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EXHIBIT 99.1
URBAN IMPROVEMENT FUND LIMITED 1974, LP
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
This Agreement ("Agreement") is made as of August 25, 2006 by
and between
Interfinancial Real Estate Management Company, a Washington
corporation as
general partner (the "General Partner"), and SP Millennium
L.L.C., a Washington
limited liability company, as initial limited partner ("Initial
Limited
Partner"). Each of the persons, in addition to the Initial
Limited Partner who
are admitted to the partnership created hereby (the
"Partnership") is referred
to herein as a Limited Partner or collectively as the "Limited
Partners." The
Partnership is formed pursuant to the Delaware Revised Uniform
Limited
Partnership Act as in effect in the State of Delaware (the
"Act").
A. The General Partner filed a Certificate of Limited
Partnership with the
Delaware Secretary of State on August 18, 2006, to form the
Partnership.
B. The General Partner is a general partner of Urban Improvement
Fund
Limited - 1974, a California limited partnership (the "Prior
Partnership").
C. The Prior Partnership and the Partnership intend to enter
into a Merger
Agreement of even date herewith, pursuant to which the General
Partner shall
succeed to its general partnership interest in the Prior
Partnership and the
existing limited partners of the Prior Partnership will be
admitted to the
Partnership.
WHEREAS, the parties now desire to establish the terms and
conditions under
which the Partnership will operate and be managed.
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the General
Partner and the
Limited Partners (each, a "Partner" and collectively, the
"Partners") hereby
agree as follows:
1. Name and Principal Office. URBAN IMPROVEMENT FUND LIMITED
1974, LP, 1201
Third Avenue, Suite 5400, Seattle, Washington 98101. The
principal office of the
General Partner is 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 5400, Seattle,
Washington 98101. The
Partnership may also do business under any other names or in
such other places
as the General Partner may designate by written notice to the
Limited Partners.
2. Term. From the date of this Agreement to December 31, 2015
unless
extended or sooner terminated as provided herein; provided, that
such term shall
not be extended beyond February 21, 2021.
3. Purposes. (a) To acquire real or personal property (including
debt and
equity interests in any partnership, or joint venture which is a
limited
distribution entity as defined by Federal Housing Administration
Rules and
Regulations), for the purpose of (i) acquiring, financing,
constructing,
improving, managing and/or operating government-assisted or
other housing
projects (the "Projects") or (ii) any other purpose authorized
by this
Agreement; (b) to hold, own, maintain, manage, improve, develop,
operate, sell,
transfer, convey, lease, mortgage, exchange or otherwise dispose
of or deal in
or with such property; and (c) to perform any acts to accomplish
the foregoing
purposes.
4. Partnership Interests. The entire interest in the Partnership
shall be
divided into 115 General Partner Interests and 11,394 Limited
Partnership
Interests (all of which interests are collectively referred to
as the "Units")
(the interest held by a partner in the Partnership may also be
referred to as a
"Partnership Interest" or "Limited Partnership Interest").
Following completion
of the Merger Agreement, the name, address of, and number of
Units held by, the
General Partner and each Limited Partner will be as shown on
Schedule A attached
hereto. All Units shall, unless herein provided to the contrary,
be treated
equally for all purposes. Limited Partnership Units shall be
nonassessable.
5. Capital Contributions; Merger. The General Partner and the
Initial
Limited Partner have each contributed $100 to the capital of the
Partnership
but shall not be issued Units in connection therewith. Upon the
closing of the
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Merger, as defined in the Merger Agreement, (i) the Partnership
shall pay to the
Initial Limited Partner and the General Partner the amount of
$100 each,
respectively; (ii) the Initial Limited Partner shall be treated
as having had
its interest in the Partnership redeemed; (iii) the limited
partners of the
Prior Partnership shall be admitted to the Partnership with
capital accounts in
such amount as they shall have in the Prior Partnership and (iv)
the General
Partner shall succeed to the capital account it had in the Prior
Partnership. No
partner is entitled to the return of all or any part of his
contribution prior
to partial or total liquidation of the Partnership, or to
receive interest on
such contribution. The "Capital Account" for each Unit as of any
date is the
cash contributed to the Partnership in respect of such Unit,
properly adjusted
to reflect as of such date profits, losses and cash
distributions with respect
to such Partnership Interest.
6. Organizational Expenses. The Partnership shall pay all
formation and
organization expenses of the Partnership.
