OPERATING AGREEMENT OF SHP-ARC II, LLC A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Exhibit
10.77
OF
SHP-ARC
II, LLC
A
DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE
1.
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DEFINITIONS
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2
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1.1
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Definitions
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2
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1.2
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Exhibits
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8
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ARTICLE
2.
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THE
COMPANY
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8
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2.1
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Formation
of Limited Liability Company
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8
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2.2
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Name
of Company
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8
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2.3
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Purpose
of Company
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8
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2.4
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Principal
and Registered Office
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8
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2.5
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Governing
Law; Member Relations; Ownership of Property; Taxation as a
Partnership
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9
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2.6
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Further
Assurances
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9
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2.7
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No
Individual Authority
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9
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2.8
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No
Restrictions
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9
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2.9
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Neither
Responsible for Other’s Commitments
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10
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2.10
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Affiliates
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10
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2.11
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(Intentionally
Omitted.)
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10
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2.12
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Representations
by Members
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10
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ARTICLE
3.
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TERM
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10
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3.1
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Term
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10
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ARTICLE
4.
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CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MEMBERS
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11
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4.1
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Capital
Contributions of the Members
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11
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4.2
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No
Other Contributions
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11
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4.3
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No
Interest Payable
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11
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4.4
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No
Withdrawals
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11
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4.5
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Additional
Contributions.
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11
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4.6
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Non-Failing
Member Options
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12
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4.7
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Change
in Percentage Interest
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13
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4.8
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Effect
of Change of Percentage Interest
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14
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ARTICLE
5.
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LOANS
BY MEMBERS
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14
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5.1
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Loans
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14
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5.2
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Payment
of Special Loan and Loans
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15
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ARTICLE
6.
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MANAGEMENT
OF THE COMPANY
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15
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6.1
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Managing
Committee
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15
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6.2
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Bank
Accounts
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17
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6.3
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Reimbursement
for Costs and Expenses
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17
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6.4
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Fidelity
Bonds and Insurance
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17
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6.5
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Management
Agreement
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17
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6.6
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Annual
Budgets
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17
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6.7
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SHP’s
Rights.
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18
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6.8
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Indemnification
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20
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6.9
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Operation
as a REOC
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21
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6.10
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Third
Party Loans
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21
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6.11
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Rights
of SHP’s Member
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21
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ARTICLE
7.
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BOOKS
AND RECORDS, AUDITS, TAXES, ETC.
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21
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7.1
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Books;
Statements
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21
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7.2
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Where
Maintained
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22
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7.3
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Audits
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22
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7.4
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Objections
to Statements
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23
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7.5
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Tax
Returns
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23
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7.6
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Tax
Matters Partner
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24
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7.7
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Tax
Policy
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24
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7.8
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Section
754 Election
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24
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7.9
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Capital
Accounts.
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24
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7.10
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Ownership
Representation
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25
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ARTICLE
8.
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FISCAL
YEAR
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25
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8.1
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Calendar
Year
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25
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ARTICLE
9.
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DISTRIBUTIONS
AND ALLOCATIONS
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26
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9.1
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Percentage
Interests in Company
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26
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9.2
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Certain
Definitions
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26
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9.3
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Cash
Flow Distributions.
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28
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9.4
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Allocation
of Profits and Losses For Capital Account Purposes.
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29
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9.5
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Distributed
Property
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31
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9.6
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Special
Allocations
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31
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9.7
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Allocations
of Profits and Losses for Tax Purposes
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33
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9.8
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Recapture
and Investment Credits.
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33
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ARTICLE
10.
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ASSIGNMENT
AND OFFER TO PURCHASE
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33
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10.1
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Transfers.
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33
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10.2
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Other
Assignments Void.
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34
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10.3
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Sale
of Entire Interest to Other Member; Buy-Sell.
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34
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10.4
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Right
of First Refusal for Sale of Entire Interest to Third
Party.
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36
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10.5
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Right
of First Offer for Sale of Portfolio, Property or
Properties.
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37
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10.6
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Assumption
by Assignee; Compliance with Legal Requirements Following Assignment;
Option to Reduce Interest Being Sold.
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40
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10.7
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General
Transfer Provisions
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41
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10.8
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Avoidance
of Plan Violation
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46
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ARTICLE
11.
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DISSOLUTION
OR BANKRUPTCY OF A MEMBER
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47
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11.1
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Dissolution
or Merger
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47
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11.2
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Bankruptcy,
etc
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47
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ARTICLE
12.
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DEFAULT
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48
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12.1
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Defaults
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48
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12.2
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Negation
of Right to Dissolve by Will of Member
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49
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12.3
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Non
Exclusive Remedy
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49
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2
ARTICLE
13.
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DISSOLUTION
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49
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13.1
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Winding
Up by Members
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49
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13.2
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Winding
Up by Liquidating Member
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49
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13.3
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Offset
for Damages
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50
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13.4
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Distributions
of Operating Cash Flow
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50
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13.5
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Distributions
of Proceeds of Liquidation
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50
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13.6
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Orderly
Liquidation
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51
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13.7
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Financial
Statements
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51
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13.8
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Restoration
of Deficit Capital Accounts
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51
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13.9
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Intention
of the Members
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51
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ARTICLE
14.
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MEMBERS
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52
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14.1
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Liability
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52
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ARTICLE
15.
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NOTICES
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52
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15.1
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In
Writing; Address
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52
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15.2
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Copies
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53
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ARTICLE
16.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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53
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16.1
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Additional
Documents and Acts
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53
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16.2
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Estoppel
Certificates
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54
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16.3
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Interpretation
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54
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16.4
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Entire
Agreement
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54
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16.5
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References
to this Agreement
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54
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16.6
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Headings
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54
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16.7
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Binding
Effect
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54
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16.8
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Counterparts
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54
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16.9
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Confidentiality
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54
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16.10
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Amendments
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55
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16.11
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Exhibits
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55
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16.12
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Severability
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55
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16.13
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Forum
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55
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16.14
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Assignment
to Company
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55
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16.15
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Broker’s
Indemnity
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56
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16.16
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Attorneys’
Fees
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56
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16.17
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Prudential
Affiliation
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56
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3
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
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TITLE | |
A.
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Legal Description | |
B.
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Subsidiary | |
C.
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Members' Percentage Interests and Initial Capital Contributions | |
D.
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Initial Management Agreement |
SCHEDULES
4.7 | Percentage Interests Adjustment Example |
4
OF
SHP-ARC
II, LLC
THIS
OPERATING AGREEMENT OF SHP-ARC II, LLC (this “Agreement”) is entered into and
shall be effective as of _____________________, 2005, by and between PIM
SENIOR
PORTFOLIO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (hereinafter referred
to as
“SHP”), and ARC EPIC HOLDING COMPANY, INC., a Tennessee corporation (hereinafter
referred to as “ARC”), pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Limited
Liability Company Act (the “Act”). SHP and ARC are sometimes referred to herein
collectively as the Members and individually as a Member.
R
E C I T A L S
WHEREAS,
American Retirement Corporation, a Tennessee corporation, did enter into
that
certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of September 8, 2005 (the
“Purchase Agreement”), by and between Epoch SL VI, Inc., as Seller and American
Retirement Corporation, as Buyer; and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, American Retirement Corporation
has the right to acquire eight (8) separate parcels of real estate, which
are
more particularly described on Exhibit
A
attached
hereto and made a part hereof (each, a “Property” and, collectively, the
“Properties”), together with the eight (8) assisted living senior housing
retirement communities located on the Properties, commonly known as Epoch
Assisted Living of Denver, Epoch Assisted Living of Las Vegas, Epoch Assisted
Living of Minnetonka, Epoch Assisted Living of Overland Park, Epoch Assisted
Living of Roswell, Epoch Assisted Living of Sun City West, Epoch Assisted
Living
of Tanglewood and Epoch Assisted Living of Ventana County (each, a “Project” and
collectively, the “Projects” or the “Portfolio”); and
WHEREAS,
American Retirement Corporation has obtained the consent of Epoch SL VI,
Inc. to
assign its rights under the Purchase Agreement to the Company; and
WHEREAS,
the Company owns directly or indirectly one hundred percent (100%) of the
interests in the limited liability companies and the limited partnership
set
forth on Exhibit
B
(each, a
“Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”), which own and operate the
Projects opposite their names on Exhibit
B;
and
WHEREAS,
the Company has assigned all of its rights, title and interests in the Projects
to the Subsidiaries which have each acquired fee simple title, respectively,
to
the Projects opposite their names on Exhibit
B;
and
WHEREAS,
the parties desire to enter into this Agreement to form the Company, to provide
for the Company to take an assignment of the Purchase Agreement from American
Retirement Corporation and to set forth all the terms and conditions by which
the Company will own, reposition, improve, operate, sell, finance and otherwise
invest in and deal with the Subsidiaries, the Properties and the Projects,
including all of the real estate aspects of the Projects.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in order to carry out their intent as expressed above and in
consideration of the mutual agreements and covenants hereinafter contained,
the
Members hereby covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE
1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions.
The
following terms shall have the following meanings when used herein:
Acceptable
Person.
Any
person that is not (i) a tax exempt organization as defined in Section
501(c)
of the
Code, (ii) a nonresident alien, foreign corporation, foreign partnership,
foreign trust or foreign estate as those terms are defined in the Code and
the
Treasury Regulations, (iii) a person whose direct or indirect participation
in
the Company would result in a Plan Violation, (iv) in default or in breach,
beyond any applicable grace period, of its obligations under any material
written agreement with SHP or which, directly or indirectly controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with a person that is in default
or in
breach, beyond any applicable grace period, of its obligations under any
material written agreement with SHP, unless such default or breach has been
cured by such person or waived in writing by SHP, or (v) a person that has
been
charged in any litigation with any violations of any statute pursuant to
which
there might be a civil or criminal forfeiture or has been convicted in a
criminal proceeding for a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude or
that
is an organized crime figure or is reputed (based upon reputable media reports)
to have substantial business or other affiliations with an organized crime
figure, or which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is
under
common control with a person that has been charged in any litigation with
any
violations of any statute pursuant to which there might be a civil or criminal
forfeiture or has been convicted in a criminal proceeding for a felony or
any
crime involving moral turpitude or which is an organized crime figure or
is
reputed (based upon reputable media reports) to have substantial business
or
other affiliations with an organized crime figure.
Act.
The
Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
Adjusted
Augmented Capital Account.
As
described in Section
9.4(c)(2).
Adjusted
Capital Account.
As
described in Section
9.6(e).
2
Affiliate.
With
respect to any Member (corporate, individual, partnership, limited liability
entity or otherwise, or the respective heirs, trustees, guardians, conservators,
custodians, executors or administrators of any of them) or any person who
is an
immediate family member of any Member: any corporate owner or other owner
(direct or indirect) of such Member; any pension plan of such Member; any
corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by such Member or by a general
partner in such Member; any partnership or other association the general
partners in which are general partners in such Member; or any partnership
of
which such Member or the general partners in such Member either own, in the
aggregate, greater than 50%, directly or indirectly, of the general partnership
interest or are the managing general partner of such partnership. A person
owns
a corporation, for the purposes of this definition, when the person owns
or
beneficially owns more than 50% of the outstanding voting shares of the
corporation with the full right to vote such stock.
Affiliate
Agreement(s).
As
described in Section
12.1.
Agreement.
As
described in the opening paragraph.
Alternative
Offer.
As
described in Section
10.5(c).
Annual
Capital Budget.
As
described in Section
6.6(b).
Annual
Operating Budget.
As
described in Section
6.6(a).
Approved
Financial Statement.
As
described in Section
7.4.
ARC’s
Initial Contribution.
As
described in Section
4.1.
ARC’s
Lender List.
As
described in Section
6.7(b).
Augmented
Capital Account.
As
described in Section
9.4(a).
Augmented
Members’ Capital.
As
described in Section
9.4(c)(1).
Book
Basis.
With
respect to any asset of the Company, the adjusted basis for federal income
tax
purposes of such asset, except that in the case of any asset contributed
to or
owned by the Company on the date of a revaluation of the Capital Accounts
of the
Members in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-l(b)(2)(iv),
“Book
Basis” shall mean the fair market value of such asset on the date of the
contribution or revaluation as subsequently adjusted (e.g., for depreciation
or
amortization in accordance with federal income tax principles).
Capital
Account.
As
described in Section
7.9.
Capital
Contributions.
Each
Member’s initial contribution as set forth in Section
4.1
and each
additional contribution made pursuant to Article
4
or as
elsewhere specified in this Agreement.
Cash
Purchase Price.
As
defined in Section
10.3(a).
3
Cash
Selling Price.
As
defined in Section
10.3(a).
Closing
Date.
As
described in the Purchase Agreement, the date on which each of the Subsidiaries
takes title to a Project.
Code.
The
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor
thereto.
Committee.
As
described in Section
6.1.
Company.
SHP-ARC
II, LLC.
Company
Minimum Gain.
As
described in Section
9.2(d).
Default
Price.
As
described in Section
13.2(c).
Defaulting
Member.
As
described in Section
12.1.
Demand
Notice.
As
described in Section
13.2(b).
Deposit.
As
described in Section
10.5(a).
Effective
Date.
The date
this Agreement shall be signed by all of the Members.
Entire
Interest.
As
described in Section
10.3(a).
ERISA.
The
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Excess
Amount.
As
described in Section
7.4.
Excess
Member.
As
described in Section
7.4.
Extraordinary
Cash Flow.
As
described in Section
9.2(b).
Failing
Member.
As
described in Section
4.6.
Finance
Proposal Notice.
As
described in Section
6.7(b).
Financing
Commitment Notice.
As
described in Section
6.7(b).
Governmental
Plan.
As
defined in Section
3(32)
of
ERISA.
Improvements.
Means
all improvements, of whatsoever kind, located on the Project.
Indemnitee.
As
defined in Section
10.1(c).
Initial
Financing.
As
described in Section
6.7(b).
4
Initial
Property Manager.
Means
ARC Management, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company.
Initial
Management Agreement.
As
described in Section
6.5.
Initiating
Member.
As
described in Section
10.3(a).
Initiating
Member Deposit.
As
described in Section
10.3(a).
IRR.
Means a
referenced interest rate that, when used as a discount rate, causes (i) the
net
present value (as of the date of this Agreement) of the aggregate distributions
made to SHP or ARC, as the case may be, by the Company pursuant to Sections
9.3(a), 9.3(b), and 13.5,
from the
date of this Agreement through the computation date in question, to equal
(ii)
the net present value of SHP’s Initial Contribution (as of the date of this
Agreement), or ARC’s Initial Contribution (as of the date of this Agreement), as
the case may be, plus any Additional Capital Contributions made by SHP or
ARC,
as the case may be, after the date of this Agreement (as of the date so made)
through the applicable computation date. For purposes of this definition,
net
present value shall be determined using monthly compounding periods and any
Capital Contributions by and distributions to the applicable party during
a
month shall be deemed to occur on the first day of such month.
Initial
Subsidiary Property Manager.
Means
ARC Management, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company.
Initial
Subsidiary Management Agreement.
As
described in Section
6.5.
Liquidating
Member.
The
Member in sole charge of winding up the Company and having the powers described
in Section
13.2.
Loan.
Any loan
made by any Member to the Company.
Loss.
As
described in Section
9.2(c).
Major
Capital Event.
One or
more of the following: (i) sale of all or any part of or interest in Company
or
any Subsidiary property (including the Properties), exclusive of sales or
other
dispositions of tangible personal property in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) placement and funding of any indebtedness, other than Loans, of the
Company
or any Subsidiary secured by some or all of their assets with respect to
borrowed money, excluding short term borrowing in the ordinary course of
business and any purchase money financing to acquire tangible personal property
incurred in the ordinary course of business; (iii) condemnation of all or
any
material part of or interest in a Subsidiary’s Property through the exercise of
the power of eminent domain; or (iv) any casualty, failure of title or otherwise
of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s property or any part thereof or interest
therein that results in excess proceeds after restoration or
repair.
Member(s).
SHP and
ARC, collectively, and either of them when the reference is singular, and
their
respective permitted successors in interest.
5
Member
Nonrecourse Debt.
As set
forth in Section
1.704 2(b)(4)
of the
Regulations.
Member
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain.
An
amount, with respect to each Member Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Company
Minimum Gain that would result if such Member Nonrecourse Debt were treated
as a
Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Section
1.704 2(i)(3)
of the
Regulations.
Member
Nonrecourse Deductions.
As set
forth in Sections
1.704 2(i)(1)
and
1.704
2(i)(2)
of the
Regulations.
Nondefaulting
Member.
As
described in Section
12.1.
Non
Failing Member.
As
described in Section
4.6.
Nonrecourse
Deductions.
As
described in Section
9.2(e).
Nonrecourse
Liability.
As set
forth in Section
1.704 2(b)(3)
of the
Regulations.
Notice
of Default.
As
described in Section
12.1.
Notice
of Intention.
As
described in Section
4.6.
Notice
to Finance.
As
described in Section
4.5(a).
Offeror.
As
described in Section
10.4(a).
Operating
Cash Flow.
As
described in Section
9.2(a).
Operating
Pro Forma.
As
described in Section
6.6(a).
Other
Member.
As
described in Section
10.3(a).
Percentage
Interest.
As
described in Section
9.1.
Plan
Violation.
A
transaction, condition or event that would:
(i)
constitute
a violation of ERISA; or
(ii)
constitute
a violation of any applicable state statutes regulating investments of and
fiduciary obligations with respect to any Governmental Plan.
Portfolio.
As
described in the Recitals.
Prime
Rate.
As
described in Section
5.1.
Priority
Capital Contribution.
As
described in Section
4.6.
Profit.
As
described in Section
9.2(c).
6
Projects.
As
described in the Recitals.
Properties.
As
described in the Recitals.
Purchase
Agreement.
As
described in the Recitals.
Qualified
Income Offset Amount.
As
described in Section
9.6(e).
Receiving
Member.
As
described in Section
10.4(a).
Receiving
Member’s Deposit.
As
described in Section
10.4(b).
Regulations
or Treasury Regulations.
The
Income Tax Regulations, including Temporary Regulations, promulgated under
the
Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including
corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).
Remaining
Percentage Interest.
As
described in Section
10.7(j).
Sale.
Means
any transaction resulting in the sale or disposition of any
Property.
Sale
Proposal.
As
described in Section
10.5(a).
Selling
Member.
As
described in Section
10.4(a).
SHP’s
Lender List.
As
described in Section
6.7(b).
SHP’s
Initial Contribution.
As
described in Section
4.1.
Special
Loan.
As
described in Section
4.6.
Specified
Value.
As
described in Section
10.3(a).
