1Management. A. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all management powers over the business and affairs the Partnership are and shall be exclusively vested in the General Partner, and, except as provided in Section 8.1E hereof, no Limited Partner shall have any right to participate in or exercise control or management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership. The General Partner may not be removed by the Limited Partners with or without cause. In addition to the powers now or hereafter granted a general partner of a limited partnership under applicable law or which are granted to the General Partner under any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner shall have, subject to Section 8.1E hereof, full power and authority to do all things deemed necessary or desirable by it to conduct the business of the Partnership, to exercise all powers set forth in Section 4.2 hereof and to effectuate the purposes set forth in Section 4.1 hereof, including, without limitation: (a) the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money, including, without limitation, making prepayments on loans and borrowing money to permit the Partnership to make distributions to its Partners in such amounts as will permit the General Partner (so long as the General Partner qualifies as a REIT) to avoid the payment of any federal income tax (including, for this purpose, any excise tax pursuant to Section 4981 of the Code) and to make distributions to its stockholders in amounts sufficient to permit the General Partner to maintain REIT status, (b) the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, (c) the issuance of evidence of indebtedness (including the securing the same by deed, mortgage, deed of trust or other lien or encumbrance on the Partnership's assets) and (d) the incurring of any obligations it deems necessary for the conduct of the activities of the Partnership; (2) the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the business or assets of the Partnership; (3) the acquisition, disposition,mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or exchange of any assets of the Partnership (including the exercise or grant of any conversion, option, privilege, or subscription right or other right available in connection with any assets at any time held by the Partnership) or the merger or other combination of the Partnership with or into another entity; (4) the use of the assets of the Partnership (including, without limitation, cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement and on any terms it sees fit, including, without limitation, the financing of the conduct of the operations of the General Partner, the Partnership, the Property Owning Partnerships or any of the Partnership's Subsidiaries, the lending of funds to other Persons (including, without limitation, the Property Owning Partnerships, the Subsidiaries of the Partnership and/or the General Partner) and the repayment of obligations of the Partnership, the Property Owning Partnerships and the Subsidiaries of the Partnership and any other Person in which the Partnership has an equity investment, and the making of capital contributions to the Property Owning Partnerships and the Partnership's Subsidiaries; (5) the management, operation, expansion, development, construction, leasing, landscaping, repair, alteration, demolition or improvement of any real property or improvements owned by the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership; (6) the negotiation, execution, and performance of any contracts, conveyances or other instruments that the General Partner considers useful or necessary to the conduct of the Partnership's operations or the implementation of the General Partner's powers under this Agreement, including (i) contracting with property managers, leasing agents, contractors, developers, consultants, accountants, legal counsel, other professional advisors and other agents, and (ii) the payment of such related expenses and compensation out of the Partnership's assets; (7) the distribution of Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in accordance with this Agreement; (8) holding, managing, investing and reinvesting cash and other assets of the Partnership; (9) the collection and receipt of revenues and income of the Partnership; (10) the establishment of one or more divisions of the Partnership, the selection and dismissal of employees of the Partnership (including, without limitation, employees having titles such as "president," "vice president," "secretary" and "treasurer" of the Partnership), and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors of the Partnership, and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or engagement; (11) the maintenance of such insurance for the benefit of the Partnership and the Partners as it deems necessary or appropriate; (12) the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of property to, any further limited or general partnerships, joint ventures or other relationships that it deems desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of property to, its Subsidiaries, the Property Owning Partnerships and any other Person in which it has an equity investment from time to time); (13) the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership, including the settlement, compromise, submission to arbitration or any other form of dispute resolution, or abandonment of, any claim, cause of action, liability, debt or damages, due or owing to or from the Partnership, the commencement or defense of suits, legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitration or other forms of dispute resolution, and the representation of the Partnership in all suits or legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitrations or other forms of dispute resolution, the incurring of legal expenses, and the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law; (14) the undertaking of any action in connection with the Partnership's direct or indirect investment in its Subsidiaries, the
