Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Supertel Limited Partnership
Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT
OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
OF
HUMPHREY HOSPITALITY LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
The undersigned hereby certifies
that the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Humphrey Hospitality Limited Partnership, dated as
of June 30, 2000 (the “Partnership Agreement”), is
hereby further amended, effective May 26, 2005, by written
consent of the General Partner, so that the first sentence of
Section 2.02 of the Partnership Agreement is revised in its
entirety to read as follows:
“The name of the Partnership
shall be Supertel Limited Partnership.”
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has set his hand effective this 26 th day of May, 2005.
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GENERAL
PARTNER:
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HUMPHREY
HOSPITALITY REIT TRUST
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By:
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Paul J.
Schulte
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Its:
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President
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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT
OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
HUMPHREY HOSPITALITY LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF HUMPHREY HOSPITALITY LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into
as of June 30, 2000, by and among Humphrey Hospitality REIT
Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, as General Partner
(the “General Partner”), and James I. Humphrey, Jr.,
Humphrey Associates, Inc., a Maryland corporation, Humphrey
Development, Inc., a Maryland corporation, Bethany H. Hooper, Randy
P. Smith and Timothy P. Barila, as Majority Limited Partners (the
“Limited Partners”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Humphrey Hospitality
Limited Partnership (the “Partnership”) was formed as a
limited partnership under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia
upon the filing of its Certificate of Limited Partnership with the
Virginia State Corporation Commission on August 29, 1994, and
is governed by a Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, dated September 2, 1997, as amended by a First
Amendment dated June 1, 1998, a Second Amendment dated
August 18, 1998, a Third Amendment dated December 31,
1998, a Fourth Amendment dated October 20, 1999, and a Fifth
Amendment dated October 26, 1999 to make certain clarifying
changes and to reflect certain changes in ownership (collectively,
the “Partnership Agreement”).
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing, of the mutual promises contained herein and in the
Partnership Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
The following defined terms used in
this Agreement shall have the meanings specified below:
“Act” means the Virginia
Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as it may be amended from
time to time.
“Additional Limited
Partner” means a Person admitted to this Partnership as a
Limited Partner pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof.
“Administrative
Expenses” means (i) all administrative and operating
costs and expenses incurred by the Partnership, (ii) those
administrative costs and expenses of the General Partner and HHTI,
including any salaries or other payments to directors, officers
and/or employees of the General Partner and HHTI and any accounting
and legal expenses of the General Partner and HHTI, which expenses,
the Partners have agreed, are expenses of the Partnership and not
the General Partner and HHTI, and (iii) to the extent not
included in clause (ii) above, REIT Expenses; provided,
however, that Administrative Expenses shall not include
(A) any administrative costs and expenses incurred by the
General Partner and HHTI that are attributable to Properties, or
ownership interests in entities that own Properties, that are owned
by the General Partner or HHTI directly, including but not limited
to HHTI’s ownership interests in Solomons Beacon Inn Limited
Partnership and E&P Financing Limited Partnership or
(B) interest expenses attributable to any loans incurred by
HHTI, the proceeds of which are distributed to its shareholders or
other equity holders pursuant to Section 4.03
hereof.
“Affiliate” means,
(i) any Person that, directly or indirectly, controls or is
controlled by or is under common control with such Person,
(ii) any other Person that owns, beneficially, directly or
indirectly, 5% or more of the outstanding capital stock, shares or
equity interests of such Person, or (iii) any officer,
director, employee, partner or trustee of such Person or any Person
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person
(excluding trustees and persons serving in similar capacities who
are not otherwise an Affiliate of such Person). For the purposes of
this definition, “control” (including the correlative
meanings of the terms “controlled by” and “under
common control with”), as used with respect to any Person,
shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
such Person, through the ownership of voting securities,
partnership interests or other equity interests.
“Agreed Value” means the
fair market value of a Partner’s non-cash Capital
Contribution as of the date hereof as agreed to by the Partners.
For purposes of this Partnership Agreement, the Agreed Value of a
Partner’s non-cash Capital Contribution shall be equal to the
number of Partnership Units received by such Partner in exchange
for a Property or an interest therein or in connection with the
merger of a partnership of which such person is a partner with and
into the Partnership, or for any other non-cash asset so
contributed, multiplied by the Public Offering Price or, if the
contribution is made after the date hereof, the “Market
Price” calculated in accordance with the second and third
sentences of the definition of “Cash Amount”, or any
agreed upon value as set forth in Exhibit A. The names and
addresses of the Partners, number of Partnership Units issued to
each Partner, and the Agreed Value of non-cash Capital
Contributions is set forth on Exhibit A.
“Agreement” means this
Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership.
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“Articles of
Incorporation” means the Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation of HHTI filed with the Secretary of Virginia State
Corporation Commission, as amended or restated from time to
time.
“Capital Account” has
the meaning provided in Section 4.04 hereof.
“Capital Contribution”
means the total amount of capital initially contributed or agreed
to be contributed, as the context requires, to the Partnership by
each Partner pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. Any reference
to the Capital Contribution of a Partner shall include the Capital
Contribution made by a predecessor holder of the Partnership
Interest of such Partner. The paid-in Capital Contribution shall
mean the cash amount or the Agreed Value of other assets actually
contributed by each Partner to the capital of the
Partnership.
