SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE. (1) If one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing (each a "Partnership Enforcement Event"): (i) arrearages on distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities shall exist for six consecutive quarterly distribution periods, (ii) the Company is in default on any of its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee or (iii) an Investment Event of Default on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or a default under any Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, occurs and is continuing then the Property Trustee, for so long as the Partnership Preferred Securities are held by the Property Trustee, will have the right, or the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities, upon the affirmative vote of at least a Majority in Liquidation Preference of the Partnership Preferred Securities, shall have the right, to the exclusion of the General Partner, (a) to appoint and authorize a special representative of the Partnership and the Limited Partners (a "Special Representative") to enforce (1) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, (2) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee, and (3) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities to receive Distri- butions (only if, and to the extent, declared by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, out of funds legally available therefor) on the Partnership Preferred Securities, and (b) under the Partnership Guarantee to enforce the terms of the Partnership Guarantee, including the right to enforce the covenant restricting certain payments of the Company and Finance Subsidiaries. Under no circumstances, however, shall the Special Representative have authority to cause the General Partner to declare Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities nor to have any authority concerning the selection of Partnership Investments. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Partnership. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee or their rights to receive Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities. In addition, the Special Representative shall not, by virtue of acting in such capacity, be admitted as a general or limited partner in the Partnership or otherwise be deemed to be a general or limited partner in the Partnership and shall have no liability for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of the Partnership. (2) In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the powers of any Special Representative so appointed and to avoid any doubt concerning the powers of the Special Representative, any Special Representative, in its own name, in the name of the Partnership, in the name of the Limited Partners, or otherwise, may institute, or cause to be instituted, a proceeding, including, without limitation, any suit in equity, an action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, to enforce on behalf of the Partnership the Partnership's rights directly against the Company or any other obligor in connection with its obligations to the Partnership, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor in connection with such obligations and collect, out of the property, wherever situated, of the Company or any such other obligor upon such obligations, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law. The General Partner agrees to execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient for the Special Representative to enforce the foregoing rights and obligations on behalf and in the name of the Partnership. (3) If the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities has made a written request, such holder of record of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law directly institute a legal proceeding against the Company to enforce the rights of the Special Representative and the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Special Representative, the Partnership or any other person or entity. In any event, if a Partnership Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument, then a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument for enforcement of payment. In addition, the Partnership acknowledges that, for so long as the Trust holds any Partnership Preferred Securities, if the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights on behalf of the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Trust Securities has made a written request, a holder of record of Trust Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a legal proceeding against the Investment Affiliates under the Affiliate Investment Instruments, without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee, the Trust, the Special Representative or the Partnership. In any event, for so long as the Trust is the holder of any Partnership Preferred Securities, if a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or the failure of the Company to make any required payment when due on any Investment Guarantee, then the Partnership acknowledges that a holder of Trust Securities may to the full- est extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument or against the Company with respect to any such Investment Guarantee, in each case for enforcement of payment. Under no circumstances shall the Special Representative, any holder of Partnership Preferred Securities or any holder of Trust Preferred Securities have authority to cause the General Partner to declare distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities. (4) For purposes of determining whether the Partnership has deferred payment of Distributions for six (6) consecutive quarters, Distributions shall be deemed to remain in arrears, notwithstanding any payments in respect thereof, until full cumulative Distributions, including Compounded Distributions, have been or contemporaneously are paid with respect to all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative Distributions. Not later than 30 days after such right to appoint a Special Representative arises, the General Partner will convene a meeting for election of a Special Representative. If the General Partner fails to convene such meeting within such 30-day period, the Holders of not less than 10% in Liquidation Preference of the Outstanding Partnership Preferred Securities will be entitled to convene such meeting. The provisions of Section 14.3 relating to the convening and conduct of meetings of the Partners will apply with respect to any such meeting. In the event that, at any such meeting, Holders of less than a Majority in Liquidation Preference of Partnership Preferred Securities entitled to vote for the appointment of a Special Representative vote for such appointment, no Special Representative shall be appointed. Any Special Representative appointed shall cease to be a Special Representative of the Partnership and/or the Limited Partners if (x) the Partnership (or the Company pursuant to the Partnership Guarantee) shall have paid in full all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, (y) the relevant Investment Event of Default shall have been cured, and (z) the Company is in compliance with all its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee, and the Company, in its capacity as the General Partner, shall continue the activities of the Partnership without dissolution. Notwithstanding the appointment of any such Special Representative, the Company shall continue as General Partner and shall retain all rights under this Agreement, including the right to determine whether to declare, in its sole discretion, the payment of Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
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Samples: Agreement of Limited Partnership (Merrill Lynch Preferred Capital Trust Ii), Limited Partnership Agreement (Merrill Lynch Preferred Funding I Lp), Limited Partnership Agreement (Uds Funding Ii Lp)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE. (1A) If one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing (each a "Partnership Enforcement Event"):
): (i) arrearages on distributions on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities shall exist for six ___ consecutive quarterly distribution periods, (ii) the Company is in default on any of its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee or (iii) an Investment Event of Default on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or a default under any Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, occurs and is continuing then the Property Trustee, for so long as the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities are held by the Property Trustee, will have the right, or the Holders of the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, upon the affirmative vote of at least a Majority in Liquidation Preference of the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, shall have the right, to the exclusion of the General Partner, (a) to appoint and authorize a special representative of the Partnership and the Limited Partners (a "Special Representative") to enforce (1) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights rights, including the right to receive payments under, with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, (2) the rights of the Holders of the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee, and (3) the rights of the Holders of the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities to receive Distri- butions Distributions (only if, and to the extent, declared by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, out of funds legally available therefor) on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, and (b) under the Partnership Guarantee to enforce the terms of the Partnership Guarantee, including the right to enforce the covenant restricting certain payments of the Company and Finance Subsidiaries. Under no circumstances, however, shall the Special Representative have authority to cause the General Partner to declare Distributions on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities nor to have any authority concerning the selection of Partnership Investments. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Partnership. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the rights of the Holders of the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee or their rights to receive Distributions on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Holders of the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities. In addition, the Special Representative shall not, by virtue of acting in such capacity, be admitted as a general or limited partner in the Partnership or otherwise be deemed to be a general or limited partner in the Partnership and shall have no liability for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of the Partnership.
(2B) In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the powers of any Special Representative so appointed and to avoid any doubt concerning the powers of the Special Representative, any Special Representative, in its own name, in the name of the Partnership, in the name of the Limited Partners, or otherwise, may institute, or cause to be instituted, a proceeding, including, without limitation, any suit in equity, an action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, to enforce on behalf of the Partnership the Partnership's rights directly against the Company or any other obligor in connection with its obligations to the Partnership, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor in connection with such obligations and collect, out of the property, wherever situated, of the Company or any such other obligor upon such obligations, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law. The General Partner agrees to execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient for the Special Representative to enforce the foregoing rights and obligations on behalf and in the name of the Partnership.
(3C) If the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights under the any Affiliate Investment Instruments Instrument or any Investment Guarantee after a holder of Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities has made a written request, such holder of record of Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law directly institute a legal proceeding against the issuer of that Affiliate Investment Instrument or the Company to enforce the rights of the Special Representative and the Partnership under the that Affiliate Investment Instruments Instrument or any Investment Guarantee without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Special Representative, the Partnership or any other person or entity. In any event, if a Partnership Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument, or of the Company to make any required payment when due on any Investment Guarantee, then a holder of Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate or the Company with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument or Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, for enforcement of payment. In addition, the Partnership acknowledges that, for so long as the Trust holds any Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, if the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights on behalf of the Partnership under the any Affiliate Investment Instruments Instrument or Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, after a holder of Trust Securities has made a written request, a holder of record of Trust Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a legal proceeding against the Investment Affiliates Affiliate under the Affiliate Investment InstrumentsInstrument or the Company under the Investment Guarantee, without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee, the Trust, the Special Representative or the Partnership. In any event, for so long as the Trust is the holder of any Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, if a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or the failure of the Company to make any required payment when due on any Investment Guarantee, then the Partnership acknowledges that a holder of Trust Securities may to the full- est fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument or against the Company with respect to any such Investment Guarantee, in each case for enforcement of payment. Under no circumstances shall the Special Representative, any holder of Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities or any holder of Preferred Trust Preferred Securities have authority to cause the General Partner to declare distributions on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities.
