Books and Records Accounting Tax Matters 40 10.1 Books and Records 40 10.2 Custody of Partnership Funds; Bank Accounts 41 10.3 Fiscal and Taxable Year 41 10.4 Annual Tax Information and Report 41 10.5 Tax Matters Partner; Tax Elections; Special Basis Adjustments 41 10.6 Reports to Limited Partners 42 ARTICLE 11 AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT 42 ARTICLE 12 GENERAL PROVISIONS 43 12.1 Notices 43 12.2 Survival of Rights 43 12.3 Additional Documents 43 12.4 Severability 43 12.5 Entire Agreement 43 12.6 Pronouns and Plurals 44 12.7 Headings 44 12.8 Counterparts 44 12.9 Governing Law 44 ii EXHIBIT A CONTRIBUTIONS & INTEREST A-1 EXHIBIT B NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF REDEMPTION RIGHT B-1 EXHIBIT C NOTICE OF ELECTION BY PARTNER TO CONVERT LTIP UNITS INTO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS C-1 EXHIBIT D NOTICE OF ELECTION BY PARTNERSHIP TO FORCE CONVERSION OF LTIP UNITS INTO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS D-1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF NORTHSTAR REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP This Limited Partnership Agreement is entered into this ______ day of ___, 2009, between NorthStar Real Estate Income Trust Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “General Partner”), and the Limited Partners set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given them in Article 1.
Tax Returns; Information The Managing Member shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all income and other tax and informational returns of the Company. The Managing Member shall furnish to each Member a copy of each approved return and statement, together with any schedules (including Schedule K-1), or other information that a Member may require and reasonably request in connection with such Member’s own tax affairs, as soon as practicable after the end of each Fiscal Year. The Members agree to (a) take all actions reasonably requested by the Company or the Company Representative to comply with the Partnership Tax Audit Rules, including where applicable, filing amended returns as provided in Sections 6225 or 6226 of the Code and providing confirmation thereof to the Company Representative and (b) furnish to the Company (i) all reasonably requested certificates or statements relating to the tax matters of the Company (including without limitation an affidavit of non-foreign status pursuant to Section 1446(f)(2) of the Code), and (ii) all pertinent information in its possession relating to the Company’s operations that is reasonably necessary to enable the Company’s tax returns to be prepared and timely filed.
Cooperation on Tax Matters Buyer, Seller and IHC shall cooperate fully, and Seller, IHC or Buyer, as the case may be, shall cause the Company and its Subsidiaries to cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by the other party, in connection with the filing of Tax Returns pursuant to this Agreement and any audit, litigation or other proceeding with respect to Taxes. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the other party's request) the provision of records and information which are reasonably relevant to any such audit, litigation or other proceeding and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. Buyer, Seller and IHC agree, and Seller, IHC or Buyer, as the case may be, shall cause the Company and its Subsidiaries, (A) to retain all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to each of the Company and its Subsidiaries relating to any Taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until the expiration of the statute of limitations (and, to the extent notified by Buyer, any extensions thereof) of the respective Taxable periods, and to abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any Taxing authority, (B) to deliver or make available to Buyer, within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, copies of all such books and records, and (C) to give the other party reasonable written notice prior to transferring, destroying or discarding any such books and records and, if the other party so requests, the Company and its Subsidiaries, Seller or IHC, as the case may be, shall allow the other party to take possession of such books and records. Buyer, Seller and IHC further agree, upon request, to use their best efforts to obtain any certificate or other document from any governmental authority or any other Person as may be necessary to mitigate, reduce or eliminate any Tax that could be imposed (including, but not limited to, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby).
Accounting, Tax and Regulatory Matters Each Owner and the Company, -------------------------------------- jointly and severally, represents and warrants to Premiere that neither the Company, any Owner nor any Affiliate thereof has taken or agreed to take any action or has any knowledge of any fact or circumstance that is reasonably likely to (i) prevent the Merger from qualifying for pooling-of-interests accounting treatment or as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, or (ii) materially impede or delay receipt of any consents referred to in Section 5.6 of the Uniform Terms or result in the imposition of a condition or restriction of the type referred to in the last sentence of such Section.
U.S. Tax Matters (a) The Company shall, upon the request of any U.S. Investor, (a) determine, with respect to such taxable year whether the Company (or any of its Affiliates) is a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) as described in Section 1297 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (including whether any exception to PFIC status may apply) or is or may be classified as a partnership or branch for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and (b) provide such information reasonably available to the Company as any U.S. Investor may reasonably request to permit such U.S. Investor to elect to treat the Company and/or any such entity (including a Subsidiary of the Company) as a “qualified electing fund” (within the meaning of Section 1295 of the Code) (a “QEF Election”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Company shall also, reasonably promptly upon request, obtain and provide any and all other information reasonably deemed necessary by the U.S. Investor to comply with the provisions of this Section 3.3(a). The Company shall, upon the request of any U.S. Investor, appoint an internationally reputable accounting firm acceptable to the U.S. Investor to prepare and submit its U.S. tax filings.
Master Servicer’s Financial Statements and Related Information For each year this Agreement is in effect, the Master Servicer shall submit to the Trustee, any NIMS Insurer, each Rating Agency and the Depositor a copy of its annual unaudited financial statements on or prior to March 15 of each year, beginning March 15, 2006. Such financial statements shall include a balance sheet, income statement, statement of retained earnings, statement of additional paid-in capital, statement of changes in financial position and all related notes and schedules and shall be in comparative form, certified by a nationally recognized firm of Independent Accountants to the effect that such statements were examined and prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with that of the preceding year.
Certain Tax Matters The undersigned expressly acknowledges the following:
SEC Filings; Financial Statements; Information Provided (a) The Company has provided to the Buyer true and complete copies of all Company SEC Reports filed with the SEC prior to the date hereof. All registration statements, forms, reports and other documents (including those that the Company may file after the date hereof until the Closing) filed with the SEC are referred to herein as the “Company SEC Reports.” Except as set forth in Section 3.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company SEC Reports (i) were or will be filed on a timely basis, (ii) at the time filed, were or will be prepared in compliance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and, if applicable, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder applicable to such Company SEC Reports, and (iii) did not or will not at the time they were or are filed contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated in such Company SEC Reports or necessary in order to make the statements in such Company SEC Reports, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. No Subsidiary of the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Since March 7, 2000, the Company has filed with the SEC all registration statements, forms, reports and other documents required to be filed under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder (including those that are required to be filed after the date hereof until the Closing).
Responsibility for Filing Tax Returns Buyer shall prepare or cause to be prepared and file or cause to be filed all Tax Returns for the Company that are filed after the Closing Date. Buyer shall permit the Interest Owners to review and comment on each such Tax Return described in the preceding sentence prior to filing.
Income Tax Matters (i) In order to comply with all applicable federal or state income tax laws or regulations, the Company may take such action as it deems appropriate to ensure that all applicable federal or state payroll, withholding, income or other taxes, which are the sole and absolute responsibility of Participant, are withheld or collected from Participant.