Subsequent
Financing.
The
obtaining of new financing or a refinancing of the Initial Financing, whether
secured or unsecured, by the Company on any Property.
Subsidiaries.
As
described in the Recitals.
Subsidiary
Management Agreements.
As
described in Section
6.5.
Subsidiary
Property Manager.
Means,
from time to time, any person or entity named as the property manager under
the
then-current Subsidiary Management Agreements.
Termination
Notice.
As
described in Section
10.3(a).
Third
Party Loans.
Any
loans to the Company or to any Subsidiary, other than those made by a Member
or
an Affiliate of a Member.
TMP.
As
described in Section
7.6.
7
Transfer.
As
described in Section
10.1(a).
Unreturned
Capital Contributions.
With
respect to each Member, the aggregated amount of all Capital Contributions
made
to the Company by such Member, reduced by all distributions previously made
to
such Member pursuant to Section
9.3(b)(1),
Section
9.3(b)(2),
or
Section
13.5(d).
The
definitions in this Section
1.1
shall
apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding
masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The term “person” includes individuals,
partnerships, corporations, trusts, and other associations. The words “include”,
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation”.
1.2 Exhibits.
The
exhibits to this Agreement are incorporated herein by reference as if fully
set
forth herein.
ARTICLE
2.
THE
COMPANY
2.1 Formation
of Limited Liability Company.
The
Members hereby form a limited liability company (the “Company”) pursuant to the
provisions of the Act. The terms and provisions hereof will be construed
and
interpreted in accordance with the Act.
2.2 Name
of
Company.
The
Company will be conducted under the name “SHP-ARC II, LLC”. The Committee shall
have the power to change the name of the Company at any time.
2.3 Purpose
of Company.
The
purpose of the Company is to carry on the business of purchasing, owning,
repositioning, operating, managing, improving, repairing, renting, mortgaging,
refinancing, selling, conveying and otherwise dealing with the Properties
through the Subsidiaries and all the activities of the Projects reasonably
related thereto including, without limitation, making all decisions with
respect
to the real estate operations of the Properties. Except as permitted by this
Section
2.3,
the
Company shall not engage in any other business. In furtherance of the foregoing
purposes, but expressly subject to the other provisions of this Agreement,
the
Company is empowered to enter into contracts containing agreements to arbitrate
disputes to the extent such contracts are approved by the Committee. The
Company
is authorized to take any legal measures which will assist it in accomplishing
its purpose or benefit the Company.
2.4 Principal
and Registered Office.
The
principal office of the Company shall initially be at the offices of ARC
at 000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, or such other place
as
the Members may from time to time determine. The registered agent and the
registered address, respectively, of the Company shall be Corporation Service
Company, 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000. The Members may elect to change the Company’s registered agent
and the Company’s registered and principal offices by complying with the
relevant requirements of the Act.
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2.5 Governing
Law; Member Relations; Ownership of Property; Taxation as a
Partnership.
Except
as is expressly herein provided to the contrary, the business, affairs,
administration and termination of the Company shall be governed by the Act,
but,
to the extent permitted thereby, shall not be governed by any amendments
to such
law that become effective subsequent to the date of this Agreement and that
would only be applicable to the Company absent a provision in this Agreement
to
the contrary, unless such amendments are adopted as amendments to this Agreement
pursuant to Section
16.10.
The
foregoing notwithstanding, the Members’ duties and obligations to one another
under circumstances not provided for in the Act or this Agreement shall be
the
same as partners in a partnership governed by the relevant provisions of
the
Delaware Uniform Partnership Act and the case law interpreting such act.
In no
event shall the previous sentence be construed or applied in such a manner
to
cause the Company to be treated as a partnership for any purpose other than
the
determination of the Members’ respective duties and obligations to one another.
The interest of each Member in the Company shall be personal property for
all
purposes. All real and other property owned by the Company shall be deemed
owned
by the Company as a company and no Member, individually, shall have any
ownership interest in any real or other property owned by the Company. The
Members shall use the Company’s assets solely for the benefit of the Company. No
assets of the Company shall be transferred or encumbered for or in payment
of
any individual obligation of a Member. Notwithstanding anything in this
Section
2.5
to the
contrary, the Members intend that the Company shall at all times be operated
in
such a manner that it will be taxed as a partnership for federal and state
income tax purposes.
2.6 Further
Assurances.
The
Members will execute whatever certificates and documents, and will file,
record
and publish such certificates and documents, which are required to form and
operate a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware.
The
Members will also execute and file, record and publish, such certificates
and
documents as they, upon advice of counsel, may deem necessary or appropriate
to
comply with other applicable laws governing the formation and operation of
a
limited liability company, including, without limitation, any certificates
and
documents required to qualify the Company to do business in the States where
the
Properties are located.
2.7 No
Individual Authority.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, neither Member acting
alone
shall have any authority to act for, undertake or assume any obligations
or
responsibility on behalf of the other Member or the Company.
2.8 No
Restrictions.
Nothing
contained in this Agreement shall be construed so as to prohibit either Member
or any firm or corporation controlled by or controlling such Member or any
other
Affiliate of a Member from owning, operating, or investing in any real estate
or
real estate development not owned or operated by the Company, wherever located.
Each Member agrees that the other Member, any Affiliate or any director,
officer, employee, partner or other person or entity related to either thereof
may engage in or possess an interest in another business venture or ventures
of
any nature and description, independently or with others, including, but
not
limited to, the ownership, financing, leasing, operation, management,
syndication, brokerage and development of real property and senior living
communities, and neither the Company nor the Members shall have any rights
by
virtue of this Agreement in and to said independent ventures or to the income
or
profits derived therefrom.
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2.9 Neither
Responsible for Other’s Commitments.
Neither
the Members nor the Company shall be responsible or liable for any indebtedness
or obligation of the other Member incurred either before or after the execution
of this Agreement, except as to those joint responsibilities, liabilities,
debts
or obligations incurred pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and each
Member
indemnifies and agrees to hold the other Member and the Company harmless
from
such obligations and debts, except as aforesaid.
2.10 Affiliates.
Any and
all activities to be performed by SHP hereunder may be performed by officers
or
employees of one or more Affiliates of SHP, provided that all actions taken
by
such persons on behalf of SHP in connection with this Agreement shall be
binding
upon SHP.
2.11 (Intentionally
Omitted.)
2.12 Representations
by Members.
Each
Member represents and warrants to the other Member that (i) its execution
and
delivery of this Agreement, its initial capital contribution to the Company
and
the acquisition and development of the Properties by the Company have been
duly
authorized by all necessary action and do not require the consent or approval
of
any third party, that has not been obtained, (ii) it has all necessary power
with respect thereto, (iii) the consummation of such transactions will not
(and
with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would not) result in a
breach
or violation of, or a default or loss of contractual benefits under its charter,
by-laws or agreement of partnership, any agreement by which it or any of
its
properties is bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which
it
or any of its properties is subject, or give rise to a lien or other encumbrance
upon any of its properties or assets, (iv) this Agreement is a valid and
binding
agreement on the part of such Member, enforceable in accordance with its
terms,
subject to applicable debtor relief laws, and (v) such Member is not a foreign
person as that term is defined in Section
1445
of the
Code.
ARTICLE
3.
TERM
3.1 Term.
Unless
otherwise terminated or extended by the Committee, the existence of the Company
shall commence on the Effective Date and shall continue until the first to
occur
of the following:
(a) December
31, 2050; or
(b) Acquisition
of all of one Member’s interest by the other; or
(c) The
sale
or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Properties and
distribution of the proceeds therefrom, other than to a nominee or trustee
of
the Company for financial or other business purposes; provided,
however,
that
such sale or other disposition shall not terminate the existence of the Company
if such sale or other disposition is financed by the Company and the Members
elect to continue the Company’s existence; or
(d) Dissolution
of the Company pursuant to the express provisions of Article 10,
11,
12
or
13;
or
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(e) The
occurrence of any event or circumstance that would cause the dissolution
of the
Company under the Act.
ARTICLE
4.
CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MEMBERS
4.1 Capital
Contributions of the Members.
On or
before the Effective Date, the Members of the Company will make Capital
Contributions to the Company of cash as set forth on Exhibit
C
hereto.
The amount of cash contributed by each Member shall be credited to such Member’s
Capital Account. The amount shown on Exhibit
C
shall be
ARC’s Initial Contribution and SHP’s Initial Contribution.
4.2 No
Other Contributions.
Except
as expressly required by this Article
4,
neither
Member shall have any obligation to make any additional contribution to the
Company, nor to advance any funds thereto.
4.3 No
Interest Payable.
Except
as otherwise provided herein, no Member shall receive any interest on its
contributions to the capital of the Company.
4.4 No
Withdrawals.
The
capital of the Company shall not be withdrawn, except as hereinafter expressly
stipulated.
4.5 Additional
Contributions.
(a) Capital
Expenses.
(1) Unanimous
Committee Approval.
If the
Committee unanimously decides that a Subsidiary is in need of additional
funding
for capital improvements not contemplated in the then-effective Annual Capital
Budget for such Subsidiary (as defined in Section
6.6(b)),
the
Committee shall amend the Annual Capital Budget to account for such capital
improvements, and if the revenue generated from the operation of such
Subsidiary’s Project is not sufficient to pay for such capital improvements, the
Committee shall cause a Notice to Finance to be given to each Member stating
the
total additional funding required. Within ten (10) days following the date
upon
which a Notice to Finance is given, each of the Members shall contribute
to the
Company, as additional Capital Contributions, an amount determined by
multiplying that Member’s Percentage Interest by the required additional funding
amount, and the Company shall contribute such Capital Contributions to the
Subsidiary to be used for the capital improvements needed for such Subsidiary’s
Project.
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(2) Non
Unanimous Committee Approval.
If the
Committee cannot unanimously agree to engage in any capital improvement not
then
contemplated in an Annual Capital Budget for a Subsidiary, either Member
shall
have the right to give to the other Member a Notice to Finance. If, within
ten
(10) days following the date upon which such Notice to Finance is given,
the
other Member does not contribute its portion (based upon the scale set forth
in
the immediately preceding subparagraph) of the funds necessary to engage
in such
capital improvement, the Member desiring to engage in such capital improvement
for such Subsidiary shall have the right (but not the obligation) to fund
one
hundred percent (100%) of the costs associated with the design and construction
of such capital improvement for such Subsidiary as an additional Capital
Contribution and such funded amount shall be treated as a Capital Contribution
for all purposes under this Agreement. Upon receipt of such Capital
Contributions, the Company shall contribute such funds to the Subsidiary
to be
used for the capital improvements needed for such Subsidiary’s Project.
Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, no Member may engage in any
capital improvement that materially alters the character or scope of a Project,
absent the unanimous approval of the Committee.
(b) Operating
Expenses.
If the
Committee unanimously determines that a Subsidiary is in need of additional
funding for payment of any operating expenses of such Subsidiary and operating
costs of such Subsidiary for the balance of such Subsidiary’s then-current
calendar year or, if less than six (6) months remain in the current calendar
year, the subsequent calendar year, the Committee shall cause a Notice to
Finance to be given to each Member stating the total additional funding
required. Within ten (10) days following the date upon which such a Notice
to
Finance is given, each of the Members shall contribute to the Company, as
additional Capital Contributions, an amount determined by multiplying that
Member’s Percentage Interest by the required additional funding amount, and the
Company shall contribute such Capital Contributions to the Subsidiary for
the
benefit of such Subsidiary’s operation.
Any
and
all funds contributed by the Members pursuant to this Section
4.5
shall be
credited to their Capital Accounts and treated as Capital Contributions for
all
purposes of this Agreement.
4.6 Non-Failing
Member Options.
If a
Member fails to contribute an amount equal to the entire amount required
to be
contributed by it within ten (10) days after a Notice to Finance is given,
as
provided in Section
4.5(a)(1)
or
Section
4.5(b)
(the
“Failing
Member”),
and if
the other Member (the “Non
Failing Member”)
makes
its proportionate contribution within such ten (10) day period, so notifying
the
Failing Member in writing, and the Failing Member fails fully to remedy its
failure to contribute within an additional ten (10) days thereafter (the
“Notice
of Intention”),
then
the Non-Failing Member may, in its sole discretion, but shall have no obligation
to do any of the following (it being the intention that none of the following
shall be exclusive of any other remedy):
(a) Withdraw
from the Company its most recent proportionate contribution made pursuant
to
Section
4.5(a)(1)
or
Section
4.5(b),
in which
case the Company shall promptly repay the amount of such withdrawn contribution
to the Non-Failing Member, or
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(b) make
a
loan to the Company (a “Special
Loan”)
in an
amount equal to the sum of (i) the contribution which the Failing Member
failed
to make pursuant to Section
4.5(a)(1)
or
Section
4.5(b),
and (ii)
the contribution made by the Nonfailing Member, in which case the contribution
made by the Nonfailing Member shall be deemed instead of a Capital Contribution
to be part of the funds advanced in connection with making such Special Loan.
If
made, a Special Loan shall bear interest and be payable upon the terms described
in Article
5
and any
accrued interest shall be considered to be part of such Special Loan for
all
purposes, or
(c) make
an
additional contribution to the Company not in excess of the amount the Failing
Member was to have contributed (a “Priority
Capital Contribution”),
or
(d) not
withdraw its most recent proportionate contribution made pursuant to
Section
4.5(a)(1)
or
Section
4.5(b)
and not
make a Special Loan or an additional contribution to the Company as described
immediately above, or
(e) commence
the dissolution of the Company pursuant to Articles
12 and 13.
4.7 Change
in Percentage Interest.
If
either Member makes a Priority Capital Contribution pursuant to Section
4.6,
that
amount together with each timely Capital Contribution made by the Non Failing
Member pursuant to Section
4.5(a)(1)
or
Section
4.5(b),
shall be
credited to the Capital Account of the Non Failing Member for all purposes
of
this Agreement, in which case the Non Failing Member’s Percentage Interest in
the Company shall be increased by the percentage by which (A) the quotient
(rounded to the nearest one hundredth, but not greater than ninety nine per
cent
(99%)) obtained by dividing (I) a sum equal to (x) the Non Failing Member’s
total Unreturned Capital Contributions immediately before the making of
additional Capital Contributions pursuant to the Notice of Intention, plus
(y)
the sum of (1) the additional Capital Contribution made by the Non Failing
Member pursuant to Section
4.5(a)(1)
or
Section
4.5(b),
and (2)
the product of the Priority Capital Contribution made by the Non Failing
Member
multiplied by one and one half (1.5), by (II) the sum of both Members’
Unreturned Capital Contributions immediately after such contributions, exceeds
(B) if SHP is the Non Failing Member, 80%, and if ARC is the Non Failing
Member,
20%. In turn, the Failing Member’s Percentage Interest in the Company shall
simultaneously be reduced to a percentage equal to one hundred percent (100%),
less the Non Failing Member’s new Percentage Interest in the Company, as
calculated pursuant to the preceding clause of this Section
4.7
(as
illustrated by the example set forth on and attached as Schedule
4.7).
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4.8 Effect
of Change of Percentage Interest.
If the
Percentage Interests of the Members are changed pursuant to the operation
of
Section
4.7
above or
any of the other terms of this Agreement during any calendar year, the amounts
of all items to be credited, charged or distributed to such Members for such
entire calendar year in accordance with their respective Percentage Interest
in
the Company shall be allocated to the portion of such calendar year which
precedes the date of such change (and if there shall have been a prior change
in
such calendar year, which commences on the date of such prior change) and
to the
portion of such calendar year which occurs on and after the date of such
change
(and if there shall be a subsequent change in such calendar year, which precedes
the date of such subsequent change), in proportion to the number of days
in each
such portion, and the amounts of the items so allocated to each such portion
shall be credited, charged or distributed to such Members in proportion to
their
respective Percentage Interest in the Company during each such portion of
the
calendar year in question. For purposes of this Section
4.8,
the
first calendar year shall commence on the date of this Agreement and shall
end
on December 31 of the year in which this Agreement is dated.
ARTICLE
5.
LOANS
BY MEMBERS
5.1 Loans.
Neither
Member shall be obligated to lend any money to the Company or to any Subsidiary
and the Members may not require a Loan to be made. Except as provided in
Section
6.7,
and
except for Special Loans made pursuant to Section
4.6,
the
Company and each Subsidiary shall not borrow any money without the approval
of
the Committee. If, following such approval, either or both Members or an
Affiliate of either Member shall lend any money to the Company or to any
Subsidiary, such Special Loan or Loan, as the case may be shall not be
considered a capital contribution of such Member and shall not increase the
Capital Account or Percentage Interest of such Member or entitle it to any
increase in its share of the distributions of the Company. Each Special Loan
or
Loan made by either Member or any Affiliate thereof to the Company or to
any
Subsidiary on behalf of the Company shall be an obligation of the Company,
provided that (i) neither Member shall be personally obligated to repay the
Special Loan or Loan or to make any contribution to the capital of the Company
to enable the Company to repay the Special Loan or Loan, and (ii) the Special
Loan or Loan shall be payable or collectible only out of the assets of the
Company. All Special Loan or Loans shall be unsecured and shall bear interest
at
the market rate then in effect as determined by the Committee. All Special
Loans
made pursuant to Section
4.6
shall
bear interest at the rate of 5% per annum above the prime rate published
in
The
Wall Street Journal
(the
“Prime
Rate”)
from
time to time, compounded annually, while such Special Loans are outstanding.
If
The
Wall Street Journal
ceases to
publish the Prime Rate, the Committee shall reasonably determine a substitute
method for determining the Prime Rate. In no event shall the rate of interest
on
a Loan exceed the highest rate permitted by law for the lender which, if
exceeded, could subject the lending Member or an Affiliate to penalties or
forfeiture of all or any part of the interest or principal; such rate of
interest on a Loan shall automatically be reduced to the highest level permitted
without violating any such law.
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5.2 Payment
of Special Loan and Loans.
Subject
to the other provisions of this Section
5.2,
all
Operating Cash Flow and Extraordinary Cash Flow (but without deduction for
payment of interest or principal on Special Loan or Loans ) shall, to the
extent
of available cash, be applied and paid monthly, first to the payment of accrued
interest on any Special Loans, then to the payment of principal of any Special
Loans, then to the payment of accrued interest on any Loans, and then to
the
payment of principal of any Loans, before any distribution is made to a Member
as stipulated in Article
9.