“Capital Transaction”
means the refinancing, sale, exchange, condemnation, recovery of a
damage award or insurance proceeds (other than business or rental
interruption insurance proceeds not reinvested in the repair or
reconstruction of Properties), or other disposition of any of
Property (or the Partnership’s interest therein).
“Cash Amount” means an
amount of cash per Partnership Unit equal to the value of the REIT
Shares Amount on the date of receipt by HHTI of a Notice of
Redemption. Except as set forth in any agreement between the
Partnership and a Partner dealing with the redemption of
Partnership Units, the value of the REIT Shares Amount shall be
based on the average of the daily market price of REIT Shares for
the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of
such valuation. The market price for each such trading day shall
be: (i) if the REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading
on any securities exchange or the NASDAQ-National Market System,
the sale price, regular way, on such day, or if no such sale takes
place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices,
regular way, on such day, (ii) if the REIT Shares are not
listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange or the
NASDAQ-National Market System, 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 HHTI and by a majority in interest
of the Limited Partners; or (iii) if the REIT Shares are not
listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange or the
NASDAQ-National Market System and no such last reported sale price
or closing bid and asked prices are available, the average of the
reported high bid and low asked prices on such day, as reported by
a reliable quotation source designated by HHTI and by a majority in
interest of the Limited Partners, or if there shall be no bid and
asked prices on such day, the average of the high bid and low asked
prices, as so reported, on the most recent day (not more than 10
days prior to the date in question) for which prices have been so
reported; provided that if there are no bid and asked prices
reported during the ten days prior to the date in question, the
value of the REIT Shares shall be determined by an appraiser
mutually agreed upon by the General Partner and a majority in
interest of the Limited Partners (excluding the General Partner).
In the event that the parties are unable to agree upon an
appraiser, the General Partner and a majority in interest of the
Limited Partners (excluding the General Partner) each shall select
an appraiser. Each such appraiser shall complete an appraisal of
the fair market value of the REIT Shares within 20 days of the
first attempt at evaluating the REIT Shares, and the fair market
value of the REIT Shares
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shall be the average of the two appraisals;
provided, however, that if the higher appraisal exceeds the lower
appraisal by more than 20% of the lower appraisal, the two
appraisers shall select a third appraiser who shall complete an
appraisal of the fair market value of the REIT Shares no later than
30 days after the first attempt at evaluating the REIT Shares. In
such case, the fair market value of the REIT Shares shall be the
average of the two appraisals closest in value.
“Certificate” means any
instrument or document that is required under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia, or any other jurisdiction in which the
Partnership conducts business, to be signed and sworn to by the
Partners of the Partnership (either by themselves or pursuant to
the power-of-attorney granted to the General Partner in
Section 8.02 hereof) and filed for recording in the
appropriate public offices within the Commonwealth of Virginia or
such other jurisdiction to perfect or maintain the Partnership as a
limited partnership, to effect the admission, withdrawal, or
substitution of any Partner of the Partnership, or to protect the
limited liability of the Limited Partners as limited partners under
the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia or such other
jurisdiction.
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as hereafter amended
from time to time. Reference to any particular provision of the
Code shall mean that provision in the Code at the date hereof and
any succeeding provision of the Code.
“Commission” means the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Units” shall
mean all Partnership Units other than Preferred Units.
“Conversion Factor”
means one (1), provided that in the event that the General Partner
(i) declares or pays a dividend on its outstanding REIT Shares
in REIT Shares or makes a distribution to all holders of its
outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares, (ii) subdivides its
outstanding REIT Shares, or (iii) combines its outstanding
REIT Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares, the Conversion
Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares
issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend,
distribution, subdivision or combination (assuming for such
purposes that such dividend, distribution, subdivision or
combination has occurred as of such time), and the denominator of
which shall be the actual number of REIT Shares (determined without
the above assumption) issued and outstanding on such date. Any
adjustment to the Conversion Factor shall become effective
immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive to
the record date, if any, for such event.
“Event of Bankruptcy” as
to any Person means the filing of a petition for relief as to such
Person as debtor or bankrupt under the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 or
similar provision of law of any jurisdiction (except if such
petition is contested by such Person and has been dismissed within
90 days); insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person as finally
determined by a court proceeding; filing by such Person of a
petition or application to accomplish the same or for the
appointment of a receiver or a trustee for such Person or a
substantial part of his assets; commencement of any proceedings
relating to such Person as a debtor under any other reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency, adjustment of debt or liquidation law of
any
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jurisdiction, whether now in existence or
hereinafter in effect, either by such Person or by another,
provided that if such proceeding is commenced by another, such
Person indicates his approval of such proceeding, consents thereto
or acquiesces therein, or such proceeding is contested by such
Person and has not been finally dismissed within 90
days.
“Financial Statement”
means an annual balance sheet, a statement of partners’
capital as of the end of such year, as well as statements of cash
flow and income, all in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and accompanied by an independent
auditor’s report.
