Exhibit 99.2
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT
THIS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT IS MADE AS OF
THE 12 th DAY OF JANUARY, 2005
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AMONG:
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TRAFFIX EZ LTD. , a corporation incorporated under the laws of
the Province of Quebec, hereinafter referred to as the
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“General Partner”
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AND:
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MADACY sp INC. , a corporation incorporated under the laws of
Canada, hereinafter referred to as
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“Madacy Partner”
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AND:
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TRAFFIX SP-EZ ULC, an unlimited liability company incorporated
under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, hereinafter referred
to as
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“Traffix Partner”
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(Madacy Partner and Traffix Partner, hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “Special Partners” and
individually as a “Special Partner” and the Special
Partners and the General Partner hereinafter collectively referred
to as the “Partners” and individually as a
“Partner”)
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1.
WHEREAS the General Partner and the Special Partners
have agreed to constitute a limited partnership among them
(“Limited Partnership”) pursuant to the provisions of
Articles 2236 and following of the Civil Code of Quebec
whereof the General Partner shall be the sole general partner and
the Special Partners shall be the sole limited or special partners,
such Limited Partnership to be known as “EZ-Tracks,
L.P.”;
FINAL VERSION
2.
WHEREAS the Limited Partnership shall be formed for the
purposes of:
(a)
carrying on a direct marketing
internet-based entertainment business under the trade name
“EZ-Tracks” including the carrying on of any activity
necessary or incidental to achieve the same (the “Core
Business”) as well as any other business that the Limited
Partnership may, from time to time, elect to carry on
(collectively, including the Core Business, the
“Business”);
(b)
entering into a marketing and
services agreement (the “Marketing Agreement”) with
Traffix Music, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of
Delaware, USA (“Traffix Music”) and Madacy
Entertainment Group Limited (“Madacyco”), each as
independent contractors, for the purposes, inter alia ,
of: (i) the Limited Partnership acquiring from Madacyco a
non-exclusive license (“License”) to those Madacy Songs
and Masters that Madacyco has the right to license for downloading
and is entitled to make available to the Limited Partnership;
(ii) the Limited Partnership acquiring from Traffix Music a
non-exclusive license to the Program; (iii) the creation,
maintenance and hosting of Websites by Traffix Music on behalf of
the Limited Partnership (the ownership of which shall vest
exclusively and irrevocably in the Limited Partnership); (iv) the
continuation, maintenance, development and enhancement by Traffix
Music of the Program; (v) the granting of various rights to
the Limited Partnership, Madacyco and Traffix Music to use the
Program and the Websites as are provided therefor under the
Marketing Agreement; and (v) the provision of such services
by such parties to the Limited Partnership so as to enable the
Limited Partnership to carry on the Business;
(c)
encouraging the development of new
revenue sources consistent with the Business; and
(d)
carrying on any activity necessary
incidental to any of the foregoing.
3.
WHEREAS the General Partner and the Special Partners
wish to enter into the present Agreement for the purpose of setting
forth their respective rights and obligations under the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth and provided;
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the mutual
covenants set forth herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency whereof which are hereby
acknowledged, the Partners agree as follows:
1.
PREAMBLE
1.1
The preamble
hereto shall constitute and form an integral part hereof as though
herein recited in full and at length.
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2.
DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
2.1
In addition to the words and phrases
defined in the recitals or elsewhere in this Agreement, as used in
this Agreement, in any amendment hereof, in any documents to
be executed and delivered pursuant to this Agreement and in any
documents executed and delivered in connection with the completion
of the transactions contemplated herein, unless the context
otherwise requires, the following words and phrases shall have the
following meanings, respectively:
2.1.1
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to a Person, any other Person, directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with
such Person.
2.1.2
“Agreement” means
this Limited Partnership Agreement, as amended or re-stated from
time to time.
2.1.3
Auditors”
mean the auditors of the Limited Partnership, who shall be
determined from time to time by the General Partner.
