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EXHIBIT 10.1
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT
OF
CNL MACQUARIE GROWTH, LP
RECITALS
This Limited Partnership Agreement (this
"Agreement") is entered into this 19th day of December, 2008,
between CNL Macquarie Growth TRS LLC , a Delaware limited
liability company (the "General Partner") and the Limited Partners
(as defined below) set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto.
Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have
the meanings given them in Article 1.
AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the General Partner is a wholly-owned
direct subsidiary of CNL Macquarie Global Growth Trust, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the "GP Parent" and, together with the
General Partner, the "GP Parties"), which GP Parent is also a
Limited Partner;
WHEREAS, the GP Parent intends to qualify as a
real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended;
WHEREAS, the GP Parties desire to conduct their
current and future business through the Operating Partnership (as
defined below);
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the foregoing, the GP
Parties desire to contribute certain assets to the Operating
Partnership from time to time;
WHEREAS, in exchange for the GP Parties’
contribution of assets, the parties desire that the Operating
Partnership issue Operating Partnership Units (as defined below) to
the GP Parties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Preferred OP Unitholders (as
defined below) will make certain contributions to the Operating
Partnership in exchange for Preferred Operating Partnership Units
(as defined below) in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement;
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Operating
Partnership’s business, the Operating Partnership may acquire
assets from time to time by means of the contribution of such
assets to the Operating Partnership by the owners thereof in
exchange for Operating Partnership Units; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to establish
herein their respective rights and obligations in connection with
all of the foregoing and certain other matters;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing, of mutual covenants between the parties hereto, and of
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINED TERMS
The following defined terms used in this
Agreement shall have the meanings specified below:
"ACT" means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act, as it may be amended from time to time.
"ADDITIONAL FUNDS" has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.4 hereof.
"ADDITIONAL SECURITIES" means any additional
REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares issued in connection with a
redemption pursuant to Section 8.5 hereof or REIT Shares
issued pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan of the GP Parent)
or rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable
securities containing the right to subscribe for or purchase REIT
Shares issued from time to time by the GP Parent, as set forth in
Section 4.3(a).
"ADJUSTED CAPITAL ACCOUNT" means, with respect
to a given Partner and on a given date, such Partner’s
Capital Account balance plus the sum of such Partner’s share
of Partnership Minimum Gain and Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum
Gain and the amount, if any and without duplication, that such
Partner would be obligated to contribute to the capital of the
Operating Partnership if the Operating Partnership were to undergo
a Hypothetical Liquidation as of such date.
"ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES" means (i) all
administrative and operating costs and expenses incurred by the
Operating Partnership, (ii) those administrative costs and
expenses of the GP Parties, including any salaries or other
payments to directors, officers or employees of the GP Parties, and
any accounting and legal expenses of the GP Parties, which
expenses, the Partners have agreed, are expenses of the Operating
Partnership and not the General Partner, and (iii) to the
extent not included in clause (ii) above, REIT Expenses;
provided, however, that Administrative Expenses shall not include
any administrative costs and expenses incurred by the GP Parties
that are attributable to Properties or partnership interests in a
Subsidiary Partnership that are owned by the GP Parties
directly.
"ADVISOR" or "ADVISORS" means CNL Macquarie
Global Growth Advisors, LLC, a limited liability company organized
under the laws of the state of Delaware, or any successor advisor
to the GP Parent and the Operating Partnership. Notwithstanding the
forgoing, a Person hired or retained by CNL Macquarie Global Growth
Advisors, LLC to perform property and securities management and
related services for the General Partner or the Operating
Partnership that is not hired or retained to perform substantially
all of the functions of CNL Macquarie Global Growth Advisors, LLC
with respect to the General Partner or the Operating Partnership as
a whole shall not be deemed to be an Advisor.
"AFFILIATE" or "AFFILIATED" or any derivation
thereof means, when used with reference to a specified Person,
(i) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or
holding, with the power to vote, ten percent (10%) or more of
the outstanding voting securities of such other Person;
(ii) any Person ten percent (10%) or more of whose
outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned,
controlled or held, with the power to vote, by such other Person;
(iii) any Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by or under common
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control with such other Person;
(iv) any executive officer, director, trustee or general
partner of such other Person; or (v) any legal entity for
which such Person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee
or general partner. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Initial Preferred OP Unitholders shall not be
deemed an Affiliate of each other or of either of the GP Parties or
the Operating Partnership. For purposes of the foregoing, "control"
(including the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under
common control with") means the possession, direct or indirect, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
"AGREED VALUE" means the fair market value of a
Partner’s non-cash Capital Contribution as of the date of
contribution as agreed to by such Partner and the General Partner.
The names and addresses of the Partners, number of Operating
Partnership Units or Preferred Operating Partnership Units issued
to each Partner, and the Agreed Value of non-cash Capital
Contributions (if any) as of the date of contribution are set forth
on Exhibit A.
"AGREEMENT" means this Limited Partnership
Agreement, as amended, modified supplemented or restated from time
to time, as the context requires.
"APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE" has the meaning provided
in Section 8.5(b) hereof.
"ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION" means the Articles
of Incorporation of the GP Parent, as amended from time to
time.
"BOARD OF DIRECTORS" or "BOARD" shall have the
meaning set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.
"CAPITAL ACCOUNT" has the meaning provided in
Section 4.5 hereof.
"CAPITAL COMMITMENT TERMINATION DATE" means the
earliest of (i) the date on which the Initial Preferred OP
Unitholders have actually made Capital Contributions to the
Operating Partnership in the full amount set forth as such
parties’ "Capital Commitments" in Section 4.2(a) hereof,
(ii) the date that is six (6) months after the Initial
Effective Date, and (iii) the first date on which the
aggregate net Capital Contributions actually made by the GP Parties
to the Operating Partnership pursuant to Section 4.3(a)
(excluding any deemed Capital Contributions pursuant to
Section 4.3(c) hereof) equal at least Eighty Million Dollars
($80,000,000).
"CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION" means the total amount of
cash, cash equivalents, and the Agreed Value of any Property or
other asset (other than cash) contributed, deemed contributed or
agreed to be contributed, as the context requires, to the Operating
Partnership by each Partner pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement. Any reference to the Capital Contribution of a Partner
shall include the Capital Contribution made by a predecessor holder
of the Operating Partnership Interest of such Partner.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, in connection with a Capital
Contribution of Property or other asset (other than cash), the
Operating Partnership assumes a liability or takes such Property or
other asset subject to a liability, then the amount of the Capital
Contribution shall be the Agreed Value of such Property or other
asset less the amount of such liability.
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"CARRYING VALUE" means, with
respect to any asset of the Operating Partnership, the
asset’s adjusted net basis for federal income tax purposes
or, in the case of any asset contributed to the Operating
Partnership, the Agreed Value of such asset at the time of
contribution, except that the Carrying Values of all assets may, at
the discretion of the General Partner, be adjusted to equal their
respective fair market values (as determined by the General
Partner), in accordance with the rules set forth in Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), as provided for in
Section 4.5. In the case of any asset of the Operating
Partnership that has a Carrying Value that differs from its
adjusted tax basis, the Carrying Value shall be adjusted by the
amount of depreciation, depletion and amortization calculated for
purposes of the definition of Profit and Loss rather than the
amount of depreciation, depletion and amortization determined for
federal income tax purposes.
"CASH AMOUNT" means, with respect to Operating
Partnership Units as to which the Redemption Right has been
exercised via a Notice of Redemption, an amount of cash equal to
the lesser of (i) the Value of the REIT Shares Amount on the
date of receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption or
(ii) the applicable Redemption Price determined by the General
Partner.
"CERTIFICATE" means any instrument or document
that is required under the laws of the State of Delaware or any
other jurisdiction in which the Operating Partnership conducts
business, to be signed and sworn to by the Partners of the
Operating Partnership (either by themselves or pursuant to the
power-of-attorney granted to the General Partner in
Section 8.2 hereof) and filed for recording in the appropriate
public offices within the State of Delaware or such other
jurisdiction to perfect or maintain the Operating Partnership as a
limited partnership, to effect the admission, withdrawal, or
substitution of any Partner of the Operating Partnership, or to
protect the limited liability of the Limited Partners as limited
partners under the laws of the State of Delaware or such other
jurisdiction.
