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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT
OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
INNKEEPERS USA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ARTICLE II
PARTNERSHIP CONTINUATION AND IDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.01 Continuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.02 Name, Office and Registered Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.03 Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.04 Term and Dissolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.05 Filing of Certificate and Perfection of Limited Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.06 Certificates Describing Preferred Partnership Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE III
BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.01 Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.02 Prohibited Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.03 Maintenance of Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.01 Capital Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.02 Additional Capital Contributions and Issuances of Additional Partnership Units . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.03 General Partner Loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.04 Capital Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.05 Percentage Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.06 No Interest on Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.07 Return of Capital Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
4.08 No Third Party Beneficiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
ARTICLE V
ALLOCATIONS; DISTRIBUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.01 Allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.02 Distribution of Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
5.03 REIT Distribution Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.04 No Right to Distributions in Kind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.05 Limitations on Return of Capital Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.06 Distributions Upon Liquidation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
5.07 Substantial Economic Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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ARTICLE VI
RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND
POWERS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6.01 Management of the Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
6.02 Pledge of General Partnership Units to Lender. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
6.03 Delegation of Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
6.04 Indemnification and Exculpation of Indemnitees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
6.05 Liability of the General Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
6.06 Expenditures by the Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6.07 Outside Activities Redemption/Tender Offer of REIT Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
6.08 Employment or Retention of Affiliates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
6.09 General Partner Participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
ARTICLE VII
CHANGES IN GENERAL PARTNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
7.01 Transfer of General Partnership Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
7.02 Admission of a Substitute or Successor General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7.03 Effect of Bankruptcy, Withdrawal, Death or Dissolution of a General Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
ARTICLE VIII
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.01 Management of the Partnership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.02 Power of Attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.03 Limitation on Liability of Limited Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.04 Ownership by Limited Partner of Corporate General Partner or Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
8.05 Redemption Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
8.06 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
8.07 Class B Conversion Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
8.08 Automatic Conversion of Preferred Partnership Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFERS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
9.01 Purchase for Investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
9.02 Restrictions on Transfer of Limited Partnership Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
9.03 Admission of Substitute Limited Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
9.04 Rights of Assignees of Partnership Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
9.05 Effect of Bankruptcy, Death, Incompetence or Termination of a Limited Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
9.06 Joint Ownership of Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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ARTICLE X
BOOKS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTING; TAX MATTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
10.01 Books and Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
10.02 Custody of Partnership Funds; Bank Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
10.03 Fiscal and Taxable Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
10.04 Annual Tax Information and Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
10.05 Tax Matters Partner; Tax Elections; Special Basis Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
10.06 Reports to Limited Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
ARTICLE XII
GENERAL PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
12.01 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
12.02 Survival of Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
12.03 Additional Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
12.04 Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
12.05 Entire Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
12.06 Pronouns and Plurals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
12.07 Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
12.08 Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
12.09 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
12.10 Company is not a Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A - Partners, Capital Contributions and Percentage Interests
EXHIBIT B - Notice of Exercise of Redemption Right
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT
OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
INNKEEPERS USA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
RECITALS
Innkeepers USA Limited Partnership (the "Partnership") was formed as a
limited partnership under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia by a
Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of the
Commonwealth of Virginia on May 23, 1994, as amended by an Amended Certificate
of Limited Partnership filed on July 8, 1994. The Partnership originally was
governed by an Agreement of Limited Partnership dated May 23, 1994 (the
"Original Agreement") among Innkeepers USA Trust, a Maryland real estate
investment trust (the "Company"), as general partner, and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx and
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, as limited partners.
The Original Agreement was amended and restated on September 30, 1994
(the "First Amended Agreement") to admit Additional Limited Partners to the
Partnership. The First Amended Agreement was amended on March 22, 1995 (the
"First Amendment to the First Amended Agreement") to (i) admit Innkeepers
Financial Corporation, a Virginia corporation (in its capacity as the general
partner of the Partnership, the "General Partner"), as the general partner and
a limited partner of the Partnership, (ii) provide for the withdrawal of the
Company as the general partner and a limited partner of the Partnership, and
(iii) amend and add provisions required to facilitate a financing secured by
Partnership assets.
The General Partner, for itself and on behalf of the limited partners
(the "Class A Limited Partners"), desires to (i) admit Additional Limited
Partners (the "Class B Limited Partners") to the Partnership, (ii) issue
preferred limited partnership units to the Class B Limited Partners, and (iii)
restate the First Amended Agreement, as modified by the First Amendment to the
First Amended Agreement, in its entirety.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, of mutual covenants
between the parties hereto, and of other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree to amend the First Amended Agreement, as modified by the First Amendment
to the First Amended Agreement, to read in its entirety as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
The following defined terms used in this Agreement shall have the
meanings specified below:
"ACT" means the Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as
it may be amended from time to time.
"ADDITIONAL LIMITED PARTNER" means a Person admitted to this
Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof.
"ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES" means (i) all administrative and operating
costs and expenses incurred by the Partnership, (ii) all administrative costs
and expenses of the General Partner and the Company, including any salaries or
other payments to Trustees, directors, officers and/or employees of the General
Partner and the Company, and any accounting and legal expenses of the General
Partner and the Company, which expenses, the Partners have agreed, are expenses
of the Partnership and not of the General Partner or the Company, and (iii) to
the extent not included in clause (ii) above, REIT Expenses; provided, however,
that Administrative Expenses shall not include any administrative and operating
costs and expenses incurred by the Company that are attributable to Properties
or partnership interests in Subsidiary Partnerships owned by the Company
directly.
"AFFILIATE" means (i) any Person that, directly or indirectly,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, (ii)
any other Person that beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 5% or more of
the outstanding capital stock, shares or equity interests of such Person, or
(iii) any officer, director, employee, partner or trustee of such Person or any
Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person
(excluding trustees and persons serving in similar capacities who are not
otherwise Affiliates of such Person). For the purposes of this definition,
"control" (including the correlative meanings of the terms "controlled by" and
"under common control with"), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, through the ownership
of voting securities, partnership interests or other equity interests.
"AGREED VALUE" means the fair market value of a Partner's non-cash
Capital Contribution as of the date such Capital Contribution was made, as
agreed to by the Partners. For purposes of this Agreement, the Agreed Value of
a Partner's non-cash Capital Contribution in exchange for Common Partnership
Units shall be equal to the number of Common Partnership Units received by such
Partner in exchange for non-cash property or an
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interest therein or in connection with the merger of the partnership of which
such Person was a partner with and into the Partnership, multiplied by either
(i) the Public Offering Price, if the contribution was made at the time of the
Initial Offering, or (ii) if the contribution was made after the Initial
Offering, the "Market Price" on the date of the contribution calculated in
accordance with the second and third sentences of the definition of "Cash
Amount." The Agreed Value of a Partner's non-cash Capital Contribution in
exchange for Preferred Partnership Units shall be as determined by the
Partnership and such Partner. The names and addresses of the Partners, the
number of Partnership Units issued to each Partner, and the Agreed Value of
non-cash Capital Contributions are set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto
("Exhibit A").
"AGREEMENT" means this Second Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership of the Partnership.
"CAPITAL ACCOUNT" has the meaning provided in Section 4.04 hereof.
"CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION" means the total amount of capital initially
contributed or agreed to be contributed, as the context requires, to the
Partnership by each Partner pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. Any
reference to the Capital Contribution of a Partner shall include the Capital
Contribution made by a predecessor holder of the Partnership Units held by such
Partner. The paid-in Capital Contribution shall mean the Cash Amount or the
Agreed Value of other assets actually contributed by each Partner to the
capital of the Partnership.
"CAPITAL TRANSACTION" means the refinancing, sale, exchange,
condemnation, recovery of a damage award or insurance proceeds (other than
business or rental interruption insurance proceeds not reinvested in the repair
or reconstruction of Properties), or other disposition of any Property (or the
Partnership's interest therein).
"CARRYOVER TRANSFEREES" are those Persons who receive from a
contributor of a Class B Hotel or a partner thereof, and at the relevant time
retain, a carryover tax basis, in whole or in part, in either Preferred
Partnership Units or Common Partnership Units into which the Preferred
Partnership Units were converted.
"CASH AMOUNT" means an amount of cash per Common Partnership Unit
equal to the value of the REIT Shares Amount on the date of receipt by the
General Partner of a Notice of Redemption. The value of the REIT Shares Amount
shall be based on the average of the daily "Market Price" of REIT Shares for
the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of such
valuation. The market price for each such trading day shall be: (i) if the
REIT Shares are listed or admitted to trading on any securities
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exchange or the NASDAQ-National Market, the sale price, regular way, on such
day, or if no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid
and asked prices, regular way, on such day, (ii) if the REIT Shares are not
listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange or the NASDAQ-National
Market, the last reported sale price on such day or, if no sale takes place on
such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, as
reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or
(iii) if the REIT Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any
securities exchange or the NASDAQ-National Market and no such last reported
sale price or closing bid and asked prices are available, the average of the
reported high bid and low asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable
quotation source designated by the General Partner, or if there shall be no bid
and asked prices on such day, the average of the high bid and low asked prices,
as so reported, on the most recent day (not more than 10 days prior to the date
in question) for which prices have been so reported; provided that if there are
no bid and asked prices reported during the ten days prior to the date in
question, the value of the REIT Shares shall be determined by the General
Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other
information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate. In the
event the REIT Shares Amount includes rights that a holder of REIT Shares would
be entitled to receive, then the value of such rights shall be determined by
the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and
other information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate.
"CERTIFICATE" means any instrument or document that is required under
the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, or any other jurisdiction in which
the Partnership conducts business, to be signed and sworn to by the Partners of
the Partnership (either by themselves or pursuant to the power-of-attorney
granted to the General Partner in Section 8.02 hereof) and filed for recording
in the appropriate public offices within the Commonwealth of Virginia or such
other jurisdiction to perfect or maintain the Partnership as a limited
partnership, to effect the admission, withdrawal, or substitution of any
Partner of the Partnership, or to protect the limited liability of the Limited
Partners as limited partners under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia or
such other jurisdiction.
"CLASS A LIMITED PARTNER" means any Person named as a Class A Limited
Partner on Exhibit A, and any Person who becomes a Substitute or Additional
Class A Limited Partner, in such Person's capacity as a Class A Limited Partner
in the Partnership.
CLASS B ADMISSION DATE" means the date on which a Class B Limited
Partner is admitted to the Partnership.
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"CLASS B CONVERSION RIGHT" has the meaning provided in Section 8.07
hereof.
"CLASS B HOTELS" means the following hotels contributed to the
Partnership by the Class B Limited Partners: (1) Downtown Residence Inn,
Denver, Colorado, (2) Residence Inn, East Lansing, Michigan, (3) Residence Inn,
Kentwood, Michigan, (4) Residence Inn, Oakmead, California, (5) Residence Inn,
San Mateo, California, (6) Residence Inn, Sunnyvale, California, and (7)
Xxxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx.
"CLASS B LIMITED PARTNERS" means any Person named as a Class B Limited
Partner on Exhibit A, and any Person who
becomes a Substitute or Additional Class B Limited Partner, in such Person's
capacity as a Class B Limited Partner in the Partnership.
"CLASS B PREFERENCE VALUE PER UNIT" means, with respect to each
Preferred Partnership Unit held by each Class B Limited Partner, the
liquidation preference value of $11.00 per Preferred Partnership Unit.
"CLASS B PREFERRED RETURN" means, on each Partnership Record Date
during each of the ten years following the date of this Agreement, the greater
of (i) an annualized amount equal to $1.10 per Preferred Partnership Unit or
(ii) the lesser of (A) the annualized amount per Common Partnership Unit paid
to the holders of the Common Partnership Units on that Partnership Record Date,
plus an annualized amount equal to $0.10 per Common Partnership Unit, or (B) an
annualized amount equal to $1.155 per Preferred Partnership Unit. The Class B
Preferred Return shall be cumulative and shall be prorated for any partial
calendar year.
"CLASS B REDEMPTION RIGHT" means the right of a Class B Limited
Partner to redeem his Preferred Partnership Units in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the Redemption and Registration Rights Agreement.
"CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as
hereafter amended from time to time. Reference to any particular provision of
the Code shall mean that provision of the Code as of the date hereof and any
succeeding provision of the Code.
"COMMISSION" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
"COMMON PARTNERSHIP UNIT" means a fractional, undivided share of the
ownership interests in the Partnership issued hereunder to the General Partner
and the Class A Limited Partners. The allocation of Common Partnership Units
among the
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General Partner and the Class A Limited Partners shall be as set forth on
Exhibit A, as may be amended from time to time. Upon any redemption, issuance
or transfer of Common Partnership Units, the General Partner shall prepare a
schedule in the form of Exhibit A reflecting the names of the then-current
Partners, their Common Percentage Interests or Preferred Percentage Interests,
and the number of Common Partnership Units or Preferred Partnership Units owned
by each Partner.
"COMMON PERCENTAGE INTEREST" means the percentage ownership interest
in the Common Partnership Units of each Partner that holds Common Partnership
Units, as determined by dividing the number of Common Partnership Units held by
such Partner by the total number of Common Partnership Units then outstanding.
"COMPANY" means Innkeepers USA Trust, a Maryland real estate
investment trust.
"CONVERSION FACTOR" means one (1), provided that in the event that the
Company (i) declares or pays a dividend on its outstanding REIT Shares in REIT
Shares or makes a distribution to all holders of its outstanding REIT Shares in
REIT Shares, (ii) subdivides its outstanding REIT Shares, or (iii) combines its
outstanding REIT Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares, the Conversion
Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by a fraction,
the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and
outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution, subdivision or
combination (assuming for such purposes that such dividend, distribution,
subdivision or combination has occurred as of such time), and the denominator
of which shall be the actual number of REIT Shares (determined without the
above assumption) issued and outstanding on such date. Any adjustment to the
Conversion Factor shall become effective immediately after the effective date
of such event retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event.
"DECLARATION OF TRUST" means the Amended and Restated Declaration of
Trust of the Company filed with the Secretary of State of Maryland, as amended
or restated from time to time.
"DISSOLUTION EVENT" means an event specified in Sections
2.04(a)(i)-(iv).
"DISTRIBUTION PERIOD" means the period between two consecutive
Partnership Record Dates.
"EVENT OF BANKRUPTCY" shall occur at such time as a Person: files a
petition or otherwise initiates proceedings to be adjudicated insolvent or
seeking an order for relief as a debtor under any chapter of the United States
Bankruptcy Code, as amended (11 U.S.C. Section Section 101 et seq.); files any
petition seeking any composition, reorganization, readjustment, liquidation,
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dissolution or similar relief under the present or any future federal
bankruptcy laws or any other present or future applicable federal, state or
other statute or law relative to bankruptcy, insolvency or other relief for
debtors; seeks the appointment of any trustee, receiver, conservator, assignee,
sequestrator, custodian, liquidator (or other similar official) of the Person
or of all or any substantial part of the properties and assets of the Person;
makes any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; admits in writing
its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; declares or
effects a moratorium on its debt; takes any action in furtherance of any of the
foregoing actions; or consents to or acquiesces in any of the foregoing
actions.
