THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
OF PENSKE TRUCK LEASING CO.,
L.P
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ARTICLE 1 THE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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1.2 Certificate of Limited
Partnership
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1.4 Character of Business
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1.5 Certain Business Policies
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2.3 Adjusted Capital Account Deficit
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2.8 Applicable Percentage
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2.9 Approved Penske Senior Officer
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2.16 Capital Contribution
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2.18 Change of Control of the
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2.19 Change of Control Person Event
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2.22 December 2007 Purchase and Sale
Agreement
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2.31 Gelco Assumed Liabilities
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2.33 Gelco Purchased Assets
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2.35 Generally Accepted Accounting
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2.39 HP Contributed Assets
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2.40 HP Contributed Liabilities
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2.43 June 2006 Purchase and Sale
Agreement
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2.44 June 2008 Purchase and Sale
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2.47 Majority Limited Partners
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2.48 March 2009 Purchase and Sale
Agreement
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2.52 Nonrecourse Deductions
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2.53 Nonrecourse Liability
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2.58 Opening Balance Sheet
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2.59 Original Partnership Agreement
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2.61 PAG Non-Voting Observer
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2.62 PAG Pledged Interest
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2.67 Partner Nonrecourse Debt
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2.68 Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum
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2.69 Partner Nonrecourse Deductions
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2.71 Partnership Certificate
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2.73 Partnership Interest
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2.74 Partnership Minimum Gain
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2.77 Penske Consolidated Group
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2.85 Regulatory Allocations
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2.87 Second Amended and Restated Partnership
Agreement
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ARTICLE 3 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS
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3.1 Initial Capital Contribution
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3.2 Additional Capital Contributions
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3.3 Opening Balance Sheet
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3.5 Negative Capital Accounts
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3.6 Compliance with Treasury
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3.7 Succession to Capital Accounts
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3.9 No Withdrawal of Capital
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3.10 Partnership Certificates
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3.11 Prior Additional Capital
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ARTICLE 4 COSTS AND EXPENSES
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4.1 Organizational and Other Costs
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ARTICLE 5 DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTNERSHIP
ALLOCATIONS; TAX MATTERS
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5.1 Distributions Prior to
Dissolution
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5.2 Partnership Allocations
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5.5 Tax Allocations; Code
Section 704(c)
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6.1 Rights and Duties of the Partners
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6.2 Fiduciary Duty of General Partner
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6.3 Powers of General Partner
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6.5 Restrictions on General Partner’s
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6.7 Transactions with Affiliates
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8.2 Reports, Returns and Audits
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9.1 Transfer of General Partner’s
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9.2 Transfer of a Limited Partner’s
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9.4 Allocation of Distributions Subsequent to
Assignment
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9.5 Death, Incompetence, Bankruptcy, Liquidation
or Withdrawal of a Limited Partner
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9.6 Satisfactory Written Assignment
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9.8 Transferees Admitted as Partners
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9.9 Change of Control Rights
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10.1 Events of Dissolution
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10.4 Cancellation of Certificate
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ARTICLE 11 AMENDMENTS TO AGREEMENT
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ARTICLE 13 INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIONS
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13.2 Investment Restriction
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ARTICLE 14 GENERAL PROVISIONS
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14.7 No Third-Party Rights
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14.10 Counterpart Execution
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SCHEDULE A
— Partners and Percentage Interests
SCHEDULE B
— Current Members of Advisory Committee
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THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
PENSKE TRUCK LEASING CO.,
L.P.
THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP is entered into this 26th day of March, 2009,
and effective as of the Effective Time, by and among Penske Truck
Leasing Corporation, a Delaware corporation with its offices at
Route 10, Green Hills, Reading, Pennsylvania 19603-0563
(“Penske”, or the “General Partner”), as
general partner, and General Electric Credit Corporation of
Tennessee, a Tennessee corporation with its offices at 44 Old
Ridgebury Road, Danbury, Connecticut 06810 (“GE
Tennessee”), PTLC Holdings Co., LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company with its offices at 1105 North Market Street,
Suite 1300, Wilmington, Delaware 19801
(“PTLC-LLC”), PTLC2 Holdings Co., LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company with its offices at 1105 North Market
Street, Suite 1300, Wilmington, Delaware 19801
(“PTLC2-LLC”), PTLC3 Holdings Co., LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company with its offices at 1105 North Market
Street, Suite 1300, Wilmington, Delaware 19801
(“PTLC3-LLC”), Penske Automotive Group, Inc., a
Delaware corporation with its offices at 2555 Telegraph Road,
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48302 (“PAG”), Logistics
Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation with its offices at 2711
Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808
(“Holdco”), RTLC Acquisition Corp. a Delaware
corporation with its offices at 2711 Centerville Road,
Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808 (“RTLC-AC”),
and NTFC Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation with its
offices at 44 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury, Connecticut 06810
(“NTFC” and, together with GE Tennessee, PTLC-LLC,
PTLC2-LLC, PTLC3-LLC, PAG, Holdco, and RTLC-AC, hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “Limited Partners”), as
limited partners. The General Partner and the Limited Partners are
hereinafter sometimes referred to collectively as the
“Partners” and individually as a
“Partner.”