2.1.4
“Available
Cash Flow” means the term defined as such in Section 6.1
hereof.
2.1.5
“Bank” means any
Schedule I Canadian Chartered Bank or a nationally recognized
money center bank in the United States from time to time selected
and approved by the Limited Partnership to serve as the
Partnership’s principal bank(s).
2.1.6
“Business” means
the term defined as such in the preamble hereto.
2.1.7
“Business
Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday and other
than a day which falls on a legal or statutory holiday in the
Province of Quebec or on a Canadian or United States statutory
holiday.
2.1.8
“Capital
Account” means the capital account described in
Section 5.1 hereof.
2.1.9
“Capital
Contributions” of a Partner means the capital contributed
from time to time by a Partner to the Limited
Partnership.
2.1.10
“Commencement
Loan” means each of the loans to be made by the Special
Partners to the Limited Partnership as are provided in
Section 5.6 hereof.
2.1.11
“Civil
Code” means the Civil Code in force in the Province of
Quebec, as the same may be amended, re-enacted and replaced from
time to time.
2.1.12
“Database” means
the term defined as such in the Marketing Agreement;
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2.1.13
“Defaulter” means
the term defined as such in Section 11.1 hereof.
2.1.14
“Documents” means
the term defined as such in Section 7.1 hereof.
2.1.15
“Enterprise
Value” means the term defined as such in Section 9.4
hereof.
2.1.16
“Events of
Default” means the term defined as such in Section 11.1
hereof.
2.1.17
“Exempt
Sales” means the term defined as such in the Marketing
Agreement.
2.1.18
“Fiscal
Year” shall mean the twelve-month period ending on
December 31; provided, however, that the first Fiscal Year
shall be the period beginning on the date the Limited Partnership
comes into existence and ending on December 31, 2004,
and the last Fiscal Year shall end immediately prior to the time
the Limited Partnership is liquidated and terminated. To the
extent any computation or other provision hereof provides for an
action to be taken on a Fiscal Year basis, an appropriate proration
or other adjustment shall be made in respect of the first or final
Fiscal Year to reflect that such period is less than a full
calendar year period.
2.1.19
“General
Partner” means Traffix EZ Ltd. and its permitted successors
and assigns.
2.1.20
“Gross
Revenues” means, for any period, the amount of all revenues
and receipts received by the Limited Partnership from all sources
for such period including, but not limited to such amounts as the
Limited Partnership may receive pursuant to the Marketing
Agreement. Gross Revenues shall include without
duplication: (i) Website Sales, Websites’ Database
Sales and New Revenue Source Sales and shall include, for greater
certainty, all revenues generated by the Limited Partnership from
the use of, or related to, the Program, the Websites or the
Database (other than Exempt Sales), and, for greater certainty,
shall not include any revenues achieved by any Partner where such
revenues have no connection to or with the Program, the Websites or
the Database; (ii) proceeds generated from the sale,
exchange, refinancing, expropriation, condemnation or other
dispositions of all or any portion of assets of the Limited
Partnership less, as applicable, an amount required to discharge
any liability of the Limited Partnership attributable to the
portion of the assets disposed of or to repay any existing
financing; (iii) proceeds of insurance policies less an amount
required to repair or replace any assets of the Limited Partnership
damaged or destroyed and (iv) proceeds obtained in respect of
damage awards or settlement less an amount required to repair or
replace any assets of the Limited Partnership damaged or
destroyed.
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2.1.21
“Imputed
Value” means the term defined as such in Section 9.4
hereof.
2.1.22
“Initial
Capital Contributions” means the amounts initially to be
contributed by the Partners to the Limited Partnership as set forth
in Section 5.2 hereof.
2.1.23
“Interest” or
“Interest in the Limited Partnership” means, with
respect to a Partner at the relevant time, all of the rights of
such Partner to a percentage interest in the Limited Partnership,
including the right to receive distributions, profits and losses
and the percentage of the assets and rights of the Limited
Partnership that such Partner would be entitled to receive in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement were the assets
and rights of the Limited Partnership sold and the net proceeds of
sale distributed to the persons entitled thereto at such
time.
