Taxation as a Partnership No election shall be made by the Company or any Member for the Company to be excluded from the application of any of the provisions of Subchapter K, Chapter I of Subtitle A of the Code or from any similar provisions of any state tax laws or to be treated as a corporation for federal tax purposes.
Management of Partnership (Check One) ☐ - Partnership: The business and affairs of the Company shall be conducted and managed by the Partners in accordance with this Agreement and the laws of the State of Nebraska. Except as expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement, all decisions respecting the management, operation and control of the business and affairs of the Partnership and all determinations made in accordance with this Agreement shall be made by the affirmative vote or consent of Partners holding a majority of the percentage interest of the Partnership. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Partners shall not, without the prior written consent of the unanimous vote or consent of the Partners, sell, exchange, lease, assign or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership; sell, exchange, lease (other than space leases in the ordinary course of business), assign or transfer the Partnership’s assets; mortgage, pledge or encumber the Partnership’s assets other than is expressly authorized by this Agreement; prepay, refinance, modify, extend or consolidate any existing mortgages or encumbrances; borrow money on behalf of the Partnership in the excess of $ .00; lend any Partnership funds or other assets to any person in an amount or with a value in excess of $ .00; establish any reserves for working capital repairs, replacements, improvements or any other purpose, in excess of an aggregate of$ .00; confess a judgment against the partnership; settle, compromise or release, discharge or pay any claim, demand or debt in excess of $ .00, including claims for insurance; approve a merger or consolidation of the Partnership with or into any other limited liability company, corporation, partnership or other entity; or change the nature or character of the business of the Partnership. ☐ - Limited Partnership: Except as otherwise set forth herein, the General Partner shall have control of the Partnership and exercise ordinary business judgment in managing the Partnership. The General Partner shall have the power and authority including, but not limited to the following:
Treatment of Options (a) At the Effective Time of the Merger, each outstanding option to purchase Company Common Stock (a "Company Stock Option") issued pursuant to the Company's Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan (the "Director Plan") or the Company's Stock Option and Restricted Stock Purchase Plan (the "Option Plan" and, collectively with the Director Plan, the "Company Stock Plans"), whether vested or unvested, shall be deemed to constitute an option to acquire, on the same terms and conditions as were applicable under such Company Stock Option, those shares of Parent Common Stock and CVPs which the holder of such Company Stock Option would have been entitled to receive pursuant to the Merger if such holder had exercised such option in full immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Merger (utilizing the Exchange Ratio as set forth in Section 2.01 of this Agreement), at a price per share equal to (y) the aggregate exercise price for the shares of Company Common Stock purchasable pursuant to such Company Stock Option divided by (z) the number of full shares of Parent Common Stock deemed purchasable pursuant to such Company Stock Option (a "Converted Option"); provided, however, that in the case of any option to which Section 421 of the Code applies by reason of its qualification under Section 422 of the Code ("incentive stock options"), the option price, the number of shares of Parent Common Stock purchasable pursuant to such option and the terms and conditions of exercise of such option shall be determined in order to comply with Section 424(a) of the Code. If the relevant Company Stock Option is not exercised prior to the Maturity Date (as defined in Exhibit A), any CVPs due pursuant thereto shall terminate and become null and void. If the relevant Company Stock Option is exercised, in whole or in part prior to the Maturity Date (as defined in Exhibit A), upon the sale of any shares of Parent Common Stock received upon the exercise of the relevant Company Stock Option, the CVPs due pursuant to such shares sold shall terminate and become null and void.
Forfeiture upon Termination of Status as a Service Provider Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Award Agreement, the balance of the Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of the time of Participant’s termination as a Service Provider for any or no reason and Participant’s right to acquire any Shares hereunder will immediately terminate.
BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership is (i) to conduct any business that may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Act, provided, however, that such business shall be limited to and conducted in such a manner as to permit the General Partner at all times to qualify as a REIT, unless the General Partner otherwise ceases to qualify as a REIT, and in a manner such that the General Partner will not be subject to any taxes under Section 857 or 4981 of the Code, (ii) to enter into any partnership, joint venture, co-ownership or other similar arrangement to engage in any of the foregoing or the ownership of interests in any entity engaged in any of the foregoing and (iii) to do anything necessary or incidental to the foregoing. In connection with the foregoing, and without limiting the General Partner’s right in its sole and absolute discretion to qualify or cease qualifying as a REIT, the Partners acknowledge that the General Partner intends to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes and upon such qualification the avoidance of income and excise taxes on the General Partner inures to the benefit of all the Partners and not solely to the General Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Limited Partners agree that the General Partner may terminate its status as a REIT under the Code at any time to the full extent permitted under the Charter. The General Partner on behalf of the Partnership shall also be empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary or prudent to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” for purposes of Section 7704 of the Code.
Termination of Relationship as a Service Provider If the Optionee ceases to be a Service Provider (other than for death or Disability), this Option may be exercised for a period of three (3) months after the date of such termination (but in no event later than the expiration date of this Option as set forth in the Notice of Grant) to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of such termination. To the extent that the Optionee does not exercise this Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.
