Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
OF
PALADIN REALTY INCOME PROPERTIES,
L.P.
, 2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINED TERMS
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1
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ARTICLE 2 ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
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14
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2.1
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Formation
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2.2
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Name
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2.3
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Registered Office and Agent
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2.4
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Principal Place of Business
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2.5
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Term and Termination
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2.6
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Power of Attorney
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2.7
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Effectiveness of this Agreement
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ARTICLE 3 PURPOSE AND POWERS
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3.1
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Purpose and Business
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3.2
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Powers
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ARTICLE 4 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; PARTNERSHIP
UNITS; ADDITIONAL FUNDS
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4.1
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Capital Contributions of the
Partners
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4.2
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Issuance of Additional Partnership
Interests
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4.3
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Issuance of Securities by the General
Partner
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20
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4.4
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Additional Funds
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4.5
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No Third-Party Beneficiary
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4.6
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No Interest
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4.7
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No Preemptive Rights
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4.8
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Capital Accounts; Adjustments to Carrying
Values
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ARTICLE 5 DISTRIBUTIONS
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5.1
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Distributions
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5.2
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Qualification as a REIT
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5.3
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Withholding
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24
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5.4
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Additional Partnership Interests
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ARTICLE 6 ALLOCATIONS
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24
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6.1
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Allocation of Profits and Net Losses
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6.2
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Special Allocations
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6.3
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Tax Allocations
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27
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6.4
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Revisions to Allocations to Reflect Issuance of
Partnership Interests
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27
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ARTICLE 7 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF
BUSINESS
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7.1
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Management
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7.2
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Certificate of Limited Partnership
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7.3
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Reimbursement of the General Partner
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7.4
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Acquisition of Limited Partner Interests by the
General Partner
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7.5
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Transactions with Affiliates
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7.6
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Indemnification
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7.7
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Liability of the General Partner
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7.8
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Other Matters Concerning the General
Partner
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7.9
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Title to Partnership Assets
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7.10
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Reliance by Third Parties
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ARTICLE 8 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED
PARTNERS
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8.1
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Limitation of Liability
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8.2
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No Right to Participate in the Management of
Business
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8.3
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Outside Activities of Limited
Partners
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8.4
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Return of Capital
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8.5
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Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the
Partnership
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8.6
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Redemption Right
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ARTICLE 9 BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND
REPORTS
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9.1
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Records and Accounting
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9.2
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Reports
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ARTICLE 10 TAX MATTERS
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10.1
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Preparation of Tax Returns
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10.2
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Tax Elections
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10.3
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Tax Matters Partner
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10.4
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Organizational Expenses
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10.5
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Withholding
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ARTICLE 11 TRANSFERS AND
WITHDRAWALS
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11.1
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Transfer
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11.2
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Transfer of the General Partner’s General
Partner Interest
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11.3
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Limited Partners’ Rights to
Transfer
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11.4
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Substituted Limited Partners
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11.5
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Assignees
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11.6
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General Provisions
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ARTICLE 12 ADMISSION OF PARTNERS
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12.1
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Admission of Successor General
Partner
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12.2
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Admission of Additional Limited
Partners
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12.3
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Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of
Limited Partnership
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ARTICLE 13 DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND
TERMINATION
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13.1
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Dissolution
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13.2
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Winding Up; Liquidation
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13.3
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No Obligation to Contribute Deficit
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13.4
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Notice of Dissolution
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13.5
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Termination of Partnership and Cancellation of
Certificate of Limited Partnership
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13.6
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Reasonable Time for Winding-Up
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13.7
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Waiver of Partition
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ARTICLE 14 AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT;
MEETINGS
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14.1
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Amendments
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14.2
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Meetings of the Partners
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ARTICLE 15 GENERAL PROVISIONS
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15.1
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Addresses and Notice
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15.2
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Titles and Captions
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15.3
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Pronouns and Plurals
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15.4
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Further Action
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15.5
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Binding Effect
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15.6
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Creditors
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15.7
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Waiver
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15.8
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Counterparts
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15.9
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Applicable Law
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15.10
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Invalidity of Provisions
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15.11
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Merger
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15.12
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No Rights as Stockholders
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15.13
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Entire Agreement
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
- Partner’s Contributions
and Partnership Interests
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Exhibit B
- Form of Notice of Redemption
Request
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AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
OF
PALADIN REALTY INCOME PROPERTIES,
L.P.
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT
OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF PALADIN REALTY INCOME PROPERTIES, L.P.
(this “ Agreement ”), dated as of
, 2004, is entered into by and among PALADIN REALTY INCOME
PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation, as general partner (the
“ General Partner ”), and those Persons who have
executed this Agreement or a counterpart hereof, or who become
parties hereto pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
W
I T N
E S S E T
H
WHEREAS, the General Partner and the
Initial Limited Partner formed Paladin Realty Income Properties,
L.P. (the “ Partnership ”) as a limited
partnership pursuant to the Act by filing a certificate of limited
partnership with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on
October 31, 2003;
WHEREAS, the General Partner and the
Initial Limited Partner entered into that certain Agreement of
Limited Partnership of Paladin Realty Income Properties, L.P.,
dated as of October 31, 2003 (the “ Prior Partnership
Agreement ”), providing for the organization of the
Partnership upon the terms and conditions set forth
therein;
WHEREAS, the parties thereto desire
to amend and restate the Prior Partnership Agreement in its
entirety pursuant to the terms hereof; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement shall
constitute the “partnership agreement” (within the
meaning of the Act) of the Partnership, and shall be binding upon
all Persons now or at any time hereafter who are
Partners;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual covenants and obligations set forth in this Agreement,
and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto,
intending legally to be bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINED TERMS
Capitalized terms used in this
Agreement (including exhibits, schedules and amendments) shall have
the meanings set forth below or in the Section of this Agreement
referred to below, except as otherwise expressly indicated or
limited by the context in which they appear in this Agreement. All
terms defined in this Agreement in the singular have the same
meanings when used in the plural and vice versa. Accounting terms
used but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to
them under GAAP.
1.1 “Act” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act, as amended from time to time, and any successor to
such statute.
1.2 “Additional Limited
Partner” means a
Person that has executed and delivered an additional limited
partner signature page in the form attached hereto and has been
admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to
Section 12.2.
1.3 “Adjusted Capital Account
Deficit” means with
respect to any Partner, the negative balance, if any, in such
Partner’s Capital Account as of the end of any relevant
Fiscal Year, determined after giving effect to the following
adjustments:
(a) credit to such Capital Account
any portion of such negative balance which such Partner (i) is
treated as obligated to restore to the Partnership pursuant to the
provisions of Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) of the Treasury
Regulations, or (ii) is deemed to be obligated to restore to the
Partnership pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Sections
1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5) of the Treasury Regulations;
and
(b) debit to such Capital Account
the items described in Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and
(6) of the Treasury Regulations.
This definition of Adjusted Capital Account
Deficit is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted
consistently therewith.
1.4 “Advisor”
means Paladin Realty Advisors, LLC,
the investment advisor to the Partnership and the General Partner
pursuant to the Advisory Agreement.
