AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF ALGATEC EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P.
AGREEMENT
OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
ALGATEC
EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
No.
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ARTICLE
I ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.1.
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Definitions.
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ARTICLE
II FORMATION; NAME AND OFFICE; PURPOSE
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Section
2.1.
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Formation
of the Partnership.
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Section
2.2.
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Name
and Office.
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Section
2.3.
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Registered
Agent and Office.
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Section
2.4.
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Office
for Records.
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Section
2.5.
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Purpose.
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Section
2.6.
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Authority
of the Partnership.
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Section
2.7.
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Authorization
of Transactions.
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ARTICLE
III TERM
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Section
3.1.
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Term.
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ARTICLE
IV GENERAL PARTNER AND LIMITED PARTNERS
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Section
4.1.
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General
Partner.
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Section
4.2.
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Limited
Partners.
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ARTICLE
V CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
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Section
5.1.
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Contributions
of Partners.
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Section
5.2.
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Partner
Loans.
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14
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Section
5.3.
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No
Right to Return or Withdrawal of Capital Contributions.
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Section
5.4.
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Additional
Capital Contributions. Error! Bookmark not defined.
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Section
5.5.
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Capital
Accounts.
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Section
5.6.
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Interest.
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ARTICLE
VI LIMITED PARTNERS
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Section
6.1.
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Powers.
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Section
6.2.
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Limitation
of Liability.
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Section
6.3.
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Competing
Business.
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ARTICLE
VII GENERAL PARTNER
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Section
7.1.
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Powers;
Actions.
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Section
7.2.
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General
Duties and Obligations of the General Partner.
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Section
7.3.
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Restrictions
on General Partner.
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Section
7.4.
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Management
Fee; Expenses.
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Section
7.5.
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Liability;
Indemnification.
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ARTICLE
VIII REPRESENTATIONS; WARRANTIES; COVENANTS
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Section
8.1.
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Representations
and Warranties of Limited Partners.
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Section
8.2.
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Indemnification
for Breach of Representation or Warranty.
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ARTICLE
IX ALLOCATIONS OF PROFITS; LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS
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Section
9.1.
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Allocations
of Profits and Losses.
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Section
9.2.
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Distributions.
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Section
9.3.
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Division
and Treatment of Allocations and Distributions.
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ARTICLE
X DISPOSITION OF A LIMITED PARTNER'S INTEREST AND
WITHDRAWAL
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Section
10.1.
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Restrictions
on Transfer.
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Section
10.2.
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Substitute
Limited Partners; Other Transferees; Transferor.
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Section
10.3.
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Death
or Divorce of a Limited Partner.
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Section
10.4
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Tag-Along
Rights.
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ARTICLE
XI DISPOSITION OF GENERAL PARTNER'S INTEREST AND
WITHDRAWAL
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Section
11.1.
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Limitations
on Transfer.
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Section
11.2.
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Events
of Withdrawal.
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Section
11.3.
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Continuing
Obligation.
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ARTICLE
XII DISPOSITION OF ANY PARTNER'S INTEREST; PROCEDURES; EFFECT;
POWERS
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Section
12.1.
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Procedures.
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Section
12.2.
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Effects
of Transfers.
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Section
12.3.
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Effectuating
Action.
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ARTICLE
XIII DISSOLUTION
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Section
13.1.
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Liquidation
of Partnership.
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Section
13.2.
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Procedures
on Liquidation.
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Section
13.3.
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No
Release.
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ARTICLE
XIV ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTANTS; REPORTS
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Section
14.1.
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Accounting
Methods; Fiscal Year.
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Section
14.2.
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Records
and Books of Account.
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Section
14.3.
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Elections
and Adjustments.
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Section
14.4.
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Tax
Returns.
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Section
14.5.
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Reports.
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Section
14.6.
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Tax
Matters Partner.
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Section
14.7.
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Partnership
Funds.
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ARTICLE
XV CONSENT OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS
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ARTICLE
XVI MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
16.1.
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Recipient
of Distributions and Payments.
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Section
16.2.
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Communications.
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Section
16.3.
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Dispute
Resolution; Arbitration.
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Section
16.4.
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Entire
Agreement; Applicable Law; Effect.
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Section
16.5.
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Modification;
Waiver or Termination.
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Section
16.6.
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Counterparts.
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Section
16.7.
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Separability.
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Section
16.8.
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Article
and Section Headings.
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Section
16.9.
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Word
Meanings.
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Section
16.10.
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Exhibits.
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Section
16.11.
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Survival
of Covenants, Etc.
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Section
16.12.
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Further
Actions.
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Section
16.13.
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Deadlines.
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Section
16.14.
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Consent
to Multi-Party Representation.
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iii
AGREEMENT
OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
ALGATEC
EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P.
This
Agreement of Limited Partnership (this “Agreement”)
is
made as of October 30, 2008 (the “Effective
Date”),
by
and among ALGATEC
MANAGEMENT, LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company (together with any successor general partner
of the Partnership, the “General
Partner”),
and
the Limited Partners (as hereinafter defined). The General Partner and the
Limited Partners are collectively referred to herein as the “Partners.”
Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Article
I.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
ADDITIONAL
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.1. Definitions.
The
defined terms used in this Agreement shall, unless the context otherwise
requires, have the respective meanings specified in this Section
1.1.
“Accounting
Period”
means
the twelve (12) consecutive month period ending December 31st,
except
that the initial Accounting Period shall commence on the Effective Date of
the
Partnership and shall end December 31, 2008.
“Additional
Capital Contribution”
means
any one or more cash investments made by a Limited Partner in accordance with
this Agreement following the expiration of the Offering Period.
“Adjusted
Capital Account Deficit”
means,
with respect to any Partner, the deficit balance, if any, in such Partner's
Capital Account as of the end of the relevant fiscal period, after giving effect
to the following adjustments:
(a) Credit
to
such Capital Account any amounts which such Partner is deemed to be obligated
to
restore for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c),
including such Partner's share of the Partner Minimum Gain; and
(b) Debit
to
such Capital Account the items described in Treasury Regulations Sections
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (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.
“Affiliate”
means
with respect to any Person, a Person that directly or indirectly, through one
or
more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control
with
the Person in question. As used herein, the term “control” means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting
securities or interests, by contract, or otherwise.
“Algatec”
-
shall
mean ALGATEC SOLAR AG, a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) organized under
the laws of Germany, registered with the commercial register (Handelsregister)
of the local court (Amtsgericht) of Cottbus under registration number HRB 8146
CB and having its registered office (Sitz) in Röderland, Germany
“Algatec
Capital Contribution”
-
shall
mean the €2,475,000 capital contribution to be made by the Partnership to the
capital reserves of Algatec on the First Closing Date under the Share Purchase
Agreement.
“Algatec
Financing”
-
shall
mean any form of senior secured debt or equity financing that contains terms
and
conditions that are acceptable to both the Partnership (acting through the
General Partner), and the Management Stockholders, pursuant to which up to
€36,500,000 (USD $50,000,000) shall be made available to Algatec to (A)
construct the Plant Addition, and (B) purchase the Equipment
Additions..
“Algatec
Shares”
-
shall
mean such amount and number of shares of capital stock of Algatec to be issued
to the Partnership under the Securities Purchase Agreement as shall represent
exactly forty-nine percent (49%) of the issued and outstanding share capital
of
Algatec, after
giving
effect to (i) such purchase by the Partnership, and (ii) the potential issuance
of any additional Algatec Shares under any options, warrants or other rights
to
purchase Algatec Shares or any other loans, preferred stock or other securities
convertible into or exchangeable for Algatec Shares, that are or may be
outstanding as at the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date (the
“Adjustments”);
provided,
however,
that if
the Partnership shall fail or refuse to make the Loan on the Second Closing
Date, the Algatec Shares shall be limited to exactly twenty-seven and one-half
percent (27.5%) of the issued and outstanding share capital of Algatec, after
giving effect to the Adjustments.
“Algatec
Stockholders”
-
shall
mean the collective reference to the Management Stockholders, the Partnership
and any other Person owning shares of capital stock of Algatec as at the First
Closing Date.
“Agreement”
means
this Agreement of Limited Partnership, as originally executed and as hereafter
amended or modified from time to time.
“Allocable
Share”
as
applied to each of the Limited Partners, means the percentage interest of such
Limited Partner in all Partnership Profits and Losses and Property Available
for
Distribution, determined as at any period of time by dividing (a) the positive
Capital Account balance of such Limited Partner, by (b) the aggregate positive
Capital Account balances of all Limited Partners.
“Bankruptcy”
shall
be deemed to have occurred as to any Person when (a) such Person makes a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; (b) such Person files a voluntary
bankruptcy petition; (c) such Person becomes the subject of an order for relief
or is declared insolvent in any federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding; (d) such Person files a petition or answer seeking its
reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation,
dissolution, or similar relief under any law; (e) such Person files an answer
or
other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of
a
petition filed against such Person in a proceeding of the types described in
clauses (a) through (d) above; (f) such Person seeks, consents to, or acquiesces
in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of such Person or
of
all or any substantial part of such Person's properties; (g) 60 days expire
after the date of the commencement against such Person of a proceeding seeking
reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution
or similar relief under any law if the proceeding has not been previously
dismissed; or (h) 60 days expire after the date of the appointment, without
such
Person's consent or acquiescence, of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of
such
Person or of all or any substantial part of such Person's properties if the
appointment has not previously been vacated or stayed, or 60 days expire after
the date of expiration of a stay, if the appointment has not previously been
vacated.
2
“Base
Rate”
means,
as of any date, a variable rate per annum equal to the rate of interest most
recently published by The
Wall Street Journal
as the
“prime rate” at large U.S. money center banks; provided, however, if
The
Wall Street Journal
is not
being published as of the date of determination, then as reported by any U.S.
money center bank reasonably selected by the General Partner.
“Book
Value”
means,
with respect to any asset, the asset's adjusted basis for federal income tax
purposes, except (a) the initial Book Value of any asset contributed by a
Partner to the Partnership shall be the fair market value of such asset; (b)
the
Book Value of all Partnership assets shall be adjusted in the event of a
revaluation as provided in Section
5.5(d);
(c) the
Book Value of any Partnership asset distributed to any Partner shall be the
fair
market value of such asset on the date of distribution as determined by the
General Partner; and (d) such Book Value shall be adjusted by the Depreciation
taken into account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Profits
and Losses.
“Capital
Account”
means,
with respect to any Partner, the account maintained for such Partner in a manner
which the General Partner determines is in accordance with Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and Section
5.5.
“Capital
Contribution”
or
“Capital
Contributions”
means,
with respect to any Partner, the amount of money and the initial Book Value
of
any asset (other than money) contributed (or deemed contributed) to the
Partnership by such Partner.
“Property
Available for Distribution”
means,
for any period or at any time, such portion of the cash on hand or in bank
accounts of the Partnership that: (a) has been derived from and in connection
with: (i) one or more sales of the assets or securities of a Portfolio
Investment or portions thereof by the Partnership or any direct or indirect
Operating Subsidiary of the Partnership, (ii) any financing or refinancing
of
indebtedness (including Acquisition Financing) of any direct or indirect
Operating Subsidiary of the Partnership owning title to a Portfolio Investment,
or (iii) any other assets or activities of the Partnership; and (b) in the
reasonable judgment of the General Partner, is available for distribution to
the
Partners after reasonable provision has been made for the current liabilities,
obligations, and operating expenses of the Partnership and reasonable reserves
(in the reasonable judgment of the General Partner) have been established for
Partnership operating expenses, obligations, and liabilities.
3
“Cash
Portfolio Investment”
means
the aggregate amount of cash invested on any one or more occasions by the
Partnership in any one specific Portfolio Investment, whether such cash
investment by the Partnership shall be in the form of equity and/or debt
securities or any combination of the foregoing.
“Certificate”
means
the Certificate of Limited Partnership for the Partnership to be filed with
the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, as such Certificate shall be
amended and filed from time to time.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (or any
corresponding provision or provisions of succeeding law).
“Cumulative
Net Loss”
means
the amount, if any, by which the aggregate amount of Losses and other items
of
loss or deduction allocated to a Partner (or predecessor in interest) in the
current and all prior Fiscal Years exceeds the aggregate amount of Profits
and
other items of income or gain allocated to such Partner (or predecessor in
interest) in such period.
“Depreciation”
means,
for each Fiscal Year or other period, an amount equal to the depreciation,
amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an
asset
for such year or other period; provided,
however,
except
that if the Book Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal
income tax purposes at the beginning of such year or other period (as a result
of property contributions or adjustments to such values pursuant to Section
5.5(d)),
Depreciation shall be adjusted as necessary so as to be an amount which bears
the same ratio to such beginning Book Value as the federal income tax
depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such year
or
other period bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; and provided further,
that if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost
recovery deduction for such year or other period is zero, Depreciation for
such
year or other period shall be determined with reference to such beginning Book
Value using any reasonable method selected by the General Partner.
