AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF MIDLANTIC PARTNERSHIP, LP
Exhibit 3.3
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
MIDLANTIC PARTNERSHIP, LP
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS |
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ARTICLE II FORMATION OF PARTNERSHIP |
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2.01 Continuation |
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2.02 Name, Office and Registered Agent |
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2.03 Partners. |
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2.04 Term and Dissolution. |
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2.05 Filing of Certificate and Perfection of Limited Partnership |
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2.06 Certificates Describing Partnership Units |
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ARTICLE III BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP |
11 | |||
ARTICLE IV CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS |
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4.01 Capital Contributions |
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4.02 Additional Capital Contributions and Issuances of Additional |
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Partnership Interests |
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4.03 Additional Funding |
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4.04 Capital Accounts |
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4.05 Percentage Interests |
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4.06 No Interest on Contributions |
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4.07 Return of Capital Contributions |
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4.08 No Third Party Beneficiary |
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ARTICLE V PROFITS AND LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS |
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5.01 Allocation of Profit and Loss. |
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5.02 Distribution of Cash. |
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5.03 REIT Distribution Requirements |
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5.04 No Right to Distributions in Kind |
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5.05 Limitations on Return of Capital Contributions |
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5.06 Distributions Upon Liquidation. |
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5.07 Substantial Economic Effect |
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ARTICLE VI RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER |
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6.01 Management of the Partnership. |
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6.02 Delegation of Authority |
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6.03 Indemnification and Exculpation of Indemnitees. |
27 | |||
6.04 Liability of the General Partner. |
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6.05 Partnership Obligations. |
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6.06 Outside Activities |
30 | |||
6.07 Employment or Retention of Affiliates. |
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6.08 General Partner Activities |
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6.09 Title to Partnership Assets |
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6.10 Redemption of General Partner Partnership Units |
31 |
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ARTICLE VII CHANGES IN THE COMPANY OR THE GENERAL PARTNER |
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7.01 Transfer of the General Partner’s Partnership Interest. |
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7.02 Admission of a Substitute or Additional General Partner |
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7.03 Effect of Bankruptcy, Withdrawal, Death or Dissolution of a General Partner. |
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7.04 Removal of a General Partner. |
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ARTICLE VIII RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS |
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8.01 Management of the Partnership |
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8.02 Power of Attorney |
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8.03 Limitation on Liability of Limited Partners |
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8.04 Redemption Right. |
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8.05 Registration |
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ARTICLE IX TRANSFERS OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS |
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9.01 Purchase for Investment. |
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9.02 Restrictions on Transfer of Partnership Interests. |
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9.03 Admission of Substitute Limited Partner. |
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9.04 Rights of Assignees of Partnership Interests. |
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9.05 Effect of Bankruptcy, Death, Incompetence or Termination of a Limited |
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Partner |
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9.06 Joint Ownership of Interests |
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ARTICLE X BOOKS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTING; TAX MATTERS |
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10.01 Books and Records |
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10.02 Custody of Partnership Funds; Bank Accounts. |
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10.03 Fiscal and Taxable Year |
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10.04 Annual Tax Information and Report |
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10.05 Tax Matters Partner; Tax Elections; Special Basis Adjustments. |
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10.06 Reports to Limited Partners. |
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ARTICLE XI AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT; MERGER |
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ARTICLE XII GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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12.01 Notices |
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12.02 Survival of Rights |
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12.03 Additional Documents |
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12.04 Severability |
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12.05 Entire Agreement |
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12.06 Pronouns and Plurals |
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12.07 Headings |
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12.08 Counterparts |
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12.09 Governing Law |
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A — Partners, Capital Contributions and Percentage Interests
EXHIBIT B — Notice of Exercise of Redemption Right
EXHIBIT C — Certification of Non-Foreign Status
EXHIBIT D — Notice of Election by Partner to Convert LTIP Units into OP Units
EXHIBIT E — Notice of Election by Partnership to Force Conversion of LTIP Units into OP
Units
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
MIDLANTIC PARTNERSHIP, LP
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
MIDLANTIC PARTNERSHIP, LP
This Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Midlantic Partnership, LP is
made and entered into this ___day of August ___, 2005 by and among Midlantic Partnership, LP (the
“Partnership”), Midlantic Office Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and
currently the sole general partner of the Partnership and Midlantic Office Trust, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the “Company”), as well as the other limited partners who from time to time execute
this Agreement or counterparts hereof as limited partners.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Partnership was formed as a limited partnership under the laws of the State of
Delaware, pursuant to a Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware effective as of March 28, 2005 and an Agreement of Limited Partnership entered
into as of March 28, 2005; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Agreement of Limited Partnership and restate it in
its entirety as set forth in this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants of the parties hereto,
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that the Agreement of Limited Partnership shall be amended
and restated as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
The following defined terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings specified below:
“Act” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as it may be amended from
time to time.
“Additional Funds” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03 hereof.
“Additional Securities” means any additional REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares issued in
connection with an exchange pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof) or rights, options,
warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities containing the right to subscribe for or
purchase REIT Shares, as set forth in Section 4.02(a)(ii).
“Adjustment Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04(a) hereof.
“Administrative Expenses” means (i) all administrative and operating costs and expenses
incurred by the Partnership, (ii) those administrative costs and expenses of the General Partner or
the Company, including any salaries or other payments to directors, officers, members, managers or
employees of the General Partner or the Company, and any accounting and legal expenses of the
General Partner or the Company, which expenses, the Partners have agreed, are expenses of the
Partnership and not the General Partner or the Company, and (iii) to the extent not included in
clauses (i) or (ii) above, REIT Expenses; provided, however, that Administrative
Expenses shall not include any administrative costs and expenses incurred by the General Partner or
the Company that are attributable to Properties or partnership interests in a Subsidiary
Partnership that are owned by the General Partner or the Company or other than through its
ownership interest in the Partnership.
“Affiliate” means, (i) any Person that, directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled by
or is under common control with such Person, (ii) any other Person that owns, beneficially,
directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the outstanding capital stock, shares or equity interests of
such Person, or (iii) any officer, director, employee, partner, member, manager or trustee of such
Person or any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person (excluding
trustees and persons serving in similar capacities who are not otherwise an Affiliate of such
Person). For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including the correlative meanings of the
terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, shall
mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, through the ownership of voting securities or partnership
interests or otherwise.
“Agreed Value” means the fair market value of a Partner’s non-cash Capital Contribution (net
of assumed liabilities) as of the date of contribution as agreed to by such Partner and the General
Partner. The names and addresses of the Partners, number of Partnership Units issued to each
Partner, and the Agreed Value of non-cash Capital Contributions as of the date of contribution is
set forth on Exhibit A.
“Agreement” means this First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership.
“Articles of Incorporation” means the Articles of Incorporation of the Company filed with the
Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, as amended or restated from time to time.
“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“Capital Account” has the meaning provided in Section 4.04 hereof.
“Capital Account Limitation” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.05(b) hereof.
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“Capital Contribution” means the total amount of cash, cash equivalents, and the Agreed Value
of any Property or other asset contributed or agreed to be contributed, as the context requires, to
the Partnership by each Partner pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. Any reference to the
Capital Contribution of a Partner shall include the Capital Contribution made by a predecessor
holder of the Partnership Interest of such Partner.
“Cash Amount” means an amount of cash per OP Unit equal to the Value of the REIT Shares Amount
on the date of receipt by the Partnership and the Company of a Notice of Redemption.
“Certificate” means any instrument or document that is required under the laws of the State of
Delaware, or any other jurisdiction in which the Partnership conducts business, to be signed and
sworn to by the Partners of the Partnership (either by themselves or pursuant to the
power-of-attorney granted to the General Partner in Section 8.02 hereof) and filed for recording in
the appropriate public offices within the State of Delaware or such other jurisdiction to perfect
or maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership, to effect the admission, withdrawal or
substitution of any Partner of the Partnership, or to protect the limited liability of the Limited
Partners as limited partners under the laws of the State of Delaware or such other jurisdiction.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as hereafter amended from time
to time. Reference to any particular provision of the Code shall mean that provision in the Code
at the date hereof and any successor provision of the Code.
“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Share” means one share of common stock, $.01 par value, of the Company.
“Company” means Midlantic Office Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation electing to be taxed as a
real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.
“Constituent Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.05(f) hereof.
"Conversion Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.05(b) hereof.
“Conversion Factor” means 1.0, provided that in the event that the Company (i)
declares or pays a dividend on its outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares or makes a distribution
to all holders of its outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares, (ii) subdivides its outstanding REIT
Shares or (iii) combines its outstanding REIT Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares, the
Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date for
such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination (assuming for such purposes that such
dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination has occurred as of such time), and the
denominator of which shall be the actual number of REIT Shares (determined without the above
assumption) issued and outstanding on such date and, provided further, that in the
event that an entity other than an Affiliate of the Company shall become General Partner pursuant
to any merger, consolidation or combination of the Company with or into another entity (the
“Successor Entity”), the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor
by the number of shares of the Successor Entity into which one REIT Share is converted
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pursuant to such merger, consolidation or combination, determined as of the date of such
merger, consolidation or combination. Any adjustment to the Conversion Factor shall become
effective immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive to the record date, if
any, for such event; provided, however, that if the Company and the Partnership
receive a Notice of Redemption after the record date, but prior to the effective date of such
dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination, the Conversion Factor shall be determined as if
the Company and the Partnership had received the Notice of Redemption immediately prior to the
record date for such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination.
“Conversion Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.05(b) hereof.
“Conversion Right” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.05(a) hereof.
"Defaulting Limited Partner” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(c) hereof.
"Distributable Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(c) hereof.
“Economic Capital Account Balances” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(g) hereof.
“Equity Incentive Plan” means any equity incentive plan hereafter adopted by the Partnership
or the Company, including the Company’s 2005 equity incentive plan.
“Event of Bankruptcy” as to any Person means the filing of a petition for relief as to such
Person as debtor or bankrupt under the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 or similar provision of law of any
jurisdiction (except if such petition is contested by such Person and has been dismissed within 90
days); insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person as finally determined by a court proceeding; filing
by such Person of a petition or application to accomplish the same or for the appointment of a
receiver or a trustee for such Person or a substantial part of his assets; commencement of any
proceedings relating to such Person as a debtor under any other reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency, adjustment of debt or liquidation law of any jurisdiction, whether now in existence or
hereinafter in effect, either by such Person or by another, provided that if such
proceeding is commenced by another, such Person indicates his approval of such proceeding, consents
thereto or acquiesces therein, or such proceeding is contested by such Person and has not been
finally dismissed within 90 days.
“Forced Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.05(c) hereof.
“Forced Conversion Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.05(c) hereof.
“General Partner” means Midlantic Office Properties, LLC and any Person who becomes a
substitute or additional General Partner as provided herein, and any of their successors as General
Partner.
“General Partnership Interest” means a Partnership Interest held by the General Partner that
is a general partnership interest.
"General Partner Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(c) hereof.
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“Indemnitee” means (i) any Person made a party to a proceeding by reason of its status as the
Company, the General Partner or a director, officer, member, manager or employee of the Company,
the Partnership or the General Partner, and (ii) such other Persons (including Affiliates of the
Company, General Partner or the Partnership) as the General Partner may designate from time to
time, in its sole and absolute discretion.
“Independent Director” means a person who is not an officer or employee of the Company or an
Affiliate or a lessee or manager of any Property.
“Limited Partner” means any Person named as a Limited Partner on Exhibit A attached
hereto, and any Person who becomes a Substitute or Additional Limited Partner, in such Person’s
capacity as a Limited Partner in the Partnership.
“Limited Partnership Interest” means the ownership interest of a Limited Partner in the
Partnership at any particular time, including the right of such Limited Partner to any and all
benefits to which such Limited Partner may be entitled as provided in this Agreement and in the
Act, together with the obligations of such Limited Partner to comply with all the provisions of
this Agreement and of such Act.
“Liquidating Gains” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(g) hereof.
“LTIP Unit” means a Partnership Unit which is designated as an LTIP Unit and which has the
rights, preferences and other privileges designated in Section 4.04 hereof and elsewhere in this
Agreement in respect of holders of LTIP Units. The allocation of LTIP Units among the Partners
shall be set forth on Exhibit A, as may be amended from time to time.
“LTIP Unitholder” means a Partner that holds LTIP Units.
“Loss” has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(h) hereof.
“Notice of Redemption” means the Notice of Exercise of Redemption Right substantially in the
form attached as Exhibit B hereto.
“NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.
“Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(c) hereof.
“OP Unit” means an undivided, fractional share of the Partnership Interests of all Partners
issued pursuant to Sections 4.01 and 4.02 hereof, but does not include any LTIP Unit or any other
Partnership Unit designated as being other than an OP Unit.
“OP Unit Economic Balance” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(g).
“OP Unit Transaction” means any transaction (including without limitation a merger,
consolidation, unit exchange, self tender offer for all or substantially all OP Units or other
business combination or reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s
assets, but excluding any OP Unit Transaction which constitutes an Adjustment Event) in each case
as a result of which OP Units shall be exchanged for or converted into the right, or the
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holders of such Units shall otherwise be entitled, to receive cash, securities or other
property or any combination thereof.
“Original Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Original Limited Partner” means Midlantic Office Trust, Inc.
“Partner” means any General Partner or Limited Partner.
“Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section
1.704-2(i). A Partner’s share of Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain shall be determined in
accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5).
“Partnership Interest” means an ownership interest in the Partnership held by either a Limited
Partner or the General Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a
Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations
of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Partnership Interest
may be expressed as a number of OP Units, LTIP Units or other Partnership Units.
“Partnership Minimum Gain” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(d). In
accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(d), the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain is
determined by first computing, for each Partnership nonrecourse liability, any gain the Partnership
would realize if it disposed of the property subject to that liability for no consideration other
than full satisfaction of the liability, and then aggregating the separately computed gains. A
Partner’s share of Partnership Minimum Gain shall be determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(g)(1).
“Partnership Record Date” means the record date established by the General Partner for the
distribution of cash pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof, which record date shall be the same as the
record date established by the Company for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its
portion of such distribution received through the General Partner.
“Partnership Unit” means an OP Unit, an LTIP Unit or any other fractional, undivided share of
the Partnership Interests of all Partners issued hereunder. The allocation of Partnership Units
among the Partners shall be as set forth on Exhibit A, as may be amended from time to time.
