Exhibit 10.5
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
OF
DIVIDEND CAPITAL TOTAL REALTY
OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP
A DELAWARE LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
MARCH 1, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RECITALS
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Article 1 DEFINED TERMS
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2
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Article 2 PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND
IDENTIFICATION
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2.1
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Formation.
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2.2
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Name, Office and Registered
Agent.
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2.3
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Partners.
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2.4
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Term and Dissolution.
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2.5
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Filing of Certificate and Perfection of Limited
Partnership.
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12
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2.6
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Certificates Describing Partnership Units and
Special Partnership Units.
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Article 3 BUSINESS OF THE
PARTNERSHIP
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Article 4 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND
ACCOUNTS
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4.1
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Capital Contributions.
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4.2
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Additional Capital Contributions and Issuances
of Additional Partnership Interests.
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4.3
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Additional Funding.
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4.4
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Capital Accounts.
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4.5
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Percentage Interests.
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4.6
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No Interest On Contributions.
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4.7
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Return Of Capital Contributions.
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4.8
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No Third Party Beneficiary.
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Article 5 PROFITS AND LOSSES;
DISTRIBUTIONS
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5.1
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Allocation of Profit and Loss.
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5.2
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Distribution of Cash.
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5.3
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REIT Distribution Requirements.
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5.4
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No Right to Distributions in
Kind.
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5.5
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Limitations on Return of Capital
Contributions.
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5.6
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Distributions Upon Liquidation.
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5.7
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Substantial Economic Effect.
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Article 6 RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS OF THE
GENERAL PARTNER
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6.1
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Management of the Partnership.
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6.2
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Delegation of Authority.
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6.3
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Indemnification and Exculpation of
Indemnitees.
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6.4
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Liability of the General
Partner.
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6.5
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Reimbursement of General
Partner.
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6.6
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Outside Activities.
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6.7
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Employment or Retention of
Affiliates.
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6.8
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General Partner Participation.
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6.9
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Title to Partnership Assets.
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6.10
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Miscellaneous.
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6.11
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No Duplication of Fees or
Expenses.
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Article 7 CHANGES IN GENERAL PARTNER
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7.1
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Transfer of the General Partner’s
Partnership Interest.
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7.2
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Admission of a Substitute or Additional General
Partner.
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7.3
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Effect of Bankruptcy, Withdrawal, Death or
Dissolution of a General Partner.
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7.4
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Removal of a General Partner.
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Article 8 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE LIMITED
PARTNERS
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8.1
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Management of the Partnership.
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8.2
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Power of Attorney.
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8.3
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Limitation on Liability of Limited
Partners.
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8.4
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Ownership by Limited Partner of Corporate
General Partner or Affiliate.
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8.5
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Redemption Right.
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8.6
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Registration.
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8.7
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Redemption of Special Partnership
Units
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8.8
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Distribution Reinvestment Plan.
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Article 9 TRANSFERS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
INTERESTS
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9.1
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Purchase for Investment.
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9.2
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Restrictions on Transfer of Limited Partnership
Interests.
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9.3
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Admission of Substitute Limited
Partner.
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9.4
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Rights of Assignees of Partnership
Interests.
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9.5
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Effect of Bankruptcy, Death, Incompetence or
Termination of a Limited Partner.
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9.6
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Joint Ownership of Interests.
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Article 10 BOOKS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTING; TAX
MATTERS
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10.1
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Books and Records.
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10.2
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Custody of Partnership Funds; Bank
Accounts.
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10.3
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Fiscal and Taxable Year.
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10.4
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Annual Tax Information and
Report.
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10.5
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Tax Matters Partner; Tax Elections; Special
Basis Adjustments.
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10.6
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Reports to Limited Partners.
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Article 11 AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT;
MERGER
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Article 12 GENERAL PROVISIONS
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12.1
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Notices.
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12.2
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Survival of Rights.
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12.3
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Additional Documents.
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12.4
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Severability.
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12.5
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Entire Agreement.
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12.6
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Pronouns and Plurals.
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12.7
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Headings.
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12.8
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Counterparts.
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12.9
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Governing Law.
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A - Partners, Capital
Contributions and Percentage Interests or Special Percentage
Interests
EXHIBIT B - Notice of Exercise of
Redemption Right
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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
OF
DIVIDEND CAPITAL TOTAL REALTY
OPERATING PARTNERSHIP L.P.
RECITALS
This Third Amended and Restated
Limited Partnership Agreement (this “Agreement”) is
entered into this 1 st day of March, 2006, between
Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation
(the “General Partner”) and the Limited Partners set
forth on Exhibit A attached hereto. Capitalized terms used
herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given them
in Article 1.
AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the General Partner intends
to qualify as a real estate investment trust under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
WHEREAS, Dividend Capital Total
Realty Operating Partnership LP (the “Partnership”),
was formed on April 11, 2005 as a limited partnership under
the laws of the State of Delaware, pursuant to a Certificate of
Limited Partnership filed with the Office of the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware on April 12, 2005;
WHEREAS, the General Partner desires
to conduct its current and future business through the
Partnership;
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the
foregoing, the General Partner desires to contribute certain assets
to the Partnership from time to time;
WHEREAS, in exchange for the General
Partner’s contribution of assets, the parties desire that the
Partnership issue Partnership Units to the General Partner in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Limited Partners will
contribute certain of their property to the Partnership in exchange
for Partnership Units or Special Partnership Units in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the
Partnership’s business, the Partnership will acquire
Properties and other assets from time to time by means of the
contribution of such Properties or other assets to the Partnership
by the owners thereof in exchange for Partnership Units;
and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to
establish herein their respective rights and obligations in
connection with all of the foregoing and certain other
matters;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are
party to a Limited Partnership Agreement, dated as of
January 9, 2006 (the “Original Limited Partnership
Agreement”);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing, of mutual covenants between the parties hereto, and
of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree that the Original Limited Partnership Agreement shall be and
hereby is amended and restated in its entirety as
follows::
ARTICLE 1
DEFINED TERMS
The following defined terms used in
this Agreement shall have the meanings specified below:
“ACT” means the Delaware
Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as it may be amended from
time to time.