“Disposition”
means
any transfer, pledge, mortgage, granting of a security interest or other
encumbrance or any other disposition of all or any portion of an Interest
whatsoever, whether voluntary or involuntary, including any disposition of
an
ownership interest in such Partner.
“Distribution
Event”
shall
mean any one or more of the following events: (a) a Loan Repayment, (b)
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement,
(c) consummation of a Liquidity Event contemplated by the Share Purchase
Agreement, or (d) consummation of a Liquidation of the Partnership.
“DRLPA”
means
the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, 6 Del. C. §§ 17-101 et
seq., as adopted and from time to time amended by the State of
Delaware.
“Effective
Date”
means
that date when (i) the Partnership shall have received cash subscriptions for
not less than $3,200,000 of Partnership Interests, (ii) the General Partner
shall have accepted such subscribers as Limited Partners the Partnership, and
(iii) the General Partner shall have commenced the business of the Partnership;
such date being the Effective Date of this Agreement.
4
“Equipment
Additions”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement.
“Event
of Withdrawal”
means
(a) the assignment by a General Partner of all of its rights as a General
Partner, (b) the death of a General Partner that is a natural person, (c) the
dissolution or termination of a General Partner that is not a natural person,
(d) resignation or withdrawal of a General Partner, (e) the entry by a
court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating a General Partner who is a natural
person incompetent to manage the General Partner's person or property, (f)
the
Bankruptcy of a General Partner, or (g) the removal of the General Partner
after
the occurrence of any of the General Partner defaults.
“Fiscal
Year”
means
the fiscal year of the Partnership as established in Section
14.1.
“General
Partner”
means
Algatec Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity
as general partner of the Partnership, its permitted successors and assigns,
and
any replacement General Partner.
“General
Partner’s Interest”
means
the Interest of the General Partner in Partnership Profits and Losses and
Property Available for Distribution, representing five percent (5%) of such
Profits and Losses and Property Available for Distribution.
“IRS”
means
the Internal Revenue Service.
“Initial
Capital Contribution”
means
the aggregate cash investment made by each of the General Partner and each
of
the Limited Partners listed on Exhibit
“A”
hereto
as of the expiration of the Offering Period, representing the initial Capital
Account of the General Partner and such Limited Partner(s).
“Interest”
means
the interest of a Partner in the Profits and Losses and Property Available
for
Distribution by the Partnership at any particular time, including the right
of
such Partner to any and all benefits to which a Partner may be entitled as
provided in this Agreement, together with the obligations of such Partner to
comply with all the terms and provisions of this Agreement, but excluding any
rights as a creditor of the Partnership.
“Limited
Partner”
means
the individual reference to each of the Limited Partners listed on Exhibit
A
annexed
hereto, and their Permitted Transferees, successors and assigns, and any other
Person who becomes a Limited Partner pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
“Limited
Partners”
means
the collective reference to all of the Limited Partners; being the Persons
who
have executed this Agreement and who are listed on Exhibit
“A”
hereto,
and
their
Permitted Transferees, successors and assigns, and any other Person who becomes
a Limited Partner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Limited
Partner’s Interest”
means
the Interest of each Limited Partner in Partnership Profits and Losses and
Property Available for Distribution, representing such Limited Partner’s
Allocable Share of ninety-five percent (95%) of such Profits and Losses and
Property Available for Distribution.
5
“Liquidity
Event”
shall
have the meaning as defined in the Share Purchsae Agreement.
“Liquidation”
means
the liquidation of the Partnership or the sale of all or substantially all
of
the assets or securities of the Partnership, including all Algatec Shares in
one
or more transactions; in each case, followed by the distribution of the assets
of this Partnership in
accordance with Article XIII of this Partnership Agreement.
“Loan”
- shall
mean a loan to be made by the Partnership under the Loan Agreement to Algatec
in
the principal amount of €2,000,000 (bearing interest at a rate of 6% per annum)
(the “Loan
Amount”);
which
Loan Amount shall be due on the earlier to occur of (y) consummation of the
Algatec Financing, or (z) December 31, 2011.
“Loan
Agreement”
shall
mean the loan agreement, dated October 28, 2008 between Algatec, as borrower,
and the Partnership, as lender, under which the Partnership has agreed to make
the Loan to Algatec by November 30, 2008.
“Highland
Group -
shall
mean the collective reference to The Xxxxx Family Stock Trust, Sage Management
LLC (“Sage”), Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx and their respective Affiliates and business
associates, who own 100% of the members interests of the General
Partner.
“Management
Stockholders”-
shall
mean the collective reference to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx
and
Xxxxx Xxxxx.
“Minimum
Capital Contribution”
means,
with respect to each Limited Partner the sum of $50,000 as such Limited
Partner’s Initial Capital Contribution; provided that the General Partner may,
in the exercise of its sole discretion, accept a smaller Initial Capital
Contribution from a Limited Partner of not less than $25,000.
“Minimum
Gain”
means,
with respect to all nonrecourse liabilities of the Partnership, the minimum
amount of gain that would be realized by the Partnership if the Partnership
disposed of the Partnership property subject to such liability in full
satisfaction thereof computed strictly in accordance with Treasury Regulation
Sections 1.704-2(b) and 1.704-2(c).
“Minimum
Gain Share”
means,
for each Partner, such Partner's share of Minimum Gain for the Fiscal Year
(after taking into account any decrease in Minimum Gain for such year), as
determined under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2).
“Minimum
Offering Completion Date”
shall
mean Thursday, October 30, 2008, unless such date shall be extended by mutual
agreement of the General Partner and Algatec.
“New
Allocation”
shall
mean an amendment to allocations of items as described in Section
9.1(e).
“Nonrecourse
Deductions”
means,
for each Fiscal Year or other period, an amount of Partnership deductions that
is characterized as “nonrecourse deductions” under Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-2(b)(1). The amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a
Partnership Fiscal Year equals the net increase, if any, in the amount of
Partnership Minimum Gain during that Fiscal Year, determined according to the
provisions of Section 1.704-2(b)(2) of the Treasury
Regulations.
6
“Offering
Period”
means
the period that commenced on the Effective Date of this Agreement and ended
on
the earliest
to
occur
of (a) the receipt by the Partnership of Initial Capital Contributions from
Limited Partners aggregating $6,000,000, (b) December 31, 2008, or (c) the
election of the General Partner to terminate the offering of Limited Partners’
Interests in the Partnership.
“Partner
Minimum Gain”
means
an amount determined by computing, with respect to each Partner Nonrecourse
Debt, the Minimum Gain that would result if such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were
treated as a nonrecourse liability, determined in accordance with Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704-2(b).
“Partner
Nonrecourse Debt”
means
nonrecourse Partnership debt for which one or more Partners bears an economic
risk of loss, as defined in Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-2(b)(4).
“Partner
Nonrecourse Deductions”
means,
for each Fiscal Year, the Partnership deductions which are attributable to
Partner Nonrecourse Debt and are characterized as “partner nonrecourse
deductions” under Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b).
“Partners”
means
the General Partner and the Limited Partners.
“Partnership”
means
this limited partnership, as the same may from time to time be constituted
and,
if necessary, reconstituted.
“Partnership
Interest”
means
the percentage interest of each Partner in the profits, losses and capital
of
the Partnership. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) the Partnership Interest of
the
General Partner shall be five (5%) percent, and (b) the Partnership Interest
of
all Limited Partners shall be ninety-five (95%), and each $50,000 Capital
Contribution by a Limited Partner shall represent a 0.791666% percentage
interest in the profits, losses and capital of the Partnership.
“Permitted
Transfer”
means
any of the following:
(a) any
sale
or assignment to any entity, a substantial part of the equity of which or voting
control of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a Partner and/or anyone
related to such Partner by marriage, blood within the second degree of
consanguinity or affinity or a trust for same;
(b) any
sale
or assignment to any trust, the beneficiaries of which are a Partner and/or
anyone related to such Partner by marriage or blood within the second degree
of
consanguinity or affinity; or
(c) any
sale,
assignment, transfer or pledge of any Interest of a Partner (i) to an Affiliate
of such Partner, or (ii) to another Partner or to an Affiliate of another
Partner;
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“Permitted
Transferee”
is
any
Person who receives an Interest in the Partnership pursuant to a Permitted
Transfer.
“Person”
means
an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust
or other legal entity.
“Profits”
and
“Losses”
mean,
for each Fiscal Year or other period, an amount equal to the Partnership's
taxable income or loss for such year or period, determined in accordance with
Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss, or
deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1)
shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following
adjustments:
(a) Any
income of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not
otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this
definition shall be added to such taxable income or loss;
(b) Any
expenditures of the Partnership 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), and not otherwise taken into account
in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this definition, shall be subtracted
from such taxable income or loss;
(c) Gain
or
loss resulting from any disposition of Partnership property with respect to
which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be
computed by reference to the Book Value of the property disposed of,
notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property differs from such
Book Value;
(d) In
lieu
of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken
into
account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into
account Depreciation for such Fiscal Year or other period, computed in
accordance with the definition of “Depreciation”
herein;
and
(e) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this definition, any items which are specially allocated
pursuant to Sections
9.1(b)(ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
and
(vi)
shall
not be taken into account in computing Profits or Losses.
“Plant
Addition”
means the construction of an additional plant facility adjacent to Algatec’s
existing plant facility in Xxxxxx, Germany, as contemplated by the Algatec
Financing and the Share Purchase Agreement.
“Property
Available for Distribution”
means
any and all cash, marketable securities or other property available for
distribution to the Partners, including, without limitation, any Algatec Shares,
shares of capital stock of Solar Thin or securities of any other
Person.
“Required
Approval”
means
the written approval or written consent of those Limited Partners holding in
the
aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the Limited Partnership Interests
in
the Partnership.
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“Share
Exchange Agreement”
-
means
the share exchange agreement, dated as of October 28, 2008 among the
Partnership, Solar Thin and the Management Stockholders.
“Share
Purchase Agreement”
-
means
the share purchase agreement, dated as of October 28, 2008 among the
Partnership, Algatec, the Management Stockholders and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Esq.,
as
trustee, pursuant to which, inter alia, the Partnership has agreed to purchase
the Algatec Shares, make the Algatec Capital Contribution and the
Loan.
“Solar
Thin”
-
means
Solar Thin Films, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Subsidiary”
means
any Person, 50% or more of the issued and outstanding capital stock, members
interests or other equity of which shall be owned directly by the Partnership
or
indirectly by the Partnership through one or more Subsidiaries.
“Substitute
Limited Partner”
means
any Person admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to the
provisions of Section
10.2.
“Treasury
Regulations”
means
the Income Tax Regulations promulgated under the Code, as such regulations
may
be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding
regulations).
“Total
Capital Contribution”
means,
with respect to any Limited Partner, the sum of (a) the Initial Capital
Contribution and (b) any Additional Capital Contribution made by such Limited
Partner.
“Unpaid
Capital Contributions”
means
the Total Capital Contribution of each of the Partners which have not been
repaid to such Partner pursuant to Section
9.2(a)
or
Section
13.2(b),
for the
periods commencing on the date such Total Capital Contributions are provided
to
the Partnership and ending on the date such Total Capital Contributions (or
portion thereof) are repaid to the respective Partner, less all
amounts paid to the Partner pursuant to Section
5.3(b) Section
9.2(a)
and
Section
13.2(b).
ARTICLE
II
FORMATION;
NAME AND OFFICE; PURPOSE
Section
2.1. Formation
of the Partnership.
The
Partnership will be formed in accordance with and pursuant to DRLPA for the
purpose and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth when this Agreement
is executed by the Partners.
Section
2.2. Name
and Office.
The
name
of the Partnership is Algatec Strategic Opportunity Fund, L.P., or such other
name as the General Partner shall hereafter designate by notice to the Limited
Partners and by amendment to the Certificate. The principal place of business
of
the Partnership shall be c/o Algatec Capital Management, LLC, 000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or such other place as the
General Partner may from time to time designate in a notice to the Limited
Partners.
Section
2.3. Registered
Agent and Office.
The
address of the registered office of the Partnership is c/o Algatec Capital
Management, LLC, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
and
the name and address of the registered agent for service of process required
to
be maintained by DRLPA is: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx. The General Partner may designate
a
new registered agent and/or office of the Partnership by giving notice to the
Limited Partners and filing a proper amendment to the Certificate with the
Secretary of State of Delaware.
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Section
2.4. Office
for Records.
The
address of the principal office of the Partnership where records are to be
kept
or made available is c/o Algatec Capital Management, LLC, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or such other address as the General
Partner may determine by giving notice to the Limited Partners and filing a
proper amendment to the Certificate with the Secretary of State of
Delaware.
Section
2.5. Purpose.
The
Partnership's business and purpose shall consist solely of acquiring, owning
and
selling or otherwise disposing of the Algatec Shares, making the Algatec Capital
Contribution and the Loan to Algatec, and engaging in such other activities
as
may be reasonably related or incident thereto, and for no other
purpose.