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Sources: Limited Partnership Agreement (Carlyle Real Estate LTD Partnership Xiii), Limited Partnership Agreement (Carlyle Real Estate LTD Partnership Xiv /Il/), Limited Partnership Agreement (JMB Manhattan Associates LTD)
1Management. A. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, including any Partnership Unit Designation, all management powers over the business and affairs of the Partnership are and shall be exclusively vested in the General Partner, and, except as provided in Section 8.1E hereof, and no Limited Partner shall have any right to participate in or exercise control or management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership. The No General Partner may not be removed by the Limited Partners Partners, with or without cause, except with the Consent of the General Partner. In addition to the powers now or hereafter granted a general partner of a limited partnership under applicable law or which that are granted to the General Partner under any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner shall havePartner, subject to the other provisions hereof including, without limitation, Section 8.1E hereof3.2 and Section 7.3, and the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, shall have full and exclusive power and authority authority, without the consent or approval of any Limited Partner, to do or authorize all things deemed necessary or desirable by it to conduct the business and affairs of the Partnership, to exercise or direct the exercise of all of the powers set forth in Section 4.2 hereof of the Partnership and a general partner under the Act and this Agreement and to effectuate the purposes set forth in Section 4.1 hereof, of the Partnership including, without limitation:
(ai) the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money, money or selling of assets (including, without limitation, making prepayments on loans and borrowing money to permit the Partnership to make distributions to its Partners the Holders in such amounts as will permit the General Partner (so long as to prevent the General Partner qualifies as a REIT) to avoid the payment imposition of any federal income tax on the General Partner (including, for this purpose, any excise tax pursuant to Code Section 4981 of the Code) and 4981), to make distributions to its stockholders in amounts and payments to any taxing authority sufficient to permit the General Partner to maintain REIT statusstatus or otherwise to satisfy the REIT Requirements), (b) the assumption or guarantee of, or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, (c) the issuance of evidence evidences of indebtedness (including the securing the of same by deeddeed to secure debt, mortgage, deed of trust or other lien or encumbrance on the Partnership's ’s assets) and (d) the incurring of any obligations it deems necessary for the to conduct of the activities of the Partnership;
(2ii) the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the business or assets of the Partnership;
(3iii) the taking of any and all acts to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” under Code Section 7704;
(iv) subject to Section 11.2 hereof, the acquisition, disposition,mortgagesale, pledgetransfer, encumbranceexchange or other disposition of any, hypothecation all or exchange substantially all of any the assets (including the goodwill) of the Partnership (including including, but not limited to, the exercise or grant of any conversion, option, privilege, privilege or subscription right or any other right available in connection with any assets at any time held by the Partnership) or the merger merger, consolidation, reorganization or other combination of the Partnership with or into another entity;
(4v) the mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or hypothecation of any assets of the Partnership, the assignment of any assets of the Partnership in trust for creditors or on the promise of the assignee to pay the debts of the Partnership, the use of the assets of the Partnership (including, without limitation, cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement and on any terms it that the General Partner sees fit, including, without limitation, the financing of the conduct of the operations and activities of the General Partner, the Partnership, the Property Owning Partnerships Partnership or any of the Partnership's ’s Subsidiaries, the lending of funds to other Persons (including, without limitation, the Property Owning Partnerships, the Subsidiaries of the Partnership General Partner and/or the General PartnerPartnership’s Subsidiaries) and the repayment of obligations of the Partnership, the Property Owning Partnerships and the its Subsidiaries of the Partnership and any other Person in which the Partnership has an equity investment, and the making of capital contributions to the Property Owning Partnerships and equity investments in the Partnership's ’s Subsidiaries;
(5vi) the management, operation, expansion, development, construction, leasing, landscaping, repair, alteration, demolition demolition, replacement or improvement of any real property or improvements owned by the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the PartnershipProperty;
