EXHIBIT 10.33 THE LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS EVIDENCED BY THIS AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR FOREIGN JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED WITHOUT COMPLIANCE...
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FORM OF AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
EXHIBIT 10.33
THE LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS EVIDENCED BY THIS AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE OR FOREIGN JURISDICTION AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED WITHOUT
COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAWS. IN
ADDITION, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS IS
RESTRICTED AS PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT.
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
GSAVP GP, L.P.
DATED AS OF
MARCH 31, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions.....................................................1
Section 1.02. Name of the Partnership.........................................1
Section 1.03. Continuation of the Partnership.................................1
Section 1.04. Purposes of the Partnership and Powers..........................1
Section 1.05. Office; Registered Agent........................................2
Section 1.06. Title to Partnership Property...................................2
Section 1.07. Filing of Certificates..........................................3
Section 1.08. Admission of Limited Partners...................................3
Section 1.09. Subsequent Admission of Limited Partners........................3
ARTICLE 2
GOVERNANCE; MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE PARTNERSHIP
Section 2.01. Management of the Partnership...................................4
Section 2.02. Powers of the General Partner...................................4
Section 2.03. Investment Committee............................................6
Section 2.04. Transactions with Affiliates....................................7
Section 2.05. Other Activities................................................7
Section 2.06. Books and Records; Accounting Method; Fiscal Year...............7
Section 2.07. Partnership for Tax Purposes; Partnership Tax Returns...........8
Section 2.08. Confidentiality.................................................9
Section 2.09. Investment of Funds............................................11
Section 2.10. Other Authority................................................12
ARTICLE 3
CARRIED INTEREST POINTS; CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS
Section 3.01. General Provisions.............................................12
Section 3.02. Assignment of Carried Interest Points..........................13
Section 3.03. Pro Rata Dilution..............................................15
Section 3.04. No Right to Awards or Continued Employment.....................15
Section 3.05. Effect of Termination of Employment............................15
Section 3.06. Other Provisions Relating to Special Limited Partners..........18
Section 3.07. Effect of Change in Control....................................19
ARTICLE 4
EXPENSES
Section 4.01. Definition of Expenses.........................................19
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Section 4.02. Responsibility for Partnership Expenses among the Partners.....19
ARTICLE 5
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Section 5.01. Capital Contributions..........................................20
Section 5.02. Payment of Capital Contributions...............................20
ARTICLE 6
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; ALLOCATIONS; DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 6.01. Principles of Distributions Attributable to Invested Capital...20
Section 6.02. Principles of Distributions Attributable to Carried Interest...20
Section 6.03. Other Provisions Relating to Distributions.....................21
Section 6.04. Capital Accounts; Adjustments to Capital Accounts..............23
Section 6.05. Tax Allocations................................................24
Section 6.06. Foreign Currency Considerations................................24
Section 6.07. Segregated Accounts; Netting of Carried Interest Shares;
Distributions from Segregated Accounts .......................................25
Section 6.08. Loans and Withdrawal of Amounts Allocated to Capital Accounts..26
Section 6.09. Repayment of Certain Distributions.............................26
ARTICLE 7
REPORTS TO LIMITED PARTNERS
Section 7.01. Reports........................................................27
ARTICLE 8
EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.01. Exculpation and Indemnification................................27
ARTICLE 9
DURATION AND DISSOLUTION OF THE PARTNERSHIP
Section 9.01. Duration.......................................................29
Section 9.02. Dissolution....................................................30
Section 9.03. Liquidation of Partnership.....................................30
Section 9.04. Distribution upon Dissolution of the Partnership...............31
Section 9.05. Resignation of Limited Partners................................32
ARTICLE 10
TRANSFERABILITY OF A LIMITED PARTNER'S INTEREST
Section 10.01. Restrictions on Transfer of Limited Partner Interests.........32
Section 10.02. Expenses of Transfer; Indemnification.........................33
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Section 10.03. Recognition of Transfer; Substituted Partners.................33
Section 10.04. Information Reporting In Connection With Transfer.............34
ARTICLE 11
TRANSFERABILITY OF GENERAL PARTNER'S INTEREST
Section 11.01. Transferability of General Partner's Interest.................35
ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01. Entire Agreement; Amendments; Waivers; Termination............35
Section 12.02. Mergers and Consolidations....................................36
Section 12.03. Investment Representation.....................................36
Section 12.04. Successors; Counterparts......................................36
Section 12.05. Governing Law; Severability...................................36
Section 12.06. Further Assurance.............................................37
Section 12.07. Filings.......................................................37
Section 12.08. Power of Attorney.............................................37
Section 12.09. No Xxxx for Partnership Accounting............................38
Section 12.10. Goodwill......................................................38
Section 12.11. Notices.......................................................38
Section 12.12. Arbitration...................................................38
Section 12.13. Withholding...................................................39
Section 12.14. Headings......................................................40
ARTICLE 13
CLAWBACK OBLIGATIONS
Section 13.01. General Partner Clawback......................................40
Section 13.02. Guaranty......................................................40
Appendix A Definitions....................................................A-1
Schedule I Initial Allocation of Carried Interest Points..................S-1
Schedule II Form of Award of Carried Interest Points.......................S-2
Schedule III Capital Commitments ...........................................S-3
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
GSAVP GP, L.P.
(A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP FORMED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE)
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF GSAVP GP, L.P.
dated as of March 31, 2006.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Greenhill Venture Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, as General Partner, and Xxxxxx Xxxxx, as initial Limited Partner,
heretofore entered into an Agreement of Limited Partnership dated as of March 8,
2006 (the "ORIGINAL AGREEMENT") and formed a limited partnership pursuant to the
Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act 6 Del.C. ss.17-101, et seq, as
amended from time to time (the "DELAWARE ACT"); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to continue the limited partnership and
to amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 14
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 14.01. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without
definition have the meanings assigned to them in Appendix A hereto.
Section 14.02. Name of the Partnership. The name of the Partnership is
GSAVP GP, L.P. The business of the Partnership shall be conducted under such
name or such other names (upon notice to all the Limited Partners) as the
General Partner may from time to time determine.
Section 14.03. Continuation of the Partnership. The General Partner and
the Limited Partners hereby continue the Partnership as a limited partnership
under and pursuant to the Delaware Act.
Section 14.04. Purposes of the Partnership and Powers. The Partnership is
formed for the object and purpose of, and the nature of the business to be
conducted and promoted by the Partnership is, engaging in any lawful act or
activity for which limited partnerships may be formed under the Delaware Act and
engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the purpose of the Partnership
is also to act as the general partner of GSAV, L.P., GSAV (Associates), L.P.,
GSAV New York, L.P. and any other Related Funds (collectively, the "FUNDS"). In
furtherance of its purposes, (a) the Partnership shall have and may exercise all
of the powers now or hereafter conferred by Delaware law on limited partnerships
formed under the Delaware Act, including without limitation, all of the powers
that may be exercised on behalf of the Partnership by any of its Partners and
(b) the Partnership shall have the power to do any and all acts necessary,
appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental or convenient to or for the
protection and benefit of the Partnership.
Section 14.05. Office; Registered Agent. (a) The Partnership's registered
agent and office in the State of Delaware shall be The Corporation Trust
Company, Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
(a) The business address of the Partnership shall be 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or (upon notice to all the Limited Partners) such
other address as may be designated by the General Partner.
Section 14.06. Title to Partnership Property. (a) All property of the
Partnership, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, shall be owned by
the Partnership as an entity, and no Partner, individually, shall have any
direct ownership interest in such property. Title to all such property shall be
held in the name of the Partnership and all securities shall be registered in
the name of the Partnership; provided, however, that publicly traded securities
may be held in "street name" or through a similar arrangement with a reputable
financial institution.
(a) The Partnership shall, subject to the terms of this Agreement, be
the exclusive beneficial holder of all securities and other property acquired in
connection with any investment made by the Partnership and of any property
transferred to the Partnership, and the Partnership shall make any such filings
as may be required or desirable in connection therewith.
(b) Any and all rights, including, without limitation, voting rights,
rights to consent to, object to or grant waivers with respect to partnership,
limited partnership and corporate action, rights to sell, transfer or encumber
any securities or other property held by the Partnership and any rights arising
out of or relating to any documents the Partnership is party to, including the
right to consent to or object to any proposed amendment or modification thereof
or waiver thereunder, shall be vested exclusively in the Partnership and shall
be exercised only by the Partnership and no Partner either alone or acting with
one or more other Partners shall have any such rights with respect to such
securities or property.
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Section 14.07. Filing of Certificates. The General Partner is hereby
authorized to execute, deliver and file, or to cause the execution, delivery and
filing of, all certificates (and all amendments and/or restatements thereof)
required or permitted by the Delaware Act to be filed in the office of the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and any other certificates, notices,
statements or other instruments (and any amendments or restatements thereof)
necessary or advisable for the formation of the Partnership or the operation of
the Partnership in all jurisdictions where the Partnership may elect to do
business.
Section 14.08. Admission of Limited Partners. Each of the Limited Partners
whose names appear on Schedule I shall be admitted to the Partnership on the
date hereof as a Limited Partner (and shall be shown as such on the books and
records of the Partnership) upon the execution and delivery by (or, pursuant to
a power-of-attorney, on behalf of) such Limited Partner and the General Partner
of counterparts of this Agreement.
Section 14.09. Subsequent Admission of Limited Partners. (a) At any time,
the General Partner may cause the Partnership to admit additional Persons as
Limited Partners; provided that no Person may be admitted to the Partnership if,
as a result of such admission, the Partnership or any of the Funds would not be
exempt from the provisions of the Investment Company Act. Such Person shall
become a Limited Partner (and shall be shown as such on the books and records of
the Partnership) upon execution and delivery by (or, pursuant to a
power-of-attorney, on behalf of) such Person and the General Partner of
counterparts of this Agreement. The admission of any additional Limited Partner
to the Partnership pursuant to this Section 1.09 shall not require the approval
of any Limited Partner existing immediately prior to such admission.
(a) The Limited Partners shall share in distributions or items of
income or gain of the Partnership attributable to any Fund Investment made prior
to the date such Person becomes a Limited Partner to the extent set forth in
Articles 3 and 6.
(b) No additional Limited Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership
if the admission of such Limited Partner would, in the judgment of the General
Partner (i) jeopardize the status of the Partnership as a partnership for United
States federal income tax purposes, (ii) cause a dissolution of the Partnership
under the Delaware Act, (iii) cause the Partnership's assets to be deemed "plan
assets" for purposes of ERISA, (iv) cause the Partnership to be an "investment
company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act (except for purposes
of Section 12(d)(1) thereunder), (v) cause the Partnership to be in violation of
the Advisers Act or (vi) violate, or cause the Partnership to violate, any
applicable law or regulation, including any applicable federal or state
securities laws.
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(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Partner
hereby approves of any amendment of this Agreement and of the Certificate of
Limited Partnership necessary to effect the admission of any Person as a Partner
pursuant to Section 1.08 or this Section 1.09 or Article 10. Any amendment to
this Agreement permitted under this paragraph (d) may be executed by the
General Partner on behalf of each other Partner pursuant to the Power of
Attorney given by each other Partner to the General Partner pursuant to Section
12.08.
ARTICLE 15
GOVERNANCE; MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE PARTNERSHIP
Section 15.01. Management of the Partnership. The business and affairs of
the Partnership shall be managed by and under the direction of the General
Partner. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the General Partner
shall have complete and exclusive discretion in the management and control of
the affairs and business of the Partnership, and shall possess all powers
necessary, convenient or appropriate to carrying out the purposes and business
of the Partnership and to perform all acts and enter into and perform all
contracts and other undertakings that it may deem necessary or advisable or
incidental thereto, including doing all things and taking all actions necessary
to carry out the terms and provisions of this Agreement (and is hereby
authorized and directed, on behalf of the Partnership, to do all such things and
to take all such actions without any further act, vote, consent or approval of
any Partner). Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the General Partner
may delegate such general or specific authority to officers, Limited Partners,
employees or agents of the Partnership as the General Partner considers
desirable from time to time, and such officers, Limited Partners, employees or
agents of the Partnership may, subject to any restraints or limitations imposed
by the General Partner, exercise the authority granted to them.
