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Exhibit
10.2
SIXTH AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
OF
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST,
L.P.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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DEFINED TERMS |
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Section 1.1 |
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Definitions. |
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Section 1.2 |
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Rules of
Construction |
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| ARTICLE 2. |
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ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS |
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Section 2.1 |
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Organization |
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Section 2.2 |
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Name |
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Section 2.3 |
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Registered Office and Agent; Principal Office |
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Section 2.4 |
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Power of
Attorney |
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Section 2.5 |
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Term |
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PURPOSE |
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Section 3.1 |
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Purpose
and Business |
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Section 3.2 |
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Powers |
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Section 3.3 |
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Partnership Only for Purposes Specified |
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Section 3.4 |
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Representations and Warranties by the Parties |
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Section 3.5 |
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Certain
ERISA Matters |
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| ARTICLE 4. |
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CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS |
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Section 4.1 |
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Capital
Contributions of the Partners |
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Section 4.2 |
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Loans by
Third Parties |
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Section 4.3 |
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Additional Funding and Capital Contributions |
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Section 4.4 |
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Other
Contribution Provisions |
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Section 4.5 |
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Profit
Interest Units |
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Section 4.6 |
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No
Preemptive Rights |
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| ARTICLE 5. |
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DISTRIBUTIONS |
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Section 5.1 |
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Requirement and Characterization
of Distributions |
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Section 5.2 |
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Distributions in Kind |
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Section 5.3 |
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Distributions Upon Liquidation |
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Section 5.4 |
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Distributions to Reflect Issuance of Additional Partnership
Interests |
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ALLOCATIONS |
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Section 6.1 |
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Timing
and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss |
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Section 6.2 |
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General
Allocations |
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Section 6.3 |
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Additional Allocation Provisions |
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Section 6.4 |
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Tax
Allocations |
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| ARTICLE 7. |
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MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS |
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Section 7.1 |
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Management |
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Section 7.2 |
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Certificate of Limited Partnership |
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Section 7.3 |
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Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority |
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Section 7.4 |
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Reimbursement of the General Partner |
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Section 7.5 |
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Outside
Activities of the General Partner |
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Section 7.6 |
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Contracts
with Affiliates |
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Section 7.7 |
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Indemnification |
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Section 7.8 |
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Liability
of the General Partner |
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Section 7.9 |
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Other
Matters Concerning the General Partner |
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Section 7.10 |
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Title to
Partnership Assets |
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Section 7.11 |
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Reliance
by Third Parties |
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| ARTICLE 8. |
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RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS |
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Section 8.1 |
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Limitation of Liability |
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Section 8.2 |
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Management of Business |
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Section 8.3 |
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Outside
Activities of Limited Partners |
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Section 8.4 |
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Return of
Capital |
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Section 8.5 |
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Rights of
Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership |
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Section 8.6 |
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Limited
Partner Redemption Rights |
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Section 8.7 |
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Conversion of Profits Interest Units. |
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Section 8.8 |
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Voting
Rights of Profits Interest Units |
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BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS |
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Section 9.1 |
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Records
and Accounting |
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Section 9.2 |
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Fiscal
Year |
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Section 9.3 |
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Reports |
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Section 9.4 |
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Nondisclosure of Certain Information |
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| ARTICLE 10. |
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TAX MATTERS |
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Section 10.1 |
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Preparation of Tax Returns |
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Section 10.2 |
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Tax
Elections |
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Section 10.3 |
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Tax
Matters Partner |
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Section 10.4 |
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Organizational Expenses |
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Section 10.5 |
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Withholding |
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| ARTICLE 11. |
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TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS |
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Section 11.1 |
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Transfer |
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Section 11.2 |
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Transfer
of General Partner’s Partnership Interest |
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Section 11.3 |
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Limited
Partners’ Rights to Transfer |
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Section 11.4 |
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Substituted Limited Partners |
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Section 11.5 |
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Assignees |
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Section 11.6 |
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General
Provisions |
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| ARTICLE 12. |
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ADMISSION OF PARTNERS |
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Section 12.1 |
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Admission
of Successor General Partner |
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Section 12.2 |
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Admission
of Additional Limited Partners |
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Section 12.3 |
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Amendment
of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership |
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ARTICLE 13.
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DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION |
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Section 13.1 |
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Dissolution |
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Section 13.2 |
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Winding
Up |
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Section 13.3 |
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Capital
Contribution Obligation |
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Section 13.4 |
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Compliance with Timing Requirements of Regulations |
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Section 13.5 |
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Deemed
Distribution and Recontribution |
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Section 13.6 |
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Rights of
Limited Partners |
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Section 13.7 |
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Notice of
Dissolution |
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Section 13.8 |
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Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership |
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Section 13.9 |
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Reasonable Time for Winding-Up |
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Section 13.10 |
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Waiver of
Partition |
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ARTICLE 14.
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AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; CONSENTS |
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Section 14.1 |
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Amendments |
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Section 14.2 |
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Action by
the Partners |
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ARTICLE 15.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Section 15.1 |
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Addresses
and Notice |
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Section 15.2 |
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Titles
and Captions |
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Section 15.3 |
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Pronouns
and Plurals |
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Section 15.4 |
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Further
Action |
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Section 15.5 |
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Binding
Effect |
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Section 15.6 |
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Creditors |
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Section 15.7 |
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Waiver |
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Section 15.8 |
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Counterparts |
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Section 15.9 |
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Applicable Law |
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Section 15.10 |
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Invalidity of Provisions |
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Section 15.11 |
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Entire
Agreement |
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Section 15.12 |
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No Rights
as Stockholders |
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ARTICLE 16.
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SERIES A PREFERRED UNITS |
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Section 16.1 |
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Designation and Number |
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Section 16.2 |
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Distributions |
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Section 16.3 |
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Liquidation Proceeds |
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Section 16.4 |
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Redemption |
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Section 16.5 |
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Ranking |
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Section 16.6 |
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Voting
Rights |
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Section 16.7 |
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Transfer
Restrictions |
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Section 16.8 |
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No
Conversion Rights |
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Section 16.9 |
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No
Sinking Fund |
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ARTICLE 17.
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SERIES B PREFERRED UNITS |
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Section 17.1 |
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Designation and Number |
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Section 17.2 |
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Distributions |
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Section 17.3 |
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Liquidation Proceeds |
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Section 17.4 |
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Redemption |
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Section 17.5 |
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Ranking |
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Section 17.6 |
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Voting
Rights |
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90 |
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Section 17.7 |
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Transfer
Restrictions |
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90 |
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Section 17.8 |
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No
Conversion Rights |
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Section 17.9 |
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No
Sinking Fund |
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| ARTICLE 18. |
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CLASS C PROFITS INTEREST UNITS |
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Section 18.1 |
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Designation and Number |
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Section 18.2 |
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Terms of
Class C Units |
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SERIES C PREFERRED UNITS |
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Section 19.1 |
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Designation and Number |
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Section 19.2 |
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Distributions |
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Section 19.3 |
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Liquidation Proceeds |
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Section 19.4 |
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Redemption |
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Section 19.5 |
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Ranking |
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Section 19.6 |
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Voting
Rights |
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Section 19.7 |
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Transfer
Restrictions |
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Section 19.8 |
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Conversion |
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Section 19.9 |
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No
Sinking Fund |
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SIXTH AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
OF
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST,
L.P.
THIS SIXTH AMENDED AND
RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP of Digital Realty Trust,
L.P., dated as of November 7, 2007, is entered into by and
among Digital Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the
“ Company ”), as the General Partner and the
Persons whose names are set forth on Exhibit A attached
hereto, as the Limited Partners, together with any other Persons
who become Partners in the Partnership as provided
herein.
WHEREAS, the General Partner
and the Limited Partners have entered into that certain Fifth
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Digital
Realty Trust, L.P., dated as of April 10, 2007 (the “
Fifth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement
”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to
Section 7.3C(4), the Fifth Amended and Restated Partnership
Agreement may be amended by the General Partner to reflect a change
that is of an inconsequential nature and does not adversely affect
the Limited Partners in any material respect, or to cure any
ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement
not inconsistent with law or with other provisions, or make other
changes with respect to matters arising under this Agreement that
will not be inconsistent with law or the provisions of this
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the General Partner
and the Partnership believe it is desirable and in the best
interest of the Partnership to amend and restate the Fifth Amended
and Restated Partnership Agreement as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to
Sections 2.4 and 7.3C(4) of the Fifth Amended and Restated
Partnership Agreement, the General Partner, on its own behalf and
as attorney-in-fact for the Limited Partners, hereby amends and
restates the Fifth Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement as
follows:
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINED TERMS
Section 1.1 Definitions
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The following definitions
shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to
the contrary, applied to the terms used in this
Agreement.
“ Act ”
means the Maryland Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as it
may be amended from time to time, and any successor to such
statute.
“ Additional
Funds ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3.A .
“ Additional Limited
Partner ” means a Person admitted to the Partnership as a
Limited Partner pursuant to Section 12.2 and who is
shown as such on the books and records of the
Partnership.
“ Adjusted Capital
Account Deficit ” means, with respect to any Partner, the
deficit balance, if any, in such Partner’s Capital Account as
of the end of the relevant fiscal year, after giving effect to the
following adjustments:
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decrease such deficit by any amounts which such Partner is
obligated to restore pursuant to this Agreement or is deemed to be
obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or the penultimate sentence of
each of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(5) and 1.704-2(g);
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increase such deficit by the items described in Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6). |
The foregoing definition of
Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply with the
provisions of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and
shall be interpreted consistently therewith. A positive balance in
a Partner’s Capital Account, after giving effect to the
adjustments described above in clauses (i) and (ii), is
referred to in this Agreement as an “Adjusted Capital Account
Balance.”
“ Adjustment
Date ” means, with respect to any Capital Contribution,
the close of business on the Business Day last preceding the date
of the Capital Contribution, provided , that if such
Capital Contribution is being made by the General Partner in
respect of the proceeds from the issuance of REIT Shares (or the
issuance of the General Partner’s securities exercisable for,
convertible into or exchangeable for REIT Shares), then the
Adjustment Date shall be as of the close of business on the
Business Day last preceding the date of the issuance of such
securities.
“ Adjustment
Event ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.5.A .
“ Affiliate
” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with
such Person. Control of any Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“ Agreed Value
” means (i) in the case of any Contributed Property set
forth in Exhibit A and as of the time of its contribution to
the Partnership, the Agreed Value of such property as set forth in
Exhibit A ; (ii) in the case of any Contributed
Property not set forth in Exhibit A and as of the time of
its contribution to the Partnership, the fair market value of such
property or other consideration as determined by the General
Partner, reduced by any liabilities either assumed by the
Partnership upon such contribution or to which such property is
subject when contributed; and (iii) in the case of any
property distributed to a Partner by the Partnership, the fair
market value of such property as determined by the General Partner
at the time such property is distributed, reduced by any
liabilities either assumed by such Partner upon such distribution
or to which such property is subject at the time of the
distribution as determined under Section 752 of the Code and
the Regulations thereunder.
“ Agreement
” means this Sixth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, as it may be amended, modified, supplemented or
restated from time to time.
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“ Appraisal
” means with respect to any assets, the opinion of an
independent third party experienced in the valuation of similar
assets, selected by the General Partner in good faith; such opinion
may be in the form of an opinion by such independent third party
that the value for such property or asset as set by the General
Partner is fair, from a financial point of view, to the
Partnership.
“ Assignee
” means a Person to whom one or more Common-Equivalent Units
have been transferred in a manner permitted under this Agreement,
but who has not become a Substituted Limited Partner, and who has
the rights set forth in Section 11.5 .
