Exhibit 3.1
SECOND AMENDMENT TO
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF
BEHRINGER HARVARD MID-TERM
VALUE ENHANCEMENT FUND I LP
This
SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP of Behringer Harvard Mid-Term Value
Enhancement Fund I LP (the “Partnership”) is entered
into this 29 th day of March, 2006 by and among
Behringer Harvard Advisors I LP, a Texas limited partnership, and
Robert M. Behringer (each a “General Partner”), and the
various limited partners who are parties to that certain Agreement
of Limited Partnership of Behringer Harvard Mid-Term Value
Enhancement Fund I LP dated July 30, 2002, as amended, by virtue of
their interest in the Partnership (capitalized terms used but not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in
the Partnership Agreement, as defined below).
WHEREAS , each of the parties hereto are parties to that
certain Agreement of Limited Partnership of Behringer Harvard
Mid-Term Value Enhancement Fund I LP dated July 30, 2002, as
amended by that certain First Amendment to Agreement of Limited
Partnership dated June 2, 2003 (the “Partnership
Agreement”); and
WHEREAS , the parties hereto wish to further amend the
Partnership Agreement as described below;
NOW
THEREFORE , for good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
Amendment to Preamble to Section 8.11. The preamble to Section 8.11 of the Partnership
Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
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8.11
Repurchase of Units. The Partnership shall have the right,
in the sole discretion of the General Partners, to use funds to
purchase Units upon written request of a Limited Partner who has
held such Units for at least one year, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Section 8.11.”
2.
Amendment to Section 8.11(a). Section 8.11(a) of the Partnership Agreement is
hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the
following:
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(a)
Partnership funds applied to repurchases shall not exceed the sum
of (i) one percent (1%) of Cash Flow from the previous fiscal year
plus (ii) the aggregate proceeds received from the Distribution
Reinvestment Plan, subject to the General Partners’
discretion to increase such amount from time to time and provided
that no such purchase shall be made if such purchase would impair
the capital or operation of the Partnership.”
3.
Effect. Except as
set forth above, the Partnership Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect.
4.
Counterparts. This
Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed part of the same document.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned hereby execute this Second
Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership of Behringer Harvard
Mid-Term Value Enhancement Fund I LP under seal as of the date and
year first above written.
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GENERAL
PARTNERS:
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ATTEST:
By: /s/ Gary
S. Bresky
Name: Gary
S. Bresky
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
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BEHRINGER
HARVARD ADVISORS I LP
A Texas limited
partnership
By: Harvard Property
Trust, LLC
Its General Partner
By: /s/ Robert M.
Behringer
Robert M.
Behringer
President of
Harvard Property Trust, LLC
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/s/ Robert
M.
Behringer
Robert M.
Behringer
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LIMITED
PARTNERS:
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By: /s/ Robert M.
Behringer
Robert M. Behringer, as
attorney-in-fact of Behringer Harvard
Mid-Term Value Enhancement Fund I LP pursuant to
Sections
19.1(a)(iv) and (vii) of the Partnership Agreement
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT
OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF
BEHRINGER HARVARD MID-TERM
VALUE ENHANCEMENT FUND I LP
This
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP of Behringer Harvard Mid-Term Value
Enhancement Fund I LP is entered into this 2 nd day of
June, 2003, by and among Gerald J. Reihsen, III, Behringer Harvard
Advisors I LP, a Texas limited partnership, and Robert M. Behringer
(capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meaning ascribed to them in the Partnership Agreement, as
defined below).
WHEREAS , each of the parties hereto are parties to that
certain Agreement of Limited Partnership of Behringer Harvard
Mid-Term Value Enhancement Fund I LP dated July 30, 2002 (the
“Partnership Agreement”); and
WHEREAS , the parties hereto wish to amend the
Partnership Agreement as described below;
NOW
THEREFORE , for good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
Amendment. Section
11.3(i) of the Partnership Agreement is amended by deleting in its
entirety the first sentence of that paragraph and substituting for
it the following sentence:
“
(i)
The Partnership shall not own or lease property in general
partnerships or joint ventures with unrelated entities which own
and operate one or more particular properties, unless (i) the
management of such partnership or joint ownership is under the
control of the Partnership in that the Partnership or an Affiliate
of the Partnership possesses the power to direct or to cause the
direction of the management and policies of any such partnership or
joint venture; (ii) the Partnership, as a result of such joint
ownership or partnership ownership of a property, is not charged,
directly or indirectly, more than once for the same services; (iii)
the joint ownership or partnership does not authorize or require
the Partnership to do anything as a partner or joint venturer with
respect to the property which the Partnership or the General
Partners could not do directly because of this Agreement; and (iv)
the General Partners and their Affiliates are prohibited from
receiving any compensation, fees or expenses which are not
permitted to be paid under this Agreement.”
2.
Effect. Except as
set forth above, the Partnership Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect.
3.
Counterparts. This
Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed part of the same document.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned hereby execute this First
Amendment to Agreement of Limited Partnership of Behringer Harvard
Mid-Term Value Enhancement Fund I LP under seal as of the date and
year first above written.
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INITIAL
LIMITED PARTNER:
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/s/ Gerald
J. Reihsen,
III
GERALD J.
REIHSEN, III
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GENERAL
PARTNERS:
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ATTEST:
By: /s/ Gary
S.
Bresky
Name:
Gary S.
Bresky
Title: Chief
Financial
Officer
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BEHRINGER
HARVARD ADVISORS I LP
A Texas limited
partnership
By: Harvard Property
Trust, LLC
Its General Partner
By: /s/ Robert M.
Behringer
Robert M. Behringer
President of Harvard Property Trust, LLC
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/s/ Robert
M.
Behringer
ROBERT M.
BEHRINGER
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AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
BEHRINGER HARVARD MID-TERM VALUE ENHANCEMENT
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP OF
BEHRINGER HARVARD MID-TERM
VALUE ENHANCEMENT FUND I LP
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Page
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ARTICLE I
FORMATION
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1
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ARTICLE II
NAME
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1
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ARTICLE III
DEFINITIONS
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1
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3.1
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“Acquisition and Advisory
Fee”
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3.2
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“Acquisition
Expenses”
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3.3
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“Acquisition
Fees”
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1
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3.4
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“Act”
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1
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3.5
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“Additional Limited
Partners”
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1
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3.6
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“Affiliate”
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2
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3.7
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“Aggregate Assets
Value”
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2
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3.8
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“Agreement”
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2
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3.9
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“Asset Management
Fee”
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2
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3.10
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“Assignee”
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2
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3.11
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“Base Amount”
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2
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3.12
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“Capital
Account”
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2
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3.13
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“Capital
Contribution”
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2
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3.14
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“Cash Flow”
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2
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3.15
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“Certificate”
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2
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3.16
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“Code”
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2
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3.17
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“Competent Independent
Expert”
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2
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3.18
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“Construction
Fees”
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3
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3.19
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“Contract Purchase
Price”
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3
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3.20
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“Development
Fees”
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3
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3.21
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“Dissenting Limited
Partner”
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3
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3.22
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“Distribution Reinvestment
Plan”
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3
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3.23
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“Event of
Withdrawal”
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3
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3.24
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“Front-End
Fees”
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3
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3.25
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“Gain on
Sale”
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3
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3.26
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“General
Partners”
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3
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3.27
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“Gross
Revenues”
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4
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3.28
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“Initial Limited
Partner”
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4
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3.29
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“Intellectual Property
Rights”
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4
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3.30
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“Investment in
Properties”
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4
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3.31
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“IRS”
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4
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3.32
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“Limited
Partners”
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4
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3.33
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“Liquidating
Distributions”
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4
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3.34
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“Majority
Vote”
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4
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3.35
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“Minimum
Gain”
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4
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3.36
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“Minimum Investment
Percentage”
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4
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3.37
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“Minimum
Offering”
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4
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3.38
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“Minimum Offering Expiration
Date”
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4
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3.39
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“NASAA
Guidelines”
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4
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3.40
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“Net Capital
Contribution”
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5
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3.41
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“Net Cash
Distributions”
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5
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3.42
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“Net Cash From
Operations”
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5
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3.43
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“Net Income” or
“Net Loss”
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5
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3.44
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“Non-Liquidating Net Sale
Proceeds”
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5
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3.45
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“Offering”
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5
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3.46
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“Organization and Offering
Expenses”
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5
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3.47
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“Participating
Percentage”
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5
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3.48
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“Partners”
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3.49
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“Partnership”
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3.50
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“Partnership Property”
or “Partnership Properties”
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3.51
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“Person”
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3.52
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“Preferential Limited Partner
Return”
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3.53
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“Prior Behringer Harvard
Public Programs”
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3.54
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“Program”
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3.55
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“Proprietary
Property”
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3.56
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“Prospectus”
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3.57
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“Purchase
Price”
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3.58
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“Registration
Statement”
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3.59
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“Retirement
Plans”
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3.60
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“Roll-Up”
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3.61
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“Roll-Up
Entity”
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3.62
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“Sale Date”
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3.63
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“Sponsor”
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3.64
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“Treasury
Regulations”
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3.65
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“Unit”
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ARTICLE IV
BUSINESS
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4.1
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Purpose
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4.2
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Objectives
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ARTICLE V NAMES
AND ADDRESSES OF PARTNERS
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ARTICLE VI
TERM
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ARTICLE VII
PRINCIPAL AND REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT
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ARTICLE VIII
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
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8.1
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Capital Accounts
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8.2
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General Partners
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8.3
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General Partner Purchase of
Units
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8.4
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Initial Limited Partner
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8.5
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Limited Partner
Contributions
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8.6
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Admission of Limited
Partners
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9
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8.7
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Minimum Capitalization
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9
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8.8
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Escrow