“Funding Loan” means any
loan advanced to the Partnership by the General Partner or HHTI for
any proper Partnership purpose.
“General Partner” means
Humphrey Hospitality REIT Trust, a Maryland real estate investment
trust, and any Person who becomes a substitute or additional
General Partner as provided herein, and any of their successors as
General Partner.
“General Partnership
Interest” means a Partnership Interest held by the General
Partner that is a general partnership interest.
“HHTI” means Humphrey
Hospitality Trust, Inc., a Virginia corporation.
“Indemnifying Party”
means the party that would otherwise be required to provide
indemnification or the indemnifying party for the purposes of
Section 8.06(e) hereof.
“Indemnitee” means
(i) any Person made a party to a proceeding by reason of his
status as the General Partner or a director or officer of the
Partnership or the General Partner, and (ii) such other
Persons (including Affiliates of the General Partner or the
Partnership) as the General Partner may designate from time to
time, in its sole and absolute discretion.
“Initial Hotels” means
the following hotels: (1) Comfort Inn - Dahlgren, Virginia,
(2) Comfort Inn - Dublin, Virginia, (3) Comfort Inn -
Elizabethton, Tennessee, (4) Comfort Inn - Farmville,
Virginia, (5) Comfort Inn - Morgantown, West Virginia,
(6) Comfort Inn - Princeton, West Virginia, (7) Comfort
Inn - Beacon Marina, Solomons, Maryland and (8) Rodeway Inn -
Wytheville, Virginia.
“Initial Offering” means
the initial offer and sale by HHTI and the purchase by the
Underwriters (as defined in the Prospectus) of the common shares of
HHTI for sale to the public.
“Limited Partner” means
any Person named as a Limited Partner on Exhibit A attached hereto,
and any Person who becomes a Substitute or Additional Limited
Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited Partner in
the Partnership.
“Limited Partnership
Interest” means the ownership interest of a Limited Partner
in the Partnership at any particular time, including the right of
such Limited Partner to any and all benefits to which such Limited
Partner may be entitled as provided in this Agreement and in the
Act, together with the obligations of such Limited Partner to
comply with all the provisions of this Agreement and of such
Act.
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“Loss” has the meaning
provided in Section 5.01(f) hereof.
“New Securities” means
any REIT Shares in addition to those offered in the Initial
Offering and issued in connection with a redemption pursuant to
Section 8.05 hereof or any rights, options warrants or
convertible or exchangeable securities containing the right to
subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares.
“Notice of Redemption”
means the Notice of Exercise of Redemption Right substantially in
the form attached as Exhibit B hereto.
“Offer” means a
purchase, tender or exchange offer.
“Offering” means the
initial offer and sale by HHTI and the purchase by the Underwriters
(as defined in the Prospectus) of the common shares of HHTI for
sale to the public.
“Original Limited
Partners” means James I. Humphrey, Jr. and Humphrey
Associates, Inc.
“Partner” means any
General Partner or Limited Partner.
“Partner Non-recourse Debt
Minimum Gain” has the meaning set forth in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i). A Partner’s share of Partner
Non-recourse Debt Minimum Gain shall be determined in accordance
with Regulations Section 1.704- 2(i)(5).
“Partnership Interest”
means an ownership interest in the Partnership representing a
Capital Contribution by either a Limited Partner or the General
Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of
such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this
Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply
with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
“Partnership Minimum
Gain” has the meaning set forth in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(d). In accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(d), the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain is
determined by first computing, for each Partnership non-recourse
liability, any gain the Partnership would realize if it disposed of
the property subject to that liability for no consideration other
than full satisfaction of the liability, and then aggregating the
separately computed gains. A Partner’s share of Partnership
Minimum Gain shall be determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(g)(1).
“Partnership Record
Date” means the record date established by the General
Partner for the distribution of Distributable Cash pursuant to
Section 5.02 hereof, which record date shall be the same as
the record date established by HHTI for a distribution to its
shareholders of some or all of its portion of such
distribution.
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“Partnership Unit” means
a fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests of all
Partners issued hereunder. As of the date of this Agreement, there
shall be considered to be the amount of Partnership Units
outstanding, as set forth on Exhibit A. Partnership Units shall
consist of both Common Units and Preferred Units.
“Percentage Interest”
means the percentage ownership interest in the Partnership of each
Partner, as determined by dividing the Partnership Units owned by a
Partner by the total number of Partnership Units then outstanding.
The Percentage Interest of each Partner is as set forth opposite
its respective name on Exhibit A.
“Person” means any
individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
joint venture, trust or other entity.
“Preferred Units” shall
mean each special class of Preferred Units, the specific terms of
which shall be attached hereto as exhibits found under Exhibit
C.
“Profit” has the meaning
provided in Section 5.01(f) hereof.
“Property” means any
hotel property or other investment in which the Partnership holds
an ownership interest.
“Prospectus” means the
final prospectus delivered to purchasers of HHTI’s common
stock in the Offering.
“Public Offering Price”
shall mean the initial public offering price set forth in the
Prospectus.
“Redeeming Partner” has
the meaning provided in Section 8.05(a) hereof.
