LIMITED LIABILITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF ROCK BEACH GRILL OF PEMBROKE PINES, LLLP
OF
ROCK
BEACH GRILL OF PEMBROKE PINES, LLLP
This
LIMITED LIABILITY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and
entered into effective as of June 26, 2008, by and among ROCK BEACH HOLDINGS,
LLC, a Florida limited liability company, as General Partner (the “General
Partner”); and SHELLS SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“Shells”), and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx (each a “Investor Limited
Partner” and together “Investor Limited Partners”) as Limited Partners. Shells
and the Investor Limited Partner are sometimes hereinafter individually referred
to as a “Limited Partner” and collectively referred to as the “Limited
Partners.” The General Partner and the Limited Partners are sometimes
hereinafter individually referred to as a “Partner” and collectively referred to
as the “Partners.” The definitions of certain other terms used in this Agreement
are set forth in Section 20.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
the Partners desire to form a limited partnership under the laws of the State
of
Florida for the purpose of owning and operating one “Rock Beach Grill”
restaurant under the Shells System (as described herein) to be located at 00000
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx; and
WHEREAS,
Shells and the Partnership have entered into a Management and License Agreement
of even date herewith (the “Management Agreement”) relating to the operation and
management of the restaurant owned by the Partnership and the license by Shells
of certain proprietary information to the Partnership.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements herein
contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending
to be
legally bound thereby, agree as set forth herein.
Section
1. Organization of the Limited Partnership.
(a) Formation.
The
Partners hereby form a limited partnership (the “Partnership”) under the Florida
Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, which Act, except as otherwise provided
herein, shall govern the rights and obligations of the parties hereto. The
Partnership shall be formed as a limited liability limited partnership under
Chapter 620, of the Act.
(b) Name.
The
Partnership name shall be, and the business of the Partnership shall be
conducted under, the name “Rock Beach Grill of Pembroke Pines, LLLP.” The
business of the Partnership may be conducted under any other name permitted
by
the Act that is selected by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute
discretion. The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, shall promptly
execute, file, and record any assumed or fictitious name certificates required
by the laws of the State of Florida or any other state in which the Partnership
conducts business.
(c) Principal
Address.
The
principal office address of the Partnership in Florida, unless changed by the
General Partner upon notice to the Limited Partners, shall be 00000 Xxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000.
(d) Purpose
and Character of the Business of the Partnership.
The
purpose and character of the business of the Partnership shall be:
(i) to
operate one restaurant under the Shells System (together with any and all other
directly or indirectly related business) at 00000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, xx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx (the “Business”); and
(ii) to
undertake and carry on all activities necessary or advisable in connection
with
the operations and management of the Business, all upon such terms and
conditions as the General Partner may deem to be in the best interest of the
Partnership subject to the limitations provided herein.
(e) Term.
The
Partnership shall commence as of the date of the filing of the Certificate
of
Limited Partnership after the execution of this Agreement by all the Partners
and shall continue for a period ending on the earliest to occur of the
following:
(i) June
30,
2058;
(ii) the
date
on which all or substantially all of the property owned by the Partnership
is
sold or otherwise disposed of and the proceeds distributed in accordance with
the provisions hereof;
(iii) the
date
on which the Partnership is dissolved pursuant to the pro-visions hereof;
(iv) the
date
on which the Partnership is dissolved by judicial decree; or
(v) the
date
on which the Management Agreement terminates or expires.
Section
2. Capital of the Partnership.
(a) General
Partner.
(i) The
General Partner and its address are set forth on Exhibit
A
hereto.
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(ii) The
General Partner has made or shall immediately make Capital Contributions to
the
Partnership as set forth opposite its name on Exhibit
A
hereto.
(b) Limited
Partners.
(i) The
Limited Partners and their addresses are set forth on Exhibit
A
hereto.
(ii) The
Limited Partners shall immediately make, or have already made, Capital
Contributions to the Partnership in the amounts set forth opposite their
respective names in Exhibit
A
hereto.
The Limited Partners shall not have the right to withdraw or reduce their
respective contributions to capital except upon dissolution or as otherwise
provided in this Agreement.
(c) Capital
Accounts.
(i) The
initial balance in each Partner’s Capital Account shall be equal to the Capital
Contributions made by such Partner.
(ii) Each
Partner’s Capital Account shall be increased by:
(A) the
amount of cash and the Book Value of any property subsequently contributed
to
the Partnership by such Partner (net of liabilities secured by such contributed
property which the Partnership is considered to assume or take subject to under
Code Section 752); and
(B) such
Partner’s allocated share of Profits; and
(C) any
items
of income or gain of the Partnership specially allocated to such
Partner.
(iii) Each
Partner’s Capital Account shall be decreased by:
(A) the
amount of cash and the Book Value of any property distributed to such Partner
(net of liabilities secured by such distributed property which the distributee
Partner is considered to assume or take subject to under Code Section 752);
and
(B) such
Partner’s share of Losses; and
(C) any
items
of deduction, loss or deduction specially allocated to such
Partner.
(d) Repayment
of Capital Accounts and Interest Thereon.
(i) Each
Partner shall not accrue interest on its Capital Account.
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(ii) Under
circumstances involving a return of any Capital Contribution, no Partner shall
have the right to receive property other than cash, except as may be otherwise
specified by the General Partner.
(e) Liability
of Partners.
(i) Except
as
otherwise provided in the Act, no Limited Partner shall have any personal
liability whatsoever in its capacity as a Limited Partner, whether to the
Partnership, to any of the Partners or to the creditors of the Partnership,
for
the debts, liabilities, contracts or any other obligations of the Partnership,
or for any losses of the Partnership. A Limited Partner shall not be required
to
repay to the Partnership, any Partner or any creditor of the Partnership all
or
any fraction of any negative amount of such Limited Partner’s Capital
Account.
(ii) The
General Partner shall not have any personal liability to any Limited Partner
for
the repayment of any amounts outstanding in the Capital Account of a Limited
Partner, including, but not limited to, Capital Contributions. Any such payment
shall be solely from the assets of the Partnership. The General Partner shall
not be liable to any Limited Partner by any reason of any change in the federal
income tax laws as they apply to the Partnership and the Limited Partners,
whether such change occurs through legislative, judicial or administrative
action.
(iii) The
General Partner shall have no personal liability to repay to the Partnership
any
portion or all of any negative amount of the General Partner’s Capital
Account.
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3. Additional Capital Contributions and Loans.
(a) Additional
Capital Contributions.
The
Partners shall not be required to make any additional Capital Contributions
to
the Partnership. Upon the agreement of all of the Partners, a Partner may make
an additional Capital Contribution. The Interests of the Partners shall be
adjusted to reflect any additional Capital Contribution at the time it is made
in the manner determined by all of the Partners.
(b) Loans.
At any
time prior to the dissolution of the Partnership, if the General Partner
determines that there is insufficient Net Cash Flow to fund the ownership,
operation and business activities of the Partnership, each of the Partners
shall
be given the opportunity to make a loan to the Partnership, in proportion to
their respective Interests (a “Partner Loan”). No Partner shall be obligated to
make a Partner Loan. In the event a Partner Loan is made to the Partnership,
such Partner Loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note of the Partnership
to
the Partner(s) making such Partner Loan and such Partner Loan shall bear
interest and shall become payable at a rate, on terms and on a date which is
mutually agreed between the General Partner and the Partner or Partners making
such Partner Loan (whether or not the General Partner is the Partner making
such
Partner Loan).