WHEREAS, a limited partnership was heretofore
formed in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware Revised
Uniform Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.C . §17-101,
et seq .), as amended from time to time and any
successor to such Act (the “Act”) under the name Penske
Truck Leasing Co., L.P. pursuant to an Agreement of Limited
Partnership dated July 18, 1988;
WHEREAS, the Agreement of Limited Partnership
was amended and restated in its entirety by the Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership dated August 10,
1988;
WHEREAS, the Partners entered into a series of
amendments to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, said amendments being Amendments Nos. 1 through 11 to
the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, and
subsequently adjusted the Percentage Interests of the Partners as
the result of a special distribution;
WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership, as so amended, was amended and restated in its
entirety by the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership dated September 19, 2008; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to recognize
the admission of PTLC3-LLC as a Limited Partner and amend and
restate in its entirety the Second Amended and Restated Agreement
of Limited Partnership of the Partnership as hereinafter set
forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree that the Second Amended
and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, as so amended, of
the Partnership is hereby amended and restated in its entirety by
this Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
and, as so amended and restated hereby, shall read in its entirety
as follows:
(a) The parties hereto, in consideration of
the mutual covenants herein contained, have heretofore become
partners in a limited partnership (hereinafter referred to as the
“Partnership”) formed under and pursuant to the
provisions of the Act to engage in the business hereinafter
described for the period and upon the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth.
(b) The Limited Partners have been admitted
to the Partnership as Limited Partners, and the General Partner and
the Limited Partners have contributed to the capital of the
Partnership their initial Capital Contributions, as set forth in
Article 3 below, and the Partnership repurchased the interest
of Frank Cocuzza (the original limited partner of the Partnership),
who upon such repurchase ceased to have an interest in the
Partnership, in exchange for payment of cash of his $10.00 capital
contribution to the Partnership.
1.2 Certificate of Limited Partnership .
The General Partner has executed and caused to be filed (a) a
Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership in the office
of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on July 18,
1988, (b) a Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Limited
Partnership of the Partnership in the office of the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware on July 21, 1988, and a
(c) Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Limited
Partnership of the Partnership in the office of the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware on March 20, 2002 (such
Certificate of Limited Partnership, together with and as amended by
such Certificates of Amendment, is hereinafter collectively
referred to as the “Certificate”). The General Partner
hereafter shall execute such further documents (including any
additional amendments to the Certificate) and take such further
action as shall be appropriate to comply with all requirements of
law for the formation and operation of a limited partnership in the
State of Delaware and all other counties and states where the
Partnership may elect to do business.
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1.3 Name . The name of the Partnership is
Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P. Subject to the provisions of
Subsection 6.5(b)(iv), the General Partner may change the name of
the Partnership or cause the business of the Partnership to be
conducted under any other name (other than any name including the
term “General Electric” or derivatives thereof) and, in
any such event, the General Partner shall notify the Limited
Partners of such name change within thirty days
thereafter.
1.4 Character of Business . The business
of the Partnership shall be (i) the renting, leasing and
servicing of tractors, trailers and trucks to third party users,
(ii) to act as both a contract and common motor carrier and
(iii) such other activities and business as may be lawfully
conducted by a limited partnership formed under the laws of the
State of Delaware. The Partnership shall have and exercise all the
powers now or hereafter conferred by the laws of the State of
Delaware on limited partnerships formed under the laws of that
State, and to do any and all things as fully as natural persons
might or could do as are not prohibited by law in furtherance of
the aforesaid business of the Partnership. The business of the
Partnership shall be conducted in accordance with, and any action
required or permitted to be taken by the General Partner or any
Limited Partner shall be taken in compliance with, all applicable
laws, rules and regulations.
1.5 Certain Business Policies . The
Partnership adopted prior to the Effective Time, in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement as then in effect, and maintains
policies with respect to requirements of federal, state and local
environmental statutes and regulations, antitrust laws and
regulations, laws and regulations relating to contracts with
federal, state and local governments and governmental agencies,
insider trading and ethical business practices, as well as credit
approval levels. The Partnership shall conduct its business in
accordance with such policies, as the same may be amended from time
to time in accordance with Subsections 6.5(b)(iii) and
(vii).
1.6 Principal Offices . The location of
the principal offices of the Partnership shall be at Route 10,
Green Hills, Reading, Pennsylvania 19603-0563, or at such other
location as may be selected from time to time by the General
Partner. If the General Partner changes the location of the
principal offices of the Partnership, the Limited Partners shall be
notified within thirty days thereafter. The Partnership may
maintain such other offices at such other places as the General
Partner deems advisable.
1.7 Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the
Partnership shall be the calendar year (the “Partnership
Year”).
1.8 Accounting Matters . Unless otherwise
specified herein, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be
made, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, and
all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall
be prepared, in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles, except, in the case of such financial statements, for
departures from Generally Accepted Accounting Principles that may
from time to time be approved in writing by the Partners and the
Auditor who is at the time reporting on such financial
statements.
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The following defined terms used in this
Agreement shall have the respective meanings specified
below.
2.1 1934 Act . “1934 Act”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Subsection
6.4(i).
2.2 Act . “Act” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in the first
“Whereas” clause hereof.
2.3 Adjusted Capital Account Deficit .
“Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” means, with respect
to any Limited Partner, the deficit balance, if any, in such
Partner’s Capital Account as of the end of the relevant
taxable year, after giving effect to the following
adjustments:
(i) Credit to such Capital Account any
amounts that such Partner is obligated to restore (pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement or otherwise) or deemed obligated to
restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Regulations
Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5); and
(ii) Debit to such Capital Account the
items described in Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d
)( 4 ), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d )( 5 ) and
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d )( 6 ).
