Waiver of Rights Under Partnership Agreements; Consents With Respect to Partnership Interests. (a) As of the Closing, the Contributor waives and relinquishes all rights and benefits otherwise afforded to the Contributor under any Partnership Agreement including, without limitation, any rights of appraisal, rights of first offer or first refusal, buy/sell agreements, and any right to consent to or approve of the sale or contribution by the other partners or members of each Partnership of their Partnership Interests to the Operating Partnership, the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof and any and all notice provisions related thereto. The Contributor acknowledges that the agreements contained herein and the transactions contemplated hereby and any actions taken in contemplation of the transactions contemplated hereby may conflict with, and may not have been contemplated by, certain Partnership Agreements or other agreements among one or more holders of such Partnership Interests or one or more of the partners of any such Partnership. With respect to each Partnership and each Property in which the Partnership Interests represent a direct or indirect interest, the Contributor expressly gives all Consents (and any consents necessary to authorize the proper parties in interest to give all Consents) and Waivers it is entitled to give that are necessary or desirable to (i) facilitate any Conveyance Action (as hereinafter defined) relating to such Partnership or Property, (ii) cause the Partnership to have authority to transfer the Partnership Interests or Properties to the Operating Partnership, and (iii) receive OP Units directly from the Partnership if the Partnership or one or more of the Partnership’s subsidiaries transfers assets or interests directly to the Operating Partnership (rather than the Contributor contributing its or his Partnership Interests hereunder) and to reduce the consideration otherwise payable by the Operating Partnership hereunder as a result of such direct transfer by the Partnership or its subsidiaries on account of the Contributor receiving any amount reduced hereunder from such Partnership or its subsidiaries making such direct transfer. In addition, if the transactions contemplated hereby occur, this Agreement shall be deemed to be an amendment to any Partnership Agreement to the extent the terms herein conflict with the terms thereof, including without limitation, terms with respect to allocations, distributions and the like. In the event the transactions contemplated by this Agreement do not occur, nothing i...
