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Exhibit 10.4
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
THE LEXINGTON MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, dated as of December 31, 2006, is entered into by and
among LEX GP-1 TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust, as the general
partner (the " General Partner "), and LEX LP-1 TRUST, a
Delaware statutory trust (the "Lexington Limited Partner"), and
each of the other persons and entities currently reflected on the
books and records of the Partnership as a Limited Partner in the
Partnership, together with any other Persons who become Partners in
the Partnership as provided herein (the " Limited Partners
").
WHEREAS, the Partnership was formed under the
name "The Newkirk Master Limited Partnership" on October 11, 2001,
and, on October 23, 2001, the Partnership adopted an Agreement of
Limited Partnership, which agreement was amended and restated by
that certain Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership,
dated November 7, 2005 (the "Prior Agreement");
WHEREAS, on July 23, 2006, Newkirk Realty Trust,
Inc., a Maryland corporation (" NKT "), the general partner
of the Partnership, was merged with and into Lexington Corporate
Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the
"Merger") and Lexington Corporate Properties Trust was renamed
Lexington Realty Trust (" LXP ");
WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the
Partnership has effected a reverse split pursuant to which each
unit of limited partnership interest in the Partnership has been
converted into .80 units of limited partnership interest in the
Partnership (the "Unit Split");
WHEREAS, in accordance with the terms of the
Prior Agreement, effective as of the date hereof, the then general
partner of the Partnership and a Majority-in-Interest of the
Limited Partners consented to (i) the Unit Split and (ii) the
amendment and restatement of the Prior Agreement as provided for
herein, effective as of the date hereof; and
WHEREAS, immediately following the consummation
of the Merger, LXP, as the surviving entity in the Merger,
contributed all of its rights and obligations as the sole general
partner of the Partnership to the General Partner and 15,994,701
units of limited partnership interest in the Partnership to the
Lexington Limited Partner, both of which entities are wholly owned
by LXP.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
covenants set forth herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the General Partner hereby amends and restates the
Prior Agreement in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINED TERMS
The following definitions shall for all purposes
be applied to the following terms used in this Agreement.
" Act " means the Delaware Revised
Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as it may be amended from time to
time.
" Actions " has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.5.A hereof.
" Additional Limited Partners " means a
Person who is admitted to the Partnership pursuant to Section
4.2.A.
" Adjusted Capital Account " means the
Capital Account maintained for each Partner as of the end of each
Partnership Year (i) increased by any amounts which such Partner is
obligated to restore pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or
is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate
sentences of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5)
and (ii) decreased by the items described in Regulations Sections
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), and
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6). The foregoing definition of Adjusted
Capital Account is intended to comply with the provisions of
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted
consistently therewith.
" Adjusted Capital Account Deficit "
means, with respect to any Partner, the deficit balance, if any, in
such Partner’s Adjusted Capital Account as of the end of the
relevant Partnership Year.
" Adjusted Property " means any property
the Carrying Value of which has been adjusted pursuant to
Exhibit A hereof. Once an Adjusted Property is deemed
distributed by, and re-contributed to, the Partnership for federal
income tax purposes upon a termination thereof pursuant to Section
708 of the Code, such property shall thereafter constitute a
Contributed Property until the Carrying Value of such property is
further adjusted pursuant to Exhibit A hereof.
" Affiliate " means, with respect to any
Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled
by or under common control with such Person.
" Agreed Value " means (i) the 704(c)
Value of such property or other consideration in the case of any
Contributed Property as of the time of its contribution to the
Partnership, reduced by any liabilities either assumed by the
Partnership upon such contribution or to which such property is
subject when contributed, and (ii) in the case of any property
distributed to a Partner by the Partnership, the
Partnership’s Carrying Value of such property at the time
such Property is distributed, reduced by any indebtedness either
assumed by such Partner upon such distribution or to which such
property is subject at the time of distribution under Section 752
of the Code and the Regulations thereunder.
" Agreement " means this Second Amended
and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, as it may be
amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
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" Applicable Percentage " has the meaning
set forth in Section 8.4.C.
" Assignee " means a Person to whom one
or more Partnership Units held by a Limited Partner have been
transferred in a manner permitted under this Agreement, but who has
not become a Substituted Additional Limited Partner and who has the
rights set forth in Section 11.5.
" Book-Tax Disparities " means, with
respect to any item of Contributed Property or Adjusted Property,
as of the date of any determination, the difference between the
Carrying Value of such Contributed Property or Adjusted Property
and the adjusted basis thereof for federal income tax purposes as
of such date. A Partner’s share of the Partnership’s
Book-Tax Disparities in all of its Contributed Property and
Adjusted Property will be reflected by the difference between such
Partner’s Capital Account balance as maintained pursuant to
Exhibit A and the hypothetical balance of such
Partner’s Capital Account computed as if it had been
maintained strictly in accordance with federal income tax
accounting principles.
" Business Day " means any day except a
Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New
York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.
" Capital Account " means the Capital
Account maintained for a Partner pursuant to Exhibit A
hereof.
" Capital Contributions " means, with
respect to any Partner, any cash, cash equivalents or the Agreed
Value of Contributed Property which such Partner contributes or is
deemed to contribute to the Partnership pursuant to Section 4.1 or
4.2 hereof.
" Capital Event " means the sale,
refinancing or other disposition of a Partnership asset outside the
ordinary course of the Partnership’s business.