The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital
Account Deficit is intended to comply with the provisions of
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d ) and shall be
interpreted consistently therewith.
2.4 Advisory Committee . “Advisory
Committee” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Subsection 6.4(a).
2.5 Affiliate . “Affiliate”
shall mean (i) any Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with, another Person,
(ii) a Person owning or controlling ten percent (10%) or more
of the outstanding voting securities of such other Person,
(iii) any officer, director or general partner of such other
Person, (iv) if such other Person is an officer, director or
general partner, any other entity for which such Person acts in any
capacity and (v) with respect to the General Partner and the
Partnership, any Person directly or indirectly controlled by the
General Partner.
2.6 Agreement . This
“Agreement” shall refer to this Third Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, including the Schedules
hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time.
2.7 Agreement Date . “Agreement
Date” shall mean August 10, 1988.
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2.8 Applicable Percentage .
“Applicable Percentage” shall mean (i) with
respect to the 2001 Partnership Year, 62%, (ii) with respect
to the Partnership Years 2002 through June 30, 2006, 58%, and
(iii) for all Partnership Years (or parts thereof) after
June 30, 2006, 50%.
2.9 Approved Penske Senior Officer .
“Approved Penske Senior Officer” shall mean any of the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, President or Chief Financial
Officer of Penske Corporation or Penske Transportation Holdings
Corp., who exercise the powers and responsibilities customarily and
usually associated with such title.
2.10 Auditor . “Auditor”
shall mean Deloitte LLP (until December 31, 2003) and KPMG LLP
(from and after January 1, 2004), or any successor firm of
independent auditors selected pursuant to Subsection
6.4(g).
2.11 Available Cash . “Available
Cash” means at any point in time all cash and cash
equivalents on hand of the Partnership from any source (including,
without limitation, any proceeds from borrowings) less cash
reasonably reserved or reasonably anticipated to be required for
debts and expenses, interest and scheduled principal payments on
any indebtedness, capital expenditures, taxes or the activities of
the Partnership.
2.12 Bankruptcy . The
“Bankruptcy” of a Partner shall mean (i) the
filing by a Partner of a voluntary petition seeking liquidation,
reorganization, arrangement or readjustment, in any form, of its
debts under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other federal
or state insolvency law, or a Partner’s filing an answer
consenting to or acquiescing in any such petition, (ii) the
making by a Partner of any assignment for the benefit of its
creditors or (iii) the expiration of sixty days after the
filing of an involuntary petition under Title 11 of the United
States Code, an application for the appointment of a receiver for
the assets of a Partner, or an involuntary petition seeking
liquidation, reorganization, arrangement or readjustment of its
debts under any other federal or state insolvency law, provided
that the same shall not have been vacated, set aside or stayed
within such sixty-day period.
2.13 Bona Fide Lender . “Bona Fide
Lender” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Subsection 9.2(a).
2.14 Business Day . “Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or other
day that commercial banks are required or permitted to be closed in
either New York City or Detroit.
2.15 Capital Account . “Capital
Account” means, with respect to any Partner, the Capital
Account maintained for such Partner in accordance with the
following provisions:
(i) To each Partner’s Capital Account
there shall be credited such Partner’s Capital Contributions,
such Partner’s distributive share of Profits and any items in
the nature of income or gain that are specially allocated pursuant
to Section 5.3 or Section 5.4, and the amount of any
Partnership liabilities assumed by such Partner or that are secured
by any Partnership Property distributed to such Partner;
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(ii) To each Partner’s Capital
Account there shall be debited the amount of cash and the Gross
Asset Value of any Partnership Property distributed to such Partner
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, such Partner’s
distributive share of Losses and any items in the nature of
expenses or losses that are specially allocated pursuant to
Section 5.3 or Section 5.4, and the amount of any
liabilities of such Partner assumed by the Partnership or that are
secured by any property contributed by such Partner to the
Partnership.
(iii) In the event all or a portion of an
interest in the Partnership is transferred, in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the
Capital Account of the transferor to the extent it relates to the
transferred interest.
(iv) In determining the amount of any
liability for purposes of subparagraphs (i) and (ii) and
the definition of “Capital Contribution,” there shall
be taken into account Code Section 752 (c) and any other
applicable provisions of the Code and Regulations.
2.16 Capital Contribution . A
“Capital Contribution” of a Partner shall be each
amount or asset which such Partner contributes to the capital of
the Partnership as provided in Article 3.
2.17 Certificate .
“Certificate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 1.2.
2.18 Change of Control of the Partnership
. “Change of Control of the Partnership” shall mean
(i) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of one or
more members of the Partnership Group which collectively own,
directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the Partnership
Group’s assets with or into another entity (whether or not it
is the surviving entity) that is not the Partnership or a direct or
indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Partnership; or
(ii) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Partnership’s assets in one or more
of a series of related transactions.
2.19 Change of Control Person Event .
“Change of Control Person Event” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Subsection 9.9(a).
2.20 Code . “Code” shall mean
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from
time to time, or the corresponding provisions of any successor
statute.