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(c) Shells
Loan.
If at
any time prior to the dissolution of the Partnership, an Investor Limited
Partner declines to make a Partner Loan and the General Partner determines
funds
are necessary to discharge the Partnership’s obligations under the Management
Agreement or that capital expenditures at the Restaurant are needed for the
Business (e.g.,
furniture, fixtures and equipment and capital improvements) from time to time,
Shells shall be obligated to make a loan to the Partnership to discharge the
Partnership’s obligations under the Management Agreement and to provide it with
funds sufficient for the Partnership to make such capital expenditures (a
“Shells Loan”); provided,
however,
that
Shells’ cumulative obligation under this Section 3(c) shall not exceed
$175,000.00 in the aggregate. Any such Shells Loan shall be evidenced by a
promissory note and bear interest at ten percent (10%) per annum.
(d) Priority
of Obligations.
For any
given period, (i) the Partnership’s obligations owing under the Management
Agreement shall be satisfied prior to (1) the repayment of principal or interest
owing under any Shells Loan or Partner Loan for such period or (2) the
distribution of Net Cash Flow to satisfy the Preferred Return for such period;
(ii) principal and interest owing under any Shells Loan shall be repaid in
full
prior to (1) the repayment of principal or interest under any Partner Loan
for
such period (with the older of any Shells Loan being repaid first) or (2) the
distribution of Net Cash Flow to satisfy the Preferred Return for such period;
and (iii) principal and interest owing under any Partner Loan shall be repaid
in
full prior to any distribution of Net Cash Flow to satisfy the Preferred Return
for such period (with the older of any Partner Loan being repaid
first).
Section
4. Profits, Losses.
(a) Sharing
of Losses.
(i) For
each
Fiscal Year, after giving effect to the special allocations set forth in
Sections 4(c)-(d) below, if any, Losses shall be allocated to the Partners
in
proportion to their Interests.
(ii) The
Losses allocated pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) shall not exceed the maximum amount
of Losses that can be so allocated without causing any Partner to have a
Negative Capital Account at the end of any Fiscal Year. In the event some but
not all of the Partners would have a Negative Capital Account as a consequence
of an allocation of Losses pursuant to Section 4(a)(i), the limitation set
forth
in this Section 4(a)(ii) shall be applied on a Partner by Partner basis so
as to
allocate the maximum permissible Losses to each Partner under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d). All Losses in excess of the limitations
set forth in this Section 4(a)(ii) shall be allocated to the General
Partner.
(b) Sharing
of Profits.
For
each Fiscal Year, after giving effect to the special allocations set forth
in
Sections 4(c)-(d) below, if any, Profits shall be allocated to the Partners
as
follows:
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(i) First,
to
the Partners up to the aggregate of, and in proportion to, any unrecovered
Losses previously allocated to each Partner in accordance with Section 4(a)
in
the reverse order in which such Losses were allocated;
(ii) Second,
one hundred percent (100%) to the Investor Limited Partners pro rata until
such
time as they have been allocated Profits equal to the Preferred Return for
such
Fiscal Year and any prior Fiscal years; and
(iii) Third,
to
each of the Partners in proportion to their Interests.
(c) Qualified
Income Offset.
In the
event any Partner unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations or
distributions described in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4),
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6) (“Unexpected Adjustments”),
items of Partnership income and gain shall be specially allocated to such
Partner in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate the deficit balances
in
such Partner’s Capital Account created by such Unexpected Adjustments as quickly
as possible. Any special allocations of items of income or gain pursuant to
this
Section shall be taken into account in computing subsequent credits of Profits
or minimum gain so that the net amount of any items so allocated and the Profits
or Losses or minimum gain, to the extent possible, be equal to the net amount
that would have been allocated to each such Partner if such Unexpected
Adjustments had not occurred.
(d) Nonrecourse
Deductions.
The
Partnership shall allocate any nonrecourse deductions consistent with Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-2, and subsequent allocations of income or gain shall
take into account the minimum gain chargeback requirement of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-2(f). Partner nonrecourse deductions shall be specially allocated
to the Partner that bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the partner
nonrecourse debt to which such partner nonrecourse deductions are attributable
in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(1), and subsequent
allocations of income or gain shall take into account the partner minimum gain
chargeback requirement of Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-2(i)(4).
(e) Tax
Allocations.
Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit, as calculated for tax
purposes, shall be allocated among the Partners, to the extent possible, in
accordance with the allocations of the corresponding Profit, Losses or items
of
income, gain, loss or deduction among the Partners pursuant to Sections
4(a)-(d).
Section
5. Distributions.
(a) Distribution
of Net Cash Flow.
Distributions of Net Cash Flow may be made from time to time in the discretion
of the General Partner, in the following order of priority:
(i) First,
to
the Investor Limited Partners pro rata equal to their respective Preferred
Returns for the current or most recently completed Fiscal Year;
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(ii) Second,
to the Investor Limited Partners pro rata equal to their respective Preferred
Returns accrued but unpaid from prior Fiscal Years; and
(iii) Third,
any remaining amounts shall be distributed to the Partners in proportion to
their Interests.
(b) Distribution
of Capital.
The
General Partner may at anytime proportionately return to the Partners all or
any
portion of their respective Capital Contributions, subject to the limitations
provided in the Act.
Section
6. No Participation in the Management of Partnership
Business.
(a) Except
as
specifically provided herein, the Limited Partners shall not take part in,
or
interfere in any manner with, the conduct or control of the Partnership or
the
Business, and the Limited Partners shall not have any right or authority to
act
for or bind the Partnership, and the Limited Partners therefore have no personal
liability. Any individual Limited Partner (or employee, partner, shareholder,
officer or director of a Limited Partner) may be an employee, officer and/or
director of the General Partner and/or of the Partnership and accomplish any
duties as such employee, executive or director in his representative corporate
or employee capacity and not as a limited partner or as an
individual.
(b) The
Partnership and/or the General Partner may engage any Limited Partner or persons
or firms associated with them for specific purposes and may otherwise deal
with
such Limited Partner or persons in firms associated with them on terms and
for
compensation to be agreed upon by any such Limited Partner (or persons or firms
associated with them, as the case may be) and the Partnership or the General
Partner, as the case may be.
(c) All
matters related to the Partnership and this Agreement, including but not limited
to the amendment of this Agreement, shall be under the exclusive discretion
of
the General Partner.
Section
7. Rights, Powers and Duties of the General Partner.
(a) Rights
and Powers of the General Partner.
(i) Except
as
otherwise provided herein, the General Partner shall have the full and exclusive
right, power and authority to manage and control the business and affairs of
the
Partnership and to make all decisions regarding the business of the Partnership,
and the General Partner shall have all of the rights, powers and obligations
of
a general partner of a limited partnership under the Act.
