LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF BARLOW HOLDINGS LLC Dated as of May 12, 2005
Exhibit 99.1
OF
XXXXXX HOLDINGS LLC
Dated as of May 12, 2005
THE INTERESTS ISSUED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS, IN RELIANCE UPON EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION AND QUALIFICATION PROVIDED IN THE
SECURITIES ACT AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED IN THE
ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND QUALIFICATION OR
REGISTRATION UNDER THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO
THE ISSUER THAT SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
IN ADDITION, THE INTERESTS ISSUED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED ONLY IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH HEREIN.
Table of Contents
Page | ||||||
ARTICLE I | ||||||
DEFINITIONS | ||||||
ARTICLE II | ||||||
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY | ||||||
2.1
|
Certificate of Formation | 12 | ||||
2.2
|
Name | 12 | ||||
2.3
|
Principal Office, Resident Agent and Registered Office | 12 | ||||
2.4
|
Purpose | 12 | ||||
2.5
|
Term | 13 | ||||
2.6
|
Fiscal Year | 13 | ||||
2.7
|
Other Business | 13 | ||||
2.8
|
REOC Status | 14 | ||||
2.9
|
REIT Qualification | 14 | ||||
ARTICLE III | ||||||
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS BY MEMBERS | ||||||
3.1
|
Initial Capital Contributions | 14 | ||||
3.2
|
Additional Capital Contributions | 15 | ||||
3.3
|
Loans by Members | 16 | ||||
3.4
|
[Intentionally deleted.] | 17 | ||||
3.5
|
General | 17 | ||||
3.6
|
No Third Party Rights | 18 | ||||
3.7
|
Return of Capital | 18 | ||||
ARTICLE IV | ||||||
MANAGEMENT | ||||||
4.1
|
Designation and Authority of the Manager | 18 | ||||
4.2
|
Annual Plan Decisions | 20 | ||||
4.3
|
Affiliate Agreements; Employment and Termination | 21 | ||||
4.4
|
Removal of Manager | 22 | ||||
4.5
|
Major Decisions | 23 | ||||
4.6
|
Cooperation Upon Sale of the Property | 29 | ||||
4.7
|
Approvals and Consents/Access to Books and Records | 29 | ||||
4.8
|
Copies of Notices Affecting the Property | 30 | ||||
4.9
|
Bank Accounts | 30 | ||||
4.10
|
Pension-held REIT | 30 | ||||
4.11
|
REIT Status | 31 | ||||
4.12
|
Exemption from REIT Ownership Limit | 31 |
i
Table of Contents
(continued)
(continued)
Page | ||||||
ARTICLE V | ||||||
PARTITION | ||||||
ARTICLE VI | ||||||
COVENANTS, WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF MEMBERS | ||||||
6.1
|
Representations and Warranties of CE | 32 | ||||
6.2
|
Representations and Warranties of WARC | 33 | ||||
ARTICLE VII | ||||||
BOOKS AND RECORDS; STATEMENTS; AUDITS BY INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS | ||||||
7.1
|
Books and Records; Statements; Audits by Independent Certified Public Accountants | 34 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII | ||||||
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; DISTRIBUTIONS | ||||||
8.1
|
Capital Accounts | 37 | ||||
8.2
|
Adjustments | 37 | ||||
8.3
|
Distributions | 37 | ||||
8.4
|
Negative Capital Accounts | 38 | ||||
8.5
|
Allocations of Net Profit and Net Loss | 38 | ||||
8.6
|
Qualified Income Offsets, Curative Allocations | 38 | ||||
8.7
|
Nonrecourse Debt | 39 | ||||
8.8
|
Tax Allocations | 39 | ||||
8.9
|
Fractions Rule Compliance | 39 | ||||
8.10
|
Withholding | 40 | ||||
8.11
|
Final Distribution | 40 | ||||
ARTICLE IX | ||||||
DISSOLUTION | ||||||
9.1
|
Dissolving Events | 40 | ||||
9.2
|
Methods of Liquidation | 41 | ||||
9.3
|
Reasonable Time for Liquidating | 42 | ||||
9.4
|
Date of Liquidation | 42 | ||||
9.5
|
Withdrawals | 42 | ||||
9.6
|
Allocations on Dissolution | 42 |
ii
Table of Contents
(continued)
(continued)
Page | ||||||
ARTICLE X | ||||||
SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER | ||||||
10.1 |
Transfers of Interests in Company | 42 | ||||
10.2 |
Buy/Sell | 43 | ||||
10.3 |
[Intentionally deleted.] | 45 | ||||
10.4 |
Restraining Order/Specific Performance/Other Remedies | 45 | ||||
10.5 |
Compliance with Law | 45 | ||||
10.6 |
Substitute Members | 45 | ||||
10.7 |
Overall Transfer Prohibitions | 46 | ||||
10.8 |
Section 754 Election | 47 | ||||
10.9 |
Release of Liability | 47 | ||||
ARTICLE XI | ||||||
DEFAULTS | ||||||
11.1 |
Defaults | 47 | ||||
11.2 |
Defaulting Member | 48 | ||||
11.3 |
Monetary Defaults | 49 | ||||
11.4 |
Transfer of Percentage Interests | 50 | ||||
11.5 |
No Waiver | 51 | ||||
11.6 |
Not Exclusive Remedy | 51 | ||||
11.7 |
Further Actions | 51 | ||||
11.8 |
Power of Attorney | 51 | ||||
ARTICLE XII | ||||||
NOTICES | ||||||
12.1 |
In Writing; Address | 52 | ||||
12.2 |
Method | 53 | ||||
ARTICLE XIII | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
13.1 |
Additional Documents and Acts | 53 | ||||
13.2 |
Governing Law and Jurisdiction | 53 | ||||
13.3 |
Pronouns | 53 | ||||
13.4 |
Entire Agreement | 53 | ||||
13.5 |
References to this Agreement | 54 | ||||
13.6 |
Headings | 54 | ||||
13.7 |
Binding Effect | 54 | ||||
13.8 |
Counterparts | 54 | ||||
13.9 |
Amendments | 54 |
iii
Table of Contents
(continued)
(continued)
Page | ||||||
13.10
|
Estoppel Certificates | 54 | ||||
13.11
|
Exhibits | 54 | ||||
13.12
|
Severability | 54 | ||||
13.13
|
Waiver; Modification | 55 | ||||
13.14
|
Third Party Beneficiaries | 55 | ||||
13.15
|
Reliance on Authority of Person Signing Agreement; Designated Representatives | 55 | ||||
13.16
|
Indemnity | 56 | ||||
13.17
|
Cooperation of Manager | 56 | ||||
13.18
|
Herein | 57 | ||||
13.19
|
Including | 57 | ||||
13.20
|
Cost of Counsel | 57 | ||||
13.21
|
Days | 57 | ||||
13.22
|
Time of Essence | 57 | ||||
13.23
|
Confidentiality | 57 |
iv
THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) of XXXXXX HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (the “Company”), is executed and entered into as of May 12, 2005, by and
among 0000 XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX REALTY COMPANY LLC, a Delaware corporation (“WARC”) and COLUMBIA
EQUITY, LP, a Virginia limited partnership (“CE”), as the Members.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company was formed on May 12, 2005;
WHEREAS, the Members (as hereinafter defined) desire to form a limited liability company and
adopt this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware Act (as hereinafter defined)
and to constitute themselves a limited liability company for the purposes set forth in Section 2.4
of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, each Member desires to make its respective capital contributions to the Company as
described in this Agreement and to be a Member (as hereinafter defined) of the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, obligations and agreements contained
herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
The following terms shall have the following meanings when used herein:
Additional Capital Contributions: As defined in Section 3.2(a).
Adjusted Capital Account Deficit: With respect to any Member, the deficit
balance, if any, in such Member’s Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Period,
after giving effect to the following adjustments:
(i) Credit to such Capital Account any amounts which such Member is deemed to be
obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentence of Treasury Regulations sections
1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5); and
(ii) Debit to such Capital Account the items described in Treasury Regulations
sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5) and 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6).
The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply
with the provisions of Treasury Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be
interpreted consistently therewith.
Advance Notice: Notice given in writing at least twenty-four (24) hours in
advance of action which shall be taken during regular business hours on a Business Day.
Affiliate: With respect to any Person (the “Subject Person”), (i) any
other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls or is
controlled by or is under common control with the Subject Person, (ii) any Person
owning or controlling, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, more than
50% of the outstanding voting securities of or other ownership interests in the Subject
Person, (iii) any other Person in which the Subject Person (or any Affiliate of the
Subject Person under the terms hereof), directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, is the managing general partner or a managing member or a general partner
in a general partnership or otherwise acts in a similar capacity, (iv) any officer,
director or constituent partner of the Subject Person, and (v) if the Subject
Person is an officer, director or Member of the Company, any company for which the Subject
Person acts in the same or similar capacity. With respect to WARC, “Affiliate” also shall
be deemed to include (x) a pension fund, collective investment fund containing
pension funds, separate accounts or other investors, foundation, endowment, Xxxx Xxxxxxx
plan or any other tax exempt entity or organization, or entities owned by any of the
foregoing parties for which JPMIM or JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or one of their respective
affiliates or successors and assigns by operation of law) acts as trustee, agent, manager
or independent advisor.
Affiliate Agreement: Any contract, agreement or other arrangement, oral or
written, entered into between the Company Subsidiary, the Company or the Manager and any
Person which is an Affiliate of the Company, any of the Members or the Manager with respect
to the provision of services to, or supplies, plant, machinery or equipment for, the
Property or any portion thereof. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, the
Members agree that the agreements by (i) CE or WARC, as the case may be, to act as
Manager pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and (ii) CE to introduce third
party lenders to the Company for the purpose of obtaining financing for the Company, shall
not be considered or deemed to be Affiliate Agreements.
2
Agreement: This Limited Liability Company Agreement, as the same may be
amended from time to time in accordance herewith.
Allocation Date: (i) The last day of each Fiscal Year, (ii)
the day before the date of any change in ownership of the Company, (iii) the day
before the date a Member ceases to be a member of the Company or (iv) any other
date determined by the Members as appropriate for a closing of the Company’s books.
Annual Plan: As defined in Section 4.2(a).
Articles: As defined in Section 4.12.
Bankruptcy Event: with respect to a Member if:
(i) such Member shall file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or shall be
adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or shall file any petition or answer seeking
any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation,
dissolution or similar relief for itself under the present or any future Federal
bankruptcy act or any other present or future applicable Federal, state or other
statute or law relative to bankruptcy, insolvency, or other relief for debtors, or
shall seek or consent to or acquiesce in the appointment of any trustee, receiver,
conservator or liquidator of said Member of all, or substantially all of, its
property or its Membership Interest;
(ii) a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter an order, judgment or
decree approving a petition filed against such Member seeking any reorganization,
arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief
under the present or any future Federal bankruptcy act, or any other present or
future Federal, state or other statute or law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
or other relief for debtors, and said Member shall acquiesce in the entry of such
order, judgment or decree, or such order, judgment or decree shall remain unvacated
and unstayed for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of entry thereof, or
any trustee, receiver, conservator or liquidator of said Member or of all or
substantially all of its property or its Membership Interest shall be appointed
without the consent or acquiescence of said Member and such appointment shall
remain unvacated and unstayed for a period of ninety (90) days;
(iii) such Member shall admit to any of the other Members in writing its
inability, or shall fail generally, to pay its debts as they mature;
(iv) such Member shall make a general assignment for the benefit
of creditors or take any other similar action for the protection or benefit of
creditors; or
3
(v) any assets of such Member are attached, seized or subjected to a
garnishment or other action by a creditor of such Member seeking to realize upon a
judgment against such Member and such attachment, seizure, garnishment of other
action is not stayed or dismissed within ninety (90) days from the date of entry
thereof.
Xxxxxx Corp.: The Xxxxxx Corporation, a Maryland corporation.
Xxxxxx Corp. Articles of Incorporation: The Articles of Incorporation of
Xxxxxx Properties, Inc., dated as of April 5, 1963, as amended, and as the same may be
amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
Xxxxxx Corp. Bylaws: The Bylaws of Xxxxxx Properties, Inc., dated as of April
4, 1963, as amended, and as the same may be amended or modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof.
Xxxxxx Properties, Inc.: The Company Subsidiary as formed and prior to the
filing of the Articles of Amendment of Xxxxxx Properties, Inc., dated February 16, 1966,
whereby the Company Subsidiary changed its name to Xxxxxx Corp.
Xxxxxx REIT: Xxxxxx Corp. during any Fiscal Year in which its REIT Election is
effective.
Business Day: A day which is not a Saturday or Sunday or a legally recognized
public holiday in the United States or the State of New York or the State of Maryland.
Built-In Gain Tax: The amount of tax that would be imposed on the Company,
any Company Subsidiary, or any Member pursuant to Section 1374 or Section 337 of the Code,
the Treasury Regulations thereunder, or any similar or subsequent provision of the Code or
Treasury Regulations, in the event the Property is the subject of a sale or other
recognition event.
Buy Option: As defined in Section 10.2(a).
Buy-Sell Deposit: An amount equal to five percent (5%) of the Offer Price
multiplied by the total Percentage Interest of the Selling Member.
Buy-Sell Escrow Agent: As defined in Section 10.2(b).
4
Buy-Sell Notice: As defined in Section 10.2(a).
Capital Account: As defined in Section 8.1.
Capital Budget: As defined in Section 4.2(a).
Capital Contributions: With respect to any Member, the sum of (i) the
Initial Capital Contribution of the Member and (ii) all Additional Capital
Contributions made by the Member.
Xxxx Corp.: Xxxx Capital Corporation, a District of Columbia corporation.
Xxxx REIT: Columbia Equity Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation.
Cash Flow: Cash Flow for any period shall mean:
(i) the gross cash receipts of the Company for such period from all sources,
including, but not limited to, all receipts from the operation of the Property, all
Excess Financing Proceeds, the cash proceeds attributable to any Capital
Contributions made during such period and the net proceeds from a Disposition after
payment of all costs and expenses associated therewith (including, without
limitation or duplication, the payment of commissions and of the Mortgages
encumbering the asset in question, closing costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses and
prorations of ad valorem taxes) and net reductions in funded
reserves or sinking funds of the Company (other than any such reductions used to
pay Company expenditures); less
(ii) without duplication of any amounts deducted in determining (i) above,
the gross cash expenditures of the Company for such period for all purposes
including both operating and capital expenditures, determined in accordance with
cash basis accounting principles consistently applied (excluding expenditures made
from previously established reserves); less
(iii) deposits or allocations into reasonable reserve accounts, including,
without limitation, reserves which are approved or deemed approved by the Members
pursuant to Section 4.5 or which are otherwise consistent with the Annual Plan.
CE: As defined in the Preamble, and the successors and assigns to CE’s
Membership Interest, to the extent permitted hereunder.
Certificate: As defined in Section 2.1.
5
Code: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Common Shares: As defined in Section 4.12.
Company: As defined in the Preamble.
Company Accountants. Deloitte & Touche LLP or any other “national” firm of
independent certified public accountants which CE elects to cause the Company to use with
the consent of WARC.
Company Subsidiary: Collectively, Xxxxxx Corp., and its subsidiaries, if any.
Company Subsidiary Interest: As defined in Section 2.4(a).
