EXHIBIT 10.1
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
of
HARTMAN REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article 1. Partnership.................................................... 1
1.1 Creation of Partnership: Partnership Interests................. 1
1.2 Name........................................................... 1
Article 2. Definitions.................................................... 2
Article 3. Capitalization................................................. 9
3.1 Prior Capital.................................................. 9
3.2 Issuance and Redemption of Units............................... 9
3.3 Additional Funds...............................................17
3.4 Capital Accounts...............................................18
3.5 Interest on and Return of Capital..............................19
3.6 Negative Capital Accounts......................................19
3.7 Limit on Contributions and Obligations of Partners.............19
3.8 Redemption and Repurchase of Units.............................19
Article 4. Principal Office...............................................20
Article 5. Purposes and Powers of Partnership.............................20
5.1 Purposes of the Partnership....................................20
5.2 Powers.........................................................21
5.3 REIT Requirements..............................................21
Article 6. Term...........................................................21
Article 7. Allocations....................................................22
7.1 Profits........................................................22
7.2 Losses.........................................................22
7.3 Special Allocations............................................22
7.4 Curative Allocations...........................................24
7.5 Tax Allocations: Code Section 704(c)...........................25
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Article 8. Cash Available for Distribution................................25
8.1 Operating Cash Flow............................................25
8.2 Capital Cash Flow..............................................26
8.3 Consent to Allocations and Distributions.......................27
8.4 Right to Limit Distributions...................................27
Article 9. Management of Partnership......................................27
9.1 General Partner................................................27
9.2 Limitations on Power and Authority of Partners.................29
9.3 Limited Partners...............................................29
9.4 Liability of General Partner...................................29
9.5 Indemnity......................................................29
9.6 Other Activities of Partners and Agreements with Related
Parties........................................................30
9.7 Other Matters Concerning the General Partner...................30
9.8 Partner Exculpation............................................31
9.9 General Partner Expenses and Liabilities.......................32
Article 10. Banking........................................................32
Article 11. Accounting.....................................................32
11.1 Fiscal Year....................................................32
11.2 Books of Account...............................................32
11.3 Method of Accounting...........................................32
11.4 Section 754 Election...........................................33
11.5 Tax Matters Partner............................................33
11.6 Administrative Adjustments.....................................33
Article 12. Transfers of Partnership Interests.............................33
Article 13. Admission of New Partners......................................37
Article 14. Termination, Liquidation and Dissolution of Partnership........37
14.1 Termination Events.............................................37
14.2 Method of Liquidation..........................................37
14.3 Date of Termination............................................38
14.4 Reconstitution Upon Bankruptcy.................................39
14.5 Death, Legal Incompetency, Etc. of a Limited Partner...........39
Article 15. Power of Attorney..............................................40
Article 16. Amendment of Agreement.........................................40
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Article 17. Miscellaneous..................................................41
17.1 Notices........................................................41
17.2 Modifications..................................................42
17.3 Successors and Assigns.........................................42
17.4 Duplicate Originals............................................42
17.5 Construction...................................................42
17.6 Governing Law..................................................42
17.7 Other Instruments..............................................42
17.8 General Partner with Interest as Limited Partner...............43
17.9 Legal Construction.............................................43
17.10 Gender.........................................................43
17.11 Prior Agreements Superseded....................................43
17.12 No Third Party Beneficiary.....................................43
17.13 Purchase for Investment........................................43
17.14 Waiver.........................................................43
17.15 Counterparts...................................................44
Schedule A - Partners, Capital Accounts and Partnership Interests
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AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
of
HARTMAN REIT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
THIS AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (this "Agreement") has been
executed and delivered as of the 31st day of December, 1998, by Hartman
Commercial Properties REIT, a Texas real estate investment trust (the "General
Partner" or the "Company"), and those persons and entities identified as
"Limited Partners" in Schedule A (the "Limited Partners"), (the General Partner
and each Limited Partner being a "Partner" and collectively, the "Partners").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Partners deem it to be in their best interest to form the
Partnership in accordance with the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership
Act as amended (the "Act") and this Agreement.
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this
Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Partners agree as follows:
Article 1. Partnership.
1.1 Creation of Partnership: Partnership Interests. The
General Partner and the Limited Partners hereby organize, create and form a
partnership as a Delaware limited partnership according to all of the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and otherwise in accordance with the Act. The
General Partner is the sole general partner and the Limited Partners are the
sole limited partners of the Partnership. All Partnership profits, losses, and
distributive shares of tax items accruing prior to the date of this Agreement
shall be allocated in accordance with, and the respective rights and obligations
of the Partners with respect to the period prior to the date of this Agreement
shall be governed by the Prior Partnership Agreement. No Partner has any
interest in any Partnership property and the interest of all Partners in the
Partnership are, for all purposes, personal property.
1.2 Name. The Partnership name shall be "Hartman REIT
Operating Partnership, L.P.," but the General Partner may from time to time
change the name of the Partnership or may adopt such trade or fictitious names
as it may determine.
Article 2. Definitions.
1.1 As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the meanings set forth respectively after each:
"Act" shall mean the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act,
as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
"Adjusted Capital Account" shall mean, at any time, the then balance in
the Capital Account of a Partner, after giving effect to the following
adjustments:
(i) add to such Capital Account any amounts that
such Partner is deemed obligated to restore as described in the
penultimate sentences of Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(1) and
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5), or any successor provisions; and
(ii) subtract from such Capital Account the items
described in Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).
"Adjusted Capital Account Deficit" shall mean, with respect to any
Partner, the deficit balance, if any, in that Partner's Adjusted Capital
Account.
"Agreement" shall mean this Agreement of Limited Partnership, as it may
be amended from time to time.
"Bankruptcy" of a Partner shall mean (a) the filing by a Partner of a
voluntary petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement or
readjustment, in any form, of its debts under Title 11 of the United States Code
(or corresponding provisions of future laws) or any other federal or state
insolvency law, or a Partner's filing an answer consenting to or acquiescing in
any such petition, (b) the making by a Partner of any assignment for the benefit
of its creditors or the admission by a Partner in writing of its inability to
pay its debts as they mature, or (c) the expiration of sixty (60) days after the
filing of any involuntary petition under Title 11 of the United States Code (or
corresponding provisions of future laws), seeking liquidation, reorganization,
arrangement or readjustment of its debts under any other Federal or state
insolvency law, provided that the same shall not have been vacated, set aside or
stayed within such 60-day period.
"Business Day" means any day other than Saturday or Sunday during which
national banks located in Houston, Texas are customarily open for business.
"Capital Account" shall mean the capital account maintained by the
Partnership for each Partner as described in Section 3.4 below. The Capital
Account balance of each Partner who is a
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Partner as of the effective date of this Agreement shall be set forth opposite
such Partner's name on Schedule A hereto.
"Capital Cash Flow" shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.2
below.
"Capital Cash Flow Preference Units" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 8.2.
"Capital Contribution" shall mean, when used in respect of a Partner, if
applicable, the initial capital contribution of such Partner as set forth in
Section 3.1 below, and any other amounts of money or the fair market value of
other property contributed by such Partner to the capital of the Partnership
with respect to the Partner's interest in the Partnership, including the Capital
Contribution made by any predecessor holder of the Partnership Interest of such
Partner.
"Cash Amount" means an amount of cash equal to the value of the REIT
Shares Amount based upon the Market Price on the date of receipt by the General
Partner of a Notice of Redemption.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may be
amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
"Common Share" means a common share of beneficial interest in the
Company.
"Company" means Hartman Commercial Properties REIT, a Texas real estate
investment trust and the General Partner of the Partnership.
"Contributing Partner" shall have the meaning provided in clause (v) of
Section 3.2(B) below.
"Declaration of Trust" shall mean the Declaration of Trust of the
Company, as amended.
"Depreciation" shall mean for any fiscal year or portion thereof, an
amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction
allowable with respect to an asset for such period for Federal income tax
purposes, except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its
adjusted basis for Federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such period,
Depreciation shall be an amount that bears the same relationship to such
beginning Gross Asset Value as the depreciation, amortization or cost recovery
deduction in such period for Federal income tax purposes bears to the beginning
adjusted tax basis; provided, however, that if the adjusted basis for Federal
income tax purposes of an asset at the beginning of such period is zero,
Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset
Value using any reasonable method selected by the General Partner.
"Determination Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(B)
or, as applicable, Section 3.2(C) (wherein it is described as the "Specified
Redemption Date").
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"Exchange Date" shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(G).
"FPAA" shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.6.
"General Partner" means Hartman Commercial Properties REIT, a Texas real
estate investment trust sometimes also referred to in this Agreement as the
"Company".
"Gross Asset Value" means, with respect to any Partnership asset, the
asset's adjusted basis for Federal income tax purposes, except as follows:
(i) The initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed
by a Partner to the Partnership shall be the gross fair market value of
such asset, as determined by the General Partner;
(ii) The Gross Asset Value of all Partnership assets shall be
adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as
determined by the General Partner, as of the following times: (a) the
acquisition of an additional interest in the Partnership by any new or
existing Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital
Contribution; (b) the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of
more than a de minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration
for an interest in the Partnership; and (c) the liquidation of the
Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); provided, however, that adjustments pursuant to
clauses (a) and (b) above shall be made only if the General Partner
reasonably determines that such adjustments are necessary or appropriate
to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners in the
Partnership;
(iii) The Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset
distributed to any Partner shall be adjusted to equal the gross fair
market value of such asset on the date of distribution as determined by
the General Partner; and
(iv) The Gross Asset Value of Partnership assets shall be
increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted
basis of such assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section
743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into
account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m) and paragraph (vi) of the definition of Profits and
Losses and Section 7.3(G) below; provided, however, that Gross Asset
Value shall not be adjusted pursuant to this paragraph (iv) to the
extent the General Partner determines that an adjustment pursuant to
paragraph (ii) above is necessary or appropriate in connection with a
transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to
this paragraph (iv).
If the Gross Asset Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to
paragraphs (i), (ii) or (iv) above, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be
adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for
purposes of computing Profits and Losses.
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"IRS" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.6.
"Issuance Date" means with respect to OP Units owned by a Partner, the
date upon which such OP Units are issued to such Partner (and with respect to
Preference Units, shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable Preference
Unit Term Sheet).
"Limited Partner" shall mean any Person (i) whose name is set forth as a
Limited Partner on Schedule A attached hereto or who has become a Limited
Partner pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and (ii) who
holds a partnership interest. "Limited Partners" means all such persons.
"Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners" shall mean, as of any
given time, Limited Partners who own more than fifty percent (50%) of the
Percentage Interests in the Partnership held by Limited Partners.
"Market Price" means, with respect to any Specified Redemption Date: (a)
the last reported sales price per share of the Common Shares at the close of
trading (whether or not the last reported sale occurred on such date) as
reported in the Wall Street Journal on the first Business Day of the calendar
quarter immediately preceding the date of receipt by the General Partner of the
Notice of Redemption, or (b) if the Common Shares are not traded on a national
exchange, the fair market value of the Common Shares as determined by a third
party appraiser chosen by the General Partner on the first Business Day of the
calendar quarter immediately preceding the date of receipt by the General
Partner of the Notice of Redemption.
"Nonrecourse Deductions" has the meaning set forth in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(c).
"Nonrecourse Liability" has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section
1.752-1(a)(2).
"Notice of Redemption" means a written notice delivered by a Redeeming
Partner to the Partnership (with a copy to the General Partner) under Section
3.2(C), pursuant to which the Redeeming Partner exercises the Redemption Right
with respect to all or a portion of its OP Units in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.2(C).
"Operating Cash Flow" shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.1.
"OP Units" are units of Partnership Interest more particularly described
in Section 3.2.