"CNL" means CNL Real Estate Group, Inc., a
Florida corporation.
"CODE" means 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 provision thereto, as interpreted by any applicable
regulations as in effect from time to time.
"COMMISSION" means the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission.
"CONVERSION FACTOR" means 1.0, provided that in
the event that the GP Parent (i) declares or pays a dividend
on its outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares or makes a
distribution to all holders of its outstanding REIT Shares in REIT
Shares, (ii) subdivides its outstanding REIT Shares, or
(iii) combines its outstanding REIT Shares into a smaller
number of REIT Shares, the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by
multiplying the Conversion Factor by a fraction, the numerator of
which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on
the record date for such dividend, distribution, subdivision or
combination (assuming for such purposes that such dividend,
distribution, subdivision or combination has occurred as of such
time), and the denominator of which shall be the actual number of
REIT Shares (determined without the above assumption) issued and
outstanding on such date and, provided further, that in the event
that an entity other than an Affiliate of the GP Parent shall
become the successor owner
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of the GP Parent’s
Operating Partnership Interest pursuant to any merger,
consolidation or combination of the GP Parent with or into another
entity (the "Successor Entity"), the Conversion Factor shall be
adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by the number of
shares of the Successor Entity into which one REIT Share is
converted pursuant to such merger, consolidation or combination,
determined as of the date of such merger, consolidation or
combination, and, provided further, that if Additional Securities
other than REIT Shares are issued or otherwise distributed to all
holders of the outstanding REIT Shares, then the Conversion Factor
shall be adjusted appropriately as determined by a majority of the
Independent Directors to reflect the value of such Additional
Securities. Any adjustment to the Conversion Factor shall become
effective immediately after the effective date of such event
retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event; provided,
however, that if the General Partner receives a Notice of
Redemption after the record date, but prior to the effective date
of such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination, the
Conversion Factor shall be determined as if the General Partner had
received the Notice of Redemption immediately prior to the record
date for such dividend, distribution, subdivision or
combination.
"CURRENTLY CONVERTIBLE UNITS" has the meaning
provided in Section 8.7(a) hereof.
"DIRECTOR" shall have the meaning set forth in
the Articles of Incorporation.
"EVENT OF BANKRUPTCY" as to any Person means the
filing of a petition for relief as to such Person as debtor or
bankrupt under the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 or similar provision of
law of any jurisdiction (except if such petition is contested by
such Person and has been dismissed within 90 days); insolvency or
bankruptcy of such Person as finally determined by a court
proceeding; filing by such Person of a petition or application to
accomplish the same or for the appointment of a receiver or a
trustee for such Person or a substantial part of his assets;
commencement of any proceedings relating to such Person as a debtor
under any other reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, adjustment
of debt or liquidation law of any jurisdiction, whether now in
existence or hereinafter in effect, either by such Person or by
another, provided that if such proceeding is commenced by another,
such Person indicates his approval of such proceeding, consents
thereto or acquiesces therein, or such proceeding is contested by
such Person and has not been finally dismissed within 90 days.
"EXCEPTED HOLDER LIMIT" shall have the meaning
set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect in the United States of America from time
to time or such other accounting basis mandated by the
Commission.
"GENERAL PARTNER" means CNL Macquarie Growth TRS
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and any Person who
becomes a substitute or additional General Partner as provided
herein, and any of their successors as General Partner.
"GENERAL OPERATING PARTNERSHIP INTEREST" means
an Operating Partnership Interest held by the General Partner that
is a general partnership interest.
"GP PARTIES" has the meaning provided in the
Recitals hereof.
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"HYPOTHETICAL LIQUIDATION" means
a hypothetical series of transactions occurring on a given date, in
which the Operating Partnership is liquidated and all assets of the
Operating Partnership, including cash, are sold for cash equal to
their Carrying Value, taking into account any adjustments thereto
for such period, all liabilities of the Operating Partnership are
satisfied in full in cash according to their terms (limited with
respect to each nonrecourse liability to the Carrying Value of the
assets securing such liability) and Net Sales Proceeds (after
satisfaction of such liabilities) are distributed in full pursuant
to Section 5.2(b)(ii).
"INDEMNITEE" means (i) any Person made a
party to a proceeding by reason of its status as the General
Partner or a director, officer or employee of the General Partner
or the Operating Partnership, and (ii) such other Persons
(including Affiliates of the General Partner or the Operating
Partnership) as the General Partner may designate from time to
time, in its sole and absolute discretion.
"INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR" shall have the meaning
set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.
"INITIAL EFFECTIVE DATE" means the effective
date of the GP Parent’s initial registration statement filed
with the Commission on Form S-11 with respect to the issuance of
REIT Shares.
"INITIAL PREFERRED OP UNITHOLDERS" means,
collectively, CNL and MRE.
"JOINT VENTURE" means joint venture or general
partnership arrangements in which the Operating Partnership or any
of its Subsidiaries is a co-venturer or partner and which are
established to acquire Real Properties.
"LEVERAGE LIMITATION AMOUNT" has the meaning
provided in Section 8.7(c) hereof.
"LIMITED PARTNER" means any Person named as a
Limited Partner on Exhibit A attached hereto, and any Person who
becomes an additional Limited Partner or a Substitute Limited
Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited Partner in
the Operating Partnership.
"LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST" means the
ownership interest of a Limited Partner in the Operating
Partnership at any particular time, including the right of such
Limited Partner to any and all benefits to which such Limited
Partner may be entitled as provided in this Agreement and in the
Act, together with the obligations of such Limited Partner to
comply with all the provisions of this Agreement and of such
Act.
"LISTING" means the listing of the REIT Shares
of the GP Parent on a national securities exchange or the receipt
by the GP Parent’s stockholders of securities that are listed
on a national securities exchange in exchange for the GP
Parent’s REIT Shares. Upon such commencement of trading of
the REIT Shares on a national securities exchange, the REIT Shares
shall be deemed Listed.
"LOSS" has the meaning provided in
Section 5.1(f) hereof.
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"MINIMUM NON-GP PARENT PERCENTAGE
INTEREST" means the lesser of (i) 1% and (ii) if the
total Capital Contributions to the Operating Partnership on account
of Operating Partnership Units exceeds $50 million, 1% divided by
the ratio of the total Capital Contributions to the Operating
Partnership on account of Operating Partnership Units to $50
million; provided, however, that the Minimum Non-GP Parent
Percentage Interest shall not be less than 0.2% at any
time.
"MORTGAGES" means mortgages, deeds of trust or
other security interests on or applicable to Real Property.
"MRE" means Macquarie Real Estate Advisory
Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
"NET SALES PROCEEDS" means in the case of a
transaction described in clause (i)(A) of the definition of
Sale, the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of
selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the GP Parties or the
Operating Partnership, including all real estate commissions,
closing costs and legal fees and expenses. In the case of a
transaction described in clause (i)(B) of such definition, Net
Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction less the
amount of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the GP
Parties or the Operating Partnership, including any legal fees and
expenses and other selling expenses incurred in connection with
such transaction. In the case of a transaction described in
clause (i)(C) of such definition, Net Sales Proceeds means the
GP Parties’ or Operating Partnership’s pro rata share
of the proceeds of any such transaction received by the Joint
Venture less the amount of any selling expenses incurred by or on
behalf of the Joint Venture, less the amount of any selling
expenses, including legal fees and expenses incurred by or on
behalf of the GP Parties or the Operating Partnership. In the case
of a transaction or series of transactions described in
clause (i)(D) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds
means the proceeds of any such transaction (including the aggregate
of all payments under a Mortgage on or in satisfaction thereof
other than regularly scheduled interest payments) less the amount
of selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the GP Parties,
Operating Partnership or any Joint Venture, including all
commissions, closing costs and legal fees and expenses. In the case
of a transaction described in clause (i)(E) of such
definition, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such
transaction less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on
behalf of the GP Parties, including any legal fees and expenses and
other selling expenses incurred in connection with such
transaction. With respect to each of the transactions or series of
transactions described above in this definition, Net Sales Proceeds
means the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions
less the amount of any real estate commissions, closing costs, and
legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred by or
allocated to the GP Parties, the Operating Partnership or any Joint
Venture in connection with such transaction or series of
transactions. Net Sales Proceeds shall also include any amounts
that the General Partner determines, in its discretion, to be
economically equivalent to proceeds of a Sale. The repayment of
debt shall be deducted from the proceeds of a transaction for the
purpose of calculating Net Sales Proceeds.
