AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF FORTRESS OPERATING ENTITY II LP Dated as of February 1, 2007
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT
OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
FORTRESS
OPERATING ENTITY II LP
Dated
as of February 1, 2007
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1
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Definitions
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1
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ARTICLE II
GENERAL PROVISIONS |
10
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Section 2.1
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Organization
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10
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Section 2.2
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Partnership
Name |
11
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Section 2.3
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Registered
Office, Registered Agent |
11
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Section 2.4
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Certificates
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11
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Section 2.5
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Nature
of Business; Permitted Powers |
11
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Section 2.6
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Fiscal
Year |
11
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Section 2.7
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Perpetual
Existence |
11
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Section 2.8
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Limitation
on Partner Liability |
11
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Section 2.9
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Indemnification
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11
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Section 2.10
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Exculpation
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12
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Section 2.11
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Fiduciary
Duty |
12
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Section 2.12
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Confidentiality
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13
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Section 2.13
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Insurance
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14
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Section 2.14
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Representations
and Warranties |
15
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ARTICLE III
INTERESTS AND ADMISSION OF PARTNERS |
15
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Section 3.1
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Units
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15
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Section 3.2
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Issuance
of Additional Units |
16
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Section 3.3
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Schedule
A |
17
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ARTICLE IV
VOTING AND MANAGEMENT |
18
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Section 4.1
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General
Partner: Power and Authority |
18
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Section 4.2
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Books
and Records; Accounting |
19
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Section 4.3
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Expenses
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19
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Section 4.4
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Partnership
Tax and Information Returns |
19
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ARTICLE V
CONTRIBUTIONS AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS |
20
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Section 5.1
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Capital
Contributions |
20
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Section 5.2
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Capital
Accounts |
20
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ARTICLE VI
ALLOCATIONS |
23
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Section 6.1
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Allocations
for Capital Account Purposes |
23
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Section 6.2
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Allocations
for Tax Purposes |
26
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ARTICLE VII
DISTRIBUTIONS |
28
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Section 7.1
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Distributions
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28
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Section 7.2
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Distributions
in Kind |
28
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Section 7.3
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Tax
Distributions |
28
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Section 7.4
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Pre-IPO
Minimum Distribution |
29
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Section 7.5
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Expense
Amount Distributions |
29
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ARTICLE VIII
TRANSFER OR ASSIGNMENT INTEREST; CESSATION OF PARTNER
STATUS |
30
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Section 8.1
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Transfer
and Assignment of Interest |
30
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Section 8.2
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Withdrawal
of General Partner |
30
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Section 8.3
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Cessation
of Status as a Partner |
30
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ARTICLE IX
DISSOLUTION |
30
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Section 9.1
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Duration
and Dissolution |
30
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Section 9.2
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Distribution
of Assets |
31
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Section 9.3
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Notice
of Liquidation |
31
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Section 9.4
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Liquidator
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31
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Section 9.5
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Liquidation
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31
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS |
33
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Section 10.1
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Amendment
to the Agreement |
33
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Section 10.2
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Successors,
Counterparts |
33
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Section 10.3
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Governing
Law; Severability |
33
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Section 10.4
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Arbitration
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33
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Section 10.5
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Filings
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34
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Section 10.6
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Power
of Attorney |
34
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Section 10.7
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Headings
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34
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Section 10.8
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Additional
Documents |
34
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Section 10.9
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Notices
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34
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Section 10.10
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Waiver
of Right to Partition |
35
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Section 10.11
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Entire
Agreement |
35
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This
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF FORTRESS
OPERATING ENTITY II LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the
"Partnership"),
is made as of February 1, 2007, by and among FIG Corp., a Delaware
corporation, as general partner (the "Initial
General Partner"),
and the Limited Partners (as defined below).
WHEREAS,
Fortress Investment Holdings LLC (the "Predecessor
Company")
was originally organized as a limited liability company pursuant to
and in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6
Del. C. § 18-101, et seq.
(the "LLC
Act");
WHEREAS,
on January 17, 2007, the Predecessor Company was converted from a
limited liability company to a limited partnership organized pursuant
to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, 6 Del. C.
§ 17-101, et seq.
(the "Act"),
and an Agreement of Limited Partnership of Fortress Operating Entity
II LP, dated as of January 17, 2007 (the "Original
Partnership Agreement");
and
WHEREAS,
the Initial General Partner and the Limited Partners desire to amend
and restate the Original Partnership Agreement on the terms set forth
herein.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements
herein made and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties
hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions
As used herein, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
"Act"
has the meaning specified in the Preamble to this
Agreement.
"Additional
Limited Partner" has the meaning specified in Section 3.2 of
this Agreement.
"Adjusted
Capital Account"
means the Capital Account maintained for each Partner as of the end
of each fiscal year of the Partnership, (a) increased by any amounts
that such Partner is obligated to restore under the standards set by
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) (or is deemed
obligated to restore under Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(g)
and 1.704-2(i)(5)) and (b) decreased by (i) the amount of all losses
and deductions that, as of the end of such fiscal year, are
reasonably expected to be allocated to such Partner in subsequent
years under Sections 704(e)(2) and 706(d) of the Code and Treasury
Regulation Section 1.751-1(b)(2)(ii), and (ii) the amount of all
distributions that, as of the end of such fiscal year, are reasonably
expected to be made to such Partner in subsequent years in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement or otherwise to the extent they
exceed offsetting increases to such Partner’s Capital Account
that are reasonably expected to occur during (or prior to) the year
in which such distributions are reasonably expected to be made (other
than increases as a result of a minimum gain chargeback pursuant to
Section 6.1(d)(i) or Section 6.1(d)(ii)). The foregoing definition of
Adjusted Capital Account is intended to comply with the provisions of
Treasury
Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently
therewith. The "Adjusted
Capital Account"
of a Partner in respect of a Unit shall be the amount that such
Adjusted Capital Account would be if such Unit were the only interest
in the Partnership held by such Partner from and after the date on
which such Unit was first issued.
"Adjusted
Property"
means any property the Carrying Value of which has been adjusted
pursuant to Section 5.2(d)(i) or Section 5.2(d)(ii).
"Affiliate"
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person.
"Control" means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a
Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract
or otherwise.
"Agreed
Allocation"
means any allocation, other than a Required Allocation, of an item of
income, gain, loss or deduction pursuant to the provisions of Section
6.1, including, without limitation, a Curative Allocation (if
appropriate to the context in which the term "Agreed
Allocation"
is used).
"Agreed
Value"
of any Contributed Property means the fair market value of such
property or other consideration at the time of contribution as
determined by the General Partner, without taking into account any
liabilities to which such Contributed Property was subject at such
time. The General Partner shall use such method as it determines to
be appropriate to allocate the aggregate Agreed Value of Contributed
Properties contributed to the Partnership in a single or integrated
transaction among each separate property on a basis proportional to
the fair market value of each Contributed Property.
"Agreement"
means this Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
the Partnership, as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from
time to time.
"Book-Tax
Disparity"
means, with respect to any item of Contributed Property or Adjusted
Property, as of the date of any determination, the difference between
the Carrying Value of such Contributed Property or Adjusted Property
and the adjusted basis thereof for federal income tax purposes as of
such date.
"Business
Day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in The State of New York are authorized or required
by law or executive order to remain closed.
"Capital
Account"
means the capital account maintained for a Partner pursuant to
Section 5.2. The "Capital
Account"
of a Partner in respect of a Unit shall be the amount that such
Capital Account would be if such Unit were the only interest in the
Partnership held by such Partner from and after the date on which
such Unit was first issued.
"Capital
Contribution"
means any cash, cash equivalents or the Net Agreed Value of
Contributed Property that a Partner contributes to the Partnership
pursuant to this Agreement.
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"Carrying
Value"
means (a) with respect to a Contributed Property, the Agreed Value of
such property reduced (but not below zero) by all depreciation,
amortization and cost recovery deductions charged to the
Partners’ Capital Accounts in respect of such Contributed
Property, and (b) with respect to any other Partnership property, the
adjusted basis of such property for federal income tax purposes, all
as of the time of determination. The Carrying Value of any property
shall be adjusted from time to time in accordance with Section
5.2(d)(i) and Section 5.2(d)(ii) and to reflect changes, additions or
other adjustments to the Carrying Value for dispositions and
acquisitions of Partnership properties, as deemed appropriate by the
General Partner.
"Certificate
of Conversion" means the Certificate of Conversion executed and filed
in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (and
any and all amendments thereto and restatements thereof) on behalf of
the Predecessor Company with the office of the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware pursuant to the Act.
"Certificate
of Limited Partnership" means the Certificate of Limited Partnership
executed and filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware (and any and all amendments thereto and
restatements thereof) on behalf of the Partnership pursuant to the
Act.
"Certificate
of Ownership" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1.
"Class
A Share" means a share in Fortress designated as a "Class A Share."
"Class
B Share" means a share in Fortress designated as a "Class B Share."
"Closing
Date"
means the first date on which Class A Shares are delivered by
Fortress to the Underwriters pursuant to the provisions of the
Underwriting Agreement.
"Code"
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect
from time to time. Any reference herein to a specific section or
sections of the Code shall be deemed to include a reference to any
corresponding provision of any successor law.
"Common
Units" shall mean Class A Common Units, Class B Common Units and any
other class of Units hereafter designated as Common Units by the
General Partner.
"Contributed
Property"
means each property or other asset, in such form as may be permitted
by the Act, but excluding cash, contributed to the Partnership. Once
the Carrying Value of a Contributed Property is adjusted pursuant to
Section 5.2(d), such property shall no longer constitute a
Contributed Property, but shall be deemed an Adjusted
Property.
"Covered
Person" means the General Partner and its Affiliates and the
directors, officers, shareholders, members, employees,
representatives and agents of the General Partner and its
Affiliates.
"Curative
Allocation"
means any allocation of an item of income, gain, deduction, loss or
credit pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.1(d)(ix).
"Damages"
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9.
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"Disabling
Conduct" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(a).
"Economic
Risk of Loss"
has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section
1.752-2(a).
"Exchange
Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
supplemented or restated from time to time and any successor to such
statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"Exchange
Agreement" shall mean one or more exchange agreements providing for
the exchange of FOG Units and corresponding Class B Shares for Class
A Shares, including the Exchange Agreement referred to in the IPO
Registration Statement.
"Expense
Amount" means any amount allocated to the Partnership pursuant to an
Expense Allocation Agreement.
"Expense
Allocation Agreement" means any agreement entered into among the
Fortress Operating Group Entities, Fortress, FIG Corp. and FIG Asset
Co. LLC that provides for allocations of certain expense
amounts.
"First
Quarterly Period" means, with respect to any Fiscal Year, the period
commencing on and including January 1 and ending on and including
March 31 of such Fiscal Year unless and until otherwise determined by
the General Partner.
"Fiscal
Year" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.
"Fortress"
means Fortress Investment Group Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, which will be renamed Fortress Investment Group
LLC in connection with the Fortress IPO and will thereafter mean
Fortress Investment Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
formerly known as Fortress Investment Group Holdings
LLC.
"Fortress
IPO" means the initial public offering of Class A
Shares.
"Fortress
LLC Agreement" means the Second Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Agreement of Fortress Investment Group Holdings LLC, dated
as of February 1, 2007, as amended from time to time.
"Fortress
Operating Group" means the Persons directly Controlled by either FIG
Corp. or FIG Asset Co. LLC.