"OP Unit Value" shall mean, as of any given time, the number of OP Units
into which a Preference Unit is convertible (whether or not the conversion can
then be effected), or the value of the Preference Unit expressed in OP Units if
the Preference Unit is not convertible into OP Units, as provided for in the
applicable Preference Unit Term Sheet or Other Securities Term Sheet.
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"Other Securities" shall have the meaning set forth in clause (iv) of
Section 3.2(B).
"Other Securities Term Sheet" shall have the meaning provided in clause
(f) of Section 3.2(B).
"Partner Nonrecourse Debt" has the meaning set forth in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(b)(4).
"Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain" has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i).
"Partner Nonrecourse Deductions" has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i).
"Partners" shall mean, collectively, the General Partner and the Limited
Partners, or any additional or successor partners of the Partnership admitted to
the Partnership in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. References to a
Partner shall be to any one of the Partners.
"Partnership Interest" shall mean the ownership interest of a Partner in
the Partnership at any particular time, including the right of such Partner to
any and all benefits to which such Partner may be entitled as provided in this
Agreement, and to the extent not inconsistent with this Agreement, under the
Act, together with the obligations of such Partner to comply with all of the
terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Act.
"Partnership Minimum Gain" has the meaning set forth in Regulations
Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d).
"Percentage Interest" shall mean, as to each Partner, the quotient
(expressed as a percentage) arrived at by dividing (i) the sum of the OP Unit
Value of any Preference Units held by that Partner and the number of OP Units
held by that Partner, by (ii) the sum of the OP Unit Value of all Preference
Units issued and outstanding at the time and the total number of OP Units issued
and outstanding at the time. The respective Percentage Interests of the Partners
as of the date of this Agreement are set forth in Schedule A attached to this
Agreement.
"Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, limited
liability company or other entity.
"Preference Units" are units of Partnership Interest more particularly
described in Section 3.2(A).
"Preference Unit Term Sheet" shall have the meaning provided in clause
(e) of Section 3.2(B).
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"Private Transfer" shall mean:
(i) transfers in which the basis of the Partnership Interest
in the hands of the transferee is determined, in whole or in part, by
reference to its basis in the hands of the transferor or is determined
under Code Section 732;
(ii) transfers at death, including transfers from an estate
or testamentary trust;
(iii) transfers between members of a family;
(iv) transfers involving the issuance of interests by (or on
behalf of) the Partnership in exchange for cash, property, or services;
(v) transfers involving distributions from a qualified
retirement plan or an individual retirement account;
(vi) the transfer by a Partner and any related persons
(within the meaning of Code Section 267(b) or 707(b)(1)) in one or more
transactions during any 30 calendar day period of Partnership Interests
representing in the aggregate more than 2 percent of the total interests
in Partnership capital or profits;
(vii) transfers by one or more Partners of interest
representing in the aggregate 50 percent or more of the total interest
in Partnership capital and profits in one transaction or a series of
related transactions; and
(viii) transfers not recognized by the Partnership.
"Profits" and "Losses" shall mean for each fiscal year or portion
thereof, an amount equal to the Partnership's items of taxable income or loss
for such year or period, determined by the General Partner in accordance with
Code Section 703(a) with the following adjustments:
(i) any income which is exempt from Federal income tax and
not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses shall be
added to taxable income or loss;
(ii) any expenditures of the Partnership described in Code
Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B)
expenditures under Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i) and not
otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses, will be
subtracted from taxable income or loss;
(iii) in the event that the Gross Asset Value of any
Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to the definition of Gross Asset
Value contained in this Article 2, the amount of
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such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the
disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Profits and Losses;
(iv) gain or loss resulting from any disposition of
Partnership assets with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for
Federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Gross
Asset Value of the property disposed of, notwithstanding that the
adjusted tax basis of such property differs from its Gross Asset Value;
(v) in lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost
recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income
or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such fiscal
year or other period;
(vi) to the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of
any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section
743(b) is required pursuant to Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) to be taken into account in determining Capital
Accounts as a result of a distribution other than in complete
liquidation of a Partner's Partnership Interest, the amount of such
adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment
increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases
the basis of the asset) from the disposition of the asset and shall be
taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses; and
(vii) any items specially allocated pursuant to Section 7.3 or
Section 7.4 shall not be considered in determining Profits or Losses.
"Recapitalization" shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(F).
"Record Date" shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1.
"Redeeming Partner" shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(C).
"Redemption Amount" means either the Cash Amount or the REIT Shares
Amount as determined pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof.
"Redemption Right" shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(C).
"Regulations" shall mean the Income Tax Regulations, including Temporary
Regulations, promulgated under the Code, as such regulations may be amended from
time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).
"REIT" shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.3.
"REIT Requirements" shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.3.
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"REIT Shares Amount" means a number of Common Shares equal to the number
of OP Units offered for redemption by a Redeeming Partner, as adjusted pursuant
to Sections 3.2(F) and (G).
"Residual Operating Cash Flow Preference Units" shall have the meaning
provided in Section 8.1.
"Rights" shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2(G).
"Specified Redemption Date" means with respect to a Redeeming Partner,
the date that is ten Business Days after receipt by the General Partner of the
Notice of Redemption from such Partner.
"TMP" shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.5.
"Transfer" shall have the meaning provided in Section 12(B).
"Transferee" shall have the meaning provided in Section 12(B).
"Units" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(A).
Article 3. Capitalization.
3.1 Prior Capital. As of the effective date hereof, the
General Partner will contribute $1,000 to the Partnership and the Limited
Partners will make contributions of cash and/or property to the Partnership, and
the amount of such cash contributions and the Gross Asset Value of such in-kind
Capital Contributions are reflected in the Capital Account balance of each such
Partner as set forth opposite such Partner's name on the attached Schedule A
under the heading "Agreed Capital Account".
3.2 Issuance and Redemption of Units.
A. The interest of a Partner in the Partnership is referred
to as being evidenced by one or more "Units." Units may be either "OP
Units" or "Preference Units":
(ii) An "OP Unit" is a unit of Partnership Interest
that, as more particularly provided for below in Section 3.2(C),
may be redeemed for the Redemption Amount.
(ii) A "Preference Unit" is a unit of Partnership
Interest having such rights, preferences and other privileges,
variations and designations as may be determined by the General
Partner in its sole and absolute discretion (but not in
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violation of the provisions of Section 3.2(B) or the terms of
any other Preference Unit(s) Term Sheets). There may be more
than one series or class of Preference Units having differing
terms and conditions, but all Preference Units within a given
series or class shall have the same rights, preferences and
other privileges, variations and designations. With respect to
each series or class of Preference Units, the General Partner
may also, in its discretion, determine and fix, among other
terms and conditions, any of the following: (a) the series to
which such Preference Units shall belong, (b) the distribution
rate therefor, (c) the price at and the terms and conditions on
which such Preference Units may be redeemed, (d) the amount
payable in respect of such Preference Units in the event of
involuntary or voluntary liquidation, (e) the terms and
conditions on which such Preference Units may be converted and
the securities into which such Preference Units may be converted
(and/or the valuation of such Preference Units as measured in OP
Units), if such Preference Units are issued with the privilege
of conversion, and (f) the number of such Preference Units to be
issued as a part of such series. Once determined and fixed as
herein provided, however, the terms and conditions of a
particular series or class of Preference Units may not be
changed without the written consent of the holders of at least
67% of the Preference Units within the class or series (or such
greater percentage as may be provided for in the applicable
Preference Unit Term Sheet or Other Securities Term Sheet, as
the case may be).
The aggregate total of all Units outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement is 1,604,737 (assuming full conversion of all outstanding
Preference Units into OP Units). As of the date of this Agreement, each
Partner is deemed to hold Units as shown on Schedule A.
A. From time to time hereafter, subject to and in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.2(B), the General
Partner shall cause the Partnership to issue additional Units as
follows:
(iii) OP Units to the Company upon the issuance by the
Company of additional Common Shares (other than in exchange for
OP Units) and the contribution of the net proceeds thereof as a
Capital Contribution to the Partnership as provided for in
Section 3.3(B) below, it being understood, however, that the
Company may issue Common Shares in connection with share option
plans, dividend reinvestment plans, restricted share plans or
other benefit or compensation plans (for example, shares issued
in lieu of fees or compensation) without receiving any proceeds
and that the issuance of such Common Shares shall nonetheless
entitle the Company to receive additional OP Units pursuant to
this clause (i);
(iv) OP Units to Partners (including itself) that
hold Preference Units that are convertible into OP Units, upon
the exercise of such conversion in
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accordance with the terms and conditions of the Preference Unit
Term Sheet or Other Securities Term Sheet applicable thereto;
(v) OP Units to Partners holding OP Units (including
itself) if and to the extent of each such Partner's
participation in any reinvestment program contemplated by
Section 3.3(C) below;
(vi) Preference Units to the Company upon the
issuance by the Company of securities other than Common Shares
whether debt or equity securities ("Other Securities") and the
contribution of the net proceeds thereof as a Capital
Contribution to the Partnership as provided for in Section
3.3(B) below; and
(vii) in all other cases, OP Units and/or Preference
Units, as determined by the General Partner, in its discretion,
to existing or newly-admitted Partners (including itself), in
exchange for the contribution by a Partner (the "Contributing
Partner") of Capital Contributions to the Partnership.
Issuance of OP Units as aforesaid shall be in accordance with the
following:
(a) the number of OP Units issued to the Company under
clause (i) of this Section 3.2(B) shall be equal to the number of Common
Shares issued;
(b) the number of OP Units issued to a Partner under clause
(ii) of this Section 3.2(B) shall be as provided for in the Preference
Unit Term Sheet or the Other Securities Term Sheet pursuant to which the
Preference Units being converted exist;
(c) the number of OP Units issued to a Limited Partner under
clause (iii) of this Section 3.2(B) shall be as provided for in the
applicable reinvestment program; and
(d) the number of OP Units issued to a Contributing Partner
under clause (v) of this Section 3.2(B) shall be equal to the quotient
(rounded to the nearest whole number) arrived at by dividing (x) the
initial Gross Asset Value of the property contributed as additional
Capital Contributions (net of any debt to which such property is subject
or assumed by the Partnership in connection with such contribution) by
(y) the Market Price (as hereinafter defined).
For purposes of this Section 3.2(B) only, the "Determination Date" shall
mean the trading date, preceding the issuance of the OP Units, selected
by the General Partner, in its discretion, based on the particular facts
and circumstances surrounding the proposed issuance of the OP Units in
question.
Issuance of Preference Units as aforesaid shall be in accordance with
the following:
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(e) Preference Units issued pursuant to clause (v) of this
Section 3.2(B) shall have the terms and conditions specified in an
agreement (a "Preference Unit Term Sheet") executed by and between the
Partnership (at the direction or in the discretion of the General
Partner) and the Contributing Partner. The number of Preference Units
issued to a Contributing Partner under clause (v) of this Section 3.2(B)
shall be equal to the quotient (rounded to the nearest whole number)
arrived at by dividing (x) the Initial Gross Asset Value of the property
contributed as additional capital contributions (net of any debt to
which such property is subject or assumed by the Partnership in
connection with such contribution) by (y) an amount provided for in the
Preference Unit Term Sheet; and
(f) Preference Units issued pursuant to clause (iv) of this
Section 3.2(B) shall have economic terms substantially identical to
those of the applicable Other Securities and such other terms and
conditions, all of which are specified in an agreement (an "Other
Securities Term Sheet") executed between the Partnership and the Company
and such Other Securities Term Sheet shall thereupon be a part of this
Agreement.
