AMENDMENT TO THE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF Exterran Energy Solutions, L.P. (the “Partnership”)
Exhibit 3.4
AMENDMENT
TO THE
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF
Exterran Energy Solutions, L.P. (the “Partnership”)
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF
Exterran Energy Solutions, L.P. (the “Partnership”)
This Amendment to the Limited Partnership Agreement of Exterran
Energy Solutions, L.P. (as amended, the “Partnership
Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the
31st day of May, 2008, by and between EES GP, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (“EESGP”),
and Hanover HL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“Hanover HL”).
WHEREAS, the Partnership Agreement, dated December 8, 2000
and as amended on December 29, 2000 and December 30,
2002, is by and between (1) Hanover Compression General
Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“General Holdings LLC”), as general
partner and successor to Hanover LLC 3, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, and (2) Hanover HL, as successor to
Hanover Compression Limited Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company; and
WHEREAS, effective as of May 31, 2008, General Holdings LLC
transferred its general partner interest in the Partnership to
EESGP.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the Partnership amends its
Partnership Agreement and EESGP acknowledges its obligations
hereunder as follows:
1. The table set forth in Schedule A to the
Partnership Agreement is amended to read, in its entirety, as
follows:
Percentage Interest | ||||
General Partner
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EES GP, L.P.
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1 | % | ||
Limited Partner
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Hanover HL, LLC
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99 | % |
2. EESGP agrees to be bound by the terms of the Partnership
Agreement.
3. EESGP and Hanover HL agree to continue the business of
the Partnership without dissolution.
EES GP, L.P.,
as General Partner
as General Partner
By: Hanover Compressor Company
its general partner
its general partner
By: |
/s/ XXXXXXX
X. XXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
HANOVER HL, LLC,
as Limited Partner
as Limited Partner
By: |
XXXX
X. XXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: | Manager |
Dated as of May 31, 2008
AMENDMENT
TO THE
LIMITED PARTNERRSHIP AGREEMENT OF
HANOVER COMPRESSION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (the “Partnership”)
LIMITED PARTNERRSHIP AGREEMENT OF
HANOVER COMPRESSION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (the “Partnership”)
This Amendment to the Limited Partnership Agreement of Hanover
Compression Limited Partnership (this “Partnership
Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the
30th day of December, 2002, by and between Hanover
Compression General Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the “General Partner”) and Hanover HL, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“Hanover HL”).
WHEREAS, the Partnership Agreement, dated December 8, 2000
and as amended on December 29, 2000, is by and between the
General Partner, as general partner, and Hanover Compression
Limited Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“Hanover Limited Holdings”).
WHEREAS, effective as of December 30, 2002, Hanover Limited
Holdings merged with and into Hanover Red, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, which subsequently transferred its
interest in Hanover Compression Limited Partnership to Hanover
HL.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the Partnership amends its
Partnership Agreement and Hanover HL acknowledges its
obligations hereunder as follows:
1. The table set forth in Schedule A to the
Partnership Agreement is amended to read, in its entirety, as
follows:
Percentage Interest | ||||
General Partner
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Hanover Compression General Holdings, LLC
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1 | % | ||
Limited Partner
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Hanover HL, LLC
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99 | % |
2. Hanover HL agrees to be bound by the terms of the
Partnership Agreement.
3. Hanover HL and the General Partner agree to continue the
business of the Partnership without dissolution.
HANOVER COMPRESSION GENERAL HOLDINGS, LLC,
as General Partner
as General Partner
By: |
/s/ XXXXXXX
X. XXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
HANOVER HL, LLC,
as Limited Partner
as Limited Partner
By: |
/s/ XXXXXXX
X. XXXXX
|
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Dated as of December 30, 2002
AMENDMENT
TO THE
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF
HANOVER COMPRESSION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (the “Partnership”)
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF
HANOVER COMPRESSION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (the “Partnership”)
This Amendment to the Limited Partnership Agreement of Hanover
Compression Limited Partnership (“Partnership
Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 29th day of
December, 2000, by and between Hanover Compression General
Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“Hanover General Holdings”), and Hanover Compression
Limited Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Limited Partner”).
WHEREAS, the original Partnership Agreement is dated
December 8, 2000 by and among Hanover LLC 3, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, as general partner, and the
Limited Partner, as limited partner.
WHEREAS, effective as of December 29, 2000, Hanover LLC 3,
LLC merged with and into Hanover General Holdings.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the Partnership amends its
Partnership Agreement and Hanover General Holdings acknowledges
its obligations hereunder as follows:
1 The table set forth in Schedule A to the Partnership
Agreement is amended to read, in its entirety, as follows:
Percentage Interest | Initial Capital Contribution | |||||||
General Partner
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Hanover Compression General Holdings, LLC
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1 | % | $ | 10 | ||||
Limited Partner
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Hanover Compression Limited Holdings, LLC
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99 | % | $ | 990 |
2. Hanover General Holdings agrees to be bound by the terms
of the Partnership Agreement.
3. Hanover General Holdings and the Limited Partner agree
to continue the business of the Partnership without dissolution.
HANOVER COMPRESSION GENERAL HOLDINGS, LLC,
as General Partner
as General Partner
By: |
/s/ XXXXXXX
X. XXXXXXXX
|
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Its: | Vice President |
HANOVER COMPRESSION LIMITED HOLDINGS, LLC,
as Limited Partner
as Limited Partner
By: |
/s/ XXXXXXX
X. XXXXXXXX
|
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Its: | Vice President |
Dated as of December 29, 2000
This Limited Partnership Agreement of Hanover Compression L.P.
is made and entered into to be effective as of the 8th day of
December, 2000, by and among Hanover LLC 3, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, as general partner, and Hanover
Compression Limited Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, as limited partner. All capitalized terms used herein
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.08
hereof and Exhibit A hereto unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise.
WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the
adequacy, receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Partners hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
ORGANIZATION
AND PURPOSE
Section 1.01 Formation
of Limited Partnership. The Partners hereby
agree to form a limited partnership pursuant to the Act.
Section 1.02 Name. The
name of the Partnership shall be Hanover Compression Limited
Partnership or such other name as shall be selected by the
General Partner. All business and affairs of the Partnership
shall be conducted solely under, and all Partnership Assets
shall be held solely in, such name unless otherwise determined
by the General Partner.
Section 1.03 Effective
Date and Term. The Partnership shall be in
effect for a term beginning on the Effective Date and shall
continue under this Agreement (as amended from time to time)
until dissolved upon the occurrence of an event that causes the
dissolution of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement, and thereafter to the extent provided by
applicable law, until wound up and terminated as provided herein.
Section 1.04 Business
and Purpose. The business and purpose of the
Partnership is to engage in any and all business activities that
may be lawfully conducted under the Act.
Section 1.05 Documents. The
Partners hereby ratify and approve the actions of the General
Partner in executing the Certificate in accordance with the Act
and causing the same to be filed in the office of the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware on December 7, 2000.
Section 1.06 Principal
Place of Business. The principal place of
business of the Partnership shall be 00000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx, 00000 or at such other place or places
as the General Partner may designate from time to time. The
General Partner shall be responsible for maintaining at the
Partnership’s principal place of business those records
required by the Act to be maintained there.
Section 1.07 Registered
Agent and Office. The registered agent for
service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware
or any other jurisdiction shall be The Corporation
Trust Company or such other Person or Persons as the
General Partner may designate from time to time. The registered
office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware shall be at
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 or such other
place as the General Partner may designate from time to time.
Section 1.08 Certain
Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the meanings specified as follows:
“Act” shall mean the Delaware Revised
Uniform Limited Partnership Act, Del. Code Xxx.,
§§17-101,
et seq., or, from and after the date any successor
statute becomes, by its terms, applicable to the Partnership,
such successor statute, in each case as amended at such time by
amendments that are, at that time, applicable to the
Partnership. All references to sections of the Act include any
corresponding provision or provisions of any such successor
statute.
“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to
any specified Person, (i) any Person that directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with the specified
Person or (ii) any Person that is an officer or director
of, partner in, or trustee of, or serves in a similar capacity
with respect to, the specified Person or of which the specified
Person is an officer, director, partner or trustee, or with
respect to which the specified Person serves in a similar
capacity. As used in this definition of “Affiliate”,
the terms “controls”, “controlled by” and
“under common control with” shall mean the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
“Agreement” shall mean this Limited
Partnership Agreement, as from time to time amended,
supplemented or restated.
“Capital Contributions” shall mean, with
respect to any Partner, such Partner’s total contributions
to the capital of the Partnership pursuant to this Agreement.
“Certificate” shall mean the
Partnership’s Certificate of Limited Partnership, as such
Certificate may from time to time be amended or restated.
“Corporation Election” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 4.01 hereof.
“Covered Person” shall have the meaning
set forth in Article VII hereof.
“Effective Date” shall mean the date set
forth in the opening paragraph of this Agreement.
“Entity” shall mean any corporation,
general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, trust, business trust, cooperative,
association or other entity.
“General Partner” shall mean Hanover LLC
3, LLC
and/or any
other Person admitted to the Partnership as a General Partner
pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Limited Partner” shall mean Hanover
Compression Limited Holdings, LLC
and/or any
other Person admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner
pursuant to the terms hereof.
“Partner” and “Partners”
shall mean, as the context requires, each or all of the General
Partner and the Limited Partners.
“Partnership” shall mean Hanover
Compression Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership,
and its successors.
“Partnership Assets” shall mean all
assets, whether tangible or intangible and whether real,
personal or mixed, at any time owned by the Partnership.
“Percentage Interest” shall mean for each
Partner the percentage interest in the Partnership set forth
opposite its name on the attached Schedule A which
is made a part of this Agreement for all purposes.
“Person” shall mean any natural person or
Entity.
“Substituted Partner” shall mean any
Person admitted to the Partnership in connection with the
Transfer of an interest pursuant to Section 5.02
hereof.
“Terminating Partner” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 6.05 hereof.
“Transfer” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5.01 hereof.
“Withdrawing Partner” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 6.03 hereof.
ARTICLE II.
OPERATIONS
Section 2.01
Management of Partnership.