If at
any time Special Loans by both Members shall be outstanding, and if the
aggregate balances, including accrued interest, of such outstanding Special
Loans made by the respective Members shall not be in the proportion of the
respective Percentage Interests of the Members, then payment shall be made
only
upon the Special Loan of the Member whose Special Loan balance, including
accrued interest, is disproportionately high, until the balances (including
interest) payable on the respective Member’s Special Loans to the Company shall
be in the ratio of the respective Percentage Interests of the Members. If
at any
time Loans by both Members shall be outstanding, and if the aggregate Loan
balances, including accrued interest, of such outstanding Loans made by the
respective Members shall not be in the ratio of the respective Percentage
Interests of the Members, then payment shall be made only upon the Loan of
the
Member whose Loan balance, including accrued interest, is disproportionately
high, until the balance (including interest) payable on the respective Members’
Loans to the Company shall be in the ratio of the Members’ respective Percentage
Interests. When the amounts of the Special Loan and/or Loan balances (including
interest), as the case may be, of the respective Members are in the ratio
of the
Percentage Interests of the respective Members, all payments of interest
on and
repayments of the principal of such Special Loans or Loans shall be pro rata
in
accordance with the remaining balance (including interest) of each of the
Special Loans or Loans.
ARTICLE
6.
MANAGEMENT
OF THE COMPANY
6.1 Managing
Committee.
The
Members shall have responsibility for the management, supervision and control
of
the Company through its managing committee (the “Committee”),
which
shall be responsible for the establishment of policy and operating procedures
respecting the business affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries in its
good-faith business judgment. No action shall be taken, nor shall obligations
be
incurred or amounts expended (other than in accordance with any Annual Capital
Budget or any Annual Operating Budget which has been approved by the Committee),
by the Company without the unanimous consent of the members of the Committee,
except to the extent expressly provided herein or otherwise delegated by
the
Committee. The day to day operations of the Projects shall be managed by
the
Initial Subsidiary Property Manager or another Subsidiary Property Manager
acceptable to the Committee, pursuant to the terms, conditions and limitations
set forth in the Subsidiary Management Agreements. The Committee shall at
all
times consist of four (4) members, two (2) of whom shall be appointed by
SHP,
and two (2) by ARC.
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Each
Member may appoint an alternate for each member appointed by it to the
Committee, who shall have all the powers of the Committee member in his absence
or inability to serve. Each Member shall have the power to remove any member
or
alternative member of the Committee appointed by it by delivering written
notice
of such removal to the Company and to the other Member in the manner required
by
Section
15.1.
Vacancies on the Committee shall be filled by the Member that appointed the
Committee member previously holding the position which is then
vacant.
Each
Committee member shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote with respect to any
decision made by the Committee, provided that the members who are actually
present at a meeting of the Committee shall be entitled to cast the vote
of the
member not present who was appointed by the same Member as the member casting
the vote.
The
Committee shall meet at least semiannually, upon thirty (30) days’ written
notice to all members, at the offices of the Company or by conference call
with
the results confirmed in writing or by facsimile (unless such meeting shall
be
waived by all members thereof), or, in the event of an emergency, on the
call of
any two (2) Committee members upon two (2) business days’ notice to all
Committee members by telephone, electronic mail, telex, telecopy or telegraph.
An agenda for each meeting shall be prepared in advance by the Members in
consultation with each other. Three (3) members of the Committee shall
constitute a quorum. Except as specifically set forth herein to the contrary
where certain rights are granted to individual Members, the casting of four
(4)
concurring votes shall be required for all actions of the Committee except
adjournment (which shall only require a majority of the votes present), and
four
(4) concurring votes shall constitute the approval by the Committee of the
matter being considered and shall be binding on the Company and the Members
for
all matters, including, without limitation, financing, refinancing, sale
of some
or all of the Company’s assets and dissolution of the Company. The Committee may
act without a meeting if the action taken is unanimously approved in advance
in
writing by the Committee members. The Committee shall cause written minutes
to
be prepared of all actions taken by the Committee and shall deliver a copy
thereof to each member of the Committee within seven (7) days after the date
of
the meeting. Such minutes shall be prepared by one of the members appointed
by
ARC. Each Subsidiary has four (4) officers designated by the Committee. The
Committee may change the designations of any officers of any Subsidiary upon
the
unanimous consent of the Committee. All the officers of each Subsidiary shall
be
entitled to execute leases, resident agreements and service contracts on
behalf
of the Subsidiary (and/or may delegate such signing authority to the Initial
Property Manager) so long as such documents are consistent with the then
current
approved Annual Operating Budget but the officers of such Subsidiary may
not
otherwise execute any documents on behalf of the Subsidiary without the
unanimous approval of the Committee; provided, however, that the officers
designated by SHP as its representatives to each Subsidiary (initially Xxxx
Xxxx
and Xxxx Xxxx) may execute any and all documents on behalf of the Subsidiary
to
take actions which SHP, in its capacity as a member, has the sole and exclusive
right to undertake pursuant to the provisions of Section
6.7
of this
Agreement; provided, further, that Xxxx Xxxxxxxx has been authorized to execute
closing documents on behalf of the Company with respect to the initial
acquisition of the Portfolio and the obtaining of the Initial
Financing.
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6.2 Bank
Accounts.
The
Company will maintain separate bank accounts in such banks as the Committee
may
designate exclusively for the deposit and disbursement of all funds of the
Company. All funds of the Company shall be promptly deposited in such accounts.
The Committee from time to time shall authorize signatories for such
accounts.
6.3 Reimbursement
for Costs and Expenses.
Subject
to the terms of Section
6.5,
the
Committee will fix the amounts, if any, by which the Company will reimburse
each
Member for any costs and expenses incurred by such Member on behalf and for
the
benefit of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that
except as otherwise provided herein or in any separately-executed agreement
relating to the business and operation of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, no overhead or general administrative expenses of any person
or
entity anyone other than the Company itself shall be allocated to the operation
of the Company, and no salaries, fees, commissions or other compensations
shall
be paid by the Company to any Affiliate of any Member or to any partner,
officer
or employee of either Member or its Affiliates for any services rendered
to the
Company, except as may be expressly provided herein or by other written
agreement approved by the Committee.
6.4 Fidelity
Bonds and Insurance.
The
Committee on behalf of each Subsidiary shall cause each Subsidiary Property
Manager (including, without limitation, the Initial Subsidiary Property Manager)
to obtain fidelity bonds with reputable surety companies, covering all persons
having access to the such Subsidiary’s funds and indemnifying such Subsidiary
against loss resulting from fraud, theft, dishonesty and other wrongful acts
of
such persons. Each Subsidiary shall carry or cause to be carried on its behalf,
in companies acceptable to the Committee all property, liability and worker’s
compensation insurance as shall be required under applicable mortgages, leases,
agreements, and other instruments and statutes or as may be required by the
Committee or in accordance with risk management guidelines agreed upon by
the
Committee. The expense of such fidelity bond shall be paid by the respective
Subsidiary Property Managers (including, without limitation, the Initial
Subsidiary Property Manager), but the cost of the insurance shall be an expense
of each Property.
6.5 Management
Agreement.
On or
about the date of this Agreement, each Subsidiary will enter into a management
agreement (each an “Initial
Subsidiary Management Agreement”)
with
Initial Subsidiary Property Manager, in the form and containing the provisions
of Exhibit
D
hereto
attached and made a part hereof, providing that Initial Subsidiary Property
Manager will, subject to the Company’s direction, manage the day-to-day
operation of the Subsidiary’s Project, as an independent contractor, for the
compensation and term specified therein. Should such Initial Subsidiary
Management Agreement terminate for any reason, each Subsidiary will enter
into
an agreement for management of the Property with an operator or operators
satisfactory to the Company (a “Subsidiary
Property Manager”).
Such
Initial Subsidiary Management Agreement or any other management agreement
entered into by the Company after the termination or expiration of such Initial
Subsidiary Management Agreement, as the same may be amended or restated from
time to time, is referred to herein as the “Subsidiary
Management Agreement”.
6.6 Annual
Budgets.
The
annual operating budget for each Project and the annual capital expenditures
budget for each Project will be approved subject to the following
terms:
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(a) Annual
Operating Budget.
So long
as each Project is performing such that (i) the aggregate, gross level of
revenues for that Project are meeting or exceeding the operating pro forma
approved by SHP on or before December 15, 2005 (the “Operating Pro Forma”) and
(ii) the aggregate, gross level of expenses for that Project are equal to
or less than the Operating Pro Forma, the current Annual Operating Budget
must
be approved by unanimous consent of the Committee. To the extent that the
applicable Project is performing such that either the aggregate, gross revenues
or aggregate gross expenses for that Project are not equal to or better than
the
Operating Pro Forma, SHP shall have the right to unilaterally approve any
proposed annual operating budget. Any annual operating budget as approved
pursuant to this Section
6.6(a)
is
referred to as the “Annual Operating Budget.”
ARC
shall
prepare and deliver to SHP, on or before ninety (90) days prior to the
expiration of the then current fiscal year, a proposed Annual Operating Budget
for each Project for the upcoming fiscal year. The exact form of the Annual
Operating Budget shall be agreed upon by ARC and SHP but shall include, without
limitation, reasonably detailed and itemized estimates of all projected income
and expenses of such Subsidiary for the upcoming fiscal year (except items
included in the proposed Annual Capital Budget), and specifically including
reserves and working capital for such Subsidiary and a detailed leasing report
describing all vacant units within the Project, the square footage of each
vacant unit and the total square footage of all vacating units within the
Project. To the extent that the Annual Operating Budget for a particular
Project
is not approved prior to the commencement of the fiscal year to which such
budget is to relate, the Annual Operating Budget for such Subsidiary for
the
prior fiscal year, plus a three percent (3%) increase for each line item
contained in such budget, shall be utilized in connection with the operation
of
such Property.
(b) Annual
Capital Budget.
On or
before ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the then current fiscal
year,
ARC shall deliver to SHP, along with the proposed Annual Operating Budget
for
each Project, a proposed Annual Capital Budget for each Project for the upcoming
fiscal year. Approval of the annual capital budget (the “Annual
Capital Budget”)
must be
made by the unanimous consent of the Committee. If the Committee cannot
unanimously agree upon the Annual Capital Budget for a particular Project
for
any year, there shall be no Annual Capital Budget for such Project for such
year
and the provisions of Section
4.5(a)
shall
govern capital improvements to such Project during such year. To the extent
that
funds are reserved for items set forth in the Annual Capital Budget for a
particular Project and are not spent in a given year for which the Annual
Capital Budget for such Project relates, the funds will be carried over into
a
separate reserve account for future use on items included within a future
Approved Capital Budget for such Project, but may not be used for any other
purpose. This separate reserve account will be held by, or on behalf of,
SHP for
the benefit of the applicable Subsidiary.
6.7 SHP’s
Rights.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Article
6,
SHP, in
its capacity as a Member, and not in a representative capacity, shall have
the
sole and exclusive right, without the approval of the Committee, to cause
or
permit the Company to do or perform the following:
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(1) from
and
after November 1, 2007 and subject to the provisions of Section
10.5,
to cause
the entire Portfolio or any one of the Properties or any group of the Properties
to be sold or to market the Portfolio;
(2) subject
to
Section
6.7(b),
to cause
the Company or a Subsidiary to incur debt financing for the entire Portfolio
or
any one of the Properties or any group of the Properties on terms determined
by
SHP;
(3) subject
to
Section
6.7(b),
to cause
the Company to refinance any loan obtained by the Company or a Subsidiary
pursuant to the foregoing Section
6.7(a)(2),
or put
in place at the time of the Company’s acquisition of the
Properties;
(4) to
exercise any of the Company’s rights to terminate an Initial Subsidiary
Management Agreement (or any subsequent Subsidiary Management Agreement)
and to
cause a Subsidiary to enter into a Subsidiary Management Agreement with a
new
Subsidiary Property Manager; provided, however, that the Subsidiary’s right to
terminate the Initial Subsidiary Management Agreement, without cause, upon
thirty (30) days prior notice, as provided in Section
12.2(e)
of the
Initial Subsidiary Management Agreement, may be exercised only by unanimous
agreement of the Members;
(5) (Intentionally
Omitted);
(6) (Intentionally
Omitted); and
(7) to
determine whether and to what extent the Property should be repaired or restored
in the event of (i) a loss by fire or other casualty, if the estimated costs
of
repair or restoration (as determined by the Company’s property insurance
carrier) exceed $7,500,000.00, or (ii) a condemnation of any portion of a
Property, the fair market value of which (as determined by an experienced,
reputable M.A.I. appraiser selected by the Committee), exceeds
$7,500,000.00.
(b) SHP
and
ARC have agreed to obtain financing for the Projects, as of the Closing,
in the
original principal amount of $85,000,000.00, from Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Capital pursuant
to the terms of that certain Credit and Security Agreement, dated ________,
2005
(“Initial
Financing”).
If SHP
determines to refinance a Property pursuant to Section
6.7(a)(2)
or
6.7(a)(3),
SHP
shall deliver a notice to ARC (a “Finance
Proposal Notice”)
of
SHP’s intent, which notice shall include the proposed terms of such refinancing
and a list of the lenders from which SHP intends to seek such refinancing
(“SHP’s
Lender List”).
While
SHP is trying to obtain such refinancing from a lender, ARC may concurrently
seek alternatives to SHP’s proposed refinancing from other lenders provided ARC
has delivered a notice to SHP of ARC’s intent, which notice shall include a list
of the lenders from which ARC intends to seek such refinancing (“ARC’s
Lender List”).
ARC
shall not, without the unanimous prior written approval of the Committee,
have
any authority to bind the Company or any Subsidiary to any loan commitment.
ARC’s Lender List shall not include any of the lenders included in SHP’s Lender
List. The Members shall coordinate their efforts to assure that ARC does
not
approach prospective lenders which are on SHP’s Lender List and SHP does not
approach prospective lenders which are on ARC’s Lender List.
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When
SHP
has determined the actual refinancing structure it wishes to obtain and has
identified the lender willing to provide such refinancing, SHP shall deliver
a
second notice to ARC (a “Financing
Commitment Notice”)
setting
forth the terms of such refinancing and the identity of such lender. If (i)
ARC
notifies SHP within ten (10) days after ARC’s receipt of the Financing
Commitment Notice that ARC has identified an alternative lender which will
provide refinancing on the same or better terms as that proposed by SHP
(including loan amount, term, amortization schedule, interest rate, prepayment
penalties and participation features) at a lower cost and which will not
result
in a Plan Violation; and (ii) SHP, in SHP’s sole and absolute discretion,
determines that the refinancing from the alternative lender identified by
ARC
will provide comparable refinancing on the same or better terms as that proposed
by SHP, including operation and ownership constraints, and that the Company
or a
Subsidiary, as the case may be, will be able to obtain such refinancing within
the time parameter determined by SHP, then SHP and ARC shall pursue such
refinancing from such alternative lender, otherwise SHP shall be free to
proceed
to close the refinancing outlined in the Financing Commitment Notice.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth hereinabove, neither Member
shall have the right, without the other Members consent, to seek any refinancing
which: (i) is recourse to the other Member; (ii) is convertible or includes
any
participating mortgage structure (i.e., a mortgage which grants to the mortgagee
an equity interest or an option to convert some or all of the debt into an
equity interest); (iii) commits the other Member to relinquish any of its
equity
in the Company or dilute its Percentage Interest or its interest in any item
of
income, loss or cash; or (iv) will result in such Property having a debt
service
coverage ratio (as of the date of the closing of the refinancing) of less
than
1.25 to 1. As used above, the term Debt Service Coverage Ratio shall mean
the
ratio of (x) the Subsidiary’s annualized cash flow (including both Operating
Cash Flow and Extraordinary Cash Flow and based upon the four calendar months
immediately preceding the date the new refinancing will be closed) prior
to the
payment of debt service of the Subsidiary to (y) the annual debt service
payable
under all outstanding debt of the Subsidiary (excluding Loans and Special
Loans)
immediately after funding of the new refinancing, including debt service
on such
financing or refinancing.
6.8 Indemnification.
Neither
Member shall be liable to the Company or to the other Member for any act
performed or omitted to be performed by the Member in connection with Company
business, unless the Member’s course of conduct was in breach of this Agreement
or constituted fraud, unauthorized acts, bad faith, willful misconduct or
gross
negligence. A Member shall defend and indemnify the Company and the other
Member
against, and hold it and them harmless from, any loss, damage, claim, judgment,
cost, expense or liability, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred or
sustained by the Company or the other Member or either of them by reason
of the
indemnifying Member’s fraud, bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence,
unauthorized acts or breach of this Agreement. The Company shall defend and
indemnify each Member against, and hold it and them harmless from, any loss,
damage, claim, judgment, cost, expense or liability, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, incurred or sustained by the Member by reason of any act
performed by it on behalf of the Company or in furtherance of the Company’s
interests other than by fraud, bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence,
unauthorized acts or breach of this Agreement. The Company shall defend and
indemnify any person executing the original Certificate of Formation against,
and hold such person harmless from, any loss, damage, claim, judgment, cost,
expense or liability, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred or
sustained by such person by reason of having prepared or filed the original
Certificate of Formation or his status as the organizer of the Company, except
to the extent of such person’s fraud, bad faith, willful misconduct or gross
negligence.
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6.9 Operation
as a REOC.
The
Committee shall conduct the activities of the Company so as to qualify the
Company as a “real estate operating company” (“REOC”)
within
the meaning of 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101 (the “Plan Assets Regulation”). The “annual
valuation period” of the Company for purposes of qualifying as a REOC under the
Plan Assets Regulation shall be the 90-day period commencing on each Anniversary
Date (as defined below) unless the Company pre-specifies an earlier annual
valuation period in accordance with the Plan Assets Regulation. “Anniversary
Date” means each anniversary of the Company’s first investment other than a
short-term investment pending long-term commitment.
6.10 Third
Party Loans.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, each Member’s rights
under the Agreement shall at all times be subject to the terms and conditions
of
any Third Party Loan, and neither Member (a) shall take, or fail to take,
any
action that would conflict with any material term or condition of any Third
Party Loan or cause a default or event of default under any Third Party Loan,
or
(b) shall cause the Company to take, or fail to take, any action that would
conflict with any material term or condition of any Third Party Loan or cause
a
default or event of default under any Third Party Loan.
6.11 Rights
of SHP’s Member.
ARC
hereby acknowledges that the sole member of SHP, acting in such capacity,
shall
have the right to direct all actions, make all decisions and exercise all
rights
of SHP under this Agreement.
ARTICLE 7.
BOOKS
AND RECORDS, AUDITS, TAXES, ETC.
7.1 Books;
Statements.
In
addition to the establishment and maintenance of Capital Accounts pursuant
to
Section
7.9,
the
Company shall keep such other books and records as the Committee shall
determine. The books and records shall be prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied. Except where specifically
provided for in this Agreement, the Committee shall determine the methods
to be
used in the preparation of financial statements.