Units may also be issued to some or all of the Partners holding
Preference Units if and to the extent of such Partner's participation in
any reinvestment program contemplated by Section 3.3(C). Upon the
issuance of additional OP Units and/or Preference Units in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 3.2(B), each recipient of such Units
shall either execute this Agreement or a joinder to this Agreement
(which joinder, as to Preference Units, may be a part of any applicable
Preference Unit Term Sheet or Other Securities Term Sheet) and, as
applicable, the Percentage Interest of all of the Partners shall
thereupon be appropriately adjusted by the General Partner.
A. Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.2(D) and (F),
on or after the later of (i) the date which is one year after the
Issuance Date or (ii) upon the completion of an initial public offering
of the Common Shares of the Company pursuant to a registration statement
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, each Limited Partner
shall have the right (the "Redemption Right") to require the Partnership
to redeem on a Specified Redemption Date all or a portion of the OP
Units held by such Limited Partner at a redemption price equal to and in
the form of the Redemption Amount. The Redemption Right shall be
exercised pursuant to a Notice of Redemption delivered to the
Partnership (with a copy to the General Partner) by the Limited Partner
who is exercising the Redemption Right (the "Redeeming Partner");
provided, however, that the Partnership shall not be obligated to
satisfy such Redemption Right if the Company and/or the General Partner
elects to purchase the OP Units subject to the Notice of Redemption
pursuant to Section 3.2(E). Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 3.2(C), the Company and the General Partner agree to use
their best efforts to cause the closing of the acquisition of redeemed
OP Units hereunder to occur as quickly as reasonably possible. The
Redeeming Partner shall have no right, with respect to any
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OP Units so redeemed, to receive any distribution paid with respect to
OP Units if the Record Date for such distribution is on or after the
Specified Redemption Date. The foregoing Redemption Right is intended to
comply with the requirements of Regulations Section 1.7704-1(f) and
shall be construed and administered in accordance therewith. The General
Partner may modify the Redemption Right from time to time in its
discretion to ensure that the terms of the Redemption Right comply and
continue to comply with such requirements.
B. In addition to other restrictions set forth on the
Redemption Rights in any other provision of this Agreement, the
following restrictions apply to Redemption Rights:
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Article 3, a Limited Partner shall be entitled to exercise the
Redemption Right only if (x) the redemption or purchase of the
Limited Partner's OP Units would constitute a Private Transfer
or (y) the number of OP Units to be purchased or redeemed, when
aggregated with other Transfers of OP Units within the same
taxable year of the Partnership (but not including Private
Transfers), would constitute a Percentage Interest of ten
percent (10%) or less.
(ii) The General Partner may establish such policies
and procedures as it may deem necessary or desirable in its
discretion to administer the 10% Percentage Interest limit set
forth in subparagraph (i) above, including without limitation
imposing further limitations on the number of OP Units with
respect to which the Redemption Right may be exercised during
any period of time shorter than a calendar year and establishing
procedures to allocate the ability to exercise the Redemption
Right among the Limited Partners.
(iii) The restrictions set forth in clauses (i) and
(ii) above shall continue in effect until such time as the
Partnership is no longer potentially subject to classification
as a publicly traded partnership, as defined in Code Section
7704, in the absence of such restrictions, as determined by the
General Partner in its discretion. The restrictions set forth in
clauses (i) and (ii) above, together with the restrictions on
the Transfer of Partnership Interests set forth in Section
12(B), are intended to limit transfers of interests in the
Partnership in such a manner as to permit the Partnership to
qualify for the safe harbors from treatment as a publicly traded
partnership set forth in Treasury Regulations Sections
1.7704-1(d), (e), (f) and (j) and shall be construed and
administered in accordance therewith. The General Partner may
modify the restrictions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above,
and the provisions of Section 12(B), from time to time in its
discretion to ensure that the Partnership complies and continues
to comply with the Code and Regulations requirements described
above.
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(iv) A Limited Partner shall not be entitled to
exercise either a Redemption Right or any right to convert a
Preference Unit into an OP Unit if such exercise would (a)
result in the total Common Shares and any other ownership or
beneficial interests in the Company being owned by fewer than
one hundred persons within the meaning of Code Section
856(a)(5); (b) result in such Limited Partner or any other
person owning, directly or constructively under Code Section
856(d)(5), in excess of 9.8% of the total Common Shares (and any
other ownership or beneficial interests) in the Company; (c)
cause more than 50% of the value of the Company's Common Shares
(and any other ownership or beneficial interests) to be held by
5 or fewer individuals and certain organizations under Code
Section 856(h) and 542(a)(2); (d) cause the Company to own,
directly or constructively, 10% or more of the ownership
interests of any person that is a tenant with respect to any
real property owned or constructively owned by the Company (so
as to prevent the application of Code Section 856(d)(2)); or (e)
cause the acquisition of Common Shares (and any other ownership
or beneficial interests) in the Company by such Limited Partner
to be "integrated" with any other distribution of interests in
the Company for purposes of complying with the registration
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933. The General Partner
may modify the restrictions set forth in this Section 3.2(D)(iv)
from time to time in its discretion to ensure that the
Partnership complies and continues to comply with Code Section
856. The General Partner may, in its sole discretion, waive the
restrictions on redemption set forth in this Section 3.2(D)(iv);
provided, however, that in the event a restriction is waived,
the redeeming partner shall be paid the Cash Amount.
(v) A Limited Partner shall not be entitled to
exercise a Redemption Right if it prejudices or affects the
continuity of the Partnership for purposes of Code Section 708.
Prior to any such redemption, the General Partner may require an
opinion of counsel satisfactory to the General Partner to the
effect that such redemption will not cause adverse tax
consequences to the nonredeeming Partners, and such Limited
Partner exercising the Redemption Right shall be responsible for
paying said counsel's fee for his opinion.
C. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.2(C), a
Limited Partner that exercises the Redemption Right shall be deemed to
have offered to sell the OP Units described in the Notice of Redemption
to the General Partner and the Company, and either of the General
Partner or the Company (or both or any designee thereof) may, in their
sole and absolute discretion, elect to purchase directly and acquire
such OP Units by paying to the Redeeming Partner either the Cash Amount,
or, the REIT Shares Amount, as elected by the General Partner or the
Company or any designee thereof (each in its sole and absolute
discretion), on the Specified Redemption Date, whereupon the General
Partner and/or the Company or any designee thereof shall acquire the OP
Units offered for redemption by the Redeeming Partner and shall be
treated for all purposes of this
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Agreement as the owner of such OP Units. If the General Partner and/or
the Company or any designee thereof shall elect to exercise their right
to purchase OP Units under this Section 3.2(E) with respect to a Notice
of Redemption, they shall so notify the Redeeming Partner within five
Business Days after the receipt by the General Partner of such Notice of
Redemption. Unless the General Partner and/or the Company or any
designee thereof (each in its sole and absolute discretion) shall
exercise its right to purchase OP Units from the Redeeming Partner
pursuant to this Section 3.2(E), neither the General Partner nor the
Company or any designee thereof shall have any obligation to the
Redeeming Partner or the Partnership with respect to such Redeeming
Partner's exercise of such Redemption Right. In the event that the
General Partner or the Company or any designee thereof shall exercise
its right to purchase OP Units with respect to the exercise of a
Redemption Right in the manner described in the first sentence of this
Section 3.2(E), the Partnership shall have no obligation to pay any
amount to the Redeeming Partner with respect to such Redeeming Partner's
exercise of such Redemption, and each of the Redeeming Partner, the
Partnership, and the General Partner or the Company or any designee
thereof, as the case may be, shall treat the transaction between the
General Partner or the Company or any designee thereof, as the case may
be, and the Redeeming Partner for federal income tax purposes as a sale
of the Redeeming Partner's OP Units to the General Partner or the
Company or any designee thereof. Each Redeeming Partner agrees to
execute such documents as the General Partner may reasonably require in
connection with the issuance of Common Shares upon exercise of the
Redemption Right.
D. The Company shall at all times reserve and keep
available out of its authorized but unissued Common Shares, solely for
the purpose of effecting the exchange of OP Units for Common Shares,
such number of Common Shares as shall from time to time be sufficient to
effect the redemption of all outstanding OP Units not owned by the
Company, and any Preference Units not owned by the Company that are
convertible into OP Units (whether or not the conversion can then be
effected). No Limited Partner shall, by virtue of being the holder of
one or more OP Units and/or Preference Units be deemed to be a
shareholder of or have any other interest in the Company. In the event
of any change in the outstanding Common Shares of the Company or its
successor by reason of any share dividend, split, recapitalization,
merger, consolidation, combination, exchange of shares or other similar
corporate change other than the issuance of Rights, as further described
in Section 3.2(G) (a "Recapitalization"), the number of OP Units held by
each Partner shall be adjusted upward or downward to equal such number
of Common Shares of the Company (or as applicable, the Common Shares or
equivalent class of securities of the successor thereto) as would have
been held by the Partner immediately following the Recapitalization if
such Partner had held a number of Common Shares equal to such number of
OP Units immediately prior to such Recapitalization. In the event the
Company or the General Partner or any designee thereof acquires OP Units
pursuant to such Section 3.2(E), the General Partner shall record the
transfer on the books of the Partnership so that the Company or the
General Partner or any designee thereof, as
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applicable, is thereupon the owner and holder of such OP Units. As is
more particularly described in Section 3.2(D)(iv), notwithstanding any
other provisions of this Section 3.2, a Limited Partner shall not have
the right to exercise a Redemption Right if, upon payment of the REIT
Shares Amount to such Limited Partner, (i) the Company would, as a
result thereof, no longer qualify (or it would be reasonably possible in
the judgement of the General Partner that the Company no longer would
qualify) as a real estate investment trust under the Code; or (ii) the
payment of such REIT Shares Amount to the Limited Partner would
constitute or be reasonably possible in the judgment of the General
Partner to constitute a violation of applicable federal or state
securities laws or would violate any applicable provisions of the
organizational documents of the Company (including without limitation
any restrictions on ownership of securities of the Company set forth in
the Declaration of Trust or Bylaws of the Company). In either such
event, to the extent the consequences described in (i) or (ii) could be
eliminated by reasonable action of the General Partner or the Company
without any material detriment to the General Partner or the Company and
at the expense of such Limited Partner(s) requesting such exchange, the
Company or the General Partner shall take all such reasonable action to
effect the exchange of OP Units for Common Shares by such Limited
Partner(s) as herein provided.
E. In the event that a Redeeming Partner exercises the
Redemption Right, and the Company or the General Partner or any designee
thereof elects to make the payment of the REIT Shares Amount to the
Redeeming Partner referenced in accordance with the first sentence of
Section 3.2(E), and in the event that the Company issues to all of its
holders of Common Shares as of a certain record date rights, options,
warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities entitling such
shareholders to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares or any other
securities or property (collectively, "Rights"), with the record date
for such Rights issuance falling within the period starting on the date
that the Company receives the Redemption Notice from the Redeeming
Partner and ending on the day immediately preceding the date upon which
the Company, the General Partner or their designee delivers the Common
Shares to the Redeeming Partner in exchange for such Redeeming Partner's
OP Units (the date upon which such exchange occurs being referred to
herein as the "Exchange Date"), which Rights will not be distributed
before the Exchange Date, then the amount payable by the Company, the
General Partner or their designee to the Redeeming Partner in exchange
for its OP Units under this Section 3.2 shall also include such Rights
that the Redeeming Partner would have received if it had been the owner
of the Common Shares to be delivered by the Company to the Redeeming
Partner prior to the record date for the issuance of the Rights (as the
same may be expressed for any purpose hereunder in a number of OP Units
or Common Shares as determined by the General Partner).
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1.1 Additional Funds.