Section
2.6. Authority
of the Partnership.
To
carry
out its purpose as set forth in Section
2.5
and not
in limitation thereof, the Partnership is empowered and authorized to do any
and
all acts and things necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental to
or
convenient for the furtherance and accomplishment of its purpose, and for the
protection and benefit of the Partnership, in accordance with and subject to
the
limitations in this Agreement and in accordance with the DRLPA.
Section
2.7. Authorization
of Transactions.
(a) Sale
of Partnership Interests; Authority of General Partner.
(i) During
the Offering Period, the General Partner is hereby authorized to effect sales
of
Partnership Interests in the Partnership at $50,000 per full Partnership
Interest, or such lesser amount for fractional Partnership Interests as the
General Partner shall determine, in the exercise of its sole discretion;
provided,
that
the minimum Partnership Interest to be sold to each Limited Partner shall be
one-half Partnership Interest for $25,000. In connection with such sales, the
General Partner is authorized to admit additional Limited Partners to the
Partnership until an aggregate of 120 full Partnership Interests shall have
been
sold for an aggregate amount not to exceed $6,000,000.
(ii) On
or
before 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Minimum Offering Completion Date,
not less than a minimum of 64 full Partnership Interests aggregating $3,200,000
(the “Minimum
Offering”)
shall
have been sold and Limited Partners subscribing to such Minimum Offering shall
have been admitted to the Partnership by the General Partner. Pending completion
of the Minimum Offering, all subscriptions shall be placed in escrow pursuant
to
an escrow agreement among the Partnership, Xxxxxxx Xxxx LLP, as escrow agent
and
each subscribing Limited Partner (the “Escrow
Agreement”).
In
the event that proceeds constituting the Minimum Offering shall not be deposited
under the Escrow Agreement by the expiration of the Minimum Offering Completion
Date, the escrow agent shall refund all such proceeds to subscribing Limited
Partners, without interest or deduction.
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(iii) In
the
event that proceeds constituting the Minimum Offering shall have been deposited
under the Escrow Agreement by the expiration of the Minimum Offering Completion
Date, the General Partner is hereby expressly authorized and directed to
unilaterally instruct the escrow agent to remit all of the Minimum Offering
proceeds to Algatec or as otherwise provided under the Share Purchase Agreement
if, in the sole discretion of the General Partner, the transactions required
to
be consummated at the “First Closing” (as defined in the Share Purchase
Agreement) shall have been duly and validly completed. No further consent or
other approval of Limited Partners shall be required in order for the escrow
agent to remit such Minimum Offering proceeds to Algatec.
(iv) The
Effective Date and the business of the Partnership shall not commence until
the
Minimum Offering of 64 full Partnership Interests aggregating $3,200,000 shall
have been sold and such Limited Partners shall have been admitted to the
Partnership by the General Partner. The General Partner is further authorized
to
pay to registered broker/dealers or other Persons legally entitled to receive
compensation, sales commissions and finders fees not exceeding nine percent
(9%)
of the price of each full Partnership Interest; provided, that no such fees,
commissions or other compensation relating to sale of Partnership Interests
may
be paid to employees, members or other Affiliates of the General Partner.
(v) Following
completion of the First Closing under the Share Purchase Agreement, the General
Partner shall continue to offer Limited Partnership Interests in the Partnership
until an additional $2,800,000 of subscriptions to Limited Partners Interests
shall have been received by the Partnership (the “Additional
Subscriptions”).
Such
Additional Subscriptions, as received, shall be placed in escrow under the
Escrow Agreement until an aggregate of $2,800,000 of Additional Subscriptions
shall have been received by the “Second Closing Date” as defined in the Share
Purchase Agreement. In the event that proceeds constituting the Additional
Subscriptions shall have been deposited under the Escrow Agreement by the Second
Closing Date, the General Partner is expressly authorized and directed to
unilaterally instruct the Escrow Agent to remit all of the Additional
Subscription proceeds to Algatec or as otherwise provided under the Share
Purchase Agreement and the Loan Agreement, if, in the sole discretion of the
General Partner, the transactions required to be consummated at the “Second
Closing” (as defined in the Share Purchase Agreement) shall have been duly and
validly completed.
(vi) Pending
the November 30, 2008 Second Closing Date under the Share Purchase Agreement,
the Escrow Agent shall hold the Additional Subscriptions funds such Second
Closing Date. In the event that proceeds constituting the $2,800,000 of
Additional Subscriptions shall not
have
been deposited under the Escrow Agreement by the Second Closing Date, unless
otherwise advised in writing by both the General Partner and Algatec that
either:
(A) the
Second Closing Date has been extended and the Escrow Agent is instructed to
retain such funds under the Escrow Agreement to a date not to exceed 5:00 p.m.
(New York City time) on December 31, 2008, or
(B) the
Loan
Amount under the Loan Agreement has been reduced to the amount of Additional
Subscriptions then held as escrow funds and the Escrow Agent is instructed
to
release such funds under this Escrow Agreement to Algatec,
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the
Escrow Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable following such Second
Closing Date Date, refund all Additional Subscriptions to the Limited Partners
who have executed this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement and deposited funds
under the Escrow Agreement, without interest or deduction.
(vii) Each
Limited Partner executing this Agreement, does hereby expressly and irrevocably
authorize the General Partner to unilaterally direct and authorize the Escrow
Agent to follow the written instructions and directions of the General Partner
and Algatec in respect of the foregoing matters as provided in the Escrow
Agreement, and does hereby acknowledge and agree that no further consent or
other approval of such Limited Partner(s) shall be required in order for the
Escrow Agent to remit the proceeds of the Minimum Offering and any Additional
Subscriptions to Algatec at either the First Closing or the Second Closing
under
the Share Purchase Agreement and/or the Loan Agreement.
(b) Acquisition
of Algatec Shares, Capital Contribution, Loan and other Actions.
The
Partnership is authorized, to (i) purchase the Algatec Shares, (ii) make the
Algatec Capital Contribution, (iii) enter into the Loan Agreement and make
the
Loan, (iv) sell or otherwise deal with any or all of the Algatec Shares or
any
portions thereof, (v) refinance on any one or more occasions any one or more
Algatec Shares, Loan or any other indebtedness whether or not secured by liens
on Algatec Shares, and (vi) take any and all actions in connection therewith.
(c) In
connection with any of the above transactions, the General Partner is authorized
and directed to execute such agreements, documents, certificates, and other
documents or instruments as may be necessary or desirable in the reasonable
judgment of the General Partner in order to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Section
2.7.
The
execution by the General Partner of such agreements shall be conclusive proof
that the General Partner has determined that such agreements are in the best
interests of the Partnership.
ARTICLE
III
TERM
Section
3.1. Term.
The
term
of the Partnership commenced upon the filing of the Certificate and shall
continue until the occurrence of any one of the following events of
dissolution:
(a) consummation
of the transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement;
(b) a
Liquidity Event, as contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement;
(c) the
distribution by the General Partner of all of the Algatec Shares to the
Partners;
(d) an
Event
of Withdrawal of a General Partner, unless the Partnership is continued pursuant
to Section
11.2(a);
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(e) the
election by the General Partner and a Required Approval to dissolve the
Partnership;
(f) a
decree
of court;
(g) a
Liquidation event; or
(h) in
accordance with the provisions of DRLPA not inconsistent with this
Agreement.
ARTICLE
IV
GENERAL
PARTNER AND LIMITED PARTNERS
Section
4.1. General
Partner.
(a) The
General Partner is and shall be Algatec Management, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, whose business address is 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
(b) The
General Partner’s Interest shall be five percent (5%) of all Profits and Loss
and Property Available for Distribution of the Partnership.
Section
4.2.
Limited
Partners.
(a) The
Limited Partners are and shall be the Persons listed as Limited Partners on
Exhibit
“A”
attached
hereto and made a part hereof, whose address are set forth on Exhibit
“A”
attached
hereto and incorporated herein.
(b) As
at the
Effective Date of this Agreement, such Limited Partners’ Interests shall be
allocated among those Limited Partners as set forth on Exhibit
“A”
attached
hereto. Such Exhibit
“A”
and
the
allocation of Profits and Loss and Property Available for Distribution of the
Partnership among the Limited Partners supplemented and amended by the General
Partner from time to time as additional Limited Partners are admitted to the
Partnership.
(c) As
provided in Section
2.7(a) above,
the General Partner is hereby authorized during the Offering Period to admit
additional Limited Partners and to amend and supplement Exhibit
“A”
as such
new and additional Limited Partners are admitted to the Partnership. The
Interests of each Limited Partner in the Profits and Loss and Property Available
for Distribution shall be determined on any given occasion based upon each
Limited Partner’s Allocable Share.
(d) Each
Limited Partner’s Allocable Share of all Profits, Losses and Property Available
for Distribution shall be set forth from time to time on Exhibit “A” hereto and
shall represent, as to all Limited Partners an aggregate of ninety-five percent
(95%) of all Partnership Profits, Loss and Property Available for Distribution.
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ARTICLE
V
CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
Section
5.1. Contributions
of Partners.
(a) Initial
Capital Contribution of General Partner.
Upon
its execution of this Agreement, the General Partner shall make a $165,000
initial Capital Contribution to the Partnership set forth opposite its name
in
Exhibit
“A”
attached
hereto and such amount, when so contributed, shall constitute the initial
Capital Account of the General Partner. Such Capital Contribution shall be
evidenced by the General Partner’s 6% promissory note due December 31, 2010 and
guaranteed severally (not jointly and severally) by the individual members
of
the General Partner, as their individual members interests in the the General
Partner bear to the total outstanding members interest in the General Partner
(the “General
Partner’s Note”).
(b) Initial
Capital Contributions of Limited Partners.
Upon
execution of this Agreement, each Limited Partner shall make an Initial Capital
Contribution to the Partnership in cash, in the respective amounts set opposite
such Limited Partner’s name on Exhibit
“A”
attached
hereto and such amounts, when so contributed, shall constitute the initial
Capital Accounts of such Limited Partners. The Initial Capital Contribution
of
each Limited Partner shall entitle such Limited Partner to a pro
rata
amount
of Limited Partners’ Interest with other Limited Partners and shall be identical
in all respects to the other Limited Partners’ Interests. Certain Affiliates of
the General Partner, including The Xxxxx Family Irrevocable Stock Trust and
Xxxxx Xxxxx, shall purchase Limited Partners’ Interests and make a $2,800,000
Initial Capital Contribution to the Partnership on the same terms and conditions
as all of other Limited Partners.
Section
5.2. Partner
Loans.
(a) Authorization.
The
Partnership shall be authorized to borrow money, if necessary, from any Partner
or any Affiliate of any Partner for authorized Partnership purposes to the
extent reasonably deemed required by the General Partner. The amount of any
loan
made to the Partnership by a Partner shall not be considered an increase in
such
Partner's Capital Account or otherwise a contribution to the Partnership, nor
shall the making of such loan affect the Interests of the Partners. No Partner
shall be obligated to make any loans to the Partnership.
(b) Terms.
If a
Partner makes a loan to the Partnership as permitted by Section 5.2(a),
such
Partner shall be entitled to receive interest for such loan at a rate agreed
by
the General Partner and such Partner, and if not so agreed shall bear interest
at a rate equal to the lesser of the Base Rate plus two (2%) percent per annum
or the maximum non-usurious rate. If the General Partner or its Affiliate shall
make a loan to the Partnership, such loan shall bear interest equal to the
Base
Rate plus two (2%) percent. A Partner may not receive any security from the
Partnership for such loan. All loans from a Partner, together with interest
thereon, shall be repaid prior to making any distributions to
Partners.
Section
5.3. Withdrawal
of Capital Contributions and Partial Return of Initial Capital
Contributions.
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(a) Except
as
set forth below in this Section
5.3,
none of
the Partners shall be entitled to demand a refund or return of any Capital
Contributions or to withdraw any part of his, her or its Capital Account nor
to
receive any distribution from the Partnership. The General Partner shall not,
under any circumstances, be personally liable for the return of the Capital
Contributions of the Limited Partners, or any portion thereof, nor shall any
Limited Partner be personally liable to any Limited Partner for the payment
of
any Preferred Payments or other Property Available for Distribution; it being
expressly understood that any such payments shall be made solely from
Partnership assets, nor shall the General Partner be required to pay to the
Partnership or any Partner any deficit in any Partner's Capital Account upon
dissolution or otherwise. No Partner shall have the right to demand or receive
property other than cash for its Interest.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event and to the extent that the Partnership’s Loan shall
be repaid to the Partnership, whether in cash or in additional shares of capital
stock of Algatec, as provided in the Loan Agreement (the “Loan
Repayment”),
the
General Partner shall return to each Limited Partner their Allocable Share
of
such Loan Repayment as a partial return of the Initial Capital
Contributions.
Section
5.4. Capital
Accounts.