(ii) In
addition to any other rights and powers which it may possess, and except as
otherwise limited by this Agreement, the General Partner shall have specific
rights and powers required or appropriate to the management of the Partnership
and the Business which are as follows:
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(A) to
do all
acts and things in the ordinary course of business related to the
Business;
(B) to
manage, develop, promote, improve, maintain and service the
Business;
(C) to
acquire and to enter into any contract or policy of liability and/or other
insurance which the General Partner deems necessary and proper for the
protection of the Partners and the Partnership and for the conservation of
its
assets or for any purpose convenient or beneficial to the
Partnership;
(D) to
employ
from time to time persons, firms or corporations for the operation and
management of the Business, including, but not limited to, attorneys,
accountants, advisors, supervisors, managers and personnel, consultants and
engineers, on reasonable terms and for reasonable compensation;
(E) to
compromise, arbitrate, or otherwise adjust claims in favor of or against the
Partnership and to commence or defend litigation with respect to the Partnership
or any assets of the Partnership;
(F) to
make
(or elect not to make) elections under the tax laws of the United States or
any
other country or any state as to the treatment of Partnership income, gain,
loss, deduction and credit, and as to all other relevant matters;
and
(G) to
perform any and all other acts or activities customary or incidental to the
Partnership purposes and the foregoing powers and to execute any and all
instruments to effectuate the Partnership purposes and foregoing
powers.
(iii) The
General Partner shall have all the rights and powers and shall be subject to
all
of the liabilities of a partner in a partnership without limited
partners.
(b) Transactions
Between the Partnership and its Partners.
(i) The
Partnership may enter into reasonable arms’-length transactions, contracts,
agreements or arrangements with any Partner (including the General Partner)
and/or any affiliate of any Partner (including the General Partner) if approved
in advance by the General Partner.
(ii) The
Partnership may purchase materials, goods, and supplies, and may purchase or
rent equipment from any Partner (including the General Partner) and/or any
affiliate of any Partner (including the General Partner) if approved in advance
by the General Partner.
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(iii) Nothing
herein shall preclude reimbursement for reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket
Partnership business expenses paid by a Partner (including the General Partner)
which are not otherwise provided for in this Agreement so long as such
reimbursements are approved in advance by the General Partner.
(c)
Duties
and Obligations of the General Partner.
(i) With
the
assistance of such accounting firm as may be selected by the General Partner,
the General Partner shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and shall file
on or
before the due date (or any extension thereof) any United States federal, state
or local tax returns required to be filed by the Partnership. The General
Partner shall cause the Partnership to pay any taxes payable by the
Partnership.
(ii) The
General Partner shall manage the Partnership to the best of its ability and
conduct the operations contemplated under this Agreement in a careful and
prudent manner in accordance with reasonable business practices. The General
Partner shall be responsible for and shall have the authority to conduct all
general administrative and business matters of the Partnership.
Section
8. Limited Partner Special Provisions.
(a) Withdrawal
of or Distributions in Reduction of Capital Contributions.
(i) No
Limited Partner shall have the right to withdraw its Capital Contribution to
the
Partnership, except with the consent of the General Partner or as a result
of
the dissolution of the Partnership.
(ii) No
Limited Partner shall have the right to demand or receive property other than
cash in return for its Capital Contribution. Any withdrawal or reduction of
Partnership capital actually received by a Partner shall be made in accordance
with this Agreement; provided,
however,
that no
part of the capital shall be withdrawn unless all liabilities of the Partnership
(except liabilities to Partners) have been paid, or unless the Partnership
has
assets sufficient to secure payment of the same.
(iii) The
Limited Partners understand that pursuant to the Act if the Partnership
distributes cash (or other assets), which causes a reduction of their respective
Capital Accounts in the Partnership below the stated capital of the Partnership,
for one (1) year such Limited Partner may be liable to the Partnership for
any
sum returned to such Partner, but not in excess of the sum distributed to it
which reduced the Capital Account below the stated capital, with interest,
to
discharge Partnership liabilities to all creditors who extended credit, or
whose
claims arose, before such return of capital to such Limited
Partner.
(b) No
Right of Partition or Right to Compel Sale.
The
Limited Partners shall not have the right to require the partition of
Partnership property or to compel any sale or appraisal of Partnership assets,
notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary.
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(c) Right
to List of Partners on Request.
Any
Limited Partner shall be entitled, upon request, to have mailed to it a list
of
the names, addresses, and ownership of record of each Partner of the
Partnership.
(d) Right
to Information.
Each
Limited Partner shall be entitled to:
(i) inspect,
for any proper purpose, the Partnership books kept at the place selected by
the
General Partner, during reasonable business hours, upon reasonable notice,
and
copy any of them at such Limited Partner’s expense; and
(ii) obtain,
upon reasonable request, accurate information concerning matters materially
affecting the Partnership and a formal accounting (at such Limited Partner’s
expense) of Partnership affairs whenever circumstances render it just and
reasonable.
(e) Exercise
of Rights Under This Agreement.
No
right exercised by a Limited Partner under this Agreement shall impose any
personal liability on any Limited Partner. Upon the imposition of any personal
liability, such grant or exercise shall be void ab initio.
(f) Withdrawal
of a Limited Partner.
No
Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership without the consent of the
General Partner, which consent is solely with the discretion of the General
Partner and which the General Partner is under no obligation to
give.
Section
9. Transfers
of Interests.
(a) No
Interest may be Assigned without the prior written consent of the General
Partner, which consent is solely within the discretion of the General Partner
and which the General Partner is under no obligation to give.
(b) A
Person
who acquires one or more Interests of a Limited Partner but who is not admitted
as a substituted Limited Partner pursuant to Section 9(c) shall be entitled
only
to allocations and distributions with respect to such Interests in accordance
with this Agreement, and shall have no right to any information or accounting
of
the affairs of the Partnership, shall not be entitled to inspect the books
or
records of the Partnership, and shall not have any of the rights of a General
Partner or a Limited Partner under the Act or this Agreement. Any such Assignee
of an Interest of a Limited Partner, including an Assignee of an Investor
Limited Partner, shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement, including,
Sections 9, 10 and 11.
(c) An
Assignee of the Interest of a Limited Partner may be admitted to the Partnership
as a substitute Limited Partner only upon satisfaction of the conditions set
forth below:
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(i) the
General Partner consents to such admission, which consent maybe given or
withheld in the sole and absolute discretion of the General
Partner;
(ii) the
Interests with respect to which the Assignee is being admitted were acquired
by
means of an Assignment not in violation of this Agreement;
(iii) the
Assignee becomes a party to this Agreement as a Limited Partner and executes
such documents and instruments as the General Partner may reasonably request
(including, without limitation, amendments to the Certificate of Limited
Partnership) as may be necessary or appropriate to confirm such Assignee as
a
Limited Partner in the Partnership and such Assignee’s agreement to be bound by
the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and
(iv) the
Assignee pays or reimburses the Partnership for all reasonable legal, filing,
and publication costs that the Partnership incurs in connection with the
admission of the Assignee as a Limited Partner with respect to the Assigned
Interests.
(d) No
Person
owning or holding any shares of stock or membership, partnership or equity
interest of an Investor Limited Partner (a “Second Tier Owner”) or any Person
owning or holding any shares, membership, partnership or equity interest of
any
Second Tier Owner may Assign any shares, membership, partnership or equity
interest in an Investor Limited Partner or Second Tier Owner nor shall a
nInvestor Limited Partner or Second Tier Owner issue additional shares,
membership, partnership or equity interests or otherwise modify its capital
structure without the prior written consent of the General Partner, which
consent is solely within the discretion of the General Partner and which the
General Partner is under no obligation to give.
Section
10. Involuntary
Transfers.
(a) Notice.