(a) The General Partner shall have exclusive control over
the business of the Partnership and shall have all rights,
powers and authority generally conferred by law or necessary,
advisable or consistent in connection therewith. The General
Partner may, in its discretion, appoint officers of the
Partnership (such as President, Vice President, Treasurer,
Secretary and Assistant Secretary) to act as agents of the
Partnership. If the General Partner so resolves in writing, any
such officer may bind the Partnership by executing and
delivering contracts, agreements or instruments in the name and
on behalf of the Partnership. The Limited Partner shall have no
right to participate in or vote upon any Partnership matters
except as specifically provided by this Agreement or required by
any mandatory provision of the Act.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner
shall have full power on behalf and in the name of the
Partnership to carry out any and all of the objects and purposes
of the Partnership and to perform all acts and to execute and
deliver all agreements, instruments and other documents which
it, in its sole discretion, may deem necessary or desirable,
including without limitation, the power to:
(i) enter into, deliver, perform, construe and take any
action under, any contract, agreement or other instrument as the
General Partner shall determine to be necessary or desirable to
further the purpose of the Partnership;
(ii) open, maintain and close bank accounts, make deposits
thereunder and investment decisions with respect thereto and
draw checks or other orders for the payment of moneys;
(iii) collect all sums due the Partnership, including the
assertion by all advisable means of the Partnership’s right
to payment;
(iv) to the extent that funds of the Partnership are
available therefor, pay as they become due all debts,
obligations and operating expenses of the Partnership including,
without limitation, the salaries, bonuses, benefits and expenses
of the employees and agents of the Partnership and equipment and
office acquisitions and operating costs;
(v) employ and dismiss from employment, and pay the fees
and expenses of, any and all employees, attorneys, accountants,
consultants, advisors or other agents, on such terms and for
such compensation as the General Partner may determine, whether
or not such person may also be otherwise employed by any
affiliate of the General Partner;
(vi) obtain insurance for the Partnership;
(vii) admit additional partners;
(viii) determine distributions of Partnership cash and
other property as provided in Article IV;
(ix) bring and defend actions, investigations and
proceedings at law or equity or arbitrations or other forms of
alternative dispute resolution before any governmental,
administrative or other regulatory agency, body or commission or
arbitrator, mediator or other forum for dispute resolution;
(x) make all elections, investigations, evaluations and
decisions, binding the Partnership thereby, that may in the sole
judgment of the General Partner be necessary or desirable for
the acquisition, management or disposition of assets by the
Partnership, including without limitation the exercise of rights
to elect to adjust the tax basis of Partnership assets;
(xi) incur expenses and other obligations on behalf of the
Partnership and, to the extent that funds of the Partnership are
available for such purpose, pay all such expenses and
obligations;
(xii) cause the Partnership to incur or guarantee
indebtedness for borrowed money;
(xiii) possess and exercise all rights and powers of
general partners under the Act, in furtherance of the purposes
of the Partnership;
(xiv) consult with and seek the advice of one or more of
the Limited Partners as contemplated by
Section 17-303
of the Act;
(xv) borrow money, execute instruments evidencing
indebtedness and secure indebtedness by mortgage, deed of trust,
pledge, security interest or other lien in furtherance of
Partnership purposes; to pay and discharge all indebtedness
owing with respect to and secured by the Partnership’s
assets, or any part thereof, and to cause the Partnership to
make such other payments and perform such other acts as the
General Partner may deem necessary to preserve the interest of
the Partnership therein;
(xvi) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose
of Partnership property; to merge one or more entities with and
into the Partnership; to file any documents relating thereto
with any public official or third party;
(xvii) prepare and file all requisite tax returns required
by federal, state and local authorities having jurisdiction over
the Partnership, and to cause the Partnership to pay and
discharge all taxes and assessments levied and assessed against
the Partnership’s assets or any part thereof;
(xviii) keep all books of accounts and other records
required by the Partnership, and to keep vouchers, statements,
receipted bills and invoices and other records, covering
collections, disbursements, and other data in connection with
the Partnership; and
(xix) do any act which is necessary to carrying out any of
the purposes of the Partnership, including without limitation
the foregoing.
Section 2.02 Power
of Attorney. By the execution of this
Agreement, the Limited Partner does irrevocably constitute and
appoint the General Partner as its true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent with full power and authority to act
in its name, place and stead in the execution, acknowledgement,
delivering, filing and recording of all certificates and
documents that the General Partner deems necessary or reasonably
appropriate for the following specific purposes:
(i) to qualify or continue the Partnership as a limited
partnership in Delaware and to qualify the Partnership to do
business in the states in which the Partnership is required to
qualify;
(ii) to reflect a change in the identity of any Partner,
the addition of any Partner pursuant to the provisions of
Article V or an amendment of this Agreement made
pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.03; and
(iii) to reflect the dissolution and termination of the
Partnership after same has been dissolved and terminated in
accordance herewith.
The power of attorney granted herein shall be deemed to be
coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable and shall, to the
extent permitted by law, survive the termination of the Limited
Partner, and shall be binding on any assignee or vendee of the
Limited Partner’s Percentage Interest hereunder, or any
portion thereof, including any of the distributive rights
relating thereto.
Section 2.03 Partnership
Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in
this Agreement, the Partnership shall be responsible for paying
all costs and expenses related to the business of the
Partnership. In the event any such costs and expenses are or
have been paid by any Partner, then, except as expressly
provided herein to the contrary, such Partner shall be entitled
to be reimbursed for such payment. The payments and
reimbursements provided in this Section 2.02 shall
be made regardless of whether any distributions are made to the
Partners under Article IV hereof.
ARTICLE III.
FINANCING
Section 3.01 Capital
Contributions: Etc.
(a) On the Effective Date, each of Hanover LLC 3, LLC and
Hanover Compression Limited Holdings, LLC agrees to contribute
to the capital of the Partnership the property set forth
opposite its name on the
attached Schedule A, which is made a part of this Agreement
for all purposes, as its initial Capital Contribution.
(b) The Partners shall not be obligated to make any
additional Capital Contributions or loan money to the
Partnership.