2.1.24
“Law”
means any applicable federal, provincial and municipal statute,
rule, regulation, ordinance, code and the like which are in full
force and effect, including the Civil Code.
2.1.25
“Limited
Partnership” means the partnership created by virtue of this
Agreement.
2.1.26
“Madacy
Channel” means the term defined as such in the Marketing
Agreement;
2.1.27
“Madacy
Participation Notice” means the term defined as such in
Section 9.4 hereof.
2.1.28
“Madacy
Songs” means the term defined as such in the Marketing
Agreement;
2.1.29
“Major
Decisions” means each of the following:
(a)
consenting to the
amendment or modification of any provision of this
Agreement;
(b)
dissolving the
Limited Partnership, except as otherwise provided
hereunder;
(c)
removing the
General Partner and electing a replacement general
partner;
(d)
waiving any
default on the part of the General Partner as the Limited Partners
may determine;
(e)
extending the
term of this Agreement;
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(f)
the sale,
transfer, disposition or any other alienation of the Business or of
all or a material portion of all of the assets of the Limited
Partnership or the granting of an option for same;
(g)
the mortgage,
hypothecation, pledge, charge or encumbrance or other cession by
way of security of all or a material portion of all of the assets
of the Limited Partnership;
(h)
the acquisition
by the Limited Partnership of any interest in any other business
howsoever carried on, the entering into of any partnership, venture
or the creation of a subsidiary;
(i)
the approval of
the annual operating and capital budgets of the Limited Partnership
and any material modifications to such budgets and incurring of
expenditures not provided for in such budgets;
(j)
the raising of
additional capital for the Limited Partnership (including bank
borrowings and equipment financing) and the terms and conditions of
such borrowings and equipment financing;
(k)
any determination
to take any action or activity not directly or indirectly related
to the carrying on of the Core Business;
(l)
any change in the
accounting policies of the General Partner or the Limited
Partnership other than as may be required under generally accepted
accounting principles;
(m)
in the
determination of “Available Cash Flow”, the amount to
be retained as a reserve for the payment of foreseen or unforeseen
costs, expenses, obligations or liabilities in excess of ten
percent (10%) of the amount of those Gross Revenues remaining after
deduction of the amounts referred to in Sections 6.1(a), (b) and
(c);
(n)
the incurring of
any capital expenditures in any Fiscal Year in excess of twenty
percent (20%) of the value of the liquid assets of the Limited
Partnership;
(o)
any decision to
embark upon any activity in respect to which New Revenue Source
Commissions are to be paid;
(p)
any decision
which at the time taken could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Business.
2.1.30
“Marketing
Agreement” means the term defined as such in the second
paragraph of the preamble hereto.
2.1.31
“Masters” means
the term defined as such in the Marketing Agreement.
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2.1.32
“New
Revenue Source Sales” means the term defined as such in the
Marketing Agreement.
2.1.33
“Non-Defaulter”
means the term defined as such in Section 11.2
hereof.
2.1.34
“Partners” shall
mean the parties to this Agreement and any other Persons from time
to time admitted as a Partner to the Limited
Partnership.
2.1.35
“Partnership
EBITDA” means the term defined as such in Section 9.4
hereof.
2.1.36
“Person” means an
individual, partnership, firm, limited liability company,
corporation, trust, estate or other entity.
2.1.37
“Prime
Rate” means the per annum interest rate, in effect from time
to time, quoted by the Limited Partnership’s bankers, as its
reference rate with respect to: (a) commercial loans in
Canadian dollars made in Canada to its Canadian commercial
borrowers where the amount in respect to which “Prime
Rate” is relevant is denominated in Canadian currency;
and (b) commercial loans in United States dollars made in the
United States to its United States commercial borrowers where the
amount in respect to which “Prime Rate” is relevant is
denominated in United States currency.
