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Exhibit
10.2
SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
OF
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST,
L.P.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1.
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DEFINED TERMS
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Section 1.1
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Definitions. |
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Section 1.2
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Rules of
Construction |
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ARTICLE 2.
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ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
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Section 2.1
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Organization |
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Section 2.2
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Name |
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Section 2.3
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Registered Office and Agent; Principal Office |
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Section 2.4
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Power of
Attorney |
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Section 2.5
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Term |
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ARTICLE 3.
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PURPOSE
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Section 3.1
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Purpose
and Business |
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Section 3.2
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Powers |
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Section 3.3
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Partnership Only for Purposes Specified |
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Section 3.4
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Representations and Warranties by the Parties |
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Section 3.5
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Certain
ERISA Matters |
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ARTICLE 4.
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CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
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Section 4.1
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Capital
Contributions of the Partners |
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Section 4.2
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Loans by
Third Parties |
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Section 4.3
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Additional Funding and Capital Contributions |
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Section 4.4
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Other
Contribution Provisions |
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Section 4.5
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Profit
Interest Units |
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Section 4.6
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No
Preemptive Rights |
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ARTICLE 5.
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DISTRIBUTIONS
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Section 5.1
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Requirement and Characterization of Distributions |
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Section 5.2
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Distributions in Kind |
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Section 5.3
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Distributions Upon Liquidation |
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Section 5.4
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Distributions to Reflect Issuance of Additional Partnership
Interests |
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ARTICLE 6.
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ALLOCATIONS
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Section 6.1
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Timing
and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss |
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Section 6.2
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General
Allocations |
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Section 6.3
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Additional Allocation Provisions |
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Section 6.4
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Tax
Allocations |
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ARTICLE 7.
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MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF
BUSINESS
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Section 7.1
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Management |
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Section 7.2
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Certificate of Limited Partnership |
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Section 7.3
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Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority |
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Section
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Reimbursement of the General Partner |
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Section 7.5
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Outside
Activities of the General Partner |
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Section 7.6
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Contracts
with Affiliates |
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Section 7.7
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Indemnification |
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Section 7.8
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Liability
of the General Partner |
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Section 7.9
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Other
Matters Concerning the General Partner |
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Section 7.10
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Title to
Partnership Assets |
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Section 7.11
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Reliance
by Third Parties |
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ARTICLE 8.
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RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED
PARTNERS
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Section 8.1
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Limitation of Liability |
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Section 8.2
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Management of Business |
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Section 8.3
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Outside
Activities of Limited Partners |
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Section 8.4
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Return of
Capital |
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Section 8.5
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Rights of
Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership |
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Section 8.6
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Limited
Partner Redemption Rights |
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Section 8.7
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Conversion of Profits Interest Units. |
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Section 8.8
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Voting
Rights of Profits Interest Units |
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ARTICLE 9.
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BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND
REPORTS
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Section 9.1
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Records
and Accounting |
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Section 9.2
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Fiscal
Year |
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Section 9.3
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Reports |
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Section 9.4
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Nondisclosure of Certain Information |
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ARTICLE 10.
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TAX MATTERS
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Section 10.1
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Preparation of Tax Returns |
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Section 10.2
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Tax
Elections |
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Section 10.3
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Tax
Matters Partner |
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Section 10.4
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Organizational Expenses |
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Section 10.5
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Withholding |
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ARTICLE 11.
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TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS
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Section 11.1
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Transfer |
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Section 11.2
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Transfer
of General Partner’s Partnership Interest |
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Section 11.3
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Limited
Partners’ Rights to Transfer |
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Section 11.4
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Substituted Limited Partners |
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Section 11.5
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Assignees |
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Section 11.6
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General
Provisions |
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ARTICLE 12.
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ADMISSION OF PARTNERS
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Section 12.1
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Admission
of Successor General Partner |
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Section 12.2
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Admission
of Additional Limited Partners |
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Section 12.3
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Amendment
of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership |
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ARTICLE 13.
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DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
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Section 13.1
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Dissolution |
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Section 13.2
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Winding
Up |
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Section 13.3
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Capital
Contribution Obligation |
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Section 13.4
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Compliance with Timing Requirements of Regulations |
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Section 13.5
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Deemed
Distribution and Recontribution |
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Section 13.6
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Rights of
Limited Partners |
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Section 13.7
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Notice of
Dissolution |
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Section 13.8
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Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership |
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Section 13.9
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Reasonable Time for Winding-Up |
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Section 13.10
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Waiver of
Partition |
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ARTICLE 14.
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AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT;
CONSENTS
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Section 14.1
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Amendments |
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Section 14.2
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Action by
the Partners |
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ARTICLE 15.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Section 15.1
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Addresses
and Notice |
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Section 15.2
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Titles
and Captions |
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79 |
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Section 15.3
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Pronouns
and Plurals |
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79 |
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Section 15.4
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Further
Action |
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Section 15.5
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Binding
Effect |
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Section 15.6
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Creditors |
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Section 15.7
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Waiver |
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Section 15.8
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Counterparts |
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Section 15.9
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Applicable Law |
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80 |
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Section 15.10
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Invalidity of Provisions |
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Section 15.11
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Entire
Agreement |
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Section 15.12
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No Rights
as Stockholders |
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ARTICLE 16.
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SERIES A PREFERRED UNITS
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Section 16.1
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Designation and Number |
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Section 16.2
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Distributions |
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Section 16.3
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Liquidation Proceeds |
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82 |
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Section 16.4
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Redemption |
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Section 16.5
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Ranking |
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83 |
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Section 16.6
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Voting
Rights |
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84 |
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Section 16.7
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Transfer
Restrictions |
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84 |
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Section 16.8
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No
Conversion Rights |
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84 |
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Section 16.9
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No
Sinking Fund |
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SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
OF
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST,
L.P.
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP of Digital Realty Trust,
L.P., dated as of February 9, 2005, is entered into by and among
Digital Realty, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “
Company ”), as the General Partner and the Persons
whose names are set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, as
the Limited Partners, together with any other Persons who become
Partners in the Partnership as provided herein.
WHEREAS, the limited
partnership was formed on July 21, 2004 and an original agreement
of limited partnership was entered into between the Company, as
general partner, and Global Innovation Partners, LLC (“
GIP ”), as limited partner (the “ Original
Partnership Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, the Original
Partnership Agreement was amended and restated by that certain
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Digital
Realty Trust, L.P., dated as of October 27, 2004 (the “
First Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement ”),
by and among the General Partner and the Limited Partners, in
connection with the initial public offering of the Company’s
common stock;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections
7.3C(2), the Partnership Agreement may be amended by the General
Partner to reflect the issuance of additional Partnership Interests
pursuant to Sections 4.3.B, 5.4 and 6.2.B and to set forth the
designations, rights, powers, duties and preferences of the holders
of any additional Partnership Interests issued pursuant to Article
4; and
WHEREAS, the General Partner
and the Partnership believe it is desirable and in the best
interest of the Partnership to amend and restate the First Amended
and Restated Partnership Agreement as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to
Sections 2.4 and 7.3C(2) of the First Amended and Restated
Partnership Agreement, the General Partner, on its own behalf and
as attorney-in-fact for the Limited Partners, hereby amends and
restates the First Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement as
follows:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINED TERMS
Section 1.1 Definitions
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The following definitions
shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to
the contrary, applied to the terms used in this
Agreement.
“ Act ”
means the Maryland Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as it
may be amended from time to time, and any successor to such
statute.
“ Additional
Funds ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.3.A .
“ Additional Limited
Partner ” means a Person admitted to the Partnership as a
Limited Partner pursuant to Section 12.2 and who is shown as
such on the books and records of the Partnership.
“ Adjusted Capital
Account Deficit ” means, with respect to any Partner, the
deficit balance, if any, in such Partner’s Capital Account as
of the end of the relevant fiscal year, after giving effect to the
following adjustments:
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decrease such deficit by any amounts which such Partner is
obligated to restore pursuant to this Agreement or is deemed to be
obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or the penultimate sentence of each of
Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(5) and 1.704-2(g); and |
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increase such deficit by the items described in Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6). |
The foregoing definition of
Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply with the
provisions of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be
interpreted consistently therewith. A positive balance in a
Partner’s Capital Account, after giving effect to the
adjustments described above in clauses (i) and (ii), is referred to
in this Agreement as an “Adjusted Capital Account
Balance.”
“ Adjustment
Date ” means, with respect to any Capital Contribution,
the close of business on the Business Day last preceding the date
of the Capital Contribution, provided , that if such
Capital Contribution is being made by the General Partner in
respect of the proceeds from the issuance of REIT Shares (or the
issuance of the General Partner’s securities exercisable for,
convertible into or exchangeable for REIT Shares), then the
Adjustment Date shall be as of the close of business on the
Business Day last preceding the date of the issuance of such
securities.
“ Adjustment
Event ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.5.A .
“ Affiliate
” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with
such Person. Control of any Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“ Agreed Value
” means (i) in the case of any Contributed Property set forth
in Exhibit A and as of the time of its contribution to the
Partnership, the Agreed Value of such property as set forth in
Exhibit A ; (ii) in the case of any Contributed Property not
set forth in Exhibit A and as of the time of its
contribution to the Partnership, the fair market value of such
property or other consideration as determined by the General
Partner, reduced by any liabilities either assumed by the
Partnership upon such contribution or to which such property is
subject when contributed; and (iii) in the case of any property
distributed to a Partner by the Partnership, the fair market value
of such property as determined by the General Partner at the time
such property is distributed, reduced by any liabilities either
assumed by such Partner upon such distribution or to which such
property is subject at the time of the distribution as determined
under Section 752 of the Code and the Regulations
thereunder.
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“ Agreement
” means this Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, as it may be amended, modified, supplemented or
restated from time to time.
“ Appraisal
” means with respect to any assets, the opinion of an
independent third party experienced in the valuation of similar
assets, selected by the General Partner in good faith; such opinion
may be in the form of an opinion by such independent third party
that the value for such property or asset as set by the General
Partner is fair, from a financial point of view, to the
Partnership.
“ Assignee
” means a Person to whom one or more Common-Equivalent Units
have been transferred in a manner permitted under this Agreement,
but who has not become a Substituted Limited Partner, and who has
the rights set forth in Section 11.5 .