1.5 “Advisory Agreement”
means that certain Advisory
Agreement by and among the Advisor, the Partnership and the General
Partner dated as of
, 2004.
1.6 “Affiliate”
means, with respect to a specified
Person, any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common
control with the specified Person. For this purpose, the term
“control” (including the terms
“controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) means the possession,
direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
1.7 “Agreed Value”
means (a) in the case of any
Contributed Property, the fair market value of such Contributed
Property at the time such property is contributed as determined by
the General Partner and agreed to by the contributing party,
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 Partnership’s Carrying 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.
1.8 “Agreement”
means this Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of Paladin Realty Income
Properties, L.P., as originally executed and as amended, modified,
supplemented or restated from time to time, as the context
requires.
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1.9 “Appraised Value”
means the value of the Partnership
Assets as determined by an appraisal made by an Independent
Appraiser.
1.10 “Articles of
Incorporation” means the General Partner’s Articles of
Incorporation, filed with the Maryland State Department of
Assessments and Taxation, or other organizational document
governing the General Partner, as amended, modified, supplemented
or restated from time to time.
1.11 “Assignee”
means a Person to whom one or more
Partnership Units have been transferred in a manner permitted under
this Agreement, but who has not become a Substituted Limited
Partner, and who has the rights set forth in Section
11.5.
1.12 “Available Operating
Cash” means the
cash flows derived by the Partnership from the operation of the
Partnership’s business (other than any Net Capital Event
Proceeds or Capital Contributions) before any deduction for
depreciation or amortization and after deduction of:
(a) all operating costs and expenses
including taxes;
(b) all payments of principal,
interest and other charges in respect of any Partnership
indebtedness;
(c) all expenditures for capital
improvements to the Partnership assets or property; and
(d) all reserves, whether for
working capital, debt repayment, new portfolio investments or
otherwise (including for the redemption of Partnership Units) that
are established by the General Partner in the exercise of its sole
and absolute discretion.
1.13 “Book Gain”
or “Book Loss”
means the gain or loss recognized by the Partnership for purposes
of Section 704(b) of the Code in any Fiscal Year by reason of any
sale or disposition with respect to any of the property or assets
of the Partnership. Such Book Gain or Book Loss shall be computed
by reference to the Carrying Value of such property or assets as of
the date of such sale or disposition, rather than by reference to
the tax basis of such property or assets as of such date, and each
and every reference herein to “gain” or
“loss” shall be deemed to refer to Book Gain or Book
Loss, rather than to tax gain or tax loss, unless the context
manifestly otherwise requires.
1.14 “Business Day”
means any day except a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in Los Angeles,
California are authorized or required by law to close.
1.15 “Capital Account”
has the meaning set forth in Section
4.8.
1.16 “Capital
Contribution” means, with respect to any Partner, any cash,
cash equivalents or the Agreed Value of Contributed Property that
such Partner contributes or is deemed to contribute to the
Partnership pursuant to Article 4 hereof.
1.17 “Capital
Transaction” means
(a) any sale, exchange, taking by eminent domain, damage,
destruction or other disposition of all or any part of the assets
of the Partnership, any
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Subsidiary or any other Person in which the
Partnership holds a direct or indirect interest, other than
tangible personal property disposed of in the ordinary course of
business; or (b) any financing or refinancing of any indebtedness
of the Partnership, any Subsidiary or any other Person in which the
Partnership holds a direct or indirect interest; provided, that the
receipt by the Partnership of Capital Contributions shall not
constitute a Capital Transaction; and provided further that no
Terminating Capital Transaction shall constitute a Capital
Transaction.
1.18 “Carrying Value”
means, except as otherwise provided
herein, (a) with respect to a Contributed Property, the fair market
value of such Contributed Property at the time such property is
contributed, as determined by the General Partner and agreed to by
the contributing partner, without reduction for any liabilities
either assumed by the Partnership upon such contribution or to
which such property was subject when contributed, reduced (but not
below zero) by all Depreciation with respect to such property
charged to the Partners’ Capital Accounts, and (b) with
respect to any other Partnership Asset, the adjusted basis of such
Partnership Asset for Federal income tax purposes, all as of the
time of determination. The Carrying Value of any property shall be
adjusted in accordance with Section 4.8(b) from time to time to
reflect changes, additions or other adjustments to the Carrying
Value, as deemed appropriate by the General Partner.
1.19 “Cash Amount”
means an amount of cash equal to the
Value of the REIT Stock Amount on the Valuation Date.
1.20 “Certificate”
means the Certificate of Limited
Partnership of the Partnership, filed on October 31, 2003, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time as herein provided in accordance with the Act.
1.21 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time, and any subsequent Federal law of
similar import, and, to the extent applicable, any Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder.
1.22 “Common Stock”
means a share of the common stock of
the General Partner, par value $.01 per share. Common Stock may be
issued in one or more classes or series in accordance with the
terms of the Articles of Incorporation. If there is more than one
class or series of Common Stock, the term “Common
Stock” shall, as the context requires, be deemed to refer to
the class or series of Common Stock that correspond to the class or
series of Partnership Units for which the reference to Common Stock
is made.
1.23 “Consent”
means the consent or approval of a
proposed action by a Partner given in accordance with Section 14.2
hereof.
1.24 “Consent of the Outside Limited
Partners” means the
Consent of the Outside Limited Partners holding a number of
Partnership Units greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate
Partnership Units held by all Outside Limited Partners.
1.25 “Contributed
Property” means
each property or other asset (but excluding cash and cash
equivalents), in such form as may be contributed by a Partner to
the Partnership as permitted by the Act.
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1.26 “Depreciation”
means, for each Fiscal Year, an
amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost
recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year
or other period for Federal income tax purposes; provided, that if
the Carrying Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for
Federal income tax purposes at the beginning of any such year or
other period, Depreciation shall be determined in the manner
described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g)(3)
or 1.704-3(d)(2), whichever is applicable, and if such asset has a
zero adjusted tax basis, Depreciation shall be an amount determined
under any reasonable method selected by the General
Partner.
1.27 “Effective Date”
means the date of first closing of
the offering of Common Stock pursuant to the Registration
Statement.
1.28 “8% Return”
means, with respect to the General
Partner, an amount calculated like simple interest at the rate of
eight percent (8%) per annum calculated on the varying daily
balances of Invested Capital of the General Partner during the
period to which the 8% Return relates, and determined on the basis
of a 360-day year/30-day month, cumulative for the period for which
such 8% Return is being determined.
1.29 “8% Return Account”
means, with respect to the General
Partner, as of any relevant date, an amount equal to the excess of
(i) the 8% Return that has accrued with respect to the Invested
Capital of the General Partner through such date, over (ii) the sum
of (A) the cumulative distributions of Available Cash and Net
Capital Event Proceeds made to the General Partner prior to such
relevant date pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, and (B) the
cumulative amounts paid to the General Partner in redemption of its
Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.6(g) as of such date, other
than such distributions and payments that are applied to reduce the
Unrecovered Contribution Account of the General Partner. All
amounts distributed and paid to the General Partner pursuant to
Sections 5.1 and 8.6(g) shall first be applied to reduce the
Unrecovered Contribution Account of the General Partner until the
balance of such Unrecovered Contribution Account equals zero ($0),
and then shall be applied to reduce the 8% Return Account of the
General Partner.