In the
event any Interest held by an Investor Limited Partner or any shares of stock
or
membership, partnership or other equity interest of an Investor Limited Partner
or any of its stockholders, members, partners or owners, is the subject of
an
involuntary transfer, whether due to divorce, bankruptcy, assignment for benefit
of creditors, judicial order, legal process, execution, attachment, enforcement
of a pledge or other encumbrance or otherwise, or the subject of a charging
order or charging lien (collectively, an “Involuntary Transfer”), the Interest
held by an Investor Limited Partner (hereinafter referred to as the “Affected
Interest”) may be purchased by Shells pursuant to the provisions of this Section
10, and the Investor Limited Partner shall notify the Partnership and Shells
in
writing within three (3) days of the Interest becoming an Affected Interest.
(b) Purchase
of Affected Interest.
(i) Option.
Within
thirty (30) days after the General Partner and Shells have received actual
notice of the proposed Involuntary Transfer, Shells shall have the option,
but
not the duty, to purchase all but not less than all of the Affected Interest.
Shells shall not be obligated to redeem all of the Interest under this Section
10.
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(ii) Notice
of Exercise.
The
notice of exercise of option under this Section 10 shall specify a date for
the
closing of the purchase of the Affected Interest (hereinafter referred to as
the
“Closing”). The Closing shall be held at the principal office of Shells. The
Closing shall occur on a date not less than thirty (30) days nor more than
ninety (90) days after the expiration of the time within which Shells may
exercise its option to purchase, unless the Investor Limited Partner and Shells
otherwise mutually agree. Once Shells has elected to purchase the Affected
Interest pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10, the acceptance of the
option to purchase shall be binding.
(c) Purchase
Price and Payment.
If
Shells elects to purchase all of the Affected Interest, the price for the
Affected Interest shall be payable in immediately available funds and shall
be
the lesser of:
(i) the
fair
market value of the Affected Interest as determined by an appraiser mutually
agreeable to the Investor Limited Partner and Shells; or
(ii) The
total
amount due to the creditor of the Limited Partner who was to be the recipient
of
the Affected Interest.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Involuntary Transfer triggering the purchase rights under
this Section 10 is divorce or legal separation, then the purchase price shall
be
the price for the Interest established by Section 10(c)(i) above.
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Section
12. Dissolution, Liquidation and Termination of the
Partnership.
(a) Dissolution
of the Partnership.
The
Partnership shall automatically dissolve upon the first to occur of any of
the
following events:
(i) The
withdrawal, as defined in the Act, of a General Partner, unless:
(A) the
remaining General Partner(s), if any, elect in writing within ninety (90) days
after such event to reconstitute the Partnership, to continue as the General
Partner(s) and to continue the Partnership and its business as provided
hereinafter; or
(B) if
there
is no remaining General Partner, within ninety (90) days after such event,
all
of the Limited Partners agree in writing to reconstitute the Partnership and
to
elect a substitute General Partner, as of the date of the withdrawal of the
General Partner or Partners, to continue the business of the Partnership, and
such substitute General Partner agrees in writing to accept such election as
provided hereinafter.
(ii) The
sale
or other disposition, not including an exchange, of all or substantially all
of
the assets of the Partnership (except under circumstances where all or a portion
of the purchase price is payable after the closing of the sale or other
disposition);
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(A) The
expiration of the term of the Partnership as set forth herein; or
(B) The
execution by those Partners owning at least a majority of the Interests of
the
Partnership of an instrument dissolving the Partnership.
(b) Continuation
of the Partnership.
(i) Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, (A) the dissolution and commencement
of winding up of a General Partner that itself is a separate partnership, or
(B)
in the case of a General Partner that is an entity, the filing of a certificate
or articles of dissolution or its equivalent or the revocation and
nonreinstatement of its character, shall not constitute the “withdrawal” of any
such General Partner for purposes of the Act and shall not consequently cause
the dissolution of the Partnership. In any such event, however, the Interest
in
the Partnership of any General Partner with respect to which any such event
has
occurred shall, upon election of a majority vote in Interest of the Limited
Partners, be converted to that of a Limited Partner, and such Partner shall
have
none of the powers of a General Partner under this Agreement or applicable
law,
and shall have only the rights and powers of a Limited Partner in the
Partnership with the same rights of a Limited Partner to share in any
Partnership profits, losses, gains and distributions in accordance with its
Interest.
(ii) Upon
the
occurrence of the Partnership having no General Partners, all of the Limited
Partners may, within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of such event,
continue the Partnership and the Partnership shall continue as a limited
partnership pursuant to this Agreement; provided,
however,
that
all of the Limited Partners then shall elect a substitute General Partner who
agrees to act as General Partner and continue the Partnership. If a substitute
General Partner is so selected and accepts, such substitute General Partner
shall acquire an Interest in the Partnership which will entitle the substitute
General Partner to hold in the aggregate at least a one percent (1%) Interest,
which one percent (1%) Interest shall be transferred by and come from the
Interest of the former General Partner without compensation to the former
General Partner for same. Subject to other written agreements and exceptions
agreed to by the Limited Partners, the substitute General Partner shall assume
from and after the date of substitution and upon becoming a party to this
Agreement, all the rights, powers and obligations of the General Partner under
this Agreement. In the event a substitute General Partner cannot be appointed
and admitted within a reasonable time after the special meeting called pursuant
to this Section, and there is no General Partner remaining, the Partnership
shall be dissolved and liquidated as provided herein.
(iii) Upon
the
occurrence of the expiration of the term of the Partnership, all of the Partners
may within thirty (30) days after the occurrence of such event, elect to
continue the Partnership. Upon such election, this Agreement shall be amended
to
reflect the new expiration date of the term of the Partnership as selected
by a
majority vote in Interest of the Partners and an amended Certificate of Limited
Partnership shall be filed by the General Partner to reflect same.
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(c) Substitute
General Partner.
In the
event a General Partner’s Interest is converted to that of a Limited Partner, a
majority vote in Interest of the Limited Partners may agree to admit a
substitute General Partner to the Partnership.
(d) Death,
Etc. of a Limited Partner.
The
death, disability, dissolution, or adjudication as bankrupt of a Limited Partner
shall not dissolve the Partnership.
(e) Provisions
Cumulative; Waiver.
All
provisions of this Agreement relative to the dissolution, liquidation and
termination of the Partnership shall be cumulative, that is, the exercise or
use
of one of the provision hereof shall not preclude the exercise or use of any
other provision hereof. Each Partner expressly waives any right that it might
otherwise have to dissolve the Partnership except as set forth in this Section
12. Nothing contained in this Section 12 is intended to grant any Partner the
right to dissolve the Partnership at will (by retirement, dissolution,
resignation, withdrawal or otherwise), or to exonerate any Partner from
liability to the Partnership and the remaining Partners if such Partner acts
in
contravention hereof.
(f) Liquidation.
(i) Upon
dissolution of the Partnership, its liabilities shall be paid in the order
provided herein. The General Partner shall cause the Partnership’s property to
be sold in such manner as to obtain the best prices for such property, and
shall
cause the cancellation of the Partnership’s Certificate of Limited Partnership.
Pending such sales, the General Partner shall have the right to continue to
operate and otherwise to deal with the Partnership property. In the event there
is no General Partner remaining, the other Partners by majority vote in Interest
shall elect, in accordance with the provisions hereof, a Person to perform
the
functions of the General Partner in liquidating the assets of the Partnership
and winding up its affairs. Gain or loss realized on the sale(s) or other
disposition(s) of the Partnership’s assets will be credited to (in the case of
gain) or charged against (in the case of loss) each Partner’s Capital Account to
the extent allocable to it hereunder.