Competitive Market Area: The cross-hatched area shown on the map attached
hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by this reference. For the avoidance
of doubt, such area includes all of the areas commonly known as Chevy Chase and Friendship
Heights, that is bordered by Chevy Chase Country Club to the north, Nebraska Avenue to the
south, Wisconsin Avenue to the west and Connecticut Avenue to the east.
Contributing Member: As defined in Section 11.4.
Control: With respect to any Person, either (i) ownership directly or through
other entities of more than fifty percent (50%) of all beneficial equity interest in such
Person, or (ii) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
Default: As defined in Section 11.1.
Default Loan: As defined in Section 11.3(a)(ii).
Defaulting Member: A member in Default under Section 11.1.
Delaware Act: The Delaware Limited Liability Company Act at 6 Del. C. §§
18-101 et seq., as amended from time to time.
Designated Representative: As defined in Section 13.15(b).
Development Budget: As defined in Section 4.2(a).
Disposition: The sale, exchange, transfer, condemnation or other disposition
of all or any part of the assets of the Company.
6
Emergency Situation: A situation impairing or imminently likely to impair
structural support of any portion of the Property or causing or imminently likely to cause
bodily injury to persons or physical damage to any part of the Property or any property in,
on, under, within, upon, around or about the Property or causing or imminently likely to
cause substantial economic loss to the Company Subsidiary or the Company.
ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
Excess Financing Proceeds: (i) With respect to the refinancing of any
Mortgage, the net proceeds (as and when such refinancing proceeds are distributed by the
lender to the Company Subsidiary or the Company) of the refinancing after payment of all
expenses in connection therewith and after payment of the Mortgage being refinanced and any
additional expenditures for which such refinancing was obtained; and (ii) with
respect to any Loan not replacing an existing Mortgage, the net proceeds (as and when such
Loan is funded by the applicable lender and the proceeds thereof are distributed by such
lender) remaining after (x) payment of all costs of securing such Loan, (y) paying any
expenditures for which such Loan was obtained and (z) other sums held by the lender under
such Loan (e.g., amounts held in any escrow accounts) are returned to the Company
Subsidiary and the Company.
Exemption: As defined in Section 4.12.
Fiscal Year: As defined in Section 2.6.
Funding Notice: As defined in Section 3.3(a).
GE Loan: As defined in Section 4.1(a).
Individual: As defined in Section 4.12.
Initial Annual Plan: As defined in Section 4.2(a).
Initial Capital Contribution: As defined in Section 3.1(a).
JPMIM: X.X. Xxxxxx Investment Management Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Land: All those certain tracts or parcels of land containing approximately
49,071 square feet located in Chevy Chase, Maryland, which tracts or parcels are more
particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this
reference.
7
Leasing Agent: Any Person acting in such capacity pursuant to the Leasing
Services Agreement, or such other Person as may be selected in accordance with the terms
hereof for the provision of leasing services with respect to the Property.
Leasing Plan: As defined in Section 4.2(a).
Leasing Services Agreement: Any agreement entered into between the Company
Subsidiary and the Leasing Agent, as the same may be amended from time to time in
accordance with Article IV hereof, and any subsequent leasing services agreement entered
into by the Company Subsidiary.
Loan: Any indebtedness or obligation for money borrowed by the Company and
any notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit (including, without
limitation, Member Loans).
Major Decisions: As defined in Section 4.5.
Manager: CE until another Manager (which may also be a Member) may be
designated or become Manager pursuant to the terms hereof.
Member Loans: As defined in Section 3.3.
Members: WARC and CE (each a “Member”), in their respective capacities as
Members, and any of their permitted successors and assigns in their respective capacities
as Members admitted to the Company as Members hereunder, and any other person admitted as a
Member under this Agreement, for so long as any such Person is a Member under the terms of
this Agreement.
Membership Interest: The entire interest (including, without limitation,
Member Loans payable by the Company to such Member) of a Member in the Company.
Merger Agreement: The Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 25,
2005, between Xxxxxx Corp. and Xxxx Corp.
Minimum Gain Attributable to Partner Nonrecourse Debt: That amount determined
in accordance with the principles of Treasury Regulations sections 1.704-2(i)(3), (4) and
(5).
Monetary Default: As defined in Section 11.1(a).
Monthly Reporting Period: The 26th day of the previous calendar month to the
25th day of the current calendar month.
8
Mortgage(s): Any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, bond,
collateral assignment, indenture, pledge, or other lien or security interest in all or any
part of the Property or other asset of the Company Subsidiary held by or granted to a
lender.
MRI: As defined in Section 7.1(d).
Net Profit and Net Loss: For any Period, the net income or net loss of the
Company for such Period, determined in accordance with section 703(a) of the Code,
including any items that are separately stated for purposes of section 702(a) of the Code,
as determined in accordance with federal income tax accounting principles with the
following adjustments:
(i) any income of the Company that is exempt from federal income tax shall be
included as income;
(ii) any expenditures of the Company described in Code section 705(a)(2)(B)
or treated as Code section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury
Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i) shall be treated as current expenses; and
(iii) notwithstanding any other provisions of this definition, any items
which are specially allocated pursuant to Sections 8.6 and 8.7 shall not be taken
into account.
Non-Defaulting Member: Each Member that is not a Defaulting Member.
Nonrecourse Deductions: The meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations section
1.704-2(b)(1).
Offer Price: As defined in Section 10.2(a).
Offeree: As defined is Section 10.2(a).
Offeror: WARC or CE, as the case may be, if it shall deliver a Buy-Sell
Notice under Section 10.2.
Operating Budget: As defined in Section 4.2(a).
Ownership Limit: As defined in Section 4.12.
Participation Notice: As defined in Section 3.3(a).
9
Partner Nonrecourse Debt: The meaning set forth in section 1.704-2(b)(4) of
the Treasury Regulations.
Partner Nonrecourse Deductions: The meaning set forth in sections
1.704-2(i)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(2) of the Treasury Regulations.
Partnership Minimum Gain: The meaning set forth in sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and
1.704-2(d) of the Treasury Regulations.
Percentage Interest: As to any Member at any determination date, the
percentage that the aggregate of the total Capital Contributions theretofore made by such
Member bears to the total Capital Contributions theretofore made by all Members.
Initially, the Percentage Interest of (a) WARC shall be 60% and (b) CE shall be 40%. The
Percentage Interest of each Member may change only as specifically provided in this
Agreement.
Period: For the first Period, the period commencing on the date of this
Agreement and ending on the next Allocation Date. All succeeding Periods shall commence on
the day after an Allocation Date and end on the next Allocation Date.
Person: An individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited
liability company, trust or other legal entity.
Plan Asset Regulations: As defined in Section 2.8.
Pre-closing Expenses: As defined in Section 3.1(c).
Prime Rate: The then prevailing prime rate of interest (which for the
purposes hereof, includes any equivalent or successor interest rate, however denominated)
as publicly announced from time to time by Citibank, N.A. (or JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., if
Citibank, N.A. shall not then be in existence or then have an established prime rate, or if
neither of the aforementioned banks shall not then be in existence or have an established
prime rate, the prime rate of interest of any major banking institution doing business in
New York City, as selected by the Members).
Property: The real property having an address of 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, together with all of the improvements located, or to be developed,
thereon, and also together with all rights related thereto, including, without limitation,
(i) the Land, (ii) all easements for ingress, egress, parking, utility
service and other appurtenances thereto, and (iii) all options and agreements for
the acquisition of additional property, if any.
10
Property Management Agreement: Any agreement entered into between the Company
Subsidiary and the Property Manager, as the same may be amended from time to time in
accordance with Article IV hereof, and any subsequent property management agreement entered
into by the Company Subsidiary.
Property Manager: Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or
such other Person acting in such capacity pursuant to the Property Management Agreement, or
such other Person as may be selected in accordance with the terms hereof for the provision
of property management services with respect to the Property.
Purchase: As defined in Section 4.1(a).
REIT: As defined in Section 4.11.
REIT Election: That certain election to be made by the Members pursuant to
Section 4.11 of this Agreement pursuant to which: (i) the Company shall cause Xxxxxx Corp.
to elect pursuant to Section 856 of the Code to be treated as a REIT and (ii) the Company
shall cause Xxxxxx REIT to issue shares to not less than one hundred twenty (120) qualified
shareholders by no later than January 30, 2006.
REIT Provisions: As defined in Section 4.11.
REOC: As defined in Section 2.8.
Sell Option: As defined in Section 10.2(a).
Service Agreement(s): Any and all service, maintenance or other contract(s)
for the provision or delivery of goods, supplies or services with respect to the Property
to which the Company Subsidiary is a party or assignee.
Tax Matters Partner: As defined in Section 7.1(f).
Transfer: As defined in Section 10.1(a).
UBTI: “Unrelated business taxable income” within the meaning of Section
511-514 of the Code.
WARC: As defined in the Preamble, and the successors and assigns to WARC’s
Membership Interest, to the extent permitted hereunder.
11
ARTICLE II
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
2.1 Certificate of Formation. A Certificate of Formation (the “Certificate”) for the
Company has been filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of Delaware. The Members hereby
designate Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx as an Authorized Person for the sole purpose of filing the Certificate
of Formation and related documents of the Company in the Office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware. The Certificate shall be amended whenever, and within the time periods,
required by the Delaware Act.
2.2 Name. The name of the Company is Xxxxxx Holdings LLC in which name all assets
belonging to the Company shall be held and under which name all business and affairs of the Company
shall be conducted except to the extent otherwise required by the laws of the State of Delaware or
any other state in which the Company is doing business.
2.3 Principal Office, Resident Agent and Registered Office. The principal office of
the Company shall be the Manager’s office located c/x Xxxx Capital Corporation, 0000 X Xxxxxx,
X.X., Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000, or at such other place or places as the Members may from
time to time designate, provided, however, that the Company shall at all times maintain a
registered agent and a registered office in the State of Delaware. The name and address of the
registered agent for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware is c/o The
Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000. The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is The
Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000. Such principal office, registered agent or registered office may be changed by the Members,
so long as in accordance with the Delaware Act; concurrently with any such change, written notice
thereof shall be given to each Member. Except as approved by the Members, no Member, on behalf of
the Company, shall do business in any other jurisdiction.
2.4 Purpose.
(a) The purposes of the Company are (i) acquiring all of the issued and outstanding
shares of Class A voting common stock and Class B non-voting common stock as the sole shareholder
(the “Company Subsidiary Interest”) of the Company Subsidiary by creating a wholly-owned
corporate subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger Sub”) and merging the Merger Sub into Xxxxxx Corp.
with Xxxxxx Corp. surviving the merger; (ii) owning, holding, financing and maximizing the
economic benefit from the Company Subsidiary Interest; (iii) enforcing the Company’s rights
in, to and under, and discharging the Company’s obligations under, the Xxxxxx Corp. Articles
12
of Incorporation, as amended and restated in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C,
and the Xxxxxx Corp. Bylaws as amended and restated in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
D; and (iv) doing any and all other acts or things which may be incidental or necessary
to carry on the business of the Company as contemplated in clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) above.
(b) The purposes of the Company Subsidiary are (i) investing in, acquiring, holding,
owning, leasing, operating, managing, maintaining, improving, subdividing, developing, selling,
financing, refinancing and otherwise using or dealing with the Property, for profit and as an
investment; (ii) borrowing money (on a secured or unsecured basis) in furtherance of the
business of the Company Subsidiary, including, without limitation, issuing promissory notes or
other evidences of indebtedness in connection therewith and securing same by Mortgages;
(iii) making the REIT Election and continuing to meet the requirements for qualification
and taxation as a REIT; and (iv) doing any and all other acts or things which may be
incidental or necessary to carry on the business of the Company Subsidiary as contemplated in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above.
(c) In no event shall the business of the Company or the Company Subsidiary be extended
beyond the foregoing matters described herein unless otherwise approved by the Members.
2.5 Term. The term of the Company shall continue until the liquidation and
dissolution of the Company pursuant to Article IX hereof.
2.6 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Company and the Company Subsidiary (the
“Fiscal Year”) shall end on the 31st day of December in each year. The Company and the Company
Subsidiary shall have the same Fiscal Year for income tax and accounting purposes.
2.7 Other Business. CE, Xxxx Corp. and their respective Affiliates shall not engage,
for so long as the Company Subsidiary owns the Property, in other business ventures or activities
involving then existing medical office buildings containing 75,000 or more square feet of space
within the Competitive Market Area without first offering (on then-market terms comparable to those
that would be offered to a prospective third-party investor) JPMIM and its Affiliates the right to
participate in such business venture or activity. If a business venture or activity is proposed to
JPMIM and its Affiliates by CE, Xxxx Corp. or any of their respective Affiliates, JPMIM and its
Affiliates shall have thirty (30) days from JPMIM’s receipt of such offer to determine whether they
wish to participate, and if JPMIM and its Affiliates fail to provide written notice to the offering
Person accepting the offer to participate within such thirty (30)-day period, then JPMIM and its
Affiliates shall be deemed to have declined to participate. Neither the Company nor the Members
shall have any rights in or to such independent ventures or the income or profits therefrom by
virtue of this Agreement.
13
2.8 REOC Status. The Company shall conduct its affairs in such manner that the
Company shall qualify as a “real estate operating company” (“REOC”) within the meaning of
Department of Labor regulations set forth at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101(e) or any successor to
such regulation (the “Plan Asset Regulations”) and relevant authority interpreting the Plan Asset
Regulations. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company (i) hereby establishes the 90-day period
commencing on February 1st of each year as its annual valuation period, (ii) shall on
one day during each annual valuation period, have a percentage of its assets invested in real
estate which is managed or developed and with respect to which the Company has the right to
substantially participate in the management or development activities to the extent required to
maintain the Company’s status as a REOC under the Plan Asset Regulations, and (iii) shall engage,
through its own employees or through independent contractors in such real estate management or
development activities with respect to its real estate investments to the extent required to
maintain its status as a REOC. The Members consent and agree to take no action which prevents the
Company from maintaining its status as a REOC.
2.9 REIT Qualification. In the event that the REIT Election shall have been made, the
Company shall conduct its business and affairs and the business and affairs of Xxxxxx REIT and the
Company Subsidiary so that Xxxxxx REIT shall qualify as a REIT.
ARTICLE III
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS BY MEMBERS
3.1 Initial Capital Contributions. (a) Each of the Members hereby commits to make
an initial capital contribution to the Company in the following amounts:
(i) WARC: ; and
(ii) CE:
For purposes of this Agreement, the total amount to be contributed by each Member pursuant to this
Section 3.1 is referred to as the “Initial Capital Contribution” of such Member.
(b) The Initial Capital Contributions shall be made by the Members at such times as shall be
necessary so as to permit the Company to (i) comply with all of its obligations under the
Merger Agreement with respect to the depositing of funds in escrow and closing of the acquisition
of the Property and (ii) provide a working capital fund for the Company and the Company
Subsidiary. Any Member may deliver a notice to the other Members specifying the portion of the
Initial Capital Contributions that needs to be contributed to the Company to comply with the
foregoing provisions, provided that such
notice shall provide the Members at least three (3) Business Days’ notice prior to the date
such portion of the Initial Capital Contributions must be contributed.