(4D) For purposes of determining whether the Partnership has deferred payment of Distributions for six (6) ____ consecutive quarters, Distributions shall be deemed to remain in arrears, notwithstanding any payments in respect thereof, until full cumulative Distributions, including Compounded Distributions, have been or contemporaneously are paid with respect to all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative Distributions. Not later than 30 days after such right to appoint a Special Representative arises, the General Partner will convene a meeting for election of a Special Representative. If the General Partner fails to convene such meeting within such 30-day period, the Holders of not less than 10% in Liquidation Preference of the Outstanding Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities will be entitled to convene such meeting. The provisions of Section 14.3 relating to the convening and conduct of meetings of the Partners will apply with respect to any such meeting. In the event that, at any such meeting, Holders of less than a Majority in Liquidation Preference of Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities entitled to vote for the appointment of a Special Representative vote for such appointment, no Special Representative shall be appointed. Any Special Representative appointed shall cease to be a Special Representative of the Partnership and/or the Limited Partners if (x) the Partnership (or the Company pursuant to the Partnership Guarantee) shall have paid in full all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, (y) the relevant Investment Event of Default shall have been cured, and (z) the Company is in compliance with all its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee, and the Company, in its capacity as the General Partner, shall continue the activities of the Partnership without dissolution. Notwithstanding the appointment of any such Special Representative, the Company shall continue as General Partner and shall retain all rights under this Agreement, including the right to determine whether to declare, in its sole discretion, the payment of Distributions on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities.
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Samples: Limited Partnership Agreement (Txu Europe Funding I L P)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE. (1) If one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing (each a "Partnership Enforcement Event"):
(i) arrearages on distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities shall exist for six consecutive quarterly distribution periods, (ii) the Company is in default on any of its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee or (iii) an Investment Event of Default on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or a default under any Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, occurs and is continuing then the Property Trustee, for so long as the Partnership Preferred Securities are held by the Property Trustee, will have the right, or the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities, upon the affirmative vote of at least a Majority in Liquidation Preference of the Partnership Preferred Securities, shall have the right, to the exclusion of the General Partner, (a) to appoint and authorize a special representative of the Partnership and the Limited Partners (a "Special Representative") to enforce (1) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, (2) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee, and (3) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities to receive Distri- butions (only if, and to the extent, declared by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, out of funds legally available therefor) on the Partnership Preferred Securities, and (b) under the Partnership Guarantee to enforce the terms of the Partnership Guarantee, including the right to enforce the covenant restricting certain payments of the Company and Finance Subsidiaries. Under no circumstances, however, shall the Special Representative have authority to cause the General Partner to declare Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities nor to have any authority concerning the selection of Partnership Investments. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Partnership. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee or their rights to receive Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities. In addition, the Special Representative shall not, by virtue of acting in such capacity, be admitted as a general or limited partner in the Partnership or otherwise be deemed to be a general or limited partner in the Partnership and shall have no liability for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of the Partnership.
(2) In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the powers of any Special Representative so appointed and to avoid any doubt concerning the powers of the Special Representative, any Special Representative, in its own name, in the name of the Partnership, in the name of the Limited Partners, or otherwise, may institute, or cause to be instituted, a proceeding, including, without limitation, any suit in equity, an action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, to enforce on behalf of the Partnership the Partnership's rights directly against the Company or any other obligor in connection with its obligations to the Partnership, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor in connection with such obligations and collect, out of the property, wherever situated, of the Company or any such other obligor upon such obligations, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law. The General Partner agrees to execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient for the Special Representative to enforce the foregoing rights and obligations on behalf and in the name of the Partnership.
(3) If the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities has made a written request, such holder of record of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law directly institute a legal proceeding against the Company to enforce the rights of the Special Representative and the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Special Representative, the Partnership or any other person or entity. In any event, if a Partnership Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument, then a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument for enforcement of payment. In addition, the Partnership acknowledges that, for so long as the Trust holds any Partnership Preferred Securities, if the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights on behalf of the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Trust Securities has made a written request, a holder of record of Trust Securities may to the fullest full- est extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a legal proceeding against the Investment Affiliates under the Affiliate Investment Instruments, without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee, the Trust, the Special Representative or the Partnership. In any event, for so long as the Trust is the holder of any Partnership Preferred Securities, if a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or the failure of the Company to make any required payment when due on any Investment Guarantee, then the Partnership acknowledges that a holder of Trust Securities may to the full- est fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument or against the Company with respect to any such Investment Guarantee, in each case for enforcement of payment. Under no circumstances shall the Special Representative, any holder of Partnership Preferred Securities or any holder of Trust Preferred Securities have authority to cause the General Partner to declare distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
(4) For purposes of determining whether the Partnership has deferred payment of Distributions for six (6) consecutive quarters, Distributions shall be deemed to remain in arrears, notwithstanding any payments in respect thereof, until full cumulative Distributions, including Compounded Distributions, have been or contemporaneously are paid with respect to all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative Distributions. Not later than 30 days after such right to appoint a Special Representative arises, the General Partner will convene a meeting for election of a Special Representative. If the General Partner fails to convene such meeting within such 30-day period, the Holders of not less than 10% in Liquidation Preference of the Outstanding Partnership Preferred Securities will be entitled to convene such meeting. The provisions of Section 14.3 relating to the convening and conduct of meetings of the Partners will apply with respect to any such meeting. In the event that, at any such meeting, Holders of less than a Majority in Liquidation Preference of Partnership Preferred Securities entitled to vote for the appointment of a Special Representative vote for such appointment, no Special Representative shall be appointed. Any Special Representative appointed shall cease to be a Special Representative of the Partnership and/or the Limited Partners if (x) the Partnership (or the Company pursuant to the Partnership Guarantee) shall have paid in full all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, (y) the relevant Investment Event of Default shall have been cured, and (z) the Company is in compliance with all its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee, and the Company, in its capacity as the General Partner, shall continue the activities of the Partnership without dissolution. Notwithstanding the appointment of any such Special Representative, the Company shall continue as General Partner and shall retain all rights under this Agreement, including the right to determine whether to declare, in its sole discretion, the payment of Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
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Samples: Limited Partnership Agreement (Merrill Lynch Preferred Capital Trust Iv)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE. (1A) If one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing (each each, a "Partnership Enforcement Event"):
(i) arrearages on distributions the Partnership fails to pay Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements, including any Compounded Preferred Entitlements, on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities shall exist for six consecutive quarterly distribution periods, (ii) the Company is in default on any of its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee or (iii) an Investment Event of Default on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or and a default under any the relevant Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, Guarantee occurs and is continuing continuing, then the Property TrusteeTrustee on behalf of the Trust, for so long as the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities are held by the Property TrusteeTrust, will have the right, or the Holders of the Partnership Preferred SecuritiesHolders, upon the affirmative vote of at least a Majority in Liquidation Preference of the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, shall shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the rightright to enforce under this Agreement the terms of the Preferred Partnership Securities, to the exclusion of the General Partner, including the right (a) to appoint and authorize a special representative of the Partnership and the Limited Partners (a "Special Representative") to enforce (1) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect rights, including the right to receive payments under the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, (2) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee, and (3) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities to receive Distri- butions Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements (only if, and to the extent, declared by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, out of funds legally available therefor) on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, and (b) under the Partnership Guarantee to enforce the terms of the Partnership Guarantee, including the right to enforce the covenant restricting certain payments of the Company and Finance Subsidiaries. Under no circumstances, however, shall the Special Representative have authority to cause the General Partner to declare Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities nor to have any authority concerning the selection of Partnership Investments. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Partnership. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee or their rights to receive Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred SecuritiesHolders. In addition, the Special Representative shall not, by virtue of acting in such capacity, be admitted as a general or limited partner in the Partnership or otherwise be deemed to be a general or limited partner in the Partnership and shall have no liability for the debts, obligations, obligations or liabilities of the Partnership.
(2B) In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the powers of any Special Representative so appointed and to avoid any doubt concerning the powers of the Special Representative, any Special Representative, in its own name, in the name of the Partnership, in the name of the Limited Partners, or otherwise, may institute, or cause to be instituted, a proceeding, including, without limitation, any suit in equity, an action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, to enforce on behalf of the Partnership the Partnership's rights directly against the Company or any other obligor in connection with its obligations to the Partnership, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor in connection with such obligations and collect, out of the property, wherever situated, of the Company or any such other obligor upon such obligations, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law. The General Partner agrees to execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient for the Special Representative to enforce the foregoing rights and obligations on behalf and in the name of the Partnership.