“ Available Cash
” means, with respect to any period for which such
calculation is being made,
a. the Partnership’s
Net Income or Net Loss (as the case may be) for such
period,
b. Depreciation and all other
noncash charges deducted in determining Net Income or Net Loss for
such period,
c. the amount of any
reduction in reserves of the Partnership referred to in clause
(ii)(f) below (including, without limitation, reductions resulting
because the General Partner determines such amounts are no longer
necessary),
d. the excess of the net
proceeds from the sale, exchange, disposition, or refinancing of
Partnership property for such period over the gain (or loss, as the
case may be) recognized from any such sale, exchange, disposition,
or refinancing during such period (excluding 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), and
e. all other cash received by
the Partnership for such period that was not included in
determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period;
a. all principal debt
payments made during such period by the Partnership,
b. capital expenditures made
by the Partnership during such period,
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c. investments in any entity
(including loans made thereto) to the extent that such investments
are not otherwise described in clauses (ii)(a) or (b),
d. all other expenditures and
payments not deducted in determining Net Income or Net Loss for
such period,
e. any amount included in
determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period that was not
received by the Partnership during such period,
f. the amount of any increase
in reserves established during such period which the General
Partner determines are necessary or appropriate in its sole and
absolute discretion,
g. the amount of any working
capital accounts and other cash or similar balances which the
General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate in its
sole and absolute discretion, and
h. any amount paid in
redemption of any Limited Partner Interest or Partnership Units,
including any Cash Amount paid.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Available Cash shall not include any cash received or
reductions in reserves, or take into account any disbursements made
or reserves, established, after commencement of the dissolution and
liquidation of the Partnership.
“ Base Amount
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.C(2)
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“ Board of
Directors ” means the board of directors of the General
Partner.
“ 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 be closed.
“ Capital
Account ” means, with respect to any Partner, the Capital
Account maintained for such Partner in accordance with the
following provisions:
(a) To each Partner’s
Capital Account there shall be added such Partner’s Capital
Contributions, such Partner’s share of Net Income and any
items in the nature of income or gain which are specially allocated
pursuant to Section 6.3 , and the amount of any Partnership
liabilities assumed by such Partner or which are secured by any
property distributed to such Partner.
(b) From each Partner’s
Capital Account there shall be subtracted the amount of cash and
the Gross Asset Value of any property distributed to such Partner
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, such Partner’s
distributive share of Net Losses and any items in the nature of
expenses or losses which are specially allocated pursuant to
Section 6.3 , and the amount of any liabilities of such
Partner assumed by the Partnership or which are secured by any
property contributed by such Partner to the Partnership (except to
the extent already reflected in the amount of such Partner’s
Capital Contribution).
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(c) In the event any interest
in the Partnership is transferred in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement (which does not result in a termination of the
Partnership for federal income tax purposes), the transferee shall
succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent it
relates to the transferred interest.
(d) In determining the amount
of any liability for purposes of subsections (a) and (b) hereof,
there shall be taken into account Code Section 752(c) and any other
applicable provisions of the Code and Regulations.
(e) The foregoing provisions
and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to the
maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with
Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2, and shall be
interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such
Regulations. In the event the General Partner shall determine that
it is prudent to modify the manner in which the Capital Accounts,
or any debits or credits thereto (including, without limitation,
debits or credits relating to liabilities which are secured by
contributed or distributed property or which are assumed by the
Partnership, the General Partner, or the Limited Partners) are
computed in order to comply with such Regulations, the General
Partner may make such modification, provided that it
is not likely to have a material effect on the amounts
distributable to any Person pursuant to Article 13 of this
Agreement upon the dissolution of the Partnership. The General
Partner also shall (i) make any adjustments that are necessary or
appropriate to maintain equality between the Capital Accounts of
the Partners and the amount of Partnership capital reflected on the
Partnership’s balance sheet, as computed for book purposes,
in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q), and
(ii) make any appropriate modifications in the event unanticipated
events might otherwise cause this Agreement not to comply with
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b) or Section 1.704-2.
“ Capital Account
Limitation ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.7.B .
“ Capital
Contribution ” means, with respect to any Partner, the
amount of money and the initial Gross Asset Value of any property
(other than money) contributed to the Partnership by such Partner
(net of any liabilities assumed by the Partnership relating to such
property and any liability to which such property is
subject).
“ Cash Amount
” means, with respect to any Common Units subject to a
Redemption, an amount of cash equal to the Deemed Partnership
Interest Value attributable to such Common Units.
“ Certificate
” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership relating to
the Partnership filed in the office of the Maryland State
Department of Assessments and Taxation on July 20, 2004, as amended
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and the
Act.
“ Charter
” means the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the
General Partner filed with the Maryland State Department of
Assessments and Taxation on October 26, 2004, as amended by the
Articles Supplementary filed with the Maryland State Department of
Assessments and Taxation on February 8, 2005.
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“ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time or any successor statute thereto. 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-Equivalent
Units ” means Partnership Units that are either Common
Units of Profits Interest Units.
“ Common Unit
Economic Balance ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.2.C .
“ Common Units
” means Partnership Units that are not entitled to any
preferences with respect to any other class or series of
Partnership Units as to distribution or voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership and shall
not include any Profits Interest Units.
“ Consent
” means the consent to, approval of, or vote on a proposed
action by a Partner given in accordance with Article 14
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“ Consent of the
Limited Partners ” means the Consent of a Majority in
Interest of the Limited Partners, which Consent shall be obtained
prior to the taking of any action for which it is required by this
Agreement and may be given or withheld by a Majority in Interest of
the Limited Partners, unless otherwise expressly provided herein,
in their sole and absolute discretion.
“ Consent of the
Partners ” means the Consent of Holders of
Common-Equivalent Units holding Percentage Interests that in the
aggregate are equal to or greater than thirty-five percent (35%) of
the aggregate Percentage Interests of all Holders of
Common-Equivalent Units, which Consent shall be obtained prior to
the taking of any action for which it is required by this Agreement
and may be given or withheld by such Holders of Common-Equivalent
Units, in their sole and absolute discretion.
“ Constituent
Person ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.7.F .
“ Constructively
Own ” means ownership under the constructive ownership
rules described in Exhibit C .
“ 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, to the
extent provided in applicable Regulations, deemed contributed to
the Partnership on termination and reconstitution thereof pursuant
to Section 708 of the Code).
“ Conversion
Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.7.B .
“ Conversion
Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.7.B .
“ Conversion
Right ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.7.A .
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“ Debt ”
means, as to any Person, as of any date of determination, (i) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred
purchase price of property or services; (ii) all amounts owed by
such Person to banks or other Persons in respect of reimbursement
obligations under letters of credit, surety bonds, guarantees and
other similar instruments guaranteeing payment or other performance
of obligations by such Person; (iii) all indebtedness for borrowed
money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services
secured by any lien on any property owned by such Person, to the
extent attributable to such Person’s interest in such
property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable
for the payment thereof; and (iv) lease obligations of such Person
which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
should be capitalized.
“ Deemed Partnership
Interest Value ” means, as of any date with respect to
any class of Partnership Interests, the Deemed Value of the
Partnership Interests of such class multiplied by the applicable
Percentage Interest of such class.
“ Deemed Value of
the Partnership Interests ” means, as of any date with
respect to any class or series of Partnership Interests, (i) the
total number of Partnership Units of the General Partner in such
class or series of Partnership Interests (as provided for in
Sections 4.1 and 4.3.B ) issued and outstanding as of
the close of business on such date multiplied by the Fair Market
Value determined as of such date of a share of capital stock of the
General Partner which corresponds to such class or series of
Partnership Interests, as adjusted (x) pursuant to Section
7.5 (in the event the General Partner acquires material assets,
other than on behalf of the Partnership) and (y) for stock
dividends and distributions, stock splits and subdivisions, reverse
stock splits and combinations, distribution of warrants or options
and distributions of evidences of indebtedness or assets not
received by the General Partner pursuant to a pro rata distribution
by the Partnership; (ii) divided by the Percentage
Interest of the General Partner in such class or series of
Partnership Interests on such date; provided , that
if no outstanding shares of capital stock of the General Partner
correspond to a class of series of Partnership Interests, the
Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests with respect to such
class or series shall be equal to an amount reasonably determined
by the General Partner.
“ Depreciation
” means, for each fiscal year or other period, an amount
equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery
deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other
period, except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs
from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the
beginning of such year or other period, Depreciation shall be an
amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset
Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other
cost recovery deduction for such year or other period bears to such
beginning adjusted tax basis; provided , however ,
that if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other
cost recovery deduction for such year is zero, Depreciation shall
be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset Value
using any reasonable method selected by the General
Partner.
“ Distribution
Payment Date ” means the dates upon which the General
Partner makes distributions in accordance with Section 5.1
.
“ Distribution
Period ” means the period from the day immediately
following a Distribution Payment Date through the date that is the
subsequent Distribution Payment Date.
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“ Economic Capital
Account Balance ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.2.C .
“ Effective Date
” means the date of closing of the initial public offering of
REIT Shares upon which date contributions set forth on Exhibit
A shall become effective.
“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“ Excess Units
” means Common Units that have been tendered for Redemption
to the extent the issuance of REIT Shares in exchange for such
units would violate the restrictions on ownership or transfer of
the REIT Shares set forth in the Charter.
“ Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
promulgated thereunder and any successor statute
thereto.
“ Fair Market
Value ” means, with respect to any share of capital stock
of the General Partner, the average of the daily market price for
the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the
date with respect to which “Fair Market Value” must be
determined hereunder or, if such date is not a Business Day, the
immediately preceding Business Day. The market price for each such
trading day shall be: (i) if such shares are listed or admitted to
trading on any securities exchange or the Nasdaq National Market,
the closing price, regular way, on such day, or if no such sale
takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices on such day, (ii) if such shares are not listed or admitted
to trading on any securities exchange or the Nasdaq National
Market, the last reported sale price on such day or, if no sale
takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source
designated by the General Partner, or (iii) if such shares are not
listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange or the
Nasdaq National Market and no such last reported sale price or
closing bid and asked prices are available, the average of the
reported high bid and low asked prices on such day, as reported by
a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or
if there shall be no bid and asked prices on such day, the average
of the high bid and low asked prices, as so reported, on the most
recent day (not more than ten (10) days prior to the date in
question) for which prices have been so reported; provided
that , if there are no bid and asked prices reported during
the ten (10) days prior to the date in question, the Fair Market
Value of such shares shall be determined by the General Partner
acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other
information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment,
appropriate. In the event the REIT Shares Amount for such shares
includes rights that a holder of such shares would be entitled to
receive, then the Fair Market Value of such rights shall be
determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis
of such quotations and other information as it considers, in its
reasonable judgment, appropriate; and provided ,
further that , in connection with determining the
Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests for purposes of
determining the number of additional Partnership Units issuable
upon a Capital Contribution funded by any offering of shares of
capital stock of the General Partner by the General Partner,
whether registered under the Securities Act or exempt from such
registration, underwritten, offered and sold directly to investors
or through agents or other intermediaries or otherwise distributed,
the Fair Market Value of such shares shall be the gross
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offering price per share of such class
of capital stock sold. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General
Partner in its reasonable discretion may use a different
“Fair Market Value” for purposes of making the
determinations under subparagraph (b) of the definition of
“Gross Asset Value” and Section 4.3.D in
connection with the contribution of Property or cash to the
Partnership by a third party, provided such value shall be
based upon the value per REIT Share (or per Partnership Unit)
agreed upon by the General Partner and such third party for
purposes of such contribution.