1.30 “Entity”
means any general partnership,
limited liability company, proprietorship, corporation, joint
venture, joint-stock company, limited partnership, limited
liability partnership, business trust, firm, trust, estate,
governmental entity, cooperative, association or other foreign or
domestic enterprise.
1.31 “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended from time to time (or any corresponding
provisions of succeeding laws).
1.32 “Fiscal Year”
means the fiscal year of the
Partnership and shall be the same as its taxable year, which shall
be the calendar year unless otherwise determined by the General
Partner in accordance with the Code.
1.33 “GAAP” means United States generally accepted
accounting principles, as in effect from time to time.
1.34 “General Partner”
means Paladin Realty Income
Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and any successor as
general partner of the Partnership.
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1.35 “General Partner
Interest” means a
Partnership Interest held by the General Partner, in its capacity
as general partner. A General Partner Interest may be expressed as
a number of Partnership Units.
1.36 “Incapacity”
or
“Incapacitated” means:
(a) as to any individual Partner,
death, total physical disability or entry by a court of competent
jurisdiction adjudicating him incompetent to manage his person or
his estate;
(b) as to any corporation that is a
Partner, the filing of a certificate of dissolution, or its
equivalent, for the corporation or the revocation of its
charter;
(c) as to any partnership that is a
Partner, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the
partnership;
(d) as to any estate that is a
Partner, the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate’s
entire interest in the Partnership;
(e) as to any trustee of a trust
that is a Partner, the termination of the trust (but not the
substitution of a new trustee); or
(f) as to any Partner, the
bankruptcy of such Partner, which shall be deemed to have occurred
when:
(i) the Partner commences a
voluntary proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other
relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect;
(ii) the Partner is adjudged as
bankrupt or insolvent, or a final and nonappealable order for
relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or
hereafter in effect has been entered against the
Partner;
(iii) the Partner executes and
delivers a general assignment for the benefit of the
Partner’s creditors;
(iv) the Partner files an answer or
other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material
allegations of a petition filed against the Partner in any
proceeding of the nature described in clause (ii) above;
(v) the Partner seeks, consents to
or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or
liquidator for the Partner or for all or any substantial part of
the Partner’s assets;
(vi) any proceeding seeking
liquidation, reorganization or other relief of or against such
Partner under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now
or hereafter in effect has not been dismissed within one hundred
twenty (120) days after the commencement thereof;
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(vii) the appointment without the
Partner’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or
liquidator has not been vacated or stayed within ninety (90) days
of such appointment; or
(viii) an appointment referred to in
clause (vii) which has been stayed is not vacated within ninety
(90) days after the expiration of any such stay.
1.37 “Indemnitee”
means
(a) any Person made a party to a
proceeding by reason of its status as:
(i) the General Partner,
(ii) a Limited Partner,
(iii) the Advisor,
(iv) a director, trustee, manager,
member or officer of the Partnership, the General Partner or the
Advisor, or
(v) a director, trustee, manager,
member or officer of any other Entity, serving in such capacity at
the request of the Partnership, the General Partner or the Advisor,
acting on behalf of the Partnership or the General Partner,
or
(b) such other Persons (including
Affiliates of the General Partner) as the General Partner may
designate from time to time (whether before or after the event
giving rise to potential liability), in its sole and absolute
discretion.
1.38 “Independent
Appraiser” means an
appraiser of real estate with no material current or prior business
or personal relationship with the Advisor, the Partnership, the
General Partner or the directors of the General Partner, that, in
the determination of the General Partner, is qualified to appraise
real estate by virtue of being engaged to a substantial extent in
the business of rendering opinions regarding the value of assets of
the type held by the Partnership. 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.
1.39 “Initial Limited
Partner” means
Paladin Realty Advisors, LLC.
1.40 “Invested Capital”
means, with respect to the General
Partner, as of any relevant date, an amount equal to the excess of
(i) the aggregate amount of cash contributed or deemed contributed
by the General Partner to the Partnership from the gross proceeds
of the issuance by the General Partner of REIT Stock or other
equity Securities pursuant to Article IV hereof, over (ii) the sum
of (A) the cumulative distributions of Net Sales Proceeds made to
the General Partner pursuant to Section 5.1(c) as of such date, and
(B) the cumulative amounts paid to the General Partner in
redemption of its Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.6(g) as
of such date.
1.41 “IRS” shall mean the Internal Revenue Service of the
United States.
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1.42 “Lien” means any lien, security interest, mortgage,
deed of trust, charge, claim, encumbrance, pledge, option, right of
first offer or first refusal and any other right or interest of
others of any kind or nature, actual or contingent, or other
similar encumbrance of any nature whatsoever.
1.43 “Limited Partner”
means, prior to the admission of the
first Additional Limited Partner to the Partnership, the Initial
Limited Partner, and thereafter any Person named as a limited
partner of the Partnership in Exhibit A , as such Exhibit
may be amended from time to time, upon the execution and delivery
by such Person of an additional limited partner signature page,
including any Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited
Partner in each case, in such Person’s capacity as a limited
partner of the Partnership.
1.44 “Limited Partner
Interest” means a
Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership. A
Limited Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of
Partnership Units.
1.45 “Liquidating Event”
has the meaning set forth in Section
13.1 hereof.
1.46 “Liquidator”
has the meaning set forth in Section
13.2 hereof.
1.47 “Listing Event”
means the listing of the REIT Stock
on a national securities exchange or quotation of the REIT Stock on
the Nasdaq Stock Market.
1.48 “Listing Date”
means the date on which a Listing
Event occurs.
1.49 “Market Value”
means the market value of the REIT
Stock as of the date of a Listing Event, which shall be equal to
the product of (a) the number of shares of REIT Stock issued and
outstanding at the time of the Listing Event, multiplied by (b) the
average Listed Market Price (as defined below) of a share of REIT
Stock for the 30 trading days beginning on the 180
th
day after the Listing
Date. The “Listed Market Price” of a share of REIT
Stock for each such trading day shall be 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 on the national securities exchange on which the REIT
Stock is listed for trading, or, if the REIT Stock is not listed
for trading on a national securities exchange, as reported by the
Nasdaq Stock Market.
1.50 “Nasdaq Stock
Market” means the
National Market of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. Automated Quotation System.
1.51 “Net Capital Event
Proceeds” means,
with respect to any Partnership Asset (or portion thereof), the
proceeds, if any, with respect to a Capital Transaction related to
such Partnership Asset, net of (a) any costs and expenses incurred
in connection with such Capital Transaction, (b) any of such
proceeds which are used to repay indebtedness, (c) any insurance
proceeds applied to restoration, repair or rebuilding, and (d) any
proceeds of business interruption insurance, and after setting
aside appropriate reserves, as determined by the General Partner in
its sole and absolute discretion.
1.52 “Net Sales Proceeds”
means any Net Capital Event Proceeds
other than proceeds from any transaction or event described under
clause (b) of the definition herein of Capital Transaction;
provided, that the receipt by the Partnership of Capital
Contributions shall not constitute Net Sales Proceeds; and provided
further that the proceeds of a Terminating Capital Transaction
shall not constitute Net Sales Proceeds.
