FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
AIMCO
PROPERTIES, L.P.
a
Delaware limited partnership
THE
SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“ACT”),
OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION, UNLESS THE TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE PARTNERSHIP
AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE PARTNERSHIP, IN FORM
AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE PARTNERSHIP, TO THE EFFECT
THAT THE PROPOSED SALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION MAY BE
EFFECTED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT AND UNDER
APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE 1 DEFINED
TERMS |
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| ARTICLE 2 ORGANIZATIONAL
MATTERS |
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| Section
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Organization
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Name
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Registered Office
and Agent; Principal Office
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| Section
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Power of
Attorney
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| Section
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Term
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| ARTICLE 3 PURPOSE |
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Purpose and
Business
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| Section
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Powers
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3.3 |
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Partnership Only
for Purposes Specified
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| Section
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Representations
and Warranties by the Parties
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| ARTICLE 4 CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS |
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Capital
Contributions of the Partners
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| Section
4.2 |
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Issuances of
Additional Partnership Interests
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| Section
4.3 |
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Additional
Funds
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| Section
4.4 |
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Stock Option
Plans
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| Section
4.5 |
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No Interest; No
Return
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| Section
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Conversion of
Junior Shares
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| ARTICLE 5
DISTRIBUTIONS |
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Requirement and
Characterization of Distributions
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| Section
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Distributions in
Kind
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| Section
5.3 |
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Amounts
Withheld
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| Section
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Distributions Upon
Liquidation
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| Section
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Restricted
Distributions
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| ARTICLE 6
ALLOCATIONS |
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Timing and Amount
of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss
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| Section
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General
Allocations
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| Section
6.3 |
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Additional
Allocation Provisions
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| Section
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Tax
Allocations
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| ARTICLE 7 MANAGEMENT AND
OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS |
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| Section
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Management
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| Section
7.2 |
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Certificate of
Limited Partnership
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| Section
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Restrictions on
General Partner’s Authority
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| Section
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Reimbursement of
the General Partner
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Outside Activities
of the Previous General Partner and the General Partner
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| Section
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Contracts with
Affiliates
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| Section
7.7 |
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Indemnification
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| Section
7.8 |
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Liability of the
General Partner
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Other Matters
Concerning the General Partner
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| Section
7.10 |
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Title to
Partnership Assets
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| Section
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Reliance by Third
Parties
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| ARTICLE 8 RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS |
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Limitation of
Liability
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8.2 |
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Management of
Business
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| Section
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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| Section
8.5 |
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Rights of Limited
Partners Relating to the Partnership
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| Section
8.6 |
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Redemption Rights
of Qualifying Parties
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| Section
8.7 |
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Partnership Right
to Call Limited Partner Interests
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| ARTICLE 9 BOOKS, RECORDS,
ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS |
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Records and
Accounting
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Fiscal Year
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Reports
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| ARTICLE 10 TAX
MATTERS |
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Preparation of Tax
Returns
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| Section
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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Withholding
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| ARTICLE 11 TRANSFERS AND
WITHDRAWALS |
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Transfer
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Transfer of
General Partner’s Partnership Interest
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| Section
11.3 |
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Limited
Partners’ Rights to Transfer
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| Section
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Substituted
Limited Partners
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| Section
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Assignees
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General
Provisions
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| ARTICLE 12 ADMISSION OF
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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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Admission of
Initial Limited Partners
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| ARTICLE 13 DISSOLUTION,
LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION |
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Dissolution
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Winding Up
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Deemed
Distribution and Recontribution
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Rights of Limited
Partners
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Notice of
Dissolution
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Cancellation of
Certificate of Limited Partnership
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Reasonable Time
for Winding-Up
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| ARTICLE 14 PROCEDURES FOR
ACTIONS AND CONSENTS OF PARTNERS; AMENDMENTS; MEETINGS |
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Procedures for
Actions and Consents of Partners
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Amendments
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Meetings of the
Partners
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| ARTICLE 15 GENERAL
PROVISIONS |
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Addresses and
Notice
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Titles and
Captions
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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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Waiver
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15.7 |
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Counterparts
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15.8 |
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Applicable
Law
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15.9 |
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Entire
Agreement
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15.10 |
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Invalidity of
Provisions
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15.11 |
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Limitation to
Preserve REIT Status
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| Section
15.12 |
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No Partition
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15.13 |
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No Third-Party
Rights Created Hereby
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PARTNERS AND
PARTNERSHIP UNITS
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| EXHIBIT B |
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EXAMPLES REGARDING
ADJUSTMENT FACTOR
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| EXHIBIT C |
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LIST OF DESIGNATED
PARTIES
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| EXHIBIT D |
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NOTICE OF
REDEMPTION
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| EXHIBIT E |
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FORM OF UNIT
CERTIFICATE
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| EXHIBIT F |
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS I HIGH PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP UNITS
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| EXHIBIT G |
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS G PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
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| EXHIBIT H |
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS ONE PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
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| EXHIBIT I |
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS TWO PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS THREE PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
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| EXHIBIT K |
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS FOUR PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
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| EXHIBIT L |
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS FIVE PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
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| EXHIBIT M |
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS SIX PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS SEVEN PARTNERSHIP UNITS
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS EIGHT PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS T PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS U PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS V PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS W PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS Y PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
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| EXHIBIT U |
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS VIII HIGH PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP
UNITS
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| EXHIBIT V |
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE CLASS IX HIGH PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP
UNITS
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| EXHIBIT W |
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PARTNERSHIP UNIT
DESIGNATION OF THE SERIES A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT PERPETUAL
PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS
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FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
THIS
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF
AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P., dated as of July 29, 1994, and
restated as of February 28, 2007, is entered into by and among
Apartment Investment and Management Company, a Maryland corporation
(the “Previous General Partner”), AIMCO-GP, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “General Partner”), AIMCO-LP,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Special Limited
Partner”), and the other Limited Partners (as defined
below).
WHEREAS,
the General Partner has approved an amendment and restatement of
the Agreement of Limited Partnership of AIMCO Properties, L.P. on
the terms set forth herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINED TERMS
The
following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise
clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in
this Agreement.
“
Act ” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act, as it may be amended from time to time, and any
successor to such statute.
“
Actions ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.7 hereof.
“
Additional Funds ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3.A hereof.
“
Additional Limited Partner ” means a Person who is
admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to
Section 4.2 and Section 12.2 hereof and who is shown as
such on the books and records of the Partnership.
“
Adjusted Capital Account Deficit ” means, with respect
to any Partner, the deficit balance, if any, in such
Partner’s Capital Account as of the end of the relevant
Fiscal Year, after giving effect to the following
adjustments:
(i)
decrease such deficit by any amounts that such Partner is obligated
to restore pursuant to this Agreement or by operation of law upon
liquidation of such Partner’s Partnership Interest or is
deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate
sentence of each of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and
1.704-2(i)(5); and
(ii)
increase such deficit by the items described in Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).
The
foregoing definition of “Adjusted Capital Account
Deficit” is intended to comply with the provisions of
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be
interpreted consistently therewith.
“
Adjustment Factor ” means 1.0; provided ,
however , that in the event that:
(i) the
Previous General Partner (a) 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,
(b) splits or subdivides its outstanding REIT Shares or
(c) effects a reverse stock split or otherwise combines its
outstanding REIT Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares, the
Adjustment Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Adjustment
Factor previously in effect by a fraction, (i) the numerator
of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding
on the record date for such dividend, distribution, split,
subdivision, reverse split or combination (assuming for such
purposes that such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision,
reverse split or combination has occurred as of such time) and
(ii) the denominator of which shall be the actual number of
REIT Shares (determined without the above assumption) issued and
outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution,
split, subdivision, reverse split or combination;
(iii)
the Previous General Partner distributes any rights, options or
warrants to all holders of its REIT Shares to subscribe for or to
purchase or to otherwise acquire REIT Shares (or other securities
or rights convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for
REIT Shares) at a price per share less than the Value of a REIT
Share on the record date for such distribution (each a “
Distributed Right ”), then the Adjustment Factor shall
be adjusted by multiplying the Adjustment Factor previously in
effect by a fraction (a) the numerator of which shall be the
number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date
plus the maximum number of REIT Shares purchasable under such
Distributed Rights and (b) the denominator of which shall be the
number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date
plus a fraction (1) the numerator of which is the maximum
number of REIT Shares purchasable under such Distributed Rights
times the minimum purchase price per REIT Share under such
Distributed Rights and (2) the denominator of which is the
Value of a REIT Share as of the record date; provided ,
however , that, if any such Distributed Rights expire or
become no longer exercisable, then the Adjustment Factor shall be
adjusted, effective retroactive to the date of distribution of the
Distributed Rights, to reflect a reduced maximum number of REIT
Shares or any change in the minimum purchase price for the purposes
of the above fraction; and
(iv)
the Previous General Partner shall, by dividend or otherwise,
distribute to all holders of its REIT Shares evidences of its
indebtedness or assets (including securities, but excluding any
dividend or distribution referred to in subsection (i) above),
which evidences of indebtedness or assets relate to assets not
received by the Previous General Partner, the General Partner
and/or the Special Limited Partner pursuant to a pro rata
distribution by the Partnership, then the Adjustment Factor shall
be adjusted to equal the amount determined by multiplying the
Adjustment Factor in effect immediately prior to the close of
business on the date fixed for determination of shareholders
entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction (i) the
numerator shall be such Value of a REIT Share on the date fixed for
such determination and (ii) the denominator shall be the Value
of a REIT Share on the dates fixed for such determination less the
then fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, whose
determination shall be conclusive) of the portion of the evidences
of indebtedness or assets so distributed applicable to one REIT
Share.
Any
adjustments to the Adjustment Factor shall become effective
immediately after the effective date of such event, retroactive to
the record date, if any, for such event, provided ,
however , that any Limited Partner may waive, by written
notice to the General Partner, the effect of any adjustment to the
Adjustment Factor applicable to the Partnership Common Units held
by such Limited Partner, and, thereafter, such adjustment will not
be effective as to
2
such
Partnership Common Units. For illustrative purposes, examples of
adjustments to the Adjustment Factor are set forth on
Exhibit B attached hereto.
“
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
common control with such Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “ control ” when used with respect
to any Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“
Agreement ” means this Fourth Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of AIMCO Properties, L.P., as it
may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
“
Applicable Percentage ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.B hereof.
“
Appraisal ” means, with respect to any assets, the
written opinion of an independent third party experienced in the
valuation of similar assets, selected by the General Partner in
good faith. Such opinion may be in the form of an opinion by such
independent third party that the value for such property or asset
as set by the General Partner is fair, from a financial point of
view, to the Partnership.
“
Assignee ” means a Person to whom one or more
Partnership Common 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 hereof.
“
Available Cash ” means, with respect to any period for
which such calculation is being made,
(i) the
sum, without duplication, of:
(1) the
Partnership’s Net Income or Net Loss (as the case may be) for
such period,
(2)
Depreciation and all other noncash charges to the extent deducted
in determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period,
(3) the
amount of any reduction in reserves of the Partnership referred to
in clause (ii)(6) below (including, without limitation, reductions
resulting because the General Partner determines such amounts are
no longer necessary),
(4) the
excess, if any, of the net cash proceeds from the sale, exchange,
disposition, financing or refinancing of Partnership property for
such period over the gain (or loss, as the case may be) recognized
from such sale, exchange, disposition, financing or refinancing
during such period (excluding Terminating Capital Transactions),
and
(5) all
other cash received (including amounts previously accrued as Net
Income and amounts of deferred income) or any net amounts borrowed
by the Partnership for such period that was not included in
determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period;
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(ii)
less the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) all
principal debt payments made during such period by the
Partnership,
(2)
capital expenditures made by the Partnership during such
period,
(3)
investments in any entity (including loans made thereto) to the
extent that such investments are not otherwise described in clause
(ii)(1) or clause (ii)(2) above,
(4) all
other expenditures and payments not deducted in determining Net
Income or Net Loss for such period (including amounts paid in
respect of expenses previously accrued),
(5) any
amount included in determining Net Income or Net Loss for such
period that was not received by the Partnership during such
period,
(6) the
amount of any increase in reserves (including, without limitation,
working capital reserves) established during such period that the
General Partner determines are necessary or appropriate in its sole
and absolute discretion, and
(7) any
amount distributed or paid in redemption of any Limited Partner
Interest or Partnership Units including, without limitation, any
Cash Amount paid.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Available Cash shall not include
(a) any cash received or reductions in reserves, or take into
account any disbursements made, or reserves established, after
dissolution and the commencement of the liquidation and winding up
of the Partnership or (b) any Capital Contributions, whenever
received.
“
Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday
or other day on which commercial banks in Denver, Colorado, Los
Angeles, California or New York, New York are authorized or
required by law to close.
“
Capital Account ” means, with respect to any Partner,
the Capital Account maintained by the General Partner for such
Partner on the Partnership’s books and records in accordance
with the following provisions:
(a) To
each Partner’s Capital Account, there shall be added such
Partner’s Capital Contributions, such Partner’s
distributive share of Net Income and any items in the nature of
income or gain that are specially allocated pursuant to
Section 6.3 hereof, and the principal amount of any
Partnership liabilities assumed by such Partner or that are secured
by any property distributed to such Partner.
(b) From
each Partner’s Capital Account, there shall be subtracted the
amount of cash and the Gross Asset Value of any property
distributed to such Partner pursuant to any provision of this
Agreement, such Partner’s distributive share of Net Losses
and any items in the nature of expenses or losses that are
specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof, and the
principal amount of any liabilities of such Partner assumed by the
Partnership or that are secured by any property contributed by such
Partner to the Partnership.
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(c) In
the event any interest in the Partnership is Transferred in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee shall
succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent that
it relates to the Transferred interest.
(d) In
determining the principal amount of any liability for purposes of
subsections (a) and (b) hereof, there shall be taken into
account Code Section 752(c) and any other applicable provisions of
the Code and Regulations.
(e) The
provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital
Accounts are intended to comply with Regulations
Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2, and shall be interpreted and
applied in a manner consistent with such Regulations. If the
General Partner shall determine that it is prudent to modify the
manner in which the Capital Accounts are maintained in order to
comply with such Regulations, the General Partner may make such
modification provided that such modification will not have a
material effect on the amounts distributable to any Partner without
such Partner’s Consent. The General Partner also shall
(i) make any adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to
maintain equality between the Capital Accounts of the Partners and
the amount of Partnership capital reflected on the
Partnership’s balance sheet, as computed for book purposes,
in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q)
and (ii) make any appropriate modifications in the event that
unanticipated events might otherwise cause this Agreement not to
comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b) or
Section 1.704-2.
“
Capital Contribution ” means, with respect to any
Partner, the amount of money and the initial Gross Asset Value of
any Contributed Property that such Partner contributes to the
Partnership pursuant to Section 4.1, 4.2 or 4.3 hereof or is
deemed to contribute pursuant to Section 4.4 hereof.
“
Cash Amount ” means the lesser of (a) an amount
of cash equal to the product of (i) the Value of a REIT Share and
(ii) the REIT Shares Amount determined as of the applicable
Valuation Date or (b) in the case of a Declination followed by
a Public Offering Funding, the Public Offering Funding
Amount.
“
Certificate ” means the Certificate of Limited
Partnership of the Partnership filed in the office of the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof and the Act.
“
Charter ” means the Articles of Amendment and
Restatement of the Previous General Partner filed with the Maryland
State Department of Assessments and Taxation on July 19, 1994,
as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended and in effect from time to time or any successor statute
thereto, as interpreted by the applicable Regulations thereunder.
Any reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Code
shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding
provision of future law.
“
Company Employee ” means any officer or other employee
(as defined in accordance with Section 3401(c) of the Code) of the
Previous General Partner or any corporation that is then a
Subsidiary of the Previous General Partner.
“
Consent ” means the consent to, approval of, or vote
in favor of a proposed action by a Partner given in accordance with
Article 14 hereof.
“
Consent of the Limited Partners ” means the Consent of
a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners, which Consent shall
be obtained prior to the taking of any action for which it is
required by this Agreement
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and,
except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, may be given or
withheld by a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners, in
their reasonable discretion.
“
Contributed Property ” means each Property or other
asset, in such form as may be permitted by the Act, but excluding
cash, contributed or deemed contributed to the Partnership (or
deemed contributed to the Partnership on termination and
reconstitution thereof pursuant to Code Section 708).
“
Controlled Entity ” means, as to any Limited Partner,
(a) any corporation more than fifty percent (50%) of the
outstanding voting stock of which is owned by such Limited Partner
or such Limited Partner’s Family Members, (b) any trust,
whether or not revocable, of which such Limited Partner or such
Limited Partner’s Family Members are the sole beneficiaries,
(c) any partnership of which such Limited Partner is the
managing partner and in which such Limited Partner or such Limited
Partner’s Family Members hold partnership interests
representing at least twenty-five percent (25%) of such
partnership’s capital and profits and (d) any limited
liability company of which such Limited Partner is the manager and
in which such Limited Partner or such Limited Partner’s
Family Members hold membership interests representing at least
twenty-five percent (25%) of such limited liability company’s
capital and profits.
“
Controlling Person ” means any Person, whatever his or
her title, who performs executive or senior management functions
for the General Partner or its Affiliates similar to those of
directors, executive management and senior management, or any
Person who either holds a two percent (2%) or more equity interest
in the General Partner or its Affiliates, or has the power to
direct or cause the direction of the General Partner or its
Affiliates, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise, or, in the absence of a specific role or
title, any Person having the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management-level employees and policies of the General
Partner or its Affiliates. It is not intended that every Person who
carries a title such as vice president, senior vice president,
secretary or treasurer be included in the definition of
“Controlling Person.”
“
Cut-Off Date ” means the fifth (5th) Business Day
after the General Partner’s receipt of a Notice of
Redemption.
“
Debt ” means, as to any Person, as of any date of
determination, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for
borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or
services; (ii) all amounts owed by such Person to banks or other
Persons in respect of reimbursement obligations under letters of
credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments guaranteeing
payment or other performance of obligations by such Person;
(iii) all indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred
purchase price of property or services secured by any lien on any
property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such
Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person
has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof; and
(iv) lease obligations of such Person that, in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, should be
capitalized.
“
Declination ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.D hereof.
“
Depreciation ” means, for each Fiscal Year or other
applicable period, an amount equal to the federal income tax
depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction
allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period,
except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its
adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of
such year or period, Depreciation shall be in an amount that bears
the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset Value as the federal
income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery
deduction for such year or other period bears to such beginning
adjusted tax basis; provided , however , that if the
federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost
recovery deduction for such year or period is zero, Depreciation
shall be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset
Value using any reasonable method selected by the General
Partner.
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“
Designated Parties ” means the Persons designated on
Exhibit C attached hereto. The General Partner may, in
its sole and absolute discretion, amend Exhibit C to
add Persons to be designated as Designated Parties.
“
Distributed Right ” has the meaning set forth in the
definition of “Adjustment Factor.”
“
Effective Date ” means July 29, 1994.
“
ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
promulgated thereunder.
“
Family Members ” means, as to a Person that is an
individual, such Person’s spouse, ancestors, descendants
(whether by blood or by adoption), brothers, sisters and inter
vivos or testamentary trusts of which only such Person and his
spouse, ancestors, descendants (whether by blood or by adoption),
brothers and sisters are beneficiaries.
“
Fiscal Year ” means the fiscal year of the
Partnership, which shall be the calendar year.
“
Funding Debt ” means any Debt incurred by or on behalf
of the Previous General Partner, the General Partner or the Special
Limited Partner for the purpose of providing funds to the
Partnership.
“
General Partner ” means AIMCO-GP, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and its successors and assigns, as the general partner
of the Partnership in their capacities as general partner of the
Partnership.
“
General Partner Interest ” means the Partnership
Interest held by the General Partner, which Partnership Interest is
an interest as a general partner under the Act. A General Partner
Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Common Units,
Partnership Preferred Units or any other Partnership Units.
“
General Partner Loan ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3.D hereof.
“
Gross Asset Value ” means, with respect to any asset,
the asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes,
except as follows:
(a) The
initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Partner to
the Partnership shall be the gross fair market values of such
assets as determined by the General Partner and agreed to by the
contributing Partner. In any case in which the General Partner and
the contributing Partner are unable to agree as to the gross fair
market value of any contributed asset or assets, such gross fair
market value shall be determined by Appraisal.
(b) The
Gross Asset Values of all Partnership assets immediately prior to
the occurrence of any event described in clause (i), clause (ii),
clause (iii), clause (iv) or clause (v) hereof shall be
adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as
determined by the General Partner using such reasonable method of
valuation as it may adopt, as of the following times:
(i)
the acquisition of an additional interest in the Partnership (other
than in connection with the execution of this Agreement but
including, without limitation, acquisitions pursuant to
Section 4.2 hereof or contributions or deemed contributions by
the General Partner pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof) by a new
or existing Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital
Contribution, if the General Partner reasonably determines that
such
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adjustment is
necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests
of the Partners in the Partnership;
(ii)
the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a de
minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration for an
interest in the Partnership, if the General Partner reasonably
determines that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to
reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners in the
Partnership;
(iii)
the liquidation of the Partnership within the meaning of
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g);
(iv)
upon the admission of a successor General Partner pursuant to
Section 12.1 hereof; and
(v)
at such other times as the General Partner shall reasonably
determine necessary or advisable in order to comply with
Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2.
(c) The
Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset distributed to a Partner
shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of
distribution as determined by the distributee and the General
Partner provided that, if the distributee is the General Partner or
if the distributee and the General Partner cannot agree on such a
determination, such gross fair market value shall be determined by
Appraisal.
(d) The
Gross Asset Values of Partnership assets shall be increased (or
decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such
assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b),
but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account
in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m); provided , however
, that Gross Asset Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this
subsection (d) to the extent that the General Partner
reasonably determines that an adjustment pursuant to subsection
(b) above is necessary or appropriate in connection with a
transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant
to this subsection (d).
(e) If
the Gross Asset Value of a Partnership asset has been determined or
adjusted pursuant to subsection (a), subsection (b) or
subsection (d) above, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter
be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to
such asset for purposes of computing Net Income and Net
Losses.
“
Holder ” means either (a) a Partner or
(b) an Assignee, owning a Partnership Unit, that is treated as
a member of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes.
“
Incapacity ” or “ Incapacitated ”
means, (i) as to any Partner who is an individual, death,
total physical disability or entry by a court of competent
jurisdiction adjudicating such Partner incompetent to manage his or
her person or his or her estate; (ii) as to any Partner that
is a corporation or limited liability company, the filing of a
certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, for the corporation
or the revocation of its charter; (iii) as to any Partner that
is a partnership, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of
the partnership; (iv) as to any Partner that is an estate, the
distribution by the fiduciary of the estate’s entire interest
in the Partnership; (v) 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 (vi) as to any Partner, the bankruptcy of
such Partner. For purposes of this definition, bankruptcy of a
Partner shall be deemed to have occurred when (a) the Partner
commences a voluntary 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, (b) 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, (c) the Partner executes
and
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delivers
a general assignment for the benefit of the Partner’s
creditors, (d) 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 (b) above, (e) 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 properties, (f) any proceeding seeking
liquidation, reorganization or other relief 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, (g) 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 (h) an appointment referred to in
clause (g) above is not vacated within ninety (90) days
after the expiration of any such stay.
“
Indemnitee ” means (i) any Person made a party to
a proceeding by reason of its status as (A) the Previous
General Partner or the General Partner or (B) a director of
the Previous General Partner or the General Partner or an officer
or employee of the Partnership or the Previous General Partner 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 (whether before or
after the event giving rise to potential liability), in its sole
and absolute discretion.
“
Independent Director ” means a member of the Board of
Directors of the Previous General Partner who is not a Company
Employee or a Partnership Employee.
“
Interest ” means interest, original issue discount and
other similar payments or amounts paid by the Partnership for the
use or forbearance of money.
“
IRS ” means the Internal Revenue Service, which
administers the internal revenue laws of the United States.
“
Junior Share ” means a share of the Previous General
Partner’s Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share.
“
Limited Partner ” means the Special Limited Partner
and any Person named as a Limited Partner in Exhibit A
attached hereto, as such Exhibit A may be amended from
time to time, or any Substituted Limited Partner or Additional
Limited Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited
Partner in the Partnership.
“
Limited Partner Interest ” means a Partnership
Interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership representing a
fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited
Partners 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. A Limited Partner
Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Common Units,
Partnership Preferred Units or other Partnership Units.
“
Liquidating Event ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13.1 hereof.
“
Liquidator ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13.2.A hereof.
“
Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners ” means
Limited Partners (other than (i) the Special Limited Partner and
(ii) any Limited Partner fifty percent (50%) or more of whose
equity is owned, directly or indirectly, by the (a) General
Partner or (b) any REIT as to which the General Partner is a
“qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code
Section 856(i)(2))) holding more than fifty percent (50%) of
the outstanding Voting Units held by all Limited Partners (other
than (i) the Special Limited Partner and (ii) any Limited
Partner fifty percent (50%) or more of whose equity is owned,
directly or indirectly, by (a) the General Partner or
(b) any REIT as to which the General Partner is a
“qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code
Section 856(i)(2))).
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“
Net Income ” or “ Net Loss ” means,
for each Fiscal Year of the Partnership, an amount equal to the
Partnership’s taxable income or loss for such year,
determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this
purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to
be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall
be included in taxable income or loss), with the following
adjustments:
(f) Any
income of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax
and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income (or
Net Loss) pursuant to this definition of “Net Income”
or “Net Loss” shall be added to (or subtracted from, as
the case may be) such taxable income (or loss);
(g) Any
expenditure of the Partnership described in Code
Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as a Code
Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditure pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into
account in computing Net Income (or Net Loss) pursuant to this
definition of “Net Income” or “Net Loss,”
shall be subtracted from (or added to, as the case may be) such
taxable income (or loss);
(h) In
the event the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset is
adjusted pursuant to subsection (b) or subsection (c) of
the definition of “Gross Asset Value,” the amount of
such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from
the disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Net Income
or Net Loss;
(i) Gain
or loss resulting from any disposition of property with respect to
which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes
shall be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the
property disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis
of such property differs from its Gross Asset Value;
(j) In
lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery
deductions that would otherwise be taken into account in computing
such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account
Depreciation for such Fiscal Year;
(k) To
the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any
Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section
743(b) is required pursuant to Regulations Section
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 asset) or loss (if the
adjustment decreases the basis of the asset) from the disposition
of the asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of
computing Net Income or Net Loss; and
(l) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this definition of “Net Income”
or “Net Loss,” any item that is specially allocated
pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof shall not be taken into account
in computing Net Income or Net Loss. The amounts of the items of
Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction available to be
specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof shall be
determined by applying rules analogous to those set forth in this
definition of “Net Income” or “Net
Loss.”
“
New Securities ” means (i) any rights, options,
warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities having the right
to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares or Preferred Shares,
excluding Junior Shares, Preferred Shares and grants under the
Previous General Partner’s Stock Option Plans, or
(ii) any Debt issued by the Previous General Partner that
provides any of the rights described in clause (i).
“
Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1), and the amount of Nonrecourse
Deductions for a Fiscal Year shall be determined in accordance with
the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(c).
“
Nonrecourse Liability ” has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2).
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“
Notice of Redemption ” means the Notice of Redemption
substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached to this
Agreement.
“
Optionee ” means a Company Employee, Partnership
Employee or Independent Director to whom a stock option is granted
under the Previous General Partner’s Stock Option
Plans.
“
Original Limited Partners ” means the Persons listed
as the Limited Partners on Exhibit A originally
attached to this Agreement, without regard to any amendment
thereto, and does not include any Assignee or other transferee,
including, without limitation, any Substituted Limited Partner
succeeding to all or any part of the Partnership Interest of any
such Person.
“
Ownership Limit ” means the applicable restriction on
ownership of shares of the Previous General Partner imposed under
the Charter.