“ First Amended and
Restated Partnership Agreement ” shall have the meaning
set forth in the recitals.
“ Forced
Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.7.C .
“ Forced Conversion
Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.7.C .
“ General
Partner ” means the Company or its successor as general
partner of the Partnership.
“ General Partner
Interest ” means a Partnership Interest held by the
General Partner. A General Partner Interest may be expressed as a
number of Partnership Units.
“ Gross Asset
Value ” means, with respect to any asset, the
asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes,
except as follows:
(a) The initial Gross Asset
Value of any asset contributed by a Partner to the Partnership
shall be the gross fair market value of such asset, as determined
by the contributing Partner and the General Partner (as set forth
on Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended
from time to time); provided , that if the
contributing Partner is the General Partner then, except with
respect to the General Partner’s initial Capital Contribution
which shall be determined as set forth on Exhibit A , the
determination of the fair market value of the contributed asset
shall be determined (i) by the price paid by the General Partner if
the asset is acquired by the General Partner contemporaneously with
its contribution to the Partnership, (ii) by Appraisal, if
otherwise acquired by the General Partner, (iii) by the amount of
cash if the asset is cash, and (iv) as reasonably determined by the
General Partner if the asset is REIT Shares or other shares of
capital stock of the Company.
(b) The Gross Asset Values of
all Partnership assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective
gross fair market values, as determined by the General Partner
using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt,
provided , however , that for such purpose, the net
value of all of the Partnership assets, in the aggregate, shall be
equal to the Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests of all
classes of Partnership Interests then outstanding, regardless of
the method of valuation adopted by the General Partner, immediately
prior to the times listed below:
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(i) |
the acquisition of an additional interest in the Partnership by
a new or existing Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis
Capital Contribution, if the General Partner reasonably determines
that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the
relative economic interests of the Partners in the
Partnership; |
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(ii) |
the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a
de minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration for an
interest in the Partnership if the General Partner reasonably
determines that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to
reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners in the
Partnership; |
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(iii) |
the liquidation of the Partnership within the meaning of
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); and |
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(iv) |
at such other times as the General Partner shall reasonably
determine necessary or advisable in order to comply with
Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. |
(c) The Gross Asset Value of
any Partnership asset distributed to a Partner shall be the gross
fair market value of such asset on the date of distribution as
determined by the distributee and the General Partner, or if the
distributee and the General Partner cannot agree on such a
determination, by Appraisal.
(d) The Gross Asset Values of
Partnership assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any
adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Code
Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that
such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital
Accounts pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m);
provided , however , that Gross Asset Values shall
not be adjusted pursuant to this subparagraph (d) to the extent
that the General Partner reasonably determines that an adjustment
pursuant to subparagraph (b) is necessary or appropriate in
connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an
adjustment pursuant to this subparagraph (d).
(e) If the Gross Asset Value
of a Partnership asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to
subparagraph (a), (b), (d) or (f), such Gross Asset Value shall
thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with
respect to such asset for purposes of computing Net Income and Net
Losses.
(f) If any unvested Profit
Interest Units are forfeited, as described in Section
4.5.C(b) , upon such forfeiture, the Gross Asset Value of the
Partnership’s assets shall be reduced by the amount of any
Capital Account attributable to such forfeited Profit Interest
Units.
“ Holder ”
means either the Partner or Assignee owning a Partnership
Unit.
“ Immediate
Family ” means, with respect to any natural Person, such
natural Person’s estate or heirs or current spouse or former
spouse, parents, parents-in-law, children (whether natural, adopted
or by marriage), siblings and grandchildren and any trust or
estate, all of the beneficiaries of which consist of such Person or
such Person’s spouse, or former spouse, parents,
parents-in-law, children, siblings or grandchildren.
“ Incapacity
” or “ Incapacitated ” means, (i) as to
any individual Partner, death, total physical disability or entry
by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating him or her
incompetent to manage his or her Person or his or her 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
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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 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 120 days after
the commencement thereof, (g) the appointment without the
Partner’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or
liquidator has not been vacated or stayed within 90 days of such
appointment, or (h) an appointment referred to in clause (g) is not
vacated within 90 days after the expiration of any such
stay.
“ Indemnitee
” means (i) any Person subject to a claim or demand or made
or threatened to be made a party to, or involved or threatened to
be involved in, an action, suit or proceeding by reason of his or
her status as (A) the General Partner or (B) a director or officer,
employee or agent of the Partnership or the General Partner, and
(ii) such other Persons (including Affiliates of the General
Partner or the Partnership) as the General Partner may designate
from time to time (whether before or after the event giving rise to
potential liability), in its sole and absolute
discretion.
“ IRS ”
means the Internal Revenue Service, which administers the internal
revenue laws of the United States.
“ Junior Units
” means Partnership Units representing any class or series of
Partnership Interest ranking, as to distributions or voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
Partnership, junior to the Series A Preferred Units.
“ Limited
Partner ” means any Person named as a Limited Partner in
Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended
from time to time, or any Substituted Limited Partner or Additional
Limited Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited
Partner in the Partnership.
“ Limited Partner
Interest ” means a Partnership Interest of a Limited
Partner representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests
of all Limited Partners and includes any and all benefits to which
the Holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as
provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such
Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A
Limited Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of
Partnership Units.
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“ Liquidating
Event ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
13.1 .
“ Liquidator
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.A
.
“ Majority in
Interest of the Limited Partners ” means Limited Partners
(other than any Limited Partner fifty percent (50%) or more of
whose equity is owned, directly or indirectly, by the General
Partner) holding in the aggregate Percentage Interests that are
greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Percentage
Interests of all Limited Partners (other than any Limited Partner
fifty percent (50%) or more of whose equity is owned, directly or
indirectly, by the General Partner).
“ Net Income
” or “ Net Loss ” means for each fiscal
year of the Partnership, an amount equal to the Partnership’s
taxable income or loss for such fiscal year, determined in
accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of
income, gain loss, or deduction required to be stated separately
pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable
income or loss), with the following adjustments:
(a) Any income of the
Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not
otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss
pursuant to this definition of Net Income or Net Loss shall be
added to such taxable income or loss;
(b) Any expenditures of the
Partnership described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as
Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account
in computing Net Income or Net Loss pursuant to this definition of
Net Income or Net Loss shall be subtracted from such taxable income
or loss;
(c) In the event the Gross
Asset Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to
subparagraph (b) or subparagraph (c) of the definition of Gross
Asset Value, the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into
account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for
purposes of computing Net Income or Net Loss;
(d) Gain or loss resulting
from any disposition of property with respect to which gain or loss
is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by
reference to the Gross Asset Value of the property disposed of,
notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property
differs from its Gross Asset Value;
(e) In lieu of the
depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions
taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there
shall be taken into account Depreciation for such fiscal
year;
(f) To the extent an
adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset
pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required
pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) to be taken
into account in determining Capital Accounts as a result of a
distribution other than in liquidation of a Partner’s
interest in the
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Partnership, the amount of such
adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment
increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment
decreases the basis of the asset) from the disposition of the asset
and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Net
Income or Net Loss; and
(g) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this definition of Net Income or Net Loss, any items
which are specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 shall
not be taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss. The
amounts of the items of Partnership income, gain, loss, or
deduction available to be specially allocated pursuant to
Section 6.3 shall be determined by applying rules analogous
to those set forth in this definition of Net Income or Net
Loss.
“ Net Proceeds
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.C(2)
.
“ New Securities
” means (i) any rights, options, warrants or convertible or
exchangeable securities having the right to subscribe for or
purchase REIT Shares or other shares of capital stock of the
General Partner, excluding in each case, grants under any Stock
Plan, or (ii) any Debt issued by the General Partner that provides
any of the rights described in clause (i).
“ Nonrecourse
Deductions ” shall have 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 ” shall have 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 B to this Agreement.
“ Offered Shares
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.C(1)
.
“ Option Agreement
Effective Date ” means the date the Partnership acquires
an Option Interest pursuant to the Option Agreement in exchange for
Common Units.
“ Option
Agreement ” means that certain option agreement by and
between the Partnership and Global Innovation Partners, LLC,
whereby such entity granted the Partnership an option to acquire
the Option Interests.
“ Option
Interests ” means that certain property or interest in
entities which own certain real property.
“ Original
Partnership Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth
in the Recitals.
“ Parity Preferred
Unit ” means any class or series of Partnership Interests
of the Partnership now or hereafter authorized, issued or
outstanding expressly designated by the Partnership to rank on a
parity with the Series A 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.
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“ Partner
” means a General Partner or a Limited Partner, and “
Partners ” means the General Partner and the Limited
Partners.
“ Partner Minimum
Gain ” means an amount, with respect to each Partner
Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Partnership Minimum Gain that would
result if such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a
Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(3).
“ Partner
Nonrecourse Debt ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
“ Partner
Nonrecourse Deductions ” shall have 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
” means the limited partnership formed under the Act and
pursuant to this Agreement, and any successor thereto.
“ Partnership
Interest ” means, an ownership interest in the
Partnership of a Limited Partner or the General Partner and
includes any and all benefits to which the Holder of such a
Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement,
together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the
terms and provisions of this Agreement. There may be one or more
classes or series of Partnership Interests as provided in
Section 4.3 , 4.4 or 4.5 . A Partnership
Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units. Unless
otherwise expressly provided for by the General Partner at the time
of the original issuance of any Partnership Interests, all
Partnership Interests (whether of a Limited Partner or a General
Partner) shall be of the same class or series. The Partnership
Interests represented by the Common Units, the Profits Interest
Units and the Series A Preferred Units are the only Partnership
Interests and each such type of Unit is a separate class of
Partnership Interest for all purposes of this Agreement.
“ Partnership
Minimum Gain ” shall have 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 Available Cash pursuant to
Section 5.1 , which record date shall be the same as the
record date established by the General Partner for a distribution
to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of such
distribution.
“ Partnership
Unit ” or “ Unit ” means, with respect
to any class of Partnership Interest, a fractional, undivided share
of such class of Partnership Interest issued pursuant to
Sections 4.1 and 4.3 , 4.4 or 4.5 . The
ownership of Partnership Units may be evidenced by a certificate
for units substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto or
as the General Partner may determine with respect to any class of
Partnership Units issued from time to time under Section 4.1
, 4.3 , 4.4 and 4.5 .
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“ Partnership
Year ” means the fiscal year of the Partnership, which
shall be the calendar year.
“ Percentage
Interest ” means, as to a Partner holding a class or
series of Partnership Interests, its interest in such class or
series as determined by dividing the Partnership Units of such
class or series owned by such Partner by the total number of
Partnership Units of such class then outstanding as specified in
Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended
from time to time. If the Partnership issues more than one class or
series of Partnership Interests, the interest in the Partnership
among the classes or series of Partnership Interests shall be
determined as set forth in the amendment to the Partnership
Agreement setting forth the rights and privileges of such
additional classes or series of Partnership Interest, if any, as
contemplated by Section 4.3.C .
