of
any Investors, confidential information concerning the Partnership,
any Person included within the Och-Ziff Group and their respective
Affiliates and successors, the General Partner, the other Partners
and any fund, account or investment managed by any Person included
within the Och-Ziff Group, including marketing, investment,
performance data, fund management, credit and financial
information, and other business or personal affairs of the
Partnership, any Person included within the Och-Ziff Group and
their respective Affiliates and successors, the General Partner,
the other Partners and any fund, account or investment managed
directly or indirectly by any Person included within the Och-Ziff
Group learned by the Partner heretofore or hereafter. This
Section 2.12(a) shall not apply to (i) any information
that has been
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made publicly available by the
Partnership or any of its Affiliates or becomes public knowledge
(except as a result of an act of any Partner in violation of this
Agreement), (ii) the disclosure of information to the extent
necessary for a Partner to prepare and file his tax returns, to
respond to any inquiries regarding the same from any taxing
authority or to prosecute or defend any action, proceeding or audit
by any taxing authority with respect to such returns or
(iii) the disclosure of information with the prior written
consent of the General Partner. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary herein, each Partner (and each employee, representative or
other agent of such Partner) may disclose to any and all Persons,
without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure
of (x) the Partnership and (y) any of its transactions,
and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax
analyses) that are provided to the Partners relating to such tax
treatment and tax structure.
(b) Intellectual
Property . (i) Each Partner acknowledges and agrees that
the Intellectual Property shall be the sole and exclusive property
of the Partnership and such Partner shall have no right, title, or
interest in or to the Intellectual Property.
(ii) All copyrightable
material included in the Intellectual Property shall be deemed a
“work made for hire” under the applicable copyright
law, to the maximum extent permitted under such applicable
copyright law, and ownership of all rights therein shall vest in
the Partnership. To the extent that a Partner may retain any
interest in any Intellectual Property by operation of law or
otherwise, such Partner hereby assigns and transfers to the
Partnership his or her entire right, title and interest in and to
all such Intellectual Property.
(iii) Each Partner hereby
covenants and binds himself and his successors, assigns, and legal
representatives to cooperate fully and promptly with the
Partnership and its designee, successors, and assigns, at the
Partnership’s reasonable expense, and to do all acts
necessary or requested by the Partnership and its designee,
successors, and assigns, to secure, maintain, enforce, and defend
the Partnership’s rights in the Intellectual Property. Each
Partner further agrees, and binds himself and his successors,
assigns, and legal representatives, to cooperate fully and assist
the Partnership in every way possible in the application for, or
prosecution of, all rights pertaining to the Intellectual
Property.
(c) If a Partner commits a
breach, or threatens to commit a breach, of any of the provisions
of Section 2.12(a) or Section 2.12(b), the General
Partner shall have the right and remedy to have the provisions of
such Section specifically enforced by injunctive relief or
otherwise by any court of competent jurisdiction without the need
to post any bond or other security, it being acknowledged and
agreed that any such breach or threatened breach shall cause
irreparable injury to the Partnership, the other Partners, any
Person included within the Och-Ziff Group, and the investments,
accounts and funds managed by Persons included within the Och-Ziff
Group and that money damages alone shall not provide an adequate
remedy to such Persons. Such rights and remedies shall be in
addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies
available at law or in equity.
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Section 2.13
Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation; Non-Disparagement;
Non-Interference; and Remedies .
(a) Each Individual Limited
Partner acknowledges and agrees, in connection with such Individual
Limited Partner’s participation in the Partnership on the
terms described herein and this amendment and restatement of the
terms of the Original Partnership Agreement or, in the case of an
Individual Limited Partner admitted to the Partnership subsequent
to the date hereof, such Individual Limited Partner’s
admission on the terms described herein and in any Partner
Agreement, that: (i) the alternative asset management business
(including, without limitation, for purposes of this paragraph, any
hedge or private equity fund management business) is intensely
competitive, (ii) such Partner, for the benefit of and on
behalf of the Partnership in his capacity as a Partner, has
developed, and will continue to develop and have access to and
knowledge of, Confidential Information (including, but not limited
to, material non-public information of the Och-Ziff Group and its
Investors), (iii) the direct or indirect use of any such
information for the benefit of, or disclosure of any such
information to, any existing or potential competitors of the
Och-Ziff Group would place the Och-Ziff Group at a competitive
disadvantage and would do damage to the Och-Ziff Group,
(iv) such Partner, for the benefit of and on behalf of the
Partnership in his capacity as a Partner, has developed
relationships with Investors and counterparties through investment
by and resources of the Och-Ziff Group, while a Limited Partner of
the Partnership, (v) such Partner, for the benefit of and on
behalf of the Partnership in his capacity as a Partner, may
continue to develop relationships with Investors and
counterparties, through investment by and resources of the Och-Ziff
Group, while a Limited Partner of the Partnership, (vi) such
Partner engaging in any of the activities prohibited by this
Section 2.13 would constitute improper appropriation and/or
use of the Och-Ziff Group’s Confidential Information and/or
Investor and counterparty relationships, (vii) such
Partner’s association with the Och-Ziff Group has been
critical, and such Partner’s association with the Och-Ziff
Group is expected to continue to be critical, to the success of the
Och-Ziff Group, (viii) the services to be rendered, and
relationships developed, for the benefit of and on behalf of the
Partnership in his capacity as a Partner, are of a special and
unique character, (ix) the Och-Ziff Group conducts the
alternative asset management business throughout the world,
(x) the non-competition and other restrictive covenants and
agreements set forth in this Agreement are fair and reasonable, and
(xi) in light of the foregoing and of such Partner’s
education, skills, abilities and financial resources, such Partner
acknowledges and agrees that such Partner will not assert, and it
should not be considered, that enforcement of any of the covenants
set forth in this Section 2.13 would prevent such Partner from
earning a living or otherwise are void, voidable or unenforceable
or should be voided or held unenforceable.