“ADDITIONAL FUNDS” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.3 hereof.
“ADDITIONAL SECURITIES”
means any additional REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares issued in
connection with a redemption pursuant to Section 8.5 hereof or
REIT Shares issued pursuant to a dividend reinvestment plan of the
General Partner) or rights, options, warrants or convertible or
exchangeable securities containing the right to subscribe for or
purchase REIT Shares, as set forth in
Section 4.2(a)(ii).
“ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES” means (i) all administrative and operating
costs and expenses incurred by the Partnership, (ii) those
administrative costs and expenses of the General Partner, including
any salaries or other payments to directors, officers or employees
of the General Partner, and any accounting and legal expenses of
the General Partner, which expenses, the Partners have agreed, are
expenses of the Partnership and not the General Partner, and
(iii) to the extent not included in clause (ii) above,
REIT Expenses; provided , however , that
Administrative Expenses shall not include any administrative costs
and expenses incurred by the General Partner that are attributable
to Properties or partnership interests in a Subsidiary Partnership
that are owned by the General Partner directly.
“ADVISOR” or
“ADVISORS” means the Person or Persons, if any,
appointed, employed or contracted with by the General Partner and
responsible for directing or performing the day-to-day business
affairs of the General Partner, including any Person to whom the
Advisor subcontracts substantially all of such
functions.
“ADVISORY AGREEMENT”
means the agreement between the General Partner and the Advisor
pursuant to which the Advisor will direct or perform the day-to-day
business affairs of the General Partner.
“AFFILIATE” means, with
respect to any Person, (i) any Person directly or indirectly,
owning, controlling or holding with the power to vote 10% of more
of the outstanding voting securities of such other Person;
(ii) any Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting
securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held,
with the power to vote, by such other Person; (iii) any Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common
control with such other Person; (iv) any executive officer,
director, trustee or general partner of such other Person; and
(v) any legal entity for which such Person acts an executive
officer, director, trustee or general partner.
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“AGGREGATE SHARE OWNERSHIP
LIMIT” shall have the meaning set forth in the Articles of
Incorporation.
“AGREED VALUE” means the
fair market value of a Partner’s non-cash Capital
Contribution as of the date of contribution as agreed to by such
Partner and the General Partner. The names and addresses of the
Partners, number of Partnership Units or Special Partnership Units
issued to each Partner, and the Agreed Value of non-cash Capital
Contributions as of the date of contribution are set forth on
Exhibit A .
“AGREEMENT” means this
Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, as amended,
modified supplemented or restated from time to time, as the context
requires.
“APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE”
has the meaning provided in Section 8.5(b) hereof.
“ARTICLES OF
INCORPORATION” means the Articles of Incorporation of the
General Partner filed with the Maryland State Department of
Assessments and Taxation, as amended or restated from time to
time.
“CAPITAL ACCOUNT” has
the meaning provided in Section 4.4 hereof.
“CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION”
means the total amount of cash, cash equivalents, and the Agreed
Value of any Property or other asset (other than cash) contributed
or agreed to be contributed, as the context requires, to the
Partnership by each Partner pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement. Any reference to the Capital Contribution of a Partner
shall include the Capital Contribution made by a predecessor holder
of the Partnership Interest of such Partner.
“CARRYING VALUE” means,
with respect to any asset of the Partnership, the asset’s
adjusted net basis for federal income tax purposes or, in the case
of any asset contributed to the Partnership, the fair market value
of such asset at the time of contribution, reduced by any amounts
attributable to the inclusion of liabilities in basis pursuant to
Section 752 of the Code, except that the Carrying Values of
all assets may, at the discretion of the General Partner, be
adjusted to equal their respective fair market values (as
determined by the General Partner), in accordance with the rules
set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), as
provided for in Section 4.4. In the case of any asset of the
Partnership that has a Carrying Value that differs from its
adjusted tax basis, the Carrying Value shall be adjusted by the
amount of depreciation, depletion and amortization calculated for
purposes of the definition of Profit and Loss rather than the
amount of depreciation, depletion and amortization determined for
federal income tax purposes.
“CASH AMOUNT” means an
amount of cash per Partnership Unit equal to the lesser of
(i) the Value of the REIT Shares Amount on the date of receipt
by the General Partner of a Notice of Redemption or (ii) the
applicable Redemption Price determined by the General
Partner.
“CERTIFICATE” means any
instrument or document that is required under the laws of the State
of Delaware, or any other jurisdiction in which the Partnership
conducts business, to be
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signed and sworn to by the Partners of the
Partnership (either by themselves or pursuant to the
power-of-attorney granted to the General Partner in
Section 8.2 hereof) and filed for recording in the appropriate
public offices within the State of Delaware or such other
jurisdiction to perfect or maintain the Partnership as a limited
partnership, to effect the admission, withdrawal, or substitution
of any Partner of the Partnership, or to protect the limited
liability of the Limited Partners as limited partners under the
laws of the State of Delaware or such other
jurisdiction.
“CODE” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as hereafter amended
from time to time. Reference to any particular provision of the
Code shall mean that provision in the Code at the date hereof and
any successor provision of the Code.
“COMMISSION” means the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“COMMON SHARE OWNERSHIP
LIMIT” shall have the meaning set forth in the Articles of
Incorporation.