Section 15.02. Powers of the General Partner. Without limiting the
generality of the authority of the General Partner set forth in Section 2.01,
the General Partner hereby is authorized and empowered in the name and on behalf
of the Partnership and to the extent applicable and permitted under this
Agreement and the Fund Partnership Agreements:
(a) to serve as the general partner of the Funds;
(b) to acquire and hold the Partnership's general partner interest in
the Funds, and to sell, transfer, exchange, or otherwise dispose of such
interests, and otherwise to exercise all rights, powers, privileges, options and
other incidents of ownership or possession with respect to such interests or any
other assets or property held or owned by the Partnership or the Funds;
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(c) to employ attorneys and accountants of the Partnership, which
attorneys and accountants may also serve as counsel and auditors to the Funds or
any of their respective Affiliates;
(d) to deposit the funds of the Partnership in the Partnership name in
any bank or trust company and to entrust to any such bank or trust company any
of the securities, monies, documents and papers belonging to or relating to the
Partnership, or to deposit in and entrust to any brokerage firm that is a member
of any national securities exchange any of said funds, securities, monies,
documents and papers;
(e) to set aside funds for reasonable reserves, reasonably anticipated
contingencies and reasonable working capital in the Partnership and the Funds;
(f) to make such elections under the Code and other relevant tax laws
as to the treatment of items of Partnership income, gain, loss and deduction,
and as to all other relevant matters, as the General Partner deems necessary,
appropriate or advisable, including elections referred to in Section 754 of the
Code, and a determination of which items of cash outlay are to be capitalized or
treated as current expenses;
(g) to xxx, prosecute, settle or compromise all claims against third
parties, to compromise, settle or accept judgment in respect of claims against
the Partnership and to execute all documents and make all representations,
admissions and waivers in connection therewith;
(h) to enter into, make and perform all contracts, agreements,
instruments and other undertakings as the General Partner may determine to be
necessary, advisable or incidental to carrying out of the objects and purposes
of the Partnership;
(i) to cause the execution and delivery of such documents and
performance of such acts consistent with the terms of this Agreement as may be
necessary to comply with the requirements of law for the formation,
qualification and operation of a limited partnership under the laws of each
jurisdiction in which the General Partner determines it is necessary or
advisable for the Partnership to conduct business; and
(j) to do and perform everything that may be necessary, advisable,
suitable or proper for the conduct of the Partnership's business for the
carrying out of the purposes and objects hereinbefore enumerated, including the
delegation to any Person or Persons of such functions and authorities as the
General Partner may determine.
Any Person not a party to this Agreement dealing with the Partnership shall be
entitled to rely conclusively upon the power and authority of the General
Partner
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to bind the Partnership in all respects, and to authorize the execution of any
and all agreements, instruments and other writings on behalf of and in the name
of the Partnership as and to the extent set forth in this Agreement.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Partnership, and the
General Partner on behalf of the Partnership, may execute, deliver and perform
the Fund Partnership Agreements, subscription agreements with the limited
partners of the Funds, the Management Agreement among Greenhill Venture
Partners, LLC and each Fund, any agreements to induce a Person to purchase
interests in the Funds, any amendments to such documents, and all documents
related thereto and contemplated thereby, all without any further act, vote or
approval of any Partner or other Person. The General Partner is hereby
authorized to enter into and perform on behalf of the Partnership the documents
described in the immediately preceding sentence, but such authorization shall
not be deemed a restriction on the power of the General Partner to enter into
other documents on behalf of the Partnership (subject to any other restrictions
expressly set forth in this Agreement).
Section 15.03. Investment Committee. (a) The General Partner will
establish an Investment Committee of the General Partner to evaluate and discuss
potential investments and to review the performance of existing investments of
the Funds.
(a) Each Limited Partner who is a member of the Investment Committee
of the General Partner agrees, in consideration for sharing in the Carried
Interest Points hereunder, to participate in meetings of the Investment
Committee and, in connection with his role on the Investment Committee, to
provide the Partnership with the benefit of his knowledge and judgment in the
decision-making process with respect to the acquisition and disposition of
Investments by the Funds. Each Limited Partner who is not a member of the
Investment Committee agrees, at the request of the Investment Committee, to
provide the Partnership with the benefit of his knowledge and judgment in order
to assist the Investment Committee in its evaluation with respect to the
acquisition and disposition of Investments.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
members of the Investment Committee shall not be deemed to be participating in
the control of the business of the Partnership within the meaning of the
Delaware Act as a result of any actions taken by the Investment Committee or any
member of the Investment Committee.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, in no event shall a member of the Investment Committee be considered
a general partner of the Partnership by agreement, estoppel, as a result of the
performance of its duties, or otherwise.
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Section 15.04. Transactions with Affiliates. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Partnership is hereby authorized to purchase property,
securities, options or other assets from, sell property, securities, options or
other assets to, borrow funds from, or otherwise deal with, Greenhill, any
Affiliate of Greenhill, any Person in which a Fund Investment has been or is
proposed to be made, any Person having an interest in such Fund Investment (or
any underlying assets) or any Affiliate of any such Persons; provided that any
such dealing (A) shall be on terms no less favorable to the Partnership than
would be available from unaffiliated Persons and (B) shall not otherwise be in
violation of this Agreement. In connection with any services performed by any
Affiliate of Greenhill for the Partnership, such Affiliate shall be entitled to
be compensated by the Partnership for such services to the extent such
compensation is a Partnership Expense, and the amount of such compensation shall
be determined by the General Partner in its discretion; provided that such
compensation at any time shall not exceed the amount such Affiliate would
customarily receive from third parties as compensation at such time for the
performance of similar services. Each Limited Partner acknowledges and agrees
that the purchase or sale of property or other assets, the performance of
services, other dealings or the receipt of compensation may give rise to
conflicts of interest between the Partnership and the Limited Partners, on the
one hand, and Greenhill or any Affiliate of Greenhill, on the other hand.
Section 15.05. Other Activities. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall
be deemed to prohibit or otherwise limit any Partner (or Affiliate thereof) from
entering into transactions with the Partnership, making investments in Persons
or assets in which Fund Investments have been or are proposed to be made, in
Persons having an interest in such Fund Investments (or any underlying assets)
or in any Affiliates of any such Persons or providing financing to any such
Person.
Section 15.06. Books and Records; Accounting Method; Fiscal Year. (a) The
Partnership shall keep or cause to be kept at the address of the Partnership (or
at such other place as shall be notified to the Limited Partners in writing)
full and accurate books and records of the Partnership. Each Limited Partner
shall be shown as a Limited Partner on such books and records. Subject to
Sections 2.06(b) and 3.06, such books and records shall be available, upon 10
Business Days' notice to the General Partner, for inspection at the offices of
the Partnership at reasonable times during business hours on any Business Day by
each Limited Partner or his duly authorized agents or representatives for a
purpose reasonably related to such Limited Partner's interest as a Limited
Partner.
(a) Each Limited Partner agrees that (i) the books and records of the
Partnership contain confidential information relating to the Partnership and its
affairs and (ii) except for information otherwise required to be provided or
made available to Limited Partners pursuant to this Agreement, the General
Partner
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may, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, keep confidential from
the Limited Partners any information (excluding any financial statements of the
Partnership and underlying documentation supporting such financial statements)
the disclosure of which the General Partner reasonably believes is adverse to
the interests of the Partnership (including information relating to any Fund
Investment or underlying assets or any Person that is, directly or indirectly,
the subject of any Fund Investment) or which the Partnership, Greenhill or the
General Partner is required by law, agreement or otherwise to keep confidential.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Partnership's
books of account shall be kept on the same basis followed by the Partnership for
federal income tax purposes.
Section 15.07. Partnership for Tax Purposes; Partnership Tax Returns. (a)
The Partners agree that it is their intention that the Partnership shall be
treated as a partnership for purposes of United States federal, state and local
income tax laws, and further agree not to take any position or make any
election, in a tax return or otherwise, inconsistent therewith. In furtherance
of the foregoing, the Partnership will file an information return as a
partnership for United States federal income tax purposes. If a change in
applicable law (including a revenue ruling, revenue procedure or other
administrative pronouncement) would cause the Partnership not to be treated as a
partnership for United States federal income tax purposes, the Partners shall
endeavor in good faith to reach an agreement on restructuring the Partnership so
that it will be so treated (which may, subject to the following proviso, entail
a merger of the Partnership into an entity treated as a partnership for federal
income tax purposes); provided that no Limited Partner shall be required to
agree to any restructuring that it reasonably determines would have an adverse
effect on the assets, properties, business or condition of, or otherwise would
be adverse to the interests of or cause the incurrence of any material
expenditure by, such Limited Partner or any Affiliate of such Limited Partner.
(a) The General Partner shall cause to be prepared and timely filed
all tax returns required to be filed for the Partnership. Subject to paragraph
y(a) above, the General Partner may, in its discretion, make, or refrain from
making, any federal, state or local income or other tax elections for the
Partnership that it deems necessary or advisable, including an election pursuant
to Code Section 754.
(b) The General Partner is hereby designated as the Partnership's "TAX
MATTERS PARTNER" under Code Section 6231(a)(7). The Tax Matters Partner is
specifically directed and authorized to take whatever steps the General Partner,
in its discretion, deems necessary or desirable to perfect such designation,
including filing any forms or documents with the Internal Revenue Service and
taking such other action as may from time to time be required under Treasury
regulations.
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Expenses incurred by the Tax Matters Partner, in its capacity as such, will be
Partnership Expenses. Any Limited Partner shall have the right to participate in
any administrative proceedings relating to the determination of Partnership
items at the Partnership level. Each Limited Partner that elects to participate
in such proceedings shall be responsible for any expenses incurred by such
Limited Partner in connection with such participation. Further, a Limited
Partner shall notify the Tax Matters Partner in a timely manner of its intention
to: (i) file a notice of inconsistent treatment under Code Section 6222(b); (ii)
file a request for administrative adjustment of Partnership items; (iii) file a
petition with respect to any Partnership item or other tax matters involving the
Partnership or (iv) enter into a settlement agreement with the Secretary of the
Treasury with respect to any Partnership items. Upon any such notification, the
Tax Matters Partner may, if it agrees with the Limited Partner's position, elect
(at its discretion) to make such filing or enter into such agreement, as
applicable and practicable, on behalf of the Partnership. The expenses in
connection with any resulting audits or adjustments of a Limited Partner's tax
return shall be borne solely by the affected Limited Partner.
(c) The General Partner may, in its discretion, take appropriate steps
on behalf of the Partnership that it deems necessary or advisable to comply with
the laws of non-U.S. jurisdictions.
Section 15.08. Confidentiality. (a) Each Limited Partner agrees to keep
confidential, and not to make any use of (other than for purposes reasonably
related to his interest in the Partnership or for purposes of filing such
Limited Partner's tax returns or for other routine matters required by law) nor
to disclose to any Person (other than to appropriate employees of Xxxxxxxxx or
its Affiliates associated with the business of the Partnership), any Proprietary
Information or any other information or matter relating to the Partnership or
any Fund and its respective affairs or to any Partnership or Fund Investment
(other than disclosure to employees, agents, advisors, or representatives of the
Partnership responsible for matters relating to the Partnership (each such
Person being hereinafter referred to as an "AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE"));
provided that such Limited Partner and such Authorized Representatives may make
such disclosure to the extent that (i) the information being disclosed is
publicly known at the time of proposed disclosure by such Limited Partner or
Authorized Representative, (ii) the information subsequently becomes publicly
known through no act or omission of such Limited Partner or Authorized
Representative, (iii) such disclosure, in the written opinion of legal counsel
of such Limited Partner reasonably acceptable to the General Partner, is
required by law or regulation or by any regulatory authority or self-regulatory
organization having jurisdiction over such Limited Partner or (iv) such
disclosure is approved in advance by the General Partner. Prior to making any
disclosure required by law, regulation, regulatory authority or self-regulatory
organization, each Limited Partner shall notify the General Partner of such
disclosure and deliver to the General Partner the opinion referred to
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above. Prior to any disclosure to any Authorized Representative, each Limited
Partner shall advise such Authorized Representative of the obligations set forth
in this Section 2.08(a) and obtain the agreement of such Person to be bound by
the terms of such obligation.
(a) The obligations of each Limited Partner under this Section 2.08
shall survive for a period of five years after the date such Limited Partner
ceases to be a Limited Partner. If the Partnership is dissolved, the obligation
of each Limited Partner under this Section 2.08 who is a Limited Partner at the
time of such dissolution shall survive for a period of five years thereafter.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any Limited
Partner (and each of its employees, representatives or other agents) may
disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax
treatment and tax structure of the Partnership and the Partnership's investments
and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that
are provided to such Limited Partner relating to such tax treatment or tax
structure; provided that the foregoing does not (except to the extent necessary
to permit any Limited Partner to claim any available treaty benefits) constitute
an authorization to disclose information identifying the Partnership, the
Limited Partners, the General Partner or any parties to transactions engaged in
by the Partnership or (except to the extent relating to such tax structure or
tax treatment) any nonpublic commercial or financial information.
(c) Each party acknowledges and agrees that the covenants contained in
this Section 2.08 have been negotiated in good faith by the parties hereto, are
reasonable and are not more restrictive or broader than are necessary to protect
the interests of the Limited Partners and the Partnership, and would not achieve
their intended purpose if they were on different terms or for periods of time
shorter than the periods of time provided herein. Each party further
acknowledges and agrees that the business of the Partnership and the Funds is
highly competitive, that no party hereto would enter into this Agreement but for
the covenants contained in this Section 2.08 and that such covenants are
essential to protect the value of the business of the Partnership and the Funds.
(d) Track Record Information.