Following
the Effective Date of the Agreement:
(a) each
Subsidiary shall prepare or cause to be prepared, by the Subsidiary Property
Manager for the Company’s approval and in accordance with the terms of the
Subsidiary Management Agreement, a statement setting forth the calculation
of
Operating Cash Flow for such Subsidiary for each period of time, but not
less
often than quarterly, at the end of which the Company is to make periodic
distributions of Operating Cash Flow as provided in Section
9.3,
and the
Company shall furnish a copy of such cash flow statement to each Member within
fifteen (15) days after the end of such period;
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(b) no
later
than the twenty fifth (25th) day of each month during the term of this
Agreement, each Subsidiary shall prepare, or cause to be prepared by the
Subsidiary Property Manager, and shall submit to the Company, an accrual
basis
balance sheet for such Subsidiary dated as of the end of the preceding month,
together with an accrual basis profit and loss statement for such Subsidiary
for
the calendar month next preceding with a cumulative calendar year accrual
basis
profit and loss statement to date, and a statement of change in each Member’s
Capital Account with respect to such Subsidiary’s operations for the preceding
month and year to such date; and
(c) as
soon as
practicable, but no later than ninety (90) days, after the end of each fiscal
year of the Company, a general accounting and audit shall be taken and made
by
independent certified public accountants of recognized standing, selected
by the
TMP in accordance with Section
7.6
and
retained by the Company, which accounting and/or audit shall cover the assets,
properties, liabilities and net worth of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
and
their dealings, transactions and operations during such fiscal year, and
all
matters and things customarily included in such accountings and audits, and
a
full, detailed certified statement shall be furnished to each Member showing
on
an accrual basis the assets, liabilities, properties, net worth, profits,
losses, net income, Unrecovered Capital Contributions, Priority Capital
Contributions, Operating Cash Flow, Extraordinary Cash Flow, changes in the
financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries for such fiscal year
and
each Member’s capital in the Company together with a full and complete report of
the audit scope and audit findings in the form of a management audit report
with
an internal control memorandum.
7.2 Where
Maintained.
The
books, accounts and records of the Company shall be at all times maintained
at
its principal office. If requested by the Company, the Subsidiary Property
Manager shall, pursuant to the terms of its Subsidiary Management Agreement,
keep and maintain such books, accounts and records, and its only payment
for
doing so shall be the fees paid under the Subsidiary Management Agreement.
The
Committee may, at any time, transfer the responsibility for keeping and
maintaining such Company books and records to another party if it determines
that the Company may recognize cost savings by doing so.
7.3 Audits.
Either
Member may, at its option and at its own expense, conduct internal audits
of the
books, records and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Audits may
be
on either a continuous or a periodic basis, or both, and may be conducted
by
employees of either Member, or an Affiliate of either Member, or by independent
auditors retained by the Company or by either Member.
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7.4 Objections
to Statements.
Each
Member shall have the right to object to the statements described in
Sections
7.1(a),
(b)
and
(c)
by giving
notice in writing to the other Member within thirty (30) days after such
statements are received by each Member, indicating in reasonable detail the
objections of such Member and the basis for such objections. If either Member
shall fail to give such notice within said thirty (30) day period, such
statements and the contents thereof shall, in the absence of fraud or willful
misconduct by the other Member or the independent certified public accountants
certifying the statements, be deemed conclusive and binding upon such party
so
failing to give such written notice, subject, in the case of the statements
provided for in Sections
7.1(a)
and
(b),
to the
audit provided for in Section
7.1(c).
Objections to any statement and any disputes concerning the findings of,
and
questions raised as the result of, audits of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s
books shall be settled by the Committee.
Upon
approval or deemed approval of the statement described in Section
7.1(c)
(the
“Approved
Financial Statement”),
a
comparison shall be made of the actual Operating Cash Flow to the Operating
Cash
Flow distributed pursuant to Section
9.3.
To the
extent that the Company has made a distribution to a Member (the “Excess
Member”)
in
excess of the amount which the Excess Member should have received based on
a
distribution of Operating Cash Flow set forth in the Approved Financial
Statement, the Excess Member shall recontribute to the Company, within fifteen
(15) days after the creation of the applicable Approved Financial Statement,
the
excess amount (the “Excess
Amount”)
received by it. The Company shall then distribute such Excess Amount (1)
first,
to any Member who received a distribution less than such Member should have
received based on the distribution of Operating Cash Flow set forth in the
Approved Financial Statement, an amount equal to such deficiency and (2)
second,
to the extent of the remaining Excess Amount, in accordance with Section
9.3.
7.5 Tax
Returns.
The
Company shall be treated and shall file its tax returns as a partnership
for
Federal, state, municipal and other governmental income tax and other tax
purposes. The Company shall prepare or cause to be prepared, on an accrual
basis, all Federal, state and municipal partnership tax returns required
to be
filed by it or by any of its Subsidiaries. Unless otherwise determined by
the
Committee, such tax returns shall be prepared by independent certified public
accountants selected pursuant to Section
7.6,
who
shall sign such returns as income tax preparers (as defined in Section
7701(a)(36)
of the
Code). The Company shall submit the returns to each Member for review and
approval no later than thirty (30) days prior to the due date of the returns,
but in no event later than March 15th of each year. Each Member shall notify
the
other Member(s) upon receipt of any notice of tax examination, tax deficiency
or
tax adjustment of the Company by Federal, state or local
authorities.
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7.6 Tax
Matters Partner.
ARC
shall be the tax matters partner (“TMP”),
as
defined in Section
6231 (a)(7)
of the
Code, with respect to operations conducted by the Company during the period
that
ARC is a Member. The TMP shall comply with the requirements of Section
6221 through 6232
of the
Code. The TMP shall have the authority, in its reasonable discretion, to
select
and appoint independent certified public accountants to prepare tax returns
and
annual audited financial statements for the Company and its Subsidiaries,
the
expense of which shall be borne by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
prior approval of the Committee shall be required to extend the statute of
limitations for any federal income tax matters or to proceed with respect
to the
contest of any federal income tax matters in any forum other than the United
States Tax Court.
7.7 Tax
Policy.
The
Company shall make any and all tax accounting and reporting elections and
adopt
such procedures as the Committee, in its reasonable judgment, may
determine.
7.8 Section
754 Election.
At the
request of a Member, the Company shall make and file a timely election under
Section
754
of the
Code (and a corresponding election under applicable state or local law) in
the
event of a transfer of an interest in the Company permitted hereunder or
the
distribution of property to a Member. Any adjustments resulting from such
an
election shall be reflected in the Capital Accounts of the Members only to
the
extent provided in Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m).
Any
Member or transferee first requesting an election hereunder shall reimburse
the
Company for reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Company in
connection with such election, including, without limitation, any legal or
accountants’ fees; thereafter, each transferee shall reimburse such expenses
with respect to adjustments under Section
743
of the
Code in the proportion which the interest of each transferee bears to the
sum of
the interests of all transferees; the Company shall bear the expenses of
any
adjustments under Section
734
of the
Code.
7.9 Capital
Accounts.
(a) There
shall be established on the books of the Company a single capital account
(the
“Capital
Account”)
for
each Member. The opening balance of each Member’s Capital Account shall be equal
to each Member’s Initial Contribution as set forth in Section
4.1
of this
Agreement.
(b) The
Capital Account of each Member (regardless of the time or manner in which
such
Member’s interest was acquired) shall be maintained in accordance with the rules
of Section
704(b)
of the
Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder (including particularly
Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)
of the
Regulations). Adjustments shall be made to the Capital Accounts for all
distributions and allocations (other than allocations pursuant to Section
9.6)
as
required by the rules of Section
704(b)
of the
Code. In general, a Capital Account shall be:
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(1) increased
by (i) the amount of money contributed by the Member to the Company (including
the amount of any Company liabilities that are assumed by such Member other
than
in connection with the distribution of Company property and including any
amounts contributed to the Company pursuant to Section
7.4),
(ii)
the fair market value of property contributed by the Member to the Company
(net
of liabilities secured by such contributed property that the Company is
considered to assume or take subject to under Section
752
of the
Code), and (iii) except as provided in Section
7.9(b)(3)
and
Section
7.9(b)(4),
allocations to the Member of Company profits and gain for federal income
tax
purposes (or items thereof), including profits and gain exempt from
taxation;
(2) decreased
by (i) the amount of money distributed to the Member by the Company (including
the amount of such Member’s individual liabilities that are assumed by the
Company (other than in connection with contributions of property to the Company)
and including any amounts distributed to such Member by the Company pursuant
to
Section
7.4),
(ii)
the fair market value of property distributed to the Member by the Company
(net
of liabilities secured by such distributed property that such Member is
considered to assume or take subject to Section
752
of the
Code), (iii) allocations to the Member of expenditures of the Company not
deductible in computing the Company’s taxable income and not properly chargeable
to capital, and (iv) except as provided in Section
7.9(b)(3)
and
Section
7.9(b)(4),
allocations to the Member of Company loss and deduction for federal income
tax
purposes (or items thereof);
(3) where
Section
704(c)
of the
Code applies to Company property, adjusted in accordance with Treasury
Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g)
as to
allocations to the Members of depreciation, depletion, amortization and gain
or
loss, as computed for book purposes with respect to such Company property;
and
(4) except
as
provided in Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m),
computed
without regard to any election under Section
754
of the
Code which may be made by the Company.
If
there
is a transfer of all or a part of an interest in the Company by a Member,
the
Capital Account of the transferor that is attributable to the transferred
interest shall carry over to the transferee of such Member.
7.10 Ownership
Representation.
Each
Member represents and warrants to the Company and to the other Members that
it
is a U.S. person as that term is defined under Section
7701(a)(30)
of the
Code.
ARTICLE
8.
FISCAL
YEAR
8.1 Calendar
Year.
The
fiscal year of the Company shall be the calendar year, unless (subject to
obtaining consent of the Internal Revenue Service) the Members shall hereafter
in writing agree otherwise.
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ARTICLE
9.
DISTRIBUTIONS
AND ALLOCATIONS
9.1 Percentage
Interests in Company.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the percentage interest
of
the respective Members in the Company shall be as follows:
SHP | 80% | |
ARC | 20% |
The
percentage interest of each Member, which is subject to the preferred and
priority rights provided for herein, is hereinafter called such Member’s
“Percentage Interest”.
9.2 Certain
Definitions.
The
following terms shall have the following meanings when used herein:
(a) “Operating
Cash Flow”
shall
mean the net income or loss of the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable,
for
the fiscal period in question, as determined by the Committee in accordance
with
generally accepted accounting principles, taking into account all of the
income
and all of the operating expenses from all of the Properties or a Property,
as
applicable, and adjusted as follows:
(1) Additions.
There
shall be added to such net income or subtracted from such loss, without
duplication, the following items: (i) the amount charged during such period
for
depreciation, amortization or any other deduction not involving a cash
expenditure, (ii) the amount of cash expenditures paid out of cash reserves
during such period, to the extent that such expenditures were deducted in
determining net income or loss, (iii) cash Capital Contributions to the Company
or a Subsidiary, as applicable, during such period, excluding SHP’s Initial
Contribution and ARC’s Initial Contribution, (iv) rental receipts, collection of
receivables and other cash receipts during such period which were included
in
determining net income or loss in a prior accounting period, (v) the costs
and
expenses incurred by the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable, during such
period in connection with a Major Capital Event, to the extent deducted from
gross income in the determination of net income or loss, except to the extent
that net receipts of the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable, from such
Major
Capital Event were insufficient to pay such costs and expenses, (vi) proceeds
of
short term borrowings in the ordinary course of business during such period,
(vii) capital expenditures and other cash sums expended during such period
for
items deducted in determining net income or loss of the Company or a Subsidiary,
as applicable, to the extent paid from proceeds of a Major Capital Event,
and
(viii) any amount during such period by which cash reserves previously
established by the Committee in order to retain sufficient working capital
in
the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable, or to properly reserve for actual
or
contingent obligations of the Company or improvements to the Properties or
the
Property, as applicable, have been reduced (other than through payment of
expenditures described in clause (ii) above).
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(2) Deductions.
There
shall be subtracted from such net income or added to such loss, without
duplication, the following items: (i) the amount of payments made on account
of
principal upon mortgage loans secured by Company or Subsidiary property,
as
applicable, and upon any other loans made to the Company or a Subsidiary,
as
applicable, other than Special Loans or Loans by Members, (ii) capital
expenditures and any other cash sums expended during such period for items
not
deducted in determining net income or net loss of the Company or a Subsidiary,
as applicable, except to the extent paid from the proceeds of a Major Capital
Event, (iii) any amount included in determining net income or loss during
the
relevant accounting period but not received in cash by the Company or a
Subsidiary, as applicable, (iv) the proceeds during such period of a Major
Capital Event, to the extent included in determining net income or loss,
(v) any
amounts distributed during such period to the Members in payment of any
guaranteed payment within the meaning of Section
707(c)
of the
Code, and any amounts paid to a Member during such period for services rendered
other than in its capacity as a Member of the Company within the meaning
of
Section
707(a)
of the
Code, to the extent not previously taken into account as a deduction in
determining net income or loss, (vi) the amount of principal and interest
under
then-outstanding Special Loans and Loans which are to be repaid to the Members
making the same in accordance with Article
5,
and
(vii) any amount applied to establish, replenish or increase during such
period
cash reserves pursuant to a determination of the Committee that such reserve
and
the amount thereof is necessary or appropriate in order to retain sufficient
working capital in the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable, to properly
reserve for other actual or contingent obligations of the Company or
improvements to the Properties or the Property, as applicable, to properly
reserve for capital expenditures, or to reserve for fixtures, furniture and
equipment.
(b) “Extraordinary
Cash Flow”
shall
mean the net cash receipts of the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable,
from a
Major Capital Event as reduced by (i) the costs and expenses incurred by
the
Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable in connection with such Major Capital
Event, including title, survey, appraisal, recording, escrow, transfer tax
and
similar costs, brokerage expense and attorney and other professional fees,
(ii)
funds deposited in reserves pursuant to a determination of the Committee
that
such reserve and the amount thereof is required or appropriate to provide
for
actual or contingent obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable,
or improvements to the Property or Properties, as applicable, (iii) funds
applied to pay or prepay any indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary,
as
applicable (including Special Loans and Loans from Members and interest thereon
to be repaid in accordance with Article
5),
in
connection with such Major Capital Event , (iv) any amounts previously deducted
in determining Operating Cash Flow and (v) amounts received from a condemnation
or casualty which are used for reconstruction. To the extent that any amount
received pursuant to a Major Capital Event has been set aside as a reserve
for
expenses relating to a Major Capital Event and the Committee thereafter
determines that all or a portion of such amount is not required for such
purposes, such amount shall be included in Operating Cash Flow when the
Committee determines that it is no longer necessary or appropriate to retain
such amount as a reserve. Any non cash consideration received pursuant to
a
Major Capital Event, including, without limitation, promissory notes or deferred
payment obligations, shall only be deemed to be included in Extraordinary
Cash
Flow when received in cash by the Company or a Subsidiary, as applicable;
provided, however, that, in the discretion of the Committee, such noncash
assets
may be distributed in kind to the Members, in lieu of cash, treating the
fair
market value of such non cash assets at the date of distribution as
Extraordinary Cash Flow.
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(c) “Profit”
or
“Loss”
shall
mean, for each fiscal year, the net income or net loss of the Company for
such
fiscal year, as the case may be, including any items of income, gain, loss
or
deduction that are separately stated for purposes of Section
702(a)
of the
Code, as determined in accordance with federal income tax accounting principles
as adjusted by Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-l(b)(2)(iv),
provided
that any item of income that is not subject to federal income taxation and
any
expenditure described in Section
705(a)(2)(B)
of the
Code or treated as an expense under Section
705(a)(2)(B)
of the
Code pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i),
shall be
taken into account. If the context requires, “Profit” or “Loss” may be used
herein and such terms shall have meanings identical to those described earlier
in this Section
9.1(c).
(d) “Company
Minimum Gain”
shall
mean the minimum amount of gain that would be recognized by the Company for
federal income tax purposes if the Company disposed of property subject to
non
recourse liabilities (that is, liabilities for which no Member bears the
economic risk of loss pursuant to Treasury Regulation 1.752-1(a)(2)) in full
satisfaction and for the amount thereof, computed in accordance with Treasury
Regulation Section
1.704-2(d).
(e) “Nonrecourse
Deductions”,
pursuant to the provisions of Treasury Regulations Sections
1.704-2(b)(1)
and
1.704-2(c)
of the
Company for any taxable year, shall mean an amount equal to the excess, if
any,
of the net increase in the amount of the Company’s Minimum Gain during such year
over the aggregate amount of any distributions during such year of proceeds
of
nonrecourse liability that are allocable to an increase in the Company’s Minimum
Gain.
9.3 Cash
Flow Distributions.
(a) Operating
Cash Flow.
The
Company shall distribute all Operating Cash Flow generated by all of the
Subsidiaries for each calendar quarter during the term of the Company in
which
there is Operating Cash Flow based on the operating statements prepared by
each
of the Subsidiary Property Managers pursuant to the Subsidiary Management
Agreements and approved by the Committee pursuant to Section
7.1(a),
said
distribution to be made not later than ten (10) days subsequent to the issuance
of the operating statement for each such calendar quarter to the Members
pro
rata in accordance with their Percentage Interests.
(b) Extraordinary
Cash Flow.
With
respect to any Major Capital Event that occurs with respect to any one or
more
of the Subsidiaries, the Company shall distribute Extraordinary Cash Flow
to the
Members, within three (3) business days of the completion of a Major Capital
Event as follows:
(1) first,
eighty percent (80%) to SHP and twenty percent (20%) to ARC until SHP and
ARC
receive payment in full for their Unreturned Capital Contributions;
(2) second,
to
SHP until SHP has achieved an IRR of twelve and one-half (12.5%) on its
Unreturned Capital Contributions;
(3) third,
to
ARC until ARC has achieved an IRR of twelve and one-half percent (12.5%)
on its
Unreturned Capital Contributions;
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(4) fourth,
eighty percent (80%) to SHP and twenty percent (20%) to ARC until SHP and
ARC
have achieved an IRR of fifteen percent (15%) on their Unreturned Capital
Contributions; and
(5) fifth,
any
remaining balance shall be distributed sixty percent (60%) to SHP and forty
percent (40%) to ARC.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing to the contrary, in the event that SHP, by exercising its
authority under Section
6.7(a)(1),
has
caused the sale of (i) the entire Portfolio, (ii) any one of the Properties
or
(iii) any group of Properties on or before November 1, 2010, distributions
of
Extraordinary Cash Flow shall be distributed within three (3) days of the
completion of a Major Capital Event as follows:
(6) first,
eighty percent (80%) to SHP and twenty percent (20%) to ARC until SHP and
ARC
receive payment in full for their Unreturned Capital Contributions;
(7) second,
eighty percent (80%) to SHP and twenty percent (20%) to ARC until SHP and
ARC
have each achieved an IRR of fifteen percent (15.0%) on their Unreturned
Capital
Contributions; and
(8) third,
any
remaining balance shall be distributed sixty percent (60%) to SHP and forty
percent (40%) to ARC.