“ Available Cash
” means, with respect to any period for which such
calculation is being made,
(i) the sum of:
a. the Partnership’s
Net Income or Net Loss (as the case may be) for such
period,
b. Depreciation and all other
noncash charges deducted in determining Net Income or Net Loss for
such period,
c. the amount of any
reduction in reserves of the Partnership referred to in clause
(ii)(f) below (including, without limitation, reductions resulting
because the General Partner determines such amounts are no longer
necessary),
d. the excess of the net
proceeds from the sale, exchange, disposition, or refinancing of
Partnership property for such period over the gain (or loss, as the
case may be) recognized from any such sale, exchange, disposition,
or refinancing during such period (excluding any sale or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Partnership or a related series of transactions that, taken
together, result in the sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Partnership), and
e. all other cash received by
the Partnership for such period that was not included in
determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period;
(ii) less the sum
of:
a. all principal debt
payments made during such period by the Partnership,
b. capital expenditures made
by the Partnership during such period,
c. investments in any entity
(including loans made thereto) to the extent that such investments
are not otherwise described in clauses (ii)(a) or (b),
d. all other expenditures and
payments not deducted in determining Net Income or Net Loss for
such period,
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e. any amount included in
determining Net Income or Net Loss for such period that was not
received by the Partnership during such period,
f. the amount of any increase
in reserves established during such period which the General
Partner determines are necessary or appropriate in its sole and
absolute discretion,
g. the amount of any working
capital accounts and other cash or similar balances which the
General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate in its
sole and absolute discretion, and
h. any amount paid in
redemption of any Limited Partner Interest or Partnership Units,
including any Cash Amount paid.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Available Cash shall not include any cash received or
reductions in reserves, or take into account any disbursements made
or reserves, established, after commencement of the dissolution and
liquidation of the Partnership.
“ Base Amount
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.C(2) .
“ Board of
Directors ” means the board of directors of the General
Partner.
“ Business Day
” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or
required by law to be closed.
“ Capital
Account ” means, with respect to any Partner, the Capital
Account maintained for such Partner in accordance with the
following provisions:
(a) To each Partner’s
Capital Account there shall be added such Partner’s Capital
Contributions, such Partner’s share of Net Income and any
items in the nature of income or gain which are specially allocated
pursuant to Section 6.3 , and the amount of any
Partnership liabilities assumed by such Partner or which are
secured by any property distributed to such Partner.
(b) From each Partner’s
Capital Account there shall be subtracted the amount of cash and
the Gross Asset Value of any property distributed to such Partner
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, such Partner’s
distributive share of Net Losses and any items in the nature of
expenses or losses which are specially allocated pursuant to
Section 6.3 , and the amount of any liabilities of such
Partner assumed by the Partnership or which are secured by any
property contributed by such Partner to the Partnership (except to
the extent already reflected in the amount of such Partner’s
Capital Contribution).
(c) In the event any interest
in the Partnership is transferred in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement (which does not result in a termination of the
Partnership for federal income tax purposes), the transferee shall
succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent it
relates to the transferred interest.
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(d) In determining the amount
of any liability for purposes of subsections (a) and
(b) hereof, there shall be taken into account Code
Section 752(c) and any other applicable provisions of the Code
and Regulations.
(e) Upon the exercise of a
non-compensatory option (within the meaning of Proposed Treasury
Regulations Section 1.721-2(d), as the same may be finalized),
including the conversion of Series C Preferred Units into Common
Units (if necessary), (x) the adjustments and allocations
required by the Proposed Treasury Regulations relating to
non-compensatory options (as the same may be finalized), including
Proposed Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(h)(2)
and (s) (as the same may be finalized) and Proposed
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(ix) (as the same may be
finalized), shall be made, or (y) prior to the finalization of
such Proposed Treasury Regulations, such other adjustments and
allocations shall be made at such times as determined by the
General Partner in its sole discretion.
(f) The foregoing provisions
and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to the
maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with
Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2, and shall be
interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such
Regulations. In the event the General Partner shall determine that
it is prudent to modify the manner in which the Capital Accounts,
or any debits or credits thereto (including, without limitation,
debits or credits relating to liabilities which are secured by
contributed or distributed property or which are assumed by the
Partnership, the General Partner, or the Limited Partners) are
computed in order to comply with such Regulations, the General
Partner may make such modification, provided that it is not
likely to have a material effect on the amounts distributable to
any Person pursuant to Article 13 of this Agreement upon the
dissolution of the Partnership. The General Partner also shall
(i) make any adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to
maintain equality between the Capital Accounts of the Partners and
the amount of Partnership capital reflected on the
Partnership’s balance sheet, as computed for book purposes,
in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q),
and (ii) make any appropriate modifications in the event
unanticipated events might otherwise cause this Agreement not to
comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b),
Section 1.704-2 and, Proposed Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(h)(2) and (s) (as the same may
be finalized).
“ Capital Account
Limitation ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.7.B .
“ Capital
Contribution ” means, with respect to any Partner, the
amount of money and the initial Gross Asset Value of any property
(other than money) contributed to the Partnership by such Partner
(net of any liabilities assumed by the Partnership relating to such
property and any liability to which such property is
subject).
“ Cash Amount
” means, with respect to any Common Units subject to a
Redemption, an amount of cash equal to the Deemed Partnership
Interest Value attributable to such Common Units.
“ Certificate
” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership relating to
the Partnership filed in the office of the Maryland State
Department of Assessments and Taxation on July 20, 2004, as
amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and
the Act.
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“ Charter
” means the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the
General Partner filed with the Maryland State Department of
Assessments and Taxation on October 26, 2004, as amended and
restated from time to time.
“ Class C
Unitholder ” means a Partner that holds Class C Units
issued pursuant to one or more Class C Unit Agreements.
“ Class C Units
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 18.1 .
“ Class C Units
Agreement ” shall mean the applicable Class C Profits
Interest Units Agreement between the Partnership and the applicable
Class C Unitholder with respect to the Class C Units.
“ Class C Units
Change in Control ” means, with respect to the Class C
Units issued to a Partner pursuant to a Class C Units Agreement, a
“Change in Control” as defined in that Class C Units
Agreement.
“ Class C Units
Change in Control Date ” means, with respect to the Class
C Units issued to a Partner pursuant to a Class C Units Agreement,
the “Change in Control Date” as defined in that Class C
Unit Agreement.
“ Class C Units
Measurement Date ” means, with respect to the Class C
Units issued to a Partner pursuant to a Class C Units Agreement,
the “Measurement Date” as defined in that Class C Units
Agreement.
“ Class C Units
Performance Condition ” means, with respect to the Class
C Units issued to a Partner pursuant to a Class C Units Agreement,
the Performance Condition as defined in that Class C Units
Agreement.
“ Class C Service
Condition Unit ” means, with respect to the Class C Units
issued to a Partner pursuant to a Class C Units Agreement, a
Service Condition Unit as defined in that Class C Units
Agreement.
“ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time or any successor statute thereto. Any reference herein to a
specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to include
a reference to any corresponding provision of future
law.
“ Common-Equivalent
Units ” means Partnership Units that are either Common
Units or Profits Interest Units.
“ Common Unit
Economic Balance ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.2.C .
“ Common Units
” means Partnership Units that are not entitled to any
preferences with respect to any other class or series of
Partnership Units as to distribution or voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership and shall
not include any Profits Interest Units.
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“ Consent
” means the consent to, approval of, or vote on a proposed
action by a Partner given in accordance with Article 14
.
“ Consent of the
Limited Partners ” means the Consent of a Majority in
Interest of the Limited Partners, which Consent shall be obtained
prior to the taking of any action for which it is required by this
Agreement and may be given or withheld by a Majority in Interest of
the Limited Partners, unless otherwise expressly provided herein,
in their sole and absolute discretion.
“ Consent of the
Partners ” means the Consent of Holders of
Common-Equivalent Units holding Percentage Interests that in the
aggregate are equal to or greater than thirty-five percent
(35%) of the aggregate Percentage Interests of all Holders of
Common-Equivalent Units, which Consent shall be obtained prior to
the taking of any action for which it is required by this Agreement
and may be given or withheld by such Holders of Common-Equivalent
Units, in their sole and absolute discretion.
“ Constituent
Person ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.7.F .
“ Constructively
Own ” means ownership under the constructive ownership
rules described in Exhibit C .
“ Contributed
Property ” means each property or other asset, in such
form as may be permitted by the Act, but excluding cash,
contributed or deemed contributed to the Partnership (or, to the
extent provided in applicable Regulations, deemed contributed to
the Partnership on termination and reconstitution thereof pursuant
to Section 708 of the Code).
“ Conversion
Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.7.B .
“ Conversion
Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.7.B .
“ Conversion
Right ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.7.A .
“ Debt ”
means, as to any Person, as of any date of determination,
(i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for
the deferred purchase price of property or services; (ii) all
amounts owed by such Person to banks or other Persons in respect of
reimbursement obligations under letters of credit, surety bonds,
guarantees and other similar instruments guaranteeing payment or
other performance of obligations by such Person; (iii) all
indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price
of property or services secured by any lien on any property owned
by such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person’s
interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed
or become liable for the payment thereof; and (iv) lease
obligations of such Person which, in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, should be capitalized.
“ Deemed Partnership
Interest Value ” means, as of any date with respect to
any class of Partnership Interests, the Deemed Value of the
Partnership Interests of such class multiplied by the applicable
Percentage Interest of such class.
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“ Deemed Value of
the Partnership Interests ” means, as of any date with
respect to any class or series of Partnership Interests,
(i) the total number of Partnership Units of the General
Partner in such class or series of Partnership Interests (as
provided for in Sections 4.1 and 4.3.B ) issued and
outstanding as of the close of business on such date multiplied by
the Fair Market Value determined as of such date of a share of
capital stock of the General Partner which corresponds to such
class or series of Partnership Interests, as adjusted
(x) pursuant to Section 7.5 (in the event the
General Partner acquires material assets, other than on behalf of
the Partnership) and (y) for stock dividends and
distributions, stock splits and subdivisions, reverse stock splits
and combinations, distribution of warrants or options and
distributions of evidences of indebtedness or assets not received
by the General Partner pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the
Partnership; (ii) divided by the Percentage Interest
of the General Partner in such class or series of Partnership
Interests on such date; provided , that if no
outstanding shares of capital stock of the General Partner
correspond to a class of series of Partnership Interests, the
Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests with respect to such
class or series shall be equal to an amount reasonably determined
by the General Partner.
“ Depreciation
” means, for each fiscal year or other period, an amount
equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery
deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other
period, except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs
from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the
beginning of such year or other period, Depreciation shall be an
amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset
Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other
cost recovery deduction for such year or other period bears to such
beginning adjusted tax basis; provided , however ,
that if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other
cost recovery deduction for such year is zero, Depreciation shall
be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset Value
using any reasonable method selected by the General
Partner.
“ Distribution
Payment Date ” means the dates upon which the General
Partner makes distributions in accordance with
Section 5.1 .
“ Distribution
Period ” means the period from the day immediately
following a Distribution Payment Date through the date that is the
subsequent Distribution Payment Date.
“ Economic Capital
Account Balance ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.2.C .
“ Effective Date
” means the date of closing of the initial public offering of
REIT Shares upon which date contributions set forth on Exhibit
A shall become effective.
“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“ Excess Units
” means Common Units that have been tendered for Redemption
to the extent the issuance of REIT Shares in exchange for such
units would violate the restrictions on ownership or transfer of
the REIT Shares set forth in the Charter.
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“ Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
promulgated thereunder and any successor statute
thereto.
“ Fair Market
Value ” means, with respect to any share of capital stock
of the General Partner, the average of the daily market price for
the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding
the date with respect to which “Fair Market Value” must
be determined hereunder or, if such date is not a Business Day, the
immediately preceding Business Day. The market price for each such
trading day shall be: (i) if such shares are listed or
admitted to trading on any securities exchange, the closing price,
regular way, on such day, or if no such sale takes place on such
day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day,
(ii) if such shares are not listed or admitted to trading on
any securities exchange, the last reported sale price on such day
or, if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing
bid and asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable
quotation source designated by the General Partner, or
(iii) if such shares are not listed or admitted to trading on
any securities exchange and no such last reported sale price or
closing bid and asked prices are available, the average of the
reported high bid and low asked prices on such day, as reported by
a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or
if there shall be no bid and asked prices on such day, the average
of the high bid and low asked prices, as so reported, on the most
recent day (not more than ten (10) days prior to the date in
question) for which prices have been so reported; provided
that , if there are no bid and asked prices reported during the
ten (10) days prior to the date in question, the Fair Market
Value of such shares shall be determined by the General Partner
acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other
information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment,
appropriate. In the event the REIT Shares Amount for such shares
includes rights that a holder of such shares would be entitled to
receive, then the Fair Market Value of such rights shall be
determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis
of such quotations and other information as it considers, in its
reasonable judgment, appropriate; and provided , further
that , in connection with determining the Deemed Value of the
Partnership Interests for purposes of determining the number of
additional Partnership Units issuable upon a Capital Contribution
funded by any offering of shares of capital stock of the General
Partner by the General Partner, whether registered under the
Securities Act or exempt from such registration, underwritten,
offered and sold directly to investors or through agents or other
intermediaries or otherwise distributed, the Fair Market Value of
such shares shall be the gross offering price per share of such
class of capital stock sold. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
General Partner in its reasonable discretion may use a different
“Fair Market Value” for purposes of making the
determinations under subparagraph (b) of the definition of
“Gross Asset Value” and Section 4.3.D in
connection with the contribution of Property or cash to the
Partnership by a third party, provided such value shall be
based upon the value per REIT Share (or per Partnership Unit)
agreed upon by the General Partner and such third party for
purposes of such contribution.