“Redemption Amount”
means either the Cash Amount or the REIT Shares Amount, as selected
by HHTI in its sole discretion pursuant to Section 8.05(c)
hereof.
“Redemption Right” has
the meaning provided in Section 8.05(a) hereof.
“Redemption Shares” are
the REIT Shares that may be issued in redemption of Partnership
Units under Section 8.05(a) hereof.
“Regulations” means the
Federal Income Tax Regulations issued under the Code, as amended
and as hereafter amended from time to time. Reference to any
particular provision of the Regulations shall mean that provision
of the Regulations on the date hereof and any succeeding provision
of the Regulations.
“REIT” means a real
estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the
Code.
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“REIT Expenses” means
(i) costs and expenses relating to the formation and
continuity of existence of HHTI and any Subsidiaries thereof (which
Subsidiaries shall, for purposes of this definition, be included
within all references to HHTI in this definition), including taxes,
fees and assessments associated therewith, any and all costs,
expenses or fees payable to any director, officer, or employee of
HHTI, (ii) costs and expenses relating to the public offering
and registration of securities by HHTI and all statements, reports,
fees and expenses incidental thereto, including underwriting
discounts and selling commissions applicable to any such offering
of securities, (iii) costs and expenses associated with the
preparation and filing of any periodic reports by HHTI under
federal, state or local laws or regulations, including filings with
the Commission, (iv) costs and expenses associated with
compliance by HHTI with laws, rules and regulations promulgated by
any regulatory body, including the Commission, and (v) all
other operating or administrative costs of HHTI incurred in the
ordinary course of its business on behalf of the
Partnership.
“REIT Share” means a
common share of HHTI.
“REIT Shares Amount”
shall mean a number of REIT Shares equal to the product of the
number of Partnership Common Units offered for redemption by a
Redeeming Partner, multiplied by the Conversion Factor; provided
that in the event HHTI issues to all holders of REIT Shares rights,
options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities
entitling the shareholders to subscribe for or purchase REIT
Shares, or any other securities or property (collectively, the
“rights”) , then the REIT Shares Amount shall also
include such rights that a holder of that number of REIT Shares
would be entitled to receive.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933 as amended.
“Service” means the
Internal Revenue Service.
“Shelf Registration”
means a shelf registration statement under Rule 415 of the
Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the
Commission pursuant to Section 8.06 hereof.
“Specified Redemption
Date” means the first business day of the month that is at
least 10 business days after the receipt by HHTI of the Notice of
Redemption.
“Subsidiary” means, with
respect to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which a
majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity
securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests is owned,
directly or indirectly, by such Person.
“Subsidiary Partnership”
means Solomons Beacon Inn Limited Partnership, a Maryland limited
Partnership.
“Substitute Limited
Partner” means any Person admitted to the Partnership as a
Limited Partner pursuant to Section 9.03 hereof.
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“Surviving General
Partner” means the successor or surviving entity of a merger
or consolidation of the General Partner with another
entity.
“Transaction” means,
with respect to HHTI any merger, consolidation, or other
combination with or into another Person or sale of all or
substantially all of its assets or any reclassification or any
recapitalization or change of outstanding REIT Shares (other than a
change in par value or from par value to no par value, or as a
result of a subdivision or combination of REIT Shares).
“Transfer” means
collectively any offer, sale, assignment, hypothecation, pledge or
transfer, of a Limited Partnership Interest by a Limited Partner,
in whole or in part, whether voluntarily or by operation of law or
at judicial sale or otherwise.
ARTICLE II
PARTNERSHIP CONTINUATION AND
IDENTIFICATION
2.01 Continuation. The Partners
hereby agree to continue the Partnership pursuant to the Act and
upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
2.02 Name, Office and Registered
Agent. The name of the Partnership shall be Humphrey Hospitality
Limited Partnership. The specified office and place of business of
the Partnership shall be 12301 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring,
Maryland 20904 until September 12, 2000 and thereafter shall
be 7170 Riverwood Drive, Columbia, Maryland 21045. The General
Partner may at any time change the location of such office,
provided the General Partner gives notice to the Partners of any
such change. The name and address of the Partnership’s
registered agent is Thurston R. Moore, Riverfront Plaza - East
Tower, 951 E. Byrd St., Richmond, Virginia 23219. The sole duty of
the registered agent as such is to forward to the Partnership any
notice that is served on him as registered agent.
2.03 Partners.
(a) The General Partner of the
Partnership is Humphrey Hospitality REIT Trust, a Maryland real
estate investment trust. Its principal place of business shall be
the same as that of the Partnership.
(b) The Limited Partners shall be
those Persons identified as Limited Partners in Exhibit A hereto,
as amended from time to time. The Limited Partners (other than the
Original Limited Partners) hereby are admitted as Limited
Partners.
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2.04 Term and
Dissolution.