Section 3.02 Limited
Liability of Partners. The Limited Partner
shall not be liable for the losses, debts, liabilities,
contracts or other obligations of the Partnership except as
otherwise required by the law.
Section 3.03 Treatment
of Capital Contributions. Except as may
otherwise be provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall be
entitled to interest on its Capital Contributions nor shall any
Partner be entitled to demand the return of all or any part of
such Capital Contributions.
Section 3.04 No
Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this
Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, in this Article III, expressed or
implied, is intended or shall be construed to give to any
creditor of the Partnership or to any creditor of any Partner or
any other Person whatsoever, other than the Partners and the
Partnership, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
against, under or in respect of the Partnership, the Partners or
this Agreement or any covenant, condition or provisions herein
contained, and such provisions are and shall be held to be for
the sole and exclusive benefit of the Partners and the
Partnership.
ARTICLE IV.
ALLOCATION,
DISTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS
Section 4.01 Certain
Tax and Accounting Matters. The Partnership
shall file an Internal Revenue Service Form 8832 (Entity
Classification Election) and elect to be classified as a
corporation for federal tax purposes under Treasury
Regulation Section 301.7701-3
(the “Corporation Election”). For those jurisdictions
that do not give effect to the Corporation Election, the
Partnership shall establish and maintain Partner capital
accounts, allocate Profits and Losses, and address tax and
accounting matters in accordance with the provisions of
Exhibit A, hereunto annexed and made a part hereof,
which provisions are incorporated herein and shall constitute
part of this Agreement.
Section 4.02 Distributions
to Partners. From time to time, the General
Partner shall distribute funds in such amounts as it may
determine, in its sole discretion. All funds shall be
distributed to the Partners in accordance with their respective
Percentage Interests at the time of the distribution. In
determining the amount of funds to distribute pursuant to this
Section 4.02, the General Partner may consider such
factors as the need to allocate funds to any reserves for
Partnership contingencies or any other Partnership purposes that
the General Partner deems necessary or appropriate.
ARTICLE V.
TRANSFERS
Section 5.01 Transfers. Any
Limited Partner or the General Partner may not sell, transfer,
assign, mortgage, hypothecate or otherwise permit or suffer any
encumbrance of (“Transfer”) all or any part of its
interest in the profits, losses or distributions of the
Partnership without the prior unanimous written consent of the
other Partners. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred by
the Partnership in connection with any Transfer, and the
admission of a Person as a Substituted Partner, shall be paid by
the transferee.
Section 5.02 Restrictions
on Transfer. In the event of any Transfer or
Transfers permitted by this Article V, the interest
so Transferred shall remain subject to all terms and provisions
of this Agreement; and the assignee or transferee shall be
deemed, by accepting the interest so Transferred, to have
assumed all the obligations hereunder relating to the interest
so Transferred. Any transferee or assignee of the interest of a
Partner shall automatically be admitted as a Substituted
Partner. Any assignee of a General Partner interest in the
Partnership admitted to the Partnership as a Substituted Partner
shall succeed to and assume the management and voting rights of
the Transferring General Partner. Except as provided herein,
upon admission, a Substituted Partner shall be subject to all
provisions of the Agreement in the place and stead of its
assignor as if the Substituted Partner were originally a party
to this Agreement. Upon admission of a transferee of the
entire interest of a Partner as a Substituted Partner, the
transferor shall be automatically withdrawn as a Partner from
the Partnership, and shall be relieved of any corresponding
obligations as a Partner hereunder, including, without
limitation, any obligations of the Partnership or any other
Partner.
ARTICLE VI.
WITHDRAWAL,
DISSOLUTION, AND TERMINATION
Section 6.01 Withdrawal. Except
in connection with the Transfer of an interest in the
Partnership, no Partner shall at any time retire or withdraw
from the Partnership without obtaining the prior unanimous
written consent of the remaining Partners. The withdrawal of any
Limited Partner shall not dissolve the Partnership; and the
Partnership shall continue notwithstanding such withdrawal.
Section 6.02 Dissolution/Winding-Up. The
Partnership shall be dissolved and wound up upon the occurrence
of any of the following:
(a) the resignation of a General Partner other than in
connection with the Transfer of an interest in the Partnership,
unless:
(i) the remaining General Partner, if any, elects in
writing within thirty (30) days after such withdrawal to
reconstitute the Partnership, to continue as the General Partner
and to continue the Partnership and its business, or
(ii) if there is no remaining General Partner within ninety
(90) days after such withdrawal, all of the Limited
Partners agree to appoint in writing a successor General
Partner, as of the date of the withdrawal of the General
Partner, and agree to reconstitute the Partnership and to
continue the business of the Partnership, and such successor
General Partner agrees in writing to accept such appointment;
(b) the sale, exchange or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the Partnership Assets; or
(c) the unanimous written election of the Partners.
Section 6.03 Continuation
and Reconstitution of Partnership. If the
Partnership is continued as provided in
Sections 6.01, 6.02(a)(i) or (ii)
then, as of the date of withdrawal, the Partner with respect to
which an event of withdrawal under Sections 6.01 or
6.02 has occurred (or its successor in interest) (the
“Withdrawing Partner”) shall have none of the powers
of a Partner under the Agreement or applicable law and shall
have only the rights and powers of an assignee of the interest
of such Partner hereunder to share in any Partnership profits,
losses and distributions in accordance with its interest in the
Partnership and shall have no other rights, powers or
liabilities of a Partner hereunder; provided, however,
that any Withdrawing Partner shall remain subject to all of its
obligations, liabilities, restrictions and remedies with respect
to Capital Contributions, and shall remain subject to all
restrictions provided for with respect to a Partner’s
interest hereunder unless specifically otherwise agreed by all
the remaining Partners.