(3C) If the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights under the any Affiliate Investment Instruments Instrument or any Investment Guarantee after a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities Holder has made a written request, such holder of record of Partnership Preferred Securities may Holder may, to the fullest extent permitted by law law, directly institute a legal proceeding against the issuer of that Affiliate Investment Instrument or the Company to enforce the rights of the Special Representative and the Partnership under the that Affiliate Investment Instruments Instrument or such Investment Guarantee without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Special Representative, the Partnership or any other person or entityPerson. In any event, if a Partnership Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument, or of the Company to make any required payment when due on any Investment Guarantee, then a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities may Holder may, to the fullest extent permitted by law law, on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate or the Company with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument or Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, in each case for enforcement of payment. In addition, the Partnership acknowledges that, for so long as the Trust holds any Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, if the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights on behalf of the Partnership under the any Affiliate Investment Instruments Instrument or Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, after a holder of Preferred Trust Securities has made a written request, a holder of record of Preferred Trust Securities may may, to the fullest extent permitted by law law, on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a legal proceeding against the Investment Affiliates Affiliate under the Affiliate Investment InstrumentsInstrument or the Company under the Investment Guarantee, without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee, the Trust, the Special Representative or the PartnershipPartnership or any other Person. In any event, for so long as the Trust is the holder of any Partnership Preferred Securitiesa Holder, if a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or the failure of the Company to make any required payment when due on any Investment Guarantee, then the Partnership acknowledges that a holder of Preferred Trust Securities may may, to the full- est fullest extent permitted by law law, on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument or against the Company with respect to any such Investment Guarantee, in each case for enforcement of payment. Under no circumstances shall the Special Representative, any holder Holder of Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities or any holder of Preferred Trust Preferred Securities have authority to cause the General Partner to declare distributions Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities.
(4D) For purposes of determining whether the Partnership has deferred payment of Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements for six (6) consecutive quartersquarters under this Agreement and the Trust Agreement, Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements shall be deemed to remain in arrears, notwithstanding any payments Distributions in respect thereofof Preferred Entitlements, until full cumulative DistributionsDistributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements, including Compounded DistributionsPreferred Entitlements, have been or contemporaneously are paid with respect to all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative Distributions. Not later than 30 days after such right to appoint a Special Representative arises, the General Partner will convene a meeting for election of a Special Representative. If the General Partner fails to convene such meeting within such 30-day period, the Holders of not less than 10% in Liquidation Preference of the Outstanding Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities will be entitled to convene such meeting. The provisions of Section 14.3 relating to the convening and conduct of meetings of the Partners will apply with respect to any such meeting. In the event that, at any such meeting, Holders of less than a Majority in Liquidation Preference of Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities entitled to vote for the appointment of a Special Representative vote for such appointment, no Special Representative shall be appointed. Any Special Representative appointed shall cease to be a Special Representative of the Partnership and/or and the Limited Partners if (x) the Partnership (or the Company pursuant to the Partnership Guarantee) shall have paid in full all accumulated and unpaid Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements and Compounded Preferred Entitlements on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, (y) the relevant Investment Event of Default or the relevant default under the related Investment Guarantee shall have been cured, and (z) the Company is in compliance with all its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee, and the Company, in its capacity as the General Partner, shall continue the activities of the Partnership without dissolution. Notwithstanding the appointment of any such Special Representative, the Company General Partner shall continue as General Partner such and shall retain all rights under this Agreement, including the right to determine whether to declare, in its sole discretion, the payment of Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities.
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Samples: Limited Partnership Agreement (Texas Utilities Co /Tx/)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE. (1) If one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing (each a "Partnership Enforcement Event"):
(i) arrearages on distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities shall exist for six consecutive quarterly distribution periods, (ii) the Company is in default on any of its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee or (iii) an Investment Event of Default occurs and is continuing on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or a default under any Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, occurs and is continuing then the Property Trustee, for so long as the Partnership Preferred Securities are held by the Property Trustee, will have the right, or the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities, upon the affirmative vote of at least a Majority in Liquidation Preference of the Partnership Preferred Securities, shall have the right, to the exclusion of the General Partner, (a) to appoint and authorize a special representative of the Partnership and the Limited Partners (a "Special Representative") to enforce (1) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, (2) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee, and (3) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities to receive Distri- butions Distributions (only if, and to the extent, declared by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, out of funds legally available therefor) on the Partnership Preferred Securities, and (b) under the Partnership Guarantee to enforce the terms of the Partnership Guarantee, including the right to enforce the covenant restricting certain payments of the Company and Finance Subsidiariesits majority owned subsidiaries. Under no circumstances, however, shall the Special Representative have authority to cause the General Partner to declare Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities nor to have any authority concerning the selection of Partnership Investments. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Partnership. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee or their rights to receive Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities. In addition, the Special Representative shall not, by virtue of acting in such capacity, be admitted as a general or limited partner in the Partnership or otherwise be deemed to be a general or limited partner in the Partnership and shall have no liability for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of the Partnership.
(2) In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the powers of any Special Representative so appointed and to avoid any doubt concerning the powers of the Special Representative, any Special Representative, in its own name, in the name of the Partnership, in the name of the Limited Partners, or otherwise, may institute, or cause to be instituted, a proceeding, including, without limitation, any suit in equity, an action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, to enforce on behalf of the Partnership the Partnership's rights directly against the Company or any other obligor in connection with its obligations to the Partnership, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor in connection with such obligations and collect, out of the property, wherever situated, of the Company or any such other obligor upon such obligations, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law. The General Partner agrees to execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient for the Special Representative to enforce the foregoing rights and obligations on behalf and in the name of the Partnership.
(3) If the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities has made a written request, such holder of record of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law directly institute a legal proceeding against the Company to enforce the rights of the Special Representative and the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Special Representative, the Partnership or any other person or entity. In any event, if a Partnership Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument, then a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument for enforcement of payment. In addition, the Partnership acknowledges that, for so long as the Trust holds any Partnership Preferred Securities, if the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights on behalf of the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Trust Securities has made a written request, a holder of record of Trust Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a legal proceeding against the Investment Affiliates under the Affiliate Investment Instruments, without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee, the Trust, the Special Representative or the Partnership. In any event, for so long as the Trust is the holder of any Partnership Preferred Securities, if a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or the failure of the Company to make any required payment when due on any Investment Guarantee, then the Partnership acknowledges that a holder of Trust Securities may to the full- est extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument or against the Company with respect to any such Investment Guarantee, in each case for enforcement of payment. Under no circumstances shall the Special Representative, any holder of Partnership Preferred Securities or any holder of Trust Preferred Securities have authority to cause the General Partner to declare distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
(4) For purposes of determining whether the Partnership has deferred payment of Distributions for six (6) consecutive quarters, Distributions shall be deemed to remain in arrears, notwithstanding any payments in respect thereof, until full cumulative Distributions, including Compounded Distributions, have been or contemporaneously are paid with respect to all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative Distributions. Not later than 30 days after such right to appoint a Special Representative arises, the General Partner will convene a meeting for election of a Special Representative. If the General Partner fails to convene such meeting within such 30-day period, the Holders of not less than 10% in Liquidation Preference of the Outstanding Partnership Preferred Securities will be entitled to convene such meeting. The provisions of Section 14.3 relating to the convening and conduct of meetings of the Partners will apply with respect to any such meeting. In the event that, at any such meeting, Holders of less than a Majority in Liquidation Preference of Partnership Preferred Securities entitled to vote for the appointment of a Special Representative vote for such appointment, no Special Representative shall be appointed. Any Special Representative appointed shall cease to be a Special Representative of the Partnership and/or the Limited Partners if (x) the Partnership (or the Company pursuant to the Partnership Guarantee) shall have paid in full all accumulated accrued and unpaid Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, (y) the relevant Investment Event of Default shall have been cured, and (z) the Company is in compliance with all its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee, and the Company, in its capacity as the General Partner, shall continue the activities of the Partnership without dissolution. Notwithstanding the appointment of any such Special Representative, the Company shall continue as General Partner and shall retain all rights under this Agreement, including the right to determine whether to declare, in its sole discretion, the payment of Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
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Samples: Limited Partnership Agreement (Capita Preferred Trust)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE. (1) If one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing (each a "Partnership Enforcement Event"):
(i) arrearages on distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities shall exist for six consecutive quarterly distribution periods, (ii) the Company is in default on any of its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee or (iii) an Investment Event of Default on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or a default under any Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, occurs and is continuing then the Property Trustee, for so long as the Partnership Preferred Securities are held by the Property Trustee, will have the right, or the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities, upon the affirmative vote of at least a Majority in Liquidation Preference of the Partnership Preferred Securities, shall have the right, to the exclusion of the General Partner, (a) to appoint and authorize a special representative of the Partnership and the Limited Partners (a "Special Representative") to enforce (1) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, (2) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee, and (3) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities to receive Distri- butions Distributions (only if, and to the extent, declared by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, out of funds legally available therefor) on the Partnership Preferred Securities, and (b) under the Partnership Guarantee to enforce the terms of the Partnership Guarantee, including the right to enforce the covenant restricting certain payments of the Company and Finance Subsidiariespayments. Under no circumstances, however, shall the Special Representative have authority to cause the General Partner to declare Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities nor to or have any authority concerning the selection of Partnership Investments. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Partnership. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee or their rights to receive Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities. In addition, the Special Representative shall not, by virtue of acting in such capacity, be admitted as a general or limited partner in the Partnership or otherwise be deemed to be a general or limited partner in the Partnership and shall have no liability for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of the Partnership.