"FIRST CLASS B ADMISSION DATE" means the date on which the first Class
B Limited Partner is admitted to the Partnership.
"FUNDING LOAN" has the meaning provided in Section 4.03 hereof.
"GENERAL PARTNER" means Innkeepers Financial Corporation, a Virginia
corporation, and any Person who becomes a substitute or additional General
Partner as provided herein, and any of their successors as General Partner.
"GENERAL PARTNERSHIP UNITS" means a fractional, undivided share of the
ownership interest in the Partnership issued hereunder to the General Partner
in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership.
"INDEMNITEE" means (i) any Person made a party to a proceeding by
reason of his status as the General Partner or a Trustee, director or officer
of the Partnership, the Company, or the General Partner, and (ii) such other
Persons (including Affiliates of the General Partner, the Company, or the
Partnership) as the General Partner or the Company may designate from time to
time, in its sole and absolute discretion.
"INDEPENDENT TRUSTEE" has the meaning given to that term in the
Declaration of Trust.
"INITIAL HOTELS" means the following hotels: (1) Xxxxxxx Xxx - Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000; (2)
Hampton Inn - Naples, Florida, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000;
(3) Hampton Inn - Willow Grove (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000; (4) Hampton Inn - Islandia (Long
Island), New York, 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000;
(5) Residence Inn - Binghamton, New York, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000; (6) Hampton Inn - Albany/Xxxxxx, New York, 000 Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx,
Xxx
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Xxxx 00000; (7) Sheraton Inn - Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000.
"INITIAL OFFERING" means the initial offering and sale by the Company
and the purchase by the Underwriters (as defined in the Prospectus) of the
common shares of the Company for sale to the public.
"INSTRUMENTS" means mortgages, deeds of trust or deeds to secure debt
on the Properties securing one or more notes payable to the Lender.
"LENDER" means Nomura Asset Capital Corporation.
"LIBOR" means the London Interbank Offered Rate.
"LIMITED PARTNER" means any Person named as a Class A Limited Partner
or a Class B Limited Partner on Exhibit A, and any Person who becomes a
Substitute or Additional Limited Partner, in such Person's capacity as a
Limited Partner in the Partnership.
"LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNIT" means a fractional, undivided share of the
ownership interests in the Partnership issued hereunder to the Limited
Partners.
"LOAN DOCUMENTS" means the Instruments and any other related loan
documents in favor of the Lender.
"LOSS" has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(g) hereof.
"MINIMUM PERCENTAGE INTEREST" means the lesser of (i) 1% or (ii) if
the total Capital Contributions to the Partnership exceed $50 million, 1%
divided by the ratio of the total Capital Contributions to the Partnership to
$50 million; provided, however, that the Minimum Percentage Interest shall not
be less than 0.2% at any time.
"NOTICE OF REDEMPTION" means the Notice of Exercise of Redemption
Right substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto ("Exhibit B").
"PARTNER" means any General Partner or Limited Partner.
"PARTNER NONRECOURSE DEBT MINIMUM GAIN" has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). A Partner's share of Partner Nonrecourse Debt
Minimum Gain shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-2(i)(5).
"PARTNERSHIP MINIMUM GAIN" has the meaning set forth in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(d). In accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(d), the
amount of Partnership Minimum Gain is
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determined by first computing, for each Partnership nonrecourse liability, any
gain the Partnership would realize if it disposed of the property subject to
that liability for no consideration other than full satisfaction of the
liability, and then aggregating the separately computed gains. A Partner's
share of Partnership Minimum Gain shall be determined in accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(1).
"PARTNERSHIP RECORD DATE" means the record date established by the
General Partner for the distribution of cash pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof,
which record date shall be the same as the record date established by the
General Partner for a distribution to its shareholders of some or all of its
portion of such distribution.
"PARTNERSHIP UNIT" means a Common Partnership Unit or a Preferred
Partnership Unit.
"PERSON" means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint
venture, trust or other entity.
"PERCENTAGE INTEREST" means the percentage ownership interest in the
Partnership of each Partner, as determined by dividing the number of
Partnership Units owned by a Partner by the total number of Partnership Units
then outstanding.
"PREFERRED PARTNERSHIP UNIT" means a fractional, undivided share of
the ownership interests in the Partnership issued hereunder to the Class B
Limited Partners. The allocation of Preferred Partnership Units among the
Partners shall be as set forth on Exhibit A, as may be amended from time to
time. Upon any redemption, issuance or transfer of Preferred Partnership
Units, the General Partner shall prepare a schedule in the form of Exhibit A
reflecting the names of the then-current Partners, their Common Percentage
Interests or Preferred Percentage Interests, and the number of Common
Partnership Units or Preferred Partnership Units owned by each Partner.
"PREFERRED PERCENTAGE INTEREST" means the percentage ownership
interest in the Preferred Partnership Units of each Partner that holds
Preferred Partnership Units, as determined by dividing the number of Preferred
Partnership Units held by such Partner by the total number of Preferred
Partnership Units then outstanding.
"PROFIT" has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(g) hereof.
"PROPERTY" or "PROPERTIES" means, as the case may be, any or all of
the hotel properties or other investments in which the Partnership holds an
ownership interest.
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"PROSPECTUS" means the final prospectus delivered to purchasers of the
Company's common stock in the Initial Offering.
"PUBLIC OFFERING PRICE" shall mean the initial public offering price
set forth in the Prospectus.
"REDEEMING PARTNER" has the meaning provided in Section 8.05(a)
hereof.
"REDEMPTION AMOUNT" means either the Cash Amount or the REIT Shares
Amount, as selected by the General Partner in its sole discretion pursuant to
Section 8.05(c) hereof.
"REDEMPTION AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT" means the Redemption
and Registration Rights Agreement among the Partnership, the Company and the
Class B Limited Partners, dated October __, 1996, which provides the holders of
Preferred Partnership Units with certain redemption and registration rights.
"REDEMPTION RIGHT" has the meaning provided in Section 8.05(a) hereof.
"REGULATIONS" means the Federal Income Tax Regulations issued under
the Code, as amended and as hereafter amended from time to time. Reference to
any particular provision of the Regulations shall mean that provision of the
Regulations on the date hereof and any succeeding provision of the Regulations.
"REIT" means a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through
860 of the Code.
"REIT EXPENSES" means (i) costs and expenses relating to the formation
and continuity of existence of the Company and any Subsidiaries thereof
including the General Partner (which Subsidiaries shall, for purposes of this
definition, be included within the definition of Company), including taxes,
fees and assessments associated therewith, any and all costs, expenses or fees
payable to any Trustee, officer or employee of the Company, (ii) costs and
expenses relating to the public offering and registration of securities by the
Company and all statements, reports, fees and expenses incidental thereto,
including underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable to any such
offering of securities, (iii) costs and expenses associated with the
preparation and filing of any periodic reports by the Company under federal,
state or local laws or regulations, including filings with the Commission, (iv)
costs and expenses associated with compliance by the Company with laws, rules
and regulations promulgated by a regulatory body, including the Commission, and
(v) all other operating or administrative costs of the Company incurred in the
ordinary course of its business,
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either directly or through Subsidiaries, including the General Partner, on
behalf of the Partnership.
"REIT SHARE" means a common share of the Company.
"REIT SHARES AMOUNT" shall mean a number of REIT Shares equal to the
product of the number of Common Partnership Units offered for redemption by a
Redeeming Partner, multiplied by the Conversion Factor; provided that in the
event the Company issues to all holders of REIT Shares rights, options,
warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities entitling the shareholders
to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, or any other securities or property
(collectively, the "rights"), then the REIT Shares Amount shall also include
such rights that a holder of that number of REIT Shares would be entitled to
receive.
"SECURITIES ACT" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"SERVICE" means the Internal Revenue Service.
"SPECIFIED REDEMPTION DATE" means the first business day of the month
that is at least 10 business days after the receipt by the General Partner of
the Notice of Redemption.
"SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or
other entity of which a majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity
securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests is owned, directly or
indirectly, by such Person.
"SUBSIDIARY PARTNERSHIP" means Innkeepers Financing Limited
Partnership, a Virginia limited partnership, Innkeepers Financing Partnership
II, L.P., a Virginia limited partnership, or any other partnership a majority
of the outstanding equity interests of which is owned, directly or indirectly,
by the Company or the Partnership.
"SUBSTITUTE LIMITED PARTNER" means any Person admitted to the
Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 9.03 hereof.
ARTICLE II
PARTNERSHIP CONTINUATION AND IDENTIFICATION
2.01 CONTINUATION. The Partners hereby agree to continue the
Partnership pursuant to the Act and upon the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement.
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2.02 NAME, OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT. The name of the
Partnership shall be Innkeepers USA Limited Partnership. The specified office
and place of business of the Partnership shall be 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000. The General Partner may at any time change the location
of such office, provided the General Partner gives notice to the Partners of
any such change. The name and address of the Partnership's registered agent is
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, III, Riverfront Plaza - East Tower, 000 X. Xxxx Xx.,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000. The sole duty of the registered agent as such is to
forward to the Partnership any notice that is served on him as registered
agent.
2.03 PARTNERS.
(a) The General Partner of the Partnership is Innkeepers
Financial Corporation, a Virginia corporation. Its principal place of
business shall be the same as that of the Partnership. The Partnership Units
that are owned by Innkeepers Financial Corporation from time to time shall be
deemed held by it in its capacity as the General Partner, up to the number of
Partnership Units required to give it a 1% Percentage Interest, and the balance
of such Partnership Units shall be deemed Limited Partnership Units held by
Innkeepers Financial Corporation in its capacity as a Class A Limited Partner.
(b) The Limited Partners shall be those Persons identified as
Limited Partners on Exhibit A, as amended from time to time. The Class B
Limited Partners hereby are admitted as Limited Partners.
2.04 TERM AND DISSOLUTION.
(a) The term of the Partnership shall continue in full
force and effect until December 31, 2050, except that, notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement or applicable law, the Partnership shall be
dissolved sooner upon the happening of any of the following Dissolution Events
and, with respect to subparagraph 2.04(i), the General Partner shall cease to
have any authority to act on behalf of, or any management powers with respect
to, the Partnership, including without limitation the power to file a
bankruptcy petition on behalf of the Partnership, immediately upon the
occurrence of such event:
(i) The occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as
to a General Partner or the retirement, expulsion,
resignation, removal, dissolution, death, insanity, or
withdrawal of a General Partner unless the business of the
Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.03(b) hereof;
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(ii) The passage of 90 days after the sale or
other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of
the Partnership (provided that if the Partnership receives an
installment obligation as consideration for such sale or other
disposition, the Partnership shall continue, unless sooner
dissolved under the provisions of this Agreement, until such
time as such note or notes are paid in full);
(iii) The redemption of all Limited Partnership
Units (other than any of such units held by the General
Partner); or
(iv) The election by the General Partner that the
Partnership should be dissolved.
(b) Upon dissolution of the Partnership, the Partnership
shall not liquidate the Properties, except as expressly permitted by the
Instruments, without the consent of the Lender, which may continue to exercise
all of its rights under the Instruments and the other Loan Documents and shall
have the complete and independent ability to retain the Properties until all
related debt has been paid in full or otherwise completely discharged. After
all the debt on the Properties has been paid in full or completely discharged,
the General Partner (or its trustee, receiver, successor or legal
representative) shall amend or cancel the certificate and, in accordance with
Section 5.06 hereof, either liquidate the Partnership's assets and apply and
distribute the proceeds thereof or distribute the Partnership's assets.
2.05 FILING OF CERTIFICATE AND PERFECTION OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.
The General Partner shall execute, acknowledge, record and file at the expense
of the Partnership, the Certificate and any and all amendments thereto and all
requisite fictitious name statements and notices in such places and
jurisdictions as may be necessary to cause the Partnership to be treated as a
limited partnership under, and otherwise to comply with, the laws of each state
or other jurisdiction in which the Partnership conducts business.
2.06 CERTIFICATES DESCRIBING PREFERRED PARTNERSHIP UNITS. At the
request of a Class B Limited Partner, the General Partner shall issue a
certificate summarizing the terms of such Class B Limited Partner's interest in
the Partnership, including the number of Preferred Partnership Units owned and
the Preferred Percentage Interest represented by such Preferred Partnership
Units as of the date of such certificate. Any such certificate (i) shall be in
form and substance as approved by the General Partner, (ii) shall not be
transferable except in accordance with the terms hereof, and (iii) shall bear
the following legend:
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The Preferred Partnership Units represented by this
certificate are governed by and transferable only in
accordance with the provisions of the Second Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Innkeepers USA
Limited Partnership, as amended and restated.
ARTICLE III
BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP
3.01 PURPOSES. The purpose of the Partnership is to acquire, own,
hold, maintain, manage, operate, improve, develop, finance, pledge, encumber,
mortgage, sell, exchange, lease, dispose of and otherwise deal with Properties,
together with such other activities as may be necessary, advisable or
incidental in connection therewith.
3.02 PROHIBITED ACTIONS.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement
and any provision of law that otherwise so empowers the Partnership, until such
time as all obligations of the Partnership represented by one or more notes
payable (the "Notes") to the Lender, which term includes its transferees,
successors and assigns, secured by the Instruments and the other related loan
documents, in each case in favor of Lender, shall be discharged and the liens
of the Instruments and the other Loan Documents shall be released from the
Properties, the Partnership shall not, without the consent of the Lender, do
any of the following:
(i) elect any new, additional or substitute
general partners;
(ii) take any action or suffer to exist any
circumstance that would constitute an "Event of Default" under
the Instruments or any of the other Loan Documents evidencing
or securing the obligations secured by the Instruments;
(iii) amend, alter, change or repeal any provision
of this Article III;
(iv) dissolve, wind up or liquidate, in whole or
in part, consolidate or merge with or into any other entity,
or convey, sell or transfer its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any entity, except as
expressly permitted by the Instruments and this Agreement;
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(v) engage in any business unrelated to the
Properties;
(vi) own any assets other than (1) those related
to, or derived from, the Properties or (2) a limited
partnership interest in a Subsidiary Partnership;
(vii) incur any indebtedness other than the debt
secured by the Instruments, unsecured trade payables and other
ordinary operating expenses (including property management
fees) related to the Properties and debt expressly permitted
by the Instruments;
(viii) suffer or permit to exist an Event of
Bankruptcy with respect to the Partnership;
(ix) own any property other than hotels that are
financed by the Lender;
(x) own any interest in a partnership other than
a Subsidiary Partnership; or
(xi) amend the Partnership Agreement of a
Subsidiary Partnership without the Lender's written consent.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement
and any provision of law that otherwise so empowers the Partnership, the
Partnership shall not do the following:
(i) as long as any Class B Limited Partner that
is either a contributor of a Class B Hotel, a partner thereof
or a Carryover Transferee (each, an "Original Holder") holds
either any of the Preferred Partnership Units issued by the
Partnership on any Class B Admission Date in partial
consideration for the acquisition of one or more Class B
Hotels, or any of the Common Partnership Units that were
received by such Original Holder as a result of the conversion
of such Preferred Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.07
hereof, for a period of 5 years after the First Class B
Admission Date, dispose of the real property comprising any
Class B Hotel in a transaction that would result in the
allocation of taxable income or gain by the Partnership to any
of such Original Holders under Section 704(c) of the Code; and
(ii) as long as the Original Holders, in the
aggregate, hold at least 40% of the aggregate value of the
Preferred Partnership Units issued by the Partnership on all
Class B Admission Dates in partial
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consideration for the acquisition of one or more Class
B Hotels, during the period beginning 5 years after the First
Class B Admission Date and ending 10 years after the First
Class B Admission Date, dispose of the real property
comprising any Class B Hotel in a transaction that would
result in the allocation of taxable income or gain by the
Partnership to any of the Original Holders under Section
704(c) of the Code. If the Partnership disposes of such real
property in violation of this Section 3.02(b)(ii), and
notwithstanding such prohibition, then in such event the
Partnership shall pay to the Original Holders the amount of
the federal and state income tax liability (together with any
interest and penalties thereon) of the Original Holders
attributable to such Code Section 704(c) allocation.