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9
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8.9
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Public Offering
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10
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8.10
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Return and Withdrawal of
Capital
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10
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8.11
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Repurchase of Units
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10
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8.12
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Interest on Capital
Contributions
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12
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8.13
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Ownership by Limited Partner of
Interest in Affiliates of General Partners
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12
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8.14
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Deficit Capital Accounts
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12
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8.15
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Distribution Reinvestment
Plan
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12
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ARTICLE IX
DISTRIBUTIONS
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13
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9.1
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Net Cash Distributions
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9.2
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Dissolution
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14
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9.3
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Liquidating
Distributions
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14
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9.4
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Distribution
Dates
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14
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9.5
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Allocation
Among General Partners
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14
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9.6
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Allocation
Among Limited Partners
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14
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ARTICLE X
ALLOCATIONS
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10.1
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Net
Loss
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10.2
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Net Income
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10.3
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Qualified Income Offset
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10.4
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Allocation Among Limited
Partners
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10.5
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Allocation Among General
Partners
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16
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10.6
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Item Prorations
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16
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10.7
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Allocations in Respect to
Transferred Units
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16
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10.8
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Allocations in Respect to
Repurchased Units
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16
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10.9
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Disputes
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16
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ARTICLE XI
MANAGEMENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP
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11.1
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Management
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11.2
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Powers of the General
Partners
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16
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11.3
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Limitations on Powers of the General
Partners
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11.4
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Expenses of the
Partnership
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11.5
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Merger, Exchange and
Conversion
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11.6
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Rights of Dissenting Limited
Partners
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11.7
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Limitation on Liability of the
General Partners; Indemnification of the General
Partners
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ARTICLE XII
SERVICES TO PARTNERSHIP BY GENERAL PARTNERS
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12.1
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Acquisition and Advisory
Services
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12.2
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Limitations on Acquisition
Fees
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12.3
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Property Management
Services
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12.4
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Asset Management Fee
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12.5
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Insurance Services
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12.6
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Development and Construction
Services Prohibited
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12.7
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Real Estate Commissions on Resale of
Properties
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12.8
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Rebates, Give-ups and Reciprocal
Arrangements
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33
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12.9
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Other Services
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ARTICLE XIII
TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN GENERAL PARTNERS AND THE
PARTNERSHIP
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34
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13.1
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Sales and Leases to the
Partnership
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13.2
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Sales and Leases to the General
Partners
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13.3
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Loans
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13.4
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Dealings with Related
Programs
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13.5
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Commissions on Reinvestment or
Distribution
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ARTICLE XIV
INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES OF PARTNERS
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ARTICLE XV
BOOKS, REPORTS, FISCAL AND TAX MATTERS
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15.1
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Books
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15.2
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Reports
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15.3
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Fiscal Year
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15.4
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Tax Elections
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15.5
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Bank Accounts
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15.6
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Insurance
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15.7
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Taxation as Partnership
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15.8
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Tax Matters
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ARTICLE XVI
RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS
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16.1
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Powers of the Limited
Partners
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16.2
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Restrictions on Power to
Amend
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16.3
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Limited Liability
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16.4
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Meetings of, or Actions by, the
Limited Partners
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ARTICLE XVII
WITHDRAWAL OR REMOVAL OF GENERAL PARTNERS;
ASSIGNABILITY
OF GENERAL PARTNERS’ AND LIMITED PARTNERS’
INTERESTS
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17.1
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Withdrawal or Removal of General
Partners; Admission of Successor or Additional General
Partners
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17.2
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Limited Partners’
Interest
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17.3
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Restrictions on Transfers
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17.4
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Substituted Limited
Partners
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17.5
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Assignment of Limited Partnership
Interest Without Substitution
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17.6
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Withdrawal of Limited
Partner
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17.7
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Death, Legal Incompetency or
Dissolution of Limited Partner
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17.8
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Elimination or Modification of
Restrictions
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ARTICLE XVIII
LOANS TO PARTNERSHIP
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18.1
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Authority to Borrow
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18.2
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Loans from Partners
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ARTICLE XIX
POWER OF ATTORNEY, CERTIFICATES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
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19.1
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Power of Attorney
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19.2
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Required Signatures
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19.3
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Additional Documents
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ARTICLE XX
DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION OF THE PARTNERSHIP
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20.1
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Dissolution
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20.2
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Proxy to Liquidate
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20.3
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Limited Partners’ Right to
Continue the Business of the Partnership
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20.4
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Payment to Withdrawn or Removed
General Partner
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20.5
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Termination of Executory
Contracts
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ARTICLE XXI
DISTRIBUTION ON TERMINATION OF PARTNERSHIP
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21.1
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Liquidation Distribution
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21.2
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Time of Liquidation
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21.3
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Liquidation Statement
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21.4
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No Liability for Return of
Capital
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21.5
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No Right of Partition
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21.6
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Priority; Return of
Capital
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21.7
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Escheat of Distributions
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ARTICLE XXII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
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22.1
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Notices
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22.2
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Survival of Rights
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22.3
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Amendment
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22.4
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Headings
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49
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22.5
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Agreement in Counterparts
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49
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22.6
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Governing Law
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49
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22.7
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Pronouns
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49
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22.8
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Separability of
Provisions
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49
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22.9
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No Mandatory Arbitration of
Disputes
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22.10
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Ownership of Proprietary
Property
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THIS AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP is made
and entered into effective as of the 30th day of July, 2002, by and
between Robert M. Behringer, a Texas resident, and Behringer
Harvard Advisors I LP, a Texas limited partnership, as the General
Partners, and Gerald J. Reihsen, III, a Texas resident, as the
Initial Limited Partner, and those parties who from time to time
become Limited Partners as provided in this Agreement, as the
Limited Partners.
WHEREAS , on July 30, 2002, a Certificate of Limited
Partnership was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Texas, pursuant to which the General Partners and the Initial
Limited Partner formed a limited partnership (the
“Partnership”) under the Texas Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act (the “Act”); and
WHEREAS , the parties hereto desire to enter into this
Agreement of Limited Partnership.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing and the
mutual covenants and conditions herein contained, the parties
hereto hereby agree, as follows:
ARTICLE
I
FORMATION
The General Partners have executed and filed a
Certificate of Limited Partnership on July 30, 2002, with the
Secretary of State of the State of Texas, pursuant to which the
parties hereto have formed the Partnership.
ARTICLE
II
NAME
The business of the Partnership shall be
conducted under the name of “Behringer Harvard Mid-Term Value
Enhancement Fund I LP” or such other name as the General
Partners shall hereafter designate in their discretion from time to
time.
ARTICLE
III
DEFINITIONS
3.1
“Acquisition and
Advisory Fee” shall mean the fee payable to the General
Partners or their Affiliates pursuant to Section 12.1 hereof for
performing acquisition advisory services in connection with the
review and evaluation of potential real property acquisitions and
other investments for the Partnership.
3.2
“Acquisition
Expenses” shall mean expenses, including, but not limited
to, legal fees and expenses, travel and communications expenses,
costs of appraisals, nonrefundable option payments on property not
acquired, accounting fees and expenses, title insurance and
miscellaneous expenses related to selection and acquisition of
properties, whether or not acquired.
3.3
“Acquisition
Fees” shall
mean the total of all fees and commissions paid by any Person to
any Person in connection with the purchase, development or
construction of property by the Partnership, including the
Acquisition and Advisory Fees payable to the General Partners or
their Affiliates, real estate brokerage commissions, investment
advisory fees, finder’s fees, selection fees, Development
Fees, Construction Fees, nonrecurring management fees, or any other
fees of a similar nature, however designated, but excluding any
Development Fees and Construction Fees paid to a Person not
affiliated with the Sponsor in connection with the actual
development or construction of a property.
3.4
“Act”
shall mean the provisions of the
Texas Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act.
3.5
“Additional Limited
Partners” shall refer to all persons who are admitted as
Limited Partners pursuant to the provisions hereof.
3.6
“Affiliate”
shall mean (a) any Person directly
or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control
with a General Partner, (b) any Person owning or controlling ten
percent (10%) or more of the outstanding voting securities of a
General Partner, (c) any officer, director or partner of a General
Partner, and (d) if such other Person is an officer, director or
partner, any company for which a General Partner acts in any such
capacity.
3.7
“Aggregate Assets
Value” shall
mean the aggregate book value of the assets of the Partnership
(other than investments in bank accounts, money market funds and
other current assets) at the time of measurement before deducting
depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves and
without reduction for any debt secured by or relating to such
assets; provided, however, that during such periods in which the
Partnership is obtaining independent estimated Unit valuations
pursuant to Section 15.2(f), “Aggregate Assets Value”
will equal the greater of (i) the amount determined pursuant to the
foregoing or (ii) the aggregate valuation of such assets
established by or in connection with the most recent such valuation
report without reduction for depreciation, bad debts or other
similar non-cash reserves and without reduction for any debt
secured by or relating to such assets.
3.8
“Agreement”
shall mean this Agreement of Limited
Partnership as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time.
3.9
“Asset Management
Fee” shall
mean the fee paid to the General Partners or their Affiliates
pursuant to Section 12.4 hereof for day-to-day professional
management services in connection with the Partnership and its
investments.
3.10
“Assignee”
shall mean a Person who has acquired
a Limited Partner’s beneficial interest in one or more Units
and has not become a substituted Limited Partner.