(2) In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the powers of any Special Representative so appointed and to avoid any doubt concerning the powers of the Special Representative, any Special Representative, in its own name, in the name of the Partnership, in the name of the Limited Partners, or otherwise, may institute, or cause to be instituted, a proceeding, including, without limitation, any suit in equity, an action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, to enforce on behalf of the Partnership the Partnership's rights directly against the Company or any other obligor in connection with its obligations to the Partnership, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor in connection with such obligations and collect, out of the property, wherever situated, of the Company or any such other obligor upon such obligations, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law. The General Partner agrees to execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient for the Special Representative to enforce the foregoing rights and obligations on behalf and in the name of the Partnership.
(3) If the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities has made a written request, such holder of record of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law directly institute a legal proceeding against the Company to enforce the rights of the Special Representative and the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Special Representative, the Partnership or any other person or entity. In any event, if a Partnership Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument, then a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument for enforcement of payment. In addition, the Partnership acknowledges that, for so long as the Trust holds any Partnership Preferred Securities, if the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights on behalf of the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Trust Securities has made a written request, a holder of record of Trust Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a legal proceeding against the Investment Affiliates under the Affiliate Investment Instruments, without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee, the Trust, the Special Representative or the Partnership. In any event, for so long as the Trust is the holder of any Partnership Preferred Securities, if a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or the failure of the Company to make any required payment when due on any Investment Guarantee, then the Partnership acknowledges that a holder of Trust Securities may to the full- est extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument or against the Company with respect to any such Investment Guarantee, in each case for enforcement of payment. Under no circumstances shall the Special Representative, any holder of Partnership Preferred Securities or any holder of Trust Preferred Securities have authority to cause the General Partner to declare distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
(4) For purposes of determining whether the Partnership has deferred payment of Distributions for six (6) consecutive quarters, Distributions shall be deemed to remain in arrears, notwithstanding any payments in respect thereof, until full cumulative Distributions, including Compounded Distributions, have been or contemporaneously are paid with respect to all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative Distributions. Not later than 30 days after such right to appoint a Special Representative arises, the General Partner will convene a meeting for election of a Special Representative. If the General Partner fails to convene such meeting within such 30-day period, the Holders of not less than 10% in Liquidation Preference of the Outstanding Partnership Preferred Securities will be entitled to convene such meeting. The provisions of Section 14.3 relating to the convening and conduct of meetings of the Partners will apply with respect to any such meeting. In the event that, at any such meeting, Holders of less than a Majority in Liquidation Preference of Partnership Preferred Securities entitled to vote for the appointment of a Special Representative vote for such appointment, no Special Representative shall be appointed. Any Special Representative appointed shall cease to be a Special Representative of the Partnership and/or the Limited Partners if (x) the Partnership (or the Company pursuant to the Partnership Guarantee) shall have paid in full all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, (y) the relevant Investment Event of Default shall have been cured, and (z) the Company is in compliance with all its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee, and the Company, in its capacity as the General Partner, shall continue the activities of the Partnership without dissolution. Notwithstanding the appointment of any such Special Representative, the Company shall continue as General Partner and shall retain all rights under this Agreement, including the right to determine whether to declare, in its sole discretion, the payment of Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.authority
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Samples: Limited Partnership Agreement (Enron Capital Trust I)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE. (1) If one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing (each a "Partnership Enforcement Event"):
(i) arrearages on distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities shall exist for six consecutive quarterly distribution periods, (ii) the Company is in default on any of its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee or (iii) an Investment Event of Default on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or a default under any Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, occurs and is continuing then the Property Trustee, for so long as the Partnership Preferred Securities are held by the Property Trustee, will have the right, or the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities, upon the affirmative vote of at least a Majority in Liquidation Preference of the Partnership Preferred Securities, shall have the right, to the exclusion of the General Partner, (a) to appoint and authorize a special representative of the Partnership and the Limited Partners (a "Special Representative") to enforce (1) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, (2) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee, and (3) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities to receive Distri- butions Distributions (only if, and to the extent, declared by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, out of funds legally available therefor) on the Partnership Preferred Securities, and (b) under the Partnership Guarantee to enforce the terms of the Partnership Guarantee, including the right to enforce the covenant restricting certain payments of the Company and Finance Subsidiaries. Under no circumstances, however, shall the Special Representative have authority to cause the General Partner to declare Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities nor to have any authority concerning the selection of Partnership Investments. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Partnership. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee or their rights to receive Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities. In addition, the Special Representative shall not, by virtue of acting in such capacity, be admitted as a general or limited partner in the Partnership or otherwise be deemed to be a general or limited partner in the Partnership and shall have no liability for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of the Partnership.
(2) In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the powers of any Special Representative so appointed and to avoid any doubt concerning the powers of the Special Representative, any Special Representative, in its own name, in the name of the Partnership, in the name of the Limited Partners, or otherwise, may institute, or cause to be instituted, a proceeding, including, without limitation, any suit in equity, an action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, to enforce on behalf of the Partnership the Partnership's rights directly against the Company or any other obligor in connection with its obligations to the Partnership, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor in connection with such obligations and collect, out of the property, wherever situated, of the Company or any such other obligor upon such obligations, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law. The General Partner agrees to execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient for the Special Representative to enforce the foregoing rights and obligations on behalf and in the name of the Partnership.
(3) If the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities has made a written request, such holder of record of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law directly institute a legal proceeding against the Company to enforce the rights of the Special Representative and the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Special Representative, the Partnership or any other person or entity. In any event, if a Partnership Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument, then a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument for enforcement of payment. In addition, the Partnership acknowledges that, for so long as the Trust holds any Partnership Preferred Securities, if the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights on behalf of the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Trust Securities has made a written request, a holder of record of Trust Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a legal proceeding against the Investment Affiliates under the Affiliate Investment Instruments, without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee, the Trust, the Special Representative or the Partnership. In any event, for so long as the Trust is the holder of any Partnership Preferred Securities, if a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or the failure of the Company to make any required payment when due on any Investment Guarantee, then the Partnership acknowledges that a holder of Trust Securities may to the full- est fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument or against the Company with respect to any such Investment Guarantee, in each case for enforcement of payment. Under no circumstances shall the Special Representative, any holder of Partnership Preferred Securities or any holder of Trust Preferred Securities have authority to cause the General Partner to declare distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
(4) For purposes of determining whether the Partnership has deferred payment of Distributions for six (6) consecutive quarters, Distributions shall be deemed to remain in arrears, notwithstanding any payments in respect thereof, until full cumulative Distributions, including Compounded Distributions, have been or contemporaneously are paid with respect to all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative Distributions. Not later than 30 days after such right to appoint a Special Representative arises, the General Partner will convene a meeting for election of a Special Representative. If the General Partner fails to convene such meeting within such 30-day period, the Holders of not less than 10% in Liquidation Preference of the Outstanding Partnership Preferred Securities will be entitled to convene such meeting. The provisions of Section 14.3 relating to the convening and conduct of meetings of the Partners will apply with respect to any such meeting. In the event that, at any such meeting, Holders of less than a Majority in Liquidation Preference of Partnership Preferred Securities entitled to vote for the appointment of a Special Representative vote for such appointment, no Special Representative shall be appointed. Any Special Representative appointed shall cease to be a Special Representative of the Partnership and/or the Limited Partners if (x) the Partnership (or the Company pursuant to the Partnership Guarantee) shall have paid in full all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, (y) the relevant Investment Event of Default shall have been cured, and (z) the Company is in compliance with all its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee, and the Company, in its capacity as the General Partner, shall continue the activities of the Partnership without dissolution. Notwithstanding the appointment of any such Special Representative, the Company shall continue as General Partner and shall retain all rights under this Agreement, including the right to determine whether to declare, in its sole discretion, the payment of Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
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Samples: Limited Partnership Agreement (Merrill Lynch Preferred Funding I Lp)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE. (1A) If one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing (each each, a "Partnership Enforcement Event"):
(i) arrearages on distributions the Partnership fails to pay Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements, including any Compounded Preferred Entitlements, on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities shall exist for six consecutive quarterly distribution periods, (ii) the Company is in default on any of its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee or (iii) an Investment Event of Default on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or and a default under any the relevant Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, occurs and is continuing continuing, then the Property TrusteeTrustee on behalf of the Trust, for so long as the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities are held by the Property TrusteeTrust, will have the right, or the Holders of the Partnership Preferred SecuritiesHolders, upon the affirmative vote of at least a Majority in Liquidation Preference of the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, shall have the rightright to enforce under this Agreement the terms of the Preferred Partnership Securities, to the exclusion of the General Partner, including the right (a) to appoint and authorize a special representative of the Partnership and the Limited Partners (a "Special Representative") to enforce (1) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect rights, including the right to receive payments under the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, (2) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee, and (3) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities to receive Distri- butions Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements (only if, and to the extent, declared by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, out of funds legally available therefor) on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, and (b) under the Partnership Guarantee to enforce the terms of the Partnership Guarantee, including the right to enforce the covenant restricting certain payments of the Company and Finance Subsidiaries. Under no circumstances, however, shall the Special Representative have authority to cause the General Partner to declare Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities nor to have any authority concerning the selection of Partnership Investments. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Partnership. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee or their rights to receive Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred SecuritiesHolders. In addition, the Special Representative shall not, by virtue of acting in such capacity, be admitted as a general or limited partner in the Partnership or otherwise be deemed to be a general or limited partner in the Partnership and shall have no liability for the debts, obligations, obligations or liabilities of the Partnership.