“ Forced
Conversion ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.7.C .
“ Forced Conversion
Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.7.C .
“ Fourth Amended and
Restated Partnership Agreement ” shall have the meaning
set forth in the recitals.
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“ General
Partner ” means the Company or its successor as general
partner of the Partnership.
“ General Partner
Interest ” means a Partnership Interest held by the
General Partner. A General Partner Interest may be expressed as a
number of Partnership Units.
“ Gross Asset
Value ” means, with respect to any asset, the
asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes,
except as follows:
(a) The initial Gross Asset
Value of any asset contributed by a Partner to the Partnership
shall be the gross fair market value of such asset (subject to any
adjustments required with respect to the conversion feature of the
Series C Preferred Units and any other securities issued by the
Company that are exercisable or convertible into Common Units, as
determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion), as
determined by the contributing Partner and the General Partner (as
set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be
amended from time to time); provided , that if the
contributing Partner is the General Partner then, except with
respect to the General Partner’s initial Capital Contribution
which shall be determined as set forth on Exhibit A , the
determination of the fair market value of the contributed asset
shall be determined (i) by the price paid by the General
Partner if the asset is acquired by the General Partner
contemporaneously with its contribution to the Partnership,
(ii) by Appraisal, if otherwise acquired by the General
Partner, (iii) by the amount of cash if the asset is cash, and
(iv) as reasonably determined by the General Partner if the
asset is REIT Shares or other shares of capital stock of the
Company.
(b) The Gross Asset Values of
all Partnership assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective
gross fair market values, as determined by the General Partner
using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt,
provided , however , that for such purpose, the net
value of all of the Partnership assets, in the aggregate, shall be
equal to the Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests of all
classes of Partnership Interests then outstanding, regardless of
the method of valuation adopted by the General Partner, immediately
prior to the times listed below:
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the acquisition of an additional interest in the Partnership by
a new or existing Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis
Capital Contribution, if the General Partner reasonably determines
that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the
relative economic interests of the Partners in the
Partnership; |
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the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a
de minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration for an
interest in the Partnership if the General Partner reasonably
determines that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to
reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners in the
Partnership; |
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the liquidation of the Partnership within the meaning of
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); |
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in connection
with the grant of an interest in the Partnership (other than a de
minimis interest) as consideration for the performance of services
to or
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for the benefit of the
Partnership by an existing Partner acting in a capacity as a
Partner of the Partnership or by a new Partner acting in a capacity
as a Partner of the Partnership or in anticipation of being a
Partner of the Partnership (including the grant of a Profits
Interest Unit) if the General Partner reasonably determines that
such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative
economic interests of the Partners in the Partnership;
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immediately after the conversion of any Series C Preferred
Units into Common Units; and |
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at such other times as the General Partner shall reasonably
determine necessary or advisable in order to comply with
Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. |
(c) The Gross Asset Value of
any Partnership asset distributed to a Partner shall be the gross
fair market value of such asset on the date of distribution as
determined by the distributee and the General Partner, or if the
distributee and the General Partner cannot agree on such a
determination, by Appraisal.
(d) The Gross Asset Values of
Partnership assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any
adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Code
Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the
extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining
Capital Accounts pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m); provided , however
, that Gross Asset Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this
subparagraph (d) to the extent that the General Partner
reasonably determines that an adjustment pursuant to subparagraph
(b) is necessary or appropriate in connection with a
transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant
to this subparagraph (d).
(e) If the Gross Asset Value
of a Partnership asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to
subparagraph (a), (b), (d) or (f), such Gross Asset Value
shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account
with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Net Income and
Net Losses.
(f) If any unvested Profit
Interest Units are forfeited, as described in
Section 4.5.C(b) , upon such forfeiture, the Gross
Asset Value of the Partnership’s assets shall be reduced by
the amount of any reduction of such Partner’s Capital Account
attributable to the forfeiture of such Profit Interest
Units.
“ Holder ”
means either the Partner or Assignee owning a Partnership
Unit.
“ Immediate
Family ” means, with respect to any natural Person, such
natural Person’s estate or heirs or current spouse or former
spouse, parents, parents-in-law, children (whether natural, adopted
or by marriage), siblings and grandchildren and any trust or
estate, all of the beneficiaries of which consist of such Person or
such Person’s spouse, or former spouse, parents,
parents-in-law, children, siblings or grandchildren.
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“ Incapacity
” or “ Incapacitated ” means, (i) as
to any individual Partner, death, total physical disability or
entry by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating him or her
incompetent to manage his or her Person or his or her estate;
(ii) as to any corporation which is a Partner, the filing of a
certificate of dissolution, or its equivalent, for the corporation
or the revocation of its charter; (iii) as to any partnership
which is a Partner, the dissolution and commencement of winding up
of the partnership; (iv) as to any estate which is a Partner,
the distribution by the fiduciary of the estate’s entire
interest in the Partnership; (v) as to any trustee of a trust
which is a Partner, the termination of the trust (but not the
substitution of a new trustee); or (vi) as to any Partner, the
bankruptcy of such Partner. For purposes of this definition,
bankruptcy of a Partner shall be deemed to have occurred when
(a) the Partner commences a voluntary proceeding seeking
liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect,
(b) the Partner is adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a
final and nonappealable order for relief under any bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect has been
entered against the Partner, (c) the Partner executes and
delivers a general assignment for the benefit of the
Partner’s creditors, (d) the Partner files an answer or
other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material
allegations of a petition filed against the Partner in any
proceeding of the nature described in clause (b) above,
(e) the Partner seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the
appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator for the Partner or
for all or any substantial part of the Partner’s properties,
(f) any proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or
other relief of or against such Partner under any bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect has not
been dismissed within 120 days after the commencement thereof,
(g) the appointment without the Partner’s consent or
acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator has not been
vacated or stayed within 90 days of such appointment, or
(h) an appointment referred to in clause (g) is not
vacated within 90 days after the expiration of any such
stay.
“ Indemnitee
” means (i) any Person subject to a claim or demand or
made or threatened to be made a party to, or involved or threatened
to be involved in, an action, suit or proceeding by reason of his
or her status as (A) the General Partner or (B) a
director or officer, employee or agent of the Partnership or the
General Partner, and (ii) such other Persons (including
Affiliates of the General Partner or the Partnership) as the
General Partner may designate from time to time (whether before or
after the event giving rise to potential liability), in its sole
and absolute discretion.
“ IRS ”
means the Internal Revenue Service, which administers the internal
revenue laws of the United States.
“ Junior Units
” means Partnership Units representing any class or series of
Partnership Interest ranking, as to distributions or voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the
Partnership, junior to the Series A Preferred Units, the Series B
Preferred Units and the Series C Preferred Units.
“ Limited
Partner ” means any Person named as a Limited Partner in
Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended
from time to time, or any Substituted Limited Partner or Additional
Limited Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited
Partner in the Partnership.
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“ Limited Partner
Interest ” means a Partnership Interest of a Limited
Partner representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests
of all Limited Partners and includes any and all benefits to which
the Holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as
provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such
Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A
Limited Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of
Partnership Units.
“ Liquidating
Event ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 13.1 .
“ Liquidator
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 13.2.A .
“ Majority in
Interest of the Limited Partners ” means Limited Partners
(other than any Limited Partner fifty percent (50%) or more of
whose equity is owned, directly or indirectly, by the General
Partner) holding in the aggregate Percentage Interests that are
greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Percentage
Interests of all Limited Partners (other than any Limited Partner
fifty percent (50%) or more of whose equity is owned, directly
or indirectly, by the General Partner).
“ Net Income
” or “ Net Loss ” means for each fiscal
year of the Partnership, an amount equal to the Partnership’s
taxable income or loss for such fiscal year, determined in
accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all
items of income, gain loss, or deduction required to be stated
separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be
included in taxable income or loss), with the following
adjustments:
(a) Any income of the
Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not
otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss
pursuant to this definition of Net Income or Net Loss shall be
added to such taxable income or loss;
(b) Any expenditures of the
Partnership described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated
as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise
taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss pursuant to
this definition of Net Income or Net Loss shall be subtracted from
such taxable income or loss;
(c) In the event the Gross
Asset Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to
subparagraph (b) or subparagraph (c) of the definition of
Gross Asset Value, the amount of such adjustment shall be taken
into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for
purposes of computing Net Income or Net Loss;
(d) Gain or loss resulting
from any disposition of property with respect to which gain or loss
is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by
reference to the Gross Asset Value of the property disposed of,
notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property
differs from its Gross Asset Value;
(e) In lieu of the
depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions
taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there
shall be taken into account Depreciation for such fiscal
year;
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(f) To the extent an
adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset
pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is
required pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) to be taken into account in
determining Capital Accounts as a result of a distribution other
than in liquidation of a Partner’s interest in the
Partnership, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an
item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset)
or loss (if the adjustment decreases the basis of the asset) from
the disposition of the asset and shall be taken into account for
purposes of computing Net Income or Net Loss; and
(g) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this definition of Net Income or Net Loss, any items
which are specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3
shall not be taken into account in computing Net Income or Net
Loss. The amounts of the items of Partnership income, gain, loss,
or deduction available to be specially allocated pursuant to
Section 6.3 shall be determined by applying rules
analogous to those set forth in this definition of Net Income or
Net Loss.
“ Net Proceeds
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.C(2) .
“ New Securities
” means (i) any rights, options, warrants or convertible
or exchangeable securities having the right to subscribe for or
purchase REIT Shares or other shares of capital stock of the
General Partner, excluding in each case, grants under any Stock
Plan, or (ii) any Debt issued by the General Partner that
provides any of the rights described in clause (i).
“ Nonrecourse
Deductions ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1), and the amount of
Nonrecourse Deductions for a Partnership Year shall be determined
in accordance with the rules of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(c).
“ Nonrecourse
Liability ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2).
“ Notice of
Redemption ” means the Notice of Redemption substantially
in the form of Exhibit B to this Agreement.
“ Offered Shares
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.C(1) .
“ Option Agreement
Effective Date ” means the date the Partnership acquires
an Option Interest pursuant to the Option Agreement in exchange for
Common Units.
“ Option
Agreement ” means that certain option agreement by and
between the Partnership and Global Innovation Partners, LLC,
whereby such entity granted the Partnership an option to acquire
the Option Interests.
“ Option
Interests ” means that certain property or interest in
entities which own certain real property.
“ Parity Preferred
Unit ” means any class or series of Partnership Interests
of the Partnership now or hereafter authorized, issued or
outstanding expressly designated by the Partnership to rank on a
parity with the Series A Preferred Units, the Series B Preferred
Units
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and the Series C Preferred Units with
respect to distributions or rights upon voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Partnership, or both,
as the context may require.
“ Partner
” means a General Partner or a Limited Partner, and “
Partners ” means the General Partner and the Limited
Partners.
“ Partner Minimum
Gain ” means an amount, with respect to each Partner
Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Partnership Minimum Gain that would
result if such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a
Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(3).
“ Partner
Nonrecourse Debt ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
“ Partner
Nonrecourse Deductions ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2), and the amount of
Partner Nonrecourse Deductions with respect to a Partner
Nonrecourse Debt for a Partnership Year shall be determined in
accordance with the rules of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(2).
“ Partnership
” means the limited partnership formed under the Act and
pursuant to this Agreement, and any successor thereto.
