Other Surviving Company. (a) In the case of any Fundamental Transaction (1) in which the REIT or the Operating Partnership is acquired by or merged with or into an entity other than a Public UPREIT or Public DownREIT or (2) after which the REIT’s common stock will not be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, each Protected Partner shall be provided with at least the following choices of consideration for each OP Unit held by such Protected Partner immediately prior to the transaction: (i) the same consideration that is paid with respect to each share of the REIT’s common stock in the transaction in accordance with Section 11.2(c)(i) of the OP Agreement; (ii) common units in an acquiror partnership that initially acquires all or substantially all of the assets of the Operating Partnership with the following terms and conditions: (A) the Protected Partner(s) must receive common units based on a value per unit equal to the value of the consideration paid by the acquiror for each share of the REIT’s common stock; (B) the terms of such common units are at least as favorable as the terms of the OP Units and otherwise in accordance with Section 11.2(c)(ii) of the OP Agreement; (C) the acquiror partnership must (x) not have at closing, or thereafter incur, debt (including debt-like preferred or senior units) that would, at the time incurred, cause such partnership to have aggregate leverage on a consolidated basis in excess of 65% of the fair market value of such partnership’s assets, and (y) not make any distribution to the extent the leverage limitation described in clause (x) would not be met immediately after such distribution; and (D) until the second anniversary of the expiration of the Tax Protection Period, upon the earlier of (x) the fifth anniversary of the consummation of the relevant Fundamental Transaction or (y) the expiration of the Tax Protection Period, the holder must have a put right to the acquiror partnership for cash in an amount equal to the fair market value of such common units at the time of the exercise of the put right (without liquidity discount or minority interest discount); provided, however, that the exercise of such put right during the Tax Protection Period will not trigger the payment of any Make Whole Amount pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 3.5, unless the acquiror partnership is in breach of the covenants set forth in clause (C) above, the Partners’ Representative provides to the acquiror partnership written notice of such breach, and such breach has not been cured within ten (10) days of the date of such notice; provided, further, that after the expiration of the Tax Protection Period, the exercise of such put right will not trigger any payment of any Make Whole Amount pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 3.5; and (iii) preferred units in an acquiror partnership that initially acquires all or substantially all of the assets of the Operating Partnership with the following terms and conditions: (A) the liquidation preference of each preferred unit must be equal to the value of the consideration paid by the acquiror for each share of the REIT’s common stock; (B) the distribution rate on the preferred units will be set at market for the terms of the units and the acquiror partnership; (C) the partnership that issues the preferred units must (x) have and maintain at all times subordinate or common units with a value equal to at least 100% of the value of the OP Units exchanged for preferred units; (y) not have at closing, or thereafter incur, debt (including debt-like preferred or senior units) that would, at the time incurred, cause it to have aggregate leverage on a consolidated basis in excess of 65% of the fair market value of the issuing partnership’s assets; and (z) not make any distribution with respect to subordinate or common partnership interests to the extent the leverage limitation described in clause (y) would not be met immediately after such distribution; and (D) until the second anniversary of the expiration of the Tax Protection Period, upon the earlier of (x) the fifth anniversary of the consummation of the relevant Fundamental Transaction or (y) the expiration of the Tax Protection Period, the holder must have a put right to the acquiror partnership for cash in an amount equal to the liquidation preference of such preferred units plus any accrued and unpaid distributions; provided, however, that the exercise of such put right during the Tax Protection Period will not trigger the payment of any Make Whole Amount pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 3.5, unless the acquiror partnership is in breach of the covenants set forth in clause (C) above, the Partners’ Representative provides to the acquiror partnership written notice of such breach, and such breach has not been cured within ten (10) days of the date of such notice; provided, further, that after the expiration of the Tax Protection Period, the exercise of such put right will not trigger any payment of any Make Whole Amount pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 3.5. (b) For the avoidance of doubt, subject to compliance with the ongoing terms of this Agreement by the surviving entities, if the consideration choices described in Section 3.3(a) are offered to the Protected Partners and, in the case of clauses (a)(ii) and (a)(iii) above, as applicable, in a transaction that is not a Gain Transaction, and the leverage and distribution limitations described in Section 3.3(a) are complied with, the Operating Partnership shall not be required to pay any Make Whole Amount pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 3.5, and no consent of OP Unit holders shall be required for the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction other than the consent described in Article 11 of the OP Agreement.
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Samples: Tax Protection Agreement (Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.), Tax Protection Agreement (Phillips Edison & Company, Inc.), Tax Protection Agreement (Phillips Edison Grocery Center Reit I, Inc.)