(i) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section
2.08, each member or former member of the Investment Committee (a
"REQUESTING PARTNER") shall, following termination of such employment with
Xxxxxxxxx Group, be entitled to receive Partnership information reasonably
necessary to establish such Person's investment track record for purposes
of seeking employment or soliciting investment capital from third parties
(e.g., in connection with organizing a new investment fund), and may
disclose such information to a prospective employer or to
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prospective investors pursuant to a securities offering that does not give
rise to a registration requirement under Section 5 of the Securities Act
or any similar requirement under the securities laws of a State or foreign
country; provided, however, that, except as otherwise approved by the
General Partner in its reasonable discretion, information to be provided
or disclosed under this Section 2.08(e) shall exclude Portfolio Company
valuation information and other similar information the disclosure or use
of which would present a material risk of harm to Xxxxxxxxx, the General
Partner, the Partnership, a Fund, or a Portfolio Company. In the event
that a Requesting Partner is prohibited, under the proviso of the
preceding sentence, from receiving or disclosing Portfolio Company
valuation information, such Requesting Partner shall be entitled to
require that the Company provide to such Requesting Partner (not more
often than once per fiscal year of the Partnership) a single "IRR" or
similar rate of return number that, on an aggregate basis, reflects the
performance of all investments that were consummated while such Requesting
Partner was a member of the Investment Committee, as reasonably calculated
by the General Partner. Such number may thereafter be disclosed by such
Requesting Partner in the manner described in the first sentence of this
paragraph. A Requesting Partner shall pay the reasonable costs and
expenses of the General Partner relating to the delivery of information
requested hereunder.
(ii) Under no circumstances shall Xxxxxxxxx, the General
Partner, the Partnership, any Fund, any Portfolio Company, or any other
Partner have any liability of any type with respect to information that is
provided to, or used or disclosed by, a Limited Partner or former Limited
Partner pursuant to this Section 2.08(e). Without limitation on the
preceding sentence, Xxxxxxxxx, the General Partner, the Partnership, the
Funds, the Portfolio Companies, and the other Partners shall not have any
liability in respect of the inaccuracy or incompleteness of any such
information that is disclosed by a Requesting Partner in connection with
the organization of a new investment fund and shall not be deemed to have
any duties to the Persons investing in such fund. Except as otherwise
approved by the General Partner (which approval may be withheld by the
General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion), a Requesting Partner
shall not claim, assert or report to any third party that any information
provided or disclosed pursuant to this Section 2.08(e) has been certified,
validated or otherwise guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness by
Xxxxxxxxx, the General Partner, the Partnership, any Fund, any Portfolio
Company or any other Partner.
Section 15.09. Investment of Funds. Cash held by the Partnership,
including all amounts being held by the Partnership for future investment in
Fund Investments, payment of expenses or distributions to Limited Partners may
be
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invested in such instruments as the General Partner, or any Person which it has
retained to manage such cash, in its discretion deems appropriate.
Section 15.10. Other Authority. The General Partner agrees to use its best
efforts to operate the Partnership in such a way that (i) the Partnership would
be exempt from the provisions of the Investment Company Act, (ii) none of the
Partnership's assets would be deemed to be "plan assets" for purposes of Section
4975 of the Code or ERISA, (iii) the Partnership would be in compliance with the
Advisers Act, and (iv) the Partnership would be in compliance with any other
material law, regulation, order or guideline applicable to the Partnership. The
General Partner is hereby authorized to take any action it has determined in
good faith to be necessary or desirable in order for (i) the Partnership's
assets not to be "plan assets" for purposes of ERISA, (ii) the Partnership to be
exempt from the provisions of the Investment Company Act, (iii) the Partnership
not to be in violation of the Advisers Act and (iv) the Partnership not to be in
violation of any other material law, regulation, order or guideline applicable
to the Partnership, including, in each case, (x) making any structural,
operating or other changes in the Partnership by amending this Agreement, (y)
requiring the sale in whole or in part of a Limited Partner's limited partner
interest in the Partnership with respect to or as a result of whom such
violation arose, or otherwise causing the withdrawal of such Limited Partner
from the Partnership or (z) dissolving the Partnership. Any action taken by the
General Partner pursuant to Section 2.10 shall not require the approval of any
Limited Partner.
ARTICLE 16
CARRIED INTEREST POINTS; CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS
Section 16.01. General Provisions. (a) The General Partner shall be solely
responsible for making all determinations as to the Carried Interest Points,
which determinations shall be made in accordance with this Article 3.
(a) Neither the General Partner nor any of its Affiliates shall be
liable to the Partnership or the Limited Partners for anything whatsoever in
connection with this Agreement except for the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the General Partner or its Affiliates. In the performance of their
functions with respect to this Agreement, the General Partner and its Affiliates
shall be entitled to rely upon information and advice furnished by officers,
accountants or legal counsel of Xxxxxxxxx or its Affiliates, or by any other
party the General Partner deems necessary or appropriate as to matters the
General Partner reasonably believes are within such other person's professional
or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on
behalf of the Partnership, and the General Partner and its Affiliates shall not
be liable to the Partnership or the Limited Partners for any action taken or not
taken in good faith reliance upon any such advice. The General Partner may
delegate such of its responsibilities
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hereunder as the General Partner deems appropriate to one or more officers or
directors of Xxxxxxxxx or its Affiliates and in performing such delegated
responsibilities, such persons shall have the benefit of all the protections
afforded the General Partner under this Agreement.
Section 16.02. Assignment of Carried Interest Points. (a) On or prior to
January 1 of each fiscal year, commencing in 2007, or as soon as practicable
thereafter (the "ANNUAL ALLOCATION DATE"), the General Partner shall assign each
Partner (including the General Partner) a number (which may include fractional
numbers or may be zero) of carried interest points (the "CARRIED INTEREST
POINTS") for all Fund Investments made by all Funds during the fiscal year
commencing on such January 1 (the "CARRIED INTEREST ANNUAL POOL"). The aggregate
number of Carried Interest Points for any Fund Investment shall be 20, and the
amount of the Carried Interest with respect to each Fund Investment for such
fiscal year allocated to a Partner shall be calculated by multiplying the
Carried Interest by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of
points so assigned and the denominator of which shall be 20. Each Carry
Participating Partner's share of the Carried Interest for any Fund Investment is
referred to herein as his "CARRIED INTEREST SHARE".
(a) Carried Interest Points shall be awarded in accordance with the
following:
(i) 50% of the Carried Interest Points for each Fund
Investment shall be awarded to the General Partner; and
(ii) 50% of the Carried Interest Points for each Fund
Investment shall be awarded to the SAVP Partners (the "SAVP CARRIED
INTEREST POINTS") in such a manner and at such times as may be recommended
by the Co-Chairmen, subject to the approval of each GHL Investment
Committee Member (provided that, if no such approval is obtained, then
Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx will be entitled to receive the same Carried Interest
Points as were awarded for the prior fiscal year).
With respect to each Fund Investment made during the 2006 fiscal year and
with respect to Partners who have been admitted as such on the date of this
Agreement, the Carried Interest Points shall be set forth in Schedule I to this
Agreement with respect to such Partner (the "ALLOCATION SCHEDULE"), which shall
be maintained by the General Partner and the Partnership and updated to reflect
any changes in the allocation of Carried Interest Points. The General Partner
shall advise each Partner of such Partner's Carried Interest Points in effect at
any time, and the General Partner may, in its discretion, to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, decline to disclose such Carried Interest Points to
any other Person. With respect to each Fund Investment made during any fiscal
year, the Carried Interest Points (as determined in accordance with this
ySection 3.02(a) or
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adjusted in accordance with this Article 3) of each Partner having an interest
in such Fund Investment shall be set forth in the Allocation Schedule. Except as
otherwise provided in this Article 3, such Carried Interest Points shall not be
changed after they are determined in accordance with this Section 3.02(a).
(b) The General Partner may award Carried Interest Points to newly
admitted Partners and may award additional Carried Interest Points to existing
Partners at any time during the course of a fiscal year. In making such award
the General Partner may, in its discretion, determine whether the Carried
Interest Points assigned to such Person shall be calculated as if such Person
was admitted as a Partner on the date such award was determined or any other
date or in any other manner that the General Partner in its discretion shall
determine is appropriate in light of the circumstances giving rise to such
determination. Such awards shall be made either from Reserved Carried Interest
Points, from Reallocated Carried Interest Points, from Forfeited Carried
Interest Points or through a reallocation of Carried Interest Points as provided
in Section 3.03.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
General Partner may, in its discretion, elect to reserve a portion of the SAVP
Carried Interest Points for allocation at any time during the period ending on
January 31 of the fiscal year next succeeding the fiscal year for which an
allocation of SAVP Carried Interest Points has been made to any SAVP Partner
(the "RESERVED SAVP CARRIED INTEREST POINTS"). During any fiscal year, all
Reserved SAVP Carried Interest Points with respect to the Fund Investments made
during such fiscal year shall be initially allocated to the General Partner.
From time to time during each fiscal year, the General Partner will assign such
Reserved SAVP Carried Interest Points to SAVP Partners, pursuant to an
Assignment of Carried Interest Points as provided in Schedule II (either for an
annual basis or an investment by investment basis) and the Allocation Schedule
shall be revised accordingly to reflect such award. If the Reserved SAVP Carried
Interest Points have not been so allocated by January 31 of the next succeeding
fiscal year, they shall be allocated pro rata among the SAVP Partners based on
each SAVP Partner's Carried Interest Share (as determined for the fiscal year in
which the Carried Interest Points were reserved) in the relevant Fund
Investments.
(d) If any Carried Interest Points awarded to any SAVP Partner are
later surrendered or forfeited by such Partner or otherwise reduced in
accordance with this Article 3, such surrendered, forfeited or reduced Carried
Interest Points shall, unless otherwise allocated pursuant to Section 3.02(c)
or as otherwise determined by the General Partner in its discretion, be
reallocated to the other SAVP Partners on a pro rata basis in accordance with
their Carried Interest Share in the relevant Fund Investments.
Section 16.03. Pro Rata Dilution. Initially, the Carried Interest Points
for the Carried Interest Annual Pool for 2006 will be allocated as set forth in
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Schedule I. During any fiscal year of the Partnership, the General Partner
may determine to award Carried Interest Points to a Limited Partner that do not
come from Reserved Carried Interest Points, from Reallocated Carried Interest
Points or from Forfeited Carried Interest Points, and in such case the Carried
Interest Points so awarded shall dilute the other Partners in proportion to
their respective Carried Interest Points for such fiscal year; provided,
however, that: (i) the General Partner shall not award Carried Interest Points
pursuant to this sentence for any fiscal year other than the fiscal year in
which such award is made; and (ii) the Carried Interest Points of an SAVP
Partner shall not be diluted pursuant to this sentence except in consequence of
awards of Carried Interest Points to SAVP Partners.
Section 16.04. No Right to Awards or Continued Employment. No Partner
shall have any claim or right to receive any award of Carried Interest Points
hereunder. Neither this Agreement nor any action taken or omitted to be taken
hereunder shall be deemed to create or confer on any Partner any right (i) to be
retained in the employ of Xxxxxxxxx Group or any Affiliate thereof or (ii) to
interfere with or to limit in any way the right of Xxxxxxxxx Group or any
Affiliate thereof to terminate the employment of such Partner at any time or to
transfer his or her employment within Xxxxxxxxx Group or any Affiliate thereof
to other activities from time to time.
Section 16.05. Effect of Termination of Employment. (a) A Limited Partner
whose employment with Xxxxxxxxx Group terminates for any reason shall
automatically (without any action being required on the part of the Partnership
or any Limited Partner) and immediately become a "SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNER". Upon
becoming a Special Limited Partner, (i) such Limited Partner shall no longer
receive any new awards of Carried Interest Points with respect to any Fund
Investments and (ii) such Limited Partner's Carried Interest Points theretofore
awarded may be reduced, eliminated or forfeited in accordance with this Section
3.05. Upon the complete liquidation of all Fund Investments in which a Special
Limited Partner is a participant, such Special Limited Partner (i) shall cease
to be a Partner of the Partnership and (ii) shall not be entitled to any further
distributions of Carried Interest under this Agreement.
(a) Subject to Section 3.05(d), with respect to any Limited Partner
who becomes a Special Limited Partner and any Fund Investment in which such
Limited Partner has an interest prior to becoming a Special Limited Partner,
such Limited Partner shall continue to hold his or her Carried Interest Points
theretofore awarded with respect to such Fund Investment and shall be entitled
to such Limited Partner's Carried Interest Share of such Fund Investment without
reduction if such Limited Partner becomes a Special Limited Partner as a result
of (i) termination of employment due to permanent disability (as determined by
the General Partner and Xxxxxxxxx), (ii) subject to Section 3.06(a),
termination of employment due to death, (iii) Retirement (iv) termination of
employment by
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Xxxxxxxxx without Cause (as determined by the General Partner in its sole
discretion) within two years following the occurrence of a Change in Control or
upon a termination of employment by Xxxxxxxxx without Cause (as determined by
the General Partner in its sole discretion) six months prior to the occurrence
of a Change in Control if the General Partner reasonably determines in its sole
discretion that such termination was at the behest of the acquiring entity, (v)
Constructive Discharge or (vi) any other exception determined by the General
Partner.