"NOTICE OF REDEMPTION" means the Notice of
Exercise of Redemption Right substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit B hereto.
"OFFER" has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1(c) hereof.
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"OFFERING" means the initial
offer and sale of REIT Shares to the public.
"OP UNITHOLDERS" means all holders of Operating
Partnership Interests other than the Preferred OP Unitholders.
"OPERATING PARTNERSHIP" means CNL Macquarie
Growth, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
"OPERATING PARTNERSHIP INTEREST" means an
ownership interest in the Operating Partnership held by either a
Limited Partner or the General Partner and includes any and all
benefits to which the holder of such an Operating 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.
"OPERATING PARTNERSHIP UNIT" means a fractional,
undivided share of the Operating Partnership Interests of all
Partners issued hereunder excluding the Operating Partnership
Interests represented by Preferred Operating Partnership Units. The
allocation of Operating Partnership Units among the Partners shall
be as set forth on Exhibit A, as such Exhibit may be amended from
time to time.
"OPTIONAL DISSOLUTION EVENT" means either
(i) the second (2nd) anniversary of the date of this
Agreement, if and only if the Initial Effective Date has not
occurred on or before such date, or (ii) the second
(2nd) anniversary of the Initial Effective Date, if and only
if, as of such date, there are any Preferred Operating Partnership
Units that have been issued by the Operating Partnership have not
been exchanged, converted, redeemed, cancelled or reclassified as a
Subordinated Convertible Unit in accordance with this
Agreement.
"OWNERSHIP LIMIT" shall have the meaning set
forth in the Articles of Incorporation.
"PARTNER" means any General Partner or Limited
Partner.
"PARTNER NONRECOURSE DEBT MINIMUM GAIN" has the
meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). A
Partner’s share of Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain
shall be determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(5).
"PARTNERSHIP MINIMUM GAIN" has the meaning set
forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(d). In accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-2(d), the amount of Partnership
minimum gain is determined by first computing, for each Operating
Partnership nonrecourse liability, any gain the Operating
Partnership would realize if it disposed of the property subject to
that liability for no consideration other than full satisfaction of
the liability, and then aggregating the separately computed gains.
A Partner’s share of Partnership Minimum Gain shall be
determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(g)(1).
"PARTNERSHIP RECORD DATE" means the record date
established by the General Partner for the distribution of cash
pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof, which record date shall be the
same as the record date established by the GP Parent for a
distribution to its shareholders of some or all of its portion of
such distribution.
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"PERCENTAGE INTEREST" means the
percentage determined by dividing the Operating Partnership Units
owned by a Partner by the total number of Operating Partnership
Units then outstanding. The Percentage Interest of each Partner
shall be as set forth on Exhibit A, as such Exhibit may be amended
from time to time.
"PERSON" means any individual, partnership,
limited liability company, corporation, joint venture, trust or
other entity.
"PREFERRED OP UNITHOLDERS" means the holders of
Preferred Operating Partnership Units.
"PREFERRED OPERATING PARTNERSHIP UNIT" means a
unit of a series of Operating Partnership Interests, designated as
Preferred Operating Partnership Units, issued pursuant to
Section 4.1 or 4.2(c). The number of Preferred Operating
Partnership Units outstanding is set forth on Exhibit A, as such
Exhibit may be amended from time to time.
"PREFERRED RESOLUTION DATE" means the latest of
(i) the date that all principal and interest on any OP Notes
that have been issued and outstanding pursuant to Section 8.7
hereof have been paid in full by the Operating Partnership so that
such OP Notes have been satisfied and cancelled, (ii) the date
on which each Preferred Operating Partnership Unit that has been
issued by the Operating Partnership has been exchanged, converted,
redeemed, cancelled or reclassified as a Subordinated Convertible
Unit in accordance with this Agreement, and (iii) the Capital
Commitment Termination Date or, if later, the date on which all
Capital Contributions with respect to any Capital Call Notices
delivered on or prior to the Capital Commitment Termination Date
have been made by the Initial Preferred OP Unitholders, taking into
account Section 4.2(e) hereof.
"PREFERRED RETURN" means with respect to each
Preferred Operating Partnership Unit, for each fiscal year of the
Operating Partnership, commencing on the date of issuance of such
Preferred Operating Partnership Unit and ending on the date that
such Preferred Operating Partnership Unit is deemed to be redeemed
and cancelled in accordance with Section 8.9, an amount per
annum equal to Five Percent (5%) multiplied by the Capital
Contribution made by the Preferred OP Unitholder or its predecessor
in respect of such Preferred Operating Partnership Unit (i.e., Ten
Dollars ($10.00)). The Preferred Return shall (i) be
cumulative to the extent not paid currently; (ii) accrue daily
and be prorated for any partial fiscal year; (iii) be
compounded annually on each December 31; and (iv) be
computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a
year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable.
"PRIORITY CONVERTIBLE UNITS" has the meaning set
forth in Section 8.7(a).
"PROFIT" has the meaning provided in
Section 5.1(f) hereof.
"PROPERTY" means any Real Property, Real Estate
Related Securities or other investment in which the Operating
Partnership holds an ownership interest.
"QUARTERLY CONVERSION OPTION AMOUNT" has the
meaning set forth in Section 8.7(a).
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"QUARTERLY CONVERSION OPTION
NOTICE" has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.7(a).
"QUARTERLY RAISE AMOUNT" has the meaning set
forth in Section 8.7(a).
"QUARTERLY SUBORDINATE CONVERSION AMOUNT" has
the meaning set forth in Section 8.7(b)(iii).
"REAL ESTATE RELATED SECURITIES" means the real
estate related securities investments, or such investments the
General Partner and the Advisor mutually designate as Real Estate
Related Securities to the extent such investments could be
classified as either Real Estate Related Securities or Real
Property, which are owned from time to time by the General Partner,
the Operating Partnership, Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures.
"REAL PROPERTY" means (i) land, including
the buildings located thereon, (ii) land only, and/or
(iii) the buildings only, which are owned from time to time by
the General Partner or the Operating Partnership, either directly
or through subsidiaries, joint venture arrangements or other
partnerships, or (iv) such investments the General Partner and
the Advisor mutually designate as Real Property to the extent such
investments could be classified as either Real Property or Real
Estate Related Securities. Properties sold by the General Partner
or any of its Affiliates to tenancy-in-common investors shall be
deemed Real Property for the purposes of this definition so long as
(a) such properties are being leased by the General Partner or
any of its Affiliate from the tenancy-in-common investors, and
(b) such properties are reflected as assets of the General
Partner in accordance with GAAP.
"REDEMPTION PRICE" means the Value of the REIT
Shares Amount on the date of receipt by the General Partner of a
Notice of Redemption multiplied by any discount determined by the
General Partner, including but not limited to, any discount based
upon the combined number of years that the applicable Partner has
held the Operating Partnership Units offered for redemption.
"REDEMPTION RIGHT" has the meaning provided in
Section 8.5(a) hereof.
"REGULATIONS" means the Federal income tax
regulations promulgated under the Code, as amended and as hereafter
amended from time to time. Reference to any particular provision of
the Regulations shall mean that provision of the Regulations on the
date hereof and any successor provision of the Regulations.
"REGULATORY ALLOCATIONS" has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.1(g) hereof.
"REIT" means a real estate investment trust as
defined pursuant to Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.