(2B) In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the powers of any Special Representative so appointed and to avoid any doubt concerning the powers of the Special Representative, any Special Representative, in its own name, in the name of the Partnership, in the name of the Limited Partners, or otherwise, may institute, or cause to be instituted, a proceeding, including, without limitation, any suit in equity, an action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, to enforce on behalf of the Partnership the Partnership's rights directly against the Company or any other obligor in connection with its obligations to the Partnership, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor in connection with such obligations and collect, out of the property, wherever situated, of the Company or any such other obligor upon such obligations, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law. The General Partner agrees to execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient for the Special Representative to enforce the foregoing rights and obligations on behalf and in the name of the Partnership.
(3C) If the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights under the any Affiliate Investment Instruments Instrument or any Investment Guarantee after a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities Holder has made a written request, such holder of record of Partnership Preferred Securities may Holder may, to the fullest extent permitted by law law, directly institute a legal proceeding against the issuer of that Affiliate Investment Instrument or the Company to enforce the rights of the Special Representative and the Partnership under the that Affiliate Investment Instruments Instrument or such Investment Guarantee without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Special Representative, the Partnership or any other person or entityPerson. In any event, if a Partnership Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument, or of the Company to make any required payment when due on any Investment Guarantee, then a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities Holder may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate or the Company with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument or Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, for enforcement of payment. In addition, the Partnership acknowledges that, for so long as the Trust holds any Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, if the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights on behalf of the Partnership under the any Affiliate Investment Instruments Instrument or Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, after a holder of Preferred Trust Securities has made a written request, a holder of record of Preferred Trust Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a legal proceeding against the Investment Affiliates Affiliate under the Affiliate Investment InstrumentsInstrument or the Company under the Investment Guarantee, without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee, the Trust, the Special Representative or the Partnership. In any event, for so long as the Trust is the holder of any Partnership Preferred Securitiesa Holder, if a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or the failure of the Company to make any required payment when due on any Investment Guarantee, then the Partnership acknowledges that a holder of Preferred Trust Securities may to the full- est fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument or against the Company with respect to any such Investment Guarantee, in each case for enforcement of payment. Under no circumstances shall the Special Representative, any holder Holder of Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities or any holder of Preferred Trust Preferred Securities have authority to cause the General Partner to declare distributions Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities.
(4D) For purposes of determining whether the Partnership has deferred payment of Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements for six (6) ____ consecutive quarters, Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements shall be deemed to remain in arrears, notwithstanding any payments Distributions in respect thereofof Preferred Entitlements, until full cumulative DistributionsDistributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements, including Compounded DistributionsPreferred Entitlements, have been or contemporaneously are paid with respect to all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative Distributions. Not later than 30 days after such right to appoint a Special Representative arises, the General Partner will convene a meeting for election of a Special Representative. If the General Partner fails to convene such meeting within such 30-day period, the Holders of not less than 10% in Liquidation Preference of the Outstanding Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities will be entitled to convene such meeting. The provisions of Section 14.3 relating to the convening and conduct of meetings of the Partners will apply with respect to any such meeting. In the event that, at any such meeting, Holders of less than a Majority in Liquidation Preference of Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities entitled to vote for the appointment of a Special Representative vote for such appointment, no Special Representative shall be appointed. Any Special Representative appointed shall cease to be a Special Representative of the Partnership and/or and the Limited Partners if (x) the Partnership (or the Company pursuant to the Partnership Guarantee) shall have paid in full all accumulated and unpaid Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements and Compounded Preferred Entitlements on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities, (y) the relevant Investment Event of Default or the relevant default under the related Investment Guarantee shall have been cured, and (z) the Company is in compliance with all its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee, and the Company, in its capacity as the General Partner, shall continue the activities of the Partnership without dissolution. Notwithstanding the appointment of any such Special Representative, the Company shall continue as General Partner and shall retain all rights under this Agreement, including the right to determine whether to declare, in its sole discretion, the payment of Distributions in respect of Preferred Entitlements on the Preferred Partnership Preferred Securities.
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Samples: Limited Partnership Agreement (Txu Europe Funding I L P)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE. (1) If one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing (each a "Partnership Enforcement EventPARTNERSHIP ENFORCEMENT EVENT"):
): (i) arrearages on distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities shall exist for six consecutive quarterly distribution periods, (ii) the Company HEI is in default on any of its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee or (iii) an Investment Event of Default on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or a and an HEI default on any of its obligations with respect thereto under any applicable Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, occurs and is continuing then the Property Trustee, for so long as the Partnership Preferred Securities are held by the Property Trustee, will have the right, or the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities, upon the affirmative vote of at least a Majority in Liquidation Preference of the Partnership Preferred Securities (or, for so long as the Partnership Preferred Securities are held by the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee as the Holder of the Partnership Preferred Securities), shall have the right, to the exclusion of the General Partner, (a) to enforce the terms of the Partnership Preferred Securities, including the right to appoint and authorize a special representative of the Partnership and the Limited Partners (a "Special RepresentativeSPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE") to enforce (1) to the maximum fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, (2) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee, and (3) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities to receive Distri- butions Distributions (only if, and to the extent, declared by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, out of funds legally available therefor) on the Partnership Preferred Securities, and (b) under the Partnership Guarantee to enforce the terms of the Partnership Guarantee, including the right to enforce the covenant restricting certain payments of the Company and Finance Subsidiariesdistributions by HEI. Under no circumstances, however, shall the Special Representative have authority to cause the General Partner to declare Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities nor to or have any authority concerning the selection of Partnership Investments. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Partnership. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee or their rights to receive Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities. In addition, the Special Representative shall not, by virtue of acting in such capacity, be admitted as a general or limited partner in the Partnership or otherwise be deemed to be a general or limited partner in the Partnership and shall have no liability for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of the Partnership.
(2) In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the powers of any Special Representative so appointed and to avoid any doubt concerning the powers of the Special Representative, any Special Representative, in its own name, in the name of the Partnership, in the name of the Limited Partners, or otherwise, may may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, institute, or cause to be instituted, a proceeding, including, without limitation, any suit in equity, an action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, to enforce on behalf of the Partnership the Partnership's rights directly against the Company HEI or any other obligor (including the General Partner) in connection with its obligations to the Partnership, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and enforce the same against the Company HEI or any other obligor in connection with such obligations and collect, out of the property, wherever situated, of the Company HEI or any such other obligor upon such obligations, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law. The General Partner agrees to execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient for the Special Representative to enforce the foregoing rights and obligations on behalf and in the name of the Partnership.