3.03 MAINTENANCE OF INDEBTEDNESS. For a period of 10 years
following the First Class B Admission Date, the Partnership shall maintain
indebtedness (above and beyond amounts guaranteed by Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx and any
other guarantors) (the "Required Indebtedness") in an amount equal to the
lesser of: (A) $45,000,000 or (B) the aggregate negative capital account
balances of the contributors of the Class B Hotels. The Required Indebtedness
shall be reduced to the extent that the Original Holders redeem, in whole or in
part, their Preferred Partnership Units in exchange for REIT Shares, redeem
their Preferred Partnership Units in full for cash or otherwise dispose of
their Preferred Partnership Units (other than by a conversion to Common
Partnership Units) or die (the Preferred Partnership Units that are so
redeemed, disposed of, or held by transferees of deceased holders are referred
to as "Stepped-Up Basis Units"). In such a case, the Required Indebtedness
shall be reduced by an amount equal to the original Required Indebtedness prior
to any reduction multiplied by a fraction equal to (i) the aggregate negative
capital account balances of the contributors of the Class B Hotels listed on
Exhibit C to the Guaranty Agreement (the "Initial Negative Capital Accounts"),
minus the aggregate negative capital account balances associated with the
Stepped-Up Basis Units redeemed or transferred immediately prior to the
reduction of the Required Indebtedness, divided by (ii) the Initial Negative
Capital Accounts. If the Partnership fails to maintain such level of debt,
then the Partnership shall pay to the Class B Limited Partners the amount of
federal and state income taxes (together with interest and penalties) of the
Class B Limited Partners, which are created by the reduction in debt. To the
extent at the end of the ten (10) year period the Partnership has debt not
otherwise guaranteed, the Partnership, to the extent permitted by the lender,
will permit the Class B Limited Partners to guarantee such debt (or to enter
into reimbursement agreements with the Partnership or Affiliate of the
Partnership to whom such debt is recourse, if any); provided, however, that
nothing contained herein shall prevent the
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Partnership from incurring, retiring, repaying, or prepaying such debt at any
time after such ten (10) year period.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS
4.01 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS. The General Partner has contributed to
the capital of the Partnership cash in an amount set forth opposite its name on
Exhibit A. The Class A Limited Partners have contributed to the capital of the
Partnership cash and/or interests in one or more of the Initial Hotels. The
Class B Limited Partners shall contribute to the capital of the Partnership the
Class B Hotels. The Agreed Values of the Limited Partners' Capital
Contributions are as set forth opposite the Limited Partners' names on
Exhibit A.
4.02 ADDITIONAL CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ISSUANCES OF ADDITIONAL
PARTNERSHIP UNITS. Except as provided in this Section 4.02 or in Section 4.03,
the Partners shall have no right or obligation to make any additional Capital
Contributions or loans to the Partnership. The General Partner may contribute
additional capital to the Partnership, from time to time, and receive
additional Partnership Units in respect thereof, in the manner contemplated in
this Section 4.02.
(a) Issuances of Additional Partnership Units.
(i) General. Subject to Section 4.02(c) hereof, the
General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership
to issue such additional Partnership Units for any Partnership
purpose at any time or from time to time, to the Partners
(including the General Partner) or to other Persons for such
consideration and on such terms and conditions as shall be
established by the General Partner in its sole and absolute
discretion, all without the approval of any Limited Partners.
Any additional Partnership Units issued thereby may be issued
in one or more classes, or one or more series of any of such
classes, with such designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights, powers and
duties, including rights, powers and duties senior to Limited
Partnership Units, all as shall be determined by the General
Partner in its sole and absolute discretion and without the
approval of any Limited Partner, subject to Virginia law,
including, without limitation, (i) the allocation of items of
Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each
such class or series of
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Partnership Units; (ii) the right of each such class or series of
Partnership Units to share in Partnership distributions; and (iii) the
rights of each such class or series of Partnership Units upon
dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; provided, however,
that no additional Partnership Units shall be issued to the General
Partner unless:
(1) the additional Partnership Units are
issued in connection with the issuance of shares of
or other interests in the Company, which shares or
interests have designations, preferences and other
rights, all such that the economic interests are
substantially similar to the designations,
preferences and other rights of the additional
Partnership Units issued to the General Partner by
the Partnership in accordance with this Section 4.02
and (2) except as provided in Section 4.02(a)(ii)
hereof, the General Partner shall make a Capital
Contribution to the Partnership in an amount which
(when combined with the amount of any capital
contributions to Subsidiary Partnerships that would
be necessary for the Company to maintain ownership
interests in the Subsidiary Partnerships equal to the
percentage set out in the definition of Minimum
Percentage Interest) is equal to the proceeds raised
in connection with the issuance of such shares of or
other interests in the Company.
Without limiting the foregoing, the General
Partner is expressly authorized to cause the
Partnership to issue Partnership Units for less than
fair market value, so long as the General Partner
concludes in good faith that such issuance is in the
best interests of the General Partner and the
Partnership.
(ii) Upon Issuance of New Securities. After the Initial
Offering, the Company agrees that it shall not issue any additional
REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares issued in connection with a
redemption pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof) or rights, options,
warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities containing the
right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares (collectively, "New
Securities") other than to all holders of REIT Shares, unless (A) the
General Partner shall cause the Partnership to issue to the General
Partner Partnership Units or rights, options, warrants
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or convertible or exchangeable securities of the Partnership having
designations, preferences and other rights, all such that the economic
interests are substantially similar to those of the New Securities and
(B) the General Partner makes a Capital Contribution to the
Partnership in an amount which (when combined with the amount of any
capital contributions to Subsidiary Partnerships that would be
necessary for the Company to maintain ownership interests in the
Subsidiary Partnerships equal to the percentage set out in the
definition of Minimum Percentage Interest) is equal to the proceeds
from the issuance of such New Securities and from the exercise of
rights contained in such New Securities; provided, however, that the
Company may issue New Securities in connection with an acquisition of
a property to be held directly by the Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company, but if and only if, such direct acquisition and issuance of
New Securities have been approved and determined to be in the best
interest of the Company and the Partnership by a majority of the
Independent Trustees. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company is
expressly authorized to issue New Securities for less than fair market
value, and to cause the Partnership to issue to the General Partner
corresponding Partnership Units so long as (x) the Company concludes
in good faith that such issuance is in the best interest of the
Company and the Partnership (for example, and not by way of
limitation, the issuance of all REIT Shares and corresponding
Partnership Units pursuant to an employee tock purchase plan providing
for employee purchases of REIT Shares at a discount from fair market
value or employee stock options that have an exercise price that is
less than the fair market value of the REIT Shares, either at the time
of issuance or at the time of exercise), and (y) the General Partner
makes a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in an amount which
(when combined with the amount of any capital contributions to
Subsidiary Partnerships that would be necessary for the Company to
maintain ownership interests in the Subsidiary Partnerships equal to
the percentage set out in the definition of Minimum Percentage
Interest) is equal to the proceeds from such issuance to the
Partnership. By way of example, in the event the Company issues REIT
Shares for a cash purchase price and the General Partner makes a
Capital Contribution to the Partnership in an amount required hereby,
the General Partner shall be issued a number of additional Common
Partnership Units equal to the product of (A) the number of such REIT
Shares issued by the Company, multiplied by (B) a fraction, the
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numerator of which is one hundred percent (100%), and the denominator
of which is the Conversion Factor in effect on the date of such
contribution.
(b) Certain Deemed Contributions of Proceeds of Issuance
of Shares. In connection with any and all issuances of REIT Shares, the
General Partner shall make a Capital Contribution to the Partnership which
(when combined with the amount of any capital contributions to Subsidiary
Partnerships that would be necessary for the Company to maintain ownership
interests in the Subsidiary Partnerships equal to the percentage set out in the
definition of Minimum Percentage Interest) is equal to the proceeds raised in
connection with such issuance as required above, provided that if the proceeds
actually received by the Company are less than the gross proceeds of such
issuance as a result of any underwriter's discount or other expenses paid or
incurred in connection with such issuance, then the General Partner shall be
deemed to have made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership which (when
combined with the amount of any capital contributions to Subsidiary
Partnerships that would be necessary for the Company to maintain ownership
interests in the Subsidiary Partnerships equal to the percentage set out in the
definition of Minimum Percentage Interest) is equal to the amount of the gross
proceeds of such issuance and the Partnership shall be deemed simultaneously to
have paid such offering expenses in connection with the required issuance of
additional Partnership Units to the General Partner for such Capital
Contribution pursuant to Section 4.02(a) hereof.
(c) Issuance of Superior and Pari Passu Partnership
Units. The Partnership may issue at any time Partnership Units that have
income, distribution, and liquidation rights subordinate to the income,
distribution, and liquidation rights of the Preferred Partnership Units.
However, as long as the Preferred Partnership Units remain outstanding (the
"Limitation Period"), the Partnership may issue Partnership Units with income,
distribution, or liquidation rights that are superior to ("Superior Partnership
Units") or the same as ("Pari Passu Partnership Units") the income,
distribution, or liquidation rights of the Preferred Partnership Units if, and
only if, immediately after such issuance (i) the value of all of the Superior
Partnership Units that would be outstanding immediately after such issuance
would not exceed an amount equal to 18.7% of the aggregate value of the total
outstanding partnership interests in the Partnership immediately after such
issuance ("Total Equity"), and (ii) the value of all of the Pari Passu
Partnership Units and the Superior Partnership Units, taken together, that
would be outstanding immediately after such issuance would not exceed an amount
equal to (A) 22% of the Total Equity, plus (B) the value of the Preferred
Partnership Units issued to the XxXxxx Affiliated Partnerships, minus (C) the
value of such remaining outstanding Preferred Partnership Units. For
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purposes of this Section 4.02(c), Total Equity shall include (i) all Preferred
Partnership Units, (ii) all Common Partnership Units held by the General
Partner, the Company and the Class A Limited Partners and (iii) all Superior
Partnership Units and Pari Passu Partnership Units held by (or to be issued to)
the General Partner, the Company or others. For purposes of this Section
4.02(c), (A) the deemed value of any Preferred Partnership Units, Superior
Partnership Units and Pari Passu Partnership Units outstanding and to be
outstanding shall be the aggregate liquidation preference value of such
Partnership Units, and (B) the deemed value of any Common Partnership Units
shall be the number of such Partnership Units outstanding multiplied by the
reported closing share price of one common share of beneficial interest of the
Company on the business day prior to the issuance on Nasdaq or the exchange on
which such shares are then primarily traded. The restrictions in this
paragraph shall terminate when the Preferred Partnership Units are no longer
outstanding. During the Limitation Period, the Partnership may not issue
Superior Partnership Units in exchange for non-cash property. None of the
limitations in this paragraph shall prevent the Partnership from issuing
Preferred Partnership Units in connection with the acquisition of the 7
Residence Inn hotels owned by partnerships controlled by Xxxx X. XxXxxx.
(d) Minimum Percentage Interest. In the event that
either a redemption pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof or an additional Capital
Contribution by the General Partner would result in the Limited Partners (other
than the General Partner), in the aggregate, owning less than the Minimum
Percentage Interest, the General Partner and the Limited Partners shall form
another partnership and contribute sufficient Limited Partnership Units
together with such other Limited Partners so that such partnership owns at
least the Minimum Percentage Interest.
(e) 1994 Plan and Trustees' Plan. The Company has
established the 1994 Plan and Trustees' Plan (as defined in the prospectus for
the Initial Offering) and may from time to time establish other compensation or
other incentive plans to provide incentives to its Trustees, executive officers
and certain key employees. The following examples are illustrative of the
operation of the provisions of Section 4.02(a)(ii) with respect to issuances of
New Securities to such Trustees, officers and employees:
(i) If the Company awards REIT Shares to any such
Trustee, officer or other employee (A) the General Partner
shall, as soon as practicable, contribute to the Partnership
(to be thereafter taken into account for the purposes of
calculating any cash distributable to the Partners) an amount
which (when combined with the amount of any capital
contributions to Subsidiary Partnerships that would be
necessary for the Company to
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maintain ownership interests in the Subsidiary Partnerships
equal to the percentage set out in the definition of Minimum
Percentage Interest) is equal to the price, if any, paid to
the Company by such party for such REIT Shares, and (B) the
General Partner shall be issued by the Partnership a number of
additional Common Partnership Units equal to the product of
(1) the number of such REIT Shares issued by the Company,
multiplied by (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is one
hundred percent (100%), and the denominator of which is the
Conversion Factor in effect on the date of such contribution;
(ii) If the Company awards an option or warrant
relating to REIT Shares, whether or not qualifying as an
incentive stock option under the Code, to any Trustee, officer
or other employee, then the Partnership shall grant to the
General Partner a corresponding option or warrant to acquire
Partnership Units. Upon the exercise of such option or
warrant, (A) the General Partner shall, as soon as practicable
after such exercise, contribute to the capital of the
Partnership (to be thereafter taken into account for the
purposes of calculating distributable cash) an amount equal to
the exercise price, if any, paid to the Company by such
exercising party in connection with the exercise of the option
or warrant, and (B) the General Partner shall be issued by the
Partnership a number of additional Common Partnership Units
equal to the product of (1) the number of REIT Shares issued
by the Company in satisfaction of such exercised option or
warrant, multiplied by (2) a fraction, the numerator of which
is one hundred percent (100%), and the denominator of which is
the Conversion Factor in effect on the date of such
contribution; and
(iii) If the Company grants any Trustee, officer
or employee share appreciation rights, performance share
awards or other similar rights ("Incentive Rights"), then
simultaneously, the Partnership shall grant the General
Partner corresponding and economically equivalent rights.