14
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (including, without limitation,
the provisions hereof relating to the Percentage Interests, the Initial Capital Contribution and
the allocation of income and expenses of the Company), all expenses incurred by a Member or its
Affiliates during the period prior to the closing under the Merger Agreement (the “Pre-closing
Expenses”) shall be borne as agreed to by the Members until the closing under the Merger Agreement
and, upon such closing, appropriate adjustments shall be made to the Capital Contributions of the
Members such that the Pre-closing Expenses are borne by the Members in accordance with their
Percentage Interests. The term “Pre-closing Expenses” shall not include the attorneys’ fees
incurred by WARC and CE in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement.
(d) If a Member fails to contribute its full Initial Capital Contribution in accordance with
the terms hereof, the Company shall automatically be terminated and dissolved, as more fully set
forth in Article IX, and (i) the Merger Agreement shall be assigned, at the option of the
Non-Defaulting Member, by the Non-Defaulting Member on behalf of Xxxx Corp., its successors and
assigns, to the to the Non-Defaulting Member or its designee, and (ii) notwithstanding the
terms of Section 9.2, the Initial Capital Contributions previously made by the Defaulting Member
shall be used to pay any Pre-closing Expenses and the balance distributed to the Non-Defaulting
Member.
3.2 Additional Capital Contributions. (a) After the Initial Capital Contributions
have been funded, the Manager or any Member, by written notice to the other Members pursuant to
Section 3.2(c), may call for additional contributions to the capital of the Company for application
in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Annual Plan or in order to address an existing
Emergency Situation. The Members hereby agree that during the second and third years of operation
of the Company they will consider approving the funding of all tenant improvement costs, leasing
commissions and base building capital expenses by calling for additional capital contributions, as
opposed to funding such costs and expenses out of Cash Flow. Any such additional capital
contributions made pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall be made on an as-needed
basis, but not more often than once per calendar month during the second and third years of
operation of the Company. All additional capital contributions which may be called in accordance
with this Section 3.2(a) are hereinafter collectively referred to herein as “Additional Capital
Contributions.”
(b) Any Additional Capital Contributions called pursuant to Section 3.2(a) shall be made by
the Members in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests and will be credited to their
respective Capital Accounts in accordance with the terms hereof.
15
(c) In order to call for any Additional Capital Contributions in accordance with Section
3.2(a), the Member making the call shall deliver to the other Member a written notice calling for
the Additional Capital Contributions, indicating the respective amounts of the Member’s required
Additional Capital Contributions, the basis for such call and the date (but in no event earlier
than the tenth (10th) Business Day after receipt of such notice) by which the Members shall be
required to make their Additional Capital Contributions, and each Member shall be required to
contribute its full proportionate share of the aggregate Additional Capital Contributions by the
date specified.
(d) If a Member shall fail to contribute its full proportionate share of any Additional
Capital Contributions, any Contributing Member shall have the rights set forth in Sections 11.3 and
11.4.
3.3 Loans by Members. Except as otherwise agreed by the Members, or as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, the following provisions shall apply to Loans made by any of the
Members to the Company (“Member Loans”):
(a) If a Member reasonably believes that the Company requires funds for a legitimate
business reason in excess of the remaining aggregate unfunded Additional Capital
Contributions contemplated in the then current Annual Plan or due to the existence of an
Emergency Situation, it may give written notice to the other Members indicating the
estimated amount, the purposes for which such funds are to be used and the terms (with an
interest rate not to exceed 12%) upon which the requesting Member (or an Affiliate) shall
lend all of the required funds to the Company (any such notice is hereinafter referred to
as a “Funding Notice”). The requesting Member (or an Affiliate) shall lend the Company the
funds specified in the Funding Notice, on the terms specified therein, on or prior to the
twentieth (20th) Business Day after the giving of such notice. The other Member may elect,
at its option, by written notice (a “Participation Notice”) to the requesting Member
delivered within twenty (20) days after the giving of a Funding Notice, to purchase from
the requesting Member a participation in the loan to the Company in an amount up to an
amount equal to the principal amount of the loan multiplied by the other Member’s
Percentage Interest. If the other Member so elects, it shall pay to the requesting Member
(or an Affiliate) an amount equal to the portion of the loan in which the other Member
elects to participate plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, such amount to be paid on
the date the other Member delivers the Participation Notice. If the other Member fails to
give a Participation Notice within twenty (20) days after the giving of a Funding Notice,
it shall have no right to participate in the loan described in the Funding Notice,
provided that the other Member’s failure to elect to participate in such Member
Loan shall not constitute a Default hereunder (although a failure by any other Member to
contribute its share of any Member Loan after its delivery of a Participation Notice shall
be deemed a Default hereunder). Notwithstanding
16
anything to the contrary in this Section, the Company shall not accept funds until
WARC shall have determined to its reasonable satisfaction that the terms on which such
funds are provided do not cause the Company’s allocations to fail to comply with the
requirements of Code Section 514(c)(9)(E) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(b) All funds provided by a Member for a loan to the Company pursuant to Section
3.3(a) shall be Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.
(c) Member Loans shall not be considered contributions to the capital of the Company
and shall not increase the Capital Account or Percentage Interest of the lending Member.
(d) If there is more than one outstanding Member Loan by one or more of the Members
for which no provision as to re-payment has been agreed upon, partial payments shall be
credited against such outstanding Member Loans on a pro rata basis in proportion to the
amount of each such outstanding Member Loan (and accrued but unpaid interest thereon as may
be applicable).
(e) Recourse on such Member Loans shall be limited to the assets of the Company.
(f) If a Member’s Membership Interest is sold to any other Member pursuant to
Articles X or XI hereof, then such Member Loans shall be included in such sale as part of
such Member’s Membership Interest.
(g) Nothing herein shall authorize any Member Loan by a Member to the Company unless
otherwise expressly authorized pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or unless
approved by all Members.
3.4 [Intentionally deleted.]
3.5 General. (a) Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, no Member may
contribute capital to, or withdraw capital from, the Company. To the extent any monies which any
Member is entitled to receive pursuant to Article VIII would constitute a return of capital, each
of the Members consents to the withdrawal of such capital.
(b) Interest earned on Company funds shall inure solely to the benefit of the Company.
Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, no interest shall be paid on any Capital
Contributions or advances to the capital of the Company, nor upon any undistributed or reinvested
income or profits of the Company.
17
3.6 No Third Party Rights. The right of the Members to require any Capital
Contributions under the terms of this Agreement shall not be construed as conferring any rights or
benefits to or upon any Person not a party to this Agreement, the holder of any indebtedness of the
Company, or the holder of any obligations secured by a Mortgage, other lien or encumbrance upon or
affecting the Company, any interest of a Member or the Property or any part thereof or any interest
therein.
3.7 Return of Capital. Except as otherwise provided in Articles VIII or IX, no Member
shall have the right to demand or to receive the return of all or any part of its contributions to
the capital of the Company. In addition, no Member has the right to demand or to receive property
other than cash in return for its contributions to the capital of the Company.
ARTICLE IV
MANAGEMENT
4.1 Designation and Authority of the Manager. (a) The Members have designated and do
hereby designate CE as the Manager of the Company, subject to the provisions contained herein.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.5 with respect to Major Decisions, the management of the
Company shall be the obligation and responsibility of and rest exclusively with the Manager, who
shall have all the rights and powers as are necessary or advisable to the management of the
business and affairs of the Company. The Members hereby approve (i) the acquisition of the
Property pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, as amended and assigned to the Company
Subsidiary (the “Purchase”), and (ii) the mortgage loan from General Electric Capital Corporation
in the approximate amount of $61,750,000 pursuant to the terms of that certain loan application
letter agreement, dated May 20, 2005 (the “GE Loan”). The Manager is hereby authorized to execute
and deliver on behalf of the Company and the Company Subsidiary all documents necessary to complete
the Purchase and the GE Loan.
(b) Except for (i) actions for which WARC in its sole discretion has given prior
written consent and (ii) such duties as the Manager may delegate to (A) the Property
Manager for performance by the Property Manager pursuant to the Property Management Agreement or
(B) the Leasing Agent for performance by the Leasing Agent pursuant to the Leasing Services
Agreement (in either case at no additional cost or expense to the Company), the Manager may not
delegate any of its duties hereunder. In carrying out its functions, the Manager shall devote or
shall cause the Property Manager to devote as much time and resources (including, without
limitation, personnel of adequate quality and experience) to the management of the Property as is
necessary to manage the Property in accordance with prevailing standards for commercial office
rental properties similar to the Property in the geographic region in which the Property is
located. The Manager shall diligently attempt to keep (or cause the Property Manager to keep) the
18
Members well apprised of the current state of affairs of the Property on an ongoing basis. In
that connection, all Members shall have complete access, upon Advance Notice to the Manager, to all
information (including documents, reports, computer printouts and similar information) of the
Manager and its Affiliates regarding the Property.
(c) The Manager shall not be paid a fee by the Company for provision of its services to the
Company. The Manager or WARC, as appropriate, shall be reimbursed by the Company for the following
expenses incurred by such party:
(i) out-of-pocket third party expenses reasonably incurred by the Manager or WARC, as
the case may be, in the performance of their respective obligations hereunder, provided
such expenses are incurred pursuant to the approved Annual Plan or otherwise approved by
the Members; and
(ii) transportation, food, lodging, entertainment, telephone, car rental, car
allowance, travel, postage, federal express (or other overnight courier) or other
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Manager or WARC, as the case may be, in the
performance of their respective obligations hereunder, provided such expenses are incurred
pursuant to the approved Annual Plan or otherwise approved by the Members.
The Manager shall not be reimbursed for general administrative and overhead expenses of the
Manager or its Affiliates. Upon the closing of the GE Loan, Xxxx Corp. shall be entitled to
receive from the Company a “debt sourcing” fee in an amount equal to three-quarters of one percent
(0.75%) of the original principal amount of such Loan. Except as herein stated in this Section
4.1(c), neither the Manager nor any Member shall receive any compensation for its services to the
Company.
(d) Upon the request of any Member, the Manager shall deliver notice of the quarterly
management meeting, prepare the minutes for every meeting, deliver copies of all minutes to the
Members, and maintain a minute book containing all of the minutes (which minute book shall be
available to the Members upon Advance Notice). There shall be not less than one (1) meeting
between the Members quarterly regarding the management of the Company. All quarterly management
meetings shall be held at a location agreed upon by the Members.
(e) If the Manager shall default in the performance of any of its obligations hereunder, WARC
shall have the right, but not the obligation, to perform such obligations after giving ten (10)
days’ notice of such failure to the Manager (or immediately in the event WARC shall determine an
Emergency Situation to exist), at the Company’s expense, provided, however, that
any incremental costs reasonably incurred by the Company as a result of the Manager’s failure to
perform above the costs that would have been incurred by the Company absent such failure, shall be
at the sole cost and expense
of the Manager. Representatives of the Manager shall make themselves available to consult by
phone or in person with the Designated Representatives of WARC to discuss the affairs of the
Company. From time to time a regular schedule of meetings and other discussions shall be agreed
upon between the Manager and WARC.
19
(f) No Member shall permit the registration or listing of interests in the Company on an
“established securities market”, as such term is used in Treasury Regulations section 1.7704-1.
(g) No Member shall permit the Company to elect, and the Company shall not elect, to be
treated as an association taxable as a corporation for United States federal, state or local income
tax purposes under Treasury Regulations section 301.7701-3(a) or under any corresponding provision
of state or local law.
4.2 Annual Plan Decisions. (a) The Manager shall prepare and submit, or cause the
Property Manager to prepare and submit on the Manager’s behalf, to the Members the following items
(collectively, the “Annual Plan”) on an annual basis: (i) an operating budget (the
“Operating Budget”) setting forth the estimated revenues and expenses of the Company, the Company
Subsidiary and the Property for the ensuing Fiscal Year, (ii) a capital budget (the
“Capital Budget”), which shall include the proposed capital expenditures relating to the Property
and sources of funds in connection therewith, including the projected time for, and amount of, any
required Additional Capital Contributions by the Members during the period covered by such budget,
(iii) a leasing budget and plan (the “Leasing Plan”), (iv) a development budget and
plan (if any) (the “Development Budget”) and (v) an analysis of the market in which the
Property is located and competing projects. The Manager agrees to formulate and deliver to the
Members, or cause the Property Manager to formulate and deliver to the Members, the Annual Plan for
the period from the date of closing under the Merger Agreement through December 31, 2005 (the
“Initial Annual Plan”) during the thirty (30)-day period from and after the date of closing under
the Merger Agreement. A draft of the Annual Plan for each subsequent Fiscal Year of the Company
shall be submitted for review by WARC by no later than September 1st of the year prior
to the Fiscal Year covered thereby and shall be in substantially the same form as the Initial
Annual Plan and otherwise comply with each of the requirements contained in the Property Management
Agreement. The final Annual Plan for each subsequent Fiscal Year of the Company shall be submitted
for the approval of WARC not later than November 1st of the year prior to the Fiscal
Year covered thereby and shall be in substantially the same form as the Initial Annual Plan and
otherwise comply with each of the requirements contained in the Property Management Agreement.
(b) WARC shall review the proposed Annual Plan (including the initial Annual Plan proposed
pursuant to Section 4.2(a)) and either approve or disapprove it within thirty (30) days after
receipt thereof. If WARC shall disapprove the Annual Plan
20
proposed by the Manager, WARC shall, on or prior to December 15 of such year (or within thirty
(30) days after submission of the initial Annual Plan), submit to the Manager an Annual Plan
satisfactory to WARC, and WARC shall have the right at any time after delivery of such Annual Plan
to recommend that the Manager implement such Annual Plan as a Major Decision pursuant to Section
4.5(a).
(c) Subject to WARC’s rights to require the implementation of an amendment to any Annual Plan
as a Major Decision pursuant to Section 4.5(a), the terms of each Annual Plan shall be subject to
review and modification upon the unanimous approval of the Members at the end of each calendar
quarter.
(d) During each Fiscal Year in the performance of its duties provided for herein, the Manager
shall not expend any amounts not provided in the Operating Budget or Capital Budget or Development
Budget set forth in the Annual Plan, except in an event of an Emergency Situation (and notice of
any expenditures made in connection with an Emergency Situation shall promptly be given to the
other members), within the variance set forth in Section 4.5(a), and/or as otherwise approved by
the Members. At any time that the Manager becomes aware of the fact that there is not sufficient
income to cover current operating expenses, each Member shall be promptly notified.
4.3 Affiliate Agreements; Employment and Termination. (a) The terms of all Affiliate
Agreements shall be subject to WARC’s prior written consent in its sole discretion (except when the
Affiliate is an Affiliate of WARC, in which case the Affiliate Agreement shall be subject to CE’s
prior written consent in its sole discretion). Each Affiliate which is a party to an Affiliate
Agreement shall be qualified to perform, and shall be capable of performing, its respective
obligations under such Affiliate Agreement.