“ Partnership
Interest ” means, an ownership interest in the
Partnership of a Limited Partner or the General Partner and
includes any and all benefits to which the Holder of such a
Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement,
together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the
terms and provisions of this Agreement. There may be one or more
classes or series of Partnership Interests as provided in
Section 4.3 , 4.4 or 4.5 . A Partnership
Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units. Unless
otherwise expressly provided for by the General Partner at the time
of the original issuance of any Partnership Interests, all
Partnership Interests (whether of a Limited Partner or a General
Partner) shall be of the same class or series. The Partnership
Interests represented by the Common Units, the Profits Interest
Units, the Series A Preferred Units, the Series B Preferred Units
and the Series C Preferred Units are the only Partnership Interests
and each such type of Unit is a separate class of Partnership
Interest for all purposes of this Agreement.
“ Partnership
Minimum Gain ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2), and the amount of
Partnership Minimum Gain, as well as any net increase or decrease
in Partnership Minimum Gain, for a Partnership Year shall be
determined in accordance with the rules of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(d).
“ Partnership Record
Date ” means the record date established by the General
Partner for the distribution of Available Cash pursuant to
Section 5.1 , which record date shall be the same as
the record date established by the General Partner for a
distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of
such distribution.
“ Partnership
Unit ” or “ Unit ” means, with respect
to any class of Partnership Interest, a fractional, undivided share
of such class of Partnership Interest issued pursuant to
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Sections 4.1 and 4.3 ,
4.4 or 4.5 . The ownership of Partnership Units may
be evidenced by a certificate for units substantially in the form
of Exhibit D hereto or as the General Partner may determine
with respect to any class of Partnership Units issued from time to
time under Section 4.1 , 4.3 , 4.4 and
4.5 .
“ Partnership
Year ” means the fiscal year of the Partnership, which
shall be the calendar year.
“ Percentage
Interest ” means, as to a Partner holding a class or
series of Partnership Interests, its interest in such class or
series as determined by dividing the Partnership Units of such
class or series owned by such Partner by the total number of
Partnership Units of such class then outstanding as specified in
Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended
from time to time. If the Partnership issues more than one class or
series of Partnership Interests, the interest in the Partnership
among the classes or series of Partnership Interests shall be
determined as set forth in the amendment to the Partnership
Agreement setting forth the rights and privileges of such
additional classes or series of Partnership Interest, if any, as
contemplated by Section 4.3.C .
“ Person ”
means an individual or a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, association
or other entity.
“ Plan ”
means the Digital Realty Trust, Inc. and Digital Realty Trust, L.P.
2004 Incentive Award Plan.
“ Plan Asset
Regulation ” means the regulations promulgated by the
United States Department of Labor in Title 29, Code of Federal
Regulations, Part 2510, Section 101.3, and any successor
regulations thereto.
“ Pledge ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.3.A
.
“ Preferred
Distribution Shortfall ” means, with respect to any
Partnership Interests that are entitled to any preference in
distributions of Available Cash pursuant to this Agreement, the
aggregate amount of the required distributions for such outstanding
Partnership Interests for all prior distribution periods
minus the aggregate amount of the distributions made with
respect to such outstanding Partnership Interests pursuant to this
Agreement.
“ Preferred
Share ” means a share of the General Partner’s
preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, with such rights,
priorities and preferences as shall be designated by the Board of
Directors in accordance with the General Partner’s
Charter.
“ Pricing
Agreements ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.C(3)(b) .
“ Primary Offering
Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.F(4) .
“ Profits Interest
Units ” means long term incentive partnership units of
the Partnership having the rights, voting powers, restrictions,
limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and
conditions of redemption and conversion set forth herein and in the
Plan (including the Class C Units). Profits Interest Units can be
issued in one or more classes, or
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one or more series of any such classes
bearing such relationship to one another as to allocations,
distributions, and other rights as the general Partner shall
determine in its sole and absolute discretion subject to Maryland
law.
“ Profits Interest
Unitholder ” means a Partner that holds Profits Interest
Units.
“ Properties
” means such interests in real property and personal property
including without limitation, fee interests, interests in ground
leases, interests in joint ventures, interests in mortgages, and
Debt instruments as the Partnership may hold from time to
time.
“ Qualified REIT
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the General Partner
that is a “qualified REIT subsidiary” within the
meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code.
“ Qualified
Transferee ” means an “Accredited Investor”
as such term is defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the
Securities Act.
“ Redemption
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.A .
“ Regulations
” means the Income Tax Regulations promulgated under the
Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time
(including corresponding provisions of succeeding
regulations).
“ Regulatory
Allocations ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.3.A(viii) .
“ REIT ”
means a real estate investment trust, as defined under Sections 856
through 860 of the Code.
“ REIT
Requirements ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1 .
“ REIT Series A
Preferred Share ” means a share of 8.5% Series A
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share,
liquidation preference $25 per share, of the General
Partner.
“ REIT Series B
Preferred Share ” means a share of 7.875% Series B
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share,
liquidation preference $25 per share, of the General
Partner.
“ REIT Series C
Preferred Share ” means a share of 4.375% Series C
Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share,
liquidation preference $25 per share, of the General
Partner.
“ REIT Share
” means a share of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of
the General Partner.
“ REIT Shares
Amount ” means, as of any date, an aggregate number of
REIT Shares equal to the number of Tendered Units, as adjusted
(x) pursuant to Section 7.5 (in the event the
General Partner acquires material assets, other than on behalf of
the Partnership) and (y) for stock dividends and
distributions, stock splits and subdivisions, reverse stock splits
and
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combinations, distributions of rights,
warrants or options, and distributions of evidences of indebtedness
or assets relating to assets not received by the General Partner
pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the
Partnership.
“ REIT Share Market
Value ” means, with respect to a REIT Share, the average
of the daily market price for the ten (10) consecutive trading
days immediately preceding the Specified Redemption Date. The
market price for each such trading day shall be: (i) if the
REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading on any securities
exchange, the closing price, regular way, on such day, or if no
such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid
and asked prices on such day, in either case as reported in the
principal consolidated transaction reporting system, (ii) if
the REIT Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any
securities exchange, the last reported sale price on such day or,
if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid
and asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation
source designated by the Company, or (iii) if the REIT Shares
are not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange
and no such last reported sale price or closing bid and asked
prices are available, the average of the reported high bid and low
asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation
source designated by the Company, or if there shall be no bid and
asked prices on such day, the average of the high bid and low asked
prices, as so reported, on the most recent day (not more than ten
(10) days prior to the date in question) for which prices have
been so reported; provided that if there are no bid and
asked prices reported during the ten (10) days prior to the
date in question, the REIT Share Market Value of the REIT Share
shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company acting
in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information
as it considers, in its reasonable judgment,
appropriate.
“ ROFO Agreement
Effective Date ” means the date the Partnership acquires
the ROFO Interests pursuant to the respective ROFO Agreements in
exchange for Common-Equivalent Units.
“ ROFO Agreement
” means those certain Right of First Offer Agreements by and
between the Partnership and Global Innovation Partners, LLC,
whereby such entities granted the Partnership the right to acquire
the ROFO Interests.
“ ROFO Interests
” means those certain properties or interests in entities
which own certain real property described in the respective ROFO
Agreements.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
promulgated thereunder and any successor statute
thereto.
“ Series A Articles
Supplementary ” means the Articles Supplementary of the
General Partner in connection with its REIT Series A Preferred
Shares, as filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments
and Taxation on February 8, 2005.
“ Series A Preferred
Capital ” means a Capital Account balance equal to the
product of (i) the number of Series A Preferred Units then
held by the General Partner multiplied by (ii) the sum of $25,
any Preferred Distribution Shortfall per Series A Preferred Unit
and any accrued and unpaid distribution per Series A Preferred Unit
for the current distribution period.
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“ Series A Preferred
Units ” means the Partnership’s 8.5% Series A
Cumulative Redeemable Partnership Units, with the rights,
priorities and preferences set forth herein.
“ Series A Preferred
Unit Distribution Payment Date ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 16.2.A.
“ Series A Priority
Return ” shall mean an amount equal to 8.5% per
annum on the stated value of $25 per Series A Preferred Unit
(equivalent to the fixed annual amount of $2.125 per Series A
Preferred Unit), commencing on the date of original issuance of the
Series A Preferred Units. For any partial quarterly period, the
amount of the Series A Priority Return shall be prorated and
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months.
“ Series B Articles
Supplementary ” means the Articles Supplementary of the
General Partner in connection with its REIT Series B Preferred
Shares, as filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments
and Taxation on July 25, 2005.
“ Series B Preferred
Capital ” means a Capital Account balance equal to the
product of (i) the number of Series B Preferred Units then
held by the General Partner multiplied by (ii) the sum of $25,
any Preferred Distribution Shortfall per Series B Preferred Unit
and any accrued and unpaid distribution per Series B Preferred Unit
for the current distribution period.
“ Series B Preferred
Units ” means the Partnership’s 7.875% Series B
Cumulative Redeemable Partnership Units, with the rights,
priorities and preferences set forth herein.
“ Series B Preferred
Unit Distribution Payment Date ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 17.2.A.
“ Series B Priority
Return ” shall mean an amount equal to 7.875% per
annum on the stated value of $25 per Series B Preferred Unit
(equivalent to the fixed annual amount of $1.96875 per Series B
Preferred Unit), commencing on the date of original issuance of the
Series B Preferred Units. For any partial quarterly period, the
amount of the Series B Priority Return shall be prorated and
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months.
“ Series C Articles
Supplementary ” means the Articles Supplementary of the
General Partner in connection with its REIT Series C Preferred
Shares, as filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments
and Taxation on April 9, 2007.
“ Series C Preferred
Capital ” means a Capital Account balance equal to the
product of (i) the number of Series C Preferred Units then
held by the General Partner multiplied by (ii) the sum of $25,
any Preferred Distribution Shortfall per Series C Preferred Unit
and any accrued and unpaid distribution per Series C Preferred Unit
for the current distribution period.
“ Series C Preferred
Units ” means the Partnership’s 4.375% Series C
Cumulative Convertible Partnership Units, with the rights,
priorities and preferences set forth herein.
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“ Series C Preferred
Unit Distribution Payment Date ” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 19.2.A.
“ Series C Priority
Return ” shall mean an amount equal to 4.375% per
annum on the stated value of $25 per Series C Preferred Unit
(equivalent to the fixed annual amount of $1.09375 per Series C
Preferred Unit), commencing on the date of original issuance of the
Series C Preferred Units. For any partial quarterly period, the
amount of the Series C Priority Return shall be prorated and
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day
months.
“ Single Funding
Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.C(1)(b) .
“ Specified
Redemption Date ” means the day of receipt by the General
Partner of a Notice of Redemption; provided that in the
event the General Partner elects a Stock Offering Funding pursuant
to Section 8.6.C , such Specified Redemption Date shall
be deferred until the next Business Day following the date of the
closing of the Stock Offering Funding.
“ Stock Offered
Funding Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.C(2) .
“ Stock Offering
Funding ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.C(1)(a) .
“ Stock Plan
” means any stock incentive, stock option, stock ownership or
employee benefits plan of the General Partner.
“ Subsequent
Redemption ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.F(4) .
“ Subsidiary
” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other
entity of which a majority of (i) the voting power of the
voting equity securities or (ii) the outstanding equity
interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such
Person.
“ Subsidiary
Partnership ” means any partnership or limited liability
company that is a Subsidiary of the Partnership.
“ Substituted
Limited Partner ” means a Person who is admitted as a
Limited Partner to the Partnership pursuant to
Section 11.4 .
“ Surviving
Partnership ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.2.B(2) .
“ Tax Items
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.4.A .
“ Tenant ”
means any tenant from which the General Partner derives rent either
directly or indirectly through partnerships, including the
Partnership.
“ Tendered Units
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.A .
“ Tendering
Partner ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.A .
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“ Termination
Transaction ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.2.B .
“ Transaction
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.7.F .
“ Twelve-Month
Period ” means a twelve-month period ending on the first
anniversary of the Effective Date or on each subsequent anniversary
thereof.
“ Unvested Profits
Interest Units ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.5.C .
“ Vested Profits
Interest Units ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.5.C .