" Carrying Value " means (i) with respect
to a Contributed Property or Adjusted Property, the 704(c) Value of
such property reduced (but not below zero) by all Depreciation with
respect to such property charged to the Partners’ Capital
Accounts and (ii) with respect to any other Partnership property,
the adjusted basis of such property for federal income tax
purposes, all as of the time of determination. The Carrying Value
of any property shall be adjusted from time to time in accordance
with Exhibit A hereof, and to reflect changes, additions or
other adjustments to the Carrying Value for dispositions and
acquisitions of Partnership properties, as deemed appropriate by
the General Partner.
" Cash Redemption Amount " means an
amount equal to the product of (i) the number of Partnership Units
offered for redemption by the Redeeming Partner, multiplied by
(ii)(a) the average Daily Market Price of the REIT Shares for the
twenty (20) Business Days preceding the Specified Redemption Date
multiplied by (b) the Redemption Factor.
" Certificate " means the Certificate of
Limited Partnership relating to the Partnership filed in the office
of the Delaware Secretary of State, as amended from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof and the Act.
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" Class A Partnership Common Unit " shall
mean such Partnership Units designated on the books and records of
the Partnership as "Class A Partnership Common Units".
" Code " means the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time, as interpreted
by the applicable regulations thereunder. Any reference herein to a
specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to include
a reference to any corresponding provision of future law.
" Common Unit " means a fractional,
undivided share of the Partnership Interests of all Partners issued
pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 4.2 including, without limitation, the
Class A Partnership Common Units and the Special Voting
Partnership Units .
" Contributed Property " means each
property or other asset, in such form as may be permitted by the
Act, but excluding cash, contributed or deemed contributed to the
Partnership (or deemed contributed to the Partnership on
termination and reconstitution thereof pursuant to Section 708 of
the Code). Once the Carrying Value of a Contributed Property is
adjusted pursuant to Exhibit A hereof, such property shall
no longer constitute a Contributed Property for purposes of
Exhibit A hereof, but shall be deemed an Adjusted Property
for such purposes.
" Contribution Interest Amount " means
the number of Common Units calculated as follows: (i) if the
contributed asset is an interest in an Other Partnership the
product of (a) the number of REIT Shares such contributed interest
would be redeemed for under the terms of the applicable Other
Partnership’s partnership agreement assuming the interests in
the Other Partnership held by the contributing entity had the right
to be redeemed and the redemption price could be satisfied by the
delivery of REIT Shares on the same basis as similar interests in
the Other Partnership held by partners not affiliated with LXP and
(b) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Other Partnership
Redemption Factor and the denominator of which is the Redemption
Factor, and (ii) with respect to any other contributed assets, (x)
the Agreed Value of such contributed asset divided by the average
Daily Market Price of the REIT Shares for the twenty (20) Business
Days preceding the Contribution Date, divided by (y) the Redemption
Factor.
" Contributions " means the contribution
by LXP of 100% of its economic interests in each of Lepercq
Corporate Income Fund, L.P., Lepercq Corporate Income Fund II,
L.P., and Net 3 Acquisition L.P.
" Cut-Off Date " means the fifth (5th)
Business Day after the General Partner’s receipt of a Notice
of Redemption.
" Daily Market Price " means the price of
REIT Shares on the relevant date, determined (a) on the basis of
the last reported trading price of REIT Shares as reported on the
New York Stock Exchange (the " NYSE "), or if the REIT
Shares are not then listed on the NYSE, as reported on such
national securities exchange upon which the REIT Shares are listed,
or (b) if there is no reported sale or trade on the day in
question, on the basis of the average of the closing bid and asked
quotations regular way so reported, or (c) if REIT Shares are not
listed on the NYSE or on any national securities exchange, on the
basis of the high bid and low asked
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quotations regular way on the day in question in
the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Association
of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System, or, if not so
quoted, as reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated,
or a similar organization.
" Declaration of Trust " means the
Declaration of Trust of LXP, as amended or restated from time to
time.
" Depreciation " means, for each fiscal
year, an amount equal to the federal income tax depreciation,
amortization, or other cost recovery deduction allowable with
respect to an asset for such year, except that if the Carrying
Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal
income tax purposes at the beginning of such year or other period,
Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such
beginning Carrying Value as the federal income tax depreciation,
amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such year bears
to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, however, that if
the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost
recovery deduction for such year is zero, Depreciation shall be
determined with reference to such beginning Carrying Value using
any reasonable method selected by the General Partner.
" Exchange Act " means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
" General Partner " means LEX GP 1 Trust,
a Delaware statutory trust, in its capacity as general partner, or
its successors as general partner of the Partnership.
" General Partner Interest " means a
Partnership Interest held by the General Partner that is a general
partner interest. A General Partner Interest shall be expressed as
a number of Partnership Units.
" Immediate Family " means, with respect
to any natural Person, such natural Person’s spouse and such
natural Person’s natural or adoptive parents, descendants,
nephews, nieces, brothers, and sisters.