2.21 Control Person . “Control
Person” shall mean a Person or group of Persons who has the
power, directly or indirectly, to elect a majority of the directors
of the General Partner or has the power, directly or indirectly, to
direct the affairs of the General Partner; provided ,
however , that if no Person or group of Persons has the
power described above through stock ownership, the Control Person
shall be the Person holding the title of chief executive officer or
other title of comparable authority and power of the General
Partner; provided , further , that at the Effective
Time, Roger S. Penske is the Control Person of the General Partner
for the purposes of this definition.
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2.22 December 2007 Purchase and Sale
Agreement . “December 2007 Purchase and Sale
Agreement” means that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement
dated December 24, 2007 among the Partnership and the Partners
(other than PTLC3-LLC and PAG), as amended, restated, supplemented
and/or otherwise modified from time to time.
2.23 Depreciation .
“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 (i) with respect to any
asset whose Gross Asset Value differs from its adjusted tax basis
for federal income tax purposes and which difference is being
eliminated by use of the “remedial allocation method”
defined by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-3(d),
Depreciation for such fiscal year or other period shall be the
amount of the book basis recovered for such fiscal year or other
period under the rules prescribed in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-3(d)(2) (notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in Subsection 5.5(c)) and (ii) with respect to any
other asset whose Gross Asset Value 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 adjusted tax basis of an
asset at the beginning of such fiscal year or other period is zero,
Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning
Gross Asset Value using any reasonable method agreed upon by the
Partners.
2.24 Effective Time . “Effective
Time” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Subsection 3.11.
2.25 Event of Withdrawal . “Event
of Withdrawal” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Subsection 10.1(b).
2.26 Foreclosure .
“Foreclosure” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Subsection 9.2(a).
2.27 GECC . “GECC” means
General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
2.28 GE Committee Member . “GE
Committee Member” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Subsection 6.4(a).
2.29 GE Partners . “GE
Partners” shall mean GE Tennessee, Holdco, RTLC-AC and NTFC
and their successors, if any, as permitted under Subsection
9.2(a).
2.30 GE Tennessee . “GE
Tennessee” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
the first Paragraph of this Agreement.
2.31 Gelco Assumed Liabilities .
“Gelco Assumed Liabilities” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in the Venture Agreement.
2.32 Gelco Leased Assets . “Gelco
Leased Assets” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Venture Agreement.
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2.33 Gelco Purchased Assets .
“Gelco Purchased Assets” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in the Venture Agreement.
2.34 General Partner . “General
Partner” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
first Paragraph of this Agreement and shall include each Person
admitted from time to time as a general partner in the
Partnership.
2.35 Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles . “Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles” shall refer to generally accepted accounting
principles as in effect from time to time in the United States of
America.
2.36 GP Committee Member . “GP
Committee Member” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Subsection 6.4(a).
2.37 Gross Asset Value . “Gross
Asset Value” shall mean, with respect to any asset, the
asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes except
as follows:
(1) The initial Gross Asset Value of any
asset contributed by a Partner to the Partnership shall be the
gross fair market value of such asset, as agreed to by the Partners
at the time of such contribution;
(2) The Gross Asset Values of all
Partnership assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective
gross fair market values, as proposed by the General Partner and
approved by the Majority Limited Partners, as of the following
times: (a) the acquisition of an additional interest in the
Partnership (other than pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2
hereof or pursuant to Paragraphs 3.3, 3.4 or 3.5 of the Venture
Agreement) by any new or existing Partner in exchange for more than
a de minimis capital contribution; (b) the distribution
by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a de minimis
amount of Partnership property, unless all Partners receive
simultaneous distributions of undivided interests in the
distributed property in proportion to their respective Percentage
Interests; (c) the liquidation of the Partnership within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(
g ); and (d) the termination of the Partnership for
federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 708(b)(1)(B)
of the Code; and
(3) The Gross Asset Value of any
Partnership asset distributed to any Partner shall be the gross
fair market value of such asset on the date of
distribution.
If the Gross
Asset Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to
Subsections 2.37(1) or (2) hereof, such Gross Asset Value
shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account
with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Profits and
Losses.
2.38 Holdco . “Holdco” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the first Paragraph of
this Agreement.
2.39 HP Contributed Assets . “HP
Contributed Assets” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in the Venture Agreement.
2.40 HP Contributed Liabilities .
“HP Contributed Liabilities” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in the Venture Agreement.
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2.41 HP Leased Assets . “HP Leased
Assets” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Venture Agreement.
2.42 Interested Party . “Interested
Party” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Subsection 6.6(a).
2.43 June 2006 Purchase and Sale
Agreement . “June 2006 Purchase and Sale Agreement
2006” means that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement dated
June 30, 2006 among the Partnership, the Partners (other than
PTLC2-LLC, PTLC3-LLC and PAG) and GECC, as amended, restated,
supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to
time.
2.44 June 2008 Purchase and Sale
Agreement . “June 2008 Purchase and Sale
Agreement” means that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement
dated June 26, 2008 among the Partnership and the Partners
(other than PTLC3-LLC), as amended, restated, supplemented and/or
otherwise modified from time to time.
2.45 Limited Partner . “Limited
Partner” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
first Paragraph of this Agreement and shall include each Person
admitted from time to time as a limited partner in the
Partnership.