“
Partner ” means the General Partner or a Limited
Partner, and “Partners” means the General Partner and
the Limited Partners.
“
Partner Minimum Gain ” means an amount, with respect
to each 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
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).
“
Partner Nonrecourse Debt ” has the meaning set forth
in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
“
Partner Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning set
forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2), and the amount of
Partner Nonrecourse Deductions with respect to a Partner
Nonrecourse Debt for a Fiscal Year shall be determined in
accordance with the rules of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(2).
“
Partnership ” means the limited partnership formed
under the Act and pursuant to this Agreement, and any successor
thereto.
“
Partnership Common Unit ” means a fractional share of
the Partnership Interests of all Partners issued pursuant to
Sections 4.1 and 4.2 hereof, but does not include any
Partnership Preferred Unit or any other Partnership Unit specified
in a Partnership Unit Designation as being other than a Partnership
Common Unit; provided , however , that the General
Partner Interest and the Limited Partner Interests shall have the
differences in rights and privileges as specified in this
Agreement. The ownership of Partnership Common Units may (but need
not, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner) be
evidenced by the form of certificate for Partnership Common Units
attached hereto as Exhibit E .
“
Partnership Employee ” means any officer or other
employee (as defined in accordance with Section 3401(c) of the
Code) of the Partnership, or any entity that is then a Subsidiary
of the Partnership.
“
Partnership Interest ” means an ownership interest in
the Partnership held by either a Limited Partner or the General
Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of
such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this
Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply
with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Partnership
Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Common Units,
Partnership Preferred Units or other Partnership Units.
“
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
Partnership Minimum Gain, for a Fiscal Year shall be determined in
accordance with the rules of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(d).
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“
Partnership Preferred Unit ” means a fractional share
of the Partnership Interests that the General Partner has
authorized pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof that has
distribution rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and
dissolution, that are superior or prior to the Partnership Common
Units.
“
Partnership Record Date ” means the record date
established by the General Partner for the distribution of
Available Cash pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, which record
date shall generally be the same as the record date established by
the Previous General Partner for a distribution to its shareholders
of some or all of its portion of such distribution.
“
Partnership Subsidiary ” means any partnership or
limited liability company in any unbroken chain of partnerships or
limited liability companies beginning with the Partnership if each
of the partnerships or limited liability companies beginning with
the Partnership if each of the partnerships or limited liability
companies other than the last partnership or limited liability
company in the unbroken chain then owns more than fifty percent
(50%) of the capital or profits interests in one of the other
partnerships or limited liability companies. “ Partnership
Subsidiary ” shall also mean any corporation in which the
Partnership and/or any Partnership Subsidiary owns stock possessing
fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of
all classes of stock.
“
Partnership Unit ” shall mean a Partnership Common
Unit, a Partnership Preferred Unit or any other fractional share of
the Partnership Interests that the General Partner has authorized
pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof.
“
Partnership Unit Designation ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 4.2 hereof.
“
Percentage Interest ” means, as to each Partner, its
interest in the Partnership Units as determined by dividing the
Partnership Units owned by such Partner by the total number of
Partnership Units then outstanding.
“
Permitted Transfer ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 11.3.A hereof.
“
Person ” means an individual or a corporation,
partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
limited liability company or other entity.
“
Pledge ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 11.3.A hereof.
“
Preferred Share ” means a share of capital stock of
the Previous General Partner now or hereafter authorized or
reclassified that has dividend rights, or rights upon liquidation,
winding up and dissolution, that are superior or prior to the REIT
Shares.
“
Previous General Partner ” means Apartment Investment
and Management Company, a Maryland corporation.
“
Previous General Partner’s Stock Option Plans ”
means any stock option or equity incentive or award plan adopted by
the Previous General Partner.
“
Primary Offering Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.F(4) hereof.
“
Properties ” means any assets and property of the
Partnership such as, but not limited to, interests in real property
and personal property, including, without limitation, fee
interests, interests in ground leases, interests in limited
liability companies, joint ventures or partnerships, interests in
mortgages, and Debt instruments as the Partnership may hold from
time to time.
“
Public Offering Funding ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.D(2) hereof.
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“
Public Offering Funding Amount ” means the dollar
amount equal to (i) the product of (x) the number of
Registrable Shares sold in a Public Offering Funding and
(y) the public offering price per share of such Registrable
Shares in such Public Offering Funding, less (ii) the
aggregate underwriting discounts and commissions in such Public
Offering Funding.
“
Qualified Transferee ” means an “accredited
investor” as defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the
Securities Act.
“
Qualifying Party ” means (a) an Original Limited
Partner, (b) an Additional Limited Partner, (c) a
Designated Party that is either a Substituted Limited Partner or an
Assignee, (d) a Family Member, or a lending institution as the
pledgee of a Pledge, who is the transferee in a Permitted Transfer
or (e) with respect to any Notice of Redemption delivered to
the General Partner within the time period set forth in
Section 11.3.A(4) hereof, a Substituted Limited Partner
succeeding to all or part of the Limited Partner Interest of
(i) an Original Limited Partner, (ii) an Additional Limited
Partner, (iii) a Designated Party that is either a Substituted
Limited Partner or an Assignee or (iv) a Family Member, or a
lending institution who is the pledgee of a Pledge, who is the
transferee in a Permitted Transfer.
“
Redeemable Units ” means those Partnership Common
Units issued to the Original Limited Partners as of the Effective
Date together with such additional Partnership Common Units that,
after the Effective Date, may be issued to Additional Limited
Partners pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof.
“
Redemption ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.A hereof.
“
Registrable Shares ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.D(2) hereof.
“
Regulations ” means the applicable income tax
regulations under the Code, whether such regulations are in
proposed, temporary or final form, as such regulations may be
amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of
succeeding regulations).
“
Regulatory Allocations ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.3.B(viii) hereof.
“
REIT ” means a real estate investment trust qualifying
under Code Section 856.
“
REIT Partner ” means (a) a Partner that is, or
has made an election to qualify as, a REIT, (b) any
“qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code
Section 856(i)(2)) of any Partner that is, or has made an
election to qualify as, a REIT and (c) any Partner, including,
without limitation, the General Partner and the Special Limited
Partner, that is a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within
the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)) of a REIT.
“
REIT Payment ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 15.11 hereof.
“
REIT Requirements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1.A hereof.
“
REIT Share ” means a share of the Previous General
Partner’s Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share. Where relevant in this Agreement, “ REIT Shares
” includes shares of the Previous General Partner’s
Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, issued upon
conversion of Preferred Shares or Junior Shares.
“
REIT Shares Amount ” means a number of REIT Shares
equal to the product of (a) the number of Tendered Units and
(b) the Adjustment Factor; provided , however ,
that, in the event that the Previous General Partner issues to all
holders of REIT Shares as of a certain record date rights, options,
warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities entitling the
Previous General Partner’s shareholders to subscribe for or
purchase REIT Shares, or any other securities or property
(collectively, the “ Rights ”), with the record
date for such Rights issuance
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falling
within the period starting on the date of the Notice of Redemption
and ending on the day immediately preceding the Specified
Redemption Date, which Rights will not be distributed before the
relevant Specified Redemption Date, then the REIT Shares Amount
shall also include such Rights that a holder of that number of REIT
Shares would be entitled to receive, expressed, where relevant
hereunder, in a number of REIT Shares determined by the Previous
General Partner in good faith.
“
Related Party ” means, with respect to any Person, any
other Person whose ownership of shares of the Previous General
Partner’s capital stock would be attributed to the first such
Person under Code Section 544 (as modified by Code
Section 856(h)(1)(B)).
“
Rights ” has the meaning set forth in the definition
of “REIT Shares Amount.”
“
SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated
thereunder.
“
Single Funding Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.D(3) hereof.
“
Special Limited Partner ” means AIMCO-LP, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
“
Specified Redemption Date ” means the later of
(a) the tenth (10th) Business Day after the receipt by the
General Partner of a Notice of Redemption or (b) in the case
of a Declination followed by a Public Offering Funding, the
Business Day next following the date of the closing of the Public
Offering Funding; provided , however , that no
Specified Redemption Date shall occur during the first Twelve-Month
Period; provided , further , that the Specified
Redemption Date, as well as the closing of a Redemption, or an
acquisition of Tendered Units by the Previous General Partner
pursuant to Section 8.6.B hereof, on any Specified Redemption
Date, may be deferred, in the General Partner’s sole and
absolute discretion, for such time (but in any event not more than
one hundred fifty (150) days in the aggregate) as may
reasonably be required to effect, as applicable, (i) a Public
Offering Funding or other necessary funding arrangements,
(ii) compliance with the Securities Act or other law
(including, but not limited to, (a) state “blue
sky” or other securities laws and (b) the expiration or
termination of the applicable waiting period, if any, under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended)
and (iii) satisfaction or waiver of other commercially
reasonable and customary closing conditions and requirements for a
transaction of such nature.
“
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; provided , however , that, with respect
to the Partnership, “ Subsidiary ” means solely
a partnership or limited liability company (taxed, for federal
income tax purposes, as a partnership and not as an association or
publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation) of which the
Partnership is a member unless the General Partner has received an
unqualified opinion from independent counsel of recognized
standing, or a ruling from the IRS, that the ownership of shares of
stock of a corporation or other entity will not jeopardize the
Previous General Partner’s status as a REIT or the General
Partner’s or the Special Limited Partner’s status as a
“qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code
Section 856(i)(2)), in which event the term “
Subsidiary ” shall include the corporation or other
entity which is the subject of such opinion or ruling.
“
Substituted Limited Partner ” means a Person who is
admitted as a Limited Partner to the Partnership pursuant to
Section 11.4 hereof.
“
Tax Items ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.4.A hereof.
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“
Tendered Units ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.A hereof.
“
Tendering Party ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.A hereof.
“
Terminating Capital Transaction ” means any sale or
other disposition 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.
“
Transfer ,” when used with respect to a Partnership
Unit, or all or any portion of a Partnership Interest, means any
sale, assignment, bequest, conveyance, devise, gift (outright or in
trust), Pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgage, exchange,
transfer or other disposition or act of alienation, whether
voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law; provided ,
however , that when the term is used in Article 11
hereof, “ Transfer ” does not include
(a) any Redemption of Partnership Common Units by the
Partnership, or acquisition of Tendered Units by the Previous
General Partner, pursuant to Section 8.6 hereof or
(b) any redemption of Partnership Units pursuant to any
Partnership Unit Designation. The terms “Transferred”
and “Transferring” have correlative meanings.
“
Twelve-Month Period ” means (a) as to an Original
Limited Partner or any successor-in-interest that is a Qualifying
Party, a twelve-month period ending on the day before the first
(1st) anniversary of the Effective Date or on the day before a
subsequent anniversary thereof and (b) as to any other
Qualifying Party, a twelve-month period ending on the day before
the first (1st) anniversary of such Qualifying Party’s
becoming a Holder of Partnership Common Units or on the day before
a subsequent anniversary thereof; provided , however
, that the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute
discretion, by written agreement with a Qualifying Party, shorten
the first Twelve-Month Period to a period of less than twelve
(12) months with respect to a Qualifying Party other than an
Original Limited Partner or successor-in-interest.
“
Unitholder ” means the General Partner or any Holder
of Partnership Units.
“
Valuation Date ” means the date of receipt by the
General Partner of a Notice of Redemption or, if such date is not a
Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day.
“
Value ” means, on any Valuation Date with respect to a
REIT Share, the average of the daily market prices for ten
(10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the
Valuation Date (except that, as provided in Section 4.4.C.
hereof, the market price for the trading day immediately preceding
the date of exercise of a stock option under the Previous General
Partner’s Stock Option Plans shall be substituted for such
average of daily market prices for purposes of Section 4.4
hereof). The market price for any such trading day shall be:
(i)
if the REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading on any
securities exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market’s National
Market System, the closing 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 on such day, in either case as reported in the
principal consolidated transaction reporting system,
(ii)
if the REIT Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any
securities exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market’s 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 the General Partner, or
(iii)
if the REIT Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any
securities exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market’s National
Market System and no such last reported sale price or closing bid
and asked prices are available, the average of the reported
high
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bid and low
asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation
source designated by the General Partner, or if there shall be no
bid and asked prices on such day, the average of the high bid and
low asked prices, as so reported, on the most recent day (not more
than ten (10) days prior to the date in question) for which
prices have been so reported;
provided , however , that, if there are no bid and
asked prices reported during the ten (10) days prior to the
date in question, the Value of the REIT Shares 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. In the event that the REIT Shares Amount
includes Rights (as defined in the definition of “REIT Shares
Amount”) that a holder of REIT Shares 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.
“
Voting Units ” means Partnership Common Units,
Class I High Performance Partnership Units and any other class
of Partnership Units having the same voting or approval rights as
Partnership Common Units.
ARTICLE 2
ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
Section 2.1
Organization . The Partnership is a limited partnership
organized pursuant to the provisions of the Act and upon the terms
and subject to the 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 Partnership
Interest of each Partner shall be personal property for all
purposes.
Section 2.2
Name . The name of the Partnership is “AIMCO
Properties, L.P.” The Partnership’s business may be
conducted 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 in its sole and absolute
discretion may change the name of the Partnership at any time and
from time to time and shall notify the Partners of such change in
the next regular communication to the Partners.
Section 2.3
Registered Office and Agent; Principal Office . The address
of the registered office of the Partnership in the State of
Delaware is located at 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400,
Wilmington, Delaware 19808, and the registered agent for service of
process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware at such
registered office is Corporation Service Company. The principal
office of the Partnership is located at 4582 South Ulster Street
Parkway, Suite 1100, Denver, CO 80237, or such other place as
the General Partner may from time to time designate by notice to
the Limited Partners. The Partnership may maintain offices at such
other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as
the General Partner deems advisable.
Section 2.4
Power of Attorney .
A. Each
Limited Partner and each Assignee hereby irrevocably constitutes
and appoints the General Partner, any Liquidator, and authorized
officers and attorneys-in-fact of each, and each of those 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:
(1) execute, swear to, seal,
acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public
offices (a) all certificates, documents and other instruments
(including, without limitation, this Agreement
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and the
Certificate and all amendments, supplements 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 to
the extent provided by applicable law) in the State of Delaware and
in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct
business or own property; (b) all instruments that the General
Partner deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment,
change, modification or restatement of this Agreement in accordance
with its terms; (c) all conveyances and other instruments or
documents that the General Partner or the 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 conveyances and other instruments or documents that
the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or
necessary to reflect the distribution or exchange of assets of the
Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (e) all
instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal, removal or
substitution of any Partner pursuant to, or other events described
in, Article 11, Article 12 or Article 13 hereof or
the Capital Contribution of any Partner; and (f) all
certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the
determination of the rights, preferences and privileges relating to
Partnership Interests; and
(2) execute, swear to, 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, to make, evidence,
give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or
other action that is made or given by the Partners hereunder or is
consistent with the terms of this Agreement or appropriate or
necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General
Partner, to effectuate the terms or intent of this Agreement.
Nothing
contained herein shall be construed as authorizing the General
Partner 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 special power coupled with an interest, in recognition of the
fact that each of the Limited Partners and Assignees will be
relying upon the power of the General Partner or the 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 the Transfer of all or any portion of such Limited
Partner’s or Assignee’s Partnership Units or
Partnership Interest and shall extend to such Limited
Partner’s or Assignee’s heirs, successors, assigns and
personal representatives. Each such Limited Partner or Assignee
hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the General
Partner or the Liquidator, acting in good faith pursuant to such
power of attorney; and each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby
waives any and all defenses that may be available to contest,
negate or disaffirm the action of the General Partner or the
Liquidator, taken in good faith under such power of attorney. 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 the
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.
Section 2.5
Term . The term of the Partnership commenced on May 16,
1994, the date that the original Certificate was filed in the
office of the Secretary of State of Delaware in accordance with the
Act, and shall continue until the Partnership is dissolved pursuant
to the provisions of Article 13 hereof or as otherwise
provided by law.
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ARTICLE 3
PURPOSE
Section 3.1
Purpose and Business . The purpose and nature of the
Partnership is to conduct any business, enterprise or activity
permitted by or under the Act, including, but not limited to,
(i) to conduct the business of ownership, construction,
development and operation of multifamily rental apartment
communities, (ii) to enter into any partnership, joint
venture, business trust arrangement, limited liability company or
other similar arrangement to engage in any business permitted by or
under the Act, or to own interests in any entity engaged in any
business permitted by or under the Act, (iii) to conduct the
business of providing property and asset management and brokerage
services, whether directly or through one or more partnerships,
joint ventures, subsidiaries, business trusts, limited liability
companies or other similar arrangements, and (iv) to do anything
necessary or incidental to the foregoing; provided ,
however , such business and arrangements and interests may
be limited to and conducted in such a manner as to permit the
Previous General Partner, in the sole and absolute discretion of
the General Partner, at all times to be classified as a REIT.
Section 3.2
Powers .
A. The
Partnership shall be 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 herein and for the protection and benefit of
the Partnership.
B.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the General
Partner may cause the Partnership not to take, or to refrain from
taking, any action that, in the judgment of the General Partner, in
its sole and absolute discretion, (i) could adversely affect
the ability of the Previous General Partner to continue to qualify
as a REIT, (ii) could subject the Previous General Partner to
any additional taxes under Code Section 857 or Code
Section 4981 or (iii) could violate any law or regulation
of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the
Previous General Partner, the General Partner, their securities or
the Partnership, unless such action (or inaction) under clause (i),
clause (ii) or clause (iii) above shall have been
specifically consented to by the Previous General Partner and the
General Partner in writing.
Section 3.3
Partnership Only for Purposes Specified . The Partnership
shall be a limited partnership only for the purposes specified in
Section 3.1 hereof, and this Agreement shall not be deemed to
create a company, venture or partnership between or among the
Partners with respect to any activities whatsoever other than the
activities within the purposes of the Partnership as specified in
Section 3.1 hereof. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, no Partner shall have any authority to act for, bind,
commit or assume any obligation or responsibility on behalf of the
Partnership, its properties or any other Partner. No Partner, in
its capacity as a Partner under this Agreement, shall be
responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of another
Partner, nor shall the Partnership be responsible or liable for any
indebtedness or obligation of any Partner, incurred either before
or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such
Partner, except as to those responsibilities, liabilities,
indebtedness or obligations incurred pursuant to and as limited by
the terms of this Agreement and the Act.
Section 3.4
Representations and Warranties by the Parties .
A. Each
Partner that is an individual (including, without limitation, each
Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a
condition to becoming an Additional Limited Partner or a
Substituted Limited Partner) represents and warrants to each other
Partner(s) that (i) the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by such Partner will
not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, any
material agreement by which such Partner or any of such
Partner’s property is bound, or any statute, regulation,
order or other law to which such Partner is subject, (ii) such
Partner is neither a “foreign person” within the
meaning of Code Section 1445(f) nor a “foreign partner”
within the meaning of Code Section 1446(e), (iii) such
Partner does not own, directly or indirectly, (a) five percent
(5%) or more of the total combined voting
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power of
all classes of stock entitled to vote, or five percent (5%) or more
of the total number of shares of all classes of stock, of any
corporation that is a tenant of either (I) the Previous General
Partner, the General Partner, the Special Limited Partner or any
“qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code
Section 856(i)(2)) with respect to the Previous General
Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership,
venture or limited liability company of which the Previous General
Partner, the General Partner, the Special Limited Partner, any
“qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code
Section 856(i)(2)) with respect to the Previous General
Partner or the Partnership is a member or (b) an interest of
five percent (5%) or more in the assets or net profits of any
tenant of either (I) the Previous General Partner, the General
Partner, the Special Limited Partner or any “qualified REIT
subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code
Section 856(i)(2)) with respect to the Previous General
Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership,
venture, or limited liability company of which the Previous General
Partner, the General Partner, the Special Limited Partner, any
“qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code
Section 856(i)(2)) with respect to the Previous General
Partner or the Partnership is a member and (iv) this Agreement
is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in
accordance with its terms.
B. Each
Partner that is not an individual (including, without limitation,
each Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a
condition to becoming an Additional Limited Partner or a
Substituted Limited Partner) represents and warrants to each other
Partner(s) that (i) all transactions contemplated by this Agreement
to be performed by it have been duly authorized by all necessary
action, including, without limitation, that of its general
partner(s), committee(s), trustee(s), beneficiaries, directors
and/or shareholder(s), as the case may be, as required, (ii) the
consummation of such transactions shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or a default under, its partnership or operating
agreement, trust agreement, charter or bylaws, as the case may be,
any material agreement by which such Partner or any of such
Partner’s properties or any of its partners, members,
beneficiaries, trustees or shareholders, as the case may be, is or
are bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which
such Partner or any of its partners, members, trustees,
beneficiaries or shareholders, as the case may be, is or are
subject, (iii) such Partner is neither a “foreign
person” within the meaning of Code Section 1445(f) nor a
“foreign partner” within the meaning of Code
Section 1446(e), (iv) such Partner does not own, directly
or indirectly, (a) five percent (5%) or more of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote, or
five percent (5%) or more of the total number of shares of all
classes of stock, of any corporation that is a tenant of either
(I) the Previous General Partner, the General Partner, the
Special Limited Partner or any “qualified REIT
subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2))
with respect to the Previous General Partner, (II) the
Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture or limited
liability company of which the Previous General Partner, the
General Partner, the Special Limited Partner, any “qualified
REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code
Section 856(i)(2)) with respect to the Previous General
Partner or the Partnership is a member or (b) an interest of
five percent (5%) or more in the assets or net profits of any
tenant of either (I) the Previous General Partner, the General
Partner the Special Limited Partner or any “qualified REIT
subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code
Section 856(i)(2)) with respect to the Previous General
Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership,
venture or limited liability company for which the Previous General
Partner, the General Partner, the Special Limited Partner, any
“qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code
Section 856(i)(2)) with respect to the Previous General
Partner or the Partnership is a member and (v) this Agreement
is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in
accordance with its terms.
C. Each
Partner (including, without limitation, each Substituted Limited
Partner as a condition to becoming a Substituted Limited Partner)
represents, warrants and agrees that it has acquired and continues
to hold its interest in the Partnership for its own account for
investment only and not for the purpose of, or with a view toward,
the resale or distribution of all or any part thereof, nor with a
view toward selling or otherwise distributing such interest or any
part thereof at any particular time or under any predetermined
circumstances. Each Partner further represents and warrants that it
is a sophisticated investor, able and accustomed to handling
sophisticated financial matters for itself, particularly real
estate investments, and that it has a sufficiently high net worth
that it does not anticipate a need for the funds that it has
invested in the Partnership in what it understands to be a highly
speculative and illiquid investment.
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D. The
representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.4.A,
3.4.B and 3.4.C hereof shall survive the execution and delivery of
this Agreement by each Partner (and, in the case of an Additional
Limited Partner or a Substituted Limited Partner, the admission of
such Additional Limited Partner or Substituted Limited Partner as a
Limited Partner in the Partnership) and the dissolution,
liquidation and termination of the Partnership.
E. Each
Partner (including, without limitation, each Substituted Limited
Partner as a condition to becoming a Substituted Limited Partner)
hereby acknowledges that no representations as to potential profit,
cash flows, funds from operations or yield, if any, in respect of
the Partnership or the General Partner have been made by any
Partner or any employee or representative or Affiliate of any
Partner, and that projections and any other information, including,
without limitation, financial and descriptive information and
documentation, that may have been in any manner submitted to such
Partner shall not constitute any representation or warranty of any
kind or nature, express or implied.
ARTICLE 4
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Section 4.1
Capital Contributions of the Partners . The Partners have
heretofore made Capital Contributions to the Partnership. Each
Partner owns Partnership Units in the amount set forth for such
Partner on Exhibit A , as the same may be amended from
time to time by the General Partner to the extent necessary to
reflect accurately sales, exchanges or other Transfers,
redemptions, Capital Contributions, the issuance of additional
Partnership Units, or similar events having an effect on a
Partner’s ownership of Partnership Units. Except as provided
by law or in Section 4.2, 4.3 or 10.4 hereof, the Partners
shall have no obligation or right to make any additional Capital
Contributions or loans to the Partnership.
Section 4.2
Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests .
A.
General . The General Partner is hereby authorized to cause
the Partnership to issue additional Partnership Interests, in the
form of Partnership Units, for any Partnership purpose, at any time
or from time to time, to the Partners (including the General
Partner and the Special Limited Partner) or to other Persons, and
to admit such Persons as Additional Limited Partners, 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.
Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly
authorized to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Units
(i) upon the conversion, redemption or exchange of any Debt,
Partnership Units or other securities issued by the Partnership,
(ii) 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, and
(iii) in connection with any merger of any other Person into
the Partnership if the applicable merger agreement provides that
Persons are to receive Partnership Units in exchange for their
interests in the Person merging into the Partnership. Subject to
Delaware law, any additional Partnership Interests may be issued in
one or more classes, or one or more series of any of such classes,
with such designations, preferences and relative, participating,
optional or other special rights, powers and duties as shall be
determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute
discretion without the approval of any Limited Partner, and set
forth in a written document thereafter attached to and made an
exhibit to this Agreement (each, a “ Partnership Unit
Designation ”). Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the General Partner shall have authority to specify
(a) the allocations of items of Partnership income, gain,
loss, deduction and credit to each such class or series of
Partnership Interests; (b) the right of each such class or
series of Partnership Interests to share in Partnership
distributions; (c) the rights of each such class or series of
Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation of the
Partnership; (d) the voting rights, if any, of each such class
or series of Partnership Interests; and (e) the conversion,
redemption or exchange rights applicable to each such class or
series of Partnership Interests. Upon the issuance of any
additional Partnership Interest, the General Partner shall amend
Exhibit A as appropriate to reflect such
issuance.
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B.
Issuances to the General Partner or Special Limited Partner
. No additional Partnership Units shall be issued to the General
Partner or the Special Limited Partner unless (i) the
additional Partnership Units are issued to all Partners in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests, (ii)
(a) the additional Partnership Units are (x) Partnership
Common Units issued in connection with an issuance of REIT Shares,
or (y) Partnership Units (other than Partnership Common Units)
issued in connection with an issuance of Preferred Shares, New
Securities or other interests in the Previous General Partner
(other than REIT Shares), which Preferred Shares, New Securities or
other interests have designations, preferences and other rights,
terms and provisions that are substantially the same as the
designations, preferences and other rights, terms and provisions of
the additional Partnership Units issued to the General Partner or
the Special Limited Partner, and (b) the General Partner or
the Special Limited Partner, as the case may be, contributes to the
Partnership the cash proceeds or other consideration received in
connection with the issuance of such REIT Shares, Preferred Shares,
New Securities or other interests in the Previous General Partner,
(iii) the additional Partnership Units are issued upon the
conversion, redemption or exchange of Debt, Partnership Units or
other securities issued by the Partnership, or (iv) the
additional Partnership Units are issued pursuant to
Section 4.6.
C.
No Preemptive Rights . No Person, including, without
limitation, any Partner or Assignee, shall have any preemptive,
preferential, participation or similar right or rights to subscribe
for or acquire any Partnership Interest.
Section 4.3
Additional Funds .
A.
General . The General Partner may, at any time and from time
to time, determine that the Partnership requires additional funds
(“ Additional Funds ”) for the acquisition or
development of additional Properties, for the redemption of
Partnership Units or for such other purposes as the General Partner
may determine. Additional Funds may be obtained by the Partnership,
at the election of the General Partner, in any manner provided in,
and in accordance with, the terms of this Section 4.3 without
the approval of any Limited Partners.
B.
Additional Capital Contributions . The General Partner, on
behalf of the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by
accepting Capital Contributions from any Partners or other Persons
and issuing additional Partnership Units in consideration
therefor.
C.
Loans by Third Parties . The General Partner, on behalf of
the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by causing the
Partnership to incur Debt to any Person (other than the Previous
General Partner, the General Partner or the Special Limited
Partner) upon such terms as the General Partner determines
appropriate, including making such Debt convertible, redeemable or
exchangeable for Partnership Units; provided ,
however , that the Partnership shall not incur any such Debt
if (i) a breach, violation or default of such Debt would be
deemed to occur by virtue of the Transfer of any Partnership
Interest, or (ii) such Debt is recourse to any Partner (unless
the Partner otherwise agrees).