(b) For their respective services, each Affiliate that is a party to an Affiliate Agreement
shall be compensated and shall be entitled to expense reimbursements as provided in any such
Affiliate Agreement entered into in accordance with this Agreement. Other than as stated in this
Section 4.3(b) or as otherwise permitted in this Agreement, no Affiliate shall be entitled to any
compensation for its services to the Company, the Company Subsidiary or the Property.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Agreement, at any time that
CE (or any Affiliate of CE) is the party to any Affiliate Agreement, if after a default beyond the
expiration of any applicable notice and cure period under such Affiliate Agreement, then WARC shall
have the right, but not the obligation, unilaterally and without requiring concurrence of any other
Member, to act on behalf of the Company Subsidiary and/or the Company with respect to the
enforcement of, or seeking or expressing rights or remedies under, such Affiliate Agreement. At
any time that CE is an Affiliate of any party to an Affiliate Agreement, WARC shall be entitled,
unilaterally and
21
without the concurrence of any other Member, to terminate the services of the Affiliate under
the applicable Affiliate Agreement:
(i) upon the occurrence of any event of default entitling the Company Subsidiary, the
Company or any Member to terminate such Affiliate Agreement, if such event shall remain
uncured after the delivery by WARC, acting on behalf of the Company Subsidiary and/or the
Company, to the Affiliate of any required notice of such event and the expiration of any
applicable cure period thereunder;
(ii) if CE shall be removed as Manager pursuant to Section 4.4 hereof or if CE shall
be in Default under this Agreement; or
(iii) pursuant to any right of termination set forth in such Affiliate Agreement.
Each Affiliate Agreement shall contain a provision describing WARC’s rights pursuant to this
Section 4.3(c).
(d) In the event that WARC has caused the termination of an Affiliate Agreement pursuant to
Section 4.3(c), then WARC shall be entitled to unilaterally enter into on behalf of the Company
Subsidiary and/or the Company a new agreement and to appoint the new other party thereunder, if
such appointment shall be deemed appropriate by WARC, such appointment to be on such terms and
conditions as may be deemed appropriate by WARC in its sole but reasonable discretion, and CE shall
have no consent rights with respect to such appointment or the terms of such agreement (so long as
the new party being appointed by WARC is not an Affiliate of WARC).
4.4 Removal of Manager. (a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, WARC shall have the right (without the consent of any other Member) to remove CE (and any
future replacement Manager) as Manager and to become or designate the new Manager upon the
occurrence of any of the following events by delivering written notice to CE specifying which of
such events shall have occurred:
(i) the occurrence of a default by CE, where such default continues uncured for more
than five (5) business days after CE receives written notice of default, or if the default
cannot be cured within five (5) business days, then there shall be no grounds for removal
hereunder so long as CE commences to cure the default within such five (5) business day
period and thereafter diligently prosecutes the cure to completion within ninety (90) days
following commencement of the cure;
(ii) in the event CE transfers, assigns, pledges, encumbers or otherwise disposes of
its Membership Interest in violation of any provision of Article X;
22
(iii) in the event the aggregate Percentage Interest of CE shall be reduced to less
than 5% pursuant to the provisions of Article XI;
(iv) while CE is the Manager, in the event of a transfer or transfers of direct or
indirect ownership interests in CE such that (x) at least 51% of CE is no longer owned by
Xxxx REIT or (y) the management and operational control of CE is no longer controlled by
Xxxx REIT;
(v) in the event of a change of Control of Xxxx REIT (whether by actions taking place
on any public securities exchange or by merger, by operation of law, or otherwise);
(vi) the Company is sold or transferred;
(vii) upon the termination of any CE Affiliate Agreement pursuant to Section
4.3(c)(i); or
(viii) at any time, if, in WARC’s reasonable discretion, WARC determines that the
failure of CE to adequately perform its duties as Manager is causing the Company and the
Company Subsidiary not to achieve their objectives with respect to the operation and
development (if any) of the Property.
(b) If WARC elects to become or to designate itself as the Manager (after removal pursuant to
Section 4.4(a)), all management rights and obligations of the Manager shall be exercised and
assumed by such new Manager and the new Manager shall have the right to appoint the Property
Manager and the Leasing Agent and CE shall have no approval rights with respect to any Major
Decision, except as expressly set forth in Section 4.5.
(c) During any period when there is (i) no Manager or (ii) a dispute as to
the removal of the Manager, regardless of the issue in dispute, all decisions with respect to the
management of the Property, the Company Subsidiary and the Company shall be deemed Major Decisions.
During the period when the Company is in dissolution under Article IX hereof, all decisions with
respect to the management of the Property, the Company Subsidiary and the Company shall be deemed
Major Decisions.
4.5 Major Decisions. Except to the extent that the Property Management Agreement
provides that various actions may be taken by the Property Manager without the consent of the
Company Subsidiary or the Company, no act shall be taken, sum expended, decision made or obligation
incurred by the Company Subsidiary, the Company or the Manager with respect to a Major Decision,
unless and until the Members shall have approved the same pursuant to this Section 4.5. The
Manager may, without the consent of the Members, in all events make appropriate expenditures for
items approved in the Annual Plan, subject to the requirements of Section 4.5. In the event of
23
any need for consent of the Members to any Major Decision, the Manager shall make such request
of the Members in writing together with any information reasonably necessary for the Members to
make an informed decision. On receipt of said writing, the Members shall have ten (10) Business
Days to either approve or disapprove of the Major Decision (except in the case of the approval of a
proposed lease transaction, in which event the Members shall have five (5) Business Days to either
approve or disapprove). Failure to respond within the applicable time limit shall be deemed
disapproval.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event that WARC desires the
Company Subsidiary or the Company to take an action with respect to any Major Decision, WARC shall
recommend in writing to the Manager and CE (if it is not then serving as the Manager) that such
action be taken. The Manager and CE (if it is not then serving as the Manager) shall have ten (10)
Business Days to respond to said written recommendation. If the Manager and CE (if it is not then
serving as the Manager) shall disagree with such recommendation, the Manager and CE (if it is not
then serving as the Manager) shall so notify WARC in writing within such ten (10) Business Day
period, but the Manager shall nevertheless be obligated to implement (or to the extent such action
shall not be in the Manager’s reasonable control, it shall use reasonable efforts to implement)
such recommendation and CE shall have the right to initiate the buy-sell contemplated in Section
10.2, as the Offeror, within such ten (10) Business Day period, and without regard to any lock-out
period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Manager shall not be required to implement any
recommendation by WARC to sell the Property or any portion thereof pursuant to Section 4.5(u)
below. If the Manager is CE or an Affiliate of CE, any failure or refusal of the Manager to carry
out WARC’s recommendation shall be deemed a Default by both the Manager and CE under this
Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, at any time under this
Agreement that WARC exercises its right to perform an obligation of the Manager on behalf of the
Manager in accordance with Section 4.1(e) or requests that the Manager carry out WARC’s
recommendation with respect to a Major Decision as set forth above, WARC agrees to use its good
faith business judgment while exercising such right or in making such request. The term “Major
Decisions”, as used in this Agreement, shall mean any decision with respect to the Company, the
Company Subsidiary or the Property which involves (i) any matters specifically stated in
this Agreement to require the unanimous decision of the Members or (ii) any of the
following matters:
(a) the approval and/or modification of each Annual Plan, Operating Budget, Capital
Budget, Leasing Plan and Development Budget (or quarterly review and updating of any
thereof), including the approval, consent or authorization by the Company of unbudgeted
expenditures in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate;
(b) the form and substance of each lease proposed to be entered into by the Company
Subsidiary, except for office leases covering 5,000 rentable square
feet of space or less that are entered into on the standard office lease form attached
hereto as Exhibit E and which are in compliance with and are contemplated by the
Leasing Plan;
24
(c) all plans and specifications, contracts and expenditure of funds in connection
with the development of, expansion of, or renovation of, the Property and all projects in
connection with tenant improvement work to be performed by the Company Subsidiary, all as
contemplated by the Operating Budget and the Capital Budget (in connection with giving or
withholding their approval to any development, expansion or modification of the Property,
WARC shall be entitled to review and approve proposed capital and operating budgets (with
appropriate contingencies) and any other aspects of the proposal which would otherwise
constitute Major Decisions, including, without limitation, the actual terms and conditions
under which any such work shall be performed and the consideration to be paid by the
Company Subsidiary and any decision by the Members to modify, delay or forgo such work);
(d) the institution, settlement or any other decision with respect to any lawsuit,
claim, counterclaim or other legal proceeding by or against the Company Subsidiary or the
Company with an amount at issue or risk in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate, including,
without limitation, confessing a judgment against the Company Subsidiary or the Company,
accepting the settlement, compromise or payment of any claim asserted against the Company
Subsidiary or the Company or any of its property and assets (including, without limitation,
claims covered by the policies of insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Company
Subsidiary or the Company), or asserted by the Company Subsidiary or the Company in respect
of the foregoing, provided, however, that all claims, settlements and other
decisions relating to (i) a condemnation or proposed condemnation of the Land or
any portion thereof, (ii) any casualty of the Property or (iii) matters in
which the Company Subsidiary or the Company may admit to criminal liability or penalty,
shall require the approval of WARC;
(e) the acquisition of any additional real property by the Company Subsidiary or the
Company (other than the Property), provided that in no event shall any additional real
property be acquired other than real property which is adjacent to the Land and is intended
to be used in connection with the Land, or the disposition of all or any portion of the
real property of the Company Subsidiary or the Company;
(f) the commitment by the Company Subsidiary or the Company to accept, enter into or
refinance, whether as borrower or lender, any loan, or the material modification or
amendment of any loan, or the mortgaging, pledge or encumbrance of all or any part of the
Property or any interest of the Company
Subsidiary or the Company, as security for indebtedness incurred on behalf of the
Company Subsidiary or the Company or otherwise, or the material modification or amendment
of any such mortgage, pledge or encumbrance;
25
(g) the making of calls for any Additional Capital Contributions or any other
additional capital contributions from Members;
(h) except as provided in Section 4.3 hereof, canceling, modifying, altering,
changing or terminating the Property Management Agreement, the Leasing Services Agreement
or any other property management agreement, leasing services agreement or a development
agreement, or terminating the Property Manager or the Leasing Agent, or entering into a new
property management agreement, leasing services agreement or a development agreement;
(i) changing the nature of the business of the Company Subsidiary or the Company or
permitting the Company Subsidiary or the Company to enter into any business other than or
in addition to that contemplated by this Agreement;
(j) filing a petition for relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended,
with respect to the Company Subsidiary or the Company, whether as the sole member of the
Company Subsidiary, in the Manager’s capacity as manager of the Company or in its
individual capacity, making an assignment for the benefit of creditors, applying for the
appointment of a custodian, receiver or trustee for the Company Subsidiary, the Company or
any of the Company Subsidiary’s or the Company’s property, consenting to any other
bankruptcy or similar proceeding, consenting to the filing of such proceeding or admitting
in writing the Company Subsidiary’s or Company’s inability to pay its debts generally as
they become due;
(k) changing the name of the Company Subsidiary or the Company;
(l) issuing guaranties on behalf of the Company Subsidiary or the Company of
obligations of any Person whether or not in connection with the operation, improvement,
management and maintenance of the Property, and in no event will the Company Subsidiary or
the Company guaranty any of the obligations of any Affiliate of any Member;
(m) causing the formation of any corporation or other subsidiary entity owned or
controlled by the Company Subsidiary or the Company;
(n) making investments other than as set forth in the Annual Plan, the Operating
Budget or the Capital Budget;
26
(o) settling any dispute with any taxing authority concerning the computation or
allocation of any item of Company Subsidiary or Company income, gain, loss, deduction or
credit for federal, state or local purposes;
(p) in the event of the condemnation of less than all or substantially all of the
Property, to elect to restore or not to restore the Property;
(q) amending, modifying or terminating any lease or other arrangement involving the
rental, use or occupancy of the Property or any part thereof, other than in the ordinary
course of operating the Property or other than as may be contemplated by or permitted by
the then approved leasing plan;
(r) all decisions with respect to legal or tax matters (but excluding contests of
real estate taxes) which matters in the reasonable judgment of WARC or CE could have a
material adverse effect upon the Company, the Company Subsidiary, the Property or any
Member, including, without limitation, any tax elections of the Company Subsidiary or the
Company, change or adoption of any method of accounting, allocation of profit and loss or
of depreciating Company Subsidiary or Company property not specifically provided for
herein, and any other tax return preparation decisions;
(s) all decisions with respect to the Property to be granted by the Company
Subsidiary or the Company under any Affiliate Agreement and, except as provided in Section
4.3 hereof, the execution, entering into, assigning, extending, amending, modifying or
canceling of any Affiliate Agreement;
(t) the exchange or subdivision of, or grant of an option with respect to, all or any
portion of the Property, and the acquisition of any option with respect to the purchase of
any real property or the granting or relocation of easements benefiting the Property,
boundary line adjustments, road rights-of-way and other similar dispositions of interests
in the Land;
(u) the sale of the Property or any portion thereof;
(v) the sale of any interest in the Company Subsidiary;
(w) except as required by Section 8.3 or by the other terms hereof, the distribution
of any cash or other property of the Company Subsidiary or the Company; setting the level
of reserves to be maintained by the Company and the Company Subsidiary;
(x) the selection, removal or replacement of the Company Accountants; making any
accounting decisions for the Company; and approving financial statements prepared by the
Company’s auditors;
27
(y) except to the extent required by a mortgagee under a Loan, decisions with respect
to the insurance and fidelity bond coverages carried by the Company Subsidiary or the
Company with respect to the Company Subsidiary, the Company and each such Person’s assets,
including, without limitation, the Property;
(z) the selection of third parties, including, without limitation, architects,
engineers, environmental consultants, attorneys or other professionals, to be employed or
commissioned by the Company Subsidiary or the Company or on behalf of the Company
Subsidiary or the Company, and the termination of any such third party, the Members hereby
approving all such architects, engineers, consultants, attorneys and other third parties
currently employed by CE or its Affiliates in connection with the acquisition of the
Property and due diligence review thereof;
(aa) the entering into (including approval of the terms and conditions thereof),
assignment, cancellation, termination, extension, modification or amendment by the Company
of (i) any Service Agreement unless such Service Agreement either (A) has a
term of one (1) year or less, or (B) is cancelable on thirty (30) days’ notice
without penalty, or (ii) any contract pursuant to which the Company will incur any
obligation in excess of $25,000 or which has a term exceeding one year, notwithstanding the
fact that the making of such expenditure was approved in the Annual Plan;
(bb) any decision with respect to any environmental matters affecting the Property;
(cc) any merger or consolidation of the Company Subsidiary or the Company with or
into any other entity or Person;
(dd) making or agreeing to any changes to the zoning of the Property; and approving
the terms and provisions of any restrictive covenants or easement agreements affecting the
Property or any portion thereof;
(ee) approving the admission to the Company Subsidiary or the Company of a successor
or an additional Member;
(ff) the making of all decisions required to be made by the Company Subsidiary or the
Company with respect to the development of any portion of the Property;
(gg) any decisions with respect to (i) the liquidation of the Company upon
the Company’s dissolution pursuant to Section 9.1 or (ii) the liquidation of the
Company Subsidiary upon the Company Subsidiary’s dissolution pursuant to the
organizational documents of any Company Subsidiary, other than those of a ministerial
nature; and
28
(hh) all decisions with respect to the management of the Property, the Company
Subsidiary and the Company during any period when (i) the Company Subsidiary or the
Company is in dissolution, (ii) there is no Manager or (iii) there is a
dispute as to the removal of the Manager.
Otherwise, and except as provided in this Section 4.5 and in Sections 4.4 and 9.2, the Manager
shall have the right, in good faith, to take any and all action which the Manager shall deem
necessary or appropriate, in accordance with the provisions hereof, with regard to the operations
of the Company Subsidiary and the Company, and the Members shall be bound thereby as if they had
joined in such action.