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1.53 “Nonrecourse
Deductions” has the
meaning set forth in Sections 1.704-2(b)(1) and 1.704-2(c) of the
Treasury Regulations.
1.54 “Nonrecourse
Liabilities” has
the meaning set forth in Section 1.704-2(b)(3) of the Treasury
Regulations.
1.55 “Notice of Redemption
Request” means a
notice of redemption request substantially in the form of
Exhibit B attached hereto.
1.56 “Outside Limited
Partners” means the
Limited Partners, excluding the Initial Limited Partner and any
Limited Partner that is an Affiliate of the General Partner or the
Initial Limited Partner.
1.57 “Partner”
means a General Partner or a Limited
Partner, and “Partners” means the General Partner and
the Limited Partners, collectively.
1.58 “Partner Minimum
Gain” means an
amount, with respect to each Partner’s Partner Nonrecourse
Debt, equal to the Partnership Minimum Gain that would result if
such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse
Liability, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(3).
1.59 “Partner Nonrecourse
Debt” has the
meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-2(b)(4).
1.60 “Partner Nonrecourse
Deductions” has
the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-2(i)(2), and the amount of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions
with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt for a Partnership
taxable year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of
Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).
1.61 “Partnership”
means Paladin Realty Income
Properties, L.P., and any successor thereto.
1.62 “Partnership Asset”
means the interest of the
Partnership in any Entity or security (whether in corporate
securities, equity, debt or hybrid securities, partnership or joint
venture interests, other contractual rights or otherwise), or any
other Real Estate Assets or other assets owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Partnership, as determined by the General
Partner.
1.63 “Partnership
Interest” means the
entire ownership interest of a Partner in the Partnership at any
particular time which represents a Capital Contribution by such
Partner and which includes the right of such Partner to any and all
benefits to which such Partner may be entitled as provided in this
Agreement, together with the obligations of such Partner to comply
with all terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Partnership
Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership
Units.
1.64 “Partnership Minimum
Gain” has the
meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2), and the
amount of Partnership Minimum Gain, as well as any net increase or
decrease in a Partnership Minimum Gain, for a Partnership taxable
year shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).
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1.65 “Partnership Record
Date” means the
record date established by the General Partner for the distribution
by the Partnership of Available Operating Cash, Net Capital Event
Proceeds or other Partnership Assets pursuant to Section 5.1
hereof, which record date shall be the same as the record date
established by the General Partner for a distribution to its
stockholders of some or all of its portion of such distribution by
the Partnership.
1.66 “Partnership Unit”
means a unit of Partnership Interest
with the rights, powers and duties set forth herein, designated as
such on Exhibit A and expressed in the number set forth on
Exhibit A , as such exhibit may be amended from time to
time.
1.67 “Percentage
Interest” means, as
to each Partner, the percentage determined by dividing the total
number of Partnership Units owned by such Partner by the aggregate
number of Partnership Units then issued and outstanding, as set
forth on Exhibit A , as such exhibit may be amended from
time to time.
1.68 “Permitted
Transferee” means
with respect to a Person, (a) any Affiliate of such Person, (b) the
spouse of such Person or any ancestor, descendent or sibling of
such Person or of the spouse of such Person, or (c) any trust for
the benefit of such Person or any other person described in clause
(b) of this Section 1.57.
1.69 “Person”
means any individual or Entity, and
the heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives,
successors and assigns of such individual or Entity where the
context so permits.
1.70 “Profits”
and “Losses”
means, for each Fiscal Year or other period for which allocations
to Partners are made, an amount equal to the Partnership’s
taxable income or loss for such period determined in accordance
with Federal income tax principles, with the following
adjustments:
(a) any income of the Partnership
that is exempt from Federal income tax and not otherwise taken into
account in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this provision
shall be added to such taxable income or loss;
(b) any expenditure of the
Partnership described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code or
treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i) of the Treasury Regulations, and not
otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses
pursuant to this provision, shall be subtracted from such taxable
income or loss;
(c) in the event the Carrying Value
of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to this Agreement,
the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain
or loss from the disposition of such asset for purposes of
computing Profits or Losses, and shall be allocated in accordance
with the provisions of Article 6;
(d) Book Gain or Book Loss from a
Capital Transaction shall be taken into account in lieu of any tax
gain or tax loss recognized by the Partnership by reason of such
Capital Transaction;
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(e) in lieu of the depreciation,
amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account
in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into
account Depreciation for such Fiscal Year or other period, computed
as provided in this Agreement;
(f) to the extent an adjustment to
the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Section
734(b) or Section 743(b) of the Code is required pursuant to Treas.
Reg. § 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) to be taken into account in
determining Capital Accounts as a result of a distribution other
than in liquidation of a Partner’s interest in the
Partnership, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an
item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the
Partnership asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases the basis
of the Partnership asset) from the disposition of the Partnership
asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing
Profits or Losses; and
(g) any items which are specially
allocated pursuant to Section 6.2 shall not be taken into account
in computing Profits or Losses.
If the Partnership’s taxable income or
loss for such Fiscal Year or other period, as adjusted in the
manner provided above, is a positive amount, such amount shall be
the Partnership’s Profits for such Fiscal Year or other
period; and if a negative amount, such amount shall be the
Partnership’s Losses for such Fiscal Year or other
period.
1.71 “Prohibited
Transferee” means
any Person who is a:
(a) person or entity who is a
“designated national,” “specially designated
national,” “specially designated terrorist,”
“specially designated global terrorist,” “foreign
terrorist organization,” or “blocked person”
within the definitions set forth in the Foreign Assets Control
Regulations of the United States Treasury Department, 31 C.F.R.,
Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended;
(b) person acting on behalf of, or
an entity owned or controlled by, any government against whom the
United States maintains economic sanctions or embargoes under the
Regulations of the United States Treasury Department, 31 C.F.R.,
Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended, including, but not limited to,
the “Government of Sudan,” the “Government of
Iran,” the “Government of Libya,” and the
“Government of Iraq;” or
(c) person or entity subject to
additional restrictions imposed by the following statutes or
Regulations and Executive Orders issued thereunder: the Trading
with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. app. §§1 et. seq., the Iraq
Sanctions Act, Pub. L. 101-513, Title V, §§ 586 to 586J,
104 Stat. 2047, the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C.
§§ 1601 et. seq., the Antiterrorism and Effective Death
Penalty Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214-1319, the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§
1701 et seq., the United Nations Participation Act, 22 U.S.C.
§ 287c, the International Security and Development Cooperation
Act, 22 U.S.C. § 2349aa-9, the Nuclear Proliferation
Prevention Act of 1994, Pub. L. 103-236, 108 Stat. 507, the Foreign
Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 1901 et.
seq., the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-172,
110 Stat. 1541, the Cuban Democracy Act, 22 U.S.C. §§
6001 et seq., the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, 22
U.S.C. §§ 6021-91, and the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, Pub. L.
104-208, 110 Stat. 3009-172, or any other law of similar import as
to any non-U.S. country, as each such Act or law has been or may be
amended, adjusted, modified, or reviewed from time to
time.
