AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF FORTRESS OPERATING ENTITY I LP Dated as of February 1, 2007
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT
OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
FORTRESS
OPERATING ENTITY I 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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Special
Advisor Cashflow Distribution |
30
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Section 7.6
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Expense
Amount Distributions |
30
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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 |
31
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Section 9.1
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Duration
and Dissolution |
31
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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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32
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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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34
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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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35
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Section 10.8
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Additional
Documents |
35
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Section 10.9
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Notices
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35
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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 I 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 I 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 DefinitionsAs 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 (other than
Section 6.2(h)) 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 I 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 General 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.
(h) For
purposes of this Section 6.2, each of (i) any income allocated to the
Partnership under Section 481(a) of the Code as a result of the termination of
any of Drawbridge Special Opportunities Advisors, LLC, Drawbridge Global Macro
Advisors, LLC, or Drawbridge Relative Value Advisors, LLC, and (ii) any state
or local taxes attributable to such income and imposed upon the Partnership or
one of its Subsidiaries shall be treated as an item of Section 704(c) income or
deduction, as the case may be, allocable entirely to the Original Partners pro
rata in accordance with their Percentage Interests.
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 7.6
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
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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 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,
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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 Special
Advisor Cashflow Distribution.
Notwithstanding Section 7.1, to the extent not distributed prior to the date
hereof, the assets listed on Schedule 7.5 hereto, to the extent received by the
Partnership prior to the Fortress IPO and attributable to the income which is
allocated to the Original Partners pursuant to Section 6.2(h), shall be
distributed entirely to such Original Partners in accordance with the
allocation of the related income items under Section 6.2(h). For the avoidance
of doubt, such distribution shall not be a “Prior Distribution” for
purposes of Section 7.3.
Section 7.6 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.
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.
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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 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
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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 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).
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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.
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
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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 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
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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 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
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FIG
CORP.,
a
Delaware corporation |
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
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Title:
Chief Operating Officer |
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LIMITED
PARTNERS: |
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx |
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | |||
Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx, Xx. |
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx |
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx |
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ALDEL
LLC |
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Title:
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FORTRESS
OPERATING ENTITY I 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 I LP
THIS
CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING CLASS [A/B] COMMON UNITS OF FORTRESS OPERATING ENTITY
I 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 _________
___________ Class [A/B] Common Units
FORTRESS
OPERATING ENTITY I 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 __, 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 I LP,
a
Delaware limited partnership |
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By:
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FIG
CORP.,
its
general partner |
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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