Consequently, upon the cash payment by Company to its
Trustees, officers or employees pursuant to such Incentive
Rights, the Partnership shall make an equal cash payment to
the General Partner.
4.03 GENERAL PARTNER LOANS. The General Partner may from time to
time advance funds to the Partnership for any proper Partnership purpose as a
loan ("Funding Loan"), provided that any such funds must first be obtained by
the General Partner from a third party lender, or from the Company which must
obtain such
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funds from a third party lender, and then all of such funds must be loaned by
the General Partner to the Partnership on the same terms and conditions,
including principal amount, interest rate, repayment schedule and costs and
expenses, as shall be applicable with respect to or incurred in connection with
such loan with such third party lender. Except for Funding Loans, the General
Partner and the Company shall not incur any indebtedness for borrowed funds;
provided, however, that any loan proceeds received by the Company may be
distributed to its shareholders or other equity holders if such loan and
distribution have been approved and determined to be necessary to enable the
Company to maintain its status as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the
Code by a majority of the Independent Trustees.
4.04 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS. A separate capital account (a "Capital
Account") shall be established and maintained for each Partner in accordance
with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). If (i) a new or existing Partner
acquires additional Partnership Units in exchange for more than a de minimis
Capital Contribution, (ii) the Partnership distributes to a Partner more than a
de minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration for Partnership
Units, or (iii) the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Regulation
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), the General Partner shall revalue the property of
the Partnership to its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner
and taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) in accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f). When the Partnership's property is
revalued by the General Partner, the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be
adjusted in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and (g),
which generally require such Capital Accounts to be adjusted to reflect the
manner in which the unrealized gain or loss inherent in such property (that has
not been reflected in the Capital Accounts previously) would be allocated among
the Partners pursuant to Section 5.01 if there were a taxable disposition of
such property for its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner
and taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) on the date of the
revaluation. The Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be adjusted based on
the hypothetical assumption that all of the outstanding Preferred Partnership
Units that had not previously been converted into Common Partnership Units were
converted into Common Partnership Units on the day after the Class B Admission
Date (the "Conversion Assumption"); provided, however, that if the aggregate
Capital Accounts of the Class B Limited Partners with the Conversion Assumption
is less than the aggregate Capital Accounts of the Class B Limited Partners
without the Conversion Assumption, the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall
be adjusted without the Conversion Assumption.
4.05 PERCENTAGE INTERESTS. If the number of outstanding
Partnership Units increases or decreases during a taxable year,
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(i) the General Partner and each Class A Limited Partner's Common Percentage
Interest shall be adjusted to a percentage equal to the number of Common
Partnership Units held by such Partner divided by the aggregate number of
outstanding Common Partnership Units, (ii) each Class B Limited Partner's
Preferred Percentage Interest shall be adjusted to a percentage equal to the
number of Preferred Partnership Units held by such Partner divided by the
aggregate number of outstanding Preferred Partnership Units, and (iii) each
Partner's Percentage Interest shall be adjusted to a percentage equal to the
number of the Partnership Units held by such Partner divided by the aggregate
number of the outstanding Partnership Units. If the Partners' Percentage
Interests are adjusted pursuant to this Section 4.05, gross income of the
Partnership, Profits, and Losses for the taxable year in which the adjustment
occurs shall be allocated between the part of the year ending on the day when
the Partnership's property is revalued by the General Partner and the part of
the year beginning on the following day either (i) as if the taxable year had
ended on the date of the adjustment or (ii) based on the number of days in each
part. The General Partner, in its sole discretion, shall determine which
method shall be used to allocate gross income of the Partnership, Profits, and
Losses for the taxable year in which the adjustment occurs. The allocation of
gross income of the Partnership, Profits, and Losses for the earlier part of
the year shall be based on the Common and Preferred Percentage Interests before
adjustment, and the allocation of gross income of the Partnership, Profits, and
Losses for the later part shall be based on the adjusted Common and Preferred
Percentage Interests.
4.06 NO INTEREST ON CONTRIBUTIONS. No Partner shall be entitled to
interest on its Capital Contribution.
4.07 RETURN OF CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS. No Partner shall be entitled
to withdraw any part of its Capital Contribution or its Capital Account or to
receive any distribution from the Partnership, except as specifically provided
in this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, there shall be no
obligation to return to any Partner or withdrawn Partner any part of such
Partner's Capital Contribution for so long as the Partnership continues in
existence.
4.08 NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY. No creditor or other third party
having dealings with the Partnership shall have the right to enforce the right
or obligation of any Partner to make Capital Contributions or loans or to
pursue any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity, it being
understood and agreed that the provisions of this Agreement shall be solely for
the benefit of, and may be enforced solely by, the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns. None of the rights or obligations of the
Partners herein set forth to make Capital Contributions or loans to the
Partnership shall be deemed an
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asset of the Partnership for any purpose by any creditor or other third party,
nor may such rights or obligations be sold, transferred or assigned by the
Partnership or pledged or encumbered by the Partnership to secure any debt or
other obligation of the Partnership or of any of the Partners. In addition, it
is the intent of the parties hereto that no distribution to any Limited Partner
shall be deemed a return of money or other property in violation of the Act.
ARTICLE V
ALLOCATIONS; DISTRIBUTIONS
5.01 ALLOCATIONS.
(a) Gross Income. Gross income of the Partnership for each
fiscal year of the Partnership shall be allocated to the Class B Limited
Partners in proportion to their Preferred Percentage Interests until the
aggregate amount of gross income allocated to the Class B Limited Partners
under this Section 5.01(a) for the current and all prior years equals the
aggregate amount of the Class B Preferred Return paid to the Class B Limited
Partners pursuant to Sections 5.02(a)(i), 5.06(a)(i), 8.07 and 8.08 for the
current and all prior years.
(b) Profit and Loss. After the allocation of gross income
pursuant to Section 5.01(a), Profit and Loss of the Partnership for each fiscal
year of the Partnership shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance
with their respective Common Percentage Interests.
(c) Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding any provision
to the contrary, (i) any expense of the Partnership that is a "nonrecourse
deduction" within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1) shall be
allocated among the Partners in accordance with the Partners' respective Common
Percentage Interests, (ii) any expense of the Partnership that is a "partner
nonrecourse deduction" within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2)
shall be allocated in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1), (iii)
if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain within the meaning of
Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(1) for any Partnership taxable year, items of
gain and income shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and the ordering rules contained in Regulations
Section 1.704-2(j), and (iv) if there is a net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse
Debt Minimum Gain within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) for
any Partnership taxable year, items of gain and income shall be allocated among
the Partners in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and the
ordering rules contained in Regulations Section 1.704-2(j). A Partner's
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"interest in partnership profits" for purposes of determining its share of the
nonrecourse liabilities of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.752-3(a)(3) shall be such Partner's Common Percentage Interest.
(d) Qualified Income Offset. If a Limited Partner receives
in any taxable year an adjustment, allocation, or distribution described in
subparagraphs (4), (5), or (6) of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) that
causes or increases a negative balance in such Partner's Capital Account that
exceeds the sum of such Partner's shares of Partnership Minimum Gain and
Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, as determined in accordance with
Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i), such Partner shall be allocated
specially for such taxable year (and, if necessary, later taxable years) items
of income and gain in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate such
negative Capital Account balance as quickly as possible as provided in
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d). After the occurrence of an
allocation of income or gain to a Limited Partner in accordance with this
Section 5.01(d), to the extent permitted by Regulations Section 1.704-1(b),
items of expense or loss shall be allocated to such Partner in an amount
necessary to offset the income or gain previously allocated to such Partner
under this Section 5.01(d).
(e) Capital Account Deficits. Loss shall not be allocated to
a Limited Partner to the extent that such allocation would cause a deficit in
such Partner's Capital Account (after reduction to reflect the items described
in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6)) to exceed the sum
of such Partner's shares of Partnership Minimum Gain and Partner Nonrecourse
Debt Minimum Gain. Any Loss in excess of that limitation shall be allocated to
the General Partner. After the occurrence of an allocation of Loss to the
General Partner in accordance with this Section 5.01(e), to the extent
permitted by Regulations Section 1.704-1(b), Profit shall be allocated to such
Partner in an amount necessary to offset the Loss previously allocated to such
Partner under this Section 5.01(e).
(f) Allocations Between Transferor and Transferee. If a
Partner transfers any part or all of its Partnership Units, and the transferee
is admitted as a substitute Partner as provided herein, the distributive shares
of the various items of Profit and Loss allocable among the Partners during
such fiscal year of the Partnership shall be allocated between the transferor
and the substitute Partner either (i) as if the Partnership's fiscal year had
ended on the date of the transfer, or (ii) based on the number of days of such
fiscal year that each was a Partner without regard to the results of
Partnership activities in the respective portions of such fiscal year in which
the transferor and the transferee were Partners. The General Partner, in its
sole discretion, shall determine which method shall be used to
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allocate the distributive shares of the various items of Profit and Loss
between the transferor and the substitute Partner.
(g) Definition of Profit and Loss. "Profit" and "Loss" and
any items of income, gain, expense, or loss referred to in this Agreement shall
be determined in accordance with federal income tax accounting principles, as
modified by Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), except that Profit and Loss
shall not include items of income, gain and expense that are specially
allocated pursuant to Section 5.01(a), 5.01(c), 5.01(d), or 5.01(e). All
allocations of income, Profit, gain, Loss, and expense (and all items contained
therein) for federal income tax purposes shall be identical to all allocations
of such items set forth in this Section 5.01, except as otherwise required by
Section 704(c) of the Code and Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4). The General
Partner shall use the traditional method for allocating items of income, gain,
and expense as required by Section 704(c) of the Code relating to the Class B
Hotels. Otherwise, the General Partner shall have the authority to elect the
method to be used by the Partnership for allocating items of income, gain, and
expense as required by Section 704(c) of the Code and such election shall be
binding on all Partners.
5.02 DISTRIBUTION OF CASH.
(a) The General Partner shall distribute cash on a
quarterly (or, at the election of the General Partner, more frequent) basis, in
an amount determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion, to the
Partners who are Partners on the Partnership Record Date with respect to such
quarter (or other distribution period), as follows:
(i) First, to the Class B Limited Partners in
accordance with their respective Preferred Percentage
Interests on the Partnership Record Date until the Class B
Limited Partners have received an amount equal to the excess,
if any, of (A) their cumulative Class B Preferred Return for
the current and all prior years over (B) the sum of all prior
Class B Preferred Return distributions to the Class B Limited
Partners pursuant to this Section 5.02(a)(i) and Sections 8.07
and 8.08 hereof; and
(ii) Thereafter, to the Partners in accordance with
their respective Common Percentage Interests on the
Partnership Record Date;
provided, however, that if a new or existing Partner acquires additional
Partnership Units in exchange for a Capital Contribution on any date other than
a Partnership Record Date, the cash distribution attributable to such
additional Partnership Units for the Partnership Record Date following the
issuance of
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such additional Partnership Units shall be reduced in the proportion that the
number of days that such additional Partnership Units are held by such Partner
bears to the number of days in the relevant Distribution Period; and further
provided, that if a Class B Limited Partner converts all or a portion of its
Preferred Partnership Units into Common Partnership Units pursuant to Section
8.07 hereof on any date other than a Partnership Record Date, on the succeeding
Partnership Record Date, such Class B Limited Partner shall receive the sum of
(i) a pro rata portion of the Class B Preferred Return for such Partnership
Record Date attributable to the portion of the Distribution Period prior to and
including the date of the conversion and (ii) a pro rata portion of the amount
such Partner is entitled to receive as a holder of Common Partnership Units,
which amount is attributable to the portion of the Distribution Period
following the date of the conversion.
(b) In no event may a Partner receive a distribution of
cash with respect to a Partnership Unit if such Partner is entitled to receive
a dividend with respect to a REIT Share for which all or part of such
Partnership Unit has been or will be redeemed.
5.03 REIT DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS. The General Partner shall use
its reasonable efforts to cause the Partnership to distribute amounts
sufficient to enable the General Partner to distribute to the Company amounts
sufficient to enable the Company (i) to meet its distribution requirement for
qualification as a REIT as set forth in Section 857(a)(1) of the Code and (ii)
to avoid any federal income or excise tax liability imposed by the Code.
5.04 NO RIGHT TO DISTRIBUTIONS IN KIND. Except as otherwise
provided herein, no Partner shall be entitled to demand property other than
cash in connection with any distributions by the Partnership.
5.05 LIMITATIONS ON RETURN OF CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Article V, no Partner shall have
the right to receive and the General Partner shall not have the right to make,
a distribution which includes a return of all or part of a Partner's Capital
Contributions, unless after giving effect to the return of a Capital
Contribution, the sum of all Partnership liabilities, other than the
liabilities to a Partner for the return of his Capital Contribution, does not
exceed the fair market value of the Partnership's assets.
5.06 DISTRIBUTIONS UPON LIQUIDATION.
(a) Upon liquidation of the Partnership, after payment of, or
adequate provision for, debts and obligations of the
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Partnership, including any Partner loans, any remaining assets of the
Partnership shall be distributed in the following order of priority:
(i) First, to the Class B Limited Partners in
proportion to their respective Preferred Percentage Interests
the amount of any accrued but unpaid Class B Preferred Return
for the current and all prior years;
(ii) Second, to each Class B Limited Partner the
greater of (1) the Class B Preference Value per Unit
multiplied by the number of Preferred Partnership Units held
by such Partner, (2) such Partner's positive Capital Account
balance that is attributable to Preferred Partnership Units,
or (3) the amount such Partner would have received upon the
liquidation of the Partnership if such Partner had converted
its Preferred Partnership Units into Common Partnership Units
pursuant to Section 8.07 hereof immediately prior to the
liquidation; and
(iii) Thereafter, to the Class A Limited Partners and
the General Partner with positive Capital Accounts in
accordance with their respective positive Capital Account
balances.
The Capital Account of each Partner shall be determined after all adjustments
made in accordance with Sections 5.01 and 5.02 hereof resulting from
Partnership operations and from all sales and dispositions of all or any part
of the Partnership's assets.