"Fortress
Operating Group Entity" shall mean any Person that is included in the
Fortress Operating Group and shall mean any Operating Entity or
Principal Entity.
"Fourth
Quarterly Period" means, with respect to any Fiscal Year, the period
commencing on and including January 1 and ending on and including
December 31 of such Fiscal Year unless and until otherwise determined
by the General Partner.
"GAAP"
means generally accepted accounting principles, consistently
applied.
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"General
Partner" shall mean the Initial General Partner or any successor
general partner admitted to the Partnership in accordance with this
Agreement.
"incur"
means to issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable
for; "incurrence" has the correlative meaning.
"Initial
General Partner " shall have the meaning specified in the Preamble to
this Agreement.
"Interest"
means a Partner's interest in the Partnership, including the right of
the holder thereof to any and all benefits to which a Partner may be
entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with the obligations
of a Partner to comply with all of the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.
"Investment
Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
supplemented or restated from time to time and any successor to such
statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"IPO
Registration Statement" means the Registration Statement on Form S-1
filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on
November 8, 2006 (Registration No. 333-138514), as amended from time
to time.
"Limited
Partner" means each of the Original Partners and any Additional
Limited Partner.
"Liquidation
Date"
means the date on which an event giving rise to the dissolution of
the Partnership occurs.
"Liquidator"
means one or more Persons selected by the General Partner to perform
the functions described in Section 8.2 as liquidating trustee of the
Partnership within the meaning of the Act.
"LLC
Act" has the meaning specified in the Preamble to this
Agreement.
"Net
Agreed Value"
means, (a) in the case of any Contributed Property, the Agreed Value
of such property reduced by any liabilities either assumed by the
Partnership upon such contribution or to which such property is
subject when contributed, and (b) in the case of any property
distributed to a Partner by the Partnership, the Partnership’s
Carrying Value of such property (as adjusted pursuant to Section
5.2(d)(ii)) at the time such property is distributed, reduced by any
indebtedness either assumed by such Partner upon such distribution or
to which such property is subject at the time of distribution, in
either case, as determined under Section 752 of the Code.
"Net
Income"
means, for any taxable year, the excess, if any, of the
Partnership’s items of income and gain for such taxable year
over the Partnership’s items of loss and deduction for such
taxable year. The items included in the calculation of Net Income
shall be determined in accordance with Section 5.2(b) and shall not
include any items specially allocated under Section 6.1(d).
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"Net
Loss"
means, for any taxable year, the excess, if any, of the
Partnership’s items of loss and deduction for such taxable year
over the Partnership’s items of income and gain for such taxable
year. The items included in the calculation of Net Loss shall be
determined in accordance with Section 5.2(b) and shall not include
any items specially allocated under Section 6.1(d).
"Nonrecourse
Built-in Gain"
means, with respect to any Contributed Properties or Adjusted
Properties that are subject to a mortgage or pledge securing a
Nonrecourse Liability, the amount of any taxable gain that would be
allocated to the Partners pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(i)(A), Section
6.2(b)(ii)(A) and Section 6.2(b)(iii) if such properties were
disposed of in a taxable transaction in full satisfaction of such
liabilities and for no other consideration.
"Nonrecourse
Deductions"
means any and all items of loss, deduction, or expenditure
(including, without limitation, any expenditure described in Section
705(a)(2)(B) of the Code) that, in accordance with the principles of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b), are attributable to a
Nonrecourse Liability.
"Nonrecourse
Liability"
has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section
1.752-1(a)(2).
"Operating
Entities" means the Persons directly Controlled by FIG
Corp.
"Option
Closing Date"
means the date or dates on which any Class A Shares are sold by
Fortress to the Underwriters upon exercise of the Over-Allotment
Option.
"Original
Partners" means, collectively, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx., Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx,
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, and
each, individually, is an "Original Partner."
"Over-Allotment
Option"
means the over-allotment option granted to the Underwriters by
Fortress pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
"Partner"
means any Person that is admitted as a general partner or limited
partner of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement and named as a general partner or limited partner of the
Partnership on Schedule
A
hereto and includes any Person admitted as an Additional Limited
Partner pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case,
in such Person's capacity as a partner of the
Partnership.
"Partner
Nonrecourse Debt"
has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-2(b)(4).
"Partner
Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain"
has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-2(i)(2).
"Partner
Nonrecourse Deductions"
means any and all items of loss, deduction or expenditure (including,
without limitation, any expenditure described in Section 705(a)(2)(B)
of the Code) that, in accordance with the principles of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-2(i), are attributable to a Partner
Nonrecourse Debt.
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"Partnership"
has the meaning specified in the Preamble to this
Agreement.
"Partnership
Minimum Gain"
means that amount determined in accordance with the principles of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(d).
"Percentage
Interest"
means, with respect to any Partner as of any date of determination,
(a) as to any Common Units, the product obtained by multiplying (i)
100% less the aggregate percentage applicable to all Units referred
to in clause (b) by (ii) the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the
number of such Units held by such Partner by (y) the total number of
all outstanding Common Units, and (b) as to any other Units, the
percentage established for such Units by the General Partner as a
part of such issuance.
"Permitted
Transferee" shall mean with respect to each Original Partner and his
Permitted Transferees (a) such Original Partner's spouse, (b) a
lineal descendant of such Original Partner's maternal or paternal
grandparents, the spouse of any such descendant or a lineal
descendant of any such spouse, (c) a Charitable Institution (as
defined below), (d) a trustee of a trust (whether inter
vivos
or testamentary), all of the current beneficiaries and presumptive
remaindermen of which are one or more of such Original Partner and
Persons described in clauses (a) through (c) of this definition;
provided, however, that any subsequent transfer of any portion of the
ownership of the entity such that it is owned in any part by a Person
other than an Original Partner and/or a Person described in clauses
(a) through (d) of this definition, will not be deemed to be to a
transfer to a Permitted Transferee, (e) a corporation, limited
liability company or partnership, of which all of the outstanding
shares of capital stock or interests therein are owned by one or more
of such Original Partner and Persons described in clauses (a) through
(d) of this definition; provided, however, that in the event of any
subsequent change in ownership of the entity such that it is owned in
any part by a Person other than an Original Partner and/or a Person
described in clauses (a) through (d) of this definition, then such
change in ownership will be deemed to be a Transfer subject to the
provisions of Section 8.1, (f) an individual mandated under a
qualified domestic relations order, (g) a legal or personal
representative of such Original Partner in the event of his death or
Disability (as defined below), (h) any other Original Partner with
respect to transactions contemplated by the Principals Agreement, (i)
any other Original Partner who is then employed by Fortress or any of
its Affiliates or any Permitted Transferee of such Original Partner
in respect to any transaction not contemplated by the Principals
Agreement, and (j) in the case of Xx. Xxxxxxxxx, XX0 LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company. For purpose of this definition: (i)
"lineal descendants" shall not include individuals adopted after
attaining the age of eighteen (18) years and such adopted Person's
descendants; (ii) Charitable Institution shall refer to an
organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Code (or any
corresponding provision of a future United State Internal Revenue
law) which is exempt from income taxation under section 501(a)
thereof; (iii) "presumptive remaindermen" shall refer to those
Persons entitled to a share of a trust's assets if it were then to
terminate; and (iv) Disability shall refer to any physical or mental
incapacity which prevents such Original Partner from carrying out all
or substantially all of his duties under his employment agreement
with Fortress or any of its Subsidiaries in such capacity for any
period of one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days or any aggregate
period of six (6) months in any 12-month period, as determined, in
its sole discretion, by a majority of the members of the board of
directors of Fortress, including a majority of the Original Partners
who are then members of the
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board
of directors of Fortress (but for the sake of clarity not including
the Original Partner in respect of which the determination is being
made).
"Person"
means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company, estate, trust, business association,
organization, governmental entity or other entity.
"Pre-IPO
Minimum Distributions" means the distributions made pursuant to
Section 7.4 of this Agreement.
"Pre-IPO
Period" means, subject to the last sentence of Section 7.4, the
period beginning on the first day of the First Quarterly Period of
2007 and ending on the earlier to occur of (i) the closing of the
Fortress IPO, or (ii) the withdrawal of the request made by Fortress
to register the Class A Shares for sale to the public.
"Presumed
Tax Liability" means, with respect to the Capital Account of any
Partner for any Quarterly Period (as defined below) ending after the
date hereof, an amount equal to the product of (x) the amount of
taxable income that, in the good faith judgment of the General
Partner, would have been allocated to such Partner pursuant to the
provisions of Article VI hereof were made in respect of such
Quarterly Period and (y) the Presumed Tax Rate as of the end of
such Quarterly Period.
"Presumed
Tax Rate" means the effective combined Federal, state and local
income tax rate applicable to either a natural person or corporation,
whichever is higher, residing in New York, New York, taxable at the
highest marginal Federal income tax rate and the highest marginal New
York State and New York City income tax rates ((taking into account
the character of the income) and after giving effect to the Federal
income tax deduction for such state and local income taxes and
disregarding the effects of Code Sections 67 and 68 (or
successor provisions thereto).)
"Prior
Distributions" means distributions made to the Partners pursuant to
Section 7.1 or 7.3 hereof.
"Principal
Entities" means the Persons directly Controlled by FIG Asset Co.
LLC.
"Principals
Agreement" means the Agreement Among Principals, dated as of the date
hereof, by and among the Original Partners.
"Quarterly
Periods" mean, collectively, the First Quarterly Period, the Second
Quarterly Period, the Third Quarterly Period and the Fourth Quarterly
Period, provided, however,
that if there is a change in the periods applicable to payments of
estimated Federal income taxes by individuals, then the Quarterly
Period determinations hereunder shall change correspondingly such
that the Partnership is required to make periodic Tax Distributions
under Section 7.3 of this Agreement at the times and in the amounts
sufficient to enable an individual Partner to satisfy such payments
in full with respect to amounts allocated pursuant to the provisions
of Article VI hereof (other than Section 6.2(h)).
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"Regulations"
means the regulations, including temporary regulations, promulgated
under the Code, as amended from time to time, or any federal income
tax regulations promulgated after the date of this Agreement. A
reference to a specific Regulation refers not only to such specific
Regulation but also to any corresponding provision of any federal tax
regulation enacted after the date of this Agreement, as such specific
Regulation or corresponding provision is in effect and applicable on
the date of application of the provisions of this Agreement
containing such reference.
"Recapture
Income"
means any gain recognized by the Partnership (computed without regard
to any adjustment required by Section 734 or Section 743 of the Code)
upon the disposition of any property or asset of the Partnership,
which gain is characterized as ordinary income because it represents
the recapture of deductions previously taken with respect to such
property or asset.
"Required
Allocations"
means (a) any limitation imposed on any allocation of Net Losses
under Section 6.1(b) and (b) any allocation of an item of income,
gain, loss or deduction pursuant to Section 6.1(d)(i), 6.1(d)(ii),
6.1(d)(iii), 6.1(d)(vi) or 6.1(d)(viii).
"Residual
Gain"
or "Residual
Loss"
means any item of gain or loss, as the case may be, of the
Partnership recognized for federal income tax purposes resulting from
a sale, exchange or other disposition of a Contributed Property or
Adjusted Property, to the extent such item of gain or loss is not
allocated pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(i)(A) or 6.2(b)(ii)(A),
respectively, to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities.
"Second
Quarterly Period" means, with respect to any Fiscal Year, the period
commencing on and including January 1 and ending on and including May
31 of such Fiscal Year, unless and until otherwise determined by the
General Partner.