(a) A
Capital
Account shall be established and maintained for each Partner. The initial
Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be determined in accordance with
Section
5.1
and
adjusted thereafter in accordance with this Section
5.4.
(b) A
Partner's Capital Account shall be credited with (i) the amount of cash
contributed (or in the case of the Limited Partner deemed to have been
contributed) and the initial Book Value of any property contributed to the
Partnership, (ii) such Partner's allocable share of Profits, and (iii) the
amount of any Partnership liabilities that are expressly assumed by such Partner
or that are secured by any Partnership property distributed to such
Partner.
(c) A
Partner's Capital Account shall be debited with (i) the amount of cash and
the
fair market value of any Partnership property distributed to such Partner
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, (ii) such Partner's allocable
share
of Losses, and (iii) the amount of any liabilities of such Partner that are
expressly assumed by the Partnership or that are secured by any property
contributed by such Partner to the Partnership.
(d) Upon
the
occurrence of certain events as described in Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), the General Partner, in its sole discretion, may increase
or decrease the Capital Accounts of the Partners to reflect a revaluation of
the
fair market value of the Partnership Algatec Shares on the Partnership's books,
provided such adjustment of the Capital Accounts is made in accordance with
the
rules in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f).
(e) In
the
event any Interest in the Partnership is transferred in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account
of
the transferor to the extent it relates to the Interest (or portion thereof)
transferred.
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(f) From
time
to time as it reasonably deems appropriate, the General Partner may make such
modifications to the manner in which the Capital Accounts are computed to comply
with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b) provided that such modification
does not have a material affect on the amounts distributable to any Partner
pursuant to this Agreement.
(g) The
foregoing provisions and the other 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.
Section
5.4. Interest.
No
interest shall be paid to any other Partner on its Capital
Contributions.
ARTICLE
VI
LIMITED
PARTNERS
Section
6.1. Powers.
Except
to
the extent provided herein, the Limited Partners, as such, shall not participate
in the management or control of the Partnership's business, and shall not
transact any business for the Partnership or have the power to sign for or
bind
the Partnership. Except as expressly provided herein, or as required by law,
the
Limited Partners shall have no right to participate in any decision affecting
the Partnership or to approve any actions of the General Partner or the
Partnership.
Section
6.2. Limitation
of Liability.
Notwithstanding
anything elsewhere provided in this Agreement to the contrary:
(a) The
Limited Partners shall not be liable for any debts, liabilities, contracts,
or
any other obligations of the Partnership or any Operating Subsidiary of the
Partnership, except as required by law.
(b) No
Limited Partner shall be liable to the Partnership or its creditors for an
amount in excess of the amount of the Capital Contributions such Limited Partner
is obligated to make to the Partnership pursuant to Section
5.1.
No
Limited Partner shall be required to lend any funds to the
Partnership.
(c) No
Limited Partner shall be liable to repay to the Partnership, any Partner or
any
creditor of the Partnership all or any portion of any negative balance of such
Limited Partner's Capital Account.
Section
6.3. Competing
Business.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in or inferable from this Agreement, the
DRLPA or any other statute or principle of law, the Partners and their
Affiliates shall not be prohibited or restricted from investing in, engaging
in,
or conducting, and may invest in, engage in, participate in, and/or conduct,
any
business or activity of any nature whatsoever, including without limitation
the
acquisition, ownership, development, management and exploitation, whether
directly or indirectly, of any other real or personal property whatsoever.
The
investing in, engaging in, participating in or conducting of any such business
or activity by a Partner or any Affiliate thereof shall not give rise in the
other Partners or the Partnership to any claim for an accounting or any right
to
claim any interest therein, to claim the profits therefrom or to participate
therein or give rise to any accountability or obligation whatsoever on the
part
of such Partner or Affiliates, even if such business or activity is of a
character which, if presented to the Partnership, could be undertaken by the
Partnership or competes with or is enhanced by the business of the Partnership.
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ARTICLE
VII
GENERAL
PARTNER
Section
7.1. Powers;
Actions.
(a) Responsibilities.
The
General Partner shall have the sole and exclusive power over, and have
responsibility for, the management, operation and control of the business and
affairs of the Partnership, subject to the terms of this Agreement. Except
as
otherwise provided in Section
7.3,
the
General Partner may, without the joinder or consent of the Limited Partners,
take any action on behalf of the Partnership reasonably deemed necessary or
convenient by the General Partner to carry out the purposes of the Partnership
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Except as may otherwise be
provided herein, the General Partner shall possess the same rights and powers
as
does a general partner in a partnership without limited partners formed under
the laws of the State of Delaware.
(b) Enumerated
Powers.
Without
limiting the generality of Section
7.1(a),
but
subject to the restrictions in Section
7.3,
the
General Partner shall have full power, without the consent of the Limited
Partners, to:
(i) Execute
any and all agreements, contracts, leases, documents, certificates and
instruments (including, without limitation, the Share Purchase Agreement, the
Share Exchange Agreement and the Loan Agreement) as are or may be necessary
or
advisable in connection with the acquisition, ownership, financing, refinancing,
or sale of all or any portion of the Algatec Shares, the Loan or other assets
of
the Partnership, and the efficient conduct and operation of the Partnership's
business, including any amendments to any such agreements, contracts, documents,
certifications and instruments;
(ii) To
the
extent that funds of the Partnership are available, prepay in whole or in part,
any indebtedness of the Partnership;
(iii) Employ
employees, agents, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, engineers,
appraisers, or other consultants or contractors, including those who may be
Affiliates of the General Partner or the Limited Partners or a related Person,
provided the terms of such employment in accordance with Section
7.1(d);
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(iv) To
the
extent that funds of the Partnership are available, perform or cause to be
performed the Partnership's obligations, and engage in any kind of activity
and
perform and carry out contracts of any kind necessary to, or in connection
with,
or incidental to the accomplishment of the purposes of the Partnership as set
forth in Section 2.5,
as may
be lawfully carried on or performed by a partnership under the laws of the
State
of Delaware;
(v) Protect
and preserve the ownership, title and interest of the Partnership with respect
to the Algatec Shares or other Partnership assets, to collect all amounts due
to
the Partnership and otherwise to enforce all rights of the Partnership and,
in
that connection, to retain counsel and institute such suits or proceedings,
in
the name and on behalf of the Partnership;
(vi) To
the
extent that funds of the Partnership are available, to pay all debts and
obligations of the Partnership and to make distributions periodically to the
Partners out of the Partnership account and in accordance with the provisions
of
this Agreement;
(vii) Take
such
actions as the General Partner determines are advisable or necessary to preserve
the tax status of the Partnership as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes;
(viii) Exercise
or cause to be exercised all the Partnership's rights under any agreement to
which the Partnership or any nominee of the Partnership is a party;
and
(iviii) Admit
new
Partners to the Partnership; and
(ix) In
general, undertake any and all transactions on behalf of the Partnership which
the General Partner reasonably deems necessary or appropriate, whether in or
outside the ordinary course of business of the Partnership.
It
is
further specifically acknowledged that the General Partner shall not be
obligated to cause the Partnership or Algatec to seek or acquiesce to any relief
or protection under any federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency laws, and
the
General Partner shall not have any liability to the Partnership or any Partner
for doing so or any failure to do so.
(c) Certification.
Any
Person dealing with the Partnership or the General Partner may rely upon a
certificate signed by the General Partner as to:
(i) the
identities of the General Partner or the Limited Partners;
(ii) the
existence or non-existence of any fact or facts which constitute a condition
precedent to the acts by the General Partner or are in any other manner germane
to the affairs of the Partnership;
(iii) the
Persons who are authorized to execute and deliver any instrument or document
of
the Partnership;
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(iv) any
act
or failure to act by the Partnership or any other matter whatsoever involving
the Partnership or any Partner; and
(v) the
authority of the Partnership to take and of the General Partner to cause the
Partnership to take action.
(d) Partner
or Related Party Agreements.
Any
agreements, contracts and other arrangements between the Partnership and any
Partner or any Affiliate of a Partner or the Partnership shall be subject to
the
following additional conditions:
(i) the
Partner or Affiliate must have the ability or be properly qualified to perform
its obligations under such agreement, contract or other
arrangement;
(ii) such
agreement, contract or other arrangement must reflect commercially reasonable
terms no less favorable to the Partnership than would be included in such an
agreement negotiated at arms-length with an unrelated third party unless
approved by a Required Approval (excluding for the purpose of such
determination, any Partners that have an interest in such transaction);
and
(iii) any
such
agreement, contract or other arrangement shall comply with the provisions of
any
applicable loan agreement, mortgage or other similar agreement to which the
Partnership is a party or its property is subject.
Section
7.2. General
Duties and Obligations of the General Partner.
(a) Time.
The
General Partner of the Partnership shall devote such time to the Partnership's
business to such extent as it, in its sole judgment, shall deem necessary
properly to manage and supervise the Partnership's business and affairs, it
being understood that the General Partner may engage, for its own account,
without restriction or obligation to the Partnership, in any other activity,
including activities which compete with the Partnership and neither the General
Partner nor any Affiliate of the General Partner shall have any obligation
to
share any investment opportunities with the Partnership or any other
Partner.
(b) Reserves.
The
General Partner, to the extent funds are available therefore, may establish
reasonable reserves for projected operating deficiencies, loan repayments and
operating contingencies.
(c) Filings.
If
required by law, the General Partner shall file or cause to be filed for
recordation in the office of the appropriate authorities of the State of
Delaware, such certificates (including limited partnership and fictitious name
certificates) and other documents which are required by the applicable statutes,
rules or regulations of Delaware or as are necessary to reflect the identity
of
the Partners and the amounts of their respective Capital
Contributions;
(d) No
Obligation.
The
General Partner shall have no obligation to (i) make any loans or otherwise
advance funds to the Partnership, or (ii) accept any loan on behalf of the
Partnership which provides for the personal liability of the General Partner
or
any Affiliate of the General Partner.
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Section
7.3. Restrictions
on General Partner.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section
7.1
or
Section
7.2,
the
General Partner shall not have the authority to do any of the following actions
without the written consent of all Partners:
(a) make
any
distributions to the Partners other than in the manner and priorities provided
for in this Agreement;
(b) make
investments other than relating to the Algatec Shares, the Algatec Capital
Contribution, the Loan or otherwise in the ordinary course of business of the
Partnership;
(c) perform
any act in contravention of the material provisions of this Agreement or any
act
which makes it impossible to carry out the purpose of the
Partnership;
(d) make
any
election to cause the Partnership to be excluded from the application of the
provisions of Subchapter K of the Code;
(e) commingle
Partnership funds with funds of any other Person;
(f) use
the
Partnership name, credit or property for other than Partnership
purposes;
Section
7.4. Expenses.
The
Partnership shall be responsible for all costs and fees and expenses (including
travel-related expenses) relating to any activities of the Partnership,
including, without limitation, all due diligence expenses, all legal,
accounting, investment banking, auditing and tax preparation fees and expenses,
all fees and expenses relating to facility, banking and commitment fees on
loans
and debit balances, all costs of any outside appraisers and other experts and
consultants engaged by the General Partner in connection with specific
Partnership transactions, all withholding and transfer taxes, all government
charges, bank charges, insurance costs, all costs associated with any fidelity
and performance bonds (if any), and general partner liability and/or errors
and
omissions insurance obtained in the discretion of the General Partners, all
consulting or other professional service fees that are deemed necessary in
the
course of operating the Partnership’s business, all custodial, brokerage, or
banking related fees and costs, and any other fees and expenses associated
with
the operations of the Partnership (collectively, “Operating
Expenses”).
The
Partnership shall pay, or reimburse the General Partner for any Operating
Expenses, if any, advanced by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership,
including. The Limited Partners will indirectly bear their Allocable Share
of
the Operating Expense allocations charged to the Partnership. The
General Partner shall bear all expenses related to rent, furniture and fixtures,
office equipment and non-principal salaries and other compensation for
administrative personnel.
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Section
7.5. Liability;
Indemnification.
The
General Partner shall not have any liability to the Partnership or any Partner
for any loss suffered by the Partnership which arises out of any action or
inaction by the General Partner if the General Partner, in good faith,
determined that such course of conduct was in the best interests of the
Partnership, and if such course of conduct was not the result of the General
Partner's fraud, criminal wrongdoing, willful malfeasance or gross negligence.
Further, to the full extent permitted by DRLPA, the Partnership shall and hereby
does indemnify and hold harmless the General Partner and each of its members,
managers, officers and agents from any claim, cause of action, cost, loss,
damage, or liability, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys'
fees
and expenses incurred by it by reason of any act performed on behalf of the
Partnership or in furtherance of the Partnership's interest or by reason of
being a general partner of the Partnership except if due to the fraud, criminal
wrongdoing, willful malfeasance or gross negligence of such persons or a
material breach by such persons of its obligations under this Agreement;
provided, however, if (a) such persons are found liable to the Partnership
or
(b) such persons are found liable on the basis that it improperly received
a
benefit, the Partnership shall not indemnify and hold harmless such
person.