3.11
“Base
Amount” shall
mean that portion of Capital Contributions originally committed to
Investment in Properties without regard to leverage and including
Working Capital Reserves. The Base Amount shall be recomputed
annually by subtracting from the then fair market value of the
Partnership’s real properties as determined by independent
appraisals plus the Working Capital Reserves, an amount equal to
the outstanding debt secured by the Partnership’s
properties.
3.12
“Capital
Account” shall
mean the account established and maintained for each Partner
pursuant to Section 8.1 hereof.
3.13
“Capital
Contribution” shall mean, in the case of the General Partners,
the aggregate amount of cash contributed by the General Partners to
the Partnership and, in the case of a Limited Partner, the gross
amount of investment in the Partnership by such Limited Partner,
which shall be an amount equal to ten dollars ($10.00) multiplied
by the number of Units purchased by such Limited
Partner.
3.14
“Cash
Flow” shall
mean cash funds from operations of the Partnership, including
without limitation interest and other investment income but
excluding Capital Contributions and without deduction for
depreciation or amortization, after deducting funds used to pay or
to provide for the payment of all operating expenses of the
Partnership and each Partnership Property and debt service, if any,
capital improvements and replacements.
3.15
“Certificate”
shall mean the Certificate of
Limited Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of Texas
dated July 30, 2002, as amended from time to time.
3.16
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
3.17
“Competent Independent
Expert” shall mean a Person with no material current or
prior business or personal relationship with the Sponsor who is
engaged to a substantial extent in the business of rendering
opinions regarding the value of assets of the type held by the
Partnership and who is qualified to perform such work. Membership
in a nationally recognized appraisal society such as the American
Institute of Real Estate Appraisers or the Society of Real Estate
Appraisers shall be conclusive evidence of such
qualification.
3.18
“Construction
Fees” shall
mean any fees or other remuneration for acting as general
contractor and/or construction manager to construct, supervise
and/or coordinate improvements in connection with the actual
development or construction of a Partnership Property.
3.19
“Contract Purchase
Price” shall
mean the amount actually paid or allocated in respect of the
purchase, development, construction or improvement of a Partnership
Property, exclusive of Acquisition Fees and Acquisition
Expenses.
3.20
“Development
Fees” shall
mean any fees or other remuneration for the development of a
Partnership Property, including negotiating and approving plans,
assisting in obtaining zoning and necessary variances for a
specific property, and related matters.
3.21
“Dissenting Limited
Partner” shall
mean any Limited Partner who casts a vote against a plan of merger,
plan of exchange or plan of conversion, including a Roll-Up; except
that, for purposes of a transaction which involves an exchange or a
tender offer, Dissenting Limited Partner shall mean any person who
files a dissent from the terms of the transaction with the party
responsible for tabulating the votes or tenders to be received in
connection with the transaction during the period in which the
offer is outstanding.
3.22
“Distribution
Reinvestment Plan” shall mean the plan established pursuant to
Section 8.15 hereof.
3.23
“Event of
Withdrawal” shall mean, as to the General Partners (a) the
dissolution, death or permanent disability of a General Partner;
(b) if such General Partner (i) makes an assignment for the benefit
of the creditors; (ii) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy;
(iii) is adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent; (iv) files a petition
or answer speaking for himself or itself in the reorganization,
arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or
similar relief under any statute, law or regulation; (v) files an
answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the
material allegations of the petition filed against him or it in any
proceeding of this nature; (vi) seeks, consents to or acquiesces in
the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such
General Partner of all or a substantial part of his or its
property; or (c) upon (i) the filing of a certificate of
dissolution of a General Partner or the revocation of a General
Partner’s charter and lapse of ninety (90) days after notice
to the General Partner of revocation without reinstatement of its
charter; (ii) one hundred-twenty (120) days after the commencement
of any proceeding against a General Partner seeking reorganization,
arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or
similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, if the
proceeding has not been dismissed; or (iii) the expiration of
ninety (90) days after the appointment without such General
Partner’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or
liquidator of such General Partner or of all or any substantial
part of its properties, the appointment of which is not vacated or
stayed within ninety (90) days after the expiration of any stay. If
there is at least one remaining General Partner, an Event of
Withdrawal of a General Partner shall be effective as of the date
of any such event; however, if an Event of Withdrawal shall occur
with respect to the last remaining General Partner, the Event of
Withdrawal shall not be effective until one hundred-twenty (120)
days after the event giving rise to the Event of Withdrawal has
occurred.
3.24
“Front-End
Fees” shall
mean fees and expenses paid by any party for any services rendered
during the Partnership’s organizational or acquisition phase
including Organization and Offering Expenses, Acquisition Fees
(including Acquisition and Advisory Fees), Acquisition Expenses,
interest on deferred fees and expenses, if applicable, and any
other similar fees, however designated.
3.25
“Gain on
Sale” shall
mean the taxable income or gain for federal income tax purposes
(including gain exempt from tax) in the aggregate for each fiscal
year from the sale, exchange or other disposition of all or any
portion of a Partnership asset after netting losses from such
sales, exchanges or other dispositions against the gains from such
transactions.
3.26
“General
Partners” shall refer collectively to Robert M. Behringer
and Behringer Harvard Advisors I LP, or any other Person or Persons
who succeed any or all of them in that capacity.
3.27
“Gross
Revenues” shall mean all amounts actually collected as
rents or other charges for the use and occupancy of Partnership
Properties, but shall exclude interest and other investment income
of the Partnership and proceeds received by the Partnership from a
sale, exchange, condemnation, eminent domain taking, casualty or
other disposition of assets of the Partnership.
3.28
“Initial Limited
Partner” shall
mean Gerald J. Reihsen, III.
3.29
“Intellectual Property
Rights” shall
mean all rights, titles and interests, whether foreign or domestic,
in and to any and all trade secrets, confidential information
rights, patents, invention rights, copyrights, service marks,
trademarks, know-how, or similar intellectual property rights and
all applications and rights to apply for such rights, as well as
any and all moral rights, rights of privacy, publicity and similar
rights and license rights of any type under the laws or regulations
of any governmental, regulatory, or judicial authority, foreign or
domestic and all renewals and extensions thereof.
3.30
“Investment in
Properties” shall mean the amount of Capital Contributions
actually paid or allocated to the purchase, development,
construction or improvement of properties acquired by the
Partnership (including the purchase of properties, working capital
reserves allocable thereto except that working capital reserves in
excess of five percent (5%) shall not be included and other cash
payments such as interest and taxes, but excluding Front-End
Fees).
3.31
“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.
3.32
“Limited
Partners” shall refer to the Initial Limited Partner, the
Additional Limited Partners and to all other Persons who are
admitted to the Partnership as additional or substituted Limited
Partners.
3.33
“Liquidating
Distributions” shall mean the net cash proceeds received by the
Partnership from (a) the sale, exchange, condemnation, eminent
domain taking, casualty or other disposition of substantially all
of the assets of the Partnership or the last remaining assets of
the Partnership or (b) a liquidation of the Partnership’s
assets in connection with a dissolution of the Partnership, after
(i) payment of all expenses of such sale, exchange, condemnation,
eminent domain taking, casualty or other disposition or
liquidation, including real estate commissions, if applicable, (ii)
the payment of any outstanding indebtedness and other liabilities
of the Partnership, (iii) any amounts used to restore any such
assets of the Partnership, and (iv) any amounts set aside as
reserves which the General Partners in their sole discretion may
deem necessary or desirable.
3.34
“Majority
Vote” shall
mean the affirmative vote or written consent of Limited Partners
then owning of record more than fifty percent (50%) of the
outstanding Units of the Partnership; provided, however, that any
Units owned or otherwise controlled by the General Partners or
their Affiliates may not be voted and will not be included in the
total number of outstanding Units for purposes of this definition
unless such Units are the only Units outstanding as of the date of
determination.
3.35
“Minimum
Gain” shall
have the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-2(d).
3.36
“Minimum Investment
Percentage” shall mean a percentage of the aggregate Capital
Contributions which is equal to 82% of the Capital
Contributions.
3.37
“Minimum
Offering” shall mean the receipt and acceptance by the
General Partners of subscriptions for Units aggregating at least
two million dollars ($2,000,000) in offering proceeds.
3.38
“Minimum Offering
Expiration Date” shall mean the first anniversary of the
commencement of the Offering.
3.39
“NASAA
Guidelines” shall mean the Statement of Policy Regarding
Real Estate Programs of the North American Securities
Administrators Association, Inc., effective September 29, 1993, as
amended.
3.40
“Net Capital
Contribution” shall mean, with respect to any Partner, the
Partner’s Capital Contribution as reduced from time to time
by distributions to such Partner constituting a return of capital
pursuant to Section 8.10 hereof or by distributions to such Partner
of Non-Liquidating Net Sale Proceeds and Liquidating Distributions
pursuant to Sections 9.1 and 9.3 hereof, but excluding
distributions made to Limited Partners pursuant to Section 9.2(b)
hereof, and without reduction for distributions of Net Cash From
Operations made pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof.
3.41
“Net Cash
Distributions” shall mean the sum of Net Cash From Operations
and Non-Liquidating Net Sale Proceeds.
3.42
“Net Cash From
Operations” shall mean Cash Flow, less the amounts set aside
for restoration or creation of reserves and for repurchases of
Units pursuant to Section 8.11 hereof, if any.
3.43
“Net Income” or
“Net Loss” shall mean the net income or loss realized or
recognized by the Partnership for a fiscal year, as determined for
federal income tax purposes, including any income exempt from
tax.