D.
General Partner Loans . The General Partner, on behalf of
the Partnership, may obtain any Additional Funds by causing the
Partnership to incur Debt with the Previous General Partner, the
General Partner or the Special Limited Partner (each, a “
General Partner Loan ”) if (i) such Debt is, to
the extent permitted by law, on substantially the same terms and
conditions (including interest rate, repayment schedule, and
conversion, redemption, repurchase and exchange rights) as Funding
Debt incurred by the Previous General Partner, the General Partner
or the Special Limited Partner, the net proceeds of which are
loaned to the Partnership to provide such Additional Funds, or
(ii) such Debt is on terms and conditions no less favorable to
the Partnership than would be available to the Partnership from any
third party; provided , however , that the
Partnership shall not incur any such Debt if (a) a breach,
violation or default of such Debt would be deemed to occur by
virtue of the Transfer of any Partnership Interest, or
(b) such Debt is recourse to any Partner (unless the Partner
otherwise agrees).
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E.
Issuance of Securities by the Previous General Partner . The
Previous General Partner shall not issue any additional REIT
Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities unless
(i) the Previous General Partner contributes the cash proceeds
or other consideration received from the issuance of such
additional REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New
Securities, as the case may be, and from the exercise of the rights
contained in any such additional New Securities, to either or both
of the General Partner and the Special Limited Partner, and
(ii) it or they, as the case may be, contribute such cash
proceeds or other consideration to the Partnership in exchange for
(x) in the case of an issuance of REIT Shares, Partnership
Common Units, or (y) in the case of an issuance of Preferred
Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities, Partnership Units with
designations, preferences and other rights, terms and provisions
that are substantially the same as the designations, preferences
and other rights, terms and provisions of such Preferred Shares,
Junior Shares or New Securities; provided , however ,
that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Previous General Partner
may issue REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New
Securities (a) pursuant to Section 4.4 or Section 8.6.B
hereof, (b) pursuant to a dividend or distribution (including
any stock split) of REIT Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or
New Securities to all of the holders of REIT Shares, Preferred
Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities, as the case may be,
(c) upon a conversion, redemption or exchange of Preferred
Shares, (d) upon a conversion of Junior Shares into REIT
Shares, (e) upon a conversion, redemption, exchange or
exercise of New Securities, or (f) in connection with an
acquisition of a property or other asset to be owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Previous General Partner if the General Partner
determines that such acquisition is in the best interests of the
Partnership. In the event of any issuance of additional REIT
Shares, Preferred Shares, Junior Shares or New Securities by the
Previous General Partner, and the contribution to the Partnership,
by the General Partner or the Special Limited Partner, of the cash
proceeds or other consideration received from such issuance, the
Partnership shall pay the Previous General Partner’s expenses
associated with such issuance, including any underwriting discounts
or commissions.
Section 4.4
Stock Option Plans .
A.
Options Granted to Company Employees and Independent
Directors . If at any time or from time to time, in connection
with the Previous General Partner’s Stock Option Plans, a
stock option granted to a Company Employee or Independent Director
is duly exercised:
(1) The Special Limited Partner
shall, as soon as practicable after such exercise, make a Capital
Contribution to the Partnership in an amount equal to the exercise
price paid to the Previous General Partner by such exercising party
in connection with the exercise of such stock option.
(2) Notwithstanding the amount of the
Capital Contribution actually made pursuant to
Section 4.4.A(1) hereof, the Special Limited Partner shall be
deemed to have contributed to the Partnership as a Capital
Contribution, in consideration of an additional Limited Partner
Interest (expressed in and as additional Partnership Common Units),
an amount equal to the Value of a REIT Share as of the date of
exercise multiplied by the number of REIT Shares then being issued
in connection with the exercise of such stock option.
(3) An equitable Percentage Interest
adjustment shall be made in which the Special Limited Partner shall
be treated as having made a cash contribution equal to the amount
described in Section 4.4.A(2) hereof.
B.
Options Granted to Partnership Employees . If at any time or
from time to time, in connection with the Previous General
Partner’s Stock Option Plans, a stock option granted to a
Partnership Employee is duly exercised:
(1) The General Partner shall cause
the Previous General Partner to sell to the Partnership, and the
Partnership shall purchase from the Previous General Partner, the
number of REIT Shares as to
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which such
stock option is being exercised. The purchase price per REIT Share
for such sale of REIT Shares to the Partnership shall be the Value
of a REIT Share as of the date of exercise of such stock
option.
(2) The Partnership shall sell to the
Optionee (or if the Optionee is an employee of a Partnership
Subsidiary, the Partnership shall sell to such Partnership
Subsidiary, which in turn shall sell to the Optionee), for a cash
price per share equal to the Value of a REIT Share at the time of
the exercise, the number of REIT Shares equal to (a) the
exercise price paid to the Previous General Partner by the
exercising party in connection with the exercise of such stock
option divided by (b) the Value of a REIT Share at the
time of such exercise.
(3) The Partnership shall transfer to
the Optionee (or if the Optionee is an employee of a Partnership
Subsidiary, the Partnership shall transfer to such Partnership
Subsidiary, which in turn shall transfer to the Optionee) at no
additional cost, as additional compensation, the number of REIT
Shares equal to the number of REIT Shares described in
Section 4.4.B(1) hereof less the number of REIT Shares
described in Section 4.4.B(2) hereof.
(4) The Special Limited Partner
shall, as soon as practicable after such exercise, make a Capital
Contribution to the Partnership of an amount equal to all proceeds
received (from whatever source, but excluding any payment in
respect of payroll taxes or other withholdings) by the Previous
General Partner, the General Partner or the Special Limited Partner
in connection with the exercise of such stock option. An equitable
Percentage Interest adjustment shall be made in which the Special
Limited Partner shall be treated as having made a cash contribution
equal to the amount described in Section 4.4.B(1)
hereof.
C.
Special Valuation Rule . For purposes of this
Section 4.4, in determining the Value of a REIT Share, only
the trading date immediately preceding the exercise of the relevant
stock option under the Previous General Partner’s Stock
Option Plans shall be considered.
D.
Future Stock Incentive Plans . Nothing in this Agreement
shall be construed or applied to preclude or restrain the Previous
General Partner, the General Partner or the Special Limited Partner
from adopting, modifying or terminating stock incentive plans, in
addition to the Previous General Partner’s Stock Option
Plans, for the benefit of employees, directors or other business
associates of the Previous General Partner, the General Partner,
the Special Limited Partner, the Partnership or any of their
Affiliates. The Limited Partners acknowledge and agree that, in the
event that any such plan is adopted, modified or terminated by the
Previous General Partner, the General Partner or the Special
Limited Partner amendments to this Section 4.4 may become
necessary or advisable and that any approval or consent to any such
amendments requested by the Previous General Partner, the General
Partner or the Special Limited Partner shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed.
Section 4.5
No Interest; No Return . No Partner shall be entitled to
interest on its Capital Contribution or on such Partner’s
Capital Account. Except as provided herein or by law, no Partner
shall have any right to demand or receive the return of its Capital
Contribution from the Partnership.
Section 4.6
Conversion of Junior Shares . If, at any time, any of the
Junior Shares are converted into REIT Shares, in whole or in part,
then a number of Partnership Common Units equal to (i) the
number of REIT Shares issued upon such conversion divided by
(ii) the Adjustment Factor then in effect shall be issued to
the General Partner and the Special Limited Partner (and between
the General Partner and the Special Limited Partner in proportion
to their ownership of Partnership Common Units immediately
preceding such conversion), and the Percentage Interests of the
General Partner and the Limited Partners (including the Special
Limited Partner) shall be adjusted to reflect such
conversion.
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ARTICLE 5
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 5.1
Requirement and Characterization of Distributions . Subject
to the terms of any Partnership Unit Designation, the General
Partner shall cause the Partnership to distribute quarterly all, or
such portion as the General Partner may in its sole and absolute
discretion determine, of Available Cash generated by the
Partnership during such quarter to the Holders of Partnership
Common Units in accordance with their respective Partnership Common
Units held on such Partnership Record Date. Except as otherwise
provided in the terms of any Partnership Unit Designation,
distributions payable with respect to any Partnership Units (other
than Partnership Units held by the General Partner or the Special
Limited Partner) that were not outstanding during the entire
quarterly period in respect of which any distribution is made shall
be prorated based on the portion of the period that such units were
outstanding. The General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion may distribute to the Unitholders Available Cash on a
more frequent basis and provide for an appropriate record date. The
General Partner shall take such reasonable efforts, as determined
by it in its sole and absolute discretion and consistent with the
Previous General Partner’s qualification as a REIT, to cause
the Partnership to distribute sufficient amounts to enable
(i) the General Partner and the Special Limited Partner to
transfer funds to the Previous General Partner and (ii) the
Previous General Partner to pay shareholder dividends that will (a)
satisfy the requirements for qualifying as a REIT under the Code
and Regulations (the “ REIT Requirements ”) and
(b) avoid any federal income or excise tax liability of the
Previous General Partner.
Section 5.2
Distributions in Kind No right is given to any Unitholder to
demand and receive property other than cash as provided in this
Agreement. The General Partner may determine, in its sole and
absolute discretion, to make a distribution in kind of Partnership
assets to the Unitholders, and such assets shall be distributed in
such a fashion as to ensure that the fair market value is
distributed and allocated in accordance with Articles 5, 6 and 10
hereof.
Section 5.3
Amounts Withheld . All amounts withheld pursuant to the Code
or any provisions of any state or local tax law and
Section 10.4 hereof with respect to any allocation, payment or
distribution to any Unitholder shall be treated as amounts paid or
distributed to such Unitholder pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof
for all purposes under this Agreement.
Section 5.4
Distributions Upon Liquidation . Notwithstanding the other
provisions of this Article 5, net proceeds from a Terminating
Capital Transaction, and any other cash received or reductions in
reserves made after commencement of the liquidation of the
Partnership, shall be distributed to the Unitholders in accordance
with Section 13.2 hereof.
Section 5.5
Restricted Distributions . Notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, neither the Partnership
nor the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, shall make a
distribution to any Unitholder on account of its Partnership
Interest or interest in Partnership Units if such distribution
would violate Section 17-607 of the Act or other applicable
law.
ARTICLE 6
ALLOCATIONS
Section 6.1
Timing and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss
. Net Income and Net Loss of the Partnership shall be determined
and allocated with respect to each Fiscal Year of the Partnership
as of the end of each such year. Except as otherwise provided in
this Article 6, and subject to Section 11.6.C hereof, an
allocation to a Unitholder of a share of Net Income or Net Loss
shall be treated as an allocation of the same share of each item of
income, gain, loss or deduction that is taken into account in
computing Net Income or Net Loss.
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Section 6.2
General Allocations . Subject to the terms of any
Partnership Unit Designation, except as otherwise provided in this
Article 6 and subject to Section 11.6.C hereof, Net
Income and Net Loss shall be allocated to each of the Holders of
Partnership Common Units in accordance with their respective
Partnership Common Units at the end of each Fiscal Year.
Section 6.3
Additional Allocation Provisions . Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Article 6:
A.
Intentionally Omitted .
B.
Regulatory Allocations .
(1) Minimum Gain Chargeback .
Except as otherwise provided in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(f), notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 6.2 hereof, or any other provision of this
Article 6, if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum
Gain during any Fiscal Year, each Holder of Partnership Common
Units shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and
gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an
amount equal to such Holder’s share of the net decrease in
Partnership Minimum Gain, as determined under Regulations
Section 1.704-2(g). Allocations pursuant to the previous
sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts
required to be allocated to each Holder pursuant thereto. The items
to be allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations
Sections 1.704-2(f)(6) and 1.704-2(j)(2). This
Section 6.3.B(i) is intended to qualify as a “minimum
gain chargeback” within the meaning of Regulations Section
1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(2) Partner Minimum Gain
Chargeback . Except as otherwise provided in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(4) or in Section 6.3.B(i) hereof, if
there is a net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to a
Partner Nonrecourse Debt during any Fiscal Year, each Holder of
Partnership Common Units who has a share of the Partner Minimum
Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in
accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5), shall be
specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such
year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to
such Holder’s share of the net decrease in Partner Minimum
Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in
accordance with Regulations Section 1.7042(i)(4). Allocations
pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion to
the respective amounts required to be allocated to each General
Partner, Limited Partner and other Holder pursuant thereto. The
items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with
Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(4) and 1.704-2(j)(2). This
Section 6.3.B(ii) is intended to qualify as a
“chargeback of partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain”
within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i) and shall
be interpreted consistently therewith.
(3) Nonrecourse Deductions and
Partner Nonrecourse Deductions . Any Nonrecourse Deductions for
any Fiscal Year shall be specially allocated to the Holders of
Partnership Common Units in accordance with their Partnership
Common Units. Any Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any Fiscal
Year shall be specially allocated to the Holder(s) who bears the
economic risk of loss with respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt
to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable, in
accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i).
(4) Qualified Income Offset .
If any Holder of Partnership Common Units unexpectedly receives an
adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of
Partnership income and gain shall be allocated, in accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), to such Holder in an
amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required
by such Regulations, the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of such
Holder as quickly as possible, provided that an allocation pursuant
to this Section 6.3.B(iv) shall be made if and only to the
extent that such Holder would have an Adjusted Capital Account
Deficit after all other allocations provided in this
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Article 6
have been tentatively made as if this Section 6.3.B(iv) were
not in the Agreement. It is intended that this
Section 6.3.B(iv) qualify and be construed as a
“qualified income offset” within the meaning of
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be
interpreted consistently therewith.
(5) Gross Income Allocation .
In the event that any Holder of Partnership Common Units has a
deficit Capital Account at the end of any Fiscal Year that is in
excess of the sum of (1) the amount (if any) that such Holder
is obligated to restore to the Partnership upon complete
liquidation of such Holder’s Partnership Interest (including,
the Holder’s interest in outstanding Partnership Preferred
Units and other Partnership Units) and (2) the amount that
such Holder is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the
penultimate sentences of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1)
and 1.704-2(i)(5), each such Holder shall be specially allocated
items of Partnership income and gain in the amount of such excess
to eliminate such deficit as quickly as possible, provided that an
allocation pursuant to this Section 6.3.B(v) shall be made if
and only to the extent that such Holder would have a deficit
Capital Account in excess of such sum after all other allocations
provided in this Article 6 have been tentatively made as if
this Section 6.3.B(v) and Section 6.3.B(iv) hereof were
not in the Agreement.
(6) Limitation on Allocation of
Net Loss . To the extent that any allocation of Net Loss would
cause or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as to any
Holder of Partnership Common Units, such allocation of Net Loss
shall be reallocated among the other Holders of Partnership Common
Units in accordance with their respective Partnership Common Units,
subject to the limitations of this Section 6.3.B(vi).
(7) Section 754
Adjustment . To the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted
tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b)
or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2) (iv)(m)(2) or Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining
Capital Accounts as the result of a distribution to a Holder of
Partnership Common Units in complete liquidation of its interest in
the Partnership, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital
Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment
increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment
decreases such basis), and such gain or loss shall be specially
allocated to the Holders in accordance with their Partnership
Common Units in the event that Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) applies, or to the Holders to
whom such distribution was made in the event that Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) applies.
(8) Curative Allocations . The
allocations set forth in Sections 6.3.B(i), (ii), (iii), (iv),
(v), (vi) and (vii) hereof (the “ Regulatory
Allocations ”) are intended to comply with certain
regulatory requirements, including the requirements of Regulations
Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 6.1 hereof, the Regulatory Allocations
shall be taken into account in allocating other items of income,
gain, loss and deduction among the Holders of Partnership Common
Units so that to the extent possible without violating the
requirements giving rise to the Regulatory Allocations, the net
amount of such allocations of other items and the Regulatory
Allocations to each Holder of a Partnership Common Unit shall be
equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such
Holder if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred.
C.
Special Allocations Upon Liquidation . Notwithstanding any
provision in this Article VI to the contrary, in the event
that the Partnership disposes of all or substantially all of its
assets in a transaction that will lead to a liquidation of the
Partnership pursuant to Article XIII hereof, then any Net
Income or Net Loss realized in connection with such transaction and
thereafter (and, if necessary, constituent items of income, gain,
loss and deduction) shall be specially allocated among the Partners
as required so as to cause liquidating distributions pursuant to
Section 13.2.A(4) hereof to be made in the same amounts and
proportions as would have resulted had such distributions instead
been made pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof.
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D.
Allocation of Excess Nonrecourse Liabilities . For purposes
of determining a Holder’s proportional share of the
“excess nonrecourse liabilities” of the Partnership
within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3), each
Holder’s interest in Partnership profits shall be such
Holder’s share of Partnership Common Units.
Section 6.4
Tax Allocations .
A.
In General . Except as otherwise provided in this
Section 6.4, for income tax purposes under the Code and the
Regulations each Partnership item of income, gain, loss and
deduction (collectively, “Tax Items”) shall be
allocated among the Holders of Partnership Common Units in the same
manner as its correlative item of “book” income, gain,
loss or deduction is allocated pursuant to Sections 6.2 and
6.3 hereof.
B.
Allocations Respecting Section 704(c) Revaluations .
Notwithstanding Section 6.4.A hereof, Tax Items with respect
to Property that is contributed to the Partnership with a Gross
Asset Value that varies from its basis in the hands of the
contributing Partner immediately preceding the date of contribution
shall be allocated among the Holders of Partnership Common Units
for income tax purposes pursuant to Regulations promulgated under
Code Section 704(c) so as to take into account such variation. The
Partnership shall account for such variation under any method
approved under Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations
as chosen by the General Partner, including, without limitation,
the “traditional method” as described in Regulations
Section 1.704-3(b). In the event that the Gross Asset Value of any
partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to subsection (b) of
the definition of “Gross Asset Value” (provided in
Article 1 hereof), subsequent allocations of Tax Items with
respect to such asset shall take account of the variation, if any,
between the adjusted basis of such asset and its Gross Asset Value
in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c) and the applicable
Regulations.
ARTICLE 7
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS
Section 7.1
Management .
A.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all
management powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership
are and shall be exclusively vested in the General Partner, and no
Limited Partner shall have any right to participate in or exercise
control or management power over the business and affairs of the
Partnership. The General Partner may not be removed by the Partners
with or without cause, except with the Consent of the General
Partner. In addition to the powers now or hereafter granted a
general partner of a limited partnership under applicable law or
that are granted to the General Partner under any other provision
of this Agreement, the General Partner, subject to the other
provisions hereof including Section 7.3, shall have full power
and authority to do all things deemed necessary or desirable by it
to conduct the business of the Partnership, to exercise all powers
set forth in Section 3.2 hereof and to effectuate the purposes
set forth in Section 3.1 hereof, including, without
limitation:
(1) the making of any expenditures,
the lending or borrowing of money (including, without limitation,
making prepayments on loans and borrowing money to permit the
Partnership to make distributions to its Partners in such amounts
as will permit the Previous General Partner (so long as the
Previous General Partner qualifies as a REIT) to avoid the payment
of any federal income tax (including, for this purpose, any excise
tax pursuant to Code Section 4981) and to make distributions
to its shareholders sufficient to permit the Previous General
Partner to maintain REIT status or otherwise to satisfy the REIT
Requirements), the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting
for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of evidences
of indebtedness (including the securing of same by deed to secure
debt, mortgage, deed of trust or other lien or encumbrance on the
Partnership’s assets) and the incurring of any obligations
that it deems necessary for the conduct of the activities of the
Partnership;
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(2) the making of tax, regulatory and
other filings, or rendering of periodic or other reports to
governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the
business or assets of the Partnership;
(3) the acquisition, sale, transfer,
exchange or other disposition of any assets of the Partnership
(including, but not limited to, the exercise or grant of any
conversion, option, privilege or subscription right or any other
right available in connection with any assets at any time held by
the Partnership) or the merger, consolidation, reorganization or
other combination of the Partnership with or into another
entity;
(4) the mortgage, pledge, encumbrance
or hypothecation of any assets of the Partnership, the use of the
assets of the Partnership (including, without limitation, cash on
hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement
and on any terms that it sees fit, including, without limitation,
the financing of the operations and activities of the General
Partner, the Partnership or any of the Partnership’s
Subsidiaries, the lending of funds to other Persons (including,
without limitation, the Partnership’s Subsidiaries) and the
repayment of obligations of the Partnership, its Subsidiaries and
any other Person in which it has an equity investment, and the
making of capital contributions to and equity investments in the
Partnership’s Subsidiaries;
(5) the management, operation,
leasing, landscaping, repair, alteration, demolition, replacement
or improvement of any Property, including, without limitation, any
Contributed Property, or other asset of the Partnership or any
Subsidiary;
(6) the negotiation, execution and
performance of any contracts, leases, conveyances or other
instruments that the General Partner considers useful or necessary
to the conduct of the Partnership’s operations or the
implementation of the General Partner’s powers under this
Agreement, including contracting with contractors, developers,
consultants, accountants, legal counsel, other professional
advisors and other agents and the payment of their expenses and
compensation out of the Partnership’s assets;
(7) the distribution of Partnership
cash or other Partnership assets in accordance with this Agreement,
the holding, management, investment and reinvestment of cash and
other assets of the Partnership, and the collection and receipt of
revenues, rents and income of the Partnership;
(8) the selection and dismissal of
employees of the Partnership or the General Partner (including,
without limitation, employees having titles or offices such as
“president,” “vice president,”
“secretary” and “treasurer”), and agents,
outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors of the
Partnership or the General Partner and the determination of their
compensation and other terms of employment or hiring;
(9) the maintenance of such insurance
for the benefit of the Partnership and the Partners as it deems
necessary or appropriate;
(10) the formation of, or acquisition
of an interest in, and the contribution of property to, any further
limited or general partnerships, limited liability companies, joint
ventures or other relationships that it deems desirable (including,
without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the
contributions of property to, any Subsidiary and any other Person
in which it has an equity investment from time to time);
provided , however , that, as long as the Previous
General Partner has determined to continue to qualify as a REIT,
the General Partner may not engage in any such formation,
acquisition or contribution that would cause the Previous General
Partner to fail to qualify as a REIT or the General Partner to fail
to qualify as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” within the
meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2);
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(11) the control of any matters
affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership, including
the settlement, compromise, submission to arbitration or any other
form of dispute resolution, or abandonment, of any claim, cause of
action, liability, debt or damages, due or owing to or from the
Partnership, the commencement or defense of suits, legal
proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitrations or other
forms of dispute resolution, and the representation of the
Partnership in all suits or legal proceedings, administrative
proceedings, arbitrations or other forms of dispute resolution, the
incurring of legal expense, and the indemnification of any Person
against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by
law;
(12) the undertaking of any action in
connection with the Partnership’s direct or indirect
investment in any Subsidiary or any other Person (including,
without limitation, the contribution or loan of funds by the
Partnership to such Persons);
(13) the determination of the fair
market value of any Partnership property distributed in kind using
such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt;
provided that such methods are otherwise consistent with the
requirements of this Agreement;
(14) the enforcement of any rights
against any Partner pursuant to representations, warranties,
covenants and indemnities relating to such Partner’s
contribution of property or assets to the Partnership;
(15) the exercise, directly or
indirectly, through any attorney- in-fact acting under a general or
limited power of attorney, of any right, including the right to
vote, appurtenant to any asset or investment held by the
Partnership;
(16) the exercise of any of the
powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on
behalf of or in connection with any Subsidiary of the Partnership
or any other Person in which the Partnership has a direct or
indirect interest, or jointly with any such Subsidiary or other
Person;
(17) the exercise of any of the
powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on
behalf of any Person in which the Partnership does not have an
interest, pursuant to contractual or other arrangements with such
Person;
(18) the making, execution and
delivery of any and all deeds, leases, notes, deeds to secure debt,
mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, conveyances,
contracts, guarantees, warranties, indemnities, waivers, releases
or legal instruments or agreements in writing necessary or
appropriate in the judgment of the General Partner for the
accomplishment of any of the powers of the General Partner
enumerated in this Agreement;
(19) the issuance of additional
Partnership Units, as appropriate and in the General
Partner’s sole and absolute discretion, in connection with
Capital Contributions by Additional Limited Partners and additional
Capital Contributions by Partners pursuant to Article 4
hereof; and
(20) an election to dissolve the
Partnership pursuant to Section 13.1.C hereof.
B. Each
of the Limited Partners agrees that, except as provided in
Section 7.3 hereof, the General Partner is authorized to
execute, deliver and perform the above-mentioned agreements and
transactions on behalf of the Partnership without any further act,
approval or vote of the Partners, notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement (except as provided in Section 7.3
hereof), the Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation. The
execution, delivery or performance by the General Partner or the
Partnership of any agreement authorized or permitted under this
Agreement shall not constitute a breach by the General Partner of
any duty that
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The
General Partner may owe the Partnership or the Limited Partners or
any other Persons under this Agreement or of any duty stated or
implied by law or equity.
C. At
all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may
cause the Partnership to obtain and maintain (i) casualty,
liability and other insurance on the Properties of the Partnership
and (ii) liability insurance for the Indemnitees
hereunder.
D. At
all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may
cause the Partnership to establish and maintain working capital and
other reserves in such amounts as the General Partner, in its sole
and absolute discretion, deems appropriate and reasonable from time
to time.
E. In
exercising its authority under this Agreement, the General Partner
may, but shall be under no obligation to, take into account the tax
consequences to any Partner (including the General Partner) of any
action taken by it. The General Partner and the Partnership shall
not have liability to a Limited Partner under any circumstances as
a result of an income tax liability incurred by such Limited
Partner as a result of an action (or inaction) by the General
Partner pursuant to its authority under this Agreement so long as
the action or inaction is taken in good faith.
Section 7.2
Certificate of Limited Partnership . To the extent that such
action is determined by the General Partner to be reasonable and
necessary or appropriate, the General Partner shall file amendments
to and restatements of the Certificate and do all the things to
maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership
in which the limited partners have limited liability) under the
laws of the State of Delaware and each other state, the District of
Columbia or any other jurisdiction, in which the Partnership may
elect to do business or own property. Subject to the terms of
Section 8.5.A(4) hereof, the General Partner shall not be
required, before or after filing, to deliver or mail a copy of the
Certificate or any amendment thereto to any Limited Partner. The
General Partner shall use all reasonable efforts to cause to be
filed such other certificates or documents as may be reasonable and
necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation,
qualification and operation of a limited partnership (or a
partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability to
the extent provided by applicable law) in the State of Delaware and
any other state, or the District of Columbia or other jurisdiction,
in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own
property.
Section 7.3
Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority .
A. The
General Partner may not take any action in contravention of this
Agreement, including, without limitation:
(1) take any action that would make
it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Partnership,
except as otherwise provided in this Agreement;
(2) possess Partnership property, or
assign any rights in specific Partnership property, for other than
a Partnership purpose except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement;
(3) admit a Person as a Partner,
except as otherwise provided in this Agreement;
(4) perform any act that would
subject a Limited Partner to liability as a general partner in any
jurisdiction or any other liability except as provided herein or
under the Act; or
(5) enter into any contract,
mortgage, loan or other agreement that prohibits or restricts, or
has the effect of prohibiting or restricting, the ability of
(a) the General Partner, the Previous General Partner or the
Partnership from satisfying its obligations under Section 8.6
hereof in full or (b) a Limited
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Partner from
exercising its rights under Section 8.6 hereof to effect a
Redemption in full, except, in either case, with the written
consent of such Limited Partner affected by the prohibition or
restriction.