9.4 Allocation
of Profits and Losses For Capital Account Purposes.
(a) After
giving effect to the allocations set forth in Sections
9.4(b)
and
9.6
hereof,
Profit or Loss for any fiscal year shall be allocated between the Members
so
that the Capital Account of each Member, increased by such Member’s “share of
partnership minimum gain” and “share of partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain”
(as so increased, a Member’s Capital Account is hereinafter referred to as such
Member’s “Augmented Capital Account”), is, as nearly as possible, positive in
the amount that would be distributed to such Member if the Company were to
distribute an amount equal to any surplus in Augmented Members’ Capital between
the Members pursuant to Section
9.3(b);
provided, however, that no Loss shall be allocated to any Member for any
fiscal
year to the extent that such Loss would create or increase a deficit in such
Member’s Adjusted Augmented Capital Account.
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(b) If,
after
giving effect to the allocations set forth in Section
9.6
hereof,
an allocation of Profit or Loss (determined as though no items were allocable
pursuant to this Section
9.4(b))
for any
fiscal year would leave the Augmented Capital Account of any Member short
of
(less than) the amount that would be distributed to such Member under the
hypothetical circumstances described in Section
9.4(a)
above
while leaving the Augmented Capital Account of the other Member above (more
than) the amount that would be distributed to such other Member under such
circumstances, then items of income or gain shall be allocated to the former
Member, and items of loss or expense shall be allocated to the latter Member,
until either (i) Profit or Loss (determined without regard to the items of
income, gain, expense or loss allocated pursuant to this Section
9.4(b))
can be
allocated so as to cause each Member’s Augmented Capital Account to equal the
amount that would be distributed to such Member under the hypothetical
circumstances described in Section
9.4(a)
above, or
(ii) there are no more items to allocate; provided, however, that no items
of
expense or loss shall be allocated to any Member for any fiscal year to the
extent such time would create or increase a deficit in such Member’s Adjusted
Augmented Capital Account.
(c) For
purposes of this Agreement:
(1) “Augmented
Members’ Capital” at the end of any year means the total amount of capital
(assets minus liabilities) appearing on the Company’s balance sheet as computed
for book purposes within the meaning of Section
7.9(b)
(taking
into account Profit or Loss and all items of income, gain, expense or loss
for
such year), increased by the amount of “partnership minimum gain” and “partner
nonrecourse debt minimum gain” of the Company at the end of such
year.
(2) “Adjusted
Augmented Capital Account” means, with respect to any Member as of the end of
any fiscal year, such Member’s Augmented Capital Account (i) reduced by those
anticipated allocations, adjustments and distributions described in Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4) (6)
of the
Treasury Regulations, and (ii) increased by any deficit in such Member’s Capital
Account that such Member is deemed obligated to restore under Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or
the
Treasury Regulations as of the end of such fiscal year.
(3) All
terms
set off in quotation marks and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in Section
1.704-2
of the
Treasury Regulations.
(d) It
is the
intention of the Members that allocations of Profits and Losses pursuant
to this
Section
9.4
shall
result in a Capital Account balance for each Member at least equal to the
total
amount of Operating Cash Flow and Extraordinary Cash Flow which would be
distributed to such Member under Section
9.3(a)
and
9.3(b)
if such
distribution were made without regard to Capital Account balances. To the
extent
the foregoing allocations do not accomplish this result, the Committee will
allocate or reallocate Profits and Losses (including allocations of gross
income
or gain and gross deductions or losses) differently than expressly provided
herein, if permitted under the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations,
so as
to achieve such result as closely as possible (including filing amended income
tax returns for prior years).
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9.5 Distributed
Property.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Article
9,
upon the
distribution of property to a Member, for the purposes of computing Profits
and
Losses, such property shall be treated as if it had been sold for its fair
market value on the date of such distribution.
9.6 Special
Allocations.
The
following special allocations shall be made in the following order:
(a) Nonrecourse
Deductions shall be allocated among the Members in accordance with their
Percentage Interests.
(b) For
purposes of determining the Members’ respective shares of nonrecourse
liabilities of the Company under Treasury Regulations Section
1.752-3,
each
Member’s “percentage interest in partnership profits” shall be equal to such
Member’s Percentage Interest.
(c) Except
as
otherwise provided in Section
1.704-2(f)
of the
Regulations, notwithstanding any other provision of this Article
9,
if there
is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain during any Company taxable year,
each
Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for
such
taxable year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to
such
Member’s share of the net decrease in Company Minimum Gain, determined in
accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-2(g).
Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion
to the
respective amounts required to be allocated to each Member pursuant thereto.
The
items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Sections
1.704-2(f)(6)
and
1.704-2(j)(2)
of the
Regulations. This Section
9.6(c)
is
intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement in Section
1.704 2(f)
of the
Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(d) Except
as
otherwise provided in Section
1.704-2(i)(4)
of the
Regulations, notwithstanding any other provision of this Article
9,
if there
is a net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain attributable to
a
Member Nonrecourse Debt during any Company taxable year, each Member who
has a
share of the Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain attributable to such Member
Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with Section
1.704-2(i)(5)
of the
Regulations, shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain
for
such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such
Member’s share of the net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain
attributable to such Member Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance with
Regulations Section
1.704-2(i)(4).
Allocations pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion
to the
respective amounts required to be allocated to each Member pursuant thereto.
The
items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Sections
1.704-2(i)(4)
and
1.704-2(j)(2)
of the
Regulations. This Section
9.6(d)
is
intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement in Section
1.704-2(i)(4)
of the
Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
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(e) The
allocation contained in this Section
9.6(e)
is
intended to be a “qualified income offset” as defined in Treasury Regulations
Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)
on the
date hereof and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with such
regulation. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section
9.6(e),
a Member
shall not be allocated Losses or deductions if such allocation would cause
or
increase a deficit balance in such Member’s Adjusted Capital Account (as defined
below) as of the end of the calendar year to which such allocation relates.
Any
such Losses or deductions that would have been allocated to such Member but
for
the preceding sentence shall, to the extent permitted by this Section
9.6(e),
be
allocated to the other Member. In addition, if in any taxable year, a Member
unexpectedly receives an adjustment, allocation or distribution that exceeds
offsetting increases to such Member’s Adjusted Capital Account in such taxable
year (other than increases pursuant to this Section
9.6(e)),
then
such Member shall be allocated gross income equal to the “Qualified
Income Offset Amount”.
The
Qualified Income Offset Amount is an amount equal to the amount by which
zero
exceeds a Member’s Adjusted Capital Account. If in any taxable year to which
this Section
9.6(e)
applies
the items of gross income of the Company are less than the amount of the
Qualified Income Offset Amounts for all of the Members to which this
Section
9.6(e)
applies,
then each Member to which this Section
9.6(e)
applies
shall be allocated a pro rata amount of gross income, and in subsequent taxable
years each of such Members shall be allocated gross income, equal to the
amount
which, when added to the allocations to such Member pursuant to this
Section
9.6(e)
in prior
taxable years, will equal the Qualified Income Offset Amount applicable to
such
Member for such prior taxable year and for such subsequent taxable years.
A
Member’s “Adjusted
Capital Account”
shall
mean such Member’s Capital Account (i) reduced for distributions that, as of the
end of the taxable year, reasonably are expected to be paid to such Member
to
the extent that such distributions exceed offsetting increases to such Member’s
Capital Account that reasonably are expected to occur during (or prior to)
the
taxable years in which such distributions reasonably are expected to be made
(other than increases resulting from allocations pursuant to Section
9.6(c))
and (ii)
increased for (a) the amount of such Member’s share of Company Minimum Gain, (b)
the amount of such Member’s Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain and (c) such Member’s
future obligations to contribute to the Company (if any). For purposes of
determining the amount of expected distributions and expected Capital Account
increases, the Book Basis will be presumed to be the fair market value of
Company property.
(f) Any
Member
Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable year shall be specially allocated
to the
Member who bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the Member
Nonrecourse Debt to which such Member Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable
in
accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-2(i)(1).
(g) Any
special allocations of items of income, gain, loss or deduction pursuant
to this
Section
9.6
(including such allocations as have been made in the past as well as such
allocations as are reasonably expected to be made in the future) shall be
taken
into account for the purpose of equitably adjusting subsequent allocations
of
items of income, gain, loss or deduction so that the net allocations, in
the
aggregate, allocated to each Member pursuant to this Article
9,
and the
Capital Accounts of each Member, shall to the extent possible without violating
the constraints set forth in Section
9.4
and this
Section
9.6,
be the
same as if no special allocations had been made under this Section
9.6.
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9.7 Allocations
of Profits and Losses for Tax Purposes.
For
federal tax purposes, in accordance with Section
704(c)
of the
Code and any regulations thereunder, gain with respect to any property which
may
be contributed to the Company shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated
among
the Members so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted tax
basis of such property to the Company and the fair market value at the time
of
contribution.
9.8 Recapture
and Investment Credits.
(a) Investment
tax credits, if any, shall be allocated to the Members in accordance with
their
respective Percentage Interests.
(b) Any
recapture of depreciation deductions or investment tax credits shall be
allocated to the Member to whom (or to the predecessors in interest of whom)
were allocated the prior depreciation deductions or investment tax credits,
as
the case may be.
ARTICLE
10.
ASSIGNMENT
AND OFFER TO PURCHASE
10.1 Transfers.
(a) Neither
Member, nor any permitted assignee or successor in interest of either Member,
may sell, assign, give or otherwise transfer (collectively, “Transfer”)
its
interest in the Company, or any part thereof, except as provided in this
Article
10.
Neither
Member, nor any permitted assignee or successor in interest of either Member,
may pledge, hypothecate or encumber its interest in the Company, or any part
thereof, without the prior written consent of the other Member (which consent
may be withheld or denied in the sole and absolute discretion of the other
Member). Except as provided in Sections
10.1(d), 10.1(e), 10.6(c)
or
10.7(i)
and for
the limited purpose described therein, neither Member shall have the right
to
Transfer less than all of its Entire Interest.
(b) Transfer
by SHP of its Entire Interest in the Company to an Affiliate shall be a Transfer
permitted under this Article
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and SHP
shall not be required to obtain the consent of, nor offer the interest to
be
transferred to, ARC. A Transfer by ARC of its Entire Interest in the Company
to
an Affiliate shall be a Transfer permitted under this Article
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and ARC
shall not be required to obtain the consent of, nor offer the interest to
be
transferred to, SHP; provided that such Affiliate is at least 51% owned by
Acceptable Persons who have the right to control such Affiliate.
(c) In
the
event of a termination of the Company within the meaning of Section
708
of the
Code because of the dissolution of or a Transfer of any interest in a Member
or
an entity owning directly or indirectly a beneficial interest in a Member
or a
Transfer of a Member’s interest in the Company, such Member shall indemnify the
other Member (the “Indemnitee”)
and
hold the Indemnitee harmless for, from and against any and all net adverse
federal, state or local tax consequences (including any diminution or delay
in
any depreciation, recovery or amortization deductions and any and all penalties,
interest, expenses and taxes on payments made pursuant to this Section
10.1(c))
which
the Indemnitee shall sustain as a result of such termination.
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(d) Without
regard to the restrictions imposed by this Article
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(excepting the obligation set forth in Section
10.1(c)),
SHP may
transfer or allocate all or part of its interest in the Company to any separate
account formed by The Prudential Insurance Company of America pursuant to
the
provisions of Section
17B:28-7
N.J.S.A.
(e) If
either
Member shall transfer a portion of its interest in the Company, as provided
in
Section
10.3
or
10.5(d)
that,
together with other interests in the Company Transferred during the preceding
12
months, represents more than a 49% interest in the total profits and capital
of
the Company, such Transfer, at either Member’s option, shall be effected so as
to avoid a termination of the Company for federal income tax purposes under
Section
708(b)(1)(B)
of the
Code, and for that purpose the Members agree to negotiate modifications to
this
Agreement in good faith.
(f) It
shall
be a condition precedent to any Transfer permitted under Section
10.1(b) that
the
transferee shall have executed and delivered to the Members an agreement
in form
and substance satisfactory to them to the effect that the transferee agrees
to
be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and that the
transferee is acquiring an interest in the Company subject thereto.
10.2
Other
Assignments Void.
(a) Any
purported transfer of an interest in the Company not otherwise permitted
by this
Article
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shall be
null and void and of no effect whatsoever.
(b) Subject
to
the provisions of Section
10.1(c),
ARC
shall not, without the prior written consent of SHP, which may be granted
or
withheld in SHP’s sole and absolute discretion, transfer, pledge, convey or
encumber any of the interest in ARC or in the Initial Property Manager to
any
person who is not an Acceptable Person or to any entity controlling interest
of
which is not owned by an Acceptable Person.
10.3
Sale
of
Entire Interest to Other Member; Buy-Sell.
(a) Either
Member (the “Initiating
Member”)
may, at
any time from and after November 1, 2007, give the other Member (the
“Other
Member”)
a
written notice (the “Termination
Notice”)
setting
forth (i) the value (“Specified
Value”)
which
the Initiating Member places on all the assets of the Company, (ii) the selling
price, which must consist wholly of cash (the “Cash
Selling Price”),
for
the Initiating Member’s entire equity interest in the Company (“Entire
Interest”)
and
(iii) the purchase price, which must consist wholly of cash (the “Cash
Purchase Price”),
for
the Other Member’s Entire Interest in the Company. The Cash Selling Price and
the Cash Purchase Price specified in the Termination Notice shall be the
amounts
determined by a reputable independent certified public accountant
(computed at the Initiating Member’s
expense) that the Initiating Member and the
Other Member would receive (excluding repayments of Special Loans and Loans)
if
the Company were to liquidate all of its assets at the
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Specified
Value and the Company were to dissolve and distribute the proceeds of
liquidation (in accordance with the procedures and priorities stated in
Article
13)
effective as of the date of the Termination Notice. The calculation of the
amounts a Member would receive in exchange for its Entire Interest in the
Company, if the Company were to dissolve, liquidate its assets and distribute
the liquidation proceeds effective as of the date of the Termination Notice,
shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Section
13.5;
provided,
however,
that, in
making such calculation, it shall be assumed that no reserves are required
pursuant to Section
13.5(b) with
respect to contingent liabilities and no deduction from the hypothetical
liquidation proceeds shall be made with respect to transfer and other taxes.
The
Termination Notice shall be accompanied by an xxxxxxx money deposit in an
amount
equal to 5% of the Cash Purchase Price (said amount, together with any interest
earned thereon, being hereinafter called the “Initiating
Member’s Deposit”).
(b) The
Other
Member shall, on or before the date that is ninety (90) days after the date
of
receipt of the Termination Notice, either accept the offer to sell the Other
Member’s Entire Interest to the Initiating Member, or accept the offer of the
Initiating Member to sell the Initiating Member’s Entire Interest to the Other
Member. If the Other Member elects to accept the Initiating Member’s offer to
sell the Initiating Member’s Entire Interest, its notice of such election shall
be accompanied by (i) the return of the Initiating Member’s Deposit and (ii) its
own xxxxxxx money deposit in an amount equal to 5% of the Cash Selling Price
(said amount, together with any interest earned thereon, being hereinafter
called the “Other
Member’s Deposit”).
If the
Other Member fails to respond to the Termination Notice within such ninety
(90)
day period, the failure to respond shall be deemed the Other Member’s election
to accept the offer of the Initiating Member to purchase the Entire Interest
of
the Other Member in accordance with the Termination Notice.
(c) Funding
of
the purchase and sale pursuant to this Section
10.3
shall
occur on the date which is not later than ninety (90) days after the Other
Member’s election or deemed election pursuant to Section
10.3(b),
or at
such other time as may be otherwise agreed to in writing by the Other Member
and
the Initiating Member. The closing shall occur at the office of SHP’s counsel,
unless otherwise agreed by the Members. The Initiating Member’s Deposit or the
Other Member’s Deposit, as the case may be, shall be credited against the total
purchase price for the Entire Interest being purchased pursuant to this
Section
10.3;
provided,
however,
if the
closing shall fail to occur because of a default by the purchasing Member,
the
selling Member shall have the right, as its exclusive remedy, to retain the
xxxxxxx money deposit as liquidated damages, it being agreed that in such
instance such selling Member’s actual damages would be difficult, if not
impossible, to ascertain.
(d) In
connection with the sale of one Member’s Entire Interest to the other Member
pursuant to this Section
10.3,
all of
the provisions of Section
10.7
shall be
applicable to such sale.
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10.4 Right
of First Refusal for Sale of Entire Interest to Third Party.
(a)
Either
Member may, at any time from and after November 1, 2007, sell its Entire
Interest in the Company to a third party, provided such Member shall comply
with
the provisions of this Section
10.4.
If such
Member shall receive from a third party (the “Offeror”)
a bona
fide, arm’s-length offer (the “Offer”),
in
writing, signed by the Offeror setting forth all the material terms of the
Offer, for the purchase, without financing contingency, on a date set forth
in
such Offer (which shall be no less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred
eighty (180) days after the Other Member’s receipt of the Offer), of such
Member’s Entire Interest, then the Member who shall have received such Offer
(the “Selling
Member”)
shall
within thirty (30) days after receipt thereof, if it wishes to accept the
Offer,
forward a true copy thereof to the other Member (the “Receiving
Member”)
together with reasonable information as to the identity of the Offeror, its
partners or directors, officers and controlling shareholders.
(b)
If
the
Selling Member has forwarded a copy of the Offer to the Receiving Member,
the
Receiving Member may, within forty-five (45) days after receiving a copy
of the
Offer, elect one of the three following options:
(1)
notify
the
Selling Member that the Receiving Member has no objection to the Selling
Member
accepting the Offer, in which event the Selling Member may sell its Entire
Interest to the Offeror upon the terms and conditions contained in the Offer;
or
(2)
notify
the
Selling Member of the Receiving Member’s election to purchase the Selling
Member’s Entire Interest upon the same terms and conditions contained in the
Offer except as to hour and place of closing, and except that the purchase
price
must consist wholly of cash. Such notification shall be accompanied by an
xxxxxxx money deposit in an amount equal to 5% of the price payable pursuant
to
this Section
10.4(b)(2)
(said
amount, together with any interest earned thereon, being hereinafter called
the
“Receiving
Member’s Deposit”).