7. Profits and Losses. The General Partner shall at all times
have at least
a 1% interest in each material item of income, gain, loss,
deduction and credit,
arising from its capital contributions. The Limited Partners
shall share the
remaining profits, losses and any special allocations in
proportion to their
respective Units of Limited Partnership Interests. For the
purpose of Sections
702 and 704 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or the
corresponding sections
of any future federal internal revenue law, or any similar tax
law of any state
or other jurisdiction, the determination of each Limited
Partner's distributive
share of any Partnership item of income, gain, loss, deduction,
credit or
allowance for any Partnership accounting year or other period
shall be made in
accordance with the proportion that such Limited Partner's Units
bear to all
Limited Partners' Units outstanding. In the event of the
transfer of a Unit, the
distributive share of the aforesaid Partnership items (in
respect of the Unit so
transferred) shall be allocated between the transferor and the
transferee in
proportion to the number of days each held the Units during the
year.
8. Cash Distributions. The General Partner shall distribute
annually
substantially all of the Partnership's net cash flow as defined
herein. The
General Partner shall be entitled to receive 1% of the net cash
flow to be
distributed and the Limited Partners shall receive, in
proportion to their
respective Units, the balance of the distributed cash flow. Net
Cash Flow shall
mean the Partnership's share of all cash receipts derived from
the ownership of
a Project or interest therein (exclusive of any proceeds from
the sale of
Projects, financings or other extraordinary transactions not in
the ordinary
course of business) less (i) expenses, (ii) such reserves as the
General Partner
deems reasonably necessary for the proper operation of the
Partnership's
business, and (iii) any expenditures authorized by this
Agreement. The General
Partner may at its discretion reinvest or distribute all or any
portion of the
proceeds from the disposition or refinancing of any Project or
interest therein,
provided that the Limited Partners shall have first received an
amount
sufficient to pay state and federal long-term capital gains
taxes from the sale
of such Project, if any, calculated at the maximum rate then in
effect. To the
extent that such proceeds are not reinvested or committed within
12 months from
the date of the sale or refinancing, they shall be distributed.
The General
Partner shall designate a record date to determine Partners
entitled to cash
distributions, which shall not be less than 10 days nor more
than 15 days before
each cash distribution. The Partnership shall cause to be
maintained records
reflecting the name, address and number of Partnership Interests
held by each
Partner for the purpose of determining recipients of cash
distributions and
notices.
9. The General Partner. A. Powers. The General Partner has
complete
discretion in the management and control of the business of the
Partnership for
the purposes herein stated and shall make all decisions
affecting the business
of the Partnership and shall manage and control the affairs of
the Partnership
to the best of its abilities and use its best efforts to carry
out the purposes
of the Partnership. The powers of the General Partner include,
but are not
limited to, the powers: (i) to expend the capital and profits of
the Partnership
in furtherance of the Partnership's business; (ii) to acquire,
hold (in the
Partnership's name or under any other title arrangement selected
by the General
Partner), lease, sell, mortgage, convey or refinance any real or
personal
property, including Projects or any interest therein, at such
price and upon
such terms, as it deems to be in the best interests of the
Partnership, (iii) to
borrow money and execute promissory notes and to secure the same
by mortgage
upon the Partnership's property; (iv) to invest in short-term
debt obligations
(including obligations of federal and state governments and
their agencies,
commercial paper, and certificates of deposit of commercial
banks, savings banks
or savings and loan associations) such funds as are temporarily
not required for
investment in Projects or other Partnership property; (v) to
lend money in
furtherance of the Partnership's purposes; and (vi) to enter
into and carry out
agreements of any kind (provided, however, all contracts with
the General
Partner or its affiliates must provide for termination by the
Partnership on
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60 days written notice, without penalty) and to do any and all
other acts and
things necessary, proper, convenient or advisable to effectuate
and carry out
the purposes of the Partnership.
B. Duties. The General Partner shall (i) devote such of its time
as is
deemed necessary to the affairs of the Partnership; (ii) file
and publish all
certificates, notices, statements or other instruments required
by law for
formation and operation of the Partnership in all appropriate
jurisdictions;
(iii) cause the Partnership to carry adequate public liability,
property damage
and other insurance all of which may name the General Partner as
the sole
insured; (iv) indemnify and hold the Partnership harmless from
any loss, damage
or liability due to, or arising out of, the General Partner's
breach of
fiduciary duty; (v) maintain Capital Accounts on the books and
records of the
Partnership in respect of each Partnership Interest; and (vi)
hold all funds and
assets of the Partnership as a fiduciary for the exclusive use
of the
Partnership. The General Partner may become a Limited Partner
and thereby become
entitled to all of the rights of a Limited Partner to the extent
of the Units so
acquired; provided, however, that such acquisition of Units
shall not reduce any
liability of the General Partner under this Agreement.