"REIT EXPENSES" means (i) costs and
expenses relating to the formation and continuity of existence and
operation of the GP Parent and any Subsidiaries thereof (which
Subsidiaries shall, for purposes of this paragraph, be included
within the definition of GP Parent), including taxes, fees and
assessments associated therewith, any and all costs, expenses or
fees payable to any director, officer, or employee of the GP
Parent, (ii) costs and expenses relating to any public
offering and registration of securities by the GP Parent and all
statements, reports, fees and
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expenses incidental thereto,
including, without limitation, underwriting discounts and selling
commissions applicable to any such offering of securities, and any
costs and expenses associated with any claims made by any holders
of such securities or any underwriters or placement agents thereof,
(iii) costs and expenses associated with any repurchase of any
securities by the GP Parent, (iv) costs and expenses
associated with the preparation and filing of any periodic or other
reports and communications by the GP Parent under federal, state or
local laws or regulations, including filings with the Commission,
(v) costs and expenses associated with compliance by the GP
Parent with laws, rules and regulations promulgated by any
regulatory body, including the Commission and any securities
exchange, (vi) costs and expenses associated with any 401(k)
plan, incentive plan, bonus plan or other plan providing for
compensation for the employees of the GP Parent, (vii) costs
and expenses incurred by the GP Parent relating to any issuing or
redemption of Operating Partnership Interests, and (viii) all
other operating or administrative costs of the GP Parent incurred
in the ordinary course of its business on behalf of or in
connection with the Operating Partnership.
"REIT SHARE" means a common share of beneficial
interest in the GP Parent (or successor entity, as the case may
be).
"REIT SHARES AMOUNT" means a number of REIT
Shares equal to the product of the number of Operating Partnership
Units offered for exchange by a Tendering Party, multiplied by the
Conversion Factor as adjusted to and including the Specified
Redemption Date; provided that in the event the GP Parent issues to
all holders of REIT Shares rights, options, warrants or convertible
or exchangeable securities entitling the shareholders to subscribe
for or purchase REIT Shares, or any other securities or property
(collectively, the "rights"), and the rights have not expired at
the Specified Redemption Date, then the REIT Shares Amount shall
also include the rights issuable to a holder of the REIT Shares
Amount of REIT Shares on the record date fixed for purposes of
determining the holders of REIT Shares entitled to rights.
"RELATED PARTY" means, with respect to any
Person, any other Person whose ownership of shares of the GP
Parent’s capital stock would be attributed to the first such
Person under Code Section 544 (as modified by Code
Section 856(h)(1)(B)).
"SALE" or "SALES" means (i) any transaction
or series of transactions whereby: (A) the GP Parties or the
Operating Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described
in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers,
conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of any Real Property or
portion thereof, including any event with respect to any Real
Property which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance
proceeds or condemnation awards; (B) the GP Parties or the
Operating Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described
in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers,
conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of all or substantially all
of the interest of the GP Parties or the Operating Partnership in
any Joint Venture in which it is a co-venturer or partner;
(C) any Joint Venture directly or indirectly (except as
described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants,
transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of any Real
Property or portion thereof, including any event with respect to
any Real Property which gives rise to insurance claims or
condemnation awards; (D) the GP Parties or the Operating
Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other
subsections of this definition) sells, grants, conveys or
relinquishes its interest in any mortgage or portion thereof
(including with respect to any mortgage, all payments thereunder or
in satisfaction thereof other than regularly scheduled interest
payments) of amounts owed pursuant
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to such mortgage and any event
which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or
similar awards; or (E) the GP Parties, the Operating
Partnership or any Joint Venture directly or indirectly (except as
described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants,
transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of any other
asset not previously described in this definition or any portion
thereof.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"SERVICE" means the United States Internal
Revenue Service.
"SPECIFIED REDEMPTION DATE" means the first
business day of the month that is at least sixty (60) business
days after the receipt by the General Partner of the Notice of
Redemption.
"SUBORDINATED CONVERTIBLE UNITS" has the meaning
set forth in Section 8.7(b)(ii).
"SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person,
any corporation or other entity of which a majority of (i) the
voting power of the voting equity securities or (ii) the
outstanding equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by
such Person.
"SUBSIDIARY PARTNERSHIP" means any partnership
of which the partnership interests therein are owned by the General
Partner or a direct or indirect subsidiary of the General
Partner.
"SUBSTITUTE LIMITED PARTNER" means any Person
admitted to the Operating Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant
to Section 9.3 hereof.
"SUCCESSOR ENTITY" has the meaning provided in
the definition of "Conversion Factor" contained herein.
"SURVIVOR" has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1(d) hereof.
"TAX MATTERS PARTNER" has the meaning described
in Section 10.5(a) hereof.
"TENDERED UNITS" has the meaning provided in
Section 8.5(a) hereof.
"TENDERING PARTY" has the meaning provided in
Section 8.5(a) hereof.
"TOTAL PREFERENCE AMOUNT" means, with respect to
a given Preferred OP Unitholder, and as of a given date, the
difference between (i) the sum of (A) such Preferred OP
Unitholder’s (and its predecessors’) aggregate Capital
Contributions made with respect to Preferred Operating Partnership
Units on or before such date and (B) the aggregate Preferred
Return that has accrued through such date with respect to all
Preferred Operating Partnership Units held by such Preferred OP
Unitholder (or its predecessors), at all times and (ii) the
sum of (A) the total distributions that have been made on or
before such date to such Preferred OP Unitholder (or its
predecessors) pursuant to Sections 5.2(b)(i)(B), 5.2(b)(ii)(A)
and 5.2(b)(ii)(B), (B) the initial principal amount of any OP
Note issued on or before such date to such Preferred OP Unitholder
(or its predecessors) pursuant to Section 8.7 hereof and
(C) with respect to any Preferred Operating Partnership Units
that have been converted into Operating Partnership Units
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pursuant to Section 8.8
hereof, the Total Preference Amount of such Preferred Operating
Partnership Units calculated as of immediately prior to the
effectiveness of such conversion. To the extent that it is
necessary to allocate distributions described in clause (ii)(A) of
the preceding sentence among particular Preferred Operating
Partnership Units held by a given Preferred OP Unitholder, such
distributions shall be allocated on a "first in, first out" basis,
i.e., the oldest accruals of Preferred Return shall be deemed to
have been paid first, and the oldest issued Preferred Operating
Partnership Units shall be deemed to have been redeemed
first.
"TRANSACTION" has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1(c) hereof.
"TRANSFER" has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.2(a) hereof.
"UNPAID PREFERRED RETURN" means, with respect to
a given Preferred OP Unitholder, and as of a given date, the
difference between (i) the aggregate Preferred Return that has
accrued through such date with respect to all Preferred Operating
Partnership Units held by such Preferred OP Unitholder (or its
predecessors), at all times and (ii) the total distributions
that have been made on or before such date to such Preferred OP
Unitholder (or its predecessors) pursuant to
Sections 5.2(b)(i)(B) and 5.2(b)(ii)(A). To the extent that it
is necessary to allocate distributions among particular Preferred
Operating Partnership Units held by a given Preferred OP
Unitholder, such distributions shall be allocated on a "first in,
first out" basis, i.e., the oldest accruals of Preferred Return
shall be deemed to have been paid first.
"VALUE" means the fair market value per share of
REIT Shares which will equal: (i) if REIT Shares are Listed,
the average closing price per share for the previous thirty
business days, (ii) if REIT Shares are not Listed, the most
recent offering price per share or share equivalent of REIT Shares,
until December 31st of the year following the year in which
the most recently completed offering of REIT Shares has expired
(without taking into account any discounts), and
(iii) thereafter, such price per REIT Share as the management
of the General Partner determines in good faith.
ARTICLE 2
OPERATING PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND
IDENTIFICATION
2.1 Formation . The Operating Partnership
was formed as a limited partnership pursuant to the Act and all
other pertinent laws of the State of Delaware for the purposes and
upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2.2 Name, Office and Registered Agent
. The name of the Operating Partnership is CNL Macquarie
Growth, LP. The specified office and place of business of the
Operating Partnership shall be c/o the General Partner, 450 South
Orange Ave, Orlando, FL 32801. The General Partner may at any time
change the location of such office, provided the General Partner
gives notice to the Partners of any such change. The name and
address of the Operating Partnership’s registered agent in
the State of Delaware is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation
Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, New Castle County,
Delaware 19801. The sole duty of the registered agent as such is to
forward to the Operating Partnership any notice that is served on
it as registered agent.
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2.3 Partners
.
(a) The General Partner of the Operating
Partnership is CNL Macquarie Growth TRS LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company. Its principal place of business is the same as
that of the Operating Partnership.