A. No Partner shall be assessed or, except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, required to contribute additional funds or
other property to the Partnership. Any additional funds or other
property required by the Partnership, as determined by the General
Partner in its sole discretion, may, at the option of the General
Partner and without an obligation to do so (except as provided for in
Section 3.3(B) below), be contributed by the General Partner or any
other Partner (provided such other Partner is willing to do so and the
General Partner consents thereto, each in its sole and absolute
discretion) as additional Capital Contributions. If and as the General
Partner or any other Partner makes additional Capital Contributions to
the Partnership, each such Partner shall receive additional OP Units
and/or Preference Units as provided for in Section 3.2(B) above. The
General Partner shall also have the right (but not the obligation) to
raise any additional funds required for the Partnership in accordance
with the provisions of Section 9.7(E) below and/or by causing the
Partnership to borrow the necessary funds from third parties on such
terms and conditions as the General Partner shall deem appropriate in
its sole discretion. If the General Partner elects to cause the
Partnership to borrow the additional funds, or if the Partnership issues
a guaranty, indemnity or similar undertaking in connection with the
indebtedness of the Company as aforesaid, in any such case one or more
of the Partnership's assets may be encumbered to secure the loan or
undertaking. Except as provided for in Section 3.3(C) below, no Limited
Partner shall have the right to make additional Capital Contributions to
the Partnership without the prior written consent of the General
Partner.
B. Except for (i) the capitalization of any wholly-owned
entity of the General Partner which is the general partner of a
partnership having the Partnership as a limited partner, (ii) the net
proceeds generated by the issuance of Other Securities that evidence
debt (and are not equity securities) that are loaned by the Company to
the Partnership, and (iii) where the Company determines that the net
proceeds generated by the issuance of Common Shares or Other Securities
(whether for debt or equity) are retained by the Company for a valid
business reason consistent with the purposes of the Partnership and such
retention does not materially adversely affect the Limited Partners, the
net proceeds of any and all funds raised by or through the Company
through the issuance of Common Shares or Other Securities shall be
contributed to the Partnership as additional Capital Contributions, and
in such event the Company shall be issued additional Units pursuant to
Section 3.2(B) above.
C. If the General Partner creates and administers a
reinvestment program in substantial conformance with a dividend
reinvestment program which may be available from time to time to holders
of the Common Shares, each Limited Partner holding OP Units shall have
the right to reinvest any or all cash distributions payable to it from
time to time pursuant to this Agreement (subject to the restrictions
described in Article 12), by having some or all (as the Limited Partner
elects) of such distributions contributed to the
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Partnership as additional Capital Contributions, and in such event the
Partnership shall issue to each such Limited Partner additional OP Units
pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 3.2(B) above, or the General
Partner, in its sole discretion, may elect to cause distributions with
respect to which a Limited Partner has elected reinvestment to be
contributed to the Company in exchange for the issuance of Common
Shares. At the option of the General Partner, such a program may also be
made available with respect to Preference Units.
1.2 Capital Accounts. A separate capital account ("Capital Account")
shall be maintained for each Partner.
A. To each Partner's Capital Account there shall be added
such Partner's Capital Contributions, such Partner's distributive share
of Profits and any items in the nature of income or gain which are
specially allocated pursuant to Section 7.3, Section 7.4 or Section
14.2(C) hereof, and the amount of any Partnership liabilities assumed by
such Partner or which are secured by any Partnership property
distributed to such Partner.
B. From each Partner's Capital Account there shall be
subtracted the amount of cash and the Gross Asset Value of any
Partnership property distributed to such Partner pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement, such Partner's distributive share of losses
and any items in the nature of expenses or losses which are specially
allocated pursuant to Section 7.3, Section 7.4 or Section 14.2(C)
hereof, and the amount of any liabilities of such Partner assumed by the
Partnership or which are secured by any property contributed by such
Partner to the Partnership.
C. In the event all or a portion of a Partnership Interest
is transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including
a transfer of OP Units in exchange for Common Shares, pursuant to
Section 3.2(E)), the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of
the transferor to the extent it relates to the transferred Partnership
Interest.
D. In determining the amount of any liability for purposes
of Sections 3.4(A) and 3.4(B) above, there shall be taken into account
Code Section 752(c) and any other applicable provisions of the Code and
Regulations.
E. This Section 3.4 and the other provisions of this
Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended
to comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b), and shall be interpreted
and applied in a manner consistent with such Regulations. In the event
the General Partner shall determine that it is prudent to modify the
manner in which the Capital Accounts, or any debits or credits thereto
(including, without limitation, debits or credits relating to
liabilities which are secured by contributed or distributed property or
which are assumed by the Partnership, or the Partners) are computed in
order to comply with such Regulations, the General Partner may make such
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modification, provided that it is not likely to have a material effect
on the amounts distributed to any Partner pursuant to Section 14.2 upon
the liquidation of the Partnership. The General Partner also shall (i)
make any adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to maintain
equality between the Capital Accounts of the Partners and the amount of
Partnership capital reflected on the Partnership's balance sheet, as
computed for book purposes, in accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g), and (ii) make any appropriate modifications in the
event unanticipated events might otherwise cause this Agreement not to
comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b).
1.3 Interest on and Return of Capital.
A. No Partner shall be entitled to any interest on its
Capital Account or on its Capital Contributions to the Partnership.
B. Except as expressly provided for in this Agreement, no
Partner shall have the right to demand or to receive the return of all
or any part of its Capital Contributions to the Partnership and there
shall be no priority of one Partner over another Partner as to the
return of capital contributions or withdrawals or distributions of
profits and losses. No Partner shall have the right to demand or receive
property other than cash in return for the contributions of such Partner
to the Partnership.
1.4 Negative Capital Accounts. Subject to the provisions of any
guarantee or other written agreement between a Partner and the Partnership, no
Partner shall be required to pay to the Partnership any deficit or negative
balance which may exist in its Capital Account.
1.5 Limit on Contributions and Obligations of Partners. Except as
provided in Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 (or the provisions of any guarantee or
other written agreement between a Partner and the Partnership), no Partner shall
be required to make any additional advances or contributions to or on behalf of
the Partnership or to endorse any obligations of the Partnership.
1.6 Redemption and Repurchase of Units. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement which may be contrary to this Section 3.8, in the
event of the proposed repurchase or redemption for cash by the Company of (i)
Common Shares or (ii) Other Securities with respect to which the Company had
previously issued Preference Units pursuant to Section 3.2(B)(iv) of this
Agreement, then, in such event, the Partnership shall provide cash to the
Company concurrently with such repurchase or redemption or for such purpose
equal to the proposed repurchase or redemption price, and one OP Unit owned by
the General Partner (or, in the case of redemption or repurchase by the Company
of Other Securities contemplated by clause (ii) above, one Preference Unit owned
by the General Partner which had been issued with respect to such Other
Securities) shall be canceled with respect to each Common Share (or share of
Other Securities) so repurchased or redeemed.
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Article 1. Principal Office. The principal office of the Partnership
shall be located at 1450 W. Sam Houston Parkway, Suite 100, Houston, Texas
77043, or at such other place as the General Partner may designate after giving
written notice of such designation to the other Partners.
Article 2. Purposes and Powers of Partnership.
2.1 Purposes of the Partnership. The purposes of the Partnership
shall be to acquire, purchase, own, operate, manage, develop, redevelop, invest
in, finance, refinance, sell, lease and otherwise deal with commercial
properties and assets related thereto, and interests therein, whether directly
or indirectly, alone or in association with others. The purposes of the
Partnership include, but are not limited to:
(a) acquiring, developing, operating, leasing and managing
commercial properties and conducting any other lawful business relating
thereto;
(i) financing, mortgaging, exchanging, selling,
encumbering or otherwise disposing of all or any part of a
commercial property or any interest therein;
(ii) constructing, reconstructing, altering,
modifying and subtracting from or adding to a commercial
property or any part thereof;
(iii) organizing and holding interests in
corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and
other entities owning or otherwise having an interest in,
whether directly or indirectly, one or more commercial
properties; and
(iv) in general, the making of any investments or
expenditures, the borrowing and lending of money and the taking
of any and all actions which are incidental or related to any of
the purposes recited above.
It is agreed that each of the foregoing is an ordinary part of the
Partnership's business and affairs. Property may be acquired subject to,
or by assuming, the liens, encumbrances, and other title exceptions
which affect such Property. The Partnership may also be a partner
(general or limited), in partnerships (general or limited), a venturer
in joint ventures, a shareholder in corporations, a member in limited
liability companies or an investor in any other type of business entity
created to accomplish all or any of the foregoing.
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2.2 Powers. The Partnership purposes may be accomplished by taking
any action which is not prohibited under the Act and which is related to the
acquisition, ownership, development, improvement, operation, management,
financing, leasing, exchanging, selling or otherwise encumbering or disposing of
all or any portion of the assets of the Partnership, or any interest therein.
2.3 REIT Requirements. Each Limited Partner understands and
acknowledges that the General Partner intends at some point in the future to
elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") under Code
Section 856. Each Limited Partner further understands and acknowledges that, if
a REIT election is made by the General Partner, in order to maintain its status
as a REIT, the General Partner must comply with numerous and complex rules and
regulations set forth in the Code and the Regulations, many of which are applied
on a quarterly and/or annual basis (the "REIT Requirements"), and that the
management and operation of the Partnership will have a material effect on the
ability of the General Partner to continue to maintain its status as a REIT.
Accordingly, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any
non-mandatory provision of the Act, the Partnership shall not take any action
which (or fail to take any action, the omission of which) (i) could adversely
affect the ability of the General Partner to qualify or continue to qualify as a
REIT, (ii) could subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Code
Section 857 or Code Section 4981 or other potentially adverse consequences under
the Code, or (iii) otherwise could cause the General Partner to violate the REIT
Requirements, specifically including, but not limited to, restrictions on
Redemption Rights in Section 3.2(D)(iv). In addition, notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement or any non-mandatory provision of the Act, any
action of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership or any decision of
the General Partner to refrain from acting on behalf of the Partnership,
undertaken in the General Partner's business judgement that such action or
omission is necessary or advisable in order (i) to protect the ability of the
General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT or (ii) to avoid the General
Partner incurring any taxes under Code Section 857 or Code Section 4981, is
expressly authorized under this Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the
Limited Partners.
Article 3. Term. The term of the Partnership shall continue until the
Partnership is terminated upon the occurrence of an event described in Section
14.1 below.
Article 4. Allocations.
4.1 Profits.
A. After giving effect to the allocations set forth in
Sections 7.3, 7.4 and 14.2(C), Profits for any fiscal year shall be
allocated (i) first to the General Partner until the cumulative Profits
allocated to the General Partner under this Section 7.1(A)(i) equal the
cumulative Losses allocated to the General Partner under Section 7.2(B),
and (ii) second among the Partners in proportion to their respective
Percentage Interests.
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B. In the event that the Partnership issues additional
Units to the General Partner or any Limited Partner pursuant to Section
3.2 hereof, the General Partner shall make such revisions to this
Section 7.1 as it determines are necessary to reflect the terms of the
issuance of such additional Units, including, but not limited to, making
special allocations of Profits and Losses and other Partnership items to
certain classes of Units.
4.2 Losses.
A. After giving effect to the special allocations set forth
in Sections 7.3, 7.4, and 14.2(C), Losses for any fiscal year shall be
allocated among the Partners in proportion to their respective
Percentage Interests.
B. The Losses allocated pursuant to Section 7.2(A) above
shall not exceed the maximum amount of Losses that can be so allocated
without causing any Limited Partner to have an Adjusted Capital Account
Deficit at the end of any fiscal year. All Losses in excess of the
limitations set forth in this Section 7.2(B) shall be allocated to the
General Partner.
C. In the event that the Partnership issues additional
Units to the General Partner or any Limited Partner pursuant to Section
3.2 hereof, the General Partner shall make such revisions to this
Section 7.2 as it determines are necessary to reflect the terms of the
issuance of such additional Units, including, but not limited to, making
special allocations of Profits and Losses and other Partnership items to
certain classes of Units.