(b) Subject to Section 3.05(d), with respect to any Limited Partner
who becomes a Special Limited Partner as a result of the termination of
employment for any reason other than as specified in Section 3.05(b) (a
"FORFEITURE EVENT"), and any Fund Investment in which such Limited Partner has
an interest prior to becoming a Special Limited Partner, such Limited Partner's
Carried Interest Share of such Fund Investment shall be vested and become
non-forfeitable as follows:
(i) with respect to 25% of his Carried Interest Share
attributable to a Fund Investment made in any given fiscal year on January
1 of the year following the year such Fund Investment was made;
(ii) with respect to 50% of his Carried Interest Share
attributable to such Fund Investment on January 1 of the second year
following the year such Fund Investment was made;
(iii) with respect to 75% of his Carried Interest Share
attributable to such Fund Investment on January 1 of the third year
following the year such Fund Investment was made;
(iv) with respect to 100% of his Carried Interest Share
attributable to such Fund Investment on January 1 of the fourth year
following the year such Fund Investment was made;
provided that a Limited Partner will be vested with respect to 100% of his
Carried Interest Share attributable to a Fund Investment which is realized prior
to the date on which he becomes a Special Limited Partner. Limited Partners
shall be "PARTIALLY REDUCED PARTNERS" with respect to the unvested portion of
their Carried Interest Share forfeited in accordance with this Section
3.05y(c). The unvested portion of the Carried Interest Share of each Special
Limited Partner shall be forfeited on the date of termination of employment and
shall be reallocated as provided in Section 3.02(e). The number of Carried
Interest Points so forfeited, derived by application of the foregoing
percentages to such Carry Participating Partner's Carried Interest Points in a
Carried Interest Annual Pool, is hereinafter referred to as the "FORFEITED
CARRIED INTEREST POINTS", and the vested number of Carried Interest Points at
such time, derived by application of the foregoing percentages to such Carry
Participating Partner's Carried Interest Points
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in such Carried Interest Annual Pool, is hereinafter referred to as the "VESTED
CARRIED INTEREST POINTS".
(c) Upon the occurrence of an Elimination Event with respect
to any Limited Partner who becomes a Special Limited Partner (a "FULLY REDUCED
PARTNER"), all of such Limited Partner's Carried Interest Points with respect to
such Fund Investment and any Proceeds with respect to any Fund Investment that
otherwise has been or could be allocated to such Limited Partner at any time
after such Limited Partner becomes a Special Limited Partner shall be forfeited
and shall be reallocated to other Limited Partners as provided in Section
3.02(e).
For purposes of this Agreement, the term "ELIMINATION EVENT" means, with
respect to any Limited Partner at any time, (i) the termination of such Limited
Partner's employment with Xxxxxxxxx Group for Cause (or the termination of such
Limited Partner's employment with Xxxxxxxxx Group for any reason and, within 180
days following such termination, the General Partner or Xxxxxxxxx determines
that circumstances existed during such Limited Partner's employment with
Xxxxxxxxx Group which would have entitled Xxxxxxxxx Group to terminate such
Limited Partner's employment with Xxxxxxxxx Group for Cause), (ii) the
termination of such Limited Partner's employment due to resignation with less
than 30 days' notice, (iii) the termination of such Limited Partner's employment
with Xxxxxxxxx Group for any reason and, within 180 days of such termination (or
during the 180 days preceding such termination), such Limited Partner attempts
or attempted to hire a person who such Limited Partner actually knows is or was
an employee of Xxxxxxxxx Group, (iv) the termination of such Limited Partner's
employment with Xxxxxxxxx Group for any reason and, within 180 days of such
termination, the Limited Partner solicits business of a Person actually known to
such Limited Partner to be a customer or client of Xxxxxxxxx Group or (v) the
termination of such Limited Partner due to disclosure by such Limited Partner
(or in the event of termination of employment by reason of death, by such
Special Limited Partner's estate or any designated beneficiary or heir or
personal representative that became a Special Limited Partner) of any
Proprietary Information, without the consent of Xxxxxxxxx Group or otherwise in
contravention of Section 2.08, to any unauthorized Person or the use of
Proprietary Information by such Limited Partner (or in the event of termination
of employment by reason of death, by such Special Limited Partner's estate or
any designated beneficiary or heir or personal representative that became a
Special Limited Partner) other than (x) in connection with Xxxxxxxxx Group's
business or (y) as permitted or required by this Agreement or as required by
applicable law, where such disclosure or use would be adverse to the financial
interests of Xxxxxxxxx Group (as determined by the General Partner in its
discretion).
Section 16.06. Other Provisions Relating to Special Limited Partners. (a)
In the event of the death of a Limited Partner, such Limited Partner shall cease
to be a Partner of the Partnership and the Partnership shall furnish to such
Limited
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Partner's estate or designated beneficiary such information relating to the
Partnership's affairs and Fund Investments as such estate's executor or such
designated beneficiary shall reasonably request in order to enable such estate
or designated beneficiary to prepare and file tax returns and conduct audits or
other proceedings relating to such tax returns; provided that such estate and
its executor and any designated beneficiary shall have executed an instrument
reasonably satisfactory to the General Partner agreeing to be bound by the
confidentiality obligations set forth in Section 2.08 with respect to all
information so furnished. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, the estate or designated beneficiary shall automatically be admitted
to the Partnership as a Special Limited Partner and shall receive allocations
and distributions to the extent and in the manner provided for in this Agreement
with respect to such deceased Limited Partner.
(a) If, at any time during the term of the Partnership, the General
Partner determines in good faith that any further participation by a Special
Limited Partner in the Partnership's affairs would be detrimental to any
Portfolio Company, the Partnership, the other Limited Partners, Xxxxxxxxx, any
Fund, any Investor or any of their respective Affiliates, then, to the extent
determined appropriate by the General Partner in its discretion and to the
maximum extent permitted by applicable law, such Special Limited Partner shall
cease to have the right to obtain information regarding the Partnership and its
affairs or regarding any Partnership or any Fund Investment (other than any
financial statements of the Partnership and underlying documentation supporting
such financial statements that are reasonably necessary to demonstrate
compliance by the Partnership with its obligations to make distributions to such
Special Limited Partner as provided under this Agreement).
(b) A Special Limited Partner shall not be entitled to vote, except as
required by applicable law and except where a Special Limited Partner's
interests in Fund Investments existing at the time any vote or approval of the
Limited Partners is required pursuant to Article 2 or Section 12.01 or any
other provision of this Agreement shall be materially adversely affected by such
vote or approval in a way that is different from the effect of such vote or
approval on any other Limited Partners. To the extent such Special Limited
Partner is not entitled to vote, such Special Limited Partner's economic
interest, if any, shall be disregarded in connection with any such vote or
approval and such Special Limited Partner's Carried Interest Points shall be
excluded from both the numerator and the denominator of the fraction
representing the specified percentage of Carried Interest Points required for
the consent or approval of Partners under this Agreement.
Section 16.07. Effect of Change in Control. Subject to Section 3.05 of
this Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the General Partner
shall determine, in its sole discretion, whether a Limited Partner's Carried
Interest
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Share of any Fund Investment in which such Limited Partner has an interest prior
to the occurrence of the Change in Control shall vest and become
non-forfeitable.
ARTICLE 17
EXPENSES
Section 17.01. Definition of Expenses. "PARTNERSHIP EXPENSES" means (i)
all expenses or obligations incurred by or on behalf of the Partnership that are
directly attributable to any Fund Investment including any Indemnification
Obligation with respect to a Fund Investment (an "INVESTMENT EXPENSE") and (ii)
all General Expenses.
"GENERAL EXPENSES" means any expenses incurred by the Partnership other
than Investment Expenses or Indemnification Obligations including, without
limitation: (i) all costs and expenses of organizing the Partnership and (ii)
all routine administrative expenses of the Partnership, including salaries and
employee benefit expenses of employees, consultants and independent contractors
of the Partnership, fees and expenses associated with the maintenance of books
and records of the Partnership, the employment or retention by the Partnership
with respect to routine matters of accountants, attorneys and other
professionals, and the preparation and dispatch to the Limited Partners of
checks, financial reports and notices required by this Agreement.
Section 17.02. Responsibility for Partnership Expenses among the Partners.
The Partners agree that, as among themselves, Partnership Expenses shall be
borne by the Partners as follows:
(a) any Investment Expense shall be borne only by those
Partners who are Carry Participating Partners with respect to such Fund
Investment, pro rata in proportion to their respective Carried Interest
Share in such Fund Investment at such time; and
(b) any General Expense or Indemnification Obligation not
directly attributable to any Fund Investment shall be borne by all
Partners, pro rata in proportion to their respective Capital Account
balances at such time;
provided that, if the General Partner determines in its discretion that any
Partnership Expense is an Indemnification Obligation directly attributable to
the acts or conduct of one or more Partners, but not directly attributable to
all Partners as a group, the General Partner may determine that all or a portion
of such Partnership Expense shall be borne by only those Partners to whom such
Partnership Expense is directly attributable, pro rata in proportion to the
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respective Carried Interest Share of those Partners who are required to bear
such Partnership Expense pursuant to this proviso.
ARTICLE 18
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Section 18.01. Capital Contributions. The Partners listed in Schedule III
(the "CONTRIBUTING PARTNERS") shall be obligated to make contributions to the
Partnership ("CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS") in an aggregate amount not to exceed their
respective Capital Commitments. Except as required by the Delaware Act, the
Partners shall have no obligation to make any other contributions to the capital
of the Partnership, whether to fund Fund Investments, to fund Partnership
Expenses or for any other reason.
Section 18.02. Payment of Capital Contributions. All Capital Contributions
shall be paid to the Partnership in immediately available funds in United States
dollars by 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date and to the account
specified by the General Partner. Capital Contributions may include amounts that
the General Partner determines in its discretion are necessary or desirable to
establish reserves in respect of Partnership Expenses or the Partnership's
obligation to make its capital contribution to the Funds.
ARTICLE 19
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; ALLOCATIONS; DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 19.01. Principles of Distributions Attributable to Invested
Capital. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all Proceeds received
by the Partnership other than Proceeds referred to in Section 6.02, shall be
distributed as follows: Proceeds that are cash or readily-marketable securities
received from the Funds shall be distributed or paid promptly after the receipt
thereof, and in the case of other types of Proceeds at such time as the General
Partner shall determine in its discretion. With respect to any Proceeds referred
to in this paragraph, the General Partner shall, at the time of distribution,
determine each Contributing Partner's Investment Percentage of such Proceeds and
make distributions of such amounts to the Contributing Partners.
Section 19.02. Principles of Distributions Attributable to Carried
Interest. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Proceeds from any
Fund Investment representing Carried Interest from any Fund Investment shall be
distributed at such time as the General Partner shall determine in its
discretion. With respect to the distribution of any Proceeds representing any
Carried Interest ("CARRIED INTEREST DISTRIBUTIONS"), at least 40% of a Carry
Participating Partner's (other than a Partially Reduced Partner's) Participation
Percentage of
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such Proceeds shall be distributed to such Carry Participating Partner and up to
60% of such Carry Participating Partner's Participation Percentage of such
Proceeds shall be retained by the Partnership in a segregated account (the
"SEGREGATED ACCOUNT") established for such Carry Participating Partner pursuant
to Section 6.07, in each case as the General Partner determines in its
discretion.
(a) If, at the time of distribution of any Proceeds representing any
Carried Interest, a Carry Participating Partner is a Partially Reduced Partner
as a result of a Forfeiture Event, the General Partner shall determine the
aggregate amount of Proceeds previously distributed to such Carry Participating
Partner with respect to all Fund Investments in which such Carry Participating
Partner participates, and such Carry Participating Partner's Participation
Percentage (determined without giving effect to such Forfeiture Event) of such
Proceeds shall be applied in the following manner (in lieu of Section 6.02(a)):
(x) the portion of such Proceeds attributable to at
least 40% of such Partially Reduced Partner's Carry Vested
Percentage of its Carried Interest Share shall be distributed to
such Partially Reduced Partner and the portion of such Proceeds
attributable to up to 60% of such Partially Reduced Partner's
Carry Vested Percentage of its Carried Interest Share shall be
retained by the Partnership in such Partially Reduced Partner's
Segregated Account, and
(y) the portion of such Proceeds attributable to such
Partially Reduced Partner's Carry Forfeited Percentage of such
Carried Interest Share shall be allocated to the other Partners
who are entitled to such forfeited portion of the Carried Interest
Share (each, a "FORFEITED INTEREST PARTNER"), pro rata in
proportion to their respective increases or newly allocated
Carried Interest Shares.
Section 19.03. Other Provisions Relating to Distributions. (a) All cash
distributions shall be made in immediately available funds in U.S. Dollars,
except to the extent that distributions in U.S. dollars would be illegal under
applicable law, in which case, to such extent, distributions shall be made in
the currency in which cash is received by the Partnership.
(a) Any securities or other property constituting all or any portion
of a Fund Investment may be distributed in kind at such time and in such amounts
as the General Partner shall, in its discretion, determine. In the event of any
such distribution in kind, the General Partner shall, depending on whether such
distribution constitutes a distribution of Proceeds constituting the Carried
Interest Share, (i) distribute to the applicable Contributing Partners or Carry
Participating Partners securities or other property of the same type and (ii) if
cash and securities
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or other property in kind are to be distributed simultaneously, distribute cash
and securities or such property in kind to each such Contributing Partner or
Carry Participating Partner in the same proportions to such Contributing
Partners or Carry Participating Partners; provided that the General Partner, in
its discretion, may allow each such Contributing Partner or Carry Participating
Partner to elect whether to receive a distribution in kind or in cash. The
General Partner shall determine, in its discretion, the fair value of the
securities or other property to be distributed in kind on a date as near as
reasonably practicable to the date of such distribution, and, in the case of
securities denominated in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, shall determine
the U.S. Dollar equivalent of such fair value based on the applicable exchange
rate in effect on the valuation date.