4.6 Cooperation Upon Sale of the Property. If at any time the Company or the Company
Subsidiary desires to sell the Property pursuant to Section 4.5(u) hereof, the Members hereby agree
to cooperate reasonably to cause the sale of the Property in a tax-efficient manner, including, if
so requested by CE, for WARC to purchase CE’s membership interest in the Company for, (i) in the
event the Property is sold on or after January 1, 2010, an amount equal to the cash amount that CE
would have received had the Property been sold to a third party in an all cash transaction at the
price agreed to by the Members and the proceeds of sale distributed in accordance with Section 8.3,
or (ii) in the event the Property is sold prior to January 1, 2010, for an amount equal to the cash
amount that CE would have received had the Property been sold to a third party in an all cash
transaction and the proceeds of sale, less the Built-In Gain Tax, distributed in accordance with
Section 8.3. WARC agrees not to sign an agreement to sell the Property for at least sixty (60)
days after purchasing CE’s interest as provided for in this Section 4.6 and further agrees not to
close the sale of the Property for at least one hundred-twenty (120) days after purchasing CE’s
interest as provided for in this Section 4.6 without the prior written consent of CE.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if both Members agree, the Company may sell its interest in the
Company Subsidiary at any time pursuant to Section 4.5(v) hereof.
4.7 Approvals and Consents/Access to Books and Records. (a) Except as otherwise
specifically provided in this Agreement, where the approval or consent of any Member is required
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or otherwise in connection with the business of the
Company, including the approval or consent with respect to any Major Decision:
(i) such approval or consent shall be in writing; and
(ii) such approval or consent shall be granted or withheld in the reasonable
discretion of such Member.
29
(b) Each Member shall have the right to request any books, records, audits or similar
information which the Company Subsidiary or the Company is entitled to request under any Service
Agreement or any other agreement to which the Company Subsidiary or the Company is a party.
4.8 Copies of Notices Affecting the Property. In the event any Member or an Affiliate
of any Member receives any service of process or any notice of (or similar document relating to)
any action, omission, violation or circumstance which could have a material effect on the operation
or value of the Company, the Company Subsidiary or the Property, then the Person receiving such
notice or other document shall deliver a copy of same to the other Member as soon as practicable in
the manner set forth in Article XII; provided, however, that if the Person receiving such notice or
other document is not a party to this Agreement, then the party to this Agreement whose Affiliate
received such notice shall cause such Affiliate to deliver a copy of same to all Members as soon as
practicable in the manner set forth in Article XII.
4.9 Bank Accounts. As deemed necessary by the unanimous consent of the Members, on
behalf and at the expense of the Company, the Manager shall maintain or cause the Property Manager
to maintain interest-bearing accounts in the name of the Company and operating accounts in the name
of the Property Manager in banks or trust companies in the continental U.S., for the deposit and
disbursement of all funds relating to the Company Subsidiary or the Company. All such Company
Subsidiary or Company funds shall be promptly deposited in such accounts, to be held and disbursed
only as provided herein. Such account shall provide for a “sweep” feature, automatically
transferring excess funds to a money-market type account, with any material excess funds being
invested temporarily in interest-bearing investments acceptable to WARC. Except for the operating
accounts in the name of the Property Manager, the funds of the Company Subsidiary and the Company
shall not be commingled with the funds of any other party. The Members from time to time shall
authorize signatories for such accounts.
4.10 Pension-held REIT. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, upon receipt of written notice from WARC that Xxxxxx REIT is or is likely to be a
“pension-held REIT” within the meaning of Section 856(h)(3)(D) of the Code, the Members (at the
expense of WARC) will take such action or cause the Company and the Company Subsidiary to take such
action to amend this Agreement and/or the organizational documents or operating agreements of the
Company Subsidiary and to amend or reform any existing leases, contracts, loan agreements or other
arrangements entered into by the Company or the Company Subsidiary, in order to avoid any direct or
indirect holder of interests in WARC from realizing UBTI as a result of WARC’s Membership Interests
in the Company.
30
4.11 REIT Status. The Company shall cause, and the Members shall assist the Company
in causing, Xxxxxx Corp. to exercise and file a timely REIT Election. Neither the Company, the
Members nor the Company Subsidiary shall take any action or make any omission that would adversely
affect the ability of Xxxxxx REIT or Xxxx REIT to qualify or continue to qualify as a real estate
investment trust (“REIT”) under Sections 856-857 of the Code, or subject Xxxxxx REIT or Xxxx REIT
to any additional taxes under Section 857 of the Code or Section 4981 of the Code (collectively,
the “REIT Provisions”). The Members, upon receipt of written notice of any act or omission that
adversely affects the ability of Xxxxxx REIT or Xxxx REIT to qualify as a REIT or subjects Xxxxxx
REIT or Xxxx REIT to any additional taxes under the REIT Provisions (except for those additional
taxes that result solely from a failure of Xxxx REIT to make distributions as required by the REIT
Provisions or any taxes in addition to those that would be imposed had Xxxx REIT been a Member of
the Company), will use their reasonable best efforts to take such action, or cause the Company and
the Company Subsidiary to take such action, to avoid such adverse consequences. Notwithstanding
any provision of Section 4.5 hereof to the contrary, CE shall have the right to take any action
(and to cause the Company and the Company Subsidiary to take any action) or to refrain from taking
any action (and to cause the Company and the Company Subsidiary to refrain from taking any action)
to ensure the continued qualification of Xxxxxx REIT as a REIT or to avoid the imposition of
additional taxes under the REIT Provisions.
4.12 Exemption from REIT Ownership Limit. Article VII of the Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles”) of Xxxxxx Corp. provides a 9.9% limit (the “Ownership
Limit”) on the ownership of the outstanding shares of common stock (the “Common Shares”) of Xxxxxx
Corp. In connection with the grant by the Board of Directors of Xxxxxx Corp. of an exemption from
the Ownership Limit to the Company so that the Company can acquire up to 100% of the Common Shares
(the “Exemption”), CE represents, warrants and covenants to WARC that no “individual,” as such term
is defined in Section 542(a)(2) of the Code as modified by Section 856(h)(3)(A) of the Code
(“Individual”), will beneficially own or constructively own (as determined pursuant to Section 7.1
of Article VII of the Articles), as a result of the CE’s ownership of the Common Shares, more than
9.9% of the outstanding Common Shares at any time. In connection with the grant by the Board of
Directors of Xxxxxx Corp. of the Exemption, WARC represents, warrants and covenants to CE that no
Individual will beneficially own or constructively own (as determined pursuant to Section 7.1 of
Article VII of the Articles), as a result of the WARC’s ownership of the Common Shares, more than
9.9% of the outstanding Common Shares at any time.
If either CE or WARC breaches the representations, warranties and covenants contained in this
Section 4.12 and such breach would result in Xxxxxx Corp. being “closely-held” within the meaning
of Section 856(h) of the Code, then Common Shares held by the Company the ownership of which would
result in the Xxxxxx Corp. being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code
(without regard to
31
whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) will be
automatically transferred to a charitable trust, as described in Section 7.3.1 of Article VII of
the Articles. If the Common Shares are transferred to a charitable trust as a result of a breach
of the representations, warranties or covenants by CE, then (i) any dividends or other
distributions attributable to those Common Shares that are paid to the charitable beneficiary, as
described in Section 7.3.1 of Article VII of the Articles, will reduce the distributions made to CE
under this Agreement and (ii) any net proceeds from the sale of those Common Shares paid to the
charitable beneficiary, as described in Section 7.3.1 of Article VII of the Articles, will reduce
the distributions made to CE under this Agreement. If the Common Shares are transferred to a
charitable trust as a result of a breach of the representations, warranties or covenants by WARC,
then (i) any dividends or other distributions attributable to those Common Shares that are paid to
the charitable beneficiary, as described in Section 7.3.1 of Article VII of the Articles, will
reduce the distributions made to WARC under this Agreement and (ii) any net proceeds from the sale
of those Common Shares paid to the charitable beneficiary, as described in Section 7.3.1 of Article
VII of the Articles, will reduce the distributions made to WARC under this Agreement.
ARTICLE V
PARTITION
Each of the Members irrevocably waives, during the term of the Company Subsidiary and the
Company and during any period of its liquidation following any dissolution, any right that it may
have to maintain any action for partition in kind with respect to any of the assets of the Company
Subsidiary or the Company.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS, WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS OF MEMBERS
6.1 Representations and Warranties of CE. In addition to the covenants, warranties
and representations made elsewhere in this Agreement, CE does hereby covenant, warrant and
represent that, as of the date of this Agreement:
(a) CE has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) All acts and other proceedings required to be taken by CE to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and properly taken.
(c) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by CE and constitutes the
valid and binding obligation of CE, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and
other similar laws and general equitable principles.
32
(d) CE has obtained all approvals and consents required to be obtained by it in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby from all governmental authorities having any approval
rights with respect thereto, and all Persons having consent rights, such that the failure
to consent would have a material, adverse effect on the Company Subsidiary, the Company or
any of their respective assets.
(e) No Person that is treated as a partner in CE for federal income tax purposes, and
no Person that owns an interest in any such partner, directly or indirectly through one or
more entities that are (i) treated as partnerships for federal income tax purposes,
(ii) disregarded for federal income tax purposes or (iii) trusts that are
treated as owned by a grantor or any other Person pursuant Sections 671 through 679 of the
Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, is a “qualified organization” within the
meaning of section 514(c)(9)(C) of the Code.
(f) CE is not an “employee benefit plan”, as defined in Section 3(3) of the ERISA, or
a “plan”, as defined in Section 4975(e) of the Code and the assets of CE are not deemed to
be “plan assets” of one or more such plans for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975
of the Code. In addition, CE is not a “governmental plan” within the meaning of Section
3(32) of ERISA, and no transaction by or with CE is subject to or in violation of any state
statutes applicable to regulation of investments of and fiduciary obligations with respect
to governmental plans.
(g) Xxxx REIT owns not less than 51% of CE and has control over the management and
operation of CE.
6.2 Representations and Warranties of WARC. In addition to the covenants, warranties
and representations made elsewhere in this Agreement, WARC does hereby covenant, warrant and
represent that, as of the date of this Agreement:
(a) It has all the requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) All acts and other proceedings required to be taken by WARC to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and properly taken.
33
(c) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by WARC and constitutes the
valid and binding obligation of WARC, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws and general
equitable principles.
(d) It has obtained all approvals and consents required to be obtained by it in
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby from all governmental authorities having any approval
rights with respect thereto, and all Persons having consent rights, such that the failure
to consent would have a material, adverse effect on the Company Subsidiary, the Company or
any of their respective assets.
(e) The sole material asset of WARC is its Membership Interest. Notwithstanding the
provisions of the introductory paragraph of this Section 6.2 the provisions of this Section
6.2(e) shall be a continuous covenant of WARC so long as it shall continue to be a Member
hereunder.
(f) The only members of WARC are directly or indirectly owned by funds managed,
controlled or advised by JPMIM and/or JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., or Affiliates thereof.
ARTICLE VII
BOOKS AND RECORDS; STATEMENTS;
AUDITS BY INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
AUDITS BY INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
7.1 Books and Records; Statements; Audits by Independent Certified Public Accountants.
(a) Books and Records. The Manager shall keep and deliver, or cause the Property Manager
to keep and deliver all books of account and records (which books shall be accurate and complete to
the best knowledge of the Manager after due inquiry and investigation by the Manager) showing the
assets and liabilities, operations, transactions and financial condition of the Company, the
Company Subsidiary and the Property on an accrual basis in accordance with fair market value and
historical cost accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (such
generally accepted accounting principles, “GAAP”). Any Member shall have access to such books and
records upon Advance Notice and each shall have the right to copy said records at its own expense.
(b) Where Maintained. The books, accounts and records of the Company Subsidiary and
the Company shall be at all times maintained at the Manager’s office or as otherwise designated in
the Property Management Agreement.
34
(c) Audits/Access to Information by Members. In addition to the annual audit by the
Company Accountants, upon Advance Notice to the Manager, any Member may, at its option and at its
own expense, conduct audits of the books, records and accounts of the Company Subsidiary or the
Company. The Manager shall provide, or shall cause the Property Manager to provide, the auditing
Member’s appraisers, accountants and advisors with access to all information related to the value
of the Property and to the management personnel involved directly or indirectly in the affairs of
the Company Subsidiary or the Company, and shall cause such personnel to cooperate fully with such
Member or its designees, and to furnish information requested by it or its designees, as to the
status of the affairs of the Company Subsidiary or the Company.
(d) Reports. The Manager shall prepare and distribute, or cause the Property Manager
to prepare and distribute, such reports and information to the other Members as shall be reasonably
requested by such Members in order to enable them to effectively manage their respective Membership
Interests and be fully informed about the affairs of the Property, the Company Subsidiary and the
Company. The reports and other information distributed to the Members pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall include, without limitation, an appraisal of the Property satisfying the appraisal
guidelines provided to the Manager by WARC from time to time, which appraisal shall be conducted
annually (or more frequently if requested by WARC) at WARC’s sole cost and expense and for the sole
and exclusive benefit of and use by WARC. The cost of preparing additional reports or obtaining
information included in the existing reports that would not have been incurred by the Company
Subsidiary or the Company but for Xxxx REIT’s indirect ownership interest in the Company Subsidiary
and the Company, shall be borne solely by CE and shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of CE.
The Manager shall furnish or cause the Property Manager to furnish monthly reports prepared on an
accrual basis in accordance with historical cost GAAP for CE and on a modified accrual basis in
accordance with fair market value GAAP for WARC showing monthly and year-to-date activity (without
notice or demand) not later than the tenth (10th) day following the end of each Monthly
Reporting Period (see Exhibit F for reporting requirements). All reporting and budgeting
shall be on a Fiscal Year basis. The Manager shall use or cause the Property Manager to use
Management Reports, Inc. (“MRI”) property management software. WARC may require the Manager or the
Property Manager, as the case may be, to use another property management software, with the version
and release number to be provided by WARC, if JPMIM. requires such other property management
software on a consistent basis for other properties for which JPMIM. serves as asset manager. The
modules required for implementation shall include, without limitation, general ledger, commercial
management, accounts payable and distributed processing. WARC, in its sole discretion, may require
modified version and release of the property management software. The database structure, system
type and property number will be provided by WARC and will not be modified without the consent of
WARC. WARC will provide the Manager with a standard chart of accounts, tenant charge (billing)
codes and report formats that are to be used unless otherwise agreed to in advance by WARC. The
35
Manager will submit or cause the Property Manager to submit to WARC on the twenty-fifth
(25th) day of each month, and to CE on the tenth (10th) day of the next
following month, a monthly electronic download of selected financial and operational data,
including general ledger information, using either the distributive processing function of MRI or
data extract routines identified and/or provided by WARC. WARC and CE reserve the right to
periodically modify the foregoing software and reporting requirements. The Manager shall pay all
costs and expenses of any outside consultants employed and the purchase of any computer software to
assist in the conversion of its financial data from its property management software to MRI
property management software. WARC will use good faith efforts not to make any changes to
Property-level financial information contained on the MRI property accounting system without the
knowledge of the Property Manager and CE. The Members shall, as a Company expense, at least once
every calendar year have the Company’s books and records audited by the Company Accountants. The
Members shall use good faith efforts to cause the Company Accountants to submit a copy of the
annual audited financial statements in accordance with historical cost GAAP with a reconciliation
to fair market value GAAP to all Members within thirty (30) days after the end of each Fiscal Year.