Other Surviving Company. (a) In the case of any Fundamental Transaction (1) in which the REIT or the Operating Partnership is acquired by or merged with or into an entity other than a Public UPREIT or Public DownREIT or (2) after which the REIT’s common stock will not be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, each Protected Partner shall be provided with at least the following choices of consideration for each OP Unit held by such Protected Partner immediately prior to the transaction:
(i) the same consideration that is paid with respect to each share of the REIT’s common stock in the transaction in accordance with Section 11.2(c)(i) of the OP Agreement;
(ii) common units in an acquiror partnership that initially acquires all or substantially all of the assets of the Operating Partnership with the following terms and conditions:
(A) the Protected Partner(s) must receive common units based on a value per unit equal to the value of the consideration paid by the acquiror for each share of the REIT’s common stock;
(B) the terms of such common units are at least as favorable as the terms of the OP Units and otherwise in accordance with Section 11.2(c)(ii) of the OP Agreement;
(C) the acquiror partnership must (x) not have at closing, or thereafter incur, debt (including debt-like preferred or senior units) that would, at the time incurred, cause such partnership to have aggregate leverage on a consolidated basis in excess of 65% of the fair market value of such partnership’s assets, and (y) not make any distribution to the extent the leverage limitation described in clause (x) would not be met immediately after such distribution; and
(D) until the second anniversary of the expiration of the Tax Protection Period, upon the earlier of (x) the fifth anniversary of the consummation of the relevant Fundamental Transaction or (y) the expiration of the Tax Protection Period, the holder must have a put right to the acquiror partnership for cash in an amount equal to the fair market value of such common units at the time of the exercise of the put right (without liquidity discount or minority interest discount); provided, however, that the exercise of such put right during the Tax Protection Period will not trigger the payment of any Make Whole Amount pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 3.5, unless the acquiror partnership is in breach of the covenants set forth in clause (C) above, the Partners’ Representative provides to the acquiror partnership written notice of such breach, and such breach has not been cured within ten (10) days of the date of such notice; provided, further, that after the expiration of the Tax Protection Period, the exercise of such put right will not trigger any payment of any Make Whole Amount pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 3.5; and
(iii) preferred units in an acquiror partnership that initially acquires all or substantially all of the assets of the Operating Partnership with the following terms and conditions:
(A) the liquidation preference of each preferred unit must be equal to the value of the consideration paid by the acquiror for each share of the REIT’s common stock;
(B) the distribution rate on the preferred units will be set at market for the terms of the units and the acquiror partnership;
(C) the partnership that issues the preferred units must (x) have and maintain at all times subordinate or common units with a value equal to at least 100% of the value of the OP Units exchanged for preferred units; (y) not have at closing, or thereafter incur, debt (including debt-like preferred or senior units) that would, at the time incurred, cause it to have aggregate leverage on a consolidated basis in excess of 65% of the fair market value of the issuing partnership’s assets; and (z) not make any distribution with respect to subordinate or common partnership interests to the extent the leverage limitation described in clause (y) would not be met immediately after such distribution; and
(D) until the second anniversary of the expiration of the Tax Protection Period, upon the earlier of (x) the fifth anniversary of the consummation of the relevant Fundamental Transaction or (y) the expiration of the Tax Protection Period, the holder must have a put right to the acquiror partnership for cash in an amount equal to the liquidation preference of such preferred units plus any accrued and unpaid distributions; provided, however, that the exercise of such put right during the Tax Protection Period will not trigger the payment of any Make Whole Amount pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 3.5, unless the acquiror partnership is in breach of the covenants set forth in clause (C) above, the Partners’ Representative provides to the acquiror partnership written notice of such breach, and such breach has not been cured within ten (10) days of the date of such notice; provided, further, that after the expiration of the Tax Protection Period, the exercise of such put right will not trigger any payment of any Make Whole Amount pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 3.5.
(b) For the avoidance of doubt, subject to compliance with the ongoing terms of this Agreement by the surviving entities, if the consideration choices described in Section 3.3(a) are offered to the Protected Partners and, in the case of clauses (a)(ii) and (a)(iii) above, as applicable, in a transaction that is not a Gain Transaction, and the leverage and distribution limitations described in Section 3.3(a) are complied with, the Operating Partnership shall not be required to pay any Make Whole Amount pursuant to Section 2.2 or Section 3.5, and no consent of OP Unit holders shall be required for the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction other than the consent described in Article 11 of the OP Agreement.must
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Samples: Tax Protection Agreement