(b) In connection with any distribution of cash, securities or other
property received by the Partnership, the General Partner may, in its
discretion, set off against, or withhold from, the amount distributable to any
Limited Partner with respect to such Fund Investment the following amounts:
(i) such Limited Partner's share of any Partnership Expense or
any other amount due from such Limited Partner to the Partnership; and
(ii) any amounts required to pay, or to reimburse (on a net
after-tax basis) any Indemnified Person for the payment of, any taxes and
related expenses that the General Partner in good faith determines to be
properly attributable to such Limited Partner (including, without
limitation, withholding taxes and interest, penalties and expenses
incurred in respect thereof).
Any amounts so set off or withheld pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be
treated for all purposes of this Agreement as if actually distributed to such
Limited Partner and shall be applied by the General Partner to discharge the
obligation in respect of which such amounts were withheld.
(c) The General Partner shall have the right, in its discretion, to
withhold amounts otherwise distributable by the Partnership to a Limited Partner
in order to make such provision as the General Partner, in its discretion, deems
necessary or advisable for the payment of such Limited Partner's share of any
future Partnership Expense if the nature and amount of such Partnership Expense
is known or reasonably anticipated at the time of distribution.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Partnership shall not make any distributions pursuant to this Agreement except
to the extent permitted by the Delaware Act.
Section 19.04. Capital Accounts; Adjustments to Capital Accounts. (a)
There shall be established for each Partner, on the books and records of the
Partnership, a capital account (a "CAPITAL ACCOUNT"). Each Partner's Capital
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Account shall initially be zero and shall be adjusted as set forth in this
Section 6.04.
(a) The Capital Account of each Partner shall be adjusted as follows:
(i) Cash Contributions. The amount of cash contributed to the
Partnership by such Partner shall be credited to the Capital Account of
such Partner.
(ii) Distributions. The amount of cash (or the value of other
property distributed in kind as determined in accordance with Section
6.03) distributed by the Partnership to any Partner shall be debited
against the Capital Account of such Partner.
(iii) Income, Profit or Gain. The amount of any allocation of
income, profit or gain made by the Partnership to any Partner shall be
credited to the Capital Account of such Partner.
(iv) Expense, Deduction or Loss. The amount of any allocation
of expense, deduction or loss made by the Partnership to any Partner shall
be debited against the Capital Account of such Partner.
(b) The Partnership's items of income, gain, loss, deduction and
expense shall be allocated to the Capital Accounts as follows:
(i) Allocation of Partnership Expenses. The amount of any
Partnership Expense shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance
with Section 4.02.
(ii) Allocation of Interest Income. The amount of any interest
earned on any Partner's Capital Contribution or on any Partner's
Segregated Account shall be allocated to the Capital Account of such
Partner.
(iii) Allocation of a Carry Participating Partner's Carry
Income, Gains and Losses. All income and gains representing the Carried
Interest shall be allocated among the Carry Participating Partners in a
manner consistent with the corresponding distributions made or to be made
pursuant to Section 6.02. All losses with respect to a Carried Interest
Annual Pool shall be allocated among the Carry Participating Partners in a
manner consistent with Section 6.07(c).
(iv) Residual Allocations. The Partnership's remaining net
income or net loss (after giving effect to clauses (i) through (iv) of
this Section 6.04(c)) for any fiscal period and each item of income,
gain, loss, deduction or expense shall be allocated among the Partners in
a manner
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consistent with the corresponding distributions made or to be made
pursuant to Sections 6.01, 6.02 and 9.04.
Section 19.05. Tax Allocations. (a) For federal, state and local income
tax purposes, each item of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the
Partnership shall be allocated among the Partners as nearly as possible in the
same manner as the corresponding item of income, expense, gain or loss is
allocated pursuant to the other provisions of this Article 6. It is intended
that the Capital Accounts will be maintained at all times in accordance with
Section 704 of the Code and applicable Treasury regulations thereunder, and that
the provisions hereof relating to the Capital Accounts be interpreted in a
manner consistent therewith. The General Partner shall be authorized by this
Section 6.05 to make appropriate adjustments to the allocations of items
pursuant to this Article 6 if necessary in order to comply with Section 704 of
the Code or applicable Treasury regulations thereunder; provided that no such
change shall have an adverse effect upon the amount distributable to any Partner
hereunder.
(a) Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Article 6, if any
Partner has a deficit Capital Account for any fiscal period as a result of any
adjustment, allocation or distribution of the type described in Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4)-(6), then the Partnership's income
and gain will be specially allocated to such Partner in accordance with Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d).
Section 19.06. Foreign Currency Considerations. (a) At the time any cash
is received in a currency other than U.S. Dollars for payment (as distributions
or otherwise) to Partners:
(i) if such cash is to be paid (as a distribution or
otherwise) in U.S. Dollars, the General Partner shall effect the
conversion of such cash into U.S. Dollars, at the exchange rate determined
by the General Partner, as soon as practicable after such cash is
received; and
(ii) if, pursuant to Section 6.03(a), such cash is to be paid
in the currency in which it is received, the General Partner shall
determine the U.S. Dollar equivalent of such cash, based upon the
applicable exchange rate in effect on the date such cash is received, for
purposes of this Article 6.
(b) Currency translations in connection with the valuation of non-cash
property that is to be distributed in kind shall be made in the manner set forth
in Section 6.03(b) for purposes of this Article 6.
Section 19.07. Segregated Accounts; Netting of Carried Interest Shares;
Distributions from Segregated Accounts. (a) There shall be established, for each
Carry Participating Partner, a Segregated Account, which shall consist of one
gain
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sub-account (a "GAIN ACCOUNT") and one loss sub-account (a "LOSS ACCOUNT"). At
any time, (i) the balance in any Carry Participating Partner's Gain Account
shall be such Carry Participating Partner's "GAIN AMOUNT" and (ii) the balance
in any Carry Participating Partner's Loss Account shall be such Carry
Participating Partner's "LOSS AMOUNT". Each Carry Participating Partner shall be
entitled to receive, with respect to funds held in such Carry Participating
Partner's Segregated Account, income from the temporary investment of such funds
for the period such funds are held by the Partnership until such time such funds
are distributed pursuant to this Section 6.07.
(a) The Gain Account of each Carry Participating Partner for any
Carried Interest Annual Pool shall initially be zero and thereafter be adjusted
as follows:
(i) increased by an amount equal to the amount allocated to
such Carry Participating Partner but retained by the Partnership in the
Segregated Account of such Carry Participating Partner pursuant to
Sections 6.02(a) and 6.02(b); and
(ii) decreased by any amount distributed in accordance with
Section 6.07(e).
(b) The Loss Account of each Carry Participating Partner for any
Carried Interest Annual Pool shall initially be zero and thereafter be adjusted
as follows:
(i) increased by an amount equal to 100% of such Carry
Participating Partner's Notional Loss Amount (as determined by the General
Partner pursuant to Section 6.07(d) from any Fund Investment); and
(ii) decreased by any amount distributed in accordance with
Section 6.07(e).
(c) Upon the determination of the General Partner to write down or
write off the value of any Fund Investment or the realization of any Fund
Investment at a loss, the General Partner shall determine, for each Carry
Participating Partner, a "NOTIONAL LOSS AMOUNT" related to such Fund Investment,
using the methodology applicable to the determination of Carried Interest set
forth in the applicable Fund Partnership Agreement and the Participation
Percentage of such Carry Participating Partner.
(d) At the time of each subsequent disposition of a Fund Investment
that would have resulted in a Carried Interest if determined without regard to
any other Fund Investment, the General Partner shall determine, for each Carry
Participating Partner, (i) the Gain Amount in such Carry Participating Partner's
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Gain Account and (ii) the Loss Amount in such Carry Participating Partner's Loss
Account. Upon such determination, an amount equal to the Loss Amount for each
Carry Participating Partner shall be distributed to the Carry Participating
Partners in such subsequent Fund Investment to the extent necessary to permit
such Carry Participating Partners to receive the Carried Interest distributions
that would have been distributed to them in the absence of any Notional Loss
Amount; provided that such distribution will not exceed the Gain Amount for such
Carry Participating Partner at such time.
(e) Any amounts remaining in any Carry Participating Partner's
Segregated Account, after giving effect to this Section 6.07, shall be paid to
such Carry Participating Partner after the complete liquidation of all Fund
Investments in all Carried Interest Annual Pools in which such Carry
Participating Partner is a participant.
(f) Amounts retained in any Segregated Account with respect to any
Carry Participating Partner shall not be distributed from such Segregated
Account, except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.07. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the General Partner may cause amounts held in the Segregated Account
of any Carry Participating Partner to be distributed to such Carry Participating
Partner if the General Partner determines, in its discretion, that such amounts
are not required in order for such Carry Participating Partner to meet such
Carry Participating Partner's payment obligations under this Section 6.07.
Section 19.08. Loans and Withdrawal of Amounts Allocated to Capital
Accounts. Except as permitted by the General Partner, no Limited Partner shall
be permitted to borrow, or to make an early withdrawal of, any portion of the
amounts allocated to his or her Capital Account.
Section 19.09. Repayment of Certain Distributions. In the event that any
amount distributed to a Limited Partner hereunder is later determined by the
General Partner to be in excess of the amount such Limited Partner was entitled
to under this Agreement, such Limited Partner shall return such amount to the
Partnership.
ARTICLE 20
REPORTS TO LIMITED PARTNERS
Section 20.01. Reports. (a) The General Partner shall provide to each
Limited Partner reports and financial information on the Partnership's affairs
and on such Limited Partner's Allocation Schedule and Capital Account in such
form and at such times as the General Partner shall determine in its discretion.
The General Partner shall also provide to each Limited Partner (other than any
Special
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Limited Partner), upon request, a copy of each report and financial statement
provided to any Investor pursuant to any Fund Partnership Agreement.
(a) After the end of each fiscal year, the General Partner shall cause
the independent certified public accountants of the Partnership to prepare and
transmit, within 30 days after the tax returns for all Funds have been
completed, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, a federal income tax form
K-1 for each Partner, a copy of the Partnership's return filed for federal
income tax purposes and a report setting forth in sufficient detail such
transactions effected by the Partnership during such fiscal year as shall enable
each Partner to prepare its United States federal and state income tax returns,
if any. The General Partner shall provide such materials to (i) each Limited
Partner and (ii) each former Limited Partner (or its successors, assigns, heirs
or personal representatives) who may require such information in preparing its
United States federal and state income tax returns.
ARTICLE 21
EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION
Section 21.01. Exculpation and Indemnification. (a) No Indemnified Person
shall be liable to the Partnership or to the Partners for any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities arising from, related to, or in connection with this
Agreement, the Partnership's business or affairs, the Fund Partnership
Agreements or the Funds' business or affairs (including any act or omission by
any Indemnified Person and any activity of the type or character disclosed or
contemplated in Section 2.04 or 2.05 hereof or in any Fund Partnership
Agreement (such disclosure being incorporated herein by reference) and no such
activity will in and of itself constitute a breach of any duty owed by any
Indemnified Person to any Partner or the Partnership), except for any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities resulting from such Indemnified Person's gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
(a) The Partnership shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person against any
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, arising out of, related to or in
connection with this Agreement, the Partnership's business or affairs, the Fund
Partnership Agreements or the Funds' business or affairs, except for (i) any
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities resulting from such Indemnified
Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct and (ii) any losses allocated to
any Partner's Capital Account. The Partnership will reimburse each Indemnified
Person for all expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel) as such
expenses are incurred in connection with investigating, preparing, pursuing or
defending any Proceeding related to, arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement, the Partnership's business or affairs, the Fund Partnership
Agreements or the Funds' business or
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affairs; provided that such Indemnified Person shall promptly repay to the
Partnership the amount of any such reimbursed expenses paid to it if it shall be
judicially determined by judgment or order not subject to further appeal or
discretionary review that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Partnership in connection with such matter as provided in the
exceptions contained in the immediately preceding sentence. If for any reason
(other than the exceptions contained in the first sentence of this Section
8.01(b)) the foregoing indemnification is unavailable to any Indemnified Person,
or insufficient to hold it harmless, then the Partnership shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such loss,
claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Partnership, on the one hand, and such
Indemnified Person, on the other hand, or, if such allocation is not permitted
by applicable law, to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to above
but also any other relevant equitable considerations. Any indemnity,
contribution or reimbursement obligation of the Partnership under this Section
8.01(b) is referred to as an "INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATION."
(b) Each Limited Partner covenants for itself and its successors,
assigns, heirs and personal representatives that such Person will, at any time
prior to or after dissolution of the Partnership, whether before or after such
Person's withdrawal from the Partnership, pay to the Partnership on demand any
amount which the Partnership properly pays in respect of taxes (including
withholding taxes) imposed upon income of, or distributions in respect of Fund
Investments made to, such Limited Partner.
(c) In the event that any Partner initiates any Proceeding against the
Partnership, any other Partner or any of their respective Affiliates and a
judgment or order not subject to further appeal or discretionary review is
rendered in respect of such Proceeding for the Partnership, such other Partner
or any of their respective Affiliates, as the case may be, such Partner shall be
solely liable for all costs and expenses of the Partnership, such other Partner
or such Affiliate, as the case may be, attributable thereto and shall pay such
amounts in cash to the Persons incurring such costs and expenses within 90 days
after the entry of such judgment or order.
(d) Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Agreement, the
reimbursement, indemnity and contribution obligations of the Partnership under
Section 8.01(b) shall:
(i) be in addition to any liability which the Partnership may
otherwise have; and
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(ii) be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any
successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives of the Partnership
and each Indemnified Person.
(e) To the extent that, at law or in equity, any Partner has duties
(including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Partnership
or to any other Partner, the Partner acting in connection with the Partnership's
affairs shall not be liable to the Partnership or to any other Partner for its
good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, the provisions of this Agreement, to the extent
that they restrict or eliminate the duties and liabilities or rights and powers
of the Partners otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the
Partners to replace such other duties, liabilities, rights and powers of the
Partners.
(f) The foregoing provisions of this Section 8.01 shall survive for a
period of four years from the date of dissolution of the Partnership; provided
that if at the end of such period, there are any Proceedings then pending or any
other liability (whether contingent or otherwise) or claim then outstanding, any
Limited Partner shall so notify the General Partner or Xxxxxxxxx at such time
(which notice shall include a brief description of each such Proceeding (and of
the liabilities asserted in such Proceeding) and of such liabilities and claims)
and the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.01 shall survive with respect to
each such Proceeding, liability and claim set forth in such notice (or any
related Proceeding, liability or claim based upon the same or a similar claim)
until such date that such Proceeding, liability or claim is ultimately resolved.
ARTICLE 22
DURATION AND DISSOLUTION OF THE PARTNERSHIP
Section 22.01. Duration. The term of the Partnership shall continue for so
long as any of the Funds continue in existence, unless the Partnership is sooner
dissolved pursuant to Section 9.02; provided that in order to permit an orderly
winding up of the affairs of the Partnership, subject to Section 9.02, the
General Partner may, in its discretion, extend the term of the Partnership for
up to three successive one-year terms following the expiration of such initial
term.
Section 22.02. Dissolution. The death, retirement, resignation, expulsion,
bankruptcy or dissolution of a Limited Partner, or the occurrence of any other
event which terminates the continued membership of a Limited Partner in the
Partnership, shall not, in and of itself, cause the Partnership to be dissolved
and its affairs wound up. Upon the occurrence of any such event, the business of
the Partnership shall be continued without dissolution. Subject to the Delaware
Act, the Partnership shall be dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up upon
the earliest of:
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(a) the expiration of the term of the Partnership provided in Section
9.01;
(b) in the discretion of the General Partner, upon the dissolution and
distribution of assets of all Funds;
(c) a decision made by the General Partner, after consultation with
counsel, to dissolve the Partnership because it has determined in good faith
that (i) changes in any applicable law or regulation would have a material
adverse effect on the continuation of the Partnership or (ii) such action is
necessary or desirable as provided in Section 2.10;
(d) the written consent of all Partners;
(e) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 17-802
of the Delaware Act;
(f) at any time that there are no limited partners of the Partnership,
unless the business of the Partnership is continued in accordance with the
Delaware Act; and
(g) any event that results in the General Partner ceasing to be a
general partner of the Partnership under the Delaware Act, provided that the
Partnership shall not be dissolved and required to be wound up in connection
with any such event if (A) at the time of the occurrence of such event there is
at least one remaining general partner of the Partnership who is hereby
authorized to and does carry on the business of the Partnership or (B) within 90
days after the occurrence of such event, the Majority Limited Partners agree in
writing or vote to continue the business of the Partnership and to the
appointment, effective as of the date of such event, if required, of one or more
additional general partners of the Partnership.
Section 22.03. Liquidation of Partnership. Upon dissolution, the
Partnership's business shall be liquidated in an orderly manner. Except as
provided in the immediately succeeding sentence, the General Partner shall be
the liquidator to wind up the affairs of the Partnership pursuant to this
Agreement. If the General Partner is not available to serve as liquidator or if
the Partnership shall be dissolved upon dissolution of any of the Funds in
accordance with the terms of the applicable Fund Partnership Agreement, the
Limited Partners may, by approval of the Majority Limited Partners, appoint one
or more liquidators to act as the liquidator in carrying out such liquidation.
In performing its duties, subject to the Delaware Act, the liquidator is
authorized to sell, distribute, exchange or otherwise dispose of the assets of
the Partnership in any reasonable manner that the liquidator shall determine to
be in the best interest of the Partners.
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Section 22.04. Distribution upon Dissolution of the Partnership. (a) Upon
dissolution of the Partnership, the liquidator winding up the affairs of the
Partnership shall determine in its discretion which assets of the Partnership
shall be sold and which assets of the Partnership shall be retained for
distribution in kind to the Partners. Subject to the Delaware Act, after all
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of the Partnership have been satisfied or
duly provided for (as determined by the liquidator in its discretion), the
remaining assets of the Partnership shall be distributed to the Partners in
proportion to their respective positive Capital Accounts up to the amounts
thereof, and thereafter in the manner in which additional amounts would have
been distributed pursuant to Article 6.
(a) In the discretion of the liquidator, and subject to the Delaware
Act, all or a portion of the assets of the Partnership may be:
(i) distributed to a trust established for the benefit of the
Partners for purposes of liquidating Partnership assets, collecting
amounts owed to the Partnership, and satisfying any liabilities or
obligations of the Partnership arising out of, or in connection with, this
Agreement or the Partnership's affairs; or
(ii) withheld, with respect to any Partner, to provide a
reserve reasonably required for Partnership Expenses; provided that such
withheld amounts shall be distributed to the Partners as soon as the
liquidator determines, in its discretion, that it is no longer necessary
to retain such amounts.
The assets of any trust established in connection with clause (i) above
shall be distributed to the Partners from time to time, in the discretion of the
liquidator, in the same proportions as the amount distributed to such trust by
the Partnership would otherwise have been distributed to the Partners pursuant
to this Agreement.
(b) Each Partner shall look solely to the assets of the Partnership
for the return of such Partner's aggregate invested capital in Fund Investments,
and no Partner shall have priority over any other Partner as to the return of
such invested capital.
Section 22.05. Resignation of Limited Partners. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 3.05 or in Article 10 or with the approval of the General
Partner, a Limited Partner may not resign or withdraw from the Partnership prior
to its dissolution and winding up.
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ARTICLE 23
TRANSFERABILITY OF A LIMITED PARTNER'S INTEREST
Section 23.01. Restrictions on Transfer of Limited Partner Interests. (a)
A Limited Partner may not, directly or indirectly, sell, exchange, transfer,
assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of its
limited partner interest (including any entitlement to any distributions
hereunder) in the Partnership (any such direct or indirect sale, exchange,
transfer, assignment, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition being herein
collectively called "TRANSFERS") to any Person, except (i) pursuant to Section
2.10 or 3.05, (ii) by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, (iii) by
operation of law or (iv) to the Partnership.
(a) Sections 10.02 and 10.03 shall not apply to any Transfer
contemplated by clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 10.01(a), other than a
Transfer pursuant to Section 2.10; provided that any transferee pursuant to a
Transfer contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 10.01(a) shall not be admitted
as a Partner unless such Person, as a condition to its admission as a Partner,
shall have executed and acknowledged such instruments (including a counterpart
of this Agreement), in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner,
as the General Partner reasonably deems necessary or desirable to effectuate
such admission and to confirm the agreement of such Person to be bound by all
the terms and provisions of this Agreement with respect to the Partner's limited
partner interest in the Partnership acquired by such Person, whereupon such
Person shall become a Substituted Limited Partner and shall, for purposes of the
calculations under Sections 6.04 and 6.07, be bound by such calculations
previously made with respect to the transferring Partner pursuant to this
Agreement, and shall be otherwise treated with respect to such calculations as
if such Person were a Partner from the inception of the Partnership.
(b) The termination of any Limited Partner's employment with Greenhill
or any of its Affiliates shall not in and of itself result in or be deemed to
constitute a Transfer of all or any portion of such Limited Partner's limited
partner interest in the Partnership.
(c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing restrictions, in
no event may a Limited Partner Transfer any portion of his limited partner
interest in the Partnership nor may a Substituted Limited Partner be admitted to
the Partnership if such Transfer or such admission would, in the judgment of the
General Partner, jeopardize the status of the Partnership as a partnership for
United States federal income tax purposes, cause a dissolution of the
Partnership under the Delaware Act, cause the Partnership's assets to be deemed
to be "plan assets" for purposes of ERISA, cause the Partnership to be deemed to
be an "investment company" for purposes of the Investment Company Act, cause the
Partnership to be in violation of the Advisers Act, or would violate, or cause
the
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Partnership to violate, any applicable law, regulation or order, including any
applicable federal or state securities laws.
Section 23.02. Expenses of Transfer; Indemnification. All expenses,
including attorneys' fees and expenses, incurred by the Partnership in
connection with any Transfer shall be borne by the transferring Limited Partner
or such Limited Partner's transferee (any such transferee, when admitted and
shown as a Limited Partner on the books and records of the Partnership, being
hereinafter called a "SUBSTITUTED LIMITED PARTNER"). In addition, the
transferring Limited Partner or such transferee shall indemnify the Partnership
and the General Partner in a manner satisfactory to the General Partner against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Partnership or the
General Partner may become subject arising out of, related to or in connection
with any false representation or warranty made by, or breach or failure to
comply with any covenant or agreement of, such transferring Partner or such
transferee.
Section 23.03. Recognition of Transfer; Substituted Partners. (a) No
assignee or other recipient of all or any portion of a Limited Partner's limited
partner interest in the Partnership may be admitted to the Partnership as a
Substituted Limited Partner without the prior approval of the General Partner
(which may, in the General Partner's discretion, be withheld including (without
limitation) compliance with Section 10.04 below). If the General Partner
approves the admission of any Person to the Partnership as a Substituted Limited
Partner, such Person, as a condition to its admission as a Partner, shall
execute and acknowledge such instruments (including a counterpart of this
Agreement), in form and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, as the
General Partner reasonably deems necessary or desirable to effectuate such
admission and to confirm the agreement of such Person to be bound by all the
terms and provisions of this Agreement with respect to the limited partner
interest in the Partnership acquired by such Person.
(a) The Partnership shall not (subject to Section 3.05) recognize for
any purpose any purported Transfer of all or any part of a Limited Partner's
limited partner interest in the Partnership and no assignee, transferee or other
recipient of all or any part of such interest shall become a Substituted Limited
Partner hereunder unless:
(i) the provisions of this Article 10 shall have been
complied with;
(ii) the General Partner shall have been furnished with the
documents effecting such Transfer, in form reasonably satisfactory to the
General Partner, executed and acknowledged by both the assignor or
transferor and assignee, transferee or other recipient;
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(iii) such assignee, transferee or other recipient shall have
represented that such Transfer was made in accordance with all applicable
laws and regulations;
(iv) all necessary governmental consents shall have been
obtained in respect of such Transfer;
(v) the books and records of the Partnership shall have been
changed (which change shall be made as promptly as practicable) to reflect
the admission of such Substituted Limited Partner; and
(vi) all necessary instruments reflecting such admission shall
have been filed in each jurisdiction in which such filing is necessary in
order to qualify the Partnership to conduct business.
Upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 10.03,
any such assignee or other recipient shall become a Substituted Limited Partner.
Any Person who succeeds to any Limited Partner's limited partner interest
in the Partnership and who becomes a Substituted Limited Partner shall, for
purposes of the calculations under Sections 6.04 and 6.07, be bound by such
calculations previously made with respect to the transferring Partner pursuant
to this Agreement, and shall be otherwise treated with respect to such
calculations as if such Person were the Partner from the inception of the
Partnership.
Section 23.04. Information Reporting In Connection With Transfer. In
connection with any Transfer, the transferring Limited Partner shall provide the
General Partner with all information relating to its adjusted basis and purchase
price that is necessary to enable the General Partner to determine (i) the
Substituted Limited Partner's basis for the transferred interest and (ii) the
transferring Limited Partner's gain or loss recognized on the Transfer for
federal income tax purposes (other than such transferring Limited Partner's
distributive share of the Partnership's income for its taxable year in which the
Transfer occurs and its immediately preceding taxable year).
ARTICLE 24
TRANSFERABILITY OF GENERAL PARTNER'S INTEREST
Section 24.01. Transferability of General Partner's Interest. (a) Except
as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner may not Transfer to any Person
(other than to a successor-in-interest (by merger or otherwise) or assignee that
is an Affiliate of Greenhill, which Transfer may be made without the approval of
any other Partner) without the prior approval of a majority of the Limited
Partners. If the General Partner so determines in its discretion, and any such
prior approval of the Limited Partners (if required) so provides, the General
Partner
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may admit any Person to whom the General Partner proposes to make such a
Transfer as an additional general partner of the Partnership, and such
transferee shall be deemed admitted to the Partnership as a general partner of
the Partnership immediately prior to such Transfer and shall continue the
business of the Partnership without dissolution.