(b) The Limited Partners are those Persons
identified as Limited Partners on Exhibit A hereto, as
amended from time to time.
2.4 Term and Dissolution .
(a) The term of the Operating Partnership shall
continue in full force and effect until December 31, 2038, as
such date may be extended from time to time by the General Partner
in its sole discretion, except that the Operating Partnership shall
be dissolved upon the first to occur of any of the following
events:
(i) The occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as
to a General Partner or the dissolution, death, removal or
withdrawal of a General Partner unless the business of the
Operating Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.3(b)
hereof; provided that if a General Partner is on the date of such
occurrence a partnership, the dissolution of such General Partner
as a result of the dissolution, death, withdrawal, removal or Event
of Bankruptcy of a partner in such partnership shall not be an
event of dissolution of the Operating Partnership if the business
of such General Partner is continued by the remaining partner or
partners, either alone or with additional partners, and such
General Partner and such partners comply with any other applicable
requirements of this Agreement;
(ii) The passage of ninety (90) days after
the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Operating Partnership (provided that if the Operating
Partnership receives an installment obligation as consideration for
such sale or other disposition, the Operating Partnership shall
continue, unless sooner dissolved under the provisions of this
Agreement, until such time as such note or notes are paid in
full);
(iii) If and only if an Optional Dissolution
Event has occurred, at any time thereafter, the election by a
Preferred OP Unitholder that the Operating Partnership should be
dissolved; or
(iv) The election by the General Partner that
the Operating Partnership should be dissolved.
(b) Upon dissolution of the Operating
Partnership (unless the business of the Operating Partnership is
continued pursuant to Section 7.3(b) hereof), the General
Partner (or its trustee, receiver, successor or legal
representative) shall amend or cancel any Certificate(s) and
liquidate the Operating Partnership’s assets and apply and
distribute the proceeds thereof in accordance with Section 5.6
hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liquidating General
Partner may either (i) defer liquidation of, or withhold from
distribution for a reasonable time, any assets of the Operating
Partnership (including those necessary to satisfy the Operating
Partnership’s debts and obligations), or (ii) distribute
the assets to the Partners in kind.
2.5 Filing of Certificate and Perfection
of Limited Partnership . The General Partner shall execute,
acknowledge, record and file at the expense of the Operating
Partnership, any and all amendments to the Certificate(s) and all
requisite fictitious name statements and
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notices in such places and
jurisdictions as may be necessary to cause the Operating
Partnership to be treated as a limited partnership under, and
otherwise to comply with, the laws of each state or other
jurisdiction in which the Operating Partnership conducts
business.
2.6 Certificates Describing Operating
Partnership Units and Special Operating Partnership Units .
At the request of a Limited Partner, the General Partner, at its
option, may issue (but in no way is obligated to issue) a
certificate summarizing the terms of such Limited Partner’s
interest in the Operating Partnership, including the number of
Operating Partnership Units and Preferred Operating Partnership
Units owned and the Percentage Interest and Preferred Percentage
Interest represented by such Operating Partnership Units and
Preferred Operating Partnership Units as of the date of such
certificate. Any such certificate (i) shall be in form and
substance as approved by the General Partner, (ii) shall not
be negotiable and (iii) shall bear a legend to the following
effect:
This certificate is not negotiable. The
Operating Partnership Units and Preferred Operating Partnership
Units represented by this certificate are governed by and
transferable only in accordance with the provisions of the Limited
Partnership Agreement of CNL Macquarie Growth, LP, as amended from
time to time.
ARTICLE 3
BUSINESS OF THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
The purpose and nature of the business to be
conducted by the Operating Partnership is (i) to conduct any
business that may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership
organized pursuant to the Act, provided, however, that such
business shall be limited to and conducted in such a manner as to
permit the GP Parent at all times to qualify as a REIT, unless the
GP Parent otherwise ceases to qualify as a REIT, and in a manner
such that the GP Parent will not be subject to any taxes under
Section 857 or 4981 of the Code, (ii) to enter into any
partnership, joint venture or other similar arrangement to engage
in any of the foregoing or the ownership of interests in any entity
engaged in any of the foregoing and (iii) to do anything
necessary or incidental to the foregoing. In connection with the
foregoing, and without limiting the GP Parent’s right in its
sole and absolute discretion to qualify or cease qualifying as a
REIT, the Partners acknowledge that the GP Parent intends to
qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes and upon such
qualification the avoidance of income and excise taxes on the GP
Parent inures to the benefit of all the Partners and not solely to
the GP Parent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Limited Partners
agree that the GP Parent may terminate its status as a REIT under
the Code at any time to the full extent permitted under the
Articles of Incorporation. The General Partner on behalf of the
Operating Partnership shall also be empowered to do any and all
acts and things necessary or prudent to ensure that the Operating
Partnership will not be classified as a "publicly traded
partnership" for purposes of Section 7704 of the Code.
ARTICLE 4
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS
4.1 Capital Contributions . The General
Partner and the initial Limited Partners have made capital
contributions to the Operating Partnership in exchange for the
Operating
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Partnership Units or Preferred
Operating Partnership Units, as applicable, set forth opposite
their names on Exhibit A , as such Exhibit may be amended
from time to time.
4.2 Additional Capital Contributions By
Initial Preferred OP Unitholders and Issuances of Additional
Preferred Operating Partnership Units . Except as provided
in this Section 4.2, Section 4.3 or in Section 4.4,
the Partners shall have no right or obligation to make any
additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Operating
Partnership. The Initial Preferred OP Unitholders shall make
additional Capital Contributions to the Operating Partnership, in
cash, and receive additional Preferred Operating Partnership Units
in respect thereof, in the manner contemplated by this
Section 4.2.
(a) Capital Commitments . Each Initial
Preferred OP Unitholder hereby agrees to make Capital Contributions
in the aggregate amount equal to Twenty-five Million Dollars
($25,000,000) with respect to MRE and Fifteen Million Dollars
($15,000,000) with respect to CNL (each, a "Capital Commitment").
The Capital Contributions made by the Initial Preferred OP
Unitholders on or before the date hereof as set forth in
Section 4.1 are included within, and not in addition to, such
Initial Preferred OP Unitholders’ Capital Commitments. Any
and all obligations of the Initial Preferred OP Unitholders under
this Agreement, including their obligations to make Capital
Contributions under Section 4.1 or this Section 4.2, are
several and not joint. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, the Initial Preferred OP Unitholders’ Capital
Commitments shall terminate, and the Initial Preferred OP
Unitholders shall have no further obligation to make any Capital
Contributions pursuant to this Section 4.2, on the Capital
Commitment Termination Date, regardless of whether the full amount
of such Capital Commitments has been called by the General Partner
pursuant to Section 4.2(b) hereof on or before such date;
provided , however , that this sentence is not
intended to, nor shall it, limit the obligations of the Initial
Preferred OP Unitholders for Capital Calls initiated by the General
Partner by a Capital Call Notice delivered on or prior to the
Capital Commitment Termination Date.
(b) Capital Calls .
(i) Capital Contributions made by an Initial
Preferred OP Unitholder to the Operating Partnership with respect
to such Initial Preferred OP Unitholder’s Capital Commitment
shall be made in United States dollars by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account or accounts of the
Operating Partnership specified by the General Partner to the
Initial Preferred OP Unitholders. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, except as otherwise
required by the Act or other applicable law, in no event shall any
Initial Preferred OP Unitholder be required to make aggregate
Capital Contributions in excess of such Initial Preferred OP
Unitholder’s Capital Commitment.
(ii) From time to time on or prior to the
Capital Commitment Termination Date, the General Partner may
deliver written notices (each, a "Capital Call Notice") to the
Initial Preferred OP Unitholders, each of which shall call for a
Capital Contribution from each Initial Preferred OP Unitholder (a
"Capital Call"), equal to such Initial Preferred OP
Unitholder’s share (as calculated pursuant to clause
(iii) below) of the amount determined by the General Partner
to be appropriate for the Operating Partnership to make investments
or acquisitions, fund its working capital needs, pay expenses,
establish reserves, repay any indebtedness or other obligations, or
for other purposes permitted hereunder; provided, however, that on
or after the Initial Effective Date, the General Partner may only
deliver a Capital Call Notice (and the Initial
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OP Unitholders will only be
required to fund any Capital Calls) upon the consent of each of the
Initial Preferred OP Unitholders.