No later than seventy-five (75) days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Company, the Company
shall, as a Company expense, furnish the Members with all necessary tax reporting information
required by the Members for the preparation of their respective federal, state and local income tax
returns, including each Member’s pro rata share of income, gain, loss, deductions and credits for
such Fiscal Year. CE shall supervise the Company Accountants in the preparation of the Company’s
and the Company Subsidiary’s tax returns. Within seventy-five (75) days following the end of the
Fiscal Year of the Company, the Company shall, as a Company expense, furnish each Member with
copies of the Company Subsidiary’s federal tax returns on Form 1120-REIT and the Company’s federal
partnership tax return on Form 1065 and other income tax returns, together with each Member’s
Schedule K-1 or analogous schedule for review by CE. WARC shall have twenty (20) days thereafter
to review the returns. Provided there are no changes, the returns shall be signed by the Tax
Matters Partner on behalf of the Company and co-signed by the Company Accountants as preparer. CE
will be responsible for filing the return with the appropriate taxing authorities.
(e) The Company Accountants. The Company shall retain the Company Accountants to be
initial the auditor and tax return preparer for the Company Subsidiary and the Company. The fees
and expenses of the Company Accountants shall be a Company expense.
(f) Tax Matters Partner. Unless otherwise agreed by the Members, CE, so long as it
is a Member, shall have full power and authority to act for the Company and the Members as “Tax
Matters Partner”, as defined in Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code, with all the rights and
responsibilities of that position described in sections 6222-32 of the Code and to act in any
similar capacity under applicable state or local law. The Tax Matters
36
Partner shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to constitute WARC a “notice
partner” within the meaning of Section 6231(a)(8) of the Code and any similar capacity under
applicable state or local law. The Tax Matters Partner shall keep the other Members informed of
the progress of any tax audits or examinations. If requested by WARC, CE will request that the
Company Accountants allow WARC’s accountants to review the Company Accountants’ audit work papers.
In no event shall CE or any Affiliate of CE have any liability to WARC or any Affiliate of WARC on
account of a refusal of any such request by the Company Accountants. The Tax Matters Partner shall
not extend the statute of limitations with respect to Company matters without the consent of the
other Members. The Company shall reimburse the Tax Matters Partner for all unrelated third party
costs and expenses, and any other costs and expenses, incurred by it in the exercise of the rights
and/or the performance of the responsibilities referred to in this Section 7.1(f). The Company
shall indemnify and hold harmless the Tax Matters Partner from all unrelated third party claims,
liabilities, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and
court costs, incurred by it in the exercise of the rights and/or the performance of the
responsibilities referred to in this Section 7.1(f).
ARTICLE VIII
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; DISTRIBUTIONS
8.1 Capital Accounts. There shall be established on the books and records of the
Company a capital account (a “Capital Account”) for each Member.
8.2 Adjustments. As of the last day of each Period, the balance in each Member’s
Capital Account shall be adjusted by (a) increasing such balance by such Member’s
(i) allocable share of Net Profit (allocated in accordance with Section 8.5) and
(ii) Capital Contributions made by such Members and (b) decreasing such
balance by (x) the amount of cash or the fair market value of any property distributed to
such Member and (y) such Member’s allocable share of Net Loss (allocated in accordance with
Section 8.5). Each Member’s Capital Account shall be further adjusted with respect to any special
allocations pursuant to this Article VIII. The provisions of this Agreement relating to the
maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Treasury Regulations section 1.704-1(b)
and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Treasury Regulations.
8.3 Distributions. Subject to the provisions of Section 9.2, undistributed Cash Flow
if any, after the payment of any amount payable on any Member Loans made pursuant to Article III
shall be distributed to the Members monthly in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.
37
8.4 Negative Capital Accounts. The Members shall not be required to make up a
negative balance in their respective Capital Accounts.
8.5 Allocations of Net Profit and Net Loss.
(a) Net Profit for each Period shall first be allocated to the Members to reverse any prior
allocations of Net Loss made pursuant to Section 8.5(c) hereof, and then to the Members in
accordance with their Percentage Interests.
(b) Net Loss for each Period shall be allocated to the Members in accordance with their
Percentage Interests.
(c) The Net Losses allocated pursuant to Section 8.5(b) hereof shall not exceed the maximum
amount of Net Losses that can be so allocated without causing any Member to have an Adjusted
Capital Account Deficit at the end of any Period. In the event some but not all of the Members
would have Adjusted Capital Account Deficits as a consequence of an allocation of Losses pursuant
to Section 8.5(b), the limitation set forth in this Section 8.5(c) shall be applied on a
Member-by-Member basis so as to allocate the maximum permissible Net Losses to each Member under
Treasury Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d).
8.6 Qualified Income Offsets, Curative Allocations. (a) If (i) any Member
unexpectedly receives any adjustment, allocation or distribution described in Treasury Regulations
section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6) and (ii) such adjustment, allocation or
distribution causes or increases an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit with respect to such Member as
of the end of the Period to which such adjustment, allocation or distribution relates, then items
of gross income for such Period and each subsequent Period shall be allocated to each such Member
in proportion to its Adjusted Capital Account Deficit in an amount and manner sufficient to
eliminate, to the extent required by the Treasury Regulations, such Adjusted Capital Account
Deficit as quickly as possible, provided that an allocation pursuant to this Section 8.6
shall be made only if and to the extent that such Member would have an Adjusted Capital Account
Deficit after all other allocations provided for in this Article VIII have been tentatively made as
if this Section 8.6 were not in the Agreement.
(b) Any special allocations of items of income or gain pursuant to this Article VIII shall be
taken into account in computing subsequent allocations pursuant to this Agreement, so that the net
amount for any item so allocated and all other items allocated to each Member pursuant to this
Agreement shall be equal, to the extent possible, to the net amount that would have been allocated
to each Member pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement if such allocations had not occurred.
38
8.7 Nonrecourse Debt. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulations
section 1.704-2(f), if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during any Period, each
Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain for such period (and, if
necessary, subsequent periods) in proportion to, and to the extent of, an amount equal to the
portion of such Member’s share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, determined in
accordance with Treasury Regulations section 1.704-2(g). This Section 8.7(a) is intended to comply
with the chargeback of items of income and gain requirement in Treasury Regulations section
1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulations section 1.704-2(i), if there is a
net decrease in Minimum Gain Attributable to Partner Nonrecourse Debt during any Period, each
Member with a share of Minimum Gain Attributable to Partner Nonrecourse Debt shall be specially
allocated items of Company income and gain for such Period (and, if necessary, subsequent periods)
in proportion to, and to the extent of, an amount equal to the portion of such Member’s share of
the net decrease in the Minimum Gain Attributable to Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in
accordance with Treasury Regulations section 1.704-2(i)(4). This Section 8.7(b) is intended to
comply with the chargeback of items of income and gain requirement in Treasury Regulations section
1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
(c) Nonrecourse Deductions for any Period shall be allocated to the Members in proportion to
their respective Percentage Interests in accordance with Treasury Regulations section
1.704-2(b)(1).
(d) Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for any Period shall be allocated 100% to the Member that
bears the economic risk of loss (as defined in Treasury Regulations section 1.704-2(b)) with
respect to the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are
attributable in accordance with Treasury Regulations section 1.704-2(i). If more than one Member
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 Members in
accordance with the ratios in which they share such economic risk of loss.
8.8 Tax Allocations. The income, gains, losses, credits and deductions recognized by
the Company shall be allocated among the Members, for United States federal, state and local income
tax purposes, to the extent permitted under the Code and the Treasury Regulations, in the same
manner that each such item is allocated to the Members’ Capital Accounts.
8.9 Fractions Rule Compliance. The allocations contained in this Agreement are
intended to comply with the requirements of section 514(c)(9)(E) of the Code and Treasury
Regulations section 1.514(c)-2 and shall be interpreted consistently therewith,
and no allocation shall be made to WARC if WARC reasonably believes such allocation would
cause these allocations to fail to comply therewith.
39
8.10 Withholding. The Manager is authorized but not required to withhold from
distributions to the Members and to pay over to federal, state or local government authorities any
amounts required to be so withheld pursuant to the Code or any other applicable federal, state or
local law, and shall allocate any amounts so withheld to the Members. Any amounts so allocated to
a Member shall be treated as an amount distributed to such Member pursuant to this Article VIII for
all purposes of this Agreement. If the Company makes a distribution in kind to a Member and such
distribution is subject to withholding in the manner described above, the Manager shall notify such
Member as to the extent of the amount of such withholding and such Member shall promptly pay the
Company such amount.
8.11 Final Distribution. The final distributions following dissolution shall be made
in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.2.
ARTICLE IX
DISSOLUTION
9.1 Dissolving Events. The Company shall be dissolved in the manner hereinafter
provided upon the happening of any of the following events:
(a) fifty (50) years from the date hereof;
(b) the written agreement of all of the Members to terminate the Company;
(c) the disposition by the Company Subsidiary of the entire Property and the
collection of all amounts derived from any such disposition, including all amounts payable
to the Company Subsidiary or the Company under any promissory notes or other evidences of
indebtedness derived by the Company Subsidiary or the Company from any such disposition;
(d) any other event which under applicable law would cause the dissolution of the
Company, provided, however, that, unless required by law or objected to by
WARC, the Company shall not be liquidated as a result of any such event and the Company
shall be reconstituted;
(e) the dissolution or bankruptcy of a Member, unless a majority in interest, in
profits and capital, of the remaining Members elect within ninety (90) days after the
occurrence of any such event to continue the business of the Company and the Company
Subsidiary; or
(f) in the event a Member shall fail to contribute its full proportionate share of
any Initial Capital Contribution in accordance with the terms hereof.
40
9.2 Methods of Liquidation. If the Company is dissolved and not reconstituted, an
accounting of the Company assets, liabilities, and operations through the last day of the month in
which the dissolution occurs shall be made by the Company Accountants, and the affairs of the
Company shall be wound up and terminated. The Manager shall serve as the liquidating trustee of
the Company unless CE is serving as the Manager or is an Affiliate of the Manager and (i)
CE has caused the dissolution pursuant to a Bankruptcy Event of CE or (ii) CE is the sole
Defaulting Member, in which case WARC shall designate a liquidating trustee. The liquidating
trustee shall be responsible for winding up and terminating the affairs of the Company and shall
determine all matters in connection therewith (including, without limitation, the arrangements to
be made with creditors, to what extent and under what terms the assets of the Company are to be
sold, and the amount or necessity of cash reserves to cover contingent liabilities) as it deems
advisable and proper; provided, however, that all decisions of the liquidating trustee shall be
made in accordance with the fiduciary duty owed by the liquidating trustee to the Company and each
of the Members. The liquidating trustee thereafter shall liquidate the assets of the Company as
promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof, allocate any resulting Net Profit
or Net Loss in accordance with Section 9.6 and apply the proceeds therefrom in accordance with the
following:
(a) First, to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the Company, other
than to the Members, and to the expenses of liquidation in the order of priority as
provided by law; then
(b) Second, to the establishment of, or addition to, any reserves deemed
necessary by the liquidating trustee, for any contingent or unforeseen liabilities or
obligations of the Company; provided, however, that any such reserves established hereunder
shall be paid over to a bank or other escrow agent to be held in escrow for the purpose of
paying any such contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations and, at the expiration
of such period as the liquidating trustee deems advisable, of distributing the balance of
such reserves in the manner provided hereinafter in this Section 9.2; then
(c) Third, to the repayment of any liabilities or debts of the Company to any
of the Members, pro rata to the respective outstanding balances of such liabilities or
debts; and then
(d) Fourth, to the Members in proportion to, and to the extent of, the
positive balances in their respective Capital Accounts, as adjusted pursuant to Section
9.6.
41
The foregoing notwithstanding, any decisions with respect to the liquidation of the Company
other than those of a ministerial nature shall be deemed to be Major Decisions.
9.3 Reasonable Time for Liquidating. A reasonable time shall be allowed for the
orderly liquidation of the Company’s assets pursuant to Section 9.2 above in order to minimize the
losses normally attendant upon such a liquidation.
9.4 Date of Liquidation. The Company shall be liquidated and terminated when all of
its assets have been converted into cash, all promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness
derived by the Company from such conversion of its assets have been collected or otherwise
converted into cash, and all such cash has been applied and distributed in accordance with the
provisions of Section 9.2 above. The establishment of any reserves shall not have the effect of
extending the term of the Company, but such reserves shall be distributed in accordance with
Section 9.2 and in the manner and within the time period as the liquidating trustee deems advisable
and appropriate.
9.5 Withdrawals. The Members do hereby covenant and agree that they shall not
withdraw or retire from the Company except as a result of a permitted Transfer of their entire
respective Membership Interests and that they shall carry out their duties and responsibilities
hereunder until the Company is terminated, liquidated, and dissolved under this Article IX.
9.6 Allocations on Dissolution. Net Profit and Net Loss following the occurrence of
an event described in Section 9.1 shall be allocated in a manner so that the balance in each
Member’s Capital Account equals the amount such Member would receive if proceeds were distributed
pursuant to Section 8.3.
ARTICLE X
SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER
10.1 Transfers of Interests in Company. (a) Except as otherwise permitted in this
Article X or Article XI, no Member may sell, transfer, assign, convey or otherwise dispose of or
subject to a security interest or otherwise charge or encumber, either, directly or indirectly,
voluntarily or by operation of law (collectively, “Transfer”) all or any part of its Membership
Interest. Any such act in violation of this Section 10.1(a) shall be null and void ab
initio. The approval of any such transaction in any one or more instances shall not limit
or waive the requirement for such approval in any other or future instance. In no event shall less
than all of a Membership Interest be Transferred by any Member, and no transferee of any Membership
Interest may, at any time that it holds
42
such Membership Interest, own any assets other than such Membership Interest. All Transfers
hereinafter permitted are subject to Sections 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the investment fund that owns WARC may, upon five (5)
days’ prior written notice to CE, transfer any or all of its membership interest in WARC, as the
case may be, to an Affiliate subject to satisfaction of Sections 10.5 and 10.7, provided
that the Affiliate is managed or advised by the Persons who manage or advise the investment fund
that owns WARC. Any change in the ownership of the investors holding an interest in the investment
fund that owns WARC, directly or indirectly, shall not be deemed a Transfer.
(c) Xxxx REIT may, upon five (5) days’ prior written notice to WARC, transfer any or all of
its partnership interest in CE to an Affiliate subject to satisfaction of Sections 10.5 and 10.7,
provided that the Affiliate to which such membership interest is transferred is owned and
controlled, directly or indirectly, by Xxxx REIT and Xxxx REIT owns not less than a 51% direct or
indirect ownership interest in such Affiliate.