“ Person ”
means an individual or a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, association
or other entity.
“ Plan ”
means the Digital Realty Trust, Inc. and Digital Realty Trust, L.P.
2004 Incentive Award Plan.
“ Plan Asset
Regulation ” means the regulations promulgated by the
United States Department of Labor in Title 29, Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 2510, Section 101.3, and any successor
regulations thereto.
“ Pledge ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.A
.
“ Preferred
Distribution Shortfall ” means, with respect to any
Partnership Interests that are entitled to any preference in
distributions of Available Cash pursuant to this Agreement, the
aggregate amount of the required distributions for such outstanding
Partnership Interests for all prior distribution periods
minus the aggregate amount of the distributions made with
respect to such outstanding Partnership Interests pursuant to this
Agreement.
“ Preferred
Share ” means a share of the General Partner’s
preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, with such rights,
priorities and preferences as shall be designated by the Board of
Directors in accordance with the General Partner’s
Charter.
“ Pricing
Agreements ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.C(3)(b) .
“ Primary Offering
Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.6.F(4) .
“ Profits Interest
Units ” means long term incentive partnership units of
the Partnership having the rights, voting powers, restrictions,
limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and
conditions of redemption and conversion set forth herein and in the
Plan. Profits Interest Units can be issued in one or more classes,
or one or more series of any such classes bearing such relationship
to one another as to allocations, distributions, and other rights
as the general Partner shall determine in its sole and absolute
discretion subject to Maryland law.
“ Profits Interest
Unitholder ” means a Partner that holds Profits Interest
Units.
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“ Properties
” means such interests in real property and personal property
including without limitation, fee interests, interests in ground
leases, interests in joint ventures, interests in mortgages, and
Debt instruments as the Partnership may hold from time to
time.
“ Qualified REIT
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the General Partner
that is a “qualified REIT subsidiary” within the
meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code.
“ Qualified
Transferee ” means an “Accredited Investor”
as such term is defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the
Securities Act.
“ Redemption
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.A
.
“ 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).
“ Regulatory
Allocations ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.3.A(viii) .
“ REIT ”
means a real estate investment trust, as defined under Sections 856
through 860 of the Code.
“ REIT
Requirements ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1 .
“ REIT Series A
Preferred Share ” means a share of 8.5% Series A
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share,
liquidation preference $25 per share, of the General
Partner.
“ REIT Share
” means a share of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of
the General Partner.
“ REIT Shares
Amount ” means, as of any date, an aggregate number of
REIT Shares equal to the number of Tendered Units, as adjusted (x)
pursuant to Section 7.5 (in the event the General Partner
acquires material assets, other than on behalf of the Partnership)
and (y) for stock dividends and distributions, stock splits and
subdivisions, reverse stock splits and combinations, distributions
of rights, warrants or options, and distributions of evidences of
indebtedness or assets relating to assets not received by the
General Partner pursuant to a pro rata distribution
by the Partnership.
“ REIT Share Market
Value ” means, with respect to a REIT Share, the average
of the daily market price for the ten (10) consecutive trading days
immediately preceding the Specified Redemption Date. The market
price for each such trading day shall be: (i) if the REIT Shares
are listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange or the
NASDAQ-National Market System, the closing price, regular way, on
such day, or if no such sale takes place on such day, the average
of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, in either case as
reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting
system, (ii) if the REIT Shares are not listed or admitted to
trading on any securities exchange or the NASDAQ-National Market
System, the last reported sale price on such day or, if no sale
takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source
designated
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by the Company, or (iii) if the REIT
Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any securities
exchange or the NASDAQ-National Market System and no such last
reported sale price or closing bid and asked prices are available,
the average of the reported high bid and low asked prices on such
day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the
Company, or if there shall be no bid and asked prices on such day,
the average of the high bid and low asked prices, as so reported,
on the most recent day (not more than (10) days prior to the date
in question) for which prices have been so reported; provided
that if there are no bid and asked prices reported during the
ten (10) days prior to the date in question, the REIT Share Market
Value of the REIT Share shall be determined by the Board of
Directors of the Company acting in good faith on the basis of such
quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable
judgment, appropriate.
“ ROFO Agreement
Effective Date ” means the date the Partnership acquires
the ROFO Interests pursuant to the respective ROFO Agreements in
exchange for Common-Equivalent Units.
“ ROFO Agreement
” means those certain Right of First Offer Agreements by and
between the Partnership and Global Innovation Partners, LLC,
whereby such entities granted the Partnership the right to acquire
the ROFO Interests.
“ ROFO Interests
” means those certain properties or interests in entities
which own certain real property described in the respective ROFO
Agreements.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
promulgated thereunder and any successor statute
thereto.
“ Series A Articles
Supplementary ” means the Articles Supplementary of the
General Partner in connection with its REIT Series A Preferred
Shares, as filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments
and Taxation on February 8, 2005.
“ Series A Preferred
Capital ” means a Capital Account balance equal to the
product of (i) the number of Series A Preferred Units then held by
the General Partner multiplied by (ii) the sum of $25, any
Preferred Distribution Shortfall per Series A Preferred Unit and
any accrued and unpaid distribution per Series A Preferred Unit for
the current distribution period.
“Series A Preferred
Units” means the Partnership’s 8.5% Series A Cumulative
Redeemable Partnership Units, with the rights, priorities and
preferences set forth herein.
“Series A Preferred
Unit Distribution Payment Date” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 16.2.A hereof.
“Series A Priority
Return” shall mean an amount equal to 8.5% per annum on the
stated value of $25 per Series A Preferred Unit (equivalent to the
fixed annual amount of $2.125 per Series A Preferred Unit),
commencing on the date of issuance of such Series A Preferred Unit.
For any partial quarterly period, the amount of the Series A
Priority Return shall be prorated and computed on the basis of a
360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
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“ Single Funding
Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.6.C(1)(b) .
“ Specified
Redemption Date ” means the day of receipt by the General
Partner of a Notice of Redemption; provided that in
the event the General Partner elects a Stock Offering Funding
pursuant to Section 8.6.C , such Specified Redemption Date
shall be deferred until the next Business Day following the date of
the closing of the Stock Offering Funding.
“ Stock Offered
Funding Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.C(2).
“ Stock Offering
Funding ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.6.C(1)(a) .
“ Stock Plan
” means any stock incentive, stock option, stock ownership or
employee benefits plan of the General Partner.
“ Subsequent
Redemption ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.F(4) .
“ Subsidiary
” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture 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 or limited liability
company that is a Subsidiary of the Partnership.
“ Substituted
Limited Partner ” means a Person who is admitted as a
Limited Partner to the Partnership pursuant to Section 11.4
.
“ Surviving
Partnership ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.2.B(2) .
“ Tax Items
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.A
.
“ Tenant ”
means any tenant from which the General Partner derives rent either
directly or indirectly through partnerships, including the
Partnership.
“ Tendered Units
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.A
.
“ Tendering
Partner ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.6.A .
“ Termination
Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.2.B .
“ Transaction
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.7.F
.
“ Twelve-Month
Period ” means a twelve-month period ending on the first
anniversary of the Effective Date or on each subsequent anniversary
thereof.
“ Unvested Profits
Interest Units ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.5.C .
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“ Vested Profits
Interest Units ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.5.C .
“ Vesting
Agreement ” means each or any, as the context implies,
vesting agreement entered into by a Profits Interest Unitholder
upon acceptance of an award of Unvested Profits Interest Units
under the Plan (as such agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time).
“ Withdrawing
Partner ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.6.C(3)(c) .
Section 1.2 Rules of
Construction
Unless otherwise indicated,
all references herein to “ REIT ,” “
REIT Requirements ,” “ REIT Shares
” and “ REIT Shares Amount ” with respect
to the General Partner shall apply only with reference to the
Company.
ARTICLE 2.
ORGANIZATIONAL
MATTERS
Section 2.1
Organization
The Partnership is a limited
partnership formed pursuant to the provisions of the Act and upon
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Except as
expressly provided herein, the rights and obligations of the
Partners and the administration and termination of the Partnership
shall be governed by the Act. The Partnership Interest of each
Partner shall be personal property for all purposes.
Section 2.2 Name
The name of the Partnership
is Digital Realty Trust, L.P. The Partnership’s business may
be conducted under any other name or names deemed advisable by the
General Partner, including the name of the General Partner or any
Affiliate thereof. The words “Limited Partnership,”
“L.P.,” “Ltd.” or similar words or letters
shall be included in the Partnership’s name where necessary
for the purposes of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction
that so requires. The General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion may change the name of the Partnership at any time and
from time to time and shall notify the Limited Partners of such
change in the next regular communication to the Limited
Partners.
Section 2.3 Registered Office and
Agent; Principal Office
The name and address of the
registered office and registered agent of the Partnership in the
State of Maryland is National Registered Agents, Inc. of MD, 11
East Chase Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. The address of the
principal office of the Partnership in the State of Maryland is c/o
National Registered Agents, Inc. of MD, 11 East Chase Street,
Baltimore, MD 21202. The principal office of the Partnership is
located at 2730 Sand Hill Road, Suite 280, Menlo Park, California
94025, or such other place as the General Partner may from time to
time designate by notice to the other Partners. The Partnership may
maintain offices at such other place or places within or outside
the State of Maryland as the General Partner deems
advisable.
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Section 2.4 Power of
Attorney
A. Each Limited Partner and
each Assignee 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 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 Maryland
and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct
business or own property; (b) all instruments that the General
Partner or any Liquidator 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 any
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, Articles 11 ,
12 or 13 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 of
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 discretion of
the General Partner or any Liquidator, to effectuate the terms or
intent of this Agreement.
Nothing contained herein shall be
construed as authorizing the General Partner or any Liquidator to
amend this Agreement except in accordance with Article 14 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
Partners 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
Common-Equivalent Units 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 which may be available to contest,
negate or disaffirm the action of the General Partner
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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 any Liquidator,
within 15 days after receipt of the General Partner’s or
Liquidator’s request therefor, such further designation,
powers of attorney and other instruments as the General Partner or
the Liquidator, as the case may be, deems necessary to effectuate
this Agreement and the purposes of the Partnership.
Section 2.5
Term
The term of the Partnership
commenced on July 21, 2004 and shall continue until December 31,
2104 unless it is dissolved sooner pursuant to the provisions of
Article 13 or as otherwise provided by law.
ARTICLE 3.