(6vii) the negotiation, execution, execution and performance of any contracts, including leases (including ground leases), easements, management agreements, rights of way and other property-related agreements, conveyances or other instruments that the General Partner considers useful or necessary to the conduct of the Partnership's ’s operations or the implementation of implement the General Partner's ’s powers under this Agreement, including (i) contracting with property managers, leasing agents, contractors, developers, consultants, governmental authorities, accountants, legal counsel, other professional advisors and other agents, agents and (ii) the payment of such related their expenses and compensation compensation, as applicable, out of the Partnership's ’s assets;
(7viii) the distribution of Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in accordance with this Agreement;
(8) , the holding, managingmanagement, investing investment and reinvesting reinvestment of cash and other assets of the Partnership;
(9) , and the collection and receipt of revenues revenues, rents and income of the Partnership;
(10ix) the establishment of one or more divisions of the Partnership, the selection and dismissal of employees of the Partnership (if any) (including, without limitation, employees having titles or offices such as "“president," "” “vice president," "” “secretary" ” and "“treasurer" of the Partnership”), and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors of the Partnership, Partnership and the determination of their compensation and other terms of employment or engagementhiring;
(11x) the maintenance of such insurance (including, without limitation, directors and officers insurance) for the benefit of the Partnership and the Partners as it deems necessary or appropriate(including, without limitation, the General Partner);
(12xi) the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of property to, any further limited or general partnerships, limited liability companies, joint ventures or other relationships that it deems desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of property to, its Subsidiaries, the Property Owning Partnerships any Subsidiary and any other Person in which it the General Partner has an equity investment from time to time);
(13xii) the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership, including the settlement, compromise, submission to arbitration or any other form of dispute resolution, or abandonment ofabandonment, of any claim, cause of action, liability, debt or damages, due or owing to or from the Partnership, the commencement or defense of suits, legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitration arbitrations or other forms of dispute resolution, and the representation of the Partnership in all suits or legal proceedings, administrative proceedings, arbitrations or other forms of dispute resolution, the incurring of legal expensesexpense, and the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law;
(14xiii) the undertaking of any action in connection with the Partnership's ’s direct or indirect investment in any Subsidiary or any other Person (including, without limitation, the contribution or loan of funds by the Partnership to such Persons);
(xiv) the determination of the fair market value of any Partnership property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as the General Partner may adopt; provided, however, that such methods are otherwise consistent with the requirements of this Agreement;
(xv) the enforcement of any rights against any Partner pursuant to representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities relating to such Partner’s contribution of property or assets to the Partnership;
(xvi) the exercise, directly or indirectly, through any attorney-in-fact acting under a general or limited power of attorney, of any right, including the right to vote, appurtenant to any asset or investment held by the Partnership;
(xvii) the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on behalf of or in connection with any Subsidiary of the Partnership or any other Person in which the Partnership has a direct or indirect interest, or jointly with any such Subsidiary or other Person;
(xviii) the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on behalf of any Person in which the Partnership does not have an interest, pursuant to contractual or other arrangements with such Person;
(xix) the making, execution and delivery of any and all deeds, leases, notes, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, conveyances, contracts, guarantees, warranties, indemnities, waivers, releases, confessions of judgment or any other legal instruments or agreements in writing;
(xx) the issuance of additional Partnership Units in connection with Capital Contributions by Additional Limited Partners and additional Capital Contributions by Partners pursuant to Article 4 hereof;
(xxi) an election to dissolve the Partnership pursuant to Section 13.1(b) hereof;
(xxii) the distribution of cash to acquire Partnership Common Units held by a Limited Partner in connection with a Redemption under Section 15.1 hereof;
(xxiii) an election to acquire Tendered Units in exchange for REIT Shares;
(xxiv) the maintenance of the Register from time to time to reflect accurately at all times the Capital Contributions and Percentage Interests of the Partners as the same are adjusted from time to time to reflect redemptions, Capital Contributions, the issuance of Partnership Units, the admission of any Additional Limited Partner or any Substituted Limited Partner or otherwise, which shall not be deemed an amendment to this Agreement, as long as the matter or event being reflected in the Register otherwise is authorized by this Agreement; and
(xxv) the registration of any class of securities of the Partnership under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, and the listing of any debt securities of the Partnership on any exchange.