Section 6.04 Bankruptcy,
etc. of a Limited Partner. The withdrawal,
termination (in the case of a Limited Partner that is a
partnership), dissolution (in the case of a Limited Partner that
is a corporation), retirement or adjudication as a bankrupt of a
Limited Partner shall not dissolve nor
wind-up the
Partnership, but the rights of such Limited Partner to share in
the profits and losses of the Partnership and to receive
distributions of Partnership funds shall, upon the happening of
such an event, pass to the Limited Partner’s legal
representative, or successor in interest, as the case may be,
subject to the Agreement, and the Partnership shall continue as
a limited partnership but in no event shall such Limited
Partner’s legal representative, or successors in interest,
become a Substituted Partner except with the consent of all of
the Partners.
Section 6.05 Termination
of Partnership.
(a) Upon the
winding-up
and dissolution of the Partnership unless continued pursuant to
Sections 6.01 or 6.02, the Partnership shall
be terminated as rapidly as business circumstances will
reasonably permit. At the direction of the General Partner, or a
Person approved by the Limited Partner(s) if the
winding-up
and dissolution of the Partnership is pursuant to
Section 6.02(a)(ii) hereof (the General Partner or
the other Person, as the case may be, being herein called the
“Terminating Partner”), a full accounting of the
assets and
liabilities of the Partnership shall be taken and a statement of
the Partnership Assets shall be furnished to all Partners as
soon as is reasonably practicable.
(b) After the payment of all expenses of liquidation and of
all debts and liabilities of the Partnership in such order or
priority as provided by law (including any debts or liabilities
to Partners, who shall be treated as secured or unsecured
creditors, as may be the case, to the extent permitted by law,
for sums loaned to the Partnership, if any, as distinguished
from Capital Contributions) and after all resulting items of
Partnership Profits and Losses have been allocated to the
Partners in accordance with the terms of Exhibit A,
all remaining Partnership Assets shall then be distributed among
the Partners in accordance with the provisions of
Section 4.02 hereof. All liquidating distributions shall be
made in assets of the Partnership
and/or in
cash as the Terminating Partner shall determine in its sole and
absolute discretion.
Section 6.06 General
Partners Not Personally Liable for Return of Capital
Contributions. No General Partner nor any
Affiliate of any General Partner shall be personally liable for
the return of the Capital Contributions of any Partner, and such
return shall be made solely from available Partnership Assets,
if any, and each Limited Partner hereby waives any and all
claims it may have against any General Partner or any such
Affiliate in this regard.
Section 6.07 Provisions
Cumulative. All provisions of this Agreement
relating to the dissolution, liquidation and termination of the
Partnership shall be cumulative to the extent not inconsistent
with other provisions herein; that is, the exercise or use of
one of the provisions hereof shall not preclude the exercise or
use of any other provision of this Agreement to the extent not
inconsistent therewith.
ARTICLE VII.
INDEMNIFICATION
The Partnership shall indemnify and hold harmless each General
Partner and Limited Partner and its equity holders, members,
directors, officers, employees, agents and Affiliates (each, a
“Covered Person”) from and against any and all claims
or liabilities of any nature whatsoever, including legal fees
and other expenses reasonably incurred, arising out of or in
connection with the activities of the Partnership or any action
taken or omitted by any such Covered Person by or on behalf of
the Partnership pursuant to authority granted by this Agreement
except (i) for those incurred as a result of, arising from,
or relating to, the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad
faith of such Covered Person, or a knowing and material
violation by such Covered Person of the provisions of this
Agreement, (ii) as to which indemnification is barred under
the federal securities law, the Act or other applicable law, or
(iii) as to its share as Partner in any losses or expenses
of the Partnership, including any indemnification provided
pursuant to this Article VII. In the
event that any Covered Person becomes involved in any capacity
in any suit, action, proceeding or investigation with respect to
which such Covered Person may be entitled to indemnification
under this Article VII, the Partnership will
periodically reimburse such Covered Person for its reasonable
legal and other expenses (including the cost of any
investigation and preparation) incurred in connection therewith;
provided, however, that such Covered Person shall provide
an undertaking to promptly repay to the Partnership the amount
of any such expenses paid to it if it shall ultimately be
determined that such Covered Person is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Partnership as herein provided in connection
with such suit, action, proceeding or investigation.
The satisfaction of any indemnification and any saving harmless
pursuant to this Article VII shall be solely from
Partnership Assets and no Partner shall be required to
contribute additional capital or otherwise pay any amounts in
respect of any indemnification obligations hereunder.
No amendment, alteration or repeal of this
Article VII or any provision hereof will be
effective as to any Covered Person for acts, events and
circumstances that occurred, in whole or in part, before that
amendment, alteration or repeal. The provisions of this
Article VII will continue as to any Covered Person
whose company status has ceased for any reason and will inure to
the benefit of its heirs, executors, administrators, successors
and assigns. Neither the provisions of this
Article VII nor those of any agreement to which the
Partnership is a party will preclude the indemnification of any
person, entity or organization which this
Article VII does not specify as having the right to
receive indemnification or is not a party to any such agreement,
but which the Partnership has the power or obligation to
indemnify under the provisions of the Act.