“CONVERSION FACTOR”
means 1.0, provided that in the event that the General Partner
(i) declares or pays a dividend on its outstanding REIT Shares
in REIT Shares or makes a distribution to all holders of its
outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares, (ii) subdivides its
outstanding REIT Shares, or (iii) combines its outstanding
REIT Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares, the Conversion
Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares
issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend,
distribution, subdivision or combination (assuming for such
purposes that such dividend, distribution, subdivision or
combination has occurred as of such time), and the denominator of
which shall be the actual number of REIT Shares (determined without
the above assumption) issued and outstanding on such date and,
provided further, that in the event that an entity other than an
Affiliate of the General Partner shall become General Partner
pursuant to any merger, consolidation or combination of the General
Partner with or into another entity (the “Successor
Entity”), the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by
multiplying the Conversion Factor by the number of shares of the
Successor Entity into which one REIT Share is converted pursuant to
such merger, consolidation or combination, determined as of the
date of such merger, consolidation or combination. Any adjustment
to the Conversion Factor shall become effective immediately after
the effective date of such event retroactive to the record date, if
any, for such event; provided, however, that if the General Partner
receives a Notice of Redemption after the record date, but prior to
the effective date of such dividend, distribution, subdivision or
combination, the Conversion Factor shall be determined as if the
General Partner had received the Notice of Redemption immediately
prior to the record date for such dividend, distribution,
subdivision or combination.
“DIRECTOR” shall have
the meaning set forth in the Articles of Incorporation.
“EVENT OF BANKRUPTCY” as
to any Person means the filing of a petition for relief as to such
Person as debtor or bankrupt under the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 or
similar provision of law of any jurisdiction (except if such
petition is contested by such Person and has been dismissed within
90 days); insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person as finally
determined by a court proceeding; filing by such Person of a
petition or application to accomplish the same or for the
appointment of a receiver or a trustee for such Person or a
substantial part of his assets;
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commencement of any proceedings relating to such
Person as a debtor under any other reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency, adjustment of debt or liquidation law of any
jurisdiction, whether now in existence or hereinafter in effect,
either by such Person or by another, provided that if such
proceeding is commenced by another, such Person indicates his
approval of such proceeding, consents thereto or acquiesces
therein, or such proceeding is contested by such Person and has not
been finally dismissed within 90 days.
“EXCEPTED HOLDER LIMIT”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Articles of
Incorporation.
“GENERAL PARTNER” means
Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation,
and any Person who becomes a substitute or additional General
Partner as provided herein, and any of their successors as General
Partner.
“GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
INTEREST” means a Partnership Interest held by the General
Partner that is a general partnership interest.
“INDEMNITEE” means
(i) any Person made a party to a proceeding by reason of its
status as the General Partner or a director, officer or employee of
the General Partner or the Partnership, and (ii) such other
Persons (including Affiliates of the General Partner or the
Partnership) as the General Partner may designate from time to
time, in its sole and absolute discretion.
“INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Articles of
Incorporation.
“JOINT VENTURE” means
any joint venture or general partnership arrangement in which the
Partnership is a co-venturer or general partner which are
established to acquire Real Property.
“LIMITED PARTNER” means
any Person named as a Limited Partner on Exhibit A attached
hereto, and any Person who becomes a Substitute Limited Partner, in
such Person’s capacity as a Limited Partner in the
Partnership.
“LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
INTEREST” means the ownership interest of a Limited Partner
in the Partnership at any particular time, including the right of
such Limited Partner to any and all benefits to which such Limited
Partner may be entitled as provided in this Agreement and in the
Act, together with the obligations of such Limited Partner to
comply with all the provisions of this Agreement and of such
Act.
“LISTING” means the
listing of the shares of the General Partner’s stock,
previously issued by the General Partner pursuant to an effective
registration statement and such shares currently registered with
the Commission pursuant to an effective registration statement, on
a national securities exchange or the quotation of the shares on
the Nasdaq National Market or the receipt by holders of shares
of the General Partner’s stock of securities that are
listed on a national securities exchange or the Nasdaq National
Market in exchange for shares of the General Partner’s stock.
Upon such Listing, the shares shall be deemed
“LISTED”.
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“LOSS” has the meaning
provided in Section 5.1(h) hereof.
“MINIMUM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
INTEREST” means the lesser of (i) 1% or (ii) if the
total Capital Contributions to the Partnership exceeds $50 million,
1% divided by the ratio of the total Capital Contributions to the
Partnership to $50 million; provided, however, that the Minimum
Limited Partnership Interest shall not be less than 0.2% at any
time.
“MORTGAGES” means, in
connection with any mortgage financing provided, invested in,
participated in or purchased by the Partnership, all of the notes,
deeds of trust, mortgages, security interests or other evidences of
indebtedness or obligations, which are secured by or,
collateralized by, or applicable to any Real Property owned by the
borrowers under such notes, deeds of trust, mortgages, security
interests or other evidences of indebtedness or
obligations.
“NET SALES PROCEEDS”
means (i) in the case of a transaction described in clause
(A)(i) of the definition of Sale, the proceeds of any such
transaction less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on
behalf of the Partnership, including all real estate commissions,
closings costs and legal fees and expenses; (A)(ii) in the case of
a transaction described in clause (ii) of the definition of
Sale, the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of
selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership,
including any legal fees and expenses and other selling expenses
incurred in connection with such transaction; (iii) in the
case of a transaction described in clause (A)(iii) of the
definition of Sale, the proceeds of any such transaction actually
distributed to the Partnership from the Joint Venture less the
amount of any selling expenses incurred by or on behalf of the
Partnership (other than those paid by the Joint Venture);
(iv) in the case of a transaction described in clause (A)(iv)
of the definition of Sale, the proceeds of any such transaction
(including the aggregate of all payment under a Mortgage on or in
satisfaction thereof other than regularly schedule interest
payments) less the amount of selling expenses incurred by or on
behalf of the Partnership, including all commissions, closing cots
and legal fees and expenses; (v) in the case of a transaction
described in clause (A)(v) of the definition of Sale, the proceeds
of any such transaction less the amount of selling expenses
incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership, including any legal
fees and expenses and other selling expenses incurred in connection
with such transaction; and (vi) in the case of a transaction
described in clause (B) of the definition of Sale, the
proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions less all
amounts generated thereby which are reinvested in one or more
assets as described in clause (B) of the definition of Sale
within 180 days thereafter and less the amount of any real estate
commissions, closing costs, and legal fees and expenses and other
selling expenses incurred by or allocated to the Partnership in
connection with such transaction or series of transactions. Net
Sale Proceeds shall also include any amounts that the General
Partner determines, in its discretion, to be economically
equivalent to the proceeds of a Sale. Net Sales Proceeds shall not
include any reserves established by the Partnership in its sole
discretion.