10.2 Buy/Sell. (a) WARC or CE, as the Offeror, may, at any time after the date that
is two (2) years after the date of the closing of the Purchase, deliver a written notice (a
“Buy-Sell Notice”) to the other Member (the “Offeree”) that the Offeror desires to exercise its
rights under this Section 10.2. The Buy-Sell Notice shall specify a price at which the Offeror is
willing to sell the Property (the “Offer Price”), and shall contain an offer to (1) buy the
Offeree’s Membership Interest for an amount equal to the cash amount that the Offeree would have
received had the Property been sold to a third party for the Offer Price in an all cash transaction
and the proceeds of sale distributed in accordance with Section 8.3 above (the “Buy Option”) and
(2) sell to the Offeree the Offeror’s Membership Interest for an amount equal to the cash
amount that the Offeror would have received had the Property been sold to a third party for the
Offer Price in an all cash transaction and the proceeds of sale distributed in accordance with
Section 8.3 above (the “Sell Option”). Notwithstanding anything in this Section 10.2 to the
contrary, WARC may deliver a Buy-Sell Notice to CE at any time after the date hereof following the
removal of CE as the Manager pursuant to Section 4.4(a)(v) hereof.
(b) If a Buy-Sell Notice is given to an Offeree, the Offeree shall have a period of up to
thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice in which to accept, by written notice to the
Offeror, the Buy Option or the Sell Option. If written notice of such election is not given to the
Offeror within such thirty (30) days following the Buy-Sell Notice, it shall be conclusively deemed
that the Offeree has elected to accept the Offeror’s offer to buy the Offeree’s Membership Interest
pursuant to the Buy Option. If the Sell Option is accepted, the Offeree shall contemporaneously
deliver a certified or bank check drawn on a bank that is a member of the New York Clearinghouse
Association payable to the order of Citibank, N.A. or another bank agreed to by the parties, as
escrow agent (the “Buy-Sell Escrow Agent”), in an amount equal to the Buy-Sell Deposit. If the Buy
Option is
43
accepted (or deemed accepted), the Offeror shall within five (5) Business Days deliver the
Buy-Sell Deposit to the Buy-Sell Escrow Agent. If the Member obligated to deliver the Buy-Sell
Deposit fails to do so, the other Member may either (i) elect within five (5) Business Days
to become the buyer under the Buy Option (in which case it shall promptly deliver the Buy-Sell
Deposit as contemplated herein) or (ii) xxx the defaulting party for breach of contract (in
which case it shall be entitled to an amount equal to the Buy-Sell Deposit as liquidated damages,
not as a penalty).
(c) If either a Buy Option or a Sell Option is properly exercised as set forth above, the
Offeror and the Offeree shall each buy and sell, as the case may be, the entire interest in the
Company of the Offeror or the Offeree, as the case may be, such interest to be transferred to the
other or the other’s designee on the thirtieth (30th) day after the delivery of the exercise
notice, or deemed election, if applicable (or the next Business Day thereafter if such day is not a
Business Day). At the closing, the purchase price specified above shall be paid by the purchasing
Member by official bank check or by bank wire transfer of immediately available funds. For the
avoidance of doubt, at the closing, the Members agree to prorate among themselves (x) any
cash then held by the Company, (y) any cash reserves or deposits then held by any third
parties for the account of the Company and (z) any accounts payable or other current
liabilities of the Company. The terms of the purchase and sale shall be unconditional, except that
(i) each Member whose interests are being sold shall be deemed to represent and warrant to
the purchasing Members that its entire interest in the Company is owned by the selling Member free
and clear of all liens and encumbrances and is subject to no legal or equitable claims and
(ii) the purchasing Member shall be deemed to have assumed all obligations and liabilities
relating to the purchased interest arising from transactions or events first occurring after the
date of such sale, and upon demand each such Member shall deliver to the other appropriate
documentation evidencing the sale, assignment, representation and assumption set forth herein. If
any Member shall fail to comply with its obligation to sell its interest in the Company or purchase
the interest of the other Member, as applicable, such Member shall be deemed a Defaulting Member
hereunder and the other Member shall have, in addition to the rights and remedies set forth herein,
all rights and remedies at law or in equity.
(d) If any transfer or similar taxes shall be payable in connection with a Transfer of
Membership Interests by and among CE and WARC pursuant to this Section 10.2, the buying Member
shall pay such transfer or similar taxes.
(e) In the event the Offeror or the Offeree, as the case may be, shall purchase Membership
Interests pursuant to the terms of this Section 10.2, such purchasing Member may elect to cause the
subject Membership Interests to be transferred to its nominee if the acquisition by such nominee
would not result in the transfer being deemed a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA.
44
10.3 [Intentionally deleted.]
10.4 Restraining Order/Specific Performance/Other Remedies. (a) In the event that
any Member shall attempt to Transfer all or any portion of any interest in the Company, the Company
Subsidiary, the Property or all or any portion of its Membership Interest, or any Person shall
attempt to Transfer all or any portion of its interest in CE (except as otherwise permitted
pursuant to Section 10.1), in violation of the provisions of this Agreement and any rights hereby
granted, then any other Member, in addition to all rights and remedies hereunder, at law and/or in
equity, shall be entitled to a decree or order restraining and enjoining such Transfer and the
offending party shall not plead in defense thereto that there would be an adequate remedy at law;
it being hereby expressly acknowledged and agreed that damages at law shall be an inadequate remedy
for a breach or threatened breach or violation of the provisions concerning Transfers set forth in
this Agreement.
(b) In addition, it is expressly agreed that the remedy at law for breach of any of the
obligations set forth in this Article X is inadequate in view of (i) the complexities and
uncertainties in measuring the actual damages that would be sustained by reason of the failure of a
party to comply fully with each of said obligations, and (ii) the uniqueness of each
Member’s business and assets and the relationship of the Members. Accordingly, each of the
aforesaid obligations shall be, and is hereby expressly made, enforceable by specific performance.
10.5 Compliance with Law. The Members hereby agree that no sale or other Transfer of
any interest in the Company shall be made which would result in the violation of any applicable
law, order, rule, or regulation of the United States of America, the State of Delaware or the State
of Maryland to the extent applicable to such sale or other Transfer, including without limitation,
the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the terms of any Mortgage.
10.6 Substitute Members. In the event any Member Transfers its Membership Interest in
compliance with the other provisions of this Article X, the transferee thereof shall have the right
to become a substituted Member of the Company only upon satisfaction of the following:
(a) the transferring Member and its transferee execute such instruments as any other
Member deems reasonably necessary or desirable to effect such substitution;
(b) the transferee of any Member’s Membership Interest accepts and agrees in writing
to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement;
45
(c) such transferee pays a transfer fee to the Company which is sufficient to cover
all reasonable expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys’ and accountants’ fees,
transfer taxes and expenses incurred by the Company or its Members in connection with the
admission of such Person as a Member, including, without limitation, the amendment to this
Agreement;
(d) the transferring Member and the transferee each provide a certificate to the
effect that (i) the proposed Transfer will not be effected on or through
(A) a U.S. national, regional or local securities exchange, (B) a foreign
securities exchange or (C) an interdealer quotation system that regularly
disseminates firm buy or sell quotations by identified brokers or dealers (including,
without limitation, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
System) and (ii) it is not, and its proposed Transfer will not be made by, through
or on behalf of, (A) a Person, such as a broker or a dealer, making a market in
interests in the Company or (B) a Person who makes available to the public bid or
offer quotes with respect to interests in the Company;
(e) the transfer will not be effected on or through an “established securities
market” or a “secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof”, as such terms are
used in Treasury Regulations section 1.7704-1; and
(f) the proposed Transfer will not result in the Company having more than 100
Members, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations section 1.7704-1(h)(1) (determined
pursuant to the rules of Treasury Regulations section 1.7704-1(h)(3)).
The Members in their sole discretion may agree to waive any or all of the conditions set forth
in paragraphs (d) and (f) of this Section 10.6.
10.7 Overall Transfer Prohibitions. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein contained, except for a Transfer pursuant to Section 10.2 hereof, no interest in the Company
may be Transferred if the non-Transferring Member delivers to the Member desiring to effect such
Transfer an opinion of counsel with such experience and expertise with respect to the subject
matter of the opinion as is reasonably acceptable to the Transferring Member, that the Transfer
would impose material adverse tax or legal consequences upon the Company or any non-Transferring
Member as a result thereof, including, without limitation, resulting in a default under any Loan
(which is deemed for those purposes to have such a material adverse effect).
(b) In order to afford the non-Transferring Member sufficient time to determine whether or
not it should obtain an opinion of counsel described herein, the Member whose interest in the
Company is to be the subject of any Transfer shall, if not otherwise required pursuant to any other
provision of this Article X, give the non-Transferring
46
Member at least thirty (30) days’ written notice prior to attempting to effect any such
Transfer.
10.8 Section 754 Election. Upon the request of any Member transferring substantially
all of its interest in the Company pursuant to this Agreement, or upon the request of the
transferee, the Company shall file an election pursuant to section 754 of the Code to adjust the
basis of Company property in the manner provided in section 743 of the Code. The incremental cost
of making such an election shall be borne by the requesting party, provided that if the
requesting party is the transferor and such transferor is not a Member immediately after such
transfer, or subsequently ceases to be a Member, such cost shall be borne by the transferee.
10.9 Release of Liability. In the event any Member shall sell its entire interest in
the Company (other than in a sale of the Property or the entire Membership Interests of all
Members), in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement without retaining any interest
therein, directly or indirectly, then the selling Member shall be relieved of any further liability
arising hereunder for events occurring from and after the date of such Transfer.
ARTICLE XI
DEFAULTS
11.1 Defaults. A Member shall be in “Default” hereunder upon the occurrence of any of
the following events:
(a) such Member fails to contribute, as and when due and payable hereunder, all or
any portion of its Initial Capital Contribution or any Additional Capital Contribution that
it is obligated to contribute to the Company, however, with respect to a failure to make
Additional Capital Contributions, only if such failure continues for five (5) Business Days
after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Defaulting Member by any
Non-Defaulting Member (any such default being referred to herein as a “Monetary Default”);
(b) such Member withdraws from the Company in violation of this Agreement;
(c) such Member effects a Transfer which, immediately following the consummation
thereof, is in violation of this Agreement;
(d) such Member is found in a judicial proceeding to commit fraud, misappropriation
or theft;
47
(e) such Member breaches in any material respect any representation, warranty or
covenant of such Member set forth in this Agreement (other than those breaches described in
paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 11.1, which shall result
in a Default hereunder immediately upon the occurrence thereof, or in paragraph (a)
of this Section 11.1, which shall result in a Default at the time specified therein) or
with respect to any Member, a breach (not cured within the applicable period specified for
such cure in the Affiliate Agreement) by an Affiliate of such Member under an Affiliate
Agreement, which breach shall continue for a period of fifteen (15) days after written
notice thereof shall have been given to such Member, provided that if the breach is
such that it is curable within a reasonable time, but cannot be cured within fifteen (15)
days, the fifteen (15) day period shall be extended for a reasonable period (but not to
exceed ninety (90) days from the date of the breach), provided such Member has commenced to
remedy the breach and is diligently proceeding to cure such breach;
(f) if CE is the Manager, the failure or refusal of the Manager to take an action (or
to the extent such action shall not be within the reasonable control of the Manager, it
shall fail to use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such action) recommended by
WARC pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 4.5 with respect to a particular Major
Decision, and such failure continues for a period of five (5) business days after the
Manager’s receipt of written notice from WARC;
(g) such Member shall be deemed to be in Default or to be a Defaulting Member under
Sections 3.3 or 10.2; or
(h) a Bankruptcy Event shall occur with respect to such Member.
In the event of a Member’s Default hereunder, the Non-Defaulting Member, in addition to all
other claims for damages, rights and remedies provided herein or otherwise available at law or in
equity, including, without limitation, specific performance, shall have all the rights and remedies
set forth in this Article XI.
11.2 Defaulting Member. (a) Except as expressly provided in the Delaware Act,
whenever the vote, consent or decision of a Member or of the Members is required or permitted
pursuant to this Agreement, any Defaulting Member shall not be entitled to participate in such vote
or consent, or to make such decision, and such vote, consent or decision shall be tabulated or made
as if such Defaulting Member were not a Member.
(b) A Defaulting Member shall remain obligated from and after such Default to make Capital
Contributions in accordance with Article III.
48
11.3 Monetary Defaults. (a) If a member commits a Monetary Default, any
Non-Defaulting Member at its option, to be exercised by written notice of its election to the
Defaulting Member, at any time following the occurrence of such Monetary Default, and provided that
the Monetary Default shall be continuing, may, in addition to any other rights or remedies that may
be available hereunder or at law or in equity, elect any one of the following rights or remedies:
(i) Unless the Non-Defaulting Member shall have required the return of its Capital
Contribution pursuant to clause (iii) below, the Non-Defaulting Member may contribute, on
its own behalf, the Capital Contribution required of the Defaulting Member and cause the
Percentage Interests of the Company to be transferred in the manner set forth in Section
11.4 below as of the date such Capital Contribution is made by such Non-Defaulting Member,
and the balance of such Non-Defaulting Member’s Capital Account shall be increased by the
actual amount contributed to the Company by such Non-Defaulting Member.
(ii) Unless the Non-Defaulting Member has required the return of its Capital
Contribution pursuant to clause (iii) below, the Non-Defaulting Member may advance the
Capital Contribution required of the Defaulting Member, on behalf of such Defaulting
Member, which advance shall constitute a recourse loan (a “Default Loan”) by the
Non-Defaulting Member to the Defaulting Member. Any amount advanced to the Company by the
Non-Defaulting Member under this clause (ii) shall, for the purposes of maintaining the
Members’ Capital Accounts, be deemed a Capital Contribution made by the Defaulting Member
in the amount of such advance. Any such Default Loan shall bear interest at the rate,
compounded annually, equal to the lesser of (A) the Prime Rate plus five percent
(5%), such rate to float with any float in the Prime Rate, or (B) the highest rate
permitted by law. Prior to the repayment of such Default Loan in full together with
interest, any amount otherwise distributable to the Defaulting Member hereunder, if any,
shall be deemed assigned and shall be payable to the Non-Defaulting Member in repayment of
the Default Loan, being applied first to interest. If such Default Loan is not repaid,
together with interest thereon, within five (5) days from the date of written demand by the
Non-Defaulting Member, the Non-Defaulting Member shall be entitled to elect to have such
Default Loan treated as a Capital Contribution by the Non-Defaulting Member and to cause
the Percentage Interests of the Company to be transferred in the manner set forth in
Section 11.4 below as of the date of such election by the delivery of written notice
thereof to the Defaulting Member. If such election is made and upon delivery of such
notice, the Non-Defaulting Member shall, for purposes of effectuating the transfer of the
Defaulting Member’s Percentage Interests and maintaining the Members’ respective Capital
Accounts, be treated as having made a Capital Contribution on its own behalf to the capital
of the Company, in an amount equal to the sum of (x) the then outstanding principal
balance of such Default Loan,
49
plus (y) accrued but unpaid interest on such amount at the rate set forth in
this Section 11.3(a)(ii) from the date of the original advance through the date of the
Non-Defaulting Member’s election to convert its Default Loan into a Capital Contribution,
and the Defaulting Member’s Capital Contribution shall be reduced, and its Capital Account
balance shall be reduced by the same amount.
(iii) The Non-Defaulting Member may, but shall not be obligated to, require that all
or any portion of the Capital Contribution advanced to the Company by such Member pursuant
to Article III in connection with the capital call that resulted in the Defaulting Member’s
Monetary Default be returned to the Non-Defaulting Member (with a corresponding debit to
such Member’s Capital Account). To the extent that the Non-Defaulting Member has required
the return of its Capital Contribution by the Company as provided above, the Non-Defaulting
Member may not exercise its remedies under clauses (i) or (ii) of this
Section 11.3(a), unless prior to such exercise the Non-Defaulting Member shall have
recontributed its Capital Contribution to the Company.