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1.72 “Real Estate Assets”
means unimproved and improved real
property, real estate-related assets and any direct or indirect
interest therein (including, without limitation, fee or leasehold
interests, options, leases, partnership and joint venture
interests, equity and debt securities of entities that own real
estate, first or second mortgages on real property, mezzanine loans
secured by junior liens on real property, preferred equity
interests secured by a property owner’s interest in real
property and other contractual rights in real estate).
1.73 “Redeeming Partner”
has the meaning set forth in Section
8.6.
1.74 “Redemption Amount”
means either the Cash Amount or the
REIT Stock Amount, as determined by the General Partner in its sole
and absolute discretion.
1.75 “Redemption Right”
has the meaning set forth in Section
8.6.
1.76 “Registration
Statement” means
the Registration Statement on Form S-11 to be filed by the General
Partner with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any
amendments thereto made at any time.
1.77 “REIT” means a “real estate investment
trust” as defined under Section 856 of the Code.
1.78 “REIT Notice”
has the meaning set forth in Section
8.6(g).
1.79 “REIT Requirements”
has the meaning set forth in Section
5.2.
1.80 “REIT Stock”
means the Common Stock and all other
shares of capital stock of the General Partner.
1.81 “REIT Stock Amount”
means a number of shares of REIT
Stock equal to the number of Partnership Units offered by
redemption by a Redeeming Partner; provided that in the event that
the General Partner issues to all holders of REIT Stock rights,
options, warrants, or convertible or exchangeable securities
entitling stockholders of the General Partner to acquire REIT
Stock, or any other securities or property (collectively, the
“rights”), then the REIT Stock Amount shall also
include such rights that a holder of that number of shares of REIT
Stock would be entitled to receive.
1.82 “Securities Act”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
1.83 “Specified Redemption
Date” means the
tenth (10 th ) Business Day after receipt by the
General Partner of a Notice of Redemption Request (or, in the case
of the General Partner exercising the Redemption Right, after the
date of the General Partner’s receipt of a REIT
Notice).
1.84 “Stock Option Plans”
means, collectively, any and all
plans adopted from time to time by the General Partner pursuant to
which REIT Stock is issued, or options to acquire REIT Stock are
granted, to employees or directors of the General Partner,
employees of the Partnership or employees of their respective
Affiliates in consideration for services or future
services.
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1.85 “Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person,
any Entity of which a majority of the voting power or the voting
equity securities, and/or the outstanding equity interests (whether
or not voting), is owned, directly or indirectly, by such
Person.
1.86 “Substituted Limited
Partner” means a
Person who is admitted as a Limited Partner to the Partnership
pursuant to Section 11.4 hereof.
1.87 “Terminating Capital
Transaction” means
any sale or other disposition (other than a deemed disposition
pursuant to Code Section 708(b)(1)(B) and the Treasury Regulations
thereunder) of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Partnership or a related series of transactions that, taken
together, result in the sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Partnership.
1.88 “Termination Event”
means any termination of the Advisor
as advisor to the Partnership and the General Partner under the
terms of the Advisory Agreement, other than any termination for
“Cause” (as defined in the Advisory Agreement) and
other than any termination of the Advisory Agreement due to the
occurrence of a Listing Event.
1.89 “Transfer”
means to give, sell, assign, pledge,
hypothecate, devise, bequeath, or otherwise dispose of, transfer,
or permit to be transferred, during life or at death. The word
“Transfer,” when used as a noun, shall mean any
Transfer transaction.
1.90 “Treasury
Regulations” means
the Federal income tax regulations, including any temporary or
proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code, as such Treasury
Regulations may be amended from time to time (it being understood
that all references herein to specific sections of the Treasury
Regulations shall be deemed also to refer to any corresponding
provisions of succeeding Treasury Regulations).
1.91 “Unrecovered Contribution
Account” means,
with respect to the General Partner, as of any relevant date, the
excess of (i) the aggregate amount of cash contributed or deemed
contributed by the General Partner to the Partnership pursuant to
the provisions of Article IV as of such date, over (ii) the sum of
(A) the cumulative distributions of Available Cash and Net Capital
Event Proceeds made to the General Partner prior to such relevant
date pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, and (B) the cumulative amounts
paid to the General Partner in redemption of its Partnership Units
pursuant to Section 8.6(g) as of such date. All amounts distributed
and paid to the General Partner pursuant to Sections 5.1 and 8.6(g)
shall first be applied to reduce the Unrecovered Contribution
Account of the General Partner until the balance of such
Unrecovered Contribution Account equals zero ($0), and then shall
be applied to reduce the 8% Return Account of the General
Partner.
1.92 “Valuation Date”
means the date of receipt by the
General Partner of a Notice of Redemption Request (or, in the case
of the General Partner exercising the Redemption Right, the date of
the General Partner’s receipt of a REIT Notice) or, if such
date is not a Business Day, the first Business Day
thereafter.
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1.93 “Value” means, with respect to a share of REIT Stock,
(a) if REIT Stock is traded on a national securities exchange,
reported through the Nasdaq Stock Market or otherwise traded
over-the-counter, the average of the daily Market Price (as defined
below) for shares of REIT Stock for the ten (10) consecutive
trading days immediately preceding the Valuation Date, or (b) if
REIT Stock is not traded in a manner described in clause (a), the
value of a share of REIT Stock as determined by the General Partner
acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other
information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment,
appropriate. The “Market Price” for each such trading
day shall be (i) the last reported sale price on such day or, if no
sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and
asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation
source designated by the General Partner; or (ii) if no such last
reported sale price or closing bid and asked prices are available,
the average of the reported high bid and low asked prices on such
day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the
General Partner, or (iii) 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 (10) days
prior to the date in question) for which prices have been so
reported. In the event the REIT Stock Amount includes rights that a
holder of REIT Stock would be entitled to receive, then the Value
of such rights shall be determined by the General Partner acting in
good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information as
it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate.
ARTICLE 2
ORGANIZATIONAL
MATTERS
The Partnership is a limited
partnership organized pursuant to the provision of the Act and upon
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Except as
expressly provided herein to the contrary, the rights and
obligations of the Partners and the administration and termination
of the Partnership shall be governed by the Act.
The name of the Partnership is
Paladin Realty Income Properties, L.P. The Partnership’s
business may be conducted under such name or under any other name
or names deemed advisable by the General Partner, including the
name of the General Partner or any Affiliate thereof. The words
“Limited Partnership,” “L.P.,”
“Ltd.” or similar words or letters shall be included in
the Partnership’s name where necessary for the purposes of
complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The
General Partner, acting in its sole and absolute discretion without
the Consent of any Limited Partner, may change the name of the
Partnership. The General Partner shall notify the Limited Partners
of any such name change in the next regular communication to the
Limited Partners. Upon termination of the Partnership or the
termination, resignation or withdrawal of the Initial Limited
Partner as the Advisor, all of the Partnership’s right, title
and interest in and to the use of the name “Paladin Realty
Income Properties, L.P.” and any variation thereof, shall
become the property of the Initial Limited Partner, and if
requested to do so by the Initial Limited Partner, the Partnership
shall change the name of the Partnership to exclude the term
“Paladin.” Neither the Partnership nor any Limited
Partner shall have any right or interest in and to the use of any
such name or mark.