“NOTICE OF REDEMPTION”
means the Notice of Exercise of Redemption Right substantially in
the form attached as Exhibit B hereto.
“OFFER” has the meaning
set forth in Section 7.1(c) hereof.
“OFFERING” means the
initial offer and sale of REIT Shares to the public.
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“OP UNITHOLDERS” means
all holders of Partnership Interests other than the Special OP
Unitholders.
“ORIGINAL LIMITED
PARTNER” means the Limited Partners designated as
“Original Limited Partners” on Exhibit A
hereto.
“PARTNER” means any
General Partner or Limited Partner.
“PARTNER NONRECOURSE DEBT
MINIMUM GAIN” has the meaning set forth in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i). A Partner’s share of Partner
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain shall be determined in accordance
with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5).
“PARTNERSHIP” means
Dividend Capital Total Realty Operating Partnership LP, a Delaware
limited partnership.
“PARTNERSHIP INTEREST”
means an ownership interest in the Partnership held by either 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.
“PARTNERSHIP MINIMUM
GAIN” has the meaning set forth in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(d). In accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(d), the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain is
determined by first computing, for each Partnership nonrecourse
liability, any gain the Partnership would realize if it disposed of
the property subject to that liability for no consideration other
than full satisfaction of the liability, and then aggregating the
separately computed gains. A Partner’s share of Partnership
Minimum Gain shall be determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(g)(1).
“PARTNERSHIP RECORD
DATE” means the record date established by the General
Partner for the distribution of cash pursuant to Section 5.2
hereof, which record date shall be the same as the record date
established by the General Partner for a distribution to its
shareholders of some or all of its portion of such
distribution.
“PARTNERSHIP UNIT” means
a fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests of all
Partners issued hereunder excluding the Partnership Interests
represented by Special Partnership Units. The allocation of
Partnership Units among the Partners shall be as set forth on
Exhibit A , as such Exhibit may be amended from time to
time.
“PERCENTAGE INTEREST”
means the percentage ownership interest in the Partnership of each
Partner, as determined by dividing the Partnership Units owned by a
Partner by the total number of Partnership Units then outstanding.
The Percentage Interest of each Partner shall be as set forth on
Exhibit A , as such Exhibit may be amended from time to
time.
“PERSON” means any
individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation,
joint venture, trust or other entity.
“PROFIT” has the meaning
provided in Section 5.1(h) hereof.
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“PROPERTY” means any
Real Property, Real Estate Securities or other investment in which
the Partnership holds an ownership interest.
“REAL ESTATE SECURITIES”
means the real estate related securities, or such investments the
General Partner and the Advisor mutually designate as Real Estate
Securities to the extent such investments could be classified as
either Real Estate Securities or Real Property, typically
consisting of (i) securities of other real estate investment
trusts or real estate companies, (ii) shares of open-end
and/or closed-end real estate funds, and (iii) mortgages or
interests in pools of mortgages secured by real estate, which are
acquired by the Partnership, either directly or through joint
venture arrangements or other partnerships.
“REAL PROPERTY” means
(i) the real properties, including the buildings located
thereon, or (ii) the real properties only, or (iii) the
buildings only, which are acquired by the Partnership, either
directly or through joint venture arrangements or other
partnerships, or (iv) such investments the General Partner and
the Advisor mutually designate as Real Property to the extent such
investments could be classified as either Real Property or Real
Estate Securities.
“REDEMPTION PRICE” means
the Value of the REIT Shares Amount on the date of receipt by the
General Partner of a Notice of Redemption multiplied by any
discount determined by the General Partner, including but not
limited to, any discount based upon the combined number of years
that the applicable Partner has held the Partnership Units offered
for redemption.
“REDEMPTION RIGHT” has
the meaning provided in Section 8.5(a) hereof.
“REGULATIONS” means the
Federal income tax regulations promulgated under the Code, as
amended and as hereafter amended from time to time. Reference to
any particular provision of the Regulations shall mean that
provision of the Regulations on the date hereof and any successor
provision of the Regulations.
“REGULATORY ALLOCATIONS”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(i) hereof.
“REIT” means a real
estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the
Code.
“REIT EXPENSES” means
(i) costs and expenses relating to the formation and
continuity of existence and operation of the General Partner and
any Subsidiaries thereof (which Subsidiaries shall, for purposes
hereof, be included within the definition of General Partner),
including taxes, fees and assessments associated therewith, any and
all costs, expenses or fees payable to any director, officer, or
employee of the General Partner, (ii) costs and expenses
relating to any public offering and registration of securities by
the General Partner and all statements, reports, fees and expenses
incidental thereto, including, without limitation, underwriting
discounts and selling commissions applicable to any such offering
of securities, and any costs and expenses associated with any
claims made by any holders of such securities or any underwriters
or placement agents thereof, (iii) costs and expenses
associated with any repurchase of any securities by the General
Partner, (iv) costs and expenses associated with the
preparation and filing of any periodic or other reports and
communications by the General Partner under federal, state or local
laws or regulations, including filings with the Commission,
(v) costs and expenses associated with compliance by the
General Partner with laws, rules and regulations
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promulgated by any regulatory body, including
the Commission and any securities exchange, (vi) costs and
expenses associated with any 401(k) plan, incentive plan, bonus
plan or other plan providing for compensation for the employees of
the General Partner, (vii) costs and expenses incurred by the
General Partner relating to any issuing or redemption of
Partnership Interests, and (viii) all other operating or
administrative costs of the General Partner incurred in the
ordinary course of its business on behalf of or in connection with
the Partnership.
“REIT SHARE” means a
common share of beneficial interest in the General Partner (or
successor entity, as the case may be).