" Incapacity " or " Incapacitated
" means (i) as to any individual Partner, death, total physical
disability or entry by a court of competent jurisdiction
adjudicating him incompetent to manage his Person or his estate;
(ii) as to any corporation which is a Partner, the filing of a
certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, for the corporation
or the revocation of its charter; (iii) as to any partnership which
is a Partner, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the
partnership; (iv) as to any estate which is a Partner, the
distribution by the fiduciary of the estate’s entire interest
in the Partnership; (v) as to any trustee of a trust which is a
Partner, the termination of the trust (but not the substitution of
a new trustee); or (vi) as to any Partner, the bankruptcy of such
Partner. For purposes of this definition, bankruptcy of a Partner
shall be deemed to have occurred when (a) the Partner commences a
voluntary proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other
relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, (b) the Partner is adjudged as bankrupt or
insolvent, or a final and nonappealable order for relief under any
Bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect
has been entered against the Partner, (c) the Partner executes and
delivers a general assignment for the benefit of the
Partner’s creditors, (d) the Partner files an answer or
other
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pleading admitting or failing to contest the
material allegations of a petition filed against the Partner in any
proceeding of the nature described in clause (b) above, (e) the
Partner seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a
trustee, receiver or liquidator for the Partner or for all or any
substantial part of the Partner’s properties, (f) any
proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief of
or against such Partner under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect has not been dismissed
within one hundred twenty (120) days after the commencement
thereof, (g) the appointment without the Partner’s consent or
acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator for the assets of
the Partner which such appointment has not been vacated or stayed
within ninety (90) days of such appointment, or (h) an appointment
referred to in clause (g) is not vacated within ninety (90) days
after the expiration of any such stay.
" Indemnitee " means (i) any Person made
a party to a proceeding by reason of its status as (a) the General
Partner, or (b) a director of the General Partner or an officer or
employee of the Partnership, the General Partner or LXP and (ii)
such other Persons (including Affiliates of the General Partner,
LXP or the Partnership) as the General Partner may designate from
time to time (whether before or after the event giving rise to
potential liability), in its sole and absolute discretion.
" Initial Redemption Date " means, unless
otherwise indicated in the applicable partnership unit designation,
November 7, 2006; provided, however, the "Initial Redemption Date"
for the Class A Partnership Common Units shall be November 1,
2007.
" IRS " means the Internal Revenue
Service, which administers the internal revenue laws of the United
States.
" Limited Partner Interest " means a
Partnership Interest held by a Limited Partner in the Partnership
that is a limited partner interest. A Limited Partner Interest
shall be expressed as a number of Partnership Units.
" Limited Partners " means any Person
reflected as a Limited Partner on the books and records of the
Partnership, or any Substituted Limited Partner or Additional
Limited Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited
Partner in the Partnership.
" Liquidating Event " has the meaning set
forth in Section 13.1.
" Liquidator " has the meaning set forth
in Section 13.2.
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" LP Direction Votes " has the meaning set
forth in Section 7.1.A(11).
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" LXP " means Lexington Realty Trust, a
Maryland statutory real estate investment trust.
" LXP LP " means a Person that is an
Affiliate of LXP and which is a Limited Partner including, without
limitation, LXP LP 1 Trust, a Delaware statutory trust.
" Majority-in-Interest of the Limited
Partners " means the vote of Limited Partners holding a
majority of the Partnership Units.
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" Net Income " means, for any taxable
period, the excess, if any, of the Partnership’s items of
income and gain for such taxable period over the
Partnership’s items of loss and deduction for such taxable
period. The items included in the calculation of Net Income shall
be determined in accordance with Exhibit A . Once an item of
income, gain, loss or deduction that has been included in the
initial computation of Net Income is subjected to the special
allocation rules in Exhibit B , Net Income or the resulting
Net Loss, whichever the case may be, shall be recomputed without
regard to such item.
" Net Loss " means, for any taxable
period, the excess, if any, of the Partnership’s items of
loss and deduction for such taxable period over the
Partnership’s items of income and gain for such taxable
period. The items included in the calculation of Net Loss shall be
determined in accordance with Exhibit A . Once an item of
income, gain, loss or deduction that has been included in the
initial computation of Net Loss is subjected to the special
allocation rules in Exhibit B , Net Loss or the resulting
Net Income, whichever the case may be, shall be recomputed without
regard to such item.
" Nonrecourse Built-in Gain " means, with
respect to any Contributed Properties or Adjusted Properties that
are subject to a mortgage or negative pledge securing a Nonrecourse
Liability, the amount of any taxable gain that would be allocated
to the Partners pursuant to Section 2.B of Exhibit B if such
properties were disposed of in a taxable transaction in full
satisfaction of such liabilities and for no other
consideration.
" Nonrecourse Deductions " has the
meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1), and the
amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a Partnership Year shall be
determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section
1.704-2(c).
" Nonrecourse Liability " has the meaning
set forth in Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2).
" Notice of Redemption " means the Notice
of Redemption substantially in the form of Exhibit C to this
Agreement.
" Operating Cash Flow " means, for any
period, operating revenue from leases on real property investments,
partnership distributions with respect to partnerships in which the
Partnership has interests, and interest on uninvested funds and
other cash investment returns, less operating expenses, capital
expenditures and regularly scheduled principal and interest
payments (exclusive of balloon payments due at maturity) on
outstanding mortgage and other indebtedness. The General Partner
may, in its discretion, reduce Operating Cash Flow for any period
by an amount determined by the General Partner to be necessary to
fund reserves required by the Partnership.