ARTICLE VIII.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 8.01 Other
Competing Business. Except as may be provided
in any other agreement to which the parties hereto may be a
party but notwithstanding anything else to the contrary
contained in or inferable from this Agreement, the Act or any
other statute or principle of law, neither the Partners nor any
of their respective Affiliates shall be prohibited or restricted
in any way from investing in or conducting, either directly or
indirectly, businesses of any nature whatsoever, including the
ownership and operation of businesses or properties similar to,
competitive with or in the same geographical area as those held
by the Partnership. Any investment in or conduct of any such
businesses by a Partner or any of their respective Affiliates
shall not give rise to any claim for an accounting by the other
Partners or the Partnership or any right to claim any interest
therein or the profits therefrom or damages in respect thereof.
Section 8.02 Notice.
(a) All notices, demands or requests provided for or
permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement must be in
writing and sent to a Partner at the address listed under such
Partner’s name on the signature page of this Agreement or
via telecopier or other similar device to the telephone number
listed opposite such Partner’s name on the signature page,
as both shall be changed by notice in accordance with this
Section.
(b) All notices, demands and requests to be sent to a
Partner pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to have been
properly given or served if: (i) personally delivered,
(ii) deposited for next day delivery by Federal Express, or
other similar overnight courier services, addressed to such
Partner, (iii) deposited in the United States mail,
addressed to such Partner, prepaid and registered or certified
with return receipt requested or (iv) transmitted via
telecopier or other similar device to the attention of such
Partner. Any notice sent in compliance with the above provisions
shall be deemed given on the date received, except that notices
sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
shall be deemed given on the third business day next succeeding
the day on which it was sent, or, if sooner, on the actual date
received.
Section 8.03 Amendments. Except
as provided herein, amendments and supplements may be made to or
restatements made of this Agreement only with the prior
unanimous consent of the Partners.
Section 8.04 Force
Majeure. If, as a result of force majeure
(including and without limitation any and all events and
circumstances not within or subject to a party’s reasonable
control), the General Partner is unable to carry out, wholly or
in part, its duties and obligations under this Agreement, then
the duties and obligations of the General Partner, so far as the
General Partner’s ability to comply with them is affected
by the force majeure, shall be suspended during the continuance
of the force majeure. The General Partner shall use all
reasonable diligence to remove the force majeure as quickly as
reasonably possible. The requirement that any force majeure
shall be remedied with all reasonable diligence shall not
require the settlement of strikes, lockouts or other labor
difficulty suffered, but resolution of all such difficulties
shall be entirely within the discretion of the party concerned.
Section 8.05 GOVERNING
LAW. THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTNERS HEREUNDER SHALL BE INTERPRETED, CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT
REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
Section 8.06 Entire
Agreement. Except as provided herein, this
Agreement, including all exhibits and schedules to this
Agreement, contains the entire agreement among the parties
relative to the matters contained in this Agreement.
Section 8.07 Waiver. No
consent or waiver, express or implied, by any Partner to or for
any breach or default by any other Partner in the performance by
such other Partner of its or its obligations under this
Agreement shall be deemed or construed to be a consent or waiver
to or of any other breach or default in the performance by such
other Partner of the same or any other obligations of such other
Partner under this Agreement. Failure on the part of any Partner
to complain of any act or failure to act of any of the other
Partners or to declare any of the Partners in default,
regardless of how long such failure continues, shall not
constitute a waiver by such Partner of its rights hereunder.
Section 8.08 Severability. If
any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to
any person or circumstance shall be invalid or unenforceable to
any extent, the remainder of this Agreement and the application
of such provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not
be affected thereby, and the intent of this Agreement shall be
enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.
Section 8.09 Binding
Agreement. Subject to the restrictions on
transfers and encumbrances set forth in this Agreement, this
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon,
the undersigned Partners and their respective legal
representatives, successors and assigns. Whenever, in this
Agreement, a reference to any party or Partner is made, such
reference shall be deemed to include a reference to the legal
representatives, successors and assigns of such party or Partner.
Section 8.10 Waiver
of Partition. Except as may be otherwise
required by law in connection with the
winding-up,
liquidation and dissolution of the Partnership, each Partner
hereby irrevocably waives any and all rights that it may have to
maintain an action for partition of any of the Partnership
Assets.
Section 8.11 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original for all purposes and all of
which when taken together shall constitute a single counterpart
instrument.
[THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed and
delivered this Agreement to be effective as of the Effective
Date.
GENERAL PARTNER
Hanover LLC 3, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company
liability company
By: |
/s/ XXXXXXX
X. XXXXXXXX
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
President
LIMITED PARTNER.
Hanover Compression Limited Holdings, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company
Delaware limited liability company
By: |
/s/ XXXXXXX
X. XXXXXX
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Vice President
Initial Capital |
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Percentage Interest | Contributions | |||||||
General Partner
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Hanover LLC 3, LLC
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1.0 | % | $ | 10 | ||||
Limited Partner
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Hanover Compression Limited Holdings
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99.0 | % | $ | 990 |
CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS: ALLOCATIONS OF PROFITS AND
LOSSES;
TAX AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS: CERTAIN OTHER PROVISIONS
TAX AND ACCOUNTING MATTERS: CERTAIN OTHER PROVISIONS
ARTICLE I
CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS
Section 1.1 Definitions. When
used in this Exhibit A, the following terms will
have the meanings respectively indicated.