PURPOSE
Section 3.1 Purpose and
Business
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, (ii) to enter into any partnership,
joint venture or other similar arrangement to engage in any
business described in the foregoing clause (i) or to own interests
in any entity engaged, directly or indirectly, in any such business
and (iii) to do anything necessary or incidental to the foregoing;
provided , however , that such business shall be
limited to and conducted in such a manner as to permit the General
Partner at all times to be classified as a REIT for federal income
tax purposes, unless the General Partner ceases to qualify as a
REIT for reasons other than the conduct of the business of the
Partnership. In connection with the foregoing, and without limiting
the General Partner’s right in its sole discretion to cease
qualifying as a REIT, the Partners acknowledge that the General
Partner’s current status as a REIT inures to the benefit of
all the Partners and not solely the General Partner.
Section 3.2
Powers
The Partnership is 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, including,
without limitation, full power and authority, directly or through
its ownership interest in other entities, to enter into, perform
and carry out contracts of any kind, borrow money and issue
evidences of indebtedness, whether or not secured by mortgage, deed
of trust, pledge or other lien, acquire, own, manage, improve and
develop real property, and lease, sell, transfer and dispose of
real property; provided , however , notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Partnership shall
not, absent the consent of the General Partner, which may be given
or withheld in its sole and absolute discretion, take, or refrain
from taking, any action which, in the judgment of the General
Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, could (i) adversely
affect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as
a REIT, (ii) subject the General Partner to any taxes under Section
857 or Section 4981 of the Code, or (iii) violate any law or
regulation of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction
over the General Partner or its securities, unless any such action
(or inaction) under (i), (ii) or (iii) shall have been specifically
consented to by the General Partner in writing.
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Section 3.3 Partnership
Only for Purposes Specified
The Partnership shall be a
partnership only for the purposes specified in Section 3.1 ,
and this Agreement shall not be deemed to create a partnership
among the Partners with respect to any activities whatsoever other
than the activities within the purposes of the Partnership as
specified in Section 3.1 . Except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement, no Partner shall have any authority to act for,
bind, commit or assume any obligation or responsibility on behalf
of the Partnership, its properties or any other Partner. No
Partner, in its capacity as a Partner under this Agreement, shall
be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of
another Partner, nor shall the Partnership be responsible or liable
for any indebtedness or obligation of any Partner, incurred either
before or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement by
such Partner, except as to those responsibilities, liabilities,
indebtedness or obligations incurred pursuant to and as limited by
the terms of this Agreement and the Act.
Section 3.4
Representations and Warranties by the Parties
A. Each Partner that is an
individual represents and warrants to each other Partner that (i)
such Partner has the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement
and perform such Partner’s obligations hereunder, (ii) 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 agreement by which such
Partner or any of such Partner’s property is or are bound, or
any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner
is subject, (iii) such Partner is a “United States
person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Code, and (iv) this Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable
against, such Partner in accordance with its terms.
B. Each Partner that is not
an individual represents and warrants to each other Partner that
(i) its execution and delivery of this Agreement and 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), member(s),
committee(s), trustee(s), beneficiaries, directors and/or
stockholder(s), as the case may be, as required, (ii) the
consummation of such transactions shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or a default under, its certificate of limited
partnership, partnership agreement, trust agreement, limited
liability company operating agreement, charter or bylaws, as the
case may be, any agreement by which such Partner or any of such
Partner’s properties or any of its partners, members,
beneficiaries, trustees or stockholders, as the case may be, is or
are bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which
such Partner or any of its partners, members, trustees,
beneficiaries or stockholders, as the case may be, is or are
subject, (iii) such Partner is a “United States person”
within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code and (iv) this
Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in
accordance with its terms.
C. Each Partner represents,
warrants, and agrees that it has acquired and continues to hold its
interest in the Partnership for its own account for investment only
and not for the
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purpose of, or with a view toward, the
resale or distribution of all or any part thereof, nor with a view
toward selling or otherwise distributing such interest or any part
thereof at any particular time or under any predetermined
circumstances. Each Partner further represents and warrants that it
is a sophisticated investor, able and accustomed to handling
sophisticated financial matters for itself, particularly real
estate investments, and that it has a sufficiently high net worth
that it does not anticipate a need for the funds it has invested in
the Partnership in what it understands to be a highly speculative
and illiquid investment. Each Partner represents, warrants and
agrees that such Partner is an “accredited investor”
(as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the
Securities Act).
D. Each Partner acknowledges
that (i) the Partnership Units (and any REIT Shares that might be
exchanged therefor) have not been registered under the Securities
Act and may not be transferred unless they are subsequently
registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such
registration is available (it being understood that the Partnership
has no intention of so registering the Partnership Units), (ii) a
restrictive legend in the form set forth in Exhibit D shall
be placed on the certificates representing the Partnership Units,
and (iii) a notation shall be made in the appropriate records of
the Partnership indicating that the Partnership Units are subject
to restrictions on transfer.
E. Each Limited Partner
further represents, warrants, covenants and agrees as
follows:
(1) Except as provided in
Exhibit E , at any time such Partner actually or
Constructively Owns a 25% or greater capital interest or profits
interest in the Partnership, it does not and will not, without the
prior written consent of the General Partner, actually own or
Constructively Own (a) with respect to any Tenant that is a
corporation, any stock of such Tenant, and (b) with respect to any
Tenant that is not a corporation, any interests in either the
assets or net profits of such Tenant.
(2) Except as provided in
Exhibit F , at any time such Partner actually or
Constructively Owns a 25% or greater capital interest or profits
interest in the Partnership, it does not, and agrees that it will
not without the prior written consent of the General Partner,
actually own or Constructively Own, any stock in the General
Partner, other than any REIT Shares or other shares of capital
stock of the General Partner such Partner may acquire (a) as a
result of an exchange of Tendered Units pursuant to Section
8.6 or (b) upon the exercise of options granted or delivery of
REIT Shares pursuant to any Stock Plan, in each case subject to the
ownership limitations set forth in the General Partner’s
Charter.
(3) Upon request of the
General Partner, it will disclose to the General Partner the amount
of REIT Shares or other shares of capital stock of the General
Partner, or shares of capital stock or other interests in Tenants,
that it actually owns or Constructively Owns.
(4) It understands that if,
for any reason, (a) the representations, warranties or agreements
set forth in E(1) or (2) above are violated, or (b)
the Partnership’s actual or Constructive Ownership of REIT
Shares or other shares of capital stock of the General Partner
violates the limitations set forth in the Charter, then (x) some or
all of the Redemption rights of the Partners may become
non-exercisable, and (y) some or all of the REIT Shares owned by
the Partners may be automatically transferred to a trust for the
benefit of a charitable beneficiary, as provided in the
Charter.
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(5) Without the consent of
the General Partner, which may be given or withheld in its sole
discretion, no Partner shall take any action that would cause (i)
the Partnership at any time to have more than 100 partners,
including as partners (“ flow through partners
”) those persons indirectly owning an interest in the
Partnership through a partnership, limited liability company, S
corporation or grantor trust (such entity, a “ flow
through entity ”), but only if substantially all of the
value of such person’s interest in the flow through entity is
attributable to the flow through entity’s interest (direct or
indirect) in the Partnership; or (ii) the Partnership Interest
initially issued to such Partner or its predecessors to be held by
more than seven (7) partners, including as partners any flow
through partners.
F. The representations and
warranties contained in this Section 3.4 shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by each Partner and the
dissolution and winding-up of the Partnership.
G. Each Partner hereby
acknowledges that no representations as to potential profit, cash
flows, funds from operations or yield, if any, in respect of the
Partnership or the General Partner have been made by any Partner or
any employee or representative or Affiliate of any Partner, and
that projections and any other information, including, without
limitation, financial and descriptive information and
documentation, which may have been in any manner submitted to such
Partner shall not constitute any representation or warranty of any
kind or nature, express or implied.
Section 3.5 Certain ERISA
Matters
Each Partner acknowledges
that the Partnership is intended to qualify as a “real estate
operating company” (as such term is defined in the Plan Asset
Regulation). The General Partner may structure the investments in,
relationships with and conduct with respect to Properties and any
other assets of the Partnership so that the Partnership will be a
“real estate operating company” (as such term is
defined in the Plan Asset Regulation).
ARTICLE 4.
CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
Section 4.1 Capital
Contributions of the Partners
At the time of their
respective execution of this Agreement, the Partners shall make or
shall have made Capital Contributions as set forth in Exhibit
A to this Agreement. The Partners shall own Partnership Units
of the class or series and in the amounts set forth in Exhibit
A and shall have a Percentage Interest in the Partnership as
set forth in Exhibit A , which Percentage Interest shall be
adjusted in Exhibit A from time to time by the General
Partner to the extent necessary to reflect accurately exchanges,
redemptions, Capital Contributions, the issuance of additional
Partnership Units or similar events having an effect on a
Partner’s Percentage Interest. Except as required by law, as
otherwise provided in Sections 4.3 , 4.4 , 4.5
and 10.5 , or as otherwise agreed to by a Partner and the
Partnership, no Partner shall be required or permitted to make any
additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership.
Unless
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otherwise specified by the General
Partner at the time of the creation of any class of Partnership
Interests, the corresponding class or series of capital stock for
any Partnership Units issued shall be REIT Shares.
Section 4.2 Loans by Third
Parties
Subject to Section 4.3
, the Partnership may incur Debt, or enter into other similar
credit, guarantee, financing or refinancing arrangements for any
purpose (including, without limitation, in connection with any
further acquisition of Properties) with any Person that is not the
General Partner upon such terms as the General Partner determines
appropriate; provided that , the Partnership shall
not incur any Debt that is recourse to the General Partner, except
to the extent otherwise agreed to by the General Partner in its
sole discretion.
Section 4.3 Additional
Funding and Capital Contributions
A. General . The
General Partner may, at any time and from time to time determine
that the Partnership requires additional funds (“
Additional Funds ”) for the acquisition of additional
Properties or for such other Partnership purposes as the General
Partner may determine. Additional Funds may be raised by the
Partnership, at the election of the General Partner, in any manner
provided in, and in accordance with, the terms of this Section
4.3 . No Person shall have any preemptive, preferential or
similar right or rights to subscribe for or acquire any Partnership
Interest, except as set forth in this Section 4.3
.
B. Issuance of Additional
Partnership Interests . The General Partner, in its sole and
absolute discretion, may raise all or any portion of the Additional
Funds by accepting additional Capital Contributions of cash. The
General Partner may also accept additional Capital Contributions of
real property or any other non-cash assets. In connection with any
such additional Capital Contributions (of cash or property), the
General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership from
time to time to issue to Partners (including the General Partner)
or other Persons (including, without limitation, in connection with
the contribution of tangible or intangible property, services, or
other consideration permitted by the Act to the Partnership)
additional Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests, which
may be Common Units or other Partnership Units issued in one or
more classes, or one or more series of any of such classes, with
such designations, preferences and relative, participating,
optional, conversion, exchange or other special rights, powers, and
duties, including rights, powers, and duties senior to then
existing Limited Partner Interests, all as shall be determined by
the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion subject to
Maryland law, including without limitation, (i) the allocations of
items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit to
such class or series of Partnership Interests; (ii) the right of
each such class or series of Partnership Interests to share in
Partnership distributions; (iii) the rights of each such class or
series of Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation of
the Partnership; and (iv) the right to vote, including, without
limitation, the Limited Partner approval rights set forth in
Section 11.2.A ; provided , that no such
additional Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests shall
be issued to the General Partner unless either (a) (1) the
additional Partnership Interests are issued in connection with the
grant, award, or issuance of shares of the General Partner pursuant
to Section 4.3.C below, which shares have designations,
preferences, and other rights (except voting rights) such that the
economic interests attributable to such shares are substantially
similar to the designations,
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preferences and other rights of the
additional Partnership Interests issued to the General Partner in
accordance with this Section 4.3.B , and (2) the General
Partner shall make a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in an
amount equal to any net proceeds raised in connection with such
issuance, or (b) the additional Partnership Interests are issued to
all Partners holding Partnership Interests in the same class in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests in such class
or (c) the additional Partnership Interests are issued pursuant to
a Stock Plan. The General Partner’s determination that
consideration is adequate shall be conclusive insofar as the
adequacy of consideration relates to whether the Partnership
Interests are validly issued and paid. In the event that the
Partnership issues additional Partnership Interests pursuant to
this Section 4.3.B , the General Partner shall make such
revisions to this Agreement (including but not limited to the
revisions described in Section 5.4 , Section 6.2.B ,
and Section 8.6 ) as it determines are necessary to reflect
the issuance of such additional Partnership Interests.
C. Issuance of REIT Shares
or Other Securities by the General Partner . Except as provided
in the next following paragraph of this Section 4.3C , the
General Partner shall not issue any additional REIT Shares, other
shares of capital stock of the General Partner or New Securities
(other than REIT Shares issued pursuant to Section 8.6 or
such shares, stock or securities pursuant to a dividend or
distribution (including any stock split) to all of its stockholders
or all of its stockholders who hold a particular class of stock of
the General Partner), unless (i) the General Partner shall cause
the Partnership to issue to the General Partner, Partnership
Interests or rights, options, warrants or convertible or
exchangeable securities of the Partnership having designations,
preferences and other rights, all such that the economic interests
thereof are substantially similar to those of the REIT Shares,
other shares of capital stock of the General Partner or New
Securities issued by the General Partner and (ii) the General
Partner shall make a Capital Contribution of any net proceeds from
the issuance of such additional REIT Shares, other shares of
capital stock or New Securities, as the case may be, and from any
exercise of the rights contained in such additional New Securities,
as the case may be. Without limiting the foregoing, the General
Partner is expressly authorized to issue REIT Shares, other shares
of capital stock of the General Partner or New Securities for no
tangible value or for less than fair market value, and the General
Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue
to the General Partner corresponding Partnership Interests, so long
as (x) the General Partner concludes in good faith that such
issuance of Partnership Interests is in the interests of the
Partnership; and (y) the General Partner contributes all proceeds,
if any, from such issuance and exercise to the
Partnership.
In connection with the
General Partner’s initial public offering of REIT Shares, any
other issuance of REIT Shares, other capital stock of the General
Partner or New Securities, the General Partner shall contribute to
the Partnership, any net proceeds raised in connection with such
issuance; provided , that the General Partner may use
a portion of the net proceeds from any offering to acquire
Partnership Units or other assets ( provided such other
assets are contributed to the Partnership pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement); and provided , further , that
if the net proceeds actually received by the 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 such issuance then, except to the extent such net
proceeds are used to acquire Partnership Units, the General Partner
shall be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution to the
Partnership in the amount equal to the sum of the net proceeds of
such issuance plus the amount of such underwriter’s discount
and other expenses paid by the General Partner (which
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discount and expense shall be treated as
an expense for the benefit of the Partnership for purposes of
Section 7.4 ). In the case of issuance of REIT Shares by the
General Partner in any offering, whether registered under the
Securities Act or exempt from such registration, underwritten,
offered and sold directly to investors or through agents or other
intermediaries, or otherwise distributed, for purposes of
determining the number of additional Common Units issuable upon a
Capital Contribution funded by the net proceeds thereof
consistently with the immediately preceding sentence, any discount
from the then current market price of REIT Shares shall be
disregarded such that an equal number of Common Units can be issued
to the General Partner as the number of REIT Shares sold by the
General Partner in such offering, consistently with the
determination of Partners’ Percentage Interests as provided
in Section 4.3.D . In the case of issuances of REIT Shares,
other capital stock of the General Partner or New Securities
pursuant to any Stock Plan at a discount from fair market value or
for no value, the amount of such discount representing compensation
to the employee, as determined by the General Partner, shall be
treated as an expense for the benefit of the Partnership for
purposes of Section 7.4 and, as a result, the General
Partner shall be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution to the
Partnership in an amount equal to the sum of any net proceeds of
such issuance plus the amount of such expense.
D. Percentage Interest
Adjustments in the Case of Capital Contributions for Partnership
Units . Upon the acceptance of additional Capital Contributions
in exchange for any class or series of Partnership Units, the
Percentage Interest of each Partner in such class or series of
Partnership Units shall be equal to a fraction, the numerator of
which is equal to the sum of (i) the Deemed Partnership Interest
Value of the Partnership Interest of such Partner in respect of
such class or series (computed as of the Business Day immediately
preceding the Adjustment Date) and (ii) the Agreed Value of
additional Capital Contributions, if any, made by such Partner to
the Partnership in such class or series of Partnership Interests as
of such Adjustment Date, and the denominator of which is equal to
the sum of (i) the Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests of
such class or series (computed as of the Business Day immediately
preceding the Adjustment Date), plus (ii) the aggregate
Agreed Value of additional Capital Contributions contributed by all
Partners and/or third parties to the Partnership on such Adjustment
Date in such class or series. Provided , however ,
solely for purposes of calculating a Partner’s Percentage
Interest pursuant to this Section 4.3.D , (i) in the case of
cash Capital Contributions by the General Partner funded by an
offering of REIT Shares or other shares of capital stock of the
General Partner and (ii) in the case of the contribution of
properties by the General Partner which were acquired by the
General Partner in exchange for REIT Shares or other shares of
capital stock of the General Partner immediately prior to such
contribution, the General Partner shall be issued a number of
Partnership Units equal and corresponding to the number of such
shares issued by the General Partner in exchange for such cash or
Properties, the Partnership Units held by the other Partners shall
not be adjusted, and the Partners’ Percentage Interests shall
be adjusted accordingly. The General Partner shall promptly give
each Partner written notice of its Percentage Interest, as
adjusted. This Section 4.3.D shall not apply to the issuance
of Profits Interest Units, which shall be governed by Section
4.5 , and the General Partner may adjust Percentage Interests
in a manner that is different from the provisions of this
Section 4.3.D to the extent it reasonably determines it is
appropriate to do so to reflect the value of the respective Capital
Contributions made to the Partnership and the number of Partnership
Units issued with respect thereto.
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Section 4.4 Other Contribution
Provisions . In the event that any Partner is admitted to the
Partnership and is given (or is treated as having received) a
Capital Account at the time of admission in exchange for services
rendered to the Partnership, such transaction shall be treated by
the Partnership and the affected Partner as if the Partnership had
compensated such Partner in cash, and the Partner had contributed
such cash to the capital of the Partnership. In addition, with the
consent of the General Partner, in its sole discretion, one or more
Limited Partners may enter into agreements with the Partnership, in
the form of a guarantee or contribution agreement, which have the
effect of providing a guarantee of certain obligations of the
Partnership.
Section 4.5 Profit Interest Units
. The General Partner may from time to time issue Profits Interest
Units to Persons who provide services to the Partnership, for such
consideration or for no consideration as the General Partner may
determine to be appropriate, and admit such Persons as Limited
Partners. Subject to the following provisions of this Section 4.5
and the special provisions of Sections 4.3.D, 6.2.C, 8.7 and 8.8,
Profits Interest Units shall be treated as Common Units, with all
of the rights, privileges and obligations attendant thereto. For
purposes of computing the Partners’ Percentage Interests,
Profits Interest Units shall be treated as Common Units. In
particular, the Partnership shall maintain at all times a
one-to-one correspondence between Profits Interest Units and Common
Units for conversion, distribution and other purposes, including
without limitation complying with the following
procedures:
A. If an Adjustment Event
occurs, then the General Partner shall make a corresponding
adjustment to the Profits Interest Units to maintain a one-for-one
conversion and economic equivalence ratio between Common Units and
Profits Interest Units. The following shall be “
Adjustment Events ”: (i) the Partnership makes a
distribution on all outstanding Common Units in Partnership Units,
(ii) the Partnership subdivides the outstanding Common Units into a
greater number of units or combines the outstanding Common Units
into a smaller number of units, or (iii) the Partnership issues any
Partnership Units in exchange for its outstanding Common Units by
way of a reclassification or recapitalization of its Common Units.
If more than one Adjustment Event occurs, the adjustment to the
Profits Interest Units need be made only once using a single
formula that takes into account each and every Adjustment Event as
if all Adjustment Events occurred simultaneously. For the avoidance
of doubt, the following shall not be Adjustment Events: (x) the
issuance of Partnership Units in a financing, reorganization,
acquisition or other similar business transaction, (y) the issuance
of Partnership Units pursuant to any employee benefit or
compensation plan or distribution reinvestment plan, or (z) the
issuance of any Partnership Units to the Company in respect of a
Capital Contribution to the Partnership of proceeds from the sale
of securities by the Company. If the Partnership takes an action
affecting the Common Units other than actions specifically
described above as “Adjustment Events” and in the
opinion of the General Partner such action would require an
adjustment to the Profits Interest Units to maintain the one-to-one
correspondence described above, the General Partner shall have the
right to make such adjustment to the Profits Interest Units, to the
extent permitted by law and by any applicable Stock Plan or other
compensatory arrangement or incentive program pursuant to which
Profits Interest Units are issued, in such manner and at such time
as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may determine to be
reasonably appropriate under the circumstances. If an adjustment is
made to the Profits Interest Units as herein provided the
Partnership shall promptly file in the books and records of the
Partnership an officer’s certificate setting forth such
adjustment and a brief statement of the facts requiring such
adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the
correctness of
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such adjustment absent manifest error.
Promptly after filing of such certificate, the Partnership shall
mail a notice to each Profits Interest Unitholder setting forth the
adjustment to his or her Profits Interest Units and the effective
date of such adjustment.