(b) If the amount to which a Class B Limited Partner is
entitled to receive pursuant to Sections 5.06(a)(i) and (ii) equals or exceeds
the fair market value of one or more of the Class B Hotels contributed to the
Partnership by such Partner, such Partner shall have the option to have such
Class B Hotel or Hotels distributed to such Partner. Before any distribution
of Partnership assets in kind, all adjustments shall be made to the Capital
Accounts of each Partner in accordance with Sections 5.01 and 5.02 hereof for
the amount of Profit and Loss that would have been credited or charged if such
assets had been sold at their fair market value and the Capital Account of each
Partner shall be adjusted to reflect the distribution of such assets as though
the adjusted basis of such assets to the Partnership were equal to the fair
market value of such assets. The fair market value of a Class B Hotel shall be
as mutually agreed upon by the General Partner and the Class B Limited Partner
to whom the Class B Hotel is to be distributed. If the General Partner and
such Class B Limited Partner are unable to agree upon the fair market value of
the Class B Hotel after a 20-day negotiation period, either party may have the
fair market value of the Class B Hotel determined by appraisal by appointing an
appraiser having the
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qualifications set forth below to determine the same and by notifying the other
party of such appointment within 20 days after the expiration of such 20-day
negotiation period. If the other party shall fail to notify the first party,
within 20 days after its receipt of notice of the appointment by the first
party, of the appointment by the other party of an appraiser having the
qualifications set forth below, the appraiser appointed by the first party
shall alone make the determination of such fair market value. Appraisers
appointed by the parties shall be members of the Appraisal Institute (MAI), and
shall have at least 10 years' experience in the valuation of properties similar
to the Class B Hotel in the greater metropolitan area in which the Class B
Hotel is located. If each party shall appoint an appraiser having the
aforesaid qualifications, and if such two appraisers cannot, within 30 days
after the appointment of the second appraiser, agree upon the determination
hereinabove required, then they shall select a third appraiser, which third
appraiser shall have the aforesaid qualifications, and if they fail so to do
within 40 days after the appointment of the second appraiser they shall notify
both parties, and either party shall thereafter have the right, on notice to
the other, to apply for the appointment of the third appraiser to the chapter
of the American Arbitration Association or its successor organization located
in the greater metropolitan area of the Property, or, if no such chapter is
located in such metropolitan area, in the greater metropolitan area closest to
the Class B Hotel in which such a chapter is located. Each appraiser shall
render its decision as to the fair market value of the Class B Hotel within 30
days after the appointment of the third appraiser, and shall furnish a copy
thereof to the General Partner and the Class B Limited Partner. The fair
market value of the Class B Hotel shall then be calculated as the average of:
(i) the fair market value determined by the third appraiser, and (ii) whichever
of the fair market values determined by the first two appraisers is closer to
the fair market value determined by the third appraiser; provided, that, if the
fair market value determined by the third appraiser is higher or lower than
both fair market values determined by the first two appraisers, such fair
market value determined by the third appraiser shall be disregarded and the
fair market value of the Class B Hotel shall then be calculated as the average
of the fair market values determined by the first two appraisers. The fair
market value of the Class B Hotel as so determined shall be binding and
conclusive upon the Partnership and the Class B Limited Partner. Each party
shall bear the cost of its own appraiser and the costs of appointing, and the
expenses of, the third appraiser shall be shared equally by the Partnership and
the Class B Limited Partner.
(c) Any distributions pursuant to this Section 5.06 shall
be made by the end of the Partnership's taxable year in which the liquidation
occurs (or, if later, within 90 days after the date of the liquidation). To
the extent deemed advisable by
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the General Partner, appropriate arrangements (including the use of a
liquidating trust) may be made to assure that adequate funds are available to
pay any contingent debts or obligations of the Partnership.
(d) If the General Partner has a negative balance in its
Capital Account following a liquidation of the Partnership, as determined after
taking into account all Capital Account adjustments in accordance with Sections
5.01 and 5.02 resulting from Partnership operations and from all sales and
dispositions of all or any part of the Partnership's assets, the General
Partner shall contribute to the Partnership an amount of cash equal to the
negative balance in its Capital Account and such cash shall be paid or
distributed by the Partnership to creditors, if any, and then to the Limited
Partners in accordance with Section 5.06(a). Such contribution by the General
Partner shall be made by the end of the Partnership's taxable year in which the
liquidation occurs (or, if later, within 90 days after the date of the
liquidation).
5.07 SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC EFFECT. It is the intent of the Partners
that the allocations of Profit and Loss under the Agreement have substantial
economic effect (or be consistent with the Partners' interests in the
Partnership in the case of the allocation of losses attributable to nonrecourse
debt) within the meaning of Section 704(b) of the Code as interpreted by the
Regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. Article V and other relevant
provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with
such intent.
ARTICLE VI
RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND
POWERS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER
6.01 MANAGEMENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement,
the General Partner shall have full, complete and exclusive discretion to
manage and control the business of the Partnership for the purposes herein
stated, and shall make all decisions affecting the business and assets of the
Partnership. Subject to the restrictions specifically contained in this
Agreement, the powers of the General Partner shall include, without limitation,
the authority to take the following actions on behalf of the Partnership:
(i) to acquire, purchase, own, lease and dispose of any
real property and any other property or assets that the
General Partner determines are necessary or
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appropriate or in the best interests of the business of the
Partnership;
(ii) to construct buildings and make other improvements
on the properties owned or leased by the Partnership;
(iii) to borrow money for the Partnership, issue
evidences of indebtedness in connection therewith, refinance,
guarantee, increase the amount of, modify, amend or change the
terms of, or extend the time for the payment of, any
indebtedness or obligation to the Partnership, and secure such
indebtedness by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien
on the Partnership's assets;
(iv) to pay, either directly or by reimbursement, for
all operating costs and general administrative expenses of
the General Partner or the Partnership, to third parties or to
the General Partner as set forth in this Agreement;
(v) to lease all or any portion of any of the
Partnership's assets, whether or not the terms of such leases
extend beyond the termination date of the Partnership and
whether or not any portion of the Partnership's assets so
leased are to be occupied by the lessee, or, in turn,
subleased in whole or in part to others, for such
consideration and on such terms as the General Partner may
determine;
(vi) to prosecute, defend, arbitrate, or compromise any
and all claims or liabilities in favor of or against the
Partnership, on such terms and in such manner as the General
Partner may reasonably determine, and similarly to prosecute,
settle or defend litigation with respect to the Partners, the
Partnership, or the Partnership's assets; provided, however,
that the General Partner may not, without the consent of all
of the Partners, confess a judgment against the Partnership;
(vii) to file applications, communicate, and otherwise
deal with any and all governmental agencies having
jurisdiction over, or in any way affecting, the Partnership's
assets or any other aspect of the Partnership business;
(viii) to make or revoke any election permitted or
required of the Partnership by any taxing authority;
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(ix) to maintain such insurance coverage for public
liability, fire and casualty, and any and all other insurance
for the protection of the Partnership, for the conservation of
Partnership assets, or for any other purpose convenient or
beneficial to the Partnership, in such amounts and such types,
as it shall determine from time to time;
(x) to determine whether or not to apply any insurance
proceeds for any property to the restoration of such property
or to distribute the same;
(xi) to retain legal counsel, accountants, consultants,
real estate brokers, and such other persons, as the General
Partner may deem necessary or appropriate in connection with
the Partnership business and to pay therefor such reasonable
remuneration as the General Partner may deem reasonable and
proper;
(xii) to retain other services of any kind or nature in
connection with the Partnership business, and to pay therefor
such remuneration as the General Partner may deem reasonable
and proper;
(xiii) to negotiate and conclude agreements on behalf of
the Partnership with respect to any of the rights, powers and
authority conferred upon the General Partner;
(xiv) to maintain accurate accounting records and to
file promptly all federal, state and local income tax returns
on behalf of the Partnership;
(xv) to distribute Partnership cash or other
Partnership assets in accordance with this Agreement;
(xvi) to form or acquire an interest in, and contribute
property to, any further limited or general partnerships,
joint ventures or other relationships that it deems desirable
(including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests
in, and the contributions of property to, its Subsidiaries and
any other Person in which it has an equity interest from time
to time);
(xvii) to establish Partnership reserves for working
capital, capital expenditures, contingent liabilities, or any
other valid Partnership purpose; and
(xviii) to take such other action, execute, acknowledge,
swear to or deliver such other documents and instruments, and
perform any and all other acts the
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General Partner deems necessary or appropriate for the
formation, continuation and conduct of the business and
affairs of the Partnership and to possess and enjoy all of the
rights and powers of a general partner as provided by the Act.
Except as otherwise provided herein, to the extent the duties of the General
Partner require expenditures of funds to be paid to third parties, the General
Partner shall not have any obligations hereunder except to the extent that
Partnership funds are reasonably available to it for the performance of such
duties, and nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize or require
the General Partner, in its capacity as such, to expend its individual funds
for payment to third parties or to undertake any individual liability or
obligation on behalf of the Partnership.
(b) In no event shall the General Partner incur or allow to
exist indebtedness in excess of the amount permitted pursuant to the debt
limitation contained in the Declaration of Trust.
6.02 PLEDGE OF GENERAL PARTNERSHIP UNITS TO LENDER. The General
Partner shall be permitted to pledge its General Partnership Units to the
Lender under the Instruments and in the event that Lender or any other party
should take possession of such General Partnership Units under the terms of the
related Instruments, it shall be admitted as a Substitute General Partner upon
compliance with the conditions of Section 7.02.
6.03 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY. The General Partner may delegate any
or all of its powers, rights and obligations hereunder, and may appoint,
employ, contract or otherwise deal with any Person for the transaction of the
business of the Partnership, which Person may, under supervision of the General
Partner, perform any acts or services for the Partnership as the General
Partner may approve.
6.04 INDEMNIFICATION AND EXCULPATION OF INDEMNITEES.
(a) The Partnership shall indemnify an Indemnitee from and
against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (joint or several),
expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines,
settlements, and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands,
actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, that relate to the operations of the Partnership as set forth in
this Agreement in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be
involved, as a party or otherwise, unless it is established that: (i) the act
or omission of the Indemnitee was material to the matter giving rise to the
proceeding and either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active
and
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deliberate dishonesty; (ii) the Indemnitee actually received an improper
personal benefit in money, property or services; or (iii) in the case of any
criminal proceeding, the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that the
act or omission was unlawful. The termination of any proceeding by judgment,
order or settlement does not create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not
meet the requisite standard of conduct set forth in this Section 6.04(a). The
termination of any proceeding by conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere
or its equivalent, or an entry of an order of probation prior to judgment,
creates a rebuttable presumption that the Indemnitee acted in a manner contrary
to that specified in this Section 6.04(a). Any indemnification pursuant to
this Section 6.04 shall be made only out of the assets of the Partnership.
(b) The Partnership may reimburse an Indemnitee for
reasonable expenses incurred by an Indemnitee who is a party to a proceeding in
advance of the final disposition of the proceeding upon receipt by the
Partnership of (i) a written affirmation by the Indemnitee of the Indemnitee's
good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by
the Partnership as authorized in this Section 6.04 has been met, and (ii) a
written undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay the amount if it
shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct has not been met.
(c) The indemnification provided by this Section 6.04 shall
be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee or any other Person
may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the Partners, as a
matter of law or otherwise, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has
ceased to serve in such capacity.
(d) The Partnership may purchase and maintain insurance, on
behalf of the Indemnitees and such other Persons as the General Partner shall
determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that
may be incurred by such Person in connection with the Partnership's activities,
regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such
Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.
(e) For purposes of this Section 6.04, the Partnership shall
be deemed to have requested an Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an employee
benefit plan whenever the performance by it of its duties to the Partnership
also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, it to the plan or
participants or beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes assessed on an
Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law
shall constitute fines within the meaning of this Section 6.04; and actions
taken or omitted by the Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan in
the performance of its duties for
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a purpose reasonably believed by it to be in the interest of the participants
and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose which is not
opposed to the best interests of the Partnership.
(f) In no event may an Indemnitee subject the Limited
Partners to personal liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set
forth in this Agreement.
(g) An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in
whole or in part under this Section 6.04 because the Indemnitee had an interest
in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the
transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
(h) The provisions of this Section 6.04 are for the benefit
of the Indemnitees, their heirs, successors, assigns and administrators and
shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons.
6.05 LIABILITY OF THE GENERAL PARTNER.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in
this Agreement, the General Partner shall not be liable for monetary damages to
the Partnership or any Partners for losses sustained or liabilities incurred as
a result of errors in judgment or of any act or omission if the General Partner
acted in good faith.
(b) The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that the
General Partner is acting on behalf of the Partnership, that the General
Partner is under no obligation to consider the separate interests of the
Limited Partners (including, without limitation, the tax consequences to
Limited Partners) in deciding whether to cause the Partnership to take (or
decline to take) any actions, and that the General Partner shall not be liable
for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred, or benefits
not derived by Limited Partners in connection with such decisions, provided
that the General Partner has acted in good faith.
(c) Subject to its obligations and duties as General Partner
set forth in Section 6.01 hereof, the General Partner may exercise any of the
powers granted to it under this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed
upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents. The General
Partner shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part
of any such agent appointed by it in good faith.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or
the Act, any action of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership or any
decision of the General Partner to
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refrain from acting on behalf of the Partnership, undertaken in the good faith
belief that such action or omission is necessary or advisable in order (i) to
protect the ability of the Company to continue to qualify as a REIT or (ii) to
prevent the Company from incurring any taxes under Section 857, Section 4981,
or any other provision of the Code, is expressly authorized under this
Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the Limited Partners.
(e) Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section
6.05 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way
affect the limitations on the General Partner's liability to the Partnership
and the Limited Partners under this Section 6.05 as in effect immediately prior
to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to matters occurring, in
whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless
of when claims relating to such matters may arise or be asserted.
6.06 EXPENDITURES BY THE PARTNERSHIP. The General Partner and the
Company are hereby authorized to pay compensation for accounting,
administrative, legal, technical, management and other services rendered to the
Partnership. All of the aforesaid expenditures (including Administrative
Expenses) shall be made on behalf of the Partnership, and the General Partner
or the Company shall be entitled to reimbursement by the Partnership for any
expenditure (including Administrative Expenses) incurred by it on behalf of the
Partnership which shall be made other than out of the funds of the Partnership.
The Partnership shall also assume, and pay when due, all Administrative
Expenses.
6.07 OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES REDEMPTION/TENDER OFFER OF REIT SHARES.
(a) Subject to Section 6.09 hereof, the Declaration of Trust
and any agreements entered into by the General Partner or its Affiliates,
including the Company, with the Partnership or a Subsidiary, any officer,
director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate or shareholder of the General
Partner and the Company shall be entitled to and may have business interests
and engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the
Partnership, including business interests and activities substantially similar
or identical to those of the Partnership. Neither the Partnership nor any of
the Limited Partners shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any
such business ventures, interests or activities. None of the Limited Partners
nor any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement or the
partnership relationship established hereby in any such business ventures,
interests or activities, and the General Partner and the Company shall have no
obligation pursuant to this Agreement to offer any interest in any such
business ventures, interests and activities to the Partnership or any Limited
Partner, even if such opportunity is of a character
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which, if presented to the Partnership or any Limited Partner, could be taken
by such Person.