Notice
of election to purchase shall be addressed to the Selling Member and shall
set
forth the hour and place of closing which, unless the Members shall otherwise
agree, shall be at the office of SHP’s counsel, during usual business hours on a
date not less than forty (40) nor more than sixty (60) days from the date
of the
giving of the notice of election to the Selling Member. The Receiving Member’s
Deposit shall be credited against the total purchase price for the Entire
Interest being purchased pursuant to this Section
10.4;
provided,
however,
that if
the closing shall fail to occur because of a default by the Receiving Member,
the Selling Member shall have the right, as its exclusive remedy, to retain
the
Receiving Member’s Deposit as liquidated damages, it being agreed that in such
instance such Selling Member’s actual damages would be difficult, if not
impossible, to ascertain; or
(3)
notify
the
Selling Member that the Receiving Member objects to the Offeror becoming
a
member in the Company.
If
the
Receiving Member shall not have given written notice to the Selling Member,
as
described in subsections (1), (2) or (3) above, within such forty-five (45)
day
period, the Receiving Member shall be deemed to have exercised the option
provided in subsection (3) above.
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(c)
If
the
Receiving Member gives notice to the Selling Member, within the required
forty-five (45) day period objecting to the Offeror becoming a member in
the
Company (or is deemed to object due to its failure to respond within such
forty-five (45) day period), then the Selling Member shall have the right
and
option (to be exercised by written notice to such effect within forty-five
(45)
days after the earlier of the date the Selling Member shall have received
such
written objection from the Receiving Member in the manner provided in Section
(b) above or the expiration of the original forty-five (45) day period without
response by the Receiving Member) to either:
(1) reject
the
Offer in which case the terms of this Agreement shall remain in effect and
continue to be binding on the Members; or
(2) sell
or
assign its Entire Interest to the Offeror upon the terms submitted in the
Offer,
in which case, subject to the provisions of Section
10.7,
the
Offeror shall become a Member; provided,
however,
that
such sale or assignment to the Offeror shall give the Receiving Member the
option, to be exercised within forty-five (45) days after receipt by the
Receiving Member of such sale or assignment (notice of which shall be given
by
the Selling Member to the Receiving Member within ten (10) days following
the
effective date of the sale or assignment) to dissolve the Company pursuant
to
Article
13
and, in
the event of such dissolution, such Receiving Member shall be the Liquidating
Member.
(d)
In
connection with the sale of one Member’s Entire interest to the other Member
pursuant to this Section
10.4,
all of
the provisions of Section
10.7
shall be
applicable to such sale, except that for the purposes of this Section
10.4,
the date
the Receiving Member receives a copy of the Offer from the Selling Member
shall
be the governing date referred to in Sections
10.7(e) and (f),
rather
than the date of giving of the Termination Notice.
(e)
Whether
or
not any transaction contemplated by the foregoing provisions of this
Section
10.4
is
consummated pursuant to the provisions of the Offer (and any modifications
thereto which provide only for an increased price or more favorable terms
to the
Selling Member), all the provisions of this Section
10.4
shall
apply to any subsequent offer or offers.
10.5 Right
of First Offer for Sale of Portfolio, Property or Properties.
(a) SHP
may,
at any time from and after November 1, 2007, require the sale by the Company
of
(i) the entire Portfolio, (ii) any one of the Properties or (iii) any group
of
Properties to a third party purchaser for not less than the amount, and upon
such terms (including a closing date), as SHP may propose in a notice
(“Sale
Proposal”)
to
ARC.
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(b) Within
ninety (90) days after receiving the copy of the Sale Proposal, ARC shall
notify
SHP that either:
(1) ARC
is
agreeable to the sale of (i) the entire Portfolio, (ii) any one of the
Properties or (iii) any group of Properties, as applicable, by the Company
to a
third party purchaser in accordance with the terms set forth in the Sale
Proposal (in such event ARC’s election to permit such sale shall be binding upon
ARC for one (1) year) and during such one (1) year period the Company shall
make
every reasonable effort to effect such sale to a third party as evidenced
by a
letter of interest (or at SHP’s election, a letter of intent or purchase
agreement) to be executed within such one (1) year period, with closing to
occur
within one hundred twenty (120) days after the execution of the letter of
interest (or letter of intent or purchase agreement, as the case may be)
and SHP
shall have the right, but not the obligation, to conduct and perform all
marketing of (i) the entire Portfolio, (ii) any one of the Properties or
(iii)
any group of Properties, as applicable, on behalf and at the expense of the
Company during such one (1) year period), or
(2) ARC
both
objects to such Sale Proposal and elects to purchase (a “Purchase Election
Notice”) (i) the entire Portfolio, (ii) any one of the Properties or (iii) any
group of Properties, as applicable, from the Company, for a total price equal
to
(i) the total price set forth in the Sale Proposal, less (ii) an amount equal
to
the outstanding mortgages or liens, if any, encumbering (i) the entire
Portfolio, (ii) any one of the Properties or (iii) any group of Properties,
as
applicable, proposed in the Sale Proposal to be and actually assumed, and
otherwise upon terms and conditions substantially similar to, and no less
advantageous to the Company than, those set forth in the Sale Proposal;
provided,
however,
that the
purchase price to be paid by ARC for (i) the entire Portfolio, (ii) any one
of
the Properties or (iii) any group of Properties, as applicable, shall consist
wholly of cash. ARC’s objection and Purchase Election Notice shall be
accompanied by an xxxxxxx money deposit, payable to SHP, in an amount equal
to
5% of the purchase price of (i) the entire Portfolio, (ii) any one of the
Properties or (iii) any group of Properties, as applicable, (said amount,
together with any interest earned thereon, being hereinafter called the
“Deposit”).
If
within such ninety (90) day period ARC shall deliver a Purchase Election
Notice
together with the Deposit to SHP, then the Members shall promptly proceed
with
the purchase and sale pursuant to this Section
10.5(b)(2),
the
closing to take place within sixty (60) days following the date of the Purchase
Election Notice, in which event the Deposit shall be credited to ARC against
the
total purchase price of (i) the entire Portfolio, (ii) any one of the Properties
or (iii) any group of Properties, as applicable; provided,
however,
that if
such closing shall fail to occur because of a default by ARC, then SHP shall
have the right, as its exclusive remedy, to retain the Deposit as liquidated
damages, it being agreed that in such instance its actual damages would be
difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain. After any such default by ARC,
SHP
shall have the right to require the Company to sell (i) the entire Portfolio,
(ii) any one of the Properties or (iii) any group of Properties, as applicable,
pursuant to any provisions of this Article
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including, without limitation, by reinstituting the procedures set forth
in this
Section
10.5.
If no
default occurs, the closing shall take place during normal business hours
at the
office of SHP’s counsel or as otherwise agreed by the Members. The provisions of
Sections
10.7(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i)
shall
apply to the sale, except the date of delivery of the Purchase Election Notice
shall be the governing date referred to in Sections
10.7(e) and (f)
rather
than the date of the Termination Notice. All prorations of real estate taxes,
rents, etc., shall be made as of the date of sale. All real property transfer
taxes shall be paid for by the Company and all recording fees shall be paid
for
by ARC. Failure of ARC to object to the Sale Proposal and to deliver a Purchase
Election Notice and the Deposit within such ninety (90) day period shall
be
deemed an election by ARC to allow SHP to proceed with a sale of the Property
under Section
10.5(b)(1).
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(c) If
(i) SHP
shall have the right and authority to effect a sale of (i) the entire Portfolio,
(ii) any one of the Properties or (iii) any group of Properties, as applicable,
pursuant to Section
10.5(b)(1);
and (ii)
SHP receives, during the one (1) year period in which the Sale Proposal is
in
effect pursuant to Section
10.5(b)(1),
an offer
from a third party to purchase (i) the entire Portfolio, (ii) any one of
the
Properties or (iii) any group of Properties, as applicable, for a purchase
price
less than ninety-four percent (94%) of the price or on terms materially less
favorable to the Company than those set forth in the Sale Proposal (the
“Alternative
Offer”),
which
Alternative Offer is acceptable to SHP, then SHP shall give notice to ARC
of
such Alternative Offer, which notice shall include all of the relevant terms
and
conditions of such Alternative Offer. ARC shall have the right, for a period
of
thirty (30) days after its receipt of such notice from SHP, to elect to purchase
(i) the entire Portfolio, (ii) any one of the Properties or (iii) any group
of
Properties, as applicable, in the manner set forth in Section
10.5(b)(2)
and on
the terms set forth in the Alternative Offer, except that ARC’s purchase price
shall be payable wholly in cash. If ARC shall deliver notice of such election
during such thirty (30) day period to purchase (i) the entire Portfolio,
(ii)
any one of the Properties or (iii) any group of Properties, as applicable,
as
aforesaid, the purchase and sale pursuant to this Section
10.5(c)
shall
occur within sixty (60) days after receipt by SHP of the notice of such
election. The provisions of Sections
10.7(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i)
shall
apply to the sale except that the date SHP gives ARC notice of the Alternative
Offer shall be the governing date referred to in Sections
10.7(e) and (f)
rather
than the date of the Termination Notice. If ARC shall not elect, within such
thirty (30) day period, to purchase (i) the entire Portfolio, (ii) any one
of
the Properties or (iii) any group of Properties, as applicable, pursuant
to the
foregoing provisions of this Section
10.5(c),
SHP
shall have the right to effect a sale of (i) the entire Portfolio, (ii) any
one
of the Properties or (iii) any group of Properties, as applicable, pursuant
to
the terms of the Alternative Offer provided that the closing of such sale
shall
occur not later than the closing date specified in the Sale Proposal then
in
effect pursuant to Section
10.5(b)(1).
(d) ARC
may
specify in a Purchase Election Notice delivered pursuant to Section
10.5(b)(2) or 10.5(c)
that it
desires to purchase SHP’s Entire Interest in the Company rather than (i) the
entire Portfolio, (ii) any one of the Properties or (iii) any group of
Properties, as applicable. In such event, the Purchase Election Notice shall
be
accompanied by an xxxxxxx money deposit (the “ARC
Deposit”)
in an
amount equal to 5% of the price specified in the next sentence. In such event,
ARC shall be obligated to purchase and SHP shall be obligated to sell SHP’s
Entire Interest in the Company for a price equal to the amount, determined,
by a
reputable, independent certified public accountant designated by SHP, (at
the
expense of ARC), SHP would have received (excluding payment of Loans and
Special
Loans) if (i) the entire Portfolio, (ii) any one of the Properties or (iii)
any
group of Properties, as applicable, were sold pursuant to the terms of the
Sale
Proposal and the Company were to dissolve and distribute the proceeds of
liquidation (in accordance with the procedures and priorities stated in
Article
13,
provided
that in making such calculation, it shall be assumed that no reserves are
required pursuant to Section
13.5(b)
with
respect to contingent liabilities and no deduction from the hypothetical
liquidation proceeds shall be made with respect to transfer or other taxes).
In
connection with the sale of SHP’s Entire Interest to ARC pursuant to this
Section
10.5(d),
all of
the provisions of Section
10.7
shall be
applicable to such sale except the date of the delivery of the Purchase Election
Notice or the Alternative Offer, as the case may be, shall be the governing
date
referred to in Section
10.7(e) and (f)
rather
than the date of the Termination Notice. The ARC Deposit shall be credited
against the total purchase price for SHP’s Entire Interest being purchased
pursuant to this Section
10.5(d),
provided,
however,
that if
the closing shall fail to occur because of default by ARC, SHP shall have
the
right, as its exclusive remedy, to retain the ARC Deposit as liquidated damages,
it being agreed that in such instance SHP’s actual damages would be difficult,
if not impossible, to ascertain. After any such default by ARC, SHP shall
have
the right to require the Company to sell (i) the entire Portfolio, (ii) any
one
of the Properties or (iii) any group of Properties, as applicable, pursuant
to
any provisions of this Article
10
including, without limitation, by reinstituting the procedures set forth
in this
Section
10.5.
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(e) Whether
or
not any transaction contemplated by the foregoing provisions of this
Section
10.5
is
consummated pursuant to the provisions of the Sale Proposal, all the provisions
of this Section
10.5
shall
apply to any subsequent sale proposals.
(f) During
any
period of time when SHP or the Company is actively marketing (i) the entire
Portfolio, (ii) any one of the Properties or (iii) any group of Properties,
as
applicable, pursuant to this Section
10.5,
(i)
neither Member shall exercise its right to deliver a Termination Notice pursuant
to Section
10.3,
(ii)
ARC’s and SHP’s right to sell its Entire Interest pursuant to the terms of
Section
10.4
shall be
suspended, and (iii) ARC and SHP shall suspend all marketing efforts or
negotiations it may have commenced with respect to the sale of its Entire
Interest.
(g) In
no
event shall SHP be in default or have any liability to ARC or the Company
for a
failure by a third party to complete the purchase of (i) the entire Portfolio,
(ii) any one of the Properties or (iii) any group of Properties, as applicable,
pursuant to this Section
10.5.
10.6
Assumption
by Assignee; Compliance with Legal Requirements Following Assignment; Option
to
Reduce Interest Being Sold.
(a) Any
assignment of an Entire Interest in the Company to a third party pursuant
to
Section
10.4
shall be
in writing, and, except as provided in Section
10.6(c),
shall be
an assignment and transfer of all of the assignor’s rights and obligations
thereafter accruing hereunder, and the assignee shall expressly agree in
writing
to be bound by all of the terms of this Agreement and assume and agree to
perform all of the assignor’s agreements and obligations existing or arising at
the time of and subsequent to such assignment. Upon any assignment of the
assignor’s Entire Interest and after such assumption, the assignor shall be
relieved of its agreements and obligations hereunder arising after such
assignment and the assignee shall become a Member in place of the assignor;
provided,
however,
that the
agreements and obligations of the assignor which existed at the time of such
assignment, shall continue in force and effect in accordance with their
respective terms and shall survive an assignment by ARC or SHP, as the case
may
be. An executed counterpart of each such assignment of an Entire Interest
in the
Company and assumption of a Member’s obligations thereafter accruing shall be
delivered to each Member and to the Company. The assignee shall pay all expenses
incurred by the Company or the continuing Member in admitting the assignee
as a
Member. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no permitted assignment
shall dissolve the Company. As a condition to any assignment of an Entire
Interest, the selling Member shall obtain such consents as may be required
from
third parties, if any, or waivers thereof. The Other Member shall cooperate
with
the selling Member in obtaining such consents or waivers at no expense to
the
Other Member.
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(b) If
an
assignment of an Entire Interest in the Company shall take place pursuant
to the
provisions of Section
10.4,
then
unless the Company is dissolved by such assignment, the continuing Members
promptly thereafter shall take all such actions as may be required by law
to
reflect such assignment.
(c) A
Member
undertaking to sell its Entire Interest to a third party pursuant to the
provisions of Section
10.4(a)
shall
have the option, if required in order to avoid a termination of the Company
for
federal income tax purposes under Section
708(b)(1)(B)
of the
Code, of initially selling only that portion of the selling Member’s Entire
Interest which, together with other interests in the Company Transferred
during
the preceding 12 months, represents no more than 49% of the total interests
in
the capital and profits of the Company. The purchase price shall be the price
the purchaser would have paid for the selling Member’s Entire Interest as
provided in Section
10.4(a)
multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the selling Member’s
Percentage Interest being Transferred and the denominator of which is the
selling Member’s Percentage Interest. If the selling Member shall exercise such
option, it shall have the further option to sell and, upon request by the
other
Member, shall be obligated to sell at the earliest time or times as will
not
cause a termination of the Company under Section
708(b)(1)(B)
of the
Code, the remainder of its Percentage Interest (the “Remaining Percentage
Interest”) to the holder of the interest so sold, and the selling Member shall
not be required in connection with the sale of such Remaining Percentage
Interest to obtain the consent of, nor offer such Remaining Percentage Interest
to, the other Member, provided the sale of such Remaining Percentage Interest
shall remain subject to the provisions of Section
10.1(c).
10.7
General
Transfer Provisions.
All of
the subsections of this Section
10.7
shall
apply to the sale of one Member’s Entire Interest to the other Member pursuant
to Section
10.3, 10.4 or 10.5(d).
Subsections (a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of this Section
10.7
shall
apply to the sale of the Property by the Company to a Member pursuant to
Section
10.5:
(a) In
the
event of the sale of an Entire Interest, the purchase price shall be paid,
at
the selling Member’s option, by certified check drawn to the order of the
selling Member, or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an
account
which is designated by the selling Member. In the event of a sale of the
Portfolio, Property or group of Properties, the purchase price shall be paid,
at
the Company’s option, by certified check drawn to the order of the Company, or
by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account which is
designated by the Company. At the closing there shall be an accounting as
of the
closing of the Company’s books and there shall be an adjustment of the purchase
price based upon a proration of any accrued income and expenses as of the
closing date. Within ninety (90) days after the closing the Accountants for
the
Company shall complete an audit of such accounting and proration and shall
deliver their audit report to the selling Member and the purchasing Member.
If
such audit report shall adjust such proration, the party in whose favor such
adjustment is made shall promptly be paid by the other party the amount of
such
adjustment. At the closing either Member shall have the right to require
to be
placed in escrow with an escrow agent reasonably acceptable to the other
Member
an amount not to exceed the maximum likely post-closing adjustment of the
proration as agreed by the Members or, if they shall be unable to agree,
as
estimated by a reputable independent certified public accountant reasonably
acceptable to both parties, and the escrow agent shall distribute the escrowed
amount to the party or parties entitled thereto promptly after the delivery
of
the audit report. If such escrow is established at the request of the purchasing
Member, a portion of the purchase price shall be set aside for such purpose,
and
if such escrow is established at the request of the selling Member, additional
funds shall be deposited by the purchasing Member at closing. At closing
the
selling Member shall deliver to the purchasing Member a “nonforeign affidavit”
as referred to in the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act in form
and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the purchasing Member together with
original counterparts or certified copies of all leases and service contracts
affecting the Property.
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(b) If
the
purchasing Member desires to receive a new or updated title insurance policy
or
survey or both, it shall pay for same at its own expense.