3.44
“Non-Liquidating Net
Sale Proceeds” shall mean the net cash proceeds received by the
Partnership from a sale, exchange, condemnation, eminent domain
taking, casualty or other disposition of assets of the Partnership,
which does not constitute substantially all of the remaining assets
of the Partnership, after (a) payment of all expenses of such sale,
exchange, condemnation, eminent domain taking, casualty or other
disposition, including real estate commissions, if applicable, (b)
the payment of any outstanding indebtedness and other Partnership
liabilities relating to such disposed assets, (c) any amounts used
to restore any such disposed assets or purchase additional assets
with the proceeds thereof, and (d) any amounts set aside as
reserves which the General Partners in their sole discretion may
deem necessary or desirable (including for the purchase of
additional assets).
3.45
“Offering”
shall mean the offering and sale of
Units to the public pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth
in the Prospectus.
3.46
“Organization and
Offering Expenses” shall mean those expenses incurred in connection
with organizing the Partnership, preparing the Partnership for
registration and subsequently offering and distributing the Units
to the public, including without limitation, legal and accounting
fees, sales commissions paid to broker-dealers in connection with
the distribution of the Units and all advertising
expenses.
3.47
“Participating
Percentage” shall mean at any given time, as to each holder
of a Unit or Units, the percentage of that Person’s Unit or
Units to the total Units being measured and shall be determined by
dividing the total number of Units held by such Person by the total
number of outstanding Units and multiplying the quotient thereof by
one hundred (100).
3.48
“Partners”
shall refer collectively to the
General Partners and to the Limited Partners, and reference to a
“Partner” shall be to any one of the
Partners.
3.49
“Partnership”
shall refer to the limited
partnership created under this Agreement.
3.50
“Partnership
Property” or “Partnership
Properties” shall mean any and all land and improvements
purchased, constructed or owned by the Partnership, either directly
or through joint venture arrangements or other partnership or
investment interests, and all repairs, replacements or renewals
thereof, together with all personal property acquired by the
Partnership, directly or indirectly, which is from time to time
located thereon or specifically used in connection
therewith.
3.51
“Person”
shall mean any natural person,
partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity,
including without limitation, qualified pension and profit sharing
trusts.
3.52
“Preferential Limited
Partner Return” shall mean with respect to each Limited Partner
Unit the sum of (a) a cumulative (but not compounded) eight percent
(8%) per annum return on a Limited Partner’s Net Capital
Contribution with respect to such Unit. Each Limited
Partner’s Preferential Limited Partner Return as to
any
Unit shall be
calculated from the date on which such Limited Partner’s
initial Capital Contribution was accepted by the Partnership in
respect of such Unit.
3.53
“Prior Behringer
Harvard Public Programs” shall mean public real estate limited
partnerships, real estate investment trusts or other publicly
registered programs or entities previously or currently sponsored
by the General Partners or their Affiliates having substantially
identical investment objectives as the Partnership.
3.54
“Program”
shall mean a
limited or general partnership, joint venture, unincorporated
association or similar organization (other than a corporation)
formed and operated for the primary purpose of investment in and
the operation of or gain from an interest in real property,
including such entities formed to make or invest in mortgage
loans.
3.55
“Proprietary
Property” shall mean all modeling algorithms, tools,
computer programs, know-how, methodologies, processes,
technologies, ideas, concepts, skills, routines, subroutines,
operating instructions and other materials and aides used in
performing the service set forth in Article XII hereto and all
modifications, enhancements and derivative works of the
foregoing.
3.56
“Prospectus”
shall mean the prospectus used by
the Partnership in connection with its initial offer and sale of
Units to the public pursuant to a Registration Statement filed
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
3.57
“Purchase
Price” shall
mean the price paid by the Partnership for Partnership Properties
(including all Acquisition Fees, liens and mortgages on the
properties, but excluding points and prepaid interest) plus all
costs of improvements, if any, reasonably and properly allocable to
the Partnership Properties.
3.58
“Registration
Statement” shall mean the registration statement filed by
the Partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in order to
register the Units for sale to the public, including all amendments
thereto.
3.59
“Retirement
Plans” shall
mean Individual Retirement Accounts established under Section 408
or Section 408A of the Code and Keogh or corporate pension or
profit sharing plans established under Section 401(a) of the
Code.
3.60
“Roll-Up”
shall mean any transaction that
involves the acquisition, merger, conversion or consolidation,
either directly or indirectly, of the Partnership and the issuance
of securities of a Roll-Up Entity; provided, however, that such
term does not include a transaction that (a) involves securities of
the Partnership that have been listed for at least 12 months on a
national securities exchange or traded through the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation National
Market System; or (b) involves the conversion to corporate, trust
or association form of only the Partnership if, as a consequence of
the transaction, there will be no significant adverse change in any
of the following rights or terms, as compared to such rights and
terms in effect for the Partnership prior to such transaction: (i)
voting rights of holders of the class of securities to be held by
Limited Partners, (ii) the term of existence of the surviving or
resulting entity, (iii) compensation to the sponsor (as defined in
the NASAA Guidelines) of the surviving or resulting entity, or (iv)
the investment objectives of the surviving or resulting
entity.
3.61
“Roll-Up
Entity” shall
mean a partnership, real estate investment trust, corporation,
trust or other entity that would be created or would survive after
the successful completion of a proposed Roll-Up.
3.62
“Sale
Date” shall
mean the day on which the Partnership realizes any gain or loss
from the sale, exchange or other disposition of Partnership assets
which it is required to allocate to the Partners.
3.63
“Sponsor”
shall mean any Person which (i) is
directly or indirectly instrumental in organizing, wholly or in
part, the Partnership, (ii) will manage or participate in the
management of the Partnership, and any Affiliate of any such
Person, other than a Person whose only relationship with the
Partnership is that of an independent property manager and whose
only compensation is as such, (iii) takes the initiative, directly
or
indirectly, in
founding or organizing the Partnership, either alone or in
conjunction with one or more other Persons, (iv) receives a
material participation in the Partnership in connection with the
founding or organizing of the business of the Partnership, in
consideration of services or property, or both services and
property, (v) has a substantial number of relationships and
contacts with the Partnership, (vi) possesses significant rights to
control Partnership Properties, (vii) receives fees for providing
services to the Partnership which are paid on a basis that is not
customary in the industry, or (viii) provides goods or services to
the Partnership on a basis which was not negotiated at arm's-length
with the Partnership.
3.64
“Treasury
Regulations” shall mean the Income Tax Regulations
promulgated under the Code by the United States Treasury
Department.
3.65
“Unit” shall mean the limited partnership interest
entitling the holder thereof to all applicable rights and benefits
under this Agreement including, but not limited to, an interest in
the income, loss, distributions and capital of the Partnership to
be allocated to holders of Units, as set forth in Articles IX and X
hereof. All Units shall represent a Capital Contribution of ten
dollars ($10.00) each (irrespective of the fact that because of
discounts in sales commissions and other fees under certain
circumstances, certain Units may be sold and issued for a gross
consideration of less than ten dollars ($10.00) per Unit), shall be
issued as fully paid and nonassessable and shall have the same
rights, privileges and preferences except as expressly provided
herein.
ARTICLE
IV
BUSINESS
4.1
Purpose.
The principal purpose of the
Partnership is to acquire, develop, construct, own, operate,
improve, lease and otherwise manage for investment purposes, either
alone or in association with others, a diversified portfolio of
income-producing commercial or industrial properties as shall from
time to time be acquired by the Partnership and to engage in any or
all general business activities related to or incidental to such
principal purpose.
4.2
Objectives.
The business of the Partnership
shall be conducted with the following objectives:
(a)
To preserve, protect and return the
Partners’ investment in the Partnership;
(b)
To maximize Net Cash From
Operations;
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(c)
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To realize
growth in the value of Partnership Properties upon the ultimate
sale thereof; and
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(d)
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To liquidate or
merge the Partnership within eight (8) years after termination of
the Offering.
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ARTICLE
V
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF
PARTNERS
The names of the General Partners are Behringer
Harvard Advisors I LP and Robert M. Behringer. The name of the
Initial Limited Partner is Gerald J. Reihsen, III. The business
address of the General Partners and the Initial Limited Partner is
1323 North Stemmons Freeway, Suite 211, Dallas, Texas 75207. The
names and addresses of all the Additional Limited Partners shall be
set forth in the books and records of the Partnership.
ARTICLE
VI
TERM
The Partnership term commenced upon the filing
of the Certificate and shall continue until December 31, 2022,
unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided.
ARTICLE
VII
PRINCIPAL AND REGISTERED
OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT
The principal and registered office of the
Partnership shall be 1323 North Stemmons Freeway, Suite 211,
Dallas, Texas 75207. The General Partners may from time to time
change the principal place of business and, in such event, shall
notify the Limited Partners in writing of the change and the
effective date of such change. The registered agent for the
Partnership at such address shall be Behringer Harvard Advisors I
LP.
ARTICLE
VIII
CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
8.1
Capital
Accounts. A separate
Capital Account shall be maintained for each Partner. The Capital
Accounts of the Partners shall be determined and maintained
throughout the term of the Partnership in accordance with the
capital accounting rules of Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b), as it may be amended or revised from time to
time.
8.2
General
Partners. The
General Partners shall make Capital Contributions to the
Partnership as follows:
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Dollar Amount
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Behringer
Harvard Advisors I LP
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$400
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Robert M.