(a) The term of the Partnership
shall continue in full force and effect until December 31,
2050, except that the Partnership shall be dissolved upon the
happening of any of the following events:
(i) The occurrence of an Event of
Bankruptcy as to a General Partner or the dissolution, death or
withdrawal of a General Partner unless the business of the
Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.03(b) hereof;
provided that if a General Partner is on the date of such
occurrence a partnership, the dissolution of such General Partner
as a result of the dissolution, death, withdrawal, removal or Event
of Bankruptcy of a partner in such partnership shall not be an
event of dissolution of the Partnership if the business of such
General Partner is continued by the remaining partner or partners,
either alone or with additional partners, and such General Partner
and such partners comply with any other applicable requirements of
this Agreement;
(ii) The passage of 90 days after
the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the
assets of the Partnership; (provided that if the Partnership
receives an installment obligation as consideration for such sale
or other disposition, the Partnership shall continue, unless sooner
dissolved under the provisions of this Agreement, until such time
as such note or notes are paid in full);
(iii) The redemption of all Limited
Partnership Interests (other than any of such interests held by the
General Partner); or
(iv) The election by the General
Partner that the Partnership should be dissolved.
(b) Upon dissolution of the
Partnership (unless the business of the Partnership is continued
pursuant to Section 7.03(b) hereof), the General Partner (or
its trustee, receiver, successor or legal representative) shall
amend or cancel the Certificate and liquidate the
Partnership’s assets and apply and distribute the proceeds
thereof in accordance with Section 5.06 hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liquidating General Partner may
either (i) defer liquidation of, or withhold from distribution
for a reasonable time, any assets of the Partnership (including
those necessary to satisfy the Partnership’s debts and
obligations), or (ii) distribute the assets to the Partners in
kind.
2.05 Filing of Certificate and
Perfection of Limited Partnership. The General Partner shall
execute, acknowledge, record and file at the expense of the
Partnership, the Certificate and any and all amendments thereto and
all requisite fictitious name statements and notices in such places
and jurisdictions as may be necessary to cause the Partnership to
be treated as a limited partnership under, and otherwise to comply
with, the laws of each state or other jurisdiction in which the
Partnership conducts business.
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ARTICLE III
BUSINESS OF THE
PARTNERSHIP
The purpose and nature of the
business to be conducted by the Partnership is (i) to conduct
any business that may be lawfully conducted by a limited
partnership organized pursuant to the Act, provided, however, that
such business shall be limited to and conducted in such a manner as
to permit HHTI at all times to qualify as a REIT, unless HHTI
otherwise ceases to qualify as a REIT, (ii) to enter into any
partnership, joint venture or other similar arrangement to engage
in any of the foregoing or the ownership of interests in any entity
engaged in any of the foregoing and (iii) to do anything
necessary or incidental to the foregoing. HHTI and the General
Partner shall also be empowered to do any and all acts and things
necessary or prudent to ensure that the Partnership will not be
classified as a “publicly traded partnership” for the
purposes of Section 7704(a) of the Code.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND
ACCOUNTS
4.01 Capital Contributions. The
General Partner shall contribute to the capital of the Partnership
cash in an amount set forth opposite its name on Exhibit A, which
shall represent the gross proceeds of the Offering. The Limited
Partners shall contribute to the capital of the Partnership cash
and interests in one or more of the Initial Hotels as set forth
opposite their names on Exhibit A. The Agreed Values of the Limited
Partners’ ownership interests in the Initial Hotels that are
contributed to the Partnership are as set forth opposite their
names on Exhibit A.
4.02 Additional Capital
Contributions and Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests.
Except as provided in this Section 4.02 or in
Section 4.03, the Partners shall have no right or obligation
to make any additional Capital Contributions or loans to the
Partnership. The General Partner may contribute additional capital
to the Partnership, from time to time, and receive additional
Partnership Interests in respect thereof, in the manner
contemplated in this Section 4.02.
(a) Issuances of Additional
Partnership Interests.
(i) General. The General Partner is
hereby authorized to cause the Partnership to issue such additional
Partnership Interests in the form of Partnership Units for any
Partnership purpose at any time or from time to time, to the
Partners (including the General Partner) or to other Persons for
such consideration and on such terms and conditions as shall be
established by the General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion, all without the approval of any Limited Partners. Upon
such issuance of Partnership Units hereunder, the General Partner
is hereby authorized to amend Exhibit A (and, if applicable,
Exhibit C) attached hereto to reflect such issuance. Any additional
Partnership Interests issued thereby may be issued in one or
more
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classes, or one or more series of any of such
classes, with such designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties,
including rights, powers and duties senior to Limited Partnership
Interests, all as shall be determined by the General Partner in its
sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of any
Limited Partner, subject to Virginia law, including, without
limitation, (i) the allocations of items of Partnership
income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each such class or
series of Partnership Interests; (ii) the right of each such
class or series of Partnership Interests to share in Partnership
distributions; and (iii) the rights of each such class or
series of Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation of
the Partnership; provided, however, that no additional Partnership
Interests shall be issued to the General Partner unless
either:
(1)(A) the additional Partnership
Interests are issued in connection with an issuance of shares of or
other interests in HHTI, which shares or interests have
designations, preferences and other rights, all such that the
economic interests are substantially similar to the designations,
preferences and other rights of the additional Partnership
Interests issued to the General Partner by the Partnership in
accordance with this Section 4.02 and (B) the General
Partner shall make a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in an
amount equal to the proceeds raised in connection with the issuance
of such shares of HHTI or other interests in HHTI, or
(2) the additional Partnership
Interests are issued to all Partners in proportion to their
respective Percentage Interests.