C. Investment Policies. Notwithstanding any provision in
this
Agreement to the contrary, it is understood and agreed that:
(1) In conducting, carrying on and managing the business of
the
Partnership, the General Partner shall follow the following
investment
policies, which may only be changed, altered or amended in
accordance with
Section 18 hereof: (i) the assets of the Partnership shall be
managed with
the goal of maximizing the overall financial return to the
Partnership
consistent with sound business practices, which may be in the
form of
operating profits or increases of the value of the assets to
enhance the
return to the Partners upon liquidation of the Partnership; (ii)
the
Partnership may invest in, acquire from, sell to, loan funds to,
enter into
joint ventures with, or otherwise enter into transactions with
other
entities, including entities in which the General Partner or its
affiliate
has an economic interest, all in connection with real estate
properties in
the United States; (iii) in the event the General Partner
authorizes one of
these activities in connection with a real estate project or
venture in
which the General Partner or one of its affiliates has a
financial
interest, the transaction between the Partnership and the
General Partner
or its affiliate shall be on commercially reasonable, arms'
length terms;
and (iv) any fees paid to the General Partner or any of its
affiliates in
connection with any of the operations of the Partnership in
addition to
those provided in Sections 9.E and 9.F, shall be on
commercially
reasonable, arms' length terms for similar services.
(2) The General Partner may delegate all or any of its powers,
rights
and obligations hereunder, and in furtherance of any such
delegation may
appoint, employ, contract or otherwise deal with any person for
the
transaction of the business of the Partnership, which persons
may, under
the supervision of the General Partner, perform any acts or
services for
the Partnership as the General Partner may approve.
D. Substitution of General Partner. Upon notice to all the
Partners,
the General Partner may substitute in its stead as general
partner any entity
which has by merger, consolidation or otherwise acquired
substantially all of
its assets and assumed its obligations hereunder, provided,
however, that any
such substituted general partner, if it is a corporation, shall
be able to
satisfy the net worth requirements set forth below.
E. Annual Management Fee. As compensation for services to
the
Partnership by the General Partner pursuant to the Agreement,
the Partnership
shall pay the General Partner an annual management fee based on
a fixed
percentage of 1/4 of 1% of the Partnership's invested assets.
The annual
management fee may not exceed 50% of the Partnership's annual
net cash flow as
defined in Section 8 hereof, subject to the payment of an annual
minimum which
shall be 1/2 of 1% of the gross offering proceeds. Management
fees earned but
unpaid accrue for payment in future years. The annual management
fee shall be
paid subject only to the annual minimum and the 50% limitation
referred to
above. Invested assets is defined as all costs of acquiring
interests in
projects, including the mortgages.
F. Liquidation Fee and Brokerage Fees. Upon total or partial
liquidation of the Partnership and distribution of the proceeds,
the then
General Partner will be entitled to a liquidation fee equal to
the lesser of (i)
10% of the net proceeds in the Partnership from the sale of a
project or (ii) 1%
of the sales price (including the mortgage), plus 3% of the net
proceeds after
assumed taxes at the then maximum federal individual income and
capital gains
tax rates; provided, however, no part of such fee shall accrue,
or be paid
unless: (i) the Limited Partners' share of the proceeds has been
distributed to
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them, (ii) the Limited Partners shall have first received an
amount equal to
their invested capital attributable in the project(s) sold, and
(iii) the
Limited Partners have received an amount sufficient to pay
federal long-term
capital gains taxes from the sale of the project(s), if any,
calculated at the
maximum rate then in effect. This fee may accrue but shall not
be paid until the
Limited Partners have received distributions equal to 100% of
their capital
investment.
The General Partner or an affiliate thereof may act as a
broker
in connection with the sale of a Project, and if such person
provides services
in the sales effort, it may receive a commission equal to the
amount of a
competitive real estate commission, subject to a maximum payment
to the General
Partner or affiliate of 4% of the sales price of the Project
(the total real
estate commission to be paid by the Partnership to all persons
in connection
with the sale of a Project shall not exceed a competitive real
estate commission
for sales of similar types of property).
In addition, in the event the General Partner or an
affiliate
provides services as a broker in connection with the refinancing
of a Project,
it may receive a fee equal to 4% of the refinancing amount;
provided, that the
total commission paid by the Partnership to all persons in
connection with the
refinancing of a Project shall not exceed a competitive fee for
refinancing
services in similar circumstances.