B. The
General Partner shall not, without the prior Consent of the Limited
Partners, undertake, on behalf of the Partnership, any of the
following actions or enter into any transaction that would have the
effect of such transactions:
(1) except as provided in
Section 7.3.C hereof, amend, modify or terminate this
Agreement other than to reflect the admission, substitution,
termination or withdrawal of Partners pursuant to Article 11
or Article 12 hereof;
(2) make a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors or appoint or acquiesce in the appointment of
a custodian, receiver or trustee for all or any part of the assets
of the Partnership;
(3) institute any proceeding for
bankruptcy on behalf of the Partnership; or
(4) subject to the rights of Transfer
provided in Sections 11.1.C and 11.2 hereof, approve or
acquiesce to the Transfer of the Partnership Interest of the
General Partner, or admit into the Partnership any additional or
successor General Partners.
C.
Notwithstanding Section 7.3.B hereof, the General Partner
shall have the power, without the Consent of the Limited Partners,
to amend this Agreement as may be required to facilitate or
implement any of the following purposes:
(1) to add to the obligations of the
General Partner or surrender any right or power granted to the
General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner for the
benefit of the Limited Partners;
(2) to reflect the admission,
substitution or withdrawal of Partners or the termination of the
Partnership in accordance with this Agreement, and to amend
Exhibits A and C in connection with such admission,
substitution or withdrawal;
(3) to reflect a change that is of an
inconsequential nature and does not adversely affect the Limited
Partners in any material respect, or to cure any ambiguity, correct
or supplement any provision in this Agreement not inconsistent with
law or with other provisions, or make other changes with respect to
matters arising under this Agreement that will not be inconsistent
with law or with the provisions of this Agreement;
(4) to satisfy any requirements,
conditions or guidelines contained in any order, directive,
opinion, ruling or regulation of a federal or state agency or
contained in federal or state law;
(5) (a) to reflect such changes
as are reasonably necessary (i) for either the General Partner
or the Special Limited Partner, as the case may be, to maintain its
status as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” within the
meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2) or (ii) for the
Previous General Partner to maintain its status as a REIT or to
satisfy the REIT Requirement; (b) to reflect the Transfer of
all or any part of a Partnership Interest among the Previous
General Partner, the General Partner, the Special Limited Partner
or any other “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the
meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)) with respect to the
Previous General Partner;
(6) to modify the manner in which
Capital Accounts are computed (but only to the extent set forth in
the definition of “Capital Account” or contemplated by
the Code or the Regulations); and
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(7) the issuance of additional
Partnership Interests in accordance with Section 4.2.
The
General Partner will provide notice to the Limited Partners when
any action under this Section 7.3.C is taken.
D.
Notwithstanding Sections 7.3.B and 7.3.C hereof, this
Agreement shall not be amended, and no action may be taken by the
General Partner, without the Consent of each Partner adversely
affected, if such amendment or action would (i) convert a
Limited Partner Interest in the Partnership into a General Partner
Interest (except as a result of the General Partner acquiring such
Partnership Interest), (ii) modify the limited liability of a
Limited Partner, (iii) alter the rights of any Partner to
receive the distributions to which such Partner is entitled,
pursuant to Article 5 or Section 13.2.A(4) hereof, or
alter the allocations specified in Article 6 hereof (except,
in any case, as permitted pursuant to Sections 4.2 and 7.3.C
hereof), (iv) alter or modify the Redemption rights, Cash
Amount or REIT Shares Amount as set forth in Sections 8.6 and
11.2 hereof, or amend or modify any related definitions, or
(v) amend this Section 7.3.D; provided ,
however , that the Consent of each Partner adversely
affected shall not be required for any amendment or action that
affects all Partners holding the same class or series of
Partnership Units on a uniform or pro rata basis. Further, no
amendment may alter the restrictions on the General Partner’s
authority set forth elsewhere in this Section 7.3 without the
Consent specified therein. Any such amendment or action consented
to by any Partner shall be effective as to that Partner,
notwithstanding the absence of such consent by any other
Partner.
Section 7.4
Reimbursement of the General Partner .
A. The
General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as
general partner of the Partnership except as provided in elsewhere
in this Agreement (including the provisions of Articles 5 and 6
hereof regarding distributions, payments and allocations to which
it may be entitled in its capacity as the General Partner).
B.
Subject to Sections 7.4.C and 15.11 hereof, the Partnership
shall be liable for, and shall reimburse the General Partner on a
monthly basis, or such other basis as the General Partner may
determine in its sole and absolute discretion, for all sums
expended in connection with the Partnership’s business,
including, without limitation, (i) expenses relating to the
ownership of interests in and management and operation of, or for
the benefit of, the Partnership, (ii) compensation of officers and
employees, including, without limitation, payments under future
compensation plans of the General Partner that may provide for
stock units, or other phantom stock, pursuant to which employees of
the General Partner will receive payments based upon dividends on
or the value of REIT Shares, (iii) director fees and expenses;
(iv) all costs and expenses of the General Partner being a
public company, including costs of filings with the SEC, reports
and other distributions to its shareholders and (v) income
taxes or other similar types of costs, including but not limited to
franchise taxes or related fees (in lieu of reimbursement, the
Partnership may instead (in whole or in part) specially allocate
income as necessary to reimburse the General Partner in full);
provided , however , that the amount of any
reimbursement shall be reduced by any interest earned by the
General Partner with respect to bank accounts or other instruments
or accounts held by it on behalf of the Partnership as permitted
pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof. Such reimbursements shall be in
addition to any reimbursement of the General Partner as a result of
indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof.
C. To
the extent practicable, Partnership expenses shall be billed
directly to and paid by the Partnership and, subject to
Section 15.11 hereof, reimbursements to the General Partner or
any of its Affiliates by the Partnership pursuant to this
Section 7.4 shall be treated as “guaranteed
payments” within the meaning of Code
Section 707(c).
Section 7.5
Outside Activities of the Previous General Partner and the
General Partner . Neither the General Partner nor the Previous
General Partner shall directly or indirectly enter into or conduct
any business, other than in connection with (a) the ownership,
acquisition and disposition of Partnership Interests as General
Partner, (b) the management of the business of the
Partnership, (c) the operation of the Previous General Partner
as a reporting company with a class (or classes) of securities
registered under the Exchange Act, (d) the
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Previous
General Partner’s operations as a REIT, (e) the
offering, sale, syndication, private placement or public offering
of stock, bonds, securities or other interests, (f) financing
or refinancing of any type related to the Partnership or its assets
or activities, (g) the General Partner’s qualification
as a “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of
Code Section 856(i)(2)) and (h) such activities as are
incidental thereto. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to
prohibit the General Partner or the Previous General Partner from
executing guarantees of Partnership debt for which it would
otherwise be liable in its capacity as General Partner. Subject to
Section 7.3.B hereof, the General Partner, the Previous
General Partner, the Special Limited Partner and all
“qualified REIT subsidiaries” (within the meaning of
Code Section 856(i)(2)), taken as a group, shall not own any
assets or take title to assets (other than temporarily in
connection with an acquisition prior to contributing such assets to
the Partnership) other than Partnership Interests as the General
Partner or Special Limited Partner and other than such cash and
cash equivalents, bank accounts or similar instruments or accounts
as such group deems reasonably necessary, taking into account
Section 7.1.D hereof and the requirements necessary for the
Previous General Partner to qualify as a REIT and for the Previous
General Partner, the General Partner and the Special Limited
Partner to carry out their respective responsibilities contemplated
under this Agreement and the Charter. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Previous General Partner or the General Partner
acquires assets in its own name and owns Property other than
through the Partnership, the Partners agree to negotiate in good
faith to amend this Agreement, including, without limitation, the
definition of “Adjustment Factor,” to reflect such
activities and the direct ownership of assets by the Previous
General Partner or the General Partner. The General Partner and any
Affiliates of the General Partner may acquire Limited Partner
Interests and shall be entitled to exercise all rights of a Limited
Partner relating to such Limited Partner Interests.
Section 7.6
Contracts with Affiliates .
A. The
Partnership may lend or contribute funds or other assets to its
Subsidiaries or other Persons in which it has an equity investment,
and such Persons may borrow funds from the Partnership, on terms
and conditions established in the sole and absolute discretion of
the General Partner. The foregoing authority shall not create any
right or benefit in favor of any Subsidiary or any other
Person.
B.
Except as provided in Section 7.5 hereof and subject to
Section 3.1 hereof, the Partnership may transfer assets to
joint ventures, limited liability companies, partnerships,
corporations, business trusts or other business entities in which
it is or thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject
to such conditions consistent with this Agreement and applicable
law as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion,
believes to be advisable.
C.
Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, neither the
General Partner nor any of its Affiliates shall sell, transfer or
convey any property to the Partnership, directly or indirectly,
except pursuant to transactions that are determined by the General
Partner in good faith to be fair and reasonable.
D. The
General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion and without
the approval of the Limited Partners, may propose and adopt on
behalf of the Partnership employee benefit plans funded by the
Partnership for the benefit of employees of the General Partner,
the Partnership, Subsidiaries of the Partnership or any Affiliate
of any of them in respect of services performed, directly or
indirectly, for the benefit of the Partnership or any of the
Partnership’s Subsidiaries.
E. The
General Partner is expressly authorized to enter into, in the name
and on behalf of the Partnership, a right of first opportunity
arrangement and other conflict avoidance agreements with various
Affiliates of the Partnership and the General Partner, on such
terms as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion,
believes are advisable.
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Section 7.7
Indemnification .
A. To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership
shall indemnify each Indemnitee from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses
(including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and other
legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements and other
amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or
proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, that
relate to the operations of the Partnership (“ Actions
”) as set forth in this Agreement in which such Indemnitee
may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or
otherwise; provided , however , that the Partnership
shall not indemnify an Indemnitee (i) for willful misconduct
or a knowing violation of the law or (ii) for any transaction
for which such Indemnitee received an improper personal benefit in
violation or breach of any provision of this Agreement. Without
limitation, the foregoing indemnity shall extend to any liability
of any Indemnitee, pursuant to a loan guaranty or otherwise, for
any indebtedness of the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the
Partnership (including, without limitation, any indebtedness which
the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership has assumed or
taken subject to), and the General Partner is hereby authorized and
empowered, on behalf of the Partnership, to enter into one or more
indemnity agreements consistent with the provisions of this
Section 7.7 in favor of any Indemnitee having or potentially
having liability for any such indebtedness. It is the intention of
this Section 7.7.A that the Partnership indemnify each
Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law. The termination
of any proceeding by judgment, order or settlement does not create
a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet the requisite
standard of conduct set forth in this Section 7.7.A. The
termination of any proceeding by conviction of an Indemnitee or
upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent by an Indemnitee,
or an entry of an order of probation against an Indemnitee prior to
judgment, does not create a presumption that such Indemnitee acted
in a manner contrary to that specified in this Section 7.7.A
with respect to the subject matter of such proceeding. Any
indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be made
only out of the assets of the Partnership, and neither the General
Partner nor any Limited Partner shall have any obligation to
contribute to the capital of the Partnership or otherwise provide
funds to enable the Partnership to fund its obligations under this
Section 7.7.
B. To
the fullest extent permitted by law, expenses incurred by an
Indemnitee who is a party to a proceeding or otherwise subject to
or the focus of or is involved in any Action shall be paid or
reimbursed by the Partnership as incurred by the Indemnitee in
advance of the final disposition of the Action upon receipt by the
Partnership of (i) a written affirmation by the Indemnitee of
the Indemnitee’s good faith belief that the standard of
conduct necessary for indemnification by the Partnership as
authorized in this Section 7.7.A has been met, and (ii) a
written undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay the
amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of
conduct has not been met.
C. The
indemnification provided by this Section 7.7 shall be in
addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee or any other
Person may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of
the Partners, as a matter of law or otherwise, and shall continue
as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity and
shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and
administrators of the Indemnitee unless otherwise provided in a
written agreement with such Indemnitee or in the writing pursuant
to which such Indemnitee is indemnified.
D. The
Partnership may, but shall not be obligated to, purchase and
maintain insurance, on behalf of any of the Indemnitees and such
other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, against any
liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be
incurred by such Person in connection with the Partnership’s
activities, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the
power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the
provisions of this Agreement.
E. Any
liabilities which an Indemnitee incurs as a result of acting on
behalf of the Partnership or the General Partner (whether as a
fiduciary or otherwise) in connection with the operation,
administration or maintenance of an employee benefit plan or any
related trust or funding mechanism (whether such
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liabilities are in the form of excise taxes assessed by the IRS,
penalties assessed by the Department of Labor, restitutions to such
a plan or trust or other funding mechanism or to a participant or
beneficiary of such plan, trust or other funding mechanism, or
otherwise) shall be treated as liabilities or judgments or fines
under this Section 7.7, unless such liabilities arise as a result
of (i) such Indemnitee’s intentional misconduct or
knowing violation of the law, or (ii) any transaction in which
such Indemnitee received a personal benefit in violation or breach
of any provision of this Agreement or applicable law.
F. In
no event may an Indemnitee subject any of the Partners to personal
liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set forth in
this Agreement.
G. An
Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part
under this Section 7.7 because the Indemnitee had an interest in
the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies
if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this
Agreement.
H. The
provisions of this Section 7.7 are for the benefit of the
Indemnitees, their heirs, successors, assigns and administrators
and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any
other Persons. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this
Section 7.7 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only
and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the
Partnership’s liability to any Indemnitee under this
Section 7.7 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment,
modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or
relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such
amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims
may arise or be asserted.
I. It
is the intent of the Partners that any amounts paid by the
Partnership to the General Partner pursuant to this
Section 7.7 shall be treated as “guaranteed
payments” within the meaning of Code
Section 707(c).
Section 7.8
Liability of the General Partner .
A.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Agreement, neither the General Partner nor any of its directors or
officers shall be liable or accountable in damages or otherwise to
the Partnership, any Partners or any Assignees for losses
sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not derived as a result
of errors in judgment or mistakes of fact or law or of any act or
omission if the General Partner or such director or officer acted
in good faith.
B. The
Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that the General Partner is
acting for the benefit of the Partnership, the Limited Partners and
the General Partner’s shareholders collectively and that the
General Partner is under no obligation to give priority to the
separate interests of the Limited Partners or the General
Partner’s shareholders (including, without limitation, the
tax consequences to Limited Partners, Assignees or the General
Partner’s shareholders) in deciding whether to cause the
Partnership to take (or decline to take) any actions.
C.
Subject to its obligations and duties as General Partner set forth
in Section 7.1.A hereof, the General Partner may exercise any
of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of
the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or
through its employees or agents (subject to the supervision and
control of the General Partner). The General Partner shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any
such agent appointed by it in good faith.
D. Any
amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.8 or any
provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way
affect the limitations on the General Partner’s, and its
officers’ and directors’, liability to the Partnership
and the Limited Partners under this Section 7.8 as in effect
immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with
respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring,
in
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whole or
in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal,
regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.
E.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except for fraud,
willful misconduct or gross negligence, or pursuant to any express
indemnities given to the Partnership by any Partner pursuant to any
other written instrument, no Partner shall have any personal
liability whatsoever, to the Partnership or to the other
Partner(s), for the debts or liabilities of the Partnership or the
Partnership’s obligations hereunder, and the full recourse of
the other Partner(s) shall be limited to the interest of that
Partner in the Partnership. To the fullest extent permitted by law,
no officer, director or shareholder of the General Partner shall be
liable to the Partnership for money damages except for
(i) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a
non-appealable final judgment or (ii) actual receipt of an
improper benefit or profit in money, property or services. Without
limitation of the foregoing, and except for fraud, willful
misconduct or gross negligence, or pursuant to any such express
indemnity, no property or assets of any Partner, other than its
interest in the Partnership, shall be subject to levy, execution or
other enforcement procedures for the satisfaction of any judgment
(or other judicial process) in favor of any other Partner(s) and
arising out of, or in connection with, this Agreement. This
Agreement is executed by the officers of the General Partner solely
as officers of the same and not in their own individual
capacities.
F. To
the extent that, at law or in equity, the General Partner has
duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating
thereto to the Partnership or the Limited Partners, the General
Partner shall not be liable to the Partnership or to any other
Partner for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this
Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that
they restrict the duties and liabilities of the General Partner
otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Partners
to replace such other duties and liabilities of such General
Partner.
Section 7.9
Other Matters Concerning the General Partner .
A. The
General Partner may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond,
debenture or other paper or document believed by it in good faith
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
party or parties.
B. The
General Partner may consult with legal counsel, accountants,
appraisers, management consultants, investment bankers, architects,
engineers, environmental consultants and other consultants and
advisers selected by it, and any act taken or omitted to be taken
in reliance upon the opinion of such Persons as to matters that the
General Partner reasonably believes to be within such
Person’s professional or expert competence shall be
conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in good faith
and in accordance with such opinion.
C. The
General Partner shall have the right, in respect of any of its
powers or obligations hereunder, to act through any of its duly
authorized officers and a duly appointed attorney or
attorneys-in-fact. Each such attorney shall, to the extent provided
by the General Partner in the power of attorney, have full power
and authority to do and perform all and every act and duty that is
permitted or required to be done by the General Partner
hereunder.
D.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Act,
any action of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership or
any decision of the General Partner to refrain from acting on
behalf of the Partnership, undertaken in the good faith belief that
such action or omission is necessary or advisable in order
(i) to protect the ability of the Previous General Partner to
continue to qualify as a REIT, (ii) for the Previous General
Partner otherwise to satisfy the REIT Requirements, (iii) to
avoid the Previous General Partner incurring any taxes under Code
Section 857 or Code Section 4981 or (iv) for the General
Partner or the Special Limited Partner to continue to qualify as a
“qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code
Section 856(i)(2)), is expressly authorized under this
Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the Limited
Partners.
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Section 7.10
Title to Partnership Assets . Title to Partnership assets,
whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible,
shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an entity, and no
Partner, individually or collectively with other Partners or
Persons, shall have any ownership interest in such Partnership
assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the
Partnership assets may be held in the name of the Partnership, the
General Partner or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may
determine, including Affiliates of the General Partner. The General
Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets
for which legal title is held in the name of the General Partner or
any nominee or Affiliate of the General Partner shall be held by
the General Partner for the use and benefit of the Partnership in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided ,
however , that the General Partner shall use its best
efforts to cause beneficial and record title to such assets to be
vested in the Partnership as soon as reasonably practicable. All
Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the
Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in
which legal title to such Partnership assets is held.
Section 7.11
Reliance by Third Parties . Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, any Person dealing with the Partnership
shall be entitled to assume that the General Partner has full power
and authority, without the consent or approval of any other Partner
or Person, to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and
all assets of the Partnership and to enter into any contracts on
behalf of the Partnership, and take any and all actions on behalf
of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to deal with
the General Partner as if it were the Partnership’s sole
party in interest, both legally and beneficially. Each Limited
Partner hereby waives any and all defenses or other remedies that
may be available against such Person to contest, negate or
disaffirm any action of the General Partner in connection with any
such dealing. In no event shall any Person dealing with the General
Partner or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the
terms of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into
the necessity or expediency of any act or action of the General
Partner or its representatives. Each and every certificate,
document or other instrument executed on behalf of the Partnership
by the General Partner or its representatives shall be conclusive
evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or
claiming thereunder that (i) at the time of the execution and
delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this
Agreement was in full force and effect, (ii) the Person
executing and delivering such certificate, document or instrument
was duly authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the
Partnership and (iii) such certificate, document or instrument
was duly executed and delivered in accordance with the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the
Partnership.
ARTICLE 8
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS
Section 8.1
Limitation of Liability . The Limited Partners shall have no
liability under this Agreement except as expressly provided in this
Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 10.4 hereof)
or under the Act.
Section 8.2
Management of Business . No Limited Partner or Assignee
(other than the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any
officer, director, member, employee, partner, agent or trustee of
the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in
their capacity as such) shall take part in the operations,
management or control (within the meaning of the Act) of the
Partnership’s business, transact any business in the
Partnership’s name or have the power to sign documents for or
otherwise bind the Partnership. The transaction of any such
business by the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any
officer, director, member, employee, partner, agent,
representative, or trustee of the General Partner, the Partnership
or any of their Affiliates, in their capacity as such, shall not
affect, impair or eliminate the limitations on the liability of the
Limited Partners or Assignees under this Agreement.
Section 8.3
Outside Activities of Limited Partners . Subject to any
agreements entered into pursuant to Section 7.6.D hereof and
any other agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or its
Affiliates with the
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General
Partner, the Partnership or a Subsidiary (including, without
limitation, any employment agreement), any Limited Partner and any
Assignee, officer, director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate or
shareholder of any Limited Partner shall be entitled to and may
have business interests and engage in business activities in
addition to those relating to the Partnership, including business
interests and activities that are in direct or indirect competition
with the Partnership or that are enhanced by the activities of the
Partnership. Neither the Partnership nor any Partners shall have
any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business ventures of
any Limited Partner or Assignee. Subject to such agreements, none
of the Limited Partners nor any other Person shall have any rights
by virtue of this Agreement or the partnership relationship
established hereby in any business ventures of any other Person
(other than the General Partner, to the extent expressly provided
herein), and such Person shall have no obligation pursuant to this
Agreement, subject to Section 7.6.D hereof and any other
agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or its Affiliates with
the General Partner, the Partnership or a Subsidiary, to offer any
interest in any such business ventures to the Partnership, any
Limited Partner or any such other Person, even if such opportunity
is of a character that, if presented to the Partnership, any
Limited Partner or such other Person, could be taken by such
Person.
Section 8.4
Return of Capital . Except pursuant to the rights of
Redemption set forth in Section 8.6 hereof, no Limited Partner
shall be entitled to the withdrawal or return of its Capital
Contribution, except to the extent of distributions made pursuant
to this Agreement or upon termination of the Partnership as
provided herein. Except to the extent provided in Article 6
hereof or otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no
Limited Partner or Assignee shall have priority over any other
Limited Partner or Assignee either as to the return of Capital
Contributions or as to profits, losses or distributions.
Section 8.5
Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership
.
A. In
addition to other rights provided by this Agreement or by the Act,
and except as limited by Section 8.5.C hereof, each Limited
Partner shall have the right, for a purpose reasonably related to
such Limited Partner’s interest as a limited partner in the
Partnership, upon written demand with a statement of the purpose of
such demand and at such Limited Partner’s own expense:
(1) to obtain a copy of (i) the
most recent annual and quarterly reports filed with the SEC by the
Previous General Partner or the General Partner pursuant to the
Exchange Act and (ii) each report or other written
communication sent to the shareholders of the Previous General
Partner;
(2) to obtain a copy of the
Partnership’s federal, state and local income tax returns for
each Fiscal Year;
(3) to obtain a current list of the
name and last known business, residence or mailing address of each
Partner;
(4) to obtain a copy of this
Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments thereto, together
with executed copies of all powers of attorney pursuant to which
this Agreement, the Certificate and all amendments thereto have
been executed; and
(5) to obtain true and full
information regarding the amount of cash and a description and
statement of any other property or services contributed by each
Partner and that each Partner has agreed to contribute in the
future, and the date on which each became a Partner.
B. The
Partnership shall notify any Limited Partner that is a Qualifying
Party, on request, of the then current Adjustment Factor or any
change made to the Adjustment Factor.
C.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8.5, the
General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners,
for such period of time as the General Partner determines in its
sole and
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absolute
discretion to be reasonable, any information that (i) the
General Partner believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or
other information the disclosure of which the General Partner in
good faith believes is not in the best interests of the Partnership
or the General Partner or (ii) the Partnership or the General
Partner is required by law or by agreements with unaffiliated third
parties to keep confidential.
Section 8.6
Redemption Rights of Qualifying Parties .
A.
After the first Twelve-Month Period, a Qualifying Party, but no
other Limited Partner or Assignee, shall have the right (subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein) to require the
Partnership to redeem all or a portion of the Redeemable Units held
by such Tendering Party (such Redeemable Units being hereafter
“ Tendered Units ”) in exchange (a “
Redemption ”) for REIT shares issuable on, or the Cash
Amount payable on, the Specified Redemption Date, as determined by
the Partnership in its sole discretion. Any Redemption shall be
exercised pursuant to a Notice of Redemption delivered to the
General Partner by the Qualifying Party when exercising the
Redemption right (the “ Tendering Party ”). A
Tendering Party shall have no right to receive distributions with
respect to any Tendered Units (other than the Cash Amount) paid
after delivery of the Notice of Redemption, whether or not the
Partnership Record Date for such distribution precedes or coincides
with such delivery of the Notice of Redemption. If the Partnership
elects to redeem Tendered Units for cash, the Cash Amount shall be
delivered as a certified check payable to the Tendering Party or,
in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion, in
immediately available funds.
B. If
the Partnership elects to redeem Tendered Units for REIT Shares
rather than cash, then the Partnership shall direct the Previous
General Partner to issue and deliver such REIT Shares to the
Tendering Party pursuant to the terms set forth in this
Section 8.6.B, in which case, (i) the Previous General
Partner, acting as a distinct legal entity, shall assume directly
the obligation with respect thereto and shall satisfy the Tendering
Party’s exercise of its Redemption right, and (ii) such
transaction shall be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as a
transfer by the Tendering Party of such Tendered Units to the
Previous General Partner in exchange for REIT shares. The
percentage of the Tendered Units tendered for Redemption by the
Tendering Party for which the Partnership elects to cause the
Previous General Partner to issue REIT Shares (rather than cash) is
referred to as the “ Applicable Percentage .” In
making such election to cause the Previous General Partner to
acquire Tendered Units, the Partnership shall act in a fair,
equitable and reasonable manner that neither prefers one group or
class of Qualifying Parties over another nor discriminates against
a group or class of Qualifying Parties. If the Partnership elects
to redeem any number of Tendered Units for REIT Shares, rather than
cash, on the Specified Redemption Date, the Tendering Party shall
sell such number of the Tendered Units to the Previous General
Partner in exchange for a number of REIT Shares equal to the
product of the REIT Shares Amount and the Applicable Percentage.
The Tendering Party shall submit (i) such information,
certification or affidavit as the Previous General Partner may
reasonably require in connection with the application of the
Ownership Limit and other restrictions and limitations of the
Charter to any such acquisition and (ii) such written
representations, investment letters, legal opinions or other
instruments necessary, in the Previous General Partner’s
view, to effect compliance with the Securities Act. The product of
the Applicable Percentage and the REIT Shares Amount, if
applicable, shall be delivered by the Previous General Partner as
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and accessible REIT
Shares and, if applicable, Rights, free of any pledge, lien,
encumbrance or restriction, other than the Ownership Limit and
other restrictions provided in the Charter, the Bylaws of the
Previous General Partner, the Securities Act and relevant state
securities or “blue sky” laws. Neither any Tendering
Party whose Tendered Units are acquired by the Previous General
Partner pursuant to this Section 8.6.B, any Partner, any
Assignee nor any other interested Person shall have any right to
require or cause the Previous General Partner or the General
Partner to register, qualify or list any REIT Shares owned or held
by such Person, whether or not such REIT Shares are issued pursuant
to this Section 8.6.B, with the SEC, with any state securities
commissioner, department or agency, under the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act or with any stock exchange; provided ,
however , that this limitation shall not be in derogation of
any registration or similar rights granted pursuant to any other
written agreement between the Previous General Partner and any such
Person. Notwithstanding any delay in such delivery, the Tendering
Party shall be deemed the owner of such REIT Shares and Rights for
all purposes, including, without limitation, rights to vote or
consent, receive dividends, and
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exercise
rights, as of the Specified Redemption Date. REIT Shares issued
upon an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the Previous General
Partner pursuant to this Section 8.6.B may contain such
legends regarding restrictions under the Securities Act and
applicable state securities laws as the Previous General Partner in
good faith determines to be necessary or advisable in order to
ensure compliance with such laws.