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2.3
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Registered
Office and Agent
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The address of the registered office
of the Partnership in the State of Delaware shall be c/o
Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400,
Wilmington, DE 19808, or such other place as may be designated from
time to time by the General Partner. The name of the registered
agent for service of process on the Partnership in the State of
Delaware at such address shall be Corporation Service Company, 2711
Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, DE 19808, or such other
Person as may be designated from time to time by the General
Partner.
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2.4
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Principal
Place of Business
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The Partnership may maintain offices
at such other place or places within or outside the State of
Delaware as the General Partner deems advisable. The principal
office of the Partnership shall be 10990 Wilshire Blvd., Los
Angeles, California 90024, or such other place as the General
Partner may from time to time designate by notice to the Limited
Partners.
The term of the Partnership shall
commence on the date hereof and shall continue until
, 2104, unless the Partnership is dissolved sooner pursuant to the
provisions of Article 13 or as otherwise provided by
law.
(a) Each Limited Partner and each
Assignee who accepts Partnership Units (or any other Partnership
Interest or any rights, benefits or privileges associated
therewith) is deemed to irrevocably constitute and appoint the
General Partner, any Liquidator and authorized officers and
attorneys-in-fact of each, and each such Person acting singly, in
each case with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful
agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its
name, place and stead to:
(i) execute, swear to, acknowledge,
deliver, file and record in the appropriate public
offices:
(A) all certificates, documents and
other instruments (including, without limitation, this Agreement
and the Certificate and all amendments or restatements thereof)
that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or
necessary to form, qualify or continue the existence or
qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a
partnership in which the Limited Partners have limited liability)
in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which
the Partnership may or plans to conduct business or own property,
including, without limitation, any documents necessary or advisable
to convey any Contributed Property to the Partnership;
(B) all instruments that the General
Partner or any Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect
any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this
Agreement in accordance with its terms;
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(C) all conveyances and other
instruments or documents that the General Partner or any Liquidator
deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and
liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, including, without limitation, a certificate of
cancellation;
(D) all instruments relating to the
admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner
pursuant to, or other events described in, Article 11, 12 or 13
hereof or any Capital Contribution of any Partner;
(E) all certificates, documents and
other instruments relating to the determination of the rights,
preferences and privileges of Partnership Interests;
(F) all amendments to this Agreement
as provided in Article 14 hereof; and
(G) all other instruments that may
be required by law to be filed on behalf of or relating to the
Partnership and that are not inconsistent with this Agreement;
and
(ii) execute, swear to, seal,
acknowledge and file all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers,
certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the
sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or any
Liquidator, to make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote,
consent, approval, agreement or other action which is made or given
by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this
Agreement or appropriate or necessary, in the sole discretion of
the General Partner or any Liquidator, to effectuate the terms or
intent of this Agreement.
Nothing contained herein shall be
construed as authorizing the General Partner or any Liquidator to
amend this Agreement except in accordance with Article 14 hereof or
as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this
Agreement.
(b) The foregoing power of attorney
is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an
interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the Partners will
be relying upon the power of the General Partner and any Liquidator
to act as contemplated by this Agreement in any filing or other
action by it on behalf of the Partnership, and it shall survive and
not be affected by the subsequent Incapacity of any Limited Partner
or Assignee and/or the Transfer of all or any portion of such
Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s Partnership Units and
shall extend to such Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s
heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives.
(c) Each such Limited Partner or
Assignee hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by
the General Partner or any Liquidator, acting in good faith
pursuant to such power of attorney, and each such Limited Partner
or Assignee hereby waives any and all defenses which may be
available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the General
Partner or any Liquidator, taken in good faith under such power of
attorney.
(d) Each Limited Partner or Assignee
shall execute and deliver to the General Partner or the Liquidator,
within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the General
Partner’s or Liquidator’s request therefor, such
further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as
the General Partner or the Liquidator, as the case may be, deems
necessary to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the
Partnership.
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(e) Any Person dealing with the
Partnership may conclusively presume and rely upon the fact that
any instrument referred to in this Section 2.6, executed by the
General Partner or the Liquidator acting as attorney-in-fact, is
authorized by and binding on the Partnership, without further
inquiry.
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2.7
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Effectiveness of this Agreement
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This Agreement shall govern the
operations of the Partnership and the rights and restrictions
applicable to the Partners, to the extent permitted by law.
Pursuant to Section 17-101(12) of the Act, all Persons who become
holders of Partnership Interests shall be bound by the provisions
of this Agreement. The execution by a Person of this Agreement and
acceptance thereof by the General Partner in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement or the receipt of Partnership Interests by
a Person as a successor or assign of an existing Partner and the
consent of the General Partner to the admission of such Person as a
Substituted Limited Partner in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a request that the records
of the Partnership reflect such admission, and shall be deemed to
be a sufficient act to comply with the requirements of Section
17-101(12) of the Act and to so cause that Person to become a
Partner as of the date of acceptance of its Capital Contribution by
the Partnership and to bind that Person to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement (and to entitle that Person to the rights of a
Partner hereunder).
ARTICLE 3
PURPOSE AND POWERS
The purpose and nature of the
business to be conducted by the Partnership is to conduct any
business that may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership
organized pursuant to the Act including, without limitation, to
engage in the following activities:
(a) to acquire, hold, own, develop,
construct, improve, maintain, operate, sell, lease, transfer,
encumber, convey, exchange and otherwise dispose of or deal with
Real Estate Assets;
(b) to acquire, hold, own, develop,
construct, maintain, operate, sell, lease, transfer, encumber,
convey, exchange and otherwise dispose of or deal with other real
and personal property of all kinds;
(c) acquire own, hold for investment
and ultimately dispose of general and limited partner interests,
and stock, warrants, options or other equity and debt interests in
Entities, and exercise all rights and powers granted to the owner
of any such interests;
(d) make any type of investment and
engage in any other lawful act or activity for which limited
partnerships may be formed under the Act, and by such statement all
lawful acts and activities shall be within the purposes of the
Partnership;
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(e) to undertake such other
activities as may be necessary, advisable, desirable or convenient
to the business of the Partnership; and
(f) to engage in such other
ancillary activities as shall be necessary or desirable to
effectuate the foregoing purposes;
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 be classified as a REIT, unless the General
Partner determines not to qualify as a REIT or ceases to qualify as
a REIT for reasons other than the conduct of the business of the
Partnership.
(a) The Partnership is empowered to
do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate, proper,
advisable, incidental to or convenient for the furtherance and
accomplishment of the purposes and business described in Section
3.1 and for the protection and benefit of the Partnership
including, without limitation, full power and authority to enter
into, perform, and carry out contracts of any kind, to borrow money
and to issue evidences of indebtedness, whether or not secured by
mortgage, trust deed, pledge or other Lien, and, directly or
indirectly, to acquire, hold, own, develop, construct, improve,
maintain and operate Real Estate Assets, and to sell, lease,
transfer, encumber, convey, exchange and otherwise dispose of Real
Estate Assets.