"Securities
Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, supplemented or
restated from time to time and any successor to such statute, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Senior
Credit Facility" means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
dated as of June 23, 2006 (as amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time), by and among Fortress and certain of its Affiliates as
borrowers, certain Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the borrowers as
guarantors, Bank of America NA as Administrative Agent and L/C
Issuer, and the other lenders party hereto.
"Subsidiary"
means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination,
any other Person as to which such Person owns, directly or
indirectly, or otherwise controls more than 50% of the voting shares
or other similar interests or a general partner interest or managing
member or similar interest of such Person.
"Substitute
Limited Partner" shall mean each Person who acquires the entire
Interest of any Limited Partner in connection with the exercise by a
creditor of remedies under any security agreement, which acquisition,
and which acquirer (identified specifically or by category) were each
approved in advance by the General Partner, pursuant to
Section 3.2 hereof,
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approved
in a writing (a "Substitute
Limited Partner Notice")
filed with the records of the Partnership.
"Tax
Matters Partner" means the Person designated as such in
Section 4.7(b).
"Third
Quarterly Period" means, with respect to any Fiscal Year, the period
commencing on and including January 1 and ending on and including
August 31 of such Fiscal Year, unless and until otherwise determined
by the General Partner.
"Transfer"
shall mean, with respect to any Interest, any sale, exchange,
assignment, pledge, hypothecation, bequeath, creation of an
encumbrance, or any other transfer or disposition of any kind,
whether voluntary or involuntary, of such Interest.
"Underwriter"
means each Person named as an underwriter in the Underwriting
Agreement who purchases Class A Shares pursuant thereto.
"Underwriting
Agreement"
means the Underwriting Agreement expected to be entered into by
Fortress providing for the sale of Class A Shares in the Fortress
IPO.
"Units"
shall mean a fractional share of the Interests in the Partnership,
which entitles the holder thereof to such benefits as are specified
in this Agreement or any Unit Designation.
"Unit
Designation" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1.
"Unrealized
Gain"
attributable to any item of Partnership property means, as of any
date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the fair market
value of such property as of such date (as determined under Section
5.2(d)) over (b) the Carrying Value of such property as of such date
(prior to any adjustment to be made pursuant to Section 5.2(d) as of
such date).
"Unrealized
Loss"
attributable to any item of Partnership property means, as of any
date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the Carrying Value
of such property as of such date (prior to any adjustment to be made
pursuant to Section 5.2(d) as of such date) over (b) the fair market
value of such property as of such date (as determined under Section
5.2(d)).
ARTICLE II
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Section 2.1 Organization.
The Predecessor Company was originally organized as a limited
liability company under the LLC Act. The Predecessor Company was
converted to a limited partnership pursuant to the Act on January 17,
2007. The Certificate of Conversion, the Certificate of Limited
Partnership, and all actions taken or to be taken by any employee of
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP (each of the Wilmington,
DE or New York, NY office of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, and each, an "Organizer")
and any other person who executed and filed or who executes and
files, after the date hereof, the Certificate of Conversion or the
Certificate of Limited Partnership are hereby adopted and ratified,
or authorized, as the case may be.
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Section 2.2 Partnership
Name.
The name of the Partnership is "Fortress Operating Entity II LP." The
name of the Partnership may be changed from time to time by the
General Partner.
Section 2.3 Registered
Office, Registered Agent.
The Partnership shall maintain a registered office in the State of
Delaware at, and the name and address of the Partnership's registered
agent in the State of Delaware is, The Corporation Trust Company,
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. Such office and such
agent may be changed from time to time by the General
Partner.
Section 2.4 Certificates.
Any person authorized by the General Partner shall execute, deliver
and file any amendment to or restatements of the Certificate of
Limited Partnership and any other certificates (and any amendments
and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Partnership to qualify
to do business in a jurisdiction in which the Partnership may wish to
conduct business.
Section 2.5 Nature
of Business; Permitted Powers.
The purposes of the Partnership shall be to engage in any lawful act
or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under
the Act.
Section 2.6 Fiscal
Year.
Unless and until otherwise determined by the General Partner, the
fiscal year of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes shall,
except as otherwise required in accordance with the Code, end on
December 31 of each year (each, a "Fiscal
Year").
Section 2.7 Perpetual
Existence.
The Partnership shall have a perpetual existence unless dissolved in
accordance with the provisions of Article IX of this
Agreement.
Section 2.8 Limitation
on Partner Liability.
Except as otherwise expressly required by law or in this Agreement,
the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Partnership, whether
arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts,
obligations and liabilities of the Partnership, and no Limited
Partner shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation
or liability of the Partnership solely by reason of being a Limited
Partner. No Partner will have any obligation to restore any negative
or deficit balance in its Capital Account, including any negative or
deficit balance in its Capital Account upon liquidation and
dissolution of the Partnership.
Section 2.9 Indemnification.
(a) To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any Covered Person
shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Partnership for and
from any liabilities, demands, claims, actions or causes of action,
regulatory, legislative or judicial proceedings or investigations,
assessments, levies, losses, fees, penalties, damages, costs and
expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys',
accountants', investigators', and experts' fees and expenses
(collectively, "Damages")
sustained or incurred by such Covered Person by reason of any act
performed or omitted by such Covered Person in connection with the
affairs of the Partnership in good faith and in a manner reasonably
believed by the Covered Person to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Partnership unless such act or omission becomes
subject
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to
a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
that such Covered Person engaged in bad faith or willful misconduct
(the "Disabling
Conduct")
thereby; provided,
however,
that any indemnity under this Section 2.9 shall be provided out
of and to the extent of Partnership assets only, and no Limited
Partner or any Affiliate of any Limited Partner shall have any
personal liability on account thereof. The right of indemnification
pursuant to this Section 2.9 shall include the right to have
paid on behalf of such Covered Person, or reimbursed by the
Partnership for the reasonable expenses incurred by a Covered Person
with respect to any Damages, including expenses incurred in
collecting such amounts from the Partnership; provided that the
Covered Person shall have given a written undertaking to reimburse
the Partnership in the event it is subsequently determined that he,
she or it is not entitled to such indemnification.
(b) The
right of any Covered Person to the indemnification provided herein
shall be cumulative of, and in addition to, any and all rights to
which such Covered Person may otherwise be entitled by contract or as
a matter of law or equity and shall extend to such Covered Person's
successors, assigns and legal representatives.
Section 2.10 Exculpation.
(a) To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Covered Person
shall be liable to the Partnership or any Limited Partner or any
Affiliate of any Limited Partner for any Damages incurred by reason
of any act performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith
on behalf of the Partnership in a manner reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership, unless such
act or omission becomes subject to a final non-appealable judgment of
a court of competent jurisdiction that such Covered Person was
engaged in Disabling Conduct.
(b) A
Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon
the records of the Partnership and upon such information, opinions,
reports or statements presented to the Partnership by any Person
(other than such Covered Person) as to matters the Covered Person
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, including information, opinions,
reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets,
liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the
existence and amount of assets from which distributions to Partners
might properly be paid.
Section 2.11 Fiduciary
Duty.
(a) To
the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties
(including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating to the
Partnership or to any Limited Partner or any Affiliate of any Limited
Partner (or other Person with any equity interest in the Partnership)
or other Person bound by (or having rights pursuant to) the terms of
this Agreement, a Covered Person acting pursuant to the terms,
conditions and limitations of this Agreement shall not be liable to
the Partnership or to any Limited Partner or any Affiliate of any
Limited Partner (or other Person) for its good faith reliance on the
provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to
the extent that they expand or restrict the duties and liabilities of
a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or equity, are agreed by
the Partners (and any other Person
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bound
by or having rights pursuant to this Agreement) to modify to that
extent such other duties and liabilities of the Covered Person to the
extent permitted by law.
(b) To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and unless otherwise
expressly provided herein, (i) whenever a conflict of interest
exists or arises between the General Partner and the Partnership or a
Limited Partner, or (ii) whenever this Agreement or any other
agreement contemplated herein provides that the General Partner shall
act in a manner that is fair and reasonable to the Partnership or any
Limited Partner, the General Partner shall resolve such conflict of
interest or take such action, considering in each case the relative
interest of the Partnership, each Limited Partner and the General
Partner, to such conflict, agreement, transaction or situation and
the benefits and burdens relating to such interests, any customary or
accepted industry practices, and any applicable generally accepted
accounting practices or principles. So long as the General Partner
acts, based on the foregoing sentence, in good faith and in a manner
consistent with the foregoing sentence, the resolution or action so
made or taken by the General Partner shall not constitute a breach of
this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated
herein.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Agreement or under applicable law,
whenever in this Agreement the General Partner is permitted or
required to make a decision or take an action or omit to do any of
the foregoing acting solely in its capacity as the General Partner,
the General Partner shall, except where an express standard is set
forth, be entitled to make such decision in its sole discretion (and
the words "in its sole discretion" should be deemed inserted therefor
in each case in association with the words "General Partner," whether
or not the words "sole discretion" are actually included in the
specific provisions of this Agreement), and in so acting in its sole
discretion the General Partner shall be entitled to consider only
such interests and factors as it desires, including its own
interests, and, except as set forth in Section 2.11(b) in the case of
a conflict of interest, shall have no duty or obligation to give any
consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the
Partnership, any of the Partnership's Affiliates, any Limited Partner
or any other Person. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, if pursuant to this Agreement the General Partner, acting solely
in its capacity as the General Partner, is permitted or required to
make a decision in its "good faith" or under another express
standard, the General Partner shall act under such express standard
and shall not be subject to any other or different standard imposed
by this Agreement or otherwise other applicable law.
(d) The
General Partner may consult with the legal counsel and accountants
and any act or omission suffered or taken by the General Partner on
behalf of the Partnership in furtherance of the interests of the
Partnership in good faith in reliance upon and in accordance with the
advice of such counsel or accountants will be full justification for
any such act or omission, and the General Partner will be fully
protected in so acting or omitting to act so long as such counsel or
accountants were selected with reasonable care.
Section 2.12 Confidentiality.
(a) Each
Partner acknowledges and agrees that the information contained in the
books and records of the Partnership is confidential and, except in
the course of performing such Partner's duties as is necessary for
the Partnership and its Affiliates, as required
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by
law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this Agreement, shall
keep and retain in the strictest confidence and not to disclose to
any Person all confidential matters of the Partnership or any Person
included within Fortress and their respective Affiliates and
successors and the other Partners, including, without limitation, the
identity of the beneficial holders of interests in any fund or
account managed by Fortress or any of its Subsidiaries, confidential
information concerning the Partnership, any Person included within
Fortress and their respective Affiliates and successors, the General
Partner, the other Partners and any fund, account or investment
managed by any Person included within Fortress, including marketing,
investment, performance data, fund management, credit and financial
information, and other business affairs of the Partnership, any
Person included within Fortress and their respective Affiliates and
successors, the General Partner, the other Partners and any fund,
account or investment managed directly or indirectly by any Person
included within Fortress learned by the Partner heretofore or
hereafter. This clause 2.12(a) shall not apply to (i) any
information that has been made publicly available by the Partnership
or any of its Affiliates, becomes public knowledge (except as a
result of an act of such Partner in violation of this Agreement) or
is generally known to the business community and (ii) the
disclosure of information to the extent necessary for a Partner to
prepare and file his or her tax returns, to respond to any inquiries
regarding the same from any taxing authority or to prosecute or
defend any action, proceeding or audit by any taxing authority with
respect to such returns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, each Partner (and each employee, representative or other
agent of such Partner)
may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind,
the tax treatment and tax structure of (x) the Partnership
and
(y) any of its transactions, and all materials of any kind
(including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the
Partners
relating
to such tax treatment and tax structure.