Behringer
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$100
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TOTAL
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$500
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8.3
General Partner Purchase of
Units. The Capital
Contributions of the General Partners, together with the Capital
Contribution of the Initial Limited Partner, shall constitute the
initial capital of the Partnership and shall not entitle the
General Partners to any Units. The General Partners may, in their
discretion, make additional Capital Contributions to the capital of
the Partnership in exchange for the purchase of Units. Any General
Partner who purchases Units shall continue, in all respects, to be
treated as a General Partner but shall receive the income, losses
and cash distributions with respect to any Units purchased by such
General Partner on the same basis as other Partners may receive
with respect to their Units. Units purchased by the General
Partners or their Affiliates shall not be entitled to vote on any
transaction requiring Limited Partner approval.
8.4
Initial Limited
Partner.
The Initial Limited Partner shall contribute one
hundred dollars ($100) in cash to the Partnership and agrees that
his interest shall automatically be redeemed for one hundred
dollars ($100) upon the admission of any Additional Limited
Partners to the Partnership.
8.5
Limited Partner
Contributions.
The General Partners are authorized and directed
to raise capital for the Partnership as provided in the Prospectus
by offering and selling not more than an aggregate of forty-four
million (44,000,000) Units to Limited Partners as
follows:
(a)
Each Unit shall be issued for a
purchase price of ten dollars ($10.00) less any discounts
authorized in the Prospectus.
(b)
Except as set forth below, the
minimum purchase of either class or combination of Units shall be
one hundred (100) Units (or such greater minimum number of Units as
may be required under
applicable
state or federal laws). Except in certain states, subscribers who
have satisfied the minimum purchase requirements and have purchased
units in Prior Behringer Harvard Public Programs or units or shares
of other public real estate programs may purchase less than the
minimum number of Units described above, but in no event less than
two and one-half (2.5) Units. In addition, after subscribers have
satisfied the minimum purchase requirements, the minimum additional
investment in the Partnership shall not be less than two and
one-half (2.5) Units. Fractional Units may be sold at the
discretion of the General Partners. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the provisions set forth above relating to the minimum number of
Units which may be purchased shall not apply to purchases of Units
pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan described in Section
8.15 hereof or a qualified Distribution Reinvestment Plan
authorized by the partnership agreement of one of the Prior
Behringer Harvard Public Programs or reinvestment plans of other
public real estate programs.
(c)
The General Partners may refuse to
accept subscriptions for Units and contributions tendered therewith
for any reason whatsoever.
(d)
Each Unit sold to a subscriber shall
be fully paid and nonassessable.
The General Partners are further authorized to
cause the Partnership to issue additional Units to Limited Partners
pursuant to the terms of any plan of merger, plan of exchange or
plan of conversion adopted by the Partnership pursuant to the
provisions of Section 11.5 hereof.
8.6
Admission of Limited
Partners. No action
or consent by any Limited Partners shall be required for the
admission of Additional Limited Partners to the Partnership,
provided that the Partnership may not issue more than forty-four
million (44,000,000) Units to Limited Partners pursuant to the
Offering. Funds of subscribers for Units pursuant to the Offering
shall be held in the escrow account described in Section 8.8 below.
Such funds shall not be released from escrow, and no subscribers
for Units shall be admitted to the Partnership unless and until the
receipt and acceptance by the Partnership of the Minimum Offering.
At any time thereafter, the Capital Contributions of such
subscribers may be released directly to the Partnership, provided
that such subscribers in the initial escrow shall be admitted to
the Partnership within fifteen (15) days after such release.
Subscriptions from subsequent subscribers shall be accepted or
rejected within thirty (30) days of receipt by the Partnership, and
if rejected, all funds shall be returned to subscribers within ten
(10) business days. Subsequent subscribers shall be deemed admitted
as Limited Partners of the Partnership on the day on which the
subscriptions from such Persons are accepted by the
Partnership.
No Person who subscribes for Units in the
Offering shall be admitted as a Limited Partner who has not
executed and delivered to the Partnership the Subscription
Agreement specified in the Prospectus, together with such other
documents and instruments as the General Partners may deem
necessary or desirable to effect such admission, including, but not
limited to, the written acceptance and agreement by such Person to
be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Any Person
who shall receive Units pursuant to a plan of merger, plan of
exchange or plan of conversion adopted by the Partnership pursuant
to Section 11.5 hereof shall also be required to execute and
deliver to the Partnership, as a condition to admission as a
Limited Partner, such documents and instruments as the General
Partners may deem necessary or desirable to affect such admission,
including, but not limited to, the written acceptance and agreement
by such Person to be bound by the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
8.7
Minimum
Capitalization. The
Offering will terminate if the Partnership has not received and
accepted subscriptions for the Minimum Offering on or before the
Minimum Offering Expiration Date.
8.8
Escrow.
Until subscriptions for the Minimum
Offering are received and accepted by the General Partners, or
until the Minimum Offering Expiration Date, whichever first occurs,
all subscription proceeds shall be held in an escrow account
separate and apart from all other funds and invested in obligations
of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States government, or
bank money-market accounts or certificates of deposit of national
or state banks that have deposits insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (including certificates of deposit of any
bank acting as a depository or custodian for any such funds), which
mature on or before the Minimum Offering Expiration Date, unless
such instrument cannot be readily sold or otherwise disposed of for
cash by the Minimum Offering Expiration Date without any
dissipation of the subscription proceeds invested, all in
the
discretion of
such escrow agent or agents appointed by the General Partners. All
moneys tendered by Persons whose subscriptions are rejected shall
be returned, without interest, to such Persons promptly after such
rejection. If subscriptions for the Minimum Offering are not
received and accepted before the Minimum Offering Expiration Date,
those subscriptions and funds in escrow on such date shall be
returned to the subscribers, together with any interest earned
thereon. Notwithstanding the above, the escrow shall be modified to
reflect any particular requirements of federal law or any state in
which the Units are offered. The General Partners are, and any one
of them is, authorized to enter into one or more escrow agreements
on behalf of the Partnership in such form as is satisfactory to the
signatory General Partner(s) reflecting the requirements of this
Section and containing such additional terms as are not
inconsistent with this Section.
8.9
Public
Offering. Subject to
the provisions of Section 8.7 above and subject to compliance with
applicable state securities laws and regulations, the Offering may
extend for up to two years from the date of original effectiveness
at the discretion of the General Partners; provided, however, that
the General Partners may elect to extend the Offering solely for
the Units reserved for issuance pursuant to the Distribution
Reinvestment Plan for up to four years from the date of original
effectiveness. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the
General Partners shall have sole and complete discretion in
determining the terms and conditions of the offer and sale of Units
and are hereby authorized and directed to do all things which they
deem to be necessary, convenient, appropriate and advisable in
connection therewith, including, but not limited to, the
preparation and filing of the Registration Statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and the securities commissioners
(or similar agencies or officers) of such jurisdictions as the
General Partners shall determine, and the execution or performance
of agreements with selling agents and others concerning the
marketing of the Units, all on such basis and upon such terms as
the General Partners shall determine.
8.10
Return and Withdrawal of
Capital.
(a)
Any proceeds of the Offering of the
Units not invested or committed to the acquisition or development
of specific real properties within the later of two years from the
effective date of the Registration Statement or one year after the
termination of the Offering (except for necessary operating
expenses and any reserves under Section 11.3(h) of this
Agreement) shall be distributed pro rata to the Limited Partners as
a return of capital. In such event, the amount paid to the Limited
Partners shall include Front-End Fees but only to the extent such
fees exceed the adjusted allowable Front-End Fees based on the
obligation of the General Partners pursuant to Section 12.2(b)
hereof to commit at least the Minimum Investment Percentage of
remaining Capital Contributions to Investment in Properties. For
purposes of the foregoing, funds will be deemed to have been
committed and will not be distributed to the extent such funds
would be required to acquire, develop or improve property with
respect to which contracts, agreements in principle or letters of
understanding have been executed; provided that, if it is
subsequently determined that the Partnership will not acquire,
develop or improve such property, such funds will be distributed
pro rata to Limited Partners as a return of capital, except to the
extent such funds have been used to make non-refundable contingent
payments in connection with the proposed acquisition, development
or improvement. No such return shall be made until this Agreement
has been amended to reflect such reduction of capital. Any
distribution pursuant to this Section 8.10(a) shall be deemed
to have been consented to by the Limited Partners.
(b)
No Partner, including a withdrawing
Partner, shall have any right to withdraw or make a demand for
withdrawal of any such Partner’s Capital Contribution (or the
capital interest reflected in such Partner’s Capital Account)
until the full and complete winding up and liquidation of the
business of the Partnership unless such withdrawal is provided for
herein.
8.11
Repurchase of
Units. After one
year following the termination of the Offering of Units, the
Partnership shall have the right, in the sole discretion of the
General Partners, to use funds to purchase Units upon written
request of a Limited Partner who has held such Units for at least
one year, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section
8.11.
(a)
Partnership funds applied to
repurchases shall not exceed the sum of one percent (1%) of Cash
Flow plus the proceeds received from the Distribution Reinvestment
Plan in any given year, subject to
the General
Partners’ discretion to increase such amount from time to
time and provided that no such purchase shall be made if such
purchase would impair the capital or operation of the
Partnership.
(b)
A Limited Partner wishing to have
his Units repurchased must mail or deliver a written request to the
Partnership (executed by the trustee or authorized agent in the
case of Retirement Plans) indicating his desire to have such Units
repurchased. Such requests will be considered by the General
Partners in the order in which they are received. A Limited Partner
may request that fewer than all of such Limited Partner’s
Units be repurchased, provided, however, that the minimum number of
Units which a Limited Partner must request for repurchase shall be
at least twenty-five percent (25%) of such Limited Partner’s
Units.