4.3 Special Allocations. The following special allocations shall be
made in the following order:
A. Minimum Gain Chargeback. Except as otherwise provided in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(f), and notwithstanding any other provision
of this Article 7, if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum
Gain during any fiscal year, each Partner shall be specially allocated
items of Partnership income and gain for such fiscal year (and, if
necessary, subsequent fiscal years) in an amount equal to such Partner's
share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, determined in
accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(g). The items to be so
allocated shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Sections
1.704-2(f)(6) and 1.704-2(j)(2). This Section 7.3(A) is intended to
comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
B. Partner Minimum Gain Chargeback. Except as otherwise
provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4), and notwithstanding any
other provision of this Article 7, if there is a net decrease in Partner
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt
during any Partnership fiscal year, each Partner who has a share of the
Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain attributable to
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such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5), shall be specially allocated items of
Partnership income and gain for such fiscal year (and, if necessary,
subsequent fiscal years) in an amount equal to such Partner's share of
the net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain attributable
to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4). The items to be so allocated shall be
determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(i)(4) and
1.704-2(i)(2). This Section 7.3(B) is intended to comply with the
minimum gain chargeback requirement in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4)
and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
C. Qualified Income Offset. In the event any Partner
unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations, or distributions
described in Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4),
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), or 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6), items of
Partnership income and gain shall be specially allocated to each such
Partner in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent
required by the Regulations, the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of
such Partner as quickly as possible, provided that an allocation
pursuant to this Section 7.3(C) shall be made only if and to the extent
that such Partner would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit after
all other allocations provided for in this Article 7 have been
tentatively made, as if this Section 7.3(C) were not in this Agreement.
D. Gross Income Allocation. In the event any Partner has a
deficit Capital Account at the end of any Partnership fiscal year which
is in excess of the sum of (i) the amount such Partner is obligated to
restore pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, and (ii) the amount
such Partner is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the
penultimate sentences of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and
1.704-2(i)(5), each such Partner shall be specially allocated items of
Partnership income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as
possible, provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 7.3 (D)
shall be made only if and to the extent that such Partner would have a
deficit Capital Account after all other allocations provided for in this
Article 7 have been made as if Section 7.3(C) hereof and this Section
7.3(D) were not in the Agreement.
E. Preferential Gross Income Allocations. If and to the
extent Partners receive distributions from the Partnership (other than
distributions pursuant to Section 14.2(C) in final liquidation of the
Partnership), each such Partner shall be allocated an equal amount of
Partnership gross income prior to any allocations of Profit and Loss
pursuant to Sections 7.1 and 7.2 above. For purposes of this Section
7.3(E), any payment with respect to a Preference Unit that, under the
applicable Preference Unit Term Sheet or Other Securities Term Sheet, as
the case may be, constitutes a payment in redemption of such Preference
Unit (and a return of the Partner's Capital Contribution with respect to
such Preference Unit) shall not result in a special allocation of gross
income to the Partner receiving such payments under this Section 7.3(E),
except to the extent such payment is specifically attributable to
accrued and unpaid preferred distributions with
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respect to such Preference Unit provided for in such Preference Unit
Term Sheet or Other Securities Term Sheet.
F. Nonrecourse Deductions. Nonrecourse Deductions for any
fiscal year shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance with
their respective Percentage Interests.
G. Partner Nonrecourse Deductions. Any Partner Nonrecourse
Deductions for any fiscal year shall be specially allocated to the
Partner who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the Partner
Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are
attributable, in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1).
H. Section 754 Adjustments. To the extent an adjustment to
the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section
734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital
Accounts as the result of a distribution to a Partner in complete
liquidation of its interest in the Partnership, the amount of such
adjustment to Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if
the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the
adjustment decreases such basis) and such gain or loss shall be
specifically allocated to the Partners in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests in the event that Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) applies, or the Partner to whom such
distribution was made in the event that Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) applies.
4.4 Curative Allocations. The allocations set forth in Sections
7.2(B), 7.3(A), 7.3(B), 7.3(C), 7.3(D), 7.3(F), 7.3(G), and 7.3(H) above (the
"Regulatory Allocations") are intended to comply with certain requirements of
the Regulations under Code Section 704(b) and Code Section 514(c)(9)(E). It is
the intent of the Partners that, to the extent possible, all Regulatory
Allocations shall be offset either with other Regulatory Allocations or with
special allocations of other items of Partnership income, gain, loss, or
deduction pursuant to this Section 7.4. Therefore, notwithstanding any other
provision of this Article 7 (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the General
Partner shall make such offsetting special allocations of Partnership income,
gain, loss, or deduction in whatever manner it determines appropriate so that,
after such offsetting allocations are made, each Partner's Capital Account
balance is, to the extent possible, equal to the Capital Account balance such
Partner would have had if the Regulatory Allocations were not part of the
Agreement and all Partnership items were allocated pursuant to Section
7.1(A)(ii) and 7.2(A) (subject, however, to Section 7.3(E) above). In exercising
its discretion under this Section 7.4, the General Partner shall take into
account future Regulatory Allocations under Section 7.3(A) and 7.3(B) that,
although not yet made, are likely to offset other Regulatory Allocations
previously made under Sections 7.3(F) and 7.3(G).
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4.5 Tax Allocations: Code Section 704(c).
A. Income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to any
property contributed to the capital of the Partnership shall, solely for
tax purposes, be allocated among the Partners so as to take account of
any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the
Partnership for Federal income tax purposes and its initial Gross Asset
Value in accordance with any permissible method or methods under Code
Section 704(c) and the Regulations thereunder.
B. In the event the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership
asset is adjusted pursuant to the definition of "Gross Asset Value"
contained in Article 2 above, subsequent allocations of income, gain,
loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall take account of any
variation between the adjusted basis of such asset for Federal income
tax purposes and its Gross Asset Value in the same manner or manners
permitted under Code Section 704(c) and the Regulations thereunder.
C. Any elections or other decisions relating to such
allocations shall be made by the General Partner using any permissible
manner under the Code or the Regulations that the General Partner may
elect in its sole discretion. Allocations pursuant to this Section 7.5
are solely for purposes of Federal, state, and local taxes and shall not
affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Partner's
Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, other items, or
distributions pursuant to any provision in this Agreement.
Article 5. Cash Available for Distribution.
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5.1 Operating Cash Flow. As used in this Agreement, "Operating Cash
Flow" shall mean and be defined as all cash receipts of the Partnership from
whatever source (but excluding Capital Cash Flow and excluding the proceeds of
any Capital Contributions to the Partnership) during the period in question in
excess of all items of Partnership expense (other than non-cash expenses such as
depreciation) and other cash needs of the Partnership, including, without
limitation, amounts paid by the Partnership as principal on debts and advances,
during such period, capital expenditures and any reserves (as determined by the
General Partner) established or increased during such period. In the discretion
of the General Partner, reserves may include cash held for future acquisitions.
Operating Cash Flow shall be distributed to or for the benefit of the Partners
of record as of the applicable Record Date not less frequently than annually,
and shall be distributed, first to those Partners holding Preference Units to
the extent of the respective priorities (if any) established by the applicable
Preference Unit Term Sheets and Other Securities Term Sheets; and then the
balance pro rata among the Partners holding OP Units and the Partners holding
Preference Units which, based on the provision of the applicable Preference Unit
Term Sheets and Other Securities Term Sheets, entitle such Partners to
participate in such distributions on a pari passu basis with the holders of OP
Units (the "Residual Operating Cash Flow Preference Units"), to each Partner
based on the quotient (expressed as a percentage) arrived at by dividing (i) the
sum of the OP Unit Value of any Residual Operating Cash Flow Preference Units
held by that Partner and the number of OP Units held by that Partner by (ii) the
sum of the OP Unit Value of all Residual Operating Cash Flow Preference Units
issued and outstanding at the time and the total number of OP Units issued and
outstanding at the time.
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5.2 Capital Cash Flow. As used in this Agreement, "Capital Cash
Flow" shall mean and be defined as collectively (a) gross proceeds realized in
connection with the sale of any assets of the Partnership, (b) gross financing
or refinancing proceeds, (c) gross condemnation proceeds (excluding condemnation
proceeds applied to restoration of remaining property) and (d) gross insurance
proceeds (excluding rental insurance proceeds or insurance proceeds applied to
restoration of property), less (a) closing costs, (b) the cost to discharge any
Partnership financing encumbering or otherwise associated with the asset(s) in
question, (c) the establishment of reserves (as determined by the General
Partner, and which may include cash held for future acquisitions), and (d) other
expenses of the Partnership then due and owing. Subject to Section 14.2 below,
if applicable, Capital Cash Flow shall be distributed to or for the benefit of
the Partners of record as of the applicable Record Date not less frequently than
annually and shall be distributed: first to the Partners holding Preference
Units to the extent of the respective priorities (if any) established by the
applicable Preference Unit Term Sheets and Other Securities Term Sheets; and
then the balance pro rata among those Partners holding OP Units and those
Partners holding Preference Units which, based on the provisions of the
applicable Preference Unit Term Sheets and Other Securities Term Sheets, entitle
such Partners to participate in such distributions on a pari passu basis with
the holders of OP Units (the "Capital Cash Flow Preference Units"), to each
Partner based on the quotient (expressed as a percentage) arrived at by dividing
(i) the sum of the OP Unit Value of any Capital Cash Flow Preference Units held
by that Partner and the number of OP Units held by that Partner by (ii) the sum
of the OP Unit Value of all Capital Cash Flow Preference Units issued and
outstanding at the time and the total number of OP Units issued and outstanding
at the time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner reserves the
right to pro-rate distributions of Capital Cash Flow to incoming Limited
Partners who were admitted during the applicable period (but excluding any
incoming Partners who received Units from an existing Limited Partner) and who
held Units as of the applicable Record Date but held such Units for less than
the entire period with respect to which the Capital Cash Flow distribution is to
be paid, based on the number of days such Units were outstanding during the
applicable period, or any other method of pro-ration deemed equitable by the
General Partner and, in such event, the amount of the distribution payable to
all other Partners shall be adjusted accordingly.
5.3 Consent to Allocations and Distributions. Each of the Partners
hereby consents to the allocations and distributions provided for in this
Agreement.
5.4 Right to Limit Distributions. The right of any Partner to
receive distributions of any nature pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
shall be subject to the terms of any agreement between such Partner and the
Partnership limiting, restricting or providing rights of set-off with respect to
such distributions.
Article 6. Management of Partnership.