“REIT SHARES AMOUNT”
means a number of REIT Shares equal to the product of the number of
Partnership Units offered for exchange by a Tendering Party,
multiplied by the Conversion Factor as adjusted to and including
the Specified Redemption Date; provided that in the event the
General Partner issues to all holders of REIT Shares rights,
options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities
entitling the shareholders to subscribe for or purchase REIT
Shares, or any other securities or property (collectively, the
“rights”), and the rights have not expired at the
Specified Redemption Date, then the REIT Shares Amount shall also
include the rights issuable to a holder of the REIT Shares Amount
of REIT Shares on the record date fixed for purposes of determining
the holders of REIT Shares entitled to rights.
“RELATED PARTY” means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person whose ownership of
shares of the General Partner’s capital stock would be
attributed to the first such Person under Code Section 544 (as
modified by Code Section 856(h)(1)(B)).
“SALE” means
(A) any transaction or series of transactions whereby:
(i) the Partnership directly or indirectly (except as
described in other subsections of this definition) sells, grants,
transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of any Real
Property or portion thereof, including the lease of any Real
Property consisting of the building only, and including any event
with respect to any Real Property which gives rise to a significant
amount of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards; (ii) the
Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other
subsections of this definition) sells, grants, transfers, conveys,
or relinquishes its ownership of all or substantially all of the
interest of the Partnership in any Joint Venture; (iii) any
Joint Venture directly or indirectly (except as described in other
subsections of this definition) in which the Partnership as a
co-venturer or partner sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or
relinquishes its ownership of any Real Property or portion thereof,
including any event with respect to any Real Property which gives
rise to insurance claims or condemnation awards; (iv) the
Partnership directly or indirectly (except as described in other
subsections of this definition) sells, grants, conveys or
relinquishes its interest in any Mortgage or portion thereof
(including with respect to any Mortgage, all payments thereunder or
in satisfaction thereof other than regularly scheduled interest
payments) of amounts owed pursuant to such Mortgage and any event
which gives rise to a significant among of insurance proceeds or
similar awards; or (v) the Partnership directly or indirectly
(except as described in any other subsections of this definition)
sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes it ownership of
any other Real Property, Mortgage or other investment owner by the
Partnership, directly or indirectly through one or more of its
Affiliates, and any other investment made, directly or indirectly
through one of more of its Affiliates, not previously described in
this definition of any portion thereof, but (B) not including
any transaction or series of transactions specified in clause
(A) (i) through (v) above in which the proceeds of
such transaction or series of transactions are reinvested by the
Partnership in one or more such assets within 180 days
thereafter.
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“SECURITIES ACT” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“SERVICE” means the
United States Internal Revenue Service.
“SPECIAL OP UNITHOLDERS”
means the holders of Special Partnership Units.
“SPECIAL PARTNERSHIP
UNIT” means a unit of a series of Partnership Interests,
designated as Special Partnership Units, issued pursuant to
Section 4.1. The number of Special Partnership Units
outstanding and the Special Percentage Interests in the Partnership
represented by such Special Partnership Units are set forth on
Exhibit A , as such Exhibit may be amended from time to
time. A holder of a Special Partnership Unit shall have the same
rights and preferences as a holder of a Partnership Unit under this
Agreement that is a Limited Partner except as set forth in Sections
5.1(c), 5.2(b), 7.1(c), 8.5, 8.6 and 8.7.
“SPECIAL PERCENTAGE
INTEREST” shall mean the percentage ownership interest in the
Partnership of each Special OP Unitholder, as determined by
dividing the Special Partnership Units owned by each Special OP
Unitholder by the total number of Special Partnership Units then
outstanding. The Special Percentage Interest of each Partner shall
be as set forth on Exhibit A , as such Exhibit may be
amended from time to time.
“SPECIFIED REDEMPTION
DATE” means the first business day of the month that is at
least sixty (60) business days after the receipt by the
General Partner of the Notice of Redemption.
“SUBSIDIARY” means, with
respect to any Person, any corporation 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 of which the partnership interests therein
are owned by the General Partner or a direct or indirect subsidiary
of the General Partner.
“SUBSTITUTE LIMITED
PARTNER” means any Person admitted to the Partnership as a
Limited Partner pursuant to Section 9.3 hereof.
“SUCCESSOR ENTITY” has
the meaning provided in the definition of “Conversion
Factor” contained herein.
“SURVIVOR” has the
meaning set forth in Section 7.1(d) hereof.
“TAX MATTERS PARTNER”
has the meaning described in Section 10.5(a)
hereof.
“TERMINATION EVENT”
means the termination or nonrenewal of the Advisory Agreement
(i) in connection with a merger, sale of assets or transaction
involving the General
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Partner pursuant to which a majority of the
directors of the General Partner then in office are replaced or
removed, (ii) by the Advisor for “good reason” (as
defined in the Advisory Agreement) or (iii) by the General
Partner other than for “cause” (as defined in the
Advisory Agreement).
“TENDERED UNITS” has the
meaning provided in Section 8.5(a) hereof.
“TENDERING PARTY” has
the meaning provided in Section 8.5(a) hereof.
“TRANSACTION” has the
meaning set forth in Section 7.1(c) hereof.
“TRANSFER” has the
meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a) hereof.
“VALUE” means the fair
market value per share of REIT Shares which will equal: (i) if
REIT Shares are Listed, the average closing price per share for the
previous thirty business days, (ii) if REIT Shares are not
Listed, the most recent offering price per share or share
equivalent of REIT Shares, until December 31st of the year
following the year in which the most recently completed offering of
REIT Shares has expired, and (iii) thereafter, such price per
REIT Share as the management of the General Partner determines in
good faith.
ARTICLE 2
PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND
IDENTIFICATION
2.1 Formation .
The Partnership was formed as a
limited partnership pursuant to the Act and all other pertinent
laws of the State of Delaware, for the purposes and upon the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2.2 Name, Office and
Registered Agent . The name of the Partnership is Dividend Capital
Total Realty Operating Partnership LP The specified office and
place of business of the Partnership shall be 518 17
th
Street, 17
th
Floor, Denver, Colorado
80202. The General Partner may at any time change the location of
such office, provided the General Partner gives notice to the
Partners of any such change. The name and address of the
Partnership’s registered agent is Corporation Service
Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware
19808. The sole duty of the registered agent as such is to forward
to the Partnership any notice that is served on him as registered
agent.