(b) The General Partner also is
empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate
or advisable to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified
as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning
of Section 7704 of the Code, including, but not limited to,
imposing restrictions on Transfers of Partnership Units.
ARTICLE 4
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS;
PARTNERSHIP UNITS;
ADDITIONAL FUNDS
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4.1
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Capital
Contributions of the Partners
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(a) Initial Capital
Contributions . The General Partner and the Initial Limited
Partner have made or shall make on the Effective Date, the Capital
Contributions as set forth on Exhibit A to this Agreement in
exchange for the number of Partnership Units set forth opposite
their names on Exhibit A . At such time as Additional
Limited Partners are admitted to the Partnership, each such
Additional Limited Partner shall make Capital Contributions in the
amount set forth opposite such Limited Partner’s name on
Exhibit A , as it shall be amended at the time of such
contribution.
(b) Deemed Capital
Contributions . To the extent the Partnership acquires any
property by the merger of any other Person into the Partnership or
the contribution of assets by any other Person to the Partnership,
Persons who receive Partnership Interests in exchange for their
interests in the Person merging into or contributing assets to the
Partnership shall become Partners and shall be deemed to have made
Capital Contributions as provided in the applicable merger
agreement or contribution agreement and as set forth in Exhibit
A , as it shall be amended to reflect such deemed Capital
Contributions.
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(c) Partnership Units . Each
Partner shall own Partnership Units in the amounts set forth for
such Partner in Exhibit A and shall have a Percentage
Interest in the Partnership as set forth in Exhibit A ,
which Percentage Interest shall be adjusted in Exhibit A
from time to time by the General Partner to the extent necessary to
reflect accurately redemptions, additional Capital Contributions,
the issuance of additional Partnership Units or similar events
having an effect on the number of Partnership Units held by, and
the Percentage Interest of, any Partner. Each Partnership Unit
shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote on all matters on
which the Partners (or any portion of the Partners) are entitled to
vote under this Agreement.
(d) No Additional Capital
Contributions . Except as provided in Sections 4.3(a) and 10.5,
the Partners shall have no obligation to make any additional
Capital Contributions or provide any additional funding to the
Partnership (whether in the form of loans or otherwise) and no
Partner shall have any obligation to restore any deficit that may
exist in its Capital Account, either upon a liquidation of the
Partnership or otherwise.
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4.2
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Issuance of
Additional Partnership Interests
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(a) The General Partner is
authorized to cause the Partnership to issue additional Partnership
Interests (or options or warrants to acquire Partnership Interests)
in the form of Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests in
one or more series or classes to any Persons at any time or from
time to time, on such terms and conditions as the General Partner
shall establish in each case in its sole and absolute discretion
subject to Delaware law, including, without limitation, (i) the
allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction
and credit to each class or series of Partnership Interests, (ii)
the right of each class or series of Partnership Interests to share
in Partnership distributions, and (iii) the rights of each class or
series of Partnership Interest upon dissolution and liquidation of
the Partnership; provided, that, no such Partnership Interests
shall be issued to the General Partner unless either (A) the
Partnership Interests are issued pursuant to Section 4.3, or (B)
the additional Partnership Interests are issued to all Partners
holding Partnership Interests in the same class in proportion to
their respective Percentage Interests in such class.
(b) Subject to the limitations set
forth in Sections 4.2(a) and 4.3(a), the General Partner may take
such steps as it, in its sole and absolute discretion, deems
necessary or appropriate to admit any Person as a Limited Partner
of the Partnership in accordance with Section 12.2 or to issue any
Partnership Interests, including, without limitation, amending the
Certificate, Exhibit A or any other provision of this
Agreement.
(c) Without limiting the foregoing,
the General Partner is expressly authorized to cause the
Partnership to issue Partnership Interests (or options to acquire
Partnership Interests) for less than fair market value, so long as
the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is
in the interest of the Partnership and the Partners (for example,
and not by way of limitation, the issuance of Partnership Units in
connection with a Stock Option Plan providing for employee
purchases of REIT Stock and corresponding Partnership Units at a
discount from
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fair market value or employee options that have
an exercise price that is less than the fair market value of the
REIT Stock and corresponding Partnership Units covered by the
option, either at the time of issuance or at the time of
exercise).
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4.3
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Issuance of
Securities by the General Partner
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(a) General . The General
Partner shall not issue any debt securities, preferred stock,
Common Stock, any other class of REIT Stock or rights, options,
warrants or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for
preferred stock, Common Stock or any other class of REIT Stock
(collectively, “ Securities ”), other than (1)
as payment of the REIT Stock Amount in connection with a redemption
of Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.6, (2) upon the
conversion, exchange or exercise of other outstanding securities of
the General Partner in accordance with the terms of such
securities, or (3) to all holders of REIT Stock on a pro rata
basis, unless the General Partner shall:
(i) in the case of REIT Stock or
other equity Securities other than Securities described in clause
(ii) below, (A) contribute to the Partnership the proceeds of or
consideration (including any property or other non-cash assets)
received upon the issuance of such Securities, and (B) receive from
the Partnership in consideration for such contributions Partnership
Interests with the same terms and conditions, including dividend,
dividend priority and liquidation preference, as are applicable to
such Securities (including, for purposes of clarification,
Partnership Units in the case of any issuance of Common Stock by
the General Partner);
(ii) in the case of options,
warrants or other rights to purchase REIT Stock, or other equity
securities convertible into or exchangeable for REIT Stock, (A)
contribute to the Partnership the proceeds of or consideration
(including any property or other non-cash assets) received upon the
issuance of such equity Securities, and (B) receive from the
Partnership in consideration for such contributions a number of
options, warrants or other rights to purchase Partnership Interests
equal to the number of such Securities issued by the General
Partner, with equivalent rights, preferences and limitations to the
terms of such equity Securities; and
(iii) in the case of debt
securities, lend to the Partnership the proceeds of or
consideration received for such Securities on the same terms and
conditions, including interest rate and repayment schedule, as
shall be applicable with respect to or incurred in connection with
the issuance of such Securities and the proceeds of, or
consideration received from, any subsequent exercise, exchange or
conversion thereof (if applicable).
(b) Splits . The Partnership
shall (i) make a distribution in Partnership Units, (ii) subdivide
its outstanding Partnership Units, or (iii) combine its outstanding
Partnership Units into a smaller number of Partnership Units, in
the event the General Partner takes an analogous action with
respect to the Common Stock. The intent of the previous sentence is
that one Partnership Unit remains the economic equivalent of one
share of Common Stock without dilution. If the General Partner
determines that it is necessary or desirable to make any filings
under the Act or otherwise in order to reference the existence of
such action, the General Partner may cause such filings to be made,
which filings might take the form of amendments to the
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Certificate; provided, however, that, unless
specifically required by this Agreement or the Act after giving
effect to the terms of this Agreement, no approval or consent of
any Partners shall be required in connection with the making of any
such filing.
(c) Treatment of Proceeds .