(3) If the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights on behalf of the Partnership under the any Affiliate Investment Instruments Instrument after a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities has made a written request, such holder of record of Partnership Preferred Securities may may, to the fullest extent permitted by law directly institute a legal proceeding against the Company applicable Investment Affiliate to enforce the rights of the Special Representative and the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Special Representative, the Partnership or any other person or entityPerson. In any event, if a Partnership Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument, then a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities may may, to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly directly, institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument for enforcement of payment. In addition, the Partnership acknowledges that, for so long as the Trust holds any Partnership Preferred Securities, if the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights on behalf of the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of record of Trust Securities has made a written request, a such holder of record of Trust Securities may may, to the fullest extent permitted by law law, on behalf of the Partnership Partnership, directly institute a legal proceeding against the Investment Affiliates to enforce the rights of the Special Representative and the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments, without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee, the Trust, the Special Representative Representative, the Partnership or the Partnershipany other Person. In any event, for so long as the Trust is the holder of any Partnership Preferred Securities, if a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or the failure of the Company HEI to make any required payment when due on any Investment Guarantee, then the Partnership acknowledges that a holder of Trust Securities may may, to the full- est fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership Partnership, directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument or against the Company HEI with respect to any such Investment Guarantee, in each case for enforcement of payment. Under no circumstances shall the Special Representative, any holder of Partnership Preferred Securities or any holder of Trust Preferred Securities have authority to cause the General Partner to declare distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
(4) For purposes of determining whether the Partnership has deferred payment of Distributions for six (6) consecutive quarters, Distributions shall be deemed to remain in arrears, notwithstanding any payments in respect thereof, until full cumulative Distributions, including Compounded Distributions, have been or contemporaneously are paid with respect to all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative Distributions. Not later than 30 days after such right to appoint a Special Representative arises, the General Partner will convene a meeting for election of a Special Representative. If the General Partner fails to convene such meeting within such 30-day period, the Holders of not less than 10% in Liquidation Preference of the Outstanding Partnership Preferred Securities will be entitled to convene such meeting. The provisions of Section 14.3 relating to the convening and conduct of meetings of the Partners will apply with respect to any such meeting. In the event that, at any such meeting, Holders of less than a Majority in Liquidation Preference of Partnership Preferred Securities entitled to vote for the appointment of a Special Representative vote for such appointment, no Special Representative shall be appointed. Any Special Representative appointed shall cease to be a Special Representative of the Partnership and/or the Limited Partners if (x) the Partnership (or the Company HEI pursuant to the Partnership Guarantee) shall have paid in full all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, (y) the relevant Investment Event of Default giving rise to the Partnership Enforcement Event shall have been cured, and (z) the Company HEI is in compliance with all its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee, and the Company, in its capacity as the General Partner, shall continue the activities of the Partnership without dissolution. Notwithstanding the appointment of any such Special Representative, the Company shall continue as General Partner and shall retain all rights under this Agreement, including the right to determine whether to declare, in its sole discretion, the payment of Distributions on the Partnership Preferred SecuritiesSecurities for which the failure of such declaration will not constitute a default hereunder.
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Samples: Limited Partnership Agreement (Hei Preferred Funding L P)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE. (1) If one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing (each a "Partnership Enforcement Event"):
): (i) arrearages on distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities shall exist for six consecutive quarterly distribution periods, (ii) the Company is in default on any of its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee or (iii) an Investment Event of Default on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or a default under any Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, occurs and is continuing then the Property Trustee, for so long as the Partnership Preferred Securities are held by the Property Trustee, will have the right, or the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities, upon the affirmative vote of at least a Majority in Liquidation Preference of the Partnership Preferred Securities, shall have the right, to the exclusion of the General Partner, (a) to appoint and authorize a special representative of the Partnership and the Limited Partners (a "Special Representative") to enforce (1) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, (2) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee, and (3) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities to receive Distri- butions (only if, and to the extent, declared by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, out of funds legally available therefor) on the Partnership Preferred Securities, and (b) under the Partnership Guarantee to enforce the terms of the Partnership Guarantee, including the right to enforce the covenant restricting certain payments of the Company and Finance Subsidiaries. Under no circumstances, however, shall the Special Representative have authority to cause the General Partner to declare Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities nor to have any authority concerning the selection of Partnership Investments. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Partnership. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee or their rights to receive Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities. In addition, the Special Representative shall not, by virtue of acting in such capacity, be admitted as a general or limited partner in the Partnership or otherwise be deemed to be a general or limited partner in the Partnership and shall have no liability for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of the Partnership.
(2) In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the powers of any Special Representative so appointed and to avoid any doubt concerning the powers of the Special Representative, any Special Representative, in its own name, in the name of the Partnership, in the name of the Limited Partners, or otherwise, may institute, or cause to be instituted, a proceeding, including, without limitation, any suit in equity, an action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, to enforce on behalf of the Partnership the Partnership's rights directly against the Company or any other obligor in connection with its obligations to the Partnership, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor in connection with such obligations and collect, out of the property, wherever situated, of the Company or any such other obligor upon such obligations, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law. The General Partner agrees to execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient for the Special Representative to enforce the foregoing rights and obligations on behalf and in the name of the Partnership.
(3) If the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities has made a written request, such holder of record of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law directly institute a legal proceeding against the Company to enforce the rights of the Special Representative and the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Special Representative, the Partnership or any other person or entity. In any event, if a Partnership Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument, then a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument for enforcement of payment. In addition, the Partnership acknowledges that, for so long as the Trust holds any Partnership Preferred Securities, if the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights on behalf of the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Trust Securities has made a written request, a holder of record of Trust Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a legal proceeding against the Investment Affiliates under the Affiliate Investment Instruments, without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee, the Trust, the Special Representative or the Partnership. In any event, for so long as the Trust is the holder of any Partnership Preferred Securities, if a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or the failure of the Company to make any required payment when due on any Investment Guarantee, then the Partnership acknowledges that a holder of Trust Securities may to the full- est extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument or against the Company with respect to any such Investment Guarantee, in each case for enforcement of payment. Under no circumstances shall the Special Representative, any holder of Partnership Preferred Securities or any holder of Trust Preferred Securities have authority to cause the General Partner to declare distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
(4) For purposes of determining whether the Partnership has deferred payment of Distributions for six (6) consecutive quarters, Distributions shall be deemed to remain in arrears, notwithstanding any payments in respect thereof, until full cumulative Distributions, including Compounded Distributions, have been or contemporaneously are paid with respect to all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative Distributions. Not later than 30 days after such right to appoint a Special Representative arises, the General Partner will convene a meeting for election of a Special Representative. If the General Partner fails to convene such meeting within such 30-day period, the Holders of not less than 10% in Liquidation Preference of the Outstanding Partnership Preferred Securities will be entitled to convene such meeting. The provisions of Section 14.3 relating to the convening and conduct of meetings of the Partners will apply with respect to any such meeting. In the event that, at any such meeting, Holders of less than a Majority in Liquidation Preference of Partnership Preferred Securities entitled to vote for the appointment of a Special Representative vote for such appointment, no Special Representative shall be appointed. Any Special Representative appointed shall cease to be a Special Representative of the Partnership and/or the Limited Partners if (x) the Partnership (or the Company pursuant to the Partnership Guarantee) shall have paid in full all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, (y) the relevant Investment Event of Default shall have been cured, and (z) the Company is in compliance with all its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee, and the Company, in its capacity as the General Partner, shall continue the activities of the Partnership without dissolution. Notwithstanding the appointment of any such Special Representative, the Company shall continue as General Partner and shall retain all rights under this Agreement, including the right to determine whether to declare, in its sole discretion, the payment of Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
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Samples: Limited Partnership Agreement (Merrill Lynch Preferred Funding Ii Lp)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE. (1) A. If one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing (each a "Partnership Enforcement Event"):
(i) arrearages on distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities shall exist for six consecutive quarterly distribution periods, (ii) the Company is in default on any of its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee or (iii) an Investment Event of Default on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or a default under any Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, occurs and is continuing then the Property Trustee, for so long as the Partnership Preferred Securities are held by the Property Trustee, will have the right, or the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities, upon the affirmative vote of at least a Majority in Liquidation Preference of the Partnership Preferred Securities, shall have the right, to the exclusion of the General Partner, (a) to appoint and authorize a special representative of the Partnership and the Limited Partners (a "Special Representative") to enforce (1) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, (2) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee, and (3) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities to receive Distri- butions Distributions (only if, and to the extent, declared by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, out of funds legally available therefor) on the Partnership Preferred Securities, and (b) under the Partnership Guarantee to enforce the terms of the Partnership Guarantee, including the right to enforce the covenant restricting certain payments of the Company and Finance Subsidiaries. Under no circumstances, however, shall the Special Representative have authority to cause the General Partner to declare Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities nor to have any authority concerning the selection of Partnership Investments. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Partnership. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee or their rights to receive Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities. In addition, the Special Representative shall not, by virtue of acting in such capacity, be admitted as a general or limited partner in the Partnership or otherwise be deemed to be a general or limited partner in the Partnership and shall have no liability for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of the Partnership.