“ Vesting
Agreement ” means each or any, as the context implies,
vesting agreement entered into by a Profits Interest Unitholder
upon acceptance of an award of Unvested Profits Interest Units
under the Plan (as such agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time), including any Class C Unit
Agreements.
“ Withdrawing
Partner ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.6.C(3)(c) .
Section 1.2 Rules of
Construction
Unless otherwise indicated,
all references herein to “ REIT ,” “
REIT Requirements ,” “ REIT Shares
” and “ REIT Shares Amount ” with respect
to the General Partner shall apply only with reference to the
Company.
ARTICLE 2.
ORGANIZATIONAL
MATTERS
Section 2.1
Organization
The Partnership is a limited
partnership formed pursuant to the provisions of the Act and upon
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Except as
expressly provided herein, the rights and obligations of the
Partners and the administration and termination of the Partnership
shall be governed by the Act. The Partnership Interest of each
Partner shall be personal property for all purposes.
Section 2.2 Name
The name of the Partnership
is Digital Realty Trust, L.P. The Partnership’s business may
be conducted under any other name or names deemed advisable by the
General Partner, including the name of the General Partner or any
Affiliate thereof. The words “Limited Partnership,”
“L.P.,” “Ltd.” or similar words or letters
shall be included in the Partnership’s name where necessary
for the purposes of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction
that so requires. The General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion may change the name of the Partnership at any time and
from time to time and shall notify the Limited Partners of such
change in the next regular communication to the Limited
Partners.
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Section 2.3 Registered Office
and Agent; Principal Office
The name and address of the
registered office and registered agent of the Partnership in the
State of Maryland is National Registered Agents, Inc. of MD, 11
East Chase Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. The address of the
principal office of the Partnership in the State of Maryland is c/o
National Registered Agents, Inc. of MD, 11 East Chase Street,
Baltimore, MD 21202. The principal office of the Partnership is
located at 560 Mission Street, Suite 2900, San Francisco,
California 94105, or such other place as the General Partner may
from time to time designate by notice to the other Partners. The
Partnership may maintain offices at such other place or places
within or outside the State of Maryland as the General Partner
deems advisable.
Section 2.4 Power of
Attorney
A. Each Limited Partner and
each Assignee constitutes and appoints the General Partner, any
Liquidator, and authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact of each,
and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact,
with full power and authority in its name, place and stead
to:
(1) execute, swear to,
acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public
offices (a) all certificates, documents and other instruments
(including, without limitation, this Agreement and the Certificate
and all amendments or restatements thereof) that the General
Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to form,
qualify or continue the existence or qualification of the
Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the
Limited Partners have limited liability) in the State of Maryland
and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct
business or own property; (b) all instruments that the General
Partner or any Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect
any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this
Agreement in accordance with its terms; (c) all conveyances
and other instruments or documents that the General Partner or any
Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the
dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a
certificate of cancellation; (d) all instruments relating to
the admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner
pursuant to, or other events described in, Articles 11 ,
12 or 13 or the Capital Contribution of any Partner;
and (e) all certificates, documents and other instruments
relating to the determination of the rights, preferences and
privileges of Partnership Interests; and
(2) execute, swear to,
acknowledge and file all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers,
certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the
sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or any
Liquidator, to make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote,
consent, approval, agreement or other action which is made or given
by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this
Agreement or appropriate or necessary, in the sole discretion of
the General Partner or any Liquidator, to effectuate the terms or
intent of this Agreement.
Nothing contained herein shall be
construed as authorizing the General Partner or any Liquidator to
amend this Agreement except in accordance with Article 14 or
as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this
Agreement.
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B. The foregoing power of
attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled
with an interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the
Partners will be relying upon the power of the General Partner and
any Liquidator to act as contemplated by this Agreement in any
filing or other action by it on behalf of the Partnership, and it
shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent Incapacity of
any Limited Partner or Assignee and the transfer of all or any
portion of such Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s
Common-Equivalent Units and shall extend to such Limited
Partner’s or Assignee’s heirs, successors, assigns and
personal representatives. Each such Limited Partner or Assignee
hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the General
Partner or any Liquidator, acting in good faith pursuant to such
power of attorney; and each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby
waives any and all defenses which may be available to contest,
negate or disaffirm the action of the General Partner or any
Liquidator, taken in good faith under such power of attorney. Each
Limited Partner or Assignee shall execute and deliver to the
General Partner or any Liquidator, within 15 days after receipt of
the General Partner’s or Liquidator’s request therefor,
such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments
as the General Partner or the Liquidator, as the case may be, deems
necessary to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the
Partnership.
Section 2.5 Term
The term of the Partnership
commenced on July 21, 2004 and shall continue until
December 31, 2104 unless it is dissolved sooner pursuant to
the provisions of Article 13 or as otherwise provided by
law.
ARTICLE 3.
PURPOSE
Section 3.1 Purpose and
Business
The purpose and nature of the
business to be conducted by the Partnership is (i) to conduct
any business that may be lawfully conducted by a limited
partnership organized pursuant to the Act, (ii) to enter into
any partnership, joint venture or other similar arrangement to
engage in any business described in the foregoing clause
(i) or to own interests in any entity engaged, directly or
indirectly, in any such business and (iii) to do anything
necessary or incidental to the foregoing; provided ,
however , that such business shall be limited to and
conducted in such a manner as to permit the General Partner at all
times to be classified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes,
unless the General Partner ceases to qualify as a REIT for reasons
other than the conduct of the business of the Partnership. In
connection with the foregoing, and without limiting the General
Partner’s right in its sole discretion to cease qualifying as
a REIT, the Partners acknowledge that the General Partner’s
current status as a REIT inures to the benefit of all the Partners
and not solely the General Partner.
Section 3.2
Powers
The Partnership is empowered
to do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate, proper,
advisable, incidental to or convenient for the furtherance and
accomplishment of the purposes and business described herein and
for the protection and benefit of the Partnership, including,
without limitation, full power and authority, directly or through
its
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ownership interest in other entities, to
enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, borrow
money and issue evidences of indebtedness, whether or not secured
by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien, acquire, own,
manage, improve and develop real property, and lease, sell,
transfer and dispose of real property; provided ,
however , notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, the Partnership shall not, absent the consent of the
General Partner, which may be given or withheld in its sole and
absolute discretion, take, or refrain from taking, any action
which, in the judgment of the General Partner, in its sole and
absolute discretion, could (i) adversely affect the ability of
the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT,
(ii) subject the General Partner to any taxes under
Section 857 or Section 4981 of the Code, or
(iii) violate any law or regulation of any governmental body
or agency having jurisdiction over the General Partner or its
securities, unless any such action (or inaction) under (i),
(ii) or (iii) shall have been specifically consented to
by the General Partner in writing.
Section 3.3 Partnership Only for
Purposes Specified
The Partnership shall be a
partnership only for the purposes specified in
Section 3.1 , and this Agreement shall not be deemed to
create a partnership among the Partners with respect to any
activities whatsoever other than the activities within the purposes
of the Partnership as specified in Section 3.1 . Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall have any
authority to act for, bind, commit or assume any obligation or
responsibility on behalf of the Partnership, its properties or any
other Partner. No Partner, in its capacity as a Partner under this
Agreement, shall be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or
obligation of another Partner, nor shall the Partnership be
responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of any
Partner, incurred either before or after the execution and delivery
of this Agreement by such Partner, except as to those
responsibilities, liabilities, indebtedness or obligations incurred
pursuant to and as limited by the terms of this Agreement and the
Act.
Section 3.4 Representations and
Warranties by the Parties
A. Each Partner that is an
individual represents and warrants to each other Partner that
(i) such Partner has the legal capacity to enter into this
Agreement and perform such Partner’s obligations hereunder,
(ii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement to be performed by such Partner will not result in a
breach or violation of, or a default under, any agreement by which
such Partner or any of such Partner’s property is or are
bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such
Partner is subject, (iii) such Partner is a “United
States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30)
of the Code, and (iv) this Agreement is binding upon, and
enforceable against, such Partner in accordance with its
terms.
B. Each Partner that is not
an individual represents and warrants to each other Partner that
(i) its execution and delivery of this Agreement and all
transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by it
have been duly authorized by all necessary action, including
without limitation, that of its general partner(s), member(s),
committee(s), trustee(s), beneficiaries, directors and/or
stockholder(s), as the case may be, as required, (ii) the
consummation of such transactions shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or a default under, its certificate of limited
partnership, partnership agreement, trust agreement, limited
liability
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company operating agreement, charter or
bylaws, as the case may be, any agreement by which such Partner or
any of such Partner’s properties or any of its partners,
members, beneficiaries, trustees or stockholders, as the case may
be, is or are bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law
to which such Partner or any of its partners, members, trustees,
beneficiaries or stockholders, as the case may be, is or are
subject, (iii) such Partner is a “United States
person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Code and (iv) this Agreement is binding upon, and enforceable
against, such Partner in accordance with its terms.
C. Each Partner represents,
warrants, and agrees that it has acquired and continues to hold its
interest in the Partnership for its own account for investment only
and not for the purpose of, or with a view toward, the resale or
distribution of all or any part thereof, nor with a view toward
selling or otherwise distributing such interest or any part thereof
at any particular time or under any predetermined circumstances.
Each Partner further represents and warrants that it is a
sophisticated investor, able and accustomed to handling
sophisticated financial matters for itself, particularly real
estate investments, and that it has a sufficiently high net worth
that it does not anticipate a need for the funds it has invested in
the Partnership in what it understands to be a highly speculative
and illiquid investment. Each Partner represents, warrants and
agrees that such Partner is an “accredited investor”
(as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the
Securities Act).
D. Each Partner acknowledges
that (i) the Partnership Units (and any REIT Shares that might
be exchanged therefor) have not been registered under the
Securities Act and may not be transferred unless they are
subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption
from such registration is available (it being understood that the
Partnership has no intention of so registering the Partnership
Units), (ii) a restrictive legend in the form set forth in
Exhibit D shall be placed on the certificates
representing the Partnership Units, and (iii) a notation shall
be made in the appropriate records of the Partnership indicating
that the Partnership Units are subject to restrictions on
transfer.
E. Each Limited Partner
further represents, warrants, covenants and agrees as
follows:
(1) Except as provided in
Exhibit E , at any time such Partner actually or
Constructively Owns a 25% or greater capital interest or profits
interest in the Partnership, it does not and will not, without the
prior written consent of the General Partner, actually own or
Constructively Own (a) with respect to any Tenant that is a
corporation, any stock of such Tenant, and (b) with respect to
any Tenant that is not a corporation, any interests in either the
assets or net profits of such Tenant.
(2) Except as provided in
Exhibit F , at any time such Partner actually or
Constructively Owns a 25% or greater capital interest or profits
interest in the Partnership, it does not, and agrees that it will
not without the prior written consent of the General Partner,
actually own or Constructively Own, any stock in the General
Partner, other than any REIT Shares or other shares of capital
stock of the General Partner such Partner may acquire (a) as a
result of an exchange of Tendered Units pursuant to
Section 8.6 or (b) upon the exercise of options
granted or delivery of REIT Shares pursuant to any Stock Plan, in
each case subject to the ownership limitations set forth in the
General Partner’s Charter.
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(3) Upon request of the
General Partner, it will disclose to the General Partner the amount
of REIT Shares or other shares of capital stock of the General
Partner, or shares of capital stock or other interests in Tenants,
that it actually owns or Constructively Owns.
(4) It understands that if,
for any reason, (a) the representations, warranties or
agreements set forth in E(1) or (2) above are
violated, or (b) the Partnership’s actual or
Constructive Ownership of REIT Shares or other shares of capital
stock of the General Partner violates the limitations set forth in
the Charter, then (x) some or all of the Redemption rights of
the Partners may become non-exercisable, and (y) some or all
of the REIT Shares owned by the Partners may be automatically
transferred to a trust for the benefit of a charitable beneficiary,
as provided in the Charter.
(5) Without the consent of
the General Partner, which may be given or withheld in its sole
discretion, no Partner shall take any action that would cause
(i) the Partnership at any time to have more than 100
partners, including as partners (“ flow through
partners ”) those persons indirectly owning an interest
in the Partnership through a partnership, limited liability
company, S corporation or grantor trust (such entity, a “
flow through entity ”), but only if substantially all
of the value of such person’s interest in the flow through
entity is attributable to the flow through entity’s interest
(direct or indirect) in the Partnership; or (ii) the
Partnership Interest initially issued to such Partner or its
predecessors to be held by more than seven (7) partners,
including as partners any flow through partners.