(ii) In
settling accounts after dissolution, the assets of the Partnership shall be
paid
out in the following priority order after the allocation of the Partnership
Profits and Losses pursuant to Section 4:
(A) to
creditors of the Partnership in repayment of indebtedness owed in order of
priority as provided by law; provided,
however,
that
any obligations owing under the Management Agreement shall have priority over
any Shells Loan or Partner Loan and that any Shells Loan shall have priority
over any Partner Loan;
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(B) to
reserves as specified by the General Partner; provided,
however,
that at
the expiration of such period of time as a majority vote in Interest of the
Partners determines, the balance of such reserves remaining after the payment
of
such contingencies shall be distributed in the manner hereinafter set forth
in
this Section;
(C) to
the
Investor Limited Partners pro rata equal to their respective Preferred Returns
accrued but unpaid from the most recently completed or any prior Fiscal Years;
and
(D)
thereafter, to the Partners proportionately in accordance with their positive
Capital Accounts.
(g) Termination
of Partnership.
(i) Upon
dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership, the Partnership shall be
terminated as rapidly as business circumstances will permit.
(ii) After
payment of all expenses of liquidation and of all debts and liabilities of
the
Partnership in such order or priority as provided herein, and all resulting
items of Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction are credited or debited
to
the Capital Accounts of the Partners the Partnership shall be terminated
formally for state and federal purposes.
(h) Final
Accounting.
Each of
the Partners shall be furnished an audited statement setting forth the assets
and liabilities of the Partnership as of the date of the winding-up of the
Partnership’s affairs. Upon compliance by the winding-up General Partner or the
dissolution trustee, as the case may be, the Partners shall cease to be partners
and the General Partner or trustee shall execute and cause to be filed a
certificate of cancellation of the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the
Partnership and any and all other documents necessary with respect to such
termination and cancellation.
Section
13. Powers and Compliance.
(a) Powers.
The
Partnership shall be empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary,
appropriate, incidental to, or convenient for, the furtherance and
accomplishment of the purposes stated in Section 1(d) hereof, including, but
not
limited to, the following:
(i) to
enter
into the Management Agreement and perform its obligations thereunder;
(ii) to
develop, convey, buy, own, improve, rent, lease, sell, operate and generally
deal in all kinds of property (personal and real) in any manner or way
whatsoever;
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(iii) to
borrow
money and issue evidences of indebtedness and to secure the same by mortgage,
pledge or other lien or security interest in furtherance of the business and
all
purposes of the Partnership;
(iv) to
carry
on any other activities and enter into, perform and carry out contracts of
any
kind necessary to, in connection with, or incidental to the accomplishment
of
the purposes of the Partnership, specifically including, but not limited to,
the
execution and delivery of leases, mortgage documents, other real property
instruments, the execution of contracts with brokers, contractors, engineers,
and architects, and other related documents;
(v) to
repay
in whole or in part, refinance, recast, increase, modify or extend any mortgages
affecting the assets of the Partnership, and in connection therewith to execute
any extensions, renewals or modifications of such mortgages;
(vi) to
employ
managers, agents and representatives for the purpose of accomplishing the
business of the Partnership and to pay compensation therefor; and
(vii) to
do any
and all other acts and things that may be necessary, incidental to, or
convenient to, the conduct and continuance of the Partnership business as
contemplated under this Agreement.
(b) Certificate
of Limited Partnership.
The
General Partner may file this Limited Partnership Agreement and Certificate
of
Limited Partnership as the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership
with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida, or the
General Partner may at its sole option file a separate Certificate of Limited
Partnership disclosing only the information about this Limited Partnership
which
is required to be disclosed by the Act. The General Partner shall also file
as
appropriate the Affidavit of Capital Contributions certifying the Capital
Contributions of the Limited Partners.
(c) Compliance
with Law.
The
General Partner shall from time to time execute or cause to be executed all
such
certificates and other documents and do or cause to be done all such filings,
recordings, publications and other acts necessary (or, in the judgment of the
General Partner, appropriate) to comply with the applicable laws of any
jurisdiction in which the Partnership shall conduct its business.
(d) Registered
Agent.
The
registered agent for service of process on the Partnership is Xxxxxx White
Xxxxx
Banker P.A., c/o Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, whose address is 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000. The registered agent for service of process
may be changed at any time by act of the General Partner.
Section
14. Proposal and Adoption of Amendments.
(a) Any
amendment to this Agreement may be proposed by any Partner.
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(b) Any
Amendment to this Agreement shall be adopted only if the General Partner has
approved the Amendment and such amendment is set forth in a writing signed
by
all of the Partners; provided,
however,
this
Agreement may be amended by the General Partner, after written notice to, but
without the consent of, any of the Limited Partners: (a) to add to the
representations, duties or obligations of the General Partner or surrender
any
right or power granted to the General Partner herein, for the benefit of the
Limited Partners; (b) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision hereof which may be inconsistent with any other provisions hereof,
or
to make any other provision with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Agreement not inconsistent with the intent of this Agreement; or (c) to
change any provision of this Agreement required to be so changed by the staff
of
the Securities and Exchange Commission or other federal agency or by the state
“Blue Sky” commissioner or similar official, which change is deemed by such
commissioner, agency or official to be for the benefit or protection of the
Limited Partners, provided that no amendment shall be adopted pursuant to this
Section 14(b) unless the adoption thereof is not adverse to the interest of
the
Limited Partners.
(c) The
General Partner, without the necessity of signatures of other Partners, except
as required hereunder, shall, as soon as possible after the adoption and
execution of any amendment to this Agreement, make any filings or publications
required or desirable to reflect such amendment, including any required filing
or recordation of any certificate of limited partnership or other instrument
or
similar document.
Section
15. Meetings, Consents and Voting.
(a) Meetings.
The
General Partner may call a meeting of the Partners at the principal place of
business of the Partnership in Florida or at such other location as the General
Partner shall deem appropriate.
(b) Consents
and Acts.
Any
consent or act of a Partner required by this Agreement may be given as
follows:
(i) by
a
written consent, given by the Partner, to the act or thing or
consent.
(ii) by
the
affirmative vote by the Partner to the doing of the act or thing for which
the
consent is solicited at any meeting of the Partners.
(c) Voting.
(i) Each
Partner shall be entitled to one vote per percentage point of Interest
(proportioned for fractions of a percent). Except as specifically otherwise
provided for in this Agreement, decisions of the Partners or Limited Partners,
as the context requires, shall be accomplished by a vote of a majority of the
Interests of the Partners or the Limited Partners, as the context requires
(a
“majority vote in Interest”). Any vote of a Partner may be cast by another
Partner or Person pursuant to a written proxy in favor of such other Partner
or
Person.
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(ii) The
Limited Partners shall have no right to remove the General Partner.
Section
16. Notice; Notification.
(a) Manner
of Notice and Change of Address.
Any
Notice required or desired to be made in connection with this Agreement shall
be
made in conformance with the definition of same contained herein. Any Partner
may, by Notice to the other Partners, specify any other address for the receipt
of notices, notifications, requests, consents, approvals, waivers or other
communications in connection with this Agreement.
(b) Notification
to the Partnership or the General Partner.
Any
Notice to the Partnership or the General Partner shall be sent to the principal
office of the Partnership, as set forth in this Agreement, or as same may be
changed by Notice of the General Partner.