“Adjusted Capital Account” means the
Book Capital Account of a Partner reduced by any adjustments,
allocations or distributions described in paragraphs
(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6) of
Section 1.704-1
of the Regulations and increased by any amounts such Partner is
obligated to restore to the Partnership or is deemed obligated
to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of
Section 1.704-2(g)(1)
and 1.704-2(i)(5) of the Regulations.
“Book Basis” means with respect to any
asset, the asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax
purposes provided, however, (i) if property is
contributed to the Partnership, the initial Book Basis of such
property shall equal its fair market value on the date of
contribution; and (ii) if the Book Capital Accounts of the
Partnership are adjusted pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)
to reflect the fair market value of any Partnership asset, the
Book Basis of such asset shall be adjusted to equal its
respective fair market value as of the time of such adjustment
in accordance with such Regulation. The Book Basis of all assets
shall be adjusted thereafter by Book Depreciation as provided in
Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g)
and any other adjustment to the basis of assets other than Book
Depreciation.
“Book Capital Account” has the meaning
set forth in Section 1.2 of this
Exhibit A.
“Book Depreciation” means for each
taxable year or other period, an amount equal to the
depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction
allowable with respect to an asset of the Partnership for the
year or other period, except that if the Book Basis of an asset
differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes
at the beginning of the year or other period, Book Depreciation
with respect to that asset shall be an amount which bears the
same ratio to the beginning Book Basis as the federal income tax
depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction with
respect to that asset for the year or other period bears to the
beginning adjusted tax basis, provided that if the federal
income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery
deduction with respect to that asset for the year or other
period is zero, Book Depreciation will be determined with
reference to the beginning Book Basis using any reasonable
method selected by the General Partner.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning
set forth in Section 1.704 2(b)(1) of the
Regulations.
“Nonrecourse Liability” has the meaning
set forth in
Section 1.752-1(a)(2)
of the Regulations.
“Partner Nonrecourse Debt” has the
meaning set forth in
Section 1.704-2(b)(4)
of the Regulations.
“Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain”
has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.704-2(i)(2)
of the Regulations.
“Partner Nonrecourse Deductions” has the
meaning set forth in
Sections 1.704-2(i)
and 1.704-2(i)(2) of the Regulations.
“Partnership Minimum Gain” has the
meaning set forth in
Sections 1.704-2(b)(2)
and 1.704-2(d) of the Regulations.
“Profits” or
“Losses” means the Partnership’s
taxable income or loss, respectively, as calculated in
accordance with Section 703(a) of the Code (for this
purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required
to be stated separately pursuant to
Section 703(a)(1) of the Code shall be included in
such taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments:
(i) any income and gain that is exempt from tax and all
expenditures described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of
the Code (or treated as expenditures so described pursuant to
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i)
of the Regulations), and not otherwise taken into account in
computing Profits or Losses shall be reflected in such Profits
or Losses;
(ii) Book Depreciation, and not the depreciation, depletion
or amortization deduction or allowance that shall be allowable
for federal income tax purposes to the Partnership with respect
to a Partnership Asset, shall be taken into account;
(iii) The Book Basis of Partnership assets and not the
adjusted tax basis, shall be used in calculating such Profits or
Losses;
(iv) Any increase or decrease to Book Capital Accounts as a
result of any adjustment pursuant to Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g)
shall constitute an item of Profit or Loss as
appropriate; and
(v) Any amounts allocated under Sections 2.2
and 2.3 of this Exhibit A shall not be taken into account
in computing Profits or Losses.
“Regulations” means the temporary, final
and proposed Income Tax Regulations promulgated under the Code,
as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including
corresponding provisions of succeeding Regulations).
Section 1.2 Book
Capital Accounts. A capital account (the
“Book Capital Account”) for each Partner shall
be maintained at all times during the term of the Partnership in
accordance each Partner shall be maintained at all times during
the term of the Partnership in accordance with this
Section 1.2 and the capital accounting rules set
forth in
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)
and in
Section 1.704-2
of the Regulations. In the event that at any time during the
term of the Partnership it shall be determined that the Book
Capital Accounts shall not have been maintained as required by
this Section 1.2, then said accounts shall be
retroactively adjusted so that the same shall conform to this
Section 1.2.
(a) Initial Book Capital
Accounts. The Book Capital Accounts of the
Partners as of the date hereof (and after the contributions
described in Section 3.01 of the Agreement have been
made) shall be as more fully reflected on the Partnership’s
books and records.
(b) Optional Revaluations of Partnership
Property. The Partnership will make the
election to revalue Partnership Assets permitted under
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)
of the Regulations unless otherwise determined by the General
Partner.
(c) Book Adjustments on
Distributions. With respect to all
distributions of Partnership Assets to Partners, the Partnership
shall comply with the provisions contained in
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e)
of the Regulations (relating to adjustments to the
Partners’ Book Capital Accounts in connection with such
distributions) and all allocations and adjustments made in
connection therewith shall be in accordance with
Article II of this Exhibit A.
ARTICLE II
ALLOCATION
OF CERTAIN PROFITS AND LOSSES FOR BOOK AND TAX PURPOSES
Section 2.1 Profits
and Losses.
(a) Allocation. The Profits
or Losses of the Partnership shall be allocated to the Partners
in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.