(b) If
a Partner commits a breach, or threatens to commit a breach, of any
of the provisions of Section 2.12(a), the General Partner shall
have the right and remedy to have the provisions of such
Section specifically enforced by injunctive relief or otherwise
by any court of competent jurisdiction without the need to post any
bond or other security, it being acknowledged and agreed that any
such breach or threatened breach shall cause irreparable injury to
the Partnership, the other Partners, Fortress or any of its
Subsidiaries, and the accounts and funds managed by Fortress and that
money damages alone shall not provide an adequate remedy to such
Persons. Such rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in
lieu of, any other rights and remedies available at law or in
equity.
Section 2.13 Insurance.
The Partnership may purchase and maintain insurance, to the extent
and in such amounts as the General Partner shall deem reasonable, on
behalf of Covered Persons and such other Persons as the General
Partner shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted
against or expenses that may be incurred by any such Person in
connection with the activities of the Partnership and/or its
Subsidiaries regardless of whether the Partnership would have the
power or obligation to indemnify such Person against such liability
under the provisions of this Agreement. The Partnership may enter
into indemnity contracts with Covered Persons and such other Persons
as the General Partner shall determine and adopt written procedures
pursuant to which arrangements are made for the advancement of
expenses and the funding of obligations under this Section 2.13,
and containing such other procedures regarding indemnification as are
appropriate and consistent with this Agreement.
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Section 2.14 Representations
and Warranties.
Each Partner hereby represents and warrants to the others and to the
Partnership as follows:
(a) Such
Partner has all requisite power to execute, deliver and perform this
Agreement; the performance of its obligations hereunder will not
result in a breach or a violation of, or a default under, any
material agreement or instrument by which such Partner or any of such
Partner's properties is bound or any statute, rule, regulation, order
or other law to which it is subject, nor require the obtaining of any
consent, approval, permit or license from or filing with, any
governmental authority or other Person by such Person in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance by such Partner of this
Agreement.
(b) This
Agreement constitutes (assuming its due authorization and execution
by the other Partners) such Partner's legal, valid and binding
obligation.
(c) Such
Partner is acquiring its Interest for investment solely for such
Partner's own account and not for distribution, transfer or sale to
others in connection with any distribution or public
offering.
(d) Such
Partner (i) has received all information that such Partner deems
necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to an
investment in the Partnership and (ii) has had the unrestricted
opportunity to make such investigation as such Partner desires
pertaining to the Partnership and an investment therein and to verify
any information furnished to such Partner.
(e) Such
Partner understands that such Partner must bear the economic risk of
an investment in the Partnership for an indefinite period of time
because (i) the Interests have not been registered under the
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and (ii) the
Interests may not be sold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed
of except in accordance with this Agreement and then only if they are
subsequently registered in accordance with the provisions of the
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or registration
under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws is
not required.
(f) Such
Partner understands that the Partnership is not obligated to register
the Interests for resale under any applicable federal or state
securities laws and that the Partnership is not obligated to supply
such Partner with information or assistance in complying with any
exemption under any applicable federal or state securities
laws.
ARTICLE III
INTERESTS
AND ADMISSION OF PARTNERS
Section 3.1 Units.
(a) Interests
in the Partnership shall be represented by Units. Initially, all
Units shall be designated as "Class A Common Units" ("Class
A Common Units")
and "Class B Common Units" ("Class
B Common Units"),
and, except as expressly provided herein, a Class A Common Unit and a
Class B Common Unit shall entitle the holder thereof to equal rights
under this Agreement. From time to time, the General Partner may
establish other classes or
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series
of Units pursuant to Section 3.2. Units may (but need not, in
the sole discretion of the General Partner) be evidenced by a
certificate (a "Certificate
of Ownership")
in the form set forth in Exhibit
A
(for Class A Common Units or Class B Common Units) or the Unit
Designation relating to such Units (for other Units).
The Certificate of Ownership may contain such legends as may be
required by law or as may be appropriate to evidence, if approved by
the General Partner pursuant to Section 8.1, the pledge of a
Partner’s Units. Each Certificate of Ownership shall be signed
by or on behalf of the General Partner by either manual or facsimile
signature. The Certificates of Ownership of the Partnership shall be
numbered and registered in the register or transfer books of the
Partnership as they are issued. The Partnership shall act as
registrar and transfer agent for the purposes of registering the
ownership and Transfer of Units. If a Certificate of Ownership is
defaced, lost or destroyed it may be replaced on such terms, if any,
as to evidence and indemnity as the General Partner thinks
fit.
(b) Transfer
and Exchange.
When Certificates of Ownership are presented to the Partnership with
a request to register a Transfer, the Partnership shall register the
Transfer or make the exchange on the register or transfer books of
the Partnership if the requirements set forth in Section 8.1 of
this Agreement for such transactions are met; provided,
however,
that any Certificates of Ownership presented or surrendered for
registration of Transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or
accompanied by a written instrument of Transfer in form satisfactory
to the Partnership duly executed by the holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing. The Partnership shall not be
required to register the Transfer, or exchange, any Certificate of
Ownership if as a result the Transfer of the Units at issue would
cause the Partnership to violate the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act, the Investment Company Act (including by causing any violation
of the laws, rules, regulations, orders and other directives of any
governmental authority) or otherwise violate Section 8.1 of this
Agreement.
(c) Record
Holder.
Except to the extent that the Partnership shall have received written
notice of a Transfer of Units and such Transfer complies with the
requirements of Section 8.1 of this Agreement applicable to such
transaction, the Partnership shall be entitled to treat the
individual or entity in whose name any Certificates of Ownership
issued by the Partnership stand on the books of the Partnership as
the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any
equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such Units on the part
of any other individual or entity.
(d) Class
B Common Unit Voting Rights.
Holders of Class B Common Units shall have no voting, consent or
approval rights with respect to any matter submitted to holders of
Units for their consent or approval, except as set forth in Sections
4.1(c) and 10.1(a).
(e) Automatic
Conversion of Class B Common Units.
If, as a result of an exchange pursuant to the Exchange Agreement,
Fortress or any of its Subsidiaries (excluding any Fortress Operating
Group Entity and any Subsidiary of a Fortress Operating Group Entity)
acquires any Class B Common Units, such Units will automatically
convert into an equal number of Class A Common Units.
Section 3.2 Issuance
of Additional Units.
The General Partner may from time to time admit any Person as an
additional Limited Partner of the Partnership (each such Person,
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if
so admitted, an "Additional
Limited Partner"
and collectively, the "Additional
Limited Partners").
A
Person shall be deemed admitted as a Limited Partner at the time such
Person (i) executes this Agreement or a counterpart of this
Agreement and (ii) is named as a Limited Partner on the attached
Schedule
A.
Each Substitute Limited Partner shall be deemed an Additional Partner
whose admission as an Additional Limited Partner has been approved by
the General Partner for all purposes hereunder. Subject to the
satisfaction of the foregoing requirements and Section 4.1(c), the
General Partner is hereby expressly authorized to cause the
Partnership to issue additional Units for such consideration and on
such terms and conditions, and to such Persons, including the General
Partner, any Limited Partner or any of their Affiliates, as shall be
established by the General Partner in its sole discretion, all
without the approval of any Partner or any other Person. Without
limiting the foregoing, but subject to Section 4.1(c), the General
Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue
Units (i) upon the conversion, redemption or exchange of any debt,
Units or other securities issued by the Partnership, (ii) for less
than fair market value, so long as the General Partner concludes in
good faith that such issuance is in the best interests of the
Partnership and its Partners, and (iii) in connection with the merger
of any other Person into the Partnership if the applicable merger
agreement provides that Persons are to receive Units in exchange for
their interests in the Person merging into the Partnership. The
General Partner is hereby expressly authorized to take any action,
including without limitation amending this Agreement and Schedule
A,
to reflect any issuance of additional Units. Additional Units may be
Class A Common Units, Class B Common Units or other Units. Any
additional Units may be issued in one or more classes, or one or more
series of any of such classes, with such designations, preferences
and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers
and duties (including, without limitation, rights, powers and duties
that may be senior or otherwise entitled to preference over existing
Units) as shall be determined by the General Partner, in its sole and
absolute discretion without the approval of any Limited Partner or
any other Person, and set forth in a written document thereafter
attached to and made an exhibit to this Agreement, which exhibit
shall be an amendment to this Agreement and shall be incorporated
herein by this reference (each, a "Unit
Designation").
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the General Partner
shall have authority to specify (a) the allocations of items of
Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to holders of
each such class or series of Units; (b) the right of holders of each
such class or series of Units to share (on a pari
passu,
junior or preferred basis) in Partnership distributions; (c) the
rights of holders of each such class or series of Units upon
dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; (d) the voting
rights, if any, of holders of each such class or series of Units; and
(e) the conversion, redemption or exchange rights applicable to each
such class or series of Units. The total number of Units that may be
created and issued pursuant to this Section 3.2 is not
limited.
Section 3.3 Schedule
A.
The name and business address of each Partner is set forth on
Schedule A.
The General Partner shall amend Schedule
A
from time to time as necessary to reflect accurately the information
therein and shall send each Partner prompt written notice of each
such amendment to Schedule
A.
Any amendment or revision to Schedule
A
made in accordance with this Agreement shall not be deemed an
amendment to this Agreement. Any reference in this Agreement to
Schedule
A,
shall be deemed to be a reference to Schedule
A,
as amended and in effect from time to time.
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ARTICLE IV
VOTING
AND MANAGEMENT
Section 4.1 General
Partner: Power and Authority.
(a) The
business and affairs of the Partnership shall be managed exclusively
by the General Partner. The General Partner shall have the power and
authority, on behalf of and in the name of the Partnership, to carry
out any and all of the objects and purposes and exercise any and all
of the powers of the Partnership and to perform all acts which it may
deem necessary or advisable in connection therewith. The General
Partner is not required to hold any interest in the Partnership. The
Limited Partners, in their capacity as limited partners, shall have
no part in the management of the Partnership and shall have no
authority or right to act on behalf of or bind the Partnership in
connection with any matter. The Partners agree that all
determinations, decisions and actions made or taken by the General
Partner in accordance with this Agreement shall be conclusive and
absolutely binding upon the Partnership, the Partners and their
respective successors, assigns and personal representatives.
(b) Limited
Partners holding a majority of the outstanding Class A Common Units
shall have the right to remove the General Partner at any time, with
or without cause. Upon the withdrawal or removal of the General
Partner, Limited Partners holding a majority of the outstanding Class
A Common Units shall have the right to appoint a successor General
Partner; provided, that any successor General Partner must be a
direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Fortress. Any Person
appointed as a successor General Partner by the Limited Partners
holding a majority of the outstanding Class A Common Units shall
become a successor General Partner for all purposes herein, and shall
be vested with the powers and rights of the transferor General
Partner, and shall be liable for all obligations of the General
Partner arising from and after such date, and shall be responsible
for all duties of the General Partner, once such Person has executed
such instruments as may be necessary to effectuate its admission and
to confirm its agreement to be bound by all the terms and provisions
of this Agreement in its capacity as the General
Partner.