Without limiting the foregoing, the
General Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to
issue Partnership Units for less than fair market value, so long as
the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is
in the best interests of the General Partner and the
Partnership.
(ii) Upon Issuance of New
Securities. After the initial public offering for HHTI (the
“Initial Offering”), HHTI shall not issue any
additional REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares issued in connection
with a redemption pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof) or rights,
options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities
containing the right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares
(collectively, “New Securities”) other than to all
holders of REIT Shares, unless (A) the General Partner shall
cause the Partnership to issue to the General Partner, Partnership
Interests or rights, options, warrants or convertible or
exchangeable securities of the Partnership having designations,
preferences and other rights, all such that the economic interests
are substantially similar to those of the New Securities, and
(B) HHTI contributes to the General Partner and the General
Partner contributes to the Partnership the proceeds from the
issuance of such New Securities and from the exercise of rights
contained in such New Securities to the Partnership; provided,
however, that HHTI is allowed to issue New Securities in connection
with an acquisition of property to be held directly by HHTI, but if
and only if such direct acquisition and issuance of New Securities
have been approved and
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determined to be in the best interests of HHTI,
the General Partner and the Partnership by a majority of the
directors of HHTI, which majority includes a majority of the
Independent Directors (as defined in the Articles of
Incorporation). Without limiting the foregoing, HHTI is expressly
authorized to issue New Securities for less than fair market value
and to cause the Partnership to issue to the General Partner
corresponding Partnership Interests, so long as (x) HHTI
concludes in good faith that such issuance is in the best interests
of HHTI, the General Partner and the Partnership (for example, and
not by way of limitation, the issuance of REIT Shares and
corresponding Partnership Units pursuant to an employee stock
purchase plan providing for employee purchases of REIT Shares at a
discount from fair market value or employee stock options that have
an exercise price that is less than the fair market value of the
REIT Shares, either at the time of issuance or at the time of
exercise), and (y) HHTI contributes to the General Partner and
the General Partner contributes to the Partnership all proceeds
from such issuance. By way of example, in the event HHTI issues
REIT Shares for a cash purchase price and contributes all of the
proceeds of such issuance to the General Partner for contribution
to the Partnership as required hereunder, the General Partner shall
be issued a number of additional Partnership Units equal to the
product of (A) the number of such REIT Shares issued by HHTI,
the proceeds of which were so contributed, multiplied by (B) a
fraction, the numerator of which is one hundred percent (100%), and
the denominator of which is the Conversion Factor in effect on the
date of such contribution.
(b) Certain Deemed Contributions of
Proceeds of Issuance of Shares. In connection with any and all
issuance of REIT Shares, HHTI shall contribute to the General
Partner and the General Partner shall make a Capital Contribution
to the Partnership of the proceeds raised in connection with such
issuance as required above, provided that if the proceeds actually
received by the General Partner are less than the gross proceeds of
such issuance as a result of any underwriter’s discount or
other expenses paid or incurred in connection with such 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 issuance and the Partnership shall be deemed simultaneously
to have paid such offering expenses in connection with the required
issuance of additional Partnership Units to General Partner for
such Capital Contribution pursuant to Section 4.02(a)
hereof.
4.03 General Partner Loans. The
General Partner or HHTI may from time to time advance funds to the
Partnership for any proper Partnership purpose as a loan
(“Funding Loan”), provided that any such funds must
first be obtained by the General Partner or HHTI from a third party
lender, and then all of such funds must be loaned by the General
Partner or HHTI to the Partnership on the same terms and
conditions, including principal amount, interest rate, repayment
schedule and costs and expenses, as shall be applicable with
respect to or incurred in connection with such loan with such third
party lender. Except for Funding Loans, neither the General Partner
nor HHTI shall incur any indebtedness for borrowed funds; provided,
however, that upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the
directors of HHTI, which majority must include a majority of the
Independent Directors, any loan proceeds received by the General
Partner or HHTI may be distributed to their respective shareholders
or other equity holders if such loan and distribution have been
determined by the aforesaid majorities to be necessary to enable
HHTI to maintain its status as a REIT under Sections 856- 860 of
the Code.
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4.04 Capital Accounts. A separate
capital account (a “Capital Account”) shall be
established and maintained for each Partner in accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). If (i) a new or
existing Partner acquires an additional Partnership Interest in
exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution,
(ii) the Partnership distributes to a Partner more than a de
minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration for a
Partnership Interest, or (iii) the Partnership is liquidated
within the meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g),
the General Partner shall revalue the property of the Partnership
to its fair market value (taking into account Section 7701(g)
of the Code) in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-
1(b)(2)(iv)(f). When the Partnership’s property is revalued
by the General Partner, the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall
be adjusted in accordance with Regulations Sections
1.704-1(2)(iv)(f) and (g), which generally require such Capital
Accounts to be adjusted to reflect the manner in which the
unrealized gain or loss inherent in such property (that has not
been reflected in the Capital Accounts previously would be
allocated among the Partners pursuant to Section 5.01 if there
were a taxable disposition of such property for its fair market
value (taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) on the
date of the revaluation.
4.05 Percentage Interests. If the
number of outstanding Partnership Units increases or decreases
during a taxable year, each Partner’s Percentage Interest
shall be adjusted to a percentage equal to the number of
Partnership Units held by such Partner divided by the aggregate
number of outstanding Partnership Units. If the Partners’
Percentage Interests are adjusted pursuant to this
Section 4.05, the Profits and Losses for the taxable year in
which the adjustment occurs shall be allocated between the part of
the year ending on the day when the Partnership’s property is
revalued by the General Partner and the part of the year beginning
on the following day either (i) as if the taxable year had
ended on the date of the adjustment or (ii) based on the
number of days in each part. The General Partner, in its sole
discretion, shall determine which method shall be used to allocate
Profits and Losses for the taxable year in which the adjustment
occurs. The allocation of Profits and Losses for the earlier part
of the year shall be based on the Percentage Interests before
adjustment, and the allocation of Profits and Losses for the later
part shall be based on the adjusted Percentage
Interests.
4.06 No Interest on Contributions.
No Partner shall be entitled to interest on its Capital
Contribution.
4.07 Return of Capital
Contributions. No Partner shall be entitled to withdraw any part of
its Capital Contribution or its Capital Account or to receive any
distribution from the Company, except as specifically provided in
this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, there shall be
no obligation to return to any Partner or withdrawn Partner any
part of such Partner’s Capital Contribution for so long as
the Partnership continues in existence.
4.08 No Third Party Beneficiary. No
creditor or other third party having dealings with the Partnership
shall have the right to enforce the right or obligation of any
Partner to make Capital Contributions or loans or to pursue any
other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity, it being
understood and agreed that the provisions of this Agreement shall
be solely for the benefit of, and may be enforced solely by, the
parties hereto and their respective successors
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and assigns. None of the rights or obligations
of the Partners herein set forth to make Capital Contributions or
loans to the Partnership shall be deemed an asset of the
Partnership for any purpose by any creditor or other third party,
nor may such rights or obligations be sold, transferred or assigned
by the Partnership or pledged or encumbered by the Partnership to
secure any debt or other obligation of the Partnership or of any of
the Partners. In addition, it is the intent of the parties hereto
that no distribution to any Limited Partner shall be deemed a
return of money or other property in violation of the Act. However,
if any court of competent jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding
the provisions of this Agreement, any Limited Partner is obligated
to return such money or property, such obligation shall be the
obligation of such Limited Partner and not of the General Partner.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a deficit Capital
Account of a Partner shall not be deemed to be a liability of such
Partner nor an asset or property of the Partnership.
4.09 Loans from Limited Partners. If
a Limited Partner guarantying any debt that is secured by Property
is required by the related lender to pay all or part of such debt,
the amount paid toward such debt by such Limited Partner shall be
deemed a loan to the Partnership secured by the assets of the
Partnership only and not those of the General Partner and shall be
repaid in full, without interest, by the Partnership prior to it
making any distributions of cash pursuant to Sections 5.02 or
5.06.
ARTICLE V
PROFITS AND LOSSES;
DISTRIBUTIONS
5.01 Allocation of Profit and
Loss.
(a) General. Except as otherwise
provided in this Section 5.01, Profit and Loss of the
Partnership for each fiscal year of the Partnership shall be
allocated among the Partners in accordance with their respective
Percentage Interests.
(b) Minimum Gain Chargeback.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, (i) any expense
of the Partnership that is a “non-recourse deduction”
within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1) shall
be allocated in accordance with the Partners’ respective
Percentage Interests, (ii) any expense of the Partnership that
is a “partner non-recourse deduction” within the
meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2) shall be
allocated in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(1), (iii) if there is a net decrease
in Partnership Minimum Gain within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(f)(1) for any Partnership taxable year, items
of gain and income shall be allocated among the Partners in
accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and the
ordering rules contained in Regulations Section 1.704-2(j),
and (iv) if there is a net decrease in Partner Non-recourse
Debt Minimum Gain within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(4) for any Partnership taxable year, items
of gain and income shall be allocated among the Partners in
accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and the
ordering rules contained in Regulations Section 1.704-2(j). A
Partner’s “interest in partnership profits” for
purposes of determining its share of the non-recourse liabilities
of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.752-3(a)(3) shall be such Partner’s Percentage
Interest.
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(c) Qualified Income Offset. If a
Limited Partner receives in any taxable year an adjustment,
allocation, or distribution described in subparagraphs (4), (5), or
(6) of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) that
causes or increases a negative balance in such Partner’s
Capital Account that exceeds the sum of such Partner’s shares
of Partnership Minimum Gain and Partner Non-recourse Debt Minimum
Gain, as determined in accordance with Regulations Sections
1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i), such Partner shall be allocated
specially for such taxable year (and, if necessary, later taxable
years) items of income and gain in an amount and manner sufficient
to eliminate such negative Capital Account balance as quickly as
possible as provided in Regulations Section 1.704-
1(b)(2)(ii)(d). After the occurrence of an allocation of income or
gain to a Limited Partner in accordance with this
Section 5.01(c), to the extent permitted by Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b), items of expense or loss shall be
allocated to such Partner in an amount necessary to offset the
income or gain previously allocated to such Partner under this
Section 5.01(c).
(d) Capital Account Deficits. Loss
shall not be allocated to a Limited Partner to the extent that such
allocation would cause a deficit in such Partner’s Capital
Account (after reduction to reflect the items described in
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and
(6)) to exceed the sum of such Partner’s shares of
Partnership Minimum Gain and Partner Non-recourse Debt Minimum
Gain. Any Loss in excess of that limitation shall be allocated to
the General Partner. After the occurrence of an allocation of Loss
to the General Partner in accordance with this
Section 5.01(d), to the extent permitted by Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b), Profit shall be allocated to such Partner
in an amount necessary to offset the Loss previously allocated to
such Partner under this Section 5.01(d).
(e) Allocations Between Transferor
and Transferee. If a Partner transfers any part or all of its
Partnership Interest, and the transferee is admitted as a
substitute Partner as provided herein, the distributive shares of
the various items of Profit and Loss allocable among the Partners
during such fiscal year of the Partnership shall be allocated
between the transferor and the substitute Partner either
(i) as if the Partnership’s fiscal year had ended on the
date of the transfer, or (ii) based on the number of days of
such fiscal year that each was a Partner without regard to the
results of Partnership activities in the respective portions of
such fiscal year in which the transferor and the transferee were
Partners. The General Partner, in its sole discretion, shall
determine which method shall be used to allocate the distributive
shares of the various items of Profit and Loss between the
transferor and the substitute Partner.
(f) Definition of Profit and Loss.
“Profit” and “Loss” and any items of
income, gain, expense, or loss referred to in this Agreement shall
be determined in accordance with federal income tax accounting
principles, as modified by Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), except that Profit and Loss shall
not include items of income, gain and expense that are specially
allocated pursuant to Section 5.01(b), 5.01(c), 5.01(d),
5.01(g) or 5.01(h). All allocations of income, Profit, gain, Loss,
and expense (and all items contained therein) for federal income
tax purposes shall be identical to all allocations of such items
set forth in this Section 5.01, except as otherwise required
by Section 704(c) of the Code and Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(4).
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(g) Preferred Unit Distribution
Allocation. Prior to any allocation set forth in
Section 5.01(a) above, holders of Preferred Units shall be
allocated gross income in an amount equal to the cash distributed
to the holder of the Preferred Units during the year in which such
cash distribution is declared and the Partnership Record Date
occurs, even though cash may actually be distributed in a
subsequent year.
(h) Capital Transaction Allocation.
All income or gains from Capital Transactions, including Capital
Transactions in connection with the liquidation of the Partnership,
shall be allocated in the following order and priority:
(i) First, to the holders of
Preferred Units until each such holder’s Capital Account
balance (before taking into account the distribution of the net
proceeds from the Capital Transaction, but after taking into
account the allocations pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) through
5.01(g)) equals the priority liquidating distribution of such
holder, plus the amount of any accrued but unpaid priority
distributions;
(ii) Second, to the holders of
Common Units until each such holder’s Capital Account balance
(before taking into account the distribution of the net proceeds
from the Capital Transaction, but after taking into account the
allocations pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) through 5.01(g)) equals
the largest priority liquidating distribution per Unit of all
Preferred Unit holders;
(iii) Thereafter, to the Partners,
including both Common Unit holders and Preferred Unit holders, on
an equal per Unit basis.
5.02 Distribution of
Cash.
(a) The General Partner shall
distribute cash on a quarterly (or, at the election of the General
Partner, more frequent) basis, in an amount determined by the
General Partner in its sole discretion, to the Partners who are
Partners on the Partnership Record Date with respect to such
quarter (or other distribution period) pro rata in accordance with
their respective Percentage Interests on the Partnership Record
Date; provided, however, with respect to Preferred Units, the terms
of cash distributions shall be set forth in Exhibit C describing
the terms of such Preferred Units.
(b) In no event may a Partner
receive a distribution of cash with respect to a Partnership Unit
if such Partner is entitled to receive a dividend with respect to a
REIT Share for which all or part of such Partnership Unit has been
or will be exchanged. If a new or existing Partner acquires an
additional Partnership Interest in exchange for a Capital
Contribution on any date other than a Partnership Record Date, the
cash distribution attributable to such additional Partnership
Interest for the Partnership Record Date following the issuance of
such additional Partnership Interests shall be reduced in the
proportion that the number of days that such
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additional Partnership Interest is held by such
Partner bears to the number of days between such Partnership Record
Date and the immediately preceding Partnership Record
Date.
(c) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, the General Partner is authorized to
take an action that it determines to be necessary or appropriate to
cause the Partnership to comply with any withholding requirements
established under the Code or any other federal, state or local law
including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442,
1445 and 1446 of the Code. If the Partnership is required to
withhold and pay