C.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.6.A and 8.6.B
hereof, the Tendering Parties (i) where the Redemption would
consist of less than all the Partnership Common Units held by
Partners other than the General Partner and the Special Limited
Partner, shall not be entitled to elect or effect a Redemption to
the extent that the aggregate Percentage Interests of the Limited
Partners (other than the Special Limited Partner) would be reduced,
as a result of the Redemption, to less than one percent (1%) and
(ii) shall have no rights under this Agreement that would
otherwise be prohibited under the Charter. To the extent that any
attempted Redemption would be in violation of this
Section 8.6.C, it shall be null and void ab initio, and the
Tendering Party shall not acquire any rights or economic interests
in REIT Shares otherwise issuable by the Previous General Partner
under Section 8.6.B hereof.
D. In
the event that the Partnership declines to cause the Previous
General Partner to acquire all of the Tendered Units from the
Tendering Party in exchange for REIT Shares pursuant to Section
8.6.B hereof following receipt of a Notice of Redemption (a “
Declination ”):
(1) The Previous General Partner or
the General Partner shall give notice of such Declination to the
Tendering Party on or before the close of business on the Cut-Off
Date.
(2) The Partnership may elect to
raise funds for the payment of the Cash Amount either (a) by
requiring that the General Partner contribute such funds from the
proceeds of a registered public offering (a “ Public
Offering Funding ”) by the Previous General Partner of a
number of REIT Shares (“ Registrable Shares ”)
equal to the REIT Shares Amount with respect to the Tendered Units
or (b) from any other sources (including, but not limited to,
the sale of any Property and the incurrence of additional Debt)
available to the Partnership.
(3) Promptly upon the General
Partner’s receipt of the Notice of Redemption and the
Previous General Partner or the General Partner giving notice of
the Partnership’s Declination, the General Partner shall give
notice (a “ Single Funding Notice ”) to all
Qualifying Parties then holding a Partnership Interest (or an
interest therein) and having Redemption rights pursuant to this
Section 8.6 and require that all such Qualifying Parties elect
whether or not to effect a Redemption of their Partnership Common
Units to be funded through such Public Offering Funding. In the
event that any such Qualifying Party elects to effect such a
Redemption, it shall give notice thereof and of the number of
Partnership Common Units to be made subject thereon in writing to
the General Partner within ten (10) Business Days after
receipt of the Single Funding Notice, and such Qualifying Party
shall be treated as a Tendering Party for all purposes of this
Section 8.6. In the event that a Qualifying Party does not so
elect, it shall be deemed to have waived its right to effect a
Redemption for the current Twelve-Month Period; provided ,
however , that the Previous General Partner shall not be
required to acquire Partnership Common Units pursuant to this
Section 8.6.D more than twice within a Twelve-Month
Period.
Any
proceeds from a Public Offering Funding that are in excess of the
Cash Amount shall be for the sole benefit of the Previous General
Partner and/or the General Partner. The General Partner and/or the
Special Limited Partner shall make a Capital Contribution of such
amounts to the Partnership for an additional General Partner
Interest and/or Limited Partner Interest. Any such contribution
shall entitle the General Partner and the Special Limited Partner,
as the case may be, to an equitable Percentage Interest
adjustment.
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E.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.6.B hereof, the
Previous General Partner shall not, under any circumstances, elect
to acquire Tendered Units in exchange for the REIT Shares Amount if
such exchange would be prohibited under the Charter.
F.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (but subject to
Section 8.6.C hereof), with respect to any Redemption pursuant
to this Section 8.6:
(1) All Partnership Common Units
acquired by the Previous General Partner pursuant to
Section 8.6.B hereof shall be contributed by the Previous
General Partner to either or both of the General Partner and the
Special Limited Partner in such proportions as the Previous General
Partner, the General Partner and the Special Limited Partner shall
determine. Any Partnership Common Units so contributed to the
General Partner shall automatically, and without further action
required, be converted into and deemed to be a General Partner
Interest comprised of the same number of Partnership Common Units.
Any Partnership Common Units so contributed to the Special Limited
Partner shall remain outstanding.
(2) Subject to the Ownership Limit,
no Tendering Party may effect a Redemption for less than five
hundred (500) Redeemable Units or, if such Tendering Party
holds (as a Limited Partner or, economically, as an Assignee) less
than five hundred (500) Redeemable Units, all of the
Redeemable Units held by such Tendering Party.
(3) Each Tendering Party (a) may
effect a Redemption only once in each fiscal quarter of a
Twelve-Month Period and (b) may not effect a Redemption during
the period after the Partnership Record Date with respect to a
distribution and before the record date established by the Previous
General Partner for a distribution to its shareholders of some or
all of its portion of such Partnership distribution.
(4) Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, with respect to any Redemption or acquisition of
Tendered Units by the Previous General Partner pursuant to
Section 8.6.B hereof, in the event that the Previous General
Partner or the General Partner gives notice to all Limited Partners
(but excluding any Assignees) then owning Partnership Interests (a
“ Primary Offering Notice ”) that the Previous
General Partner desires to effect a primary offering of its equity
securities then, unless the Previous General Partner and the
General Partner otherwise consent, commencement of the actions
denoted in Section 8.6.E hereof as to a Public Offering
Funding with respect to any Notice of Redemption thereafter
received, whether or not the Tendering Party is a Limited Partner,
may be delayed until the earlier of (a) the completion of the
primary offering or (b) ninety (90) days following the
giving of the Primary Offering Notice.
(5) Without the Consent of the
Previous General Partner, no Tendering Party may effect a
Redemption within ninety (90) days following the closing of
any prior Public Offering Funding.
(6) The consummation of such
Redemption shall be subject to the expiration or termination of the
applicable waiting period, if any, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.
(7) The Tendering Party shall
continue to own (subject, in the case of an Assignee, to the
provision of Section 11.5 hereof) all Redeemable Units subject
to any Redemption, and be treated as a Limited Partner or an
Assignee, as applicable, with respect to such Redeemable Units for
all purposes of this Agreement, until such Redeemable Units are
either paid for by the Partnership pursuant to Section 8.6.A
hereof or transferred to the Previous General Partner (or directly
to the General Partner or Special Limited Partner) and paid for, by
the issuance of the REIT Shares, pursuant to Section 8.6.B
hereof on the Specified Redemption Date. Until a Specified
Redemption Date and an acquisition of the Tendered Units by the
Previous General Partner pursuant to Section 8.6.B hereof, the
Tendering Party shall have no
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rights as a
shareholder of the Previous General Partner with respect to the
REIT Shares issuable in connection with such acquisition.
For
purposes of determining compliance with the restrictions set forth
in this Section 8.6.F, all Partnership Common Units
beneficially owned by a Related Party of a Tendering Party shall be
considered to be owned or held by such Tendering Party.
G. In
connection with an exercise of Redemption rights pursuant to this
Section 8.6, the Tendering Party shall submit the following to
the General Partner, in addition to the Notice of Redemption:
(1) A written affidavit, dated the
same date as the Notice of Redemption, (a) disclosing the actual
and constructive ownership, as determined for purposes of Code
Sections 856(a)(6) and 856(h), of REIT Shares by (i) such
Tendering Party and (ii) any Related Party and
(b) representing that, after giving effect to the Redemption,
neither the Tendering Party nor any Related Party will own REIT
Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit;
(2) A written representation that
neither the Tendering Party nor any Related Party has any intention
to acquire any additional REIT Shares prior to the closing of the
Redemption on the Specified Redemption Date; and
(3) An undertaking to certify, at and
as a condition to the closing of the Redemption on the Specified
Redemption Date, that either (a) the actual and constructive
ownership of REIT Shares by the Tendering Party and any Related
Party remain unchanged from that disclosed in the affidavit
required by Section 8.6.G(1) or (b) after giving effect
to the Redemption, neither the Tendering Party nor any Related
Party shall own REIT Shares in violation of the Ownership
Limit.
Section 8.7
Partnership Right to Call Limited Partner Interests .
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, on and after
the date on which the aggregate Percentage Interests of the Limited
Partners (other than the Special Limited Partner) are less than one
percent (1%), the Partnership shall have the right, but not the
obligation, from time to time and at any time to redeem any and all
outstanding Limited Partner Interests (other than the Special
Limited Partner’s Limited Partner Interest) by treating any
Limited Partner as a Tendering Party who has delivered a Notice of
Redemption pursuant to Section 8.6 hereof for the amount of
Partnership Common Units to be specified by the General Partner, in
its sole and absolute discretion, by notice to such Limited Partner
that the Partnership has elected to exercise its rights under this
Section 8.7. Such notice given by the General Partner to a
Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 8.7 shall be treated
as if it were a Notice of Redemption delivered to the General
Partner by such Limited Partner. For purposes of this
Section 8.7, (a) any Limited Partner (whether or not
otherwise a Qualifying Party) may, in the General Partner’s
sole and absolute discretion, be treated as a Qualifying Party that
is a Tendering Party and (b) the provisions of
Sections 8.6.C(1), 8.6.F(2), 8.6.F(3) and 8.6.F(5) hereof
shall not apply, but the remainder of Section 8.6 hereof shall
apply, mutatis mutandis .
ARTICLE 9
BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS
Section 9.1
Records and Accounting .
A. The
General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal
office of the Partnership those records and documents required to
be maintained by the Act and other books and records deemed by the
General Partner to be appropriate with respect to the
Partnership’s business, including, without limitation, all
books and records necessary to provide to the Limited Partners any
information, lists and copies of documents
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required
to be provided pursuant to Section 8.5.A or Section 9.3
hereof. Any records maintained by or on behalf of the Partnership
in the regular course of its business may be kept on, or be in the
form for, punch cards, magnetic tape, photographs, micrographics or
any other information storage device, provided that the records so
maintained are convertible into clearly legible written form within
a reasonable period of time.
B. The
books of the Partnership shall be maintained, for financial and tax
reporting purposes, on an accrual basis in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, or on such other basis as
the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate. To
the extent permitted by sound accounting practices and principles,
the Partnership, the General Partner and the Previous General
Partner may operate with integrated or consolidated accounting
records, operations and principles.
Section 9.2
Fiscal Year . The Fiscal Year of the Partnership shall be
the calendar year.
Section 9.3
Reports .
A. As
soon as practicable, but in no event later than one hundred five
(105) days after the close of each Fiscal Year, the General
Partner shall cause to be made available to each Limited Partner,
of record as of the close of the Fiscal Year, an annual report
containing financial statements of the Partnership, or of the
Previous General Partner if such statements are prepared solely on
a consolidated basis with the Previous General Partner, for such
Fiscal Year, presented in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, such statements to be audited by a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
selected by the General Partner. Such report shall be deemed to be
made available to all Limited Partners if it has been filed with
the SEC.
B. As
soon as practicable, but in no event later than one hundred five
(105) days after the close of each calendar quarter (except
the last calendar quarter of each year), the General Partner shall
cause to be made available to each Limited Partner, of record as of
the last day of the calendar quarter, a report containing unaudited
financial statements of the Partnership, or of the Previous General
Partner if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated
basis with the Previous General Partner, and such other information
as may be required by applicable law or regulation or as the
General Partner determines to be appropriate. At the request of any
Limited Partner, the General Partner shall provide access to the
books, records and workpapers upon which the reports required by
this Section 9.3 are based, to the extent required by the Act.
Such report shall be deemed to be made available to all Limited
Partners if it has been filed with the SEC.
ARTICLE 10
TAX MATTERS
Section 10.1
Preparation of Tax Returns . The General Partner shall
arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all returns with
respect to Partnership income, gains, deductions, losses and other
items required of the Partnership for federal and state income tax
purposes and shall use all reasonable effort to furnish, within
ninety (90) days of the close of each taxable year, the tax
information reasonably required by Limited Partners for federal and
state income tax reporting purposes. The Limited Partners shall
promptly provide the General Partner with such information relating
to the Contributed Properties, including tax basis and other
relevant information, as may be reasonably requested by the General
Partner from time to time.
Section 10.2
Tax Elections .
A.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner shall, in
its sole and absolute discretion, determine whether to make any
available election pursuant to the Code, including, but not limited
to, the election under Code Section 754 and the election to
use the “recurring item” method of accounting provided
under Code Section 461(h) with respect to property taxes imposed on
the Partnership’s Properties; provided ,
however , that,
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if the
“recurring item” method of accounting is elected with
respect to such property taxes, the Partnership shall pay the
applicable property taxes prior to the date provided in Code
Section 461(h) for purposes of determining economic performance.
The General Partner shall have the right to seek to revoke any such
election (including, without limitation, any election under Code
Sections 461(h) and 754) upon the General Partner’s
determination in its sole and absolute discretion that such
revocation is in the best interests of the Partners.
B. The
General Partner is expressly authorized to make any elections,
including applicable safe harbor elections, in connection with the
issuance of Partnership Interests for services that it deems to be
in the best interest of the Partnership. Furthermore, the General
Partner is authorized to amend this Agreement as it deems necessary
to provide that (1) the Partnership is authorized and directed
to elect applicable safe harbor elections, and (2) the
Partnership and each of its Partners (including any person to whom
a Partnership Interest is transferred in connection with the
performance of services) agrees to comply with all requirements of
the safe harbor with respect to all Partnership Interests
transferred in connection with the performance of services while
the election remains effective. Finally, the amendments relating to
the safe harbor elections in connection with the issuance of
Partnership Interests for services are legally binding on all
Partners of the Partnership, and to the extent that it is
determined that such amendments are not legally binding on all
Partners, then each Partner in the Partnership that transfers a
Partnership Interest in connection with the performance of services
agrees to execute a document containing provisions that are legally
binding on that Partner stating that (X) the Partnership is
authorized and directed to elect the safe harbor, and (Y) the
Partner agrees to comply with all requirements of the safe harbor
with respect to all Partnership Interests transferred in connection
with the performance of services while the election remains
effective.
Section 10.3
Tax Matters Partner .
A. The
General Partner shall be the “tax matters partner” of
the Partnership for federal income tax purposes. The tax matters
partner shall receive no compensation for its services. All
third-party costs and expenses incurred by the tax matters partner
in performing its duties as such (including legal and accounting
fees and expenses) shall be borne by the Partnership in addition to
any reimbursement pursuant to Section 7.4 hereof. Nothing
herein shall be construed to restrict the Partnership from engaging
an accounting firm to assist the tax matters partner in discharging
its duties hereunder, so long as the compensation paid by the
Partnership for such services is reasonable. At the request of any
Limited Partner, the General Partner agrees to consult with such
Limited Partner with respect to the preparation and filing of any
returns and with respect to any subsequent audit or litigation
relating to such returns; provided , however , that
the filing of such returns shall be in the sole and absolute
discretion of the General Partner.
B. The
tax matters partner is authorized, but not required:
(1) to enter into any settlement with
the IRS with respect to any administrative or judicial proceedings
for the adjustment of Partnership items required to be taken into
account by a Partner for income tax purposes (such administrative
proceedings being referred to as a “ tax audit ”
and such judicial proceedings being referred to as “
judicial review ”), and in the settlement agreement
the tax matters partner may expressly state that such agreement
shall bind all Partners, except that such settlement agreement
shall not bind any Partner (i) who (within the time prescribed
pursuant to the Code and Regulations) files a statement with the
IRS providing that the tax matters partner shall not have the
authority to enter into a settlement agreement on behalf of such
Partner or (ii) who is a “notice partner” (as
defined in Code Section 6231) or a member of a “notice
group” (as defined in Code Section 6223(b)(2));
(2) in the event that a notice of a
final administrative adjustment at the Partnership level of any
item required to be taken into account by a Partner for tax
purposes (a “ final adjustment ”) is mailed to
the tax matters partner, to seek judicial review of such final
adjustment, including the filing of a petition for readjustment
with the United States Tax Court or the United States Claims Court,
or the filing of a
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complaint for
refund with the District Court of the United States for the
district in which the Partnership’s principal place of
business is located;
(3) to intervene in any action
brought by any other Partner for judicial review of a final
adjustment;
(4) to file a request for an
administrative adjustment with the IRS at any time and, if any part
of such request is not allowed by the IRS, to file an appropriate
pleading (petition or complaint) for judicial review with respect
to such request;
(5) to enter into an agreement with
the IRS to extend the period for assessing any tax that is
attributable to any item required to be taken into account by a
Partner for tax purposes, or an item affected by such item;
and
(6) to take any other action on
behalf of the Partners in connection with any tax audit or judicial
review proceeding to the extent permitted by applicable law or
regulations.
The
taking of any action and the incurring of any expense by the tax
matters partner in connection with any such proceeding, except to
the extent required by law, is a matter in the sole and absolute
discretion of the tax matters partner and the provisions relating
to indemnification of the General Partner set forth in
Section 7.7 hereof shall be fully applicable to the tax
matters partner in its capacity as such.
Section 10.4
Withholding . Each Limited Partner hereby authorizes the
Partnership to withhold from or pay on behalf of or with respect to
such Limited Partner any amount of federal, state, local or foreign
taxes that the General Partner determines that the Partnership is
required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount
distributable or allocable to such Limited Partner pursuant to this
Agreement, including, without limitation, any taxes required to be
withheld or paid by the Partnership pursuant to Code
Section 1441, Code Section 1442, Code Section 1445
or Code Section 1446. Any amount paid on behalf of or with
respect to a Limited Partner shall constitute a loan by the
Partnership to such Limited Partner, which loan shall be repaid by
such Limited Partner within fifteen (15) days after notice
from the General Partner that such payment must be made unless
(i) the Partnership withholds such payment from a distribution
that would otherwise be made to the Limited Partner or
(ii) the General Partner determines, in its sole and absolute
discretion, that such payment may be satisfied out of the Available
Funds of the Partnership that would, but for such payment, be
distributed to the Limited Partner. Each Limited Partner hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably grants to the Partnership a
security interest in such Limited Partner’s Partnership
Interest to secure such Limited Partner’s obligation to pay
to the Partnership any amounts required to be paid pursuant to this
Section 10.4. In the event that a Limited Partner fails to pay
any amounts owed to the Partnership pursuant to this
Section 10.4 when due, the General Partner may, in its sole
and absolute discretion, elect to make the payment to the
Partnership on behalf of such defaulting Limited Partner, and in
such event shall be deemed to have loaned such amount to such
defaulting Limited Partner and shall succeed to all rights and
remedies of the Partnership as against such defaulting Limited
Partner (including, without limitation, the right to receive
distributions). Any amounts payable by a Limited Partner hereunder
shall bear interest at the base rate on corporate loans at large
United States money center commercial banks, as published from time
to time in the Wall Street Journal , plus four
(4) percentage points (but not higher than the maximum lawful
rate) from the date such amount is due ( i.e. , fifteen
(15) days after demand) until such amount is paid in full.
Each Limited Partner shall take such actions as the Partnership or
the General Partner shall request in order to perfect or enforce
the security interest created hereunder.
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ARTICLE 11
TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS
Section 11.1
Transfer .
A. No
part of the interest of a Partner shall be subject to the claims of
any creditor, to any spouse for alimony or support, or to legal
process, and may not be voluntarily or involuntarily alienated or
encumbered except as may be specifically provided for in this
Agreement.
B. No
Partnership Interest shall be Transferred, in whole or in part,
except in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in
this Article 11. Any Transfer or purported Transfer of a
Partnership Interest not made in accordance with this
Article 11 shall be null and void ab initio.
C.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article 11 (other
than Section 11.6.D hereof), the Partnership Interests of the
General Partner and the Special Limited Partner may be Transferred,
in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, to or among
the Previous General Partner, the General Partner, the Special
Limited Partner, and any other Person that is, at the time of such
Transfer, a “ qualified REIT subsidiary ”
(within the meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)) with respect to
the Previous General Partner. Any transferee of the entire General
Partner Interest pursuant to this Section 11.1.C shall
automatically become, without further action or Consent of any
Limited Partners, the sole general partner of the Partnership,
subject to all the rights, privileges, duties and obligations under
this Agreement and the Act relating to a general partner. Any
transferee of a Limited Partner Interest pursuant to this
Section 11.1.C shall automatically become, without further
action or Consent of any Limited Partners, a Substituted Limited
Partner. Upon any Transfer permitted by this Section 11.1.C,
the transferor Partner shall be relieved of all its obligations
under this Agreement. The provisions of Section 11.2.B (other
than the last sentence thereof), 11.3, 11.4.A and 11.5 hereof shall
not apply to any Transfer permitted by this
Section 11.1.C.
Section 11.2
Transfer of General Partner’s Partnership Interest
.
A. The
General Partner may not Transfer any of its General Partner
Interest or withdraw from the Partnership except as provided in
Sections 11.2.B and 11.2.C hereof.
B. The
General Partner shall not withdraw from the Partnership and shall
not Transfer all or any portion of its interest in the Partnership
(whether by sale, disposition, statutory merger or consolidation,
liquidation or otherwise) without the Consent of the Limited
Partners, which Consent may be given or withheld in the sole and
absolute discretion of the Limited Partners. Upon any Transfer of
such a Partnership Interest pursuant to the Consent of the Limited
Partners and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 11.2.B, the transferee shall become a successor
General Partner for all purposes herein, and shall be vested with
the powers and rights of the transferor General Partner, and shall
be liable for all obligations and responsible for all duties of the
General Partner, once such transferee has executed such instruments
as may be necessary to effectuate such admission and to confirm the
agreement of such transferee to be bound by all the terms and
provisions of this Agreement with respect to the Partnership
Interest so acquired. It is a condition to any Transfer otherwise
permitted hereunder that the transferee assumes, by operation of
law or express agreement, all of the obligations of the transferor
General Partner under this Agreement with respect to such
Transferred Partnership Interest, and such Transfer shall relieve
the transferor General Partner of its obligations under this
Agreement without the Consent of the Limited Partners. In the event
that the General Partner withdraws from the Partnership, in
violation of this Agreement or otherwise, or otherwise dissolves or
terminates, or upon the bankruptcy of the General Partner, a
Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners may elect to continue
the Partnership business by selecting a successor General Partner
in accordance with the Act.
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C. The
General Partner may merge with another entity if immediately after
such merger substantially all of the assets of the surviving
entity, other than the General Partner Interest held by the General
Partner, are contributed to the Partnership as a Capital
Contribution in exchange for Partnership Units.
Section 11.3
Limited Partners’ Rights to Transfer .
A.
General . Prior to the end of the first Twelve-Month Period,
no Limited Partner shall Transfer all or any portion of its
Partnership Interest to any transferee without the Consent of the
General Partner, which Consent may be withheld in its sole and
absolute discretion; provided , however , that any
Limited Partner may, at any time, without the consent of the
General Partner, (i) Transfer all or part of its Partnership
Interest to any Designated Party, any Family Member, any Controlled
Entity or any Affiliate, provided that the transferee is, in any
such case, a Qualified Transferee, or (ii) pledge (a “
Pledge ”) all or any portion of its Partnership
Interest to a lending institution, that is not an Affiliate of such
Limited Partner, as collateral or security for a bona fide loan or
other extension of credit, and Transfer such pledged Partnership
Interest to such lending institution in connection with the
exercise of remedies under such loan or extension or credit (any
Transfer or Pledge permitted by this proviso is hereinafter
referred to as a “ Permitted Transfer ”). After
such first Twelve-Month Period, each Limited Partner, and each
transferee of Partnership Units or Assignee pursuant to a Permitted
Transfer, shall have the right to Transfer all or any portion of
its Partnership Interest to any Person, subject to the provisions
of Section 11.6 hereof and to satisfaction of each of the
following conditions:
(1) General Partner Right of First
Refusal . The transferring Partner shall give written notice of
the proposed Transfer to the General Partner, which notice shall
state (i) the identity of the proposed transferee and
(ii) the amount and type of consideration proposed to be
received for the Transferred Partnership Units. The General Partner
shall have ten (10) Business Days upon which to give the
Transferring Partner notice of its election to acquire the
Partnership Units on the proposed terms. If it so elects, it shall
purchase the Partnership Units on such terms within ten
(10) Business Days after giving notice of such election;
provided , however , that in the event that the
proposed terms involve a purchase for cash, the General Partner may
at its election deliver in lieu of all or any portion of such cash
a note payable to the Transferring Partner at a date as soon as
reasonably practicable, but in no event later than one hundred
eighty (180) days after such purchase, and bearing interest at
an annual rate equal to the total dividends declared with respect
to one (1) REIT Share for the four (4) preceding fiscal
quarters of the General Partner, divided by the Value
as of the closing of such purchase; provided ,
further , that such closing may be deferred to the extent
necessary to effect compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, if applicable, and any other applicable
requirements of law. If it does not so elect, the Transferring
Partner may Transfer such Partnership Units to a third party, on
terms no more favorable to the transferee than the proposed terms,
subject to the other conditions of this Section 11.3.
(2) Qualified Transferee . Any
Transfer of a Partnership Interest shall be made only to a single
Qualified Transferee; provided , however , that, for
such purposes, all Qualified Transferees that are Affiliates, or
that comprise investment accounts or funds managed by a single
Qualified Transferee and its Affiliates, shall be considered
together to be a single Qualified Transferee; provided ,
further , that each Transfer meeting the minimum Transfer
restriction of Section 11.3.A(3) hereof may be to a separate
Qualified Transferee.
(3) Minimum Transfer
Restriction . Any Transferring Partner must Transfer not less
than the lesser of (i) the greater of five hundred
(500) Partnership Units or one-third (1/3) of the number of
Partnership Units owned by such Partner as of the Effective Date or
(ii) all of the remaining Partnership Units owned by such
Transferring Partner; provided , however , that, for
purposes of determining compliance with the foregoing restriction,
all Partnership Units owned by Affiliates of a Limited Partner
shall be considered to be owned by such Limited Partner.
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(4) Transferee Agreement to Effect
a Redemption . Any proposed transferee shall deliver to the
General Partner a written agreement reasonably satisfactory to the
General Partner to the effect that the transferee will, within six
(6) months after consummation of a Partnership Common Units
Transfer, tender its Partnership Common Units for Redemption in
accordance with the terms of the Redemption rights provided in
Section 8.6 hereof.
(5) No Further Transfers . The
transferee (other than a Designated Party) shall not be permitted
to effect any further Transfer of the Partnership Units, other than
to the General Partner.
(6) Exception for Permitted
Transfers . The conditions of Sections 11.3.A(1) through
11.3.A(5) hereof shall not apply in the case of a Permitted
Transfer.
It is a
condition to any Transfer otherwise permitted hereunder (whether or
not such Transfer is effected during or after the first
Twelve-Month Period) that the transferee assumes by operation of
law or express agreement all of the obligations of the transferor
Limited Partner under this Agreement with respect to such
Transferred Partnership Interest, and no such Transfer (other than
pursuant to a statutory merger or consolidation wherein all
obligations and liabilities of the transferor Partner are assumed
by a successor corporation by operation of law) shall relieve the
transferor Partner of its obligations under this Agreement without
the approval of the General Partner, in its sole and absolute
discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any transferee of any
Transferred Partnership Interest shall be subject to any and all
ownership limitations (including, without limitation, the Ownership
Limit) contained in the Charter that may limit or restrict such
transferee’s ability to exercise its Redemption rights,
including, without limitation, the Ownership Limit. Any transferee,
whether or not admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, shall
take subject to the obligations of the transferor hereunder. Unless
admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, no transferee, whether
by a voluntary Transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, shall
have any rights hereunder, other than the rights of an Assignee as
provided in Section 11.5 hereof.
B.
Incapacity . If a Limited Partner is subject to Incapacity,
the executor, administrator, trustee, committee, guardian,
conservator or receiver of such Limited Partner’s estate
shall have all the rights of a Limited Partner, but not more rights
than those enjoyed by other Limited Partners, for the purpose of
settling or managing the estate, and such power as the
Incapacitated Limited Partner possessed to Transfer all or any part
of its interest in the Partnership. The Incapacity of a Limited
Partner, in and of itself, shall not dissolve or terminate the
Partnership.
C.
Opinion of Counsel . In connection with any Transfer of a
Limited Partner Interest, the General Partner shall have the right
to receive an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to it to
the effect that the proposed Transfer may be effected without
registration under the Securities Act and will not otherwise
violate any federal or state securities laws or regulations
applicable to the Partnership or the Partnership Interests
Transferred. If, in the opinion of such counsel, such Transfer
would require the filing of a registration statement under the
Securities Act or would otherwise violate any federal or state
securities laws or regulations applicable to the Partnership or the
Partnership Units, the General Partner may prohibit any Transfer
otherwise permitted under this Section 11.3 by a Limited
Partner of Partnership Interests.