(c) In
order to protect the economic and legal rights of the Original
Partners set forth in this Agreement and the Exchange Agreement,
unless the General Partner receives the prior written consent of
Original Partners holding a majority of the Class B Common Units then
owned by all Original Partners (treating any Units owned by a
Permitted Transferee of an Original Partner as owned by such Original
Partner for such purposes), (i) the General Partner shall not take
any action, and shall not permit any Subsidiary of the Partnership to
take any action, that is prohibited under Section 2.9 of the Fortress
LLC Agreement, (ii) the General Partner shall cause the Partnership
and its Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions of Section 2.9 of
the Fortress LLC Agreement, and (iii) the General Partner shall not
issue any Units (or other equity securities) of the Partnership that
have any economic or voting rights that are senior or superior to the
economic or voting rights of the Class A Common Units other than
Units (or other equity securities) of the Partnership that are issued
pursuant to Section 2.9(e) of the Fortress LLC Agreement in
connection with an issuance of equity securities by Fortress.
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Section 4.2 Books
and Records; Accounting.
The General Partner shall have responsibility for the day-to-day
management and general oversight of the accounting and finance
function of the Partnership and shall keep at the principal office of
the Partnership (or at such other place as the General Partner shall
determine) true and complete books and records regarding the status
of the business and financial condition and results of operations of
the Partnership. The books and records of the Partnership shall be
kept in accordance with the Federal income tax accounting methods and
rules determined by the General Partner, which methods and rules
shall reflect all transactions of the Partnership and shall be
appropriate and adequate for the business of the Partnership. The
Partnership shall also keep books and records in accordance with
GAAP.
Section 4.3 Expenses.
Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Partnership shall
be responsible for and shall pay out of funds of the Partnership
determined by the General Partner to be available for such purpose,
all expenses and obligations of the Partnership, including those
incurred by the Partnership or the General Partner or its Affiliates
in connection with the formation, conversion, operation or management
of the Partnership, in organizing the Partnership and preparing,
negotiating, executing, delivering, amending and modifying this
Agreement.
Section 4.4 Partnership
Tax and Information Returns.
(a) The
Partnership shall timely file all returns of the Partnership that are
required for federal, state and local income tax purposes on the
basis of the accrual method and its fiscal year. The Officers of the
Partnership shall use reasonable efforts to furnish to all Partners
necessary tax information as promptly as possible after the end of
the fiscal year of the Partnership; provided,
however,
that delivery of such tax information will be subject to delay in the
event of, among other reasons, the late receipt of any necessary tax
information from an entity in which the Partnership has made an
investment. The classification, realization and recognition of
income, gain, losses and deductions and other items shall be on the
accrual method of accounting for federal income tax purposes.
(b) The
Partnership shall make the election under Section 754 of the Code in
accordance with applicable regulations thereunder.
(c) Except
as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner shall determine
whether the Partnership should make any other elections permitted by
the Code.
(d) The
General Partner shall designate one Partner as the Tax Matters
Partner (as defined in the Code). The initial Tax Matters Partner
shall be FIG Corp., a Delaware corporation. The Tax Matters Partner
is authorized and required to represent the Partnership (at the
Partnership’s expense) in connection with all examinations of
the Partnership’s affairs by tax authorities, including
resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to expend
Partnership funds for professional services and costs associated
therewith. Each Partner agrees to cooperate with the Tax Matters
Partner and to do or refrain from doing any or all things reasonably
required by the Tax Matters Partner to conduct such
proceedings.
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(e) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner is
authorized to take any action that may be required to cause the
Partnership to comply with any withholding requirements established
under the Code or any other federal, state, local or foreign law
including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445
and 1446 of the Code. To the extent that the Partnership is required
or elects to withhold and pay over to any taxing authority any amount
resulting from the allocation or distribution of income to any
Partner (including, without limitation, by reason of Section 1446 of
the Code), the General Partner may treat the amount withheld as a
distribution of cash pursuant to Section 7.1 or Article IX in the
amount of such withholding from such Partner.
ARTICLE V
CONTRIBUTIONS
AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Section 5.1 Capital
Contributions.
Each Original Partner has contributed to the capital of the
Partnership prior to the date hereof. Additional
Limited Partners (other than Substitute Limited Partners) shall make
initial contributions to the capital of the Partnership at such times
and in such amounts as shall be determined by the General Partner in
connection with the admission of such Additional Limited Partner.
The
Limited Partners are not required to, and do not have the right to,
make contributions to the capital of the Partnership in addition to
such initial capital contributions. From time to time, individual
Partners may make additional capital contributions in exchange for
additional Units, in such amounts and on such terms as determined by
the General Partner.
Section 5.2 Capital
Accounts.
(a) The
General Partner shall maintain for each Partner owning Units a
separate Capital Account with respect to such Units in accordance
with the rules of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). Such
Capital Account shall be increased by (i) the amount of all Capital
Contributions made to the Partnership with respect to such Units
pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) all items of Partnership income
and gain (including, without limitation, income and gain exempt from
tax) computed in accordance with Section 5.2(b) and allocated with
respect to such Units pursuant to Section 6.1, and decreased by (x)
the amount of cash or Net Agreed Value of all actual and deemed
distributions of cash or property made with respect to such Units
pursuant to this Agreement and (y) all items of Partnership deduction
and loss computed in accordance with Section 5.2(b) and allocated
with respect to such Units pursuant to Section 6.1. The foregoing
provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to the
maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b) and shall be interpreted and applied in
a manner consistent with such Regulations. In the event the General
Partner shall determine that it is prudent to modify the manner in
which the Capital Accounts or any adjustments thereto (including,
without limitation, adjustments relating to liabilities which are
secured by contributed or distributed property or which are assumed
by the Partnership or any Partners) are computed in order to comply
with such Treasury Regulation, the General Partner may make such
modification, provided that it is not likely to have a material
effect on the amounts distributed to any Person pursuant to Article
VIII hereof upon the dissolution of the Partnership. The General
Partner also shall (i) make any adjustments that are necessary or
appropriate to maintain equality among the Capital Accounts of the
Partners and the
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amount
of capital reflected on the Partnership's balance sheet, as computed
for book purposes, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q), and (ii) make any appropriate modifications in
the event unanticipated events might otherwise cause this Agreement
not to comply with Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b).
(b) For
purposes of computing the amount of any item of income, gain, loss or
deduction, which is to be allocated pursuant to Article VI and is to
be reflected in the Partners’ Capital Accounts, the
determination, recognition and classification of any such item shall
be the same as its determination, recognition and classification for
federal income tax purposes (including, without limitation, any
method of depreciation, cost recovery or amortization used for that
purpose), provided, that:
(i) Solely
for purposes of this Section 5.2, the Partnership shall be treated as
owning directly its proportionate share (as determined by the General
Partner) of all property owned by any partnership, limited liability
company, unincorporated business or other entity or arrangement that
is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, of
which the Partnership is, directly or indirectly, a partner.
(ii) Except
as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), the computation of all items of income, gain,
loss and deduction shall be made without regard to any election under
Section 754 of the Code which may be made by the Partnership and, as
to those items described in Section 705(a)(1)(B) or 705(a)(2)(B) of
the Code, without regard to the fact that such items are not
includable in gross income or are neither currently deductible nor
capitalized for federal income tax purposes. To the extent an
adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset
pursuant to Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code is required,
pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be
taken into account in determining Capital Accounts, the amount of
such adjustment in the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item
of gain or loss.
(iii) Any
income, gain or loss attributable to the taxable disposition of any
Partnership property shall be determined as if the adjusted basis of
such property as of such date of disposition were equal in amount to
the Partnership’s Carrying Value with respect to such property
as of such date.
(iv) In
accordance with the requirements of Section 704(b) of the Code, any
deductions for depreciation, cost recovery or amortization
attributable to any Contributed Property shall be determined in the
manner described in Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g)(3) as if
the adjusted basis of such property on the date it was acquired by
the Partnership were equal to the Agreed Value of such property. Upon
an adjustment pursuant to Section 5.2(d) to the Carrying Value of any
Adjusted Property that is subject to depreciation, cost recovery or
amortization, any further deductions for such depreciation, cost
recovery or amortization attributable to such property shall be
determined in the manner described in Regulation Sections
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g)(3) and 1.704-3(a)(6)(i) as if the adjusted basis
of such property were equal to the Carrying Value of such property
immediately following such adjustment; provided, however, that, if
the asset has a zero adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes,
depreciation, cost recovery or amortization deductions shall be
determined using any method that the General Partner may adopt.
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(c) A
transferee of Units shall succeed to a pro rata portion of the
Capital Account of the transferor relating to the Units so
transferred.
(d) (i) In
accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), on
an issuance of additional Units for cash or Contributed Property and
the issuance of Units as consideration for the provision of services,
the Capital Account of all Partners and the Carrying Value of each
Partnership property immediately prior to such issuance shall be
adjusted upward or downward to reflect any Unrealized Gain or
Unrealized Loss attributable to such Partnership property, as if such
Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss had been recognized on an actual
sale of each such property immediately prior to such issuance and had
been allocated to the Partners at such time pursuant to Section 6.1
in the same manner as any item of gain or loss actually recognized
during such period would have been allocated. In determining such
Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss, the aggregate cash amount and
fair market value of all Partnership assets (including, without
limitation, cash or cash equivalents) immediately prior to the
issuance of additional Units shall be determined by the General
Partner using such method of valuation as it may adopt; provided,
however, that the General Partner, in arriving at such valuation,
must take fully into account the fair market value of the Units of
all Partners at such time. The General Partner shall allocate such
aggregate value among the assets of the Partnership (in such manner
as it determines) to arrive at a fair market value for individual
properties.
(ii) In
accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f),
immediately prior to any actual or deemed distribution to a Partner
of any Partnership property (other than a distribution of cash that
is not in redemption or retirement of a Unit), the Capital Accounts
of all Partners and the Carrying Value of all Partnership property
shall be adjusted upward or downward to reflect any Unrealized Gain
or Unrealized Loss attributable to such Partnership property, as if
such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss had been recognized in a sale
of such property immediately prior to such distribution for an amount
equal to its fair market value, and had been allocated to the
Partners, at such time, pursuant to Section 6.1 in the same manner as
any item of gain or loss actually recognized during such period would
have been allocated. In determining such Unrealized Gain or
Unrealized Loss the aggregate cash amount and fair market value of
all Partnership assets (including, without limitation, cash or cash
equivalents) immediately prior to a distribution shall (A) in the
case of an actual distribution that is not made pursuant to Article
VIII or in the case of a deemed distribution, be determined and
allocated in the same manner as that provided in Section 5.2(d)(i) or
(B) in the case of a liquidating distribution pursuant to Article
VIII, be determined and allocated by the Liquidator using such method
of valuation as it may adopt.
(iii) The
General Partner may make the adjustments described in clause (i)
above in the manner set forth therein if the General Partner
determines that such adjustments are necessary or useful to
effectuate the intended economic arrangement among the Partners
(equal distributions paid with respect to each Class A Common Unit
and each Class B Common Unit), including Partners who received Units
in connection with the performance of services to or for the benefit
of the Partnership.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything expressed or implied to the contrary in this Agreement, in
the event the General Partner shall determine, in its sole and
absolute
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discretion,
that it is prudent to modify the manner in which the Capital
Accounts, or any debits or credits thereto, are computed in order to
effectuate the intended economic sharing arrangement of the Partners
(equal distributions paid with respect to each Class A Common Unit
and each Class B Common Unit), the General Partner may make such
modification.