F. The representations and
warranties contained in this Section 3.4 shall survive
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each Partner and
the dissolution and winding-up of the Partnership.
G. Each Partner hereby
acknowledges that no representations as to potential profit, cash
flows, funds from operations or yield, if any, in respect of the
Partnership or the General Partner have been made by any Partner or
any employee or representative or Affiliate of any Partner, and
that projections and any other information, including, without
limitation, financial and descriptive information and
documentation, which may have been in any manner submitted to such
Partner shall not constitute any representation or warranty of any
kind or nature, express or implied.
Section 3.5 Certain ERISA
Matters
Each Partner acknowledges
that the Partnership is intended to qualify as a “real estate
operating company” (as such term is defined in the Plan Asset
Regulation). The General Partner may structure the investments in,
relationships with and conduct with respect to Properties and any
other assets of the Partnership so that the Partnership will be a
“real estate operating company” (as such term is
defined in the Plan Asset Regulation).
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ARTICLE 4.
CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
Section 4.1 Capital
Contributions of the Partners
At the time of their
respective execution of this Agreement, the Partners shall make or
shall have made Capital Contributions as set forth in Exhibit
A to this Agreement. The Partners shall own Partnership Units
of the class or series and in the amounts set forth in Exhibit
A and shall have a Percentage Interest in the Partnership as
set forth in Exhibit A , which Percentage Interest shall be
adjusted in Exhibit A from time to time by the General
Partner to the extent necessary to reflect accurately exchanges,
redemptions, Capital Contributions, the issuance of additional
Partnership Units or similar events having an effect on a
Partner’s Percentage Interest. Except as required by law, as
otherwise provided in Sections 4.3 , 4.4 , 4.5
and 10.5 , or as otherwise agreed to by a Partner and the
Partnership, no Partner shall be required or permitted to make any
additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership.
Unless otherwise specified by the General Partner at the time of
the creation of any class of Partnership Interests, the
corresponding class or series of capital stock for any Partnership
Units issued shall be REIT Shares.
Section 4.2 Loans by Third
Parties
Subject to
Section 4.3 , the Partnership may incur Debt, or enter
into other similar credit, guarantee, financing or refinancing
arrangements for any purpose (including, without limitation, in
connection with any further acquisition of Properties) with any
Person that is not the General Partner upon such terms as the
General Partner determines appropriate; provided that , the
Partnership shall not incur any Debt that is recourse to the
General Partner, except to the extent otherwise agreed to by the
General Partner in its sole discretion.
Section 4.3 Additional Funding
and Capital Contributions
A. General . The
General Partner may, at any time and from time to time determine
that the Partnership requires additional funds (“
Additional Funds ”) for the acquisition of additional
Properties or for such other Partnership purposes as the General
Partner may determine. Additional Funds may be raised by the
Partnership, at the election of the General Partner, in any manner
provided in, and in accordance with, the terms of this
Section 4.3 . No Person shall have any preemptive,
preferential or similar right or rights to subscribe for or acquire
any Partnership Interest, except as set forth in this
Section 4.3 .
B. Issuance of Additional
Partnership Interests . The General Partner, in its sole and
absolute discretion, may raise all or any portion of the Additional
Funds by accepting additional Capital Contributions of cash. The
General Partner may also accept additional Capital Contributions of
real property or any other non-cash assets. In connection with any
such additional Capital Contributions (of cash or property), the
General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership from
time to time to issue to Partners (including the General Partner)
or other Persons (including, without limitation, in connection with
the contribution of tangible or intangible property, services, or
other consideration permitted by the Act to the Partnership)
additional Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests, which
may be Common Units or other
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Partnership Units issued in one or more
classes, or one or more series of any of such classes, with such
designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional,
conversion, exchange or other special rights, powers, and duties,
including rights, powers, and duties senior to then existing
Limited Partner Interests, all as shall be determined by the
General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion subject to
Maryland law, including without limitation, (i) the
allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction,
and credit to such class or series of Partnership Interests;
(ii) the right of each such class or series of Partnership
Interests to share in Partnership distributions; (iii) the
rights of each such class or series of Partnership Interests upon
dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; and (iv) the
right to vote, including, without limitation, the Limited Partner
approval rights set forth in Section 11.2.A ;
provided , that no such additional Partnership Units
or other Partnership Interests shall be issued to the General
Partner unless either (a) (1) the additional Partnership
Interests are issued in connection with the grant, award, or
issuance of shares of the General Partner pursuant to
Section 4.3.C below, which shares have designations,
preferences, and other rights (except voting rights) such that the
economic interests attributable to such shares are substantially
similar to the designations, preferences and other rights of the
additional Partnership Interests issued to the General Partner in
accordance with this Section 4.3.B , and (2) the
General Partner shall make a Capital Contribution to the
Partnership in an amount equal to any net proceeds raised in
connection with such issuance, or (b) the additional
Partnership Interests are issued to all Partners holding
Partnership Interests in the same class in proportion to their
respective Percentage Interests in such class or (c) the
additional Partnership Interests are issued pursuant to a Stock
Plan. The General Partner’s determination that consideration
is adequate shall be conclusive insofar as the adequacy of
consideration relates to whether the Partnership Interests are
validly issued and paid. In the event that the Partnership issues
additional Partnership Interests pursuant to this
Section 4.3.B , the General Partner shall make such
revisions to this Agreement (including but not limited to the
revisions described in Section 5.4 ,
Section 6.2.B , and Section 8.6 ) as it
determines are necessary to reflect the issuance of such additional
Partnership Interests.
C. Issuance of REIT Shares
or Other Securities by the General Partner . Except as provided
in the next following paragraph of this Section 4.3C ,
the General Partner shall not issue any additional REIT Shares,
other shares of capital stock of the General Partner or New
Securities (other than REIT Shares issued pursuant to
Section 8.6 or such shares, stock or securities
pursuant to a dividend or distribution (including any stock split)
to all of its stockholders or all of its stockholders who hold a
particular class of stock of the General Partner), unless
(i) the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to issue
to the General Partner, Partnership Interests or rights, options,
warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities of the
Partnership having designations, preferences and other rights, all
such that the economic interests thereof are substantially similar
to those of the REIT Shares, other shares of capital stock of the
General Partner or New Securities issued by the General Partner and
(ii) the General Partner shall make a Capital Contribution of
any net proceeds from the issuance of such additional REIT Shares,
other shares of capital stock or New Securities, as the case may
be, and from any exercise of the rights contained in such
additional New Securities, as the case may be. Without limiting the
foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized to issue
REIT Shares, other shares of capital stock of the General Partner
or New Securities for no tangible value or for less than fair
market value, and the General Partner is expressly authorized to
cause the Partnership to issue to the General Partner corresponding
Partnership Interests, so long as (x) the General Partner
concludes in good faith that such issuance of Partnership Interests
is in the interests of the Partnership; and (y) the General
Partner contributes all proceeds, if any, from such issuance and
exercise to the Partnership.
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In connection with the
General Partner’s initial public offering of REIT Shares, any
other issuance of REIT Shares, other capital stock of the General
Partner or New Securities, the General Partner shall contribute to
the Partnership, any net proceeds raised in connection with such
issuance; provided , that the General Partner may use
a portion of the net proceeds from any offering to acquire
Partnership Units or other assets ( provided such other
assets are contributed to the Partnership pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement); and provided , further , that
if the net proceeds actually received by the General Partner are
less than the gross proceeds of such issuance as a result of any
underwriter’s discount or other expenses paid or incurred in
connection with such issuance then, except to the extent such net
proceeds are used to acquire Partnership Units, the General Partner
shall be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution to the
Partnership in the amount equal to the sum of the net proceeds of
such issuance plus the amount of such underwriter’s discount
and other expenses paid by the General Partner (which discount and
expense shall be treated as an expense for the benefit of the
Partnership for purposes of Section 7.4 ). In the case
of issuance of REIT Shares by the General Partner in any offering,
whether registered under the Securities Act or exempt from such
registration, underwritten, offered and sold directly to investors
or through agents or other intermediaries, or otherwise
distributed, for purposes of determining the number of additional
Common Units issuable upon a Capital Contribution funded by the net
proceeds thereof consistently with the immediately preceding
sentence, any discount from the then current market price of REIT
Shares shall be disregarded such that an equal number of Common
Units can be issued to the General Partner as the number of REIT
Shares sold by the General Partner in such offering, consistently
with the determination of Partners’ Percentage Interests as
provided in Section 4.3.D . In the case of issuances of
REIT Shares, other capital stock of the General Partner or New
Securities pursuant to any Stock Plan at a discount from fair
market value or for no value, the amount of such discount
representing compensation to the employee, as determined by the
General Partner, shall be treated as an expense for the benefit of
the Partnership for purposes of Section 7.4 and, as a
result, the General Partner shall be deemed to have made a Capital
Contribution to the Partnership in an amount equal to the sum of
any net proceeds of such issuance plus the amount of such
expense.
D. Percentage Interest
Adjustments in the Case of Capital Contributions for Partnership
Units . Upon the acceptance of additional Capital Contributions
in exchange for any class or series of Partnership Units, the
Percentage Interest of each Partner in such class or series of
Partnership Units shall be equal to a fraction, the numerator of
which is equal to the sum of (i) the Deemed Partnership
Interest Value of the Partnership Interest of such Partner in
respect of such class or series (computed as of the Business Day
immediately preceding the Adjustment Date) and (ii) the Agreed
Value of additional Capital Contributions, if any, made by such
Partner to the Partnership in such class or series of Partnership
Interests as of such Adjustment Date, and the denominator of which
is equal to the sum of (i) the Deemed Value of the Partnership
Interests of such class or series (computed as of the Business Day
immediately preceding the Adjustment Date), plus
(ii) the aggregate Agreed Value of additional Capital
Contributions contributed by all Partners and/or third parties to
the Partnership on such Adjustment Date in such class or series.
Provided , however , solely for purposes of
calculating a Partner’s Percentage Interest pursuant to this
Section 4.3.D , (i) in the case of cash Capital
Contributions by the
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General Partner funded by an offering of
REIT Shares or other shares of capital stock of the General Partner
and (ii) in the case of the contribution of properties by the
General Partner which were acquired by the General Partner in
exchange for REIT Shares or other shares of capital stock of the
General Partner immediately prior to such contribution, the General
Partner shall be issued a number of Partnership Units equal and
corresponding to the number of such shares issued by the General
Partner in exchange for such cash or Properties, the Partnership
Units held by the other Partners shall not be adjusted, and the
Partners’ Percentage Interests shall be adjusted accordingly.
The General Partner shall promptly give each Partner written notice
of its Percentage Interest, as adjusted. This
Section 4.3.D shall not apply to the issuance of
Profits Interest Units, which shall be governed by
Section 4.5 , and the General Partner may adjust
Percentage Interests in a manner that is different from the
provisions of this Section 4.3.D to the extent it
reasonably determines it is appropriate to do so to reflect the
value of the respective Capital Contributions made to the
Partnership and the number of Partnership Units issued with respect
thereto.
Section 4.4 Other Contribution
Provisions . In the event that any Partner is admitted to the
Partnership and is given (or is treated as having received) a
Capital Account at the time of admission in exchange for services
rendered to the Partnership, such transaction shall be treated by
the Partnership and the affected Partner as if the Partnership had
compensated such Partner in cash, and the Partner had contributed
such cash to the capital of the Partnership. In addition, with the
consent of the General Partner, in its sole discretion, one or more
Limited Partners may enter into agreements with the Partnership, in
the form of a guarantee or contribution agreement, which have the
effect of providing a guarantee of certain obligations of the
Partnership.
Section 4.5 Profit Interest
Units . The General Partner may from time to time issue Profits
Interest Units to Persons who provide services to the Partnership,
for such consideration or for no consideration as the General
Partner may determine to be appropriate, and admit such Persons as
Limited Partners. Subject to the following provisions of this
Section 4.5 and the special provisions of Sections
4.3.D, 6.2.C, 8.7, 8.8 and Article 18 , Profits Interest
Units shall be treated as Common Units, with all of the rights,
privileges and obligations attendant thereto. Subject to
Section 18.2.A(4) , for purposes of computing the
Partners’ Percentage Interests, Profits Interest Units shall
be treated as Common Units. In particular, the Partnership shall
maintain at all times a one-to-one correspondence between Profits
Interest Units and Common Units for conversion, distribution and
other purposes, including without limitation complying with the
following procedures:
A. If an Adjustment Event
occurs, then the General Partner shall make a corresponding
adjustment to the Profits Interest Units to maintain a one-for-one
conversion and economic equivalence ratio between Common Units and
Profits Interest Units. The following shall be “
Adjustment Events ”: (i) the Partnership makes a
distribution on all outstanding Common Units in Partnership Units,
(ii) the Partnership subdivides the outstanding Common Units
into a greater number of units or combines the outstanding Common
Units into a smaller number of units, or (iii) the Partnership
issues any Partnership Units in exchange for its outstanding Common
Units by way of a reclassification or recapitalization of its
Common Units. If more than one Adjustment Event occurs, the
adjustment to the Profits Interest Units need be made only once
using a single formula that takes into account each and every
Adjustment Event as if all Adjustment Events occurred
simultaneously. For the avoidance of doubt, the
following
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shall not be Adjustment Events:
(x) the issuance of Partnership Units in a financing,
reorganization, acquisition or other similar business transaction,
(y) the issuance of Partnership Units pursuant to any employee
benefit or compensation plan or distribution reinvestment plan, or
(z) the issuance of any Partnership Units to the Company in
respect of a Capital Contribution to the Partnership of proceeds
from the sale of securities by the Company. If the Partnership
takes an action affecting the Common Units other than actions
specifically described above as “Adjustment Events” and
in the opinion of the General Partner such action would require an
adjustment to the Profits Interest Units to maintain the one-to-one
correspondence described above, the General Partner shall have the
right to make such adjustment to the Profits Interest Units, to the
extent permitted by law and by any applicable Stock Plan or other
compensatory arrangement or incentive program pursuant to which
Profits Interest Units are issued, in such manner and at such time
as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may determine to be
reasonably appropriate under the circumstances. If an adjustment is
made to the Profits Interest Units as herein provided the
Partnership shall promptly file in the books and records of the
Partnership an officer’s certificate setting forth such
adjustment and a brief statement of the facts requiring such
adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the
correctness of such adjustment absent manifest error. Promptly
after filing of such certificate, the Partnership shall mail a
notice to each Profits Interest Unitholder setting forth the
adjustment to his or her Profits Interest Units and the effective
date of such adjustment.
B. Except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement (including, without limitation,
Article 18 with respect the Class C Units) or by the General
Partner with respect to any particular class or series of Profits
Interest Units, (a) the Profits Interest Unitholders shall, in
respect of each Distribution Payment Date, when, as and if
authorized and declared by the General Partner out of assets
legally available for that purpose, be entitled to receive
distributions in an amount per Profits Interest Unit equal to the
distributions per Common Unit, paid to holders of record on the
same record date established by the General Partner with respect to
such Distribution Payment Date; (b) references to additional
Partnership Interests in Section 5.4 shall be deemed to
include Profits Interest Units issued during a Distribution Period
and such Section 5.4 shall apply in full to Profits
Interest Units; (c) during any Distribution Period, so long as
any Profits Interest Units are outstanding, no distributions
(whether in cash or in kind) shall be authorized, declared or paid
on Common Units, unless equal distributions have been or
contemporaneously are authorized, declared and paid on the Profits
Interest Units for such Distribution Period, (d), the Profits
Interest Units shall rank pari passu with the Common Units
as to the payment of regular and special periodic or other
distributions and distribution of assets, and (e) any class or
series of Partnership Units or Partnership Interests which by its
terms specifies that it shall rank junior to, on a parity with, or
senior to the Common Units with respect to distributions shall also
rank junior to, on a parity with, or senior to, as the case may be,
the Profits Interest Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Section 4.5.B , proceeds from a
Liquidating Event shall be distributed to Holders of Partnership
Units as set forth in Sections 5.3 and 13.2 . Subject
to the terms of any Vesting Agreement, a Profits Interest
Unitholder shall be entitled to transfer his or her Profits
Interest Units to the same extent, and subject to the same
restrictions as holders of Common Units are entitled to transfer
their Common Units pursuant to Article 11 .
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C. Profits Interest Units
shall be subject to the following special provisions:
(a) Vesting Agreements
. Profits Interest Units may, in the sole discretion of the General
Partner, be issued subject to vesting, forfeiture and additional
restrictions on transfer pursuant to the terms of a Vesting
Agreement. The terms of any Vesting Agreement may be modified by
the General Partner from time to time in its sole discretion,
subject to any restrictions on amendment imposed by the relevant
Vesting Agreement or by the Plan, if applicable. Profits Interest
Units that were fully vested when issued or that have vested under
the terms of a Vesting Agreement are referred to as “
Vested Profits Interest Units ”; all other Profits
Interest Units shall be treated as “ Unvested Profits
Interest Units .”
(b) Forfeiture .
Unless otherwise specified in the Vesting Agreement or in any
applicable Stock Plan or other compensatory arrangement or
incentive program pursuant to which Profits Interest Units are
issued, upon the occurrence of any event specified in such Vesting
Agreement, Stock Plan, arrangement or program as resulting in
either the right of the Partnership or the General Partner to
repurchase Profits Interest Units at a specified purchase price or
some other forfeiture of any Profits Interest Units, then if the
Partnership or the General Partner exercises such right to
repurchase or forfeiture or upon the occurrence of the event
causing forfeiture in accordance with the applicable Vesting
Agreement, Stock Plan, arrangement or program, then the relevant
Profits Interest Units shall immediately, and without any further
action, be treated as cancelled and no longer outstanding for any
purpose. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Vesting
Agreement, Stock Plan, arrangement or program, no consideration or
other payment shall be due with respect to any Profits Interest
Units that have been forfeited, other than any distributions
declared with respect to a Partnership Record Date and with respect
to such units, prior to the effective date of the forfeiture.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any agreement
relating to the grant of Profits Interest Units (including each
Class C Units Agreement), in connection with any repurchase or
forfeiture of such units, the balance of the portion of the Capital
Account of the Profits Interest Unitholder that is attributable to
all of his or her Profits Interest Units shall be reduced by the
amount, if any, by which it exceeds the target balance contemplated
by Section 6.2.C , calculated with respect to the
Profits Interest Unitholder’s remaining Profits Interest
Units, if any.
(c) Allocations .
Profits Interest Unitholders shall be entitled to certain special
allocations of gain under Section 6.2.C .
(d) Redemption . The
Redemption Right provided to Limited Partners under
Section 8.6 shall not apply with respect to Profits
Interest Units unless and until they are converted to Partnership
Units as provided in clause (f) below and
Section 8.7 .
(e) Legend . Any
certificate evidencing an Profits Interest Unit shall bear an
appropriate legend indicating that additional terms, conditions and
restrictions on transfer, including without limitation any Vesting
Agreement, apply to the Profits Interest Unit.
(f) Conversion to
Partnership Units . Vested Profits Interest Units are eligible
to be converted into Partnership Units under
Section 8.7 .
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(g) Voting . Profits
Interest Units shall have the voting rights provided in
Section 8.8 .
Section 4.6 No Preemptive
Rights
Except to the extent
expressly granted by the Partnership pursuant to another agreement,
no Person shall have any preemptive, preferential or other similar
right with respect to (i) additional Capital Contributions or
loans to the Partnership or (ii) issuance or sale of any
Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests.
ARTICLE 5.
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 5.1 Requirement and
Characterization of Distributions
The General Partner shall
cause the Partnership to distribute quarterly all, or such portion
as the General Partner may in its discretion determine, of
Available Cash generated by the Partnership to the Partners who are
Partners on the applicable Partnership Record Date with respect to
such distribution, (1) first, with respect to any class or
series of Partnership Interests that are entitled to any preference
in distributions, in accordance with the rights of such class or
series of Partnership Interests (and within such class or series,
pro rata in proportion to the respective Percentage Interests on
the applicable Partnership Record Date), and (2) second, with
respect to any class or series of Partnership Interests that are
not entitled to any preference in distributions, pro rata to each
such class or series in accordance with the terms of such class or
series to the Partners who are Partners of such class or series on
the Partnership Record Date with respect to such distribution (and
within each such class or series, pro rata in proportion to the
respective Percentage Interests on such Partnership Record Date).
Unless otherwise expressly provided for herein or in an agreement,
if any, entered into in connection with the creation of a new class
or series of Partnership Interests created in accordance with
Article 4 , no Partnership Interest shall be entitled to a
distribution in preference to any other Partnership Interest. The
General Partner shall take such reasonable efforts, as determined
by it in its sole and absolute discretion and consistent with its
qualification as a REIT, to cause the Partnership to distribute
sufficient amounts to enable the General Partner, for so long as
the General Partner has determined to qualify as a REIT, to pay
stockholder dividends that will (a) satisfy the requirements
for qualifying as a REIT under the Code and Regulations (“
REIT Requirements ”), and (b) except to the
extent otherwise determined by the General Partner, avoid the
imposition of any federal income or excise tax liability on the
General Partner, except to the extent that a distribution pursuant
to clause (b) would prevent the Partnership from making a
distribution to the Holders of Series A Preferred Units in
accordance with Section 16.2 or Series B Preferred
Units in accordance with Section 17.2 or Series C
Preferred Units in accordance with Section 19.2
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Section 5.2 Distributions in
Kind
Except as expressly provided
herein, no right is given to any Partner to demand and receive
property other than cash. The General Partner may determine, in its
sole and absolute discretion, to make a distribution in-kind to the
Partners of Partnership assets, and such assets shall be
distributed in such a fashion as to ensure that the fair market
value is distributed and allocated in accordance with
Articles 5 , 6 and 10 .
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Section 5.3 Distributions Upon
Liquidation
Notwithstanding
Section 5.1 , proceeds from a Liquidating Event shall
be distributed to the Partners in accordance with
Section 13.2 .
Section 5.4 Distributions to
Reflect Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests
In the event that the
Partnership issues additional Partnership Interests to the General
Partner or any Additional Limited Partner pursuant to
Section 4.3.B , 4.3.C or 4.5 , the
General Partner shall make such revisions to this Article 5
as it determines are necessary to reflect the issuance of such
additional Partnership Interests. In the absence of any agreement
to the contrary, an Additional Limited Partner shall be entitled to
the distributions set forth in Section 5.1 (without
regard to this Section 5.4 ) with respect to the period
during which the closing of its contribution to the Partnership
occurs, multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the
number of days from and after the date of such closing through the
end of the applicable period, and the denominator of which is the
total number of days in such period.
ARTICLE 6.
ALLOCATIONS
Section 6.1 Timing and Amount of
Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss
Net Income and Net Loss of
the Partnership shall be determined and allocated with respect to
each Partnership Year of the Partnership as of the end of each such
year. Subject to the other provisions of this Article 6 , an
allocation to a Partner of a share of Net Income or Net Loss shall
be treated as an allocation of the same share of each item of
income, gain, loss or deduction that is taken into account in
computing Net Income or Net Loss.
Section 6.2 General
Allocations
Except as otherwise provided
in this Article 6 , Net Income and Net Loss allocable with
respect to a class of Partnership Interests shall be allocated to
each of the Holders holding such class of Partnership Interests in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interest of such
class.
A. Allocation of Net
Income and Net Losses .
(1) Net Income .
Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.3 , Net
Income for any Partnership Year shall be allocated to the Partners
in the following manner and order of priority:
(a) First , to the
General Partner in an amount equal to the remainder, if any, of the
cumulative Net Losses allocated to the General Partner pursuant to
Section 6.2.A.2(d) for all prior Partnership Years
minus the cumulative Net Income allocated to the General
Partner pursuant to this Section 6.2.A.(1)(a) for all
prior Partnership Years;
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(b) Second , to each
Limited Partner in an amount equal to the remainder, if any, of the
cumulative Net Losses allocated to each such Limited Partner
pursuant to Section 6.2.A.2(c) for all prior
Partnership Years minus the cumulative Net Income allocated
to such Limited Partner pursuant to this
Section 6.2.A.(1)(b) for all prior Partnership
Years;
(c) Third , to the
General Partner in an amount equal to the remainder, if any, of the
cumulative Net Losses allocated to the General Partner pursuant to
Section 6.2.A.2(b) for all prior Partnership Years
minus the cumulative Net Income allocated to such Partner
pursuant to this Section 6.2.A.1(c) for all prior
Partnership Years;
(d) Fourth , to the
General Partner in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the
excess of the cumulative Series A Priority Return on the Series A
Preferred Units to the last day of the current Partnership Year or
to the date of redemption of the Series A Preferred Units, to the
extent such Series A Preferred Units are redeemed during such year,
over the cumulative Net Income allocated to the General Partner
pursuant to this clause (i) of this
Section 6.2.A.1(d) for all prior Partnership Years,
(ii) the excess of the cumulative Series B Priority Return on
the Series B Preferred Units to the last day of the current
Partnership Year or to the date of redemption of the Series B
Preferred Units, to the extent such Series B Preferred Units are
redeemed during such year over the cumulative Net Income allocated
to the General Partner pursuant to this clause (ii) of
this Section 6.2.A.1(d) for all prior Partnership Years
and (iii) the excess of the cumulative Series C Priority
Return on the Series C Preferred Units to the last day of the
current Partnership Year or to the date of redemption or conversion
of the Series C Preferred Units, to the extent such Series C
Preferred Units are redeemed or converted during such year,
provided that in connection with any conversion of a Series C
Preferred Units, the General Partner shall be permitted to make
allocations of income with respect to such Series C Preferred Units
that are consistent with the distributions payable with respect to
such Series C Preferred Units, over the cumulative Net Income
allocated to the General Partner pursuant to this clause
(iii) of this Section 6.2.A.1(d) for all
prior Partnership Years;
(e) Fifth, to the
General Partner and the Limited Partners in an amount equal to the
remainder, if any, of the cumulative Net Losses allocated to each
such Partner pursuant to Section 6.2.A.2(a) for all
prior Partnership Years minus the cumulative Net Income
allocated to each Partner pursuant to this
Section 6.2.A.(1)(e) for all prior Partnership Years;
and
(f) Sixth , to each of
the Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests in the Common-Equivalent Units.
To the extent the allocations
of Net Income set forth above in any paragraph of this
Section 6.2.A.(1) are not sufficient to entirely
satisfy the allocation set forth in such paragraph, such allocation
shall be made in proportion to the total amount that would have
been allocated pursuant to such paragraph without regard to such
shortfall.
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(2) Net Losses .
Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.3 , Net
Losses for any Partnership Year shall be allocated to the Partners
in the following manner and order of priority:
(a) First , to the
General Partner and the Limited Partners in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests in the Common-Equivalent Units (to
the extent consistent with this Section 6.2.A(2)(a) )
until the Adjusted Capital Account Balance (ignoring for this
purpose any amounts a Partner is obligated to contribute to the
capital of the Partnership or is deemed obligated to contribute
pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c)(2) and
ignoring the General Partner’s Series A Preferred Capital,
Series B Preferred Capital and Series C Preferred Capital) of each
such Partner is zero;
(b) Second , to the
General Partner (ignoring for this purpose any amounts the General
Partner is obligated to contribute to the capital of the
Partnership or is deemed obligated to contribute pursuant to
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c)(2)), until the
Adjusted Capital Account (as so modified) of the General Partner is
zero;
(c) Third, to the
Limited Partners to the extent of, and in proportion to, the
positive balance (if any) in their Adjusted Capital Accounts;
and
(d) Fourth, to the
General Partner.
B. Allocations to Reflect
Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests . In the event
that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Interests to the
General Partner, a Limited Partner or any Additional Limited
Partner pursuant to Section 4.3 , the General Partner
shall make such revisions to this Section 6.2 as it
determines are necessary to reflect the terms of the issuance of
such additional Partnership Interests, including making
preferential allocations to certain classes of Partnership
Interests, subject to the terms of the Series A Preferred Units,
the Series B Preferred Units and the Series C Preferred Units, in
accordance with any method selected by the General
Partner.
C. Special Allocation of
Gain to Profits Interest Unitholders . Notwithstanding the
allocations set forth in Section 6.2.A(1) above, any
net capital gains realized in connection with the actual or
hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Partnership, including but not limited to net capital gain treated
as realized in connection with an adjustment to the Gross Asset
Value of Partnership assets as set forth in the definition of such
term, shall first be allocated to the Profits Interest Unitholders
until the Economic Capital Account Balances of such Limited
Partners, to the extent attributable to their ownership of Profits
Interest Units, are equal to (i) the Common Unit Economic
Balance, multiplied by (ii) the number of their Profits
Interest Units. For this purpose, the “ Economic Capital
Account Balances ” of the Profits Interest Unitholders
will be equal to their Capital Account balances, plus the amount of
their shares of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum
Gain, in each case to the extent attributable to their ownership of
Profits Interest Units. Similarly, the “ Common Unit
Economic Balance ” shall mean (i) the Capital
Account balance of the Company, plus the amount of the
Company’s share of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership
Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to the
Company’s ownership of Common Units and computed on a
hypothetical basis after taking into account all allocations
through the date on which any allocation is made
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under this Section 6.2.C ,
divided by (ii) the number of the Company’s Common
Units. Any such allocations shall be made among the Profits
Interest Unitholders in proportion to the amounts required to be
allocated to each under this Section 6.2.C . The
parties agree that the intent of this Section 6.2.C is
to make the Capital Account balances of the Profits Interest
Unitholders with respect to their Profits Interest Units
economically equivalent to the Capital Account balance of the
Company with respect to its Common Units.
D. Allocations in
Connection with a Liquidating Event . Except as otherwise
provided in Section 6.3, the allocations of Net Income and Net
Loss set forth in the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.2
or, if necessary, allocations of individual items of income, gain,
loss and deduction which comprise such Net Income or Net Loss,
shall be adjusted to the extent necessary so as to result in the
Capital Account balance of each Partner being such that
distributions to the Partners pursuant to Section 13.2
upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event shall be made first to
the General Partner in an amount equal to the sum of the Series A
Preferred Capital, the Series B Preferred Capital and the Series C
Preferred Capital, and thereafter to Holders of Common-Equivalent
Units in accordance with their Percentage Interests in such
Units.
Section 6.3 Additional
Allocation Provisions
Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Article 6 :
A. Regulatory
Allocations .
(i) Minimum Gain
Chargeback . Except as otherwise provided in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(f), notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 6.2 , or any other provision of this Article
6 , if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain
during any Partnership Year, each Holder shall be specially
allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and,
if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such
Holder’s share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum
Gain, as determined under Regulations Section 1.704-2(g).
Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in
proportion to the respective amounts required to be allocated to
each Holder pursuant thereto. The items to be allocated shall be
determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f)(6)
and 1.704-2(j)(2). This Section 6.3.A(i) is intended to
qualify as a “minimum gain chargeback” within the
meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-2(f) which shall be
controlling in the event of a conflict between such Regulation and
this Section 6.3.A(i) .
(ii) Partner Minimum Gain
Chargeback . Except as otherwise provided in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(4), and notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 6.2 , or any other provision of this Article
6 (except Section 6.3.A(i) ), if there is a net
decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner
Nonrecourse Debt during any Partnership Year, each Holder who has a
share of the Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner
Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(5), shall be specially allocated items of
Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary,
subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Holder’s share
of the net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such
Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(4). Allocations pursuant to the previous
sentence shall be made
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in proportion to the respective amounts
required to be allocated to each Holder pursuant thereto. The items
to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with
Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(4) and 1.704-2(j)(2). This
Section 6.3.A(ii) is intended to qualify as a
“chargeback of partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain”
within the meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-2(i) which
shall be controlling in the event of a conflict between such
Regulation and this Section 6.3.A(ii) .
(iii) Nonrecourse
Deductions and Partner Nonrecourse Deductions . Any Nonrecourse
Deductions for any Partnership Year shall be specially allocated to
the Holders in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests in Common-Equivalent Units. Any Partner Nonrecourse
Deductions for any Partnership Year shall be specially allocated to
the Holder(s) who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to
the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse
Deductions are attributable, in accordance with Regulations
Sections 1.704-2(b)(4) and 1.704-2(i).
(iv) Qualified Income
Offset . If any Holder unexpectedly receives an adjustment,
allocation or distribution described in Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of
Partnership income and gain shall be allocated, in accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), to the Holder in an
amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required
by such Regulations, the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of the
Holder as quickly as possible provided that an allocation pursuant
to this Section 6.3.A(iv) shall be made if and only to
the extent that such Holder would have an Adjusted Capital Account
Deficit after all other allocations provided in this Article
6 have been tentatively made as if this
Section 6.3.A(iv) were not in this Agreement. It is
intended that this Section 6.3.A(iv) qualify and be
construed as a “qualified income offset” within the
meaning of Regulations 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), which shall be
controlling in the event of a conflict between such Regulations and
this Section 6.3.A(iv) .
(v) Gross Income
Allocation . In the event any Holder has a deficit Capital
Account at the end of any Partnership Year which is in excess of
the sum of (1) the amount (if any) such Holder is obligated to
restore to the Partnership, and (2) the amount such Holder is
deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or the penultimate sentences of
Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5), each such
Holder shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and
gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible,
provided , that an allocation pursuant to this
Section 6.3.A(v) shall be made if and only to the
extent that such Holder would have a deficit Capital Account in
excess of such sum after all other allocations provided in this
Article 6 have been tentatively made as if this
Section 6.3.A(v) and Section 6.3.A(iv) were
not in this Agreement.
(vi) Limitation on
Allocation of Net Loss . To the extent any allocation of Net
Loss would cause or increase an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as
to any Holder, such allocation of Net Loss shall be reallocated
among the other Holders in accordance with their respective
Percentage Interests in Common-Equivalent Units subject to the
limitations of this Section 6.3.A(vi) .
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(vii) Section 754
Adjustment . To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax
basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b)
or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in
determining Capital Accounts as the result of a distribution to a
Holder in complete liquidation of his interest in the Partnership,
the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be
treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis
of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis) and
such gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the Holders in
accordance with their interests in the Partnership in the event
that Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) applies, or
to the Holders to whom such distribution was made in the event that
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4)
applies.
(viii) Curative
Allocation . The allocations set forth in Sections
6.3.A(i) , (ii) , (iii) , (iv) ,
(v) , (vi) , and (vii) (the “
Regulatory Allocations ”) are intended to comply with
certain regulatory requirements, including the requirements of
Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. Notwithstanding the
provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2 (but subject to
Section 6.2.D), the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into
account in allocating other items of income, gain, loss and
deduction among the Holders so that, to the extent possible, the
net amount of such allocations of other items and the Regulatory
Allocations to each Holder shall be equal to the net amount that
would have been allocated to each such Holder if the Regulatory
Allocations had not occurred.
B. For purposes of
determining a Holder’s proportional share of the
“excess nonrecourse liabilities” of the Partnership
within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3), each
Holder’s interest in Partnership profits shall be such
Holder’s Percentage Interest in Common-Equivalent
Units.
Section 6.4 Tax
Allocations
A. In General . Except
as otherwise provided in this Section 6.4 , for income
tax purposes each item of income, gain, loss and deduction
(collectively, “ Tax Items ”) shall be allocated
among the Holders in the same manner as its correlative item of
“book” income, gain, loss or deduction is allocated
pursuant to Sections 6.2 and 6.3 .
B. Allocations Respecting
Section 704(c) Revaluations . Notwithstanding
Section 6.4.A , Tax Items with respect to Partnership
property that is contributed to the Partnership by a Partner shall
be shared among the Holders for income tax purposes pursuant to
Regulations promulgated under Section 704(c) of the Code, so
as to take into account the variation, if any, between the basis of
the property to the Partnership and its initial Gross Asset Value.
With respect to Partnership property that is contributed to the
Partnership in connection with the General Partner’s initial
public offering or pursuant to the Partnership’s exercise of
rights under any Option Agreement or ROFO Agreement, such variation
between basis and initial Gross Asset Value shall be taken into
account under the “traditional method” as described in
Regulations Section 1.704-3(b). With respect to other
properties contributed to the Partnership, the Partnership shall
account for such variation un
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