" Other Partnerships " means Lepercq
Corporate Income Fund, L.P., Lepercq Corporate Income Fund II,
L.P., Net 3 Acquisition L.P., and such other partnerships in which
LXP or its subsidiary is the general partner and which are commonly
considered "UPREIT partnerships" but shall not include joint
ventures and investment vehicles such as Lexington Acquiport
Company, LLC Lexington Acquiport Company II, LLC, Lexington/Lion
Venture L.P., Triple Net Investment Company LLC, Lexington Columbia
L.L.C., that certain tenancy in
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common referred to as "Oklahoma City" in
LXP’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, LXP Olympe
Investments S.àr.l. and Lexington Strategic Asset Corp and
joint ventures and investment vehicles similar to the
foregoing.
" Other Partnership Redemption Factor "
means the "Redemption Factor" or other similar term in the
applicable Other Partnership’s partnership agreement which
sets the number of REIT Shares issuable upon redemption of a
limited partnership interest in such Other Partnership if the
limited partnership interest is being redeemed for REIT Shares.
" Ownership Limit " means the applicable
restriction or restrictions on ownership of shares of LXP imposed
under the Declaration of Trust.
" Partner " means the General Partner or
any Limited Partner, and " Partners " means, collectively,
the General Partner and the Limited Partners.
" Partner Minimum Gain " means an amount,
with respect to each Partner Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the
Partnership Minimum Gain that would result if such Partner
Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Liability,
determined in accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-2(i)(3).
" Partner Nonrecourse Debt " has the
meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
" Partner Nonrecourse Deductions " has
the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2), and the
amount of Partner Nonrecourse Deductions with respect to a Partner
Nonrecourse Debt for a Partnership Year shall be determined in
accordance with the rules of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).
" Partnership " shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.3 of this Agreement.
" Partnership Interest " means an
ownership interest in the Partnership and includes any and all
benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be
entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all
obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions
of this Agreement. A Partnership Interest shall be expressed as a
number of Partnership Units.
" Partnership Minimum Gain " has the
meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2), and the
amount of Partnership Minimum Gain, as well as any net increase or
decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, for a Partnership Year shall
be determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations Section
1.704-2(d).
" Partnership Record Date " means the
record date established by the General Partner for the distribution
of Operating Cash Flow pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, which record
date shall be the same as the record date established by LXP for a
distribution to its stockholders of some or all of such
distribution.
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" Partnership Unit " means a fractional,
undivided share of the Partnership Interests of all Partners issued
pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 4.2 including, without limitation,
Common Units.
" Partnership Year " means the fiscal
year of the Partnership, which shall be the calendar year.
" Percentage Interest " means, as to a
Partner, its interest in the Partnership as determined by dividing
the Partnership Units owned by such Partner by the total number of
Partnership Units then outstanding and as specified on the books
and records of the Partnership, as such may be amended from time to
time.
" Person " means an individual or a
corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization,
association, limited liability company or other entity.
" Prior Agreement " means the Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated
as of November 7, 2005.
" Qualified REIT Subsidiary " means a qualified REIT
subsidiary of the General Partner within the meaning of Code
Section 856(i)(2).
" Recapture Income " means any gain
recognized by the Partnership upon the disposition of any property
or asset of the Partnership, which gain is characterized as
ordinary income because it represents the recapture of deductions
previously taken with respect to such property or asset.
" Redeeming Partner " has the meaning set
forth in Section 8.4.
" Redemption Amount " means the Cash
Redemption Amount or, if the General Partner so elects pursuant to
Section 8.4.A. hereof, the Share Redemption Amount to be delivered
by the Partnership to a Redeeming Partner.
" Redemption Factor " means 1.0, provided
that in the event that LXP (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
Redemption Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Redemption
Factor in effect immediately before such event 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 the record date for such dividend
distribution, subdivision or combination. Any adjustment to the
Redemption Factor shall become effective immediately after the
effective date of such event retroactive to the record date, if
any, for such event.
" Redemption Right " has the meaning set
forth in Section 8.4.A. hereof.
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" Regulations " means the Income Tax
Regulations promulgated under the Code, as such regulations may be
amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of
succeeding regulations).
" REIT " means a real estate investment
trust under Section 856 of the Code.
" REIT Requirements " means the
requirements for qualification as a REIT under the Code and
Regulations, including, without limitation, the distribution
requirements contained in Section 857(a) of the Code.
" REIT Share " shall mean a common share
of LXP, $.0001 par value. A REIT Share shall also mean an excess
share of LXP, $.0001 par value, issued in exchange or upon
conversion of a common share of LXP under the circumstances
contemplated by the Declaration of Trust.
" Residual Gain " or " Residual
Loss " means any item of gain or loss, as the case may be, of
the Partnership recognized for federal income tax purposes
resulting from a sale, exchange or other disposition of Contributed
Property or Adjusted Property, to the extent such item of gain or
loss is not allocated pursuant to Section 2.B.l(a) or 2.B.2(a) of
Exhibit B to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities.
" Rights " has the meaning set forth in "
Share Redemption Amount ."
" 704(c) Value " of any Contributed
Property means the fair market value of such property or other
consideration at the time of contribution as determined by the
General Partner using such reasonable method of valuation as it may
adopt; provided that the 704(c) Value of any property deemed
contributed to the Partnership for federal income tax purposes upon
termination and reconstitution thereof pursuant to Section 708 of
the Code shall be determined in accordance with Exhibit A
hereof. Subject to Exhibit A hereof, the General Partner
shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, use such method as it
deems reasonable and appropriate to allocate the aggregate of the
704(c) Values of Contributed Properties in a single or integrated
transaction among the separate properties on a basis proportional
to their respective fair market values.