2.3 Partners
.
(a) The General Partner of the
Partnership is Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust, Inc., a
Maryland corporation. Its principal place of business is the same
as that of the Partnership.
(b) The Limited Partners are those
Persons identified as Limited Partners on Exhibit A hereto,
as amended from time to time.
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2.4 Term and Dissolution
.
(a) The term of the Partnership
shall continue in full force and effect until December 31,
2035, except that the Partnership shall be dissolved upon the first
to occur of any of the following events:
(i) The occurrence of an Event of
Bankruptcy as to a General Partner or the dissolution, death,
removal or withdrawal of a General Partner unless the business of
the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.3(b)
hereof; provided that if a General Partner is on the date of such
occurrence a partnership, the dissolution of such General Partner
as a result of the dissolution, death, withdrawal, removal or Event
of Bankruptcy of a partner in such partnership shall not be an
event of dissolution of the Partnership if the business of such
General Partner is continued by the remaining partner or partners,
either alone or with additional partners, and such General Partner
and such partners comply with any other applicable requirements of
this Agreement;
(ii) The passage of ninety
(90) days after the sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (provided that
if the Partnership receives an installment obligation as
consideration for such sale or other disposition, the Partnership
shall continue, unless sooner dissolved under the provisions of
this Agreement, until such time as such note or notes are paid in
full);
(iii) The exchange of all Limited
Partnership Interests (other than any of such interests held by the
General Partner or Affiliates of the General Partner) for REIT
Shares or the securities of any other entity; or
(iv) The election by the General
Partner that the Partnership should be dissolved.
(b) Upon dissolution of the
Partnership (unless the business of the Partnership is continued
pursuant to Section 7.3(b) hereof), the General Partner (or
its trustee, receiver, successor or legal representative) shall
amend or cancel any Certificate(s) and liquidate the
Partnership’s assets and apply and distribute the proceeds
thereof in accordance with Section 5.6 hereof. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the liquidating General Partner may either
(i) defer liquidation of, or withhold from distribution for a
reasonable time, any assets of the Partnership (including those
necessary to satisfy the Partnership’s debts and
obligations), or (ii) distribute the assets to the Partners in
kind.
2.5 Filing of Certificate and
Perfection of Limited Partnership . The General Partner shall execute, acknowledge,
record and file at the expense of the Partnership, any and all
amendments to the Certificate(s) and all requisite fictitious name
statements and notices in such places and jurisdictions as may be
necessary to cause the Partnership to be treated as a limited
partnership under, and otherwise to comply with, the laws of each
state or other jurisdiction in which the Partnership conducts
business.
2.6 Certificates Describing
Partnership Units and Special Partnership Units .
At the request of a Limited Partner,
the General Partner, at its option, may issue (but in no way is
obligated to issue) a certificate summarizing the terms of such
Limited Partner’s interest in the Partnership, including the
number of Partnership Units and Special Partnership Units owned
and
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the Percentage Interest and Special Percentage
Interest represented by such Partnership Units and Special
Partnership Units as of the date of such certificate. Any such
certificate (i) shall be in form and substance as approved by
the General Partner, (ii) shall not be negotiable and
(iii) shall bear a legend to the following effect:
This certificate is not negotiable.
The Partnership Units and Special Partnership Units represented by
this certificate are governed by and transferable only in
accordance with the provisions of the Amended and Restated Limited
Partnership Agreement of Dividend Capital Total Realty Operating
Partnership LP, as amended from time to time.
ARTICLE 3
BUSINESS OF THE
PARTNERSHIP
The purpose and nature of the
business to be conducted by the Partnership is (i) to conduct
any business that may be lawfully conducted by a limited
partnership organized pursuant to the Act, provided, however, that
such business shall be limited to and conducted in such a manner as
to permit the General Partner at all times to qualify as a REIT,
unless the General Partner otherwise ceases to qualify as a REIT,
and in a manner such that the General Partner will not be subject
to any taxes under Section 857 or 4981 of the Code,
(ii) to enter into any partnership, joint venture or other
similar arrangement to engage in any of the foregoing or the
ownership of interests in any entity engaged in any of the
foregoing and (iii) to do anything necessary or incidental to
the foregoing. In connection with the foregoing, and without
limiting the General Partner’s right in its sole and absolute
discretion to qualify or cease qualifying as a REIT, the Partners
acknowledge that the General Partner intends to qualify as a REIT
for federal income tax purposes and upon such qualification the
avoidance of income and excise taxes on the General Partner inures
to the benefit of all the Partners and not solely to the General
Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Limited Partners agree
that the General Partner may terminate its status as a REIT under
the Code at any time to the full extent permitted under the
Articles of Incorporation. The General Partner on behalf of the
Partnership shall also be empowered to do any and all acts and
things necessary or prudent to ensure that the Partnership will not
be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” for
purposes of Section 7704 of the Code.
ARTICLE 4
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND
ACCOUNTS
4.1 Capital Contributions
. The General Partner and
the initial Limited Partners have made capital contributions to the
Partnership in exchange for the Partnership Interests set forth
opposite their names on Exhibit A , as such Exhibit may be
amended from time to time.
4.2 Additional Capital
Contributions and Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests
. Except as provided in
this Section 4.2 or in Section 4.3, the Partners shall
have no right or obligation to make any additional Capital
Contributions or loans to the Partnership. The General Partner may
contribute additional capital to the Partnership, from time to
time, and receive additional Partnership Interests in respect
thereof, in the manner contemplated in this
Section 4.2.
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(a) Issuances of Additional
Partnership Interests .