2.46 Logistics LLC . “Logistics
LLC” means Penske Logistics LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
2.47 Majority Limited Partners .
“Majority Limited Partners” shall mean, at any given
time, Limited Partners (other than Penske and its Affiliates, which
for the preclusion of doubt includes as of the Effective Time PAG
and will continue to include PAG as long as it is an Affiliate of
Penske) who then hold a majority of limited partner interests in
the Partnership (exclusive of any limited partner interest in the
Partnership then held by Penske and its Affiliates).
2.48 March 2009 Purchase and Sale
Agreement . “March 2009 Purchase and Sale
Agreement” means that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement
dated the date hereof among the Partnership and the Partners, as
amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time
to time.
2.49 NTFC . “NTFC” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in the first Paragraph of this
Agreement.
2.50 Net Losses . “Net
Losses” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Subsection 9.3(m).
2.51 Non-Issuing Partner .
“Non-Issuing Partner” shall have the meaning ascribed
to such term in Subsection 6.4(i).
2.52 Nonrecourse Deductions .
“Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(1) and 1.704-2(c).
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2.53 Nonrecourse Liability .
“Nonrecourse Liability” has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(3).
2.54 Offer . “Offer” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Subsection
9.3(b).
2.55 Offered Interest . “Offered
Interest” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Subsection 9.3(b).
2.56 Offeree Partner . “Offeree
Partner” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Subsection 9.3(b).
2.57 Offering Partner . “Offering
Partner” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Subsection 9.3(b).
2.58 Opening Balance Sheet .
“Opening Balance Sheet” shall have the meaning ascribed
to such term in Section 3.3.
2.59 Original Partnership Agreement .
“Original Partnership Agreement” shall mean the Amended
and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership dated August 10,
1988, together with and as amended by Amendments Nos. 1 through 11
thereto.
2.60 PAG . “PAG” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in the first Paragraph of this
Agreement.
2.61 PAG Non-Voting Observer . “PAG
Non-Voting Observer” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Subsection 6.4(a).
2.62 PAG Pledged Interest . “PAG
Pledged Interest” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Subsection 9.2(a).
2.63 PTLC-LLC . “PTLC-LLC”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the first Paragraph
of this Agreement.
2.64 PTLC2-LLC . “PTLC2-LLC”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the first Paragraph
of this Agreement.
2.65 PTLC3-LLC . “PTLC3-LLC”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the first Paragraph
of this Agreement.
2.66 Partner . “Partner”
shall mean the General Partner or a Limited Partner.
2.67 Partner Nonrecourse Debt .
“Partner Nonrecourse Debt” has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
2.68 Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum
Gain . “Partner Nonrecourse Debt 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 the provisions of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(3) relating to “partner nonrecourse
debt minimum gain.”
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2.69 Partner Nonrecourse Deductions .
“Partner Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set
forth in Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(1) and
1.704-2(i)(2).
2.70 Partnership .
“Partnership” shall have the meaning ascribed to such
term in Subsection 1.1(a).
2.71 Partnership Certificate .
“Partnership Certificate” shall have the meaning
ascribe to such term in Section 3.10.
2.72 Partnership Group .
“Partnership Group” shall mean, individually or in the
aggregate, the Partnership and its Subsidiaries.
2.73 Partnership Interest .
“Partnership Interest” shall refer, with respect to a
given Partner as of a given date, to such Partner’s general
partner interest in the Partnership (if any) and such
Partner’s limited partner interest in the Partnership (if
any), in each case as of such date.
2.74 Partnership Minimum Gain .
“Partnership Minimum Gain” has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d).
2.75 Partnership Year .
“Partnership Year” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 1.7.
2.76 Penske . “Penske” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the first Paragraph of
this Agreement.
2.77 Penske Consolidated Group .
“Penske Consolidated Group” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Subsection 9.2(a).
2.78 Percentage Interest . The
“Percentage Interest” of a Partner shall be the
percentage set forth next to its respective name on Schedule A
hereto, as such Schedule A shall be amended from time to time
to reflect transfers of interests in the Partnership to the extent
permitted by this Agreement.
2.79 Person . “Person” shall
include an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited
liability company, a trust, an unincorporated organization, a
government or any department or agency thereof, and any other
entity.
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2.80 Profits and Losses .
“Profits” and “Losses” shall mean, for each
fiscal year or other period, an amount equal to the
Partnership’s taxable income or loss for such year or period,
determined in accordance with Section 703(a) of the Code (for this
purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to
be stated separately pursuant to Section 703(a)(1) of the Code
shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following
adjustments:
(i) Any income of the Partnership that is
exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account
in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this Section 2.80
shall be added to such taxable income or loss;
(ii) Any expenditures of the Partnership
described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code or treated as
Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( i ), and not
otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses
pursuant to this Section 2.80 shall be subtracted from such
taxable income or loss;
(iii) In the event the Gross Asset Value of
any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to Subsection 2.37(2) or
(3) hereof, the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into
account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for
purposes of computing Profits or Losses;
(iv) Gain or loss resulting from any
disposition of Partnership 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;
(v) 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 or other
period;
(vi) To the extent an adjustment to the
adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code
Sections 734(b) or 743(b) is required pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( m ) (2) or ( 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 Profits
or Losses; and
(vii) Notwithstanding any other provision
of this definition of “Profits” and
“Losses,” any items that are specially allocated
pursuant to Sections 5.3 and 5.4 shall not be taken into
account in computing Profits or Losses.
The amounts of items of Partnership income,
gain, loss, or deduction available to be specially allocated
pursuant to Sections 5.3 and 5.4 shall be determined by
applying rules analogous to those set forth in subparagraphs
(i) through (vi).
