ThisTHIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (together with all exhibits, annexes and schedules hereto, this “Agreement”) of Newmark Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), dated as of September 26, 2018, is by and among Newmark Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Newmark Holdings, LLC”), as the general partner; Newmark Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Newmark Holdings”), as a limited partner; Newmark Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Newmark”), for purposes ofArticle IX and as a limited partner; Royal Bank of Canada (the “Preferred Unitholder”), as a limited partner; and the Persons to be admitted as Partners (as defined below) or otherwise parties hereto as set forth herein.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Partnership was formed as a limited partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, Del. Code Ann. tit. 6, §17-101, et seq., as amended from time to time (the “Act”), pursuant to an Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated as of September 27, 2017, by and among Newmark Holdings, LLC, as the general partner, and BGC Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“BGC U.S. Opco”), as the sole limited partner (the “Original Limited Partnership Agreement”);
WHEREAS, BGC Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“BGC Partners”), BGC Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“BGC Holdings”), BGC U.S. Opco (together with BGC Partners and BGC Holdings, the “BGC Entities”), Newmark, Newmark Holdings, the Partnership and, solely for the limited purposes set forth therein, Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Cantor”), and BGC Global Holdings, L.P. a Cayman Island limited partnership (“BGC Global Opco”), entered into that certain Separation Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2017 (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Separation Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the BGC Entities agreed to separate the Transferred Business from the Retained Business (as defined in the Separation Agreement) so that, as of the Closing Date (as defined in the Separation Agreement), the Transferred Business is held by members of the Newmark Group and the Retained Business is held by members of the BGC Partners Group (the “Separation”);
WHEREAS, to effect the Separation, pursuant to the terms of the Separation Agreement and in furtherance of the Separation, BGC U.S. Opco distributed certain Transferred Assets (or interests therein) to its partners, and its partners assumed certain Transferred Liabilities (or obligations in respect thereof), and, thereafter, such partners of BGC U.S. Opco transferred such assets and such liabilities to the Partnership (together, the “Opco Partnership Division”);
WHEREAS, immediately following the Opco Partnership Division, (a) BGC Holdings held all of the outstanding equity interests in the General Partner (which held the Special Voting Limited Partnership Interest), and (b) members of the BGC Partners Inc. Group, taken as a whole, and members of the BGC Holdings Group, taken as a whole, held all of the outstanding Limited Partnership Interests in the same aggregate proportions that such members of the BGC Partners Inc. Group, taken as a whole, on the one hand, and such members of the BGC Holdings Group, taken as a whole, on the other hand, held the outstanding BGC U.S. Opco Limited Partnership Interests, with the total number of Units equal to the total number of BGC U.S. Opco Unitsmultiplied by the Contribution Ratio;
WHEREAS, following the Opco Partnership Division, pursuant to the terms of the Separation Agreement and in furtherance of the Separation, BGC Holdings transferred to Newmark Holdings (a) all of the equity interests in the General Partner (which held the Special Voting Limited Partnership Interest), (b) the Limited Partnership Interest that BGC Holdings held following the Opco Partnership Division and (c) any other Transferred Assets or Transferred Liabilities held by it;