D.
Adverse Tax Consequences . No Transfer by a Limited Partner
of its Partnership Interests (including any Redemption, any other
acquisition of Partnership Units by the General Partner or any
acquisition of Partnership Units by the Partnership) may be made to
any person if (i) in the opinion of legal counsel for the
Partnership, it would result in the Partnership being treated as an
association taxable as a corporation, or (ii) such Transfer is
effectuated through an “established securities market”
or a “secondary market (or the substantial equivalent
thereof)” within the meaning of Code Section 7704.
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Section 11.4
Substituted Limited Partners .
A. No
Limited Partner shall have the right to substitute a transferee
(including any Designated Party or other transferees pursuant to
Transfers permitted by Section 11.3 hereof) as a Limited
Partner in its place. A transferee (including, but not limited to,
any Designated Party) of the interest of a Limited Partner may be
admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner only with the Consent of
the General Partner, which Consent may be given or withheld by the
General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. The failure or
refusal by the General Partner to permit a transferee of any such
interests to become a Substituted Limited Partner shall not give
rise to any cause of action against the Partnership or the General
Partner. Subject to the foregoing, an Assignee shall not be
admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner until and unless it
furnishes to the General Partner (i) evidence of acceptance,
in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, of all
the terms, conditions and applicable obligations of this Agreement,
(ii) a counterpart signature page to this Agreement executed
by such Assignee and (iii) such other documents and
instruments as may be required or advisable, in the sole and
absolute discretion of the General Partner, to effect such
Assignee’s admission as a Substituted Limited Partner.
B. A
transferee who has been admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner
in accordance with this Article 11 shall have all the rights
and powers and be subject to all the restrictions and liabilities
of a Limited Partner under this Agreement.
C. Upon
the admission of a Substituted Limited Partner, the General Partner
shall amend Exhibit A to reflect the name, address and
number of Partnership Units of such Substituted Limited Partner and
to eliminate or adjust, if necessary, the name, address and number
of Partnership Units of the predecessor of such Substituted Limited
Partner.
Section 11.5
Assignees . If the General Partner, in its sole and absolute
discretion, does not consent to the admission of any permitted
transferee under Section 11.3 hereof as a Substituted Limited
Partner, as described in Section 11.4 hereof, such transferee
shall be considered an Assignee for purposes of this Agreement. An
Assignee shall be entitled to all the rights of an assignee of a
limited partnership interest under the Act, including the right to
receive distributions from the Partnership and the share of Net
Income, Net Losses and other items of income, gain, loss, deduction
and credit of the Partnership attributable to the Partnership Units
assigned to such transferee and the rights to Transfer the
Partnership Units provided in this Article 11, but shall not
be deemed to be a holder of Partnership Units for any other purpose
under this Agreement (other than as expressly provided in
Section 8.6 hereof with respect to a Qualifying Party that
becomes a Tendering Party), and shall not be entitled to effect a
Consent or vote with respect to such Partnership Units on any
matter presented to the Limited Partners for approval (such right
to Consent or vote, to the extent provided in this Agreement or
under the Act, fully remaining with the transferor Limited
Partner). In the event that any such transferee desires to make a
further assignment of any such Partnership Units, such transferee
shall be subject to all the provisions of this Article 11 to
the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner
desiring to make an assignment of Partnership Units.
Section 11.6
General Provisions .
A. No
Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership other than as a
result of a permitted Transfer of all of such Limited
Partner’s Partnership Units in accordance with this
Article 11, with respect to which the transferee becomes a
Substituted Limited Partner, or pursuant to a redemption (or
acquisition by the Previous General Partner) of all of its
Partnership Units pursuant to a Redemption under Section 8.6
hereof and/or pursuant to any Partnership Unit Designation.
B. Any
Limited Partner who shall Transfer all of its Partnership Units in
a Transfer (i) permitted pursuant to this Article 11 where
such transferee was admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner,
(ii) pursuant to the exercise of its rights to effect a
redemption of all of its Partnership Units pursuant to a Redemption
under Section 8.6 hereof and/or pursuant to any Partnership
Unit Designation or (iii) to the Previous
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General
Partner or the General Partner, whether or not pursuant to
Section 8.6.B hereof, shall cease to be a Limited
Partner.
C. If
any Partnership Unit is Transferred in compliance with the
provisions of this Article 11, or is redeemed by the Partnership,
or acquired by the Previous General Partner pursuant to
Section 8.6 hereof, on any day other than the first day of a
Fiscal Year, then Net Income, Net Losses, each item thereof and all
other items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit
attributable to such Partnership Unit for such Fiscal Year shall be
allocated to the transferor Partner or the Tendering Party, as the
case may be, and, in the case of a Transfer or assignment other
than a Redemption, to the transferee Partner (including, without
limitation, the General Partner and the Special Limited Partner as
transferees of the Previous General Partner in the case of an
acquisition of Partnership Common Units pursuant to
Section 8.6 hereof), by taking into account their varying
interests during the Fiscal Year in accordance with Code
Section 706(d), using the “interim closing of the
books” method or another permissible method selected by the
General Partner. Solely for purposes of making such allocations,
each of such items for the calendar month in which a Transfer
occurs shall be allocated to the transferee Partner and none of
such items for the calendar month in which a Transfer or a
Redemption occurs shall be allocated to the transferor Partner or
the Tendering Party, as the case may be, if such Transfer occurs on
or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the month, otherwise such
items shall be allocated to the transferor. All distributions of
Available Cash attributable to such Partnership Unit with respect
to which the Partnership Record Date is before the date of such
Transfer, assignment or Redemption shall be made to the transferor
Partner or the Tendering Party, as the case may be, and, in the
case of a Transfer other than a Redemption, all distributions of
Available Cash thereafter attributable to such Partnership Unit
shall be made to the transferee Partner.
D. In
addition to any other restrictions on Transfer herein contained, in
no event may any Transfer or assignment of a Partnership Interest
by any Partner (including any Redemption, any acquisition of
Partnership Units by the Previous General Partner or any other
acquisition of Partnership Units by the Partnership) be made
(i) to any person or entity who lacks the legal right, power
or capacity to own a Partnership Interest; (ii) in violation
of applicable law; (iii) of any component portion of a Partnership
Interest, such as the Capital Account, or rights to distributions,
separate and apart from all other components of a Partnership
Interest; (iv) in the event that such Transfer would cause
either (a) the Previous General Partner to cease to comply
with the REIT Requirements or (b) the General Partner or the
Special Limited Partner to cease to qualify as a “qualified
REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Code
Section 856(i)(2); (v) if such Transfer would, in the
opinion of counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, cause
a termination of the Partnership for federal or state income tax
purposes (except as a result of the Redemption (or acquisition by
the Previous General Partner) of all Partnership Common Units held
by all Limited Partners other than the Special Limited Partner);
(vi) if such Transfer would, in the opinion of legal counsel
to the Partnership, cause the Partnership to cease to be classified
as a partnership for federal income tax purposes (except as a
result of the Redemption (or acquisition by the Previous General
Partner) of all Partnership Common Units held by all Limited
Partners other than the Special Limited Partner); (vii) if
such Transfer would cause the Partnership to become, with respect
to any employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a
“party-in-interest” (as defined in ERISA
Section 3(14)) or a “disqualified person” (as
defined in Code Section 4975(c)); (viii) if such Transfer
would, in the opinion of legal counsel to the Partnership, cause
any portion of the assets of the Partnership to constitute assets
of any employee benefit plan pursuant to Department of Labor
Regulations Section 2510.2-101; (ix) if such Transfer
requires the registration of such Partnership Interest pursuant to
any applicable federal or state securities laws; (x) if such
Transfer causes the Partnership to become a “publicly traded
partnership,” as such term is defined in Code
Section 469(k)(2) or Code 7704(b); or (xi) if such
Transfer subjects the Partnership to regulation under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisors Act of 1940
or ERISA, each as amended.
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ARTICLE 12
ADMISSION OF PARTNERS
Section 12.1
Admission of Successor General Partner . A successor to all
of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest pursuant to
Section 11.2 hereof who is proposed to be admitted as a
successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as
the General Partner, effective immediately prior to such Transfer.
Any such successor shall carry on the business of the Partnership
without dissolution. In each case, the admission shall be subject
to the successor eneral Partner executing and delivering to the
Partnership an acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and such other documents or instruments as may be
required to effect the admission.
Section 12.2
Admission of Additional Limited Partners .
A.
After the admission to the Partnership of an Original Limited
Partner on the date hereof, a Person (other than an existing
Partner) who makes a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in
accordance with this Agreement shall be admitted to the Partnership
as an Additional Limited Partner only upon furnishing to the
General Partner (i) evidence of acceptance, in form and
substance satisfactory to the General Partner, of all of the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation,
the power of attorney granted in Section 2.4 hereof, (ii) a
counterpart signature page to this Agreement executed by such
Person and (iii) such other documents or instruments as may be
required in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner
in order to effect such Person’s admission as an Additional
Limited Partner.
B.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 12.2,
no Person shall be admitted as an Additional Limited Partner
without the consent of the General Partner, which consent may be
given or withheld in the General Partner’s sole and absolute
discretion. The admission of any Person as an Additional Limited
Partner shall become effective on the date upon which the name of
such Person is recorded on the books and records of the
Partnership, following the consent of the General Partner to such
admission.
C. If
any Additional Limited Partner is admitted to the Partnership on
any day other than the first day of a Fiscal Year, then Net Income,
Net Losses, each item thereof and all other items of income, gain,
loss, deduction and credit allocable among Partners and Assignees
for such Fiscal Year shall be allocated among such Additional
Limited Partner and all other Partners and Assignees by taking into
account their varying interests during the Fiscal Year in
accordance with Code Section 706(d), using the “interim
closing of the books” method or another permissible method
selected by the General Partner. Solely for purposes of making such
allocations, each of such items for the calendar month in which an
admission of any Additional Limited Partner occurs shall be
allocated among all the Partners and Assignees including such
Additional Limited Partner, in accordance with the principles
described in Section 11.6.C hereof. All distributions of
Available Cash with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is
before the date of such admission shall be made solely to Partners
and Assignees other than the Additional Limited Partner, and all
distributions of Available Cash thereafter shall be made to all the
Partners and Assignees including such Additional Limited
Partner.
Section 12.3
Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited
Partnership . For the admission to the Partnership of any
Partner, the General Partner shall take all steps necessary and
appropriate under the Act to amend the records of the Partnership
and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practical an amendment of
this Agreement (including an amendment of Exhibit A) and, if
required by law, shall prepare and file an amendment to the
Certificate and may for this purpose exercise the power of attorney
granted pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof.
Section 12.4
Admission of Initial Limited Partners . The Persons listed
on Exhibit A as limited partners of the Partnership shall be
admitted to the Partnership as Limited Partners upon their
execution and delivery of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE 13
DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND TERMINATION
Section 13.1
Dissolution . The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the
admission of Substituted Limited Partners or Additional Limited
Partners or by the admission of a successor General Partner in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon the withdrawal of
the General Partner, any successor General Partner shall continue
the business of the Partnership without dissolution. However, the
Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon
the first to occur of any of the following (each a “
Liquidating Event ”):
A. the
expiration of its term as provided in Section 2.5
hereof;
B. an
event of withdrawal, as defined in the Act (including, without
limitation, bankruptcy), of the sole General Partner unless, within
ninety (90) days after the withdrawal, a “majority in
interest” (as such phrase is used in Section 17-801(3)
of the Act) of the remaining Partners agree in writing, in their
sole and absolute discretion, to continue the business of the
Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of the date of
withdrawal, of a successor General Partner:
C. an
election to dissolve the Partnership made by the General Partner in
its sole and absolute discretion, with or without the Consent of
the Limited Partners;
D.
entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership
pursuant to the provisions of the Act;
E. the
occurrence of a Terminating Capital Transaction;
F. the
Redemption (or acquisition by the Previous General Partner, the
General Partner and/or the Special Limited Partner) of all
Partnership Common Units other than Partnership Common Units held
by the General Partner or the Special Limited Partner; or
G. the
Redemption (or acquisition by the General Partner) of all
Partnership Common Units other than Partnership Common Units held
by the General Partner.
Section 13.2
Winding Up .
A. Upon
the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, the Partnership shall
continue solely for the purposes of winding up its affairs in an
orderly manner, liquidating its assets and satisfying the claims of
its creditors and Partners. After the occurrence of a Liquidating
Event, no Partner shall take any action that is inconsistent with,
or not necessary to or appropriate for, the winding up of the
Partnership’s business and affairs. The General Partner (or,
in the event that there is no remaining General Partner or the
General Partner has dissolved, become bankrupt within the meaning
of the Act or ceased to operate, any Person elected by a Majority
in Interest of the Limited Partners (the General Partner or such
other Person being referred to herein as the
“Liquidator” )) shall be responsible for
overseeing the winding up and dissolution of the Partnership and
shall take full account of the Partnership’s liabilities and
property, and the Partnership property shall be liquidated as
promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof,
and the proceeds therefrom (which may, to the extent determined by
the General Partner, include shares of stock in the Previous
General Partner) shall be applied and distributed in the following
order:
(1) First, to the satisfaction of all
of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to creditors other
than the Partners and their Assignees (whether by payment or the
making of reasonable provision for payment thereof);
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(2) Second, to the satisfaction of
all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to the General
Partner (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision
for payment thereof), including, but not limited to, amounts due as
reimbursements under Section 7.4 hereof;
(3) Third, to the satisfaction of all
of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to the other
Partners and any Assignees (whether by payment or the making of
reasonable provision for payment thereof); and
(4) Subject to the terms of any
Partnership Unit Designation, the balance, if any, to the General
Partner, the Limited Partners and any Assignees in accordance with
and in proportion to their positive Capital Account balances, after
giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations
for all periods.
The
General Partner shall not receive any additional compensation for
any services performed pursuant to this Article 13.
B.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.2.A hereof that
require liquidation of the assets of the Partnership, but subject
to the order of priorities set forth therein, if prior to or upon
dissolution of the Partnership the Liquidator determines that an
immediate sale of part or all of the Partnership’s assets
would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners, the
Liquidator may, in its sole and absolute discretion, defer for a
reasonable time the liquidation of any assets except those
necessary to satisfy liabilities of the Partnership (including to
those Partners as creditors) and/or distribute to the Partners, in
lieu of cash, as tenants in common and in accordance with the
provisions of Section 13.2.A hereof, undivided interests in
such Partnership assets as the Liquidator deems not suitable for
liquidation. Any such distributions in kind shall be made only if,
in the good faith judgment of the Liquidator, such distributions in
kind are in the best interest of the Partners, and shall be subject
to such conditions relating to the disposition and management of
such properties as the Liquidator deems reasonable and equitable
and to any agreements governing the operation of such properties at
such time. The Liquidator shall determine the fair market value of
any property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of
valuation as it may adopt.
C. In
the event that the Partnership is “liquidated” within
the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g),
distributions shall be made pursuant to this Article 13 to the
Partners and Assignees that have positive Capital Accounts in
compliance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(b)(2) to the
extent of, and in proportion to, positive Capital Account balances.
If any Partner has a deficit balance in its Capital Account (after
giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations
for all taxable years, including the year during which such
liquidation occurs), such Partner shall have no obligation to make
any contribution to the capital of the Partnership with respect to
such deficit, and such deficit shall not be considered a debt owed
to the Partnership or to any other Person for any purpose
whatsoever. In the sole and absolute discretion of the General
Partner or the Liquidator, a pro rata portion of the distributions
that would otherwise be made to the Partners pursuant to this
Article 13 may be withheld or escrowed to provide a reasonable
reserve for Partnership liabilities (contingent or otherwise) and
to reflect the unrealized portion of any installment obligations
owed to the Partnership, provided that such withheld or escrowed
amounts shall be distributed to the General Partner and Limited
Partners in the manner and order of priority set forth in
Section 13.2.A hereof as soon as practicable.
Section 13.3
Deemed Distribution and Recontribution . Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Article 13, in the event that the
Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), but no Liquidating Event has
occurred, the Partnership’s Property shall not be liquidated,
the Partnership’s liabilities shall not be paid or discharged
and the Partnership’s affairs shall not be wound up. Instead,
for federal income tax purposes the Partnership shall be deemed to
have distributed the Property in kind to the Partners and the
Assignees, who shall be deemed to have assumed and taken such
Property subject to all Partnership liabilities, all in accordance
with their respective Capital Accounts. Immediately thereafter, the
Partners and the
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Assignees shall be deemed to have recontributed the Partnership
Property in kind to the Partnership, which shall be deemed to have
assumed and taken such Property subject to all such liabilities;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section 13.3 shall be
deemed to have constituted any Assignee as a Substituted Limited
Partner without compliance with the provisions of Section 11.4
hereof.
Section 13.4
Rights of Limited Partners . Except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement, (a) each Limited Partner shall look solely to
the assets of the Partnership for the return of its Capital
Contribution, (b) no Limited Partner shall have the right or
power to demand or receive property other than cash from the
Partnership and (c) no Limited Partner shall have priority
over any other Limited Partner as to the return of its Capital
Contributions, distributions or allocations.
Section 13.5
Notice of Dissolution . In the event that a Liquidating
Event occurs or an event occurs that would, but for an election or
objection by one or more Partners pursuant to Section 13.1
hereof, result in a dissolution of the Partnership, the General
Partner shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, provide
written notice thereof to each of the Partners and, in the General
Partner’s sole and absolute discretion or as required by the
Act, to all other parties with whom the Partnership regularly
conducts business (as determined in the sole and absolute
discretion of the General Partner), and the General Partner may,
or, if required by the Act, shall, publish notice thereof in a
newspaper of general circulation in each place in which the
Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the sole
and absolute discretion of the General Partner).
Section 13.6
Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership . Upon
the completion of the liquidation of the Partnership cash and
property as provided in Section 13.2 hereof, the Partnership
shall be terminated, a certificate of cancellation shall be filed
with the State of Delaware, all qualifications of the Partnership
as a foreign limited partnership or association in jurisdictions
other than the State of Delaware shall be cancelled, and such other
actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership shall be
taken.
Section 13.7
Reasonable Time for Winding-Up . A reasonable time shall be
allowed for the orderly winding-up of the business and affairs of
the Partnership and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to
Section 13.2 hereof, in order to minimize any losses otherwise
attendant upon such winding-up, and the provisions of this
Agreement shall remain in effect between the Partners during the
period of liquidation.
ARTICLE 14
PROCEDURES FOR ACTIONS AND CONSENTS
OF PARTNERS; AMENDMENTS; MEETINGS
Section 14.1
Procedures for Actions and Consents of Partners . The
actions requiring consent or approval of Limited Partners pursuant
to this Agreement, including Section 7.3 hereof, or otherwise
pursuant to applicable law, are subject to the procedures set forth
in this Article 14.
Section 14.2
Amendments . Amendments to this Agreement may be proposed by
the General Partner or by a Majority in Interest of the Limited
Partners. Following such proposal, the General Partner shall submit
any proposed amendment to the Limited Partners. The General Partner
shall seek the written consent of the Limited Partners on the
proposed amendment or shall call a meeting to vote thereon and to
transact any other business that the General Partner may deem
appropriate. For purposes of obtaining a written consent, the
General Partner may require a response within a reasonable
specified time, but not less than fifteen (15) days, and
failure to respond in such time period shall constitute a consent
that is consistent with the General Partner’s recommendation
with respect to the proposal; provided , however ,
that an action shall become effective at such time as requisite
consents are received even if prior to such specified time.
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Section 14.3
Meetings of the Partners .
A.
Meetings of the Partners may be called by the General Partner and
shall be called upon the receipt by the General Partner of a
written request by a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners.
The call shall state the nature of the business to be transacted.
Notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Partners not less
than seven (7) days nor more than thirty (30) days prior
to the date of such meeting. Partners may vote in person or by
proxy at such meeting. Whenever the vote or Consent of Partners is
permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote or Consent
may be given at a meeting of Partners or may be given in accordance
with the procedure prescribed in Section 14.3.B hereof.
B. Any
action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the
Partners may be taken without a meeting if a written consent
setting forth the action so taken is signed by a majority of the
Percentage Interests of the Partners (or such other percentage as
is expressly required by this Agreement for the action in
question). Such consent may be in one instrument or in several
instruments, and shall have the same force and effect as a vote of
a majority of the Percentage Interests of the Partners (or such
other percentage as is expressly required by this Agreement). Such
consent shall be filed with the General Partner. An action so taken
shall be deemed to have been taken at a meeting held on the
effective date so certified.
C. Each
Limited Partner may authorize any Person or Persons to act for it
by proxy on all matters in which a Limited Partner is entitled to
participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or
participating at a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the
Limited Partner or its attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid
after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date thereof
unless otherwise provided in the proxy (or there is receipt of a
proxy authorizing a later date). Every proxy shall be revocable at
the pleasure of the Limited Partner executing it, such revocation
to be effective upon the Partnership’s receipt of written
notice of such revocation from the Limited Partner executing such
proxy.
D. Each
meeting of Partners shall be conducted by the General Partner or
such other Person as the General Partner may appoint pursuant to
such rules for the conduct of the meeting as the General Partner or
such other Person deems appropriate in its sole and absolute
discretion. Without limitation, meetings of Partners may be
conducted in the same manner as meetings of the General
Partner’s shareholders and may be held at the same time as,
and as part of, the meetings of the General Partner’s
shareholders.
ARTICLE 15
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 15.1
Addresses and Notice . Any notice, demand, request or report
required or permitted to be given or made to a Partner or Assignee
under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given
or made when delivered in person or when sent by first class United
States mail or by other means of written communication (including
by telecopy, facsimile, or commercial courier service) to the
Partner or Assignee at the address set forth in Exhibit A or
such other address of which the Partner shall notify the General
Partner in writing.
Section 15.2
Titles and Captions . All article or section titles or
captions in this Agreement are for convenience only. They shall not
be deemed part of this Agreement and in no way define, limit,
extend or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof.
Except as specifically provided otherwise, references to
“Articles” or “Sections” are to Articles
and Sections of this Agreement.
Section 15.3
Pronouns and Plurals . Whenever the context may require, any
pronouns used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding
masculine, feminine or neuter forms, and the singular form of
nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice
versa .
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Section 15.4
Further Action . The parties shall execute and deliver all
documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking
action as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes
of this Agreement.
Section 15.5
Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs,
executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and
permitted assigns.
Section 15.6
Waiver .
A. No
failure by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any
covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or to
exercise any right or remedy consequent upon a breach thereof shall
constitute waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty,
agreement or condition.
B. The
restrictions, conditions and other limitations on the rights and
benefits of the Limited Partners contained in this Agreement, and
the duties, covenants and other requirements of performance or
notice by the Limited Partners, are for the benefit of the
Partnership and, except for an obligation to pay money to the
Partnership, may be waived or relinquished by the General Partner,
in its sole and absolute discretion, on behalf of the Partnership
in one or more instances from time to time and at any time;
provided , however , that any such waiver or
relinquishment may not be made if it would have the effect of
(i) creating liability for any other Limited Partner,
(ii) causing the Partnership to cease to qualify as a limited
partnership, (iii) reducing the amount of cash otherwise
distributable to the Limited Partners, (iv) resulting in the
classification of the Partnership as an association or publicly
traded partnership taxable as a corporation or (v) violating
the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state “blue
sky” or other securities laws; provided ,
further , that any waiver relating to compliance with the
Ownership Limit or other restrictions in the Charter shall be made
and shall be effective only as provided in the Charter.
Section 15.7
Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement
binding on all the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all such
parties are not signatories to the original or the same
counterpart. Each party shall become bound by this Agreement
immediately upon affixing its signature hereto.
Section 15.8
Applicable Law . This Agreement shall be construed and
enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State
of Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law.
In the event of a conflict between any provision of this Agreement
and any non-mandatory provision of the Act, the provisions of this
Agreement shall control and take precedence.
Section 15.9
Entire Agreement . This Agreement contains all of the
understandings and agreements between and among the Partners with
respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and the rights,
interests and obligations of the Partners with respect to the
Partnership.
Section 15.10
Invalidity of Provisions . If any provision of this
Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.
Section 15.11
Limitation to Preserve REIT Status . Notwithstanding
anything else in this Agreement, to the extent that the amount
paid, credited, distributed or reimbursed by the Partnership to any
REIT Partner or its officers, directors, employees or agents,
whether as a reimbursement, fee, expense or indemnity (a “
REIT Payment ”), would constitute gross income to the
REIT Partner for purposes of Code Section 856(c)(2) or Code
Section 856(c)(3), then, notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement, the amount of such REIT Payments, as selected by
the General Partner in its discretion from among items of potential
distribution,
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reimbursement, fees, expenses and indemnities, shall be reduced for
any Fiscal Year so that the REIT Payments, as so reduced, for or
with respect to such REIT Partner shall not exceed the lesser
of:
(1) an amount equal to the excess, if
any, of (a) four and nine-tenths percent (4.9%) of the REIT
Partner’s total gross income (but excluding the amount of any
REIT Payments) for the Fiscal Year that is described in subsections
(A) through (H) of Code Section 856(c)(2) over
(b) the amount of gross income (within the meaning of Code
Section 856(c)(2)) derived by the REIT Partner from sources
other than those described in subsections (A) through
(H) of Code Section 856(c)(2) (but not including the
amount of any REIT Payments); or
(2) an amount equal to the excess, if
any, of (a) twenty-four percent (24%) of the REIT
Partner’s total gross income (but excluding the amount of any
REIT Payments) for the Fiscal Year that is described in subsections
(A) through (I) of Code Section 856(c)(3) over
(b) the amount of gross income (within the meaning of Code
Section 856(c)(3)) derived by the REIT Partner from sources
other than those described in subsections (A) through
(I) of Code Section 856(c)(3) (but not including the
amount of any REIT Payments);
provided , however , that REIT Payments in excess of
the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above may
be made if the General Partner, as a condition precedent, obtains
an opinion of tax counsel that the receipt of such excess amounts
shall not adversely affect the REIT Partner’s ability to
qualify as a REIT. To the extent that REIT Payments may not be made
in a Fiscal Year as a consequence of the limitations set forth in
this Section 15.11, such REIT Payments shall carry over and
shall be treated as arising in the following Fiscal Year. The
purpose of the limitations contained in this Section 15.11 is
to prevent any REIT Partner from failing to qualify as a REIT under
the Code by reason of such REIT Partner’s share of items,
including distributions, reimbursements, fees, expenses or
indemnities, receivable directly or indirectly from the
Partnership, and this Section 15.11 shall be interpreted and
applied to effectuate such purpose.
Section 15.12
No Partition . No Partner nor any successor-in-interest to a
Partner shall have the right while this Agreement remains in effect
to have any property of the Partnership partitioned, or to file a
complaint or institute any proceeding at law or in equity to have
such property of the Partnership partitioned, and each Partner, on
behalf of itself and its successors and assigns hereby waives any
such right. It is the intention of the Partners that the rights of
the parties hereto and their successors-in-interest to Partnership
property, as among themselves, shall be governed by the terms of
this Agreement, and that the rights of the Partners and their
successors-in-interest shall be subject to the limitations and
restrictions as set forth in this Agreement.
Section 15.13
No Third-Party Rights Created Hereby . The provisions of
this Agreement are solely for the purpose of defining the interests
of the Partners, inter se; and no other person, firm or entity
(i.e., a party who is not a signatory hereto or a permitted
successor to such signatory hereto) shall have any right, power,
title or interest by way of subrogation or otherwise, in and to the
rights, powers, title and provisions of this Agreement. 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 to the Partnership or to pursue
any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity. 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 any 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 any of the Partners.
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WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the date
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EXHIBIT A
PARTNERS AND PARTNERSHIP UNITS
Exhibit A,
the list of Partners and Partnership Units, is maintained by the
General Partner and omitted from this copy of the Agreement.