" SEC " means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
" Securities Act " means the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
" Share Redemption Amount " means the
number of REIT Shares equal to the product of the number of
Partnership Units offered for redemption by a Redeeming Partner,
multiplied by the Redemption Factor; provided that in the event LXP
issues to all holders of REIT Shares rights, options, warrants or
convertible or exchangeable securities entitling the stockholders
to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, or any other securities
or property (collectively, the " Rights ") then the Share
Redemption Amount shall also include such rights that a holder of
that number of REIT Shares would be entitled to receive.
" Specified Redemption Date " means the
tenth (10th) Business Day after receipt by the General Partner and
LXP of a Notice of Redemption; provided , however ,
that a Specified
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Redemption Date, as well as the closing of a
redemption or an acquisition of Tendered Units by LXP, the General
Partner or an LXP LP pursuant to Section 8.4.C hereof on any
Specified Redemption Date, may be deferred, in the General
Partner’s sole and absolute discretion, for such time (but in
any event not more than one hundred fifty (150) days in the
aggregate) as may reasonably be required to effect, as applicable,
(i) compliance with the Securities Act or other laws (including,
but not limited to, (a) state "blue sky" or other securities
laws and (b) the expiration or termination of the applicable
waiting period, if any, under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended), or (ii) satisfaction or
waiver of other commercially reasonable and customary closing
conditions and requirements for a transaction of such nature
" Special Voting Partnership Units "
means all Partnership Units that were issued and outstanding on
November 7, 2005 other than those Partnership Units held by the
General Partner or by an LXP LP.
" Special Voting Preferred Holder " means NKT Advisors
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any other holder of
the Special Voting Preferred Stock.
" Special Voting Preferred Stock " means the Special
Voting Preferred Stock, par value $.0001 per share, of LXP.
" Special Voting Preferred Direction
Exclusions " means the following two permissible exclusions to
the Voting Direction Provision: (1) Vornado will not be granted LP
Direction Votes with respect to the election of members of
LXP’s board of trustees at any time when any affiliate of
Vornado is serving or standing for election as a member of the
LXP’s board of trustees and (2) at all other times,
Vornado’s right to LP Direction Votes with respect to the
election of the LXP’s board of trustees will be limited to
the number of Special Voting Partnership Units that Vornado then
owns, not to exceed an amount of Special Voting Partnership Units
equal to 9.9% of the Common Shares, on a fully diluted basis that
assumes the acquisition by the General Partner of all Common Units
that are subject to the Redemption Right set forth in Section 8.4.A
in exchange for the Share Redemption Amount (whether or not such
Redemption Right is then exercisable).
" Subsequent Partner " means a Person
admitted to the Partnership as a Partner after the date hereof
through the sale or issuance by the Partnership of additional
Partnership Interests and not through the transfer of existing
Partnership Interests.
" Subsidiary " means, with respect to any
Person, any corporation, partnership 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.
" Substituted Additional Limited Partner
" means a Person who is admitted as an Additional Limited Partner
to the Partnership pursuant to Section 11.4.
" Tenant List " has the meaning set forth
in Section 3.3 hereof.
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" Tendered Units " has the meaning set
forth in Section 8.4.A hereof.
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" Terminating Capital Transaction " means
any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Partnership or a related series of transactions that,
taken together, result in the sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Partnership.
" Unrealized Gain " attributable to any
item of Partnership property means, as of any date of
determination, the excess, if any, of (i) the fair market value of
such property (as determined under Exhibit A hereof) as of
such date, over (ii) the Carrying Value of such property (prior to
any adjustment to be made pursuant to Exhibit A hereof) as
of such date.
" Unrealized Loss " attributable to any
item of Partnership property means, as of any date of
determination, the excess, if any, of (i) the Carrying Value of
such property (prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to
Exhibit A hereof) as of such date, over (ii) the fair market
value of such property (as determined under Exhibit A
hereof) as of such date.
" Vornado " means Vornado Realty Trust, a
Maryland real estate investment trust, and each of its Affiliates
that are Limited Partners.
" Voting Direction Provision " has the
meaning set forth in Section 7.1.A(11) hereof.
ARTICLE 2
ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
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Section 2.1
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Organization .
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A. The
Partnership is a limited partnership formed pursuant to the
provisions of the Act and upon the terms and conditions set forth
in the Prior Agreement. The Partners hereby amend and restate the
Prior Agreement in its entirety as of the date hereof. Except as
expressly provided herein to the contrary, the rights and
obligations of the Partners and the administration and termination
of the Partnership shall be governed by the Act. The Partnership
Interest of each Partner shall be personal property for all
purposes.
The name of the Partnership is
The Lexington Master Limited Partnership. The Partnership’s
business may be conducted under any other name or names deemed
advisable by the General Partner, including the name of the General
Partner or any Affiliate thereof. The words "Limited Partnership,"
"L.P.," "Ltd." or similar words or letters shall be included in the
Partnership’s name where necessary for the purposes of
complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The
General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion may change the
name of the Partnership at any time.
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Section 2.3
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Registered Office and Agent
Principal Office .
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The address of the registered
office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is located at
160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101, Dover, Delaware 19904, and the
registered agent for
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service of process on the Partnership in the
State of Delaware at such registered office is National Registered
Agents, Inc. The principal office of the Partnership is located at
One Penn Plaza, Suite 4015, New York, New York 10119-4015, and may
be changed to such other place as the General Partner may from time
to time designate. The Partnership may maintain offices at such
other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as
the General Partner deems advisable.