2.81 Purchased Interest .
“Purchased Interest” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Subsection 9.3(q).
2.82 RTLC-AC . “RTLC-AC”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the first Paragraph
of this Agreement.
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2.83 Regulations .
“Regulations” means the United States Income Tax
Regulations, including Temporary Regulations, promulgated under the
Code, as such regulations may be amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time.
2.84 Returns . “Returns”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 8.2(d).
2.85 Regulatory Allocations .
“Regulatory Allocations” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.4.
2.86 Schedule . “Schedule”
shall refer to one of several written Schedules to this Agreement,
each of which is hereby incorporated into and made a part of this
Agreement for all purposes.
2.87 Second Amended and Restated Partnership
Agreement . “Second Amended and Restated Partnership
Agreement” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership dated September 19, 2008 by
and among the Partners (other than PTLC3).
2.88 Securities Act . “Securities
Act” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 13.2.
2.89 Subsidiary .
“Subsidiary” shall refer to (a) a corporation (or
equivalent legal entity under foreign law) of which another Person
owns directly or indirectly more than 50% of the stock, the holders
of which are ordinarily and generally, in the absence of
contingencies or understandings, entitled to vote for the election
of directors, (b) any limited liability company in which such
Person owns directly or indirectly more than 50% of the membership
interests, and (c) any partnership in which such other Person owns
directly or indirectly more than a 50% interest.
2.90 Tax Matters Partner . “Tax
Matters Partner” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term
in Subsection 8.2(e).
2.91 Transfer . “Transfer”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Subsection
9.3(a).
2.92 Venture Agreement . “Venture
Agreement” shall mean that certain Venture Agreement, dated
as of August 1, 1988, by and among Penske, GE Tennessee, Gelco
Corporation and the Partnership, as amended as of July 1,
1993, as amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified
from time to time.
2.93 General Provisions . As used in this
Agreement, except as the context otherwise requires, each term
stated in either the singular or the plural shall include the
singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine,
feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine and
the neuter. The words “herein”, “hereof”
and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer
to this Agreement as a whole, including the Schedules hereto, and
not to any particular Article, Section, Subsection, Clause or
Subdivision contained in this Agreement. Capitalized terms used in
this Agreement which are not otherwise defined herein shall have
the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Venture
Agreement.
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CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS
3.1 Initial
Capital Contribution .
(a) Penske, as its initial Capital
Contribution to the capital of the Partnership, conveyed,
transferred and assigned into the name of the Partnership, or
caused to be so conveyed, transferred and assigned, all right,
title and interest of Penske and its Affiliates in and to the HP
Contributed Assets, as provided by Paragraph 3.1 of the
Venture Agreement.
(b) In connection with the Capital
Contribution referred to in Subsection 3.1(a), the Partnership
assumed the HP Contributed Liabilities to be assumed by it pursuant
to the Venture Agreement and executed and delivered an assumption
agreement to Penske and its Affiliates, as applicable, all as more
fully set forth in the Venture Agreement.
(c) GE Tennessee, as its initial Capital
Contribution to the capital of the Partnership, paid or caused to
be paid into the Partnership the sum of $98,000,000.00, as provided
by Paragraph 3.2 of the Venture Agreement.
3.2 Additional Capital Contributions .
Except to the extent set forth in Paragraph 11.2 of the
Venture Agreement (relating to indemnification payments) and
Paragraph 11.6 of the Venture Agreement (relating to certain
post-closing date adjustments) or in Section 3.5 of this
Agreement, none of which shall result in a change in a
Partner’s Percentage Interest, no additional contributions
shall be required to be made by the Partners.
3.3 Opening Balance Sheet . Promptly
after the Agreement Date, the Partnership prepared a balance sheet
(the “Opening Balance Sheet”) of the Partnership, as of
the Agreement Date (after giving effect to (i) the transfer of
the HP Contributed Assets to, and the assumption of the HP
Contributed Liabilities by, the Partnership, (ii) the purchase
by the Partnership of the Gelco Purchased Assets and the assumption
by the Partnership of the Gelco Assumed Liabilities and (iii) the
lease by the Partnership of the HP Leased Assets and the Gelco
Leased Assets).
3.4 Capital Accounts . A Capital Account
shall be established and maintained for each Partner on the books
of the Partnership. Each Partner’s interest in the capital of
the Partnership shall be represented by its Capital
Account.
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3.5 Negative Capital Accounts . In the
event the Partnership is “liquidated” within the
meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( g ),
(x) distributions shall be made pursuant to Article 10 to
the Partners who have positive Capital Accounts in compliance with
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii) (b)(2) , and
(y) if any General Partner’s Capital Account has a
deficit balance (after giving effect to all contributions,
distributions, and allocations for all taxable years, including the
taxable year during which such liquidation occurs), such General
Partner shall contribute to the capital of the Partnership the
amount necessary to restore such deficit balance to zero in
compliance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)
(b)(3) . If any Limited Partner has a deficit balance in its
Capital Account (after giving effect to all contributions,
distributions, and allocations for all taxable years, including the
taxable year during which such liquidation occurs), such Limited
Partner shall contribute to the capital of the Partnership the
amount necessary to restore such deficit balance to zero in
compliance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii) (b)(3)
, provided, however, that such Limited Partner’s contribution
obligation pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall be limited to an
amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the aggregate
Losses allocated to such Limited Partner pursuant to
Section 5.2(b)(ii) for all taxable years, including the
taxable year during which such liquidation occurs, over
(ii) the aggregate gain allocated to such Limited Partner
pursuant to Section 5.3(g) for all taxable years, including
the taxable year during which such liquidation occurs. Except as
provided in this Section 3.5, a Limited Partner shall have no
obligation to make any contribution to the capital of the
Partnership with respect to such deficit, and such deficit shall
not be considered a debt owed to the Partnership or to any other
Person for any purposes whatsoever.