(c)
In the event that the General
Partners decide to honor a request, they will notify the requesting
Limited Partner in writing of such fact, of the purchase price for
the repurchased Units and of the effective date of the repurchase
transaction (which shall be not less than sixty (60) nor more than
ninety (90) calendar days following the receipt by the Partnership
of the written request) and will forward to such Limited Partner
the documents necessary to effect such repurchase
transaction.
(d)
Fully executed documents to effect
the repurchase transaction must be returned by the requesting
Limited Partner to the Partnership at least thirty (30) days prior
to the effective date of the repurchase transaction (and failing
such, the repurchase transaction shall be deemed rejected by the
General Partners). The requesting Limited Partner (or, if the
Limited Partner is deceased, his or her estate, heir or
beneficiary) will be required to certify to the Partnership that
the Limited Partner either (i) acquired the Units to be repurchased
directly from the Partnership or (ii) acquired such Units from the
original subscriber by way of a bona fide gift not for value to, or
for the benefit of, a member of the subscriber’s immediate or
extended family (including the subscriber’s spouse, parents,
siblings, children or grandchildren and including relatives by
marriage) or through a transfer to a custodian, trustee or other
fiduciary for the account of the subscriber or members of the
subscriber’s immediate or extended family in connection with
an estate planning transaction, including by bequest or inheritance
upon death or operation of law. An estate, heir or beneficiary that
wishes to have Units repurchased following the death of a Limited
Partner must mail or deliver to the Partnership a written request
on a form provided by the Partnership, including evidence
acceptable to the General Partners of the death of the Limited
Partner, and executed by the executor or executrix of the estate,
the heir or the beneficiary, or their trustee or authorized
agent.
(e)
Except as described below for
repurchases upon the death of a Limited Partner, the purchase price
for repurchased Units will be equal to the lesser of eight dollars
fifty cents ($8.50) per Unit or the price originally paid for the
Units to be repurchased upon subscription for such Units until the
Partnership begins obtaining estimated Unit valuations pursuant to
Section 15.2(f) and, thereafter, will be equal to the lesser of
ninety percent (90%) of the fair market value of the Units or the
price originally paid for the Units to be repurchased upon
subscription for such Units. The fair market value utilized for the
purpose of establishing the purchase price will be the estimated
unit value determined annually pursuant to Section 15.2(f) hereof.
For the first three full fiscal years following the termination of
the Offering, the purchase price for Units repurchased upon the
death of a Limited Partner will be the price the Limited Partner
actually paid for the Units, and thereafter, the purchase price
will be the fair market value of the Units, as determined by
estimated Unit valuations.
(f)
Upon receipt of the required
documentation, the Partnership will, on the effective date of the
repurchase transaction, repurchase the Units of the Limited
Partner, provided that if sufficient funds are not then available
to repurchase all of such Units, only a portion of such Units will
be repurchased; and provided further, that the Partnership may not
repurchase any Units of such Limited Partner if, as a result
thereof, the Limited Partner would own less than the minimum
investment pursuant to the Prospectus. Units repurchased by the
Partnership pursuant to this Section 8.11 shall be promptly
canceled.
(g)
In the event that insufficient funds
are available to repurchase all of such Units, the Limited Partner
will be deemed to have priority for subsequent Partnership
repurchases over Limited Partners who subsequently request
repurchases; provided, however, that requests for repurchase by
the
estate, heir or
beneficiary of a Limited Partner shall be given a priority over
requests by other Limited Partners.
(h)
Repurchases of Units shall be
subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 17.3(g)
hereof.
(i)
In no event shall Units owned by the
General Partners or their Affiliates be repurchased by the
Partnership.
(j)
The General Partners shall have the
right in their sole discretion at any time and from time to time to
(i) waive the one-year holding period in the event of the death or
bankruptcy of a Limited Partner or other exigent circumstances,
(ii) reject any request for repurchase, (iii) change the purchase
price for repurchases, or (iv) terminate, suspend and/or
reestablish the repurchase program at any time. In the event that a
Limited Partner desires to have all of such Limited Partner’s
Units repurchased, any Units that such Limited Partner acquired
pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan may be excluded from
the one-year holding period requirement, in the discretion of the
General Partners.
8.12
Interest on Capital
Contributions. No
interest shall be paid on any Capital Contributions.
8.13
Ownership by Limited Partner
of Interest in Affiliates of General Partners.
No Limited Partner (other than a
General Partner, in the event that he or it is also a Limited
Partner) shall at any time, either directly or indirectly, own any
stock or other interest in any Affiliate of any General Partner if
such ownership, by itself or in conjunction with the stock or other
interest owned by other Limited Partners would, in the opinion of
counsel for the Partnership, jeopardize the classification of the
Partnership as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. The
General Partners shall be entitled to make such reasonable inquiry
of the Limited Partners and prospective Limited Partners as is
required to establish compliance by the Limited Partners with the
provisions of this Section 8.13.
8.14
Deficit Capital
Accounts. The
Limited Partners shall not be required to reimburse the Partnership
or any other Partner for deficiencies in their Capital Accounts. In
addition, except as may be required under state law, the General
Partners shall not be required to reimburse the Partnership or the
Limited Partners for deficiencies in their Capital
Accounts.
8.15
Distribution Reinvestment
Plan.
(a)
A Limited Partner who acquired its
Units in the Offering may elect to participate in a program for the
reinvestment of his distributions (the “Distribution
Reinvestment Plan”) and have its Net Cash Distributions
reinvested in Units of the Partnership during the offering period
or in units issued by a subsequent limited partnership or in shares
issued by a real estate investment trust sponsored by the General
Partners or their Affiliates which has substantially identical
investment objectives as the Partnership, as all are more
particularly described in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan as
adopted by the General Partners and subject to the limitations and
conditions specified therein.
(b)
Each Limited Partner electing to
participate in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan hereby agrees
that his investment in this Partnership or any subsequent limited
partnership or real estate investment trust sponsored by the
General Partners or their Affiliates shall be deemed to constitute
his agreement to be a limited partner of the partnership or a
shareholder of the real estate investment trust in which such
investment is made and to be bound by the terms and conditions of
the agreement of limited partnership of such partnership or the
articles of incorporation of such real estate investment trust, and
if, at any time, such Limited Partner fails to meet the applicable
investor suitability standards or cannot make the other investor
representations or warranties set forth in the then current
prospectus, partnership agreement or subscription agreement
relating thereto, such Limited Partner will promptly notify the
General Partners in writing.
(c)
The General Partners may, at their
option, elect not to provide the Distribution Reinvestment Plan or
terminate any such plan at any time without notice to the Limited
Partners.
ARTICLE
IX
DISTRIBUTIONS
9.1
Net Cash
Distributions. Except as otherwise provided for in a
liquidation in Section 9.3 hereof, Net Cash Distributions for each
applicable accounting period shall be distributed to the Partners
so far as they will apply as follows:
(a)
First, to the Limited Partners on a
per Unit basis until each of such Limited Partners has received
distributions of Net Cash From Operations with respect to such
fiscal year, or applicable portion thereof, equal to eight percent
(8%) per annum of his Net Capital Contribution;
(b)
Then to the
Limited Partners on a per Unit basis until each Limited Partner has
received or has been deemed to have received one hundred percent
(100%) of his Net Capital Contribution; and
(c)
Thereafter, eighty-five percent
(85%) to the Limited Partners on a per Unit basis, and fifteen
percent (15%) to the General Partners.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will
the General Partners be allocated or receive distributions in
excess of the amounts permitted by the NASAA Guidelines, as defined
herein. It is the intent of the foregoing proviso that the General
Partners receive no more of the Net Cash From Operations,
Non-Liquidating Net Sale Proceeds or Liquidating Distributions than
is allowed pursuant to Article IV, Section E.2. of the NASAA
Guidelines, and in the event the allocations pursuant to this
Article IX would otherwise result in the General Partners receiving
any such excess distributions, such excess distributions otherwise
distributable to the General Partners will instead be reallocated
in favor of and distributed to the Limited Partners on a per Unit
basis, and if sufficient funds are not available for such
reallocation to the Limited Partners, the General Partners will
refund the amount of the excess distribution to the Partnership for
reallocation in favor of and distribution to the Limited Partners
on a per Unit basis.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Limited Partners
who purchased Units pursuant to the deferred commission option
described in the Prospectus shall for a period of six years
following the year of purchase (or longer if required to satisfy
the commissions due with respect to such Units) have deducted and
withheld from distributions of Net Cash Distributions otherwise
payable to such Limited Partners an annual amount equal to ten
cents ($0.10) per Unit purchased pursuant to said deferred
commission option, which amounts shall be used by the Partnership
to pay commissions due with respect to such Units. All such amounts
withheld from Net Cash Distributions shall be deemed to have been
distributed to, and be deemed to have been received by, such
Limited Partners as Net Cash Distributions.
In the event that, at any time prior to the
satisfaction of any remaining deferred commission obligations, the
Partnership begins a liquidation of our properties, the remaining
commissions due under the deferred commission option may be
accelerated by the Partnership. In such event, the General Partners
will provide notice of such acceleration to Limited Partners who
have elected the deferred commission option. The amount of the
remaining commissions due shall be deducted and paid by the
Partnership out of cash distributions otherwise payable to such
Limited Partners during the time period prior to liquidation of the
Partnership’s properties; provided that, in no event may the
Partnership withhold in excess of $0.60 per Unit in the aggregate.
To the extent that the distributions during such time period are
insufficient to satisfy the remaining commissions due, the
obligation of the Partnership and the Limited Partners to make any
further payments of deferred commissions under the deferred
commission option shall terminate, and participating broker-dealers
will not be entitled to receive any further portion of their
deferred commissions following a liquidation of the
Partnership’s properties.