G. Compensation as Expense. All compensation due the General
Partner
pursuant to this Paragraph shall be treated as an expense to the
Partnership.
H. Payment to Others. The General Partner may pay compensation
to any
entity selected by it to perform any of the management functions
set forth
above.
I. Net Worth Covenant. The General Partner covenants with the
Limited
Partners that it will maintain a net worth equal to or greater
than the net
worth presently required by the Internal Revenue Service of
corporations acting
as general partner of limited partnerships in order to qualify
the Partnership
for the benefits of taxation as a partnership and not as an
association taxable
as a corporation.
J. Other Services. General overhead and administrative expenses
of the
General Partner will not be charged to the Partnership. However,
the Partnership
will bear all direct costs and expenses incurred in the conduct
of its business,
including without limitation, all costs and expenses for legal,
audit,
accounting and other technical and professional services,
reports and other
communications to investors, printing, postage, telephone and
telegraph, travel,
insurance, interest, messengers, office supplies, data
processing, taxes,
permits and licenses. In the event the General Partner or its
affiliates perform
property management services for the Partnership, any
compensation received or
paid by the Partnership for such services will be at competitive
prices and on
terms no less favorable than available from non-affiliated
persons rendering
comparable services. The Partnership does not have officers and
directors of its
own and salaries paid by the General Partner and its affiliates
to their
respective officers and directors will not be charged to the
Partnership. If the
General Partner or its affiliates incur costs or acquire goods
and materials for
the benefit of the Partnership such as computer time, the
General Partner or its
affiliates will be reimbursed for such actual costs by the
Partnership. Neither
the General Partner nor its affiliates may receive insurance
brokerage fees or
write insurance policies covering the Partnership or any
projects or other
investments of the Partnership.
10. The Limited Partners. No Limited Partner shall take part in
the control
or management of the business of the Partnership or transact any
business in the
name of the Partnership. No Limited Partner shall be subject to
calls or
assessments for cash contributions nor shall any Limited Partner
in his capacity
as such be bound by, or be personally liable for, any expense,
liability or
obligation of the Partnership, except to the extent of his
contribution to the
capital of the Partnership as adjusted and reflected in his
Capital Account.
The General Partner may be removed without cause by the
affirmative vote of
the holders of a majority of the Units outstanding. Expenses
incurred in the
removal, or attempted removal, of the General Partner shall be
deemed expenses
of the Partnership.
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11. Books, Records and Reports. The Partnership's books and
records and
this Agreement and all amendments thereto shall be maintained at
the principal
office of the Partnership and shall be open to the reasonable
inspection and
examination of the Partners or their duly authorized
representatives. Such books
and records shall be kept on a cash basis in accordance with
sound accounting
principles. The General Partner will make available and mail to
Limited
Partners, upon written request, a current list of the names and
addresses of,
and Units owned by, all Limited Partners. Any Partner or his
duly authorized
representative shall have the right to a private audit of the
books and records
of the Partnership to be conducted at such Partner's expense at
reasonable times
after due notice.
The General Partner will send the following reports to each
person who held
a Partnership Interest during the period covered by such
report:
(a) A report within 90 days after the end of each of the
Partnership's
fiscal years containing all information necessary for the
preparation of
the limited partners' federal income tax returns.
(b) An annual report within 180 days after the end of each of
the
Partnership's fiscal years containing (1) a balance sheet as of
the end of
the fiscal year, and a statement of income, partner's equity and
changes in
the financial position and a cash flow statement for the year
then ended,
all of which, except for the cash flow statement, shall be
prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
accompanied by
an auditor's report containing an unqualified opinion of an
independent
certified public accountant or independent accountant, (2) a
report of the
activities of the Partnership during the period covered by the
report, and
(3) if projections have been provided to the holders of Limited
Partnership
Interests, a table comparing the projections previously provided
with the
actual results during the period covered by the report. Such
report will
set forth distributions to limited partners for the period
covered thereby,
and shall separately identify distributions from cash flow from
operations
during the period, cash flow from operations during a prior
period which
had been held as reserves, proceeds from disposition of property
and
investments, and lease payments on net leases with builders and
sellers.
12. Banking . All funds of the Partnership shall be deposited in
a separate
bank account or accounts as shall be determined by the General
Partner. All
withdrawals therefrom shall be made upon checks signed by the
General Part
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