(i) General . The General
Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership to issue such
additional Partnership Interests in the form of Partnership Units
for any Partnership purpose at any time or from time to time,
including but not limited to Partnership Units issued in connection
with acquisitions of properties, to the Partners (including the
General Partner) or to other Persons for such consideration and on
such terms and conditions as shall be established by the General
Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, all without the
approval of any Limited Partners. Any additional Partnership
Interests issued thereby may be issued in one or more classes, or
one or more series of any of such classes, with such designations,
preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special
rights, powers and duties, including rights, powers and duties
senior to Limited Partnership Interests, all as shall be determined
by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion and
without the approval of any Limited Partner, subject to Delaware
law, including, without limitation, (i) the allocations of
items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to
each such class or series of Partnership Interests; (ii) the
right of each such class or series of Partnership Interests to
share in Partnership distributions; and (iii) the rights of
each such class or series of Partnership Interests upon dissolution
and liquidation of the Partnership; provided, however, that no
additional Partnership Interests shall be issued to the General
Partner unless:
(1) (A) the additional
Partnership Interests are issued in connection with an issuance of
REIT Shares of or other interests in the General Partner, which
shares or interests have designations, preferences and other
rights, all such that the economic interests are substantially
similar to the designations, preferences and other rights of the
additional Partnership Interests issued to the General Partner by
the Partnership in accordance with this Section 4.2 and
(B) the General Partner shall make a Capital Contribution to
the Partnership in an amount equal to the proceeds raised in
connection with the issuance of such shares of stock of or other
interests in the General Partner;
(2) the additional Partnership
Interests are issued in exchange for property owned by the General
Partner with a fair market value, as determined by the General
Partner, in good faith, equal to the value of the Partnership
Interests; or
(3) the additional Partnership
Interests are issued to all Partners holding Partnership Units in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.
Without limiting the foregoing, the
General Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to
issue Partnership Units for less than fair market value, so long as
the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is
in the best interests of the General Partner and the
Partnership.
(ii) Upon Issuance of Additional
Securities . The General Partner shall not issue any Additional
Securities other than to all holders of REIT Shares, unless
(A) the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to issue
to the General Partner, as the General Partner may designate,
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
are substantially similar to those of the Additional Securities,
and (B) the General Partner contributes the proceeds from the
issuance of such Additional Securities and from any exercise of
rights contained in such Additional Securities, directly
and
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through the General Partner, to the Partnership;
provided, however, that the General Partner is allowed to issue
Additional Securities in connection with an acquisition of a
property to be held directly by the General Partner, but if and
only if, such direct acquisition and issuance of Additional
Securities have been approved and determined to be in the best
interests of the General Partner and the Partnership by a majority
of the Independent Directors. Without limiting the foregoing, the
General Partner is expressly authorized to issue Additional
Securities for less than fair market value, and 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 is in the best interests
of the General Partner and the Partnership, including without
limitation, the issuance of REIT Shares and corresponding
Partnership Units pursuant to an employee share purchase plan
providing for employee purchases of REIT Shares at a discount from
fair market value or employee stock options that have an exercise
price that is less than the fair market value of the REIT Shares,
either at the time of issuance or at the time of exercise, and
(y) the General Partner contributes all proceeds from such
issuance to the Partnership. For example, in the event the General
Partner issues REIT Shares for a cash purchase price and
contributes all of the proceeds of such issuance to the Partnership
as required hereunder, the General Partner shall be issued a number
of additional Partnership Units equal to the product of
(A) the number of such REIT Shares issued by the General
Partner, the proceeds of which were so contributed, multiplied by
(B) a fraction, the numerator of which is 100%, and the
denominator of which is the Conversion Factor in effect on the date
of such contribution.
(b) Certain Deemed Contributions
of Proceeds of Issuance of REIT Shares . In connection with any
and all issuances of REIT Shares, the General Partner shall make
Capital Contributions to the Partnership of the proceeds therefrom,
provided that if the proceeds actually received and contributed 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
the General Partner shall be deemed to have made Capital
Contributions to the Partnership in the aggregate amount of the
gross proceeds of such issuance and the Partnership shall be deemed
simultaneously to have paid such offering expenses in accordance
with Section 6.5 hereof and in connection with the required
issuance of additional Partnership Units to the General Partner for
such Capital Contributions pursuant to Section 4.2(a)
hereof.
(c) Minimum Limited Partnership
Interest . In the event that either a redemption pursuant to
Section 8.5 hereof or additional Capital Contributions by the
General Partner would result in the Limited Partners, in the
aggregate, owning less than the Minimum Limited Partnership
Interest, the General Partner and the Limited Partners (other than
the Limited Partners that own only Special Partnership Units) shall
form another partnership and contribute sufficient Limited
Partnership Interests (other than Special Partnership Units)
together with such other Limited Partners so that the limited
partners of such partnership own at least the Minimum Limited
Partnership Interest.
4.3 Additional Funding
. If the General Partner
determines that it is in the best interests of the Partnership to
provide for additional Partnership funds (“Additional
Funds”) for any Partnership purpose, the General Partner may
(i) cause the Partnership to obtain such funds from outside
borrowings, or (ii) elect to have the General Partner or any
of its Affiliates provide such Additional Funds to the Partnership
through loans or otherwise, provided, however, that the
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Partnership may not borrow money from its
Affiliates, unless a majority of the Directors of the General
Partner (including a majority of Independent Directors) not
otherwise interested in such transaction approve the transaction as
being fair, competitive, and commercially reasonable and no less
favorable to the Partnership than loans between unaffiliated
parties under the same circumstances.
4.4 Capital Accounts
. A separate capital
account (a “Capital Account”) shall be established and
maintained for each Partner in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). If (i) a new or existing
Partner acquires an additional Partnership Interest in exchange for
more than a de minimis Capital Contribution, (ii) the
Partnership distributes to a Partner more than a de minimis amount
of Partnership property or money as consideration for a Partnership
Interest, or (iii) the Partnership is liquidated within the
meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), the
General Partner shall revalue the property of the Partnership to
its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, in its
sole and absolute discretion, and taking into account
Section 7701(g) of the Code) in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f). When the Partnership’s
property is revalued by the General Partner, the Capital Accounts
of the Partners shall be adjusted in accordance with Regulations
Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and (g), which generally require such
Capital Accounts to be adjusted to reflect the manner in which the
unrealized gain or loss inherent in such property (that has not
been reflected in the Capital Accounts previously) would be
allocated among the Partners pursuant to Section 5.1 if there
were a taxable disposition of such property for its fair market
value (as determined by the General Partner, in its sole and
absolute discretion, and taking into account Section 7701(g)
of the Code) on the date of the revaluation.