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6.1 General Partner. The General Partner shall be the sole manager
of the Partnership business, and shall have the right and power to make all
decisions and take any and every action with respect to the property, the
business and affairs of the Partnership and shall have all the rights, power and
authority generally conferred by law, or necessary, advisable or consistent with
accomplishing the purposes of the Partnership. All such decisions or actions
made or taken by the General Partner hereunder shall be binding upon all of the
Partners and the Partnership. The powers of the General Partner to manage the
Partnership business shall include, without limitation, the power and authority
to, directly or indirectly:
(i) operate any business normal or customary for the
owner of or investor in commercial property of the type held by
the Partnership;
(ii) perform any and all acts necessary or
appropriate to the operation of the Partnership's assets,
including, but not limited to, preparing, negotiating, executing
and delivering leases and rental agreements with regard to real
and personal property owned by the Partnership, preparing
applications for rezoning, preparing objections to rezoning of
other property and establishing bank accounts in the name of the
Partnership;
(iii) improve, renovate and/or perform construction
activities with regard to the properties owned by the
Partnership and to retain such contractors, subcontractors and
other persons or entities as may be required in connection with
such activities;
(iv) procure and maintain such insurance as may be
available in such amounts and covering such risks as are deemed
appropriate by the General Partner;
(v) take and hold all real, personal and mixed
property of the Partnership in the name of the Partnership or in
the name of a nominee;
(vi) negotiate, execute and deliver agreements on
behalf of and in the name of the Partnership;
(vii) borrow money (whether on a secured or unsecured
basis), finance and refinance the assets of the Partnership or
any part thereof or interest therein, and in connection
therewith, issue notes, bonds, securities and other undertakings
and evidences of indebtedness and documents related thereto
(including, without limitation, guaranties, indemnities and
similar undertakings to support loans obtained or debt
securities issued by the Company);
(viii) coordinate all accounting and clerical functions
of the Partnership and employ such accountants, lawyers,
property managers, leasing
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agents and other management or service personnel as may from
time to time be required to carry on the business of the
Partnership;
(ix) acquire any assets, and encumber, sell, assign,
transfer, ground lease or otherwise dispose of any or all of the
assets of the Partnership, or any part thereof or interest
therein including, without limitation, by way of any Unit
dividend, split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation,
combination, exchange of Units or other similar Partnership
organizational change;
(x) organize one or more partnerships, corporations,
limited liability companies or other business entities which are
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Partnership and make
any capital contributions (in cash or in kind) required pursuant
to the organizational documents or subscription agreements
relating to any such partnerships, corporations, limited
liability companies or other business entities; and
(xi) establish the date (the "Record Date") for the
purpose of making any proper determination in connection with,
but not limited to, the following matters: (a) which Partners
are entitled to receive distributions, (b) consent to any matter
for which the consent of Partners is permitted or required under
any provision hereof, or (c) otherwise when Partners are
allocated rights hereunder.
6.2 Limitations on Power and Authority of Partners. Notwithstanding
the powers of the General Partner set forth in Section 9.1 above, the General
Partner shall not have the right or power to do any of the following unless any
such action is approved by a Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners:
(a) do any act in contravention of this Agreement, or any
amendment hereto;
(b) do any act which would make it impossible to carry on
the ordinary business of the Partnership, except to the extent that such
act is specifically permitted by the terms hereof (it being understood
and agreed that a sale of any or all of the assets of the Partnership,
for example, would be an ordinary part of the Partnership's business and
affairs and is specifically permitted hereby); or
(c) confess a judgment against the Partnership.
6.3 Limited Partners. The Limited Partners shall have no right or
authority to act for or to bind the Partnership and no Limited Partner (other
than the General Partner if the General Partner is also a Limited Partner) shall
participate in the conduct or control of the Partnership's affairs or business.
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6.4 Liability of General Partner. The General Partner shall not be
liable or accountable, in damages or otherwise, to the Partnership or to any
other Partner for any error of judgment or for any mistakes of fact or law or
for anything which it may do or refrain from doing hereafter in connection with
the business and affairs of the Partnership except (i) in the case of fraud,
willful misconduct (such as an intentional breach of fiduciary duty or an
intentional breach of this Agreement) or gross negligence, and (ii) for other
breaches of this Agreement, but the liability of the General Partner under this
clause (ii) shall be limited to its interest in the Partnership as more
particularly provided for in Section 9.8. The General Partner shall not have any
personal liability for the return of any Limited Partner's Capital
Contributions.
6.5 Indemnity. The Partnership shall indemnify and shall hold the
General Partner (and the trustees, trust managers, officers and directors
thereof) harmless from any liability, loss, cost or damage, including without
limitation reasonable legal fees and court costs, incurred by it by reason of
anything it may do or refrain from doing hereafter for and on behalf of the
Partnership or in connection with its business or affairs; provided, however,
that the Partnership shall not be required to indemnify the General Partner (or
any officer, trustee, trust manager or director thereof) for any liability,
loss, cost or damage which it might incur as a result of its fraud, willful
misconduct or gross negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder. In
addition, the General Partner shall be entitled to reimbursement from the
Partnership for any amounts paid by it in satisfaction of indemnification
obligations owed by the General Partner to present or former officers, trustees,
managers or directors of the General Partner or its predecessors, as provided
for in or pursuant to the Declaration of Trust and Bylaws of the General
Partner. The right of indemnification set forth in this Section 9.5 shall be in
addition to any rights to which the person or entity seeking indemnification may
otherwise be entitled and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and
assigns of any such person or entity. No Partner shall be personally liable with
respect to any claim for indemnification pursuant to this Section 9.5, but such
claim shall be satisfied solely out of assets of the Partnership.
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6.6 Other Activities of Partners and Agreements with Related
Parties. The General Partner shall devote its full-time efforts in furtherance
of the Partnership business, it being expressly understood that, except for (i)
the Company's ownership of any wholly-owned subsidiary or other entity of the
Company which is a partner of a partnership having the Partnership as a partner,
(ii) issuance of debt or equity securities or other borrowing where the net
proceeds thereof are loaned or contributed to the Partnership, (iii) activities
incidental to the Company's status and existence as a real estate investment
trust, and (iv) activities substantially similar to those conducted by the
Partnership, the General Partner shall conduct all of its activities exclusively
through the Partnership and shall not conduct or engage in any way in any other
material business activities. Except as may otherwise be agreed to in writing,
each Limited Partner, and its affiliates, shall be free to engage in, to conduct
or to participate in any business or activity whatsoever, including, without
limitation, the acquisition, development, management and exploitation of real
and personal property (other than property of the Partnership), without any
accountability, liability or obligation whatsoever to the Partnership or to any
other Partner, even if such business or activity competes with or is enhanced by
the business of the Partnership. The General Partner, in the exercise of its
power and authority under this Agreement, may contract and otherwise deal with
or otherwise obligate the Partnership to entities in which the General Partner
or any one or more of the managers, trustees, officers, directors or
shareholders of the General Partner may have an ownership or other financial
interest, whether direct or indirect.
6.7 Other Matters Concerning the General Partner.
A. The General Partner shall be protected in relying,
acting or refraining from acting on any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
bond, debenture, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine
and to have been executed or presented by the proper party or parties.
B. The General Partner may exercise any of the powers
granted or perform any of the duties imposed by this Agreement either
directly or through agents. The General Partner may consult with legal
counsel, accountants, appraisers, management consultants, investment
bankers and other consultants selected by it, each of whom may serve as
consultants for the Partnership. An opinion by any consultant on a
matter which the General Partner believes to be within its professional
or expert competence shall be full and complete protection as to any
action taken or omitted by the General Partner based on the opinion and
actions taken or omitted in accordance therewith. The General Partner
shall not be responsible for the misconduct, negligence, acts or
omissions of any consultant or contractor of the Partnership or of the
General Partner, and shall assume no obligation other than to use due
care in the selection of all consultants and contractors.
C. No mortgagee, grantee, creditor or any other person
dealing with the Partnership shall be required to investigate the
authority of the General Partner or secure
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the approval of or confirmation by any Limited Partner of any act of the
General Partner in connection with the conduct of any ordinary or
extraordinary Partnership business.
D. The General Partner may retain such persons or entities
as it shall determine (including the General Partner or any entity in
which the General Partner shall have an interest or with which it is
affiliated) to provide services to or on behalf of the Partnership. The
General Partner shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Partnership
for its out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, amounts
paid or payable to the General Partner or any entity in which the
General Partner shall have an interest or with which it is affiliated)
incurred in connection with Partnership business. Such expenses shall be
deemed to include without limitation those expenses required in
connection with the administration of the Partnership such as the
maintenance of Partnership books and records, management of the
Partnership property and assets and preparation of information
respecting the Partnership needed by the Partners in the preparation of
their individual tax returns.
E. The General Partner may loan to the Partnership the net
proceeds of loans obtained or debt securities issued by the Company so
long as the terms of such loan to the Partnership are substantially
equivalent to the corresponding loan obtained or debt securities issued
by the Company.
6.8 Partner Exculpation. Except for fraud, willful misconduct and
gross negligence, no Partner shall have any personal liability whatsoever,
whether to the Partnership or to any other Partner, for the debts or liabilities
of the Partnership or its obligations hereunder, and the full recourse of any
Partner shall be limited to the interest of that Partner in the Partnership. To
the fullest extent permitted by law, no trustee, manager, officer, director or
shareholder of the General Partner shall be liable to the Partnership for money
damages except for (i) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final
judgment, order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction or (ii) actual
receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services. Without
limitation of the foregoing, and except for fraud, willful misconduct and gross
negligence, no property or assets of any Partner, other than its interest in the
Partnership, shall be subject to levy, execution or other enforcement procedures
for the satisfaction of any judgment (or other judicial process) in favor of any
other Partners and arising out of, or in connection with, this Agreement. This
Agreement is executed by the trustees, managers, trust managers, members,
officers or partners of each Partner solely as trustees, managers, trust
managers, members, officers or partners of the same and not in their own
individual capacities. No advisor, trustee, manager, trust manager, member,
director, officer, partner, employee, beneficiary, shareholder, participant or
agent of any Partner (or of any partner of a Partner) shall be personally liable
in any matter or to any extent under or in connection with this Agreement, and
the Partnership, each Partner and their respective successors and assigns shall
look solely to the interest of the other Partner in the Partnership for the
payment of any claim or for any performance hereunder.
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6.9 General Partner Expenses and Liabilities. All costs and expenses
incurred by the Company in connection with its activities as the General Partner
hereunder, all costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with its
continued existence, qualification as a real estate investment trust under the
Code and otherwise, and all other liabilities incurred or suffered by the
General Partner in connection with the pursuit of its business and affairs as
contemplated hereunder and in connection herewith, shall be paid (or reimbursed
to the Company, if paid by the Company) by the Partnership unless and to the
extent that any such costs were paid by the Company in connection with the
issuance of additional shares of beneficial interest of the Company as
contemplated by Section 3.3(B) above.
Article 7. Banking. The funds of the Partnership shall be kept in
accounts designated by the General Partner and all withdrawals therefrom shall
be made on such signature or signatures as shall be designated by the General
Partner.
Article 8. Accounting.
8.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year and taxable year of the Partnership
(the "fiscal year") shall end on the last day of December of each year, unless
another fiscal year end is selected by the General Partner.
8.2 Books of Account. The Partnership books of account shall be
maintained at the principal office designated in Article 4 or at such other
locations and by such person or persons as may be designated by the General
Partner. The Partnership shall pay the expense of maintaining its books of
account. Each Partner shall have, during reasonable business hours and upon
reasonable prior notice, access to the books of the Partnership and in addition,
at its expense, shall have the right to copy such books. The General Partner, at
the expense of the Partnership, shall cause to be prepared and distributed to
the Partners annual financial data sufficient to reflect the status and
operations of the Partnership and its assets and to enable each Partner to file
its federal income tax return.
8.3 Method of Accounting. The Partnership books of account shall be
maintained and kept, and its income, gains, losses and deductions shall be
accounted for, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied, or such other method of accounting as may be adopted
hereafter by the General Partner. All elections and options available to the
Partnership for Federal or state income tax purposes shall be taken or rejected
by the Partnership in the sole discretion of the General Partner.
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8.4 Section 754 Election. In case of a distribution of property made
in the manner provided in Code Section 734 (or any similar provision enacted in
lieu thereof), or in the case of a transfer of any interest in the Partnership
permitted by this Agreement made in the manner provided in Code Section 743 (or
any similar provision enacted in lieu thereof), the General Partner, on behalf
of the Partnership, will file an election under Code Section 754 (or any similar
provision enacted in lieu thereof) in accordance with the procedures set forth
in the applicable Regulations.
8.5 Tax Matters Partner. The General Partner is hereby designated
the Tax Matters Partner (hereinafter referred to as the "TMP") of the
Partnership and shall have all rights and obligations of the TMP under the Code.