ARTICLE 25
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 25.01. Entire Agreement; Amendments; Waivers; Termination. (a)
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings, both oral and written, between the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof.
(a) Any provision of this Agreement (including Article 10) may be
amended or waived by a written agreement executed by the General Partner and
without the approval of any Limited Partner; provided that,
(i) the provisions of Section 3.02, Article 8, Section 9.01
and this Section 12.01(b) may not be amended or waived without the
approval of the General Partner and each Limited Partner (other than any
Special Limited Partner referred to in the second sentence of Section
3.06(c) (to the extent provided in Section 3.06(c)));
(ii) no amendment or waiver of the provisions of this Agreement
may increase the liability of a Limited Partner beyond the liability of
such Limited Partner expressly set forth in this Agreement or otherwise
modify or affect the limited liability of such Limited Partner or
materially impair the value of any Carried Interest Point previously
awarded to a Limited Partner without the consent of the General Partner
and the Limited Partner affected thereby; provided, however, that for all
purposes of this Section 12.01, any amendment of this Agreement that is
necessary to carry out or reflect the operation of Section 3.05 shall not
require the consent or approval of any Limited Partner; and
(iii) no provision of this Agreement that relates to or affects
Greenhill may be amended or waived without the approval of Greenhill.
(b) The General Partner shall give the affected Limited Partners
written notice of any amendment of this Agreement effected pursuant to Section
12.01(b) within 30 days after the same becomes effective.
Section 25.02. Mergers and Consolidations. The Partnership may merge or
consolidate with or into one or more Delaware limited partnerships or other
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business entities (as defined in the Delaware Act) pursuant to, and in
accordance with, Section 17-211 of the Delaware Act upon the approval of the
General Partner and the Majority Limited Partners; provided that in connection
with any such merger or consolidation, no amendment of any provision of this
Agreement may be effected without the approval required for an amendment of such
provision in accordance with Section 12.01. Notwithstanding anything else
contained in this Agreement, any agreement of merger or consolidation approved
in accordance with the preceding sentence may (x) effect any amendment to this
Agreement or (y) effect the adoption of a new limited partnership agreement for
the Partnership if it is the surviving or resulting entity in such merger or
consolidation.
Section 25.03. Investment Representation. Each Limited Partner, by
executing this Agreement, represents and warrants that his limited partner
interest in the Partnership has been acquired by him for his own account for
investment and not with a view to resale or distribution thereof and that he is
fully aware that in agreeing to admit him as a Limited Partner, the General
Partner, Greenhill and the Partnership are relying upon the truth and accuracy
of this representation and warranty.
Section 25.04. Successors; Counterparts. This Agreement (i) shall be
binding as to the executors, administrators, estates, heirs and legal successors
of the Limited Partners and (ii) may be executed in several counterparts with
the same effect as if the parties executing the several counterparts had all
executed one counterpart.
Section 25.05. Governing Law; Severability. This Agreement shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware
as applied between residents of that state entering into contracts wholly to be
performed in that state. In particular, it shall be construed to the maximum
extent possible to comply with all of the terms and conditions of the Delaware
Act. If it shall be determined by court order not subject to appeal or
discretionary review that any provision or wording of this Agreement shall be
invalid or unenforceable under the Delaware Act or other applicable law, such
invalidity or unenforceability shall not invalidate the entire Agreement, in
which case this Agreement shall be construed so as to limit any term or
provision so as to make it enforceable or valid within the requirements of
applicable law, and, in the event such term or provision cannot be so limited,
this Agreement shall be construed to omit such invalid or unenforceable
provisions.
Section 25.06. Further Assurance. Each Limited Partner, upon the request
of the General Partner, agrees to perform all further acts and to execute,
acknowledge and deliver any documents that may reasonably be necessary to carry
out the provisions of this Agreement.
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Section 25.07. Filings. The General Partner shall promptly prepare,
following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any documents required
to be filed and recorded, or, which are in the General Partner's discretion,
appropriate for filing and recording, under the Delaware Act, and the General
Partner, as an authorized person, shall promptly cause each such document to be
filed and recorded in accordance with the Delaware Act and, to the extent
required by local law, to be filed and recorded or notice thereof to be
published in the appropriate place in each State in which the Partnership may
hereafter establish a place of business. The General Partner shall also promptly
cause to be filed, recorded and published such statements of fictitious business
name and other notices, certificates, statements or other instruments required
by any provision of any applicable law of the United States or any State or
other jurisdiction which governs the conduct of its business from time to time.
Section 25.08. Power of Attorney. (a) Each Limited Partner does hereby
constitute and appoint the General Partner and its officers with full power of
substitution, as his true and lawful representative and attorney-in-fact, in his
name, place and stead to make, execute, sign, deliver and file (i) the
Certificate of Limited Partnership and any amendment thereof required because of
an amendment to this Agreement or in order to effectuate any change in the
membership of the Partnership, (ii) any amendments to this Agreement in
accordance with Section 12.01, (iii)) all such other instruments, documents and
certificates which may from time to time be required by the laws of the United
States of America, the State of Delaware or any other State, or any political
subdivision or agency thereof, or any foreign country, to effectuate, implement
and continue the valid and subsisting existence of the Partnership or to
dissolve the Partnership and (iv) any document, certificate, instrument or
agreement necessary or desirable to effectuate the transfer of all or any part
of a Limited Partner's limited partner interest in the Partnership in accordance
with the provisions of Articles 3 or 10.
Such representatives and attorneys-in-fact shall not have any right, power
or authority to amend or modify this Agreement except in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement when acting in such capacities.
(a) The power of attorney granted pursuant to this Section 12.08 is
coupled with an interest and shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent
death, incapacity, disability, dissolution, termination or bankruptcy of the
Limited Partner granting such power of attorney or the transfer of all or any
portion of such Limited Partner's limited partnership interest in the
Partnership, and extend to such Limited Partner's successors, assigns and legal
representatives.
Section 25.09. No Xxxx for Partnership Accounting. Subject to mandatory
provisions of law applicable to a Limited Partner and to circumstances involving
a breach of this Agreement, each of the Limited Partners covenants that it will
not
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(except with the consent of the General Partner) file a xxxx for a Partnership
accounting.
Section 25.10. Goodwill. No value shall be placed on the name or goodwill
of the Partnership.
Section 25.11. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to
any party hereunder shall be in writing (including electronic mail, facsimile or
similar writing) and shall be given to such party at its address, electronic
mail address or facsimile number set forth in a schedule filed with the records
of the Partnership or such other address, electronic mail address or facsimile
number as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice in like
manner to the General Partner. Each such notice, request or other communication
shall be effective (a) if given by facsimile, when such facsimile is transmitted
to the facsimile number specified pursuant to this Section 12.11 and the
appropriate answerback or confirmation is received, (b) if given by mail, 72
hours after such communication is deposited in the mails with first class
postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid, (c) if given by electronic mail, when
actually received at the electronic mail address specified pursuant to this
Section 12.11 or (d) if given by any other means, when delivered at the address
specified pursuant to this Section 12.11.
Section 25.12. Arbitration. In the event that any dispute arises between a
Limited Partner, on the one hand, and Greenhill, the Partnership, the General
Partner or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, relating to or in
connection with this Agreement, the Partnership and its business or affairs, the
Fund Partnership Agreements or the Funds' business or affairs, such Limited
Partner shall attempt to resolve such dispute by discussion and negotiation
within thirty days after the date one such party (the "INITIATING PARTY")
initially raises such dispute. Any and all disputed issues that are not resolved
in writing by the parties during such thirty (30) day period shall be finally
settled by binding arbitration to be held in Wilmington, Delaware or New York
City, New York in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the
American Arbitration Association, as from time to time amended and in effect.
The parties to this Agreement hereby waive (and agree to cause their respective
Affiliates to waive) any right to refer such dispute or controversy to any other
forum or tribunal. The arbitration panel shall be composed of three arbitrators,
appointed pursuant to the following procedure. The Initiating Party shall notify
the other party (the "RESPONDING PARTY") of the substance of its claim and the
name and address of the arbitrator chosen by the Initiating Party. Within thirty
days of receipt of such notification, the Responding Party shall notify the
Initiating Party of its answer to the claim made, any counterclaim which it
wishes to assert in the arbitration, and the name and address of the arbitrator
chosen by the Responding Party. If this is not done by the Responding Party
within thirty (30) days, appointment of the second arbitrator shall be made by
the American Arbitration Association upon request of the
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Initiating Party. The arbitrators shall choose a third arbitrator, who shall
serve as president of the panel thus composed. If the arbitrators fail to agree
upon the choice of a third arbitrator within thirty (30) days from the
appointment of the second arbitrator, the third arbitrator will be appointed by
the American Arbitration Association upon the request of the arbitrators or
either of the parties. In all cases the arbitrators must be persons who are
knowledgeable about and have recognized ability and experience in dealing with
the subject matter of the dispute. The arbitrators will decide the dispute by
majority decision and in accordance with Delaware law. The decision shall be
rendered in writing and shall bear the signatures of at least two arbitrators.
It also shall identify the members of the arbitration panel, and the time and
place of the award granted. Finally, it will determine the expenses of the
arbitration and the party who shall be charged therewith or the allocation of
the expenses between the parties in the discretion of the panel. The arbitration
decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but in any event not later than
six months after the constitution of the arbitration panel. The arbitration
decision shall be final and binding upon both parties. Judgment upon any award
rendered by the arbitration panel may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction thereof or having jurisdiction over the party against whom
enforcement is sought or having jurisdiction over any of such party's assets. To
the maximum extent permitted by law, the parties to this Agreement hereby waive
(and agree to cause their respective Affiliates to waive) any right of appeal
from any judgment rendered upon an award, particularly including (but not
limited to) appeals with respect to any question of law.
Section 25.13. Withholding. The General Partner shall have the right to
deduct and withhold from any distributions or other assets any federal, state or
local taxes that it determines in good faith to be required by law to be
withheld with respect to income allocable to any Limited Partner.
Section 25.14. Headings. Section and other headings contained in this
Agreement are for reference only and are not intended to describe, interpret,
define or limit the scope or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
ARTICLE 26
CLAWBACK OBLIGATIONS
Section 26.01. General Partner Clawback. The Partners acknowledge and
agree that the Partnership may be obligated to make payments to the Funds under
Section 10.04(b) of the Fund Partnership Agreements (the "CLAWBACK OBLIGATION").
The Partnership shall satisfy the Clawback Obligation,
(i) first by payment from each Partner's Segregated Account
based on each Partner's Pro Rata Share of the Clawback Obligation; and
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(ii) then, each Partner will be required to make a payment
pursuant to Section 13.02 in an amount equal to such Partner's Pro Rata
Share of the Clawback Obligation subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 13.02.
"PRO RATA SHARE" shall be determined (i) first, based on such Partner's
Loss Amount, but never to exceed the aggregate Carried Interest distributions
theretofore received by such Partner including amounts held in such Partner's
Gain Accounts and (ii) with respect to any excess of the Clawback Obligation
after giving effect to clause (i) of this definition, then based on the
aggregate Carried Interest distributions theretofore received by such Partner
including amounts held in such Partner's Gain Accounts after giving effect to
clause (i) of this definition.
Section 26.02. Guaranty. (a) Each Partner (together with any Person who
may hereafter agree to become a guarantor under this Agreement by signing a
written instrument expressly agreeing to be so bound, each a "GUARANTOR," and
collectively, the "GUARANTORS") hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
guarantees severally (and not jointly) the full payment in cash, when due, of
such Guarantor's Pro Rata Share of the Clawback Obligation, and if for any
reason the Partnership (the "OBLIGOR") shall fail fully and punctually to pay
the Clawback Obligation, each of the Guarantors shall pay its Pro Rata Share of
such Clawback Obligation; provided that (i) the payment obligation of each
Guarantor shall be reduced by any amounts applied from such Guarantor's
Segregated Account and (ii) the amount payable by each Guarantor shall not
exceed the aggregate Carried Interest distributions received by such Guarantor
directly or indirectly from the Partnership (or held in such Guarantor's
Segregated Account) less the deemed income tax liability (calculated based on
the Tax Percentage) on income allocated with respect to such Carried Interest
distributions. This Agreement is an absolute, unconditional, continuing
guarantee of payment and not of collection, and is in no way conditioned or
contingent upon any attempt to collect from the Obligor, enforce performance by
the Obligor or on any other condition or contingency.
(a) Each guaranty pursuant to paragraph (a) above is expressly for
the benefit of the Funds and the limited partners of the Funds (the "FUND
LIMITED PARTNERS") and shall not be impaired, discharged or terminated by any
other act or omission that may, in accordance with applicable law, affect the
enforceability of a guaranty, and shall not be affected by the bankruptcy,
insolvency or inability to pay of the Obligor, a Guarantor or of any other
party. Paragraph (a) above may not be amended in a manner adverse to the Fund
Limited Partners without the consent of the "Required Limited Partners" of the
Funds (as defined in the Fund Partnership Agreements).