4.5 Percentage Interests
. If the number of
outstanding Partnership Units increases or decreases during a
taxable year, each Partner’s Percentage Interest shall be
adjusted by the General Partner effective as of the effective date
of each such increase or decrease to a percentage equal to the
number of Partnership Units held by such Partner divided by the
aggregate number of Partnership Units outstanding after giving
effect to such increase or decrease. If the Partners’
Percentage Interests are adjusted pursuant to this
Section 4.5, the Profits and Losses for the taxable year in
which the adjustment occurs shall be allocated between the part of
the year ending on the day when the Partnership’s property is
revalued by the General Partner and the part of the year beginning
on the following day either (i) as if the taxable year had
ended on the date of the adjustment or (ii) based on the
number of days in each part. The General Partner, in its sole and
absolute discretion, shall determine which method shall be used to
allocate Profits and Losses for the taxable year in which the
adjustment occurs. The allocation of Profits and Losses for the
earlier part of the year shall be based on the Percentage Interests
before adjustment, and the allocation of Profits and Losses for the
later part shall be based on the adjusted Percentage
Interests.
4.6 No Interest On
Contributions . No
Partner shall be entitled to interest on its Capital
Contribution.
4.7 Return Of Capital
Contributions . No
Partner shall be entitled to withdraw any part of its Capital
Contribution or its Capital Account or to receive any distribution
from the Partnership, except as specifically provided in this
Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, there shall be no
obligation to return to any Partner or withdrawn Partner any part
of such Partner’s Capital Contribution for so long as the
Partnership continues in existence.
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4.8 No Third Party
Beneficiary . No
creditor or other third party having dealings with the Partnership
shall have the right to enforce the right or obligation of any
Partner to make Capital Contributions or loans or to pursue any
other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity, it being
understood and agreed that the provisions of this Agreement shall
be solely for the benefit of, and may be enforced solely by, the
parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. None of
the rights or obligations of the Partners herein set forth to make
Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership shall be deemed
an asset of the Partnership for any purpose by any creditor or
other third party, nor may such rights or obligations be sold,
transferred or assigned by the Partnership or pledged or encumbered
by the Partnership to secure any debt or other obligation of the
Partnership or of any of the Partners. In addition, it is the
intent of the parties hereto that no distribution to any Limited
Partner shall be deemed a return of money or other property in
violation of the Act. However, if any court of competent
jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the provisions of this
Agreement, any Limited Partner is obligated to return such money or
property, such obligation shall be the obligation of such Limited
Partner and not of the General Partner. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, a deficit Capital Account of a Partner
shall not be deemed to be a liability of such Partner nor an asset
or property of the Partnership.
ARTICLE 5
PROFITS AND LOSSES;
DISTRIBUTIONS
5.1 Allocation of Profit and
Loss .
(a) General . Profit and Loss
(or items thereof) of the Partnership for each fiscal year or other
applicable period of the Partnership shall be allocated among the
OP Unitholders in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests.
(b) General Partner Gross Income
Allocation . There shall be specially allocated to the General
Partner an amount of (i) first, items of Partnership income
and (ii) second, items of Partnership gain during each fiscal
year or other applicable period, before any other allocations are
made hereunder, in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the
cumulative distributions made to the General Partner under
Section 6.5(b) over the cumulative allocations of Partnership
income and gain to the General Partner under this
Section 5.1(b).
(c) Special Allocation with
Respect to Sales. The items of Profit and Loss of the
Partnership for each fiscal year or other applicable period from
Sales, other than any such items allocated under
Section 5.1(b), shall be allocated among the Partners in a
manner that will, as nearly as possible (after giving effect to the
allocations under Section 5.1(a), 5.1(b) and 5.1(d), cause the
Capital Account balance of each Partner at the end of such fiscal
year or other applicable period to equal (i) the amount of the
hypothetical distribution that such Partner would receive if the
Partnership were liquidated on the last day of such period and all
assets of the Partnership, including cash, were sold for cash equal
to their Carrying Value, taking into account any adjustments
thereto for such period, all liabilities of the Partnership were
satisfied in full in cash according to their terms (limited with
respect to each nonrecourse liability to the Carrying
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Value of the assets securing such liability) and
Net Sales Proceeds (after satisfaction of such liabilities) were
distributed in full pursuant to Section 5.2(b)(i), minus
(ii) the sum of such Partner’s share of Partnership
Minimum Gain and Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain and the
amount, if any and without duplication, that the Partner would be
obligated to contribute to the capital of the Partnership, all
computed as of the date of the hypothetical sale of assets
.
(d) Nonrecourse Deductions;
Minimum Gain Chargeback . Notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary, (i) any expense of the Partnership that is a
“nonrecourse deduction” within the meaning of
Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1) shall be allocated in
accordance with the Partners’ respective Percentage
Interests, (ii) any expense of the Partnership that is a
“partner nonrecourse deduction” within the meaning of
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2) shall be allocated to the
Partner that bears the “economic risk of loss” with
respect to the liability to which such deductions are attributable
in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1),
(iii) if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain
within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(1) for
any Partnership taxable year, then, subject to the exceptions set
forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(2),(3), (4) and
(5), items of gain and income shall be allocated among the Partners
in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and the
ordering rules contained in Regulations Section 1.704-2(j),
and (iv) if there is a net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse
Debt Minimum Gain within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(4) for any Partnership taxable year, then,
subject to the exceptions set forth in Regulations
Section 1.704-(2)(g), items of gain and income shall be
allocated among the Partners in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and the ordering rules contained in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(j). A Partner’s
“interest in partnership profits” for purposes of
determining its share of the excess nonrecourse liabilities of the
Partnership within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.752-3(a)(3) shall be such Partner’s Percentage
Interest.
(e) Qualified Income Offset.
If a Partner unexpectedly receives in any taxable year an
adjustment, allocation, or distribution described in subparagraphs
(4), (