Regency Centers, L.P.Amended
and Restated Amendment Dated January 1, 2008 to
Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
Relating to 7.25% Series 4 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred
Units
This Amendment
(this “ Amendment ”) to the Fourth
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated as of
April 1, 2001 (as amended through the date hereof, the “
Partnership Agreement ”), of Regency Centers,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “
Partnership ”), is made as of the 1
st day of January, 2008, by Regency Centers Corporation,
a Florida corporation, as general partner (the “
General Partner ”), and Regency Centers Texas
LLC, as limited partner (all capitalized terms not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Partnership Agreement).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the
General Partner sold 5,000,000 depositary shares, each representing
a 1/10 interest in a share of the General Partner’s 7.25%
Series 4 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value,
having a liquidation preference of $250 per share (the “
Old Series 4 Preferred Stock ”) and in
connection therewith issued to Wachovia Bank National Association,
as depositary, 500,000 shares of Old Series 4 Preferred
Stock;
WHEREAS,
Section 4.2(b) of the Partnership Agreement provides for the
issuance by the Partnership to the General Partner of Partnership
Interests in the same number and having designations, preferences
and other rights substantially similar to the designations,
preferences and other rights of shares issued by the General
Partner;
WHEREAS, the
General Partner contributed the proceeds from the sale of such
depositary shares to the Partnership;
WHEREAS,
Regency Centers Texas LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
General Partner, and the General Partner contributed the Series 4
Preferred Units (as defined below) so issued to Regency Centers
Texas LLC;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the authority contained in Section 4.2(b) of the
Partnership Agreement, the General Partner amended the Partnership
Agreement to cause the issuance of the Series 4 Preferred Units in
the name of Regency Centers Texas LLC effective as of August 11,
2004:
WHEREAS, the
General Partner has amended its articles of incorporation,
effective as of the date hereof, to effect a 10-for-1 split of the
Old Series 4 Preferred Stock, including reducing the liquidation
preference and redemption price thereof from $250 to $25 per share
(such post-split shares are referred to hereinafter as “
New Series 4 Preferred Stock ”);
WHEREAS, the
General Partner has effected as of the date hereof a mandatory
one-for-one exchange of New Series 4 Preferred Stock for each
depositary share formerly representing a 1/10th interest in the Old
Series 4 Preferred Stock, thereby doing away with such depositary
shares;
WHEREAS, the
General Partner wishes to amend and restate the previous amendment
to the Partnership Agreement made as of August 11, 2004 to cause
the terms of the Series 4 Preferred Units to conform to the terms
of the New Series 4 Preferred Stock and to delete references that
are of historical interest only, including references to series of
preferred units of the Partnership that are no longer
outstanding;
NOW, THEREFORE,
pursuant to Sections 4.2(b) and 14.1(b) of the Partnership
Agreement, the General Partner hereby amends and restates the
provisions of the Partnership Agreement relating to the Series 4
Preferred Units, effective as of January 1, 2008 (the “
Effective Date ”) as follows:
Section 1.
Designation and Number . A
series of Preferred Units, designated the “7.25% Series 4
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units” (the “
Series 4 Preferred Units ”), is hereby
established. The number of Series 4 Preferred Units shall be
5,000,000. From and after the Effective Date of this Amendment,
each Series 4 preferred unit outstanding prior to the Effective
Date (the “ Old Series 4 Preferred Units
”) shall thereafter represent ten (10) Series 4 preferred
units (the “ New Series 4 Preferred Units
”), without any action on the part of the holder
thereof.
Section 2.
Rank . The Series 4 Preferred
Units will, with respect to distributions and rights upon voluntary
or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the
Partnership, rank senior to all classes or series of Common Units
and to all classes or series of equity securities of the
Partnership now or hereafter authorized, issued or outstanding,
other than any class or series of equity securities of the
Partnership expressly designated as ranking on a parity with or
senior to the Series 4 Preferred Units as to distributions or
rights upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or
dissolution of the Partnership or both. For purposes of this
Amendment, the term “ Parity Preferred Units
” shall be used to refer to any class or series of equity
securities of the Partnership now or hereafter authorized, issued
or outstanding expressly designated by the Partnership to rank on a
parity with Series 4 Preferred Units with respect to distributions
or rights upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or
dissolution of the Partnership or both, as the context may require,
whether or not the distribution rates, distribution payment dates
or redemption or liquidation prices per unit shall be different
from those of the Series 4 Preferred Units and includes the 7.45%
Series 3 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units, the 6.70% Series 5
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units and the Series D Cumulative
Convertible Redeemable Preferred Units of the Partnership. The term
“equity securities” does not include debt securities,
which will rank senior to the Series 4 Preferred Units.
Section 3.
Distributions .
(a)
Payment of Distributions . Subject to the rights of holders
of Parity Preferred Units as to the payment of distributions and
holders of equity securities issued after the date hereof in
accordance with the Partnership Agreement ranking senior to the
Series 4 Preferred Units as to payment of distributions, holders of
Series 4 Preferred Units shall be entitled to receive, when, as and
if declared by the Partnership acting through the General Partner,
out of Available Cash and Capital Transaction Proceeds legally
available for the payment of distributions, cumulative cash
distributions at the rate per annum of 7.25% of the $25 liquidation
preference per Series 4 Preferred Unit. Such distributions shall be
cumulative, shall accrue from the original date of issuance and
will be payable in cash (A) quarterly (such quarterly periods for
purposes of payment and accrual will be the quarterly periods
ending on the dates specified in this sentence) in arrears, on or
before March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year
commencing on September 30, 2004 with respect to the Old Series 4
Preferred Units and March 31, 2008 with respect to the New Series 4
Preferred Units, and (B) in the event of a redemption, on the
redemption date (each a “ Preferred Unit Distribution
Payment Date ”). The amount of the distribution
payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months and for any
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