If the proceeds actually received by the General Partner in
connection with an issuance of Securities by the General Partner
are less than the gross proceeds of such offering, grant, award or
issuance as a result of any underwriter’s discounts,
commissions or other fees or expenses paid or incurred in
connection with such offering, grant, award or issuance, then the
General Partner shall be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution
to the Partnership in the amount of the gross proceeds of such
offering, grant, award or issuance and the Partnership shall be
deemed simultaneously to have paid pursuant to Section 7.3(c) for
the amount of such expenses.
(a) The sums of money required to
finance the business and affairs of the Partnership shall be
derived from the initial Capital Contributions made to the
Partnership by the Partners as set forth in Section 4.1 and from
funds generated from the operation and business of the
Partnership.
(b) In the event additional
financing is needed from sources other than as set forth in Section
4.4(a) for any reason, the General Partner may, in its sole and
absolute discretion, in such amounts and at such times as it solely
shall determine to be necessary or appropriate:
(i) cause the Partnership to issue
additional Partnership Interests and admit additional Limited
Partners to the Partnership in accordance with Section
4.2;
(ii) make additional Capital
Contributions to the Partnership (subject to the provisions of
Section 4.3(a));
(iii) cause the Partnership to
borrow money, enter into loan arrangements, issue debt securities,
obtain letters of credit or otherwise borrow money on a secured or
unsecured basis;
(iv) make a loan or loans to the
Partnership (subject to Section 4.3(a)); or
(v) cause the Partnership to sell
any assets or properties directly or indirectly owned by the
Partnership.
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4.5
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No
Third-Party Beneficiary
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No creditor or other third party
having dealings with the Partnership shall have the right to
enforce the right or obligations 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.
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No Partner shall be entitled to
interest on any Capital Contribution or on such Partner’s
Capital Account.
Subject to any preemptive rights
that may be granted in connection with the issuance of Partnership
Interests under Section 4.3(a), no Person shall have any preemptive
or other similar right with respect to any:
(a) additional Capital Contributions
or loans to the Partnership; or
(b) issuance or sale of any
Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests.
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4.8
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Capital
Accounts; Adjustments to Carrying Values
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(a) Capital Accounts . The
Partnership shall establish and maintain throughout the life of the
Partnership for each Partner a separate “Capital
Account” in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b). Such Capital Account shall be increased by (i) the
amount of all Capital Contributions made by such Partner to the
Partnership pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) all Profits and
other items of income and gain allocated to such Partner pursuant
to Section 6.2, and decreased by (1) the amount of cash or Agreed
Value of all actual and deemed distributions of cash or property
made to such Partner pursuant to this Agreement and (2) all Losses
and other items of loss and deduction allocated to such Partner
pursuant to Section 6.2 of this Agreement. Any other Partnership
item which is required or authorized under Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b) to be reflected in Capital Accounts shall be so
reflected.
(b) Adjustments to Carrying
Values . Consistent with the provisions of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), and as provided in this Section
4.8(b), the Carrying Values of all Partnership Assets shall be
adjusted upward or downward to reflect any Book Gains or Book
Losses attributable to such Partnership Asset, as of the times of
the adjustments provided in this Section 4.8(b), as if such Book
Gain or Book Loss had been recognized on an actual sale of each
such Partnership Asset and allocated pursuant to Section 6.1. Such
adjustments shall be made as of the following times: (i) as of the
end of the calendar quarter immediately prior to the acquisition of
an additional interest in the Partnership by any new or existing
Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital
Contribution; (ii) as of the end of the calendar quarter
immediately prior to the distribution by the Partnership to a
Partner of more than a de minimis amount of property as
consideration for an interest in the Partnership; (iii) upon the
occurrence of a Listing Event or a Termination Event if the Advisor
is entitled to a distribution under Section 5.1(d) or 5.1(e) as a
result of such event, and (iv) at such other times as the General
Partner may determine so long as such adjustment is made under
generally accepted industry accounting practices within the meaning
of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)(5). In
accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e),
the Carrying Values of Partnership assets distributed in kind shall
be adjusted upward or downward to reflect any Book Gain or Book
Loss attributable to such Partnership Asset, as of the time any
such asset is distributed. If the Carrying Values of the
Partnership Assets are adjusted as a result of a Listing Event, the
total Carrying Value of all Partnership
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Assets shall be deemed to equal the Market Value
plus the total amount of liabilities of the Partnership as of the
date of the Listing Event. If the Carrying Values of the
Partnership Assets are adjusted as a result of a Termination Event,
the total Carrying Value of all Partnership Assets shall be deemed
to equal the Appraised Value as of the Termination Date.
ARTICLE 5
DISTRIBUTIONS
5.1 Distributions
(a) General . Subject to the
provisions of Sections 5.3, 5.4, 8.6(b), 11.6(d) and 13.2, the
General Partner shall cause the Partnership to distribute to the
Partners as of the applicable Partnership Record Date, at such
times as the General Partner shall determine, amounts of Available
Operating Cash, Net Sales Proceeds and Net Capital Event Proceeds
in the manner set forth in this Section 5.1.
(b) Available Operating Cash
. Available Operating Cash shall be distributed to the Partners as
determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests
as of the applicable Partnership Record Date.
(c) Net Sales Proceeds and Net
Capital Event Proceeds . Net Sales Proceeds shall be
distributed to the Partners as determined by the General Partner in
its sole and absolute discretion in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests as of the applicable Partnership
Record Date until the Unrecovered Contribution Account and 8%
Return Account of the General Partner has been reduced to zero
($0). Thereafter, 10% of any Net Sales Proceeds shall be
distributed to the Advisor (such distributions, the “Advisor
Participation in Sales Proceeds”), and 90% of such Net Sales
Proceeds shall be distributed to the Partners as determined by the
General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion in accordance
with their respective Percentage Interests as of the applicable
Partnership Record Date. Any Net Capital Event Proceeds in excess
of Net Sales Proceeds shall be distributed to the Partners as
determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests
as of the applicable Partnership Record Date.
(d) Distribution to Advisor Upon
Listing . Upon a Listing Event, the Advisor shall no longer be
entitled to any distributions of the Advisor Participation in Sales
Proceeds under Section 5.1(c). If the Advisor has not been
terminated under the Advisory Agreement as of the Listing Date, the
Advisor shall receive a distribution, which shall be paid within
five (5) Business Days of the determination of the Market Value, in
an amount equal to 10% of the amount, if any, by which (i) the
Market Value plus the cumulative distributions made to the General
Partner from the inception of the Partnership through the Listing
Date exceeds (ii) the sum of (A) the Invested Capital of the
General Partner as of the Listing Date, and (B) the 8% Return that
has accrued with respect to the Invested Capital of the General
Partner from the inception of the Partnership through the Listing
Date.
(e) Distribution to Advisor Upon
Termination . Upon a Termination Event, the Advisor shall no
longer be entitled to any distributions of the Advisor
Participation in Sales Proceeds under Section 5.1(c). If a Listing
Event has not occurred as of the date of a
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Termination Event, and the Advisor was not
terminated for Cause (as defined in the Advisory Agreement), then
the Advisor shall receive a distribution, which shall be paid
within five (5) Business Days of the date of such Termination
Event, in an amount equal to 10% of the amount, if any