“Partnership Unit Distribution” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04(a) hereof.
“Percentage Interest” means the percentage ownership interest in the Partnership of each
Partner, as determined by dividing the Partnership Units owned by a Partner by the total number of
Partnership Units then outstanding. The Percentage Interest of each Partner shall be as set forth
on Exhibit A, as may be amended from time to time.
“Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, joint
venture, trust or other entity.
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“Profit” has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(h) hereof.
“Property” means any property or other investment in which the Partnership holds an ownership
interest.
“Redemption Amount” means either the Cash Amount or the REIT Shares Amount, as selected by the
Partnership or as directed by the General Partner pursuant to Section 8.04(b) hereof.
“Redemption Right” has the meaning provided in Section 8.04(a) hereof.
“Redeeming Limited Partner” has the meaning provided in Section 8.04(a) hereof.
“Regulations” means the Federal Income Tax Regulations issued under the Code, as amended and
as hereafter amended from time to time. Reference to any particular provision of the Regulations
shall mean that provision of the Regulations on the date hereof and any successor provision of the
Regulations.
“REIT” means a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.
“REIT Expenses” means (i) costs and expenses relating to the formation and continuity of
existence and operation of the Company and any Subsidiaries thereof (which Subsidiaries shall, for
purposes hereof, be included within the definition of Company), including taxes, fees and
assessments associated therewith, any and all costs, expenses or fees payable to any director,
officer or employee of the Company, (ii) costs and expenses relating to any public offering and
registration, or private offering, of securities by the Company and all statements, reports, fees
and expenses incidental thereto, including, without limitation, underwriting discounts and selling
commissions applicable to any such offering of securities, and any costs and expenses associated
with any claims made by any holders of such securities or any underwriters or placement agents
thereof, (iii) costs and expenses associated with any repurchase of any securities by the Company,
(iv) costs and expenses associated with the preparation and filing of any periodic or other reports
and communications by the Company under federal, state or local laws or regulations, including
filings with the Commission, (v) costs and expenses associated with compliance by the Company with
laws, rules and regulations promulgated by any regulatory body, including the Commission and any
securities exchange, (vi) costs and expenses associated with any 401(k) plan, incentive plan, bonus
plan or other plan providing for compensation for the employees of the Company, (vii) costs and
expenses incurred by the Company relating to any issuing or redemption of Partnership Interests and
(viii) all other operating or administrative costs of the Company or any subsidiary, including the
General Partner, incurred in the ordinary course of its business on behalf of or in connection with
the Partnership.
“REIT Share” means a Common Share of the Company (or Successor Entity, as the case may be).
“REIT Shares Amount” means a number of REIT Shares equal to the product of the number of OP
Units offered for redemption by a Redeeming Limited Partner, multiplied by the Conversion Factor as
adjusted to and including the Specified Redemption Date; provided that in
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the event the Company issues to all holders of REIT Shares rights, options, warrants or
convertible or exchangeable securities entitling the stockholders to subscribe for or purchase REIT
Shares, or any other securities or property (collectively, the “rights”), and the rights have not
expired at the Specified Redemption Date, then the REIT Shares Amount shall also include the rights
issuable to a holder of the REIT Shares Amount on the record date fixed for purposes of determining
the holders of REIT Shares entitled to rights.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Service” means the Internal Revenue Service.
“Specified Redemption Date” means the first business day of the month that is at least 60
calendar days after the receipt by the Partnership of a Notice of Redemption.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity of which a majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity
securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such
Person.
“Subsidiary Partnership” means any partnership or limited liability company in which the
Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or the Partnership owns a partnership interest.
“Substitute Limited Partner” means any Person admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner
pursuant to Section 9.03 hereof.
“Successor Entity” has the meaning provided in the definition of “Conversion Factor” contained
herein.
“Surviving General Partner” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(d) hereof.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which a
security is listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if a security
is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, shall mean any day other
than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(c) hereof.
“Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02(a) hereof.
“Unvested LTIP Units” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04(c) hereof.
“Value” means, with respect to any security, the average of the daily market price of such
security for the ten consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding the date of such valuation.
The market price for each such Trading Day shall be: (i) if the security is listed or admitted to
trading on the NYSE or any securities exchange, the last reported sale price, regular way, on such
day, or if no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices,
regular way, on such day, (ii) if the security is not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE or
any securities exchange, the last reported sale price on such day or, if no sale takes
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place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, as reported by
a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or (iii) if the security is not
listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE or on any securities exchange and no such last reported
sale price or closing bid and asked prices are available, the average of the reported high bid and
low asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General
Partner, or if there shall be no bid and asked prices on such day, the average of the high bid and
low asked prices, as so reported, on the most recent day (not more than ten days prior to the date
in question) for which prices have been so reported; provided that if there are no
bid and asked prices reported during the ten days prior to the date in question, the value of the
security shall be determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such
quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate. In the
event the security includes any additional rights, then the value of such rights shall be
determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other
information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate.
“Vested LTIP Units” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.04(c) hereof.
“Vesting Agreement” means each or any, as the context implies, Equity Incentive Plan or a
contribution or other agreement entered into by an LTIP Unitholder upon acceptance of an award of
LTIP Units under an Equity Incentive Plan or the acceptance of LTIP Units in exchange for property
or services contributed to the Partnership.
"Withheld Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(c) hereof.
ARTICLE II
CONTINUATION OF PARTNERSHIP
2.01 Continuation. The Partners hereby agree to continue the Partnership pursuant to
the Act and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2.02 Name, Office and Registered Agent. The name of the Partnership is Midlantic
Partnership, LP. The specified office and place of business of the Partnership shall be 00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. The General Partner may at any time change
the location of such office, provided the General Partner gives notice to the Partners of
any such change. The name of the Partnership’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust
Incorporated whose business address is 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000. The sole duty of the registered agent as such is to forward to the Partnership any notice
that is served on it as registered agent.
2.03 Partners.
(a) The General Partner of the Partnership is Midlantic Office Properties, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company. Its principal place of business is the same as that of the Partnership.
(b) The Limited Partners are those Persons identified as Limited Partners on Exhibit A
hereto, as amended from time to time.
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2.04 Term and Dissolution.
(a) The Partnership’s existence shall be perpetual, except that the Partnership shall be
dissolved upon the first to occur of any of the following events:
(i) The occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to the General Partner or the
dissolution, death, removal or withdrawal of the General Partner unless the business of the
Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.03(b) hereof; provided that
if the General Partner is on the date of such occurrence a partnership, the dissolution of
the General Partner as a result of the dissolution, death, withdrawal, removal or Event of
Bankruptcy of a partner in such partnership shall not be an event of dissolution of the
Partnership if the business of the General Partner is continued by the remaining partner or
partners, either alone or with additional partners, and the General Partner and such
partners comply with any other applicable requirements of this Agreement;
(ii) The passage of 90 days after the sale or other disposition of all or substantially
all of the assets of the Partnership (provided that if the Partnership
receives an installment obligation as consideration for such sale or other disposition, the
Partnership shall continue, unless sooner dissolved under the provisions of this Agreement,
until such time as such note or notes are paid in full);
(iii) The redemption of all Limited Partnership Interests (other than any of such
interests held by the General Partner or by the Company); or
(iv) The election by the General Partner that the Partnership should be dissolved.
(b) Upon dissolution of the Partnership (unless the business of the Partnership is continued
pursuant to Section 7.03(b) hereof), the General Partner (or its trustee, receiver, successor or
legal representative) shall amend or cancel the Certificate and liquidate the Partnership’s assets
and apply and distribute the proceeds thereof in accordance with Section 5.06 hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liquidating General Partner may either (i) defer liquidation of,
or withhold from distribution for a reasonable time, any assets of the Partnership (including those
necessary to satisfy the Partnership’s debts and obligations), or (ii) distribute the assets to the
Partners in kind.
2.05 Filing of Certificate and Perfection of Limited Partnership. The General Partner
shall execute, acknowledge, record and file at the expense of the Partnership the Certificate and
any and all amendments thereto and all requisite fictitious name statements and notices in such
places and jurisdictions as may be necessary to cause the Partnership to be treated as a limited
partnership under, and otherwise to comply with, the laws of each state or other jurisdiction in
which the Partnership conducts business.
2.06 Certificates Describing Partnership Units. At the request of a Limited Partner,
the General Partner, at its option, may issue a certificate summarizing the terms of such Limited
Partner’s interest in the Partnership, including the number of Partnership Units owned and the
Percentage Interest represented by such Partnership Units as of the date of such certificate. Any
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such certificate (i) shall be in form and substance as approved by the General Partner, (ii)
shall not be negotiable and (iii) shall bear a legend to the following effect:
This certificate is not negotiable. The Partnership Units
represented by this certificate are governed by and transferable
only in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Midlantic Partnership, LP, as amended from time to
time.
ARTICLE III
BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP
The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership is (i) to conduct
any business that may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Act,
provided, however, that such business shall be limited to and conducted in such a
manner as to permit the Company at all times to qualify as a REIT, unless the Company otherwise
ceases to qualify as a REIT, (ii) to enter into any partnership, joint venture or other similar
arrangement to engage in any of the foregoing or the ownership of interests in any entity engaged
in any of the foregoing and (iii) to do anything necessary or incidental to the foregoing. In
connection with the foregoing, and without limiting the Company’s right in its sole and absolute
discretion to cease qualifying as a REIT, the Partners acknowledge that the Company’s current
status as a REIT and the avoidance of income and excise taxes on the Company inures to the benefit
of all the Partners and not solely to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Limited
Partners agree that the Company may terminate its status as a REIT under the Code at any time. The
General Partner shall also be empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary or prudent to
ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” taxable as a
corporation for purposes of Section 7704 of the Code.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS
4.01 Capital Contributions. The General Partner and the Limited Partners have made
capital contributions to the Partnership in exchange for the Partnership Interests set forth
opposite their names on Exhibit A, as amended from time to time.
4.02 Additional Capital Contributions and Issuances of Additional Partnership
Interests. Except as provided in this Section 4.02 or in Section 4.03, the Partners shall have
no right or obligation to make any additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership.
The General Partner or the Company may contribute additional capital to the Partnership,
from time to time, and receive additional Partnership Interests in respect thereof, in the manner
contemplated in this Section 4.02.
(a) Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests.
(i) General. As of the effective date of this Agreement, the Partnership shall
have two classes of Partnership Units, entitled “OP Units” and “LTIP
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Units.” The General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership to issue such
additional Partnership Interests in the form of Partnership Units for any Partnership
purpose at any time or from time to time to the Partners (including the General Partner and
the Company) or to other Persons for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as
shall be established by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, all without
the approval of any Limited Partners. The General Partner’s determination that
consideration is adequate shall be conclusive insofar as the adequacy of consideration
relates to whether the Partnership Interests are validly issued and fully paid. Any
additional Partnership Interests issued thereby may be issued in one or more classes, or one
or more series of any of such classes, with such designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties, including rights, powers
and duties senior to Limited Partnership Interests, all as shall be determined by the
General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of any Limited
Partner, subject to Delaware law, including, without limitation, (i) the allocations of
items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each such class or series
of Partnership Interests; (ii) the right of each such class or series of Partnership
Interests to share in Partnership distributions; and (iii) the rights of each such class or
series of Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership;
provided, however, that no additional Partnership Interests shall be issued
to the General Partner or the Company (or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of
the General Partner or the Company) unless:
(1) (A) the additional Partnership Interests are issued in connection with an
issuance of REIT Shares or other interests in the Company, which shares or interests
have designations, preferences and other rights, all such that the economic
interests are substantially similar to the designations, preferences and other
rights of the additional Partnership Interests issued to the General Partner or the
Company (or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the General Partner or
the Company) by the Partnership in accordance with this Section 4.02 and (B) the
General Partner or the Company (or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of
the General Partner or the Company) shall make a Capital Contribution to the
Partnership in an amount equal to the cash consideration received by the General
Partner or the Company from the issuance of such shares of stock of or other
interests in the General Partner or the Company;
(2) the additional Partnership Interests are issued in exchange for property
owned by the General Partner or the Company (or any direct or indirect wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the General Partner or the Company) with a fair market value, as
determined by the General Partner, in good faith, equal to the value of the
Partnership Interests; or
(3) the additional Partnership Interests are issued to all Partners in
proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.
Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized (other than in
the case of an issuance under clause 2 above) to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership
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Units for less than fair market value, so long as the General Partner concludes in good
faith that such issuance is in the best interests of the General Partner and the
Partnership.
(ii) Upon Issuance of Additional Securities. The Company shall not issue any
additional REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares issued in connection with an exchange
pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof) or rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable
securities containing the right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares (collectively,
“Additional Securities”) other than to all holders of REIT Shares, unless (A) the General
Partner shall cause the Partnership to issue to the Company Partnership Interests or
rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities of the Partnership
having designations, preferences and other rights, all such that the economic interests are
substantially similar to those of the Additional Securities, and (B) the Company contributes
the proceeds from the issuance of such Additional Securities and from any exercise of rights
contained in such Additional Securities to the Partnership; provided,
however, that the Company is allowed to issue Additional Securities in connection
with an acquisition of a property to be held directly by the Company, but if and only if,
such direct acquisition and issuance of Additional Securities have been approved and
determined to be in the best interests of the Company and the Partnership by a majority of
the Independent Directors. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company is expressly
authorized to issue Additional Securities for less than fair market value, and to cause the
Partnership to issue to the Company corresponding Partnership Interests, so long as (x) the
General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is in the best interests of the
General Partner and the Partnership and (y) the Company contributes all proceeds from such
issuance to the Partnership, including without limitation, the issuance of REIT Shares and
corresponding Partnership Units pursuant to a share purchase plan providing for purchases of
REIT Shares at a discount from fair market value or employee stock options that have an
exercise price that is less than the fair market value of the REIT Shares, either at the
time of issuance or at the time of exercise, or restricted or other stock awards. For
example, in the event the Company issues REIT Shares for a cash purchase price and the
Company contributes all of the proceeds of such issuance to the Partnership as required
hereunder, the Company shall be issued a number of additional Partnership Units equal to the
product of (A) the number of such REIT Shares issued by the Company, the proceeds of which
were so contributed, multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is 100%, and the
denominator of which is the Conversion Factor in effect on the date of such contribution.
(b) Certain Contributions of Proceeds of Issuance of REIT Shares. In connection with
any and all issuances of REIT Shares, the Company shall make Capital Contributions to the
Partnership of the proceeds therefrom, provided that if the proceeds actually
received and contributed by the Company are less than the gross proceeds of such issuance as a
result of any underwriter’s discount (or other expenses paid or incurred in connection with such
issuance, which shall be REIT Expenses hereunder), then the Company shall make a Capital
Contribution of such net proceeds to the Partnership but shall receive additional
Partnership Units with a value equal to the aggregate amount of the gross proceeds of such
issuance pursuant to Section 4.02(a) hereof. Upon any such Capital Contribution by the Company,
the Company’s Capital Account shall be increased pursuant to Section 4.04 hereof by the amount of
the gross proceeds of the issuance.
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(c) If the Company shall repurchase shares of any class of the Company’s capital stock, all
costs incurred in connection with such repurchase shall be reimbursed to the Company by the
Partnership pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof and the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to
redeem an equivalent number of Partnership Interests of the appropriate class held by the Company
(which, in the case of Common Shares, shall be a number equal to the quotient of the number of such
Common Shares divided by the Conversion Factor) in the manner provided in Section 6.10.
4.03 Additional Funding. If the General Partner determines that it is in the best
interests of the Partnership to provide for additional Partnership funds (“Additional Funds”) for
any Partnership purpose, the General Partner may (i) cause the Partnership to obtain such funds
from outside borrowings, or (ii) elect to have the General Partner, the Company or any of their
Affiliates provide such Additional Funds to the Partnership through loans or otherwise. Subject to
the provisions of Section 6.05, no person shall have any preemptive, preferential or similar right
or rights to subscribe for or acquire any Partnership Interests except as set forth in this
Article.
4.04 LTIP Units.
(a) Issuance of LTIP Units. The General Partner may from time to time issue LTIP
Units to Persons who provide services to the Partnership, for such consideration as the General
Partner may determine to be appropriate, and admit such Persons as Limited Partners. Subject to
the following provisions of this Section 4.04 and the special provisions of Sections 5.01(g) and
4.05, LTIP Units shall be treated as OP Units, with all of the rights, privileges and obligations
attendant thereto. For purposes of computing the Partners’ Percentage Interests, holders of LTIP
Units shall be treated as OP Unitholders and LTIP Units shall be treated as OP Units. In
particular, the Partnership shall maintain at all times a one-to-one correspondence between LTIP
Units and OP Units for conversion, distribution and other purposes, including without limitation
complying with the following procedures:
(i) If an Adjustment Event (as defined below) occurs, then the General Partner shall
make a corresponding adjustment to the LTIP Units to maintain a one-for-one conversion and
economic equivalence ratio between OP Units and LTIP Units. The following shall be
Adjustment Events: (A) the Partnership makes a distribution on all outstanding OP Units in
Partnership Units, (B) the Partnership subdivides the outstanding OP Units into a greater
number of units or combines the outstanding OP Units into a smaller number of units, or (C)
the Partnership issues any Partnership Units in exchange for its outstanding OP Units by way
of a reclassification or recapitalization of its OP Units. If more than one Adjustment
Event occurs, the adjustment to the LTIP Units need be made only once using a single formula
that takes into account each and every Adjustment Event as if all Adjustment Events occurred
simultaneously. For the avoidance of doubt, the following shall not be Adjustment Events:
(x) the issuance of Partnership Units in a financing, reorganization, acquisition or other
similar business OP Unit Transaction, (y) the issuance of Partnership Units pursuant to any
employee benefit or compensation plan or distribution reinvestment plan, or (z) the issuance
of any Partnership Units to the Company in respect of a capital contribution to the
Partnership of proceeds from the sale of securities by the Company. If
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the Partnership takes an action affecting the OP Units other than actions specifically
described above as “Adjustment Events” and in the opinion of the General Partner such action
would require an adjustment to the LTIP Units to maintain the one-to-one correspondence
described above, the General Partner shall have the right to make such adjustment to the
LTIP Units, to the extent permitted by law and/or by any Equity Incentive Plan, in such
manner and at such time as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may determine to be
appropriate under the circumstances. If an adjustment is made to the LTIP Units as herein
provided, the Partnership shall promptly file in the books and records of the Partnership an
officer’s certificate setting forth such adjustment and a brief statement of the facts
requiring such adjustment, which certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness
of such adjustment absent manifest error. Promptly after filing of such certificate, the
Partnership shall mail a notice to each LTIP Unitholder setting forth the adjustment to his
or her LTIP Units and the effective date of such adjustment; and
(ii) The LTIP Unitholders shall, when, as and if authorized and declared by the General
Partner out of assets legally available for that purpose, be entitled to receive
distributions in an amount per LTIP Unit equal to the distributions per OP Unit (the
“Partnership Unit Distribution”), paid to holders of OP Units on such Partnership Record
Date established by the General Partner with respect to such distribution. So long as any
LTIP Units are outstanding, no distributions (whether in cash or in kind) shall be
authorized, declared or paid on OP Units, unless equal distributions have been or
contemporaneously are authorized, declared and paid on the LTIP Units.
(b) Priority. Subject to the provisions of this Section 4.04 and the special
provisions of Sections 5.01(g) and 4.05, the LTIP Units shall rank pari passu with the OP Units as
to the payment of regular and special periodic or other distributions and distribution of assets
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up. As to the payment of distributions and as to
distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, any class or series of
Partnership Units or Partnership Interests which by its terms specifies that it shall rank junior
to, on a parity with, or senior to the OP Units shall also rank junior to, or pari passu with, or
senior to, as the case may be, the LTIP Units. Subject to the terms of any Vesting Agreement, an
LTIP Unitholder shall be entitled to transfer his or her LTIP Units to the same extent, and subject
to the same restrictions as holders of OP Units are entitled to transfer their OP Units pursuant to
Article IX.
(c) Special Provisions. LTIP Units shall be subject to the following special
provisions:
(i) Vesting Agreements. LTIP Units may, in the sole discretion of the General
Partner, be issued subject to vesting, forfeiture and additional restrictions on transfer
pursuant to the terms of a Vesting Agreement. The terms of any Vesting Agreement may be
modified by the General Partner from time to time in its sole discretion, subject to any
restrictions on amendment imposed by the relevant Vesting Agreement or by the Equity
Incentive Plan, if applicable. LTIP Units that have vested under the terms of a Vesting
Agreement are referred to as “Vested LTIP Units”; all other LTIP Units shall be treated as
“Unvested LTIP Units.”
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(ii) Forfeiture. Unless otherwise specified in the Vesting Agreement, upon the
occurrence of any event specified in a Vesting Agreement as resulting in either the right of
the Partnership or the General Partner to repurchase LTIP Units at a specified purchase
price or some other forfeiture of any LTIP Units, then if the Partnership or the General
Partner exercises such right to repurchase or forfeiture in accordance with the applicable
Vesting Agreement, the relevant LTIP Units shall immediately, and without any further
action, be treated as cancelled and no longer outstanding for any purpose. Unless otherwise
specified in the Vesting Agreement, no consideration or other payment shall be due with
respect to any LTIP Units that have been forfeited, other than any distributions declared
with respect to a Partnership Record Date prior to the effective date of the forfeiture. In
connection with any repurchase or forfeiture of LTIP Units, the balance of the portion of
the Capital Account of the LTIP Unitholder that is attributable to all of his or her LTIP
Units shall be reduced by the amount, if any, by which it exceeds the target balance
contemplated by Section 5.01(g), calculated with respect to the LTIP Unitholder’s remaining
LTIP Units, if any.
(iii) Allocations. LTIP Unitholders shall be entitled to certain special
allocations of gain under Section 5.01(g).
(iv) Redemption. The Redemption Right provided to Limited Partners under
Section 8.04 shall not apply with respect to LTIP Units unless and until they are converted
to OP Units as provided in clause (v) below and Section 4.05.
(v) Conversion To OP Units. Vested LTIP Units are eligible to be converted
into OP Units under Section 4.05.
(d) Voting. LTIP Unitholders shall (a) have the same voting rights as a holder of OP
Units, with the LTIP Units voting as a single class with the OP Units and having one vote per LTIP
Unit; and (b) have the additional voting rights that are expressly set forth below. So long as any
LTIP Units remain outstanding, the Partnership shall not, without the affirmative vote of the
holders of at least a majority of the LTIP Units outstanding at the time, given in person or by
proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (voting separately as a class), amend, alter or repeal,
whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, the provisions of this Agreement applicable to LTIP
Units so as to materially and adversely affect any right, privilege or voting power of the LTIP
Units or the LTIP Unitholders as such, unless such amendment, alteration, or repeal affects
equally, ratably and proportionately the rights, privileges and voting powers of the holders of OP
Units; but subject, in any event, to the following provisions:
(i) With respect to any OP Unit Transaction, so long as the LTIP Units are treated in
accordance with Section 4.05(f) hereof, the consummation of such OP Unit Transaction shall
not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or
voting powers of the LTIP Units or the LTIP Unitholders as such; and
(ii) Any creation or issuance of any Partnership Units or of any class or series of
Partnership Interest including without limitation additional OP Units or LTIP Units, whether
ranking senior to, junior to, or on a parity with the LTIP Units with
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respect to distributions and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution
or winding up, shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights,
preferences, privileges or voting powers of the LTIP Units or the LTIP Unitholders as such.
The foregoing voting provisions will not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with
respect to which such vote would otherwise be required will be effected, all outstanding LTIP Units
shall have been converted into OP Units.
4.05 Conversion of LTIP Units.
(a) An LTIP Unitholder shall have the right (the “Conversion Right”), at his or her option, at
any time to convert all or a portion of his or her Vested LTIP Units into OP Units; provided,
however, that a holder may not exercise the Conversion Right for less than 300 Vested LTIP Units
or, if such holder holds less than 300 Vested LTIP Units, all of the Vested LTIP Units held by such
holder. LTIP Unitholders shall not have the right to convert Unvested LTIP Units into OP Units
until they become Vested LTIP Units; provided, however, that when an LTIP Unitholder is notified of
the expected occurrence of an event that will cause his or her Unvested LTIP Units to become Vested
LTIP Units, such LTIP Unitholder may give the Partnership a Conversion Notice conditioned upon and
effective as of the time of vesting and such Conversion Notice, unless subsequently revoked by the
LTIP Unitholder, shall be accepted by the Partnership subject to such condition. The General
Partner shall have the right at any time to cause a conversion of Vested LTIP Units into OP Units.
In all cases, the conversion of any LTIP Units into OP Units shall be subject to the conditions and
procedures set forth in this Section 4.05.
(b) A holder of Vested LTIP Units may convert such Units into an equal number of fully paid
and non-assessable OP Units, giving effect to all adjustments (if any) made pursuant to Section
4.04. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may a holder of Vested LTIP Units convert a
number of Vested LTIP Units that exceeds (x) the Economic Capital Account Balance of such Limited
Partner, to the extent attributable to its ownership of LTIP Units, divided by (y) the OP Unit
Economic Balance, in each case as determined as of the effective date of conversion (the “Capital
Account Limitation”).
In order to exercise his or her Conversion Right, an LTIP Unitholder shall deliver a notice (a
“Conversion Notice”) in the form attached as Exhibit D to the Partnership (with a copy to the
General Partner) not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to a date (the “Conversion Date”)
specified in such Conversion Notice; provided, however, that if the General Partner
has not given to the LTIP Unitholders notice of a proposed or upcoming OP Unit Transaction (as
defined below in 4.05(f)) at least 30 days prior to the effective date of such OP Unit Transaction,
then LTIP Unitholders shall have the right to deliver a Conversion Notice until the earlier of (x)
the 10th day after such notice from the General Partner of a OP Unit Transaction or (y) the third
business day immediately preceding the effective date of such OP Unit Transaction. A Conversion
Notice shall be provided in the manner provided in Section 12.01. Each LTIP Unitholder covenants
and agrees with the Partnership that all Vested LTIP Units to be converted pursuant to this Section
4.05(b) shall be free and clear of all liens. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a
holder of LTIP Units may deliver a Notice of Redemption pursuant to
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Section 8.04(a) hereof relating to those OP Units that will be issued to such holder upon
conversion of such LTIP Units into OP Units in advance of the Conversion Date; provided, however,
that the redemption of such OP Units by the Partnership shall in no event take place until after
the Conversion Date. For clarity, it is noted that the objective of this paragraph is to put an
LTIP Unitholder in a position where, if he or she so wishes, the OP Units into which his or her
Vested LTIP Units will be converted can be redeemed by the Partnership simultaneously with such
conversion, with the further consequence that, if the Company elects to assume the Partnership’s
redemption obligation with respect to such OP Units under Section 8.04(b) hereof by delivering to
such holder Common Shares rather than cash, then such holder can have such Common Shares issued to
him or her simultaneously with the conversion of his or her Vested LTIP Units into OP Units. The
General Partner shall reasonably cooperate with an LTIP Unitholder to coordinate the timing of the
different events described in the foregoing sentence.
(c) The Partnership, at any time at the election of the General Partner, may cause any number
of Vested LTIP Units held by an LTIP Unitholder to be converted (a “Forced Conversion”) into an
equal number of OP Units, giving effect to all adjustments (if any) made pursuant to Section 4.04;
provided, however, that the Partnership may not cause Forced Conversion of any LTIP
Units that would not at the time be eligible for conversion at the option of such LTIP Unitholder
pursuant to Section 4.05(b). In order to exercise its right of Forced Conversion, the Partnership
shall deliver a notice (a “Forced Conversion Notice”) in the form attached as Exhibit E to the
applicable LTIP Unitholder not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Conversion Date
specified in such Forced Conversion Notice. A Forced Conversion Notice shall be provided in the
manner provided in Section 12.01.
(d) A conversion of Vested LTIP Units for which the holder thereof has given a Conversion
Notice or the Partnership has given a Forced Conversion Notice shall occur automatically after the
close of business on the applicable Conversion Date without any action on the part of such LTIP
Unitholder, as of which time such LTIP Unitholder shall be credited on the books and records of the
Partnership with the issuance as of the opening of business on the next day of the number of OP
Units issuable upon such conversion. After the conversion of LTIP Units as aforesaid, the
Partnership shall deliver to such LTIP Unitholder, upon his or her written request, a certificate
of the General Partner certifying the number of OP Units and remaining LTIP Units, if any, held by
such person immediately after such conversion. The Assignee of any Limited Partner pursuant to
Article IX hereof may exercise the rights of such Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 4.05 and
such Limited Partner shall be bound by the exercise of such rights by the Assignee.
(e) For purposes of making future allocations under Section 5.01(g) and applying the Capital
Account Limitation, the portion of the Economic Capital Account Balance of the applicable LTIP
Unitholder that is treated as attributable to his or her LTIP Units shall be reduced, as of the
date of conversion, by the product of the number of LTIP Units converted and the OP Unit Economic
Balance.
4.06 Capital Accounts. A separate capital account (a “Capital Account”) shall be
established and maintained for each Partner in accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). If (i) a new or existing Partner acquires an additional Partnership Interest in
exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution, (ii) the Partnership
distributes to a
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Partner more than a de minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration
for a Partnership Interest, (iii) the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g) or (iv) a new or existing partner is granted more than a de
minimis Partnership Interest as consideration for the provision of services to or for the
benefit of the Partnership, the General Partner shall revalue the property of the Partnership to
its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion,
and taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) in accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f); provided that the issuance of any LTIP Unit shall be deemed to require a
revaluation pursuant to this Section 4.06. When the Partnership’s property is revalued by the
General Partner, the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be adjusted in accordance with
Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and (g), which generally require such Capital Accounts to
be adjusted to reflect the manner in which the unrealized gain or loss inherent in such property
(that has not been reflected in the Capital Accounts previously) would be allocated among the
Partners pursuant to Section 5.01 if there were a taxable disposition of such property for its fair
market value (as determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and taking
into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) on the date of the revaluation.
4.07 Percentage Interests. If the number of outstanding Partnership Units increases
or decreases during a taxable year, each Partner’s Percentage Interest shall be adjusted by the
General Partner effective as of the effective date of each such increase or decrease to a
percentage equal to the number of Partnership Units held by such Partner divided by the aggregate
number of Partnership Units outstanding after giving effect to such increase or decrease. If the
Partners’ Percentage Interests are adjusted pursuant to this Section 4.07, the Profits and Losses
for the taxable year in which the adjustment occurs shall be allocated between the part of the year
ending on the day when the Partnership’s property is revalued by the General Partner and the part
of the year beginning on the following day either (i) as if the taxable year had ended on the date
of the adjustment or (ii) based on the number of days in each part. The General Partner, in its
sole and absolute discretion, shall determine which method shall be used to allocate Profits and
Losses for the taxable year in which the adjustment occurs. The allocation of Profits and Losses
for the earlier part of the year shall be based on the Percentage Interests before adjustment, and
the allocation of Profits and Losses for the later part shall be based on the adjusted Percentage
Interests.
4.08 No Interest on Contributions. No Partner shall be entitled to interest on its
Capital Contribution.
4.09 Return of Capital Contributions. No Partner shall be entitled to withdraw any
part of its Capital Contribution or its Capital Account or to receive any distribution from the
Partnership, except as specifically provided in this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided
herein, there shall be no obligation to return to any Partner or withdrawn Partner any part of such
Partner’s Capital Contribution for so long as the Partnership continues in existence.
4.10 No Third Party Beneficiary. No creditor or other third party having dealings
with the Partnership shall have the right to enforce the right or obligation of any Partner to make
Capital Contributions or loans or to pursue any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in
equity, it being understood and agreed that the provisions of this Agreement shall be solely for
the benefit of, and may be enforced solely by, the parties hereto and their respective successors
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and assigns. None of the rights or obligations of the Partners herein set forth to make
Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership shall be deemed an asset of the Partnership for
any purpose by any creditor or other third party, nor may such rights or obligations be sold,
transferred or assigned by the Partnership or pledged or encumbered by the Partnership to secure
any debt or other obligation of the Partnership or of any of the Partners. In addition, it is the
intent of the parties hereto that no distribution to any Limited Partner shall be deemed a return
of money or other property in violation of the Act. However, if any court of competent
jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, any Limited Partner is
obligated to return such money or property, such obligation shall be the obligation of such Limited
Partner and not of the General Partner. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a
deficit Capital Account of a Partner shall not be deemed to be a liability of such Partner nor an
asset or property of the Partnership.
ARTICLE V
PROFITS AND LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS
5.01 Allocation of Profit and Loss.
(a) Profit. Profit of the Partnership for each taxable year of the Partnership shall
be allocated to the Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.
(b) Loss. Loss of the Partnership for each taxable year of the Partnership shall be
allocated to the Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.
(c) Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, (i) any
expense of the Partnership that is a “nonrecourse deduction” within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(b)(1) shall be allocated in accordance with the Partners’ respective Percentage
Interests, (ii) any expense of the Partnership that is a “partner nonrecourse deduction” within the
meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2) shall be allocated to the Partner that bears the
“economic risk of loss” of such deduction in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1),
(iii) if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.704-2(f)(1) for any Partnership taxable year, then, subject to the exceptions set forth
in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(2),(3), (4) and (5), items of gain and income shall be allocated
among the Partners in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and the ordering rules
contained in Regulations Section 1.704-2(j), and (iv) if there is a net decrease in Partner
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) for any
Partnership taxable year, then, subject to the exceptions set forth in Regulations Section
1.704(2)(g), items of gain and income shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and the ordering rules contained in Regulations Section
1.704-2(j). A Partner’s “interest in partnership profits” for purposes of determining its share of
the nonrecourse liabilities of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section
1.752-3(a)(3) shall be such Partner’s Percentage Interest.
(d) Qualified Income Offset. If a Partner receives in any taxable year an adjustment,
allocation or distribution described in subparagraphs (4), (5) or (6) of Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) that causes or increases a deficit balance in such Partner’s Capital
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Account that exceeds the sum of such Partner’s shares of Partnership Minimum Gain and Partner
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, as determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g) and
1.704-2(i), such Partner shall be allocated specially for such taxable year (and, if necessary,
later taxable years) items of income and gain in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate such
deficit Capital Account balance as quickly as possible as provided in Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d). After the occurrence of an allocation of income or gain to a Partner in
accordance with this Section 5.01(d), to the extent permitted by Regulations Section 1.704-1(b),
items of expense or loss shall be allocated to such Partner in an amount necessary to offset the
income or gain previously allocated to such Partner under this Section 5.01(d).
(e) Capital Account Deficits. Loss shall not be allocated to a Limited Partner to the
extent that such allocation would cause a deficit in such Partner’s Capital Account (after
reduction to reflect the items described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and
(6)) to exceed the sum of such Partner’s shares of Partnership Minimum Gain and Partner Nonrecourse
Debt Minimum Gain. Any Loss in excess of that limitation shall be allocated to the General
Partner. After the occurrence of an allocation of Loss to the General Partner in accordance with
this Section 5.01(e), to the extent permitted by Regulations Section 1.704-1(b), Profit shall be
allocated to such Partner in an amount necessary to offset the Loss previously allocated to each
Partner under this Section 5.01(e).
(f) Allocations Between Transferor and Transferee. If a Partner transfers any part or
all of its Partnership Interest, the distributive shares of the various items of Profit and Loss
allocable among the Partners during such fiscal year of the Partnership shall be allocated between
the transferor and the transferee Partner either (i) as if the Partnership’s fiscal year had ended
on the date of the transfer, or (ii) based on the number of days of such fiscal year that each was
a Partner without regard to the results of Partnership activities in the respective portions of
such fiscal year in which the transferor and the transferee were Partners. The General Partner, in
its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine which method shall be used to allocate the
distributive shares of the various items of Profit and Loss between the transferor and the
transferee Partner.
(g) Special Allocations Regarding LTIP Units. Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 5.01(a) & (b) above, Liquidating Gains shall first be allocated to the LTIP Unitholders
until their Economic Capital Account Balances, to the extent attributable to their ownership of
LTIP Units, are equal to (i) the OP Unit Economic Balance, multiplied by (ii) the number of their
LTIP Units; provided that no such Liquidating Gains will be allocated with respect to any
particular LTIP Unit unless and to the extent that the OP Unit Economic Balance exceeds the OP Unit
Economic Balance in existence at the time such LTIP Unit was issued. For this purpose, “Liquidating
Gains” means net capital gains realized in connection with the actual or hypothetical sale of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership, including but not limited to net capital
gain realized in connection with an adjustment to the value of Partnership assets under Section
704(b) of the Code. The “Economic Capital Account Balances” of the LTIP Unit holders will be equal
to their Capital Account balances to the extent attributable to their ownership of LTIP Units.
Similarly, the “OP Unit Economic Balance” shall mean (i) the Capital Account balance of the General
Partner, plus the amount of the General Partner’s share of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership
Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to the General Partner’s ownership of OP
Units and computed on a hypothetical basis after taking
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into account all allocations through the date on which any allocation is made under this
Section 5.01(g), divided by (ii) the number of the General Partner’s OP Units. Any such allocations
shall be made among the LTIP Unitholders in proportion to the amounts required to be allocated to
each under this Section 5.01(g). The parties agree that the intent of this Section 5.01(g) is to
make the Capital Account balance associated with each LTIP Unit to be economically equivalent to
the Capital Account balance associated with the General Partner’s OP Units (on a per-Unit basis),
but only if and to the extent that the Capital Account balance associated with the General
Partner’s OP Units has increased on a per-Unit basis since the issuance of the relevant LTIP Unit.
(h) Definition of Profit and Loss. “Profit” and “Loss” and any items of income, gain,
expense or loss referred to in this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with federal income
tax accounting principles, as modified by Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), except that Profit
and Loss shall not include items of income, gain and expense that are specially allocated pursuant
to Sections 5.01(c), 5.01(d) or 5.01(e). All allocations of income, Profit, gain, Loss and expense
(and all items contained therein) for federal income tax purposes shall be identical to all
allocations of such items set forth in this Section 5.01, except as otherwise required by Section
704(c) of the Code and Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4). The Partnership shall use the
traditional method for allocating items of income, gain and expense as required by Section 704(c)
of the Code with respect to the properties acquired by the Partnership in connection with the
Offering. With respect to other properties acquired by the Partnership, the General Partner shall
have the authority to elect the method to be used by the Partnership for allocating items of
income, gain and expense as required by Section 704(c) of the Code with respect to such properties,
and such election shall be binding on all Partners.
5.02 Distribution of Cash.
(a) Subject to Section 5.02(c) hereof, the Partnership shall distribute cash at such times and
in such amounts as are determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, to
the Partners who are Partners on the Partnership Record Date with respect to such quarter (or other
distribution period) in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests on the Partnership
Record Date.
(b) If a new or existing Partner acquires an additional Partnership Interest in exchange for a
Capital Contribution on any date other than a Partnership Record Date, the cash distribution
attributable to such additional Partnership Interest relating to the Partnership Record Date next
following the issuance of such additional Partnership Interest shall be reduced in the proportion
to (i) the number of days that such additional Partnership Interest is held by such Partner bears
to (ii) the number of days between such Partnership Record Date and the immediately preceding
Partnership Record Date.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner is authorized
to take any action that it determines to be necessary or appropriate to cause the Partnership to
comply with any withholding requirements established under the Code or any other federal, state or
local law including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 and 1446 of the
Code. To the extent that the Partnership is required to withhold and pay over to any taxing
authority any amount resulting from the allocation or distribution of income to a Partner or
assignee (including by reason of Section 1446 of the Code), either (i) if the actual
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amount to be distributed to the Partner (the “Distributable Amount”) equals or exceeds the
amount required to be withheld by the Partnership (the “Withheld Amount”), the entire Distributable
Amount shall be treated as a distribution of cash to such Partner, or (ii) if the Distributable
Amount is less than the Withheld Amount, the excess of the Withheld Amount over the Distributable
Amount shall be treated as a loan (a “Partnership Loan”) from the Partnership to the Partner on the
day the Partnership pays over such amount to a taxing authority. A Partnership Loan shall be
repaid upon the demand of the Partnership or, alternatively, through withholding by the Partnership
with respect to subsequent distributions to the applicable Partner or assignee. In the event that
a Limited Partner (a “Defaulting Limited Partner”) fails to pay any amount owed to the Partnership
with respect to the Partnership Loan within 15 days after demand for payment thereof is made by the
Partnership on the Limited Partner, the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, may
elect to make the payment to the Partnership on behalf of such Defaulting Limited Partner. In such
event, on the date of payment, the General Partner shall be deemed to have extended a loan (a
“General Partner Loan”) to the Defaulting Limited Partner in the amount of the payment made by the
General Partner and shall succeed to all rights and remedies of the Partnership against the
Defaulting Limited Partner as to that amount. Without limitation, the General Partner shall have
the right to receive any distributions that otherwise would be made by the Partnership to the
Defaulting Limited Partner until such time as the General Partner Loan has been paid in full, and
any such distributions so received by the General Partner shall be treated as having been received
by the Defaulting Limited Partner and immediately paid to the General Partner.
Any amounts treated as a Partnership Loan or a General Partner Loan pursuant to this Section
5.02(c) shall bear interest at the lesser of (i) 300 basis points above the base rate on corporate
loans at large United States money center commercial banks, as published from time to time in
The Wall Street Journal, or (ii) the maximum lawful rate of interest on such obligation,
such interest to accrue from the date the Partnership or the General Partner, as applicable, is
deemed to extend the loan until such loan is repaid in full.
(d) In no event may a Partner receive a distribution of cash with respect to a Partnership
Unit if such Partner is entitled to receive a cash dividend as the holder of record of a REIT Share
for which all or part of such Partnership Unit has been or will be redeemed.
5.03 REIT Distribution Requirements. The General Partner shall use its reasonable
efforts to cause the Partnership to distribute amounts sufficient to enable the Company to pay
stockholder dividends that will allow the Company to (i) meet its distribution requirement for
qualification as a REIT as set forth in Section 857 of the Code and (ii) avoid any federal income
or excise tax liability imposed by the Code, other than to the extent the Company elects to retain
and pay income tax on its net capital gain.
5.04 No Right to Distributions in Kind. No Partner shall be entitled to demand
property other than cash in connection with any distributions by the Partnership.
5.05 Limitations on Return of Capital Contributions. Notwithstanding any of the
provisions of this Article V, no Partner shall have the right to receive, and the General Partner
shall not have the right to make, a distribution that includes a return of all or part of a
Partner’s Capital Contributions, unless after giving effect to the return of a Capital
Contribution, the sum
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of all Partnership liabilities, other than the liabilities to a Partner for the return of his
Capital Contribution, does not exceed the fair market value of the Partnership’s assets.
5.06 Distributions Upon Liquidation.
(a) Upon liquidation of the Partnership, after payment of, or adequate provision for, debts
and obligations of the Partnership, including any Partner loans, any remaining assets of the
Partnership shall be distributed to all Partners with positive Capital Accounts in accordance with
their respective positive Capital Account balances.
(b) For purposes of Section 5.06(a), the Capital Account of each Partner shall be determined
after the following adjustments: (i) all adjustments made in accordance with Sections 5.01 and
5.02 resulting from Partnership operations and from all sales and dispositions of all or any part
of the Partnership’s assets; and (ii) allocating to the General Partner and the Company the amount
of income or gain, if any, necessary to increase the Capital Accounts of the General Partner and
the Company, respectively, so that their Capital Account Per Unit equals the Capital Account Per
Unit of the other Partners.
(c) Any distributions pursuant to this Section 5.06 shall be made by the end of the
Partnership’s taxable year in which the liquidation occurs (or, if later, within 90 days after the
date of the liquidation). To the extent deemed advisable by the General Partner, appropriate
arrangements (including the use of a liquidating trust) may be made to assure that adequate funds
are available to pay any contingent debts or obligations.
5.07 Substantial Economic Effect. It is the intent of the Partners that the
allocations of Profit and Loss under the Agreement have substantial economic effect (or be
consistent with the Partners’ interests in the Partnership in the case of the allocation of losses
attributable to nonrecourse debt) within the meaning of Section 704(b) of the Code as interpreted
by the Regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. Article V and other relevant provisions of this
Agreement shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with such intent.
ARTICLE VI
RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND
POWERS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER
POWERS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER
6.01 Management of the Partnership.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the General Partner shall have
full, complete and exclusive discretion to manage and control the business of the Partnership for
the purposes herein stated, and shall make all decisions affecting the business and assets of the
Partnership. Subject to the restrictions specifically contained in this Agreement, the powers of
the General Partner shall include, without limitation, the authority to take the following actions
on behalf of the Partnership:
(i) to acquire, purchase, own, operate, lease and dispose of any real property and any
other property or assets including, but not limited to, notes and
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mortgages that the General Partner determines are necessary or appropriate in the
business of the Partnership;
(ii) to construct buildings and make other improvements on the properties owned or
leased by the Partnership;
(iii) to authorize, issue, sell, redeem or otherwise purchase any Partnership Interests
or any securities (including secured and unsecured debt obligations of the Partnership, debt
obligations of the Partnership convertible into any class or series of Partnership
Interests, or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to any Partnership
Interests) of the Partnership;
(iv) to borrow or lend money for the Partnership, issue or receive evidences of
indebtedness in connection therewith, refinance, increase the amount of, modify, amend or
change the terms of, or extend the time for the payment of, any such indebtedness, and
secure indebtedness by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien on the Partnership’s
assets;
(v) to pay, either directly or by reimbursement, for all operating costs and general
administrative expenses of the Partnership to third parties or to the General Partner or its
Affiliates;
(vi) to guarantee or become a co-maker of indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Company
or the Partnership, refinance, increase the amount of, modify, amend or change the terms of,
or extend the time for the payment of, any such guarantee or indebtedness, and secure such
guarantee or indebtedness by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien on the
Partnership’s assets;
(vii) to use assets of the Partnership (including, without limitation, cash on hand)
for any purpose consistent with this Agreement, including, without limitation, payment,
either directly or by reimbursement, of all operating costs and general and administrative
expenses of the General Partner, the Company, the Partnership or any Subsidiary of any of
them as set forth in this Agreement;
(viii) to lease all or any portion of any of the Partnership’s assets, whether or not
the terms of such leases extend beyond the termination date of the Partnership and whether
or not any portion of the Partnership’s assets so leased are to be occupied by the lessee,
or, in turn, subleased in whole or in part to others, for such consideration and on such
terms as the General Partner may determine;
(ix) to prosecute, defend, arbitrate or compromise any and all claims or liabilities in
favor of or against the Partnership, on such terms and in such manner as the General Partner
may reasonably determine, and similarly to prosecute, settle or defend litigation with
respect to the Partners, the Partnership or the Partnership’s assets;
(x) to file applications, communicate and otherwise deal with any and all governmental
agencies having jurisdiction over, or in any way affecting, the Partnership’s assets or any
other aspect of the Partnership business;
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(xi) to make or revoke any election permitted or required of the Partnership by any
taxing authority;
(xii) to maintain such insurance coverage for public liability, fire and casualty, and
any and all other insurance for the protection of the Partnership, for the conservation of
Partnership assets, or for any other purpose convenient or beneficial to the Partnership, in
such amounts and such types, as it shall determine from time to time;
(xiii) to determine whether or not to apply any insurance proceeds for any property to
the restoration of such property or to distribute the same;
(xiv) to establish one or more divisions of the Partnership, to hire and dismiss
employees of the Partnership or any division of the Partnership, and to retain legal
counsel, accountants, consultants, real estate brokers and such other persons as the General
Partner may deem necessary or appropriate in connection with the Partnership business and to
pay therefor such reasonable remuneration as the General Partner may deem reasonable and
proper;
(xv) to retain other services of any kind or nature in connection with the Partnership
business, and to pay therefor such remuneration as the General Partner may deem reasonable
and proper;
(xvi) to negotiate and conclude agreements on behalf of the Partnership with respect to
any of the rights, powers and authority conferred upon the General Partner;
(xvii) to maintain accurate accounting records and to file promptly all federal, state
and local income tax returns on behalf of the Partnership;
(xviii) to distribute Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in accordance with
this Agreement;
(xix) to form or acquire an interest in, and contribute property to, any further
limited or general partnerships, joint ventures or other relationships that it deems
desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the
contributions of property to, its Subsidiaries and any other Person in which it has an
equity interest from time to time);
(xx) to establish Partnership reserves for working capital, capital expenditures,
contingent liabilities or any other valid Partnership purpose;
(xxi) to merge, consolidate or combine the Partnership with or into another person;
(xxii) to do any and all acts and things necessary or prudent to ensure that the
Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” taxable as a
corporation under Section 7704 of the Code; and
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(xxiii) to take such other action, execute, acknowledge, swear to or deliver such other
documents and instruments, and perform any and all other acts that the General Partner deems
necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation and conduct of the business and
affairs of the Partnership (including, without limitation, all actions consistent with
allowing the Company at all times to qualify as a REIT unless the Company voluntarily
terminates its REIT status) and to possess and enjoy all of the rights and powers of a
general partner as provided by the Act.
Except as otherwise provided herein, each of the Limited Partners agrees that the
General Partner is authorized to execute, deliver and perform the above mentioned agreements
and transactions on behalf of the Partnership without any further act, approval or vote of
the Partners, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Act or any
applicable law. The execution, delivery and performance by the General Partner of the above
mentioned agreements and transactions shall not constitute a breach of any duty under this
Agreement or implied in law or equity.
(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, to the extent the duties of the General Partner
require expenditures of funds to be paid to third parties, the General Partner shall not have any
obligations hereunder except to the extent that Partnership funds are reasonably available to it
for the performance of such duties and then only to the extent of such Partnership funds, and
nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize or require the General Partner, in its
capacity as such, to expend its individual funds for payment to third parties or to undertake any
individual liability or obligation on behalf of the Partnership, and neither the General Partner
nor any Limited Partner shall have any obligation to contribute to the capital of the Partnership
or otherwise provide funds to enable the Partnership to fund its obligations under this section,
except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed to by such Partner and the Partnership.
6.02 Delegation of Authority. The General Partner may delegate any or all of its
powers, rights and obligations hereunder and may appoint, employ, contract or otherwise deal with
any Person for the transaction of the business of the Partnership, which Person may, under
supervision of the General Partner, perform any acts or services for the Partnership as the General
Partner may approve.
6.03 Indemnification and Exculpation of Indemnitees.
(a) The Partnership shall indemnify an Indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses),
judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions,
suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, that relate to the
operations of the Partnership as set forth in this Agreement in which any Indemnitee may be
involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, unless it is established that:
(i) the act or omission of the Indemnitee was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding
and either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (ii)
the Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or
(iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that
the act or omission was unlawful. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order or
settlement does not create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet the requisite standard
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of conduct set forth in this Section 6.03(a). The termination of any proceeding by conviction
or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or an entry of an order of probation prior to
judgment, creates a rebuttable presumption that the Indemnitee acted in a manner contrary to that
specified in this Section 6.03(a). Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be made
only out of the assets of the Partnership.
(b) The Partnership shall reimburse an Indemnitee for reasonable expenses incurred by an
Indemnitee who is a party to a proceeding in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding
upon receipt by the Partnership of (i) a written affirmation by the Indemnitee of the Indemnitee’s
good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Partnership as
authorized in this Section 6.03 has been met, and (ii) a written undertaking by or on behalf of the
Indemnitee to repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct
has not been met.
(c) The indemnification provided by this Section 6.03 shall be in addition to any other rights
to which an Indemnitee or any other Person may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any
vote of the Partners, as a matter of law or otherwise, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who
has ceased to serve in such capacity.
(d) The Partnership may, but shall not be obligated to, purchase and maintain insurance, on
behalf of the Indemnitees and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, against
any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by such Person in
connection with the Partnership’s activities, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the
power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.
(e) For purposes of this Section 6.03, the Partnership shall be deemed to have requested an
Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the performance by it of its
duties to the Partnership also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, it to the plan
or participants or beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect
to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall constitute fines within the meaning of
this Section 6.03; and actions taken or omitted by the Indemnitee with respect to an employee
benefit plan in the performance of its duties for a purpose reasonably believed by it to be in the
interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose that
is not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership.
(f) In no event may an Indemnitee subject the Limited Partners to personal liability by reason
of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement.
(g) An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section
6.03 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the
indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
(h) The provisions of this Section 6.03 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their heirs,
successors, assigns and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit
of any other Persons.
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(i) Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 6.03 or any provision hereof shall
be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the indemnification of an Indemnitee by the
Partnership under this Section 6.03 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification
or repeal with respect to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment,
modification or repeal, regardless of when claims relating to such matters may arise or be
asserted.
(j) If and to the extent any reimbursements to the General Partner pursuant to this section
constitute gross income of the General Partner (as opposed to the repayment of advances made by the
General Partner on behalf of the Partnership) such amounts shall constitute guaranteed payments
within the meaning of Section 707(c) of the Code, shall be treated consistently therewith by the
Partnership and all Partners, and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing
the Partners’ Capital Accounts.
6.04 Liability of the General Partner.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, none of the General
Partner, the Company, nor any of their directors, officers, members, managers, agents or employees
shall be liable for monetary damages to the Partnership or any Partners for losses sustained or
liabilities incurred or benefits not derived as a result of errors in judgment or mistakes of fact
or law or of any act or omission if the General Partner acted in good faith. The General Partner
shall not be in breach of any duty that the General Partner may owe to the Limited Partners or the
Partnership or any other Persons under this Agreement or of any duty stated or implied by law or
equity provided the General Partner, acting in good faith, abides by the terms of this Agreement.
(b) The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that the General Partner is acting on behalf of
the Partnership and the Company’s stockholders collectively, that the General Partner is under no
obligation to consider the separate interests of the Limited Partners (including, without
limitation, the tax consequences to Limited Partners or the tax consequences to some, but not all,
of the Limited Partners) in deciding whether to cause the Partnership to take (or decline to take)
any actions. In the event of a conflict between the interests of the Company on one hand and the
Limited Partners on the other, the General Partner shall endeavor in good faith to resolve the
conflict in a manner not adverse to either the Company or the Limited Partners; provided,
however, that for so long as the Company owns a controlling interest in the Partnership,
any such conflict that the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines cannot
be resolved in a manner not adverse to either the Company or the Limited Partners shall be resolved
in favor of the Company. The General Partner shall not be liable for monetary damages for losses
sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not derived by Limited Partners in connection with such
decisions.
(c) Subject to its obligations and duties as General Partner set forth in Section 6.01 hereof,
the General Partner may exercise any of the powers granted to it under this Agreement and perform
any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents. The
General Partner shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such
agent appointed by it in good faith.
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(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or the Act, any action of the
General Partner on behalf of the Partnership or any decision of the General Partner to refrain from
acting on behalf of the Partnership, undertaken in the good faith belief that such action or
omission is necessary or advisable in order (i) to protect the ability of the Company to continue
to qualify as a REIT or (ii) to prevent the Company from incurring any taxes under Section 857,
Section 4981, or any other provision of the Code, is expressly authorized under this Agreement and
is deemed approved by all of the Limited Partners.
(e) Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 6.04 or any provision hereof shall
be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the General Partner’s or any
of its officer’s, director’s, member’s, manager’s, agent’s or employee’s liability to the
Partnership and the Limited Partners under this Section 6.04 as in effect immediately prior to such
amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters
occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when
claims relating to such matters may arise or be asserted.
6.05 Partnership Obligations.
(a) Except as provided in this Section 6.05 and elsewhere in this Agreement (including the
provisions of Articles V and VI regarding distributions, payments and allocations to which it may
be entitled), the General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as general partner of
the Partnership.
(b) All Administrative Expenses shall be obligations of the Partnership, and each of the
General Partner and the Company shall be entitled to reimbursement by the Partnership for any
expenditure (including Administrative Expenses) incurred by it on behalf of the Partnership that
shall be made other than out of the funds of the Partnership.
6.06 Outside Activities. Subject to Section 6.08 hereof, the Articles of
Incorporation and any agreements entered into by the General Partner, the Company or any of their
respective Affiliates with the Partnership, any Subsidiary or any officer, director, member,
manager, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate or stockholder of the Company, the General Partner and
the Company shall be entitled to and may have business interests and engage in business activities
in addition to those relating to the Partnership, including business interests and activities
substantially similar or identical to those of the Partnership. None of the Partnership, the
Limited Partners nor any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement or the
partnership relationship established hereby in any such business ventures, interests or activities,
and the General Partner and the Company shall have no obligation pursuant to this Agreement to
offer any interest in any such business ventures, interests and activities to the Partnership or
any Limited Partner, even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the
Partnership or any Limited Partner, could be taken by such Person.
6.07 Employment or Retention of Affiliates.
(a) Any Affiliate of the General Partner may be employed or retained by the Partnership and
may otherwise deal with the Partnership (whether as a buyer, lessor, lessee, manager, furnisher of
goods or services, broker, agent, lender or otherwise) and may receive
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from the Partnership any compensation, price or other payment therefor that the General
Partner determines to be fair and reasonable.
(b) The Partnership may lend or contribute to its Subsidiaries or other Persons in which it
has an equity investment, and such Persons may borrow funds from the Partnership, on terms and
conditions established in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The foregoing
authority shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Subsidiary or any other Person.
(c) The Partnership may transfer assets to joint ventures, other partnerships, corporations or
other business entities in which it is or thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject
to such conditions as the General Partner deems are consistent with this Agreement and applicable
law.
6.08 General Partner Activities. The General Partner and the Company agree that,
generally, all business activities of the General Partner and the Company, including activities
pertaining to the acquisition, development or ownership of a commercial office property or other
property, shall be conducted through the Partnership or one or more Subsidiaries of the
Partnership; provided, however, that the General Partner or the Company may make a
direct acquisition or undertake a business activity directly if such acquisition is made in
connection with the issuance of Additional Securities and such direct acquisition and issuance or
the business activity has been approved by a majority of the Independent Directors.
6.09 Title to Partnership Assets. Title to Partnership assets, whether real, personal
or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an
entity, and no Partner, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such
Partnership assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership assets may be
held in the name of the Partnership, the General Partner or one or more nominees, as the General
Partner may determine, including Affiliates of the General Partner. The General Partner hereby
declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which legal title is held in the name of the
General Partner or any nominee or Affiliate of the General Partner shall be held by the General
Partner for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement; provided, however, that the General Partner shall use its best efforts
to cause beneficial and record title to such assets to be vested in the Partnership as soon as
reasonably practicable. All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the
Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such
Partnership assets is held.
6.10 Redemption of General Partner Partnership Units. In the event the Company
redeems or repurchases any REIT Shares, then the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to
purchase from the Company a number of Partnership Units as determined based on the application of
the Conversion Factor on the same terms that the Company redeemed such REIT Shares.
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ARTICLE VII
CHANGES IN THE COMPANY OR THE GENERAL PARTNER
7.01 Transfer of the General Partner’s Partnership Interest.
(a) Except as provided in Section 4.02 or Section 6.10 hereof, neither the General Partner nor
the Company shall transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest or withdraw as General
Partner except as provided in or in connection with a transaction contemplated by Section 7.01(c),
(d) or (e).
(b) The General Partner agrees that its Percentage Interest will at all times be in the
aggregate at least 1%.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01(d) hereof, the Company shall not engage in
any merger, consolidation or other combination with or into another Person or sale of all or
substantially all of its assets (other than in connection with a change in the Company’s state of
incorporation or organizational form), in each case which results in a change of control of the
Company (a “Transaction”), unless at least one of the following conditions is met:
(i) the consent of Limited Partners (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the
Company or any Limited Partners that own only LTIP Units) holding more than 50% of the
Percentage Interests of the Limited Partners (other than those held by the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company) is obtained; or
(ii) as a result of such Transaction all Limited Partners will receive, or have the
right to elect to receive, for each OP Unit an amount of cash, securities or other property
equal in value to the product of the Conversion Factor and the greatest amount of cash,
securities or other property paid in the Transaction to a holder of one REIT Share in
consideration of one REIT Share, provided that if, in connection with the
Transaction, a purchase, tender or exchange offer (“Offer”) shall have been made to and
accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding REIT Shares, each holder of OP
Units shall be given the option to exchange its OP Units for the greatest amount of cash,
securities or other property that a Limited Partner would have received had it (A) exercised
its Redemption Right and (B) sold, tendered or exchanged pursuant to the Offer the
REIT Shares received upon exercise of the Redemption Right immediately prior to the
expiration of the Offer; or
(iii) the General Partner or the Company is the surviving entity in the Transaction and
either (A) the holders of REIT Shares do not receive cash, securities or other property in
the Transaction or (B) all Limited Partners (other than the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company) receive for each OP Unit an amount of cash, securities or other property having a
value (expressed as an amount per REIT Share) that is no less than the product of the
Conversion Factor and the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property (expressed
as an amount per REIT Share) received in the Transaction by any holder of REIT Shares.
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(d) Notwithstanding Section 7.01(c), the General Partner or the Company may merge with or into
or consolidate with another entity if immediately after such merger or consolidation (i)
substantially all of the assets of the successor or surviving entity (the “Survivor”), other than
Partnership Units held by the General Partner or the Company, are contributed, directly or
indirectly, to the Partnership as a Capital Contribution in exchange for Partnership Units with a
fair market value equal to the value of the assets so contributed as determined by the Survivor in
good faith and (ii) the Survivor expressly agrees to assume all obligations of the General Partner
and the Company hereunder. Upon such contribution and assumption, the Survivor shall have the
right and duty to amend this Agreement as set forth in this Section 7.01(d). The Survivor shall in
good faith arrive at a new method for the calculation of the Cash Amount, the REIT Shares Amount
and Conversion Factor for a Partnership Unit after any such merger or consolidation so as to
approximate the existing method for such calculation as closely as reasonably possible. Such
calculation shall take into account, among other things, the kind and amount of securities, cash
and other property that was receivable upon such merger or consolidation by a holder of REIT Shares
or options, warrants or other rights relating thereto, and which a holder of Partnership Units
could have acquired had such Partnership Units been exchanged immediately prior to such merger or
consolidation. Such amendment to this Agreement shall provide for adjustment to such method of
calculation, which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided
for with respect to the Conversion Factor. The Survivor also shall in good faith modify the
definition of REIT Shares and make such amendments to Section 8.04 hereof so as to approximate the
existing rights and obligations set forth in Section 8.04 as closely as reasonably possible. The
above provisions of this Section 7.01(d) shall similarly apply to successive mergers or
consolidations permitted hereunder.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Article VII,
(i) the General Partner may transfer all or any portion of its General Partnership
Interest to (A) the Company or (B) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company and,
following a transfer of all of its General Partnership Interest, may withdraw as General
Partner; and
(ii) the General Partner or the Company may engage in a transaction required by law or
by the rules of any national securities exchange on which the REIT Shares are listed.
7.02 Admission of a Substitute or Additional General Partner. A Person shall be
admitted as a substitute or additional General Partner of the Partnership only if the following
terms and conditions are satisfied:
(a) the Person to be admitted as a substitute or additional General Partner shall have
accepted and agreed to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Agreement by executing a
counterpart thereof and such other documents or instruments as may be required or appropriate in
order to effect the admission of such Person as a General Partner, and a certificate evidencing the
admission of such Person as a General Partner shall have been filed for recordation and all other
actions required by Section 2.06 hereof in connection with such admission shall have been
performed;
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(b) if the Person to be admitted as a substitute or additional General Partner is a
corporation or a partnership, it shall have provided the Partnership with evidence satisfactory to
counsel for the Partnership of such Person’s authority to become a General Partner and to be bound
by the terms and provisions of this Agreement; and
(c) counsel for the Partnership shall have rendered an opinion (relying on such opinions from
other counsel as may be necessary) that the admission of the Person to be admitted as a substitute
or additional General Partner is in conformity with the Act, that none of the actions taken in
connection with the admission of such Person as a substitute or additional General Partner will
cause (i) the Partnership to be classified other than as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes, or (ii) the loss of any Limited Partner’s limited liability.
7.03 Effect of Bankruptcy, Withdrawal, Death or Dissolution of a General Partner.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a General Partner or the death,
withdrawal, removal or dissolution of a General Partner (except that, if a General Partner is on
the date of such occurrence a partnership, the withdrawal, death, dissolution, Event of Bankruptcy
as to, or removal of a partner in, such partnership shall be deemed not to be a dissolution of such
General Partner if the business of such General Partner is continued by the remaining partner or
partners), the Partnership shall be dissolved and terminated unless the Partnership is continued
pursuant to Section 7.03(b) hereof. The merger of a General Partner with or into any entity that
is admitted as a substitute or successor General Partner pursuant to Section 7.02 hereof shall not
be deemed to be the withdrawal, dissolution or removal of the General Partner.
(b) Following the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a General Partner or the death,
withdrawal, removal or dissolution of a General Partner (except that, if a General Partner is on
the date of such occurrence a partnership, the withdrawal, death, dissolution, Event of Bankruptcy
as to, or removal of a partner in, such partnership shall be deemed not to be a dissolution of such
General Partner if the business of such General Partner is continued by the remaining partner or
partners), the Limited Partners, within 90 days after such occurrence, may elect to continue the
business of the Partnership for the balance of the term specified in Section 2.05 hereof by
selecting, subject to Section 7.02 hereof and any other provisions of this Agreement, a substitute
General Partner by consent of a majority in interest of the Limited Partners. If the Limited
Partners elect to continue the business of the Partnership and admit a substitute General Partner,
the relationship with the Partners and of any Person who has acquired an interest of a Partner in
the Partnership shall be governed by this Agreement.
7.04 Removal of a General Partner.
(a) The Limited Partners may not remove the General Partner, with or without cause.
(b) If the Limited Partners elect to admit a General Partner and the Partnership is continued
pursuant to Section 7.03 hereof, such General Partner shall promptly transfer and assign its
General Partnership Interest in the Partnership to the substitute General Partner
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approved by a majority in interest of the Limited Partners in accordance with Section 7.03(b)
hereof and otherwise admitted to the Partnership in accordance with Section 7.02 hereof. At the
time of assignment, the removed General Partner shall be entitled to receive from the substitute
General Partner the fair market value of the General Partnership Interest of such removed General
Partner. Such fair market value shall be determined by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the
General Partner and a majority in interest of the Limited Partners (excluding the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company) within 10 days following the removal of the General Partner. In the
event that the parties are unable to agree upon an appraiser, the removed General Partner and a
majority in interest of the Limited Partners (excluding the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company) each shall select an appraiser. Each such appraiser shall complete an appraisal of the
fair market value of the removed General Partner’s General Partnership Interest within 30 days of
the General Partner’s removal, and the fair market value of the removed General Partner’s General
Partnership Interest shall be the average of the two appraisals; provided, however,
that if the higher appraisal exceeds the lower appraisal by more than 20% of the amount of the
lower appraisal, the two appraisers, no later than 40 days after the removal of the General
Partner, shall select a third appraiser who shall complete an appraisal of the fair market value of
the removed General Partner’s General Partnership Interest no later than 60 days after the removal
of the General Partner. In such case, the fair market value of the removed General Partner’s
General Partnership Interest shall be the average of the two appraisals closest in value. The cost
of all such appraisals shall be borne by the Partnership.
(c) The General Partnership Interest of a removed General Partner, during the time after
removal until transfer under Section 7.04(b), shall be converted to that of a special Limited
Partner; provided, however, such removed General Partner shall not have any rights
to participate in the management and affairs of the Partnership, and shall not be entitled to any
portion of the income, expense, profit, gain or loss allocations or cash distributions allocable or
payable, as the case may be, to the Limited Partners. Instead, such removed General Partner shall
receive and be entitled only to retain distributions or allocations of such items that it would
have been entitled to receive in its capacity as General Partner, until the transfer is effective
pursuant to Section 7.04(b).
(d) All Partners shall have given and hereby do give such consents, shall take such actions
and shall execute such documents as shall be legally necessary and sufficient to effect all the
foregoing provisions of this Section.
ARTICLE VIII
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS
OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS
8.01 Management of the Partnership. The Limited Partners shall not participate in the
management or control of Partnership business nor shall they transact any business for the
Partnership, nor shall they have the power to sign for or bind the Partnership, such powers being
vested solely and exclusively in the General Partner.
8.02 Power of Attorney. Subject to Section 8.03, each Limited Partner hereby
irrevocably appoints the General Partner its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, who may act for
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each Limited Partner and in its name, place and stead, and for its use and benefit, to sign,
acknowledge, swear to, deliver, file or record, at the appropriate public offices, any and all
documents, certificates and instruments as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the General
Partner to carry out fully the provisions of this Agreement and the Act in accordance with their
terms, including amendments hereto, which power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall
survive the death, dissolution or legal incapacity of the Limited Partner, or the transfer by the
Limited Partner of any part or all of its Partnership Interest.
8.03 Limitation on Liability of Limited Partners. No Limited Partner shall be liable
for any debts, liabilities, contracts or obligations of the Partnership. A Limited Partner shall
be liable to the Partnership only to make payments of its Capital Contribution, if any, as and when
due hereunder. After its Capital Contribution is fully paid, no Limited Partner shall, except as
otherwise required by the Act, be required to make any further Capital Contributions or other
payments or lend any funds to the Partnership.
8.04 Redemption Right.
(a) Subject to Sections 8.04(b), 8.04(c), 8.04(d), 8.04(e) and 8.04(f) and the provisions of
any agreements between the Partnership and one or more Limited Partners with respect to OP Units
(including any LTIP Units that are converted into OP Units) held by them, each Limited Partner,
other than the Company, shall have the right (the “Redemption Right”) to require the Partnership to
redeem on a Specified Redemption Date all or a portion of the OP Units held by such Limited Partner
at a redemption price equal to and in the form of the Cash Amount to be paid by the Partnership,
provided that such OP Units shall have been outstanding for at least one year (including
the period of time any LTIP Units were outstanding if such LTIP Units are converted to OP Units),
and subject to any restriction agreed to in writing between the Redeeming Limited Partner and the
General Partner, the Company or the Partnership. The Redemption Right shall be exercised pursuant
to a Notice of Redemption delivered to the Partnership (with a copy to the Company) by the Limited
Partner who is exercising the Redemption Right (the “Redeeming Limited Partner”); provided,
further, that the Partnership shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, have the option
to deliver either the Cash Amount or the REIT Shares Amount; provided, further,
that the Partnership shall not be obligated to satisfy such Redemption Right if the Company elects
to purchase the OP Units subject to the Notice of Redemption; and provided,
further, that no Limited Partner may deliver more than two Notices of Redemption during
each calendar year. Subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, a Limited Partner may not,
without the consent of the General Partner and the Company, exercise the Redemption Right for less
than 300 OP Units. If a Limited Partner holds less than 300 OP Units, such Limited Partner may,
without the consent of the General Partner or the Company, exercise the Redemption Right for all of
the Partnership Units held by such Partner. The Redeeming Limited Partner shall have no right,
with respect to any OP Units so redeemed, to receive any distribution paid with respect to OP Units
if the record date for such distribution is on or after the Specified Redemption Date.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.04(a), a Limited Partner that exercises the
Redemption Right shall be deemed to have offered to sell the OP Units described in the Notice of
Redemption to the Company, and the Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect to
purchase directly and acquire such OP Units by paying to the Redeeming
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Limited Partner either the Cash Amount or the REIT Shares Amount, as elected by the Company
(in its sole and absolute discretion), on the Specified Redemption Date, whereupon the Company
shall acquire the OP Units offered for redemption by the Redeeming Limited Partner and shall be
treated for all purposes of this Agreement as the owner of such OP Units. If the Company shall
elect to exercise its right to purchase OP Units under this Section 8.04(b) with respect to a
Notice of Redemption, it shall so notify the Redeeming Limited Partner within five Business Days
after the receipt by the Company of such Notice of Redemption.
In the event the Company shall exercise its right to purchase OP Units with respect to the
exercise of a Redemption Right, the Partnership shall have no obligation to pay any amount to the
Redeeming Limited Partner with respect to such Redeeming Limited Partner’s exercise of such
Redemption Right, and each of the Redeeming Limited Partner, the Partnership and the Company shall
treat the transaction between the Company and the Redeeming Limited Partner for federal income tax
purposes as a sale of the Redeeming Limited Partner’s OP Units to the Company. Each Redeeming
Limited Partner agrees to execute such documents as the Company may reasonably require in
connection with the issuance of REIT Shares upon exercise of the Redemption Right.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.04(a) and 8.04(b), a Limited Partner shall not
be entitled to exercise the Redemption Right if the delivery of REIT Shares to such Partner on the
Specified Redemption Date by the Company pursuant to Section 8.04(b) (regardless of whether or not
the Company would in fact exercise its rights under Section 8.04(b)) would (i) result in such
Partner or any other person owning, directly or indirectly, REIT Shares in excess of the Ownership
Limitation (as defined in the Articles of Incorporation) and calculated in accordance therewith,
except as provided in the Articles of Incorporation, (ii) result in REIT Shares being owned by
fewer than 100 persons (determined without reference to any rules of attribution), (iii) result in
the Company being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code, (iv) cause the
Company to own, directly or constructively, 10% or more of the ownership interests in a tenant of
the Company’s, the Partnership’s or a Subsidiary Partnership’s real property, within the meaning of
Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code, or (v) cause the acquisition of REIT Shares by such Partner to be
“integrated” with any other distribution of REIT Shares or OP Units for purposes of complying with
the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The
General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, may waive the restriction on redemption set
forth in this Section 8.04(c).
The consummation of any redemption in exchange for REIT Shares shall be subject to the
expiration or termination of any waiting period under applicable law.
(d) Any Cash Amount to be paid to a Redeeming Limited Partner pursuant to this Section 8.04
shall be paid on the Specified Redemption Date; provided, however, that the General
Partner may elect to cause the Specified Redemption Date to be delayed for up to an additional 90
days to the extent required for the Company to cause additional REIT Shares to be issued to provide
financing to be used to make such payment of the Cash Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
General Partner agrees to use its best efforts to cause the closing of the acquisition of redeemed
OP Units hereunder to occur as quickly as reasonably possible.
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(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner or the Company
is authorized to take any action that it determines to be necessary or appropriate to cause the
Partnership to comply with any withholding requirements established under the Code or any other
federal, state or local law that apply upon a Redeeming Limited Partner’s exercise of the
Redemption Right. If a Redeeming Limited Partner believes that it is exempt from such withholding
upon the exercise of the Redemption Right, such Partner must furnish the General Partner or the
Company with a FIRPTA Certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. If the
Partnership, the Company or the General Partner is required to withhold and pay over to any taxing
authority any amount upon a Redeeming Limited Partner’s exercise of the Redemption Right and if the
Redemption Amount equals or exceeds the Withheld Amount, the Withheld Amount shall be treated as an
amount received by such Partner in redemption of its OP Units. If, however, the Redemption Amount
is less than the Withheld Amount, the Redeeming Limited Partner shall not receive any portion of
the Redemption Amount, the Redemption Amount shall be treated as an amount received by such Partner
in redemption of its OP Units, and the Partner shall contribute the excess of the Withheld Amount
over the Redemption Amount to the Partnership before the Partnership is required to pay over such
excess to a taxing authority.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner shall place
appropriate restrictions on the ability of the Limited Partners to exercise their Redemption Rights
as and if deemed necessary to ensure that the Partnership does not constitute a “publicly traded
partnership” taxable as a corporation under section 7704 of the Code. If and when the General
Partner or the Company determines that imposing such restrictions is necessary, the General Partner
or the Company shall give prompt written notice thereof (a “Restriction Notice”) to each of the
Limited Partners, which notice shall be accompanied by a copy of an opinion of counsel to the
Partnership that states that, in the opinion of such counsel, restrictions are necessary in order
to avoid the Partnership being treated as a “publicly traded partnership” under section 7704 of the
Code.
8.05 Registration. Subject to the terms of any agreement between the General Partner,
the Company or the Partnership and one or more Limited Partners with respect to OP Units held by
them:
(a) Shelf Registration of the Common Stock. The Company agrees to file with the
Commission, within the later of (i) one year following the date Partnership Units are issued or
(ii) four months after such time the Company becomes eligible to use Form S-3 (or any comparable
successor form) for registration of securities under the Securities Act of 1933, a shelf
registration statement under Rule 415 of the Securities Act (a “Registration Statement”), or any
similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, covering (i) the issuance of the Common Shares
issuable upon redemption of the OP Units (“Redemption Shares”) and/or (ii) the resale by the holder
of the Redemption Shares; provided, however, that only two such Registration Statements may occur
each year. In connection therewith, the Company will:
(i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such Registration Statement
declared effective;
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(ii) furnish to each holder of Redemption Shares such number of copies of prospectuses,
and supplements or amendments thereto, and such other documents as such holder reasonably
requests;
(iii) register or qualify the Redemption Shares covered by the Registration Statement
under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any
holder of Redemption Shares shall reasonably request, and do such other reasonable acts and
things as may be required of it to enable such holders to consummate the sale or other
disposition in such jurisdictions of the Redemption Shares; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or consent to a
general or unlimited service or process in any jurisdictions in which it would not otherwise
be required to be qualified or so consent or (ii) qualify as a dealer in securities; and
(iv) otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable
rules and regulations of the Commission.
The Company further agrees to supplement or make amendments to each Registration Statement, if
required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form utilized by
the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder for such Registration
Statement. Each Limited Partner agrees to furnish the Company, upon request, such information with
respect to the Limited Partner as may be required to complete and file the Registration Statement.
(b) Listing on Securities Exchange. If the Company shall list or maintain the listing
of any Common Shares on any securities exchange or national market system, it will at its expense
and as necessary to permit the registration and sale of the Redemption Shares hereunder, list
thereon, maintain and, when necessary, increase such listing to include such Redemption Shares.
(c) Registration Not Required. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not
be required to file or maintain the effectiveness of a registration statement relating to
Redemption Shares after the first date upon which, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, all of
the Redemption Shares covered thereby could be sold by the holders thereof in any period of three
months pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor rule thereto.
(d) Allocation of Expenses. The Partnership shall pay all expenses in connection with
the Registration Statement, including without limitation (i) all expenses incident to filing with
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (ii) registration fees, (iii) printing
expenses, (iv) accounting and legal fees and expenses, except to the extent holders of Redemption
Shares elect to engage accountants or attorneys in addition to the accountants and attorneys
engaged by the General Partner, the Company or the Partnership, which fees and expenses shall be
for the amount of the holders of the Redemption Shares, (v) accounting expenses incident to or
required by any such registration or qualification and (vi) expenses of complying with the
securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions in connection with such registration or
qualification; provided, however, none of the Partnership, the General Partner nor the Company
shall be liable for (A) any discounts or commissions to any underwriter or broker
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attributable to the sale of Redemption Shares, or (B) any fees or expenses incurred by holders
of Redemption Shares in connection with such registration that, according to the written
instructions of any regulatory authority, the Partnership, the General Partner and the Company are
not permitted to pay.
(e) Indemnification.
(i) The Company and the Partnership agree to indemnify holders of Redemption Shares
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses (including reasonable costs of investigation) caused by any untrue,
or alleged untrue, statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement,
preliminary prospectus or prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have
furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or caused by any omission or alleged
omission, to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses are caused by any untrue statement, alleged untrue statement,
omission, or alleged omission based upon information furnished to the Company by the Limited
Partner of the holder for use in the Registration Statement. The Company and each officer,
director and controlling person of the Company shall be indemnified by each Limited Partner
or holder of Redemption Shares covered by the Registration Statement for all such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable costs of investigation)
caused by any untrue, or alleged untrue, statement or any omission, or alleged omission,
based upon information furnished to the Company by the Limited Partner or the holder for use
in the Registration Statement.
(ii) Promptly upon receipt by a party indemnified under this Section 8.05(e) of notice
of the commencement of any action against such indemnified party in respect of which
indemnity may be sought against any indemnifying party under this Section 8.05(e), such
indemnified party shall notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement of such
action, but the failure to so notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it of any
liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section
8.05(e) unless such failure shall materially adversely affect the defense of such action.
In case notice of commencement of any such action shall be given to the indemnifying party
as above provided, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in and, to the
extent it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense of such action at its own expense, with counsel chosen by it and reasonably
satisfactory to such indemnified party. The indemnified party shall have the right to
employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the
reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel shall be paid by the indemnified party unless
(i) the indemnifying party agrees to pay the same, (ii) the indemnifying party fails to
assume the defense of such action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified
party or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) have
been advised by such counsel that representation of such indemnified party and the
indemnifying party by the same counsel would be inappropriate under applicable standards of
professional conduct (in which case the indemnified party shall have the right to separate
counsel and the indemnifying party
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shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such separate counsel, provided that, the
indemnifying party shall not be liable for more than one separate counsel). No indemnifying
party shall be liable for any settlement entered into without its consent.
(f) Contribution.
(i) If for any reason the indemnification provisions contemplated by Section 8.05(e)
are either unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then the party that would
otherwise be required to provide indemnification or the indemnifying party (in either case,
for purposes of this Section 8.05(f), the “Indemnifying Party”) in respect of such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the party
that would otherwise be entitled to indemnification or the indemnified party (in either
case, for purposes of this Section 8.05(f), the “Indemnified Party”) as a result of such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expense, in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party, as well as
any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party
and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the
untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to
state a material fact related to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or
Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by
a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to
above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by
such party.
(ii) The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 8.05(f) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the holders
were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does
not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph. No person or entity determined to have committed a fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person or entity who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
(iii) The contribution provided for in this Section 8.05(f) shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party.
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFERS OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
9.01 Purchase for Investment.
(a) Each Limited Partner hereby represents and warrants to the General Partner and to the
Partnership that (i) the acquisition of its Partnership Interests and Partnership
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Units is made as a principal for its account for investment purposes only and not with a view
to the resale or distribution of such Partnership Interest or Partnership Units, (ii) the Limited
Partner understands and agrees that its acquisition of Partnership Interests and Partnership Units
are being made in reliance on an exemption from registration under the Securities Act, and (iii)
the Limited Partner is an “accredited investor” as that term may be defined pursuant to the rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 9.02, each Limited Partner agrees that it will not
sell, assign or otherwise transfer his Partnership Interest or Partnership Units or any fraction
thereof, whether voluntarily or by operation of law or at judicial sale or otherwise, to any Person
who does not make the representations and warranties to the General Partner and the Partnership set
forth in Section 9.01(a) above.
9.02 Restrictions on Transfer of Partnership Interests.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Sections 9.02(b), (c) and (d), no Limited Partner may offer,
sell, assign, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise transfer all or any portion of his Partnership
Interest or Partnership Units, or any of such Limited Partner’s economic rights as a Limited
Partner, whether voluntarily or by operation of law or at judicial sale or otherwise (collectively,
a “Transfer”) without the consent of the General Partner, which consent may be granted or withheld
in its sole and absolute discretion. The General Partner may require, as a condition of any
Transfer to which it consents, that the transferor assume all costs incurred by the Partnership in
connection therewith.
(b) No Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership other than as a result of a permitted
Transfer (i.e., a Transfer consented to as contemplated by clause (a) above or clause (c)
below or a Transfer pursuant to Section 9.05 below) of all of his Partnership Units pursuant to
this Article IX or pursuant to a redemption of all of his OP Units pursuant to Section 8.04. Upon
the permitted Transfer or redemption of all of a Limited Partner’s Partnership Units, such Limited
Partner shall cease to be a Limited Partner.
(c) Subject to Sections 9.02(d) and (e) below, a Limited Partner may Transfer, with the
consent of the General Partner, all or a portion of his Partnership Units to (i) a parent or
parent’s spouse, natural or adopted descendant or descendants, spouse of such descendant, or
brother or sister, or a trust created by such Limited Partner for the benefit of such Limited
Partner and/or any such person(s), of which trust such Limited Partner or any such person(s) is a
trustee, (ii) a corporation, partnership or limited liability company controlled by a Person or
Persons named in (i) above or (iii) if the Limited Partner is an entity, its beneficial owners.
(d) No Limited Partner may effect a Transfer of its Partnership Interest or Partnership Units,
in whole or in part, if, in the opinion of legal counsel for the Partnership, such proposed
Transfer would require the registration of the Partnership Interest or Partnership Units under the
Securities Act or would otherwise violate any applicable federal or state securities or blue sky
law (including investment suitability standards).
(e) No Transfer by a Limited Partner of its Partnership Interest or Partnership Units, in
whole or in part, may be made to any Person if (i) in the opinion of legal counsel for the
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Partnership, the transfer would result in the Partnership’s being treated as a publicly traded
partnership taxable as a corporation or an association taxable as a corporation (other than a
qualified REIT subsidiary within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code) or (ii) in the opinion
of legal counsel for the Partnership, it would adversely affect the ability of the Company to
continue to qualify as a REIT or subject the Company to any additional taxes under Section 857 or
Section 4981 of the Code.
(f) Any purported Transfer in contravention of any of the provisions of this Article IX shall
be void ab initio and ineffectual and shall not be binding upon, or recognized by, the General
Partner or the Partnership.
(g) Prior to and as a condition of the consummation of any Transfer under this Article IX, the
transferor and/or the transferee shall deliver to the General Partner such opinions, certificates
and other documents as the General Partner shall request in connection with such Transfer.
9.03 Admission of Substitute Limited Partner.
(a) Subject to the other provisions of this Article IX, an assignee of the Partnership
Interest of a Limited Partner (which shall be understood to include any purchaser, transferee,
donee or other recipient of any disposition of such Partnership Interest) or Partnership Units
shall be deemed admitted as a Limited Partner of the Partnership only with the consent of the
General Partner, which consent may be given or withheld by the General Partner in its sole and
absolute discretion, and upon the satisfactory completion of the following:
(i) The assignee shall have accepted and agreed to be bound by the terms and provisions
of this Agreement by executing a counterpart or an amendment thereof, including a revised
Exhibit A, and such other documents or instruments as the General Partner may
require in order to effect the admission of such Person as a Limited Partner.
(ii) To the extent required, an amended Certificate evidencing the admission of such
Person as a Limited Partner shall have been signed, acknowledged and filed for record in
accordance with the Act.
(iii) The assignee shall have delivered a letter containing the representation set
forth in Section 9.01(a) hereof and the agreement set forth in Section 9.01(b) hereof.
(iv) If the assignee is a corporation, partnership or trust, the assignee shall have
provided the General Partner with evidence satisfactory to counsel for the Partnership of
the assignee’s authority to become a Limited Partner under the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.
(v) The assignee shall have executed a power of attorney containing the terms and
provisions set forth in Section 8.02 hereof.
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(vi) The assignee shall have paid all legal fees and other expenses of the Partnership
and the General Partner and filing and publication costs in connection with its substitution
as a Limited Partner.
(vii) The assignee shall have obtained the prior written consent of the General Partner
to its admission as a Substitute Limited Partner, which consent may be given or denied in
the exercise of the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion.
(b) For the purpose of allocating Profits and Losses and distributing cash received by the
Partnership, a Substitute Limited Partner shall be treated as having become, and appearing in the
records of the Partnership as, a Partner upon the filing of the Certificate described in Section
9.03(a)(ii) hereof or, if no such filing is required, the later of the date specified in the
transfer documents or the date on which the General Partner has received all necessary instruments
of transfer and substitution.
(c) The General Partner shall cooperate with the Person seeking to become a Substitute Limited
Partner by preparing the documentation required by this Section and making all official filings and
publications. The Partnership shall take all such action as promptly as practicable after the
satisfaction of the conditions in this Article IX to the admission of such Person as a Limited
Partner of the Partnership.
(d) The General Partner’s failure or refusal to permit a transferee of any such interests to
become a Substitute Limited Partner shall not give rise to any cause of action against the
Partnership or any partner.
9.04 Rights of Assignees of Partnership Interests.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Sections 9.01 and 9.02 hereof, except as required by
operation of law, the Partnership shall not be obligated for any purposes whatsoever to recognize
the assignment by any Limited Partner of its Partnership Interest or Partnership Units until the
Partnership has received notice thereof.
(b) Any Person who is the assignee of all or any portion of a Limited Partner’s Partnership
Interest or Partnership Units, but does not become a Substitute Limited Partner and desires to make
a further assignment of such Partnership Interest or Partnership Units, shall be subject to all the
provisions of this Article IX to the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner
desiring to make an assignment of its Partnership Interest or Partnership Units.
9.05 Effect of Bankruptcy, Death, Incompetence or Termination of a Limited Partner.
The occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a Limited Partner, the death of a Limited Partner or
a final adjudication that a Limited Partner is incompetent (which term shall include, but not be
limited to, insanity) shall not cause the termination or dissolution of the Partnership, and the
business of the Partnership shall continue if an order for relief in a bankruptcy proceeding is
entered against a Limited Partner, the trustee or receiver of his estate or, if he dies, his
executor, administrator or trustee, or, if he is finally adjudicated incompetent, his committee,
guardian or conservator, shall have the rights of such Limited Partner for the purpose of settling
or managing his estate property and such power as the bankrupt, deceased or incompetent Limited
Partner possessed to assign all or any part of his Partnership Interest and to
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join with the assignee in satisfying conditions precedent to the admission of the assignee as
a Substitute Limited Partner.
9.06 Joint Ownership of Interests. A Partnership Interest may be acquired by two
individuals as joint tenants with right of survivorship, provided that such
individuals either are married or are related and share the same home as tenants in common. The
written consent or vote of both owners of any such jointly held Partnership Interest shall be
required to constitute the action of the owners of such Partnership Interest; provided,
however, that the written consent of only one joint owner will be required if the
Partnership has been provided with evidence satisfactory to the counsel for the Partnership that
the actions of a single joint owner can bind both owners under the applicable laws of the state of
residence of such joint owners. Upon the death of one owner of a Partnership Interest held in a
joint tenancy with a right of survivorship, the Partnership Interest shall become owned solely by
the survivor as a Limited Partner and not as an assignee. The Partnership need not recognize the
death of one of the owners of a jointly-held Partnership Interest until it shall have received
notice of such death. Upon notice to the General Partner from either owner, the General Partner
shall cause the Partnership Interest to be divided into two equal Partnership Interests, which
shall thereafter be owned separately by each of the former owners.
ARTICLE X
BOOKS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTING; TAX MATTERS
10.01 Books and Records. At all times during the continuance of the Partnership, the
Partners shall keep or cause to be kept at the Partnership’s specified office true and complete
books of account in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including: (a) a
current list of the full name and last known business address of each Partner, (b) a copy of the
Certificate of Limited Partnership and all certificates of amendment thereto, (c) copies of the
Partnership’s federal, state and local income tax returns and reports, (d) copies of this Agreement
and any financial statements of the Partnership for the three most recent years and (e) all
documents and information required under the Act. Any Partner or its duly authorized
representative, upon paying the costs of collection, duplication and mailing, shall be entitled to
inspect or copy such records during ordinary business hours.
10.02 Custody of Partnership Funds; Bank Accounts.
(a) All funds of the Partnership not otherwise invested shall be deposited in one or more
accounts maintained in such banking or brokerage institutions as the General Partner shall
determine, and withdrawals shall be made only on such signature or signatures as the General
Partner may, from time to time, determine.
(b) All deposits and other funds not needed in the operation of the business of the
Partnership may be invested by the General Partner in investment grade instruments (or investment
companies whose portfolio consists primarily thereof), government obligations, certificates of
deposit, bankers’ acceptances and municipal notes and bonds. The funds of the Partnership shall
not be commingled with the funds of any other Person except for such
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commingling as may necessarily result from an investment in those investment companies
permitted by this Section 10.02(b).
10.03 Fiscal and Taxable Year. The fiscal and taxable year of the Partnership shall
be the calendar year.
10.04 Annual Tax Information and Report. Within 75 days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Partnership, the General Partner shall furnish to each person who was a Limited Partner
at any time during such year the tax information necessary to file such Limited Partner’s
individual tax returns as shall be reasonably required by law.
10.05 Tax Matters Partner; Tax Elections; Special Basis Adjustments.
(a) The General Partner shall be the Tax Matters Partner of the Partnership within the meaning
of Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code. As Tax Matters Partner, the General Partner shall have the
right and obligation to take all actions authorized and required, respectively, by the Code for the
Tax Matters Partner. The General Partner shall have the right to retain professional assistance in
respect of any audit of the Partnership by the Service and all out-of-pocket expenses and fees
incurred by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership as Tax Matters Partner shall
constitute Partnership expenses. In the event the General Partner receives notice of a final
Partnership adjustment under Section 6223(a)(2) of the Code, the General Partner shall either (i)
file a court petition for judicial review of such final adjustment within the period provided under
Section 6226(a) of the Code, a copy of which petition shall be mailed to all Limited Partners on
the date such petition is filed, or (ii) mail a written notice to all Limited Partners, within such
period, that describes the General Partner’s reasons for determining not to file such a petition.
(b) All elections required or permitted to be made by the Partnership under the Code or any
applicable state or local tax law shall be made by the General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion.
(c) In the event of a transfer of all or any part of the Partnership Interest of any Partner,
the Partnership, at the option of the General Partner, may elect pursuant to Section 754 of the
Code to adjust the basis of the Properties. Notwithstanding anything contained in Article V of
this Agreement, any adjustments made pursuant to Section 754 shall affect only the successor in
interest to the transferring Partner and in no event shall be taken into account in establishing,
maintaining or computing Capital Accounts for the other Partners for any purpose under this
Agreement. Each Partner will furnish the Partnership with all information necessary to give effect
to such election.
(d) To the extent consistent with final regulations following from proposed regulations
published on May 24, 2005, regarding compensatory partnership interests: (i) the Partnership is
authorized and directed to elect the safe harbor under which the fair market value of a partnership
interest that is transferred in connection with the performance of services is treated as being
equal to the “liquidation value” (as defined in the applicable regulations) of that interest; and
(ii) the Partnership and each Partner (including any person to whom a partnership interest is
transferred in connection with the performance of services) agrees to comply with all
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requirements of such safe harbor with respect to all partnership interests transferred in
connection with the performance of services while the election remains effective. The Partnership
also is authorized to take such actions as are necessary to achieve, under such final regulations,
the effect that the actions referred to in (i) and (ii) would be intended to achieve under the
proposed regulations, including amending this Agreement.
10.06 Reports to Limited Partners.
(a) If the Company is required to furnish an annual report to its stockholders containing
financial statements of the Company, the Company will, at the same time and in the same manner,
furnish such annual report to each Limited Partner. The annual financial statements shall be
audited by accountants selected by the Company.
(b) Any Partner shall further have the right to a private audit of the books and records of
the Partnership, provided such audit is made for Partnership purposes, at the expense of
the Partner desiring it and is made during normal business hours.
ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT; MERGER
The General Partner’s consent shall be required for any amendment to this Agreement. The
General Partner, without the consent of the Limited Partners, may amend this Agreement in any
respect; provided, however, that the following amendments shall require the consent
of Limited Partners (other than the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company) holding more than 50%
of the Percentage Interests of the Limited Partners (other than those held by the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company):
(a) any amendment affecting the operation of the Conversion Factor or the Redemption Right
(except as otherwise provided herein) in a manner adverse to the Limited Partners;
(b) any amendment that would adversely affect the rights of the Limited Partners to receive
the distributions payable to them hereunder, other than with respect to the issuance of additional
Partnership Units pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof;
(c) any amendment that would alter the Partnership’s allocations of Profit and Loss to the
Limited Partners, other than with respect to the issuance of additional Partnership Units pursuant
to Section 4.02 hereof;
(d) any amendment that would impose on the Limited Partners any obligation to make additional
Capital Contributions to the Partnership; or
(e) any amendment to this Article XI.
The General Partner, without the consent of the Limited Partners, may (i) merge or consolidate
the Partnership with or into any other domestic or foreign partnership, limited
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partnership, limited liability company or corporation in a transaction pursuant to Section
7.01(c) and (d) hereof, or (ii) sell any, all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership
and may amend this Agreement in connection with any such transaction.
ARTICLE XII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
12.01 Notices. All communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered personally or upon deposit in the
United States mail, registered, postage prepaid return receipt requested, to the Partners at the
addresses set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto; provided, however, that
any Partner may specify a different address by notifying the General Partner in writing of such
different address. Notices to the Partnership shall be delivered at or mailed to its specified
office.
12.02 Survival of Rights. Subject to the provisions hereof limiting transfers, this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Partners and the Partnership and
their respective legal representatives, successors, transferees and assigns.
12.03 Additional Documents. Each Partner agrees to perform all further acts and
execute, swear to, acknowledge and deliver all further documents that may be reasonable, necessary,
appropriate or desirable to carry out the provisions of this Agreement or the Act.
12.04 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared illegal,
invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then such provision shall be deemed to be severable
from this Agreement (to the extent permitted by law) and in any event such illegality, invalidity
or unenforceability shall not affect the remainder hereof.
12.05 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and exhibits attached hereto constitute the
entire Agreement of the Partners and supersede all prior written agreements and prior and
contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter
hereof.
12.06 Pronouns and Plurals. When the context in which words are used in the Agreement
indicates that such is the intent, words in the singular number shall include the plural and the
masculine gender shall include the neuter or female gender as the context may require.
12.07 Headings. The Article headings or sections in this Agreement are for
convenience only and shall not be used in construing the scope of this Agreement or any particular
Article.
12.08 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original copy and all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument binding on all parties hereto, notwithstanding that all parties shall not have
signed the same counterpart.
12.09 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunder affixed their signatures to this Amended
and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, all as of the ___day of August, 2005.
GENERAL PARTNER:
MIDLANTIC PARTNERSHIP, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
a Delaware limited liability company
By:_______________________________________
Treasurer
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary andTreasurer
LIMITED PARTNER:
MIDLANTIC OFFICE TRUST, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
a Maryland corporation
By:_______________________________________
Officer
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Chairman, President and Chief ExecutiveOfficer
LIMITED PARTNER:
XXXXXXX & XXXXXX, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
a Delaware corporation
By:_______________________________________
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Chief Operating Officer
LIMITED PARTNER:
_______________________________________
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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LIMITED PARTNER:
_______________________________________
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
LIMITED PARTNER:
_______________________________________
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
LIMITED PARTNER:
_______________________________________
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
LIMITED PARTNER:
_______________________________________
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
LIMITED PARTNER:
_______________________________________
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
LIMITED PARTNER:
_______________________________________
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
LIMITED PARTNER:
_______________________________________
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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