(b) Limitation. To the extent
Losses which otherwise would have been allocated to a Limited
Partner pursuant to Section 2.1(a) would cause such
Limited Partner to have a deficit in its Adjusted Capital
Account at the end of any fiscal year, such Losses shall not be
allocated to the such Limited Partner but instead shall be
allocated to the General Partner. This
Section 2.1(b) is intended to ensure that
allocations of Losses have economic effect pursuant to
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)
of the Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently
therewith.
Section 2.2 Special
Allocations. The following special
allocations shall be made in the following order:
(a) Partnership Minimum Gain
Chargeback. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, 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
Sections 1.704-2(f),
1.704-2(g)(2) and 1.704-2(j)(2)(i) of the
Regulations, or any successor provisions. Allocations pursuant
to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion to the
respective amounts required to be allocated to each Partner
pursuant thereto. The items to be so allocated shall be
determined in accordance with
Sections 1.704-2(0(6)
and 1.704-2(j)(2) of the Regulations. This
Section 2.2(a) is intended to comply with the
Partnership Minimum Gain chargeback requirement in
Section 1.704-2(f)
of the Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently
therewith.
(b) Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain
Chargeback. Except as provided in
Section 1.704-2(i)(4)
of the Regulations, notwithstanding any other provision of this
Exhibit A to the contrary, 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
Sections 1.704-2(i)(4)
and
1.704-2(j)(2)(ii)
of the Regulations, or any successor provisions. Allocations
pursuant to the previous sentence shall be made in proportion to
the respective amounts required to be allocated to each Partner
pursuant thereto. The items to be so allocated shall be
determined in accordance with
Sections 1.704-2(i)(4)
and 1.704-2(j)(2) of the Regulations. This
Section 2.2(b) is intended to comply with the
chargeback of items of income and gain requirement in
Section 1.704-2(i)(4)
of the Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently
therewith.
(c) Qualified Income Offset. In
the event any Limited Partner unexpectedly receives any
adjustments, allocations, or distributions described in
Sections 1.704-
1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6) of the Regulations,
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 Code Section 704(b), the deficit
balance, if any, in its Adjusted Capital Account created by such
adjustments, allocations, or distributions, as quickly as
possible; provided, however, that an allocation pursuant
to this Section 2.2(c) shall be made only if and to
the extent that such Limited Partner would have a deficit
balance in its Adjusted Capital Account after all other
allocations provided for in this Exhibit A have been
tentatively made as if this Section 2.2(c) were not
in the Agreement.
(d) 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 in good faith discretion that the
Partnership’s Nonrecourse Deductions must be allocated in a
different ratio to satisfy the safe harbor requirements of the
Treasury Regulations promulgated under Code
Section 704(b), the General Partner is authorized,
upon notice to the Partners, to revise the prescribed ratio to
the numerically closest ratio that does satisfy such
requirements.
(e) Partner Nonrecourse
Deductions. Partner Nonrecourse Deductions
for any taxable period shall be allocated to the Partner that
bears the economic risk of loss with respect to the Partner
Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions
are attributable in accordance with
Section 1.704-2(i)
of the Regulations.
Section 2.3 Certain
Book/Tax Differences. In accordance
with Section 704(c) of the Code and the applicable
Regulations thereunder, income, gain, loss and deduction with
respect to any Partnership Asset contributed to the capital of
the Partnership, or with respect to any Partnership Asset which
has a Book Basis different than its adjusted tax basis, shall,
solely for income tax purposes, be allocated among the Partners
so as to take into account any variation between the adjusted
tax basis of such Partnership Asset to the Partnership and the
Book Basis of such Partnership Asset.
ARTICLE III
TAX AND
ACCOUNTING MATTERS:
REPORTING.
Section 3.1 Tax
and Accounting Matters.
(a) The Partnership will be on the accrual basis for both
tax and accounting purposes.
(b) The Partnership books and records shall be prepared in
accordance with either tax accounting principles, consistently
applied, or generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied, as the General Partner shall determine in
its sole discretion. Such books and records shall be audited by
a firm of independent certified public accountants as determined
by the General Partner at such times as the General Partner may
determine, and the expenses of all such audits shall be borne by
the Partnership; provided, however that if the
Partnership makes an election under Section 754 of
the Code, any Partner receiving an adjustment in tax basis in
Partnership Assets by application of Section 743 of
the Code shall bear that portion of the accounting and audit
expenses as is properly attributable to the calculation of such
basis adjustment and the maintenance of the accounts with
respect thereto.
(c) All federal and state income tax returns of the
Partnership shall be prepared under the direction of the General
Partner, and all tax audits and litigation shall be conducted
under the direction of the General Partner. The General Partner
is hereby designated as the “tax matters partner” for
the Partnership (as such term is defined in
Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code).
(d) The fiscal year of the Partnership shall end on the
31st day of December in each year.
(e) The Partnership shall invest its funds in such interest
bearing or non-interest bearing accounts as the General Partner
shall determine from time to time.
Section 3.2 Reporting. Within
60 days after the close of each calendar year, the General
Partner shall provide a copy of a set of unaudited financial
statements to each Partner which shall include, as of the end of
such year:
(a) a balance sheet and a statement of net assets of the
Partnership;
(b) a statement of income;
(c) a statement of cash flows;
(d) a statement of the capital accounts of each
Partner; and
(e) a statement of Partnership allocations and
distributions during such year.
ARTICLE IV
NO
DEFICIT FUNDING OBLIGATION
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Exhibit A or in the Partnership Agreement, at no time shall
any Partner be obligated to restore all or any portion of any
deficit balance in such Partner’s Book Capital Account.