ARTICLE
VIII
REPRESENTATIONS;
WARRANTIES; COVENANTS
Section
8.1. Representations
and Warranties of Limited Partners.
Each
of
the Limited Partners represents and warrants that he or it:
(a) is
aware
that the Partnership has not been registered under the Federal Securities Act
of
1933 (the “Act”)
or the
securities laws of any State, and that the sale to such Limited Partner of
its
Interest is predicated upon such sale being exempt from registration as an
exempt transaction under Section 4(2) of the Act and comparable provisions
of
state securities laws, and that such Limited Partner understands that no state
or federal governmental authorities have made any finding or determination
relating to the fairness for investment in its Interest and that no state or
federal governmental authority has or will recommend or endorse these Interests,
and that no portion of the Limited Partner's Interest may be resold unless
it is
registered under the Act (and applicable blue sky regulations) or unless an
exemption from registration is available;
(b) has
received and had an opportunity to review copies of each of the Share Purchase
Agreement, the Share Exchange Agreement and the Loan Agreement, as well as
an
executive summary/offering memorandum of the Partnership (the “Memorandum”),
and
has had an opportunity to ask questions of the General Partner, its Affiliates
and other representatives of the Partnership;
(c) is
aware
that the Limited Partner’s investment in the Partnership and the acquisition and
ownership of the Algatec Shares by the Partnership and consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Share Purchase Agreement, the Share Exchange
Agreement and the Loan Agreement is a speculative venture and involves a high
degree of risk, that the Limited Partner could lose his or its entire
investment;
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(d) has
been
advised by independent counsel, and is not relying upon any representations
by
the General Partner or its counsel as to the tax consequences from this
investment;
(e) is
an
Accredited Investor (as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D adopted under the
Act), or alone or with a purchaser representative (as defined in Rule 501 of
such Regulation D), has such knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters that the Limited Partner is capable of evaluating the merits and risks
of investing in the Partnership;
(f) recognizes
that the Partnership is newly organized and it has no history of operations
or
earnings;
(g) is
acquiring the Limited Partner's Interest solely for its own account for
investment and without any present view of making a distribution or sale of
such
Interest and such Limited Partner has the financial ability to hold the Interest
for an indeterminate period of time and has no reason to anticipate any change
in its financial condition or circumstances which would cause a need to sell
or
otherwise dispose of the Interest;
(h) recognizes
that there has been no public market for Interests in the Partnership and no
public market for Interests is anticipated or likely, and such Limited Partner
understands that the transferability of its Interest is highly
restricted;
(i) has
received information concerning the Partnership, understands the nature of
the
risks involved in the proposed investment, and has asked any questions of the
General Partner which it desires to ask and has received the answers or other
information from the General Partner with respect to all such questions; and
(j) has
a
prior business or personal relationship with the General Partner or Affiliates
of the General Partner or is investing in the Partnership as a result of
negotiations with the General Partner and its Affiliates and
representatives.
Section
8.2. Indemnification
for Breach of Representation or Warranty.
Each
of
the Limited Partners agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Partnership
and
any other Partners, their respective agents and representatives, from and
against any and all loss, claims, damage or liability directly related to any
breach of the foregoing representations and warranties (including any omissions
related thereto, whether existing on the date hereof or subsequent hereto)
by
such Limited Partner, including, but without limitation, costs and attorneys'
fees in respect of any matter related hereto.
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ARTICLE
IX
ALLOCATIONS
OF PROFITS; LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS
Section
9.1. Allocations
of Profits and Losses.
(a) Allocations.
Profits
and Losses of the Partnership for each Fiscal Year shall be allocated as
follows:
(i) Profits.
Profits
shall be allocated as follows:
(A) First,
pro
rata
to any
Partners with a Cumulative Net Loss, in accordance with and to the extent of
such Cumulative Net Losses, until no Partner has a Cumulative Net
Loss;
(B) Then,
Profits shall be allocated to each Partner having a negative balance in its
Capital Account to the extent and in the ratio that all such Partners have
negative balances in their Capital Accounts as adjusted to date;
(C) Then,
Profits shall be allocated on a pro
rata
basis to
the Partners in accordance with the weighted average values of their respective
Allocable Shares for the Fiscal Year (calculated by reference to the number
of
days during each Fiscal Year that Partners hold different Allocable Shares;
and
(D) To
the
extent consistent with the above allocations, any gain on the sale or other
disposition of depreciable Partnership assets which is recaptured as ordinary
income shall be allocated among the Partners in the same ratio as the
depreciation deductions giving rise to such gain were allocated, but in no
event
to any Partner in excess of the total gain allocable to such Partner under
this
Section 9.1(a)(i).
(ii) Losses.
Losses
shall be allocated as follows:
(A) Except
as
provided below, Losses shall be allocated as follows:
(1) to
the
Limited Partners to the extent of the entire amount of their Unpaid Capital
Contributions;
(2) then,
to
the General Partner and the Limited Partners to the extent of the entire amount
of their respective Unpaid Capital Contributions; and
(3) then,
to
the Partners in accordance with the weighted average values of their respective
Allocable Shares for each Fiscal Year (calculated by reference to the number
of
days during each Fiscal Year that Partners hold different Allocable
Shares).
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(B) No
Losses
shall be allocated to a Limited Partner under subsection (A) to the extent
that
such allocation would cause such Limited Partner to have an Adjusted Capital
Account Deficit at the end of such Fiscal Year (or increase the amount of such
Adjusted Capital Account Deficit). All Losses in excess of the limitation set
forth in this subsection (B) shall be allocated to the General Partner, in
accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(3). Notwithstanding
Section
9.1(a)(i),
the
first Profits after any allocation of Losses to the General Partner in
accordance with the preceding sentence shall be allocated to the General Partner
until the General Partner has been allocated Profits in an amount equal to
the
Losses so allocated.
(C) All
Nonrecourse Deductions for each Fiscal Year shall be allocated to the Partners
in accordance with the weighted average values of their respective Allocable
Shares for each Fiscal Year (calculated by reference to the number of days
during each Fiscal Year that Partners hold different Interests).
(D) All
Partner Nonrecourse Deductions for each Fiscal Year shall be allocated to the
Partner or Partners who bear the economic risk of loss with respect to the
Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are
attributable, in accordance with the ratio in which the Partners bear such
economic risk of loss and Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-2(i)(1).
(b) General.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section
9.1(a),
the
following provisions shall apply to all allocations:
(i) All
allocations of Profits and Losses for a Fiscal Year shall be applied (A) after
giving effect to distributions, if any, during such Fiscal Year under
Section
5.2(b), Section
9.2
and/or
Section
13.2,
and (B)
as if all distributions and allocations were made at the end of such Fiscal
Year.
(ii) In
the
event there is any recapture of Depreciation the allocation of gain or income
attributable to such recapture shall be shared by the Partners in the same
proportion as the deduction for such Depreciation was shared.
(iii) Any
interest income realized in connection with any promissory note received by
the
Partnership in connection with the sale of its assets, net of any interest
expense accrued by the Partnership on any underlying obligations related to
such
asset shall be allocated to the Partners pro rata in accordance with the
weighted average values of their respective Interests for each Fiscal Year
(calculated by reference to the number of days during each Fiscal Year that
Partners hold different Allocable Shares) and any remaining amount to be
distributed to them upon receipt of the principal payments made on such
promissory note.
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(iv) Prior
to
any allocations for a Fiscal Year under Section
9.1(a),
but
after the application of Section
9.1(b)(v)
and
Section
9.1(b)(vi),
in the
event any Partner unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations or
distributions described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4),
(5) or (6) and such adjustment, allocation, or distribution results in any
Partner having an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit, then items of Partnership
income and gain shall be specially allocated to each such Partner in an amount
and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Treasury
Regulations, the excess deficit of such Partner as quickly as possible. This
Section
9.1(b)(iv)
is
intended to comply with the “qualified income offset” requirement in Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(3), and shall be interpreted
consistently therewith.
(v) Prior
to
the application for a Fiscal Year of any other provision of this Section 9.1,
if
there is a net decrease in Minimum Gain during a Fiscal Year, then before any
other allocation is made for such year, the Partners shall be allocated items
of
gross income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in
the
amount and in the proportions necessary to satisfy the requirements of a
“minimum gain chargeback” under Treasury Regulation Section
1.704-2(b)(2).
(vi) After
the
application of Section
9.1(b)(v),
but
prior to the application for such Fiscal Year of any other provision of this
Section
9.1,
if
there is a net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner
Nonrecourse Debt during a Fiscal Year, then any Partner with a share of the
Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such debt at the beginning of such year
shall be allocated items of income and gain for such year (and, if necessary,
subsequent years) in the amount and proportions necessary to satisfy the
provisions of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i).
(c) Distributions
In-Kind.
Upon a
distribution in-kind of Partnership assets, at the time of liquidation pursuant
to Section
13.2,
or
otherwise, for purposes of determining the balance in each Partner's Capital
Account, each such asset shall be deemed sold by the Partnership for the amount
of such asset's fair market value (as determined in accordance with the method
for determining Book Value, or by the Special Liquidator, as the case may be),
and any gain or loss deemed realized on such deemed sale shall be properly
charged to the Capital Accounts of the Partners according to this Section
9.1
as if
such assets were sold.
(d) Authority
of General Partner to Amend Allocations.
The
Partners intend that all allocations of Partnership taxable income and loss
(or
any separate item thereof) shall be determined and allocated in accordance
with
this Section
9.1
to the
fullest extent permitted by Code Section 704(b). However, the General Partner
is
authorized to allocate any or all items of Partnership taxable income or loss
in
a manner differently from that set forth in this Section
9.1
during
any Partnership Fiscal Year if the General Partner believes that as a result
of
the IRS issuing regulations or other official statements under or in connection
with Code Section 704(b) or, as a result of other developments in the law,
the
IRS is likely to successfully challenge the allocations of any or all items
of
Partnership taxable income or loss, or recategorize Partnership distributions,
or is likely to successfully assert any position that would substantially reduce
or eliminate the Partners' distributive shares of Partnership tax losses;
provided,
that
any such reallocation would have no material adverse effect on the Limited
Partner, or if it would have such a material adverse effect, such allocation
shall be amended only with the consent of the Limited Partner, which consent
shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed. Any amendment to the allocations
made pursuant to this Section
9.1(e)
shall be
deemed to be a complete substitute for any allocation otherwise provided for
in
this Section
9.1,
and no
amendment of this Agreement shall be required.
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(e) Advice
of Accountants and/or Counsel.
In
making any New Allocation under Section
9.1(d),
the
General Partner is authorized to act only after having been advised by its
accountants and/or legal counsel that the New Allocation is necessary to comply
with any issued regulations or other official IRS statement under or in
connection with Code Section 704(b) or other developments in the law, and the
New Allocation, in the best judgment of the General Partner's accountant and/or
legal counsel, is the minimum modification of the allocations otherwise provided
for in this Section
9.1
necessary to satisfy the applicable criteria that, either in the then current
or
in any preceding Partnership Fiscal Year, each Partner's distributive share
of
Partnership taxable income or loss is determined and allocated in accordance
with this Section
9.1
to the
fullest extent permitted by Code Section 704(b).
(f) Subsequent
Allocations.
If the
General Partner exercises its authority under Section
9.1(d)
to make
any New Allocation in a manner less favorable to any Partner than is otherwise
provided for in this Section
9.1,
then
the General Partner is authorized and directed to allocate Partnership taxable
income or loss arising in later Partnership Fiscal Years in such manner so
as to
bring the allocations of Partnership taxable income or loss to the Partners
as
near as possible to the tax allocations originally set forth in this
Section
9.1,
insofar
as it is advised by its accountants and/or legal counsel that such tax
allocations comply with Code Section 704(b).
(g) Reliance
by General Partner.
New
Allocations made equitably and in good faith by the General Partner under
Section
9.1
in
reliance upon the advice of its accountants and/or legal counsel shall be deemed
to be made pursuant to the fiduciary obligation of the General Partner to the
Partnership, and no such allocation done equitably, in good faith and in
accordance with this Agreement shall give rise to any claim or cause of action
by any Limited Partner.
(h) Substantial
Economic Effect.
The
foregoing allocation of particular items of income, gain, loss, deduction and
credit are intended by the Partners to have substantial economic effect in
conformity with the Treasury Regulations. Any provision of this Agreement which
conflicts with or fails of that intention shall be reconciled or amplified
to
the extent necessary to effect such intent.
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Section
9.2. Distributions.
(a) Property
Available for Distribution.
All
Property Available for Distribution shall be distributed among the Partners
at
such time, or from time to time, as the General Partner deems appropriate (but
in all cases, not later than fifteen (15) days after receipt of good funds
or
other property, in connection with any on or more Distribution Events, in the
following order of priority:
first,
to the
payment of any indebtedness, if any, of the Partnership;
second,
to the
payment of transaction expenses incurred by the Partnership in connection with
any such Distribution Event;
third,
to the
payment (i) to each Limited Partner of his or its Allocable Share of ninety-five
percent (95%) of any and all Property Available for Distribution, and (ii)
to
the General Partner of fifty percent (50%) of any and all additional Property
Available for Distribution.
(b) Tax
Distribution.
During
the period from January 1 to March 31 of each year, the General Partner shall
use its best efforts to determine the allocations for tax purposes to be made
to
each Partner for the most recently ended fiscal tax year of the Partnership
and
shall, on or before March 31 of such year and in preference to any distribution
under Section
9.2(a),
make
cash distributions to the Partners from Property Available for Distribution,
if
any, in such amounts as it determines are sufficient to satisfy each Partner’s
projected deemed income tax liability with respect to his or its Interest
(calculated based upon the highest marginal income tax rate, taking into account
federal, state and local income taxes, which the General Partner estimates
is
applicable to any Partner, in each case utilizing the respective rates for
ordinary income or capital gains, depending on the characterization of the
Partnership’s income, as such rates are in effect at such time). Any payments to
a Partner under this Section
9.2(b)
shall be
deemed to be a draw against such Partner’s share of future distributions under
Section
9.2(a),
so that
such Partner’s share of such future distributions under Section
9.2(a)
shall be
reduced by the amounts previously drawn under this Section
9.2(b)
until
the aggregate reductions in such distributions equal the aggregate draws made
under this Section
9.2(c).
Upon
liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to Article XIII of this Agreement,
if
the amount of any Partner’s then outstanding draws under this Section
9.2(b)
shall
exceed the amount, if any, that is then available for distribution to such
Partner pursuant to Section
13.2,
such
Partner shall be required to refund any such excess to the
Partnership.
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Section
9.3. Division
and Treatment of Allocations and Distributions.
Except
as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement:
(a) Record
Party.
Distributions of cash or other property shall be made only to such Persons
who
appear as Partners on the books of the Partnership on the date of
distribution.
(b) Amounts
Withheld.
All
amounts withheld pursuant to the Code or any provision of any state or local
tax
law with respect to any payment or distribution to the Partnership or a Partner
shall be treated as amounts distributed to the Partners pursuant to Section
9.2
for all
purposes under this Agreement.
ARTICLE
X
DISPOSITION
OF A LIMITED PARTNER'S INTEREST AND WITHDRAWAL
Section
10.1. Restrictions
on Transfer.
(a) Except
for a Permitted Transfer to a Permitted Transferee, as provided herein, no
Limited Partner shall have the right to withdraw as such, nor may it make any
Disposition of all or any part of its Interest in the Partnership without the
prior written consent of the General Partner and a Required Approval (excluding
the consent of the Partner making such Disposition), the giving or withholding
of which is exclusively within the discretion of such Partner. Until such time
as the Acquisition Financing has been repaid in full, no Permitted Transfers
shall be allowed if the same would violate any of the loan documents relating
to
the Acquisition Financing.
(b) Each
Limited Partner shall be permitted to assign to a Permitted Transferee all
or
any portion of its Interest. Notwithstanding the assignment by a Limited Partner
with respect to its Interest in the Partnership pursuant to the foregoing,
unless and until such Permitted Transferee is admitted as a Substitute Limited
Partner, upon any such assignment a Limited Partner shall continue to have
any
and all rights and powers of a Limited Partner under this Agreement and the
DRLPA, and the power to exercise any and all rights and powers of a Limited
Partner under this Agreement and the DRLPA, and the assignee shall not acquire
any such rights and powers of such Limited Partner, but the assignee shall
otherwise be bound in all respects by this Agreement.
Section
10.2. Substitute
Limited Partners; Other Transferees; Transferor.
(a) Substitution.
Except
in connection with a Permitted Transfer to a Permitted Transferee, no Person
may
become a Substitute Limited Partner, nor may such right of substitution be
granted by a Limited Partner to any assignee by operation of law or otherwise,
without the prior written consent of the General Partner, the granting of which
shall be in its sole and uncontrolled discretion, and otherwise complying with
the applicable terms and conditions of this Article
X
and
Article
XII,
and
such Person shall become a Substitute Limited Partner when the General Partner
has accepted such Person as a Limited Partner of the Partnership, without
further consent or approval by or of any Limited Partner. In connection with
a
Permitted Transfer to a Permitted Transferee, the General Partner shall
promptly, upon demand, admit the Permitted Transferee as a Substitute Limited
Partner.
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(b) Death,
Incompetence or Bankruptcy of a Limited Partner.
If a
Limited Partner dies, the executor, administrator or trustee, or, if a Limited
Partner is adjudicated incompetent or insane, its guardian or conservator,
or,
if a Bankruptcy occurs as to a Limited Partner, the trustee or receiver of
the
estate, shall have all the rights of such Limited Partner for the purpose of
settling or managing the estate's or incompetent's affairs, and the power to
assign all or any part of the Interest to the extent permitted by Section 10.1,
and to
join with the assignee thereof in satisfying conditions precedent to such
assignee becoming a Substitute Limited Partner. The death, adjudication of
incompetence or Bankruptcy of a Limited Partner in and of itself shall not
dissolve the Partnership.
(c) Limits
for Assignee.
An
assignee of a Limited Partner who does not become a Substitute Limited Partner
shall have no right to vote or otherwise act as a Limited Partner under any
of
the provisions of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the right
to
require any information or account of the Partnership's transactions or to
inspect the Partnership's books. Except as required by operation of law, any
such assignee who does not become a Substitute Limited Partner (including,
but
not limited to, an intestate successor, a receiver, trustee, legal
representative, guardian or other successor in interest), and who desires to
make a further transfer of all or any part of his, her, or its Interest in
the
Partnership shall be subject to all of the provisions of this Article
X
and
Article
XII
to the
same extent and in the same manner as the Limited Partner desiring to make
an
assignment of all or part of its Interest in the Partnership.
(d) Assignor
Limited Partner.
If a
Limited Partner transfers all of its Interest in the Partnership, it shall
cease
to be a Limited Partner of the Partnership, and shall no longer have any rights
or privileges of a Limited Partner except that, unless and until the assignee
of
such Limited Partner is admitted as a Substitute Limited Partner in accordance
with this Section
10.2,
said
transferring Limited Partner shall retain the statutory rights and obligations
of an assignor Limited Partner under DRLPA.
Section
10.3. Death
or Divorce of a Limited Partner. If
the
interest of any Limited Partner in the Partnership becomes vested in his or
her
spouse by reason of or in connection with any divorce proceedings and such
Interest is not reacquired by the divorced Limited Partner within 90 days after
the effective date of a final non-appealable property division in any such
divorce proceedings, or if any Limited Partner dies and his or her Interest
becomes vested in a Person who is not a Limited Partner, then the other Limited
Partners will have the right and option (but no obligation) to purchase the
Interest affected by such divorce or death (the “Affected
Interest”)
from
the Person or Persons who succeed to the ownership of the Affected Interest
(the
“Successor
Owners”)
at a
purchase price equal to the greater of (i) the Capital Account applicable to
the
Affected Interest or (ii) the appraised value of the Affected Interest as
determined in the same manner as set forth in Section
11.2(c),
except
the independent appraisers will be appointed by the Limited Partner or its
representative and the General Partner (the “Appraised
Value”).
The
purchase price will be payable in cash at the closing of the transfer of the
Affected Interest. This option may be exercised by the other Limited Partners
in
such proportions as they may agree upon among themselves or, in the absence
of
an agreement, in proportion to their respective Interests. With respect to
an
Affected Interest arising out of the divorce, such option may be exercised
at
any time within 6 months after the expiration of the above mentioned 90-day
period. With respect to an Affected Interest arising out of the death of a
Limited Partner, such option may be exercised within 6 months after the date
on
which the Affected Interest becomes vested in a Person who is not a Limited
Partner. Any exercise of this option must be made by written notice to the
Successor Owners setting forth a time (not less than 30 or more than 60 days
after the date of such notice) and a place in New York, Delaware, at which
the
closing will occur. At the closing, the Successor Owners will be obligated
to
transfer and assign the Affected Interest to the Limited Partners who elect
to
purchase the same by appropriate instruments of assignment, and the Limited
Partners who elect to purchase the same shall be obligated to cause the
Successor Owners (and, to the extent applicable, the Limited Partner from whom
the Affected Interest was obtained by the Successor Owners and such Limited
Partner's estate) to be released from any personal liability with respect to
any
loan to the Partnership. If all of an Affected Interest is not acquired by
the
other Limited Partners, such Affected Interest (or the remaining portion thereof
which is not so acquired) will continue to be subject to all of the terms and
provisions of this Agreement. By joining in the execution of this Agreement,
the
spouse of each Limited Partner hereby grants to such Limited Partner an
irrevocable option to purchase at a price equal to its Appraised Value any
portion of such Limited Partner's Interest that becomes vested in such spouse
pursuant to any divorce proceedings or in such spouse's estate pursuant to
any
probate proceedings.
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Section
10.4 Tag-Along
Rights.
(a) In
the
event that the General Partner or any one or more other Partner, whether acting
individually or as a group (a “Transferring
Partner(s)”)
proposes to sell, assign or otherwise transfer (collectively, “Transfer”)
to any
Person (other than to another Partner or an Affiliate of a Transferring Partner)
in any one or a series of transactions, Interests in the Partnership owned
of
record by such Transferring Partner(s) or its or their Affiliate(s) that shall
represent, in the aggregate, 20% or more of the then outstanding Interests
in
the Partnership, such Transferring Partner shall deliver a written notice (the
“Sale
Notice”)
to the
Partnership and to each other Partner, specifying in reasonable detail the
identity of the proposed transferee(s) and the terms and conditions of the
proposed Transfer. Any Partner may elect to participate in the contemplated
Transfer, on the same terms and conditions as the Transferring Partner(s) or
its
or their Affiliates, by delivering written notice to the Transferring Partner(s)
or its or their Affiliates within twenty (20) days after receipt by such Partner
of the Sale Notice.
(b) If
any
Partner elects to participate in such Transfer (a “Participating
Partner”),
such
Participating Partner will be entitled to sell in the contemplated Transfer,
at
the price offered by the proposed transferee in the Transfer, and otherwise
on
the same terms and conditions as the Transferring Partner(s) or its or their
Affiliate(s), that amount and portion of the total Interests of the
Participating Partner in the Partnership as shall be determined by multiplying
(i) the total amount of all Interests to be sold by all Transferring Partner(s)
in the contemplated Transfer (including the Participating Partner), by
(ii) the quotient determined by dividing (A) the total Interests of the
Participating Partner, by (B) the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of all
Interests held by all Transferring Partners electing to participate in such
Transfer (including the Participating Partner) and (2) the aggregate amount
of
all Interests held by the Participating Partner. The purchase price for any
such
purchase of the Participating Partner’s Interest shall be determined by
computing the distributions that the Participating Partner and the Transferring
Partner would respectively receive in a liquidation of the Partnership under
Section
13.2,
if all
the assets of the Partnership were sold at their fair market value; provided
that,
for this purpose such fair market value shall be determined by extrapolation
from the amount proposed to be paid by the proposed transferee to the
Transferring Partner for the Interest that is the subject of the proposed
Transfer. For example, if the Transferring Partner proposed a Transfer of 40%
of
its Interest for $400, that would imply that the Transferring Partner would
receive $1000 in a complete liquidation of the Partnership. Assuming for
purposes of illustration that the Participating Partner would receive $150
in a
complete liquidation under Section
13.2
in which
a $1000 distribution to the Transferring Partner were made, the Participating
Partner’s right to participate in the Transfer under this section would be at a
price of $60 for 40% of its total Interest.
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(c) Each
Participating Partner who elects to participate in a Transfer pursuant to this
Section
10.4
shall
effect its participation in the Transfer by promptly (but in no event later
than
fifteen (15) Business Days after its receipt of the Sale Notice) delivering
to
the Transferring Partner(s) such documents and other evidence of Transfer,
and
the Transferring Partner shall concurrently therewith remit to each
Participating Partner that portion of the proceeds to which such Participating
Partner is entitled by reason of its participation in such Transfer. To the
extent that any prospective purchaser or purchasers prohibits such assignment
or
otherwise refuses to purchase shares or other securities from a Participating
Partner exercising its rights of co-sale hereunder, the Transferring Partner(s)
shall not sell or otherwise Transfer to such prospective purchaser or purchasers
any Interests in the Partnership unless and until, simultaneously with such
sale
or Transfer, such Transferring Partner(s) shall purchase from each Participating
Partner the applicable amount of the Interests all such Participating Partners
would be entitled to sell under this Section
10.4
on the
same terms and conditions specified in the Sale Notice.
(d) The
exercise or non-exercise of the rights of the Partners hereunder to participate
in one or more Transfers of Interests made by a Transferring Partner shall
not
adversely affect their rights to participate in subsequent Transfers of
Interests subject to this Section.
ARTICLE
XI
DISPOSITION
OF GENERAL PARTNER'S INTEREST AND WITHDRAWAL
Section
11.1. Limitations
on Transfer.
The
General Partner shall not withdraw or attempt to withdraw from the Partnership,
without the consent of a Required Approval of the Limited Partners.
Section
11.2. Events
of Withdrawal.
(a) Continuation
of Partnership.
(i) If,
upon
an Event of Withdrawal of a General Partner, there remains at least one General
Partner, notice of such Event of Withdrawal shall promptly be sent by such
withdrawing General Partner or its representative to the Limited Partners.
In
such event, if there remains at least one General Partner, the Partnership
shall
be reconstituted and its business continued without being wound up and the
remaining General Partner shall continue the business of the
Partnership.
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(ii) If,
upon
an Event of Withdrawal of a General Partner, there remains no other General
Partner, notice of such Event of Withdrawal shall promptly be sent by such
withdrawing General Partner or its representative to the Limited Partners.
In
such event, the Partnership shall be reconstituted and its business continued
without being wound up, if a Required Approval elects within 90 days of such
Event of Withdrawal to continue the business of the Partnership and to appoint
a
substitute General Partner effective as of the Event of Withdrawal of the
departing General Partner. Such substitute General Partner shall be required
to
own at least a one percent Interest in the Partnership, and must otherwise
agree
to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Acquisition
of the General Partner's Interest as The General Partner.
If a
Required Approval elects to acquire the Interest of a General Partner pursuant
to Section
11.2(a),
the
purchase price will be the greater of (1) the stated value thereof if the
General Partner and the Limited Partners by agreement establish a stated value
for such General Partner's Interest (which cannot be less than the positive
Capital Account balance of such General Partner's Interest); (2) such General
Partner's Capital Account, less the value attributable thereto of Partnership
debt of which such General Partner, as a General Partner, is relieved, or (3)
the fair market value of such General Partner's Interest. If such Interest
is
purchased, the purchase price, which may be paid in cash or in other property
of
equivalent value, must be paid to such General Partner within 180 days from
the
date it ceases to serve or within 90 days from the date its successor files
an
amendment to the Certificate of Limited Partnership in the form and manner
required by law, whichever is later. Unless the Partnership and a General
Partner agree otherwise, the fair market value of a General Partner's Interest
is to be determined as provided in Section
11.2(c).
The
Partnership and a General Partner may waive an appraisal, and agree to matters
of value and payment which deviate from these requirements. The Limited Partners
shall purchase their pro rata share of the General Partner's Interest based
on
the Interests of the Limited Partners purchasing such Interest of the General
Partner.
(c) The
Appraised Value of an Interest.
Within
30 days following the Event of Withdrawal (the “Notice”),
both
a Required Approval and the General Partner shall have the right to select
an
independent appraiser. If a party has not selected an independent appraiser
within 30 days following its receipt of written notice of the other party's
selection, then the appraiser so appointed by that other party shall determine
the fair market value of the Interest. If each party appoints an independent
appraiser within such 30 day period, the two appraisers so selected shall
together select a third appraiser. If each party appoints an independent
appraiser within the time period provided for, but such appraisers are unable
to
agree upon the selection of the third appraiser, either a Required Approval
and/or the General Partner shall have the right to ask the American Arbitration
Association (the "AAA")
located in its New York office to appoint such third appraiser, and said
arbitrator shall be fully authorized and empowered to appoint such third
appraiser. The appraiser or appraisers so appointed shall then determine the
fair market value of the Interest and shall provide written notice thereof
to
the General Partner and the Limited Partners within 60 days of the appointment
of the last appraiser. The appraisers shall use their best efforts to reach
unanimous agreement on such valuation. The fair market value of the Interest
shall be that amount which is agreed upon by the appraisers, or, in the event
they cannot agree, shall be the average of the two closest valuations, or if
there are not two closest valuations, the average of the three. The appraisers
shall employ such persons and incur such expenses as are necessary to reach
such
determination. The Limited Partners (pro rata in accordance with their
respective Interests) and the General Partner shall each bear one-half of all
the fees and expenses (including all fees and expenses of the AAA) incurred
in
reaching such determination. Any appraiser appointed hereunder shall have
experience in appraising the business of the Partnership.
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Section
11.3. Continuing
Obligation.
If
a
General Partner shall cease to be a General Partner of the Partnership, it
shall
be and remain liable for all obligations and liabilities incurred by it as
a
General Partner prior to or at the time such withdrawal shall have become
effective, but it shall be free of any obligation or liability incurred after
the time such withdrawal shall have become effective.
ARTICLE
XII
DISPOSITION
OF ANY PARTNER'S INTEREST;
PROCEDURES;
EFFECT; POWERS
Section
12.1. Procedures.
(a) Transfer
on Books.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement and subject in all respects
to
the provisions of Article
X
and
Article
XI,
the
transfer of any Interest in the Partnership shall be accomplished only by the
submission to the General Partner by the transferor or transferee of all
documents and instruments reasonably requested by the General Partner, including
without limitation the instrument making such transfer, and instruments
signifying the transferee's representations regarding its investment and
agreement to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement and all of
the
transferor's obligations, each duly executed and acknowledged and in such form
and substance as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the General
Partner.
(b) Costs.
All
costs and expenses incurred by the Partnership in connection with any transfer
of an Interest, or any part thereof, including, but not limited to, any filing,
recording and publishing costs and the fees and disbursements of counsel, shall
be paid by the Partner disposing of such Interest or such part thereof or,
if
not so paid, then by the transferee of such Interest.
Section
12.2. Effects
of Transfers.
(a) Allocations
and Distributions.
When an
Interest, or any part thereof, of a Partner in the Partnership is effectively
transferred during any fiscal period pursuant to Article
X, Article
XI
or this
Article
XII,
Profits, Losses, each item thereof and all other items attributable to such
Interest for such period shall be divided and allocated between such Partner
(the “Transferor”)
and
the Person to whom the Interest or part thereof is transferred (the
“Transferee”)
by
taking into account their varying interests during the period in accordance
with
Code Section 706(d), using the “closing the books” method permitted pursuant to
the regulations promulgated thereunder. All distributions on or before the
date
of such transfer shall be made to the Transferor, and all distributions
thereafter shall be made to the Transferee; provided, however, that the
Partnership and the General Partner shall be exonerated from any and all
liability under this Section
12.2(a)
with
respect to distributions made prior to the date of transfer of any Interest
to
any Person who at the time of such distribution appears on the books of the
Partnership as the Partner entitled thereto. At the request of the Transferee,
the Partnership shall make an election under Section 754 of the Code with
respect to the transfer; provided,
however,
that
any incremental tax compliance expense associated with the making of such
election, or subsequent additional recordkeeping and reporting required with
respect thereto, shall be borne by the Transferee.
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(b) Void.
Except
as otherwise expressly required by applicable law or as otherwise consented
to
by all of the Partners, any act or attempted act by any Partner in violation
of
Article X,
Article
XI
or this
Article
XII
shall be
null and void ab
initio.
Section
12.3. Effectuating
Action.
The
General Partner shall take all action, including, but not limited to, the
transfer of any Interests, any amendment of this Agreement and/or the
Certificate and/or the effectuation of any new Certificate of Limited
Partnership, all as may be required to effectuate any of the provisions of
Articles
X,
Article
XI
or this
Article XII.
ARTICLE
XIII
LIQUIDATION
AND DISSOLUTION
Section
13.1. Liquidation
of Partnership.
In
the
event of a Liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to Section
3.1
after
which the Partnership is not reconstituted and its business continued, the
General Partner or, in the event of a dissolution in which there is no General
Partner, a special liquidator (“Special
Liquidator”)
appointed by a Required Approval shall immediately commence to wind up
Partnership affairs and shall liquidate the assets of the Partnership as
promptly as possible in an orderly and business-like manner so as not to involve
undue sacrifice, as the General Partner (or Special Liquidator, as the case
may
be) in its discretion shall determine.
Section
13.2. Procedures
on Liquidation.
(a) Examination.
Upon
dissolution of the Partnership, to the extent Partnership funds are available
therefor, the General Partner (or Special Liquidator, as the case may be) may
cause the accountant (as selected by the General Partner) to perform an
examination of the assets and liabilities of the Partnership as of the date
of
dissolution, and such statement shall be furnished to all Partners as soon
thereafter as is practicable.
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(b) Distributions.
In the
event of liquidation, the assets of the Partnership or the proceeds thereof
shall be applied and distributed in the following order of
priority:
(i) to
the
payment of the debts and liabilities of the Partnership (other than Partners
who
are creditors solely as a result of application of Section 6.06 of DRLPA),
and
the expenses of liquidation, including, but not limited to, the reasonable
fees
of the Special Liquidator, if applicable;
(ii) to
the
setting up of any reserves which the General Partner (or Special Liquidator,
as
the case may be) may deem reasonably necessary for any contingent or unforeseen
liabilities or obligations of the Partnership, which reserves shall be paid
over
to a bank, as escrow-holder, to be held by it for the purpose of disbursing
(under the direction of the General Partner or Special Liquidator, as the case
may be) such reserves in payment of any of the aforementioned liabilities and
obligations and, at the expiration of such period as the General Partner (or
Special Liquidator, as the case may be) may deem advisable, for distribution
in
the manner hereinafter provided;
(iii) to
the
payment of debts and liabilities of the Partnership to Partners to the extent
they are creditors solely as a result of application of Section 6.06 of DRLPA;
and
(iv) then,
to
the Limited Partners and the General Partner, in accordance with the order
of
priority of payments and the provisions of Section
9.2(a)
of this
Agreement,
Section
13.3. No
Release.
No
dissolution of the Partnership shall release or relieve any of the Partners
or
any of their respective successors, assigns, heirs or legal representatives,
from any previous breach or default of, or from any obligations theretofore
incurred or accrued under, any of the provisions of this Agreement, except
to
the extent otherwise expressly provided herein.
ARTICLE
XIV
ACCOUNTS
AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTANTS; REPORTS
Section
14.1. Accounting
Methods; Fiscal Year.
The
books
of account of the Partnership shall be kept in accordance with generally
acceptable accounting principles, consistently applied. The Fiscal Year of
the
Partnership shall be the calendar year.
Section
14.2. Records
and Books of Account.
(a) Maintenance.
The
General Partner shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, complete and accurate
records and books of account of all transactions of the Partnership wherein
shall be entered all transactions, matters and things relating to the
Partnership's business as are usually entered into books of account kept by
persons engaged in a business of a like character, all on the method of
accounting selected by the General Partner.
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(b) Location.
All of
such records and books of account, together with all other documents and files
of the Partnership, including, but not limited to, copies of all documents
prepared by the General Partner and all correspondence and drafts of documents,
shall, at all times, be kept at the office for records of the Partnership
established pursuant to Section
2.4,
and all
such records, books of account, documents and files shall be the exclusive
property of the Partnership. Upon an Event of Withdrawal of a General Partner,
all such records, books of account, documents and files shall remain in the
exclusive possession of the Partnership. At any time and from time to time
while
the Partnership continues and until its complete liquidation (but only during
reasonable business hours), a Limited Partner, and/or any accountant or other
professional or representative employed by such Limited Partner may, at such
Limited Partner's own expense and upon at least two business days' prior written
notice to the General Partner, fully examine, inspect, make copies and audit
the
Partnership's books, records, accounts and assets.
Section
14.3. Elections
and Adjustments.
The
General Partner shall be permitted in any Fiscal Year to make such tax elections
as it may from time to time reasonably deem necessary or appropriate. In
addition, upon receipt of a notice from any Partner requesting that the
Partnership file an election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code, the
Partnership shall file such election. In the case of a Section 754 election,
any
additional fees or expenses resulting from the initial accounting set-up for
such election shall be borne by the Persons for whom the permitted adjustments
to basis as provided for in Code Section 734 and 743 are made. If a Section
754
election is filed, the General Partner will be required to provide additional
accounting or tax information with respect to any adjustment to basis for the
Limited Partners, provided such information is reasonably within the General
Partner's knowledge. The Partners agree to provide the Partnership with such
information as they possess which is required to give effect to any Section
754
election made by the Partnership.
Section
14.4. Tax
Returns.
On
or
before the end of the second month after the end of each Fiscal Year of the
Partnership, the General Partner shall deliver to the Limited Partners such
information as shall be necessary for the preparation by the Limited Partners
of
their federal income tax return. The General Partner shall also prepare or
cause
to be prepared all tax and information returns which the Partnership is required
to file and the same shall be filed by the General Partner within the time
prescribed by law for the filing of each such return.
Section
14.5. Reports.
(a) The
General Partner shall deliver to each Partner not later than 90 days following
the end of each Fiscal Year, a balance sheet, an income statement, and annual
statement of source and application of funds of the Partnership for such Fiscal
Year.