(b) In the event the Company redeems any REIT Shares, then
the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to purchase from it a number of
Common Partnership Units as determined based on the application of the
Conversion Factor on the same terms that the Company redeemed such REIT Shares.
Moreover, if the Company makes a cash tender offer or other offer to acquire
REIT Shares, then the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to make a
corresponding offer to the General Partner to acquire an equal number of Common
Partnership Units held by the General Partner. In the event any REIT Shares
are redeemed by the Company pursuant to such offer, the Partnership shall
redeem an equivalent number of the General Partner's Common Partnership Units
for an equivalent purchase price based on the application of the Conversion
Factor.
6.08 EMPLOYMENT OR RETENTION OF AFFILIATES.
(a) Any Affiliate of the General Partner or the Company may
be employed or retained by the Partnership and may otherwise deal with the
Partnership (whether as a buyer, lessor, lessee, manager, furnisher of goods or
services, broker, agent, lender or otherwise) and may receive from the
Partnership any compensation, price, or other payment therefor which the
General Partner determines to be fair and reasonable.
(b) The Partnership may lend or contribute to its
Subsidiaries or other Persons in which it has an equity investment, and such
Persons may borrow funds from the Partnership, on terms and conditions
established in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The
foregoing authority shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any
Subsidiary or any other Person.
(c) The Partnership may transfer assets to joint ventures,
other partnerships, corporations or other business entities in which it is or
thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject to such conditions as
the General Partner deems are consistent with this Agreement and applicable
law.
(d) Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, neither
the General Partner nor any of its Affiliates shall sell, transfer or convey
any property to, or purchase any property from, the Partnership, directly or
indirectly, except pursuant to transactions that are on terms that are fair and
reasonable to the Partnership.
6.09 GENERAL PARTNER PARTICIPATION. The Company and the General
Partner agree that all business activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
including the General Partner, including
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activities pertaining to the acquisition, development and/or ownership of
hotels or other property, shall be conducted through the Partnership; provided,
however, that the Company or a Subsidiary other than the General Partner is
allowed to make a direct acquisition, but if and only if, such acquisition is
made in connection with the issuance of New Securities, which direct
acquisition and issuance have been approved and determined to be in the best
interest of the Company and the Partnership by a majority of the Independent
Trustees. The General Partner also agrees that all borrowings shall constitute
Funding Loans, subject to the exceptions set forth in Section 4.03 hereof.
ARTICLE VII
CHANGES IN GENERAL PARTNER
7.01 TRANSFER OF GENERAL PARTNERSHIP UNITS.
(a) Other than to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company,
the General Partner may not transfer any of its General Partnership Units or
withdraw as a General Partner except as provided in Section 6.01(b) or Section
7.01(c) or in connection with a transaction described in Section 7.01(d).
(b) The Company agrees that, either directly or through the
General Partner (or another "qualified REIT subsidiary," as defined in Section
856(i) of the Code), agrees that it will at all times own at least a 20%
Percentage Interest.
(c) The General Partner shall not engage in any merger,
consolidation or other combination with or into another Person, other than the
Company, or sale of all or substantially all of its assets. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 6.07(b) or Section 7.01(d) hereof, the Company
shall not engage in any merger, consolidation or other combination with or into
another Person or sale of all or substantially all of its assets, or any
reclassification, or any recapitalization or change of outstanding REIT Shares
(other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or as a
result of a subdivision or combination of REIT Shares) (a "Transaction"),
unless (i) the Transaction also includes a merger of the Partnership or sale of
substantially all of the assets of the Partnership as a result of which all
Limited Partners will receive for each Limited Partnership Unit an amount of
cash, securities, or other property equal to the product of the Conversion
Factor and the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property paid in
the Transaction to a holder of one REIT Share in consideration of one REIT
Share, provided that if, in connection with the Transaction, a purchase, tender
or exchange offer ("Offer") shall have been made to and accepted by the holders
of more than 50 percent of the outstanding REIT Shares, each holder of Limited
Partnership
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Units shall be given the option to exchange its Partnership Units for the
greatest amount of cash, securities, or other property which a Limited Partner
would have received had it (A) exercised its Redemption Right and (B) sold,
tendered or exchanged pursuant to the Offer the REIT Shares received upon
exercise of the Redemption Right or Class B Conversion Right immediately prior
to the expiration of the Offer; and (ii) no more than 75 percent of the equity
securities of the acquiring Person in such Transaction shall be owned, after
consummation of such Transaction, by the Company, the General Partner or
Persons who were Affiliates of the Partnership, the Company or the General
Partner immediately prior to the date on which the Transaction is consummated.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 7.01(c), the Company may merge
into or consolidate with another entity if immediately after such merger or
consolidation (i) substantially all of the assets of the successor or surviving
entity (the "Survivor"), other than Common Partnership Units held by the
General Partner, are contributed to the Partnership as a Capital Contribution
in exchange for Common Partnership Units with a fair market value equal to the
value of the assets so contributed as determined by the Survivor in good faith
and (ii) the Survivor expressly agrees to assume, or acknowledge and ratify,
all obligations of the General Partner hereunder. Upon such contribution and
assumption, the Survivor shall have the right and duty to amend this Agreement
as set forth in this Section 7.01(d). The Survivor shall in good faith arrive
at a new method for the calculation of the Cash Amount and Conversion Factor
for a Limited Partnership Unit after any such merger or consolidation so as to
approximate the existing method for such calculation as closely as reasonably
possible. Such calculation shall take into account, among other things, the
kind and amount of securities, cash and other property that was receivable upon
such merger or consolidation by a holder of REIT Shares and/or options,
warrants or other rights relating thereto, and to which a holder of Limited
Partnership Units could have acquired had such Partnership Units been redeemed
immediately prior to such merger or consolidation. Such amendment to this
Agreement shall provide for adjustment to such method of calculation which
shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided
for with respect to the Conversion Factor. The above provisions of this
Section 7.01(d) shall similarly apply to successive mergers or consolidations
permitted hereunder.
7.02 ADMISSION OF A SUBSTITUTE OR SUCCESSOR GENERAL PARTNER. A
Person shall be admitted as a substitute or successor General Partner of the
Partnership only if the following terms and conditions are satisfied:
(a) the Person to be admitted as a substitute or additional
General Partner shall have accepted and agreed to be bound by all the terms and
provisions of this Agreement by
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executing a counterpart thereof and such other documents or instruments as may
be required or appropriate in order to effect the admission of such Person as a
General Partner, and a certificate evidencing the admission of such Person as a
General Partner shall have been filed for recordation and all other actions
required by Section 2.05 hereof in connection with such admission shall have
been performed;
(b) if the Person to be admitted as a substitute or
additional General Partner is a corporation or a partnership it shall have
provided the Partnership with evidence satisfactory to counsel for the
Partnership of such Person's authority to become a General Partner and to be
bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement and shall agree that any
claim for indemnification by such Person's shareholders, directors, trustees,
officers or partners shall be subordinated to the Partnership's obligation to
the Lender; and
(c) counsel for the Partnership shall have rendered an
opinion (relying on such opinions from other counsel and the state or any other
jurisdiction as may be necessary) that the admission of the person to be
admitted as a substitute or additional General Partner is in conformity with
the Act, that none of the actions taken in connection with the admission of
such Person as a substitute or additional General Partner will cause (i) the
Partnership to be classified other than as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes, or (ii) the loss of any Limited Partner's limited liability.
7.03 EFFECT OF BANKRUPTCY, WITHDRAWAL, DEATH OR DISSOLUTION OF A
GENERAL PARTNER.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a
General Partner or the withdrawal or dissolution of a General Partner (except
that, if a General Partner is on the date of such occurrence a partnership, the
withdrawal, death, dissolution, Event of Bankruptcy as to, or removal of a
partner in, such partnership shall be deemed not to be a dissolution of such
General Partner if the business of such General Partner is continued by the
remaining partner or partners), the Partnership shall be dissolved and
terminated unless the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.03(b)
hereof.
(b) Following the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to
a General Partner or the withdrawal or dissolution of a General Partner (except
that, if a General Partner is on the date of such occurrence a partnership, the
withdrawal, death, dissolution, Event of Bankruptcy as to, or removal of a
partner in, such partnership shall be deemed not to be a dissolution of such
General Partner if the business of such General Partner is continued by the
remaining partner or partners), the Limited Partners, within 30 days after such
occurrence, may elect to
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reconstitute the Partnership and continue the business of the Partnership for
the balance of the term specified in Section 2.04 hereof by selecting, subject
to Section 7.02 hereof and any other provisions of this Agreement, a substitute
General Partner that is acceptable to the Lender by unanimous consent of the
Limited Partners. If the Limited Partners elect to reconstitute the
Partnership and admit a substitute General Partner, the relationship with the
Partners and of any Person who has acquired an interest of a Partner in the
Partnership shall be governed by this Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS
8.01 MANAGEMENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP. The Limited Partners shall not
participate in the management or control of Partnership business nor shall they
transact any business for the Partnership, nor shall they have the power to
sign for or bind the Partnership, such powers being vested solely and
exclusively in the General Partner.
8.02 POWER OF ATTORNEY. Each Limited Partner hereby irrevocably
appoints the General Partner his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, who may act
for each Limited Partner and in his name, place and xxxxx, and for his use and
benefit, to sign, acknowledge, swear to, deliver, file and record, at the
appropriate public offices, any and all documents, certificates, and
instruments as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the General Partner to
carry out fully the provisions of this Agreement and the Act in accordance with
their terms, which power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall
survive the death, dissolution or legal incapacity of the Limited Partner, or
the transfer by the Limited Partner of any part or all of his Partnership
Units.
8.03 LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF LIMITED PARTNERS. No Limited
Partner shall be liable for any debts, liabilities, contracts or obligations of
the Partnership. A Limited Partner shall be liable to the Partnership only to
make payments of his Capital Contribution, if any, as and when due hereunder.
After his Capital Contribution is fully paid, no Limited Partner shall, except
as otherwise required by the Act, be required to make any further Capital
Contributions or other payments or lend any funds to the Partnership.
8.04 OWNERSHIP BY LIMITED PARTNER OF CORPORATE GENERAL PARTNER OR
AFFILIATE. No Limited Partner shall at any time, either directly or
indirectly, own any stock or other interest in the General Partner or in any
Affiliate thereof, including the
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Company, if such ownership by itself or in conjunction with other stock or
other interests owned by other Limited Partners would, in the opinion of
counsel for the Partnership, jeopardize the classification of the Partnership
as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. The General Partner shall be
entitled to make such reasonable inquiry of the Limited Partners as is required
to establish compliance by the Limited Partners with the provisions of this
Section 8.04.
8.05 REDEMPTION RIGHT.
(a) Subject to Section 8.05(c), on or after the date that is
one (1) year after the closing of the Initial Offering, each Class A Limited
Partner (other than the General Partner and any Class B Limited Partner who
becomes a Class A Limited Partner upon conversion of some or all of its
Preferred Partnership Units) shall have the right (the "Redemption Right") to
require the Partnership to redeem on a Specified Redemption Date all or a
portion of the Common Partnership Units held by such Limited Partner at a
redemption price equal to and in the form of the Redemption Amount. The
Redemption Right shall be exercised pursuant to a Notice of Redemption
delivered to the General Partner by the Class A Limited Partner who is
exercising the Redemption Right (the "Redeeming Partner"); provided, however,
that no Class A Limited Partner may deliver to the General Partner more than
two (2) Notices of Redemption during each calendar year. A Class A Limited
Partner may not exercise the Redemption Right for less than one thousand
(1,000) Common Partnership Units or, if such Limited Partner holds less than
one thousand (1,000) Common Partnership Units, all of the Common Partnership
Units held by such Partner. The Redeeming Partner shall have no right, with
respect to any Common Partnership Units so redeemed, to receive any
distribution paid with respect to Common Partnership Units if the record date
for such distribution is on or after the Specified Redemption Date.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.05(a), the
General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, assume directly and
satisfy a Redemption Right by paying to the Redeeming Partner the Redemption
Amount on the Specified Redemption Date, whereupon the General Partner shall
acquire the Common Partnership Units offered for redemption by the Redeeming
Partner and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as the owner of
such Common Partnership Units. In the event the General Partner shall exercise
its right to satisfy the Redemption Right in the manner described in the
preceding sentence, the Partnership shall have no obligation to pay any amount
to the Redeeming Partner with respect to such Partner's exercise of the
Redemption Right, and each of the Redeeming Partner, the Partnership, and the
General Partner shall treat the transaction between the General Partner and the
Redeeming Partner as a sale of such Partner's Common Partnership Units to the
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General Partner for federal income tax purposes. Each Redeeming Partner agrees
to execute such documents as the Company may reasonably require in connection
with the issuance of REIT Shares upon exercise of the Redemption Right.
(c) The Partnership or the General Partner, as the case may
be, shall pay the Cash Amount to a Redeeming Partner as the Redemption Amount
for such Partner if (i) the acquisition of REIT Shares by such Partner on the
Specified Redemption Date would (A) result in such Partner or any other person
owning, directly or indirectly, REIT Shares in excess of the "Ownership Limit,"
as defined in the Declaration of Trust and calculated in accordance therewith,
except as provided in the Declaration of Trust, (B) result in REIT Shares being
owned by fewer than 100 persons (determined without reference to any rules of
attribution), except as provided in the Declaration of Trust, (C) result in the
Company being "closely held" within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code,
(D) cause the Company to own, actually or constructively, 10% or more of the
ownership interests in a tenant of the Company's or the Partnership's real
property, within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code, or (E) cause
the acquisition of REIT Shares by such Partner to be "integrated" with any
other distribution of REIT Shares for purposes of complying with the
registration provisions of the Securities Act or (ii) the Partnership or the
General Partner, as the case may be, so elects in its sole discretion. Any
Cash Amount to be paid to a Redeeming Partner pursuant to this Section 8.05
shall be paid within sixty (60) days after the initial date of receipt by the
General Partner of the Notice of Redemption relating to the Common Partnership
Units to be redeemed; provided, however, that such sixty (60) day period may be
extended for up to an additional one hundred eighty (180) days to the extent
required for the Company to cause additional REIT Shares to be issued to
provide financing to be used to make such payment of the Cash Amount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner and the Partnership agree to
use their best efforts to cause the closing of the acquisition of redeemed
Common Partnership Units hereunder to occur as quickly as reasonably possible.
(d) Each certificate, if any, evidencing REIT Shares that may
be issued in redemption of Common Partnership Units under this Section 8.05
shall bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form:
"The shares represented by this certificate have not been registered
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or any state
securities law. No transfer of the Shares represented by this
certificate shall be valid or effective unless (A) such transfer is
made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act or
(B) the holder of the securities
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proposed to be transferred shall have delivered to the company either
a no-action letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission or an
opinion of counsel (who may be an employee of such holder) experienced
in securities matters to the effect that such proposed transfer is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Act which opinion
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the company."