2.1.38
“Program” means
the term defined as such in the Marketing Agreement.
2.1.39
“Proprietary
Business” means the term defined as such in the Marketing
Agreement.
2.1.40
“Publishing”
means the term defined as such in the Marketing
Agreement.
2.1.41
“Publishing/Royalties
Shortfall” means the term defined as such in Section 5.6
hereof.
2.1.42
“Purchaser” means
the term defined as such in Section 9.4 hereof.
2.1.43
“Residual
Partnership Interest” means:
(a)
with respect to
the Madacy Partner – 49.5%;
(b)
with respect to
the Traffix Partner – 50.5%;
provided,
however, “Residual Partnership Interest” means fifty
percent (50%) with respect to each of the Madacy Partner and the
Traffix Partner in respect of any income, gain or proceeds obtained
or realized in connection with the sale of the Business or a sale
of substantially all of the assets or rights of the Limited
Partnership.
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2.1.44
“Royalties” means
the term defined as such in the Marketing Agreement.
2.1.45
“Special
Partners” means the Madacy Partner and the Traffix Partner,
collectively.
2.1.46
“Traffix” means
Traffix, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of
Delaware;
2.1.47
“Traffix
Sale” means the term defined as such in Section 9.4
hereof.
2.1.48
“Traffix
Participation Notice” means the term defined as such in
Section 9.4 hereof.
2.1.49
“Traffix
EBITDA” means the term defined as such in Section 9.4
hereof.
2.1.50
“Transfer” means
the term defined as such in Section 9.1 hereof.
2.1.51
“Website
Sales” means the sale (whether through download or otherwise)
to a third party of any product or service sold or supplied by the
Limited Partnership on the Websites.
2.1.52
“Websites” means
the term defined as such in the Marketing Agreement.
2.1.53
“Websites’
Database Sales” means any revenues received by or on behalf
of the Limited Partnership pursuant to or associated with, a sale
of a third party’s products and/or services resulting from
the use of the Database provided, however, that the Limited
Partnership shall not permit any use of the Database (or permit any
third party to use the Database) for any purposes which is
competitive with the business of online music downloads or a
Proprietary Business.
2.2
This Agreement shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of
Quebec, and the laws of Canada applicable therein.
2.3
In this Agreement:
(a)
unless otherwise
specified, all references to money amounts are in United States
currency;
(b)
the descriptive
headings of articles and sections are inserted solely for
convenience of reference and are not intended as complete or
accurate descriptions of the content of such articles or
sections;
(c)
unless otherwise
specified, time periods within or following which any payment is to
be made or any act is to be done shall be calculated by excluding
the day on which the period commences and including the day on
which the period ends and by extending
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the period to
the next Business Day following if the last day of the period is
not a Business Day;
(d)
whenever any
payment is to be made or action to be taken under this Agreement is
required to be made or taken on a day other than a Business Day,
such payment shall be made or action taken on the next Business Day
following such day;
(e)
the expressions
“this Agreement”, “these presents”,
“herein”, “hereby”,
“hereunder”, “hereof” and similar
expressions mean and refer to this Agreement as a whole and not
merely as to the specific section, clause or paragraph in which the
respective word appears, unless the context requires
otherwise;
(f)
reference in this
Agreement to any gender, masculine, feminine or neuter, shall be
deemed to be reference to the others, and the singular shall be
deemed to include the plural and vice versa, unless the context
otherwise requires.
2.4
Notwithstanding any provision of law
or custom to the contrary, each Special Partner and its Affiliates
shall have the absolute right to engage in other businesses and
other ventures for its own individual profit (including those
specifically provided for in the Marketing Agreement) and shall
have absolutely no liability to account to the Limited Partnership
or to the other Special Partner by reason thereof. No Special
Partner, by reason of this Agreement, shall have any interest in
any other property owned by the other Special Partner or in any
other business, venture or project engaged in by the other Partner
whether or not similar to the Business. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, during the term hereof but subject to the terms and
conditions of the Marketing Agreement, no Special Partner either
directly or indirectly whether through an Affiliate or otherwise
may enter into any other relationship which is identical or
materially similar to the Business.