(c) If
there
shall be any outstanding Special Loan(s) or Loan(s) by the selling Member
to the
Company, such Special Loan(s) or Loan(s), including interest thereon accrued
and
unpaid, shall be purchased by the purchasing Member for the principal amount
thereof and accrued and unpaid interest thereon as a condition precedent
to such
sale. The purchase price for such Special Loan(s) and Loans(s) shall be paid,
at
the selling Member’s option, by certified check drawn to the order of the
selling Member, or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an
account
designated by the selling Member. At the closing, the selling Member shall
deliver to the purchasing Member, each note evidencing such Special Loans(s)
or
Loan(s).
(d) On
payment
of the purchase price, the purchasing Member shall, at its option, as to
each
Company debt, obligation or claim against the Company for which the selling
Member or any of its Affiliates is or may be personally liable except for
any
debts, obligations or claims which are fully insured by public liability
insurer(s) acceptable to the selling Member (the public liability insurer(s)
of
the Company shall be deemed to be acceptable), elect one of the following
options: (i) obtain a release of the selling Member and its Affiliates from
all
liability, direct or contingent, by all holders of each such Company debt,
obligation or claim, or (ii) cause the same to be paid in full at the closing
to
the satisfaction of the selling Member. In addition, the purchasing Member
shall
defend, indemnify and hold the selling Member and its Affiliates (and, if
the
selling Member is ARC, their Affiliates) harmless for, from and against all
debts, liabilities and obligations of, and all claims against, the Company,
whether then existing or thereafter to arise, not paid in full or released
pursuant to the preceding sentence; provided,
however,
that
such indemnification shall not extend to those claims arising in whole or
in
part from intentional acts or omissions or gross negligence proximately caused
by the selling Member. Both Members and the Company shall also execute a
mutual
general release pursuant to which the selling Member shall release the Company
and the purchasing Member and its Affiliates (and, if the purchasing Member
is
ARC, their Affiliates) and the purchasing Member shall release the Company
and
the selling Member and its Affiliates (and, if the selling Member is ARC,
their
Affiliates) from all liabilities and obligations (whether known or unknown,
foreseen or unforeseen or previously accrued or thereafter accruing) relating
to
the Company or the Property, other than those arising from the indemnities
given
pursuant to this subsection
10.7(d).
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(e) Both
Members (including the selling Member) shall be entitled to any distributions
of
Operating Cash Flow from the Company in accordance with Section
9.2(a)
following
the giving of the Termination Notice pursuant to Section
10.3
(or
following such other event as set forth in Section
10.4 or 10.5)
and
until the closing. Except as provided in Section
10.7(j),
the
purchasing Member shall receive all distributions of the selling Member’s share
of Operating Cash Flow after the closing.
(f) If
any
Property is damaged by fire or other casualty, or if any entity possessing
the
right of eminent domain shall give notice of an intention to take or acquire
a
substantial part of any Property, and such damage occurs, or such notice
is
given, between the date of the giving of the Termination Notice pursuant
to
Section
10.3
(or such
other date as set forth in Section
10.4 or 10.5)
and the
closing date of the purchase of an interest in the Company or the purchase
of
the Property the following shall apply:
(1) If
such
Property is damaged by a casualty not resulting in substantial damage or
if the
taking or acquisition shall not result in a substantial reduction in the
income
producing capacity of such Property, then the Members shall be required to
complete the transaction and the purchasing Member shall in lieu of any
reduction in purchase price (except as provided in Section
10.7(f)(3))
accept
an assignment of the insurance or condemnation proceeds.
(2) If
such
Property is damaged by a casualty resulting in substantial damage, or if
the
taking or acquisition shall result in a substantial reduction in the income
producing capacity of such Property, then the purchasing Member shall have
the
option (to be exercised within thirty (30) days from the date of the occurrence
of the casualty or receipt of the notice of condemnation) to either (i) accept
such Property in an “as is” condition together with the right to receive any
insurance proceeds, settlements and awards, or (ii) cancel the purchase of
such
Property.
(3) The
purchase price otherwise to be paid at closing shall be adjusted downwards
by an
amount equal to the deductible, if any, for any insured casualty or, in the
case
of the closing of the sale of a Member’s interest in the Company, the amount by
which the purchase price payable to the selling Member would be reduced if
the
amount of such deductible were a liability of the Company.
If
the
purchase of an individual Property or Properties is canceled by the purchasing
Member pursuant to the above provisions, the terms of this Agreement shall
remain in effect and continue to be binding on the Members. For purposes
of this
Section
10.7(f),
substantial damage to the Property shall mean damage which would cost 20%
or
more of the value of the Property (prior to such damage) to repair and a
substantial reduction in the income producing capacity of the Property shall
mean a reduction of 20% or more.
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(g) At
the
closing of a sale of the Property, the Members shall both execute, as members
of
the Company, and deliver a limited or special warranty deed, a xxxx of sale
to
the purchaser of all of the assets of the Company and assignments to the
purchaser of any and all leases or service contracts affecting the Property,
subject only to the liens and encumbrances listed in the Sale Proposal. In
the
case of the sale of an interest in the Company, the selling Member shall
execute
an assignment of such interest, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances
and
adverse claims, which assignment shall otherwise be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the purchasing Member, and such other instruments
as
the purchasing Member shall reasonably require to assign the interest of
the
selling Member to such person or entity as the purchasing Member may designate.
Such documents shall be prepared by the purchasing Member and closing costs
and
all other charges involved in closing the sale (except for attorneys’ fees (each
party paying their own) and title insurance costs (to be paid by the purchaser))
shall be prorated between SHP and ARC in the ratio of the Percentage Interests
of the Members. Stamp, recording, transfer or similar taxes arising in
connection with the sale of the interest, if any, shall be paid by the selling
Member.
(h) The
Company shall be dissolved as of the closing date of a sale of the Property,
and
on the closing date the Members shall file, or cause to be filed, a written
notice of winding up with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with
Act
Section
18-203
and such
other documents as shall be necessary or desirable to effectuate such
dissolution. The Members shall cooperate in taking all steps necessary in
connection with the dissolution of the Company. Subject to Section
3.1(b),
in the
case of the sale of an interest in the Company, the Company shall not be
dissolved, but the Members will execute and file on the closing date such
amendment to the Certificate of Formation as may be appropriate to reflect
the
change in the identity of the Members.
(i) It
is the
intent of the parties to this Agreement that the requirements or obligations,
if
any, of one Member to sell its Entire Interest (or a portion thereof), or
to
join in the conveyance by the Company of the Portfolio in accordance with
the
provisions of Section
10.3 or 10.5,
shall be
enforceable by an action for specific performance of a contract relating
to the
purchase of real property or an interest therein. It is the intent of the
parties to this Agreement that the requirements or obligations, if any, of
one
Member to purchase the Entire Interest (or a portion thereof) of the Other
Member pursuant to Section
10.3
(and
ARC’s obligation to purchase in Section
10.5)
shall be
subject to the liquidated damages provisions contained in Sections
10.3
(and as
described in Section
10.5),
and
that SHP shall have no liability for the failure of a third party to purchase
in
accordance with Section
10.5.
If the
selling Member shall have created or suffered any unauthorized liens,
encumbrances or other adverse interest against either the Portfolio or the
selling Member’s interest in the Company, the purchasing Member shall be
entitled either to an action for specific performance to compel the selling
Member to have such defects removed, in which case the closing shall be
adjourned for such purpose, or, at the purchasing Member’s option, to an
appropriate offset against the purchase price.
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(j) The
purchasing Member when purchasing the Entire Interest of the selling Member
pursuant to the provisions of Section
10.3, 10.4 or 10.5
shall
have the option of initially purchasing only that portion of the selling
Member’s Entire Interest which, when aggregated with other interests in the
Company Transferred during the preceding 12 months, represent a 49% interest
in
the total profits and capital of the Company. The purchase price shall be
the
price the purchasing Member would have paid for the selling Member’s Entire
Interest as provided in Section
10.3, 10.4(b)(2) or 10.5(d),
as the
case may be, multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the selling
Member’s Percentage Interest being Transferred and the denominator of which is
the selling Member’s Percentage Interest. For example, if the selling Member
owned a 65% interest in the Company, and if no other interests in the Company
profits and capital had been Transferred during the preceding 12 months,
the
purchasing Member may elect initially to purchase approximately 75% of the
selling Member’s Entire Interest (which represents a 49% interest in the
Company) and the Member’s remaining Percentage Interest (the “Remaining
Percentage Interest”) would be a 16% interest in the Company. In its notice
fixing the closing date as provided in Section
10.3, 10.4(b)(2) or 10.5,
the
purchasing Member shall state whether or not it chooses to purchase the selling
Member’s Entire Interest or only such percentage of the selling Member’s
interest as is provided in the preceding three sentences. If the purchasing
Member exercises the latter option, then:
(1) The
selling Member’s Percentage Interest shall be reduced to the Remaining
Percentage Interest and the purchasing Member’s Percentage Interest increased to
100% less the Remaining Percentage Interest effective as of the date of the
closing.
(2) Subsections
(e) and (g) of Section
10.7
shall not
be applicable to a purchase pursuant to this Section
10.7(j).
The
selling Member’s right to distributions, ordinary or extraordinary, from the
Company shall be reduced to its Remaining Percentage Interest, but if the
Remaining Percentage Interest does not exceed 1%, no contributions to the
Company shall be made by such Member after the closing of the
purchase.
(3) Subsections
(a), (b), (c), (d), (f), (i) and (k) of Section
10.7
shall be
applicable to a purchase pursuant to this Section
10.7(j)
except
that with respect to subsection (f) the insurance or condemnation proceeds
referred to shall be paid over to the Company rather than the purchasing
party.
(4) If
the
Remaining Percentage Interest shall not exceed 1%, beginning with the closing,
the purchasing Member (or, if reasonably requested, a credit-worthy guarantor)
shall indemnify the selling Member and hold it harmless for, from and against
all liability, loss, cost, damage and expense (including, but not limited
to,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in the investigation, defense and
settlement of the matter) the selling Member shall ever suffer or incur because
of any claim whether meritorious or not, arising out of facts occurring after
the closing made against the selling Member as a Member or against the Company,
except for claims made against the selling Member arising out of its own
acts or
omissions whether as a Member or otherwise.
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(5) If
the
Remaining Percentage Interest shall not exceed 1% after the closing, the
purchasing Member shall at all times be absolutely free to terminate the
Company, deal with the Portfolio as its own, cause the Company to borrow
money
from the purchasing Member, an Affiliate of the purchasing Member or an
unrelated party, and regardless of any contrary provisions contained in
Article
10,
the
purchasing Member shall be absolutely free at any time and from time to time
to
transfer all or any part of its interest in the Company to anyone without
restriction, provided the conditions of Section
10.6
are
satisfied.
(6) Either
the
selling Member or the purchasing Member may, by written notice to the other
Member, require the transfer to the purchasing Member, or its nominee, of
the
Remaining Percentage Interest of the selling Member for cash at a purchase
price
equal to the fair market value, determined at the time of such transfer,
of the
Entire Interest held by the selling Member on the date of the Termination
Notice
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the selling Member’s
Remaining Percentage Interest and the denominator of which shall be the selling
Member’s Percentage Interest held on the date of the Termination Notice, payable
in full on the date specified for transfer in the notice, but in no event
may
the selling Member require such transfer sooner than thirteen (13) months
after
the closing. The fair market value of such Remaining Percentage Interest
shall
be determined by a nationally recognized investment banking firm having
experience in commercial real estate matters designated by the Members or
designated by a court as hereinafter provided. If the Members are unable
to
agree upon and designate such investment banking firm within thirty (30)
days of
the receipt of a notice to transfer such Remaining Percentage Interest, either
party may apply to a judge of the county or Chancery Court in the jurisdiction
within which the particular Property is located for the designation of such
firm. The firm so designated shall be instructed to report its determination
of
the fair market value of the Remaining Percentage Interest within sixty (60)
days after it has been designated. The fee of such firm shall be paid by
the
purchasing Member.
(k) In
the
event of the purchase of an interest in the Company of one Member by the
other
Member, at the option of the purchasing Member, the interest (subject to
Section
10.7(j))
will be
transferred to a nominee of the purchasing Member.
10.8
Avoidance
of Plan Violation.
In
connection with any closing of a transaction pursuant to this Article
10,
ARC and
SHP each agree to provide written certification to each other, in a form
reasonably satisfactory to both parties, to establish that no Plan Violation
would result from the transaction. The Company will not enter into any
agreements, or suffer any conditions, that SHP determines would result in
a Plan
Violation. SHP and ARC will cooperate to discover and correct Plan
Violations.
ARTICLE
11.
DISSOLUTION
OR BANKRUPTCY OF A MEMBER
11.1
Dissolution
or Merger.
If any
Member (for purposes of this Article
11
only, the
term Member shall also include the managing general partner of any such Member)
that is an entity shall be dissolved or merged with or consolidated into
another
corporation or entity, or if all or substantially all of its assets shall
be
sold or transferred, then unless such dissolution, merger, consolidation,
sale
or transfer is expressly permitted under Article
10,
such
dissolution, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer shall be a dissolution
of
the Company, and the other Member shall be the Liquidating Member in the
dissolution of the Company.
11.2
Bankruptcy,
etc.
In the
event:
(a) either
Member shall file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or shall be adjudicated
a
bankrupt or seek any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment,
liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief for itself under the present
or any
future federal bankruptcy code or any other present or future applicable
federal, state, or other statute or law relative to bankruptcy, insolvency,
or
other relief for debtors, or shall seek or consent to or acquiesce in the
appointment of any trustee, receiver, conservator or liquidator of said Member
or its interest in the Company (the term “acquiesce” includes but is not limited
to the failure to file a petition or motion to vacate or discharge any order,
judgment or decree providing for such appointment within ten (10) days after
the
appointment); or
(b) a
court of
competent jurisdiction shall enter an order, judgment or decree approving
a
petition filed against either Member seeking any reorganization, arrangement,
composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under
the
present or any future federal bankruptcy code or any other present or future
applicable federal, state or other statute or law relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, or other relief for debtors, and said Member shall acquiesce
in the
entry for such order, judgment or decree (the term “acquiesce” includes but is
not limited to the failure to file a petition or motion to vacate or discharge
such order, judgment or decree within ten (10) days after the entry of the
order, judgment or decree) or such order, judgment or decree shall remain
unvacated and unstayed for an aggregate of ninety (90) days (whether or not
consecutive) from the date of entry thereof, or any trustee, receiver,
conservator or liquidator of said Member or of all or any substantial part
of
said Member’s property or its interest in the Company shall be appointed without
the consent or acquiescence of said Member and such appointment shall remain
unvacated and unstayed for an aggregate of sixty (60) days (whether or not
consecutive); or
(c) either
Member shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature;
or
(d) either
Member shall give notice to any governmental body of insolvency, or pending
insolvency, or suspension or pending suspension of operations; or
(e) either
Member shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or take any
other
similar action for the protection or benefit of creditors;
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then,
any
such event shall cause the dissolution of the Company and the other Member
shall
be the Liquidating Member.
ARTICLE
12.
DEFAULT
12.1
Defaults.
After
the Effective Date, (i) if either Member fails to perform any of its obligations
hereunder, breaches any of the terms, conditions or covenants of this Agreement
or (ii) in the event of an uncured default by any Affiliate under the Management
Agreement as well as any other agreement entered into between the Company
and
ARC or an Affiliate of ARC (collectively, the “Affiliate
Agreements”),
then
the other Member (“Nondefaulting
Member”)
shall
have the right to give such party (“Defaulting
Member”
(which,
in the case of any default by ARC or an Affiliate under clause (ii) above,
shall
be ARC)) a notice of default (“Notice
of Default”).
The
Notice of Default shall set forth the nature of the obligation which the
Defaulting Member (or its Affiliate, if applicable) has not
performed.
(a) If
such
default is not curable by the payment or expenditure of money and if, within
the
thirty (30) day period following receipt of the Notice of Default or within
such
shorter time period that may be specified in the Affiliate Agreement, the
Defaulting Member (or its Affiliate, if applicable) in good faith commences
to
perform such obligation and cure such default and thereafter prosecutes to
completion with diligence and continuity the curing thereof and cures such
default within a reasonable time (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180)
days),
then it shall be deemed that the Notice of Default was not given and the
Defaulting Member shall lose no rights hereunder. If, within such thirty
(30)
day period the Defaulting Member (or its Affiliate, if applicable) does not
commence in good faith the curing of such default or does not thereafter
prosecute to completion with diligence and continuity the curing thereof,
then
the Nondefaulting Member shall have the rights set forth in Section
12.1(d).
(b) If
such
default is curable by the payment or expenditure of money other than a default
described in Section
4.6
which
sets forth its own time periods for cure, and if such sums of money shall
be
paid within fifteen (15) days after receipt of the Notice of Default with
respect thereto, then it shall be deemed that such Notice of Default was
not
given and the Defaulting Member shall lose no rights hereunder. If such sums
are
not so paid within such fifteen (15) day period, then the Nondefaulting Member
shall have the rights set forth in Section
12.1(d)
in
addition to the rights under Section
4.6
(to the
extent applicable).
(c) (Intentionally
Omitted.)
(d) If
any
default is not cured as set forth in Sections
12.1(a)
or
12.1(b)
or if any
default set forth in Section
12.1(c)
occurs,
the Nondefaulting Member shall have the right to terminate this Agreement
by
giving the Defaulting Member written notice thereof, whereupon such default
may
be treated by the Nondefaulting Member as a dissolution of the Company, and
the
Nondefaulting Member shall be the Liquidating Member.
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Failure
by
a Nondefaulting Member to give any notice of a default as specified herein,
or
any failure to insist upon strict performance of any of the terms of this
Agreement, shall not constitute a waiver of any such breach or any of the
terms
of this Agreement. No breach shall be waived nor shall any duty to be performed
be altered or modified except by written instrument. One or more waivers
or
failure to give notice of default shall not be construed as a waiver of a
subsequent or continuing breach of the same covenant.
12.2
Negation
of Right to Dissolve by Will of Member.
Except
as set forth in Articles
10
and
11
and in
Section
12.1,
neither
Member shall have the right to terminate this Agreement or dissolve the Company
by its express will or by withdrawal without the consent of the other Member.
Upon any dissolution occurring by operation of law or caused by the express
will
or withdrawal of one of the Members in contravention of this Agreement, the
Member not causing the dissolution shall be the Liquidating Member.
12.3
Non
Exclusive Remedy.
The
rights granted in Section
12.1
shall not
be deemed an exclusive remedy of the Nondefaulting Member, but all other
rights
and remedies, legal and equitable, shall be available to it, subject to any
express limitations on remedies provided in specific circumstances elsewhere
in
this Agreement (e.g. in Article
10).
ARTICLE
13.
DISSOLUTION
13.1
Winding
Up by Members.