3.6 Compliance with Treasury Regulations
. The foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this
Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are
intended to comply with Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b) (or any corresponding
provision of succeeding law) and shall be interpreted and applied
in a manner consistent with such Regulation. In the event the
General Partner shall determine and the Majority Limited Partners
approve that it is prudent to modify the manner in which the
Capital Accounts, or any debits or credits thereto, are computed in
order to comply with such Regulation, the Partnership may make such
modifications. The Partnership also shall make any appropriate
modifications in the event unanticipated events might otherwise
cause this Agreement not to comply with Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b) (or any corresponding
provisions of succeeding law).
3.7 Succession to Capital Accounts . In
the event any interest in the Partnership is transferred in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Venture
Agreement (including, without limitation, Paragraphs 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
and 12.5 thereof), the transferee shall succeed to the Capital
Account of the transferor to the extent it relates to the
transferred interest. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the
portion of the Capital Account to which the transferee succeeds
shall be that percentage of the transferor’s total Capital
Account as the Percentage Interest being transferred bears to the
total Percentage Interest of the transferor.
3.8 Certain Adjustments . In the event
the Gross Asset Values of the assets of the Partnership are
adjusted pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, the Capital
Accounts of all Partners shall be adjusted simultaneously to
reflect the aggregate net adjustment as if the Partnership
recognized gain or loss equal to the amount of such aggregate net
adjustment.
3.9 No Withdrawal of Capital
Contributions . No Partner shall withdraw any Capital
Contributions without the unanimous written approval of the other
Partners. No Partner shall receive any interest with respect to its
Capital Contributions.
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3.10 Partnership Certificates . The
General Partner may prepare and deliver to each Partner a
certificate to evidence such Partner’s interest in the
Partnership (a “Partnership Certificate”), which
certificate shall set forth the Partner’s Percentage Interest
as of the date of issuance of the certificate. Each such
certificate shall evidence a Partner’s interest only as of
the date of issuance, shall be non-transferable and non-negotiable
and shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement, which shall
govern with respect to such Partner’s Percentage Interest
from time to time and the rights and obligations of such
Partner.
3.11 Prior Additional Capital
Contributions . Pursuant to Amendments Nos. 2 though 8 to the
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, (a) GE
Tennessee, Penske, RTLC-AC, Logistics LLC, and Holdco each
contributed capital to the Partnership, (b) Penske, GE
Tennessee, and Logistics LLC each transferred all or a portion of
its Partnership Interest to PTLC-LLC, NTFC, and Holdco,
respectively, and (c) the Partnership made certain
distributions to certain partners. Upon such contributions and
after giving effect to such transfers, RTLC-AC, PTLC-LLC, NTFC, and
Holdco were each admitted as a Limited Partner. Pursuant to the
June 2006 Purchase and Sale Agreement, GE Tennessee
transferred a portion of its Partnership Interest to PTLC-LLC.
Pursuant to the December 2007 Purchase and Sale Agreement, GE
Tennessee transferred a portion of its Partnership Interest to
PTLC2-LLC. Pursuant to the June 2008 Purchase and Sale
Agreement, GE Tennessee and Holdco each transferred a portion of
its Partnership Interest to PAG. On September 19, 2008, Holdco
reduced its Partnership Interest in return for a special
distribution from the Partnership. Pursuant to the March 2009
Purchase and Sale Agreement, Holdco is transferring a portion of
its Partnership Interest to PTLC3-LLC. Effective as of the close of
the Partnership’s business on March 28, 2009 (the
“Effective Time”), the Percentage Interest of each
Partner in the Partnership is as set forth on
Schedule A hereto.
4.1 Organizational and Other Costs . The
Partnership paid or caused to be paid all costs and expenses
incurred in connection with the formation and organization of the
Partnership, except to the extent that such costs were required to
be borne by the parties to the Venture Agreement as set forth
therein. Such costs and expenses borne by the Partnership included,
without limitation, all related accounting, consulting, filing and
registration costs.
4.2 Operating Costs . The Partnership
shall (i) pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses of
the Partnership incurred in pursuing and conducting, or otherwise
related to, the business of the Partnership and (ii) reimburse
the General Partner for any documented out-of-pocket costs and
expenses incurred by it in connection therewith (including, without
limitation, in the performance of its duties as tax matters
partner), to the extent permitted by Subsection 6.7(b).
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DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTNERSHIP
ALLOCATIONS;
TAX MATTERS
5.1
Distributions Prior to Dissolution .