(iii) CNL’s share of a given aggregate
Capital Call made by the General Partner pursuant to
Section 4.2(b)(ii) shall be equal to (A) fifty percent
(50%) of the first Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) in
cumulative aggregate Capital Calls and (B) twenty-five percent
(25%) of the next Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) in
cumulative aggregate Capital Calls. MRE’s share of a given
aggregate Capital Call made by the General Partner pursuant to
Section 4.2(b)(ii) shall be equal to (A) fifty percent
(50%) of the first Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) in
cumulative aggregate Capital Calls and (B) seventy-five
percent (75%) of the next Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000)
in cumulative aggregate Capital Calls. For purposes of this clause
(iii), the Capital Contributions made by the Initial Preferred OP
Unitholders on or before the date hereof as set forth in
Section 4.1 shall be treated as made pursuant to a Capital
Call. For example, if at the time of a given Capital Call, the
Initial Preferred OP Unitholders have previously made Capital
Contributions, in the aggregate pursuant to Section 4.1 and
this Section 4.2, equal to $18,000,000, and if the General
Partner makes a new Capital Call in the aggregate amount of
$5,000,000, then CNL’s share of such new Capital Call would
be $1,750,000 and MRE’s share of such new Capital Call would
be $3,250,000.
(iv) Each Initial Preferred OP Unitholder shall
be required to make its respective Capital Contribution in the
amount stated in a Capital Call Notice on the date specified in
such Capital Call Notice, which date shall not be earlier than ten
(10) days after the date such Capital Call Notice was
delivered to the Initial Preferred OP Unitholders.
(c) Issuances of Additional Preferred
Operating Partnership Units . From time to time, in
consideration of an Initial Preferred OP Unitholder’s Capital
Contribution that is required by, and made in accordance with, this
Section 4.2, and subject to Section 4.3(e) hereof, the
General Partner shall, and is hereby authorized to, cause the
Operating Partnership immediately to issue additional Preferred
Operating Partnership Units to such Initial Preferred OP
Unitholder. The number of Preferred Operating Partnership Units so
issued to such Initial Preferred OP Unitholder shall equal
(i) the amount of such Capital Contribution divided by
(ii) Ten Dollars ($10.00).
4.3 Additional Capital Contributions and
Issuances of Additional Operating Partnership Units . The
GP Parent or the General Partner may contribute additional capital
to the Operating Partnership, from time to time, and receive
additional Operating Partnership Interests in respect thereof, in
the manner contemplated in this Section 4.3.
(a) Issuances of Additional Operating
Partnership Interests .
(i) General . Subject to
Section 4.3(e) hereof, the General Partner is hereby
authorized to cause the Operating Partnership to issue such
additional Operating Partnership Interests in the form of Operating
Partnership Units for any Operating Partnership purpose at any time
or from time to time, including but not limited to Operating
Partnership Units issued in connection with acquisitions of
properties, to the Partners (including the General Partner) or to
other Persons for such consideration and on such terms and
conditions as shall be established by the General Partner in its
sole and absolute discretion, all without the approval of any
Limited Partners. Any additional Operating Partnership Interests
issued thereby 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, including rights,
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powers and duties senior to
Limited Partnership Interests, all as shall be determined by the
General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion and without the
approval of any Limited Partner, subject to Delaware law,
including, without limitation, (i) the allocations of items of
Operating Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to
each such class or series of Operating Partnership Interests;
(ii) the right of each such class or series of Operating
Partnership Interests to share in Operating Partnership
distributions; and (iii) the rights of each such class or
series of Operating Partnership Interests upon dissolution and
liquidation of the Operating Partnership; provided, however, that
no additional Operating Partnership Interests shall be issued to
the GP Parties unless:
(1) (A) the additional Operating
Partnership Interests are issued in connection with an issuance of
REIT Shares of or other interests in the GP Parent, which shares or
interests have designations, preferences and other rights, all such
that the economic interests are substantially similar to the
designations, preferences and other rights of the additional
Operating Partnership Interests issued to the General Partner by
the Operating Partnership in accordance with this Section 4.3
and (B) the General Partner or the GP Parent shall make an
actual Capital Contribution to the Operating Partnership in an
amount equal to the net proceeds raised in connection with the
issuance of such shares of stock of or other interests in the GP
Parent (and, if applicable, such GP Party shall make a deemed
Capital Contribution as described in Section 4.3(c)
hereof);
(2) the additional Operating Partnership
Interests are issued in exchange for property owned by the General
Partner with a fair market value, as determined by the General
Partner, in good faith, equal to the value of the Operating
Partnership Interests; or
(3) the additional Operating Partnership
Interests are issued to all Partners holding Operating Partnership
Units in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.
Without limiting the foregoing, the General
Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Operating Partnership
to issue Operating Partnership Units for less than fair market
value, so long as the General Partner concludes in good faith that
such issuance is in the best interests of the General Partner and
the Operating Partnership. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Section 4.3(a)(i), so long as any Preferred Operating
Partnership Unit is outstanding, the General Partner may not,
without first obtaining the written consent of each of the
Preferred OP Unitholders, cause the Operating Partnership to issue
any Operating Partnership Interests other than Operating
Partnership Units if such Operating Partnership Interests would
have rights to receive any distributions prior to all required
distributions to the Preferred OP Unitholders pursuant to
Section 5.2(b).
(ii) Upon Issuance of Additional Operating
Partnership Interests . The GP Parent shall not issue any
Additional Securities other than to all holders of REIT Shares,
unless (A) the General Partner shall cause the Operating
Partnership to issue to the General Partner or GP Parent, as the
General Partner may designate, Operating Partnership Interests or
rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities
of the Operating Partnership having designations, preferences and
other rights, all such that the economic interests are
substantially similar to those of the Additional Securities, and
(B) the General Partner or GP Parent contributes the proceeds
from the issuance of such Additional Securities and from any
exercise of rights contained in such Additional Securities,
directly and through the General Partner or GP
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Parent, to the Operating
Partnership; provided, however, that the General Partner is allowed
to issue Additional Securities in connection with an acquisition of
a property to be held directly by the General Partner or GP Parent,
but if and only if, such direct acquisition and issuance of
Additional Securities have been approved and determined to be in
the best interests of the GP Parties and the Operating Partnership
by a majority of the Independent Directors. Without limiting the
foregoing, the GP Parent is expressly authorized to issue
Additional Securities for less than fair market value, and to cause
the Operating Partnership to issue to the General Partner or GP
Parent corresponding Operating Partnership Interests, so long as
(x) the General Partner concludes in good faith that such
issuance is in the best interests of the GP Parties and the
Operating Partnership, including without limitation, the issuance
of REIT Shares and corresponding Operating Partnership Units
pursuant to an employee share purchase plan providing for employee
purchases of REIT Shares at a discount from fair market value or
employee stock options that have an exercise price that is less
than the fair market value of the REIT Shares, either at the time
of issuance or at the time of exercise, and (y) the General
Partner or GP Parent contributes all proceeds from such issuance to
the Operating Partnership. For example, in the event the GP Parent
issues REIT Shares for a cash purchase price and contributes all of
the proceeds of such issuance to the Operating Partnership as
required hereunder, the GP Parent shall be issued a number of
additional Operating Partnership Units equal to the product of
(A) the number of such REIT Shares issued by the GP Parent,
the proceeds of which were so contributed, multiplied by (B) a
fraction, the numerator of which is 100%, and the denominator of
which is the Conversion Factor in effect on the date of such
contribution.