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EXHIBIT B
EXAMPLES REGARDING ADJUSTMENT FACTOR
For
purposes of the following examples, it is assumed that (a) the
Adjustment Factor in effect on June 30, 1995 is 1.0 and
(b) on July 1, 1995 (the “Partnership Record
Date” for purposes of these examples), prior to the
events described in the examples, there are 100 REIT Shares issued
and outstanding.
Example 1
On the
Partnership Record Date, the Previous General Partner declares a
dividend on its outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares. The amount
of the dividend is one REIT Share paid in respect of each REIT
Share owned. Pursuant to Paragraph (i) of the definition of
“Adjustment Factor,” the Adjustment Factor shall be
adjusted on the Partnership Record Date, effective immediately
after the stock dividend is declared, as follows:
1.0
* 200 OVER 100 = 2.0
Accordingly,
the Adjustment Factor after the stock dividend is declared is
2.0.
Example 2
On the
Partnership Record Date, the Previous General Partner distributes
options to purchase REIT Shares to all holders of its REIT Shares.
The amount of the distribution is one option to acquire one REIT
Share in respect of each REIT Share owned. The strike price is
$4.00 a share. The Value of a REIT Share on the Partnership Record
Date is $5.00 per share. Pursuant to Paragraph (ii) of the
definition of “Adjustment Factor,” the Adjustment
Factor shall be adjusted on the Partnership Record Date, effective
immediately after the options are distributed, as follows:
1.0
* {(100 + 100)} OVER {(100
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{$5.00})} = 1.1111
Accordingly,
the Adjustment Factor after the options are distributed is 1.1111.
If the options expire or become no longer exercisable, then the
retroactive adjustment specified in Paragraph (ii) of the
definition of “Adjustment Factor” shall apply.
Example 3
On the
Partnership Record Date, the Previous General Partner distributes
assets to all holders of its REIT Shares. The amount of the
distribution is one asset with a fair market value (as determined
by the General Partner) of $1.00 in respect of each REIT Share
owned. It is also assumed that the assets do not relate to assets
received by the Previous General Partner or the General Partner
pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the Partnership. The Value
of a REIT Share on the Partnership Record Date is $5.00 a share.
Pursuant to Paragraph (iii) of the definition of
“Adjustment Factor,” the Adjustment Factor shall be
adjusted on the Partnership Record Date, effective immediately
after the assets are distributed, as follows:
1.0
* {$5.00} OVER {$5.00
— $1.00} = 1.25
Accordingly,
the Adjustment Factor after the assets are distributed is
1.25.
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EXHIBIT C
LIST OF DESIGNATED PARTIES
Terry
Considine
Peter K. Kompaniez
Robert P. Lacy
Michael & Verona Sollinger
Patrick Stucker
Stonegate Funding Company
Steven F. Goldstone
Donaldson C. Pillsbury
Christopher Crowley
Richard D. Spizzini
Henry L. King
Alfonso G. Canales
Thomas J. Flynn
Carl E. Yasharian
Margot A. Mathoni
David B. Pall
Thomas E. Woodruff
Glen H. & Joyce E. Rosmann
Warren H. Leland
Amerett L. Donahoe
Daniel E. Landon
Conrad F. Fingerson
Dwight E. Lowell, II
Alfred V. & Lois E. Gangnes
Edward S. Stone
Sycamore Realty Trust, V
E. Oran Brigham
Donald Ravitch
Brian Conboy
Alan B. Grebene
Charles A. Cahill, III
Harold F. & Lucille J. Goodman
Timothy J. Tucker
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EXHIBIT D
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
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undersigned Limited Partner or Assignee hereby tenders for
Redemption ___Partnership Common Units in AIMCO Properties, L.P. in
accordance with the terms of the Agreement of Limited Partnership
of AIMCO Properties, L.P., dated as of July 29, 1994, as
amended (the “Agreement”), and the Redemption rights
referred to therein. All capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the same meaning ascribed to them
respectively in the Agreement. The undersigned Limited Partner or
Assignee:
(a) if the Partnership elects to
redeem such Partnership Common Units for REIT Shares rather than
cash, hereby irrevocably transfers, assigns, contributes and sets
over to the Previous General Partner all of the undersigned Limited
Partner’s or Assignee’s right, title and interest in
and to such Partnership Common Units;
(b) undertakes (i) to surrender
such Partnership Common Units and any certificate therefor at the
closing of the Redemption and (ii) to furnish to the Previous
General Partner, prior to the Specified Redemption Date, the
documentation, instruments and information required under
Section 8.6.G of the Agreement;
(c) directs that the certificate
representing the REIT Shares, or the certified check representing
the Cash Amount, in either case, deliverable upon the closing of
such Redemption be delivered to the address specified below;
(d) represents, warrants, certifies
and agrees that:
(i) the undersigned Limited Partner
or Assignee is a Qualifying Party;
(ii) the undersigned Limited Partner
or Assignee has, and at the closing of the Redemption will have,
good, marketable and unencumbered title to such Partnership Common
Units, free and clear of the rights or interests of any other
person or entity;
(iii) the undersigned Limited Partner
or Assignee has, and at the closing of the Redemption will have,
the full right, power and authority to tender and surrender such
Partnership Common Units as provided herein; and
(iv) the undersigned Limited Partner
or Assignee has obtained the consent or approval of all persons and
entities, if any, having the right to consent to or approve such
tender and surrender; and
(e) acknowledges that he will
continue to own such Partnership Common Units until and unless such
Redemption transaction closes.
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF UNIT CERTIFICATE
THE
SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION, UNLESS
THE TRANSFEROR DELIVERS TO THE PARTNERSHIP AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
SATISFACTORY TO THE PARTNERSHIP, IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY
TO THE PARTNERSHIP, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PROPOSED SALE, TRANSFER
OR OTHER DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE
ACT AND UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY”
LAWS. IN ADDITION, THE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST EVIDENCED BY
THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN THE
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P., DATED
AS OF JULY 29, 1994, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM AIMCO-GP,
INC., THE GENERAL PARTNER, AT ITS PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
Certificate Number ________
AIMCO
PROPERTIES, L.P.
FORMED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
This
certifies that
_______________________________________________________________________
is the
owner of
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FULLY
PAID PARTNERSHIP COMMON UNITS
OF
AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.,
transferable on the books of the Partnership in person or by duly
authorized attorney on the surrender of this Certificate properly
endorsed. This Certificate and the Partnership Common Units
represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of
the provisions of the Agreement of Limited Partnership, as the same
may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has signed this Certificate.
Dated:
By________________________________
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For
Value Received,
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
Partnership Common Unit(s) represented by the within Certificate,
and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint the General
Partner of AIMCO Properties, L.P. as its Attorney to transfer said
Partnership Common Unit(s) on the books of AIMCO Properties, L.P.
with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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EXHIBIT F
PARTNERSHIP UNIT DESIGNATION OF
THE CLASS I HIGH PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP UNITS OF
AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
1. Number of Units and
Designation.
A class
of Partnership Units is hereby designated as “Class I
High Performance Partnership Units,” and the number of
Partnership Units initially constituting such class shall be
fifteen thousand (15,000), subject to adjustment at the
Class I High Performance Valuation Date, as provided in
Section 3 hereof.
2. Definitions.
For
purposes of this Partnership Unit Designation, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated in this Section 2.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.
“
AIMCO Equity Capitalization ” shall mean the quotient
obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the AIMCO Market Values
for each trading day included in the Measurement Period, by
(ii) the number of trading days included in the Measurement
Period.
“
AIMCO Market Value ” shall mean, for any date, the
product of (i) the number of REIT Shares and Partnership Units
(other than Partnership Preferred Units) outstanding as of the
close of business on such date, multiplied by (ii) the Value
of a REIT Share on such date.
“
AIMCO Total Return ” shall mean the Total Return of
the REIT Shares for the Measurement Period; provided, however,
that, for purposes of calculating the security price of the REIT
Shares at the end of the Measurement Period, such price shall be
the average of the daily market prices for twenty
(20) consecutive trading days ending immediately prior to the
Class I High Performance Valuation Date. The market price for
any such trading day shall be:
(i) if
the REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading on any securities
exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market’s National Market System,
the volume-weighted average of trading prices on such day, as
reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets (or another reliable source
selected by the General Partner), or if no trade takes place on
such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such
day, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction
reporting system;
(ii) if
the REIT Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any
securities exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market’s 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 the General Partner; or
(iii) if
the REIT Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any
securities exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market’s 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 the General Partner, or if there
shall be no bid and asked prices on such day, the average of the
high bid and low asked prices, as so reported, on the most recent
day (not more than ten (10) days prior to the date in
question) for which prices have been so reported;
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provided, however, that, if there are no bid and asked prices
reported during the ten (10) days prior to the date in
question, the market price of the REIT Shares 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.
“
Agreement ” shall mean the Agreement of Limited
Partnership of the Partnership, as amended, supplemented or
restated from time to time.
“
Change of Control ” shall mean the occurrence of any
of the following events:
(i) an
acquisition (other than directly from the Previous General Partner)
of any voting securities of the Previous General Partner (the
“Voting Securities) by any “person” (as the term
“person” is used for purposes of Section 13(d) or
Section 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”)) immediately after which such
person has “beneficial ownership” (within the meaning
of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act)
(“Beneficial Ownership”) of 20% or more of the combined
voting power of the Previous General Partner’s then
outstanding Voting Securities; provided, however, in determining
whether a Change in Control has occurred, Voting Securities that
are acquired in a Non-Control Acquisition (as hereinafter defined)
shall not constitute an acquisition that would cause a Change in
Control. “Non-Control Acquisition” shall mean an
acquisition by (A) an employee benefit plan (or a trust
forming a part thereof) maintained by (1) the Previous General
Partner or (2) any corporation, partnership or other person of
which a majority of its voting power or its equity securities or
equity interest is owned directly or indirectly by the Previous
General Partner or in which the Previous General Partner serves as
a general partner or manager (a “Subsidiary”),
(B) the Previous General Partner or any Subsidiary, or
(C) any person in connection with a Non-Control Transaction
(as hereinafter defined);
(ii) the
individuals who constitute the Board of Directors of the Previous
General Partner as of January 1, 1998 (the “Incumbent
Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least
two-thirds ( 2 / 3 ) of the Board of
Directors; provided, however, that if the election, or nomination
for election by the Previous General Partner’s stockholders,
of any new director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (
2 / 3 ) of the Incumbent Board, such new
director shall be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board;
provided, further, that no individual shall be considered a member
of the Incumbent Board if such individual initially assumed office
as a result of either an actual or threatened “election
contest” (as described in Rule 14a-11 promulgated under
the Exchange Act) (an “Election Contest”) or other
actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on
behalf of a person other than the Board of Directors (a
“Proxy Contest”) including by reason of any agreement
intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest;
or
(iii) approval
by stockholders of the Previous General Partner of: (A) a
merger, consolidation, share exchange or reorganization involving
the Previous General Partner, unless (1) the stockholders of the
Previous General Partner, immediately before such merger,
consolidation, share exchange or reorganization, own, directly or
indirectly immediately following such merger, consolidation, share
exchange or reorganization, at least 80% of the combined voting
power of the outstanding voting securities of the corporation that
is the successor in such merger, consolidation, share exchange or
reorganization (the “Surviving Company”) in
substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Voting
Securities immediately before such merger, consolidation, share
exchange or reorganization, (2) the individuals who were
members of the Incumbent Board immediately prior to the execution
of the agreement providing for such merger, consolidation, share
exchange or reorganization constitute at least two-thirds (
2 / 3 ) of the members of the board of
directors of the Surviving Company, and (3) no persons (other
than the Previous General Partner or any Subsidiary, any employee
benefit plan (or any trust forming a part thereof) maintained by
the Previous General Partner, the Surviving Company or any
Subsidiary, or any person who, immediately prior to such merger,
consolidation, share exchange or reorganization had Beneficial
Ownership of 15% or more of the then outstanding Voting Securities
has Beneficial Ownership of 15% or more of the combined voting
power of the Surviving Company’s then outstanding voting
securities (a transaction described in clauses (1) through
(3) is referred to herein as a “Non-Control
Transaction”); (B) a complete liquidation or dissolution
of the
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Previous
General Partner; or (C) an agreement for the sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Previous General Partner to any person (other than a transfer to a
Subsidiary).
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to occur
solely because any person (a “Subject Person”) acquired
Beneficial Ownership of more than the permitted amount of the
outstanding Voting Securities as a result of the acquisition of
Voting Securities by the Previous General Partner that, by reducing
the number of Voting Securities outstanding, increases the
proportional number of shares Beneficially Owned by such Subject
Person, provided that if a Change of Control would occur (but for
the operation of this sentence) as a result of the acquisition of
Voting Securities by the Previous General Partner, and after such
share acquisition by the Previous General Partner, such Subject
Person becomes the Beneficial Owner of any additional Voting
Securities that increases the percentage of the then outstanding
Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by such Subject Person, then a
Change of Control shall occur.
“
Class I High Performance Cash Amount ” shall
mean, as of any date, the lesser of (i) an amount of cash
equal to the product of the amount that a Holder would receive in
respect of each Class I High Performance Partnership Unit if
the Partnership sold all of its properties at their fair market
value (which may be determined by reference to the Value of a REIT
Share), paid all of its debts and distributed the remaining
proceeds to the Partners as provided in Section 13.2 of the
Agreement, determined as of the applicable Valuation Date, or
(ii) in the case of a Declination followed by a Public
Offering Funding, the Public Offering Funding Amount.
“
Class I High Performance Partnership Unit ” shall
mean a Partnership Unit with the designations, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers
and duties as are set forth in this Exhibit.
“
Class I High Performance Valuation Date ” shall
mean the earlier to occur of (i) January 1, 2001, or
(ii) the date on which a Change of Control occurs.
“
Determination Date ” shall mean (i) when used
with respect to any dividend or other distribution, the date fixed
for the determination of the holders of the securities entitled to
receive such dividend or distribution, or, if a dividend or
distribution is paid or made without fixing such a date, the date
of such dividend or distribution, and (ii) when used with
respect to any split, subdivision, reverse stock split, combination
or reclassification of securities, the date upon which such split,
subdivision, reverse stock split, combination or reclassification
becomes effective.
“
Excess Return ” shall mean the amount (measured as a
percentage), if any, by which (i) the AIMCO Total Return
exceeds (ii) the Hurdle Rate of Return.
“
Ex-Date ” shall mean (i) when used with respect
to any dividend or distribution, the first date on which the
securities on which the dividend or distribution is payable trade
regular way on the relevant exchange or in the relevant market
without the right to receive such dividend or distribution, and
(ii) when used with respect to any split, subdivision, reverse
stock split, combination or reclassification of securities, the
first date on which the securities trade regular way on such
exchange or in such market to reflect such split, subdivision,
reverse stock split, combination or reclassification becoming
effective.
“
Extraordinary Distribution ” shall mean the
distribution by the Previous General Partner, by dividend or
otherwise, to all holders of its REIT Shares of evidences of its
indebtedness or assets (including securities) other than
cash.
“
Hurdle Rate of Return ” shall mean the greater of
(x) 115% of the Industry Total Return, or (y) 30% (or, if
the Class I High Performance Valuation Date is not
January 1, 2001, a percentage equal to the return
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over the
Measurement Period that, if compounded annually over three years,
would result in a cumulative return of 30%).
“
Industry Total Return ” shall mean the Total Return of
the securities included in the Industry Peer Group Index for the
Measurement Period, with such average determined in a manner
consistent with the manner in which such index is calculated;
provided, however, that if such Total Return would be less than
zero without giving effect to the reinvestment of dividends, then
the “Industry Total Return” shall be equal to
zero.
“
Industry Peer Group Index ” shall mean the Morgan
Stanley REIT Index or any other similar industry index approved by
the Board of Directors of the Previous General Partner.
“
Measurement Period ” shall mean the period from and
including January 1, 1998 to but excluding the Class I
High Performance Valuation Date.
“
Partnership ” shall mean AIMCO Properties, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership.
“
Total Return ” shall mean, for any security and for
any period, the cumulative total return for such security over such
period, as measured by (i) the sum of (A) the cumulative
amount of dividends paid in respect of such security for such
period (assuming that all dividends other than Extraordinary
Distributions are reinvested in such security as of the payment
date for such dividend based on the security price on the dividend
payment date), and (B) an amount equal to (1) the security
price at the end of such period, minus (2) the security price
at the beginning of such period, divided by (ii) the security
price at the beginning of the measurement period; provided,
however, that if the foregoing calculation results in a negative
number, the “Total Return” shall be equal to
zero.
“
Value ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Agreement, except that Value shall be determined by reference to
the average of the daily market prices for twenty
(20) consecutive trading days rather than ten
(10) consecutive trading days.
3. Adjustment of Units at
Class I High Performance Valuation Date.
(a) If,
on the Class I High Performance Valuation Date there is any
Excess Return, then, from and after such date, each Class I
High Performance Partnership Unit shall, without any action on the
part of the Partnership, the General Partner or the Holder thereof,
be automatically adjusted to equal a number of Class I High
Performance Partnership Units equal to the quotient obtained by
dividing (x) the product of (A) 15% of the Excess Return,
multiplied by (B) the AIMCO Equity Capitalization, by
(y) the product of (A) 15,000 and (B) the Value of a
REIT Share on the Class I High Performance Valuation Date. For
illustrative purposes, examples of the calculation of such
adjustment are set forth in Annex I hereto.
(b) If,
on the Class I High Performance Valuation Date there is no
Excess Return, then, from and after such date, each Class I
High Performance Partnership Units shall, without any action on the
part of the Partnership, the General Partner or the Holder thereof,
be automatically adjusted to equal 1/100 of a Class I High
Performance Partnership Unit.
4. Distributions.
On and
after the Class I High Performance Valuation Date, the Holders
of Class I High Performance Partnership Units shall be
entitled to receive distributions (other than distributions upon
liquidation) if, as, when and in the same amounts and of the same
type as may be paid to Holders of Partnership Common Units as if
each Holder of Class I High Performance Partnership Units held
an equal number of Partnership Common Units originally issued on
the Class I High Performance Valuation Date.
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5. Allocations.
(a) From
and after the Class I High Performance Valuation Date, Net
Income and Net Loss shall be allocated to each of the Holders of
Class I High Performance Partnership Units as if each such
Holder was the Holder of an equal number of Partnership Common
Units originally issued on the Class I High Performance Valuation
Date.
(b) In
the event that the Partnership disposes of all or substantially all
of its assets in a transaction that will lead to a liquidation of
the Partnership pursuant to Article XIII of the Agreement,
then, notwithstanding Section 6.3.C of the Agreement, each
Holder of Class I High Performance Partnership Units shall be
specifically allocated items of Partnership income and gain in an
amount sufficient to cause the Capital Account of such Holder to be
equal to that of a Holder of an equal number of Partnership Common
Units.
6. Redemption.
Upon
the occurrence of a Change of Control, and subject to the
applicable requirements of Federal securities laws and any
securities exchange or quotation system rules or regulations, each
Holder of Class I High Performance Partnership Units shall
have the redemption rights of Qualifying Parties set forth in
Section 8.6 of the Agreement, except that (i) all
references therein to “Redeemable Units” or
“Partnership Common Units” shall be deemed to be
references to Class I High Performance Partnership Units,
(ii) the first Twelve-Month Period applicable to all
Class I High Performance Partnership Units shall be deemed to
have passed, (iii) all references therein to “Cash
Amount” shall be deemed to be references to the Class I
High Performance Cash Amount, and (iv) in the event that the
Previous General Partner elects to acquire Class I High
Performance Partnership Units that have been tendered for
Redemption, the Previous General Partner shall acquire each such
Class I High Performance Partnership Unit in exchange for a
number of REIT Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing
the Class I High Performance Cash Amount by the Value of a
REIT Share, determined as of the applicable Valuation Date.
7. Status of Reacquired
Units.
All
Class I High Performance Partnership Units which shall have
been issued and reacquired in any manner by the Partnership shall
be deemed cancelled and no longer outstanding.
8. Restrictions on Ownership
and Transfer.
The
restrictions on Transfer set forth in Sections 11.1.B and
11.3.A of the Agreement shall not apply to Transfers of
Class I High Performance Partnership Units. Prior to the
Class I High Performance Valuation Date, the Class I High
Performance Partnership Units shall be owned and held solely by SMP
I, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
(“SMP”), Richard S. Ellwood, J. Landis Martin, Thomas
L. Rhodes and John D. Smith. On or after the Class I High
Performance Valuation Date, the Class I High Performance
Partnership Units may be Transferred (i) by SMP to (a) any
Person who is a member (a “Member”) of SMP immediately
prior to such transfer, (b) a Family Member of a Member,
(c) a Controlled Entity of a Member, (c) any Person with
respect to whom the Member constitutes a Controlled Entity,
(d) upon the death of a Member, by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution to any Qualified Transferee, and
(ii) by any other Person to (a) a Family Member of a such
Person, (b) a Controlled Entity of such Person, (c) any
other Person with respect to whom such Person constitutes a
Controlled Entity, (d) upon the death of such Person, by will
or by the laws of descent and distribution to any Qualified
Transferee,
9. Adjustments.
(a) In
the event of any Extraordinary Distribution occurring on or after
January 1, 1998, for purposes of determining the Value of a
REIT Share or the AIMCO Total Return, each price of a REIT
Share
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determined as of a date on or after the Ex-Date for such
Extraordinary Distribution shall be adjusted by multiplying such
price by a fraction (i) the numerator of which shall be the
price of a REIT Share on the date immediately prior to such
Ex-Date, and (ii) the denominator of which shall be
(A) the price of a REIT Share on the date immediately prior to
such Ex-Date, minus (B) the fair market value on the date
fixed for such determination of the portion of the evidences of
indebtedness or assets so distributed applicable to one REIT Share
(as determined by the General Partner, whose determination shall be
conclusive); provided further, that such amount shall be so
adjusted for each such Extraordinary Distribution occurring on or
after January 1, 1998.
(b) In
the event that, on or after January 1, 1998, the Previous
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) splits or subdivides its outstanding REIT Shares,
(iii) effects a reverse stock split or otherwise combines its
outstanding REIT Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares, or
(iv) otherwise reclassifies its outstanding REIT Shares, then,
for purposes of determining the Value of a REIT Share or the AIMCO
Total Return, each price of a REIT Share determined as of a date on
or after the Ex-Date for such transaction shall be adjusted by
multiplying such price by a fraction (x) the numerator of
which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on
the Determination Date for such dividend, distribution, split,
subdivision, reverse stock split, combination or reclassification
(assuming for such purposes that such dividend, distribution,
split, subdivision, reverse split or combination has occurred as of
such time) and (y) the denominator of which shall be the
actual number of REIT Shares (determined without the above
assumption) issued and outstanding on the Determination Date for
such dividend, distribution, split, subdivision, reverse stock
split, combination or reclassification.
(c) The
General Partner shall have authority to appropriately adjust the
AIMCO Market Value, the AIMCO Total Return or the Value of a REIT
Share if any other transaction or circumstance occurs or arises
that would have an inequitable result.
10. General.
The
ownership of Class I High Performance Partnership Units may
(but need not, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General
Partner) be evidenced by one or more certificates. The General
Partner shall amend Exhibit A to the Agreement from
time to time to the extent necessary to reflect accurately the
issuance of, and subsequent conversion, redemption, or any other
event having an effect on the ownership of, Class I High
Performance Partnership Units.
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ANNEX
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EXHIBIT F
Numerical Examples of the Calculation of the Adjustment to the
Number of Class I High Performance Partnership Units on the
Class I High Performance Valuation Date
The
following table illustrates the adjustment that would be made on
the Class I High Performance Valuation Date to the number of
Class I High Performance Units under different circumstances.
Except as otherwise indicated, it is assumed, for purposes of the
illustration, that: (i) the Class I High Performance
Valuation Date is January 1, 2001; (ii) the AIMCO Total
Return is 14% per year; (iii) the Industry Total Return is 10%
per year; and (iv) the weighted average market value of
outstanding equity (Common Stock and Partnership Units, other than
Partnership Preferred Units) during the Measurement Period is
$3,000,000,000 (assumptions (i) - (iv) are referred to as the
“Base Case”).
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$ |
4,000 |
|
|
Excess Shareholder
Return (millions)
|
|
$ |
303 |
|
|
$ |
3,264 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
546 |
|
|
$ |
8,160 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
Value of High
Performance Units (millions)
|
|
$ |
45.4 |
|
|
$ |
489.6 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
$ |
81.9 |
|
|
$ |
1,224.0 |
|
|
$ |
0 |
|
|
Value of a REIT
Share
|
|
$ |
50 |
|
|
$ |
70 |
|
|
$ |
50 |
|
|
$ |
50 |
|
|
$ |
70 |
|
|
$ |
40 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted Number of
Class I High Performance Units:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
908,000 |
|
|
|
6,994,286 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
1,638,000 |
|
|
|
17,485,714 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
Per Unit
Adjustment
|
|
|
60.5 |
|
|
|
466.3 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
109.2 |
|
|
|
1,165.7 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
| (1) |
|
Base Case. |
| |
| (2) |
|
Base Case, except that the Company Common Stock has a 30%
annual Total Return and the weighted average market value of
outstanding equity is $4 billion. |
| |
| (3) |
|
Base Case, except that the Peer Group Index has a 20% annual
Total Return. (4) Base Case, except that the Peer Group Index
has a negative annual Total Return of 10%. |
| |
| (5) |
|
Base Case, except that the Company Common Stock has a 30%
annual Total Return and the weighted average market value of
outstanding equity is $10 billion. |
| |
| (6) |
|
Base Case, except that the Company Common Stock has an 8%
annual Total Return, the Peer Group Index has a 1% annual Total
Return and the weighted average market value of outstanding equity
is $4 billion. |
F-7
EXHIBIT G
PARTNERSHIP UNIT DESIGNATION OF
THE CLASS G PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS OF
AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
1. Number of Units and
Designation.
A class
of Partnership Preferred Units is hereby designated as
“Class G Partnership Preferred Units,” and the
number of Partnership Preferred Units constituting such class shall
be Four Million Fifty Thousand (4,050,000).
2. Definitions.
For
purposes of the Class G Partnership Preferred Units, the
following terms shall have the meanings indicated in this
Section 2. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the
Agreement.
“
Agreement ” shall mean the Agreement of Limited
Partnership of the Partnership, as amended, supplemented or
restated from time to time.
“
Call Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in
paragraph (a) of Section 5 of this Exhibit.
“
Class G Partnership Preferred Unit ” means a
Partnership Preferred Unit with the designations, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers
and duties as are set forth in this Exhibit. It is the intention of
the General Partner that each Class G Partnership Preferred
Unit shall be substantially the economic equivalent of one share of
Class G Preferred Stock.
“
Class G Preferred Stock ” means the Class G
Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Previous General Partner.
“
Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto.
Reference to any provision of the Code shall mean such provision as
in effect from time to time, as the same may be amended, and any
successor thereto, as interpreted by any applicable regulations or
other administrative pronouncements as in effect from time to
time.
“
Common Stock ” shall mean the Class A Common
Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Previous General Partner or
such shares of the Previous General Partner’s capital stock
into which outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be
reclassified.
“
Distribution Payment Date ” shall mean any date on
which cash dividends are paid on the Class G Preferred Stock.
“
Junior Partnership Units ” shall have the meaning set
forth in paragraph (c) of Section 7 of this
Exhibit.
“
Parity Partnership Units ” shall have the meaning set
forth in paragraph (b) of Section 7 of this
Exhibit.
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“
Partnership ” shall mean AIMCO Properties, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership.
“
Senior Partnership Units ” shall have the meaning set
forth in paragraph (a) of Section 7 of this
Exhibit.