Section
17. Books and Records; Accounting; Tax Elections; Etc.
(a) Capital
Transfers.
(i) Except
for any Negative Capital Account or other adverse tax status of a Partner,
which
shall always remain with the transferring Partner in a partner-to-partner
transfer until the Interest of the transferring Partner no longer exists, if
any
Interest or part thereof is transferred in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, then the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the
transferor to the extent it relates to the transferred Interest.
(ii) In
the
event any assets of the Partnership are distributed in-kind, the Capital
Accounts of the Partners shall be adjusted prior to any such distribution to
reflect how any resulting Profit and Loss, based on the Book Value of such
asset
at the time of distribution, would have been allocated.
(b) Tax
Information and Elections.
The
General Partner shall use its best efforts to furnish to the Partners within
ninety (90) days of the end of each Fiscal Year all information necessary to
permit the Partners to prepare all federal, state and local tax returns they
are
required to file for the Fiscal Year. The Partnership shall elect to use such
methods of depreciation as the General Partner determines. In the event of
a
transfer of all or part of the Interest of any Partner in the Partnership,
the
Partnership may elect pursuant to Section 754 of the Code to adjust the basis
of
the assets of the Partnership upon written request of the transferee, unless
such election will have a materially unfavorable effect upon the Partners other
than the transferee Partner.
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(c) Code
Section 754 Election.
In the
event of a distribution of property made in the manner provided in Section
734
of the Code, or in the event of a transfer of any Interest permitted by this
Agreement made in the manner provided in Section 743 of the Code, the Partners,
by majority vote in Interest, may elect to file an election under Section 754
of
the Code in accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable
regulations promulgated thereunder.
(d) Tax
Returns and Audit.
The tax
returns of the Partnership shall be prepared by, and any Partnership audits
by,
the accounting firm selected by the General Partner.
(e) Allocation
in Event of Transfer.
Each
item of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit allocable to a Partner’s
Interest that is transferred in whole or in part during any Fiscal Year shall,
if permitted by law, be allocated according to the varying ownership Interests
of the Partners during the Fiscal Year. In applying this rule, the General
Partner shall choose one of the following two methods:
(i) prorate
the Limited Partnership items over the Limited Partnership’s Fiscal Year by
assigning the appropriate portion of each such item to each day in the period
to
which it is attributable; or
(ii) elect
to
utilize the precise method of an interim closing of the Limited Partnership’s
books. If the General Partner chooses the latter method, then any period subject
to this method shall be treated as a Fiscal Year for purposes
hereof.
(f) Tax
Matters Partner.
The
General Partner shall be the “Tax Matters Partner” for purposes of the Tax
Treatment of Partnership Items Act of 1982, and shall have the authority to
exercise all functions provided for in said Act, or in regulations promulgated
thereunder by Treasury, including, but not limited to, the extent permitted
by
such regulations, the authority to delegate the function of Tax Matters Partner
to any other person. The General Partner shall be reimbursed for all reasonable
expenses incurred as a result of its duties as Tax Matters Partner. If the
General Partner resigns as Tax Matters Partner or its entire general partnership
interest is disposed of or terminated or changed to a limited partnership
interest, then a majority vote in Interest of the Partners other than the
General Partner shall designate another General Partner who shall become the
Tax
Matters Partner.
(g) Tax
Basis.
An
individual tax basis record shall be maintained for each Partner. The tax basis
record of each Partner shall be established and shall be adjusted as of the
close of each Fiscal Year of the Partnership (or, when appropriate, as of the
close of the Fiscal Year of the Partnership for such Partner) in accordance
with
United States federal income tax law and procedure as the same may exist from
time to time.
(h) Compliance
with Code Section 704(b).
The
manner in which Capital Accounts are to be maintained pursuant to Section 2
is
intended to comply with the requirements of Section 704(b) of the Code, as
amended, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder (or corresponding
sections of later statutes and regulations).
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(i) Additional
Partners.
In the
event additional Partners are admitted to the Partnership pursuant to the
provisions hereof on different dates during any Fiscal Year, the Profits (or
Losses) allocated to the Partners for each such Fiscal Year shall be allocated
among the Partners in proportion to the Interest each holds from time to time
during such Fiscal Year in accordance with Section 706 of the Code, using any
convention permitted by law and selected by the General Partner.
(j) Allocation
Timing.
For
purposes of determining the Profits, Losses or any other items allocable to
any
period, Profits, Losses, and any such other items shall be determined on a
daily, monthly, or other basis, as determined by the General Partner using
any
permissible method under Section 706 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations
thereunder.
(k) Accounting.
(i) The
Fiscal Year and taxable year of the Partnership shall be the fifty-two (52)
or
fifty-three (53) week period ending on the Sunday nearest to December
31.
(ii) The
books
of account of the Partnership shall be kept and maintained at all times at
the
principal place of business of the Partnership or at another place or places
approved by the General Partner. The books of account shall be maintained
according to generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied,
and
shall show all items of income and expense.
Section
18. Indemnities.
(a) The
General Partner and its affiliates or agents, employees, directors or officers
shall not be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to
the
Partnership or any of the Partners for any act or omission performed or omitted
in good faith on behalf of the Partnership and in a manner reasonably believed
by it or them to be within the scope of the authority granted to a General
Partner by this Agreement and in the best interests of the Partnership,
including, but not limited to, errors of judgment, except for bad faith or
willful misconduct. For purpose of this provision, any action or omission taken
on advice of counsel for the Partnership shall be deemed as having been taken
in
good faith; provided,
however,
that
the absence of such advice shall not be deemed to constitute evidence of other
than good faith.
(b) The
Limited Partners and their affiliates or agents, employees, directors or
officers shall not be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise
to the Partnership or any of the Partners for any act or omission performed
or
omitted in good faith on behalf of the Partnership and in a manner reasonably
believed by it or them to be in the best interests of the Partnership,
including, but not limited to, errors of judgment. For purposes of this
provision, any action or omission taken on advice of counsel shall be deemed
in
the best interest of the Partnership.
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(c) The
Partnership, or its receiver, custodian or trustee, shall (from the assets
of
the Partnership, no Limited Partner being obligated to contribute to the
Partnership for such purpose) indemnify, save harmless and pay all judgments
and
claims against any Partner, or its affiliates or agents, employees, directors
or
officers, from and with respect to any liability or damage (including all
liabilities under federal and state securities laws) incurred by reason of
any
action, inaction or decision performed or made in connection with the business
of the Partnership, including, but not limited to, errors of judgment, provided
that such actions, inactions or decisions were reasonably believed by the
Partner, or its affiliates or agents, employees, directors or officers, to
be in
the best interests of the Partnership and, provided
further
that,
with regard to General Partner, such actions, inactions, or decisions were
reasonably believed by the General Partner, or its affiliates or agents,
employees, director or officers, to be within the scope of its or their
authority under this Agreement. This indemnification shall include the payment
of all attorneys’ fees and other expenses incurred by the Partner, or its
affiliates or agents, employees, directors and officers, in connection with
the
defense of any such claim made against it or them, including, without
limitation, any claim asserted by any Limited Partner individually, as a class
action or as a Partnership derivative action.
Section
19. Miscellaneous Provisions.
(a) Investment
Representation.