(b) Issuances of Operating Partnership
Interests for Services . Subject to Section 4.3(e) hereof,
the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, may also
(a) issue Operating Partnership Units or designate a new class
of Operating Partnership Units for issuance to Persons in exchange
for services provided or to be provided by such Persons to or for
the benefit of the Operating Partnership; and (b) require such
Persons who provide services to or for the benefit of the Operating
Partnership to make a Capital Contribution to the Operating
Partnership in connection with the issuance of Operating
Partnership Units to such Person. Further, the General Partner, in
its sole and absolute discretion, may (a) subject such
Operating Partnership Units to vesting, forfeiture and additional
restrictions on transfer pursuant to the terms of a vesting
agreement and (b) amend the Operating Partnership Agreement to
provide for (A) special allocations of Net Income or Net Loss
to such Operating Partnership Units, (B) the redemption or
forfeiture of such Operating Partnership Units upon certain events,
(C) the terms and conditions of the conversion of such
Operating Partnership Units to Common Operating Partnership Units,
(D) voting rights of the holders of such Operating Partnership
Units and/or (E) such other matters as the General Partner
deems appropriate.
(c) Certain Deemed Contributions of
Administrative Expenses. In connection with any and all
issuances of REIT Shares, the GP Parent shall make, directly or
indirectly through the General Partner, Capital Contributions to
the Operating Partnership of the net proceeds therefrom, provided
that if the net proceeds actually received and contributed by the
GP Parent or General Partner are less than the gross proceeds of
such issuance as a result of any underwriter’s discount or
other expenses paid or incurred in connection with issuance, or if
the GP Parent or General Partner pays or incurs any other
Administrative Expenses in connection with any such issuance or
otherwise, then the GP Parent or General Partner shall be deemed to
have made Capital Contributions to the Operating Partnership in the
aggregate amount of such Administrative Expenses (including,
without limitation, the difference between the gross
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proceeds of any such issuance and
the net proceeds actually received and contributed by the GP Parent
or General Partner) and the Operating Partnership shall be deemed
simultaneously to have paid such Administrative Expenses in
accordance with Section 6.5 hereof and in connection with the
required issuance of additional Operating Partnership Units to the
General Partner for such Capital Contributions pursuant to
Section 4.3(a) hereof.
(d) Minimum Percentage Interest Held by
Partners Other than GP Parent . In the event that a redemption
pursuant to Section 8.5 hereof or additional Capital
Contributions by the GP Parent would result in the Partners other
than the GP Parent (including the General Partner, but excluding
any Partner that for U.S. federal income tax purposes is an entity
with a single owner which for such purposes is disregarded as an
entity separate from the GP Parent in accordance with Regulations
Section 301.7701-3(b)(1)(ii)) (collectively, the "Non-GP
Parent Partners") having an aggregate Percentage Interest of less
than the Minimum Non-GP Parent Percentage Interest, then the GP
Parties shall take such action as they determine in their sole
discretion (including, by way of example, a contribution by GP
Parent to the General Partner of a portion of the GP Parent’s
Limited Partnership Interests) so that the Non-GP Parent
Partners’ aggregate Percentage Interest at all times is at
least equal to the Minimum Non-GP Parent Percentage Interest;
provided , however , that this Section 4.3(d)
shall apply only until the first (1 st ) anniversary of the
Preferred Resolution Date and shall have no force or effect
thereafter.
(e) Convention for Date of Capital
Contributions . Except as otherwise may be determined by the
General Partner in its sole discretion, in connection with any
Capital Contributions made to the Operating Partnership, and any
issuance of Preferred Operating Partnership Units or other
Operating Partnership Interests by the Operating Partnership,
pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof or this Section 4.3, such
Capital Contributions shall be deemed to have been made to the
Operating Partnership, and such Preferred Operating Partnership
Units or other Operating Partnership Interests shall be deemed to
have been issued by the Operating Partnership, effective on the
last business day of the calendar month in which such Capital
Contributions (or other consideration provided to the Operating
Partnership, in the case of Section 4.3(b) hereof) are
actually transferred to the Operating Partnership. Any transfers of
cash or property made to the Operating Partnership prior to the
effective date determined in accordance with this
Section 4.3(e) shall be treated as an advance and shall not
earn interest or any other return prior to such effective date.
This Section 4.3(e) shall apply for all purposes under this
Agreement, including for purposes of maintaining Capital Accounts
and for purposes of any revaluations of the property of the
Operating Partnership pursuant to Section 4.5 hereof.
4.4 Additional Funding . If the
General Partner determines that it is in the best interests of the
Operating Partnership to provide for additional Operating
Partnership funds ("Additional Funds") for any Operating
Partnership purpose, the General Partner may (i) cause the
Operating Partnership to obtain such funds from outside borrowings,
or (ii) elect to have the General Partner or any of its
Affiliates provide such Additional Funds to the Operating
Partnership through loans or otherwise, provided, however, that the
Operating Partnership may not borrow money from its Affiliates
(excluding the General Partner for this purpose), unless a majority
of the Directors of the GP Parent (including a majority of
Independent Directors) not otherwise interested in such transaction
approve the transaction as being fair, competitive, and
commercially reasonable and no less favorable to the Operating
Partnership than loans between unaffiliated parties under the same
circumstances. For the avoidance of doubt, any issuance of OP Notes
pursuant and subject to the provisions of Section 8.7 hereof
shall not be treated as a
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borrowing by the Operating
Partnership for purposes of this Section 4.4 and shall not be
subject to any separate approvals by the Directors of the General
Partner, provided that the Leverage Limitation Amount provisions in
Section 8.7 shall apply as set forth therein.
4.5 Capital Accounts . A separate
capital account (a "Capital Account") shall be established and
maintained for each Partner in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). If a Partner holds more than one
class or category of Operating Partnership Interest (including, by
way of example, Operating Partnership Units and Preferred Operating
Partnership Units) or any other interest that is treated as a
partnership interest in the Operating Partnership for federal
income tax purposes (including, under certain circumstances, an OP
Note), then the Operating Partnership shall separately track the
portion of such Partner’s Capital Account with respect to
each such class, category or other type of interest. If (i) a
new or existing Partner acquires an additional Operating
Partnership Interest in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital
Contribution or for the provision of services to or for the benefit
of the Operating Partnership, (ii) the Operating Partnership
distributes to a Partner more than a de minimis amount of Operating
Partnership property or money as consideration for an Operating
Partnership Interest, or (iii) the Operating Partnership is
liquidated within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), the General Partner may, at its
discretion, revalue the property of the Operating Partnership to
its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, in its
sole and absolute discretion, and taking into account
Section 7701(g) of the Code) in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f). When the Operating
Partnership’s property is revalued by the General Partner,
the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be adjusted in
accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and (g),
which generally require such Capital Accounts to be adjusted to
reflect the manner in which the unrealized gain or loss inherent in
such property (that has not been reflected in the Capital Accounts
previously) would be allocated among the Partners pursuant to
Section 5.1 if there were a taxable disposition of such
property for its fair market value (as determined by the General
Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and taking into
account Section 7701(g) of the Code) on the date of the
revaluation.
4.6 Percentage Interests . If the
number of outstanding Operating Partnership Units increases or
decreases during a taxable year, each Partner’s Percentage
Interest shall be adjusted by the General Partner effective as of
the effective date of each such increase or decrease to a
percentage equal to the number of Operating Partnership Units held
by such Partner divided by the aggregate number of Operating
Partnership Units outstanding after giving effect to such increase
or decrease. If the Partners’ Percentage Interests are
adjusted pursuant to this Section 4.6, the Profits and Losses
for the taxable year in which the adjustment occurs shall be
allocated between the part of the year ending on the day when the
number of outstanding Operating Partnership Units changes and the
part of the year beginning on the following day either (i) as
if the taxable year had ended on the date of the adjustment or
(ii) based on the number of days in each part. The General
Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine which
method shall be used to allocate Profits and Losses for the taxable
year in which the adjustment occurs. The allocation of Profits and
Losses for the earlier part of the year shall be based on the
Percentage Interests before adjustment, and the allocation of
Profits and Losses for the later part shall be based on the
adjusted Percentage Interests.
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4.7 No Interest On
Contributions . No Partner shall be entitled to interest
on its Capital Contribution.
4.8 Return Of Capital Contributions
. No Partner shall be entitled to withdraw any part of its
Capital Contribution or its Capital Account or to receive any
distribution from the Operating Partnership, except as specifically
provided in this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein,
there shall be no obligation to return to any Partner or withdrawn
Partner any part of such Partner’s Capital Contribution for
so long as the Operating Partnership continues in existence.