3. Distributions.
On
every Distribution Payment Date, the holders of Class G
Partnership Preferred Units shall be entitled to receive
distributions payable in cash in an amount per Class G
Partnership Preferred Unit equal to the per share dividend payable
on the Class G Preferred Stock on such Distribution Payment
Date. Each such distribution shall be payable to the holders of
record of the Class G Partnership Preferred Units, as they
appear on the records of the Partnership at the close of business
on the record date for the dividend payable with respect to the
Class G Preferred Stock on such Distribution Payment Date.
Holders of Class G Partnership Preferred Units shall not be
entitled to any distributions on the Class G Partnership
Preferred Units, whether payable in cash, property or stock, except
as provided herein.
4. Liquidation
Preference.
(1) In
the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Partnership, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any payment
or distribution of the Partnership (whether capital or surplus)
shall be made to or set apart for the holders of Junior Partnership
Units, the holders of Class G Partnership Preferred Units
shall be entitled to receive Twenty Five Dollars ($25) per
Class G Partnership Preferred Unit (the “Liquidation
Preference”), plus an amount equal to all dividends (whether
or not earned) accumulated, accrued and unpaid on each share of
Class G Preferred Stock to the date of final distribution to
such holders; but such holders shall not be entitled to any further
payment. Until the holders of the Class G Partnership
Preferred Units have been paid the Liquidation Preference in full,
plus an amount equal to all dividends (whether or not earned)
accumulated, accrued and unpaid on the Class G Preferred Stock
to the date of final distribution to such holders, no payment will
be made to any holder of Junior Partnership Units upon the
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Partnership. If, upon
any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Partnership, the
assets of the Partnership, or proceeds thereof, distributable among
the holders of Class G Partnership Preferred Units shall be
insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid and
liquidating payments on any Parity Partnership Units, then such
assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the
holders of Class G Partnership Preferred Units and any such
Parity Partnership Units ratably in the same proportion as the
respective amounts that would be payable on such Class G
Partnership Preferred Units and any such other Parity Partnership
Units if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full. For the
purposes of this Section 4, (i) a consolidation or merger
of the Partnership with one or more partnerships, or (ii) a
sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the
Partnership’s assets shall not be deemed to be a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, voluntary or involuntary, of the
Partnership.
(2) Upon
any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Partnership,
after payment shall have been made in full to the holders of
Class G Partnership Preferred Units and any Parity Partnership
Units, as provided in this Section 4, any other series or
class or classes of Junior Partnership Units shall, subject to the
respective terms thereof, be entitled to receive any and all assets
remaining to be paid or distributed, and the holders of the
Class G Partnership Preferred Units and any Parity Partnership
Units shall not be entitled to share therein.
5. Redemption.
Class G
Partnership Preferred Units shall be redeemable by the Partnership
as follows:
(1) At any time that the
Previous General Partner exercises its right to redeem all or any
of the shares of Class G Preferred Stock, the General Partner
may cause the Partnership to redeem an equal number of Class G
Partnership Preferred Units, at a redemption price payable in cash
equal to 100% of the Liquidation
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Preference thereof, plus an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid
dividends on each share of Class G Preferred Stock to the date
fixed for redemption (the “Call Date”), in the manner
set forth herein.
(2) If
the Partnership shall redeem Class G Partnership Preferred
Units pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 5, from
and after the Call Date (unless the Partnership shall fail to make
available the amount of cash necessary to effect such redemption),
(i) except for payment of the redemption price, the
Partnership shall not make any further distributions on the
Class G Partnership Preferred Units so called for redemption
(except that, in the case of a Call Date after a distribution
record date and prior to the related Distribution Payment Date,
holders of Class G Partnership Preferred Units on the
distribution record date will be entitled on such Distribution
Payment Date to receive the distribution payable thereon),
(ii) said units shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding,
and (iii) all rights of the holders thereof as holders of
Class G Partnership Preferred Units of the Partnership shall
cease (except the rights to receive the cash payable upon such
redemption, without interest thereon, and to receive any
distributions payable thereon). No interest shall accrue for the
benefit of the holders of Class G Partnership Preferred Units
to be redeemed on any cash set aside by the Partnership.
If
fewer than all the outstanding Class G Partnership Preferred
Units are to be redeemed, units to be redeemed shall be selected by
the Partnership from outstanding Class G Partnership Preferred
Units not previously called for redemption by any method determined
by the General Partner in its discretion. Upon any such redemption,
the General Partner shall amend Exhibit A to the Agreement as
appropriate to reflect such redemption.
6. Status of Reacquired
Units.
All
Class G Partnership Preferred Units which shall have been
issued and reacquired in any manner by the Partnership shall be
deemed cancelled.
7. Ranking.
Any
class or series of Partnership Units of the Partnership shall be
deemed to rank:
(1) prior
or senior to the Class G Partnership Preferred Units, as to
the payment of distributions and as to distributions of assets upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, if the holders of such
class or series shall be entitled to the receipt of distributions
or of amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up, as the case may be, in preference or priority to the
holders of Class G Partnership Preferred Units (“Senior
Partnership Units”);
(2) on
a parity with the Class G Partnership Preferred Units, as to
the payment of distributions and as to distribution of assets upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, whether or not the
distribution rates, distribution payment dates or redemption or
liquidation prices per unit or other denomination thereof be
different from those of the Class G Partnership Preferred
Units if the holders of such class or series of Partnership Units
and the Class G Partnership Preferred Units shall be entitled
to the receipt of distributions and of amounts distributable upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up in proportion to their
respective amounts of accrued and unpaid distributions per unit or
other denomination or liquidation preferences, without preference
or priority one over the other (“Parity Partnership
Units”); and
(3) junior
to the Class G Partnership Preferred Units, as to the payment
of distributions or as to the distribution of assets upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, if such class or series of
Partnership Units shall be Partnership Common Units or if the
holders of Class G Preferred Partnership Units shall be
entitled to receipt of distributions or of amounts distributable
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, as the case may be, in
preference or priority to the holders of such class or series of
Partnership Units (“Junior Partnership Units”).
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8. Special
Allocations.
(1) Gross
income and, if necessary, gain shall be allocated to the holders of
Class G Partnership Preferred Units for any Fiscal Year (and,
if necessary, subsequent Fiscal Years) to the extent that the
holders of Class G Partnership Preferred Units receive a
distribution on any Class G Partnership Preferred Units (other than
an amount included in any redemption pursuant to Section 5 hereof)
with respect to such Fiscal Year.
(2) If
any Class G Partnership Preferred Units are redeemed pursuant
to Section 5 hereof, for the Fiscal Year that includes such
redemption (and, if necessary, for subsequent Fiscal Years) (a)
gross income and gain (in such relative proportions as the General
Partner in its discretion shall determine) shall be allocated to
the holders of Class G Partnership Preferred Units to the
extent that the redemption amounts paid or payable with respect to
the Class G Partnership Preferred Units so redeemed exceeds
the aggregate Capital Contributions (net of liabilities assumed or
taken subject to by the Partnership) per Class G Partnership
Preferred Unit allocable to the Class G Partnership Preferred
Units so redeemed and (b) deductions and losses (in such
relative proportions as the General Partner in its discretion shall
determine) shall be allocated to the holders of Class G
Partnership Preferred Units to the extent that the aggregate
Capital Contributions (net of liabilities assumed or taken subject
to by the Partnership) per Class G Partnership Preferred Unit
allocable to the Class G Partnership Preferred Units so
redeemed exceeds the redemption amount paid or payable with respect
to the Class G Partnership Preferred Units so redeemed.
9. Restrictions on
Ownership.
The
Class G Partnership Preferred Units shall be owned and held
solely by the General Partner or the Special Limited Partner.
10. General.
(1) The
ownership of Class G Partnership Preferred Units may (but need
not, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner) be
evidenced by one or more certificates. The General Partner shall
amend Exhibit A to the Agreement from time to time to
the extent necessary to reflect accurately the issuance of, and
subsequent conversion, redemption, or any other event having an
effect on the ownership of, Class G Partnership Preferred
Units.
(2) The
rights of the General Partner and the Special Limited Partner, in
their capacity as holders of the Class G Partnership Preferred
Units, are in addition to and not in limitation of any other rights
or authority of the General Partner or the Special Limited Partner,
respectively, in any other capacity under the Agreement or
applicable law. In addition, nothing contained herein shall be
deemed to limit or otherwise restrict the authority of the General
Partner or the Special Limited Partner under the Agreement, other
than in their capacity as holders of the Class G Partnership
Preferred Units.
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EXHIBIT H
PARTNERSHIP UNIT DESIGNATION OF
THE CLASS ONE PARTNERSHIP PREFERRED UNITS OF
AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
1. Number of Units and
Designation.
A class
of Partnership Preferred Units is hereby designated as
“Class One Partnership Preferred Units,” and the
number of Partnership Preferred Units constituting such class shall
be Ninety Thousand (90,000).
2. Definitions.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Agreement, as modified by this Partnership
Unit Designation and the defined terms used herein. For purposes of
this Partnership Unit Designation, the following terms shall have
the respective meanings ascribed below:
“
Agreement ” shall mean the Agreement of Limited
Partnership of the Partnership, as amended, supplemented or
restated from time to time.
“
Assignee ” shall mean a Person to whom one or more
Preferred Units have been Transferred in a manner permitted under
the Agreement, but who has not become a Substituted Limited
Partner, and who has the rights set forth in Section 11.5 of
the Agreement.
“
Cash Amount ” shall mean, with respect to any Tendered
Units, cash in an amount equal to the product of the number of
Tendered Units, multiplied by 91.93 (which is the quotient obtained
by dividing $8 by 8.75%).
“
Class One Partnership Preferred Unit ” or “
Preferred Unit ” shall mean a Partnership Preferred
Unit with the designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties
as are set forth in this Partnership Unit Designation.
“
Cut-Off Date ” shall mean the fifth (5th) Business Day
after the General Partner’s receipt of a Notice of
Redemption.
“
Declination ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6(f) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“
Distribution Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set
forth of Section 3(a) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“
Junior Partnership Units ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 3(c) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“
Liquidation Preference ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5(a) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“
Market Value ” shall mean, as of any calculation date
and with respect to any share of stock, the average of the daily
market prices for ten (10) consecutive trading days
immediately preceding the calculation date. The market price for
any such trading day shall be:
(i) if the shares are listed or
admitted to trading on any securities exchange or The Nasdaq Stock
Market’s National Market System, the closing 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 on such day, in either
case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction
reporting system,
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(ii) if the shares are not listed or
admitted to trading on any securities exchange or The Nasdaq Stock
Market’s 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 the General Partner,
or
(iii) if the shares are not listed or
admitted to trading on any securities exchange or The Nasdaq Stock
Market’s 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 the
General Partner, or if there shall be no bid and asked prices on
such day, the average of the high bid and low asked prices, as so
reported, on the most recent day (not more than ten (10) days
prior to the date in question) for which prices have been so
reported;
provided, however , that, if there are no bid and asked
prices reported during the ten (10) days prior to the date in
question, the Market Value of the shares 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; provided, further, that the General Partner
is authorized to adjust the market price for any trading day as may
be necessary, in its judgment, to reflect an event that occurs at
any time after the commencement of such ten day period that would
unfairly distort the Market Value, including, without limitation, a
stock dividend, split, subdivision, reverse stock split, or share
combination.
“
Notice of Redemption ” shall mean a Notice of
Redemption in the form of Annex I to this Partnership Unit
Designation.
“
Parity Partnership Units ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 3(b) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“
Partnership ” shall mean AIMCO Properties, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership.
“
Primary Offering Notice ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 6(h)(3) of this Partnership Unit
Designation.
“
Public Offering Funding ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 6(f)(2) of this Partnership Unit
Designation.
“
Redemption ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6(b) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“ Registrable Shares
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(f)(2) of
this Partnership Unit Designation.
“ REIT Shares Amount
” shall mean, with respect to any Tendered Units, a number of
REIT Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the
Cash Amount for such Tendered Units, by (ii) the Market Value
of a REIT Share as of the fifth (5th) Business Day prior to the
date of receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption
for such Tendered Units.
“ Senior Partnership
Units ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)
of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“ Single Funding Notice
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(f)(3) of
this Partnership Unit Designation.
“ Specified Redemption
Date ” shall mean, with respect to any Redemption, the
later of (a) the tenth (10th) Business Day after the receipt
by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption or (b) in the case
of a Declination followed by a Public Offering Funding, the
Business Day next following the date of the closing of the Public
Offering Funding; provided, however, that the Specified Redemption
Date, as well as the closing of a Redemption, or an acquisition of
Tendered Units by the Previous General Partner pursuant to
Section 6 hereof, on
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any
Specified Redemption Date, may be deferred, in the General
Partner’s sole and absolute discretion, for such time (but in
any event not more than one hundred fifty (150) days in the
aggregate) as may reasonably be required to effect, as applicable,
(i) a Public Offering Funding or other necessary funding
arrangements, (ii) compliance with the Securities Act or other
law (including, but not limited to, (a) state “blue
sky” or other securities laws and (b) the expiration or
termination of the applicable waiting period, if any, under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended)
and (iii) satisfaction or waiver of other commercially
reasonable and customary closing conditions and requirements for a
transaction of such nature.
“
Tendering Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6(b) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
“
Tendered Units ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6(b) of this Partnership Unit Designation.
3. Ranking.
Any
class or series of Partnership Units of the Partnership shall be
deemed to rank:
(a) prior
or senior to the Class One Partnership Preferred Units, as to
the payment of distributions and as to distributions of assets upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, if the holders of such
class or series shall be entitled to the receipt of distributions
and of amounts distributable upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up, as the case may be, in preference or priority to the
holders of Class One Partnership Preferred Units (the
Partnership Units referred to in this paragraph being hereinafter
referred to, collectively, as “Senior Partnership
Units”);
(b) on
a parity with the Class One Partnership Preferred Units, as to
the payment of distributions and as to distribution of assets upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, whether or not the
distribution rates, distribution payment dates or redemption or
liquidation prices per unit or other denomination thereof be
different from those of the Class One Partnership Preferred
Units if (i) such class or series of Partnership Units shall
be Class G Partnership Preferred Units or (ii) the
holders of such class or series of Partnership Units and the
Class One Partnership Preferred Units shall be entitled to the
receipt of distributions and of amounts distributable upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up in proportion to their
respective amounts of accrued and unpaid distributions per unit or
other denomination or liquidation preferences, without preference
or priority one over the other (the Partnership Units referred to
in clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph being
hereinafter referred to, collectively, as “Parity Partnership
Units”); and
(c) junior
to the Class One Partnership Preferred Units, as to the
payment of distributions and as to the distribution of assets upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, if (i) such class or
series of Partnership Units shall be Partnership Common Units or
Class I High Performance Partnership Units or (ii) the
holders of Class One Partnership Preferred Units shall be
entitled to receipt of distributions or of amounts distributable
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, as the case may be, in
preference or priority to the holders of such class or series of
Partnership Units (the Partnership Units referred to in clauses
(i) and (ii) of this paragraph being hereinafter referred
to, collectively, as “Junior Partnership Units”).
4. Quarterly Cash
Distributions.
(a) Holders
of Preferred Units will be entitled to receive, when and as
declared by the General Partner, quarterly cash distributions at
the rate of $2.00 per Preferred Unit. Any such distributions will
be cumulative from the date of original issue, whether or not in
any distribution period or periods such distributions have been
declared, and shall be payable quarterly on February 15,
May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year (or,
if not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) (each a
“Distribution Payment Date”), commencing on the first
such date occurring after the date of original issue. If the
Preferred Units are issued on any day other than a Distribution
Payment Date, the first distribution payable on such Preferred
Units will be prorated for the portion of the quarterly period that
such Preferred Units are outstanding on the basis of twelve 30-day
months and a 360-day year. Distributions will be payable in arrears
to holders of record as they appear on the records of the
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Partnership at the close of business on the February 1,
May 1, August 1 or November 1, as the case may be,
immediately preceding each Distribution Payment Date. Holders of
Preferred Units will not be entitled to receive any distributions
in excess of cumulative distributions on the Preferred Units. No
interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in
respect of any distribution payment or payments on the Preferred
Units that may be in arrears. Holders of any Preferred Units that
are issued after the date of original issuance will be entitled to
receive the same distributions as holders of any Preferred Units
issued on the date of original issuance.
(b) When
distributions are not paid in full upon the Preferred Units or any
Parity Partnership Units, or a sum sufficient for such payment is
not set apart, all distributions declared upon the Preferred Units
and any Parity Partnership Units shall be declared ratably in
proportion to the respective amounts of distributions accumulated
and unpaid on the Preferred Units and accumulated and unpaid on
such Parity Partnership Units. Except as set forth in the preceding
sentence, unless distributions on the Preferred Units equal to the
full amount of accumulated and unpaid distributions have been or
contemporaneously are declared and paid, or declared and a sum
sufficient for the payment thereof has been or contemporaneously is
set apart for such payment, for all past distribution periods, no
distributions shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment by
the Partnership with respect to any Parity Partnership Units.
(c) Unless
full cumulative distributions (including all accumulated, accrued
and unpaid distributions) on the Preferred Units have been declared
and paid, or declared and set apart for payment, for all past
distribution periods, no distributions (other than distributions
paid in Junior Partnership Units or options, warrants or rights to
subscribe for or purchase Junior Partnership Units) may be declared
or paid or set apart for payment by the Partnership and no other
distribution of cash or other property may be declared or made,
directly or indirectly, by the Partnership with respect to any
Junior Partnership Units, nor shall any Junior Partnership Units be
redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired (except for a redemption,
purchase or other acquisition of Partnership Common Units made for
purposes of an employee incentive or benefit plan of the
Partnership or any affiliate thereof, including, without
limitation, Previous General Partner and its affiliates) for any
consideration (or any monies be paid to or made available for a
sinking fund for the redemption of any such Junior Partnership
Units), directly or indirectly, by the Partnership (except by
conversion into or exchange for Junior Partnership Units, or
options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase Junior
Partnership Units), nor shall any other cash or other property be
paid or distributed to or for the benefit of holders of Junior
Partnership Units.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 4, the Partnership
shall not be prohibited from (i) declaring or paying or
setting apart for payment any distribution on any Parity
Partnership Units or (ii) redeeming, purchasing or otherwise
acquiring any Parity Partnership Units, in each case, if such
declaration, payment, redemption, purchase or other acquisition is
necessary to maintain the Previous General Partner’s
qualification as a REIT.
5. Liquidation
Preference.
(a) Upon
any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the Partnership, before any allocation of income or gain by the
Partnership shall be made to or set apart for the holders of any
Junior Partnership Units, to the extent possible, the holders of
Preferred Units shall be entitled to be allocated income and gain
to effectively enable them to receive a liquidation preference (the
“Liquidation Preference”) per Preferred Unit equal to
the sum of (i) 91.93 (which is the quotient obtained by
dividing $8 by 8.75%), plus (ii) any accumulated, accrued and
unpaid distributions (whether or not earned or declared) to the
date of final distribution to such holders; but such holders will
not be entitled to any further payment or allocation. Until all
holders of the Preferred Units have been paid the Liquidation
Preference in full, no allocation of income or gain will be made to
any holder of Junior Partnership Units upon the liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Partnership.
(b) If,
upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Partnership,
the assets of the Partnership, or proceeds thereof, distributable
among the holders of Preferred Units shall be insufficient to pay
in full the Liquidation Preference and liquidating payments on any
Parity Partnership Units, then following certain allocations made
by the Partnership, such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be
distributed among the holders of Preferred Units and any such
Parity Partnership Units ratably in the same proportion as the
respective amounts that would be payable on such Preferred Units
and any such Parity Partnership Units if all amounts payable
thereon were paid in full.
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(c) A
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Partnership will not include a consolidation or merger of the
Partnership with one or more partnerships, corporations or other
entities, or a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the
Partnership’s assets.
(d) Upon
any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Partnership,
after all allocations shall have been made in full to the holders
of Preferred Units and any Parity Partnership Units to enable them
to receive their respective liquidation preferences, any Junior
Partnership Units shall be entitled to receive any and all assets
remaining to be paid or distributed, and the holders of the
Preferred Units and any Parity Partnership Units shall not be
entitled to share therein.
6. Redemption.
(a) Except
as set forth in Section 6(l) hereof, the Preferred Units may not be
redeemed at the option of the Partnership, and will not be required
to be redeemed or repurchased by the Partnership or the Previous
General Partner except if a holder of a Preferred Unit effects a
Redemption, as provided for in Section 6(b) hereof. The Partnership
or the Previous General Partner may purchase Preferred Units from
time to time in the open market, by tender or exchange offer, in
privately negotiated purchases or otherwise.
(b) On
or after the first (1st) anniversary of becoming a holder of
Preferred Units, a Qualifying Party shall have the right (subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein) to require the
Partnership to redeem all or a portion of the Preferred Units held
by such Qualifying Party (such Preferred Units being hereafter
“Tendered Units”) in exchange (a
“Redemption”) for REIT Shares issuable on, or the Cash
Amount payable on, the Specified Redemption Date, as determined by
the Partnership in its sole discretion. Any Redemption shall be
exercised pursuant to a Notice of Redemption delivered to the
General Partner by the Qualifying Party when exercising the
Redemption right (the “Tendering Party”).
(c) If
the Partnership elects to redeem Tendered Units for REIT Shares
rather than cash, then the Partnership shall direct the Previous
General Partner to issue and deliver such REIT Shares to the
Tendering Party pursuant to the terms set forth in this
Section 6, in which case, (i) the Previous General
Partner, acting as a distinct legal entity, shall assume directly
the obligation with respect thereto and shall satisfy the Tendering
Party’s exercise of its Redemption right, and (ii) such
transaction shall be treated, for federal income tax purposes, as a
transfer by the Tendering Party of such Tendered Units to the
Previous General Partner in exchange for REIT Shares. In making
such election to cause the Previous General Partner to acquire
Tendered Units, the Partnership shall act in a fair, equitable and
reasonable manner that neither prefers one group or class of
Tendering Parties over another nor discriminates against a group or
class of Tendering Parties. If the Partnership elects to redeem any
number of Tendered Units for REIT Shares, rather than cash, on the
Specified Redemption Date, the Tendering Party shall sell such
number of the Tendered Units to the Previous General Partner in
exchange for a number of REIT Shares equal to the REIT Shares
Amount for such number of the Tendered Units. The Tendering Party
shall submit (i) such information, certification or affidavit as
the Previous General Partner may reasonably require in connection
with the application of the Ownership Limit and other restrictions
and limitations of the Charter to any such acquisition and
(ii) such written representations, investment letters, legal
opinions or other instruments necessary, in the Previous General
Partner’s view, to effect compliance with the Securities Act.
The REIT Shares shall be delivered by the Previous General Partner
as duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and accessible REIT
Shares, free of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or restriction, other
than the Ownership Limit and other restrictions provided in the
Charter, the Bylaws of the Previous General Partner, the Securities
Act and relevant state securities or “blue sky” laws.
Neither any Tendering Party whose Tendered Units are acquired by
the Previous General Partner pursuant to this Section 6, any
Partner, any Assignee nor any other interested Person shall have
any right to require or cause the Previous General Partner or the
General Partner to register, qualify or list any REIT Shares owned
or held by such Person, whether or not such REIT Shares are issued
pursuant to this Section 6, with the SEC, with any state
securities commissioner, department or agency, under the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act or with any stock exchange; provided,
however, that this limitation shall not be in derogation of any
registration or similar rights granted pursuant to any other
written agreement between the Previous General Partner and any such
Person. Notwithstanding any delay in such delivery, the Tendering
Party shall be deemed the owner of such REIT Shares for all
purposes, including, without limitation, rights to vote or consent,
receive dividends, and exercise rights, as of the Specified
Redemption Date. REIT Shares issued upon an acquisition of the
Tendered Units by the Previous General Partner pursuant to this
Section 6 may contain such legends regarding restrictions
under the Securities Act and
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applicable state securities laws as the Previous General Partner in
good faith determines to be necessary or advisable in order to
ensure compliance with such laws.
(d) The
Partnership shall have no obligation to effect any redemption
unless and until a Tendering Party has given the Partnership a
Notice of Redemption. Each Notice of Redemption shall be sent by
hand delivery or by first class mail, postage prepaid, to AIMCO
Properties, L.P., c/o AIMCO-GP, Inc., 4582 South Ulster Street
Parkway, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado 80237, Attention:
Investor Relations, or to such other address as the Partnership
shall specify in writing by delivery to the holders of the
Preferred Units in the same manner as that set forth above for
delivery of the Notice of Redemption. At any time prior to the
Specified Redemption Date for any Redemption, any holder may revoke
its Notice of Redemption.
(e) A
Tendering Party shall have no right to receive distributions with
respect to any Tendered Units (other than the Cash Amount) paid
after delivery of the Notice of Redemption, whether or not the
record date for such distribution precedes or coincides with such
delivery of the Notice of Redemption. If the Partnership elects to
redeem any number of Tendered Units for cash, the Cash Amount for
such number of Tendered Units shall be delivered as a certified
check payable to the Tendering Party or, in the General
Partner’s sole and absolute discretion, in immediately
available funds.
(f) In
the event that the Partnership declines to cause the Previous
General Partner to acquire all of the Tendered Units from the
Tendering Party in exchange for REIT Shares pursuant to this
Section 6 following receipt of a Notice of Redemption (a
“Declination”):
(1) The Previous General Partner or
the General Partner shall give notice of such Declination to the
Tendering Party on or before the close of business on the Cut-Off
Date.
(2) The Partnership may elect to
raise funds for the payment of the Cash Amount either (a) by
requiring that the Previous General Partner contribute such funds
from the proceeds of a registered public offering (a “Public
Offering Funding”) by the Previous General Partner of a
number of REIT Shares (“Registrable Shares”) equal to
the REIT Shares Amount with respect to the Tendered Units or
(b) from any other sources (including, but not limited to, the
sale of any Property and the incurrence of additional Debt)
available to the Partnership.
(3) Promptly upon the General
Partner’s receipt of the Notice of Redemption and the
Previous General Partner or the General Partner giving notice of
the Partnership’s Declination, the General Partner shall give
notice (a “Single Funding Notice”) to all Qualifying
Parties then holding Preferred Units and having Redemption rights
pursuant to this Section 6 and require that all such
Qualifying Parties elect whether or not to effect a Redemption of
their Preferred Units to be funded through such Public Offering
Funding. In the event that any such Qualifying Party elects to
effect such a Redemption, it shall give notice thereof and of the
number of Preferred Units to be made subject thereon in writing to
the General Partner within ten (10) Business Days after
receipt of the Single Funding Notice, and such Qualifying Party
shall be treated as a Tendering Party for all purposes of this
Section 6. In the event that a Qualifying Party does not so
elect, it shall be deemed to have waived its right to effect a
Redemption for the next twelve months; provided, however, that the
Previous General Partner shall not be required to acquire Preferred
Units pursuant to this Section 6(f) more than twice within any
twelve-month period.
Any
proceeds from a Public Offering Funding that are in excess of the
Cash Amount shall be for the sole benefit of the Previous General
Partner and/or the General Partner. The General Partner and/or the
Special Limited Partner shall make a Capital Contribution of such
amounts to the Partnership for an additional General Partner
Interest and/or Limited Partner Interest. Any such contribution
shall entitle the General Partner and the Special Limited Partner,
as the case may be, to an equitable Percentage Interest
adjustment.
(g) Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 6, the Previous General Partner
shall not, under any circumstances, elect to acquire Tendered Units
in exchange for the REIT Shares if such exchange would be
prohibited under the Charter.
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(h) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Redemption
pursuant to this Section 6:
(1) All Preferred Units acquired by
the Previous General Partner pursuant to this Section 6 hereof
shall be contributed by the Previous General Partner to either or
both of the General Partner and the Special Limited Partner in such
proportions as the Previous General Partner, the General Partner
and the Special Limited Partner shall determine. Any Preferred
Units so contributed to the General Partner shall automatically,
and without further action required, be converted into and deemed
to be a General Partner Interest comprised of an equal number of
Partnership Common Units. Any Preferred Units so contributed to the
Special Limited Partner shall be converted into Partnership Common
Units.
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