(2) B. In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the powers of any Special Representative so appointed and to avoid any doubt concerning the powers of the Special Representative, any Special Representative, in its own name, in the name of the Partnership, in the name of the Limited Partners, or otherwise, may institute, or cause to be instituted, a proceeding, including, without limitation, any suit in equity, an action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, to enforce on behalf of the Partnership the Partnership's rights directly against the Company or any other obligor in connection with its obligations to the Partnership, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor in connection with such obligations and collect, out of the property, wherever situated, of the Company or any such other obligor upon such obligations, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law. The General Partner agrees to execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient for the Special Representative to enforce the foregoing rights and obligations on behalf and in the name of the Partnership.
(3) C. If the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities has made a written request, such holder of record of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law directly institute a legal proceeding against the Company to enforce the rights of the Special Representative and the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Special Representative, the Partnership or any other person or entity. In any event, if a Partnership Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument, then a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument for enforcement of payment. In addition, the Partnership acknowledges that, for so long as the Trust holds any Partnership Preferred Securities, if the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights on behalf of the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Trust Securities has made a written request, a holder of record of Trust Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a legal proceeding against the Investment Affiliates under the Affiliate Investment Instruments, without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee, the Trust, the Special Representative or the Partnership. In any event, for so long as the Trust is the holder of any Partnership Preferred Securities, if a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or the failure of the Company to make any required payment when due on any Investment Guarantee, then the Partnership acknowledges that a holder of Trust Securities may to the full- est fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument or against the Company with respect to any such Investment Guarantee, in each case for enforcement of payment. Under no circumstances shall the Special Representative, any holder of Partnership Preferred Securities or any holder of Trust Preferred Securities have authority to cause the General Partner to declare distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
(4) D. For purposes of determining whether the Partnership has deferred payment of Distributions for six (6) consecutive quarters, Distributions shall be deemed to remain in arrears, notwithstanding any payments in respect thereof, until full cumulative Distributions, including Compounded Distributions, have been or contemporaneously are paid with respect to all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative Distributions. Not later than 30 days after such right to appoint a Special Representative arises, the General Partner will convene a meeting for election of a Special Representative. If the General Partner fails to convene such meeting within such 30-day period, the Holders of not less than 10% in Liquidation Preference of the Outstanding Partnership Preferred Securities will be entitled to convene such meeting. The provisions of Section 14.3 relating to the convening and conduct of meetings of the Partners will apply with respect to any such meeting. In the event that, at any such meeting, Holders of less than a Majority in Liquidation Preference of Partnership Preferred Securities entitled to vote for the appointment of a Special Representative vote for such appointment, no Special Representative shall be appointed. Any Special Representative appointed shall cease to be a Special Representative of the Partnership and/or the Limited Partners if (x) the Partnership (or the Company pursuant to the Partnership Guarantee) shall have paid in full all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, (y) the relevant Investment Event of Default shall have been cured, and (z) the Company is in compliance with all its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee, and the Company, in its capacity as the General Partner, shall continue the activities of the Partnership without dissolution. Notwithstanding the appointment of any such Special Representative, the Company shall continue as General Partner and shall retain all rights under this Agreement, including the right to determine whether to declare, in its sole discretion, the payment of Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
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Samples: Limited Partnership Agreement (Merrill Lynch Preferred Funding Vi L P)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE. (1a) If one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing (each a "Partnership an “Enforcement Event"”):
(i) arrearages After giving effect to distributions (if any) paid on distributions any Distribution Payment Date, the full amount of Simple Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities shall exist for six consecutive quarterly distribution periodsis not paid in full on an aggregate of 28 Distribution Payment Dates (whether or not consecutive); provided, that a Payment Notice has been provided to the Company by the Special Representative acting upon written direction of the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Preference of Preferred Securities;
(ii) the Company is in default on any of its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee or LLC Guarantee; or
(iii) there is an Investment Event of Default on any Affiliate Investment Debt Instrument or a default under any Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, occurs and is continuing then the Property Trustee, for so long as the Partnership Preferred Securities are held by the Property Trustee, will have the right, or the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities, upon the affirmative vote of at least a Majority in Liquidation Preference of the Partnership Preferred Securities, shall have the right, to the exclusion of the General PartnerManaging Member, to (ax) to appoint authorize and authorize direct a special representative of the Partnership LLC and the Limited Partners Non-Managing Members (a "“Special Representative"”) to enforce (1) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership's creditors' rights and other LLC’s rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Debt Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, (2) the its rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee, Section 6.3 hereof and (3) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities to receive Distri- butions distributions (only ifto the extent funds are legally available therefor and as long as no Mandatory Deferral Event has occurred) on the Preferred Securities and (y) authorize and direct the LLC Guarantee Trustee to enforce the terms of the LLC Guarantee.
(b) Upon the occurrence of any Enforcement Event, the Property Trustee shall act as the Special Representative of the LLC and the Holders of the Preferred Securities; provided, that the Property Trustee, acting as Special Representative, shall be entitled to the benefits and protections afforded to it as Property Trustee under the Declaration of Trust and, provided, further, that the Property Trustee, acting as Special Representative, shall not be required to take any action pursuant to this Agreement until it has actual knowledge of, or has been notified in writing of, an Enforcement Event. The Property Trustee shall cease to be a Special Representative if (1) distributions of the Preferred Return since the Closing Date have been paid to Holders of the Preferred Securities in an amount equal to the Net Profits allocated to Holders of the Preferred Securities, (2) the relevant Investment Event of Default or default under all Investment Guarantees, as the case may be, is cured, and (3) the Company is in compliance with all of its obligations under this Agreement and the LLC Guarantee and the Company, in its capacity as Managing Member, continues the business of the LLC without dissolution. Notwithstanding the occurrence of an Enforcement Event, the Company shall continue as Managing Member and shall retain all rights of the Managing Member under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the right to the extent, declared by the General Partnerdefer, in its sole discretion, out the payment of funds legally available therefor) distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, and .
(bc) under the Partnership Guarantee to enforce the terms of the Partnership Guarantee, including the right to enforce the covenant restricting certain payments of the Company and Finance Subsidiaries. Under no circumstances, however, shall the Special Representative have authority to cause the General Partner to declare Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities nor to have any authority concerning the selection of Partnership Investments. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the Partnership's LLC’s creditors' ’ rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Debt Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the PartnershipLLC. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee or their rights to receive Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities. In addition, the The Special Representative shall not, by virtue of acting in such capacity, be admitted as a general Managing Member or limited partner Non-Managing Member in the Partnership LLC or otherwise be deemed to be a general Managing Member or limited partner Non-Managing Member in the Partnership LLC and shall have no liability for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of the PartnershipLLC.
(2d) In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the powers of any Special Representative so appointed and to avoid any doubt concerning the powers of the Special Representative, any Special Representative, in its own name, in the name of the PartnershipLLC, in the name of the Limited PartnersNon-Managing Members, or otherwise, may institute, or cause to be instituted, a proceeding, including, without limitation, any suit in equity, an action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, to enforce on behalf of the Partnership LLC the Partnership's LLC’s rights directly against the Company or any other obligor in connection with its obligations to the PartnershipLLC, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor in connection with such obligations and collect, out of the property, wherever situated, of the Company or any such other obligor upon such obligations, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law. The General Partner Company agrees to execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient for the Special Representative to enforce the foregoing rights and obligations on behalf and in the name of the PartnershipLLC.