In addition, if a Limited Partner elects the
deferred commission option and subsequently requests that the
Partnership transfer such Limited Partner’s units for any
reason prior to the time that the remaining deferred selling
commissions have been deducted from cash distributions otherwise
payable to such Limited Partner during the period that deferred
commissions are payable, then the Partnership will accelerate the
remaining selling commissions due under the deferred commission
option. In such event, the General Partners shall provide notice of
such acceleration to such Limited Partners, and (i) in the case of
a repurchase of the Units by the Partnership pursuant to
Section 8.11 hereof, the selling Limited Partner will be
required to pay to the Partnership the unpaid
portion of the
remaining deferred commission obligation prior to or concurrently
with the Partnership’s repurchase of such Limited
Partner’s Units or the Partnership may deduct such unpaid
portion of the remaining deferred commission obligation from the
amount otherwise due to such Limited Partner for the repurchase of
such Units or (ii) if a Limited Partner requests that the
Partnership transfer the Units for any other reason, such Limited
Partner will not be entitled to effect any such transfer until he
first either: (A) pays to the Partnership the unpaid portion
of the remaining deferred commission obligation, or
(B) provides a written instrument in form and substance
satisfactory to the General Partners, and appropriately signed by
the transferee, stating that the proposed transferee agrees to have
the unpaid portion of the remaining deferred commission obligation
deducted from cash distributions otherwise payable to the
transferee during the remaining portion of the specified period,
which may be up to six (6) years.
9.2
Dissolution.
Upon dissolution, the Partnership
shall proceed to liquidate its assets as follows:
(a)
Subject to any applicable
limitations of law, upon dissolution of the Partnership, the assets
of the Partnership shall be converted to cash. The Partnership
shall be given adequate time to collect any notes received with
respect to the sale of such assets and collect any other debts
outstanding. All cash on hand, including all cash received after
the happening of an event of dissolution set forth in Section 20.1
hereof, shall be applied and distributed as follows:
(i) All of the debts and
liabilities of the Partnership, except indebtedness to Partners,
shall first be paid and satisfied or adequate provision, including
the
setting up of
any reserves which the General Partners in their sole discretion
deem reasonably necessary or desirable, shall be made for the
payment or satisfaction thereof;
(ii) All debts of the
Partnership to Partners shall next be paid on a pro rata basis
without respect to the date on which such debts were
incurred;
(iii) Any fees due to the
General Partners shall next be paid; and
(iv) The balance of the
assets of the Partnership shall be distributed to each Partner in
accordance with the positive balance in his Capital Account as of
the
date of
distribution, as provided in Section 9.3 below.
(b)
Upon dissolution, each Limited
Partner shall look solely to the assets of the Partnership for the
return of his investment, and if the Partnership Property remaining
after payment or discharge of the debts and liabilities of the
Partnership, including debts and liabilities owed to one or more of
the Partners, is insufficient to return the aggregate Capital
Contributions of each Limited Partner, such Limited Partners shall
have no recourse against the General Partners or any other Limited
Partner.
9.3
Liquidating
Distributions. After
the payment of all Partnership debts and liabilities and the
establishment of any reserves which the General Partners in their
sole discretion may deem reasonably necessary or desirable,
Liquidating Distributions shall be distributed to each Partner in
accordance with the positive balance in his Capital Account as of
the date of distribution (after allocation of the Net Income as
provided in Section 10.2 hereof).
9.4
Distribution
Dates. To the extent
that the Partnership has sufficient cash flow to make
distributions, in the discretion of the General Partners,
distributions under this Article IX will be made at least
quarterly, but no more often than monthly (the “Distribution
Period”).
9.5
Allocation Among General
Partners. All
amounts distributed to the General Partners under this Article IX
shall be apportioned among the General Partners in such percentages
as they may from time to time agree upon among
themselves.
9.6
Allocation Among Limited
Partners. All
allocations and distributions made to the Limited Partners pursuant
to this Article IX shall be paid to those Persons who were Limited
Partners or Assignees as of the last day of the Distribution Period
preceding the time of the distribution (the “Allocation
Date”) on a pro rata basis
according to
the number of Units held on the Allocation Date; provided, however,
with respect to any Unit issued by the Partnership during such
Distribution Period, allocations and distributions made with
respect to such Unit for such Distribution Period shall be equal to
the pro rata share for such Unit determined in accordance with the
first clause of this Section 9.6 multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of days contained in the
Distribution Period during which the Unit in question was issued,
and the denominator of which is the total number of days contained
in such Distribution Period.
ARTICLE
X
ALLOCATIONS
10.1
Net Loss.
Net Loss for each applicable
accounting period shall be allocated to the Partners as
follows:
(a)
To the Partners having positive
balances in their Capital Accounts (in proportion to the aggregate
positive balances in all Capital Accounts) in an amount not to
exceed such positive balance as of the last day of the fiscal year;
and
(b)
Then, eighty-five percent (85%) to
the Limited Partners and fifteen percent (15%) to the General
Partners.
10.2
Net Income.
Subject to the Qualified Income
Offset provisions of Section 10.3 hereof, Net Income for each
applicable accounting period shall be allocated to the Partners as
follows:
(a)
To the Partners to the extent of and
in proportion to allocations of Net Loss to the Partners pursuant
to Section 10.1; and
(b)
Then, so as to cause the Capital
Accounts of all Partners to permit liquidating distributions
pursuant to Section 9.3 to be made in the same manner and priority
as set forth in Section 9.1.
To the extent that the tax allocation provisions
of this Article X would fail to produce such final Capital Account
balances which would cause liquidating distributions pursuant to
Section 9.3 to be made in the same manner and priority as set forth
in Section 9.1, (a) such provisions shall be amended by the
General Partners if and to the extent necessary to produce such
result, and (b) taxable income and taxable losses of the
Partnership for the current year (or items of gross income and
deduction for the Partnership for such year) shall be reallocated
by the General Partners among the Partners to the extent necessary
to produce such result and, to the extent it is not possible to
achieve such result with allocations of items of income (including
gross income) and deduction for the current year, taxable income
and taxable losses of the Partnership for prior open years (or
items of gross income and deduction of the Partnership for such
years) shall be reallocated by the General Partners among the
Partners to the extent necessary to produce such result. The
provisions of this paragraph shall control notwithstanding any
reallocation or adjustment of taxable income, taxable loss or items
thereof by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing
authority.
10.3
Qualified Income
Offset. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary
contained herein, in the event that any Partner receives an
adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704- 1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6) which
causes a deficit balance in such Partner’s Capital Account,
such Partner will be allocated items of income or gain (consisting
of a pro rata portion of each item of Partnership income, including
gross income, and gain for such year) in an amount and manner
sufficient to eliminate such deficit balance as quickly as
possible, all in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d). (It is the intent of the Partners that the
foregoing provision constitute a “Qualified Income
Offset,” as defined in Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), and the foregoing provision shall in all
events be interpreted so as to constitute a valid “Qualified
Income Offset.”)
10.4
Allocation Among Limited
Partners. Except as
otherwise provided in this Article X, all allocations made to the
Limited Partners as a group under this Article X shall be
apportioned among the Limited Partners according to each Limited
Partner’s Participating Percentage. If, however, Limited
Partners are admitted to the Partnership pursuant to Article VIII
on different dates during any fiscal year, such allocations under
this Article
X for such
fiscal year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) shall be divided
among the Persons who own Units from time to time during such year
in accordance with Section 706 of the Code, using any conventions
permitted by law and selected by the General Partners, in their
sole discretion.
10.5
Allocation Among General
Partners. All
allocations made under this Article X to the General Partners shall
be apportioned among the General Partners in such percentages as
they may from time to time agree among themselves.
10.6
Item
Prorations. Any
fiscal year of the Partnership in which the Partnership realizes
any Gain on Sale shall be divided into multiple accounting periods,
the first of which shall begin on the first day of such fiscal year
and shall end on the Sale Date, and the second of which shall begin
on the day following such Sale Date and shall end on the following
Sale Date, if any, and if no further Sale Date occurs, then on the
last day of such fiscal year. Any Net Income realized by the
Partnership in any of such accounting periods shall be allocated to
the Partners in the manner provided in Section 10.2 hereof as if
such accounting period were a complete fiscal year of the
Partnership. Any Net Loss, depreciation, amortization or cost
recovery deductions incurred by the Partnership in any of such
accounting periods shall be allocated to the Partners in the manner
provided in Sections 10.1 and 10.2 hereof as if such accounting
period were a complete fiscal year of the Partnership.
10.7
Allocations in Respect to
Transferred Units. If any Units are transferred during any fiscal
year, all items attributable to such Units for such year shall be
allocated between the transferor and the transferee by taking into
account their varying interests during the year in accordance with
Section 706(d) of the Code, utilizing any conventions permitted by
law and selected by the General Partners, in their sole and
absolute discretion. Solely for purposes of making such
allocations, the Partnership shall recognize the transfer of such
Units as of the end of the calendar quarter during which it
receives written notice of such transfer, provided that if the
Partnership does not receive a written notice stating the date such
Units were transferred and such other information as may be
required by this Agreement or as the General Partners may
reasonably require within thirty (30) days after the end of the
year during which the transfer occurs, then all such items shall be
allocated to the Person who, according to the books and records of
the Partnership, on the last day of the year during which the
transfer occurs, was the owner of the Units. The General Partners
and the Partnership shall incur no liability for making allocations
in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.7, whether or
not the General Partners or the Partnership have knowledge of any
transfer of ownership of any Units.
10.8
Allocations in Respect to
Repurchased Units. If any Units are repurchased pursuant to Section
8.11 hereof during any fiscal year, all items attributable to such
Units for such year shall be determined by the General Partners (a)
pro rata with respect to the number of months such Units were
outstanding during such year, (b) on the basis of an interim
closing of the Partnership books, or (c) in accordance with any
other method established by the General Partners in accordance with
applicable provisions of the Code and Treasury
Regulations.
10.9
Disputes.
Except with respect to matters as to
which the General Partners are granted discretion hereunder, the
opinion of the independent public accountants retained by the
Partnership from time to time shall be final and binding with
respect to all disputes and uncertainties as to all computations
and determinations required to be made under Articles IX and X
hereof (including but not limited to any computations and
determinations in connection with any distribution or allocation
pursuant to a dissolution and liquidation).
ARTICLE
XI
MANAGEMENT OF THE
PARTNERSHIP
11.1
Management.
The General Partners shall conduct
the business of the Partnership, devoting such time thereto as
they, in their sole discretion, shall determine to be necessary to
manage Partnership business and affairs in an efficient manner. Any
action required to be taken by the General Partners pursuant to
this Agreement shall be duly taken only if it is approved, in
writing or otherwise, by all the General Partners, unless the
General Partners agree among themselves to a different arrangement
for said approval.
11.2
Powers of the General
Partners. The
General Partners shall have full charge of overall management,
conduct and operation of the Partnership, and shall have the
authority to act on behalf of the
Partnership in
all matters respecting the Partnership, its business and its
property, and, without limiting in any manner the foregoing,
authority:
(a)
To do on behalf of the Partnership
all things which, in their sole judgment, are necessary, proper or
desirable to carry out the Partnership’s business, including,
but not limited to, the right, power and authority: (i) to execute
all agreements and other documents necessary to implement the
purposes of the Partnership, to take such action as may be
necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and by
the Prospectus, and to make all reasonably necessary arrangements
to carry out the Partnership’s obligations in connection
therewith; (ii) to employ, oversee and dismiss from employment any
and all employees, agents, independent contractors, real estate
managers, contractors, engineers, architects, developers,
designers, brokers, attorneys and accountants; (iii) to sell,
exchange or grant an option for the sale of all or substantially
all or any portion of the real and personal property of the
Partnership, at such price or amount, for cash, securities or other
property and upon such other terms as the General Partners, in
their sole discretion, deem proper; (iv) to let or lease all or any
portion of the Partnership Properties for any purpose and without
limit as to the term thereof, whether or not such term (including
renewal terms) shall extend beyond the date of the termination of
the Partnership and whether or not the portion so leased is to be
occupied by the lessee or, in turn, subleased in whole or in part
to others; (v) to create, by grant or otherwise, easements and
servitudes; (vi) to borrow money and incur indebtedness; provided,
however, the Partnership shall not be permitted to incur any
indebtedness except as authorized in Section 11.3(e) hereof; (vii)
to draw, make, accept, endorse, sign and deliver any notes, drafts
or other negotiable instruments or commercial paper; (viii) to
execute such agreements and instruments as may be necessary, in
their discretion, to operate, manage and promote the Partnership
assets and business; (ix) to construct, alter, improve, repair,
raze, replace or rebuild all or any portion of the Partnership
Properties; (x) to submit to arbitration any claim, liability or
dispute involving the Partnership (provided that such claims will
be limited to actions against the Partnership not involving
securities claims by the Limited Partners and provided further that
no claim, liability or dispute of a Limited Partner will be subject
to mandatory arbitration); (xi) to compromise any claim or
liability due to the Partnership; (xii) to execute, acknowledge or
verify and file any notification, application, statement and other
filing which the General Partners consider either required or
desirable to be filed with any state or federal securities
administrator or commission; (xiii) to make any tax elections to be
made by the Partnership, including, without limitation, to cause
the Partnership to be taxed as a corporation or to qualify as a
real estate investment trust (REIT) for federal income tax
purposes; (xiv) to place record title to any of its assets in the
name of a nominee, agent or a trustee; (xv) to do any or all of the
foregoing, discretionary or otherwise, through agents selected by
the General Partners, whether compensated or uncompensated by the
Partnership; (xvi) to execute and file of record all instruments
and documents which are deemed by the General Partners to be
necessary to enable the Partnership properly and legally to do
business in the State of Texas or any other jurisdiction deemed
advisable; (xvii) to monitor the transfer of Partnership interests
to determine if such interests are being traded on “an
established securities market or a secondary market (or the
substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of
Section 7704 of the Code, and take (and cause Affiliates to take)
all steps reasonably necessary or appropriate to prevent any such
trading of interests, including without limitation, voiding
transfers if the General Partners reasonably believe such transfers
will cause the Partnership to be treated as a “publicly
traded partnership” under the Code or Treasury Regulations
thereunder; (xviii) at the appropriate time, to register the Units
with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (xix) to do any or all of the
foregoing for such consideration and upon such other terms or
conditions as the General Partners, in their discretion, determine
to be appropriate; provided, however, in no event shall the General
Partners or their Affiliates receive compensation from the
Partnership unless specifically authorized by Article XII hereof,
by Articles IX and X hereof or by the “Compensation of the
General Partners and Affiliates” section of the
Prospectus.
(b)
Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, subject to the provisions contained in
Section 16.2 hereof, to amend this Agreement without the consent or
vote of any of the Limited Partners: (i) to reflect the addition or
substitution of Limited Partners or the reduction of Capital
Accounts upon the return of capital to Partners; (ii) to add to the
representations, duties or obligations of the General Partners or
their Affiliates or surrender any right or power granted herein to
the General Partners or their Affiliates for the benefit of the
Limited Partners; (iii) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or
supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any
other provision herein, or to add any other
provision with
respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement which
will not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement;
(iv) to delete or add any provision from or to this Agreement
requested to be so deleted or added by the staff of the Securities
and Exchange Commission or by the staff of any state regulatory
agency, the deletion or addition of which provision is deemed by
the staff of any such regulatory agency to be for the general
benefit or protection of the Limited Partners; (v) to attempt to
have the provisions of this Agreement comply with federal income
tax law and regulations thereunder; and (vi) to facilitate the
operation of the Partnership in order to qualify as a REIT,
corporation or other tax status elected for the Partnership by the
General Partners.
(c) To possess and exercise,
as may be required, all of the rights and powers of general
partners as more particularly provided by the Act, except to the
extent that any of such rights may be limited or restricted by the
express provisions of this Agreement.
(d)
To execute, acknowledge and deliver
any and all instruments and take such other steps as are necessary
to effectuate the foregoing. Any such instruments may be executed
on behalf of the Partnership by either of the General Partners,
except that any instrument pursuant to which the Partnership
acquires or disposes of any interest in real property shall require
the signature, personally or by attorney-in-fact, of each of the
General Partners.
11.3
Limitations on Powers of the
General Partners.
The General Partners shall observe the following
policies in connection with Partnership operations:
(a)
Pending initial investment of its
funds, or to provide a source from which to meet contingencies,
including, without limitation, the working capital reserve, the
Partnership may temporarily invest its funds in short-term, highly
liquid investments where there is appropriate safety of principal,
such as government obligations, bank or savings and loan
association certificates of deposit, short-term debt obligations
and interest- bearing accounts; provided that, following one year
after the commencement of the operations of the Partnership, no
more than forty-five percent (45%) of the value (as defined in
Section 2(a)(41) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended)
of the Partnership’s total assets (exclusive of government
securities and cash items) will consist of, and no more than
forty-five percent (45%) of the Partnership’s net income
after taxes (for any four consecutive fiscal quarters combined)
will be derived from, securities other than (i) government
securities; (ii) securities issued by majority owned subsidiaries
of the Partnership which are not investment companies; and (iii)
securities issued by companies, which are controlled primarily by
the Partnership, through which the Partnership engages in a
business other than that of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding
or trading in securities, and which are not investment
companies.
(b)
The Partnership shall not acquire
unimproved or non-income producing property, except in amounts and
upon terms which can be financed by the Offering proceeds or from
Cash Flow and provided investment in such properties shall not
exceed the lesser of twenty-five percent (25%) of gross Offering
proceeds available for Investment in Properties or ten percent
(10%) of Aggregate Assets Value, in each case calculated as of the
end of the month immediately preceding such acquisition. Properties
shall not be considered non-income producing if they are expected
to produce income within a reasonable period of time after their
acquisition, and for purposes hereof, two years shall be deemed to
be presumptively reasonable.
(c)
All real property acquisitions must
be supported by an appraisal which shall be prepared by a Competent
Independent Expert. The appraisal shall be maintained in the
Partnership’s records for at least five (5) years and shall
be available for inspection and duplication by any Limited
Partner.
(d)
The General Partners shall not have
the authority to incur indebtedness which is secured by the
Partnership Properties or assets, except as specifically authorized
pursuant to Section 11.3(e) below.
(e)
The General Partners shall have the
authority to borrow funds (i) for Partnership operating purposes in
the event of unforeseen or unexpected circumstances in which the
Partnership’s available cash resources are deemed
insufficient for the maintenance and repair of Partnership
Properties or for the protection or replacement of the
Partnership’s assets, and (ii) in order to finance
improvement of
and
improvements to Partnership Properties at such time as the General
Partners may deem such improvements to be necessary or appropriate
to protect capital previously invested in such Partnership
Properties, to protect the value of the Partnership’s
investment in a particular Partnership Property, or to make a
particular Partnership Property more attractive for sale or lease;
provided, however, that the aggregate amount of Partnership
borrowings shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted under the
NASAA Guidelines. The Partnership may
borrow such funds from the General Partners, their Affil