(e) The redemption rights of each Class B Limited Partner and
each Class B Limited Partner who becomes a Class A Limited Partner upon
conversion of some or all of its Preferred Partnership Units are set forth in
the separate Redemption and Registration Rights Agreement of even date herewith
that is incorporated by reference into this Agreement.
8.06 REGISTRATION.
(a) Shelf Registration. At the request of a Class A Limited
Partner, the Company agrees to file with the Commission, no earlier than
September 30, 1995, a shelf registration statement under Rule 415 of the
Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission (the
"Shelf Registration"), with respect to all of the REIT Shares that may be
issued in redemption of Common Partnership Units under Section 8.05 above (the
"Redemption Shares"). The Company will use its best efforts to have the Shelf
Registration declared effective under the Securities Act no later than October
15, 1995 (the "Target Effective Date") to permit the disposition of the
Redemption Shares by the holders thereof in accordance with the method or
methods of disposition specified by the holders, and to keep the Shelf
Registration continuously effective until the earlier of (i) October 15, 1997
(the "Shelf Registration Period"), (ii) the date when all of the Redemption
Shares are sold thereunder, or (iii) the date on which all of the holders of
Redemption Shares, pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, may sell the
Redemption Shares without registration under the Securities Act. The Company
further agrees to supplement or make amendments to the Shelf Registration, if
required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the
registration form utilized by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and
regulations thereunder for the Shelf Registration. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if for any reason the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration is
delayed or suspended or it ceases to be available for sales of Redemption
Shares thereunder, the Shelf Registration Period shall be extended by the
aggregate number of days of such delay, suspension or unavailability. No
provision of this Agreement shall require the Company to file a registration
statement on any form other than Form S-3.
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(b) Registration and Qualification Procedures. The Company is required by the
provisions of Section 8.06(a) hereof to use its best efforts to have the Shelf
Registration declared effective under the Securities Act by October 15,
1995. Accordingly, the Company will:
(i) prepare and file with the Commission a
registration statement, including amendments thereof and
supplements relating thereto, with respect to the Redemption
Shares;
(ii) use its best efforts to cause the
registration statement to be declared effective by the
Commission;
(iii) keep the registration statement effective and
the related prospectus current throughout the Shelf
Registration Period; provided, however, that the Company shall
have no obligation to file any amendment or supplement at its
own expense or the Partnership's expense more than ninety (90)
days after the effective date of the registration statement;
(iv) furnish to each holder of Redemption Shares
such numbers of copies of prospectuses, and supplements or
amendments thereto, and such other documents as such holder
reasonably requests;
(v) register or qualify the securities covered by
the registration statement under the securities or blue sky
laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any
holder of Redemption Shares shall reasonably request, and do
such other reasonable acts and things as may be required of it
to enable such holders to consummate the sale or other
disposition in such jurisdictions of the Redemption Shares;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
(i) qualify as a foreign corporation or consent to a general
and unlimited service or process in any jurisdictions in which
it would not otherwise be required to be qualified or so
consent or (ii) qualify as a dealer in securities; and
(vi) keep the holders of Redemption Shares advised
as to the initiation and progress of the registration.
(c) Allocation of Expenses. The Partnership shall pay all
expenses in connection with the Shelf Registration, including without
limitation (i) all expenses incident to filing with the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc., (ii) registration fees, (iii) printing expenses, (iv)
accounting and legal fees and expenses, except to the extent holders of
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Redemption Shares elect to engage accountants or attorneys in addition to the
accountants and attorneys engaged by the Partnership or the Company, (v)
accounting expenses incident to or required by any such registration or
qualification and (vi) expenses of complying with the securities or blue sky
laws of any jurisdictions in connection with such registration or
qualification; provided, however, the Partnership shall not be liable for (A)
any discounts or commissions to any broker attributable to the sale of
Redemption Shares, or (B) any fees or expenses incurred by holders of
Redemption Shares in connection with such registration which, according to the
written instructions of any regulatory authority, the Partnership is not
permitted to pay.
(d) Indemnification.
(i) In connection with the Shelf Registration,
the Company, the General Partner and the Partnership agree to
indemnify holders of Redemption Shares within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable costs
of investigation) caused by any untrue, or alleged untrue,
statement of a material fact contained in the Shelf
Registration, preliminary prospectus or prospectus (as amended
or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any
amendments or supplements thereto) or caused by any omission,
or alleged omission, to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses are caused by any untrue
statement, alleged untrue statement, omission, or alleged
omission based upon information furnished to the Company
expressly for use therein. The Company, the General Partner
and each officer, Trustee, director and controlling person of
the Company and the General Partner shall be indemnified by
each holder of Redemption Shares covered by the Shelf
Registration for all such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and expenses (including reasonable costs of investigation)
caused by any such untrue, or alleged untrue, statement or any
such omission, or alleged omission, based upon information
furnished to the Company expressly for use therein in a
writing signed by the holder.
(ii) Promptly upon receipt by a party indemnified
under this Section 8.06(d) of notice of the commencement of
any action against such indemnified party in respect of which
indemnity or reimbursement may be sought against any
indemnifying party under this Section 8.06(d), such
indemnified party shall notify
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the Company in writing of the commencement of such action, but
the failure to so notify the Company shall not relieve it of
any liability which it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under this Section 8.06(d) unless such failure
shall materially adversely affect the defense of such action.
In case notice of commencement of any such action shall be
given to the Company as above provided, the Company shall be
entitled to participate in and, to the extent it may wish,
jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified,
to assume the defense of such action at its own expense, with
counsel chosen by it and reasonably satisfactory to such
indemnified party. The indemnified party shall have the right
to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate
in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel (other than reasonable costs of investigation) shall
be paid by the indemnified party unless (i) the Company, the
General Partner or the Partnership agrees to pay the same,
(ii) the Company or the General Partner fails to assume the
defense of such action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to
the indemnified party or (iii) the named parties to any such
action (including any impleaded parties) have been advised by
such counsel that representation of such indemnified party and
the Company and/or the General Partner by the same counsel
would be inappropriate under applicable standards of
professional conduct (in which case the General Partner shall
not have the right to assume the defense of such action on
behalf of such indemnified party). No indemnifying party
shall be liable for any settlement entered into without its
consent.
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(e) Contribution.
(i) If for any reason the indemnification
provisions contemplated by Section 8.06(d) are either
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to therein, then the party that would otherwise be
required to provide indemnification or the indemnifying party
(in either case, for purposes of this Section 8.06(e), the
"Indemnifying Party") in respect of such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities, shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by the party that would otherwise be entitled to
indemnification or the indemnified party (in either case, for
purposes of this Section 8.06(e), the "Indemnified Party") as
a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expense, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified
Party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified
Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
related to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or
Indemnified Party, and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or
payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to
include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably
incurred by such party. In no event shall any holder of
Redemption Shares covered by the Shelf Registration be
required to contribute an amount greater than the dollar
amount of the proceeds received by such holder from the sale
of Redemption Shares pursuant to the registration giving rise
to the liability.
(ii) The parties hereto agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section
8.06(e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
holders or any underwriters or all of them were treated as one
entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation
which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. No person
or entity determined to have committed a fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f)
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of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person or entity who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
(iii) The contribution provided for in this Section
8.06(e) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and
shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation mae by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party.
(f) Listing on Securities Exchange. If the Company shall
list or maintain the listing of any shares of Common Stock on any securities
exchange or national market system, it will at its expense and as necessary to
permit the registration and sale of the Redemption Shares hereunder, list
thereon, maintain and, when necessary, increase such listing to include such
Redemption Shares.
(g) POST-CONVERSION REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The registration
rights of each Class B Limited Partner and each Class B Limited Partner who
becomes a Class A Limited Partner upon conversion of some or all of its
Preferred Partnership Units into Common Partnership Units pursuant to Section
8.07 hereof are set forth in the separate Redemption and Registration Rights
Agreement of even date herewith that is incorporated by reference into this
Agreement.
8.07 CLASS B CONVERSION RIGHT. Each Class B Limited Partner shall
have the right (the "Class B Conversion Right") to require the Partnership to
convert all or a portion of the Preferred Partnership Units held by such
Partner into Common Partnership Units on a one-for-one basis at any time. If
on such date any portion of the Class B Preferred Return is accrued but unpaid,
the Partnership shall pay such amount to the Class B Limited Partners in the
form of cash, a demand promissory note having an initial principal balance
equal to such amount and bearing an annual interest rate of 10.5%, or Common
Partnership Units having a value equal to such amount, at the election of each
Class B Limited Partner. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the value of
a Common Partnership Unit shall equal the "Market Price" of a REIT Share
(calculated in accordance with the second and third sentences of the definition
of "Cash Amount") on the date of the conversion. If a Class B Limited Partner
converts some, but not all, of his Preferred Partnership Units into Common
Partnership Units, such Partner shall be considered both a Class A Limited
Partner and a Class B Limited Partner. Upon the conversion of all Preferred
Partnership Units held by a Class B Limited Partner, such Partner shall not
longer be a Class B Limited Partner and shall be classified solely as a Class A
Limited Partner.
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8.08 AUTOMATIC CONVERSION OF PREFERRED PARTNERSHIP UNITS. On the
tenth anniversary of the First Class B Admission Date, the Preferred
Partnership Units will be converted automatically into Common Partnership Units
on a one- for-one basis. If on such date any portion of the Class B Preferred
Return is accrued but unpaid, the Partnership shall pay such amount to the
Class B Limited Partners in the form of cash, a demand promissory note having
an initial principal balance equal to such amount and bearing an annual
interest rate of 10.5%, or Common Partnership Units having a value equal to
such amount, at the election of each Class B Limited Partner. For purposes of
the preceding sentence, the value of a Common Partnership Unit shall equal the
"Market Price" of a REIT Share (calculated in accordance with the second and
third sentences of the definition of "Cash Amount") on the date of the
conversion. Upon the automatic conversion of the Preferred Partnership Units
into Common Partnership Units, the Class B Limited Partners shall become Class
A Limited Partners.
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFERS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS
9.01 PURCHASE FOR INVESTMENT.
(a) Each Limited Partner hereby represents and warrants to
the General Partner and to the Partnership that the acquisition of his
Partnership Units is made as a principal for his account for investment
purposes only and not with a view to the resale or distribution of such
Partnership Units.
(b) Each Limited Partner agrees that he will not sell, assign
or otherwise transfer his Partnership Units or any fraction thereof, whether
voluntarily or by operation of law or at judicial sale or otherwise, to any
Person who does not make the representations and warranties to the General
Partner set forth in Section 9.01(a) above and similarly agree not to sell,
assign or transfer such Partnership Units or fraction thereof to any Person who
does not similarly represent, warrant and agree.
9.02 RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02(d) hereof,
no Limited Partner (other than the General Partner) may offer, sell, assign,
hypothecate, pledge or otherwise transfer his Limited Partnership Units, in
whole or in part, whether voluntarily or by operation of law or at judicial
sale or otherwise (collectively, a "Transfer") without the written consent of
the General Partner, which consent may be withheld in the sole discretion of
the General Partner. Except as provided in Section 7.01(c) or in connection
with a transaction described in Section 7.01(d), the General Partner may not
Transfer its
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Limited Partnership Units without the written consent of a majority-in-interest
of the Limited Partners (other than the General Partner), which consent may be
withheld in the sole discretion of such Limited Partners. The General Partner
may require, as a condition of any Transfer, that the transferor assume all
costs incurred by the Partnership in connection therewith.
(b) Except with respect to a Transfer described in Section
9.02(d)(iv), no Limited Partner may effect a Transfer of his Limited
Partnership Units, in whole or in part, if, in the opinion of legal counsel for
the Partnership, such proposed Transfer would require the registration of the
Limited Partnership Units under the Securities Act or would otherwise violate
any applicable federal or state securities or "Blue Sky" law (including
investment suitability standards).
(c) No transfer by a Limited Partner of his Limited
Partnership Units, in whole or in part, may be made to any Person if (i) in the
opinion of legal counsel for the Partnership, the transfer would result in the
Partnership's being treated as an association taxable as a corporation (other
than a qualified REIT subsidiary within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the
Code) or (ii) such transfer is effectuated through an "established securities
market" or a "secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)" within
the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code or, in the opinion of legal counsel to
the Partnership, such transfer otherwise would result in the Partnership being
treated as a "publicly traded partnership" within the meaning of Section 7704
of the Code and the Regulations thereunder (including any Regulations that have
a prospective effective date).
(d) Section 9.02(a) shall not apply to the following
transactions, except that the General Partner may require that the transferor
assume all costs incurred by the Partnership in connection therewith:
(i) any Transfer by a Class A Limited Partner pursuant
to the exercise of its Redemption Right under Section 8.05
hereof;
(ii) any Transfer by a Class B Limited Partner pursuant
to the exercise of its Class B Redemption Right, the exercise
of its Class B Conversion Right under Section 8.07 hereof, or
the automatic conversion of the Class B Limited Partners'
Preferred Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.08 hereof;
(iii) any Transfer by a Limited Partner that is a
corporation or other business entity to any of its Affiliates
or subsidiaries or to any successor in interest of such
Limited Partner;
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(iv) in connection with the liquidation of a Class B
Limited Partner that is a partnership, any distribution of
Preferred Partnership Units by such Class B Limited Partner to
its partners who meet the "Accredited Investor" qualifications
set forth in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and who provide the General Partner with
a completed questionnaire establishing such status as an
"Accredited Investor;"
(v) any donative Transfer by an individual Limited
Partner to his immediate family members or any trust in which
the individual or his immediate family members own,
collectively, 100% of the beneficial interests. For purposes
of this Section 9.02(c)(iii), the term "immediate family
member" shall be deemed to include only an individual Limited
Partner's spouse, children and grandchildren;
(vi) any Transfer by a Class B Limited Partner that is
a partnership in connection with a merger of such Class B
Limited Partner into another Class B Limited Partner that is a
partnership;
(vii) any Transfer by a Class B Limited Partner to
Marriott International, Inc. of up to an aggregate amount of
175,000 Preferred Partnership Units;
(viii) any Transfer by a Class B Limited Partner to
an (i) organization that is described in Section 501(c)(3) of
the Code and exempt from federal income tax under Section
501(a) of the Code, (ii) a private foundation as defined in
Section 509 of the Code or a charitable trust as defined in
Section 4947(a)(1) or (a)(2) of the Code, each of which has at
least $5,000,000 in total assets; and
(ix) to the extent permitted under the applicable
Contribution Agreement between a Class B Limited Partner and
the Partnership, any pledge by such Class B Limited Partner of
Preferred Partnership Units to a creditor of such Class B
Limited Partner and any Transfer pursuant to such creditor's
foreclosure on the Preferred Partnership Units pledged to such
creditor.
(e) Any Transfer in contravention of any of the provisions of
this Article IX shall be void and ineffectual and shall not be binding upon, or
recognized by, the Partnership.