Each
Investor Limited Partner represents and warrants to the Partnership, the General
Partner and Shells that such Investor Limited Partner (a) is an “accredited
investor” as defined in the Term Sheet, and
is
financially capable of bearing the risk of an investment in the Partnership;
(b)
is not acquiring its Interest in the Partnership with a view to resale thereof;
(c) is familiar with and understands the restrictions on resales as set forth
in
this Agreement and under applicable securities law and regulations; (d)
understands that there are restrictions on its ability to transfer its Interest
in the Partnership and that it will have to bear the economic risk of its
investment for an indefinite period of time; and (e) has carefully reviewed
the
Term Sheet and has had the opportunity to obtain and examine all information
and
documentation required to evaluate the merits and risks of an investment in
the
partnership.
(b) Binding
Provisions.
The
covenants and agreements contained herein shall be binding upon and shall inure
to the benefit of the heirs, personal representatives, permitted successors
and
permitted assigns of the respective parties hereto.
(c) Applicable
Law and Venue.
This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of
the
State of Florida, without regard to principles of conflicts of law that would
result in the application of laws of another jurisdiction. Any action or
proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any right arising
out of, this Agreement shall be brought against either of the parties
exclusively in the courts of the State of Florida, County of Hillsborough,
or if
it has or can acquire jurisdiction, in the United States District Court for
the
Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, and each of the parties consents
to
the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts) in
any
such action or proceeding and waives any objection to venue laid
therein.
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(d) Separability
of Provisions.
If any
provision or provisions hereof are determined to be invalid and contrary to
any
existing or future law, such invalidity shall not impair the operation of,
or
affect those portions of, this Agreement that are valid.
(e) Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties. This Agreement
supersedes any prior agreement or understanding among the parties and may not
be
modified or amended in any manner other than as set forth herein.
(f) Section
Titles; Construction.
Section
titles are for convenience of reference only and shall not control or alter
the
meaning of this Agreement as set forth in the text. Unless otherwise indicated,
all references to “Section” or “Sections” refer to the corresponding Section or
Sections of this Agreement. Any reference to any federal, state, local, or
foreign statute or law shall be deemed also to refer to all rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, unless the context requires otherwise.
The
word “including” shall mean including, without limitation. All words use in this
Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances
require.
(g) Waiver
of Appraisal.
If any
individual Partner, if any, shall die, any inventory and appraisement of the
property of the Partnership right provided for under Florida law, or any similar
provision of law which may be enacted in substitution therefor, is hereby waived
by all Partners and the Interest of such Partner in the Partnership shall be
settled and disposed of as provided in this Agreement.
(h) Further
Action.
Each
Partner shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and
take or forebear from all such action as may be necessary or appropriate to
achieve the purposes of this Agreement.
(i) Trial
By Jury Waiver.
The
Partners waive trial by jury to the extent permitted by law.
(j) Legal
Representation.
The
General Partner shall select an attorney or attorneys to represent the
Partnership. Individual attorneys for each Partner are not prohibited from
representing, and are entitled to represent, the Partnership and each Partner,
from time to time, subject to itemization of all charges and strict allocation
of those legal services provided to the Partnership and those legal services
provided to a Partner. Itemized xxxxxxxx shall be available for review by any
Partner.
(k) Tax
Consequences.
The
Partners are aware of the income tax consequences of the tax allocations made
under this Agreement and hereby agree to be bound by the provisions of this
Agreement in reporting their share of the Partnership’s Profit and Losses for
federal income tax purposes. Each Partner acknowledges that the tax consequences
to it of investing in the Partnership will depend on its particular
circumstances, and neither the Partnership, the General Partner, the Limited
Partners, nor the partners, shareholders, members, agents, officers, directors,
employees, affiliates, or consultants of any of them will be responsible or
liable for the tax consequences to him of an investment in the Partnership.
Each
Partner will look solely to, and rely upon, its own advisers with respect to
the
tax consequences of an investment in the Partnership.
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(l) Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same
instrument.
(m) Enforcement
by Creditors.
None of
the provisions of this Agreement or the Certificate of Limited Partnership
shall
be for the benefit or enforceable by any creditors of the Company.
Section
20. Defined Terms.
The
defined terms used in this Agreement shall, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the meanings specified in this Section. The singular shall
include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and
neuter and vice versa, as the context requires.
(a) “Act”
means
the Florida Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as amended.
(b) “Adjusted
Capital Contributions”
of
a
Partner as of any date means the amount of such Partner’s Capital Contributions
pursuant to Section 2 and, if applicable, Section 3, reduced by the aggregate
amount of cash and the fair market value of any assets previously distributed
to
such Partner pursuant to Sections 5(a)(iii) and (b) and Section
12(f)(ii)(D).
(c) “affiliate”
shall
mean with respect to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by
or
under common control with such Person.
(d) “Assign”
means
to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage or otherwise dispose
of, whether voluntarily or by operation of law. “Assignor,” “Assignee” and
“Assignment” have meanings corresponding to the foregoing.
(e) “Book
Value”
means,
with respect to any asset of the Partnership, the adjusted basis of the asset
for Federal income tax purposes, except as follows:
(i) The
initial Book Value of any asset contributed by a Partner to the Partnership
shall be the gross fair market value of such asset, as determined by the
contributing Partner and the Partnership;
(ii) The
Book
Values of all Partnership assets may be adjusted to equal their respective
gross
fair market values, as determined by accountants, appraisers or valuation
consultants designated by the General Partner in accordance with Sections 704
and 7701(g) of the Code as of the following times:
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(A) acquisition
of an additional interest in the Partnership by any new or existing Partner
in
exchange for more than a de minimus capital contribution if, at the time of
such
acquisition, the Partnership assets have appreciated by more than a de minimus
amount since acquisition of such Partnership assets;
(B) the
liquidation of a Partner’s Interest in the Partnership, other than on
dissolution of the Partnership, in exchange for more than a de minimus
distribution of money by the partnership if, at the time of distribution, the
Partnership assets have appreciated by more than a de minimus
amount;
(C) distribution,
other than on dissolution of the Partnership, by the Partnership to a Partner
of
more than a de minimus amount of Partnership assets other than money, if the
General Partner reasonably determine that such adjustment is necessary or
appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners;
or
(D) the
termination of the Partnership for Federal income tax purposes pursuant to
Section 708(b)(1) of the Code, constituting a liquidation of the Partnership
within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g).
(iii) The
Book
Value of any Partnership asset distributed to any Partner shall be the gross
fair market value, determined as described above, of such asset on the date
of
distribution; and
(iv) If
the
Book Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to the sections
above, such Book Value may thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken
into
account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Profits and
Losses.
(f) “Capital
Account,”
as
to
any Partner, means such partner’s capital account as provided in Section 2
hereof.
(g) “Capital
Contribution,”
as
to
any Partner, means such partner’s contribution to capital as provided in
Sections 2 and 3 hereof.
(h) “Certificate
of Limited Partnership”
means
the Certificate of Limited Partnership as originally filed with the Secretary
of
State of the State of Florida and as amended from time to time.
(i) “Code”
means
the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any
corresponding provision of succeeding law).
(j) “Fiscal
Year”
means,
with respect to the Partnership the fifty-two (52) or fifty-three (53) week
period ending on the Sunday nearest to December 31.
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(k) “General
Partner”
means
Shells Holdings, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, or any substitute
General Partner.
(l) “Interest”
means
the entire ownership interest of a Partner at any particular time, including
the
rights and obligations of such Partner under this Agreement and the Act,
expressed as a percentage as set forth on Exhibit
A
opposite
each Partner’s name. “Interests”
means
the sum of each Partner’s Interest in the Partnership. Exhibit
A
shall be
amended and restated by the General Partner if the Partners’ Interests are
adjusted as provided in Section 3(a).