B. Unless otherwise provided
by the General Partner with respect to any particular class or
series of Profits Interest Units, the Profits Interest Unitholders
shall, in respect of each Distribution Payment Date, when, as and
if authorized and declared by the General Partner out of assets
legally available for that purpose, be entitled to receive
distributions in an amount per Profits Interest Unit equal to the
distributions per Common Unit, paid to holders of record on the
same record date established by the General Partner with respect to
such Distribution Payment Date. References to additional
Partnership Interests in Section 5.4 shall be deemed to
include Profits Interest Units issued during a Distribution Period
and such Section 5.4 shall apply in full to Profits Interest
Units. Unless otherwise provided by the General Partner with
respect to any particular class or series of Profits Interest
Units, (x) during any Distribution Period, so long as any Profits
Interest Units are outstanding, no distributions (whether in cash
or in kind) shall be authorized, declared or paid on Common Units,
unless equal distributions have been or contemporaneously are
authorized, declared and paid on the Profits Interest Units for
such Distribution Period, (y), the Profits Interest Units shall
rank pari passu with the Common Units as to the payment of
regular and special periodic or other distributions and
distribution of assets, and (z) any class or series of Partnership
Units or Partnership Interests which by its terms specifies that it
shall rank junior to, on a parity with, or senior to the Common
Units with respect to distributions shall also rank junior to, on a
parity with, or senior to, as the case may be, the Profits Interest
Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
4.5.B , proceeds from a Liquidating Event shall be distributed
to Holders of Partnership Units as set forth in Sections 5.3
and 13.2 . Subject to the terms of any Vesting Agreement, a
Profits Interest Unitholder shall be entitled to transfer his or
her Profits Interest Units to the same extent, and subject to the
same restrictions as holders of Common Units are entitled to
transfer their Common Units pursuant to Article 11
.
C. Profits Interest Units
shall be subject to the following special provisions:
(a) Vesting Agreements
. Profits Interest Units may, in the sole discretion of the General
Partner, be issued subject to vesting, forfeiture and additional
restrictions on transfer pursuant to the terms of a Vesting
Agreement. The terms of any Vesting Agreement may be modified by
the General Partner from time to time in its sole discretion,
subject to any restrictions on amendment imposed by the relevant
Vesting Agreement or by the Plan, if applicable. Profits Interest
Units that were fully vested when issued or that have vested under
the terms of a Vesting Agreement are referred to as “
Vested Profits Interest Units ”; all other Profits
Interest Units shall be treated as “ Unvested Profits
Interest Units .”
(b) Forfeiture .
Unless otherwise specified in the Vesting Agreement or in any
applicable Stock Plan or other compensatory arrangement or
incentive program pursuant to which Profits Interest Units are
issued, upon the occurrence of any event specified in such Vesting
Agreement, Stock Plan, arrangement or program as resulting in
either the right of the Partnership or the General Partner to
repurchase Profits Interest Units at a specified purchase price or
some other forfeiture of any Profits Interest Units, then if the
Partnership or
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the General Partner exercises
such right to repurchase or forfeiture or upon the occurrence of
the event causing forfeiture in accordance with the applicable
Vesting Agreement, Stock Plan, arrangement or program, then the
relevant Profits Interest Units shall immediately, and without any
further action, be treated as cancelled and no longer outstanding
for any purpose. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable
Vesting Agreement, Stock Plan, arrangement or program, no
consideration or other payment shall be due with respect to any
Profits Interest Units that have been forfeited, other than any
distributions declared with respect to a Partnership Record Date
prior to the effective date of the forfeiture. In connection with
any repurchase or forfeiture of Profits Interest Units, the balance
of the portion of the Capital Account of the Profits Interest
Unitholder that is attributable to all of his or her Profits
Interest Units shall be reduced by the amount, if any, by which it
exceeds the target balance contemplated by Section 6.2.C ,
calculated with respect to the Profits Interest Unitholder’s
remaining Profits Interest Units, if any.
(c) Allocations .
Profits Interest Unitholders shall be entitled to certain special
allocations of gain under Section 6.2.C .
(d) Redemption . The
Redemption Right provided to Limited Partners under Section
8.6 shall not apply with respect to Profits Interest Units
unless and until they are converted to Partnership Units as
provided in clause (vi) below and Section 8.7 .
(e) Legend . Any
certificate evidencing an Profits Interest Unit shall bear an
appropriate legend indicating that additional terms, conditions and
restrictions on transfer, including without limitation any Vesting
Agreement, apply to the Profits Interest Unit.
(f) Conversion to
Partnership Units . Vested Profits Interest Units are eligible
to be converted into Partnership Units under Section 8.7
.
(g) Voting . Profits
Interest Units shall have the voting rights provided in Section
8.8 .
Section 4.6 No Preemptive
Rights
Except to the extent
expressly granted by the Partnership pursuant to another agreement,
no Person shall have any preemptive, preferential or other similar
right with respect to (i) additional Capital Contributions or loans
to the Partnership or (ii) issuance or sale of any Partnership
Units or other Partnership Interests.
ARTICLE 5.
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 5.1 Requirement
and Characterization of Distributions
The General Partner shall
cause the Partnership to distribute quarterly all, or such portion
as the General Partner may in its discretion determine, of
Available Cash generated by the Partnership to the Partners who are
Partners on the applicable Partnership Record Date with respect to
such distribution, (1) first, with respect to any class or series
of Partnership Interests that are entitled to any preference in
distributions, in accordance with the rights of such class
or
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series of Partnership Interests (and
within such class or series, pro rata in proportion to the
respective Percentage Interests on the applicable Partnership
Record Date), and (2) second, with respect to any class or series
of Partnership Interests that are not entitled to any preference in
distributions, pro rata to each such class or series in accordance
with the terms of such class or series to the Partners who are
Partners of such class or series on the Partnership Record Date
with respect to such distribution (and within each such class or
series, pro rata in proportion to the respective Percentage
Interests on such Partnership Record Date). Unless otherwise
expressly provided for herein or in an agreement, if any, entered
into in connection with the creation of a new class or series of
Partnership Interests created in accordance with Article 4 ,
no Partnership Interest shall be entitled to a distribution in
preference to any other Partnership Interest. The General Partner
shall take such reasonable efforts, as determined by it in its sole
and absolute discretion and consistent with its qualification as a
REIT, to cause the Partnership to distribute sufficient amounts to
enable the General Partner, for so long as the General Partner has
determined to qualify as a REIT, to pay stockholder dividends that
will (a) satisfy the requirements for qualifying as a REIT under
the Code and Regulations (“ REIT Requirements
”), and (b) except to the extent otherwise determined by the
General Partner, avoid the imposition of any federal income or
excise tax liability on the General Partner, except to the extent
that a distribution pursuant to clause (b) would prevent the
Partnership from making a distribution to the Holders of Series A
Preferred Units in accordance with Section 16.2 .
Section 5.2 Distributions
in Kind
Except as expressly provided
herein, no right is given to any Partner to demand and receive
property other than cash. The General Partner may determine, in its
sole and absolute discretion, to make a distribution in-kind to the
Partners of Partnership assets, and such assets shall be
distributed in such a fashion as to ensure that the fair market
value is distributed and allocated in accordance with Articles
5 , 6 and 10 .
Section 5.3 Distributions
Upon Liquidation
Notwithstanding Section
5.1 , proceeds from a Liquidating Event shall be distributed to
the Partners in accordance with Section 13.2 .
Section 5.4 Distributions
to Reflect Issuance of Additional Partnership
Interests
In the event that the
Partnership issues additional Partnership Interests to the General
Partner or any Additional Limited Partner pursuant to Section
4.3.B , 4.3.C or 4.5 , the General Partner shall
make such revisions to this Article 5 as it determines are
necessary to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership
Interests. In the absence of any agreement to the contrary, an
Additional Limited Partner shall be entitled to the distributions
set forth in Section 5.1 (without regard to this Section
5.4 ) with respect to the period during which the closing of
its contribution to the Partnership occurs, multiplied by a
fraction the numerator of which is the number of days from and
after the date of such closing through the end of the applicable
period, and the denominator of which is the total number of days in
such period.
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ARTICLE 6.
ALLOCATIONS
Section 6.1 Timing and
Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss
Net Income and Net Loss of
the Partnership shall be determined and allocated with respect to
each Partnership Year of the Partnership as of the end of each such
year. Subject to the other provisions of this Article 6 , an
allocation to a Partner of a share of Net Income or Net Loss shall
be treated as an allocation of the same share of each item of
income, gain, loss or deduction that is taken into account in
computing Net Income or Net Loss.
Section 6.2 General
Allocations
Except as otherwise provided
in this Article 6 , Net Income and Net Loss allocable with
respect to a class of Partnership Interests shall be allocated to
each of the Holders holding such class of Partnership Interests in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interest of such
class.
A. Allocation of Net
Income and Net Losses .
(1) Net Income .
Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.3 , Net Income for
any Partnership Year shall be allocated to the Partners in the
following manner and order of priority:
(a) First , to the
General Partner in an amount equal to the remainder, if any, of the
cumulative Net Losses allocated to the General Partner pursuant to
Section 6.2.A.2(d) for all prior Partnership Years
minus the cumulative Net Income allocated to the General
Partner pursuant to this Section 6.2.A.(1)(a) for all prior
Partnership Years;
(b) Second , to each
Limited Partner in an amount equal to the remainder, if any, of the
cumulative Net Losses allocated to each such Limited Partner
pursuant to Section 6.2.A.2(c) for all prior Partnership
Years minus the cumulative Net Income allocated to such
Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 6.2.A.(1)(b) for
all prior Partnership Years;
(c) Third , to the
General Partner in an amount equal to the remainder, if any, of the
cumulative Net Losses allocated to the General Partner pursuant to
Section 6.2.A.2(b) for all prior Partnership Years
minus the cumulative Net Income allocated to such Partner
pursuant to this Section 6.2.A.1(c) for all prior
Partnership Years;
(d) Fourth , to the
General Partner in an amount equal to the excess of (i) the
cumulative Series A Priority Return on the Series A Preferred Units
to the last day of the current Partnership Year or to the date of
redemption of the Series A Preferred Units, to the extent such
Series A Preferred Units are redeemed during such year, over (ii)
the cumulative Net Income allocated to the General Partner pursuant
to this Section 6.2.A.1(d) for all prior Partnership
Years;
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(e) Fifth, to the
General Partner and the Limited Partners in an amount equal to the
remainder, if any, of the cumulative Net Losses allocated to each
such Partner pursuant to Section 6.2.A.2(a) for all prior
Partnership Years minus the cumulative Net Income allocated
to each Partner pursuant to this Section 6.2.A.(1)(e) for
all prior Partnership Years; and
(f) Sixth , to each of
the Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests in the Common-Equivalent Units.
To the extent the allocations
of Net Income set forth above in any paragraph of this Section
6.2.A.(1) are not sufficient to entirely satisfy the allocation
set forth in such paragraph, such allocation shall be made in
proportion to the total amount that would have been allocated
pursuant to such paragraph without regard to such
shortfall.
(2) Net Losses .
Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.3 , Net Losses for
any Partnership Year shall be allocated to the Partners in the
following manner and order of priority:
(a) First , to the
General Partner and the Limited Partners in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests in the Common-Equivalent Units (to
the extent consistent with this Section 6.2.A(2)(a) ) until
the Adjusted Capital Account Balance (ignoring for this purpose any
amounts a Partner is obligated to contribute to the capital of the
Partnership or is deemed obligated to contribute pursuant to
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c)(2) and ignoring the
General Partner’s Series A Preferred Capital) of each such
Partner is zero;
(b) Second , to the
General Partner (ignoring for this purpose any amounts the General
Partner is obligated to contribute to the capital of the
Partnership or is deemed obligated to contribute pursuant to
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c)(2)), until the Adjusted
Capital Account (as so modified) of the General Partner is
zero;
(c) Third, to the
Limited Partners to the extent of, and in proportion to, the
positive balance (if any) in their Adjusted Capital Accounts;
and
(d) Fourth, to the
General Partner.
B. Allocations to Reflect
Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests . In the event
that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Interests to the
General Partner, a Limited Partner or any Additional Limited
Partner pursuant to Section 4.3 , the General Partner shall
make such revisions to this Section 6.2 as it determines are
necessary to reflect the terms of the issuance of such additional
Partnership Interests, including making preferential allocations to
certain classes of Partnership Interests, subject to the terms of
the Series A Preferred Units, in accordance with any method
selected by the General Partner.
C. Special Allocation of
Gain to Profits Interest Unitholders . Notwithstanding the
allocations set forth in Section 6.2.A(1) above, any net
capital gains realized in connection with the actual or
hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Partnership, including but not limited to net capital gain treated
as realized in connection with an adjustment to the Gross Asset
Value of Partnership assets as set forth in the definition of such
term, shall first be
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allocated to the Profits Interest
Unitholders until the Economic Capital Account Balances of such
Limited Partners, to the extent attributable to their ownership of
Profits Interest Units, are equal to (i) the Common Unit Economic
Balance, multiplied by (ii) the number of their Profits Interest
Units. For this purpose, the “ Economic Capital Account
Balances ” of the Profits Interest Unitholders will be
equal to their Capital Account balances, plus the amount of their
shares of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in
each case to the extent attributable to their ownership of Profits
Interest Units. Similarly, the “ Common Unit Economic
Balance ” shall mean (i) the Capital Account balance of
the Company, plus the amount of the Company’s share of any
Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in either case to
the extent attributable to the Company’s ownership of Common
Units and computed on a hypothetical basis after taking into
account all allocations through the date on which any allocation is
made under this Section 6.2.C , divided by (ii) the number
of the Company’s Common Units. Any such allocations shall be
made among the Profits Interest Unitholders in proportion to the
amounts required to be allocated to each under this Section
6.2.C . The parties agree that the intent of this Section
6.2.C is to make the Capital Account balances of the Profits
Interest Unitholders with respect to their Profits Interest Units
economically equivalent to the Capital Account balance of the
Company with respect to its Common Units.
D. Allocations in
Connection with a Liquidating Event . Except as otherwise
provided in Section 6.3, the allocations of Net Income and Net Loss
set forth in the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.2 or, if
necessary, allocations of individual items of income, gain, loss
and deduction which comprise such Net Income or Net Loss, shall be
adjusted to the extent necessary so as to result in the Capital
Account balance of each Partner being such that distributions to
the Partners pursuant to Section 13.2 hereof upon the occurrence of
a Liquidating Event shall be made first to the General Partner in
an amount equal to the Series A Preferred Capital, and thereafter
to Holders of Common-Equivalent Units in accordance with their
Percentage Interests in such Units.
Section 6.3 Additional
Allocation Provisions
Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Article 6 :
A. Regulatory
Allocations .
(i) Minimum Gain
Chargeback . Except as otherwise provided in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(f), notwithstanding the provisions of Section
6.2 , or any other provision of this Article 6 , if
there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during any
Partnership Year, each Holder shall be specially allocated items of
Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary,
subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Holder’s share
of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, as determined
under Regulations Section 1.704-2(g). Allocations pursuant to the
previous sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective
amounts required to be allocated to each Holder pursuant thereto.
The items to be allocated shall be determined in accordance with
Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f)(6) and 1.704-2(j)(2). This
Section 6.3.A(i) is intended to qualify as a “minimum
gain chargeback” within the meaning of Regulation Section
1.704-2(f) which shall be controlling in the event of a conflict
between such Regulation and this Section 6.3.A(i)
.
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(ii) Partner Minimum Gain
Chargeback . Except as otherwise provided in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(4), and notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 6.2 , or any other provision of this Article
6 (except Section 6.3.A(i) ), if there is a net decrease
in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt
during any Partnership Year, each Holder who has a share of the
Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt,
determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5),
shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain
for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount
equal to such Holder’s share of the net decrease in Partner
Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt,
determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4).
Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in
proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to
each Holder pursuant thereto. The items to be so allocated shall be
determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(4)
and 1.704-2(j)(2). This Section 6.3.A(ii) is intended to
qualify as a “chargeback of partner nonrecourse debt minimum
gain” within the meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)
which shall be controlling in the event of a conflict between such
Regulation and this Section 6.3.A(ii) .
(iii) Nonrecourse
Deductions and Partner Nonrecourse Deductions . Any Nonrecourse
Deductions for any Partnership Year shall be specially allocated to
the Holders in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests in Common-Equivalent Units. Any Partner Nonrecourse
Deductions for any Partnership Year shall be specially allocated to
the Holder(s) who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to
the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse
Deductions are attributable, in accordance with Regulations
Sections 1.704-2(b)(4) and 1.704-2(i).
(iv) Qualified Income
Offset . If any Holder unexpectedly receives an adjustment,
allocation or distribution described in Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of Partnership income
and gain shall be allocated, in accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), to the Holder in an amount and manner
sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by such
Regulations, the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of the Holder as
quickly as possible provided that an allocation pursuant to this
Section 6.3.A(iv) shall be made if and only to the extent
that such Holder would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit
after all other allocations provided in this Article 6 have
been tentatively made as if this Section 6.3.A(iv) were not
in this Agreement. It is intended that this Section
6.3.A(iv) qualify and be construed as a “qualified income
offset” within the meaning of Regulations
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), which shall be controlling in the event of a
conflict between such Regulations and this Section 6.3.A(iv)
.
(v) Gross Income
Allocation . In the event any Holder has a deficit Capital
Account at the end of any Partnership Year which is in excess of
the sum of (1) the amount (if any) such Holder is obligated to
restore to the Partnership, and (2) the amount such Holder is
deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or the penultimate sentences of Regulations
Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5), each such Holder shall be
specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain in the
amount of such excess as quickly as possible, provided ,
that an allocation pursuant to this Section 6.3.A(v)
shall be made if and only to the extent that such Holder would have
a deficit Capital Account in excess of such sum after all other
allocations provided in this Article 6 have been tentatively
made as if this Section 6.3.A(v) and Section
6.3.A(iv) were not in this Agreement.
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(vi) Limitation on
Allocation of Net Loss . To the extent any allocation of Net
Loss would cause or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as
to any Holder, such allocation of Net Loss shall be reallocated
among the other Holders in accordance with their respective
Percentage Interests in Common-Equivalent Units subject to the
limitations of this Section 6.3.A(vi) .
(vii) Section 754
Adjustment . To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax
basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or
Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining
Capital Accounts as the result of a distribution to a Holder in
complete liquidation of his interest in the Partnership, the amount
of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an
item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset)
or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis) and such gain or
loss shall be specially allocated to the Holders in accordance with
their interests in the Partnership in the event that Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) applies, or to the Holders to whom
such distribution was made in the event that Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) applies.
(viii) Curative
Allocation . The allocations set forth in Sections
6.3.A(i) , (ii) , (iii) , (iv) ,
(v) , (vi) , and (vii) (the “
Regulatory Allocations ”) are intended to comply with
certain regulatory requirements, including the requirements of
Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2 (but subject to
Section 6.2.D), the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into
account in allocating other items of income, gain, loss and
deduction among the Holders so that, to the extent possible, the
net amount of such allocations of other items and the Regulatory
Allocations to each Holder shall be equal to the net amount that
would have been allocated to each such Holder if the Regulatory
Allocations had not occurred.
B. For purposes of
determining a Holder’s proportional share of the
“excess nonrecourse liabilities” of the Partnership
within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3), each
Holder’s interest in Partnership profits shall be such
Holder’s Percentage Interest in Common-Equivalent
Units.
Section 6.4 Tax
Allocations
A. In General . Except
as otherwise provided in this Section 6.4 , for income tax
purposes each item of income, gain, loss and deduction
(collectively, “ Tax Items ”) shall be allocated
among the Holders in the same manner as its correlative item of
“book” income, gain, loss or deduction is allocated
pursuant to Sections 6.2 and 6.3 .
B. Allocations Respecting
Section 704(c) Revaluations . Notwithstanding Section
6.4.A , Tax Items with respect to Partnership property that is
contributed to the Partnership by a Partner shall be shared among
the Holders for income tax purposes pursuant to Regulations
promulgated under Section 704(c) of the Code, so as to take into
account the variation, if any,
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between the basis of the property to the
Partnership and its initial Gross Asset Value. With respect to
Partnership property that is contributed to the Partnership in
connection with the General Partner’s initial public offering
or pursuant to the Partnership’s exercise of rights under any
Option Agreement or ROFO Agreement, such variation between basis
and initial Gross Asset Value shall be taken into account under the
“traditional method” as described in Regulations
Section 1.704-3(b). With respect to other properties contributed to
the Partnership, the Partnership shall account for such variation
under any method consistent with Section 704(c) of the Code and the
applicable regulations as chosen by the General Partner. In the
event the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted
pursuant to subparagraph (b) of the definition of Gross Asset Value
(provided in Article 1 ), subsequent allocations of Tax
Items with respect to such asset shall take account of the
variation, if any, between the adjusted basis of such asset and its
Gross Asset Value in the same manner as under Section 704(c) of the
Code and the applicable regulations consistent with the
requirements of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) using any
method approved under Section 704(c) of the Code and the applicable
regulations as chosen by the General Partner, provided ,
however , that the “traditional method” as
described in Regulations Section 1.704-3(b) shall be used with
respect to Partnership Property that is contributed to the
Partnership in connection with the General Partner’s initial
public offering or pursuant to the Partnership’s exercise of
rights under any Option Agreement or ROFO Agreement.
ARTICLE 7.
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF
BUSINESS
Section 7.1
Management
A. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Agreement, all management powers over
the business and affairs of the Partnership are and shall be
exclusively vested in the General Partner, and no Limited Partner
shall have any right to participate in or exercise control or
management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership.
The General Partner may not be removed by the Limited Partners with
or without cause, except with the consent of the General Partner.
In addition to the powers now or hereafter granted a general
partner of a limited partnership under applicable law or which are
granted to the General Partner under any other
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