Upon
dissolution of the Company by expiration of the term hereof, by operation
of
law, by any provision of this Agreement or by agreement between the Members,
the
Company’s business shall be wound up and all its assets distributed in
liquidation. In such dissolution, except as otherwise expressly provided
in
Articles
10,
11
and
12,
the
Members shall be co liquidating Members and shall continue to act through
the
Committee. In such event the Members shall have rights acting through the
Committee to wind up the Company and shall proceed to cause the Company’s
property to be sold and to distribute the proceeds of sale as provided in
Section
13.5.
Except
in respect of (i) all assets on which a single, non severable mortgage or
other
lien will be in effect after such distribution, and (ii) any assets which
the
Members shall determine are not readily severable or distributable in kind,
the
Members, to the extent that liquidation of such assets is not required to
fulfill the payments, if any, under subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) of
Section
13.5,
shall,
if they agree, have the right to distribute, in kind, all or a portion of
the
assets of the Company to the Members.
13.2
Winding
Up by Liquidating Member.
In a
dissolution pursuant to Article
10,
11
or
12,
the
Liquidating Member shall be as therein provided and such Liquidating Member
shall have the right to:
(a) Wind
up
the Company and cause the Company’s assets to be sold and the proceeds of sale
distributed as provided in Section
13.5;
or
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(b) Deliver
to
the other Member within thirty (30) days after the commencement of dissolution
of the Company a notice (a “Demand
Notice”)
demanding that the other Member deliver, within forty-five (45) days after
the
date of the Demand Notice, a Termination Notice in the manner and setting
forth
the information required under Section
10.3(a).
Upon
receipt of the Termination Notice, the Liquidating Member shall have the
rights
of the Other Member under Section
10.3(b).
(c) If
the
other Member refuses or fails, within forty-five (45) days after the giving
of
the Demand Notice to the other Member, to give the Liquidating Member a
Termination Notice setting forth the information required by Section
10.3(a),
the
Liquidating Member may elect to purchase the other Member’s Entire Interest for
such price (the “Default
Price”)
as the
Liquidating Member may choose in its sole discretion. The other Member shall
be
notified of such election within thirty (30) days after expiration of the
45-day
period referred to in the preceding sentence.
All
of the
provisions of Section
10.7
shall
apply to a purchase under this Section
13.2(c)
except
that for the purposes of this Section
13.2(c),
the date
the other Member receives the Demand Notice shall be the governing date referred
to in Sections
10.7(e) and (f)
rather
than the date of the giving of the Termination Notice. As soon as possible
after
the dissolution of the Company, the Liquidating Member shall file a certificate
of cancellation with the Delaware Secretary of State as required by Act
Section
18-203.
13.3 Offset
for Damages.
In the
event of dissolution resulting from an event described in Article
11
or
12,
the
Liquidating Member shall be entitled to deduct from the amount payable to
the
other Member pursuant to Section
13.2(a)
or
(b),
Section
13.4
or
Section
13.5
the
amount of reasonable, out of pocket costs incurred by the Liquidating Member
proximately resulting from any such event.
13.4 Distributions
of Operating Cash Flow.
Subject
to Section
13.5
hereof as
to proceeds of liquidation, upon the dissolution of the Company for any reason
during the period of liquidation and until termination of the Company the
Members shall continue to receive the Operating Cash Flow and to share profits
and losses for all tax and other purposes as provided elsewhere in this
Agreement.
13.5 Distributions
of Proceeds of Liquidation.
For
purposes of this Section
13.5,
“proceeds of liquidation” shall equal cash available for liquidation, net of
liens secured by the Portfolio, provided that neither the Company nor either
of
the Members shall be personally liable on, or they shall be released from
such
debts. The proceeds of liquidation shall be applied in the following order
of
priority:
(a) First.
To the
payment of:
(1) debts
and
liabilities of the Company except Loans and Special Loans (as referenced
in
Sections
13.5(c),
below)
that may have been made by either of the Members to the Company,
and
(2) expenses
of liquidation.
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(b) Second.
To the
setting up of any reserves which the Liquidating Member or Members, as the
case
may be, may deem necessary for any contingent or unforeseen liabilities or
obligations of the Company or of the Members arising out of or in connection
with the Company. Said reserves may be deposited by the Company in a bank
or
trust company acceptable to the Liquidating Member or Members, as the case
may
be, to be held by it for the purpose of disbursing such reserves in payment
of
any of the aforementioned liabilities or obligations, and at the expiration
of
such period as the Liquidating Member or Members, as the case may be, shall
deem
advisable, distributing the balance, if any, thereafter remaining, in a manner
hereinafter provided.
(c) Third.
To the
repayment of any Loans and Special Loans that may have been made by either
of
the Members pursuant to Section
5.1,
but if
the amount available for such repayment shall be insufficient to repay all
Loans
and Special Loans, then repayment shall be made pro rata in accordance with
the
outstanding principal balances, including accrued interest, on such Loans
and
Special Loans.
(d) Fourth.
After
allocation of all Profit or Loss upon the liquidation of the Company pursuant
to
the provisions of Sections
9.4
through
9.8,
to the
Members with positive Capital Account balances in proportion to and to the
extent of such positive Capital Account balances.
(e) Fifth.
The
excess proceeds, if any, after applying the proceeds as described in (a)
through
(d) above, shall be distributed as Extraordinary Cash Flow.
13.6
Orderly
Liquidation.
A
reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly liquidation of the assets
of
the Company and the discharge of liabilities to creditors so as to enable
the
Members to minimize the losses normally attendant upon a
liquidation.
13.7
Financial
Statements.
During
the period of winding up, a reputable independent certified public accountant
selected by the Liquidating Member shall prepare and furnish to each of the
Members, until complete liquidation is accomplished, all the financial
statements provided for in Section
7.1.
13.8
Restoration
of Deficit Capital Accounts.
At no
time during the term of the Company shall a Member with a deficit balance
in its
Capital Account have any obligation to the Company or to another Member or
to
any other person to restore such deficit balance.
13.9 Intention
of the Members.
It is
the intention of the Members that the liquidating distributions described
in
Section
13.5
shall be
accomplished in a manner such that the economic effect of such distributions
to
the Members will be consistent with the economic effect the Members would
have
recognized had all liquidating distributions been made in accordance with
the
provisions of Section
9.3(b)
hereof.
The Liquidating Member shall take any and all actions permissible under the
Code
and Regulations, including but not limited to, special allocations of gross
income, Loss and Profit, to accomplish the purposes of this Section
13.9.
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ARTICLE
14.
MEMBERS
14.1 Liability.
A Member
shall not be personally liable for the debts, liabilities or obligations
of the
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Member will be liable for any
distributions made to it, if, after such distribution, the outstanding
liabilities of the Company (other than liabilities to Members on account
of
their interests in the Company and liabilities for which the recourse of
creditors is limited to specific Company property) exceed the fair value
of the
Company’s assets (provided that the fair value of Company property that secures
recourse liability shall be included only to the extent its fair value exceeds
such liability) and the Member had knowledge of this fact at the time the
referenced distribution was received.
ARTICLE
15.
NOTICES
15.1 In
Writing; Address.
All
notices, elections, offers, acceptances, demands, consents and reports
(collectively “notices”)
provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given to
the
Company, the Members or the other Member at the address set forth below or
at
such other address as the Company or any of the parties hereto may hereafter
specify in writing.
To SHP: |
PIM
Senior Portfolio, LLC
c/o
The Prudential Insurance Company of America
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx - Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention:
Xxxx X. Dark
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
|
With
a copy to:
|
With
a copy to: Senior
Housing Partners III, L.P.
c/o
The Prudential Insurance Company of America
Real
Estate Law Department
Arbor
Circle South
0
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
|
With a copy to: |
Xxxxxx
& Bird, LLP
One
Atlantic Center
0000
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
|
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To ARC: |
ARC
Epic Holding Company, Inc.
c/o
American Retirement Corporation
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Chief Executive Officer
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
|
With a copy to: |
Bass,
Xxxxx & Xxxx, PLC
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
T. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
Telephone
No.: (000) 000-0000
|
All
notices hereunder shall be deemed sufficiently given or served for all purposes
when delivered (i) by personal service or courier service, and shall be deemed
given on the date when signed for or, if refused, when refused by the person
designated as an agent for receipt of service, (ii) by facsimile transmission
and shall be deemed given when printed confirmation of completion of
transmission is generated by the sender’s facsimile transmission instrument to
any party hereto at its address above stated or such other address of which
a
party shall have notified the party giving such notice in writing as aforesaid,
or (iii) by United States registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, deposited in a United States post office or a
depository for the receipt of mail regularly maintained by the post office
or
sent by any reputable overnight courier service that obtains a signature
upon
delivery and shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee on the
third
business day following the date of such mailing. Such notices, demands, consents
and reports may also be delivered by hand, or by any other method or means
permitted by law. For purposes hereof, notices may be given by the parties
hereto or by their attorneys identified above.
A
copy of
any notice or any written communication from the Internal Revenue Service
to the
Company shall be given to each Member at the addresses provided for
above.
15.2 Copies.
A copy
of any notice, service of process, or other document in the nature thereof,
received by either Member from anyone other than the other Member, shall
be
delivered by the receiving Member to the other Member as soon as
practicable.
ARTICLE
16.
MISCELLANEOUS
16.1 Additional
Documents and Acts.
In
connection with this Agreement as well as all transactions contemplated by
this
Agreement, each Member agrees to execute and deliver such additional documents
and instruments, and to perform such additional acts as may be necessary
or
appropriate to effectuate, carry out and perform all of the terms, provisions
and conditions of this Agreement, and all such transactions. All approvals
of
either party hereunder shall be in writing.
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16.2 Estoppel
Certificates.
Each
Member shall at any time and from time to time upon not less than twenty
(20)
days prior written notice from the other execute, acknowledge, and send to
the
other a statement in writing certifying that this Agreement is unmodified
and in
full force and effect (or if there have been modifications, that the Agreement
is in full force and effect as modified and stating the modifications) and
stating whether or not as to both Members either is in default in keeping,
observing or performing any of the terms contained in this Agreement, and
if in
default, specifying each such default (limited, as regards the other’s defaults,
to those defaults of which the certifying Member has knowledge).
16.3 Interpretation.
This
Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Members hereunder shall be
interpreted in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware,
without reference to the conflicts of laws or choice of law provisions
thereof.
16.4 Entire
Agreement.
This
instrument and the other documents referenced or attached as Exhibits contain
all of the understandings and agreements of whatsoever kind and nature existing
between the parties hereto with respect to this Agreement and the rights,
interests, understandings, agreements and obligations of the respective parties
pertaining to the Company and supersede all prior agreements.
16.5 References
to this Agreement.
Numbered
or lettered articles, sections and subsections herein contained refer to
articles, sections and subsections of this Agreement unless otherwise expressly
stated.
16.6 Headings.
All
headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and
are
not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision
of
this Agreement.
16.7 Binding
Effect.
Except
as herein otherwise expressly stipulated to the contrary, this Agreement
shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties signatory hereto,
and
their respective distributees, successors and assigns.
16.8 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
for
all purposes constitute one agreement which is binding on all of the parties
hereto.
16.9 Confidentiality.
The
terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be kept confidential and shall
not,
without the other Member’s prior written consent (which shall not be
unreasonably withheld), be disclosed by a Member or by a Member’s agents,
managers, members, representatives and employees to any person or entity
that
this Agreement has been signed and exists; provided, however, that this
Section
16.9
shall not
prohibit the disclosure of the terms of this Agreement by any Member to its
agents for business reasons consistent with Section
2.4.
No
publicity, media communications, press releases or other public announcements
concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be
issued or made by either Member without the consent of the other Member,
except
as required by law.
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16.10 Amendments.
This
Agreement may not be amended, altered or modified except by a written instrument
signed by all parties; provided, however, that ARC and any other Member shall
agree to any amendments of this Agreement reasonably required by SHP in order
for the Company to comply with applicable state law which do not adversely
affect the economic interests of ARC or any other Member hereunder.
16.11 Exhibits.
All
exhibits and schedules annexed hereto are expressly made a part of this
Agreement, as fully as though completely set forth herein, and all references
to
this Agreement herein or in any of such exhibits or schedules shall be deemed
to
refer to and include all such exhibits or schedules.
16.12 Severability.
Each
provision hereof is intended to be severable and the invalidity or illegality
of
any portion of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or legality of
the
remainder.
16.13 Forum.
Any
action by one or more Members against the Company or by the Company against
one
or more Members which arises under or in any way relates to this Agreement,
actions taken or failed to be taken or determinations made or failed to be
made
by the Members or relating to the Company including, without limitation,
transactions permitted hereunder or otherwise related in any way to the Company,
may be brought only in the state courts of the State of Delaware or United
States District Court for the sitting in Delaware. Each Member hereby consents
to the jurisdiction of such courts to decide any and all such actions and
to
such venue.
16.14 Assignment
to Company.
To the
extent not already assigned to the Company, the Members shall, and they do
hereby assign to the Company all of their right, title and interest, if any,
in,
to and under the following:
(a) Fee
simple
title to the Properties, Projects and all appurtenances thereto;
(b) All
plans,
specifications, engineering studies and working drawings prepared or obtained
in
connection with the Improvements, and any other work product related to the
Improvements;
(c) All
licenses, permits, consents, approvals or other evidences of authorization
to
construct, own, occupy and/or operate the Properties issued by or received
from
any applicable governmental authorities having jurisdiction over or otherwise
affecting the Properties;
(d) All
ownership interest in and all other rights, options, or interests, if any,
related to the Properties and/or the construction and development of the
Improvements; and
(e) All
leases, commitments for leases, security deposits, tenant lead lists and
any
other document, account, right, or instrument pertaining to tenants or
prospective tenants of the Properties.
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16.15 Broker’s
Indemnity.
Each
Member represents that it has not dealt with any broker or agent in connection
with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, and hereby
agrees to indemnify the other Member and the Company and hold them each harmless
from and against all liability, loss, cost, damage and expense (including
attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in the investigation, defense and settlement
of the matter) which the other Member or the Company shall ever suffer or
incur
by reason of any claim by any broker or agent, whether or not meritorious,
for
any compensation with respect to such indemnifying Member’s dealings in
connection with this Agreement or such indemnifying Member’s contribution or
other transactions provided for or referred to herein.
16.16 Attorneys’
Fees.
If any
action arising out of this Agreement is brought by either party hereto against
the other, then and in that event the unsuccessful party to such action shall
pay to the prevailing party all costs and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees, incurred by such prevailing party, and if the prevailing party
shall recover judgment in such action, such costs, expenses and attorneys
fees
shall be included in and as part of such judgment.
16.17 Prudential
Affiliation.
The
Company will not use the name Prudential in its advertising with respect
to the
Project. ARC will not make any disclosures or representations whatsoever
to
third parties concerning SHP’s affiliation with the Prudential Insurance Company
of America, except as authorized in writing by SHP.
[The
following page is the signature page.]
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IN
WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed and delivered this Agreement,
as
of the day and year first above written.
SHP: |
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PIM
SENIOR PORTFOLIO, LLC,
a
Delaware
limited liability company
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By: |
PIM
Warehouse, Inc.,
a
Delaware
corporation,
its
sole member
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By: |
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Vice President | ||
ARC: |
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ARC
EPIC HOLDING COMPANY, INC.,
a
Tennessee Corporation
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By: |
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Name: |
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Title: |
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EXHIBIT
A
Legal
Description
EXHIBIT
B
Subsidiaries
Project
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Subsidiaries
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1.
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Freedom
Inn of Sun City West
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ARC
Sun City West, LLC
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2.
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Freedom
Inn of Roswell
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ARC
Roswell, LLC
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3.
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Heritage
Club Las Vegas
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ARC
Vegas, LLC
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4.
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Freedom
Inn Ventana Canyon
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ARC
Tucson, LLC
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5.
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Freedom
Inn at Overland Park
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ARC
Overland Park, LLC
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6.
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Freedom
Inn Minnetonka
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ARC
Minnetonka, LLC
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7.
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Heritage
Club at Denver Tech Center
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ARC
Denver Monaco, LLC
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8.
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Hampton
Assisted Living at Tanglewood
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ARC
Tanglewood, L.P.
ARC
Tanglewood GP, LLC
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EXHIBIT
C
Names
and Interests of Members:
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Percentage
Interest
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Initial
Cash Contribution
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SHP
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80%
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$_________________
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ARC
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20%
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$_________________
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TOTAL
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100%
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$_________________
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EXHIBIT
D
Initial
Subsidiary Management Agreement
SCHEDULE
4.7
Percentage
Interest Adjust Example
Pursuant
to Section
4.7,
if a
Member fails to make a required contribution, the Percentage Interests of
the
Members may, at the election of the Non Failing Member, be adjusted as a
result
of making a Priority Capital Contribution. The following examples (which
are
examples only and do not reflect any actual facts) illustrate the effects
of
these provisions:
Example
1:
Assume SHP’s Unreturned Capital Contributions equal $9,000,000. ARC’s Unreturned
Capital Contributions for purposes of this computation only are deemed to
be
$1,000,000 (10% x 9,000,000/90%). Assume a call for $100,000 is made and
SHP
contributes its $90,000, but that ARC is the Defaulting Member on an obligation
to contribute its $10,000 and that SHP has made a Priority Capital Contribution
of such amount.
The
Members’ initial Percentage Interests are:
SHP 90%
ARC 10%
The
resulting Percentage Interests of the Members are computed as
follows:
SHP’s
Unreturned Capital Contributions + $90,000+ (1.5 x $10,000)
Total
Unreturned Capital Contributions
9,105,000 =
90.15%
10,100,000
SHP’s
Percentage Interest will be increased by .15% (90.15% 90%) and ARC’s Percentage
Interest will be reduced by .15%.
Example
2:
Assume SHP’s Unreturned Capital Contributions equal $9,000,000. ARC’s Unreturned
Capital Contributions for purposes of this computation only are deemed to
be
$1,000,000 (10% x 9,000,000/90%). Assume a call for $100,000 is made and
ARC
contributes its $10,000, but that SHP is the Defaulting Member on an obligation
to contribute its $90,000 and that ARC has made a Priority Capital Contribution
of such amount.
The
Members’ initial Percentage Interests are:
SHP
90%
ARC
10%
The
resulting Percentage Interests of the Members are computed as
follows:
ARC’s
Unreturned Capital Contributions + $10,000 +(1.5 x $90,000)
Total
Unreturned Capital Contributions
1,145,000
= 11.34%
10,100,000
ARC’s
Percentage Interest will be increased by 1.34% (11.34% 10%) and SHP’s Percentage
Interest will be reduced by 1.34%.
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