Pursuant to Section 17-217(d) of
the Act, the term of the Partnership commenced on October 11, 2001
and shall continue until the Partnership is dissolved pursuant to
the provisions of Article 13 hereof or as otherwise provided by
law.
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Section 2.5
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Power of Attorney
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A. Each
Limited Partner hereby constitutes and appoints the General
Partner, any Liquidator, and authorized officers and
attorneys-in-fact of each, and each of those acting singly, in each
case with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent
and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name,
place and stead to:
(1) execute,
swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate
public offices (a) all certificates, documents and other
instruments (including, without limitation, this Agreement and the
Certificate and all amendments, supplements or restatements
thereof) that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems
appropriate or necessary to form, qualify or continue the existence
or qualification of the Partnership as a limited partnership(or a
partnership in which the Limited Partners have limited liability)
in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which
the Partnership may or plans to conduct business or own property;
(b) all instruments that the General Partner deems appropriate or
necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or
restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms; (c) all
conveyances and other instruments or documents that the General
Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect
the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a
certificate of cancellation; (d) all instruments relating to the
admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner
pursuant to, or other events described in, Article 11, Article 12
or Article 13 hereof or the Capital Contribution of any Partner;
and (e) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating
to the determination of the rights, preferences and privileges
relating to Partnership Interests; and
(2) execute,
swear to, acknowledge and file all ballots, consents, approvals,
waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or
necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General
Partner or any Liquidator, to make, evidence, give, confirm or
ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action which
is made or given by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with
the terms of this Agreement or appropriate or necessary, in the
sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or any
Liquidator, to effectuate the terms or intent of this
Agreement.
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Nothing contained herein shall be construed as authorizing the
General Partner or any Liquidator to amend this Agreement except in
accordance with Article 14 hereof or as may be otherwise expressly
provided for in this Agreement.
B. The
foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable
and a power coupled with an interest, in recognition of the fact
that each of the Limited Partners and Assignees will be relying
upon the power of the General Partner and any Liquidator to act as
contemplated by this Agreement in any filing or other action by it
on behalf of the Partnership, and it shall survive and not be
affected by the subsequent Incapacity of any Limited Partner or
Assignee and the Transfer of all or any portion of such Limited
Partner’s or Assignee’s Partnership Units or
Partnership Interest and shall extend to such Limited
Partner’s or Assignee’s heirs, successors, assigns and
personal representatives. Each such Limited Partner or Assignee
hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the General
Partner or any Liquidator, acting in good faith pursuant to such
power of attorney; and each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby
waives any and all defenses that may be available to contest,
negate or disaffirm the action of the General Partner or any
Liquidator, taken in good faith under such power of attorney. Each
Limited Partner or Assignee shall execute and deliver to the
General Partner or the Liquidator, within fifteen (15) days after
receipt of the General Partner’s or the Liquidator’s
request therefor, such further designation, powers of attorney and
other instruments as the General Partner or the Liquidator, as the
case may be, deems necessary to effectuate this Agreement and the
purposes of the Partnership.
ARTICLE 3
PURPOSE
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Section 3.1
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Purpose and Business .
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The purpose and nature of the
business to be conducted by the Partnership is (i) to conduct any
business that may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership
organized pursuant to the Act; provided that such business
shall be limited to and conducted in such a manner as to permit LXP
at all times to be classified as a REIT, unless LXP ceases to
qualify as a REIT for reasons other than the conduct of the
business of the Partnership, (ii) to enter into any partnership,
joint venture or other similar arrangement to engage in any of the
foregoing or to own 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
LXP’s right in its sole discretion to cease qualifying as a
REIT, the Partners acknowledge that LXP’s status as a REIT
inures to the benefit of all the Partners and not solely to
LXP.
The Partnership shall be
empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate,
proper, advisable, incidental to or convenient for the furtherance
and accomplishment of the purposes and business described herein
and for the protection and benefit of the Partnership; provided
that the Partnership shall not take, or refrain from taking,
any action which, in the judgment of the General Partner, in its
sole and absolute discretion, (i) could adversely affect the
ability of LXP to continue to qualify as a REIT under the Code,
(ii) could subject LXP to any additional taxes under the Code or
(iii) could violate any law or regulation of
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any governmental body or agency having
jurisdiction over LXP or its securities, unless such action (or
inaction) shall have been specifically consented to by LXP in
writing.
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Section 3.3
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Representations and Warranties
by the Parties .