ARTICLE VI
ALLOCATIONS
Section 6.1 Allocations
for Capital Account Purposes.
For purposes of maintaining the Capital Accounts and in determining
the rights of the Partners among themselves, the Partnership’s
items of income, gain, loss and deduction (computed in accordance
with Section 5.2(b)) shall be allocated among the Partners in each
taxable year (or portion thereof) as provided herein below.
(a) Net
Income.
After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section
6.1(d), Net Income for each taxable year and all items of income,
gain, loss and deduction taken into account in computing Net Income
for such taxable year shall be allocated to the Partners in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.
(b) Net
Losses.
After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Section
6.1(d), Net Losses for each taxable period and all items of income,
gain, loss and deduction taken into account in computing Net Losses
for such taxable period shall be allocated to the Partners in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interests; provided that
to the extent any allocation of Net Losses would cause any Partners
to have a deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account at the end
of such taxable year (or increase any existing deficit balance in its
Adjusted Capital Account), such allocation of Net Loss shall be
reallocated among the other Partners in accordance with their
respective Percentage Interests.
(c) Allocation
upon Termination.
With respect to all Section 6.1(a) and (b) allocations following a
Liquidation Date, such allocations shall be made after Capital
Account balances have been adjusted by all other allocations provided
under this Section 6.1 and after giving effect to all distributions
during such taxable year; provided, however, that solely for purposes
of this Section 6.1(c), Capital Accounts shall not be adjusted for
distributions made pursuant to Article IX.
(d) Special
Allocations.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.1, the
following special allocations shall be made for such taxable period:
(i) Partnership
Minimum Gain Chargeback.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.1, if there is
a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during any Partnership
taxable period, each Partner shall be allocated items of Partnership
income and gain for such period (and, if necessary, subsequent
periods) in the manner and amounts provided in Treasury Regulation
Sections 1.704-2(f)(6), 1.704-2(g)(2) and 1.704-2(j)(2)(i), or any
successor provision. For purposes of this Section 6.1(d), each
Partner’s Adjusted Capital Account balance shall be determined,
and the allocation of income and gain required hereunder shall be
effected, prior to the application of any other allocations pursuant
to
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this
Section 6.1(d) with respect to such taxable period (other than an
allocation pursuant to Section 6.1(d)(iii) and 6.1(d)(vi)). This
Section 6.1(d)(i) is intended to comply with the Partnership Minimum
Gain chargeback requirement in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(f)
and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(ii) Chargeback
of Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6.1 (other than
Section 6.1(d)(i)), except as provided in Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-2(i)(4), if there is a net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt
Minimum Gain during any Partnership taxable period, any Partner with
a share of Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain at the beginning of
such taxable period shall be allocated items of Partnership income
and gain for such period (and, if necessary, subsequent periods) in
the manner and amounts provided in Treasury Regulation Sections
1.704-2(i)(4) and 1.704-2(j)(2)(ii), or any successor provisions. For
purposes of this Section 6.1(d), each Partner’s Adjusted Capital
Account balance shall be determined, and the allocation of income and
gain required hereunder shall be effected, prior to the application
of any other allocations pursuant to this Section 6.1(d), other than
Section 6.1(d)(i) and other than an allocation pursuant to Section
6.1(d)(v) and 6.1(d)(vi), with respect to such taxable period. This
Section 6.1(d)(ii) is intended to comply with the chargeback of items
of income and gain requirement in Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(iii) 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), (5), or (6), items of Partnership
income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Partner in an
amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by
the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 704(b) of the
Code, the deficit balance, if any, in its Adjusted Capital Account
created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as quickly
as possible unless such deficit balance is otherwise eliminated
pursuant to Section 6.1(d)(i) or (ii). This Section 6.1(d)(iii) is
intended to qualify and be construed as a “qualified income
offset” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(iv) Gross
Income Allocations.
In the event any Partner has a deficit balance in its Capital Account
at the end of any Partnership taxable period in excess of the sum of
(A) the amount such Partner is required to restore pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement and (B) the amount such Partner is
deemed obligated to restore pursuant to Treasury Regulation Sections
1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i)(5), such Partner shall be specially
allocated items of Partnership gross income and gain in the amount of
such excess as quickly as possible; provided, that an allocation
pursuant to this Section 6.1(d)(iv) shall be made only if and to the
extent that such Partner would have a deficit balance in its Capital
Account as adjusted after all other allocations provided for in this
Section 6.1 have been tentatively made as if this Section 6.1(d)(iv)
were not in this Agreement.
(v) Nonrecourse
Deductions.
Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable period shall be allocated to
the Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests. If the General Partner determines that the
Partnership’s Nonrecourse Deductions should be allocated in a
different ratio to satisfy the safe harbor requirements of the
Treasury
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Regulations
promulgated under Section 704(b) of the Code, the General Partner is
authorized, upon notice to the other Partners, to revise the
prescribed ratio to the numerically closest ratio that does satisfy
such requirements.
(vi) Partner
Nonrecourse Deductions.
Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable period shall be
allocated 100% 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). If more than one Partner bears the
Economic Risk of Loss with respect to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt,
such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions attributable thereto shall be
allocated between or among such Partners in accordance with the
ratios in which they share such Economic Risk of Loss.
(vii) Nonrecourse
Liabilities.
Nonrecourse Liabilities of the Partnership described in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.752-3(a)(3) shall be allocated among the
Partners in the manner chosen by the General Partner and consistent
with such Treasury Regulation.
(viii) Code
Section 754 Adjustments.
To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any
Partnership asset pursuant to Section 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code is
required, pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), to be taken into account in determining Capital
Accounts, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall
be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis
of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis), and
such item of gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the
Partners in a manner consistent with the manner in which their
Capital Accounts are required to be adjusted pursuant to such Section
of the Treasury Regulations.
(ix) Curative
Allocation.
(A) The
Required Allocations are intended to comply with certain requirements
of the Treasury Regulations. It is the intent of the Partners that,
to the extent possible, all Required Allocations shall be offset
either with other Required Allocations or with special allocations of
other items of Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction pursuant
to this Section 6.1(d)(ix). Therefore, notwithstanding any other
provision of this Article VI (other than the Required Allocations),
the General Partner shall make such offsetting special allocations of
Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction in whatever manner it
determines appropriate so that, after such offsetting allocations are
made, each Partner's Capital Account balance is, to the extent
possible, equal to the Capital Account balance such Partner would
have had if the Required Allocations were not part of this Agreement
and all Partnership items were allocated pursuant to the economic
agreement among the Partners.
(B) The
General Partner shall, with respect to each taxable period, (1) apply
the provisions of Section 6.1(d)(ix)(A) in whatever order is most
likely to minimize the economic distortions that might otherwise
result from the Required Allocations, and (2) divide all allocations
pursuant to Section 6.1(d)(ix)(A) among the Partners in a manner that
is likely to minimize such economic distortions.
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(x) The
Partnership shall specially allocate an amount of gross income equal
to the Expense Amount to the Initial Partner.
Section 6.2 Allocations
for Tax Purposes.
(a) Except
as otherwise provided herein, for federal income tax purposes, each
item of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be allocated among the
Partners in the same manner as its correlative item of "book" income,
gain, loss or deduction is allocated pursuant to Section 6.1.
(b) In
an attempt to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities attributable to a
Contributed Property or an Adjusted Property, items of income, gain,
loss, depreciation, amortization and cost recovery deductions shall
be allocated for federal income tax purposes among the Partners as
follows:
(i) (A)
In the case of a Contributed Property, such items attributable
thereto shall be allocated among the Partners in the manner provided
under Section 704(c) of the Code that takes into account the
variation between the Agreed Value of such property and its adjusted
basis at the time of contribution; and (B) any item of Residual Gain
or Residual Loss attributable to a Contributed Property shall be
allocated among the Partners in the same manner as its correlative
item of "book" gain or loss is allocated pursuant to Section 6.1.
(ii) (A)
In the case of an Adjusted Property, such items shall (1) first, be
allocated among the Partners in a manner consistent with the
principles of Section 704(c) of the Code to take into account the
Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such property and
the allocations thereof pursuant to Section 5.2(d)(i) or 5.2(d)(ii),
and (2) second, in the event such property was originally a
Contributed Property, be allocated among the Partners in a manner
consistent with Section 6.2(b)(i)(A); and (B) any item of Residual
Gain or Residual Loss attributable to an Adjusted Property shall be
allocated among the Partners in the same manner as its correlative
item of "book" gain or loss is allocated pursuant to Section 6.1.
(iii) In
order to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities, the General Partner shall
apply the "traditional method with curative allocations of gain on
disposition," as described in Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-3(c)(3)(iii)(B). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the
General Partner may cause the Partnership to eliminate Book-Tax
Disparities using another method described in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.704-3.
(c) For
the proper administration of the Partnership and for the preservation
of uniformity of the Units (or any class or classes thereof), the
General Partner shall (i) adopt such conventions as it deems
appropriate in determining the amount of depreciation, amortization
and cost recovery deductions; (ii) make special allocations for
federal income tax purposes of income (including, without limitation,
gross income) or deductions; (iii) amend the provisions of this
Agreement as appropriate (x) to reflect the proposal or promulgation
of Treasury Regulations under Section 704(b) or Section 704(c) of the
Code or (y) otherwise to preserve or achieve uniformity of the Units
(or any class or classes thereof); and (iv) adopt and employ such
methods for (A) the maintenance of capital accounts for book and tax
purposes, (B) the determination and allocation of adjustments under
Sections 704(c), 734 and 743 of the Code,
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(C)
the determination and allocation of taxable income, tax loss and
items thereof under this Agreement and pursuant to the Code, (D) the
determination of the identities and tax classification of
Unitholders, (E) the provision of tax information and reports to the
Unitholders, (F) the adoption of reasonable conventions and methods
for the valuation of assets and the determination of tax basis, (G)
the allocation of asset values and tax basis, (H) the adoption and
maintenance of accounting methods, (I) the recognition of the
transfer of Units, (J) tax compliance and other tax-related
requirements, including without limitation, the use of computer
software, as it determines in its sole discretion are necessary and
appropriate to execute the provisions of this Agreement and to comply
with federal, state and local tax law, and to achieve uniformity of
Units within a class. The General Partner may adopt such conventions,
make such allocations and make such amendments to this Agreement as
provided in this Section 6.2(c) only if such conventions, allocations
or amendments would not have a material adverse effect on the
Partners, the holders of any class or classes of Units issued and
outstanding or the Partnership, and if such allocations are
consistent with the principles of Section 704 of the Code.
(d) The
General Partner may determine to depreciate or amortize the portion
of an adjustment under Section 743(b) of the Code attributable to
unrealized appreciation in any Adjusted Property (to the extent of
the unamortized Book-Tax Disparity) using a predetermined rate
derived from the depreciation or amortization method and useful life
applied to the Partnership’s common basis of such property,
despite any inconsistency of such approach with Treasury Regulation
Section 1.167(c)-l(a)(6) or any successor regulations thereto. If the
General Partner determines that such reporting position cannot be
taken, the General Partner may adopt depreciation and amortization
conventions under which all purchasers acquiring Units in the same
month would receive depreciation and amortization deductions, based
upon the same applicable rate as if they had purchased a direct
interest in the Partnership’s property. If the General Partner
chooses not to utilize such aggregate method, the General Partner may
use any other depreciation and amortization conventions to preserve
the uniformity of the intrinsic tax characteristics of any Units, so
long as such conventions would not have a material adverse effect on
the Partners or the Record Holders of any class or classes of Units.