(m) “Limited
Partner”
means
Shells and any Investor Limited Partner and any Person who is a Limited Partner
at the time of reference thereto, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited Partner
in the Partnership.
(n) “majority
vote in Interest”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 15(c).
(o) “Negative
Capital Account”
means,
as to a Partner at a point in time, the amount, if any, by which (a) the sum
of
the aggregate Losses, and distributions allocated to such Partner prior to
such
point in time exceeds (b) the sum of the aggregate Capital Contributions of
such
Partner, the aggregate Profits and gains allocated prior to such point in time
to such Partner.
(p) “Net
Cash Flow”
means
the excess of cash revenues of the Partnership over cash payments by the
Partnership made in the ordinary course of business, including, but not limited
to cash receipts and payments generated by the operations of the business of
the
Partnership, but determined as follows:
(i) depreciation,
amortization and pre-opening expense shall not be considered as a
deduction;
(ii) principal
debt reduction of any liability shall be considered as a deduction;
(iii) amounts
paid for capital expenditures shall be considered as a deduction, unless paid
for by funds provided from insurance or unless provided for by a Capital
Contribution;
(iv) any
amount of compensation, fringe benefit who is acting in a capacity other than
as
a Partner, pursuant to an employment or other agreement with the Partnership
shall be treated as an expense of the Partnership in determining Net Cash Flow;
and
(v) any
amounts set aside by the General Partner for the restoration or creation of
reserves, in amounts determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion, to provide for working capital, improvements, payment of
indebtedness, taxes, expenses, purchases or contingent liabilities, shall be
excluded.
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(q) “Notice”
means
a
writing, containing the information required by this Agreement or otherwise
desired to be communicated to any Person in connection with this Partnership,
sent by courier, telecopier, hand delivery or registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to such Person at the address of
such
Person specified in Exhibit
A
hereto
if such Person is a Partner or as changed by such Partner by Notice hereunder,
and if such Person is not a Partner, then at the last known address for such
Person; provided,
however,
that
any communication containing the information sent to the Person and actually
received by the Person shall constitute Notice for all purposes of this
Agreement as of the date of receipt by the Person. Each such notice shall be
deemed delivered:
(i) on
the
date delivered to the said address if by hand delivery,
(ii) on
the
date upon which it is transmitted by telecopier, if sent by telecopier, to
the
proper telephone fax number of the recipient, and
(iii) on
the
date upon which the return receipt is signed or delivery is refused or the
notice is designated by the postal authorities as not deliverable, as the case
may be, if mailed by registered certified mail.
(r) “Partner”
or
“Partners”
mean
each and every General Partner, Limited Partner, substitute General Partner,
substitute Limited Partner, additional Limited Partner, and each Investor
Limited Partner but shall exclude an Assignee not otherwise admitted to the
Partnership as a partner.
(s) “Partnership”
means
the Limited Partnership formed hereby, as said Limited Partnership may from
time
to time be constituted.
(t) “Person”
means
any individual, partnership (other than this Partnership), limited liability
company, corporation, trust or other entity.
(u) “Preferred
Return”
means
a
sum equal to ten percent (10%) per annum, determined on the basis of a year
of
365 or 366 days, as the case may be, for the actual number of days in the Fiscal
Year for which the Preferred Return is being determined, cumulative but not
compounded, of the average daily balance of one hundred percent (100%) of the
aggregate Adjusted Capital Contributions of any Investor Limited Partner from
time to time during the Fiscal Year to which the Preferred Return relates,
calculated from the date that the Business is first open to the public as a
“Shells Seafood restaurant.”
(v) “Profits”
or
“Losses”
for
any
Fiscal Year or other period shall mean the taxable income or loss of the
Partnership for such year as determined for Federal income tax purposes, in
accordance with Section 703(a) of the Code (for this purpose, all items of
income, gain, loss or deduction required to be separately stated pursuant to
Section 703(a)(1) of the Code shall be included in taxable income or loss)
with
the following adjustments:
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(i) any
income of the Partnership that is exempt from Federal income tax shall be added
to such taxable income or loss;
(ii) gain
or
loss resulting from any disposition of Partnership property with respect to
which gain or loss is recognized for Federal income tax purposes shall be
computed with reference to the Book Value of the property disposed
of;
(iii) in
lieu
of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery deduction taken into
account in computing such taxable income or loss, Depreciation shall be taken
into account for such Fiscal Year.
(iv) any
expenditure of the Partnership described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated
as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and not otherwise taken into account in computing
Profits and Losses shall be subtracted from such taxable income or
loss;
(v) in
the
event the Book Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to the
provisions hereof, the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account
as
gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for purposes of computing
Profits or Losses;
(vi) notwithstanding
the foregoing, any items which are specially allocated shall not be taken into
account in computing Profits or Losses; and
(vii) any
amount of compensation, fringe benefit or return on Adjusted Capital
Contributions paid to a Partner for any Fiscal Year pursuant to an employment
or
other agreement with the Partnership shall be treated as an expense of the
Partnership in computing Profits or Losses for such Fiscal Year.
(w) Intentionally
left blank.
(x) Intentionally
left blank.
(y) “Shells
System”
means
the unique system of restaurant development, theme and operation developed
and
owned by Shells which is, in part, characterized by (1) the maintenance of
uniform high quality standards in connection with the preparation and sale
of
Shells-approved food and beverage products, (2) the uniform high standards
of
appearance of the individual restaurant units, (3) the use of distinctive
trademarks, service marks, building designs and advertising signs representing
a
uniformly high quality of product and services, and (4) the undertaking by
Shells and its affiliates of the obligation to maintain and enhance the goodwill
and public acceptance of the system (and of Shells’ trade names, service marks,
trademarks) by strict adherence to the high standards required by
Shells.
(z) “Term
Sheet”
means
the Term Sheet dated June 25, 2008 (including all exhibits and appendices
thereto), relating to the offer and sale of the Interest that has been accrued
by the Investor Limited Partners and which sets forth certain information
regarding, among other things, the Partnership, the Business, the General
Partner, and Shells.
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This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the General Partner and the Limited Partners have executed
this
Agreement effective as of the filing of the Certificate of Limited Partnership.
ROCK
BEACH HOLDINGS, LLC,
a
Florida limited liability company
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
Title:
President
“GENERAL
PARTNER”
SHELLS
SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
Title:
President
and CFO
“Shells”
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
By:
/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
“Investor
Limited Partner”
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
By:
/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
“Investor
Limited Partner”
“LIMITED
PARTNERS”
|
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EXHIBIT
A
GENERAL
PARTNER:
Name
and Address
|
Capital
Contribution
|
Interest
|
||
Rock
Beach Holdings, LLC
|
$6,000
|
1%
|
||
00000
Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
|
||||
Xxxxxxx
|
||||
Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
|
LIMITED
PARTNERS:
Name
and Address
|
Capital
Contribution
|
Interest
|
||
Shells
Seafood Restaurants, Inc.
|
$402,000
|
69%
|
||
00000
Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
|
||||
Xxxxxxx
|
||||
Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
|
||||
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
|
$87,500
|
15%
|
||
000
X. 00xx Xxxxxx
|
||||
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
|
||||
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
|
$87,500
|
15%
|
||
00
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
|
||||
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
|
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