3.
ORGANIZATION AND PURPOSE OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
3.1
The Partners do hereby constitute
themselves the Limited Partnership as and from the date hereof
under the laws of the Province of Quebec and subject to the
provisions of this Agreement, the whole for the purposes stated in
the second paragraph of the preamble hereto.
3.2
The Limited Partnership shall bear
the name mentioned in the first paragraph of the preamble
hereto.
3.3
Each Partner shall participate in
the profits and losses of the Limited Partnership in accordance
with the provisions of Section 6.4 hereof.
3.4
Profits and losses of the Limited
Partnership shall be calculated in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles applicable in Canada on a consistent
basis.
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3.5
Subject to the provision of Law and
any specific assumption of liability hereunder, the liability of
each Special Partner for the debts, liabilities and obligations of
the Limited Partnership is limited to the amounts outstanding in
such Partner’s capital account. A Limited Partner shall
have no further personal liability for such debts, liabilities and
obligations of the Limited Partnership, and shall not be required
to repay to the Limited Partnership, any Partner or to any creditor
of the Limited Partnership, any portion or all of any capital
previously returned or any negative balance of its capital
account.
3.6
Save as provided hereunder, no
Partner shall be entitled to withdraw, in whole or in part, the
Capital Contributions made by such Partner or to receive any
distribution from the Limited Partnership.
3.7
The head office and mailing address
of the Limited Partnership shall at all times be the head office of
the General Partner and may change from time to time by the General
Partner giving written notice to such effect to all of the Limited
Partners. The General Partner shall maintain its principal
office in Quebec, Canada.
3.8
To the extent that it has not
already done so, as soon as practicable following the execution
hereof, the General Partner shall cause to be executed and filed
such declarations, instruments and documents as may be required by
Law to evidence the creation of the Limited Partnership. The
General Partner shall, in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement and to the extent required by Law cause to be filed
similar declarations to record any additional amounts of capital
contributed or agreed or required to be contributed by the Special
Partners, from time to time, and otherwise as required by
Law. The General Partner and each Special Partner shall
execute and deliver as promptly as possible any documents that may
be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement or to comply with applicable laws which may govern the
Limited Partnership. The General Partner shall take all
necessary actions on the basis of information available to it in
order to maintain the status of the Limited Partnership as a
limited partnership.
3.9
The Limited Partnership has been
formed for the purposes of carrying on all activities relating to
the Business. The Limited Partnership shall not carry on any
other business. The Limited Partnership shall have the power
to do any and every act and anything necessary, proper, convenient
or incidental to the accomplishment of its purposes and the
operation of the Business.
3.10
The rights, assets and agreements in
relation to the business of the Limited Partnership including,
without limitation, the legal title to the assets of the Limited
Partnership shall be held in the name of the Limited Partnership at
all times unless otherwise directed by the Limited
Partnership.
3.11
The Special Partners shall comply
with the provisions of all Laws governing the Limited Partnership
and they shall not take any action which will jeopardize or
eliminate the status of the Limited Partnership as a limited
partnership. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each Special Partner shall, on
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reasonable request by the General Partner,
promptly execute all certificates, declarations, instruments and
documents necessary to comply with any law or regulation of any
jurisdiction in Canada in regard to the formation, operation,
dissolution and continuance of the Limited Partnership.
4.
TERM
4.1
The Limited Partnership shall
commence as of the date of filing of the registration of the
Limited Partnership pursuant to the Act Respecting the Legal
Publicity of Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships and Legal
Persons (Quebec) and shall continue for a term which is
coincidental to the term of the Marketing Agreement (as the term of
the Marketing Agreement may be extended or renewed from time to
time), subject to the provisions of Section 12 hereof.
Notwithstanding t