(3e) If the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights under the Affiliate Investment Debt Instruments after a holder Holder of Partnership Preferred Securities has made a written request, such holder Holder of record of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law directly institute a legal proceeding against the Company or any other Investment Affiliate to enforce the rights of the Special Representative and the Partnership LLC under the Affiliate Investment Instruments Debt Instrument without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Special Representative, the Partnership LLC or any other person Person or entity. In any event, if a Partnership an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Debt Instrument, then a holder Holder of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership LLC directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Debt Instrument or against the Company with respect to the LLC Guarantee or any Investment Instrument Guarantee for enforcement of payment. In addition, the Partnership acknowledges that, for so long as the Trust holds any Partnership Preferred Securities, if the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights on behalf of the Partnership LLC under the Affiliate Investment Debt Instruments after a holder of Trust Preferred Securities has made a written request, a holder of record of Trust Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership LLC directly institute a legal proceeding against the Investment Affiliates under the Affiliate Investment Debt Instruments, without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee, the Trust, the Special Representative or the PartnershipLLC. In any event, for so long as the Trust is the holder Holder of any Partnership Preferred Securities, if a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Debt Instrument or the failure of the Company to make any required payment when due on the LLC Guarantee or any Investment Guarantee, then the Partnership acknowledges that a holder of Trust Preferred Securities may to the full- est fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership LLC directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Debt Instrument or against the Company with respect to the LLC Guarantee or any such Investment Guarantee, in each case for enforcement of payment. Under no circumstances shall the Special Representative, any holder Holder of Partnership Preferred Securities or any holder of Trust Preferred Securities have authority to cause the General Partner Managing Member to declare distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
(4) For purposes of determining whether the Partnership has deferred payment of Distributions for six (6) consecutive quarters, Distributions shall be deemed to remain in arrears, notwithstanding any payments in respect thereof, until full cumulative Distributions, including Compounded Distributions, have been or contemporaneously are paid with respect to all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative Distributions. Not later than 30 days after such right to appoint a Special Representative arises, the General Partner will convene a meeting for election of a Special Representative. If the General Partner fails to convene such meeting within such 30-day period, the Holders of not less than 10% in Liquidation Preference of the Outstanding Partnership Preferred Securities will be entitled to convene such meeting. The provisions of Section 14.3 relating to the convening and conduct of meetings of the Partners will apply with respect to any such meeting. In the event that, at any such meeting, Holders of less than a Majority in Liquidation Preference of Partnership Preferred Securities entitled to vote for the appointment of a Special Representative vote for such appointment, no Special Representative shall be appointed. Any Special Representative appointed shall cease to be a Special Representative of the Partnership and/or the Limited Partners if (x) the Partnership (or the Company pursuant to the Partnership Guarantee) shall have paid in full all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, (y) the relevant Investment Event of Default shall have been cured, and (z) the Company is in compliance with all its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee, and the Company, in its capacity as the General Partner, shall continue the activities of the Partnership without dissolution. Notwithstanding the appointment of any such Special Representative, the Company shall continue as General Partner and shall retain all rights under this Agreement, including the right to determine whether to declare, in its sole discretion, the payment of Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
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Samples: Limited Liability Company Agreement (Lehman Brothers Holdings E-Capital Trust I)
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE. (1) If one or more of the following events shall occur and be continuing (each a "Partnership Enforcement En- forcement Event"):
(i) arrearages on distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities shall exist for six consecutive quarterly distribution periods, (ii) the Company is in default on any of its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee or (iii) an Investment Event of Default on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or a default under any Investment Guarantee, as the case may be, occurs and is continuing then the Property Trustee, for so long as the Partnership Preferred Securities are held by the Property Trustee, will have the right, or the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities, upon the affirmative vote of at least a Majority in Liquidation Preference of the Partnership Preferred Securities, shall have the right, to the exclusion of the General Partner, (a) to appoint and authorize a special representative of the Partnership and the Limited Partners (a "Special Representative") to enforce (1) to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, (2) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee, and (3) the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Part- nership Preferred Securities to receive Distri- butions Distributions (only if, and to the extent, declared by the General Partner, in its sole discretion, out of funds legally available therefor) on the Partnership Preferred SecuritiesSecu- rities, and (b) under the Partnership Guarantee to enforce the terms of the Partnership Guarantee, including the right to enforce the covenant restricting certain payments of the Company and Finance Subsidiaries. Under no circumstances, however, shall the Special Representative have authority to cause the General Partner to declare Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities nor to have any authority concerning the selection of Partnership Investments. When the Special Representative Representa- tive acts to enforce the Partnership's creditors' rights and other rights with respect to the Affiliate Investment Instruments and the Investment Guarantees, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Partnership. When the Special Representative acts to enforce the rights of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities under the Partnership Guarantee or their rights to receive Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities, the Special Representative acts as an agent of the Holders of the Partnership Preferred Securities. In additionaddi- tion, the Special Representative shall not, by virtue of acting in such capacity, be admitted as a general or limited partner in the Partnership or otherwise be deemed to be a general or limited partner in the Partnership Part- nership and shall have no liability for the debts, obligations, or liabilities of the Partnership.
(2) In furtherance of the foregoing, and without limiting the powers of any Special Representative so appointed and to avoid any doubt concerning the powers of the Special Representative, any Special RepresentativeRepre- sentative, in its own name, in the name of the Partnership, in the name of the Limited Partners, or otherwise, may institute, or cause to be instituted, a proceeding, including, without limitation, any suit in equity, an action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding, to enforce on behalf of the Partnership the Partnership's rights directly di- rectly against the Company or any other obligor in connection with its obligations to the Partnership, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor in connection with such obligations and collect, out of the property, wherever situated, of the Company or any such other obligor upon such obligations, the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law. The General Partner agrees to execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient for the Special Representative to enforce the foregoing rights and obligations on behalf and in the name of the Partnership.
(3) If the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities has made a written request, such holder of record of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law directly institute a legal proceeding against the Company to enforce the rights of the Special Representative and the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Special Representative, the Partnership or any other person or entity. In any event, if a Partnership Partner- ship Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument, then a holder of Partnership Preferred Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding pro- ceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument for enforcement of payment. In addition, the Partnership acknowledges that, for so long as the Trust holds any Partnership Preferred Securities, if the Special Representative fails to enforce its rights on behalf of the Partnership under the Affiliate Investment Instruments after a holder of Trust Securities has made a written request, a holder of record of Trust Securities may to the fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a legal proceeding against the Investment Affiliates under the Affiliate Investment Instruments, without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee, the Trust, the Special Representative or the Partnership. In any event, for so long as the Trust is the holder of any Partnership Preferred Securities, if a Trust Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of an Investment Affiliate to make any required payment when due on any Affiliate Investment Instrument or the failure of the Company to make any required payment when due on any Investment Guarantee, then the Partnership acknowledges that a holder of Trust Securities may to the full- est fullest extent permitted by law on behalf of the Partnership directly institute a proceeding against such Investment Affiliate with respect to such Affiliate Investment Instrument or against the Company with respect to any such Investment Guarantee, in each case for enforcement of payment. Under no circumstances shall the Special Representative, any holder of Partnership Preferred Securities or any holder of Trust Preferred Securities have authority to cause the General Partner to declare distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
(4) For purposes of determining whether the Partnership has deferred payment of Distributions for six (6) consecutive quarters, Distributions shall be deemed to remain in arrears, notwithstanding any payments in respect thereof, until full cumulative Distributions, including Compounded Distributions, have been or contemporaneously are paid with respect to all quarterly Distribution periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such full cumulative Distributions. Not later than 30 days after such right to appoint a Special Representative Repre- sentative arises, the General Partner will convene a meeting for election of a Special Representative. If the General Partner fails to convene such meeting within such 30-day period, the Holders of not less than 10% in Liquidation Preference of the Outstanding Partnership Preferred Pre- ferred Securities will be entitled to convene such meeting. The provisions provi- sions of Section 14.3 relating to the convening and conduct of meetings of the Partners will apply with respect to any such meeting. In the event that, at any such meeting, Holders of less than a Majority in Liquidation Preference of Partnership Preferred Securities entitled to vote for the appointment of a Special Representative vote for such appointment, no Special Representative shall be appointed. Any Special Representative appointed shall cease to be a Special Representative of the Partnership and/or the Limited Partners if (x) the Partnership (or the Company pursuant to the Partnership Guarantee) shall have paid in full all accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Pre- ferred Securities, (y) the relevant Investment Event of Default shall have been cured, and (z) the Company is in compliance with all its obligations under the Partnership Guarantee, and the Company, in its capacity as the General Partner, shall continue the activities of the Partnership without dissolution. Notwithstanding the appointment of any such Special Representative, the Company shall continue as General Partner and shall retain all rights under this Agreement, including the right to determine whether to declare, in its sole discretion, the payment pay- ment of Distributions on the Partnership Preferred Securities.
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Samples: Limited Partnership Agreement (Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp)