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EXHIBIT 10.1
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THIRD
AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
OF
SLT REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1
Definitions..........................................................4
1.1 Definitions.................................................4
ARTICLE 2
Continuation and Business of the Partnership........................17
2.1 Continuation...............................................17
2.2 Name.......................................................17
2.3 Character of the Business..................................17
2.4 Location of Principal Place of Business....................18
2.5 Registered Agent and Registered Office.....................18
2.6 Restatement of Agreement...................................18
ARTICLE 3
Term................................................................18
3.1 Commencement...............................................18
3.2 Dissolution................................................18
ARTICLE 4
Capital Contributions...............................................19
4.1 Capital Contributions; RP Units............................19
4.2 Redemption of RP Units Held by Limited Partner. .........20
4.3 Percentage Interests.......................................21
4.4 Purchase Rights............................................21
4.5 No Third Party Beneficiaries...............................21
4.6 No Interest on or Return of Capital Contribution...........21
ARTICLE 5
Indemnification.....................................................22
5.1 Indemnification of the General Partner.....................22
5.2 Indemnification of Limited Partners........................23
5.3 Notice of Claims...........................................24
5.4 Third Party Claims.........................................24
5.5 Indemnification Pursuant to Formation Agreement............25
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ARTICLE 6
Allocations, Distributions and Other Tax and Accounting Matters.....25
6.1 Allocations................................................25
6.2 Distributions..............................................30
6.3 Books of Account...........................................31
6.4 Reports....................................................31
6.5 Tax Elections and Returns..................................31
6.6 Tax Matters Partner........................................31
6.7 Withholding Payments Required By Law.......................32
ARTICLE 7
Rights, Duties and Restrictions of the General Partner..............33
7.1 Powers and Duties of the General Partner...................33
7.2 Reimbursement of the General Partner.......................36
7.3 Outside Activities of the General Partner..................37
7.4 Contracts with Affiliates..................................37
7.5 Title to Partnership Assets................................37
7.6 Reliance by Third Parties..................................38
7.7 Liability of the General Partner...........................38
7.8 Other Matters Concerning the General Partner...............39
7.9 Operation of SLT in Accordance with REIT Requirements......39
7.10 Replacement of General Partner.............................40
ARTICLE 8
Dissolution, Liquidation and Winding-Up.............................40
8.1 Accounting.................................................40
8.2 Distribution on Dissolution................................40
8.3 Documentation of Liquidation...............................41
ARTICLE 9
Transfer............................................................41
9.1 General Partner............................................41
9.2 Transfers by Limited Partners..............................42
9.3 Certain Restrictions on Transfer...........................43
9.4 Effective Dates of Transfers...............................44
9.5 Transfer...................................................45
ARTICLE 10
Rights and Obligations of the Limited Partners......................45
10.1 No Participation in Management.............................45
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10.2 Bankruptcy of a Limited Partner............................45
10.3 No Withdrawal..............................................45
10.4 Conflicts..................................................45
10.5 Provision of Information...................................46
10.6 Power of Attorney..........................................47
10.7 Ownership of Starwood Units................................48
10.8 Waiver of Fiduciary Duty...................................48
ARTICLE 11
Amendment of Partnership Agreement, Meetings........................49
11.1 Amendments.................................................49
11.2 Meetings of the Partners; Notices to Partners..............50
11.3 Mergers ...................................................51
ARTICLE 12
General Provisions..................................................51
12.1 No Liability of Directors and Others.......................51
12.2 Notices....................................................51
12.3 Controlling Law............................................52
12.4 Execution of Counterparts..................................52
12.5 Severability...............................................52
12.6 Entire Agreement...........................................52
12.7 Paragraph Headings.........................................52
12.8 Gender, Etc................................................52
12.9 Number of Days.............................................52
12.10 Partners Not Agents........................................53
12.11 Assurances.................................................53
12.12 Waiver of Partition........................................53
12.13 Starwood Hotels & Resorts..................................53
LIST OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A List of Partners, Percentage Interests and RP Units
A-1 List of Class A Limited Partners, Percentage Interests and Class A RP
Units
B Notice Addresses of Partners
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THE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS REFERRED TO IN THIS AGREEMENT HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR
ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. REFERENCE IS MADE TO ARTICLE 9 OF THIS
AGREEMENT FOR PROVISIONS RELATING TO VARIOUS RESTRICTIONS ON THE SALE
OR OTHER TRANSFER OF THESE INTERESTS.
THIRD
AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
OF
SLT REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and entered into as of the Effective Time
(as defined below) by and among Starwood Hotels & Resorts, a Maryland real
estate investment trust ("SLT"), as General Partner, and the persons whose names
are set forth on Exhibit A and Exhibit A-1 hereto, as each such Exhibit may be
amended from time to time, as limited partners, pursuant to the provisions of
the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the "Act").
RECITALS
A. SLT, Berl Holdings, L.P., Starwood-Apollo Hotel Partners VIII, L.P.,
Starwood-Apollo Hotel Partners IX, L.P., Starwood-Nomura Hotel Investors, L.P.,
Starwood/Wichita Investors, L.P., Starwood-Huntington Partners, L.P., and
Woodstar Partners I, L.P., were the parties to that certain Limited Partnership
Agreement of SLT Realty Limited Partnership dated as of December 15, 1994
(hereinafter, the "Original Agreement" and the "Partnership," respectively).
B. Firebird Consolidated Partners, L.P., was admitted as a limited
partner of the Partnership pursuant to that certain Admission of Limited
Partner, Consent and Amendment dated March 24, 1995.
C. The Original Agreement was restated by that certain Amended and
Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of SLT Realty Limited Partnership by and
between SLT, as General Partner, and the Limited Partners of the Partnership, as
such group was then constituted, dated as of June 29, 1995 (the "Original
Restated Agreement").
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D. The Original Restated Agreement was amended by that certain
Amendment by and between SLT, as General Partner, and the Limited Partners of
the Partnership, as such group was then constituted, dated as of May 14, 1996.
E. Philadelphia HSR Limited Partnership ("HSR") was admitted as a
limited partner of the Partnership pursuant to that certain Admission of Limited
Partner, Consent and Amendment (Realty Partnership) dated as of June 3, 1996.
F. Starwood/Wichita Investors, L.P., Berl Holdings, L.P.,
Starwood-Huntington, L.P., Woodstar Partners I, L.P., and Wichita Xxxxxx
Partners, Ltd., transferred their respective interests in the Partnership to SRL
Holdings, Inc., Starwood Capital Group I, L.P., Starwood Opportunity Fund II,
L.P., Moonwood Investment Partners, L.P., Woodstar II, L.P., Hospitality
Partners, Bristol Hotel Management Corp., and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, and each such
Person was admitted as a limited partner of the Partnership pursuant to that
certain Admission of Limited Partners Agreement dated as of June 4, 1996.
G. Philadelphia HIR Limited Partnership ("HIR") was admitted as a
limited partner of the Partnership pursuant to that certain Admission of Limited
Partner, Consent and Amendment (Realty Partnership) dated as of July 1, 1996.
H. Starwood-Apollo Hotel Partners VIII, L.P., transferred its interest
in the Partnership to SAHI, Inc., Starwood Hotel Investors, L.P., and AP-GP
Midstar Hotels VIII, Inc.; Starwood-Apollo Hotel Partners IX, L.P., transferred
its interest in the Partnership to SAHI, Inc., Starwood Hotel Investors, L.P.,
and AP-GP Midstar Hotels IX, Inc.; Starwood Hotel Investors, L.P., transferred
its interest in the Partnership to Starwood Hotel Investors II, L.P., SAHI, Inc.
and AP-GP Master Midstar, L.P.; and AP-GP Midstar Hotels VIII, Inc., AP-GP
Midstar Hotels IX, Inc., and AP-GP Master Midstar, L.P., transferred their
respective interests in the Partnership to Apollo Real Estate Investment Fund,
L.P., and each of Starwood Hotel Investors II, L.P., SAHI, Inc. and Apollo Real
Estate Investment Fund was admitted as a limited partner of the Partnership
pursuant to that certain Admission of Limited Partners Agreement dated as of
December 12, 1996;
I. Starwood-Nomura Hotel Investors, L.P., SRL Holdings, Inc., Starwood
Capital Group, L.P., Moonwood Investment Partners, L.P., Woodstar Partners II,
L.P., Berl Holdings I, Inc., SAHI, Inc., and Harveywood Hotel Investors II,
L.P., transferred their interests in the Partnership to Burden Direct Investment
Fund I., L.P., Ziff Investors Partnership, L.P., II, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Lambster
Partners Limited Partners, Montrose Corporation, Star Investors G.P., Meridian
Investment Group, 1985 Trust f/b/o Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, 1985 Trust f/b/o Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxx, the Xxxx Family Partnership, Xxxxxxxx Holdings,
Inc., Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Beer, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx, the Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxxx Family Spray Trust I, the Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx Family Spray Trust II,
the Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx Family Spray Trust III, Xxxxx X. Xxxx, III, Madison X.
Xxxxx, the Madison X. Xxxxx Irrevocable Insurance Trust, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, JDE
Revocable Trust u/a dated December 31, 1996, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx Beer, Xxx Xxxxxxxx,
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, and
J. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx and each such Person was admitted as a limited partner of the
Partnership pursuant to forty-four (44) separate Admission of Limited Partner
Agreements each dated as of December 31, 1996.
J. The Prudential Insurance Company of America, on behalf of Prudential
Property Investment Separate Account II, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, as Trustee of the Xxxx
Xxxxxxx Family Trust, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx-Xx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxx XX, Westport Hospitality, Inc., Zapco Interest Holdings,
LP, Zapco Holdings, Inc., Zapco Holdings, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan Trust,
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Clearwater, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
(collectively, the "HEI Contributors") were each admitted as a limited partner
of the Partnership pursuant to that certain Admission of Limited Partners,
Consent and Amendment (Realty Partnership) dated as of February 14, 1997.
K. The Hermitage, L.P. was admitted as a limited partner of the
Partnership pursuant to that certain Admission of Limited Partners, Consent and
Amendment (Realty Partnership) dated as of March 11, 1997.
L. The Original Restated Agreement, as amended, was restated by that
certain Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of SLT Realty
Limited Partnership by and between SLT, as General Partner, and the Limited
Partners of the Partnership, as such group was then constituted, dated as of
November 14, 1997 (the "Second Restated Agreement").
M. The Second Restated Agreement was amended by that certain First
Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of SLT
Realty Limited Partnership by and between SLT, as General Partner, and the
Limited Partners of the Partnership, as such group was then constituted, dated
as of January 1, 1998.
N. WHWE L.L.C., Woodstar Investor Partnership and Nomura Asset Capital
Corporation were each admitted as a Class A Limited Partner, and the Second
Restated Agreement was amended, pursuant to that certain Certificate of
Admission of SLT Realty Limited Partnership dated as of January 2, 1998.
O. To the extent required pursuant to the terms of the Second Restated
Agreement, as amended, the Limited Partners consent to the restructuring of SLT
and SLC and the transactions occurring in connection therewith as more fully
described in the Restructuring Agreement (as defined below) and the Joint Proxy
Statement (as defined below).
P. The parties hereto have agreed to amend and restate the Second
Restated Agreement, as previously amended, in its entirety to reflect the
foregoing and to make other necessary or appropriate changes.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt, adequacy and sufficiency
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of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally
bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the
following terms and phrases shall have the meanings as set forth below:
"Accountants" shall mean the national firm or firms of independent
certified public accountants selected by the General Partner on behalf of the
Partnership to audit the books and records of the Partnership and to prepare
statements and reports in connection therewith.
"Act" shall mean the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership
Act, as the same may hereafter be amended from time to time.
"Adjusted Capital Account Deficit" shall mean, with respect to any
Partner or holder of RP Units other than the General Partner, the deficit
balance, if any, in such holder's Capital Account as of the end of any relevant
fiscal year and after giving effect to the following adjustments:
(a) credit to such Capital Account any amounts which such
holder is obligated or treated as obligated to restore with respect to any
deficit balance in such Capital Account pursuant to Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c)
of the Regulations, or is deemed to be obligated to restore with respect to any
deficit balance pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Sections 1.704-2(g)(1)
and 1.704-2(i)(5) of the Regulations; and
(b) debit to such Capital Account the items described in
Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6) of the Regulations.
This definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply with
the requirements of the alternate test for economic effect contained in Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) of the Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently
therewith.
"Administrative Expenses" shall mean: (a) all administrative and
operating costs and expenses of the Partnership; (b) those administrative costs
and expenses of the General Partner, including, but not limited to, salaries and
other remunerations paid to trustees, officers and employees of the General
Partner and accounting and legal expenses undertaken by the General Partner on
behalf or for the benefit of the Partnership; and (c) to the extent not included
in clause (b) above, REIT Expenses. The foregoing notwithstanding,
"Administrative Expenses" shall not include administrative costs and expenses of
the General Partner or REIT Expenses not properly allocable to the business of
the Partnership.
"Affected Gain" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.1(c)(ii) hereof.
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"Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any Partner (or as to any
other Person the Affiliates of whom are relevant for purposes of any of the
provisions of this Agreement): (a) any member of the Immediate Family of such
Partner or Person; (b) any trustee or beneficiary of a Partner which is a trust;
(c) any trust for the benefit of any Person referred to in the preceding clauses
(a) and (b); or (d) any Entity which directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, any
Partner or Person referred to in the preceding clauses (a) through (c).
"Agreement" shall mean this Limited Partnership Agreement, as
amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, as the context
requires.
"Audited Financial Statements" shall mean financial statements
(balance sheet, statement of income, statement of partners equity and statement
of cash flows) prepared in accordance with GAAP and accompanied by an
independent auditor's report containing an opinion thereon.
"Bankruptcy" shall mean, with respect to any Person: (a) the
commencement by such Person of any petition, case or proceeding seeking relief
under any provision or chapter of the federal Bankruptcy Code or any other
federal or state law relating to insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization; (b)
an adjudication that such Person is insolvent or bankrupt; (c) the entry of an
order for relief under the federal Bankruptcy Code with respect to such Person;
(d) the filing of any such petition or the commencement of any such case or
proceeding against such Person, unless such petition and the case or proceeding
initiated thereby are dismissed within ninety (90) days from the date of such
filing; or (e) the filing of an answer by such Person admitting the allegations
of any such petition.
"Business Day" shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or
a day on which banking institutions in the State of California or the State of
New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
"Capital Account" shall mean, as to any Partner or holder of RP
Units, a book account maintained in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) to each Partner's or holder of RP Unit's Capital Account
there shall be credited the amount of cash contributed by the Partner or holder,
the initial Gross Asset value of any other asset contributed by such Partner or
holder to the capital of the Partnership (net of liabilities secured by
contributed property that the Partnership assumes or takes subject to), such
Partner's or holder's distributive share of Net Income and any other items of
income or gain allocated to such Partner or holder, the amount of any
Partnership liabilities assumed by the Partner or holder or secured by
distributed assets that such Partner or holder takes subject to and any other
items in the nature of income or gain that are allocated to such Partner or
holder pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof; and
(b) to each Partner's or holder of RP Unit's Capital Account
there shall be debited the amount of cash distributed to the Partner or holder,
the Gross Asset
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Value of any Partnership asset distributed to such Partner or holder pursuant to
any provision of this Agreement, such Partner's or holder's distributive share
of Net Losses and any other items in the nature of expenses or losses that are
allocated to such Partner pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof.
In the event that a Partner's Partnership Interest or a holder of RP Unit's RP
Units or portion thereof is transferred within the meaning of Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) of the Regulations, the transferee shall succeed to the
Capital Account of the transferor to the extent that it relates to the
Partnership Interest, RP Units or portion thereof so transferred. In the event
that the Gross Asset Values of Partnership assets are adjusted, as contemplated
in paragraph (b) or (c) of the definition of "Gross Asset Value," the Capital
Accounts of the Partners and holders of RP Units shall be adjusted to reflect
the aggregate net adjustments as if the Partnership sold all of its properties
for their fair market values and recognized gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes equal to the amount of such aggregate net adjustment. This definition
of Capital Accounts is intended to comply with the maintenance of capital
account provisions of Section 1.704-1(b) of the Regulations and shall be
interpreted and applied in a manner consistent therewith.
"Capital Contribution" shall mean, with respect to any Partner, the
amount of cash and the initial Gross Asset Value of any Contributed Property
(net of liabilities to which such property is subject).
"Certificate" shall mean the Certificate of Limited Partnership
establishing the Partnership, as filed with the office of the Delaware Secretary
of State, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the Act.
"Class A Limited Partners" shall mean those Persons listed under
the heading "Class A Limited Partners" on Exhibit A-1 hereto in their respective
capacities as Class A Limited Partners hereof, their permitted successors or
assigns as Class A Limited Partners hereof, and any Person who, at the time of
reference thereto, is a Class A Limited Partner of the Partnership.
"Class A Liquidation Preference Distribution" shall mean, with
respect to a Class A RP Unit, an amount equal to the "fair market value" of one
OP Ordinary Unit, which shall accrue only in the event of the dissolution and
liquidation of the Partnership not preceded or accompanied, within ninety (90)
days of such dissolution and liquidation, by a liquidation and dissolution of
the Operating Partnership. Such fair market value shall be determined in good
faith by the General Partner as of the effective date of such liquidation and
dissolution or, if no such effective date applies, as of the date of the first
liquidating distribution pursuant to Section 8.2 hereof. In the event of any
change in (a) the nature or amount of securities constituting a Starwood Unit,
(b) the correspondence of the number of RP Ordinary Units to the number of
Starwood Units outstanding or (c) the correspondence of the number of OP
Ordinary Units to the number of Starwood Units outstanding, the amount of the
Class A Liquidation Preference Distribution that shall accrue with respect to
each Class A RP Unit as a function of the fair market value of each OP Ordinary
Unit shall be equitably adjusted.
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"Class A RP Special Distribution" shall mean, with respect to a
Class A RP Unit, an amount equal to the sum, in cash, of the fair market value
of all operating and liquidating distributions by the Operating Partnership with
respect to OP Ordinary Units on or after January 2, 1998 (whether pursuant to
Section 6.2 or 8.2 of the Operating Partnership Agreement) in an amount per
Class A RP Unit equal to the amount so distributed in respect of each OP
Ordinary Unit. In the event of any change in (a) the nature or amount of
securities constituting a Starwood Unit, (b) the correspondence of the number of
RP Ordinary Units to the number of Starwood Units outstanding or (c) the
correspondence of the number of OP Ordinary Units to the number of Starwood
Units outstanding, the amount of the Class A RP Special Distribution that shall
accrue with respect to each Class A RP Unit as a function of the amount of the
corresponding distribution on the OP Ordinary Units shall be equitably adjusted.
Class A RP Special Distributions shall be made only with respect to Class A RP
Units and shall accrue and be due at the time operating or liquidating
distributions are made by the Operating Partnership.
"Class A RP Units" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.1(c) hereof.
"Class B Shares" shall mean the Class B shares of beneficial
interest, par value $0.01 per share, of the General Partner.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and
in effect from time to time, as interpreted by the applicable regulations
thereunder. Any reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Code
shall be deemed to include a reference to any corresponding provision of future
law.
"Consent of the Limited Partners" shall mean the written consent of
a Majority-In-Interest of the Limited Partners given in accordance with Section
11.2 hereof, which consent shall be obtained prior to the taking of any action
for which it is required by this Agreement and may be given or withheld by a
Majority-In-Interest of the Limited Partners, unless otherwise expressly
provided herein, in their sole and absolute discretion.
"Contributed Property" shall mean any property or other asset in
such form as may be permitted by the Act, but excluding cash, contributed or
deemed contributed to the Partnership with respect to the Partnership Interest
held by each Partner.
"Control" shall mean the ability, whether by the direct or indirect
ownership of shares or other equity interests, by contract or otherwise, to
elect a majority of the directors of a corporation, to select the managing
partner of a partnership, or otherwise to select, or have the power to remove
and then select, a majority of those persons exercising governing authority over
an Entity. In the case of a limited partnership, the sole general partner, all
of the general partners to the extent each has equal management control and
authority, or the managing general partner or managing general partners thereof
shall be deemed to have control of such partnership and, in the case of a trust,
any trustee thereof or any Person having the right to select any such trustee
shall be deemed to have control of such trust.
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"Corporation Shares" shall mean the common shares of beneficial
interest, par value $0.01 per share, of SLC.
"Declaration of Trust" shall mean the Declaration of Trust of the
General Partner dated August 25, 1969, as amended and restated as of the
Effective Time, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, restated or
superseded from time to time.
"Depreciation" shall mean, with respect to any asset of the
Partnership for any fiscal year or other period, the depreciation or
amortization, as the case may be, allowed or allowable for federal income tax
purposes in respect of such asset for such fiscal year or other period, except
that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its adjusted tax basis
for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such fiscal year or other
period, Depreciation shall be an amount that bears the same ratio to such
beginning book value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or
other cost recovery deduction for such fiscal year or other period bears to such
beginning adjusted tax basis and if such adjusted tax basis is zero, the
Depreciation shall be based on the method of depreciation, amortization or other
cost recovery deduction utilized in preparing the financial statements of the
Partnership.
"Effective Time" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.2 of
the Restructuring Agreement.
"Entity" shall mean any general partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability company, corporation, joint venture, trust, business trust,
real estate investment trust or association.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time and as interpreted by the applicable
regulations thereunder (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding laws and
regulations).
"Exchange Rights Agreement" shall mean any Exchange Rights
Agreement by and among SLT and/or SLC and one or more Limited Partners which is
intended to provide for the rights of such Limited Partners to tender RP Units
in exchange for Starwood Units, other securities, cash or a combination of the
foregoing.
"Excluded Liabilities" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.2(b) hereof.
"Formation Agreement" shall mean that certain Formation Agreement
by and among SLT, SLC, Starwood Capital Group, L.P., Berl Holdings, L.P.,
Woodstar Partners I, L.P., Starwood-Apollo Hotel Partners VIII, L.P.,
Starwood-Apollo Hotel Partners IX, L.P., Starwood-Nomura Hotel Investors, L.P.,
Starwood/Wichita Investors, L.P., and Starwood-Huntington Partners, L.P., dated
as of November 11, 1994, and any amendments or modifications thereof or side
letters thereto.
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"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States, as in effect from time to time.
"General Partner" shall mean SLT or its duly admitted successors
and assigns as general partner of the Partnership at the time of reference
thereto.
"General Partner Payments" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.2(c) hereof.
"Gross Asset Value" shall mean, with respect to any asset of the
Partnership, such asset's adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except
as follows:
(a) the initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by
a Partner to the Partnership shall be the gross fair market value of such asset
at the time of its contribution as reasonably determined by the General Partner
and the contributing Partner;
(b) the Gross Asset values of all Partnership assets shall be
adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as reasonably
determined by the General Partner, immediately prior to the following events:
(i) a Capital Contribution (other than a de minimis
Capital Contribution) to the Partnership by a new or existing Partner as
consideration for a Partnership Interest;
(ii) the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of
more than a de minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration for the
redemption of a Partnership Interest;
(iii) the liquidation of the Partnership within the
meaning of Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g) of the Regulations; and
(iv) any other event as to which the General Partner
reasonably determines that an adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect
the relative economic interests of the Partners;
(c) the Gross Asset Values of Partnership assets distributed
to any Partner shall be the gross fair market values of such assets as
reasonably determined by the General Partner as of the date of distribution; and
(d) the Gross Asset Values of Partnership assets shall be
increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of
such assets pursuant to Sections 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code, but only to the
extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital
Accounts pursuant to Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m) of the Regulations; provided,
however, that Gross Asset Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this
paragraph to the extent that the General Partner reasonably determines that an
adjustment
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pursuant to paragraph (b) above is necessary or appropriate in connection with a
transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this
paragraph (d).
At all times, Gross Asset Values shall be adjusted by any Depreciation taken
into account with respect to the Partnership's assets for purposes of computing
Net Income and Net Loss. Any adjustment to the Gross Asset Values of Partnership
property shall require an adjustment to the Partner's Capital Accounts.
"HEI Contribution Agreement" shall mean that certain Contribution
Agreement dated January 15, 1997, by and among the HEI Property Companies, SLC,
the Partnership, SLT Financing Partnership, a Delaware general partnership, SLT,
the Operating Partnership, and certain other parties.
"HEI Contributors" shall have the meaning set forth in Recital J
hereto.
"HEI Property Companies" shall mean Westport Norfolk Associates
Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, Pruwest Norfolk, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company, Westport BWI, L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company, Pruwest Baltimore, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability
company, Westport Raritan, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, Pruwest
Edison, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, Westport Novi, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company, Pruwest Novi, L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company, Westport Park Ridge, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,
Westport Park Ridge, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, Westport Long
Beach, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, Westport Charleston,
L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, Westport Santa Xxxx, L.L.C., a
Delaware limited liability company, Westport Crystal City, L.L.C., a Delaware
limited liability company, Prudential, Atlanta Hotel Associates, LP, a
Connecticut limited partnership, Virginia Hotel Associates, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, BW Hotel Realty, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership,
Edison Hotel Associates, L.P., a New Jersey limited partnership, Novi Hotel
Associates, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Park Ridge Hotel Associates,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Long Beach Hotel Associates, L.L.C., a New
Jersey limited liability company, Charleston Hotel Associates, L.L.C., a New
Jersey limited liability company, Santa Xxxx Hotel Associates, L.L.C., a New
Jersey limited liability company, Crystal City Hotel Associates, L.L.C., a New
Jersey limited liability company, and Prudential HEI Joint Venture, a joint
venture.
"HIR" shall have the meaning set forth in Recital G hereto.
"HSR" shall have the meaning set forth in Recital E hereto.
"Immediate Family" shall mean, with respect to any Person, such
Person's spouse (then current or former), parents, parents-in-law, descendants,
brothers and sisters (whether by whole or half-blood), first cousins,
brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law (whether by whole or half-blood), ancestors
and lineal descendants.
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"Indemnitee" shall mean any Person who is, or at any time on or
after December 15, 1994 was (a) a General Partner, or (b) an employee, trustee,
director, officer, stockholder or Liquidating Trustee of the Partnership or the
General Partner.
"Inns Bonds" means, collectively, the Philadelphia Authority for
Industrial Development Commercial Development Revenue Bonds (Economy Inn
Project), Series A and Series B, in the original aggregate principal amounts of
$9,725,000 and $1,700,000, respectively, as amended and restated in that certain
Inns Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 1, 1992, and as defined in
that certain Bond Purchase Agreement by and between The First National Bank of
Boston, HSR, HIR, the Operating Partnership and the Partnership and dated as of
February 26, 1996.
"Issuance Percentage" of SLT or SLC, as the case may be, shall mean
the relative values of the Class B Shares and the Corporation Shares,
respectively, stated as a percentage of the sum of the values of the Starwood
Units, and as most recently determined by SLT and SLC. This definition shall be
appropriately modified to take into account any change in the nature or amount
of securities constituting a Starwood Unit.
"Joint Proxy Statement" means the Joint Proxy Statement of SLT and
SLC dated as of December 3, 1998, constituting the Joint Proxy Statement of SLT
and SLC for their respective 1998 annual meetings.
"Lien" shall mean any liens, security interests, mortgages, deeds
of trust, pledges, options, rights of first offer or first refusal and any other
similar encumbrances of any nature whatsoever.
"Limited Partners" shall mean those Persons listed under the
heading "Limited Partners" on the signature pages hereto in their respective
capacities as limited partners of the Partnership, their permitted successors or
assigns as limited partners hereof, and any Person who, at the time of reference
thereto, is a limited partner of the Partnership. Such term shall include Class
A Limited Partners except where the context otherwise requires.
"Liquidating Trustee" shall mean such individual or Entity which is
selected as the Liquidating Trustee hereunder by the General Partner, which
individual or Entity may include the General Partner or an Affiliate of the
General Partner, provided that such Liquidating Trustee agrees in writing to be
bound by the terms of this Agreement. The Liquidating Trustee shall be empowered
to give and receive notices, reports and payments in connection with the
dissolution, liquidation and/or winding up of the Partnership and shall hold and
exercise such other rights and powers granted to the General Partner herein or
under the Act as are necessary or required to conduct the winding-up and
liquidation of the Partnership's affairs and to authorize all parties to deal
with the Liquidating Trustee in connection with the dissolution, liquidation
and/or winding-up of the Partnership.
"Majority-In-Interest of the Limited Partners" shall mean Limited
Partner(s) who hold in the aggregate more than 50% of the Percentage Interests
then allocable to
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and held by the Limited Partners, as a class (but excluding any Partnership
Interests acquired by the General Partner, or any Person holding as a nominee of
a General Partner or any Person controlled by a General Partner).
"Minimum Gain Attributable to Partner Nonrecourse Debt" shall mean
"partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain" as determined in accordance with Section
1.704-2(i)(2) of the Regulations.
"Net Cash Flow" shall mean, with respect to any fiscal period of
the Partnership, the excess, if any, of "Receipts" over "Expenditures." For
purposes hereof, the term "Receipts" means the sum of all cash receipts of the
Partnership from all sources for such period and any amounts held as reserves as
of the last day of such period which the General Partner reasonably deems to be
in excess of reserves as determined below. The term "Expenditures" means the sum
of (a) all cash expenditures of the Partnership for any purpose, including
operating expenses and capital expenditures for such period, (b) the amount of
all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on account of any
indebtedness of the Partnership, and (c) such additions to cash reserves as of
the last day of such period as the General Partner deems necessary or
appropriate for any capital, operating or other expenditure, including, without
limitation, contingent liabilities; but the term "Expenditures" shall not
include amounts paid from cash reserves previously established by the
Partnership.
"Net Income" or "Net Loss" shall mean, for each fiscal year or
other applicable period, an amount equal to the Partnership's net income or loss
for such year or period as determined for federal income tax purposes by the
Accountants, determined in accordance with Section 703(a) of the Code (for this
purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated
separately pursuant to Section 703(a) of the Code shall be included in taxable
income or loss), with the following adjustments: (a) by including as an item of
gross income any tax-exempt income received by the Partnership; (b) by treating
as a deductible expense any expenditure of the Partnership described in Section
705(a)(2)(B) of the Code (including amounts paid or incurred to organize the
Partnership (unless an election is made pursuant to Section 709(b) of the Code)
or to promote the sale of interests in the Partnership and by treating
deductions for any losses incurred in connection with the sale or exchange of
Partnership property disallowed pursuant to Section 267(a)(1) or Section 707(b)
of the Code as expenditures described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code); (c)
in lieu of depreciation, depletion, amortization and other cost recovery
deductions taken into account in computing total income or loss, there shall be
taken into account Depreciation; (d) gain or loss resulting from any disposition
of Partnership property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for
federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Gross Asset
Value of such property rather than its adjusted tax basis; (e) in the event of
an adjustment of the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset which requires
that the Capital Accounts of the Partnership be adjusted pursuant to Sections
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e), (f) and (m) of the Regulations, the amount of such
adjustment is to be taken into account as additional Net Income or Net Loss
pursuant to Section 6.1 hereof; and (f) excluding any items specially allocated
pursuant to Section 6.1(b) hereof.
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"Nonrecourse Deductions" shall have the meaning set forth in
Sections 1.704-2(b)(1) and (c) of the Regulations and shall be determined in
accordance with Section 1.704-2(c) of the Regulations.
"Operating Partnership" shall mean SLC Operating Limited
Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership.
"Operating Partnership Agreement" shall mean the Third Amended and
Restated Partnership Agreement of the Operating Partnership, as the same may be
amended from time to time.
"OP Ordinary Units" shall mean units representing the interest of a
Partner in the capital, allocations of Net Income and Net Loss and distributions
of the Operating Partnership other than units, such as Class A OP Units and
Class B OP Units (as such terms are defined in the Operating Partnership
Agreement), entitled to receive priority distributions under the Operating
Partnership Agreement.
"OP Units" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c) of
the Operating Partnership Agreement.
"Original Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in Recital A
hereof.
"Original Restated Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in
Recital C hereof.
"Partner Nonrecourse Debt" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 1.704-2(b)(4) of the Regulations.
"Partner Nonrecourse Deductions" shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 1.704-2(i)(2) of the Regulations and the amount of Partner
Nonrecourse Deductions with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt shall be
determined in accordance with the rules of Section 1.704-2(i) of the
Regulations.
"Partners" shall mean the General Partner and the Limited Partners,
their duly admitted successors or assigns or any Person who is a partner of the
Partnership at the time of reference thereto.
"Partnership" shall mean the limited partnership formed under the
Act pursuant to the Original Agreement and as continued pursuant to this
Agreement and any successor thereto.
"Partnership Interest" shall mean the ownership interest of a
Partner in the Partnership from time to time, including each Partner's
Percentage Interest and such Partner's RP Units.
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"Partnership Minimum Gain" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 1.704-2(b)(2) of the Regulations and the amount of Partnership Minimum
Gain (and any net increase or decrease thereof) for a fiscal year or other
period shall be determined in accordance with the rules of Section 1.704-2(d) of
the Regulations.
"Partnership Record Date" means the record date established by the
General Partner for distribution of Net Cash Flow pursuant to Section 6.2
hereof, which record date shall be the same as the record date established by
the General Partner for distribution to holders of Class B Shares of some or all
of its portion of such distribution.
"Percentage Interest" shall mean, with respect to any Partner, the
percentage ownership interest of such Partner in such items of the Partnership
as to which the term "Percentage Interest" is applied in this Agreement, as
provided in Section 4.3 hereof.
"Person" shall mean any natural person or Entity.
"Property" shall mean any property acquired by or contributed to
the Partnership or any property owned by an Entity in which the Partnership has
an ownership interest.
"Purchase Rights" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.4
hereof.
"Registration Rights Agreement" shall mean any Registration Rights
Agreement by and among SLT and/or SLC and one or more Limited Partners, which is
intended to set forth the rights of such Limited Partner or Limited Partners or
other holders of RP Units, and the obligations of SLT and/or SLC, to cause the
registration of certain securities pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
"Regulations" shall mean the income tax regulations promulgated
under the Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including
corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations), and may, in the sole
discretion of the General Partner, include temporary and/or proposed income tax
regulations.
"Regulatory Allocations" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1(b)(viii) hereof.
"REIT" shall mean a real estate investment trust as defined in
Section 856 of the Code.
"REIT Expenses" shall mean all expenses which the Partnership
hereby assumes and agrees to pay as incurred for the benefit of the Partnership,
including (a) costs and expenses relating to the formation and continuation of
the Partnership and continuity of existence of the General Partner, including
taxes (other than the General Partner's federal and state income and franchise
taxes, if any), fees and assessments associated therewith, any and all costs,
expenses or fees payable to any director or trustee of the General Partner, (b)
to the extent funded by the
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General Partner for payment by the Partnership, costs and expenses relating to
any offer or registration of securities by the General Partner the net proceeds
of which are to be contributed or loaned to the Partnership and all statements,
reports, fees and expenses incidental thereto, including underwriting discounts
and selling commissions applicable to any such offer of securities, (c) costs
and expenses associated with the preparation and filing of any periodic reports
by the General Partner under federal, state or local laws or regulations,
including filings with the SEC, (d) costs and expenses associated with
compliance by the General Partner with laws, rules and regulations promulgated
by any regulatory body, including the SEC, and (e) all other costs of the
General Partner incurred in the course of its business on behalf of the
Partnership including, but not limited to, any indemnification obligations of
the General Partner (other than indemnification obligations pursuant to Sections
9.1 and 9.2 of the Formation Agreement).
"REIT Requirements" shall mean the requirements for the General
Partner to qualify as a REIT under the Code and Regulations. "REIT Requirements"
shall also include the ownership limitation provisions set forth in Article VI
of the Declaration of Trust and in Article TENTH of SLC's Articles of
Incorporation.
"Restricted Entity" shall mean any "employee benefit plan" as
defined in and subject to ERISA, any "plan" as defined in and subject to Section
4975 of the Code, or any entity any portion or all of the assets of which are
deemed pursuant to United States Department of Labor Regulation Section
2510.3-101 or otherwise pursuant to ERISA or the Code to be, for any purpose of
ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, assets of any such "employee benefit plan" or
"plan" which invests in such entity.
"Restructuring Agreement" shall mean that certain Agreement and
Plan of Restructuring by and among the General Partner, SLC, and ST Acquisition
Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, dated as of September 16, 1998,
and any amendments or modifications thereof.
"Rights" shall mean the rights of a Limited Partner as set forth in
an Exchange Rights Agreement and/or a Registration Rights Agreement. No
provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted as granting any Partner or
holder of RP Units any Rights or any rights or interest in or to the Exchange
Rights Agreement or the Registration Rights Agreement.
"RP Ordinary Units" shall mean units representing the interest of a
Partner in the capital, allocations of Net Income and Net Loss and distributions
of the Partnership other than units, such as Class A RP Units, entitled to
receive priority distributions under this Agreement.
"RP Units" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(c)
hereof, and such term shall include Class A RP Units except where the context
otherwise requires.
"SEC" shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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"Second Restated Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in
Recital L hereto.
"Section 704(c) Tax Items" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1(c)(iii) hereof.
"Senior Debt" shall mean the indebtedness issued pursuant to that
certain Credit Agreement among the General Partner and certain institutional
lenders, dated as of January 28, 1993, which indebtedness has been assumed by
the Partnership, as such indebtedness may be amended, modified or refinanced
from time to time.
"SLC" shall mean Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., a
Maryland corporation.
"SLT" shall mean Starwood Hotels & Resorts, a Maryland real estate
investment trust.
"Starwood Unit" shall mean one Class B Share of the General Partner
and one share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of SLC that are
subject to an intercompany agreement between the General Partner and SLC.
"Starwood Unit Closing Price" shall mean, with respect to a
particular date, the last reported sales price regular way on such date of a
Starwood Unit or, in case no such reported sale takes place on such date, the
average of the reported closing bid and asked prices regular way on such date of
a Starwood Unit, in either case on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the
Starwood Units are not then listed or admitted to trading on such Exchange, on
the principal national securities exchange on which the Starwood Units are then
listed or admitted to trading or, if not then listed or admitted to trading on
any national securities exchange, the closing sale price on such date of a
Starwood Unit or, in case no reported sale takes place on such date, then the
average of the closing bid and asked prices on such date of the Starwood Units,
on NASDAQ or any comparable system. If the Starwood Units are not then quoted on
NASDAQ or any comparable system, the Board of Trustees of SLT and the Board of
Directors of SLC shall in good faith determine the Starwood Unit Closing Price.
"Suites Bonds" means the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial
Development Commercial Development Revenue Bonds (Suite Hotel Project), Series
A, in the original aggregate principal amount of $27,275,000, as amended and
restated in that certain Supplemental Mortgage and Trust Indenture dated as of
June 1, 1991, and as defined in that certain Bond Purchase Agreement by and
between The First National Bank of Boston, HSR, HIR, the Operating Partnership
and the Partnership and dated as of February 26, 1996.
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"Tax Items" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(c)(i)
hereof.
"Tax Payment Loan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.7(a) hereof.
"Tax Payment Loan Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.7(a) hereof.
"Withholding Tax Act" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.7(a) hereof.
ARTICLE 2
Continuation and Business of the Partnership
2.1 Continuation. The parties hereto do hereby continue the limited
partnership formed pursuant to the Original Agreement and pursuant to the
provisions of the Act and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. The
parties hereto agree that the rights and liabilities of the Partners shall be as
provided herein. The parties hereto shall immediately execute and deliver all
certificates and other documents and do all filings, recording and publishing
and other acts as in the judgment of the General Partner may be appropriate to
comply with all of the requirements for the continuation of the Partnership as a
limited partnership under the Act and the qualification of the Partnership in
any jurisdiction in which the Partnership owns property or conducts business.
2.2 Name. The name of the Partnership shall be SLT Realty Limited
Partnership, or such other name as shall be chosen from time to time by the
General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion; provided, however, that the
General Partner may not choose the name (or any derivative thereof) of any
Limited Partner without the prior written consent of such Limited Partner.
2.3 Character of the Business. The purpose of the Partnership shall be
to acquire, hold, own, develop, redevelop, construct, improve, maintain,
operate, manage, sell, lease, rent, transfer, encumber, mortgage, convey,
exchange and otherwise dispose of or deal with the Properties and any other real
and personal property of all kinds; to undertake such other activities as may be
necessary, desirable or appropriate to the business of the Partnership; to
engage in such other activities as shall be necessary, desirable or appropriate
to effectuate the foregoing purposes; and to otherwise engage in any enterprise
or business in which a limited partnership may engage or conduct under the Act.
The Partnership shall have all powers necessary, desirable or appropriate to
accomplish the purposes enumerated. In connection with the foregoing, but
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Partnership shall
have full power and authority to enter into, perform and carry out contracts of
any kind, to borrow money and to issue evidences of indebtedness, whether or not
secured by Liens, and, directly or indirectly, to acquire and construct
additional Properties necessary or useful in connection with its business.
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2.4 Location of Principal Place of Business. The location of the
principal place of business of the Partnership shall be at 000 Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or such other location as shall be
selected from time to time by the General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion; provided, however, that the General Partner shall notify the
Partners of any change in the location of the principal place of business of the
Partnership within thirty (30) days thereafter.
2.5 Registered Agent and Registered Office. The registered agent of the
Partnership shall be The Corporation Trust Company or such other Person as the
General Partner may select in its sole and absolute discretion. The registered
office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware shall be c/o The Corporation
Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 or such other location as the General Partner may
from time to time select in its sole discretion; provided, however, that the
General Partner shall notify the Limited Partners of any change in the
registered office or registered agent of the Partnership within thirty (30) days
thereafter.
2.6 Restatement of Agreement. This Agreement amended and restates the
Second Restated Agreement, including the amendments thereto, in its entirety
effective as of the date first above written and, effective as of such date, the
Second Restated Agreement and the amendments thereto shall be of no further
force or effect.
ARTICLE 3
Term
3.1 Commencement. The Partnership's term commenced upon the filing of
the Certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware on December 15, 1994.
3.2 Dissolution. The Partnership shall continue until dissolved and
terminated upon the occurrence of the earliest of the following events:
(a) the death, dissolution, termination, withdrawal, retirement,
expulsion or Bankruptcy of the General Partner, unless the Partnership's
business is continued as provided in Section 9.1 hereof;
(b) the election to dissolve the Partnership made in writing by the
General Partner;
(c) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Partnership unless the General Partner elects to continue the
Partnership business for the purpose of the receipt and the collection of
indebtedness or the collection of any other consideration to be received in
exchange for the assets of the Partnership (which activities shall be deemed to
be part of the winding up of the affairs of the Partnership);
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(d) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the
Partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Act, which decree is final and not
subject to appeal; or
(e) December 31, 2094.
ARTICLE 4
Capital Contributions
4.1 Capital Contributions; RP Units.
(a) As of the date first above written, the Partners have the
Percentage Interests in the Partnership as set forth in Exhibits A and A-1 which
Percentage Interests shall be adjusted to the extent necessary to reflect
properly exchanges, redemptions or conversions of Partnership Interests, Capital
Contributions, the issuance of additional Partnership Interests or any other
event having an effect on a Partner's Percentage Interest, in each case to the
extent permitted by and in accordance with this Agreement. Except to the extent
specifically set forth in this Agreement with respect to the General Partner,
the Partners shall have no obligation to make any additional Capital
Contributions or loans to the Partnership, even if the failure to do so could
result in the Bankruptcy or insolvency of the Partnership or any other adverse
consequence to the Partnership.
(b) The General Partner shall, from time to time, contribute cash
or Property to the Partnership such that the interest of the General Partner in
Net Income and Net Loss shall at all times be at least 1% and the Capital
Account balance of the General Partner shall be at least the lesser of $500,000
or 1% of the total positive Capital Account balances for the Partnership.
(c) The interest of a Partner (or an assignee of a Partner) in
capital, allocations of Net Income, Net Loss and distributions shall be
evidenced by the issuance to such Partner (or assignee) of one or more "RP
Units." The interest of a Class A Limited Partner (or an assignee of a Class A
Limited Partner) in capital, allocations of Net Income, Net Loss and
distributions, including Class A Special Distributions and Class A Liquidation
Preference Distributions, if any, shall be evidenced by the issuance to such
Class A Limited Partner (or assignee) of one or more "Class A RP Units." The
aggregate total of all RP Units and Class A RP Units outstanding and the
ownership of such RP Units and Class A RP Units by each Partner are as set forth
on Exhibit A and Exhibit A-1 hereto, which Exhibits shall be updated by the
General Partner to reflect changes in the holdings of RP Units and Class A RP
Units by the Partners.
(d) From time to time, the General Partner may cause the
Partnership to issue additional Partnership Interests to existing or
newly-admitted Partners (including the General Partner) for fair value in
exchange for additional Capital Contributions (including Capital Contributions
pursuant to Section 4.1(b)). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
if (i) the General Partner contributes to the Partnership the net proceeds to
the General Partner from
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any offering or sale of Starwood Units (including, without limitation, any
issuance of Starwood Units pursuant to the exercise of options, warrants,
convertible securities, or similar rights to acquire Starwood Units) the
Partnership shall issue to the General Partner RP Units equal in number to the
number of Starwood Units issued in such offering or sale, and (ii) if the
General Partner or SLC issues Starwood Units to any Person in exchange for
services, then the Partnership shall issue an equal number of RP Units to the
General Partner effective no later than the date on which the value of the
Starwood Units is includable in the gross income of such Person.
(e) The General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the
Partnership to issue Partnership Interests 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 the then-existing Partnership Interests and
RP Units, as shall be determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion, including (i) the allocation of items of Partnership income, gain,
loss, deduction and credit to each such class or series of Partnership Interests
and (ii) the rights of each such class or series of Partnership Interests to
share in Partnership distributions (including liquidating distributions).
(f) In the event of any change in the outstanding number of
Starwood Units by reason of any share dividend, split, reverse split,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation or combination, the number of RP Units
held by each Partner (or assignee) shall be proportionately adjusted such that,
to the extent possible, one RP Unit remains the equivalent of one Class B Share
without dilution.
(g) No fractional RP Units shall remain outstanding. In lieu of
issuing a fractional RP Unit to a holder of RP Units, the number of RP Units to
be held by such holder shall be rounded to the nearest whole RP Unit, or, at the
option of the General Partner, the holder shall be paid cash equal to the fair
market value of such fractional RP Unit.
4.2 Redemption of RP Units Held by Limited Partner. The General Partner
is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership to redeem all or any portion of
the RP Units held by any Limited Partner whenever the General Partner, in its
sole discretion, believes such redemption to be reasonably necessary or
appropriate in order to prevent the Partnership from being characterized as a
"publicly traded partnership" pursuant to Section 7704 of the Code and the
Regulations thereunder. Any redemption of RP Units pursuant to this Section 4.2
shall be made from the Limited Partners in reverse order of their respective
ownership of RP Units, that is, first from the Limited Partner or Limited
Partners with the fewest RP Units, and, second, if required, from the Limited
Partner or Limited Partners with the next fewest RP Units, et cetera.
Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the General Partner is hereby authorized
to cause the Partnership to redeem all the RP Units held by a particular Limited
Partner who, because of the number of such Limited Partner's direct or indirect
beneficial owners or its structure, in the judgment of the General Partner in
its sole discretion, and whether or not in conjunction with any other Partner
(whether redeemed pursuant to this Section 4.2 or not), may cause the
Partnership to be characterized as a "publicly traded partnership" pursuant to
Section 7704 of the Code and
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the Regulations thereunder. The redemption price of any RP Unit redeemed
pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be equal to the product of (a) 115% of the
average of the Starwood Unit Closing Price for the ten (10) trading day period
ending five (5) days prior to the date of such redemption, multiplied by (b) the
then Issuance Percentage of SLT. Any redemption of a Limited Partner shall be
effective upon the date specified in a notice to such Limited Partner, or, if
later, five (5) days after such notice. No redemption pursuant to this Section
4.2 shall be made unless the Operating Partnership concurrently effects a
comparable redemption.
4.3 Percentage Interests. The Percentage Interest of a Limited Partner
shall be equal to the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Capital
Contributions allocable to the RP Units held by such Partner (including RP Units
held by assignees of such Partner who have not been admitted as Partners) by (b)
the total Capital Contributions of all Partners. The Percentage Interests of the
General Partner shall be equal to 100 less the total of the Percentage Interests
held by the Limited Partners.
4.4 Purchase Rights. If the General Partner grants, issues or sells any
options, convertible securities or rights to purchase shares, warrants, or other
property pro rata to the record holders of Class B Shares (collectively,
"Purchase Rights"), then the Partners shall, to the extent practicable and
consistent with the other provisions of this Agreement, be entitled to acquire
from the Partnership interests in the Partnership that are substantially similar
in amount, tone and tenor to the Purchase Rights to which such Partners would be
entitled if such Partners had converted their Partnership Interests into
Starwood Units immediately prior to the grant, issue or sale of the Purchase
Rights.
4.5 No Third Party Beneficiaries. No creditor or other third party
shall have the right to enforce any 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 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.
4.6 No Interest on or Return of Capital Contribution. No Partner shall
be entitled to interest on its Capital Contribution or Capital Account. Except
as provided herein or by law, no Partner shall have any right to demand or
receive the return of its Capital Contribution.
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ARTICLE 5
Indemnification
5.1 Indemnification of the General Partner.
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Partnership shall
and does hereby 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
(including arbitration and mediation proceedings), civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, that relate, directly or indirectly, to the
formation, business or operations of the Partnership in which any Indemnitee may
be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party, witness or otherwise,
by reason of the fact that such Person was an Indemnitee, whether or not the
same shall proceed to judgment or be settled or otherwise be brought to a
conclusion, except only if and to the extent that it is finally adjudicated that
the act or omission of the Indemnitee was material to the matter giving rise to
the proceeding and was committed with fraud, gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order or settlement
does not create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet the requisite
standard of conduct set forth in this Section 5.1(a). Any indemnification
pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be made only out of the assets of the
Partnership and no Partner shall have any personal liability therefor. The
provisions of this Section 5.1 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their
heirs, successors, assigns, personal representatives and administrators, and
shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons.
The foregoing notwithstanding, the General Partner shall not be entitled to
indemnification from the Partnership with respect to matters provided for in
Sections 9.1 and 9.2 of the Formation Agreement.
(b) Reasonable expenses incurred by an Indemnitee who is a party or
witness in a proceeding shall be paid or reimbursed by the Partnership 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 5.1, has been met, and (ii) a
written undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay the amount paid
or reimbursed if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnitee is not
entitled to be indemnified hereunder.
(c) The indemnification provided by this Section 5.1 shall be in
addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee may be entitled under any
agreement, as a matter of law or otherwise, and shall continue as to an
Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity. The Partnership shall
purchase and maintain insurance, on behalf of the Indemnitees, 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. An Indemnitee shall not be
denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 5.1 solely because
the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the
indemnification applies.
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(d) For purposes of this Section 5.1, 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 5.1; 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 which is not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership.
5.2 Indemnification of Limited Partners.
(a) From and after the date hereof, the Partnership shall indemnify
and hold harmless each Limited Partner, its Affiliates, employees, officers,
directors and agents against and from all liability, demands, claims, actions or
causes of action, assessments, losses, fines, penalties, costs, damages and
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' and accountants'
fees and expenses) sustained or incurred by such Limited Partner or Affiliate or
any assignee or successor thereof (including, without limitation, any permitted
assignee of a Limited Partner under Article 9 hereof) as a result of or arising
out of any action, suit or proceeding (including mediation and arbitration
proceedings) (i) arising out of or relating to the operation of the
Partnership's business or the Limited Partner being a Partner in the Partnership
(excluding, specifically, actions, suits or proceedings arising out of actual or
alleged breaches of a Partner's representations, warranties or covenants
hereunder or pursuant to the Formation Agreement or arising out of acts by a
Limited Partner other than in its capacity as such) and (ii) naming a Limited
Partner or any of its Affiliates as a party to such proceeding. Any
indemnification pursuant to this Section 5.2(a) shall be made only out of the
assets of the Partnership and no Partner shall have any personal liability
therefor. The provisions of this Section 5.2(a) are for the benefit of the
Limited Partners, their Affiliates, employees, officers, directors and agents,
and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other
Persons.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Partnership shall indemnify
and hold harmless the HEI Contributors of and from liabilities of the HEI
Property Companies whose Property Company Interests have been acquired by the
Partnership except for any undisclosed material liability of any such HEI
Property Company as of February 14, 1997 (collectively, the "Excluded
Liabilities"); provided, however, that the Excluded Liabilities shall not
include:
(i) any liability incurred in the ordinary course of operating
the applicable hotel prior to February 14, 1997;
(ii) any liability disclosed by the Transaction Documents, the
schedules or exhibits thereto, any supplement to such schedules or exhibits
delivered to the Starwood Parties prior to February 14, 1997, the agreements,
reports or other documents referred to in any of the foregoing, the Financial
Statements, the financial statements prepared in connection with the Net Working
Capital adjustment provided for in Article IV of the HEI Contribution Agreement;
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(iii) any liability of which the Starwood Parties otherwise had
Knowledge prior to February 14, 1997; or
(iv) any liability incurred on or after February 14, 1997;
and the Partnership shall be obligated to hold the HEI Contributors harmless
from all such enumerated liabilities. The provisions of this Section 5.2(b)
shall be in addition to and not in limitation of the indemnifications provided
to Limited Partners pursuant to Section 5.2(a). Any capitalized term in this
Section 5.2(b) not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning
set forth in the HEI Contribution Agreement.
5.3 Notice of Claims. If any Person believes that it is entitled to
indemnification under this Article 5, such Person shall so notify the
Partnership promptly in writing describing such claim for indemnification, the
amount thereof, if known, and the method of computation, all with reasonable
particularity and containing a reference to the provisions of this Agreement in
respect of which such claim shall have occurred; provided, however, that the
omission by such indemnified party to give notice as provided herein shall not
relieve the Partnership of its indemnification obligation under this Article 5
except to the extent that the Partnership is materially damaged as a result of
such failure to give notice. If any action at law or suit in equity is
instituted by or against a third party with respect to which any of the Persons
entitled to indemnification under this Article 5 intends to make a claim for
indemnification under this Article 5, any such Person shall promptly notify the
Partnership of such action or suit. Any Person entitled to indemnification
hereunder shall use reasonable efforts to minimize the amount of any claim for
indemnification hereunder.
5.4 Third Party Claims. In the event of any claim for indemnification
hereunder resulting from or in connection with any claim or legal proceeding by
a third party, the indemnified Person shall give such notice thereof to the
Partnership not later than twenty (20) Business Days prior to the time any
response to the asserted claim is required, if possible, and in any event within
fifteen (15) Business Days following the date such indemnified Person has actual
knowledge thereof; provided, however, that the omission by such indemnified
Person to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Partnership of
its indemnification obligation under this Article 5 except to the extent that
the Partnership is materially damaged as a result of such failure to give
notice. In the event of any such claim for indemnification resulting from or in
connection with a claim or legal proceeding by a third party, the Partnership
may, at its sole cost and expense, assume the defense thereof; provided,
however, that counsel for the Partnership, who shall conduct the defense of such
claim or legal proceeding, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified
Person; and provided, further, that if the defendants in any such actions
include both the indemnified Persons and the Partnership and the indemnified
Persons shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses or
rights available to them which have not been waived and are in actual or
potential conflict with those available to the Partnership, the indemnified
Persons shall have the right to select one law firm reasonably acceptable to the
Partnership to act as separate counsel, on behalf of such indemnified Persons,
at the expense of the Partnership. Unless the indemnified Persons are
represented by separate counsel pursuant to the second proviso of the
immediately preceding sentence, if the Partnership assumes the defense
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of any such claim or legal proceeding, it shall not consent to entry of any
judgment, or enter into any settlement, that (a) is not subject to
indemnification in accordance with the provisions in this Article 5, (b)
provides for injunctive or other non-monetary relief affecting the indemnified
Persons or (c) does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by
each claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified Persons of a release from all
liability with respect to such claim or legal proceeding, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified Persons (which consent, in the case of
clauses (b) and (c), shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and
provided, further, that, unless the indemnified Persons are represented by
separate counsel pursuant to the second proviso of the immediately preceding
sentence, the indemnified Persons may, at their own expense, participate in any
such proceeding with the counsel of their choice without any right of control
thereof. So long as the Partnership is in good faith defending such claim or
proceeding, the indemnified Persons shall not compromise or settle such claim or
proceeding without the prior written consent of the Partnership, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If the Partnership does not
assume the defense of any such claim or litigation in accordance with the terms
hereof, the indemnified Persons may defend against such claim or litigation in
such manner as they may deem appropriate, including, without limitation,
settling such claim or litigation (after giving prior written notice of the same
to the Partnership and obtaining the prior written consent of the Partnership,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) on such terms as
the indemnified Persons may deem appropriate, and the Partnership will promptly
indemnify the indemnified Persons in accordance with the provisions of this
Article 5.
5.5 Indemnification Pursuant to Formation Agreement. If any obligation
pursuant to the indemnification provisions of Article IX of the Formation
Agreement would otherwise require the indemnifying Person to make a cash payment
to the indemnified Person then, subject to Article 9 hereof, in lieu of making
all or any portion of such cash payment, the indemnifying Person may transfer RP
Units of equivalent value to the indemnified Person. Indemnification through the
transfer of RP Units pursuant to this Section 5.5 may only be made if (a)
indemnification through the transfer of an equal number of OP Units is being
made pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Operating Partnership Agreement or (b) the
indemnifying Person otherwise makes arrangements for the transfer to the
indemnified Person (or its designee) of an equal number of OP Units.
ARTICLE 6
Allocations, Distributions and Other Tax and Accounting Matters
6.1 Allocations. The Net Income, Net Loss and other Partnership items
shall be allocated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.1.
(a) Allocation of Net Income and Net Loss.
(i) Net Income. Except as otherwise provided herein, Net Income
for any fiscal year or other applicable period shall be allocated in the
following order and priority:
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(A) first, to the General Partner, until the cumulative Net
Income allocated pursuant to this Section 6.1(a)(i)(A) for the current
and all prior periods equals the cumulative Net Loss allocated pursuant
to Section 6.1(a)(ii)(C) for all prior periods;
(B) second, to the holders of RP Units, to the extent of, in
proportion to and in reverse order of their prior allocations of Net
Loss pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(ii)(B) until the cumulative Net Income
allocated pursuant to this Section 6.1(a)(i)(B) for the current and all
prior periods equals the cumulative Net Loss allocated to such holders
pursuant to Section 6.1(a)(ii)(B) for all prior periods;
(C) third, to the General Partner, until the cumulative Net
Income allocated pursuant to this Section 6.1(a)(i)(C) for the current
and all prior periods equals the cumulative Net Loss allocated pursuant
to Section 6.1(a)(ii)(A) for all prior periods;
(D) fourth, to the holders of Class A RP Units until each
holder of Class A RP Units has been allocated Net Income pursuant to
this Section 6.1(a)(i)(D) in an amount equal to its accrued Class A RP
Special Distributions, if any;
(E) fifth, to the holders of Class A RP Units until each
holder of Class A RP Units has been allocated Net Income pursuant to
this Section 6.1(a)(i)(E) in an amount equal to the excess of its
accrued Class A Liquidation Preference Distributions, if any, over the
portion of such holder's initial Capital Account balance allocable to
the Class A Liquidation Preference Distribution;
(F) sixth, to the extent the Partnership has made
distributions pursuant to Section 6.2(a)(ii) or Section 6.2(b), to the
holders of RP Units, in accordance with and in proportion to the
distributions made under Section 6.2(a)(ii) or Section 6.2(b); and
(G) thereafter, to the General Partner.
(ii) Net Loss. Except as otherwise provided herein, Net Loss of the
Partnership for each fiscal year or other applicable period shall be allocated
in the following order and priority:
(A) first, to the General Partner, until the Capital Account
balance of the General Partner has been reduced to the minimum Capital
Account balance required pursuant to Section 4.1(b) hereof;
(B) second, to the holders of RP Units in accordance with
their respective holdings of RP Units, provided that Net Losses shall
not be
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allocated pursuant to this Section 6.1(a)(ii)(B) to the extent that
such allocations would cause any Limited Partner to have an Adjusted
Capital Account Deficit as of the end of the fiscal year to which such
Net Loss relates; and
(C) the balance, if any, to the General Partner.
(b) Special Allocations. Notwithstanding any provisions of Section
6.1(a) hereof, the following special allocations shall be made in the following
order:
(i) Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Article 6, if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum
Gain for any Partnership fiscal year (except as a result of conversion or
refinancing of Partnership indebtedness, certain capital contributions or
revaluation of the Partnership property as further outlined in Section
1.704-2(f) of the Regulations), each holder of RP Units shall be specially
allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary,
subsequent years) in an amount equal to that holder's share of the net decrease
in Partnership Minimum Gain as determined under Section 1.704-2(g) of the
Regulations. The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with
Section 1.704-2(f) of the Regulations. This clause (i) is intended to comply
with the minimum gain chargeback requirement in said section of the Regulations
and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. Allocations pursuant to this
clause (i) shall be made in proportion to the respective amounts required to be
allocated to each holder of RP Units pursuant hereto.
(ii) Minimum Gain Chargeback Attributable to Partner
Nonrecourse Debt. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 6, if
there is a net decrease in Minimum Gain Attributable to Partner Nonrecourse Debt
during any fiscal year (other than due to the conversion, refinancing or other
change in the debt instrument causing it to become partially or wholly
nonrecourse, certain capital contributions, or certain revaluations of
Partnership property (as further outlined in Section 1.704-2(i)(4) of the
Regulations), each holder of RP Units shall be specially allocated items of
Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years)
in an amount equal to the holder's share of the net decrease in the Minimum Gain
Attributable to Partner Nonrecourse Debt as determined under Section 1.704-2(i)
of the Regulations. The items to be so allocated shall be determined in
accordance with Sections 1.704-2(i)(4) and (j)(2) of the Regulations. This
clause (ii) is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirement
with respect to Partner Nonrecourse Debt contained in said section of the
Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. Allocations
pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be made in proportion to the respective
amounts required to be allocated to each holder of RP Units.
(iii) Qualified Income Offset. In the event a holder of RP
Units unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations or distributions
described in Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii) (d)(4), (5), or (6) of the Regulations,
and such holder has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, items of Partnership
income and gain shall be specially allocated to such holder in an amount and
manner sufficient to eliminate the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit as quickly
as possible, provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 6.1(b)(iii)
shall be made only if
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and to the extent that such holder would have Adjusted Capital Account Deficit
after all other allocations provided for in this Article 6 have been tentatively
made as if this Section 6.1(b)(iii) were not in the Agreement. This clause (iii)
is intended to constitute a "qualified income offset" under Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii) (d) of the Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently
therewith.
(iv) Gross Income Allocation. In the event any holder of RP
Units has a deficit Capital Account at the end of any fiscal year which is in
excess of the sum of (A) the amount such holder is obligated to restore pursuant
to any provision of this Agreement, and (B) the amount such holder is deemed to
be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Sections
1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5) of the Regulations, each such holder shall be
specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain in the amount of such
excess as quickly as possible, provided that an allocation pursuant to this
Section 6.1(b)(iv) shall be made only if and to the extent that such holder
would have a Capital Account Deficit in excess of such sum after all other
allocations provided for in this Article 6 have been made as if Section
6.1(b)(iii) hereof and this Section 6.1(b)(iv) were not in the Agreement.
(v) Nonrecourse Deductions. Nonrecourse Deductions for any
fiscal year or other applicable period shall be allocated to the holders of RP
Units in accordance with their respective holdings of RP Units. For purposes of
Section 1.752-3(a) (3) of the Regulations, "excess nonrecourse liabilities"
shall be allocated among the holders of RP Units in proportion to their
respective holdings of RP Units.
(vi) Partner Nonrecourse Deductions. Partner Nonrecourse
Deductions for any fiscal year or other applicable period shall be specially
allocated to the holder of RP Units that bears the economic risk of loss with
respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt in respect of which such Partner
Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable (as determined under Sections 1.704-2(b)
(4) and (i) (1) of the Regulations).
(vii) Section 754 Adjustments. To the extent an adjustment to
the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or
Section 743(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)
(m)(2) or Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) of the Regulations, to be taken into
account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to
Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment
increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such
basis) and such gain or loss shall be specially allocated to holders of RP Units
in accordance with their interests in a manner consistent with the manner in
which their Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to such
sections of the Regulations.
(viii) Curative Allocations. The Regulatory Allocations shall
be taken into account in allocating other items of income, gain, loss, and
deduction among the holders of RP Units so that, to the extent possible, the
cumulative net amount of allocations of Partnership items under Sections 6.1(a)
and 6.1(b) hereof shall be equal to the net amount that would have been
allocated to each holder of RP Units if the Regulatory Allocations had not
occurred. This subparagraph (viii) is intended to minimize to the extent
possible and to the extent
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necessary any economic distortions which may result from application of the
Regulatory Allocations and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent
therewith. For purposes hereof, "Regulatory Allocations" shall mean the
allocations provided under this Section 6.1(b) (other than this subparagraph)
and allocations pursuant to the last sentence of Section 6.1(a)(ii) hereof.
(ix) Varying Interests. In the event the number of RP Units
outstanding during a fiscal year changes, the allocations pursuant to this
Article 6 shall be made by the General Partner to take such varying interests
into account in any reasonable manner permitted under the Code and the
Regulations.
(c) Tax Allocations.
(i) Generally. Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii) hereof, items
of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to be allocated for income tax
purposes (collectively, "Tax Items") shall be allocated among the holders of RP
Units on the same basis as their respective book items.
(ii) Sections 1245/1250 Recapture. If any portion of gain from
the sale of property is treated as gain which is ordinary income by virtue of
the application of Sections 1245 or 1250 of the Code ("Affected Gain"), then (A)
such Affected Gain shall be allocated among the holders of RP Units in the same
proportion that the depreciation and amortization deductions giving rise to the
Affected Gain were allocated and (B) other Tax Items of gain of the same
character that would have been recognized, but for the application of Sections
1245 and/or 1250 of the Code, shall be allocated away from those holders of RP
Units who are allocated Affected Gain pursuant to clause (A) so that, to the
extent possible, the other holders of RP Units are allocated the same amount,
and type, of capital gain that would have been allocated to them had Sections
1245 and/or 1250 of the Code not applied. For purposes hereof, in order to
determine the proportionate allocations of depreciation and amortization
deductions for each fiscal year or other applicable period, such deductions
shall be deemed allocated on the same basis as Net Income or Net Loss for such
respective period.
(iii) Allocations Respecting Section 704(c) of the Code and
Revaluations. Property contributed to the Partnership shall be subject to
Section 704(c) of the Code and the Regulations thereunder so that,
notwithstanding paragraph (b) hereof, taxable gain from disposition, taxable
loss from disposition and tax depreciation with respect to Partnership property
that is subject to Section 704(c) of the Code and/or Section 1.704-1(b) (2) (iv)
(f) of the Regulations (collectively "Section 704(c) Tax Items") shall be
allocated on a property by property basis in accordance with said Code Section
and/or the Regulations thereunder, as the case may be. The allocation of Section
704(c) Tax Items shall be made pursuant to any reasonable method selected by the
General Partner in its discretion authorized under Section 1.704-3 of the
Regulations. Allocations pursuant to this Section 6.1(c)(iii) are solely for
purposes of federal, state, and local taxes and shall not affect, or in any way
be taken into account in computing, the Capital Account or share of Net Income,
Net Loss, other items, or distributions of any holder of RP Units pursuant to
any provision of this Agreement.
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(iv) Tax Credits and Other Items. Tax credits and other items
shall be allocated in accordance with the holdings of RP Units to the extent
permitted under Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(ii) of the Regulations or other applicable
provision of the Code and Regulations and otherwise in accordance with such
provisions.
(v) Senior Debt. Any income (including income from discharge of
indebtedness), gain, correlative adjustments, loss, deduction or retirement or
other premium relating to the assumption of the Senior Debt by the Partnership,
the repayment of or refinancing of the Senior Debt, the contribution of any
portion of the Senior Debt to the Partnership or the defeasance of any portion
of the Senior Debt as a result of the application of Section 108(e)(4) of the
Code and the Regulations thereunder shall be specially allocated to the General
Partner.
(vi) Bonds. Income, gain, loss or correlative adjustments, if
any, relating to the Suites Bonds or the disposition thereof shall be specially
allocated to HSR (or its assignees or successors-in-interest). Income, gain,
loss or correlative adjustments, if any, relating to the Inns Bonds or the
disposition thereof shall be specially allocated to HSR (or its assignees or
successors-in-interest).
6.2 Distributions.
(a) The General Partner shall cause the Partnership to distribute
all, or such portion as the General Partner may in its reasonable discretion
determine, of Net Cash Flow in accordance with the distribution rules described
below to the General Partner and to the holders of the applicable RP Units who
are holders on the Partnership Record Date with respect to such distribution.
From and after the date first above written, Net Cash Flow shall be distributed:
(i) first, to the holders of Class A RP Units, pro rata in
accordance with the holders' ownership of Class A RP Units, in an amount equal
to the excess, if any, of (A) the total of all Class A RP Special Distributions
that have accrued as of the date of payment of such distribution, less (B) the
total amount of all previous distributions to the holders of Class A RP Units in
respect of such Class A RP Special Distributions pursuant to Section 8.2(a)(iv)
hereof, if any, and this Section 6.2(a)(i);
(ii) second, to each holder of RP Units, in an amount equal to
the excess, if any, of (A) all distributions made or to be made as of the
Partnership Record Date by the General Partner to holders of Class B Shares (on
a per Class B Share to per RP Unit basis) over (B) the total amount of all
previous distributions made to each holder of RP Units pursuant to this Section
6.2(a)(ii); and
(iii) thereafter, to the General Partner.
(b) If, as of any Partnership Record Date, the Net Cash Flow of the
Partnership is insufficient to make the distributions provided for under Section
6.2(a)(i) or (ii) hereof, the General Partner shall ensure that sufficient Net
Cash Flow is available by reducing the
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amounts distributable to it under Section 6.2(a) hereof and increasing the
amount otherwise distributable to holders of RP Units and, to the extent
necessary, by contributing additional capital to the Partnership.
6.3 Books of Account. At all times during the continuance of the
Partnership, the General Partner shall maintain or cause to be maintained full,
true, complete and correct books of account in accordance with GAAP, using the
calendar year as the fiscal and taxable year of the Partnership. In addition,
the Partnership shall keep all records required to be kept pursuant to the Act.
6.4 Reports. The General Partner shall cause to be sent to the Partners
promptly after receipt of the same from the Accountants and in no event later
than one hundred five (105) days after the close of each fiscal year of the
Partnership, copies of Audited Financial Statements for the Partnership, or of
the General Partner if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated
basis with the General Partner, for the immediately preceding fiscal year of the
Partnership. The Partnership shall also cause to be prepared such reports and/or
information as are necessary for the General Partner to determine its
qualification as a REIT and its compliance with REIT Requirements.
6.5 Tax Elections and Returns. All elections required or permitted to
be made by the Partnership under any applicable tax law shall be made by the
General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, except that the General
Partner shall, if requested by a Limited Partner, file an election on behalf of
the Partnership pursuant to Section 754 of the Code to adjust the basis of the
Partnership property in the case of a transfer of a Partnership Interest or
distribution from the Partnership, including transfers made in connection with
the exercise of the Rights, made in accordance with the provisions of the
Agreement. The General Partner shall be responsible for preparing and filing all
federal and state tax returns for the Partnership and furnishing copies thereof
to the Partners, together with required Partnership schedules showing
allocations of tax items, copies of all within the period of time prescribed by
law. The General Partner shall use reasonable efforts to make available to the
holders of RP Units final K-1's not later than September 15 of each year.
6.6 Tax Matters Partner. The General Partner is hereby designated as
the Tax Matters Partner within the meaning of Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code
(and any corresponding provisions of state and local law) for the Partnership;
provided, however, that (a) in exercising its authority as Tax Matters Partner,
the General Partner shall be limited by the provisions of this Agreement
affecting tax aspects of the Partnership; and (b) the General Partner shall give
prompt notice to any notice partners under Section 6231 of the Code of the
receipt of any written notice that the Internal Revenue Service intends to
examine or audit Partnership income tax returns for any year, receipt of written
notice of the beginning of an administrative proceeding at the Partnership level
relating to the Partnership under Section 6223 of the Code, receipt of written
notice of the final Partnership administrative adjustment relating to the
Partnership pursuant to Section 6223 of the Code, and receipt of any request
from the Internal Revenue Service for waiver of any applicable statute of
limitations with respect to the filing of any tax return by the Partnership.
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6.7 Withholding Payments Required By Law.
(a) Unless treated as a Tax Payment Loan (as hereinafter defined),
any amount paid by the Partnership for or with respect to any holder of RP Units
on account of any withholding tax or other tax payable with respect to the
income, profits or distributions of the Partnership pursuant to the Code, the
Regulations, or any state or local statute, regulation, notice, ruling or
ordinance requiring such payment (a "Withholding Tax Act") shall be treated as a
distribution to such holder for all purposes of this Agreement, consistent with
the character or source of the income, profits or cash which gave rise to the
payment or withholding obligation. To the extent that the amount required to be
remitted by the Partnership under the Withholding Tax Act exceeds the amount
then otherwise distributable to such holder, unless and to the extent that funds
shall have been provided by such holder pursuant to the last sentence of this
Section 6.7(a), the excess shall constitute a loan from the Partnership to such
holder (a "Tax Payment Loan") which shall be payable upon demand and shall bear
interest, from the date that the Partnership makes the payment to the relevant
taxing authority, at the rate announced from time to time by Citibank, N.A. (or
any successor thereto) as its "prime rate," plus 4% per annum, compounded
monthly (but in no event higher than the highest interest rate permitted by
applicable law). So long as any Tax Payment Loan to any holder of RP Units or
the interest thereon remains unpaid, the Partnership shall make future
distributions due to such holder under this Agreement by applying the amount of
any such distributions first to the payment of any unpaid interest on such Tax
Payment Loan and then to the repayment of the principal thereof, and no such
future distributions shall be paid to such holder until all of such principal
and interest has been paid in full. If the amount required to be remitted by the
Partnership under the Withholding Tax Act exceeds the amount then otherwise
distributable to a holder of RP Units, the Partnership shall notify such holder
at least five (5) Business Days in advance of the date upon which the
Partnership would be required to make a Tax Payment Loan under this Section
6.7(a) (the "Tax Payment Loan Date") and provide such holder the opportunity to
pay to the Partnership, on or before the Tax Payment Loan Date, all or a portion
of such deficit.
(b) The General Partner shall have the authority to take all
actions necessary to enable the Partnership to comply with the provisions of any
Withholding Tax Act applicable to the Partnership and to carry out the
provisions of this Section 6.7. Nothing in this Section 6.7 shall create any
obligation on the General Partner to advance funds to the Partnership or to
borrow funds from third parties in order to make any payments on account of any
liability of the Partnership under a Withholding Tax Act.
(c) In the event that a Tax Payment Loan is not paid by a holder of
RP Units within thirty (30) days after written demand therefor is made by the
General Partner, the General Partner may cause all distributions that would
otherwise be made to such holder to be retained by the Partnership, or sell such
holder's RP Units for sale proceeds, in each case up to the amount necessary to
repay such Tax Payment Loan, including all accrued and unpaid interest therein,
and such retained distributions or sale proceeds shall be applied against,
first, the accrued interest on and, second, the principal of, such Tax Payment
Loan.
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ARTICLE 7
Rights, Duties and Restrictions of the General Partner
7.1 Powers and Duties of the General Partner.
(a) The General Partner shall be responsible for the management of
the Partnership's business and affairs. Except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the General Partner shall have, and is hereby granted, full and
complete power, authority and discretion to take such action for and on behalf
of the Partnership and in its name as the General Partner shall, in its sole and
absolute discretion, deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the
Partnership's business and the purposes for which the Partnership was organized.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the General Partner shall, on
behalf of, and at the expense of, the Partnership, have the right, power and
authority:
(i) to manage, control, invest, reinvest, acquire by purchase,
lease or otherwise, sell, contract to purchase or sell, grant, obtain, or
exercise options to purchase, options to sell or conversion rights, assign,
transfer, convey, deliver, endorse, exchange, pledge, mortgage, abandon,
improve, repair, maintain, insure, lease for any term and otherwise deal with
any and all property of whatsoever kind and nature, and wheresoever situated, in
furtherance of the business or purposes of the Partnership;
(ii) to acquire, directly or indirectly, interests in real
estate of any kind and of any type, and any and all kinds of interests therein
(including, without limitation, Entities investing therein), and to determine
the manner in which title thereto is to be held; to manage (directly or through
property managers), insure against loss, protect and subdivide any of the real
estate, interests therein or parts thereof; to improve, develop or redevelop any
such real estate; to participate in the ownership and development of any
property; to dedicate for public use, to vacate any subdivisions or parts
thereof, to resubdivide, to contract to sell, to grant options to purchase or
lease, to sell on any terms; to convey, mortgage, pledge or otherwise encumber
said property, or any part thereof; to lease said property or any part thereof
from time to time, upon any terms and for any period of time, and to renew or
extend leases, to amend, change or modify the terms and provisions of any leases
and to grant options to lease and options to renew leases and options to
purchase; to partition or to exchange said real property, or any part thereof,
for other real or personal property; to grant easements or charges of any kind;
to release, convey or assign any right, title or interest in or about or
easement appurtenant to said property or any part thereof; to construct and
reconstruct, remodel, alter, repair, add to or take from buildings on any
property in which the Partnership owns an interest; to insure any Person having
an interest in or responsibility for the care, management or repair of such
property; to direct the trustee of any land trust to mortgage, lease, convey or
contract to convey the real estate held in such land trust or to execute and
deliver deeds, mortgages, notes and any and all documents pertaining to the
property subject to such land trust or in any matter regarding such trust; and
to execute assignments of all or any part of the beneficial interest in such
land trust;
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(iii) to employ, engage, indemnify or contract with or dismiss
from employment or engagement Persons to the extent deemed necessary or
appropriate by the General Partner for the operation and management of the
Partnership business, including but not limited to contractors, subcontractors,
engineers, architects, surveyors, mechanics, consultants, accountants,
attorneys, insurance brokers, real estate brokers and others;
(iv) to enter into contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and
to cause all Administrative Expenses to be paid;
(v) to borrow or loan money, obtain or make loans and advances
from and to any Person for Partnership purposes and to apply for and secure from
or accept and grant to any Person credit or accommodations; to contract
liabilities and obligations (including interest rate swaps, caps and xxxxxx) of
every kind and nature with or without security; and to repay, collect,
discharge, settle, adjust, compromise or liquidate any such loan, advance,
obligation or liability;
(vi) to grant security interests, mortgage, assign, deposit,
deliver, enter into sale and leaseback arrangements or otherwise give as
security or as additional or substitute security or for sale or other
disposition any and all Partnership property, tangible or intangible, including,
but not limited to, personal property and real estate and interests in land
trusts, and to make substitutions thereof, and to receive any proceeds thereof
upon the release or surrender thereof; to sign, execute and deliver any and all
assignments, deeds, bills of sale and contracts and instruments in writing; to
authorize, give, make, procure, accept and receive moneys, payments, property
notices, demands, protests and authorize and execute waivers of every kind and
nature; to enter into, make, execute, deliver and receive agreements,
undertakings and instruments of every kind and nature; and generally to do any
and all other acts and things incidental to any of the foregoing or with
reference to any dealings or transactions which the General Partner may deem
necessary, proper or advisable to effect or accomplish any of the foregoing or
to carry out the business and purposes of the Partnership;
(vii) to acquire and enter into any contract of insurance
(including, without limitation, general partner liability and partnership
reimbursement insurance policies) which the General Partner may deem necessary
or appropriate;
(viii) to conduct any and all banking transactions on behalf of
the Partnership; to adjust and settle checking, savings and other accounts with
such institutions as the General Partner shall deem appropriate; to draw, sign,
execute, accept, endorse, guarantee, deliver, receive and pay any checks,
drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances, notes, obligations, undertakings and
other instruments for or relating to the payment of money in, into or from any
account in the Partnership's name; to make deposits into and withdrawals from
the Partnership's bank accounts and to negotiate or discount commercial paper,
acceptances, negotiable instruments, bills of exchange and dollar drafts;
(ix) to demand, xxx for, receive and otherwise take steps to
collect or recover all debts, rents, proceeds, interests, dividends, goods,
chattels, income from
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property, damages and all other property, to which the Partnership may be
entitled or which are or may become due the Partnership from any Person; to
commence, prosecute or enforce, or to defend, answer or oppose, contest and
abandon all legal proceedings in which the Partnership is or may hereafter be
interested; and to settle, compromise or submit to arbitration any accounts,
debts, claims, disputes and matters which may arise between the Partnership and
any other Person and to grant an extension of time for the payment or
satisfaction thereof on any terms, with or without security;
(x) to acquire interests in and contribute money or property
to any limited or general partnerships, joint ventures, subsidiaries or other
entities as the General Partner deems desirable;
(xi) to maintain or cause to be maintained the Partnership's
books and records;
(xii) to prepare and deliver, or cause to be prepared and
delivered, all financial and other reports with respect to the operations of the
Partnership, and preparation and filing of all tax returns and reports;
(xiii) to do all things which are necessary or advisable for
the protection and preservation of the Partnership's business and assets, and to
execute and deliver such further instruments and undertake such further acts as
may be necessary or desirable to carry out the intent and purposes of this
Agreement and as are not inconsistent with the terms hereof;
(xiv) subject to Section 7.4 hereof, to lease any or all of
the Properties to SLC, the Operating Partnership or the Affiliates of either or
to any other Person on such terms and conditions as the General Partner may from
time to time agree;
(xv) subject to Section 11.3 hereof, to authorize and cause
mergers between the Partnership and other Entities in which the Partnership is
the surviving Entity; and
(xvi) in general, to exercise all of the general rights,
privileges and powers permitted to be had and exercised under the Act.
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 nothing herein contained shall be
deemed to require the General Partner, in its capacity as such, to expend its
individual funds for payment to third parties or to undertake any specific
liability or litigation on behalf of the Partnership.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.1(a) hereof, the
Partnership shall not take any action which (or fail to take any action, the
omission of which) the
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General Partner believes, in its sole and absolute discretion, (i) could
adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to qualify or continue to
qualify as a REIT, (ii) could otherwise cause the General Partner to violate the
REIT Requirements or (iii) could violate any law or regulation of any
governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the General Partner or its
securities, unless such action (or inaction) shall have been specifically
consented to by the General Partner in writing.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.1(a) hereof, the
Partnership shall not commingle its funds with those of any Affiliate or other
entity; funds and other assets of the Partnership shall be separately identified
and segregated; all of the Partnership's assets shall at all times be held by or
on behalf of the Partnership, and, if held on behalf of the Partnership by
another entity, shall at all times be kept identifiable (in accordance with
customary usages) as assets owned by the Partnership; and the Partnership shall
maintain its own separate bank accounts, payroll and books of account.
(d) Without the consent of the Limited Partners, the General
Partner shall have no power to do any act in contravention of this Agreement or
possess any Partnership property for other than a partnership purpose.
7.2 Reimbursement of the General Partner.
(a) Except as provided in this Section 7.2 and elsewhere in this
Agreement (including the provisions of Articles 5, 6 and 8 hereof regarding
distributions, payments and allocations to which it may be entitled), the
General Partner shall not receive payments from or be compensated for its
services as general partner of the Partnership.
(b) The General Partner shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or
such other basis as the General Partner may determine in its sole and absolute
discretion, for all expenses it incurs relating to the ownership and operation
of, or for the benefit of, the Partnership, including, without limitation, the
Administrative Expenses. Such reimbursements shall be in addition to any
reimbursement to the General Partner as a result of indemnification pursuant to
Section 5.1 hereof.
(c) To the extent that any amount paid or credited to the General
Partner or its officers, directors, employees or agents pursuant to Section 5.1
or Section 7.2(b) hereof would constitute gross income to the General Partner
for purposes of Sections 856(c)(2) or 856(c)(3) of the Code (a "General Partner
Payment") then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
amount of such General Partner Payments for any fiscal year shall not exceed the
lesser of:
(i) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) 4.95% of the
General Partner's total gross income (but not including the amount of any
General Partner Payments) for the fiscal year which is described in subsections
(A) through (H) of Section 856(c)(2) of the Code over (B) the amount of gross
income (within the meaning of Section 856(c)(2) of the Code) derived by a
General Partner from sources other than those described in
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subsections (A) through (H) of Section 856(c)(2) of the Code (but not including
the amount of any General Partner Payments); or
(ii) an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) 24.95% of
the General Partner's total gross income (but not including the amount of any
General Partner Payments) for the fiscal year which is described in subsections
(A) through (I) of Section 856(c)(3) of the Code over (B) the amount of gross
income (within the meaning of Section 856(c)(3) of the Code) derived by the
General Partner from sources other than those described in subsections (A)
through (I) of Section 856(c)(3) of the Code (but not including the amount of
any General Partner Payments); provided, however, that General Partner Payments
in excess of the amounts set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above may be
made if the General Partner, as a condition precedent, obtains an opinion of tax
counsel that the receipt of such excess amounts would not adversely affect the
General Partner's ability to qualify as a REIT. To the extent General Partner
Payments may not be made in a fiscal year due to the foregoing limitations, such
General Partner Payments shall carry over and be treated as arising in the
following year, provided, however, that such amounts shall not carry over for
more than five (5) years, and if not paid within such five (5) year period,
shall expire; provided further, that (i) as General Partner Payments are made,
such payments shall be applied first to carry over amounts outstanding, if any,
and (ii) with respect to carry over amounts for more than one (1) fiscal year,
such payments shall be applied to the earliest fiscal year first.
7.3 Outside Activities of the General Partner. The General Partner
shall not be restricted in its outside activities or investments if the General
Partner makes such arrangements as are reasonably necessary, including but not
limited to distributions and/or Rights, to prevent such activities or
investments from having a material adverse impact on the Limited Partners and to
assure that the Limited Partners share in the economic benefits of such
activities or investments in a fair and equitable manner as compared to holders
of Starwood Units. For purposes of this Section 7.3, the interests of the
holders of RP Ordinary Units in the Operating Partnership shall be taken into
account.
7.4 Contracts with Affiliates. The Partnership may engage in
transactions, enter into contracts with Affiliates, and lend money to or borrow
money from Affiliates which are on terms fair and reasonable to the Partnership
and no less favorable to the Partnership than would be obtained from
unaffiliated third parties. The Partners hereby agree that the Partnership's
leases and loans with the Operating Partnership, SLC and its Affiliates, as in
effect on the date first above written, are on terms fair and reasonable to the
Partnership and such terms are no less favorable to the Partnership than would
be obtained from unaffiliated third parties.
7.5 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 acknowledges and confirms that any Partnership assets
for which legal title is held
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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.
7.6 Reliance by Third Parties. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, any Person dealing with the Partnership shall be
entitled to assume that the General Partner has full power and authority to
encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all assets of the
Partnership and to enter into any contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and
such Person shall be entitled to deal with the General Partner as if it were the
Partnership's sole party in interest, both legally and beneficially. In no event
shall any Person dealing with the General Partner or its representatives be
obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with
or to inquire into the necessity or expedience of any act or action of the
General Partner or its representatives. Each and every certificate, document or
other instrument executed on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner
shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or
claiming thereunder that (a) at the time of the execution and delivery of such
certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in full force and
effect, (b) the Person executing and delivering such certificate, document or
instrument was duly authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the
Partnership and (c) such certificate, document or instrument was duly executed
and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and
is binding upon the Partnership.
7.7 Liability of the General Partner.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Agreement, the General Partner shall not be liable for monetary or other damages
to the Partnership, any of the Partners or any assignee of any interest of any
Partner for losses sustained or liabilities incurred as a result of errors in
judgment or of any act or omission if the General Partner acted without fraud,
gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(b) The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge (i) that the General
Partner is acting on behalf of the Partnership and the General Partner's
shareholders collectively, (ii) that, subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, the General Partner may, but is under no obligation to, consider
the separate interests of the Limited Partners (including, without limitation,
the tax consequences to Limited Partners or any assignees thereof except as
provided in this Agreement) in deciding whether to cause the Partnership to take
(or decline to take) any actions, and (iii) that 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,
provided that the General Partner acted without fraud, gross negligence or
willful misconduct.
(c) Subject to its obligations and duties as General Partner set
forth in Section 7.1 hereof, the General Partner may exercise any of the powers
granted to it by this
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Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either
directly or by or through agents. The General Partner shall not be responsible
for any fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of any such
agent appointed by it without fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(d) Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.7 or
any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect
the limitations on the General Partner's liability to the Partnership and the
Limited Partners under this Section 7.7 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 such claims may be asserted.
7.8 Other Matters Concerning the General Partner.
(a) The General Partner may rely and shall be protected in acting
or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, or other document reasonably believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
(b) The General Partner may consult with legal counsel,
accountants, appraisers, management consultants, investment bankers and other
consultants and advisers selected by it, and any act taken or omitted to be
taken in reliance upon the advice or opinion of such Persons as to matters which
the General Partner reasonably believes to be within such Person's professional
or expert competence and in accordance with such advice or opinion shall be
prima facie evidence that such actions have been done or omitted in good faith.
(c) The General Partner shall have the right, in respect of any of
its powers or obligations hereunder, to act through any of its duly authorized
officers and any attorney or attorneys-in-fact duly appointed by the General
Partner. Each such attorney shall, to the extent provided by the General Partner
in the power of attorney, have full power and authority to do and perform all
and every act and duty which is permitted or required to be done by the General
Partner hereunder.
7.9 Operation of SLT in Accordance with REIT Requirements.
(a) The Partners acknowledge and agree the General Partner has the
authority to cause the Partnership to be operated in a manner that will enable
the General Partner to satisfy the REIT Requirements. The General Partner has
the authority to cause the Partnership to avoid taking any action which would
result in the General Partner ceasing to satisfy the REIT Requirements.
(b) Without the prior consent of the General Partner, no Limited
Partner or holder of RP Units or any Affiliate shall take any action, including
acquiring, directly or indirectly, an interest in any tenant of a Property
(including, but not limited to, the Operating Partnership, SLC or an Affiliate
of either), which would have, through the actual or constructive
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ownership of any tenant of any Property, the effect of causing the percentage of
the gross income of SLT that fails to be treated as "rents from real property"
within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2) of the Code to exceed such percentage on
the date first above written. Each Limited Partner and holder of RP Units shall
use its best efforts to notify the General Partner on a timely basis of any
direct or indirect acquisition or potential direct or indirect acquisition of
Starwood Units by such Limited Partner or holder or any Affiliate or direct or
indirect owner of an interest in such Limited Partner or holder that could
reasonably be expected to have such effect.
7.10 Replacement of General Partner. In the event the General Partner
is no longer a Partner (whether in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement or otherwise), a successor General Partner shall be appointed by a
vote of a Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners.
ARTICLE 8
Dissolution, Liquidation and Winding-Up
8.1 Accounting. In the event of the dissolution, liquidation and
winding-up of the Partnership, a proper accounting shall be made of the Capital
Account of each holder of RP Units and of the Net Income or Net Loss of the
Partnership from the date of the last previous accounting to the date of
dissolution.
8.2 Distribution on Dissolution.
(a) In the event of the dissolution and liquidation of the
Partnership for any reason, the assets of the Partnership shall be liquidated
for distribution in the following rank and order:
(i) payment of creditors of the Partnership, including
creditors who are Partners or former Partners;
(ii) establishment of reserves as provided by the Liquidating
Trustee to provide for contingent liabilities, if any;
(iii) to the holders of Class A RP Units, pro rata in
accordance with the holders' ownership of Class A RP Units, in an amount equal
to the excess, if any, of (A) the Class A Liquidation Preference Distribution,
over (B) the sum of all prior distributions to holders of Class A RP Units
pursuant to this Section 8.2(a)(iii);
(iv) to the holders of Class A RP Units, pro rata in accordance
with the holders' ownership of Class A RP Units, in an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of (A) the total of all Class A RP Special Distributions that
have accrued as of the date of payment of such liquidating distribution, less
(B) the total of all previous distributions made to the holders of
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Class A RP Units in respect of such Class A RP Special Distributions pursuant to
Section 6.2(a) hereof and this Section 8.2(a)(iv); and
(v) to the holders of RP Units and to the General Partner, in
accordance with the positive balances in their Capital Accounts after giving
effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations for all periods.
Whenever the Liquidating Trustee reasonably determines that any reserves
established pursuant to paragraph (ii) above are in excess of the reasonable
requirements of the Partnership, the amount determined to be excess shall be
distributed to the Partners in accordance with the provisions of this Section
8.2(a). No Partner or holder of RP Units shall be liable to any other Partner or
holder of RP Units for a deficit balance in its Capital Account.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.2(a) hereof which
require liquidation of the assets of the Partnership, but subject to the order
of priorities set forth therein, if prior to or upon dissolution of the
Partnership the Liquidating Trustee determines that an immediate sale of part or
all of the Partnership's assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss
to the Partners, the Liquidating Trustee may, in its sole and absolute
discretion, defer for a reasonable time liquidation of any assets except those
necessary to satisfy liabilities of the Partnership (including to those Partners
which are creditors of the Partnership) and/or, with the Consent of the Limited
Partners, distribute to the Partners, in lieu of cash, as tenants in common and
in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.2(a) hereof, undivided interests
in such Partnership assets as the Liquidating Trustee deems not suitable for
liquidation. Any such distributions in kind shall be made only if, in the good
faith judgment of the Liquidating Trustee, such distributions in kind are in the
best interest of the Partners, and shall be subject to such conditions relating
to the disposition and management of such properties as the Liquidating Trustee
deems reasonable and equitable and to any agreements governing the operation of
such properties at such time. The Liquidating Trustee shall determine the fair
market value of any property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of
valuation as it may adopt.
8.3 Documentation of Liquidation. Upon the completion of the
dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership, the Partnership shall terminate
and the Liquidating Trustee shall have the authority to execute and record any
and all documents or instruments required to effect the dissolution, liquidation
and termination of the Partnership.
ARTICLE 9
Transfer
9.1 General Partner. The General Partner shall not withdraw from the
Partnership and shall not sell, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of
all or any portion of its Partnership Interest or RP Units without the Consent
of the Limited Partners, which consent may be given or withheld in each Limited
Partner's sole and absolute discretion. Upon any transfer of a Partnership
Interest in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9.1, the
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transferee General Partner shall become vested with the powers and rights of the
transferor General Partner, and shall be liable for all obligations and
responsible for all duties of the General Partner under this Agreement, once
such transferee has executed such instruments as may be necessary to effectuate
such admission and to confirm the agreement of such transferee to be bound by
all the terms and provisions of this Agreement with respect to the Partnership
interest so acquired. It shall be a condition to any transfer permitted
hereunder that the transferee assumes by express agreement (or pursuant to a
statutory merger or consolidation wherein all obligations and liabilities of the
General Partner are assumed by a successor trust or corporation by operation of
law) all of the obligations of the transferor General Partner under this
Agreement with respect to such transferred Partnership Interest and no such
transfer (other than pursuant to a statutory merger or consolidation wherein all
obligations and liabilities of the transferor General Partner are assumed by a
successor trust or corporation by operation of law) shall relieve the transferor
General Partner of its obligations under this Agreement without the Consent of
the Limited Partners. In connection with any such permitted transfer, the
successor General Partner shall be deemed admitted as such immediately prior to
the effective time of the transfer from the transferor General Partner and shall
continue the business of the Partnership without dissolution. If the General
Partner withdraws or retires from the Partnership, in violation of this
Agreement or otherwise, or dissolves, terminates or upon the Bankruptcy of the
General Partner, within ninety (90) days thereafter, at least a
Majority-in-Interest of the Limited Partners may elect to continue the
Partnership business by selecting a substitute General Partner, which substitute
General Partner accepts such election and agrees to serve as General Partner.
Such successor General Partner shall thereupon succeed to the rights and
obligations of the General Partner as provided in this Section 9.1.
9.2 Transfers by Limited Partners.
(a) No Limited Partner shall have the right, directly or
indirectly, to transfer all or any part of his Partnership Interest or RP Units
to any Person without the prior written consent of the General Partner, which
consent may be given or withheld by the General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion. The foregoing notwithstanding, the General Partner hereby grants the
consents described in this Section 9.2 to transfers of Partnership Interests
pursuant to an exercise of Rights, provided that any such transfer otherwise
complies with all of the other provisions of this Article 9 (including, but not
limited to, any additional consents required hereunder);
(b) It shall be a condition to any transfer by a Limited Partner
(other than a pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or mortgage) otherwise
permitted hereunder that the transferee assume by operation of law or express
agreement all of the obligations of the transferor under this Agreement
(including, without limitation, under this Article 9) with respect to such
transferred Partnership Interest or RP Units and no such transfer (other than
pursuant to a statutory merger or consolidation wherein all obligations and
liabilities of the transferor are assumed by a successor corporation by
operation of law) shall relieve the transferor of its obligations under this
Agreement without the approval of the General Partner, in its reasonable
discretion (it being understood that a transferor shall be deemed relieved from
such obligations, without the necessity of any such approval, in respect of
Partnership Interests transferred to the
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General Partner or the Partnership pursuant to an Exchange Rights Agreement).
Upon such transfer, the transferee of a Partnership Interest shall be admitted
as a Limited Partner and shall succeed to all of the rights of the transferor
Limited Partner under this Agreement in the place and stead of such transferor
Limited Partner (which succession, in the event of a pledge, may be entered into
and become effective at the time of foreclosure or other realization of such
pledge). The foregoing notwithstanding, a transferee of an RP Unit shall not be
admitted as a substituted Limited Partner unless the General Partner consents,
which consent may be given or withheld by the General Partner in its sole and
absolute discretion. Any transferee, whether or not admitted as a substituted
Limited Partner, shall succeed to the obligations of the transferor hereunder
(unless such transfer is a pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or mortgage or
except as otherwise provided herein).
(c) In addition to any other restrictions on transfer provided
herein, no Partnership Interest or RP Units shall be transferable unless the
transferor gives written notice of the proposed transfer which notice shall
state, to the best of its knowledge, that such transfer will not violate any of
the restrictions set forth in Section 9.3 hereof.
(d) Any permitted transferee under this Section 9.2 who is not
admitted as a Limited Partner in accordance with this Article 9 or a transferee
who only holds RP Units shall be considered an assignee for purposes of this
Agreement. An assignee shall be deemed to have had assigned to it, and shall be
entitled to receive, distributions from the Partnership and the share of Net
Income, Net Loss, and any other items of income, gain, loss, deduction and
credit of the Partnership and rights attributable to the Partnership Interests
assigned to such transferee, but shall not be deemed to be a holder of
Partnership Interests for any other purpose under this Agreement, and shall not
be entitled to vote such Partnership Interests in any matter presented to the
Limited Partners for a vote. In the event any such transferee desires to make a
further assignment of any such Partnership Interests, such transferee shall be
subject to all the provisions of this Article 9 to the same extent and in the
same manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make an assignment of Partnership
Interests.
(e) The Limited Partners acknowledge that neither the Partnership
Interests nor the RP Units have been registered under any federal or state
securities laws and, as a result thereof, they may not be sold or otherwise
transferred, except in compliance with such laws. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, no Partnership Interest or RP Units
may be sold or otherwise transferred unless such transfer is exempt from
registration under any applicable securities laws or such transfer is registered
under such laws, it being acknowledged that the Partnership has no obligation to
take any action which would cause any such Partnership Interests or RP Units to
be registered.
9.3 Certain Restrictions on Transfer. In addition to any other
restrictions on transfer herein contained, except with the consent of the
General Partner, in no event may any transfer of a Partnership Interest or RP
Units by any Person be made (a) to any person or Entity that lacks the legal
right, power or capacity to own a Partnership Interest or RP Units; (b) in the
event such transfer would be substantially likely to cause the General Partner
to cease to comply with the REIT Requirements; (c) if such transfer would be
substantially likely to cause a
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termination of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes; (d) if such
transfer would be substantially likely to, in the opinion of counsel to the
Partnership, cause the Partnership to cease to be classified as a Partnership
for federal income tax purposes; (e) if such transfer would be substantially
likely to result in the Partnership being treated as a "publicly traded
partnership" or is effectuated through an "established securities market" or a
"secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)" within the meaning of
Section 7704 of the Code and the Regulations thereunder; (f) in violation of the
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reasonably believes that such transfer may (i) cause any portion or all of the
assets of the Partnership to be deemed pursuant to United States Department of
Labor Regulation Section 2510.3-101 or otherwise pursuant to ERISA or the Code
to be for any purpose of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code assets of any
Restricted Entity, or (ii) cause a "prohibited transaction" (as defined in
Section 4975(c) of the Code or within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA) to
occur, or (iii) cause the Partnership to become with respect to any Restricted
Entity a "party in interest" (as defined in Section 3(14) of ERISA) or a
"disqualified person" (as defined in Section 4975(e) of the Code) or (iv) cause
the Partnership to be jointly and severally liable for any obligation arising
under ERISA or the Code with respect to any "employee benefit plan" as defined
in and subject to ERISA or any "plan" as defined in Section 4975 of the Code; or
(h) if the intended transferee is a Restricted Entity. Any purported transfer
described in this Section 9.3 shall be void ab initio.
9.4 Effective Dates of Transfers.
(a) Transfers pursuant to this Article 9 may be made on any day,
but for purposes of this Agreement, the effective date of any such transfer
shall be (i) the first day of the month in which such transfer occurred if such
transfer occurred on or prior to the fifteenth calendar day of a month, or (ii)
the first day of the month immediately following the month in which such
transfer occurred, if such transfer occurred after the fifteenth calendar day of
a month, or such other date determined by the General Partner pursuant to such
convention as may be administratively feasible and consistent with applicable
law.
(b) If any Partnership Interest or RP Unit is transferred or
assigned in compliance with the provisions of this Article 9, on any day other
than the first day of a calendar year, then Net Income, Net Loss, each item
thereof and all other items attributable to such Partnership Interest or RP Unit
for such year shall be allocated to the transferor, and, in the case of a
transfer or assignment other than a redemption, to the transferee, by taking
into account their varying interests during such year in accordance with Section
706(d) of the Code, using any method permitted thereunder. All distributions
pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof attributable to such transferred Partnership
Interests or RP Units (i) with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is
before the effective date of such transfer (other than a pledge, encumbrance,
hypothecation or mortgage) shall be made to the transferor, and (ii) with
respect to any Partnership Record Date after the effective date of such transfer
(other than a pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or mortgage) shall be paid to
the transferee.
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9.5 Transfer.
(a) The term "transfer," when used in this Article 9 with respect
to a Partnership Interest, shall be deemed to refer to a transaction by which a
Person purports to assign its Partnership Interest or any portion thereof
(including RP Units) to another Person, and includes a sale, assignment, gift,
pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgage, exchange or any other disposition
by law or otherwise.
(b) No Partnership Interest or RP Unit shall be transferred, in
whole or in part, except in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth
in this Article 9. Any transfer or purported transfer of a Partnership Interest
not made in accordance with this Article 9 shall be null and void.
ARTICLE 10
Rights and Obligations of the Limited Partners
10.1 No Participation in Management. No Limited Partner, in its
capacity as such, shall take part in the management of the Partnership's
business, transact any business in the Partnership's name or have the power to
sign documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership. Any rights expressly
granted to the Limited Partners in this Agreement shall not be deemed to be
rights relating to the management of the Partnership's business.
10.2 Bankruptcy of a Limited Partner. The Bankruptcy of any Limited
Partner shall not cause a dissolution of the Partnership, but the rights of such
Limited Partner to share in the Net Profits or Net Losses of the Partnership and
to receive distributions of Partnership funds shall, on the happening of such
event, devolve on its successors or assigns, subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, and the Partnership shall continue as a limited partnership.
In no event, however, shall such assignee(s) become a substituted Limited
Partner except in accordance with Article 9 hereof.
10.3 No Withdrawal. No Limited Partner may withdraw from the
Partnership without the prior written consent of the General Partner, other than
as provided in Article 9 hereof.
10.4 Conflicts. The Partners recognize that the Limited Partners and
their Affiliates have or may have other business interests, activities and
investments, some of which may be in conflict or competition with the business
of the Partnership, and that such Persons are entitled to carry on such other
business interests, activities and investments. In deciding whether to take any
actions in such capacity, such Limited Partners and their Affiliates may, but
shall be under no obligation to, consider the separate interests of the
Partnership and shall have no fiduciary obligations to the Partnership and shall
not be liable for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or
benefits not derived by the other Partners in connection with such actions
except for damages for losses sustained or liabilities incurred which result
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Partner breaching a representation, warranty or covenant hereunder or to the
extent provided in the Formation Agreement; nor shall the Partnership or the
General Partner be under any obligation to consider the separate interests of
the Limited Partners and their Affiliates in such capacity or have any fiduciary
obligations to the Limited Partners and their Affiliates in such capacity or be
liable for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or
benefits not derived by the Limited Partners and their Affiliates in such
capacity arising from actions or omissions taken by the Partnership. The Limited
Partners and their Affiliates may engage in or possess an interest in any other
business or venture of any kind, independently or with others, on their own
behalf or on behalf of other entities with which they are affiliated or
associated, and such persons may engage in any activities, whether or not
competitive with the Partnership, without any obligation to offer any interest
in such activities to the Partnership or to any Partner. Neither the Partnership
nor any Partner shall have any right, by virtue of this Agreement, in or to such
activities, or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of such
activities, even if competitive with the business of the Partnership, shall not
be deemed wrongful or improper. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of
this Section 10.4 shall not negate or impair any other written agreement between
one or more of the Limited Partners and the General Partner or the Partnership
(including Section 6.6 of the Formation Agreement) or any duties which a Limited
Partner may have in such Limited Partner's capacity as an officer or director of
the General Partner.
10.5 Provision of Information.
(a) With respect to any information required to be provided to the
Limited Partners pursuant to Section 17-305 (or any successor thereto) of the
Act: (i) the cost of preparing or providing any such information (including,
without limitation, fees paid to any person or entity in connection therewith)
shall be paid by the requesting Partner and in no event shall such information
be required to be given to the requesting Partner until such payment has been
made to the Partnership; (ii) in no event shall any financial statements of the
Partnership be required to be provided except for such statements as have
already been prepared or are otherwise required to be provided to the Limited
Partners under this Agreement and in no event shall any statements which have
been prepared be required to be audited, reviewed or otherwise examined by a
certified public accountant, if the statements are not otherwise required to be
so audited, reviewed or examined pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement;
and (iii) in no event shall such information be required to be furnished until
forty-five (45) days after such request and unless the information is already in
the possession of the Partnership.
(b) In addition to other rights provided by this Agreement or by
the Act, each Limited Partner shall have the right, for a purpose reasonably
related to such Limited Partner's interest as a limited partner in the
Partnership, upon written demand with a statement of the purpose of such demand
and at such Limited Partner's own expense (excluding copying and administrative
expenses of the General Partner):
(i) to obtain a copy of the most recent annual and quarterly
reports and current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC by the General
Partner pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
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(ii) to obtain a copy of the Partnership's federal, state and
local income tax returns for each fiscal year of the Partnership;
(iii) to obtain a current list of the name and last known
business, residence or mailing address of each Partner; and
(iv) to obtain a copy of this Agreement and the Certificate,
together with executed copies of all powers of attorney pursuant to which this
Agreement and the Certificate have been executed.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 10.5, the
General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners, for such period
of time as the General Partner determines in its sole and absolute discretion to
be reasonable, any information that is not material to the Limited Partners and
that (i) the General Partner reasonably believes to be in the nature of trade
secrets or other information the disclosure of which the General Partner in good
faith believes is not in the best interests of the Partnership or could damage
the Partnership or its business or (ii) the Partnership is required by law or by
agreements with an unaffiliated third party to keep confidential.
10.6 Power of Attorney.
(a) Each Limited Partner constitutes and appoints the General
Partner, any Liquidating Trustee and authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact
of each, and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power
and authority in its name, place and stead to: execute, swear to, acknowledge,
deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices (i) all certificates,
documents and other instruments (including, without limitation, this Agreement
and the Certificate and all amendments or restatements thereof) that the General
Partner or the Liquidating Trustee deems appropriate or necessary to form,
qualify or continue the existence or qualification of the Partnership as a
limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited
liability) in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the
Partnership may conduct business or own property; (ii) all instruments that the
General Partner deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change,
modification or restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms;
(iii) all conveyances and other instruments or documents that the General
Partner deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and
liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement,
including, without limitation, a certificate of cancellation; and (iv) all
instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of
any Partner pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or the Capital
Contribution of any Partner.
(b) The foregoing power of attorney is irrevocable and a power
coupled with an interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the Partners
will be relying upon the power of the General Partner to act as contemplated by
this Agreement in any filing or other action by it on behalf of the Partnership,
and it shall survive the death or incompetency of a Limited Partner to the
effect and extent permitted by law, subsequent incapacity of any Limited
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Partner and the transfer of all or any portion of such Limited Partner's
Partnership Interests and shall extend to such Limited Partner's heirs,
successors, assigns and personal representatives.
(c) Nothing contained in this Section 10.6 shall be construed as
authorizing the General Partner to amend this Agreement except in accordance
with Article 11 hereof.
10.7 Ownership of Starwood Units.
(a) Each Limited Partner and holder of RP Units hereby agrees to
provide the General Partner within fifteen (15) days of any written request
therefor, a statement, to the best of its knowledge, describing the number of
Starwood Units actually or constructively owned by such Limited Partner or
holder of RP Units and all direct and indirect owners of such Limited Partner or
holder for purposes of the REIT Requirements as determined under Section 318(a)
of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code, or Section 544 of the
Code, as modified by Section 856(h) of the Code.
(b) Each Limited Partner and holder of RP Units, except to the
extent that the General Partner provides prior written consent, hereby
represents, warrants and covenants that (A) it is not and will not become a
Restricted Entity, (B) no "prohibited transaction" (as defined in Section
4975(c) of the Code or within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA) has occurred
or will occur that would not have occurred or occur if the Limited Partner or
holder of RP Units and its Affiliates were not Limited Partners and were not
holders of RP Units, (C) the Partnership has not become and will not become with
respect to any Restricted Entity a "party in interest" (as defined in Section
3(14) of ERISA) or a "disqualified person" (as defined in Section 4975(e) of the
Code) which the Partnership would not have become or be if the Limited Partner
or holder of RP Units and its Affiliates were not Limited Partners and were not
holders of RP Units, and (D) the Partnership has not and will not become jointly
and severally liable for any obligations arising under ERISA or the Code with
respect to any "employee benefit plan" as defined in and subject to ERISA or any
"plan" as defined in the Code for which the Partnership has not become or would
not be liable if the Limited Partner or holder of RP Units and its Affiliate
were not Limited Partners and were not holders of RP Units.
10.8 Waiver of Fiduciary Duty. Each Limited Partner and holder of RP
Units hereby waives, to the maximum extent permitted under law, any and all
fiduciary duties of the General Partner to each, all or any combination of them
and hereby agrees that the General Partner may, but is under no obligation to,
take their interests into account in performing or refraining from performing
any act permitted under this Agreement.
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ARTICLE 11
Amendment of Partnership Agreement, Meetings
11.1 Amendments.
(a) This Agreement may not be amended unless such amendment is
approved by the General Partner with the Consent of the Limited Partners, except
as provided below in this Section 11.1.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 11.1(a) hereof, the General Partner
shall have the power, without the Consent of the Limited Partners but after five
(5) Business Days notice to the Limited Partners, to amend this Agreement as may
be required to facilitate or implement any of the following purposes:
(i) to add to the obligations of the General Partner for the
benefit of the Limited Partners;
(ii) to reflect the admission, substitution, termination or
withdrawal of Partners after the date hereof in accordance with Section 4.1(d)
or Article 9 of this Agreement, provided that the General Partner shall not be
required to give the notice referred to in the first paragraph of this
subsection (b) in respect of the transaction described in this Paragraph (ii);
(iii) to set forth the rights, powers, duties, and preferences
of the holders of any additional Partnership Interests issued pursuant to
Article 4 hereof;
(iv) to reflect a change that is of an inconsequential nature
and does not materially adversely affect the Limited Partners, or to cure any
ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision of this Agreement not
inconsistent with law or with other provisions, or make other changes with
respect to matters arising under this Agreement that will not be inconsistent
with law or with the provisions of this Agreement;
(v) to satisfy any requirements, conditions, or guidelines
contained in any order, directive, opinion, ruling or regulation of a federal or
state agency or contained in federal or state law;
(vi) to prevent all or any portion of the assets of the
Partnership from being deemed pursuant to United States Department of Labor
Regulation Section 2510.3- 101 or otherwise pursuant to ERISA or the Code to be,
for any purpose of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, assets of any Restricted
Entity;
(vii) to prevent the Partnership from being characterized as a
"publicly traded partnership" pursuant to Section 7704 of the Code and
Regulations;
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(viii) to enable the General Partner to satisfy the REIT
Requirements; and
(ix) to maintain the Partnership's characterization as a
partnership for tax purposes.
(c) Notwithstanding Sections 11.1(a) and 11.1(b) hereof, this
Agreement shall not be amended without the prior written consent of each Partner
adversely affected if such amendment would (i) convert a Limited Partner's
interest in the Partnership into a general partner's interest, (ii) modify the
limited liability of a Limited Partner, (iii) alter rights of the Partners to
receive allocations and distributions pursuant to Article 6 or Section 8.2
hereof (except as permitted pursuant to Article 4 and Sections 11.1(b)(iii) and
11.1(d) hereof), (iv) alter or modify the Rights set forth in an Exchange Rights
Agreement or a Registration Rights Agreement except in compliance therewith, (v)
except in furtherance of Sections 11.1(b)(vii), (viii) or (ix) hereof, alter
such Partner's rights to transfer its Partnership Interest; (vi) amend Sections
7.7, 7.8 or 10.7 hereof or (vii) amend Sections 11.1(c) or 11.1(d) hereof.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 11.1(c) hereof and subject to (but not
in limitation of) the rights granted to the General Partner pursuant to Article
4 hereof and this Article 11, this Agreement may be amended to (i) alter the
rights of any or all of the Partners to receive allocations and distributions
pursuant to Article 6 or Section 8.2 hereof or (ii) alter the rights of any or
all of the Partners to transfer their Partnership Interests if such amendment is
approved by the prior written consent of a majority of each class or group of
Partnership Interests that is treated in a uniform or pro rata basis by such
amendment.
11.2 Meetings of the Partners; Notices to Partners.
(a) Meetings of Partners may be called by the General Partner or
by Limited Partners holding at least 1% of the Partnership Interests to act on
any matter specified herein or in the Act to be voted on or consented to by the
Partners. The call shall state the nature of the business to be transacted.
Notice of any such meeting shall be given to all Partners not less than seven
(7) Business Days prior to the date of such meeting. Partners may vote in person
or by proxy at such meeting. Whenever the vote or Consent of the Limited
Partners is permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote or consent may
be given at a meeting of Partners or may be given in accordance with the
procedure prescribed in Section 11.2(b) hereof.
(b) Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of
the Partners may be taken without a meeting if a written consent setting forth
the action so taken is signed by the General Partner and such percentage or
number of the Limited Partners as is expressly required by this Agreement. Such
consent may be in one instrument or in several instruments, and shall have the
same force and effect as a vote of the Partners. Such consent shall be filed
with the General Partner and copies thereof delivered to all Partners. An action
so taken shall be deemed to have been taken at a meeting held on the effective
date so certified.
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(c) Each Limited Partner may authorize any Person or Persons to
act for him by proxy on all matters in which a Limited Partner is entitled to
participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating
at a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the Limited Partner or his
attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11)
months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy
shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Limited Partner executing it. No such
proxy and no such revocation shall be effective unless a copy thereof has been
delivered to the General Partner.
(d) Whenever the Consent of the Limited Partners is required
hereunder, the General Partner shall provide a notice to each Partner who is a
Limited Partner on the date the notice is given setting forth the matter(s) as
to which it proposes to seek such consent at least five (5) Business Days in
advance of the date upon which such consent is sought.
11.3 Mergers. Notwithstanding Section 7.1(a)(xv) hereof, the General
Partner may not authorize or cause a merger between the Partnership and another
Entity (a) if the Partnership is not the surviving Entity in the merger, or (b)
without the prior written consent of the Limited Partners whose consent would
have been required pursuant to Section 11.1(c) and (d) hereof if such merger had
been an amendment to this Agreement or (c) without the Consent of the Limited
Partners if such merger would otherwise have a material adverse impact on the
rights, duties or obligations of the Limited Partners.
ARTICLE 12
General Provisions
12.1 No Liability of Directors and Others. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, no recourse shall be had by the Partnership or
any Partner against any trustee, director, shareholder, officer, employee, agent
or attorney of the General Partner for any act or omission of the General
Partner or any obligation or liability of the General Partner under this
Agreement, and none of the foregoing shall have any personal liability for or
with respect to any of the foregoing; provided that the foregoing shall not
relieve any trustee, officer or director of the General Partner of any liability
in his capacity as such.
12.2 Notices. All notices, offers or other communications required or
permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and may be
personally served, sent by United States mail, or sent via facsimile. A notice
shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or, if sent by
United States mail, three business days after deposit in United States mail,
registered or certified, postage prepaid, and properly addressed, by or to the
appropriate party, or, if sent via facsimile, upon receipt by the sending party
of verification of transmission. For purposes of this Section 12.2, the
addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth on Exhibit B hereto. The
address of any party hereto may be changed by a notice in writing given in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
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12.3 Controlling Law. This Agreement and all questions relating to its
validity, interpretation, performance and enforcement (including, without
limitation, provisions concerning limitations of actions), shall be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware,
notwithstanding any conflict-of-laws doctrines of such state or other
jurisdiction to the contrary. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits and
consents to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the
Southern District of New York in connection with any action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement and irrevocably waives any immunity
from jurisdiction thereof and any claim of proper venue, forum non conveniens or
any similar basis to which it might otherwise be entitled in any such action or
proceeding.
12.4 Execution of Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original as
against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall
together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become
binding when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together,
shall bear the signatures of all of the parties reflected hereon as the
signatories.
12.5 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement are independent of
and separable from each other, and no provision shall be affected or rendered
invalid or unenforceable by virtue of the fact that for any reason any other or
others of them may be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part.
12.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the Exhibits
hereto) and the Formation Agreement contain the entire understanding among the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all
prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, inducements or
conditions, express or implied, oral or written, except as herein contained. The
parties hereto intend that this Agreement be treated as a separate and distinct
agreement and as not being part of any other agreement (other than the Formation
Agreement), arrangement, partnership or joint venture. The express terms hereof
control and supersede any course of performance and/or usage of the trade
inconsistent with any of the terms hereof. This Agreement may not be modified or
amended other than by an agreement in writing.
12.7 Paragraph Headings. The paragraph headings in this Agreement are
for convenience and they form no part of this Agreement and shall not affect its
interpretation.
12.8 Gender, Etc. Words used herein, regardless of the number and
gender specifically used, shall be deemed and construed to include any other
number, singular or plural, and any other gender, masculine, feminine or neuter,
as the context indicates is appropriate. The term "including" shall mean
"including, but not limited to."
12.9 Number of Days. In computing the number of days (other than
Business Days) for purposes of this Agreement, all days shall be counted,
including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays; provided, however, that if the final
day of any time period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or
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holiday on which national banks are or may elect to be closed, then the final
day shall be deemed to be the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or such
holiday.
12.10 Partners Not Agents. Nothing contained herein shall be construed
to constitute any Partner the agent of another Partner, except as specifically
provided herein, or in any manner to limit the Limited Partners in the carrying
on of their own respective businesses or activities.
12.11 Assurances. Each of the Partners shall hereafter execute and
deliver such further instruments and do such further acts and things as may be
reasonably required or useful to carry out the intent and purpose of this
Agreement and as are not inconsistent with the terms hereof.
12.12 Waiver of Partition. Each Partner hereby waives any right such
Partner may have to partition its interest in the Partnership or any property of
the Partnership.
12.13 Starwood Hotels & Resorts. The name "Starwood Hotels & Resorts"
is a designation of Starwood Hotels & Resorts and its Trustees (as Trustees but
not personally) under the Declaration of Trust, and all persons dealing with
Starwood Hotels & Resorts shall look solely to Starwood Hotels & Resorts' assets
for the enforcement of any claims against Starwood Hotels & Resorts, as the
Trustees, officers, agents and security holders of Starwood Hotels & Resorts
assume no personal liability for obligations entered into on behalf of Starwood
Hotels & Resorts, and their respective individual assets shall not be subject to
the claims of any person relating to such obligations.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement or caused this Agreement to be executed on their behalf as of the date
first above written.
GENERAL PARTNER:
STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS, a
Maryland real estate investment trust
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
LIMITED PARTNERS:
STARWOOD HOTEL INVESTORS II, L.P.
By: STARWOOD CAPITAL GROUP I, L.P.
By: BSS CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.,
General Partner
By: STERNLICHT HOLDINGS II, Inc.
General Partner
By: /s/ Madison X. Xxxxx
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Name: Madison X. Xxxxx
Title:
FIREBIRD CONSOLIDATED PARTNERS, L.P.
By: /s/ Madison X. Xxxxx
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Name: Madison X. Xxxxx
Title: Authorized by General Partner
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APPOLLO REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
FUND, L.P.
By: APPOLLO REAL ESTATE ADVISORS, L.P.
By: APPOLLO REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT,
INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Solotrub
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Solotrub
Title: Vice President and Controller
PHILADELPHIA HSR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: General Partner
STARWOOD OPPORTUNITY FUND II, L.P.
By: STARWOOD CAPITAL GROUP I, L.P.
General Partner
By: BSS CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.,
General Partner
By: STERNLICHT HOLDINGS II, Inc.
General Partner
By: /s/ Madison X. Xxxxx
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Name: Madison X. Xxxxx
Title:
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XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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ZIFF INVESTORS PARTNERSHIP, X.X. XX
By: PBK HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Treasurer
MONTROSE CORPORATION
By:
-------------------------------
Name:
Title:
HARVEYWOOD HOTEL INVESTORS, L.P.
By: /s/ Madison X. Xxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Madison X. Xxxxx
Title: Authorized by General Partner
THE HERMITAGE, L.P.
By: HERMITAGE OF NASHVILLE, INC.
General Partner
By:
-------------------------------
Name:
Title:
XXXXXXXX HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Secretary
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXXX X. XXXXXXXXXX
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THE XXXXX X. XXXXXXXXXX FAMILY SPRAY
TRUST I
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Trustee
THE XXXXX X. XXXXXXXXXX FAMILY SPRAY
TRUST II
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Trustee
THE XXXXX X. XXXXXXXXXX FAMILY SPRAY
TRUST III
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Trustee
/s/ Xxxx Xxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXX XXXX
THE XXXX FAMILY PARTNERSHIP
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxx
Title: General Partner
Madison X. Xxxxx
-----------------------------------
MADISON X. XXXXX
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THE MADISON X. XXXXX IRREVOCABLE
INSURANCE TRUST
By:
-------------------------------
Name:
Title: Trustee
-----------------------------------
XXX X. XXXXXXX
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXXX X. XXXXX
-----------------------------------
XXXXX XXXXX
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXX XXXXXXXX
-----------------------------------
XXX XXXXXXXX
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXX X. XXXXXX
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXXXX X. XXXXXX
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-----------------------------------
XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx, III
-----------------------------------
XXXXX X. XXXX, III
LAMBSTER PARTNERS LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
By: STER INC.
General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: President
-----------------------------------
XXXX XXXXXXX
-----------------------------------
XXXXXXXX BEER
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXXXX X. XXXXX
-----------------------------------
XXXXXXX XXXXX
/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXXXXXX XXXXXX
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, M.D., PC
-----------------------------------
XXXXX X. XXXXXXX, M.D., PC
-----------------------------------
XXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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-----------------------------------
J. XXXXX XXXXXXXXX
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXX X. XXXXXXX
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXXX XXXXXX
THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY
OF AMERICA, on behalf of Prudential Property
Investment Separate Account II
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director
XXXX XXXXXXX FAMILY PARTNERSHIP
By:
-------------------------------
Name:
Title:
-----------------------------------
XXXX XXXXXXX
-----------------------------------
XXXXX-XX XXXXXXX
-----------------------------------
XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
-----------------------------------
XXXXXX XXX XX
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WESTPORT HOSPITALITY, INC.
By:
-------------------------------
Name:
Title:
ZAPCO HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/ [illegible]
-------------------------------
Name:
Title:
ZAPCO HOLDINGS, INC. DEFERRED
COMPENSATION PLAN TRUST
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Trustee
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXX X. XXXXXXX
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXXXX XXXXX
-----------------------------------
XXXXXXX XXXX
/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXX XXXXXXXX
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXXX XXXXXXXX
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXX XXXXX
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXXX XXXXXXXX
/s/ Xxxxxx Clearwater
-----------------------------------
XXXXXX CLEARWATER
-----------------------------------
XXXXXX XXXXX
-----------------------------------
XXXXX XXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXX X. XXXXX REVOCABLE TRUST
By:
-------------------------------
Name:
Title:
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
-----------------------------------
XXXXXX XXXXX
XXXXXXX A.M. BURDEN & CO., L.P.
By: BURDEN BROTHERS, INC.,
General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: President and CEO
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JAW HOLDINGS I, L.L.C.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Member
WHWE L.L.C.
By: WHITEHALL STREET REAL ESTATE
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP V,
Member and Manager
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
WOODSTAR INVESTOR PARTNERSHIP
By: MARSWOOD INVESTORS, L.P.,
General Partner
By: STARWOOD CAPITAL GROUP, L.P.,
General Partner
By: BSS CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.,
General Partner
By: STERNLICHT HOLDINGS II, INC.,
General Partner
By: /s/ Madison X. Xxxxx
-------------------------------
Name: Madison X. Xxxxx
Title:
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NOMURA ASSET CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:
-------------------------------
Name:
Title:
STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS
WORLDWIDE, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
-------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
Title: Executive Vice President and
General Counsel
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EXHIBIT A
LIST OF PARTNERS, PERCENTAGE INTERESTS AND RP UNITS
[To Be Provided]
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EXHIBIT A-1
LIST OF CLASS A LIMITED PARTNERS, PERCENTAGE INTERESTS AND CLASS A RP UNITS
[To Be Provided]
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EXHIBIT B
NOTICE ADDRESSES OF PARTNERS
[To Be Provided]
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