The Partnership shall reimburse the TMP for any and all out-of-pocket costs and
expenses (including attorneys' and accountants' fees) incurred or sustained by
it in its capacity as TMP. The Partnership shall indemnify, defend and hold the
TMP harmless from and against any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense
(including attorneys' and accountants' fees) sustained or incurred as a result
of any act or decision concerning the Partnership tax matters and within the
scope of its responsibility as TMP.
8.6 Administrative Adjustments. If the TMP receives notice of a
Final Partnership Administrative Adjustment (the "FPAA") or if a request for an
administrative adjustment made by the TMP is not allowed by the United States
Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") and the IRS does not notify the TMP of the
beginning of an administrative proceeding with respect to the Partnership's
taxable year to which such request relates (or if the IRS so notifies the TMP
but fails to mail a timely notice of an FPAA), the TMP may, but shall not be
obligated to, petition a court for readjustment of partnership items. In the
case of notice of an FPAA, if the TMP determines that the United States District
Court or Claims Court is the most appropriate forum for such a petition, the TMP
shall notify each person who was a Partner at any time during the Partnership's
taxable year to which the IRS notice relates of the approximate amount by which
its tax liability would be increased (based on such assumptions as the TMP may
make) if the treatment of partnership items on its return was made consistent
with the treatment of partnership items on the Partnership's return, as adjusted
by the FPAA. Unless each such person deposits with the TMP, for deposit with
IRS, the approximate amount of its increased tax liability, together with a
written agreement to make additional deposits if required to satisfy the
jurisdictional requirements of the court, within thirty days after the TMP's
notice to such person, the TMP shall not file a petition in such court. Instead,
the TMP may, but shall not be obligated to, file a petition in the United States
Tax Court.
Article 9. Transfers of Partnership Interests.
A. General Partner. The General Partner may not transfer
its interest in the Partnership without the consent of a
Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners unless (i) the transfer of
such interest is to an affiliate of the General Partner, or (ii) the
transfer of such interest is pursuant to or in connection with a
Recapitalization and either (a) the Recapitalization has been approved
by the consent of a Majority-in-Interest of the
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Limited Partners, or (b) an appropriate adjustment to the number of OP
Units held by each Partner has been made in accordance with Section
3.2(F).
B. Limited Partner.
(ii) No Limited Partner or substituted Limited
Partner shall, without the prior written consent of the General
Partner (which consent may be given or withheld in the sole
discretion of the General Partner), sell, assign, distribute or
otherwise transfer (a "Transfer") all or any part of his
interest in the Partnership, except (w) by operation of law,
testamentary disposition, gift (outright or in trust) or by
sale, in each case to or for the benefit of his parent(s),
spouse or descendants, (x) pledges or other collateral transfers
effected by a Limited Partner to secure the repayment of a loan
or other obligation; provided however, that each such pledgee
shall agree in writing, concurrent with such pledge or other
collateral transfer, to (i) subordinate its rights with respect
to the pledged interest to any and all rights granted by the
pledging Limited Partner to the Partnership, whether or not such
rights constitute perfected security interests in favor of the
Partnership, including, without limitation, any rights to
withhold, restrict or offset distributions in respect of such
pledged interest under the terms of any agreement between the
Partnership and the pledging Limited Partner, and (ii) to defer
the exercise of its rights as a secured creditor to realize upon
the collateral in the case of an event of default until the
expiration of any applicable "lock-up" period under the terms of
any agreement between the Partnership and the pledging Limited
Partner, (y) the exchange of OP Units for Common Shares,
pursuant to Section 3.2(C) above, and (z) the distribution of OP
Units or Preference Units by a Limited Partner to any of its
direct or indirect constituent partners or owners.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each such transfer shall be
subject to compliance with restrictions on transferability
contained in the Declaration of Trust and Bylaws of the Company
and/or any applicable agreement executed by the transferor as
well as compliance with applicable Federal and state securities
laws and no transfer by a Limited Partner of OP Units or
Preference Units may be made if such transfer would result in
the Partnership being treated as an association taxable as a
corporation or if such transfer is effectuated through an
"established securities market" or a "secondary market (or the
substantial equivalent thereof)" within the meaning of Code
Section 7704; the General Partner reserves the right to require
an opinion of counsel regarding such matters in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the General Partner as a
condition to any such Transfer. Neither the conversion of a
Preference Unit into one or more OP Units nor the redemption of
an OP Unit in accordance with Section 3.2 constitutes a
Transfer. A Limited Partner shall notify the General Partner of
any Transfer of beneficial interest or other interest which
occurs without a transfer of record ownership, as well as any
pledge or other collateral transfer. No part of the interest of
a Limited Partner shall be subject to the claims of any
creditor, any
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spouse for alimony or support, or to legal process, and may not
be voluntarily or involuntarily alienated or encumbered except
as may be specifically provided for in this Agreement. A Limited
Partner shall not be permitted to retire or withdraw from the
Partnership except as expressly permitted by this Agreement.
(iii) An assignee, legatee, distributee or other
transferee (whether by conveyance, operation of law or
otherwise) (including any pledgee upon realization of its rights
as a secured creditor) (a "Transferee") of all or any portion of
a Limited Partner's interest in the Partnership shall be
entitled to receive Profits, Losses and distributions hereunder
attributable to such interest acquired by reason of such
Transfer, from and after the effective date of the Transfer of
such interest; provided, however, anything in this Agreement to
the contrary notwithstanding, (a) except as provided in Section
12(B)(i) no Transfer by a Limited Partner shall be effective
until such Transfer has been consented to by the General
Partner; (b) without the prior written consent of the General
Partner, no Transferee shall be considered a substituted Limited
Partner except as provided in Section 12(B)(i)(y) and (z) and,
in any event, until such Transferee shall have agreed to be
bound by the terms of this Agreement and shall have executed a
counterpart hereof; (c) the Partnership and the General Partner
shall be entitled to treat the transferor of such interest as
the absolute owner thereof in all respects, and shall incur no
liability for the allocation of Profits and Losses or
distributions which are made to such transferor until such time
as the written instrument of Transfer has been received by the
General Partner and the "effective date" of the Transfer has
passed, and (d) the General Partner shall have the right to
require any such transferor to exchange the OP Units to which
such interest relates for Common Shares or cash, pursuant to
Section 3.2(C) above. The "effective date" of any transfer shall
be the last day of the month set forth on the written instrument
of Transfer or such other date consented to in writing by the
General Partner as the "effective date."
(iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, no Limited Partner may effect a Transfer of its
Partnership Interest, in whole or in part, unless (a) the
Transfer is a Private Transfer, or (b) the Transfer satisfies
both of the following tests, (x) when aggregated with other
Transfers of Partnership Interests within the same taxable year
of the Partnership (but not including Private Transfers or
Transfers pursuant to exercises of the Redemption Right), the
Transfer would constitute a Percentage Interest of two percent
(2%) or less, and (y) when aggregated with other Transfers and
redemptions of Partnership Interests within the same taxable
year of the Partnership (but not including Private Transfers),
the Transfer would constitute a Percentage Interest of ten
percent (10%) or less. The General Partner may establish such
policies and procedures as it may deem necessary or desirable in
its sole discretion to administer the 2% and 10% Percentage
Interest limits set forth in the foregoing sentence in the
manner
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described in Section 3.2(D)(iii). Solely for purposes of this
Section 12(B)(a)(iii), the term "Transfer" shall not include
(except as provided in the following clause) the mere pledge,
hypothecation or grant of a security interest in a Partnership
Interest, but shall include any transfer of a Partnership
Interest within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section
1.7704-1(a)(3) (other than transfers that have not been
recognized by the Partnership). The restrictions set forth in
this Section 12(B)(a)(iii) shall continue in effect until such
time as the Partnership is no longer potentially subject to
classification as a publicly traded partnership, as defined in
Section 7704 of the Code, as determined by the General Partner
in its sole discretion.
(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Section 12(B), (a) in the event that a Limited
Partner pursuant to the dissolution and liquidation of such
Limited Partner distributes all or any portion of its interest
in the Partnership, the partners, shareholders or members (as
the case may be) in such Limited Partner receiving such interest
shall become substituted Limited Partners, and shall (upon
agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and
executing a counterpart hereof and/or any Preference Unit Term
Sheet or Other Securities Term Sheet) succeed to the rights,
interests and obligations of such Limited Partner in the
Partnership, in proportion to their respective interests in such
Limited Partner, and (b) no Transfer shall be effective to the
extent that such Transfer would, in the opinion of the General
Partner (y) by treating the interest in the Partnership so
transferred as if it had been exchanged for Common Shares in
accordance with Section 3.2(C) above, violate the limitations on
ownership of Common Shares contained in the Declaration of Trust
and/or Bylaws of the Company, or (z) violate any State or
Federal securities laws.
A. Admission Adjustments. The General Partner shall, when
necessary, cause this Agreement to be amended from time to time (and
shall cause Schedule A to be revised), to reflect the admission or
withdrawal of Partners, and the issuance, conversion and redemption of
any Preference Units and/or OP Units (including the corresponding
adjustment to Percentage Interests).
B. Transfers to Lenders. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no transfer of any Units
may be made to a lender to the Partnership or any person who is related
(within the meaning of Regulation Section 1.752-4(b)) to any lender to
the Partnership whose loan constitutes a Nonrecourse Liability, without
the consent of the General Partner, which consent may be given or
withheld by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion,
provided that as a condition to such consent being granted the lender
will be required to enter into an arrangement with the Partnership and
the General Partner to exchange or redeem for the Cash Amount or the
REIT Shares Amount any Units in which a security interest is held
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simultaneously with the time at which such lender would be deemed to be
a partner in the Partnership for purposes of allocating liabilities to
such lender under Code Section 752.
E. Transfers Causing a Technical Termination of the Partnership.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, a Limited
Partner shall not be entitled to Transfer its Partnership Interest, in whole or
in part, if such Transfer prejudices or affects the continuity of the
Partnership for purposes of Code Section 708. Prior to any such Transfer, the
General Partner may require an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the General
Partner to the effect that such Transfer will not cause adverse tax consequences
to the nontransferring Partners, and such Limited Partner attempting to Transfer
the Partnership Interest shall be responsible for paying said counsel's fee for
his opinion.
Article 10. Admission of New Partners. The General Partner shall
admit to the Partnership as limited partners those persons and entities who are
not already Partners and who receive OP Units and/or Preference Units in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Article 11. Termination, Liquidation and Dissolution of Partnership.
11.1 Termination Events. The Partnership shall be dissolved and its
affairs wound up in the manner hereinafter provided upon the earliest to occur
of the following events:
A. December 31, 2046; or
B. the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Partnership;
C. the agreement of those Partners holding at least
sixty-seven percent (67%) of the Percentage Interests of all of the
Partners, determining that the Partnership should be dissolved; or
D. subject to Section 14.4 below, the entry of a final
judgment, order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction
adjudicating as bankrupt either the Partnership or the General Partner,
and the expiration without appeal of the period, if any, allowed by
applicable law to appeal therefrom.