(b) Each of the Limited Partners agrees that, except as provided in Section 7.3 hereof and subject to the rights of any Holder of any Partnership Interest set forth in a Partnership Unit Designation, the General Partner is authorized to execute and deliver any affidavit, agreement, certificate, consent, instrument, notice, power of attorney, waiver or other writing or document in the name and on behalf of the Partnership and to otherwise exercise any power of the General Partner under this Agreement and the Act on behalf of the Partnership without any further act, approval or vote of the Partners or any other Persons, notwithstanding any other provision of the Act or any applicable law, rule or regulation and, in the absence of any specific corporate action on the part of the General Partner to the contrary, the taking of any action or the execution of any such document or writing by an officer of the General Partner, in the name and on behalf of the General Partner, in its Subsidiariescapacity as the general partner of the Partnership, theshall conclusively evidence (i) the approval thereof by the General Partner, in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership, (ii) the General Partner’s determination that such action, document or writing is necessary, advisable, appropriate, desirable or prudent to conduct the business and affairs of the Partnership, exercise the powers of the Partnership under this Agreement and the Act or effectuate the purposes of the Partnership, or any other determination by the General Partner required by this Agreement in connection with the taking of such action or execution of such document or writing, and (iii) the authority of such officer with respect thereto.
(c) At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to obtain and maintain (i) casualty, liability and other insurance on the Properties and (ii) liability insurance for the Indemnitees hereunder.
(d) At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to establish and maintain working capital and other reserves in such amounts as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines from time to time.
(e) The determination as to any of the following matters, made by or at the direction of the General Partner consistent with this Agreement and the Act, shall be final and conclusive and shall be binding upon the Partnership and every Limited Partner: the amount of assets at any time available for distribution or the redemption of Partnership Common Units; the amount and timing of any distribution; any determination to redeem Tendered Units; the amount, purpose, time of creation, increase or decrease, alteration or cancellation of any reserves or charges and the propriety thereof (whether or not any obligation or liability for which such reserves or charges shall have been created shall have been paid or discharged); the amount of any Partner’s Capital Account, Adjusted Capital Account or Adjusted Capital Account Deficit; the amount of Net Income, Net Loss or Depreciation for any period; any special allocations of Net Income or Net Loss pursuant to Sections 6.2(c), 6.2(d), 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 or 16.5; the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset; the Value of any REIT Share; the timing and amount of any adjustment to the Adjustment Factor; any adjustment to the number of outstanding LTIP Units pursuant to Section 16.3; the timing, number and redemption or repurchase price of the redemption or repurchase of any Partnership Units pursuant to Section 4.7(b); any interpretation of the terms, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers or rights, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of any class or series of Partnership Interest; the fair value, or any sale, bid or asked price to be applied in determining the fair value, of any asset owned or held by the Partnership or of any Partnership Interest; the number of authorized or outstanding Units of any class or series; any matter relating to the acquisition, holding and disposition of any assets by the Partnership; or any other matter relating to the business and affairs of the Partnership or required or permitted by applicable law, this Agreement or otherwise to be determined by the General Partner.
(f) In exercising its authority under this Agreement and subject to Section 7.8(b), the General Partner may, but shall be under no obligation to, take into account the tax consequences to any Partner of any action taken (or not taken) by it. The General Partner and the Partnership shall not have liability to a Limited Partner under any circumstances as a result of any tax liability incurred by such Limited Partner as a result of an action (or inaction) by the General Partner pursuant to its authority under this Agreement.
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Sources: Limited Partnership Agreement (Indus Realty Trust, Inc.)