(b) If a Member commits a Monetary Default, the Non-Defaulting Member shall have the right to
seek from the Defaulting Member repayment of such Default Loan or payment of the Capital
Contribution by all appropriate judicial and/or non-judicial proceedings, until such time as the
Default has been cured, or the Members’ Percentage Interests have been modified due to a transfer
under Section 11.4; provided, however, that in the event of a transfer of the
Percentage Interest of one Member to another Member, the Non-Defaulting Member shall have the right
to purchase the remaining Membership Interest of the Defaulting Member as provided in Section 10.2.
(c) All Members agree that the prompt making of all Capital Contributions required under
Article III when due is necessary to the success of the Company and that a Default by any Member in
making any of its required Capital Contributions when due shall expose the Company and the
Non-Defaulting Member to significant risks of delay, lost profits, additional risks, expenses and
other damages that are, in the view of the Members, impossible to determine in advance and would,
at the time of any such Default, be extremely difficult to calculate, and agree that the right to
acquire Percentage Interests pursuant to Section 11.4 and the other remedies in this Article XI are
reasonable and appropriate remedies.
11.4 Transfer of Percentage Interests. If a Non-Defaulting Member shall elect to make
a Capital Contribution on behalf of a Defaulting Member (such Non-Defaulting Member being
hereinafter referred to as the “Contributing Member”) pursuant to Sections 11.3(a)(i) or (ii) above
and the Percentage Interest of the Defaulting Member shall be transferred to the Contributing
Member, then the Percentage Interest acquired by each Contributing Member shall be an amount equal
to a fraction the numerator of which is equal to 150% of the amount of the Capital Contribution the
Contributing Member has
50
made pursuant to Sections 11.3(a)(i) or (ii) and the denominator of which is equal to the
total Capital Contributions made by all Members through and including the date such Contributing
Member made the Capital Contribution pursuant to Sections 11.3(a)(i) or (ii). The Percentage
Interest of the Defaulting Member shall be reduced by the sum of all Percentage Interests
transferred to the Contributing Members pursuant to the preceding sentence.
After the date that the Non-Defaulting Member elects to acquire the Percentage Interests
pursuant to Sections 11.3(a)(i) or (ii) above, there shall be no right on the part of the
Defaulting Member to cure such Default, such Default being deemed to have been cured by the
Non-Defaulting Member; provided, however, that the Non-Defaulting Member shall continue to have the
right to purchase the remaining Membership Interest of the Defaulting Member as provided in Section
10.2 during the period specified therein.
11.5 No Waiver. Failure by a Non-Defaulting Member to give any notice of Default as
specified under Section 11.1 or otherwise herein, or any failure to insist upon strict performance
of any of the terms of this Agreement, shall not constitute a waiver of any such Default or of any
of the terms of this Agreement. No Default shall be waived, nor shall any duty to be performed, be
altered or modified, except by written instrument. One or more waivers or failure to give notice
of Default shall not be considered as a waiver of a subsequent or continuing Default of the same
covenant or obligation.
11.6 Not Exclusive Remedy. The rights granted in this Article XI shall not be deemed
to be an exclusive remedy of the Non-Defaulting Member, but all other rights and remedies, legal
and equitable, shall be available to it, with the exception of any action which has the effect of
terminating this Agreement.
11.7 Further Actions. To the extent necessary in the sole discretion of the
Non-Defaulting Member, the Non-Defaulting Member shall cause this Agreement to be amended to
reflect as appropriate the occurrence of any of the transactions referred to in this Article XI as
promptly as is practicable after such occurrence.
11.8 Power of Attorney. Each Defaulting Member hereby appoints the Non-Defaulting
Member and each of the principal officers and members of the Non-Defaulting Member, individually,
to act as such Defaulting Member’s attorney in fact after the occurrence of a Default by the
Defaulting Member, which power of attorney is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. After the
occurrence of a Default and during the existence of such Default, each such attorney may execute,
in the Defaulting Member’s or its own name, any documents or instruments which the Non-Defaulting
Member deems necessary to implement any of the rights and remedies granted to a Non-Defaulting
Member under this Article XI.
51
ARTICLE XII
NOTICES
12.1 In Writing; Address. All notices, demands, consents, reports and other
communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing, shall be given by a method
prescribed in Section 12.2 and shall be given to the Member to whom it is addressed at the address
set forth below or at such other address(es) as such party hereto may hereafter specify by at least
fifteen (15) days’ prior written notice.
To CE:
c/x Xxxx Capital Corporation
0000 X Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, III
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
0000 X Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, III
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to:
Hunton & Xxxxxxxx LLP
0000 X Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
0000 X Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
To WARC:
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Investment Management Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxx X. XxxXxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xx. Xxxxx X. XxxXxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to:
Debevoise & Xxxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
52
Any party hereto may change the address to which notice may be delivered hereunder by the
giving of written notice thereof to the other Members as provided in Section 12.2 below.
12.2 Method. Such notice or other communication may be mailed by United States
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, deposited in a United States post office
or a depository for the receipt of mail regularly maintained by the Post Office. Such notices,
demands, consents and reports may also be delivered (i) by hand or nationally recognized
overnight courier which maintains evidence of receipt or (ii) by facsimile with a
confirmation copy delivery by overnight courier which maintains evidence of receipt. Any notices,
demands, consents or other communications shall be deemed given when received at the address for
which such party has given notice in accordance with the provisions hereof. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no notice or other communication shall be deemed ineffective because of refusal of
delivery to the address specified for the giving of such notice in accordance herewith. Notice
shall be effective only upon receipt or refusal of receipt after delivery in accordance with the
methods hereinabove set forth in this Section 12.2.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
13.1 Additional Documents and Acts. In connection with this Agreement, as well as all
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each Member agrees to execute and deliver such
additional documents and instruments, and to perform such additional acts as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate, carry out and perform all of the terms, provisions and conditions of
this Agreement, and all such transactions.
13.2 Governing Law and Jurisdiction. This Agreement, the rights and obligations of
the parties hereto, and any claims or disputes relating thereto shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware (other than the choice of law rules).
13.3 Pronouns. All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to
the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the Person or Persons may
require.
13.4 Entire Agreement. This instrument contains all of the understandings and
agreements of whatsoever kind and nature existing between the parties hereto with
53
respect to this Agreement and the rights, interests, understandings, agreements and
obligations of the respective parties pertaining to the formation and continuing operations of the
Company, and supersedes and replaces any and all prior agreements between the Members and/or their
Affiliates with respect to the specific subject matters covered herein. Representatives of all
parties have participated equally in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement, and
accordingly, this Agreement shall not be more strictly construed against any party hereto on
account of the role played by such party’s representative in the negotiation and drafting hereof.
13.5 References to this Agreement. Numbered or lettered Articles and Sections herein
contained refer to Articles and Sections of this Agreement unless otherwise expressly stated.
13.6 Headings. All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of
reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of
this Agreement.
13.7 Binding Effect. Except as herein otherwise expressly stipulated to the contrary,
this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, and their
respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
13.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in a number of counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
13.9 Amendments. This Agreement may not be amended, altered or modified except by a
written instrument signed by each of the Members.
13.10 Estoppel Certificates. Each Member agrees, upon written demand of any other
Member, to execute and deliver to the other Member, within fifteen (15) days after such demand
(which demand shall make reference to such fifteen (15) day response period), a certificate stating
that this Agreement is unmodified and in full force and effect (or, if this Agreement has been
modified, that the same is in full force and effect as modified and stating such modifications);
whether or not, to the best of the knowledge of such Member, there exists any material default
hereunder and if so, specifying the details of such default; and such other matters as the other
Member may reasonably request.
13.11 Exhibits. All Exhibits attached hereto are made a part hereof by this
reference.
13.12 Severability. Every provision of this Agreement is hereby declared to be
independent of, and separable from, every other provision of this Agreement. If any such
provisions shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable, that holding shall be without effect upon
the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. It is
54
the intention of the parties hereto that in lieu of each provision of this Agreement which is
determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be added, as part of this Agreement, such an
alternative Section or provision as may be valid or enforceable but otherwise as close to the
applicable original provision as possible.
13.13 Waiver; Modification. Failure by any Member to insist upon or enforce any of
its rights shall not constitute a waiver thereof, and nothing shall constitute a waiver of such
Member’s right to insist upon strict compliance with the provisions hereof. Any Member may waive
the benefit of any provision or condition for its benefit contained in this Agreement.
13.14 Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is made solely and specifically
between and for the benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors and assigns
subject to the express provisions hereof relating to successors and assigns, and no other person or
party shall have any rights, interest, or claims hereunder or be entitled to any benefits under or
on account of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise, including, without
limitation, the Property Manager and the Leasing Agent.
13.15 Reliance on Authority of Person Signing Agreement; Designated Representatives.
(a) In the event that a Member is a partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, corporation,
or any entity other than a natural person, the Members and the Company (i) shall not be
required to determine the authority of the person signing this Agreement to make any commitment or
undertaking on behalf of such entity or to determine any fact or circumstance bearing upon the
existence of the authority of such person; (ii) shall not be required to see to the
application or distribution of proceeds paid or credited to persons signing this Agreement or any
document executed in connection herewith on behalf of such entity; and (iii) shall be
entitled to rely on the authority of the person signing this Agreement or any document in
connection herewith with respect to the voting of the interest of such entity and with respect to
the giving of consent on behalf of such entity in connection with any matter for which consent is
permitted or required under this Agreement or any document in connection herewith.
(b) Each Member shall designate in writing to the Company one or more representatives who
shall be authorized to act under this Agreement for and on behalf of such Member. Any act,
approval, consent or vote of any representative of a Member that is so designated shall be deemed
to be the act, approval, consent or vote of said Member and no Person, including, without
limitation, the Company and the other Member, shall be required to inquire into the authority of
such representative as to such act, approval, consent or vote on behalf of the Member who has
designated said representative. Any representative may be replaced by a successor representative
by written notice to the Company and designation of a substitute for such representative. Until
written notice of any change is given pursuant to Article XII, the designated representatives
(“Designated Representative(s)”) of CE shall be Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, III or Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx and
the
55
initial Designated Representative for WARC shall be Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxx, Xxxxx X. XxxXxxxxx or
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx.
(c) In dealing with the Manager and its duly appointed agents (including the Property Manager
and the Leasing Agent), no Person shall be required to inquire as to its authority to bind the
Company. Any act of the Manager purporting to bind the Company shall bind the Company. The
Manager shall have the full right and authority to execute and deliver any and all agreements,
contracts, documents and instruments relating to the business and affairs of the Company, without
the joinder of the other Members, or any other Person, and any Person dealing with the Company may
rely upon the Manager’s execution and delivery of any agreement, contract, document or instrument
as the act and deed of the Company, without the necessity for further inquiry and notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement.
13.16 Indemnity. Except as provided in this Section 13.16, the Company shall, to the
extent of its assets, and does hereby indemnify the Members against, and agree to hold, save, and
defend the Members wholly harmless from, any liability, claim, cause of action, loss, expense, or
damage (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses and court costs
actually incurred) suffered or incurred by such party by reason of anything any Member may in good
faith do or refrain from doing for or on behalf of the Company; provided, however, that the Company
shall not be required to indemnify any Member for any liability, claim, cause of action, loss,
expense or damage which the Members may suffer or incur as a result of its fraud, willful
misconduct or gross negligence. Only to the extent of its respective Membership Interest, each
Member shall and does hereby indemnify the other Members against, and agree to hold, save and
defend the other Members wholly harmless from, any liability, claim, cause of action, loss, expense
or damage (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and court costs
actually incurred) suffered or incurred by such other Members by reason of the fraud, willful
misconduct or gross negligence of such indemnifying Member.
13.17 Cooperation of Manager. In the event of a sale, assignment or other transfer of
all or a portion of the Property or a transfer of an interest in a Member or a Transfer of a
Membership Interest in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Manager shall, or shall
cause the Property Manager to, upon reasonable notice, (i) make available to the
prospective transferee at all reasonable hours all books of account, correspondence, leases and all
other information related to the Property and to the management thereof at the request and expense
of the requesting Member, or copies thereof; (ii) cause the management personnel involved
directly or indirectly in the affairs of the Company to cooperate fully with the requesting Member
and its proposed transferee or designees of either of them and furnish information requested by
such persons as to the status of the affairs of the Company; and (iii) for the benefit of
the proposed transferee, represent that any and all documents provided were accurate and
56
complete, to the knowledge of the individuals providing such information and the Manager shall
be reimbursed for its actual out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith.
13.18 Herein. Wherever used in this Agreement, the words “herein”, “hereof” or words
of similar import shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to a specific
section unless otherwise stated.
13.19 Including. Wherever used in this Agreement, the word “including” shall be
deemed to mean “including, without limitation”.
13.20 Cost of Counsel. In any judicial action between the parties to enforce any of
the provisions of this Agreement or any right of any party under this Agreement, regardless of
whether such action or proceeding is prosecuted to judgment and in addition to any other remedy,
the unsuccessful party shall pay to the prevailing party all costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred therein by the prevailing party in connection
with such action.
13.21 Days. Unless otherwise stated, a day shall be deemed to mean a calendar day.
13.22 Time of Essence. Time is the essence of each and every provision of this
Agreement.
13.23 Confidentiality. Each Member agrees not to disclose or permit the disclosure of
any of the terms of this Agreement or of any information relating to the Company’s assets or
business, provided that such disclosure may be made (i) to any person who is a direct or
indirect Member, officer, director or employee of such Member or to counsel to or accountants of
the foregoing persons, solely for their use and on a need-to-know basis, (ii) with the
prior consent of the other Members, (iii) pursuant to a subpoena or order issued by a
court, arbitrator or governmental body, agency or official, (iv) if required by or deemed
advisable by any Member to comply with any applicable statute or law, or any rule or regulation
promulgated thereunder (including, without limitation, in connection with any registration
statement or other filing by Xxxx REIT with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or by
Xxxxxx REIT to ensure that Xxxxxx REIT complies with Section 856(a)(5) of the Code), or (v)
to any lender providing financing to the Company.
In the event that a Member shall receive a request to disclose any of the terms of this
Agreement under a subpoena or order, such Member shall (w) promptly notify the other
Members thereof, (x) consult with the other Members on the advisability of taking steps to
resist or narrow such request and (y) if disclosure is required or deemed advisable,
cooperate with any of the other Members in any attempt it may make to obtain
an order or other assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded those terms of this
Agreement that are disclosed.
[Signature pages follow.]
57
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Members and the Manager have caused this Agreement to be signed,
sealed and delivered through their respective authorized signatories the day and year first above
written.
MEMBERS:
COLUMBIA EQUITY, LP, | ||||||||
a Virginia limited partnership | ||||||||
By: | Columbia Equity Trust Inc., a Maryland corporation, its general partner | |||||||
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, III | ||||||||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxx, III | |||||||
Title: | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
[Signatures continued on next page.]
58
MEMBERS (continued):
0000 XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX REALTY COMPANY LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
||||||||||
By: | Commingled Pension Trust Fund (Special Situation) of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., its sole member |
|||||||||
By: | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee | |||||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||||||||
Name: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||||||||
Title: Vice President |
59