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11.2 Method of Liquidation. Upon the happening of any of the events
specified in Section 14.1 above, the General Partner (or if there be no General
Partner, a liquidating trustee selected by a Majority-in-Interest of the Limited
Partners) shall immediately commence to wind up the Partnership's affairs and
shall liquidate the assets of the Partnership as promptly as possible, unless
the General Partner, or the liquidating trustee, shall determine that an
immediate sale of Partnership assets would cause undue loss to the Partnership,
in which event the liquidation may be deferred for a reasonable time. The
Partners shall continue to share Operating Cash Flow, Capital Cash Flow, Profits
and Losses during the period of liquidation in the same proportions as before
dissolution (subject to Section 14.2(C) below). The proceeds from liquidation of
the Partnership, including repayment of any debts of Partners to the
Partnership, shall be applied in the following order:
A. Debts of the Partnership, including repayments of
principal and interest on loans and advances made by the General Partner
pursuant to Sections 3.3 and/or 9.7 above; then
B. To the establishment of any reserves deemed necessary or
appropriate by the General Partner, or by the person(s) winding up the
affairs of the Partnership in the event there is no remaining General
Partner of the Partnership, for any contingent or unforeseen liabilities
or obligations of the Partnership. Such reserves established hereunder
shall be held for the purpose of paying any such contingent or
unforeseen liabilities or obligations and, at the expiration of such
period as the General Partner, or such person(s) deems advisable, the
balance of such reserves shall be distributed in the manner provided
hereinafter in this Section 14.2 as though such reserves had been
distributed contemporaneously with the other funds distributed
hereunder; and then
C. To the Partners in accordance with their respective
Capital Account balances, after giving effect to all contributions,
distributions and allocations for all periods. In connection therewith,
income, gain and loss of the Partnership (and to the extent necessary to
achieve the purposes hereof, items of gross income and deduction) with
respect to the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the Partnership's assets and/or the Partnership's operations in
connection therewith (whether or not attributable to the taxable year in
which the distribution pursuant to this Section 14.2(C) is to be made or
a preceding taxable year) shall be allocated among the Partners so that
each Partner's Capital Account shall equal, after taking into account
the prior balance (positive or negative) in such Partner's Capital
Account and the effect of such allocation, the amount that such Partner
would be entitled to receive if the Partnership were to make a
distribution to the Partners pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.2
hereof in an amount equal to the remaining liquidation proceeds to be
distributed under this Section 14.2(C).
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11.3 Date of Termination. The Partnership shall be terminated when
all notes received in connection with such disposition have been paid and all of
the cash or property available for application and distribution under Section
14.2 above (including reserves) shall have been applied and distributed in
accordance therewith.
11.4 Reconstitution Upon Bankruptcy.
A. Notwithstanding any dissolution of the Partnership under
Section 14.1(D) above, if the Partnership is reconstituted as set forth
in this Section 14.4, then the business of the Partnership shall be
continued with the Partnership's property and the Partnership's assets
shall not be liquidated.
B. If the Partnership is dissolved by reason of the
bankruptcy of the General Partner, a successor general partner may be
admitted within 90 days after the dissolution, effective as of the date
of dissolution, as the General Partner hereunder, with the written
consent of a Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners. Upon the
admission of such successor general partner, without any further consent
or approval of any other Partner, the Partnership shall be reconstituted
as a successor limited partnership.
C. If the Partnership is dissolved by reason of the
bankruptcy of the Partnership in a proceeding for the reorganization
(and not the liquidation) of the Partnership, then, with the consent of
the Company and a Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners, the
Partnership may be reconstituted within 90 days after dissolution,
effective as of the date of dissolution, whereupon the Partnership shall
be reconstituted as a successor limited partnership.
D. The successor limited partnership reconstituted in
accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 14.4 shall
continue the business of the Partnership with the Partnership's
property. The Percentage Interests of the Partners in the successor
limited partnership shall be in proportion to their respective
Percentage Interests in the dissolved Partnership. Such successor
limited partnership shall be governed by the terms and provisions of
this Agreement and references in this Agreement to the Partnership or to
the Partners or their rights and obligations shall be understood to
comprehend such successor limited partnership and the Partners thereof
and their rights and obligations.
11.5 Death, Legal Incompetency, Etc. of a Limited Partner. The death,
legal incompetency, insolvency, dissolution or bankruptcy of a Limited Partner
shall not dissolve or terminate the Partnership. Upon the death or incapacity of
an individual Limited Partner, such individual Limited Partner's interest in the
Partnership shall be transferred either by will, the laws of intestacy or
otherwise to the legal representative or successor of such individual Limited
Partner.
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Article 12. Power of Attorney. Each Limited Partner hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints the General Partner, with full power of substitution,
its true and lawful attorney, for it and in its name, place and stead and for
its use and benefit, to sign, swear to, acknowledge, file and record:
(i) this Agreement, and subject to Article 16 below,
amendments to this Agreement;
(ii) any certificates, instruments and documents
(including assumed and fictitious name certificates) as may be
required by, or may be appropriate under, the laws of the State
of Delaware, the State of Texas or any other State or
jurisdiction in which the Partnership is doing or intends to do
business, in order to discharge the purposes of the Partnership
or otherwise in connection with the use of the name or names
used by the Partnership;
(iii) any other instrument which may be required to be
filed or recorded by the Partnership on behalf of the Partners
under the laws of any State or by any governmental agency in
order for the Partnership to conduct its business;
(iv) any documents which may be required to effect
the continuation of the Partnership, the admission of a
substitute or additional Partner, the dissolution and
termination of the Partnership or the amendment and restatement
of Schedule A, provided such continuation, admission,
dissolution and termination or amendment and restatement of
Schedule A, is not in violation of any provision of this
Agreement; and
(v) any documents which may be required or desirable
to have the General Partner appointed, and act as, the TMP.
The foregoing grant of authority is a special power of attorney coupled with an
interest, is irrevocable and shall survive the death or incapacity of any
individual Limited Partner, and shall survive the delivery of any assignment by
a Limited Partner of the whole or any portion of his interest in the
Partnership.
Article 13. Amendment of Agreement.
A. Each Limited Partner, by his execution of or joinder in
this Agreement, hereby irrevocably appoints the General Partner with
power of substitution, as his true and lawful attorney coupled with an
interest, in his name, place and stead to amend this Agreement in any
respect other than:
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(ii) to enlarge the obligation of any Partner to make
contributions to the capital of the Partnership; or
(iii) except as otherwise provided for in this
Agreement or as required by law, to modify the allocation of
Profits or Losses or distributions among the Partners as
provided for in Articles 7 and 8 above, respectively; or
(iv) to amend Articles 1 or 12 or Section 9.2; or
(v) to amend this Article 16.
A. With respect to amendments regarding Sections 16(A)(ii)
or 16(A)(iii), this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of
the Company and those Limited Partners holding not less than 67% of the
aggregate of Percentage Interests held by all Limited Partners.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the terms and conditions of a particular
series of Preference Units may not be changed without the written
consent of the holders of at least 67% of the Preference Units within
the class or series (or such greater percentage as may be provided for
in the applicable Preference Unit Term Sheet or Other Securities Term
Sheet, as the case may be).
B. With respect to amendments regarding Section 16(A)(i),
this Agreement may be amended only with the written consent of the
General Partner and any Partner adversely affected by such amendment.
With respect to amendments regarding Section 16(A)(iv) this Agreement
may be amended only with the written consent of all Partners.
In the event this Agreement shall be amended pursuant to this Article
16, the General Partner shall cause this Agreement to be amended to reflect the
amendment.
Article 14. Miscellaneous.
14.1 Notices. Any notice, election or other communication provided
for or required by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to
have been given when delivered by hand or by telecopy or other facsimile
transmission, the first business day after sent by overnight courier (such as
Federal Express), or on the second business day after deposit in the United
States Mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
properly addressed to the Partner to whom such notice is intended to be given at
the address for the Partner set forth on Schedule A of this Agreement, or at
such other address as such person may have previously furnished in writing to
the Partnership and each Partner with copies to the General Partner at:
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1450 W. Sam Houston Parkway
Houston, Texas 77043
Attention: Allen R. Hartman
14.2 Modifications. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
no change or modification of this Agreement, nor any waiver of any term or
condition in the future, shall be valid or binding upon a Partner unless such
change or modification shall be in writing and signed by such Partner.
14.3 Successors and Assigns. Any person acquiring or claiming an
interest in the Partnership, in any manner whatsoever, shall be subject to and
bound by all of the terms, conditions and obligations of this Agreement to which
his predecessor-in-interest was subject or bound, without regard to whether such
a person has executed a counterpart hereof or any other document contemplated
hereby. No person, including the legal representative, heir or legatee of a
deceased Partner, shall have any rights or obligations greater than those set
forth in this Agreement, and no person shall acquire an interest in the
Partnership or become a Partner thereof except as expressly permitted by and
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Subject to the foregoing, and the
provisions of Article 12 above, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the Partners and their respective successors, assigns, heirs,
legal representatives, executors and administrators.
14.4 Duplicate Originals. For the convenience of the Partners, any
number of counterparts hereof may be executed, and each such counterpart shall
be deemed to be an original instrument, and all of which taken together shall
constitute one agreement.
14.5 Construction. The titles of the Articles, Sections and
subsections herein have been inserted as a matter of convenience of reference
only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any terms or
provisions herein.
14.6 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of
the State of Delaware. Except to the extent the Act is inconsistent with the
provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of such Act shall apply to the
Partnership.
14.7 Other Instruments. The parties hereto covenant and agree that
they will execute such other and further instruments and documents as, in
opinion of the General Partner, are or may become necessary or desirable to
effectuate and carry out the Partnership as provided for by this Agreement.
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14.8 General Partner with Interest as Limited Partner. If the General
Partner ever has an interest as a Limited Partner in the Partnership, the
General Partner shall, with respect to such interest, enjoy all of the rights
and be subject to all of the obligations and duties of a Limited Partner.
14.9 Legal Construction. In case any one or more of the provisions
contained in this Agreement shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
shall not affect any other provision hereof and this Agreement shall be
construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been
contained herein.
14.10 Gender. Whenever the context shall so require, all words herein
in any gender shall be deemed to include the masculine, feminine or neuter
gender, all singular words shall include the plural, and all plural words shall
include the singular.
14.11 Prior Agreements Superseded. This Agreement supersedes any prior
understandings or written or oral agreements among the Partners, or any of them,
respecting the within subject matter and contains the entire understanding
amongst the Partners with respect thereto.
14.12 No Third Party Beneficiary. The terms and provisions of this
Agreement are for the exclusive use and benefit of General Partner and the
Limited Partners and shall not inure to the benefit of any other person or
entity.
14.13 Purchase for Investment. Each Partner represents, warrants and
agrees that it has acquired and will hold its interest in the Partnership for
its own account for investment only and not for the purpose of, or with a view
toward, the resale or distribution of all or any part thereof, nor with a view
toward selling or otherwise distributing such interest or any part thereof at
any particular time or under any predetermined circumstances. Each Partner
further represents and warrants that it is a sophisticated investor, able and
accustomed to handling sophisticated financial matters for itself, particularly
real estate investments, and that it has a sufficiently high net worth that it
does not anticipate a need for the funds it has invested in the Partnership in
what it understands to be a highly speculative and illiquid investment.
14.14 Waiver. No consent or waiver, express or implied, by any Partner
to or of any breach or default by any other Partner in the performance by such
other Partner of its obligations hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a
consent to or waiver of any other breach or default in the performance by such
other Partner of the same or any other obligations of such Partner hereunder.
Failure on the part of any Partner to complain of any act or failure to act on
the part of any other Partner or to declare any other Partner in default,
irrespective of how long such failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver
by such Partner of its rights hereunder.
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14.15 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, which when taken together, shall constitute but one original.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and sworn to as of
the day and year first above written by the General Partner and the undersigned
Limited Partners.
GENERAL PARTNER:
HARTMAN COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES REIT,
a Texas Real Estate Investment Trust
By: /s/ Allen R. Hartman
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Name: Allen R. Hartman
Title: President
LIMITED PARTNERS:
Attached
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SCHEDULE A
Partners, Capital Accounts and Partnership Interests
AGREED
PREFERENCE CAPITAL PERCENTAGE
NAME AND ADDRESS OF PARTNERS OP UNITS UNITS ACCOUNT INTEREST
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General Partner:
Limited Partners:
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