(a) Annual Distributions . By no
later than April 15 of each calendar year, the Partnership
shall make a distribution to the Partners of Available Cash, in the
following amounts, order and priority, provided ,
however , that except as set forth in Subsection 5.1(b)
below, distributions made pursuant to this Section 5.1(a)
shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the Applicable Percentage of
the Partnership’s profits determined in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in respect of the
preceding Partnership Year:
(i) First, in the event that the
Partnership shall have sold all or substantially all of the RTLC-AC
truck leasing business, to RTLC-AC in an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of (A) the excess, if any, of (1)
$57 million, over (2) the product of (x) .40 times
(y) the excess, if any, of (I) the initial Gross Asset
Value of the Code Section 197 intangibles attributable to the
RTLC-AC truck leasing business, over (II) the sales price for
such intangibles, over (B) all prior distributions to RTLC-AC
pursuant to this Section 5.1(a)(i);
(ii) Second, in the event that the
Partnership shall have sold all or substantially all of the
logistics business of the Partnership, to Holdco in an amount equal
to the excess, if any, of (A) the excess, if any, of (1)
$183 million, over (2) the product of (x) .40 times
(y) the excess, if any, of (I) the initial Gross Asset
Value of the Code Section 197 intangibles attributable to the
logistics business, over (II) the sales price for such
intangibles, over (B) all prior distributions to Holdco
pursuant to this Section 5.1(a)(ii); and
(iii) Third, to the Partners pro rata in
accordance with each Partner’s Percentage
Interest.
(b) Discretionary Special
Distributions . Subject to the provisions of Subsection
6.5(b)(xi), the General Partner may from time to time cause the
Partnership to make other distributions to the Partners, provided
that any such distribution is made pro rata in accordance with each
Partner’s Percentage Interest.
5.2
Partnership Allocations .
(a) Profits and Losses . After
giving effect to the special allocations set forth in
Sections 5.3 and 5.4, Profits and Losses of the Partnership
shall be allocated to the Partners in proportion to their
Percentage Interests, subject to the limitation in
Section 5.2(b) below with respect to the allocation of
Losses.
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(i) Capital Account Limitation . The
Losses allocated pursuant to Section 5.2(a) shall not exceed
the maximum amount of Losses that can be so allocated without
causing any Limited Partner to have an Adjusted Capital Account
Deficit at the end of any taxable year. All losses in excess of the
limitations set forth in this Section 5.2(b) shall be
allocated to (i) in the case of PTLC-LLC, PTLC2-LLC and
PTLC3-LLC, to the General Partner, (ii) in the case of PAG, to
the General Partner, and (iii) in the case of any GE Partner,
first, to the other GE Partners without such an Adjusted Capital
Account Deficit in proportion to and to the extent of the amount of
Losses that can be allocated to each such GE Partner without
causing it to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit and,
thereafter, to the General Partner.
(ii) Tax Basis Limitation . If, as a
result of the application of Code Section 704(d), the federal
income tax loss associated with an allocation of Losses allocated
to a Partner pursuant to Section 5.2(a) cannot be claimed by
such Partner for the taxable year during which such Losses arose,
then such Losses may be reallocated as set forth in this
Section 5.2(b)(ii). If any of Penske, PTLC-LLC, PTLC2-LLC or
PTLC3-LLC is limited to any extent by Section 704(d) with respect
to its ability to claim tax losses associated with an allocation of
Losses pursuant to Section 5.2(a), then the Partner or
Partners among such group that are not so limited may elect, by
written notice to the General Partner, to have such Losses
allocated to it. If any GE Partner is limited to any extent by
Section 704(d) with respect to its ability to claim tax losses
associated with an allocation of Losses pursuant to
Section 5.2(a), then the other GE Partners among such group
that are not so limited may elect, by written notice to the General
Partner, to have such Losses allocated to them in proportion to and
to the extent of the amount of such Losses that can be allocated to
each such GE Partner without causing its ability to claim the tax
losses associated with such Losses to be limited under Code
Section 704(d).
5.3 Special Allocations . The following
special allocations shall be made in the following
order:
(a) Minimum Gain Chargeback .
Except as otherwise provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f),
notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 5, if
there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during any
Partnership taxable year, each Partner shall be specially allocated
items of Partnership income and gain for such taxable year (and, if
necessary, subsequent taxable years) in an amount equal to such
Partner’s share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum
Gain, determined in accordance with 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 Partner pursuant thereto. The
items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with
Regulations Sections 1.704-2(f)(6) and 1.704-2(j)(2). This
Section 5.3(a) is intended to comply with the minimum gain
chargeback requirement in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and
shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
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(b) Partner Minimum Gain Chargeback
. Except as otherwise provided in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(4), notwithstanding any other provision of
this Article 5, if there is a net decrease in Partner
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse
Debt during any Partnership taxable year, each Partner who has a
share of the Partner Nonrecourse Debt 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 taxable
year (and, if necessary, subsequent taxable years) in an amount
equal to such Partner’s share of the net decrease in Partner
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner
Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(4). Allocations pursuant to the previous
sentence shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts
required to be allocated to each Partner 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 5.3(b) is intended to comply with the minimum gain
chargeback requirement in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and
shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(c) Nonrecourse Deductions .
Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable year shall be specially
allocated among the Partners in proportion to their Percentage
Interests.
(d) Partner Nonrecourse Deductions
. Any Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable year shall be
specially allocated to the Partner 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 Section 1.704-2(i)(1).
(e) Code Section 754
Adjustment . To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax
basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or
743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) (m)(2 ) or 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 Partner in complete
liquidation of its 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 decr
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