(b) Promptly following the determination that a contribution is
required to be made by the Obligor pursuant to Section 10.04(b) of the Fund
Partnership
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Agreement, the Obligor shall notify the Guarantors of each Guarantor's Pro Rata
Share of the amount of the Clawback Obligation, after application of the amounts
in the Segregated Accounts, which shall be payable to the Partnership or as
otherwise designated in such notice. When the Clawback Obligation becomes due
and payable and the Obligor fails to fully and punctually pay and perform its
Clawback Obligation, the Funds or any of the Fund Limited Partners may make
demand upon a Guarantor for the payment of such Guarantor's obligations
hereunder.
(c) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Guarantor irrevocably
waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest, benefit of order, notice
of dishonor and any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement
that at any time any action be taken by any Person against the Obligor or any
other Person.
(d) The obligations of each Guarantor under this Agreement shall be
unconditional and primary (as though such Guarantor were the maker of its Pro
Rata Share of the Clawback Obligation), irrespective of the validity or
enforceability of the Clawback Obligation, and shall not be affected by any
action taken under the Clawback Obligation in the exercise of any right or
remedy therein conferred, or by any failure or omission on the part of the Funds
or the Fund Limited Partners to enforce any right given thereunder or hereunder
or any remedy therein conferred, or by any failure or omission on the part of
the Funds or the Fund Limited Partners to enforce any right given thereunder or
hereunder or any remedy conferred thereby or hereby, or by any waiver of any
term, covenant, agreement or condition of the Clawback Obligation or this
Agreement, or by any other circumstance which may or might be in any manner or
to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor hereunder.
(e) Except for the addition of Guarantors set forth in the following
sentence and subject to the second sentence of Section 13.02(b), this Article
13 may not be amended except with the written consent of the Required Partners
and the unanimous consent of the Guarantors. The Obligor hereby agrees that it
will not admit any Person as a Partner and the General Partner hereby agrees
that it will not permit any Person to become entitled to any share of its
distributions unless such Person shall have first executed a supplement hereto
pursuant to which such Person agrees to become a Guarantor hereunder and to be
bound by the provisions of this Article 13.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereto set their hands as of the
day and year first above written.
By: Greenhill Venture Partners, LLC
as general partner
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Limited Partner Signature Page
for GSAVP GP, L.P.
Limited Partner:
____________________
Name:
Limited Partner
Commencement Date:
Address for Notices:
Accepted:
Greenhill Venture Partners, LLC
By: __________________
Name:
Title:
APPENDIX A
DEFINITIONS
"ADVISERS ACt" means the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended from
time to time.
"AFFILIATE" of any Person means any other Person that, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is
under common control with such Person. The term "control" means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
"AGREEMENT" means this Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, as amended from time to time.
"ALLOCATION SCHEDULE" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).
"ANNUAL ALLOCATION DATE" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).
"AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.08(a).
"BOARD" means the Board of Directors of Greenhill.
"XXXXXXX" means Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which commercial banks in New York City are authorized by law to close.
"CAPITAL ACCOUNT" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.04(a).
"CAPITAL COMMITMENT" means with respect to each of the Partners whose
names appear on Schedule III, the amount set forth opposite the name of such
Partner on Schedule III.
"CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
"CARRIED INTEREST" means the Carried Interest (as defined in the Fund
Partnership Agreements) that may be distributed to the Partnership, as general
partner of the Funds.
"CARRIED INTEREST ANNUAL POOL" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.02(a).
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"CARRIED INTEREST DISTRIBUTIONS" has the meaning set forth in Section
6.02(a).
"CARRIED INTEREST POINTS" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).
"CARRIED INTEREST SHARE" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02(a).
"CARRY PARTICIPATING PARTNER" means, with respect to any Carried Interest
Annual Pool, any Partner who has a share of the Carried Interest for such
Carried Interest Annual Pool.
"CARRY VESTED PERCENTAGE" means, with respect to any Carry Participating
Partner, the percentage derived by dividing such Carry Participating Partner's
Vested Carried Interest Points by such Carry Participating Partner's Carried
Interest Points.
"CAUSE" means (i) any act or omission which constitutes a breach by the
Limited Partner of the Limited Partner's obligations to the Partnership or
Greenhill or any of its Affiliates or the failure or refusal of the Limited
Partner to perform satisfactorily any duties reasonably required of the Limited
Partner, which breach, failure or refusal is not corrected (other than failure
to correct by reason of the incapacity of the Limited Partner due to physical or
mental illness) within 10 Business Days after written notification thereof to
the Limited Partner by the Partnership or Greenhill or any of its Affiliates,
(ii) the commission by the Limited Partner of any dishonest or fraudulent act
injurious to the interests or business reputation of any of the Partnership or
Greenhill, or any of its Affiliates, (iii) any other act or omission which is
materially injurious to the interests or business reputation of any of the
Partnership or Greenhill, or its Affiliates or (iv) a substantial violation of
any securities or commodities laws, any rules or regulations issued pursuant to
such laws, or rules and regulations of any securities or commodities exchange or
association of which the Partnership or Greenhill or any of its Affiliates is a
member or of any policy of the Partnership or Greenhill or any of its Affiliates
relating to compliance with any of the foregoing.
"CHANGE IN CONTROL" means the consummation of a merger, consolidation,
statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving
Greenhill or the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of Greenhill to an entity that is not an affiliate or that, in each case,
requires shareholder approval under the laws of Xxxxxxxxx'x jurisdiction of
organization, unless immediately following such transaction, either: (i) at
least 50% of the total voting power of the surviving entity or its parent
entity, if applicable, is represented by securities of Greenhill that were
outstanding immediately prior to the transaction (or securities into which
Xxxxxxxxx'x securities were converted or exchanged in such transaction); or (ii)
at least 50% of the members of the board of directors (including directors whose
election or nomination was approved by the incumbent directors of the Board) of
the company resulting from the transaction
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were members of the Board at the time of the Board's approval of the execution
of the initial agreement providing for the transaction.
"CLAWBACK OBLIGATION" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.01.
"Co-Chairman" means, so long as he is an employee of Greenhill Group, each
of Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
"CONSTRUCTIVE DISCHARGE" means with respect to any Limited Partner, within
two years following the occurrence of a Change in Control there occurs both (i)
a reduction in the number of Carried Interest Points allocated to such Limited
Partner with respect to a Carried Interest Annual Pool to 90% or less of the
Carried Interest Points allocated to such Limited Partner with respect to the
Carried Interest Annual Pool for the previous year and (ii) such Limited
Partner's employment terminates due to resignation.
"CONTRIBUTING PARTNERS" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
"DELAWARE ACT" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this
Agreement.
"ELIMINATION EVENT" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(d).
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
"FORFEITED CARRIED INTEREST POINTS" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.05(c).
"FORFEITED INTEREST PARTNER" has the meaning set forth in Section
6.02(b)(y).
"FORFEITURE EVENT" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(c).
"FULLY REDUCED PARTNER" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(d).
"FUND INVESTMENT" means, with respect to any Fund, any Investment (as
defined in the applicable Fund Partnership Agreement) made by such Fund pursuant
to such Fund Partnership Agreement.
"FUND LIMITED PARTNERS" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.02(b).
"FUND PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS" means the agreement of limited partnership
of each of the Funds, as amended and in effect from time to time.
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"FUNDS" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04.
"GAIN ACCOUNT" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.07(a).
"GAIN AMOUNT" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.07(a).
"GENERAL EXPENSES" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01.
"GENERAL PARTNER" means Xxxxxxxxx Venture Partners, LLC, or any other
Person who, at such time, has been admitted as a general partner of the
Partnership, in such Person's capacity as general partner of the Partnership.
"GHL INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER" means any member of the Investment
Committee designated by the General Partner as a "GHL Investment Committee
Member." Initially, the GHL Investment Committee Members shall be Liu and Shah.
"GREENHILL" means Xxxxxxxxx & Co., Inc.
"GREENHILL GROUP" means Greenhill together with its direct and indirect
subsidiaries.
"GUARANTOR" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.02(a).
"XXXXXX" means Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx.
"INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATION" has the meaning set forth in Section
8.01(b).
"INDEMNIFIED PERSON" means each Limited Partner, each member of the
Investment Committee and each director, officer, stockholder, employee, agent or
representative of the Partnership, the General Partner or of Greenhill or any of
their respective Affiliates.
"INITIATING PARTY" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.12.
"INVESTMENT COMMITTEE" means the Investment Committee of the General
Partner as constituted pursuant to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability
Company Agreement of the General Partner.
"INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended from time to time.
"INVESTMENT EXPENSE" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01.
"INVESTMENT PERCENTAGE" means, with respect to any Contributing Partner,
the percentage derived by dividing (i) such Contributing Partner's
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aggregate Capital Contributions by (ii) the aggregate Capital Contributions of
all Contributing Partners.
"INVESTOR" means each or any investor in any Partnership or Fund
Investment.
"LIMITED PARTNER" means, at any time, any Person (including any such
Person who has become a Special Limited Partner in accordance with this
Agreement) who is at such time a limited partner of the Partnership and shown as
such on the books and records of the Partnership, in such Person's capacity as
limited partner of the Partnership.
"LIU" means Xxxx X. Xxx.
"LOSS ACCOUNT" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.07(a).
"LOSS AMOUNT" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.07(a).
"MAJORITY LIMITED PARTNERS" means, at any time and with respect to a
matter, Limited Partners entitled to vote on such matter holding at such time
more than 50% of all of the Carried Interest Points of all Limited Partners
entitled to vote on such matter (and present for purposes of a quorum, if
applicable) at such time.
"NOTIONAL LOSS AMOUNT" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.07(d).
"OBLIGOR" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.02(a).
"ORIGINAL AGREEMENT" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this
Agreement.
"PARTIALLY REDUCED PARTNER" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(c).
"PARTICIPATION PERCENTAGE" means, with respect to any Carry Participating
Partner and any Fund Investment, such Carry Participating Partner's percentage
share of the Carried Interest arising from such Fund Investment as determined in
the manner set forth in Section 3.02.
"PARTNER" means the General Partner or any Limited Partner, and "Partners"
means, collectively, the General Partner and the Limited Partners.
"PARTNERSHIP" means GSAVP GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, as
such limited partnership may from time to time be constituted.
"PARTNERSHIP EXPENSES" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.01.
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"PERSON" means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, trust, estate or designated beneficiary or other entity.
"PORTFOLIO COMPANY" means, with respect to any Fund Investment, any Person
that is the issuer of the equity securities, debt securities or other securities
that are the subject of such Fund Investment.
"PROCEEDING" means any action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding by
or before any court, arbitrator, governmental body or other agency.
"PROCEEDS" means, with respect to any Fund Investment, all cash and
non-cash proceeds received by the Partnership from any sale of, or distribution
from, such Fund Investment, including any dividends, interest or other
distributions received by the Partnership in respect of such Fund Investment
(net of any sales commissions, fees or other Investment Expense incurred,
directly or indirectly, by the Partnership in connection with such receipt).
"PROPRIETARY INFORMATION" means any information that may have intrinsic
value to the Partnership or Greenhill, or its Affiliates, clients or other
parties with which the Partnership or Greenhill, or its Affiliates has a
relationship, or that may provide the Partnership or Greenhill, or its
Affiliates with a competitive advantage, including, without limitation, any
trade secrets; formulas; flow charts; computer programs, access codes or other
systems information; algorithms; business, product or marketing plans; sales and
other forecasts; financial information; client lists; and information relating
to compensation and benefits; provided that such Proprietary Information does
not include any information which is available to the general public or is
generally available within the relevant business or industry other than as a
result of the Limited Partner's action. Proprietary Information may be in any
medium or form, including without limitation, physical documents, computer files
or discs, videotapes, audiotapes, and oral communications.
"PRO RATA SHARE" has the meaning set forth in Section 13.01.
"REALLOCATED CARRIED INTEREST POINTS" means Carried Interest Points which
have been reallocated in accordance with Section 3.02(e).
"RELATED FUND" means any investment vehicle established by the Partnership
to co-invest with GSAV, L.P. in investment opportunities on a side-by-side
basis.
"REQUIRED PARTNERS" means, with respect to a fiscal year, both (i)
Partners having a majority of the Carried Interest Points awarded for such year
and (ii) the General Partner.
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"RESERVED SAVP CARRIED INTEREST POINTS" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.02(c).
"RETIREMENT" means termination of employments on or after the date the
Limited Partner has (i) attained age 65 and completed at least two years of
service following Xxxxxxxxx'x initial public offering; (ii) completed at least
twelve years of service as a managing director of Greenhill or its predecessors,
or (iii) has completed at least twenty years of service with Greenhill or its
predecessors.
"RESPONDING PARTY" has the meaning set forth in Section 12.12.
"SAVP CARRIED INTEREST POINTS" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.02(b).
"SAVP PARTNERS" means Brotman, Cullman, Xxxxxx and any other Limited
Partner designated as an "SAVP Partner" by the General Partner.
"SEGREGATED ACCOUNT" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02(a).
"SHAH" means Xxxxxx Xxxx.
"SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNER" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(a).
"SUBSTITUTED LIMITED PARTNER" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02.
"TAX MATTERS PARTNER" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(c).
"TRANSFERS" has the meaning set forth in Section 10.01(a).
"VESTED CARRIED INTEREST POINTS" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.05(c).
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