4.9 No Third Party Beneficiary .
No creditor or other third party having dealings with the Operating
Partnership shall have the right to enforce the right or obligation
of any Partner to make Capital Contributions or loans or to pursue
any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity, it
being understood and agreed that the provisions of this Agreement
shall be solely for the benefit of, and may be enforced solely by,
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
None of the rights or obligations of the Partners herein set forth
to make Capital Contributions or loans to the Operating Partnership
shall be deemed an asset of the Operating Partnership for any
purpose by any creditor or other third party, nor may such rights
or obligations be sold, transferred or assigned by the Operating
Partnership or pledged or encumbered by the Operating Partnership
to secure any debt or other obligation of the Operating Partnership
or of any of the Partners. In addition, it is the intent of the
parties hereto that no distribution to any Limited Partner shall be
deemed a return of money or other property in violation of the Act.
However, if any court of competent jurisdiction holds that,
notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, any Limited
Partner is obligated to return such money or property, such
obligation shall be the obligation of such Limited Partner and not
of the General Partner. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, a deficit Capital Account of a Partner shall not be
deemed to be a liability of such Partner nor an asset or property
of the Operating Partnership.
ARTICLE 5
PROFITS AND LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS
5.1 Allocation of Profit and Loss .
(a) General . Profit and Loss (or items
thereof) of the Operating Partnership for each fiscal year of the
Operating Partnership shall be allocated as follows:
(i) Profit . Profit of the Operating
Partnership for each fiscal year shall be allocated:
(A) first , to the OP Unitholders (
pro rata based on the total amount required to be allocated
to each OP Unitholder pursuant to this Section 5.1(a)(i)(A)),
until the aggregate Profit allocated to each OP Unitholder pursuant
to this Section 5.1(a)(i)(A) for such fiscal year and all
previous fiscal years is equal to the aggregate Loss, if any,
allocated to such OP Unitholder pursuant to
Section 5.1(a)(ii)(D) hereof for all previous fiscal
years;
(B) second , subject to Section 5.8
hereof, to the Preferred OP Unitholders in a manner so that, as of
the last day of such fiscal year, each Preferred OP
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Unitholder’s Adjusted
Capital Account with respect to such Preferred OP
Unitholder’s Preferred Operating Partnership Units shall
equal the net amount that would have been distributed to such
Preferred OP Unitholder under a Hypothetical Liquidation on such
date;
(C) third , to the OP Unitholders, in an
amount and proportions necessary to cause each OP
Unitholder’s Adjusted Capital Account to bear the same ratio
to the OP Unitholders’ aggregate Adjusted Capital Accounts as
such OP Unitholder’s Percentage Interest as of the last day
of such fiscal year; and
(D) thereafter , the balance, if any, to
the OP Unitholders, pro rata in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests.
(ii) Loss . Loss of the Operating
Partnership for each fiscal year shall be allocated:
(A) first , to the OP Unitholders, in an
amount and proportions necessary to cause each OP
Unitholder’s Adjusted Capital Account to bear the same ratio
to the OP Unitholders’ aggregate Adjusted Capital Accounts as
such OP Unitholder’s Percentage Interest as of the last day
of such fiscal year;
(B) second , to the OP Unitholders (
pro rata based on the total amount required to be allocated
to each OP Unitholder pursuant to this Section 5.1(a)(ii)(B)),
until the aggregate Loss allocated to each OP Unitholder pursuant
to Section 5.1(a)(ii)(A) and this Section 5.1(a)(ii)(B),
for such fiscal year and all previous fiscal years (net of any
Profit allocated to such OP Unitholder pursuant to Sections
5.1(a)(i)(C) and 5.1(a)(i)(D) hereof for all previous fiscal
years), is equal to the difference between (x) the aggregate
Capital Contributions that have been made by such OP Unitholder
with respect to such OP Unitholder’s Operating Partnership
Units and (y) the aggregate distributions that have been made
to such OP Unitholder pursuant to Sections 5.2(b) and 5.2(c)
in such fiscal year and all previous fiscal years, with each such
item calculated as of the last day of such fiscal year;
(C) third , to the Preferred OP
Unitholders, in a manner so that, as of the last day of such fiscal
year, each Preferred OP Unitholder’s Adjusted Capital Account
with respect to such Preferred OP Unitholder’s Preferred
Operating Partnership Units shall equal the net amount that would
have been distributed to such Preferred OP Unitholder under a
Hypothetical Liquidation on such date; and
(D) thereafter , subject to
Section 5.8 hereof, the balance, if any, to the OP
Unitholders, pro rata in accordance with their respective
Percentage Interests.
(b) Nonrecourse Deductions; Minimum Gain
Chargeback . Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary,
(i) any expense of the Operating Partnership that is a
"nonrecourse deduction" within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(b)(1) shall be allocated to the OP Unitholders
in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests,
(ii) any expense of the Operating Partnership that is a
"partner nonrecourse deduction" within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(2) shall be allocated to the Partner that
bears the "economic risk of loss" with respect to the liability to
which such deductions are attributable in accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1), (iii) if there is a
net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain within the meaning of
Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(1) for any Operating
Partnership taxable year, then, subject to the exceptions set forth
in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(2),(3), (4) and
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(5), items of gain and income
shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and the ordering rules
contained in Regulations Section 1.704-2(j), and (iv) if
there is a net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain
within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) for
any Operating Partnership taxable year, then, subject to the
exceptions set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-(2)(g),
items of gain and income shall be allocated among the Partners in
accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and the
ordering rules contained in Regulations Section 1.704-2(j). A
Partner’s "interest in partnership profits" for purposes of
determining its share of the excess nonrecourse liabilities of the
Operating Partnership within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.752-3(a)(3) shall be such Partner’s Percentage
Interest (if such Partner is an OP Unitholder) or zero (if such
Partner is not an OP Unitholder).
(c) Qualified Income Offset.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, if a Partner
unexpectedly receives in any taxable year an adjustment,
allocation, or distribution described in subparagraphs (4), (5), or
(6) of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) that
causes or increases a deficit balance in such Partner’s
Capital Account that exceeds the sum of such Partner’s shares
of Partnership Minimum Gain and Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum
Gain, as determined in accordance with Regulations Sections
1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5), such Partner shall be allocated
specially for such taxable year (and, if necessary, later taxable
years) items of income and gain in an amount and manner sufficient
to eliminate such deficit Capital Account balance as quickly as
possible as provided in Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d). This Section 5.1(c) is
intended to constitute a "qualified income offset" under
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) of the Regulations and shall be
interpreted consistently therewith. After the occurrence of an
allocation of income or gain to a Partner in accordance with this
Section 5.1(c), to the extent permitted by Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b), items of expense or loss shall be
allocated to such Partner in an amount necessary to offset the
income or gain previously allocated to such Partner under this
Section 5.1(c).
(d) Capital Account Deficits.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, items of expense or
loss shall not be allocated to a Limited Partner to the extent that
such allocation would cause or increase a deficit in such
Partner’s Adjusted Capital Account at the end of any fiscal
year (after reduction to reflect the items described in Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6)), as
determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1)
and 1.704-2(i)(5). Any items of expense or loss in excess of that
limitation shall be allocated to the General Partner. After the
occurrence of an allocation of items of expense or loss to the
General Partner in accordance with this Section 5.1(d), to the
extent permitted by Regulations Section 1.704-1(b), items of
income or gain shall be allocated to such Partner in an amount
necessary to offset the items of loss or deduction previously
allocated to such Partner under this Section 5.1(d).
(e) Allocations Between Transferor and
Transferee . If a Partner transfers any part or all of its
Operating Partnership Interest, the distributive shares of the
various items of Profit and Loss allocable among the Partners
during such fiscal year of the Operating Partnership shall be
allocated between the transferor and the transferee Partner either
(i) as if the Operating Partnership’s fiscal year had
ended on the date of the transfer, or (ii) based on the number
of days of such fiscal year that each was a Partner without regard
to the results of Operating Partnership activities in the
respective portions of such fiscal year in which the transferor and
the transferee were Partners. The General Partner, in its sole and
absolute discretion, shall determine
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which method shall be used to
allocate the distributive shares of the various items of Profit and
Loss between the transferor and the transferee Partner.
(f) Definition
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