(b) During the Restricted
Period, each Individual Limited Partner will not, directly or
indirectly, either on his own behalf or on behalf of or with any
other Person:
(i) without the prior written
consent of the General Partner, (A) engage or otherwise
participate in any manner or fashion in any Competing Business,
(B) render any services to any Competing Business, or
(C) acquire a financial interest in or become actively
involved with any Competing Business (other than as a passive
investor holding less than 2% of the issued and outstanding stock
of public companies); or
(ii) in any manner solicit or
induce any of the Och-Ziff Group’s current or prospective
Investors to (A) terminate (or diminish in any material
respect) his investments with the Och-Ziff Group for the purpose of
associating or doing business with any Competing Business, or
otherwise encourage such Investors to terminate (or diminish in any
respect) his investments with the Och-Ziff Group for any other
reason or (B) invest in or otherwise participate in or support
any Competing Business.
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(c) During the Restricted
Period, each Individual Limited Partner will not, directly or
indirectly, either on his own behalf or on behalf of or with any
other Person:
(i) in any manner solicit or
induce any of the Och-Ziff Group’s current, former or
prospective financing sources, capital market intermediaries,
consultants, suppliers, partners or other counterparties to
terminate (or diminish in any material respect) his relationship
with the Och-Ziff Group for the purpose of associating with any
Competing Business, or otherwise encourage such financing sources,
capital market intermediaries, consultants, suppliers, partners or
other counterparties to terminate (or diminish in any respect) his
relationship with the Och-Ziff Group for any other reason;
or
(ii) in any manner interfere
with the Och-Ziff Group’s business relationship with any
Investors, financing sources, capital market intermediaries,
consultants, suppliers, partners or other
counterparties.
(d) During the Restricted
Period, each Individual Limited Partner will not, directly or
indirectly, either on his own behalf or on behalf of or with any
other Person, in any manner solicit any of the owners, members,
partners, directors, officers or employees of any member of the
Och-Ziff Group to terminate their relationship or employment with
the applicable member of the Och-Ziff Group, or hire any such
Person (i) who is employed at the time of such solicitation by
any member of the Och-Ziff Group, (ii) who is or was once an
owner, member, partner, director, officer or employee of any member
of the Och-Ziff Group as of the date of Special Withdrawal or
Withdrawal of such Partner, or (iii) whose employment or
relationship with any such member of the Och-Ziff Group terminated
within the 24-month period prior to the date of Special Withdrawal
or Withdrawal of such Partner or thereafter. Additionally, the
Partner may not solicit or encourage to cease to work with any
member of the Och-Ziff Group any consultant, agent or adviser that
the Partner knows or should know is under contract with any member
of the Och-Ziff Group.
(e) During the Restricted
Period and at all times thereafter, each Individual Limited Partner
will not, directly or indirectly, make, or cause to be made, any
written or oral statement, observation, or opinion disparaging the
business or reputation of the Och-Ziff Group, or any owners,
partners, members, directors, officers, or employees of any member
of the Och-Ziff Group; provided, however, that nothing contained in
this Section 2.13 shall preclude such Partner from providing
truthful testimony in response to a valid subpoena, court order,
regulatory request, or as may be otherwise required by law, or from
participating or cooperating in any action, investigation or
proceeding with, or providing truthful information to, any
governmental agency, legislative body, self-regulatory
organization, or the legal departments of the Och-Ziff
Group.
(f) Each Individual Limited
Partner acknowledges and agrees that an attempted or threatened
breach by such Person of this Section 2.13 would cause
irreparable injury to the Partnership and the other members of the
Och-Ziff Group not compensable in
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money damages and the Partnership shall
be entitled, in addition to the remedies set forth in Sections
2.13(g) and 2.13(i), to obtain a temporary, preliminary or
permanent injunction prohibiting any breaches of this
Section 2.13 without being required to prove damages or
furnish any bond or other security.