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Each Limited Partner and
Substituted Additional Limited Partner, as a condition to becoming
a Limited Partner or a Substituted Additional Limited Partner,
respectively, shall, by executing this Agreement or a counterpart
thereof, represent and warrant to each other Partner that (i) the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to
be performed by such Partner will not result in a breach or
violation of, or a default under, any material agreement by which
such Partner or any of such Partner’s property is bound, or
any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner
is subject, (ii) if such Limited Partner is not an individual, all
transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by it
have been duly authorized by all necessary action, including,
without limitation, that of its general partner(s), committee(s),
trustee(s), member(s), manager(s), beneficiaries, directors and/or
shareholder(s), as the case may be, as required, (iii) subject to
the last sentence of this Section 3.3.A, such Partner is neither a
"foreign person" within the meaning of Code Section 1445(f) nor a
"foreign partner" within the meaning of Code Section 1446(e), (iv)
such Partner does not own, directly or indirectly, (a) nine and
eight tenths percent (9.8%) or more of the total combined voting
power of all classes of stock entitled to vote, or nine and eight
tenths percent (9.8%) or more of the total number of shares of all
classes of stock, of any corporation that is a tenant of either (A)
LXP or any Qualified REIT Subsidiary, (B) the Partnership or (C)
any partnership, venture or limited liability company of which LXP,
any Qualified REIT Subsidiary or the Partnership is a member, as
reflected on the then current tenant list maintained by LXP (the "
Tenant List ") or (b) an interest of nine and eight tenths
percent (9.8%) or more in the assets or net profits of any tenant
of either (A) LXP or any Qualified REIT Subsidiary, (B) the
Partnership or (C) any partnership, venture, or limited liability
company of which LXP, any Qualified REIT Subsidiary or the
Partnership is a member, as reflected on the Tenant List and (v)
this Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable against, such
Partner in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, in the event that the
representation contained in the foregoing clause (iii) would be
inaccurate if given by a Partner, such Partner (x) shall not be
required to make and shall not be deemed to have made such
representation, if it delivers to the General Partner in connection
with or prior to its execution of this Agreement written notice
that it may not truthfully make such representation, (y) hereby
agrees that it is subject to, and hereby authorizes the General
Partner to withhold, all withholdings to which such a "foreign
person" or "foreign partner", as applicable, is subject under the
Code and (z) hereby agrees to cooperate fully with the General
Partner with respect to such withholdings, including by effecting
the timely completion and delivery to the General Partner of all
governmental forms required in connection therewith.
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ARTICLE 4
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
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Section 4.1
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Capital Contributions and Percentage Interests
of the Partners .
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As of the date of this Agreement,
each Partner shall own Partnership Units as set forth on the books
and records of the Partnership and shall have a Percentage Interest
in the Partnership as set forth on the books and records of the
Partnership, which Percentage Interest shall be adjusted from time
to time by the General Partner to the extent necessary to
accurately reflect redemptions, Capital Contributions, Capital
Events, the issuance of additional Partnership Units or similar
events having an effect on a Partner’s Percentage Interest.
Except as expressly provided herein, the Partners shall have no
obligation to make any additional Capital Contributions or loans to
the Partnership.
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Section 4.2
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Issuances of Additional
Partnership Interests .
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A. The
General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership from
time to time to issue to the Partners or other Persons additional
Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests 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, powers
and duties senior to existing Partnership Interests, all as shall
be determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion, including, without limitation, (i) the allocations of
items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to
each such class or series of Partnership Interests, (ii) the right
of each such class or series of Partnership Interests to share in
Partnership distributions, and (iii) the rights of each such class
or series of Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation
of the Partnership.
B. Notwithstanding
any provision of Section 4.2.A to the contrary, no such additional
Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests shall be issued to
the General Partner, LXP, and LXP LP or any of their Subsidiaries
unless
(1) (a)
the additional Partnership Interests are issued in connection with
an issuance of shares of LXP, which shares have designations,
preferences and other rights, all such that the economic interests
are substantially similar to the designations, preferences and
other rights of the additional Partnership Interests issued to the
General Partner, LXP, an LXP LP or any of their Subsidiaries in
accordance with Section 4.2.A, and (b) LXP through the General
Partner or the Limited Partner makes a Capital Contribution to the
Partnership of a corresponding amount from the proceeds raised in
connection with the issuance of such shares of LXP,
(2) the
additional Partnership Interests are Common Units issued in
consideration for a contribution by the General Partner, LXP, an
LXP LP or their Subsidiaries of all or a portion of such
Person’s ownership interest in an Other Partnership or other
entity or asset and the number of Common Units issued do not exceed
the applicable Contribution Interest Amount; or
(3) the
additional Partnership Interests are issued to all Partners in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.
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Section
4.3
Not Publicly Traded . The General Partner, on behalf of the
Partnership, shall use commercially reasonable efforts not to take
any action which would result in the Partnership being a "publicly
traded partnership" under and as such term is defined in Section
7704(b) of the Code.
ARTICLE 5
DISTRIBUTIONS
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Section 5.1
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Requirement and Characterization of
Distributions.
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The General Partner shall
distribute from time to time, but not less than semi-annually, to
the Partners who are Partners of the Partnership for such relevant
period an amount determined by the General Partner in its sole
discretion in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests
on such applicable Partnership Record Date for such distributions;
provided, that in no event may a Partner receive a distribution of
Operating Cash Flow with respect to a Partnership Unit if such
Partner is entitled to receive a distribution out of such Operating
Cash Flow with respect to a REIT Share for which such Partnership
Unit has been redeemed or exchanged.
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Section 5.2
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Amounts Withheld
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All amounts withheld pursuant to
the Code or any provisions of any state or local tax law and
Section 10.4 hereof with respect to any allocations, payment or
distribution to the Partners or the Assignees shall be treated as
amounts distributed to the Partners or the Assignees pursuant to
Section 5.1 for all purposes under this Agreement.
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Section 5.3
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Distributions Upon
Liquidation .
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Proceeds from a Terminating
Capital Transaction, and any other cash received or reductions in
reserves made after commencement of the liquidation of the
Partnership, shall be distributed to the Partners in accordance
with Section 13.2.