(e) Any
gain allocated to the Partners upon the sale or other taxable
disposition of any Partnership asset shall, to the extent possible,
after taking into account other required allocations of gain pursuant
to this Section 6.2, be characterized as Recapture Income in the same
proportions and to the same extent as such Partners (or their
predecessors in interest) have been allocated any deductions directly
or indirectly giving rise to the treatment of such gains as Recapture
Income.
(f) All
items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit recognized by the
Partnership for federal income tax purposes and allocated to the
Partners in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be determined
without regard to any election under Section 754 of the Code that may
be made by the Partnership; provided, however, that such allocations,
once made, shall be adjusted (in the manner determined by the General
Partner) to take into account those adjustments permitted or required
by Sections 734 and 743 of the Code.
(g) For
purposes of determining the items of Partnership income, gain, loss,
deduction, or credit allocable to any Partner with respect to any
period, such items shall be
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determined
on a daily, monthly, or other basis, as determined by the General
Partner using any permissible method under Code Section 706 and the
Regulations thereunder.
ARTICLE VII
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 7.1 Distributions.
Subject to the terms of any Unit Designation, distributions shall be
made to the Partners, after Tax Distributions are made pursuant to
Sections 7.3 hereof, and after Expense Amount distributions are
made pursuant to Section 7.5 hereof, as and when determined by the
General Partner, to the Partners in accordance with their respective
Common Units.
Section 7.2 Distributions
in Kind.
The General Partner may cause the Partnership to make distributions
of assets in kind. Whenever the distributions provided for in
Section 7.1 shall be distributable in property other than cash,
the value of such distribution shall be the fair market value of such
property determined by the General Partner in good faith, and in the
event of such a distribution there shall be allocated to the Partners
in accordance with Article VI the amount of Profits or Losses
that would result if the distributed asset had been sold for an
amount in cash equal to its fair market value at the time of the
distribution. No Partner shall have the right to demand that the
Partnership distribute any assets in kind to such
Partner.
Section 7.3 Tax
Distributions.
Subject to § 17-607 of the Act, the Partnership shall make
distributions to each Partner for each calendar quarter ending after
the date hereof as follows (collectively, the "Tax
Distributions"):
(a) On
or before the 10th
day following the end of the First Quarterly Period of each calendar
year, an amount equal to such Partner's Presumed Tax Liability for
the First Quarterly Period (the "First
Quarter Tax Distribution")
less the aggregate amount of Prior Distributions previously made to
such Partner during such calendar year, excluding any Tax
Distribution with respect to a previous calendar year;
(b) On
or before the 10th
day following the end of the Second Quarterly Period of each Calendar
Year, an amount equal to such Partner's Presumed Tax Liability for
the Second Quarterly Period (the "Second
Quarter Tax Distribution")
less the aggregate amount of Prior Distributions previously made to
such Partner during such calendar year, excluding any Tax
Distribution with respect to a previous calendar year;
(c) On
or before the 10th
day following the end of the Third Quarterly Period of each Calendar
Year, an amount equal to such Partner's Presumed Tax Liability for
the Third Quarterly Period (the "Third
Quarter Tax Distribution")
less the aggregate amount of Prior Distributions previously made to
such Partner during such calendar year, excluding any Tax
Distribution with respect to a previous calendar year;
(d) On
or before the 10th
day following the end of the Fourth Quarterly Period of each Calendar
Year, an amount equal to such Partner's Presumed Tax Liability for
the Fourth Quarterly Period (the "Fourth
Quarter Tax Distribution")
less the aggregate amount of
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Prior
Distributions previously made to such Partner during such calendar
year, excluding any Tax Distribution with respect to a previous
calendar year; and
(e) Tax
Distributions shall be made on the basis of a calendar year
regardless of the Fiscal Year used by the Partnership. To the extent
the General Partner determines in its sole discretion that the
distributions made under the foregoing subsections (a) through (d)
are insufficient to satisfy the Partners' Presumed Tax Liability for
the applicable calendar year, on or before the April 10th
immediately following the applicable calendar year, an amount that
the General Partner determines in its reasonable discretion will be
sufficient to allow each Partner to satisfy his or her Presumed Tax
Liability for the applicable calendar year, after taking into account
all Prior Distributions made to the Partners with respect to the
applicable calendar year, excluding any Tax Distribution with respect
to a previous calendar year.
(f) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, Tax Distributions shall be
made: (i) to all Partners pro rata in accordance with their
Percentage Interests; and (ii) as if each distributee Partner was
allocated an amount of income in each quarterly period equal to the
product of (x) the highest amount of income allocated to any Partner
with respect to his Units, calculated on a per-Unit basis, taking
into account any income allocations pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof,
multiplied by (y) the amount of Units held by such distributee
partner.
(g) If
necessary, but subject to Section 17-607 of the Act, the Partnership
shall be required to borrow funds in order to make the Tax
Distributions required by this Section 7.3.
(h) For
the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of calculating the amount of Tax
Distributions to which a Partner is entitled with respect to a
particular Quarterly Period, the term "Prior Distributions" shall not
include such Partner's share of any distribution made during the
Pre-IPO Period in excess of the Pre-IPO Minimum Distribution made to
such Partner with respect to such Quarterly Period.
Section 7.4 Pre-IPO
Minimum Distribution.
During the Pre-IPO Period, the Partnership shall make distributions
to the Partners as and when determined by the General Partner, but no
later than the last day of the Pre-IPO Period, in an aggregate amount
equal to the product of the Partnership's share (as set forth in the
schedule maintained by the General Partners of the Fortress Operating
Group Entities) of the $750,000/day minimum distribution, multiplied
by the number of days in the Pre-IPO Period. Pre-IPO Minimum
Distributions accrue on a daily basis, and a Partner shall be
entitled to receive a Pre-IPO Minimum Distribution (a) only to the
extent such Partner owned Units on the day such distribution accrued,
and (b) notwithstanding the fact that such Partner did not own Units
on the first day of the First Quarterly Period of 2007, in which case
the Pre-IPO Period in respect of such Partner shall be deemed to
begin on the date such Partner first acquired Units.
Section 7.5 Expense
Amount Distributions.
The Partnership shall distribute any Expense Amount to the Initial
General Partner at the times set forth in any Expense Allocation
Agreement.
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ARTICLE VIII
TRANSFER
OR ASSIGNMENT INTEREST; CESSATION OF PARTNER STATUS
Section 8.1 Transfer
and Assignment of Interest. A
Partner may not Transfer all or any of such Partner's Units without
approval of the General Partner, which approval may be granted or
withheld, with or without reason, in the General Partner's sole
discretion; provided,
however,
that, without the approval of the General Partner, a Partner may, at
any time, (i) Transfer any of such Partner's Units pursuant to the
Exchange Agreement, (ii) Transfer any of such Partner's Units to a
Permitted Transferee of such Partner, or (iii) pledge or assign any
of such Partner's Units to a lending institution that is not an
Affiliate of such Limited Partner, as collateral or security for a
bona fide loan or other extension of credit, and any Transfer of such
pledged Units in connection with the exercise of remedies under such
loan or extension of credit; provided, however, that no Transfer
pursuant to this clause (iii) shall be permitted if such Transfer
would cause the Partnership to be treated as a publicly traded
partnership that is taxable as a corporation. In the event of any
Transfer, the transferring Partner shall provide the address and
facsimile number for each transferee as contemplated by Section
10.9.
Section 8.2 Withdrawal
of General Partner.
The General Partner shall not withdraw from the Partnership without
the approval of the Limited Partners holding a majority of the
outstanding Class A Common Units.
Section 8.3 Cessation
of Status as a Partner.
(a) A
Partner may not, without the consent of the General Partner, withdraw
from the Partnership prior to the Partnership's
termination.
(b) Except
as expressly provided in this Agreement, no event affecting a
Partner, including death, bankruptcy, insolvency or withdrawal from
the Partnership, shall affect the Partnership.
ARTICLE IX
DISSOLUTION
Section 9.1 Duration
and Dissolution.
The Partnership shall be dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up
upon the first to occur of the following:
(a) the
entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership under
Section 17-802 of the Act; and
(b) the
determination of the General Partner to dissolve the
Partnership.
Except
as provided in this Agreement, the death, Disability, resignation,
expulsion, bankruptcy or dissolution of any Partner or the occurrence
of any other event which terminates the continued partnership of any
Partner in the Partnership shall not cause the Partnership to be
dissolved or its affairs wound up; provided,
however,
that at any time after the
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bankruptcy
of the General Partner, the holders of a majority of the Class A
Common Units may, pursuant to written consent to such effect, replace
the General Partner with another Person, who shall, after executing a
written instrument confirming such Person's agreement to be bound by
all the terms and provisions of this Agreement, (i) become a
successor General Partner for all purposes hereunder, (ii) be vested
with the powers and rights of the replaced General Partner, and (iii)
be liable for all obligations and responsible for all duties of the
replaced General Partner from the date of such
replacement.
Section 9.2 Distribution
of Assets.
Subject to the terms of any Unit Designation, upon the winding up of
the Partnership, assets shall be distributed to the Partners in
accordance with their Capital Account balances, as adjusted for all
Partnership operations up to and including the date of such
distribution.
Section 9.3 Notice
of Liquidation.
The General Partner shall give each of the Partners prompt written
notice of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Partnership.
Section 9.4 Liquidator.
Upon dissolution of the Partnership, the General Partner may select
one or more Persons to act as a liquidator trustee for the
Partnership (such person, or the General Partner, the "Liquidator").
The Liquidator (if other than the General Partner) shall be entitled
to receive such compensation for its services as may be approved by
holders of a majority of the Class A Common Units (subject to the
terms of any Unit Designation). The Liquidator (if other than the
General Partner) shall agree not to resign at any time without 15
days’ prior notice and may be removed at any time, with or
without cause, by notice of removal approved by holders of a majority
of the Class A Common Units (subject to the terms of any Unit
Designation). Upon dissolution, death, incapacity, removal or
resignation of the Liquidator, a successor and substitute Liquidator
(who shall have and succeed to all rights, powers and duties of the
original Liquidator) shall within 30 days thereafter be approved by
the General Partner (or, in the case of the removal of the Liquidator
by holders of units, by holders of a majority of the Units (subject
to the terms of any Unit Designation)). The right to approve a
successor or substitute Liquidator in the manner provided herein
shall be deemed to refer also to any such successor or substitute
Liquidator approved in the manner herein provided. Except as
expressly provided in this Section 9.4, the Liquidator approved in
the manner provided herein shall have and may exercise, without
further authorization or consent of any of the parties hereto, all of
the powers conferred upon the General Partner under the terms of this
Agreement (but subject to all of the applicable limitations,
contractual and otherwise, upon the exercise of such powers)
necessary or appropriate to carry out the duties and functions of the
Liquidator hereunder for and during the period of time required to
complete the winding up and liquidation of the Partnership as
provided for herein.
Section 9.5 Liquidation.