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9.03 ADMISSION OF SUBSTITUTE LIMITED PARTNER.
(a) Subject to the other provisions of this Article IX, an
assignee of the Limited Partnership Units of a Limited Partner (which shall be
understood to include any purchaser, transferee, donee, or other recipient of
any disposition of such Limited Partnership Units) shall be deemed admitted as
a Limited Partner of the Partnership only upon the satisfactory completion of
the following:
(i) The assignee shall have accepted and agreed to be
bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement by
executing a counterpart or an amendment thereof, including a
revised Exhibit A, and such other documents or instruments as
the General Partner may require in order to effect the
admission of such Person as a Limited Partner.
(ii) To the extent required, an amended Certificate
evidencing the admission of such Person as a Limited Partner
shall have been signed, acknowledged and filed for record in
accordance with the Act.
(iii) The assignee shall have delivered a letter
containing the representation set forth in Section 9.01(a)
hereof and the agreement set forth in Section 9.01(b) hereof.
(iv) If the assignee is a corporation, partnership
or trust, the assignee shall have provided the General Partner
with evidence satisfactory to counsel for the Partnership of
the assignee's authority to become a Limited Partner under the
terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(v) The assignee shall have executed a power of
attorney containing the terms and provisions set forth in
Section 8.02 hereof.
(vi) The assignee shall have paid all reasonable
legal fees of the Partnership and the General Partner and
filing and publication costs in connection with his
substitution as a Limited Partner.
(vii) In the case of an assignee of the Limited
Partnership Units of a Limited Partner (other than the General
Partner), the assignee has obtained the prior written consent
of the General Partner to its admission as a Substitute
Limited Partner, which consent may be given or denied in the
exercise of General Partner's sole and absolute discretion.
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(viii) In the case of an assignee of the Limited
Partnership Units of the General Partner except in the case of
a transaction described in Section 7.01(c) or (d) (in which
case no consent is necessary), the assignee has obtained the
prior written consent of a majority-in-interest of the Limited
Partners (other than the General Partner) to its admission as
a Substitute Limited Partner, which consent may be given or
denied in the exercise of such Limited Partners' sole and
absolute discretion.
(b) For the purpose of allocating profits and losses and
distributing cash received by the Partnership, a Substitute Limited Partner
shall be treated as having become, and appearing in the records of the
Partnership as, a Partner upon the filing of the Certificate described in
Section 9.03(a)(ii) hereof or, if no such filing is required, the later of the
date specified in the transfer documents or the date on which the General
Partner has received all necessary instruments of transfer and substitution.
(c) The General Partner shall cooperate with the Person
seeking to become a Substitute Limited Partner by preparing the documentation
required by this Section and making all official filings and publications. The
Partnership shall take all such action as promptly as practicable after the
satisfaction of the conditions in this Article IX to the admission of such
Person as a Limited Partner of the Partnership.
9.04 RIGHTS OF ASSIGNEES OF PARTNERSHIP UNITS.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Sections 9.01 and 9.02
hereof, except as required by operation of law, the Partnership shall not be
obligated for any purposes whatsoever to recognize the assignment by any
Limited Partner of his Partnership Units until the Partnership has received
notice thereof.
(b) Any Person who is the assignee of all or any portion of a
Limited Partner's Limited Partnership Units, but does not become a Substitute
Limited Partner and desires to make a further assignment of such Limited
Partnership Units, shall be subject to all the provisions of this Article IX to
the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make
an assignment of his Limited Partnership Units.
9.05 EFFECT OF BANKRUPTCY, DEATH, INCOMPETENCE OR TERMINATION OF A
LIMITED PARTNER. The occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a Limited
Partner, the death of a Limited Partner or a final adjudication that a Limited
Partner is incompetent (which term shall include, but not be limited to,
insanity) shall not cause the termination or dissolution of the
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Partnership, and the business of the Partnership shall continue if an order for
relief in a bankruptcy proceeding is entered against a Limited Partner, the
trustee or receiver of his estate or, if he dies, his executor, administrator
or trustee, or, if he is finally adjudicated incompetent, his committee,
guardian or conservator, shall have the rights of such Limited Partner for the
purpose of settling or managing his estate property and such power as the
bankrupt, deceased or incompetent Limited Partner possessed to assign all or
any part of his Partnership Units and to join with the assignee in satisfying
conditions precedent to the admission of the assignee as a Substitute Limited
Partner.
9.06 JOINT OWNERSHIP OF UNITS. Partnership Units may be acquired
by two individuals as joint tenants with right of survivorship, provided that
such individuals either are married or are related and share the same home as
tenants in common. The written consent or vote of both owners of any such
jointly held Partnership Units shall be required to constitute the action of
the owners of such Partnership Units; provided, however, that the written
consent of only one joint owner will be required if the Partnership has been
provided with evidence satisfactory to the counsel for the Partnership that the
actions of a single joint owner can bind both owners under the applicable laws
of the state of residence of such joint owners. Upon the death of one owner of
Partnership Units held in a joint tenancy with a right of survivorship, the
Partnership Units shall become owned solely by the survivor as a Limited
Partner and not as an assignee. The Partnership need not recognize the death
of one of the owners of jointly-held Partnership Units until it shall have
received notice of such death. Upon notice to the General Partner from either
owner, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership Units to be divided into
two equal portions of units, which shall thereafter be owned separately by each
of the former owners.
ARTICLE X
BOOKS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTING; TAX MATTERS
10.01 BOOKS AND RECORDS. At all times during the continuance of
the Partnership, the Partners shall keep or cause to be kept at the
Partnership's specified office true and complete books of account in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, including: (a) a current list
of the full name and last known business address of each Partner, (b) a copy of
the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all certificates of amendment
thereto, (c) copies of the Partnership's federal, state and local income tax
returns and reports, (d) copies of the Agreement and any financial statements
of the Partnership for the three most recent years and (e) all documents and
information required under the Act. Any Partner or his duly authorized
representative, upon paying the costs of collection, duplication
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and mailing, shall be entitled to inspect or copy such records during ordinary
business hours.
10.02 CUSTODY OF PARTNERSHIP FUNDS; BANK ACCOUNTS.
(a) All funds of the Partnership not otherwise invested shall
be deposited in one or more accounts maintained in such banking or brokerage
institutions as the General Partner shall determine, and withdrawals shall be
made only on such signature or signatures as the General Partner may, from time
to time, determine.
(b) All deposits and other funds not needed in the operation
of the business of the Partnership may be invested by the General Partner in
investment grade instruments (or investment companies whose portfolio consists
primarily thereof), government obligations, certificates of deposit, bankers'
acceptances and municipal notes and bonds. The funds of the Partnership shall
not be commingled with the funds of any other Person except for such
commingling as may necessarily result from an investment in those investment
companies permitted by this Section 10.02(b).
10.03 FISCAL AND TAXABLE YEAR. The fiscal and taxable year of the
Partnership shall be the calendar year.
10.04 ANNUAL TAX INFORMATION AND REPORT. Within 75 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Partnership, the General Partner shall furnish
to each person who was a Limited Partner at any time during such year the tax
information necessary to file such Limited Partner's tax returns as shall be
required by law.
10.05 TAX MATTERS PARTNER; TAX ELECTIONS; SPECIAL BASIS ADJUSTMENTS.
(a) The General Partner shall be the Tax Matters Partner of
the Partnership within the meaning of Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code. As Tax
Matters Partner, the General Partner shall have the right and obligation to
take all actions authorized and required, respectively, by the Code for the Tax
Matters Partner. The General Partner shall have the right to retain
professional assistance in respect of any audit of the Partnership by the
Service and all out- of-pocket expenses and fees incurred by the General
Partner on behalf of the Partnership as Tax Matters Partner shall constitute
Partnership expenses. In the event the General Partner receives notice of a
final Partnership adjustment under Section 6223(a)(2) of the Code, the General
Partner shall either (i) file a court petition for judicial review of such
final adjustment within the period provided under Section 6226(a) of the Code,
a copy of which petition shall be mailed to all Limited Partners on the date
such petition is filed, or (ii) mail a written notice to all Limited
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Partners, within such period, that describes the General Partner's reasons for
determining not to file such a petition.
(b) Except as otherwise provided herein, all elections
required or permitted to be made by the Partnership under the Code shall be
made by the General Partner in its sole discretion.
(c) In the event of a transfer of all or any part of the
Partnership Units of any Partner, the Partnership, at the option of the General
Partner, may elect pursuant to Section 754 of the Code to adjust the basis of
the Properties. Notwithstanding anything contained in Article V of this
Agreement, any adjustments made pursuant to Section 754 shall affect only the
successor in interest to the transferring Partner and in no event shall be
taken into account in establishing, maintaining or computing Capital Accounts
for the other Partners for any purpose under this Agreement. Each Partner will
furnish the Partnership with all information necessary to give effect to such
election.
10.06 REPORTS TO LIMITED PARTNERS.
(a) The books of the Partnership shall be audited annually as
of the end of each fiscal year of the Partnership by accountants selected by
the General Partner, who shall be the same accountants responsible for the
examination of the Company's books. The General Partner shall determine and
prepare an annual balance sheet, a statement of partners' capital as of the end
of such year, as well as statements of cash flow and income, all in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles and accompanied by an independent
auditor's report (collectively, the "Financial Statements"), together with all
supplementary schedules and information prepared by the accountants related
thereto. As a note to such Financial Statements, the General Partner shall
prepare a schedule of all loans to the Partnership. Such schedule shall
demonstrate that loans have been made, used, carried on the books of the
Partnership (and repaid, if applicable) in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement. Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the General
Partner shall transmit the Financial Statements to the Limited Partners. The
General Partner also shall prepare quarterly unreviewed Financial Statements
and shall transmit such statements to the Limited Partners within 45 days of
the end of each fiscal quarter of the Partnership.
(b) Any Partner shall further have the right to a private
audit of the books and records of the Partnership, provided such audit is made
for Partnership purposes, at the expense of the Partner desiring it and is made
during normal business hours.
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ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT
The General Partner may amend this Agreement in any respect; provided,
however, that the following amendments shall require the consent of the
following Partners:
(a) any amendment affecting the operation of the
Redemption Right requires the consent of Limited Partners (other than the
General Partner) holding more than 66 2/3% of the Percentage Interests of the
Limited Partners (other than that held by the General Partner);
(b) any amendment affecting the operation of the Class B
Conversion Right, the Class B Preferred Return, or the Class B Preference Value
per Unit requires the consent of the Class B Limited Partners holding more than
66 2/3% of the Preferred Percentage Interests; and
(c) any amendment that would (i) affect the operation of
the Conversion Factor, (ii) adversely affect the rights of the Limited Partners
to receive the distributions payable to them hereunder, (iii) alter the
Partnership's allocations of Profit and Loss, or (iv) impose on the Limited
Partners any obligation to make additional Capital Contributions to the
Partnership, requires the affirmative vote of 66 2/3% of the Percentage
Interests held by each class of Limited Partner (other than the General
Partner) adversely affected by such amendment.
ARTICLE XII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
12.01 NOTICES. All communications required or permitted under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when
delivered personally or upon deposit in the United States mail, registered,
postage prepaid return receipt requested, to the Partners at the addresses set
forth in Exhibit A; provided, however, that any Partner may specify a different
address by notifying the General Partner in writing of such different address.
Notices to the Partnership shall be delivered at or mailed to its specified
office.
12.02 SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS. Subject to the provisions hereof limiting
transfers, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Partners and the Partnership and their respective legal representatives,
successors, transferees and assigns.
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12.03 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS. Each Partner agrees to perform all
further acts and execute, swear to, acknowledge and deliver all further
documents which may be reasonable, necessary, appropriate or desirable to carry
out the provisions of this Agreement or the Act.
12.04 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement shall be
declared illegal, invalid, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then such
provision shall be deemed to be severable from this Agreement (to the extent
permitted by law) and in any event such illegality, invalidity or
unenforceability shall not affect the remainder hereof.
12.05 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and exhibits attached hereto
constitute the entire Agreement of the Partners and supersede all prior written
agreements and prior and contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and
negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof.
12.06 PRONOUNS AND PLURALS. When the context in which words are
used in the Agreement indicates that such is the intent, words in the singular
number shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the
neuter or female gender as the context may require.
12.07 HEADINGS. The Article headings or sections in this Agreement
are for convenience only and shall not be used in construing the scope of this
Agreement or any particular Article.
12.08 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original copy and all of
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument binding on all
parties hereto, notwithstanding that all parties shall not have signed the same
counterpart.
12.09 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
12.10 COMPANY IS NOT A PARTNER. The Company is not a Partner of the
Partnership. The Company is a party to this Agreement solely to make certain
agreements with the parties hereto and to facilitate certain transactions
provided for herein. The Company has not, and shall not be deemed to have,
committed to take or refrain from taking any action or agreed with the parties
hereto with respect to any matter other than as specifically set forth herein.
The Company shall not be liable for any obligations of the Partnership or any
monetary damages for losses sustained or liabilities incurred by the
Partnership or the Partners.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunder affixed their
signatures to this Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership, all as of the ____ day of October 1996.
GENERAL PARTNER:
INNKEEPERS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a
Virginia corporation
By: ______________________________
Name: ____________________________
Its: ______________________________
CLASS A LIMITED PARTNERS:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxx X. & Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. & Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx Holdings Limited Partnership
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Melan Holdings Limited Partnership
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Xxxxxx X. List Co. Profit Sharing
Plan
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxx Xxxxxxx, Trustee
for Xxxxx X. List Trust
*By:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx,
Attorney in Fact
RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:
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Name:
Its:
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CLASS B LIMITED PARTNERS:
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DENVER DOWNTOWN RESIDENCE ASSOCIATES,
L.P., a Kansas limited partnership
By:
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Name: Xxxx X. XxXxxx
Its: General Partner
EAST LANSING RESIDENCE ASSOCIATES,
a Kansas general partnership
By:
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Name: Xxxx X. XxXxxx
Its: General Partner
KENTWOOD RESIDENCE ASSOCIATES,
a Kansas general partnership
By:
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Name: Xxxx X. XxXxxx
Its: General Partner
OAKMEAD RESIDENCE ASSOCIATES,
L.P., a Kansas limited partnership
By:
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Name: Xxxx X. XxXxxx
Its: General Partner
SAN MATEO RESIDENCE ASSOCIATES,
L.P., a Kansas limited partnership
By:
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Name: Xxxx X. XxXxxx
Its: Co-Partner
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By: RHLP, a Washington limited
partnership, its Co-Partner
By:
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Name:
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Its: General Partner
SUNNYVALE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATES,
L.P., a Kansas limited partnership
By:
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Name: Xxxx X. XxXxxx
Its: General Partner
WICHITA EAST RESIDENCE ASSOCIATES,
L.P., a Kansas limited partnership
By:
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Name: Xxxx X. XxXxxx
Its: General Partner
RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:
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Name:
Its:
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