ARTICLE 6
ALLOCATIONS
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Section 6.1
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Allocations For Capital Account
Purposes .
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For purposes of maintaining the
Capital Accounts and in determining the rights of the Partners
among themselves, the Partnership’s items of income, gain,
loss and deduction (computed in accordance with Exhibit A
hereof) shall be allocated among the Partners in each taxable year
(or portion thereof) as provided herein below.
A.
Net Income . After giving effect to the special allocations
set forth in Section 1 of Exhibit B , Net Income shall be
allocated to the holders of Common Units pro rata in accordance
with their respective Percentage Interests. .
B.
Net Losses . After giving effect to the special allocations
set forth in Exhibit B , Net Losses shall be allocated
first, to any Partner having a positive Capital Account pro rata in
the ratio that each such Partner’s positive Capital Account
balance bears to the total
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aggregate positive Capital Account balance, and
thereafter to the Limited Partners in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests.
C.
Nonrecourse Liabilities . The Partnership shall allocate
"nonrecourse liabilities" and "excess nonrecourse liabilities" in
accordance with and under any method approved by the applicable
regulations under Section 752 of the Code as chosen by the General
Partner; provided, however, that the General Partner shall use
reasonable efforts to allocate "excess non-recourse liabilities" in
a manner that will avoid or minimize any potential recapture tax
liability of the partners.
D.
Special Allocations Upon Liquidation . Notwithstanding any
provision in this Article VI to the contrary, Net Income or
Net Loss realized in connection with a Terminating Capital
Transaction or for any period thereafter (and, if necessary,
constituent items of income, gain, loss and deduction) shall be
specially allocated among the Partners as required so as to cause
liquidating distributions pursuant to Section 13.2.A(4) hereof
to be made in the same amounts and proportions as would have
resulted had such distributions instead been made pursuant to
Section 5.1 hereof.
ARTICLE 7
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS
A. Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all management
powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership are and
shall be exclusively vested in the General Partner. The Limited
Partners shall not have any right to participate in or exercise
control or management power over the business and affairs of the
Partnership. The General Partner may not be removed by the Limited
Partners. In addition to the powers now or hereafter granted to a
general partner of a limited partnership under applicable law or
which are granted to the General Partner under any other provision
of this Agreement, the General Partner shall have full power and
authority to do all things deemed necessary or desirable by it to
conduct the business of the Partnership, to exercise all powers set
forth in Section 3.2 hereof and to effectuate the purposes set
forth in Section 3.1 hereof, including, without
limitation:
(1) the
making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money
(including, without limitation, making prepayments on loans and
borrowing money to permit the Partnership to make distributions to
its Partners in such amounts as will permit LXP (so long as LXP
qualifies as a REIT) to avoid the payment of any federal income tax
(including, for this purpose, any excise tax pursuant to Section
4981 of the Code) and to make distributions to its stockholders
sufficient to permit LXP to maintain REIT status) and the
assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness
and other liabilities;
(2) the
acquisition, disposition, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance,
hypothecation or exchange of any assets of the Partnership or the
merger or other combination of the Partnership with or into another
entity;
(3) subject to Section
7.1E hereof, the use of the assets of the Partnership for any
purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement and on any
terms the
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General Partner sees fit, and the making of
capital contributions or loans to its Subsidiaries or its
Affiliates;
(4) the
management, operation, leasing, landscaping, repair, alteration,
demolition or improvement of any real property or improvements
owned by the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership;
(5) the
negotiation, execution and performance of any contracts,
conveyances or other instruments that the General Partner considers
useful or necessary to the conduct of the Partnership’s
operations or the implementation of the General Partner’s
powers under this Agreement;
(6) the
distribution of Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in
accordance with this Agreement;
(7) the
formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the
contribution of property to, any further limited or general
partnerships or joint ventures that the General Partner deems
desirable;
(8) the
undertaking of any action in connection with the
Partnership’s direct or indirect investment in its
Subsidiaries or any other Person (including, without limitation,
the contribution or loan of funds by the Partnership to such
Persons);
(9) the
determination of the fair market value of any Partnership property
distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as
the General Partner may adopt;
(10) the exercise,
directly or indirectly, through any attorney-in-fact acting under a
general or limited power of attorney, of any right, including the
right to vote, appurtenant to any asset or investment held by the
Partnership; and
(11) the making,
execution and delivery of any and all deeds, leases, notes, deeds
to secure debt, mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements,
conveyances, contracts, guarantees, warranties, indemnities,
waivers, releases or legal instruments or agreements in writing
necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the General Partner for
the accomplishment of any of the powers of the General Partner
enumerated in this Agreement; provided, however, that any agreement
which governs the rights of the Special Voting Preferred Stock must
contain a provision (the " Voting Direction Provision ")
that requires the Special Voting Preferred Holder to vote the
shares of Special Voting Preferred Stock in proportion to the votes
(the " LP Direction Votes ") that the Special Voting
Preferred Holder receives from the holders of the Special Voting
Partnership Units (other than the General Partner), subject to the
Special Voting Preferred Direction Exclusions. The Special Voting
Preferred Holder shall be entitled to vote its Special Voting
Preferred Stock in its sole discretion to the extent Vornado Realty
Trust is not granted LP Direction Votes in respect of its
Partnership Units by virtue of the Special Voting Preferred
Direction Exclusions.
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