(g) Each Individual Limited
Partner agrees that it would be impossible to compute the actual
damages resulting from a breach of Section 2.13(b) or, if
applicable, any of the non-competition covenants provided in such
Partner’s Partner Agreement, and that the amounts set forth
in this Section 2.13(g) are reasonable and do not operate as a
penalty, but are a genuine pre-estimate of the anticipated loss
that the Partnership and other members of the Och-Ziff Group would
suffer from a breach of Section 2.13(b) or, if applicable, of
any of the non-competition covenants provided in such
Partner’s Partner Agreement. In the event an Individual
Limited Partner breaches Section 2.13(b) or, if applicable,
any of the non-competition covenants provided in such
Partner’s Partner Agreement, then:
(i) on or after the date of
such breach, any unvested Class A Common Units of such Partner
and its Related Trusts, if any, shall cease to vest and thereafter
shall be reallocated in accordance with this
Section 2.13(g);
(ii) on or after the date of
such breach, no allocations shall be made to the respective Capital
Accounts of such Partner and its Related Trusts, if any, and no
distributions shall be made to such Partners;
(iii) on or after the date of
such breach, no Transfer (including any exchange pursuant to the
Exchange Agreement) of any of the Class A Common Units of such
Partner or its Related Trusts, if any, shall be permitted under any
circumstances notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement;
(iv) on or after the date of
such breach, no sale, exchange, assignment, pledge, hypothecation,
bequeath, creation of an encumbrance, or any other transfer or
disposition of any kind may be made of any of the Class A
Shares acquired by such Partner or its Related Trusts, if any,
through an exchange pursuant to the Exchange Agreement;
(v) as of the applicable
Reallocation Date, all of the unvested and vested Class A
Common Units of such Partner and its Related Trusts, if any, and
all allocations and distributions on such Class A Common Units
that would otherwise have been received by such Partners on or
after the date of such breach shall be reallocated from such
Partners to the Continuing Partners in proportion to the total
number of Original Class A Common Units owned by each such
Continuing Partner and its Original Related Trusts;
(vi) each of such Partner and
its Related Trusts, if any, agrees that, on the Reallocation Date,
it shall immediately:
(A) pay to the Continuing
Partners, in proportion to the total number of Original
Class A Common Units owned by each such Continuing Partner and
its Original Related Trusts, a lump-sum cash amount equal to the
sum of: (i) the total
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after-tax proceeds received
by such Individual Limited Partner or Related Trust thereof for any
Class A Shares acquired at any time pursuant to the Exchange
Agreement and that were subsequently transferred during the
24-month period prior to the date of such breach; and (ii) any
distributions received by such Individual Limited Partner or
Related Trust thereof during such 24-month period on Class A
Shares acquired pursuant to the Exchange Agreement;
(B) transfer any Class A
Shares that were acquired at any time pursuant to the Exchange
Agreement and held by such Individual Limited Partner or Related
Trust thereof on and after the date of such breach to the
Continuing Partners in proportion to the total number of Original
Class A Common Units owned by each such Continuing Partner and
its Original Related Trusts; and
(C) pay to the Continuing
Partners in proportion to the total number of Original Class A
Common Units owned by each such Continuing Partner and its Original
Related Trusts a lump-sum cash amount equal to the sum of:
(i) the total after-tax proceeds received by such Individual
Limited Partner or Related Trust thereof for any Class A
Shares acquired at any time pursuant to the Exchange Agreement and
that were subsequently transferred on or after the date of such
breach; and (ii) all distributions received by such Individual
Limited Partner or Related Trust thereof on or after the date of
such breach on Class A Shares acquired pursuant to the
Exchange Agreement; and
(vii) such Partner and its
Related Trusts agrees that he shall receive no payments, if any,
that he would have otherwise received under the Tax Receivable
Agreement on or after the date of such breach, and shall have no
further rights under the Tax Receivable Agreement, Exchange
Agreement or Registration Rights Agreement after such
date.
Any reallocated Class A Common
Units received by a Continuing Partner pursuant to this
Section 2.13(g) shall be deemed for all purposes of this
Agreement to be Class A Common Units of such Continuing
Partner and subject to the same vesting requirements, if any, in
accordance with Section 8.4 as the transferring Limited
Partner had been before his breach of Section 2.13(b) or, if
applicable, of the relevant non-competition covenants provided in
such Partner’s Partner Agreement. Any Continuing Partner
receiving reallocated Class A Common Units pursuant to this
Section 2.13(g) shall be permitted to exchange fifty percent
(50%) of such number of Class A Common Units (and sell
any Class A Shares issued in respect thereof), notwithstanding
the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 8.1 in the
event that the Exchange Committee (as defined in the Exchange
Agreement) determines in its sole discretion that the reallocation
is taxable; provided, however, that such exchange of Class A
Common Units is made in accordance with the Exchange
Agreement.
(h) Notwithstanding anything
in Section 2.13(g) to the contrary, the General Partner may
elect in its sole and absolute discretion to waive the application
of any portion, all or none of the provisions of
Section 2.13(g) in the case of the breach by any Partner of
Section 2.13(b) or, if applicable, of the relevant
non-competition covenants provided in such Partner’s Partner
Agreement.
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(i) Without limiting the
right of the Partnership to obtain injunctive relief for any
attempted or threatened breach of this Section 2.13, in the
event a Partner breaches Section 2.13(c), (d) or (e),
then at the election of the General Partner in its sole and
absolute discretion the Partnership shall be entitled to seek any
other available remedies inclu
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