(b) No
later
than 45 days after the last day of each calendar quarter during the term of
this
Agreement, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to prepare, or cause
to be prepared (at the Partnership's expense if, and only if, prepared by an
accountant who is not an employee or Affiliate of the General Partner), and
delivered to each Partner, a balance sheet together with a cumulative profit
and
loss statement to date and with comparative statements for the like periods
immediately preceding.
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Section
14.6. Tax
Matters Partner.
The
General Partner is designated as the tax matters partner of the Partnership
pursuant to section 6231(a)(7) of the Code (“Tax
Partner”)
unless
(a) a replacement is designated and approved by a Required Approval, or (b)
such
General Partner suffers an Event of Withdrawal. If the General Partner suffers
an Event of Withdrawal and a replacement is not designated and approved by
the
Partners as provided above, a Tax Partner shall be designated as provided by
section 6231(a)(7) of the Code.
Section
14.7. Partnership
Funds.
All
funds
of the Partnership shall be deposited in checking accounts, savings accounts,
time deposits, or certificates of deposit in the Partnership's name or shall
be
invested in the Partnership's name, in such manner as shall be designed by
the
General Partner from time to time. Partnership funds shall not be commingled
with those of any other person or entity. Partnership funds shall be used by
the
General Partner only for the business of the Partnership.
ARTICLE
XV
CONSENT
OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS
Whenever
the consent of the Limited Partners is required under this Agreement or
applicable law or is otherwise requested by the General Partner in connection
with any proposed action, the General Partner shall give notice of such proposed
action to the Limited Partners. If after 15 business days a Limited Partner
has
not objected to the taking of such action by giving notice of its objection
to
the General Partner, such Limited Partner will be deemed to have consented
to
the taking of such proposed action. The foregoing shall not apply in the case
of
an Event of Withdrawal of a sole General Partner as described in Section
11.2(a)(ii).
In that
event, the General Partner will be required to give notice of the Event of
Withdrawal as provided in Section
11.2(a)(ii),
but the
Limited Partners must themselves affirmatively elect to continue the Partnership
business and appoint a substitute General Partner.
ARTICLE
XVI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
16.1. Recipient
of Distributions and Payments.
All
distributions and payments of cash or property to be made pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement shall be made directly to the parties who are
entitled thereto at their respective addresses indicated in the records of
the
Partnership or at such other address as shall have been set forth in a notice
sent pursuant to the provisions of Section
16.2.
Section
16.2. Communications.
Except
as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any election, approval, consent,
objection, request, waiver, notice or other document required or permitted
to be
made or given pursuant to any provisions of this Agreement, shall be deemed
duly
made or given, as the case may be, if in writing, signed by or on behalf of
the
Person making or giving the same, and shall be deemed completed when either
(a)
personally delivered (with receipt acknowledged by the recipient), or (b) sent
by electronic facsimile, provided a copy of such document is sent to such party
the same day by one of the other methods set forth herein, or (c) deposited
for
delivery by Federal Express or other similar overnight courier service;
addressed to the Person or Persons to whom such election, approval, consent,
objection, request, waiver, notice or other document is to be made or given
at
their respective addresses, as follows:
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(a) in
the
case of the Partners, at the addresses indicated in the records of the
Partnership;
(b) in
the
case of the Partnership, at the office of the Partnership specified in
Section
2.4;
and
(c) a
copy of
any notice to the General Partner or the Partnership shall be delivered
concurrently to Xxxxxxx Xxxx, LLP, 00 Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Any
party
hereto shall have the right to change its address hereunder by sending notice
to
all other parties hereto pursuant to this Section.
Section
16.3. Dispute
Resolution; Arbitration.
(a) The
parties will act in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to
promptly resolve any claim, dispute, claim, controversy or disagreement (each
a
“Dispute”)
between the parties or any of their respective successors and assigns under
this
Agreement (other than with respect to the documents evidencing or securing
the
Acquisition Financing). If the parties cannot resolve the Dispute within a
reasonable time frame (not to exceed 10 days from the date one party provides
written notice thereof to the each other party in such Dispute), the Dispute
will be submitted to arbitration conducted by the American Arbitration
Association (“AAA”)
in New
York, New York and will be initiated and conducted in accordance with the
Commercial Arbitration Rules (“Commercial
Rules”)
of the
AAA, as such rules will be in effect on the date of delivery of a demand for
arbitration (“Demand”),
except to the extent that such rules are inconsistent with the provisions set
forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties may agree in good
faith
that the AAA rules and procedures will not apply in order to promote the
efficient arbitration of Disputes where the nature of the Dispute, including
without limitation the amount in controversy, does not justify the application
of such procedures.
(b) The
arbitration panel will consist of three arbitrators. Each party will name an
arbitrator within ten (10) days after the delivery of the Demand. The two
arbitrators named by the parties may have prior relationships with the naming
party, which in a judicial setting would be considered a conflict of interest.
The third arbitrator, selected by the first two, should be a neutral
participant, with no prior working relationship with either party. If the two
arbitrators are unable to select a third arbitrator within ten (10) days, a
third neutral arbitrator will be appointed by the AAA from the panel of
commercial arbitrators. If a vacancy in the arbitration panel occurs after
the
hearings have commenced, the remaining arbitrator or arbitrators may not
continue with the hearing and determination of the controversy, unless the
parties agree otherwise. The decision of any two (2) arbitrators shall be
binding on the panel.
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(c) The
laws
of the State of Delaware will govern the arbitrability of all Disputes. The
arbitrators will allow such discovery as is appropriate to the purposes of
arbitration in accomplishing a fair, speedy and cost-effective resolution of
the
Disputes. The arbitrators will reference New York Rules of Civil Procedure
then
in effect in setting the scope and timing of discovery. The New York Rules
of
Evidence will apply. The arbitrators may enter a default decision against any
party who fails to participate in the arbitration proceedings.
(d) Any
award
by the arbitrators will be accompanied by a written decision setting forth
the
findings of fact and conclusions of law relied upon in reaching the decision.
The award rendered by the arbitrators will be final and binding upon the
parties, and judgment upon such award may be entered by any court of competent
jurisdiction. The parties agree that the existence, conduct and content of
any
arbitration will be kept confidential and no party will disclose to any person
any information about such arbitration, except as may be required by law or
by
any governmental authority or for financial reporting purposes in each party's
financial statements.
(e) The
non-prevailing party (as determined by the arbitrators) will pay the reasonable
fees of each party's own outside attorneys, reasonable expenses of witnesses
and
all other reasonable expenses and costs in connection with the presentation
of
such party's case (collectively, “Attorneys'
Fees”).
The
remaining costs of the arbitration, including without limitation, fees of the
arbitrators, costs of records or transcripts and administrative fees
(collectively, “Arbitration
Costs”)
will
be born ratably by the parties involved in the dispute in accordance with their
Interests in the Partnership. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the arbitrators
may
modify the allocation of Arbitration Costs and Attorneys' Fees in those cases
where fairness dictates a different allocation of Arbitration Costs between
the
parties.
Section
16.4. Entire
Agreement; Applicable Law; Effect.
This
Agreement contains the entire agreement by and among the parties with respect
to
the ownership and operation of the Partnership. The parties have now and expect
to have in the future agreements that affect the Partners, such as matters
relating to competition, and other business relationships of the Partners.
This
Agreement shall be construed, enforced and governed in conformity with the
laws
of the State of Delaware and the DRLPA, without giving effect to principles
of
conflicts of law, and shall be binding upon the parties hereto, their
successors, heirs, devisees, permitted assigns, legal representatives, executors
and administrators, but shall not be deemed for the benefit of creditors or
any
other Persons.
Section
16.5. Modification;
Waiver or Termination.
Except
as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no modification, waiver or
termination of this Agreement, or any part hereof, shall be effective unless
made in writing signed by the party or parties sought to be bound thereby,
and
no failure to pursue or elect any remedy shall constitute a waiver of any
default under or breach of any provision of this Agreement, nor shall any waiver
of any default under or breach of any provision of this Agreement be deemed
to
be a waiver of any other subsequent similar or different default under or breach
of such or any other provision or of any election or remedies available in
connection therewith. Receipt by any party of any money or other consideration
due under this Agreement, with or without knowledge of any breach of default,
shall not constitute a waiver of such breach or default of any provision of
this
Agreement.
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Section
16.6. Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, notwithstanding
that
all of the parties did not execute the same counterpart, each of such
counterparts shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be an original, and all
of
such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument binding on all
of
the parties hereto.
Section
16.7. Separability.
Each
provision of this Agreement shall be considered separable and (a) if for any
reason any provision or provisions herein are determined to be invalid and
contrary to any existing or future law, such invalidity shall not impair the
operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement which are valid, and
(b)
if for any reason any provision or provisions of this Agreement would subject
the Limited Partners to any personal liability for the obligations of the
Partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware or any other laws, as the
same may now or hereafter exist, such provision or provisions shall be deemed
void and of no effect.
Section
16.8. Article
and Section Headings.
Article
and section titles or captions contained in this Agreement are inserted only
as
a matter of convenience and for reference, and shall not be construed in any
way
to define, limit, extend or describe the scope of any of the provisions
hereof.
Section
16.9. Word
Meanings.
The
words
such as “herein,” “hereinafter,” “hereof,” and “hereunder” refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not merely to a subdivision in which such words appear
unless the context otherwise requires. The singular shall include the plural
and
the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa,
unless the context otherwise requires.
Section
16.10. Exhibits.
All
exhibits annexed hereto are expressly made a part of this Agreement, as fully
as
though completely set forth herein.
Section
16.11. Survival
of Covenants, Etc.
The
covenants and other statements set forth in this Agreement shall survive
execution and delivery hereof and making of the Capital Contributions provided
for herein. All of the same shall be deemed to be independently material and
to
have been relied upon by the party or parties to whom made.
Section
16.12. Further
Actions.
Each
of
the Partners shall hereafter execute and deliver such further instruments and
do
such further acts and things as may be required or useful to carry out the
intent and purpose of this Agreement and as are not inconsistent with the
provisions hereof.
Section
16.13. Deadlines.
If
any
deadline set forth in this Agreement falls on a Saturday, Sunday or other
non-business day, such deadline shall be deemed to be extended until the first
business day thereafter.
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Section
16.14. Consent
to Multi-Party Representation.
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx, LLP (“HR”) has been retained by the General Partner in connection with the
formation of the Partnership and in such capacity has provided legal services
to
the General Partner, Affiliates of the General Partner, the Partnership and
Solar Thin. The General Partner, its Affiliates, Solar Thin and the Partnership
expect to continue to retain HR to provide legal services to Solar Thin, the
General Partner, its Affiliates and the Partnership. HR is not representing
and
will not represent any of the Limited Partners in connection with the formation
of the Partnership, the management and operation of the Partnership, or any
dispute which may arise between (on the one hand) any Limited Partner(s) and
(on
the other hand) the General Partner, any Affiliates of the General Partner,
Solar Thin and/or the Partnership (the “Partnership
Legal Matters”).
Each
Limited Partner hereby agrees that HR may continue to represent Solar Thin
and
the General Partner, its Affiliates and the Partnership in connection with
any
and all Partnership Legal Matters (including any dispute between the General
Partner, its Affiliates and one or more Limited Partners) and waives any present
or future claim of conflict of interest on the part of HR regarding Partnership
Legal Matters.
[Signature
Page to Follow]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
date
set forth above.
GENERAL
PARTNER:
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ALGATEC
MANAGEMENT, LLC,
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a
Delaware limited liability company
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Member- Manager
|
Limited Partners
counterpart signature page to Agreement of Limited Partnership,
2008
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned have counter executed and accepted this Escrow Agreement as of
the
date set forth below.
(Print
name of entity)
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Date:
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_________ ___________ |
Individual
Limited Partners:
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(Print
name)
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Date:
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______ ______________ |
2
Exhibit
“A”
Partners
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Capital Contributions
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Interests
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||||
General Partner:
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|||||||
Algatec
Management, LLC
00
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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$
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165,000
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(1)
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5.00
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%
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||
Limited
Partners
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Capital Contributions
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Interests
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|||
Xxxxx Family
Stock Trust
00
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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$
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1,500,000
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|||||
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
0
Xxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx
XX, 00000
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$
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1,300,000
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|||||
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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$
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100,000
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|||||
JAD
Ventures LLC
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$
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50,000
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|||||
David’s
Consulting
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$
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25,000
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|||||
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
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$
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25,000
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|||||
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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$
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25,000
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|||||
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Special Trust
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$
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25,000
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|||||
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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$
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125,000
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|||||
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
330
Kenridge Road,
Xxxxxxxx,
N.Y.11559
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$
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30,000
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|||||
Gepoplideaux
International, Inc.
PO
Box 205
Cedarhurst,
NY 11516
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$
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20,000
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|||||
Xxxx
Xxxxx
1634
52 Street
Brooklyn
NY 11204
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$
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80,000
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(1) Evidenced
by delivery of the General Partner’s Note.
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