The Liquidator shall proceed to dispose of the assets of the
Partnership, discharge its liabilities, and otherwise wind up its
affairs in such manner and over such period as determined by the
Liquidator, subject to Section 17-804 of the Act and the following:
(a) The
assets may be disposed of by public or private sale or by
distribution in kind to one or more Partners on such terms as the
Liquidator and such Partner or Partners may agree. If any property is
distributed in kind, the Partner receiving the property shall
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be
deemed for purposes of Section 9.5(c) to have received cash equal to
its fair market value; and contemporaneously therewith, appropriate
cash distributions must be made to the other Partners.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
the Partners understand and acknowledge that a Partner may be
compelled to accept a distribution of any asset in kind from the
Partnership despite the fact that the percentage of the asset
distributed to such Partner exceeds the percentage of that asset
which is equal to the percentage in which such Partner shares in
distributions from the Partnership. The Liquidator may defer
liquidation or distribution of the Partnership’s assets for a
reasonable time if it determines that an immediate sale or
distribution of all or some of the Partnership’s assets would be
impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners. The Liquidator
may distribute the Partnership’s assets, in whole or in part, in
kind if it determines that a sale would be impractical or would cause
undue loss to the Partners.
(b) Liabilities
of the Partnership include amounts owed to the Liquidator as
compensation for serving in such capacity and amounts to Partners
otherwise than in respect of their distribution rights under Article
VII. With respect to any liability that is contingent, conditional or
unmatured or is otherwise not yet due and payable, the Liquidator
shall either settle such claim for such amount as it thinks
appropriate or establish a reserve of cash or other assets to provide
for its payment. When paid, any unused portion of the reserve shall
be applied to other liabilities or distributed as additional
liquidation proceeds.
(c) All
property and all cash in excess of that required to discharge
liabilities as provided in Section 9.5(b) shall be distributed to
holders of Units having liquidation preferences, if any, and then to
the Partners in accordance with and to the extent of the positive
balances in their respective Capital Accounts, as determined after
taking into account all Capital Account adjustments (other than those
made by reason of distributions pursuant to this Article VIII(c)) for
the taxable year of the Partnership during which the liquidation of
the Partnership occurs (with such date of occurrence being determined
by the General Partner, and such distribution shall be made by the
end of such taxable year (or, if later, within 90 days after said
date of such occurrence).
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, if, upon the dissolution and
liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to this Article IX and after
all other allocations provided for in Section 6.1 have been
tentatively made as if this Section 9.5 were not in this Agreement,
either (i) the positive Capital Account balance attributable to one
or more Units having a liquidation preference is not equal to such
liquidation preference, or (ii) the quotient obtained by dividing the
positive balance of a Partner’s Capital Account with respect to
Common Units by the aggregate of all Partners’ Capital Account
balances with respect to Common Units at such time would differ from
such Partner's Percentage Interest, then Net Income (and items
thereof) and Net Loss (and items thereof) for the Fiscal Year in
which the Partnership dissolves and liquidates pursuant to this
Article IX shall be allocated among the Partners (x) first, to the
extent necessary to ensure that the Capital Account balance
attributable to a Unit having a liquidation preference is equal to
such liquidation preference, and (y) second, in a manner such that
the positive balance in the Capital Account of each Partner with
respect to Common Units on a Unit by Unit basis, immediately after
giving effect to such allocation, is, as nearly as possible, equal to
each such Partner's Percentage Interest on a Unit by Unit
basis.
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1 Amendment
to the Agreement.
(a) Except
as may be otherwise required by law, this Agreement may be amended by
the General Partner without the consent or approval of any Partners;
provided,
however,
that except as expressly provided herein (including Section 5.2(e)),
(i) no amendment may adversely affect the rights of a holder of Units
without the consent of such holder if such amendment adversely
affects the rights of such holder other than on a pro
rata
basis with other holders of Units of the same class, (ii) no
amendment may adversely affect the rights of the holders of a class
of Units without the consent of holders of a majority of the
outstanding Units of such class and (iii) the provisions of Section
4.1(c) relating to the consent rights of the Original Partners may
not be amended without the written consent of Original Partners that
hold a majority of the Class B Common Units then owned by all
Original Partners (treating any Class B Common Units owned by a
Permitted Transferee of an Original Partner as owned by such Original
Partner for such purposes).
(b) It
is acknowledged and agreed that neither the admission of any
Additional Partner, the adoption of any Unit Designation nor the
issuance of any Units shall be considered an amendment of this
Agreement.
Section 10.2 Successors,
Counterparts.
This Agreement and any amendment hereto in accordance with
Section 10.1(a) shall be binding as to executors,
administrators, estates, heirs and legal successors, or nominees or
representatives, of the Partners, and may be executed in several
counterparts with the same effect as if the parties executing the
several counterparts had all executed one counterpart.
Section 10.3 Governing
Law; Severability.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the
principles of conflict of laws thereof. In particular, this Agreement
shall be construed to the maximum extent possible to comply with all
of the terms and conditions of the Act. If, nevertheless, it shall be
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that any provisions
or wording of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable under
the Act or other applicable law, such invalidity or unenforceability
shall not invalidate this entire Agreement. In that case, this
Agreement shall be construed so as to limit any term or provision to
make it enforceable or valid within the requirements of applicable
law, and, in the event such term or provisions cannot be so limited,
this Agreement shall be construed to omit such invalid or
unenforceable provisions. If it shall be determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction that any provisions relating to the
distributions and allocations of the Partnership is invalid or
unenforceable, this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted so as
(a) to make it enforceable or valid and (b) to make the distributions
and allocations as closely equivalent to those set forth in this
Agreement as is permissible under applicable law.
Section 10.4 Arbitration.
Except as to matters expressly reserved in this Agreement for
adjudication in a court of competent jurisdiction, any controversy or
claim arising
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out
of or relating to this Agreement, shall be adjudicated only by
arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration
Association, and judgment upon such award rendered by the arbitrator
may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The
arbitration shall be held in the City of New York, State of New York,
Borough of Manhattan, or such other place as may be agreed upon at
the time by the parties to the arbitration.
Section 10.5 Filings.
Following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the General
Partner or its designee shall promptly prepare any documents required
to be filed and recorded under the Act or the LLC Act, and the
General Partner or such designee shall promptly cause each such
document to be filed and recorded in accordance with the Act or the
LLC Act, as the case may be, 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 jurisdiction in which the Partnership
may hereafter establish a place of business. The General Partner or
such designee shall also promptly cause to be filed, recorded and
published such statements of fictitious business name and any 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 10.6 Power
of Attorney.
Each Partner does hereby constitute and appoint the General Partner
as its true and lawful representative and attorney-in-fact, in its
name, place and stead, to make, execute, sign, deliver and file (a)
any amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership required
because of an amendment to this Agreement or in order to effectuate
any change in the partners of the Partnership, (b) 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 jurisdiction, or any political subdivision or
agency thereof, to effectuate, implement and continue the valid and
subsisting existence of the Partnership or to dissolve the
Partnership or for any other purpose consistent with this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby. The power of attorney
granted hereby is coupled with an interest and shall (i) survive
and not be affected by the subsequent death, incapacity, Disability,
dissolution, termination or bankruptcy of the Partner granting the
same or the transfer of all or any portion of such Partner's Interest
and (ii) extend to such Partner's successors, assigns and legal
representatives.
Section 10.7 Headings.
Section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for
reference purposes only and are not intended to describe, interpret,
define or limit the scope or intent of this Agreement or any
provision hereof.
Section 10.8 Additional
Documents.
Each Partner, upon the request of the General Partner, agrees to
perform all further acts and execute, acknowledge and deliver any
documents that may be reasonably necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Agreement.
Section 10.9 Notices.
All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder
shall be in writing (including facsimile, e-mail or similar writing)
and shall be given to such party (and any other person designated by
such party) at its address, facsimile number or e-mail address set
forth in a schedule filed with the records of the Partnership or such
other address, facsimile number or e-mail address as such party may
hereafter specify to the General Partner. Each such notice, request
or other communication shall be effective (a) if given
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by
facsimile, when transmitted to the number specified pursuant to this
Section and the appropriate confirmation of receipt is received,
(b) if given by mail, seventy-two hours after such communication is
deposited in the mails with first class postage prepaid, addressed as
aforesaid, (c) if given by e-mail, when transmitted to the e-mail
address specified pursuant to this Section and the appropriate
confirmation of receipt is received or (d) if given by any other
means, when delivered at the address specified pursuant to this
Section.
Section 10.10 Waiver
of Right to Partition.
Each of the Partners irrevocably waives any right that it may have to
maintain any action for partition with respect to any of the
Partnership's assets.
Section 10.11 Entire
Agreement.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Partners
with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any agreement
or understanding entered into as of a date prior to the date hereof
among or between any of them with respect to such subject matter,
including (without limitation), the Limited Liability Company
Agreement of the Predecessor Company.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is executed and delivered as of the
date first written above by the undersigned, being all of the
Partners and the undersigned, do hereby agree to be bound by the
terms and provisions set forth in this Agreement.
GENERAL
PARTNER:
FIG
CORP.,
a
Delaware corporation |
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Chief Operating
Officer |
LIMITED
PARTNERS:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | ||
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. |
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx |
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
ALDEL LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Sole Member |
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FORTRESS
OPERATING ENTITY II LP |
Amended
and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
–
Signature Page
SCHEDULE
A
PARTNERS*
General
Partner
FIG
Corp.
Limited
Partners
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Xx.
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx
Aldel
LLC
*Unless
otherwise indicated, the address of each Partner is c/o Fortress
Investment Group LLC, 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000.
EXHIBIT
A
CERTIFICATE
OF OWNERSHIP OF COMMON UNITS
OF
FORTRESS OPERATING ENTITY II LP
THIS
CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING CLASS [A/B] COMMON UNITS OF FORTRESS
OPERATING ENTITY II LP (THE "CERTIFICATE")
HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933 OR UNDER THE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS OF ANY STATE. THE
HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, REPRESENTS THAT
IT IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO
ANY SALE OR DISTRIBUTION HEREOF.
Certificate Number ____________ |
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Class [A/B] Common Units |
FORTRESS
OPERATING ENTITY II LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the
"Partnership"),
hereby certifies that [_________________] (together with any assignee
of this Certificate, the "Holder")
is the owner of ____ Class [A/B] Common Units of limited partnership
interest in the Partnership (the "Units").
The rights, powers, preferences, restrictions and limitations of the
Units are set forth in, and this Certificate and the Units
represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to
the terms and provisions of, the Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated as of February 1, 2007,
as the same may be amended or restated from time to time (the
"Limited
Partnership Agreement").
By acceptance of this Certificate, and as a condition to being
entitled to any rights and/or benefits with respect to the Units
evidenced hereby, the Holder is deemed to have agreed to comply with
and be bound by all the terms and conditions of the Limited
Partnership Agreement. The Partnership will furnish a copy of the
Limited Partnership Agreement to the Holder without charge upon
written request to the Partnership at its principal place of
business. This Certificate evidences an interest in the Partnership
and shall be a security for purposes of Article 8 of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State of Delaware and the Uniform Commercial
Code of any other Jurisdiction.
Except
as expressly provided in the Limited Partnership Agreement, the Units
evidenced by this Certificate may not be sold, exchanged, assigned,
hypothecated, bequeathed, subjected to encumbrance or otherwise
transferred or disposed of in any manner, voluntary or involuntary,
without the approval of the General Partner of the Partnership, which
approval may be granted or withheld, with or without reason, in the
General Partner's sole discretion.
This
Certificate and the Units evidenced hereby shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware
without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Partnership has caused this Certificate to be
executed by its General Partner as of the date set forth
below.
Dated:
______________________
FORTRESS
OPERATING ENTITY II LP,
a
Delaware limited partnership |
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FIG
CORP.,
its
general partner |
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By: | ||
Name:
Title:
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